Article: Stopping false alarms.(Five Minute Tech Quiz)

Article: Motion Detectors: A Good Catch.
Security;  September 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... application and environment. Many motion detectors have evolved to offer superior ... detection with few, if any, false alarms. Today's motion detectors include passive infrared ... problem: jumping cats--no false alarms! Wandering dogs--same ...

Article: Device designed to reduce false alarms.(EE Systems ...
Security Distributing & Marketing;  June 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... and growing problem of false alarms, he reviewed thousands ... approximately 75 percent of false alarms are caused by false trips from PIR motion detectors. [GRAPHIC OMITTED ... significant source of false alarms is lightning. A lightning ...

Article: ORDINANCE UPS PENALTIES FOR KETTERING FALSE ALARMS
Dayton Daily News;  February 13, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... who has more than three false alarms in six months is charged ... regularly can prevent some false alarms, said Bruce Finley of ... said. Also, infrared motion detectors, which are susceptible to false alarms, have become more popular ...

Article: Sounding an alarm: Suffolk legislator wants sources of ...
Newsday (Melville, NY);  April 3, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... cops are responding to false alarms, they obviously are ... monthly service fee. False alarms sometimes result from ... or birds setting off motion detectors, Walters said. But ... close to 80 percent of false alarms are triggered when ...

Article: FALSE ALARMS: KNOW HOW TO PREVENT THEM
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 20, 2006 ;     604 words ... ... season be ruined by false alarms. With family and friends ... the rise. To avoid false alarms: * Make sure everyone ... they do not activate motion detectors, especially when heating ... the alarm system. False alarms cause you, as taxpayers ...

Article: Alarm Industry Works With Police To Reduce False ...
U.S. Newswire;  October 19, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... designed to reduce false alarms, standards that ensure ... products that reduce false alarms. "Our standards make ... limits on infrared motion detectors so extraneous factors ... identified causes of false alarms, a standardized reporting ...

Article: Motion detectors use data fusion ...
Security Distributing & Marketing;  October 1, 2006 ;     635 words ... ... passive infrared (PIR) motion detectors that features sensor data ... sensors to significantly reduce false alarms. The Professional Series ... not. This helps eliminate false alarms. The series is available ... performance, while reducing false alarms. Bosch [ILLUSTRATION ...