An Infrared close object sensor installed on an industrial vehicle detects objects or pedestrians located in a hazardous area. When it detects a problem an audio/visual indicator makes an alert, that ...

Dr. Altepeter and DARPA hope to begin to do that by investigating the basic science necessary to give unmanned vehicles entirely passive infrared sensors to navigate.

A trial of outdoor, wireless passive infrared sensors (PIRS) could lead to more deployments in residential security applications.

[ladyada] has a freshly-published and amazingly thorough tutorial on passive infrared (PIR) motion sensors. Most often seen in security floodlights and automatic doors, in creative hands these ...

Tempe, Arizona - Southwest Microwave, a leading global supplier of perimeter intrusion detection systems, has announced the introduction of the advanced Model 420 Passive Infrared (PIR) Sensor for ...

Passive infrared (PIR) sensors detect infrared energy radiating from objects within their field of vision.