RE: moving away from the remote-control paradigm

["Mick Furlong" <dorsai@xxxxxxx>]

Keith

looks good and cost effective if all you need are additional LEDs and some
sort of gate rather than whole sensor modules for each pair of sensors.

As an 'extra' facility if you get dual infrared/visible leds then you could
do a light show as people enter the room ;)

I bet the WAF on that would be VERY low but the geek factor is astronomical
;)

Mick

> How about multiple sensors spead over the height of the door. As long
as one
> is broken the others would be masked.
>
> eg with single sensors
>
> AB
>
> A  ____**____
> B______**___
>
> multiple sensors would give something like
>
> AB
> AB
> AB
> AB
> AB
> AB
> AB
>
> A _____***********_______
> B_______***********_______
>
> As soon as any bit of the body breaks an A beam it remains broken
until all
> body parts are past, likewise the B.
> Direction can still be detected from which beam broke first. It would
avoid
> problems with height or flailing arms and legs as it basically
addresses the
> tilt suggested by someone else.
>
> eg Person walking leg breaks A1,A2,A3,A4 then body breaks A5,A6,A7
etc. As
> they are all in parallel any A beam broken will count as a single
valid
> signal ending only when the last beam is restored.
>
> Keith
>
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: Pedro de Oliveira [mailto:oliveirp@xxxxxxx]
>   Sent: 09 August 2001 13:51
>   To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
>   Subject: RE: [ukha_d] moving away from the remote-control paradigm
>
>
>   How about having the beam breaks pointing vertical?? This way the
arms or
> legs or anything don't "break" the beam unless its the body
of the person???
>   Any thoughts?
>
>   Pedro
>     -----Original Message-----
>     From: Mick Furlong [mailto:dorsai@xxxxxxx]
>     Sent: 09 August 2001 11:42
>     To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>     Subject: RE: [ukha_d] moving away from the remote-control paradigm
>
>
>     Bad assumption
>
>     me =6ft 2
>     she = 5ft nothing
>
>     I think the key to counting with a beam break is to make some
> assumptions
>     about the usage rather than the height...it is pretty unlikely
that
> people
>     will go through a doorway in tandem there will be a discernable
break
> between
>     people which will be longer than that caused by a single person.
>
>
>     Test, monitor and fine tune is the way to do it :)
>
>     Regards
>     Mick
>
>
>       Pedro de Oliveira <oliveirp@xxxxxxx> said:
>
>     > How about head or shoulder height ?? I presume we are talking
of same
> height
>     > people and not e.g.. children....
>     >
>     > P
>     >
>     > -----Original Message-----
>     > From: Mark McCall [mailto:mark@xxxxxxx]
>     > Sent: 09 August 2001 10:06
>     > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>     > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] moving away from the remote-control
paradigm
>     >
>     >
>     > Yep...true...it's back to the chair carrying thing.
>     >
>     > M,
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > ----- Original Message -----
>     > From: Phil Harris <mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>
>     > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>     > Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 9:59 AM
>     > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] moving away from the remote-control
paradigm
>     >
>     > Not if you were carrying a tray of something....
>     >
>     > Phil
>     >
>     > > -----Original Message-----
>     > > From: Ian Lowe [ mailto:ian@xxxxxxx
>     > <mailto:ian@xxxxxxx>
]
>     > > Sent: 09 August 2001 00:12
>     > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>     > > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] moving away from the
remote-control paradigm
>     > >
>     > >
>     > > Doh.
>     > >
>     > > Thats why I don't do these things well!
>     > >
>     > > of course, that would give a clean break..
>     > >
>     > > Ian.
>     > >
>     > > ----- Original Message -----
>     > > From: "Mark McCall" <mark@xxxxxxx>
>     > > To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>     > > Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 11:49 PM
>     > > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] moving away from the
remote-control paradigm
>     > >
>     > >
>     > > Imagined it would be higher - torso levelish Ian?
>     > >
>     > > Dunno?
>     > >
>     > > M.
>     > >
>     > >
>     > >
>     > >
>     > > ____________________________________
>     > > Automated Home UK
>     > > http://www.automatedhome.co.uk
<http://www.automatedhome.co.uk>
>     > > ____________________________________
>     > >
>     > > Post message: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>     > > Subscribe:  ukha_d-subscribe@xxxxxxx
>     > > Unsubscribe:  ukha_d-unsubscribe@xxxxxxx
>     > > List owner:  ukha_d-owner@xxxxxxx
>     > >
>     > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to
> http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
>     > <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>
>     > >
>     > >
>     > >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > ____________________________________
>     > Automated Home UK
>     > http://www.automatedhome.co.uk
<http://www.automatedhome.co.uk>
>     > ____________________________________
>     >
>     > Post message: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>     > Subscribe:  ukha_d-subscribe@xxxxxxx
>     > Unsubscribe:  ukha_d-unsubscribe@xxxxxxx
>     > List owner:  ukha_d-owner@xxxxxxx
>     >
>     > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of
>     > <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>
Service.
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor
>     >
>     >
> <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=210156.1528652.3092242.1456760/D=egroupweb/S=17050419
>     >
> 92:HM/A=734184/R=0/*https://www.jointhegoodcook.com/mybookclub/cooking/bookc
>     >
lubs/tgc/JoinFast/c2/c2_coupon.htm/?src=015_02_hj_273_139_2219>
>     >
>     >
> <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=210156.1528652.3092242.1456760/D=egroupmai
>     > l/S=1705041992:HM/A=734184/rand=630455124>
>     >
>     >
>     > ____________________________________
>     > Automated Home UK
>     > http://www.automatedhome.co.uk
<http://www.automatedhome.co.uk>
>     > ____________________________________
>     >
>     > Post message: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>     > Subscribe:  ukha_d-subscribe@xxxxxxx
>     > Unsubscribe:  ukha_d-unsubscribe@xxxxxxx
>     > List owner:  ukha_d-owner@xxxxxxx
>     >
>     > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of
>     > <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>
Service.
>     >
>     >
>     >
>
>
>
>     --
>
>
>
>
>
>
>     ____________________________________
>     Automated Home UK
>     http://www.automatedhome.co.uk
>     ____________________________________
>
>     Post message: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>     Subscribe:  ukha_d-subscribe@xxxxxxx
>     Unsubscribe:  ukha_d-unsubscribe@xxxxxxx
>     List owner:  ukha_d-owner@xxxxxxx
>
>     Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of
Service.
>
>
>         Yahoo! Groups Sponsor
>
>
>
>
>   ____________________________________
>   Automated Home UK
>   http://www.automatedhome.co.uk
>   ____________________________________
>
>   Post message: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>   Subscribe:  ukha_d-subscribe@xxxxxxx
>   Unsubscribe:  ukha_d-unsubscribe@xxxxxxx
>   List owner:  ukha_d-owner@xxxxxxx
>
>   Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
>
>



--