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A passive infrared sensor (PIR sensor) is an electronic sensor that measures infrared (IR) light radiating from objects in its field of view. They are most often used in PIR-based motion detectors . PIR sensors are commonly used in security alarms and automatic lighting applications.
Speed sensors are machines used to detect the speed of an object, usually a transport vehicle. They include: Wheel speed sensors; Speedometers; Pitometer logs; Pitot tubes; Airspeed indicators; Piezo sensors (e.g. in a road surface) LIDAR; Ground speed radar; Doppler radar; ANPR (where vehicles are timed over a fixed distance)
A motion detector attached to an outdoor, automatic light. A motion detector is an electrical device that utilizes a sensor to detect nearby motion (motion detection).Such a device is often integrated as a component of a system that automatically performs a task or alerts a user of motion in an area.
Velocity receivers differ from position and acceleration sensors in terms of what they measure and how they are used. Position sensors measure the location of an object, while acceleration sensors measure the rate of change of velocity. Velocity sensors provide real-time speed information, often used to track or control movement accurately.
These were fairly simple systems consisting of an infra-red sensor with a horizontally rotating shutter in front of it. The shutter was slaved to a display under the main interception radar display in the cockpit. Any IR light falling on the sensor would generate a "pip" on the display, in a fashion similar to the B-scopes used on early radars.
An inertial navigation system (INS; also inertial guidance system, inertial instrument) is a navigation device that uses motion sensors (accelerometers), rotation sensors and a computer to continuously calculate by dead reckoning the position, the orientation, and the velocity (direction and speed of movement) of a moving object without the ...
A particle velocity probe is a probe capable of measuring the acoustic particle velocity. Currently there are two commercially available particle velocity probes. The first one is produced by Microflown Technologies. The particle velocity transducer is called the Microflown. The second particle velocity transducer is manufactured by Weles ...
An inertial navigation system is a navigation aid that uses a computer and motion sensors (accelerometers) to continuously calculate via dead reckoning the position, orientation, and velocity (direction and speed of movement) of a moving object without the need for external references. Other terms used to refer to inertial navigation systems or ...