System for detecting the presence of an observer

A system for detecting the presence of an observer in an area, comprising:

• a source of electromagnetic radiation for irradiating the area to be examined for the presence of an observer;
• a first interference filter positioned at an output of said source for providing electromagnetic radiation emitted from said source radiated at a first wavelength and radiated at a second wavelength, the first wavelength selected so that it provides maximal intensity of radiation reflection from a human eye, the second wavelength selected so that it provides maximal intensity of radiation reflection from a nonhuman eye of a species commonly found in the area;
• means for monitoring orientation of said source, said means for monitoring having an electrical output including field of view data;
• a pair of cameras for receiving radiation from said source reflected from the area, said pair of cameras having an electrical output including intensity data relating to intensity of the radiation received thereby and image location data relating to location of pixels in an image produced by said pair of cameras from the radiation received thereby;
• a driver connected to said source;
• a modulator connected to said driver for mixing a modulating signal with the radiation from said source;
• a demodulator connected to said cameras for demodulating the radiation from said source which is reflected from the area and received by said pair of cameras;
• a phase detector connected to said modulator and to said demodulator for detecting the phase of the modulating signal of the radiation transmitted from said source and of the radiation received by said cameras;
• a counter connected to said modulator and demodulator and having an electrical output including data representing a count based on phase difference of the radiation from said source and the radiation reflected from the area and received by the pair of cameras;
• a computer electrically connected to said pair of cameras for receiving the output from said pair of cameras, said computer having a first software program which utilizes the intensity data to provide an intensity calculation of the pixels of the radiation received by said cameras and reflected from the area and comparing intensity calculation data combined with range location data pertaining to one of said pair of cameras to intensity calculation data combined with range location data pertaining to the other of said pair of cameras and comparing the results to reference data in a second databank to differentiate between radiation reflected from reflection surfaces of a human and a nonhuman observer, said first software program comparing the intensity calculation data of said pair of cameras combined with range location data of said pair of cameras to reference data relating to predetermined intensities of pixels of radiation reflected from inanimate objects in the area in the second databank to differentiate between radiation reflected from reflecting surfaces of an observer and of an inanimate object, said computer including a second software program utilizing the field of view data relating to location of the area irradiated by said source and utilizing the image location data relating to the radiation pixels in said image of said cameras resulting from radiation reflected from the reflecting surfaces to determine azimuth and elevation location parameters of the reflecting surfaces in the area irradiated by said source, said computer including a third software program for receiving the output from said counter and receiving data from said pair of cameras relating to pixels of radiation received from the area and combining said data from said counter and said pair of cameras to calculate transit time of the pixels of radiation from said source to said pair of cameras, said third software program utilizing transit time calculations to calculate range location parameters of the reflecting surfaces in the area, said computer including a fourth software program utilizing the range location parameters calculations data and the location parameters data to determine separation of light pixels of the reflected radiation in order to determine whether the reflecting surfaces include a pair of eyes and in order to determine orientation of the pair of eyes, said computer including a fifth software program utilizing the intensity data of pixels of the images of the cameras to calculate the frequency of alteration of intensity of pixels of the images of the cameras, the fifth software program comparing the frequency of alteration of the intensity of the pixels to blink data in a fifth databank to provide a determination as to whether the pixels' alteration of intensity represent blinking human eyes in the area.

A system for detecting the presence of an observer in an area, comprising:

• a source of electromagnetic radiation for irradiating the area to be examined fox the presence of an observer;
• a vision device for receiving radiation from said source reflected from the area;
• means for measuring intensity of the radiation received by said vision device;
• means for differentiating between radiation reflected from reflecting surfaces of a human observer, of a nonhuman observer and of an inanimate object, said means for differentiating utilizing data related to intensity measurements of the radiation received by said vision device;
• means for determining location of light pixels in an image of said vision device resulting from radiation received from the reflecting surfaces;
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• means for correlating location of the light pixels in the image with location of the area irradiated by said source in order to determine azimuth and elevation location parameters of the reflecting surfaces.

A system for detecting the presence of an observer in an area, comprising:

• a source of electromagnetic radiation for irradiating the area to be examined for the presence of an observer;
• a vision device for receiving radiation from said source reflected from the area;
• means for measuring intensity of the radiation received by said vision device;
• means for differentiating between radiation reflected from reflecting surfaces of a human observer, of a nonhuman observer and of an inanimate object, said means for differentiating utilizing data related to intensity measurements of the radiation received by said vision device;
• means for determining orientation of the eyes of the human observer relative to said source and said vision device, said means for determining orientation utilizing determined parameters of location of reflecting surfaces of the human observer's eyes and data relating to intensity measurements of radiation reflected from the reflecting surfaces of the human observer's eyes.

A system for detecting the presence of an observer in an area, comprising:

• a source of electromagnetic radiation for irradiating the area to be examined for the presence of an observer;
• a vision device for receiving radiation from said source reflected from the area;
• means for measuring intensity of the radiation received by said vision device;
• means for differentiating between radiation reflected from reflecting surfaces of a human observer, of a nonhuman observer and of an inanimate object, said means for differentiating utilizing data related to intensity measurements of the radiation received by said vision device, said means for differentiating including a first interference filter positioned at an output of said source for providing electromagnetic radiation therefrom radiated at a first wavelength and radiated at a second wavelength, the first wavelength selected so that it provides maximal reflection from a human eye, the second wavelength selected so that it provides maximal reflection from a nonhuman eye of a species commonly found in the area.

A system for detecting the presence of an observer in an area, comprising:

• a source of electromagnetic radiation for irradiating the area to be examined for the presence of an observer;
• a vision device for receiving radiation from said source reflected from the area;
• means for measuring intensity of the radiation received by said vision device;
• means for differentiating between radiation reflected from reflecting surfaces of a human observer, of a nonhuman observer and of an inanimate object, said means for differentiating utilizing data related to intensity measurements of the radiation received by said vision device;
• a trigger connected to said source for activating and deactivating said source in order to provide pulsed radiation therefrom irradiating the area;
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• a pulse filter positioned at input of said vision device in order to filter undesired radiation from radiation received by said vision device and thereby eliminate reflected radiation from extraneous sources from the combination of reflected radiation from extraneous sources and reflected radiation from said source and received by said vision device.

A system for detecting the presence of an observer in an area, comprising:

• a source of electromagnetic radiation for irradiating the area to be examined for the presence of an observer;
• a vision device for receiving radiation from said source reflected from the area;
• means for measuring intensity of the radiation received by said vision device;
• means for differentiating between radiation reflected from reflecting surfaces of a human observer, of a nonhuman observer and of an inanimate object, said means for differentiating utilizing data related to intensity measurements of the radiation received by said vision device;
• a mount, said source mounted on said mount;
• a mount control, said mount control allowing said mount to be movable in order to allow said source to scan a desired area larger than a field of irradiation of said source, said mount control allowing said mount to be fixed in a desired position in order to view a desired area for a desired period of time.