Automatic Door Sensors

General name for sensors that activate the opening and closing of automatic doors and sensors installed near guide rails to prevent door jamming.

Detectors for Intruders Accompanying Authorized Personnel

This sensor detects the intrusion of intruders illegally entering secured premises without passing though personal identification systems such as IC card or biometric identification by slipping in after a legitimate entry.
In this day and age, where demands are mounting for office entry management in response to the frequent incidences of information leakage, these detectors, used together with personal identification systems, will become indispensable for preventing, monitoring and controlling illegal entry.

The Drive Trainer (sensor, camera and recording device in one medium) is a device that detects hazardous driving when the driver slams the brakes or abruptly turns the wheel, recording images immediately prior to and after detection. The device is commonly called a "drive recorder," but because of its reliability and its functionality as a driver education device, we at the Company call it the "Drive Trainer."We are selling this device primarily to companies with large fleets of commercial vehicles, such as taxi and transportation companies.

Entrance Sensors

Sensors installed at the entrance of buildings,which are including not only such sensors as for opening and closing automatic doors but also access control systems. Currently the majority of these sensors are of the infrared type, but the adoption of imaging sensors using CCD cameras is expected to increase in the future for areas demanding high levels of security.

Imaging Technologies

This technology accumulates, processes and extracts imaging data by means of CCD cameras.
Currently the Company possesses the following imaging technologies and utilizes them in its products.

Indoor Sensor

Human-detection sensors, mounted on ceilings and walls that detect intruders
These sensors operate by detecting the far-infrared rays emitted by the human body, consume minimal electricity and are long lasting.
Recent models are even more reliable featuring functions that can detect tampering and may be used as main sensors in existing facility security systems.
(Note: Although not permitted under Japanese law, indoor sensors using electromagnetic waves (microwaves) are also sold overseas.)

Industrial Sensors

General name for sensors used in production sites such as factories. The Company sells photoelectric sensors that detect the existence of objects, measurement sensors that measure the size of objects, industrial image sensors that check the shape/color and the manufacture date/lot number of objects, emission type thermometers that measure the surface temperature of objects without touching them, and other products.

Infrared Technology

Infrared rays refer to rays that belong to the 0.8 to 1.000 micron wavelength range, near the color red that have the longest wavelength among visible rays. This wavelength has been named infrared because it is directly beneath the wavelength for the color red. Infrared rays are widely used in TV remote controllers, heaters and cookware among other uses. OPTEX uses infrared rays in sensors to detect people and objects.

Light Protection

Method of threatening and driving away intruders using light. OPTEX's sensor light is an example.

Non-Contact Thermometers

Thermometers that measure the amount of infrared rays emitted from the surface of objects and are capable of measuring the surface temperature of objects instantly without touching the object. OPTEX sells a variety of types including the handy portable type and fixed type, which are used in many production plants around the world.

Outdoor Sensors

Human-detection sensors that detect intruders, installed on the perimeters of premises, such as on outside walls
These sensors primarily consist of models using far-infrared rays similar to indoor models and models using near-infrared rays, which alert with a light or sound when the near-spectrum infrared rays emitted from the light-emitting opening to the light-receiving opening are blocked. Models using far-infrared ray are used mainly for protection around buildings in perimeters of less than 100 meters, while the near-infrared rays models are used for perimeters of a few hundred meters. (Note: Although not permitted under Japanese law, outdoor sensors using electromagnetic waves (microwaves) are also sold overseas.)

Security Sensors

Sensors used for security purposes that detect intruders in secured areas.
There are two categories of security sensors according to their use; indoor sensors and outdoor sensors. At OPTEX, we sell a wide variety of security sensors according to the installation site and environment; we have top market share in terms of the number of sensors sold in the global market.

Sensing Technology

Technology that detects changes and differences in people, objects and temperatures. The Company uses its infrared technology, electrowave (microwave) technology and imaging technology as basic technologies to develop its various products.

Sensor

General name for detectors. In addition to its infrared sensors, the Company has recently added imaging sensors to its product line-up.

Sound Protection

A system that threatens and drives away intruders with not only light but also with sound. This enables warnings against intruders in broad daylight.