Glass break detector

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A glass break detector is a device that detects a break in a pane of glass, alerting a burglar alarm. If it detects broken glass, and the alarm is set, then it sets off the alarm.

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• Smoke detector
• Motion detector

Acoustic Glassbreak Detectors employ a microphone, which "listens" for the sound(s) created by breaking glass. These sounds are typically recorded, digitized and then compared to a library of other sounds/events to determine if in fact glass was broken or a false alarm occurred.

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There are several types of window break detectors, one kind detects the vibrations of the window, and if the vibrations get too high/ the window breaks the alarm goes off. Basically the device tells whether or not the window is broken by measuring the vibrations. Another kind detects the noise of glass breaking.

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