Talk:Motion detector

Motion detector alarm with clock
why not a motion detector alarm that let's you input the hours that you like to sleep. 1 AM to 6 AM, alarm with 120 db sirin. other hours off. I hate those alarm disarm key fobs. security problem if they are manufactured in china, because the chinese sell the code to bad people to turn them off. therefore take them out. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.137.244.27 (talk) 23:25, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

do not remove merger tag until matter is resolved by consensus

 * Support merger This is one of the most obvious mergers ever to arise on wikipedia. the topics are the same. Anlace 13:36, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge the other way That the two articles are the same is obvious, and for being a physicist, I'm surprised the screwdriver vs screwdriving analogy went right over your head, judging from the comment in this edit history. You've also sure barked loud over an otherwise trivial subject.  The fact that screwdriving isn't an article is exactly my point.  If merged, Motion detector should be the one that remains, as motion detectors are about as common as cockroaches. Reswobslc 20:59, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
 * thanks for lightening up the discussion. i am in complete concurrence with the merger going the other way. what threw me about your original edit was your removal of the merge tag instead of reversing it. regards. Anlace 21:41, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Support merger, screwdriving is not a verb to anyone, but (motion) detection is. Scepia 07:26, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose merger refrigeration and dishwashing are separate from refrigerator and dishwasher.These should be separate too. Voortle 20:38, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Please note, in the examples you provided, the articles had at least 5 inline references. These arguments are moote if neither option is supported by facts. Alan.ca 18:47, 11 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Oppose merger (possibly rename) - it's a tricky subject. Motion detection is a larger topic that's certainly different from Motion Detectors. Perhaps Motion detection should be renamed to Optical motion detection or Motion detection algorithms? --PdDemeter 02:29, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * renaming is dodging the question. these renames do not advance matters. Anlace 03:05, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * No it isn't, it's providing an alternative, should no consensus be reached. Please, no personal attacks — Jack · talk · 08:13, Sunday, 11 March 2007
 * Merge . Is Motion detection technology used in anything other than motion detecors? Is Motion detection a unique technology in itself or is it part of a wider family of science such as optics. light, or electromagnetics? I think the contents of the two articles fill-in on each other well. I think it would to more good than harm to merge them. -- 03:54, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I changed my mind. No vote for me. -- Emana 22:24, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose per Voortle. (hi, Emana ;)) --Selket Talk 21:40, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Support merge into motion detection - per Emana — Jack · talk · 08:13, Sunday, 11 March 2007
 * Support Merge into Motion detection Motion detection is the concept.  I believe it would make more sense to write about the concept and provide motion detector as an example under one of the concepts.  It would seem finding research on the concept would be much more likely than on the engineered product. Alan.ca 18:50, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose: How about this. Motion detection will be a more scientific article with how to quantify motion - mainly about the physics and mathematics involved and its usefulness in the lab. Motion detector will be a more technological article - mainly about mechanics, optics, and electronics and the usefulness in the "real world". I think if we set the "scope" in the introductory paragraphes and have a scope warning in the Talk pages (with a link from the article page) we can manage these as separate articles... or are we too tired to expand these two articles separately? -- Emana 01:47, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

PIR MOTION DETECTORS
IM WONDERING IF YOU HAD TO HOLD A BLANKET IN FRONT IF YOU WOULD IT STILL SET OFF A PIR MOTION DETECTOR?41.213.115.35 (talk) 20:00, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
 * The Discovery Channel show, Mythbusters has tried many diversion methods. In most cases, they found that human beings are too clumsy to not set off a motion detector.-- Emana  (Talk) 20:20, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

hand motion project
all, please help about this project how can i do it i wanna replace it by mouse so any help  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.90.167.73 (talk) 11:51, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

New image addition
The image to the right (and the shown caption) has been added to the top of the article a couple times by

I removed it twice, but the user continues to restore it. The image is simply not a good quality illustration of a motion detector. The sensor itself is difficult to see, so the image does a poor job of illustrating the article subject. The existing images in the article do a much better job of illustrating motion detectors, and do not need to be supplemented with this poor quality image. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 04:15, 28 September 2014 (UTC)


 * It shows a regular motion detector, the other pictures show different motion detectors. Yuboktying (talk) 16:02, 28 September 2014 (UTC)
 * It's a marginal quality image of a ceiling fan. It's total crap as an image of a motion detector, which you need to search to even find in the image. Images should illustrate the subject to help in the encyclopedic understanding of the article subject. This image fails on so many levels, it should be removed. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 00:38, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

Note: Per WP:DISPUTE, I have left a notice at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Home Living regarding this discussion. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 22:17, 30 September 2014 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't worry about it, Yuboktying is a sock of . GB fan 19:37, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Removed the image. In future, when you see a David Beals ceiling fan image, please go to Commons and put a  tag on it.  NawlinWiki (talk) 22:05, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I will do that going forward. I wasn't familiar with this particular sockmaster, otherwise I would have addressed it differently from the start. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 23:00, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Mechanical devices?
No mention of microswitches, mercury switches. Couldn't they be included in this topic? Jojalozzo (talk) 00:43, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

Merge into motion detection
This should be merged into motion detection. These are just the devices used for motion detection. Fish567 (talk) 22:36, 28 January 2024 (UTC)