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Triangulation light sensor

US10761209B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SICK AG · DE

Inventors

Kai Waslowski · Trento, IT
Ingolf Hörsch · Emmendingen, DE
Gerhard Merettig · Waldkirch, DE
Matthias Gotz · Glückstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 7, 2018
Grant date	Sep 1, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 18, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01V8/20
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to a triangulation light sensor for the detection of objects on a conveying path having a light transmitter for transmitting transmitted light into a detection zone that extends over a part region of the conveying path, having a light receiver, a reception optics arranged in an optical path between the detection zone and the light receiver, and an evaluation unit that is configured for generating an object detection signal from the received signals.

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