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Optoelectronic sensor and method for detecting an object

US12066573B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 3, 2020
Grant dateAug 20, 2024
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Expiry dateMay 17, 2043

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01S17/894
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An optoelectronic sensor for detecting an object in a monitored zone having at least one light source for transmitting transmitted light, a light receiver having a reception optics arranged upstream for generating received signals from light beams remitted at the object, and a control and evaluation unit for acquiring information on the object from the received signals has a beam splitter arrangement arranged downstream of the light source for splitting the transmitted light into a plurality of transmitted light beams separated from one another, wherein the beam splitter arrangement includes a plurality of switchable beam splitters for splitting the transmitted light.

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