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Object detecting switch device

US5008862A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 18, 1990
Grant dateApr 16, 1991
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Expiry dateJan 18, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S367/903
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A switch device is disclosed for detecting an object which comprises a transducer for emitting and receiving ultrasonic signals to and from an object, a transmitter for driving the transducer, a receiver for receiving a signal from the transducer, a gate for detecting a short-distant object, a gate for detecting a long-distant object, and a circuit for setting the timings of the gates in accordance with the detecting ranges of the object.

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