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Method for processing receiver signal and optical sensor

US7569843B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 24, 2005
Grant dateAug 4, 2009
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Expiry dateFeb 6, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03K2217/94114
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for processing a receiver output signal, as well as to an optical sensor. The first method step relates to storing the course of a receiver output signal. In a second method step, the receiver output signal is scanned in a predetermined time interval Δt. The subsequent scanning step relates to correlating the values obtained during the scanning with a filtering matrix, consisting of a sequence of matrix values, for generating a filtered receiver output signal that consists of a discrete sequence of receiver output signal values. In a final method step, the filtered receiver output signal is evaluated with at least one threshold value for generating an object detection signal.

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