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Sensor device and system having a conveyor and a sensor device

US8107058B2 · kind B2 · utility

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23Claims

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Assignee

CEDES AG · CH

Inventors

Manfred Stein · Eschborn, DE
Carl Meinherz · Chur, CH
Bas Albers · Chur, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 27, 2009
Grant date	Jan 31, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 25, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02P90/02
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A sensor device having a sensor arrangement for detecting moving objects that includes a sensor and an electronic unit. The sensor arrangement is designed to detect an object and to subsequently investigate whether there are present within the surface of the object regions that move at a different speed and/or acceleration. The sensor arrangement can also investigate whether the object is accelerating.

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