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Optical distance measuring device

US8773642B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Andreas Eisele · Echterdingen, DE
Oliver Wolst · Walzbachtal, DE
Bernd Schmidtke · Neumarkt am Wallersee, AT

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 21, 2010
Grant date	Jul 8, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 15, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01S7/4863
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A measuring device for optically measuring a distance to a target object including an emitter device for emitting an optical measuring beam to the target object, a capturing device comprising a detection surface for detecting an optical beam returned by the target object, and an evaluation device. The detection surface has a plurality of pixels, each pixel having at least one light-sensitive element and each of the plurality of pixels is connected to the evaluation device. The emitting device and the capturing device are configured in such a manner that the optical measurement beam returned by the target object simultaneously illuminates a plurality of pixels. The evaluation device is configured in such a manner that detection signals of a plurality of pixels are guided to at least one of the plurality of distance determining devices.

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