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Photoelectric sensor

US8947652B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 18, 2013
Grant dateFeb 3, 2015
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Expiry dateSep 18, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01V8/10
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The disclosure provides a photoelectric sensor that provides useful information to set measurement conditions. The photoelectric sensor includes a light emitting unit having a light emitting element configured to emit detection light toward a detection area, a light receiving unit having a light receiving element configured to receive the detection light from the detection area and to obtain a detection value corresponding to the amount of light received, and a display unit configured to display information about the detection value in the light receiving unit. When the detection value varies across a predetermined threshold, the display unit displays a transit time that is the time from when the detection value crosses the predetermined threshold until when it crosses the predetermined threshold again, and a variation amount of the detection value in the variation.

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