Erwin Sick Gmbh Optik-Elektronik

Hermann Winterer

Erwin Sick

Gunter Fetzer

A protective zone apparatus on a vehicle capable of travelling along a path has a light transmitter (16) and a light receiver (18). The transmitted light beam (11) is obliquely directed onto the path of travel (12) at a first fixed angle (.alpha.) and executes a scanning movement about an axis (13) perpendicular to the path of travel (12). The received light beam extends at a second fixed angle (.beta.) from the point of impingement (15) of the transmitted light beam (11) on the path of travel (12) to the perpendicular axis (13) and executes a scanning movement synchronous with that of the transmitted light beam (11). An electronic processing circuit transmits a control signal which stops the vehicle if an obstacle arises in the protective zone (FIG. 1).

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