Rockwell Automation Technologies Incorporated

Cedes Safety & Automation Ag

Rockwell Automation Switzerland Gmbh

Rockwell Automation Safety Ag

Steven A Eisenbrown

Suresh Ramanujan Nair

Richard Galera

Carl Meinherz

Martin Hardegger

Elik I Fooks

Robert M Black

Craig Martin Brockman

Manfred Norbert Stein

Reto Berner

Wei Jie Chen

Roger Merz

Manfred Norbert Dr Stein

Manfred Stein

Systems and methods are provided for utilizing time of flight sensors in an industrial automation environment. The method includes employing a multi pixel camera associated with a time of flight sensor to detect an object located within a defined or bounded target area, comparing pixels with adjacent pixels associated with an image of the object captured by the multi pixel camera, identifying the object as being a colored, texture, or highly reflective object, and controlling industrial machinery based on the identification of the object entering the target area.

Time of flight (TOF) sensors as replacement for standard photoelectric sensors

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South Russell, OH, United States of America

Steven A Eisenbrown