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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2015
Sick Ag, Waldkirch, DE;
Jorg Sigmund, Waldkirch, DE;
Markus Hammes, Waldkirch, DE;
Sick AG, Waldkirch, DE;
Abstract
An optoelectronic sensor for the distance measurement of objects () in a monitored zone () using a time of flight method, having a light receiver () for receiving light from the monitored zone () and for outputting received signals (), and having an evaluation unit () for determining the time of flight from the received signals (), wherein the light receiver () is an image sensor () having a plurality of light reception elements () which are arranged in a planar manner in a matrix, wherein a first optical element () is arranged in front of at least one light reception element (), with the first optical element () having a filter element () of a filter array (), wherein at least respective first filter elements () and at least respective second filter elements () have different optical attenuations and/or the first optical element () has a lens () of a fly's eye optics (), with the fly's eye optics () having a plurality of lenses (), with a respective lens () being associated with at least one respective light reception element ().