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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2014
Basf SE, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Henrike Wonneberger, Mannheim, DE;
Ingmar Bruder, Neuleiningen, DE;
Erwin Thiel, Siegen, DE;
Robert Send, Karlsruhe, DE;
Stephan Irle, Siegen, DE;
BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Abstract
A detector device () for determining an orientation of at least one object () is disclosed. The detector device comprises: at least two beacon devices (), the beacon devices () being adapted to be at least one of attached to the object (), held by the object () and integrated into the object (), the beacon devices () each being adapted to direct light beams () towards a detector (), the beacon devices () having predetermined coordinates in a coordinate system of the object (); at least one detector () adapted to detect the light beams () traveling from the beacon devices () towards the detector (); at least one evaluation device (), the evaluation device () being adapted to determine longitudinal coordinates of each of the beacon devices () in a coordinate system of the detector (), the evaluation device () being further adapted to determine an orientation of the object () in the coordinate system of the detector () by using the longitudinal coordinates of the beacon devices ().