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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2016
Applicant:
Sick Ag, Waldkirch, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SICK AG, Waldkirch, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 3/08 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 17/08 (2006.01); G01B 11/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/4816 (2013.01); G01B 11/24 (2013.01); G01S 7/4817 (2013.01); G01S 17/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
An optoelectronic sensor () for detecting an object in a monitoring area (), the sensor () having at least one light transmitter () for transmitting a plurality of mutually separated light beams (), a light receiver () with a plurality of light receiving elements () for generating a respective reception signal from the remitted light beams () remitted by the objects, a receiving optics () arranged in front of the light receiver () and an evaluation unit () for obtaining information about the object from the reception signals, wherein at least some of the light receiving elements () have a mutual offset in a direction perpendicular to their receiving surface.