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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2017
Applicant:
Sick Ag, Waldkrich, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SICK AG, Waldkirch, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 8/12 (2006.01); G01S 17/04 (2020.01); G01S 7/497 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 7/486 (2020.01); G01S 7/4912 (2020.01); G01S 17/08 (2006.01); G01V 8/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/04 (2020.01); G01S 7/4816 (2013.01); G01S 7/4868 (2013.01); G01S 7/497 (2013.01); G01S 7/4918 (2013.01); G01S 17/08 (2013.01); G01V 8/10 (2013.01); G01V 8/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
An optoelectronic sensor () is provided for detecting object information from a monitored zone () having a light receiver (); a reception optics () associated with the light receiver () for generating a light spot on the light receiver (); and an evaluation unit () for generating the object information from a received signal of the light receiver (). In this respect, a manipulation unit () is provided to vary the reception optics (), the light receiver () and/or elements of the reception optics () such that the portion of the light spot that is incident on the light receiver () varies.