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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2018
Omron Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Enzo Romano, Moncalieri Torino, IT;
Paolo Viviani, Villastellone, IT;
Maurizio Cambursano, Chivasso, IT;
Pasqualino Brunetti, Turin, IT;
Gianmarco Grange, Turin, IT;
Keisaku Kikuchi, Kusatsu, JP;
Satoru Shimokawa, Ostu, JP;
Kazuhiro Kudo, Kusatsu, JP;
Kazunori Osako, Otsu, JP;
OMRON Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A method for operating a light curtain arrangement for monitoring a safety area is provided. The light curtain arrangement includes a plurality of first light emitter elements placed at an emitter side of the safety area, and a plurality of second light receiver elements placed at a receiver side of the safety area. The method includes the steps of: assigning a plurality of dedicated light emitter elements to a respective one light receiver element, wherein the assigned light emitter elements form an array; and activating the dedicated light emitter elements of a respective array to contemporaneously emit light, and at the same time, receiving the emitted light from the activated light emitter elements by the respective light receiver element.