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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2019
Applicant:
Omron Europe B.v., Hoofddorp, NL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
OMRON EUROPE B.V., Hoofddorp, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16P 3/14 (2006.01); B25J 19/02 (2006.01); G01P 3/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16P 3/144 (2013.01); B25J 19/021 (2013.01); G01P 3/68 (2013.01);
Abstract
A monitoring device for monitoring a boundary section of a safety zone for detecting an object at least partially entering or leaving the safety zone through the boundary section is provided. The monitoring device comprises: a light curtain device for detecting an object touching the boundary section; at least one radar device for detecting a movement direction of the object relative to the boundary section and/or a material property of the object; and an evaluation device for emitting an evaluation result based on a radar device signal from the radar device and optionally based on a light curtain device signal from the light curtain device.