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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2020
Balluff Gmbh, Neuhausen a.d.F., DE;
Tobias Reissing, Filderstadt, DE;
Manuel Bronner, Reutlingen, DE;
Balluff GmbH, Neuhausen a.d.F., DE;
Abstract
An optical sensor device has a transmission unit for emitting light, a receiving unit for light emitted by the transmission unit, and an evaluation unit for evaluating a receive signal, which is based on the received light, wherein the emitted light is designed as a light pulse which is based on a transmission signal, which has a signal shape with a rising and/or falling flank, wherein the receive signal has substantially the same signal shape as the transmission signal, wherein the evaluation unit is suitable for scanning the receive signal at at least one scanning point in its rising and/or falling flank.