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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2018
Applicant:
Omron Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Tetsuya Akagi, Kyoto, JP;
Xiaoguang Ning, Otsu, JP;
Assignee:
OMRON Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/497 (2006.01); G01S 17/87 (2020.01); G08B 13/183 (2006.01); G08B 13/196 (2006.01); G01S 17/88 (2006.01); G01S 17/04 (2020.01); G01S 17/18 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/497 (2013.01); G01S 17/04 (2020.01); G01S 17/18 (2020.01); G01S 17/87 (2013.01); G01S 17/88 (2013.01); G08B 13/183 (2013.01); G08B 13/19682 (2013.01);
Abstract
A highly reliable determination device to determine the distance to an object even if general-purpose optical distance measurement modules or the like are used. The determination device determines that an abnormality has occurred in at least one of a plurality of optical distance measurement modules when the distances respectively indicated by the optical distance measurement modules deviate from each other by a predetermined length or more.