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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2019
Sick Ag, Waldkirch, DE;
SICK AG, Waldkirch, DE;
Abstract
An optoelectronic sensor () for detecting objects in a monitoring region (), the sensor () having a scanning unit () movable about an axis of rotation (), a plurality of scanning modules () for periodically scanning the monitoring region () and for generating corresponding received signals, and an evaluation unit () for obtaining information about the objects from the received signals, the scanning modules () comprising at least one light transmitter () for transmitting several light beams () separated from one another and at least one light receiver () for generating the received signals from the light beams () remitted by the objects, wherein at least one scanning module () is at least one of tilted by a tilt angle (β) relative to its main viewing direction and rotated by a rotation angle (γ).