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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2019
Ft System Srl, Alseno, IT;
FT SYSTEM SRL, Alseno, IT;
Abstract
There is provided an apparatus for determining the position of objects () advancing in line on a supporting plane belonging to a transport line (). The apparatus includes, for determining the position of an object () on the supporting plane, sources (A,A) of a first and a second light beam () generating collimated beams () with substantial point-like cross-sectional size, which propagate along paths defining a plane parallel to the supporting plane and forming acute angles with the advance direction (F), and detectors (B,B) for the separate detection of the first and the second beam (). A processing unit () includes means for comparing the instants at which an object passes through each beam () and for detecting, based on the comparison result, a possible offset of the position of the object () from a reference position.