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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2007
Filed:
May. 08, 2003
Juergen Reichenbach, Emmendingen, DE;
Carl Joseph Hafner, Emmendingen, DE;
Peter Hauser, Freiburg, DE;
Christiane Fillhardt, Schutterwald, DE;
Juergen Reichenbach, Emmendingen, DE;
Carl Joseph Hafner, Emmendingen, DE;
Peter Hauser, Freiburg, DE;
Christiane Fillhardt, Schutterwald, DE;
Sick AG, Waldkirch, DE;
Abstract
A method for operating an optical sensor which has a light receptor that receives line-by-line reflected or returned light for a complete picture. At least some of the received pictures are compressed with a picture compression algorithm. To process the picture and more quickly store it in a memory-saving manner, the optoelectronic sensors compress the picture simultaneously with its receipt by the receptor. Optoelectronic sensors for use in this manner can be a code laser or a laser scanner for determining distance or generating separation pictures.