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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2006
Applicants:
Tomoki Deguchi, Osaka, JP;
Shinichi Tsukigi, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Tomoki Deguchi, Osaka, JP;
Shinichi Tsukigi, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Keyence Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A concave curved surfaceis formed on a light inputting surfaceof a light emitting lens, and a convex curved surfaceis formed on a light emitting surface. Only laser light close to an optic axis A is inputted to the concave curved surface, and a spread angle is enlarged, and thereby, it is possible to make intensity distribution more uniform, and to reduce an error on the occasion of comparing a received light amount of reflected light with a threshold value, and therefore, even if a light receiving surface is small, it is possible to detect an object with high accuracy.