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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2005
Christian Wöhler, Heroldstatt, DE;
Werner Progscha, Herrenberg, DE;
Lars Krüger, Ulm, DE;
Dietmar Döttling, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, DE;
Martin Wendler, Stuttgart, DE;
Christian Wöhler, Heroldstatt, DE;
Werner Progscha, Herrenberg, DE;
Lars Krüger, Ulm, DE;
Dietmar Döttling, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, DE;
Martin Wendler, Stuttgart, DE;
Pilz GmbH & Co. KG, Ostfildern, DE;
Daimler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
In order to safeguard a hazardous area, in particular the hazardous area of an automatically operating machine, images of the hazardous area are recorded with at least a first and a second image recording unit that are arranged offset from one another. The images of the scene are subjected to three-dimensional scene analyses using different three-dimensional scene analysis methods, and the hazardous area is safeguarded when at least one of the scene analysis methods detects a foreign object.