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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2009
Holger Moench, Vaals, NL;
Mark Carpaij, Aachen, DE;
Alexander Marc Van Der Lee, Venlo, NL;
Stefan Schwan, Herzogenrath, DE;
Meng Han, Aachen, DE;
Marcel Franz Christian Schemmann, Maria Hoop, NL;
Holger Moench, Vaals, NL;
Mark Carpaij, Aachen, DE;
Alexander Marc Van Der Lee, Venlo, NL;
Stefan Schwan, Herzogenrath, DE;
Meng Han, Aachen, DE;
Marcel Franz Christian Schemmann, Maria Hoop, NL;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A sensor module () for measuring the distance to a target and/or the velocity of the target (), the sensor module () comprising at least one laser source (), at least one detector () being adapted to detect modulated laser light and at least one control element the control element () being adapted to vary the focus point of the laser light and/or the intensity of the laser light and/or the direction of the laser light. The control of the laser light emitted by the laser source () either by active optical devices as variable focus lenses or controllable attenuators or passive optical elements in combination with arrays of laser sources () and detectors () enable flexible and robust sensor modules.