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Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015

Filed:

May. 07, 2012
Applicants:

Hung-yu Lin, New Taipei, TW;

Chun-jung Wu, Tainan, TW;

Inventors:

Hung-Yu Lin, New Taipei, TW;

Chun-Jung Wu, Tainan, TW;

Assignee:

Cho-Yi Lin, New Taipei, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06M 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/042 (2006.01); G01B 11/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/026 (2013.01);
Abstract

A sensing method and device for sensing the position of an object are provided. The sensing device comprises a light source for generating a plane light, and a sensor unit disposed at one side of the light source. The sensing method comprises driving the light source to generate the plane light, forming a reflective light distribution by the object reflecting the plane light; and estimating a relative distance between the object and the light source according to the reflective light distribution.


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