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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Onvector Technology, Llc, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventor:
Michael Weber-Grabau, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
onVector Technology LLC, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/00 (2006.01); G01S 17/02 (2006.01); G01N 21/68 (2006.01); G01N 21/64 (2006.01); G01J 3/02 (2006.01); H01J 37/32 (2006.01); G01V 8/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/026 (2013.01); G01J 3/02 (2013.01); G01N 21/00 (2013.01); G01N 21/64 (2013.01); G01N 21/68 (2013.01); G01V 8/20 (2013.01); H01J 37/32935 (2013.01);
Abstract
Object detection systems are provided herein. An example system includes an enclosure formed by a sidewall to define an interaction volume, at least one light source for illuminating the interaction volume with a light, at least one light sensor that senses disturbances in light intensity due to scattering, reflection, or absorption of the light by objects within the interaction volume, and a controller that is configured to detect an object or object behavior within interaction volume based on the disturbances in the light intensity.