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Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 19, 2013
Applicant:

Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;

Inventors:

Andreas Eisele, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, DE;

Bernd Schmidtke, Leonberg, DE;

Assignee:

Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 3/08 (2006.01); G01S 7/497 (2006.01); G01C 25/00 (2006.01); G01S 17/36 (2006.01); G01S 17/08 (2006.01); G01S 7/491 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/497 (2013.01); G01C 3/08 (2013.01); G01C 25/00 (2013.01); G01S 7/4911 (2013.01); G01S 17/08 (2013.01); G01S 17/36 (2013.01); G01S 7/4913 (2013.01); G01S 7/4918 (2013.01);
Abstract

A measurement device for measuring an optical distance of an object includes an emission device configured to emit a first signal towards the object. The measurement device further includes a modulator device configured to modulate the first signal and a reception device configured to detect a second signal. The measurement device also includes an analysis device configured to receive and analyze the second signal. The measurement device further includes a calibration device configured to calibrate the measurement device with the modulator device turned on and with the emission device operated below a pre-definable power threshold value.


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