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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 26, 2015
Applicant:

Sick Ag, Waldkirch, DE;

Inventors:

Gunter Leuker, Waldkirch, DE;

Patrick Bornstein, Waldkirch, DE;

Assignee:

SICK AG, Waldkirch, DE;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/48 (2006.01); G01V 8/12 (2006.01); G01S 17/02 (2006.01); G01S 7/51 (2006.01); H03K 17/94 (2006.01); G01C 3/08 (2006.01); G01S 17/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/48 (2013.01); G01C 3/08 (2013.01); G01S 7/51 (2013.01); G01S 17/026 (2013.01); G01V 8/12 (2013.01); H03K 17/941 (2013.01); G01S 17/08 (2013.01); H03K 2217/94108 (2013.01);
Abstract

A light sensing device having background suppression includes: a light transmitter, a light receiver, an evaluation unit for determining the spacing between the light sensing device and an object in a detection zone of the light sensing device, and a setting element for setting a sensing depth within which an object should be detected. A critical spacing region is defined between a set sensing depth and a background in dependence on the set sensing depth. A signal output outputs a signal if an object is detected within the set sensing depth and a display unit displays whether an object is present within the sensing depth. The set sensing depth can be displayed in relation to a maximum sensing depth of the light sensing device in a first display region and a second display region indicates if an object is located in the critical spacing region.


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