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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2013
Applicant:
Osram Opto Semiconductors Gmbh, Regensburg, DE;
Inventors:
Dirk Sossenheimer, Regensburg, DE;
Christian Müller, Deuerling, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/03 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G01S 17/02 (2006.01); G01S 7/484 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/02 (2013.01); G01S 7/484 (2013.01); G01S 17/026 (2013.01); G06F 1/3231 (2013.01); G06F 3/0304 (2013.01); G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1289 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of operating an optoelectronic proximity sensor including a radiation-emitting component, a radiation-detecting component and a control unit includes: operating the radiation-emitting component with a pulsed current, wherein the pulsed current of the radiation-emitting component has an on time and an off time during a measurement period, and causing the control unit to evaluate a detector signal of the radiation-detecting component during the on time and ending the on time if the detector signal exceeds a threshold value, wherein the ratio of the on time to the measurement period is less than 1/10.