OPTOELECTRONIC SENSOR AND METHOD FOR DETECTING OBJECTS

    公开(公告)号:US20190235082A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-01

    申请号:US16257697

    申请日:2019-01-25

    Applicant: SICK AG

    Abstract: An optoelectronic sensor (10) for detecting objects in a monitoring region (20), the sensor (10) having a scanning unit (12, 58) movable about an axis of rotation (18), a plurality of scanning modules (22) for periodically scanning the monitoring region (20) and for generating corresponding received signals, and an evaluation unit (48) for obtaining information about the objects from the received signals, the scanning modules (22) comprising at least one light transmitter (24) for transmitting several light beams (28) separated from one another and at least one light receiver (36) for generating the received signals from the light beams (32) remitted by the objects, wherein at least one scanning module (22) is at least one of tilted by a tilt angle (β) relative to its main viewing direction and rotated by a rotation angle (γ).

    Optoelectronic Sensor and Method for the Detection of Objects

    公开(公告)号:US20190235058A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-01

    申请号:US16256238

    申请日:2019-01-24

    Applicant: SICK AG

    CPC classification number: G01S7/4817 G01S7/4811 G01S7/4815 G01S17/42 G01S17/89

    Abstract: An optoelectronic sensor for the detection of objects in a monitored region is provided that comprises at least one light transmitter for transmitting a plurality of light beams separate from one another starting from a respective transmission point, a common transmission optics for the transmitted light beams, at least one light receiver for generating a respective received signal from the remitted light beams reflected from the objects and incident at a respective reception point, a common reception optics for the remitted light beams and an evaluated unit for obtaining information on the objects from the received signals. In this connection the transmission points are arranged on a first circular line and/or the reception points are arranged on the second circular line.

    OPTOELECTRONIC SENSOR AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AN OBJECT

    公开(公告)号:US20180292512A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-11

    申请号:US15948022

    申请日:2018-04-09

    Applicant: SICK AG

    Abstract: An optoelectronic sensor (10) for detecting an object in a monitored zone (20) that has at least one light transmitter (22) for transmitting a plurality of mutually separated transmitted light beams (26a-d); a plurality of light receivers (34a-d) that are each associated with one of the transmitted light beams (26a-d) for generating a received signal from the associated light beam (26, 30) remitted at the object; and an evaluation unit (46) that is configured to acquire information on the object at the respective point of incidence of the transmitted light beam (26a-d) from the received signal of the light receiver (34a-d) that is associated with the transmitted light beam (26a-d) and to additionally consider at least one received signal of a light receiver (34a-b) that is not associated with the transmitted light beam (26a-d) on the acquiring of information on the object at the point of incidence of at least one transmitted light beam (26a-d).

    Optoelectronic Sensor and Method for Detecting an Object

    公开(公告)号:US20200041617A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-06

    申请号:US16526075

    申请日:2019-07-30

    Applicant: SICK AG

    Inventor: Hartmut GIMPEL

    Abstract: An optoelectronic sensor (10) for detecting an object (20) in a monitoring region (18), the sensor (10) having a light transmitter (12) for transmitting transmitted light (16) of a wavelength range; a light receiver (32) for generating a received signal from the remitted light (22) remitted or reflected by the object (20), a reception optics (24) arranged in front of the light receiver (32), the reception optics (24) comprising at least a first optical element (26) for focusing the remitted light (22), a second optical element (28) for reducing the angle of incidence, and an optical filter (30) tuned to the wavelength range for suppressing interfering light; and an evaluation unit (34) which is configured to generate object information from the received signal, wherein the second optical element (28) comprises light scattering properties.

    OPTOELECTRONIC SENSOR AND METHOD OF DISTANCE DETERMINATION

    公开(公告)号:US20190324143A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-24

    申请号:US16389501

    申请日:2019-04-19

    Applicant: SICK AG

    Inventor: Hartmut GIMPEL

    Abstract: An optoelectronic sensor is provided for detecting objects and for determining the distance of objects in a monitored zone that has a light transmitter for transmitting modulated transmitted light, a light receiver having a plurality of SPAD light reception elements for generating at least one received signal from the transmitted light remitted from objects in the monitored zone, a reception optics disposed in front of the light receiver and having a diaphragm, and a control and evaluation unit that is configured to determine a time of flight from properties of the received signal and of the modulated transmitted light and to determine a distance value therefrom. The diaphragm here has a plurality of diaphragm apertures spaced apart from one another.

    OPTOELECTRONIC SENSOR AND METHOD OF DEFLECTING A LIGHT BEAM

    公开(公告)号:US20200088849A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-19

    申请号:US16572954

    申请日:2019-09-17

    Applicant: SICK AG

    Abstract: An optoelectronic sensor is provided having a light receiver, a reception optics arranged upstream of the light receiver, and a control and evaluation unit, wherein the reception optics has a beam deflection device having a plurality of switchable blaze gratings of different grating constants arranged behind one another, and wherein the control and evaluation unit is configured to switch a blaze grating on and off in accordance with a desired deflection angle of the beam deflection device have the same grating constants, but a mutually different blaze angle.

    OPTOELECTRONIC SENSOR AND METHOD OF DETECTING OBJECTS IN A MONITORED ZONE

    公开(公告)号:US20190041545A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-07

    申请号:US16053928

    申请日:2018-08-03

    Applicant: SICK AG

    Abstract: An optoelectronic sensor for detecting objects in a monitored zone is provided that has a light transmitter having a plurality of individual light sources and a transmission optics arranged in front of the light transmitter for transmitting a transmitted light beam that is composed of a plurality of individual light beams of the individual light sources; a light receiver for generating a received signal from the transmitted light beam remitted in the monitored zone and incident on the light receiver; and an evaluation unit for detecting the objects from the received signal. An optical deflection element is arranged between the light transmitter and the transmission optics and has microoptical zones which are associated with the individual light sources and which deflect the individual light beams onto one another such that the cross-sections of the individual light beams together take up a smaller area in a virtual image plane in front of the transmission optics than the individual light sources themselves.

    OPTOELECTRONIC SENSOR AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AN OBJECT

    公开(公告)号:US20170168144A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-06-15

    申请号:US15376860

    申请日:2016-12-13

    Applicant: SICK AG

    Abstract: An optoelectronic sensor (10) for detecting an object in a monitoring area (20), the sensor (10) having at least one light transmitter (22) for transmitting a plurality of mutually separated light beams (26), a light receiver (34) with a plurality of light receiving elements (34a) for generating a respective reception signal from the remitted light beams (30) remitted by the objects, a receiving optics (32) arranged in front of the light receiver (34) and an evaluation unit (46) for obtaining information about the object from the reception signals, wherein at least some of the light receiving elements (34a) have a mutual offset in a direction perpendicular to their receiving surface.

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