Laser area sensor
First Claim
1. A laser area sensor, comprising:
- a laser range finder that emits laser light, and measures a distance to an object that is present in a laser light emitting direction based on a period of time for light reflected by the object to return;
a scanning mechanism portion that changes a measurement direction of the laser range finder;
a distance information acquiring portion that defines a detection area and acquires distance information in each direction in the detection area in a time-series manner, by periodically causing the laser range finder to perform measurement while causing the scanning mechanism portion to change the measurement direction;
a human body judging portion that extracts a portion that is presumed to correspond to a human body, from among the distance information acquired by the distance information acquiring portion, and judges whether or not the extracted portion matches a human body based on a time-series moving status of the extracted portion; and
a human body detection signal output portion that outputs a human body detection signal when the human body judging portion judges that a human body is present.
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Abstract
In an embodiment, a laser area sensor of the present invention comprises: a laser range finder; a scanning mechanism that changes a measurement direction of the laser range finder; a distance data acquiring portion that defines a detection area and acquires distance information in each direction in the detection area in a time-series manner, by periodically causing the laser range finder to perform measurement while causing the measurement direction to be changed; a human body judging portion that extracts a portion that is presumed to correspond to a human body, from among the distance information and judges whether or not the extracted portion matches a human body based on a time-series moving status of the extracted portion; an alert output control portion; a memory; and a DIP switch.
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1. A laser area sensor, comprising:
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a laser range finder that emits laser light, and measures a distance to an object that is present in a laser light emitting direction based on a period of time for light reflected by the object to return; a scanning mechanism portion that changes a measurement direction of the laser range finder; a distance information acquiring portion that defines a detection area and acquires distance information in each direction in the detection area in a time-series manner, by periodically causing the laser range finder to perform measurement while causing the scanning mechanism portion to change the measurement direction; a human body judging portion that extracts a portion that is presumed to correspond to a human body, from among the distance information acquired by the distance information acquiring portion, and judges whether or not the extracted portion matches a human body based on a time-series moving status of the extracted portion; and a human body detection signal output portion that outputs a human body detection signal when the human body judging portion judges that a human body is present. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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