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DISTANCE SENSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD

  • US 20100030380A1
  • Filed: 07/19/2007
  • Published: 02/04/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A distance sensing system comprising:

  • a source providing collimated light output;

    a sensor operative to detect the output incident on an object;

    a rotating mount to which said source and said sensor are attached;

    said rotating mount being rotatable through an arbitrary number of uni-directional rotations; and

    an electronics package attached to said rotating mount and coupled to said source and said sensor;

    said electronics package executing digital processing to process data acquired by said sensor as said mount rotates.

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