Distance determination
First Claim
1. A method for the determination of an object distance between an opto-electronic sensor working according to the principle of triangulation and a sensed object, comprisingproviding the sensor with at least one measuring channel between a transmission unit for emitting first electromagnetic sensing rays into the measuring region and a reception unit for detecting sensing rays coming from the measuring region;
- providing the sensor with at least one additional channel which has at least one of a further transmission unit for transmitting second electromagnetic sensing rays into the measuring region and a further reception unit;
expanding the second sensing rays and directing the expanded second sensing rays onto the measuring region to form an expanded sensing zone; and
jointly evaluating the received signals of the measuring channel and of the additional channel in order to determine the object distance by forming a difference between the received signals of the measuring channel and of the additional channel.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for the determination of the object distance between an opto-electronic sensor working according to the principle of triangulation and an object,
wherein the sensor has at least one measuring channel between a transmission unit for the emission of electromagnetic sensing rays into the measuring region and a reception unit for the detection of sensing rays reflected and/or remitted from the measuring region;
wherein the sensor has at least one additional channel which has a further transmission unit and/or a further reception unit in addition to the transmission unit and the reception unit; and
wherein the received signals of the measuring channel and of the additional channel are jointly evaluated for the determination of the object distance.
The invention further relates to an apparatus for the carrying out of this method.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for the determination of an object distance between an opto-electronic sensor working according to the principle of triangulation and a sensed object, comprising
providing the sensor with at least one measuring channel between a transmission unit for emitting first electromagnetic sensing rays into the measuring region and a reception unit for detecting sensing rays coming from the measuring region; -
providing the sensor with at least one additional channel which has at least one of a further transmission unit for transmitting second electromagnetic sensing rays into the measuring region and a further reception unit;
expanding the second sensing rays and directing the expanded second sensing rays onto the measuring region to form an expanded sensing zone; and
jointly evaluating the received signals of the measuring channel and of the additional channel in order to determine the object distance by forming a difference between the received signals of the measuring channel and of the additional channel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for the determination of an object distance between an opto-electronic sensor working according to the principle of triangulation and a sensed object, comprising
providing the sensor with at least one measuring channel between a transmission unit for emitting first electromagnetic sensing rays into the measuring region and a reception unit for detecting sensing rays coming from the measuring region; -
providing the sensor with at least one additional channel which has at least one of a further transmission unit for transmitting second electromagnetic sensing rays into the measuring region and a further reception unit for receiving signals;
evaluating the received signals of at least one of the measuring channel and the additional channel to determine a distance value for the object distance;
determining from the signals received by the further reception unit whether the signals fulfill at least one additional criterion; and
using the distance value as the measure of the object distance if the additional criterion is fulfilled. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for the determination of an object distance between an opto-electronic sensor working according to the principle of triangulation and a sensed object, comprising
providing the sensor with at least first and second measuring channels and a transmission unit emitting electromagnetic sensing rays into a measuring region, each channel including one of a reception unit and an optical reception system for detecting sensing rays coming from the measuring region; - and
arranging the transmission unit between the at least one of the reception unit and the optical reception system, and jointly evaluating the received signals of the first and second channels to determine the object distance by respectively determining for the received signals a center of an intensity distribution of the detected sensing rays coming from the measuring region and a distance of the center from a position of the transmission unit, and using a mean value of the center distances as a measure for the object distance.
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21. A method for the determination of an object distance between an opto-electronic sensor working according to the principle of triangulation and a sensed object, comprising
providing the sensor with at least first and second measuring channels and a transmission unit emitting electromagnetic sensing rays into the measuring region, each channel including one of a reception unit and an optical reception system for detecting sensing rays coming from the measuring region; -
arranging the at least one of the reception units and the optical reception system at the sane side of the transmission unit; and
jointly evaluating the received signals of the first and second channels to determine the object distance by respectively determining for the received signals a center of an intensity distribution of the detected sensing rays coming from the measuring region and a distance of the center from a position of the transmission unit, and using a distance between mutually corresponding characteristic regions of the received signals of the first and second channels as a measure for the object distance.
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22. Apparatus for the determination of an object distance between an opto-electronic sensor working according to the principle of triangulation and a sensed object, comprising
at least one measuring channel between a transmission unit for emitting first electromagnetic sensing rays into a measuring region and a reception unit for detecting sensing rays coming from the measuring region; -
at least one additional channel which has at least one of a further transmission unit for transmitting second electromagnetic sensing rays into the measuring region and a further reception unit;
a device expanding the second sensing rays and directing the expanded second sensing rays onto the measuring region to form an expanded sensing zone; and
a processor which jointly evaluates the received signals of the measuring channel and of the additional channel in order to determine the object distance by forming a difference between the received signals of the measuring channel and of the additional channel.
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23. Apparatus for the determination of an object distance between an opto-electronic sensor working according to the principle of triangulation and a sensed object comprising
at least one measuring channel between a transmission unit for emitting first electromagnetic sensing rays into the measuring region and a reception unit for detecting sensing rays coming from the measuring region; -
at least one additional channel which has at least one of a further transmission unit for transmitting second electromagnetic sensing rays into the measuring region and a further reception unit for receiving signals;
a device evaluating the received signals of at least one of the measuring channel and the additional channel to determine a distance value for the object distance;
a further device determining from the signals received by the further reception unit whether the signals fulfill at least one additional criterion; and
a processor for using the distance value as the measure of the object distance if the additional criterion is fulfilled.
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