Optical sensor
First Claim
1. An optical sensor arrangement, comprising:
- a transmitter that emits light rays;
a receiver that receives light rays reflected from an object and having an output producing receiving signals;
a deflection unit to deflect the transmitted light rays to periodically sweep across a monitoring range;
an evaluation unit coupled to the transmitter and the receiver unit and storing parameters of several safety zones that form respectively predetermined areas of the monitoring range, wherein an object detection signal is generated in the evaluation unit in dependence on the receiving signals at the receiver output, which object detection signal indicates whether or not an object is located within an activated one of the safety zones; and
a communication interface coupled to the evaluation unit and operative for bi-directional data transmission with an external unit, wherein at least one of the stored safety zones is activated by reading into the evaluation unit activation signals from the external unit via the communication interface.
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Abstract
An optical sensor arrangement includes a transmitter that emits light rays and a receiver that receives light rays reflected from an object. A deflection unit deflects the transmitted light rays to periodically sweep across a monitoring range. An evaluation unit stores parameters of several safety zones that form respectively predetermined areas of the monitoring range. An object detection signal is generated in the evaluation unit in dependence on receiving signals at the receiver output, which object detection signal indicates whether or not an object is located within an activated safety zone. A communication interface is coupled to the evaluation unit and is operative for bi-directional data transmission with an external unit. At least one of the stored safety zones is activated by reading into the evaluation unit activation signals from the external unit via the communication interface.
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1. An optical sensor arrangement, comprising:
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a transmitter that emits light rays; a receiver that receives light rays reflected from an object and having an output producing receiving signals; a deflection unit to deflect the transmitted light rays to periodically sweep across a monitoring range; an evaluation unit coupled to the transmitter and the receiver unit and storing parameters of several safety zones that form respectively predetermined areas of the monitoring range, wherein an object detection signal is generated in the evaluation unit in dependence on the receiving signals at the receiver output, which object detection signal indicates whether or not an object is located within an activated one of the safety zones; and a communication interface coupled to the evaluation unit and operative for bi-directional data transmission with an external unit, wherein at least one of the stored safety zones is activated by reading into the evaluation unit activation signals from the external unit via the communication interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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