Safety system for contactless measurement of paths and/or speeds
First Claim
1. An optoelectronic safety sensor for the contactless measurement of paths and/or speeds of the safety sensor or of a first object connected in a fixed position to the safety sensor with respect to a second object moved relative to the first object wherein the objects form a potential source of danger on movement, the optoelectric safety sensor comprising:
- a light source;
a light receiver having a plurality of light reception elements;
an evaluation unit configured to determine at least one of a path and a speed of a surface structure with respect to a second object, using at least one of an optical correlation process and an evaluation of an optical flow from at least two images of the surface structure taken sequentially by the light receiver, wherein;
the evaluation unit is further configured to evaluate a quality of the at least one determined path and determined speed; and
the evaluation unit is operably connected to a safety output via which the evaluation unit is configured to output a shutdown signal or brake signal when an evaluated quality falls below a predetermined threshold.
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Abstract
An optoelectronic safety sensor (10) is set forth for the contactless measurement of paths and/or speeds of the safety sensor (10) or of a first object connected in a fixed position to the safety sensor (10) with respect to a second object (12) moved relatively to the first object, which form a potential source of danger, wherein the safety sensor (10) has a light source (20), a light receiver (16) with a plurality of light reception elements and has an evaluation unit (22), with the evaluation unit (22) being configured to determine by means of an optical correlation process and/or by evaluation of the optical flow the path and/or the speed from at least two images of a surface structure (18, 18a, 18b) of the second object (12) taken sequentially by the light receiver (22). In this respect, the evaluation unit (22) is further configured to evaluate the quality of the determined path and/or of the determined speed, and a safety output (24) is provided via which the evaluation signal (22) can output a shutdown signal or brake signal to secure the danger source when a required quality is not reached.
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18 Claims
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1. An optoelectronic safety sensor for the contactless measurement of paths and/or speeds of the safety sensor or of a first object connected in a fixed position to the safety sensor with respect to a second object moved relative to the first object wherein the objects form a potential source of danger on movement, the optoelectric safety sensor comprising:
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a light source; a light receiver having a plurality of light reception elements; an evaluation unit configured to determine at least one of a path and a speed of a surface structure with respect to a second object, using at least one of an optical correlation process and an evaluation of an optical flow from at least two images of the surface structure taken sequentially by the light receiver, wherein; the evaluation unit is further configured to evaluate a quality of the at least one determined path and determined speed; and the evaluation unit is operably connected to a safety output via which the evaluation unit is configured to output a shutdown signal or brake signal when an evaluated quality falls below a predetermined threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A safety method for the optical contactless measurement of paths and/or speeds of a safety sensor or of a first object with respect to a second object moved relative to the first object wherein the objects form a potential source of danger on movement, the method comprising the steps of:
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illuminating the second object by a light source; imaging a surface structure of the second object on a light receiver having a plurality of light reception elements; and determining at least one of a path and a speed of the first object using at least one of an optical correlation process and an evaluation of an optical flow; evaluating a quality of the at least one determined path and determined speed; and outputting a shutdown signal or brake signal via a safety output when an evaluated quality falls below a predetermined threshold. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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