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US 2011/0299060 A1Published application
Sensor apparatus comprising a distance sensor
AssigneeCedes AG
InventorBas ALBERS
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AssigneeCedes AG
InventorBas ALBERS
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A sensor apparatus comprising a distance sensor comprising a transmitting device having at least one transmitter with a light source, and a receiving device having at least one receiver, and an electronic unit. The electronic unit being designed to emit light by means of the transmitter and to determine a distance which is covered by light emitted by the transmitter from a reflection surface of an object in a monitored area to the respective receiver. According to the invention, light guide means for transmission of light are arranged between the transmitting device and the monitored area and/or between the monitored area and the receiving device. The light guide means reflects the light at least once so that light can pass from the transmitting device to the monitored area and/or from the monitored area to the receiving device on an angled path.
A sensor apparatus comprising a distance sensor consisting of a transmit device having at least one transmitter with a light source, and of a receive device having at least one receiver, and comprising an electronic unit, the electronic unit being designed to emit light by means of the transmitter and to determine a distance which is covered by light emitted by the transmitter from a reflection surface of an object in a monitored area to the respective receiver, wherein light guide means for transmitting light are arranged between the transmit device and the monitored area and/or between the monitored area and the receive device, the light guide means reflecting the light at least once so that light can pass from the transmit device to the monitored area and/or from the monitored area to the receive device on an angled path.
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