Light grid
AssigneeSick AG
InventorsJürgen Bürger, Daniel KIETZ
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AssigneeSick AG
InventorsJürgen Bürger, Daniel KIETZ
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A light grid (10) with a transmission unit (12) comprising a plurality of individual light transmitters (14) and a transmitter control (24) for activating the individual light transmitters (14), and with a reception unit (16) comprising a plurality of individual light receivers (18) corresponding to the individual light transmitters (14) and comprising an evaluation unit (26) connected to the individual light receivers (18) is provided, wherein the evaluation unit (26) is configured to detect an interruption of a light beam (20) from an individual light transmitter (14) to a corresponding individual light receiver (18) and to be optically synchronized with the transmitter control (24) by means of the light beams (20). The transmitter control (24) is configured to transmit a synchronization signal on multiple individual light transmitters (14) in parallel.
A light grid (10) with a transmission unit (12) comprising a plurality of individual light transmitters (14) and a transmitter control (24) for activating the individual light transmitters (14), and with a reception unit (16) comprising a plurality of individual light receivers (18) corresponding to the individual light transmitters (14) and comprising an evaluation unit (26) connected to the individual light receivers (18), wherein the evaluation unit (26) is configured to detect an interruption of a light beam (20) from an individual light transmitter (14) to a corresponding individual light receiver (18) and to be optically synchronized with the transmitter control (24) by means of the light beams (20),
A method for object measurement with a light grid (10), wherein it is evaluated which of a plurality of light beams (20), each formed between an individual light transmitter (14) and an individual light receiver (18), are interrupted by the object, and wherein a transmitter control (24) of the individual light transmitters (14) and an evaluation unit (26) of the individual light receivers (18) are synchronized with each other,
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