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AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorsMitsuhiro Kiyono, Teiyuu Kimura, Noriyuki Ozaki, Kenichi Yanai, Shinji Kashiwada, Fumiaki Mizuno, Kazuhisa Onda
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An optical detector is configured to project a projection beam toward a measurement area and detect a return beam from the measurement area. The optical detector includes: a projecting optical system that forms a projection optical axis to project the projection beam; a receiving optical system that forms a receiving optical axis to receive the return beam, and a housing having a housing chamber to house the projecting optical system and the receiving optical system, and an optical window for the projection beam and the return beam to travel between the housing chamber and the measurement area. The projection optical axis and the receiving optical axis are offset from each other to define an overlap region inside the housing chamber where footprints of the projection beam and the return beam overlap with each other.
An optical detector configured to project a projection beam toward a measurement area and detect a return beam from the measurement area, the optical detector comprising:
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