Self-configurable optical proximity detector
AssigneeSchneider Electric Industries SAS
InventorsFrédéric Couillaud, Alain Guillot, Jean-Pierre Laurent
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Abstract
Optical detector capable of operating in proximity mode or in proximity with background elimination mode, including an emission system and a reception system having hardware and software detection and configuration means capable of recognizing the appropriate mode by measuring the distance of the background, comparing a reception signal with at least one threshold, and automatically switching the reception system into proximity mode or proximity with background elimination mode depending on the result of the comparison.
Claims6
An optical detector comprising a system for emitting an emission beam and a reception system, the reception system comprising at least one photoreceptor component for outputting a reception signal indicating whether an object is on a path of the emission beam or a distance of such object along the beam path, and configurable for activation either in a first operating mode or in a second operating mode, wherein
- the first operating mode is a proximity mode and the second operating mode is proximity with background elimination mode, and
- the detector comprises hardware and software means for detection and configuration for recognizing an appropriate operating mode by comparing the reception signal with at least one threshold to measure a background distance and to switch the reception system to a proximity state or a proximity with background elimination state depending on a result of the comparison.
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