Method and arrangement for recognition of optical radiation
AssigneeIngenieurburo Goebel GmbH
InventorKlaus R. Goebel
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method and an arrangement (10) for detecting the penetration of optical radiation (12) in a sectional area (20) of a protective wall system (18) in which at least one receiver (22) is located. The receiver is connected to an evaluation circuit (24). To recognize the failure of an inner protective wall it is suggested that the outer wall (16) of the protective wall system has a breach (26) for a transmitter/receiver unit (28), consisting of a number of receivers (22) located on the circumferential side of a tubular jacket (30) and a number of transmitters (32) concentrically surrounding the receivers (22) in a circle.
Claims12
Arrangement for detecting penetration of continuous or pulsed laser radiation in a sectional area limited by at least one of two walls of a housing of a protective double-wall element system including at least one receiver constructed and arranged for detection of the radiation connected to an evaluation circuit,
- the sectional area being defined between an inner wall and an outer wall of the double-wall element of the protective wall system,
- the arrangement comprising a breach in the outer wall of the housing, the breach containing a transmitter/receiver unit, comprising a plurality of receivers located on the circumference of a tubular jacket, and a plurality of transmitters concentrically surrounding the receivers in a circle,
- each of said receivers having one of said transmitters assigned thereto for self-monitoring, the one of said transmitters assigned thereto being located diametrically opposite thereto,
- wherein the tubular jacket holding the receivers extends inside into the sectional area, and the transmitters are arranged concentrically in relation to the cylindrical jacket.
Method for detecting laser radiation in at least one defined sectional area of a protective housing, the laser radiation being detected by a receiver supplied with reference radiation emitted by a transmitter, comprising:
- locating the transmitter and the receiver in the defined sectional area between two walls of a double-wall element forming the protective housing,
- generating, by the transmitter, a modulated and/or coded radiation in a wavelength range of the radiation to be detected in the sectional area, as reference radiation and evaluating interference to the pattern of the modulated and/or coded radiation as penetration of the laser radiation to be detected into the sectional area, and
- immediately switching off the laser radiation after detection of a disturbance in the pattern, wherein at least one receiver is connected in series with a filter, and wherein a wavelength band λ2 of the radiation received b the receiver is limited by λ2=λ1±Δλ, and wavelength λ1 of the wavelength range is that of the radiation to be detected as well as that of the reference radiation.
Arrangement for detecting penetration of continuous or pulsed laser radiation in a sectional area limited by at least one of two walls of a housing of a protective double-wall element system in which at least one receiver is located for detection of the radiation and the receiver is connected to an evaluation circuit,
- comprising in the at least one limited sectional area which is defined between two walls of the double-wall element system, a transmitter for emitting a reference radiation produced by a generator connected with the transmitter such that the generator generates a code and/or modulation pattern for the radiation emitted by the transmitter in the wavelength range of the radiation to be detected, the generator being connected to the evaluation circuit and the evaluation circuit is constructed and arranged to compare the code and/or modulation pattern with the radiation received by the receiver and to switch off the radiation to be detected when the code and/or modulation pattern is disrupted, and
- wherein at least one receiver is connected in series with a filter, and
- wherein a wavelength band λ2 of the radiation received by the receiver is limited by λ2=λ1±Δλ, and λ1 is a wavelength range of radiation to be detected as well as that of the reference radiation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.