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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8050570 | Optoelectronic sensor An optoelectronic sensor includes at least one light transmitter for the transmission of light signals into a monitored zone, at least one light receiver for the reception of light signals transmitted from the light transmitter and a control device for the generatio... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7970269 | Image acquisition apparatus The invention relates to an image acquisition apparatus, in particular a camera, for the identification of objects, comprising a focusable optical receiving system and an illumination unit including an object illumination and/or positioning illumination, wherein the... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7963137 | Apparatus comprising a protection device The invention relates to an apparatus, in particular to a bending apparatus, including at least one movable apparatus part; an operating device for the operation of the apparatus, with at least one first signal for the actuation of the apparatus and one second signa... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7847539 | Inductive proximity sensor The invention relates to an inductive proximity sensor with a sensor element which includes a resonant circuit which provides an output signal which depends on the damping by an electrically conductive object. In accordance with the invention, the inductive proximit... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7859651 | Optical range finder The invention relates to an optical range finder comprising a light transmitter for the transmission of measurement light into a monitored space, a light receiver for the reception of measurement light reflected or remitted by an object in the monitored space, and a... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7793017 | Connection module for sensors A connector module for the connection of a sensor, such as an optoelectronic sensor, to a fieldbus, having a sensor interface for the connection of the connector module to an interface of the sensor, a bus interface for the connection of the connector module to an i... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7714914 | Method and device for the correction of the brightness of a raw image generated by a sensor matrix The invention relates to a method for the correction of the brightness of a raw image generated by a sensor matrix, in which an intensity matching is carried out at picture elements defined by a line coordinate and a column coordinate and at least one intensity valu... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7710109 | Method and apparatus for position detection A relative position of two articles is determined by generating a magnetic field using a magnetic element of a first article and determining a first measurement value and a second measurement value using a sensor arrangement of a second article, with the first and t... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7656541 | Optoelectronic apparatus and a method for its operation An apparatus detects an object using an optoelectronic apparatus. Light beams generated by a light source are scattered back and/or reflected by an object and are detected by a receiver arrangement in accordance with the triangulation principle. An object detection ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7652238 | Method and apparatus for detecting an object through the use of multiple sensors A method for detecting an object inside a monitored zone includes monitoring at least a part of a monitored zone. Sensors generate respective single digital images of the total monitored zone, with the single images of all sensors being generated in a uniform coordi... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7602505 | Method for the automatic parameterization of measuring systems A method for the automatic parameterization of measuring systems for the measurement of objects transported by means of a transport device, in particular volume measurement systems, wherein at least one image, which is at least one-dimensional and comprises picture ... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7570361 | Test method for the testing of the functional capability of a monitoring sensor, monitoring method and monitoring sensor The invention relates to a test method for the testing of the functional capability of a monitoring sensor which scans a protective field to be monitored using a scanner. In accordance with the invention, at least one contour test object and one field test object ar... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7412293 | Process control The invention relates to a method for process control, wherein at least one process device to be controlled is controlled by at least one process module and by at least one safety module, in that process signals not relevant to safety are transmitted to a local cont... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7408462 | Control of monitored zone The invention relates to a method for the control of a monitored zone, in particular at transport devices for objects, wherein the monitored zone is scanned by means of at least one spatially resolving sensor, in particular a laser scanner and/or a camera system, th... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7391007 | Optoelectronic apparatus and method of operating the optoelectronic apparatus in order to detect an object A method for the detection of an object includes transmitting light in the direction of a reflector by a transmitter. The transmitted light is reflected by the reflector and is imaged as a reflector image and is detected by the receiver. The reflector image is evalu... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7213759 | Method and an apparatus to read a barcode The invention relates to a method of reading a machine-readable barcode including a pre-determined number of code elements, in particular bars and spaces, with a respective picture being taken by means of optical imaging of at least two adjacent and/or mutually over... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7095008 | Protective device working in a contact free manner A protective device working in a contact-free manner for the securing of a danger zone of a machine or the like comprises an optical evaluation field and a control and evaluation device which allows, in addition to a securing operation, in which a warning or machine... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7082340 | Parameterization and diagnostic system for field devices A system is described for the diagnosis and/or for the parameterization of devices forming sensors, actuators or controls and connected to a bus system, with device parameters being able to be read out of the device and/or being able to be transmitted into the devic... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7076310 | Electronic apparatus for a bus system An electronic apparatus forming a sensor, an actuator or a control is described comprising a control engine and an integrated bus interface via which the apparatus can be connected to a data bus for the communication of the apparatus with at least one further appara... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7049510 | Sensor A sensor with a carrier board which is arranged in a housing is at least partly produced by an injection molding process and fitted with electronic, optical, electromechanical and/or opto-electronic components. A region of the carrier board and at least some of the ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7041962 | Laser scanning apparatus The invention relates to a laser scanning apparatus, in particular for distance determination, comprising a transmission unit which has a pulsed laser for the transmission of a light beam into a zone to be monitored, comprising a light deflection unit to deflect the... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7034280 | Light grid The invention relates to a light grid having a transmitter strip for the transmission of a plurality of light beams and a receiver strip for the reception of these light beams, an evaluation unit for the processing of received signals generated in dependence on the ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7034929 | Protective apparatus for the monitoring of a protected zone to be moved with a component A protective device for securing to a component movable along a track and for the monitoring of a protected zone moving with the component includes a light transmitter for the radiation of a divergent transmitted light beam into a spatial zone containing the protect... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7012539 | Monitoring method and an optoelectronic sensor An optoelectronic sensor and a method for producing a positive or a negative object detection signal in dependence on the presence or non-presence of an object in a foreground region or in a background region of a region monitored by the sensor. Transmitted light is... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6982839 | Optical transmitter and receiver arrangement The invention relates to an optical arrangement comprising a plurality of transmitter elements and/or receiver elements, a plurality of diffractive and/or refractive optical elements and an optical carrier for the diffractive and/or refractive optical elements, wher... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6963781 | Electronic apparatus for a bus system An electronic apparatus forming a sensor, an actuator or a control is described comprising a control engine and an integrated bus interface. The apparatus can be connected via the bus interface to a data bus for the communication of the apparatus with at least one f... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6958465 | Method for detecting objects and light barrier grid A method for monitoring two or more movable objects in a monitoring region. A substantially horizontal light barrier grid having a plurality of parallel light barriers monitors the region. To permit a plurality of objects to simultaneously move in the monitored regi... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6943338 | Optoelectronic sensor The invention relates to an optoelectronic sensor, in particular a reflection light scanner, at least comprising a transmitter for transmitting transmitted light, a receiver for outputting at least two received signals in dependence on reflected and received transmi... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6940060 | Monitoring method and optoelectronic sensor A zone is monitored with an optoelectronic sensor. Light is transmitted in accordance with a structured light pattern in the direction of the monitored zone and is received from the monitored zone. The received light is converted into received signals and the receiv... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6919554 | Method and apparatus for securing a hazardous zone surrounding a moving tool A method and a sensor for the securing of a hazardous zone of a moving tool having a point of attack is disclosed. A monitored zone with a boundary surface is monitored whose cross-section extends along an arc of a circle or beyond it, wherein the center of the arc ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6896185 | Optoelectronic code reader The invention relates to an optoelectronic code reader and to a method for the reading in of codes, which move relative to the code reader within a reading zone, by scanning the reading zone at least along one scan direction. For the reading of codes which are arran... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6852991 | Optoelectronic sensor with adjustable depth of field range The invention relates to an optoelectronic sensor which has a transmission device for transmitting a strip illumination in the direction of an object zone, a reception device for receiving light reflected or remitted from the object zone and for outputting at least ... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6849860 | Detection system and a detection method The invention relates to a detection system and a detection method for the detection and tracking of optical codes on objects which are transported along a monitored zone, comprising a plurality of optoelectronic sensors to read the codes and to generate correspondi... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6847859 | Method for locating articles on a support plane A method of locating articles on a carrier plane on the basis of data obtained by a relative movement extending in a transport direction parallel to the carrier plane between a scanning plane and the articles and by repeatedly carrying out a total scan of the positi... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6839133 | Opto-electronic sensor An opto-electronic sensor for the optical detection of objects in a monitored zone. The sensor is coupled to a position measuring device for the production of at least one position detection signal and to an evaluation and control device for the calculation of an ac... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6815660 | Optoelectronic monitoring device The invention relates to an optoelectronic monitoring device for the detection of objects intruding into a monitored zone comprising at least one transmitter, in particular a light grid, arranged at an end of the monitored zone and having a group of transmission ele... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6812451 | Optical sensor for use in high vacuums An optical sensor for use in high vacuum plants and/or in ultrahigh vacuum plants has a metal housing surrounding an interior space in a manner substantially impermeable to gas in which a window which transmits light to be detected is provided and an optical sensor ... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6759649 | Optoelectronic detection device The invention relates to an optoelectronic detection device, in particular a laser scanner, comprising at least one transmitter unit for the transmission of electromagnetic radiation, preferably pulsed electromagnetic radiation, at least one receiver unit associated... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6747747 | Apparatus for determining a distance profile An apparatus for determining a distance profile has a light transmitter for transmitting pulse-like light signals in the direction of a monitored space, a light receiver for receiving light signals reflected/remitted from the monitored space and an evaluation unit f... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6737970 | Opto-electronic apparatus for monitoring and detection of intrusion of an object An opto-electronic apparatus for the monitoring of a protection area which has at least one protection device, which works in a non-contact manner, is described. The protection device, which works in a non-contact manner, has an evaluation unit for the generation of... | 05/18/2004 |
