Time of flight (TOF) sensors as replacement for standard photoelectric sensors,申请号EP20110185641-传众专利搜索

Time of flight (TOF) sensors as replacement for standard photoelectric sensors

申请公布号：EP2442135(A1)

申请号：EP20110185641

申请日期：2011.10.18

申请公布日期：2012.04.18

申请人：

ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.;CEDES SAFETY & AUTOMATION AG

发明人：MEINHERZ, CARL;MERZ, ROGER;NAIR, SURESH;EISENBROWN, STEVEN A.;BROCKMAN, CRAIG MARTIN;FOOKS, ELIK I.;STEIN, MANFRED NORBERT, DR.;HARDEGGER, MARTIN;CHEN, WEI JIE;BERNER, RETO;GALERA, RICHARD;BLACK, ROBERT M.

分类号：G01S17/89;F16P3/14;G01S7/48

主分类号：G01S17/89

摘要：Systems and methods are provided for utilizing time of flight sensors in an industrial automation environment. The method includes employing a multi pixel camera associated with a time of flight sensor to detect an object located within a defined or bounded target area, comparing pixels with adjacent pixels associated with an image of the object captured by the multi pixel camera, identifying the object as being a colored, texture, or highly reflective object, and controlling industrial machinery based on the identification of the object entering the target area.