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

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 adjacen...

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Hauptverfasser:	BROCKMAN, CRAIG MARTIN, EISENBROWN, STEVEN A, BERNER, RETO, STEIN, MANFRED NORBERT, HARDEGGER, MARTIN, GALERA, RICHARD, MEINHERZ, CARL, FOOKS, ELIK I, BLACK, ROBERT M, CHEN, WEI JIE, MERZ, ROGER, NAIR, SURESH
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES BLASTING DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS HEATING LIGHTING LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES MEASURING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PHYSICS RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING RADIO NAVIGATION SAFETY DEVICES IN GENERAL TESTING THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL WEAPONS
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Zusammenfassung:	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.