A SENSOR APPARATUS, AS WELL AS A METHOD OF DETERMINING THE POSITION OF AN OBJECT, IN PARTICULAR A TEAT OF AN ANIMAL TO BE MILKED

摘要

A sensor apparatus for determining the position of an object present in a space, in particular a teat (21) of an animal to be milked, relative to the sensor apparatus, which sensor apparatus is provided with at least one transmitter element (13, 14) and at least one receiver element (17, 18) which is designed to receive a ray or beam of rays (26, 27) reflected by the object, as well as with a first directional element (3) for directing the ray or beam of rays emanating from the transmitter element consecutively to different areas in that space and/or for directing the ray or beam of rays emanating from the object to the receiver element, the sensor apparatus furthermore comprising means for scanning the space separately in at least two subareas.