摘要 |
A method for detecting an object located in an environment and a multi-channel LED object detection system for detecting an object located in an environment are provided. The method includes providing a Light-Emitting-Diode (LED) light source having a wide field-of-illumination and orienting the LED light source for the wide field-of-illumination to encompass the width of the environment; providing an optical detector having a wide field-of-view and orienting the optical detector for the wide field-of-view to encompass the width of the environment, the optical detector having a plurality of sub-detectors, each having an individual narrow field-of-view, each individual narrow field-of-view creating a channel in the wide field-of-view; driving the LED light source into emitting light toward the environment, the width of the environment being illuminated by the light, the light having an emitted light waveform; receiving and acquiring an individual complete trace of a reflection/backscatter of the emitted light on the object in the environment at each sub-detector of the plurality, thereby combining the individual narrow field-of-view to create the wide field-of-view encompassing the width of the environment and thereby receiving and acquiring an individual complete trace for each channel; converting the acquired individual complete trace of the reflection/backscatter into an individual digital signal; and detecting and identifying at least one of a presence of an object in the environment, a position of the object in the environment, a distance between the object and the LED light source and a visibility in the environment, using the emitted light waveform and at least one of the individual digital signal.
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