Optoelectronic sensor and method for measuring distance according to time-of-flight

摘要

The sensor has an evaluation unit for triggering transmission of a light signal at a transmission time in a measurement period. A transmission time-fine setting unit shifts the transmission time in the measurement period by an offset that forms a distribution whose center of mass forms a desired transmission time. The evaluation unit digitizes the light signal to a sampling pattern having a sampling period and selects the transmission time only at discrete times. The desired transmission time is selected outside the pattern and at other times than the discrete times. An independent claim is also included for a method for measurement of distances or distance changes according to a light transit time principle.