摘要 |
An optoelectronic sensor for detecting objects in a monitored region which has light emitters and associated light receivers adjustably arranged relative to each other so that light emitted by the light emitter is directly received by the light receiver. The light emitter and the light receiver conform to normed requirements which define a normed region that is free of reflecting surfaces so that light emitted by the light emitter which passed beyond the normed region cannot be received by the light receiver due to a reflection of such light. In the normed region, an emitted light cone generated by the light emitter and a received light cone defined by the light receiver overlap within a normed opening angle. An evaluation unit interprets the interruption in the light directed to the light receiving element as a detection of an object in the monitored region. The light emitter forms an emitted light cone with an opening angle of any desired magnitude, while the light receiver has a received light cone with an opening angle of no more than one-half of the normed opening angle.
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