发明名称 |
Multiple-beam optical position sensor for automotive occupant detection |
摘要 |
An optical sensor system for measuring the approximate three-dimensional profile and position of an object. A reduced to practice embodiment of the optical sensor system has been used to measure the three-dimensional profile and position of an object within a range of 40 inches to 2 inches with high accuracy and high update rates (>1 KHz). The sensor system generates a set of optical beams using a projection lens and multiple light emitting diodes (LED) located in a back focal plane of the projection lens. The position of each LED determines the angle of a beam transmitted thereby. By turning on each LED sequentially in time, a set of beams is generated at various angles that illuminates the object to produce a set of spots on the object. The range from each LED to each of the spatially-separated illuminated spots on the object is determined by imaging the spots onto a two-dimensional transverse-effect photodiode. Signals derived from a pair of photocurrent outputs from the photodiode are processed to determine the positions of the spots on the two-dimensional transverse-effect photodiode. Computations are performed that implement optical triangulation to determine the range and approximate three-dimensional profile to the object.
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申请公布号 |
US5737083(A) |
申请公布日期 |
1998.04.07 |
申请号 |
US19970797705 |
申请日期 |
1997.02.11 |
申请人 |
DELCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION |
发明人 |
OWECHKO, YURI;PRZYTULA, K. WOJTEK |
分类号 |
B60N2/00;B60R21/01;B60R21/015;G01S17/02;G01S17/46;G01S17/87;G01S17/89;(IPC1-7):G01B11/24 |
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B60N2/00 |
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