Programmable light curtains

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11493634
APP PUB NO 20210033733A1
SERIAL NO

16470885

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Embodiments described herein are generally directed to a device that monitors for the presence of objects passing through or impinging on a virtual shell near the device, referred to herein as a “light curtain”, which is created by rapidly rotating a line sensor and a line laser in synchrony. The boundaries of the light curtain are defined by a sweeping line defined by the intersection of the sensing and illumination planes.

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CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY5000 FORBES AVENUE PITTSBURGH PA 15213

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bartels, Joseph Pittsburgh, US 4 68
Narasimhan, Srinivasa Pittsburgh, US 16 30
Sankaranarayanan, Aswin C Pittsburgh, US 7 60
Wang, Jian Pittsburgh, US 1906 17240
Whittaker, William Pittsburgh, US 12 414

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