Object sensing using dynamic threshold hysteresis

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9880279
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14150977

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A method and device for object detection are disclosed. In one aspect, a method comprises transmitting a plurality of signals into a region; measuring a noise level during a noise measurement time interval corresponding to each respective one of the plurality of transmitted signals; generating a threshold signal dependent on the noise level; and comparing a first plurality of signals received by a sensor, each of the received signals corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of the transmitted signals, with the respective threshold signal. In another aspect, a device comprising components adapted to carry out the steps of object detection is disclosed. In one example, a thresholding circuit is adapted to generate a threshold signal have a level corresponding to substantially a peak-to-peak level of the measured noise level.

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BANNER ENGINEERING CORPORATION9714 TENTH AVENUE NORTH MINNEAPOLIS MN 55441

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Stecker, John Alyn Maple Lake, US 6 9

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