Global Patent Index - EP 1485674 A1

EP 1485674 A1 20041215 - DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPTOELECTRONICALLY IDENTIFYING THE DISPLACEMENT AND/OR POSITION OF AN OBJECT

Title (en)

DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPTOELECTRONICALLY IDENTIFYING THE DISPLACEMENT AND/OR POSITION OF AN OBJECT

Title (de)

VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR OPTOELEKTRONISCHEN ERKENNUNG DER BEWEGUNG UND/ODER POSITION EINES OBJEKTS

Title (fr)

DISPOSITIF ET PROCEDE PERMETTANT DE DETECTER DE MANIERE OPTOELECTRONIQUE LES DEPLACEMENTS ET/OU LA POSITION D'UN OBJET

Publication

EP 1485674 A1 20041215 (DE)

Application

EP 03711964 A 20030311

Priority

  • DE 10211307 A 20020313
  • EP 0302452 W 20030311

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO03076870A1] The invention relates to a device and a method for optoelectronically identifying the displacement and/or position of an object (10). According to said method, a transmitter element (11) emits light, which is received by at least one receiver element and the light emitted from the transmitter element is scattered by an object (10), whereby an optical guide (13) is provided between the transmitter element and the receiver element. The aim of the invention is to fulfil the prerequisites for a key construction, which can be operated below a sealed surface. To achieve this, the optical guide (13) comprises light coupling means (13a) for coupling in the illumination that has been scattered by the object (10) and previously emitted by the optical guide (13).

IPC 1-7

G01B 11/00; H03K 17/968; H03K 17/96; H03K 17/94

IPC 8 full level

G01B 11/00 (2006.01); G01B 11/24 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 17/04 (2020.01); G06F 3/02 (2006.01); H03K 17/94 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

G01B 11/00 (2013.01 - EP US); G01S 7/4818 (2013.01 - EP US); G01S 17/04 (2020.01 - EP US); H03K 17/943 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 03076870A1

Citation (examination)

WO 0042906 A2 20000727 - MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY [US]

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 03076870 A1 20030918; AU 2003218723 A1 20030922; DE 10211307 A1 20031120; EP 1485674 A1 20041215; JP 2005527792 A 20050915; JP 4307267 B2 20090805; US 2005092900 A1 20050505; US 7280714 B2 20071009

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 0302452 W 20030311; AU 2003218723 A 20030311; DE 10211307 A 20020313; EP 03711964 A 20030311; JP 2003575049 A 20030311; US 50745304 A 20040913