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EP 1655622 B1 20080813 - Sensor

Title (en)

Sensor

Title (de)

Sensor

Title (fr)

Capteur

Publication

EP 1655622 B1 20080813 (DE)

Application

EP 05023185 A 20051024

Priority

DE 102004052450 A 20041028

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP1655622A1] An optoelectronic sensor (8) recognising moving markings (6) receives a contrast signal (S) for comparison (12) with a threshold to trigger an indicator after a time delay calculated by extrapolation from characteristic change derived speed.

IPC 8 full level

G01V 8/10 (2006.01); G01N 21/89 (2006.01); G06M 7/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B26D 5/34 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

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

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1655622 A1 20060510; EP 1655622 B1 20080813; AT E404892 T1 20080815; DE 102004052450 A1 20060504; DE 502005005005 D1 20080925; DK 1655622 T3 20080915; ES 2311189 T3 20090201

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 05023185 A 20051024; AT 05023185 T 20051024; DE 102004052450 A 20041028; DE 502005005005 T 20051024; DK 05023185 T 20051024; ES 05023185 T 20051024