ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,689, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to SICK AG (Waldkirch, Germany).
"Optoelectronic device and method for distance measurement" was invented by Wolfram Strepp (Waldkirch, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optoelectronic device for distance measurement in a detection zone using a phase based time of light method is provided that has a transmitter device for transmitting a light signal that is modulated by at least one first modulation frequency f1, a reception device having at least one light reception element for generating a received signal from the light signal reflected back in the detection zone, and a control and evalu...