Detection system, detection device, and detection method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10514458-B2
Application number	US-201715786641-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 18, 2017
Priority date	Jan 30, 2017
Publication date	Dec 24, 2019
Grant date	Dec 24, 2019

Abstract

A detection system includes a detection device and a display device. The detection device includes a light projecting unit that projects light to a detection object, a light receiving unit that receives reflection light of the light, a light reception quantity acquiring unit that acquires a light reception quantity, and a distance acquiring unit that acquires a distance between a position at which the light is reflected and the detection object. The control device includes a setting unit that sets a threshold value range which is a combination of a threshold value of the light reception quantity and a threshold value of the distance, a detector that detects the detection object based on whether the light reception quantity and the distance belong to the threshold value range, and a display unit that displays correspondence information in which the light reception quantity and the distance are related to each other.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A detection system comprising:
a detection device; and
a control device that controls the detection device, wherein:
the detection device comprises:
a light projecting unit configured to project light to a detection object;
a light receiving unit configured to receive reflection light of the light;
a light reception quantity acquiring unit configured to acquire a light reception quantity received by the light receiving unit; and
a distance acquiring unit configured to acquire a distance between a position at which the light is reflected and the detection object; and

the control device comprises:
a processor configured with a program to perform operations comprising:
operation as a setting unit configured to set a threshold value range comprising a combination of a threshold value of the light reception quantity and a threshold value of the distance; and
operation as a detector configured to detect the detection object based on whether the light reception quantity and the distance belong to the threshold value range; and
operation as a display unit configured to display correspondence information in which the light reception quantity acquired by the light reception quantity acquiring unit and the distance acquired by the distance acquiring unit are related to each other.

2. The detection system according to claim 1 , wherein the correspondence information comprises information in which the light reception quantity and the distance are shown two-dimensionally.

3. The detection system according to claim 2 , wherein the detection system receives input information from a user when the correspondence information is displayed on the display unit, and
the processor is configured with the program such that operation as the setting unit comprises operation as the setting unit that sets the threshold value range based on the input information with respect to the correspondence information displayed on the display unit.

4. The detection system according to claim 1 , wherein the detection system receives input information from a user when the correspondence information is displayed on the display unit, and
the processor is configured with the program such that operation as the setting unit comprises operation as the setting unit that sets the threshold value range based on the input information with respect to the correspondence information displayed on the display unit.

5. The detection system according to claim 4 , wherein the display unit comprises an input unit on a display surface, the input unit configured to receive information about a user-touched position on the display surface as the input information when the user touches the display surface, and
the processor is configured with the program such that operation as the setting unit comprises operation as the setting unit that sets the threshold value range based on the information about the user-touched position on the display surface of the display unit in which the correspondence information is displayed.

6. The detection system according to claim 5 , wherein the processor is configured with the program such that operation as the setting unit comprises operation as the setting unit that sets the threshold value range in a range different from the user-touched position on the display surface in which the correspondence information is displayed.

7. The detection system according to claim 6 , wherein, the processor is configured with the program such that operation as the setting unit comprises operation as the setting unit that, in response to the user touching the display surface so as to form a closed region on the display surface in which the correspondence information is displayed, sets the threshold value range based on the closed region.

8. The detection system according to claim 6 , wherein the processor is configured with the program such that operation as the setting unit comprises operation as the setting unit that, in response to the user touching the display surface in two lines on the display surface in which the correspondence information is displayed, sets the threshold value range based on a range sandwiched between the two lines.

9. The detection system according to claim 5 , wherein, the processor is configured with the program such that operation as the setting unit comprises operation as the setting unit that, in response to the user touching the display surface so as to form a closed region on the display surface in which the correspondence information is displayed, sets the threshold value range based on the closed region.

10. The detection system according to claim 9 , wherein the processor is configured with the program such that operation as the setting unit comprises operation as the setting unit that, in response to the user touching the display surface in two lines on the display surface in which the correspondence information is displayed, sets the threshold value range based on a range sandwiched between the two lines.

11. The detection system according to claim 5 , wherein the processor is configured with the program such that operation as the setting unit comprises operation as the setting unit that, in response to the user touching the display surface in two lines on the display surface in which the correspondence information is displayed, sets the threshold value range based on a range sandwiched between the two lines.

12. The detection system according to claim 11 , wherein at least one of the two lines comprises a straight line.

13. The detection system according to claim 12 , wherein at least one of the two lines comprises a curved line.

14. The detection system according to claim 11 , wherein at least one of the two lines comprises a curved line.

15. The detection system according to claim 5 , wherein the processor is configured with the program such that operation as the setting unit comprises operation as the setting unit that, in response to the user touching a plurality of regions on the display surface in which the correspondence information is displayed, sets a plurality of threshold value ranges based on the plurality of regions.

16. A detection device comprising:
a light projecting unit configured to project light to a detection object;
a light receiving unit configured to receive reflection light of the light;
a light reception quantity acquiring unit configured to acquire a light reception quantity received by the light receiving unit;
a distance acquiring unit configured to acquire a distance between a position at which the light is reflected and the detection object; and
a processor configured with a program to perform operations comprising:
operation as a setting unit configured to set a threshold value range comprising a combination of a threshold value of the light reception quantity and a threshold value of the distance; and
operation as a detector configured to detect the detection object based on whether the light reception quantity and the distance belong to the threshold value range.

17. A detection method comprising:
projecting light to a detection object;
receiving reflection light of the light projected to the detection object;
acquiring a light reception quantity of a light receiving unit that receives the reflection light;
acquiring a distance between a position at which the light is reflected and the detection object;
setting a threshold value range comprising a combination of a threshold value of the light reception quantity and a threshold value of the distance; and
detecting the detection object based on

Assignees

• Omron Tateisi Electronics Co

Inventors

• Ando Shintaro

Classifications

• G01S17/46 Primary

  Indirect determination of position data · CPC title

• G01S17/04 Primary

  Systems determining the presence of a target · CPC title

• G01S17/48

  Active triangulation systems, i.e. using the transmission and reflection of electromagnetic waves other than radio waves · CPC title

• G01S7/51

  Display arrangements · CPC title

• G01S17/08 Primary

  for measuring distance only (indirect measurement G01S17/46; active triangulation systems G01S17/48) · CPC title