Abstract: An optoelectronic sensor for detecting an object in a monitored zone is provided that has a light transmitter and a transmission optics associated with the light transmitter in a transmission path for transmitting a light beam and a light receiver and a reception optics associated with the light receiver and offset from the transmission optics by a spacing in a reception path for receiving a light beam remitted by the object and for generating a received light spot on the light receiver, as well a control and evaluation unit that is configured to evaluate a received signal of the light receiver. The reception optics has at least one optical metaelement having a metasurface and/or a metamaterial and is configured such that a displacement of the received light spot on the light receiver in a near zone of the sensor dependent on a distance of the object from the sensor is no larger than a full width at half maximum of the received light spot.

Abstract: An optoelectronic sensor in accordance with the principle of triangulation for detecting an object in a monitored zone is provided that has a light transmitter and a transmission optics associated with the light transmitter in a transmission path for transmitting a light beam, and a spatially resolving light receiver and a reception optics associated with the light receiver in a reception path for receiving the light beam remitted by the object, as well as a control and evaluation unit that is configured to evaluate a received signal of the light receiver. The sensor furthermore has an optical metaelement having a metasurface and/or a metamaterial in the reception path.

Abstract: An optoelectronic sensor for detecting an object in a monitored zone having at least one light source for transmitting transmitted light, a light receiver having a reception optics arranged upstream for generating received signals from light beams remitted at the object, and a control and evaluation unit for acquiring information on the object from the received signals has a beam splitter arrangement arranged downstream of the light source for splitting the transmitted light into a plurality of transmitted light beams separated from one another, wherein the beam splitter arrangement includes a plurality of switchable beam splitters for splitting the transmitted light.

Abstract: An optoelectronic sensor for detecting objects in a monitored zone that has a light receiver having a reception optics arranged in front of it for generating a received signal from received light that impinges the sensor in a direction of incidence of light from the monitored zone, wherein the reception optics comprises a flat light guide plate having a first main surface and a lateral edge bounding the first main surface at a side; wherein the first main surface of the light guide plate is arranged transversely to the direction of incidence of light and has a diffractive structure to deflect the incident received light to the lateral edge; and wherein a control and evaluation unit is provided to evaluate the received signal.

Abstract: An optoelectronic sensor is provided for detecting objects in a monitored zone that has a light receiver having a reception optics arranged in front of it for generating a received signal from received light that is incident on the sensor in a direction of incidence of light from the monitored zone, wherein the reception optics comprises a flat light guide plate having a first main surface and a lateral edge bounding the first main surface at a side; and wherein the first main surface of the light guide plate is arranged transversely to the direction of incidence of light and deflects the incident received light to the lateral edge. The light guide plate here has a diffractive structure for deflection to the lateral edge.

Abstract: An optoelectronic sensor is provided for detecting objects in a monitored zone that has a light receiver having a reception optics arranged in front of it for generating a received signal from received light that is incident on the sensor in a direction of incidence of light from the monitored zone, wherein the reception optics comprises a flat light guide plate having a first main surface and a lateral edge bounding the first main surface at a side; and wherein the first main surface of the light guide plate is arranged transversely to the direction of incidence of light and deflects the incident received light to the lateral edge. The light guide plate here has a diffractive structure for deflection to the lateral edge.

Abstract: An optoelectronic sensor and a method for producing a positive or a negative object detection signal in dependence on the presence or non-presence of an object in a foreground region or in a background region of a region monitored by the sensor. Transmitted light is transmitted in the direction of the monitored region during an operating phase. A plurality of received signals are produced in dependence on the reflected and the received transmitted light which are associated with the foreground region or with the background region. A difference of the received signals is compared with a differential threshold to produce the positive or the negative object detection signal, wherein a switching hysteresis is formed for a change between the positive and the negative object detection signal. The association of the received signals with the foreground region and the background region is changed in dependence on a change in the object detection signal to form the switching hysteresis.

Abstract: The invention relates to an optoelectronic sensor, in particular a reflection light scanner, at least comprising a transmitter for transmitting transmitted light, a receiver for outputting at least two received signals in dependence on reflected and received transmitted light, and an evaluation device by which, for determining whether an object or no object is disposed in a detection zone of the sensor, a difference of the received signals is comparable with a threshold and a positive or negative article detection signal can be produced in dependence on the result of this comparison, with a plurality of different thresholds being provided to produce a switching hysteresis. The evaluation device is made such that the result of a comparison of a sum of the received signals with a threshold value is provided as an additional criterion for the production of the article detection signal. The invention further relates to a corresponding method.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the determination of the object distance between an opto-electronic sensor working according to the principle of triangulation and an object, wherein the sensor has at least one measuring channel between a transmission unit for the emission of electromagnetic sensing rays into the measuring region and a reception unit for the detection of sensing rays reflected and/or remitted from the measuring region; wherein the sensor has at least one additional channel which has a further transmission unit and/or a further reception unit in addition to the transmission unit and the reception unit; and wherein the received signals of the measuring channel and of the additional channel are jointly evaluated for the determination of the object distance. The invention further relates to an apparatus for the carrying out of this method.

Abstract: The invention relates to an optoelectronic sensor, in particular a reflection light scanner, at least comprising a transmitter for transmitting transmitted light, a receiver for outputting at least two received signals in dependence on reflected and received transmitted light, and an evaluation device by which, for determining whether an object or no object is disposed in a detection zone of the sensor, a difference of the received signals is comparable with a threshold and a positive or negative article detection signal can be produced in dependence on the result of this comparison, with a plurality of different thresholds being provided to produce a switching hysteresis. The evaluation device is made such that the result of a comparison of a sum of the received signals with a threshold value is provided as an additional criterion for the production of the article detection signal. The invention further relates to a corresponding method.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing a positive or a negative object detection signal in dependence on the presence or non-presence of an object in a foreground region or in a background region of a monitored region of an optoelectronic sensor, wherein transmitted light is transmitted in the direction of the monitored region during an operating phase, a plurality of received signals are produced in dependence on the reflected and the received transmitted light which are associated with the foreground region or with the background region and a difference of the received signals is compared with a differential threshold to produce the positive or the negative object detection signal, wherein a switching hysteresis is formed for a change between the positive and the negative object detection signal. The association of the received signals with the foreground region and the background region is changed in dependence on a change in the object detection signal to form the switching hysteresis.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the determination of the object distance between an opto-electronic sensor working according to the principle of triangulation and an object,