Patent ID: 8471192
Filing Date: 2013-06-25
Classification: F16P,G01S,G01V,G05B

Abstract:
1. A safety scanner ( 10 ) for securing a monitored zone ( 18 ), wherein the safety scanner ( 10 ) has a light transmitter ( 12 ) for transmitting a light beam ( 14 ), a deflection unit ( 16 ) for the periodic deflection of the light beam ( 14 ) into the monitored zone ( 18 ), a light receiver ( 24 ) for generating received signals from the light beam ( 20 ) remitted by objects in the monitored zone ( 18 ) as well as an evaluation unit ( 30 ) which is made to recognize intrusions into a protected field within the monitored zone ( 18 ) with reference to the received signals and thereupon to provide a securing signal, except for the case that the intrusion can be associated with an expected object ( 40 ), characterized in that the evaluation unit ( wherein the evaluation unit (