Patent ID: 7243034
Filing Date: 2007-07-10
Classification: G01J,H01H

Abstract:
1. A sensor device that operates based upon predetermined conditions, comprising: a detection section, which comprises a light-emitting section that emits light to an object and a light-receiving section that receives the light emitted by the light-emitting section and detects the object based on the predetermined conditions; an output section that outputs an output signal according to results of detection; a control knob capable of analog operation; a value-setting unit that changes a settings of the predetermined conditions in response to operation of the control knob, wherein the setting is at least one of a detection sensitivity of the detection section, an output duration of the output signal outputted from the output section and a light-emission period of the light-emitting section; a digital indicator; and a display control unit that displays the settings changed by the value-setting unit on the digital indicator.