US Patent Issued to SICK on July 22 for "System having a sensor and a method for monitoring a plurality of protected zones" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,089, issued on July 22, was assigned to SICK AG (Waldkirch, Germany).

"System having a sensor and a method for monitoring a plurality of protected zones" was invented by Michael Weber (Waldkirch, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and a system have at least one sensor for monitoring a plurality of protected zones for infringement by at least one object. A controller controls a plant to be safeguarded having a mechanically movable part, having the sensor for the at least planar monitoring of the protected zones by a control and evaluation unit for evaluating. The received signals of the sensor determine which of the prote...