ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,343, issued on July 29, was assigned to SICK AG (Waldkirch, Germany).
"Device and method for measuring an object" was invented by Johannes Wintermantel (Waldkirch, Germany) and Linda Kagelmacher (Waldkirch, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a device and to a method for measuring an object that moves in a direction of movement along a movement axis, wherein the device has a first sensor arrangement having a first SMI sensor and a second SMI sensor, wherein the SMI sensors irradiate measurement light beams in opposite directions along a movement axis. A control and evaluation unit is configured to receive ...