ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,897, issued on July 8, was assigned to SICK AG (Waldkirch, Germany).
"Optoelectronic sensor and method of detecting objects" was invented by Matthias Jagel (Waldkirch, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optoelectronic sensor for the detection of objects in a monitored zone is provided that has a light transmitter for transmitting transmitted light of a wavelength range, a light receiver for generating a received signal from the transmitted light remitted at the objects, a reception optics arranged upstream of the light receiver and having an optical filter adapted to the wavelength range for the suppression of extraneous light ...