EP1747424A1 - Dispositif de mesure de distance optique - Google Patents

Dispositif de mesure de distance optique

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EP1747424A1
EP1747424A1 EP05740275A EP05740275A EP1747424A1 EP 1747424 A1 EP1747424 A1 EP 1747424A1 EP 05740275 A EP05740275 A EP 05740275A EP 05740275 A EP05740275 A EP 05740275A EP 1747424 A1 EP1747424 A1 EP 1747424A1
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switching means
branch
measurement
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distance measurement
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Uwe Skultety-Betz
Peter Wolf
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Robert Bosch GmbH
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01C—MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY
    • G01C3/00—Measuring distances in line of sight; Optical rangefinders
    • G01C3/02—Details
    • G01C3/06—Use of electric means to obtain final indication
    • G01C3/08—Use of electric radiation detectors
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S17/00—Systems using the reflection or reradiation of electromagnetic waves other than radio waves, e.g. lidar systems
    • G01S17/02—Systems using the reflection of electromagnetic waves other than radio waves
    • G01S17/06—Systems determining position data of a target
    • G01S17/08—Systems determining position data of a target for measuring distance only
    • G01S17/32—Systems determining position data of a target for measuring distance only using transmission of continuous waves, whether amplitude-, frequency-, or phase-modulated, or unmodulated
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S7/00—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00
    • G01S7/48—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00 of systems according to group G01S17/00
    • G01S7/481—Constructional features, e.g. arrangements of optical elements
    • G01S7/4811—Constructional features, e.g. arrangements of optical elements common to transmitter and receiver
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S7/00—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00
    • G01S7/48—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00 of systems according to group G01S17/00
    • G01S7/497—Means for monitoring or calibrating

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  • the present invention is based on a device for optical distance measurement, in particular a hand-held device for optical distance measurement according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Distance measuring devices and in particular optoelectronic distance measuring devices as such have been known for a long time and are now also commercially available. These devices emit a modulated measuring beam, for example a light beam in the form of a laser beam, which is aimed at a desired target object whose distance from the device is to be determined. The measurement signal reflected or scattered by the targeted target object which is rocking away is at least partially detected again by a sensor of the device and used to determine the distance sought.
  • a modulated measuring beam for example a light beam in the form of a laser beam
  • a light pulse of the shortest possible pulse duration is emitted by the measuring device and then its transit time to the target object and back to the measuring device is determined.
  • the distance of the measuring device from the target object can be calculated from the running time of the light.
  • the change in the phase of the modulated measurement signal as a function of the distance traveled is used to determine the distance between the measuring device and the desired target object.
  • the distance traveled by the measurement signal and thus the distance of the measuring device from the target object can be determined from the size of the phase shift impressed on the returning measurement signal compared to the phase of the transmitted measurement signal.
  • the range of such distance measuring devices generally covers distances from a few centimeters to several hundred meters.
  • Such measuring devices are now commercially sold in compact designs and allow commercial or private users to operate them easily, for example also by hand.
  • the devices In order to achieve a high measuring accuracy with such a device, the devices typically have a device-internal reference path of known length, via which the measuring signal can be passed directly to a receiving device of the measuring device.
  • This internal reference path is used to calibrate the measuring device and in particular to take account of short-term drifts in the components of the device for optical distance measurement.
  • a generic device for optical distance measurement is known from EP 0 738 899 A1, in which the pulse-modulated measuring radiation can be directed to an internal reference path between the semiconductor laser serving as the light source and a receiving device of the device by means of a switchable beam deflection device.
  • a switchable stra deflection device is arranged directly in front of an optical exit window of the measuring radiation from the measuring device, which can be pivoted about an axis by a motor.
  • the surface of the road deflecting device acted upon by the measuring beam bundle is scattering, a divergent scattering cone being generated.
  • the measurement signal is deflected directly onto an optical fiber entry surface.
  • the light guide At its end opposite the light guide entry surface, the light guide has an optoelectronic converter, which converts the optical measurement signals into electrical measurement signals and feeds them for further evaluation
  • the object on which the invention is based is achieved with a device for optical distance measurement with the features of claim 1.
  • the inventive device for optical distance measurement according to claim 1 has a transmission branch with at least one transmission unit for transmitting modulated, optical measurement radiation in the direction of a target object.
  • the device for optical distance measurement according to the invention has a receiving branch with at least one receiving device and a reference branch defining a reference path. The modulated, optical measurement flow can be switched between the transmit branch and the reference branch by means of switching means, by a
  • the switching means for deflecting the measurement flow between the receiving branch and the reference branch are operated purely mechanically. In this way, a simple, reliable and, above all, energy-saving solution for generating an internal reference path can be implemented.
  • Devices for optical distance measurement and in particular hand-held devices of this type are mostly operated independently of the mains by means of batteries or accumulators.
  • Purely mechanical switching means do not represent an additional consumer for the energy stored only to a limited extent in the measuring device, so that the operating time of the measuring device per battery or accumulator set is significantly increased by the inventive design of the switching means of the reference path.
  • the switching means for switching the measurement signal from the
  • the switching means of the reference path are designed such that the measurement signal traverses the reference path as long as no distance measurement is carried out. In this way, it is possible to implement the switching means for deflection by the operating element of the device which actively starts a measuring process.
  • the switching means are thus operated by the measuring button to honor a measuring process or by the work performed by the user on this measuring button.
  • the switching means can be designed such that they simultaneously serve as a sealing element for the transmission branch of the device according to the invention.
  • the work used by the user is used to switch the switching means in such a way that the transmission branch is opened and the modulated measurement signal can leave the measuring device in the direction of a target object.
  • the switching means will return to their original position due to the spring or lever effect coupled to them.
  • the measuring signal can then no longer leave the measuring device. It is deflected by the switching means, for example to serve a reference measurement in a predefinable, time interval. This means that the switching preview is only activated when the measurement button is pressed and the optical measurement signal becomes visible to the user.
  • the target object can then be targeted, for example by releasing the measurement key, a current measured value for the distance to the currently targeted target object is recorded.
  • FIG. 1 shows a device for optical distance measurement in a simplified, schematic overview
  • FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of a device according to the invention for optical distance measurement seen obliquely from above
  • FIG. 4 shows the detail of the reference route according to FIG. 3 in the activated state.
  • the device 10 for optical distance measurement has a housing 70 in which a transmission arm 14 for generating an optical measurement signal 36 and a
  • Receiving branch 18 are designed to detect the measurement signal 17 coming back from a target object 20.
  • the transmission branch 14 has, in particular, in addition to a series of components (not shown further), a light source 22, which in the exemplary embodiment of FIG.
  • the laser diode 24 of the exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 1 emits a laser beam in the form of a light bundle 26 which is visible to the human eye.
  • the laser diode 24 is driven by a control unit 28, which a by appropriate electronics Modulation of the electrical input signal 30 generated on the diode 24.
  • the control unit 28 receives the required frequency signals of the laser diode from a control and evaluation unit 58 of the measuring device according to the invention.
  • the control unit 28 can also be a direct integral part of the control and evaluation unit 58.
  • the control and evaluation unit 58 comprises a circuit arrangement 59 which u. a. has at least one crystal oscillator for providing the required frequency signals. With these signals, of which several are typically used at different frequencies during a distance measurement, the optical
  • Measurement signal modulated in a known manner The basic structure of such a device and the corresponding method for generating different measuring frequencies can be found, for example, in DE 198 11 550 C2, so that only this quote should be referred to here and the content of the cited document should also be the content of this application , As part of the here
  • the intensity-modulated light bundle 26 emerging from the semiconductor diode 24 passes through a first optical system 32, which improves the street profile of the
  • the transmit branch 14 of the device according to the invention according to FIG. 1 there is also a device 39 with switching means 38 for generating a device-internal reference path 40, with which an internal calibration of the measuring device can be carried out. If the switching means 38, which are only shown symbolically in FIG. 1, are set in such a way that the measuring beam bundle 36 is coupled into the reference path 40, then the measuring current is directly transmitted to the receiving lens 50
  • the receiving device 54 of the receiving branch 18 of the device according to the invention is steered.
  • a reference signal obtained in this way can be used to calibrate the device according to the invention and in particular to evaluate the phase shift to be determined.
  • the switching means 38 are actuated, as shown in FIG. 1, the measurement signal 36 is coupled out of the housing 70 of the device 10 through an optical window 42. This can be done, for example, by actuating an operating element of the keyboard field of the device according to the invention, which is not further shown in FIG.
  • the measuring beam bundle 36 then emerges as a modulated measuring signal 16 from the measuring device 10 and falls on the desired target object 20, the distance of which from the measuring device 10 is to be determined.
  • the signal 17 reflected or also scattered at the desired target object 20 reaches the housing 70 of the invention through an entry window 46
  • the measurement flow arriving through the entrance window 46 in the end face 48 of the device 10 forms a returning measurement beam bundle 44 which is directed onto a reception objective 50.
  • the receiving objective 50 bundles the returning measuring beam bundle 44 onto the active surface of a receiving device 54.
  • the receiving device 54 of the device according to the invention has a photodiode 52, which converts the incoming light signal 17 into an electrical signal in a known manner, which is then forwarded to a control and evaluation unit 58 of the device 10 via corresponding electrical connecting means 56.
  • the control and evaluation unit 58 determines the searched distance between the device 10 and the target object 20 from the returning optical signal 17 and in particular from the phase shift impressed on the return signal compared to the phase of the originally transmitted signal 16. The distance thus determined can for example, in an optical display device 60 to the user of the device.
  • FIG. 2 shows a hand-held laser distance measuring device as an exemplary embodiment of the device 10 according to the invention for optical distance measurement.
  • 2 has a housing 70 in which a first control unit 72, an output unit 74 in the form of a graphical display 60 and a second control unit 76 are integrated.
  • the first control unit 72 comprises an input unit with control keys 82 for selecting a measurement mode, such as a length, area or volume measurement.
  • the control buttons 82 of the first control unit 72 are recessed into recesses 86 in the housing 70.
  • the second operating unit 76 comprises a key 85 for switching the device on and off, a key 88 for illuminating the display 60 and a measuring key 84 for carrying out a distance measurement.
  • Operating unit 76 are separated from the operating buttons 82 of the first operating unit 72 by a web-like elevation 90.
  • the switching means 38 are activated at the same time, which release the transmit branch 14 of the device according to the invention for the measurement signal.
  • FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 show the relationship between the actuation of the measurement key 84 and the actuation of the switching means for the reference path of the device according to the invention in a schematic detailed view.
  • 3 shows the design of switching means 38 for deflecting the measurement signal onto a reference link 40 or onto the measurement link using a schematic detailed representation.
  • the switching means 38 have a surface-like surface element 92, which is shown in section in FIG. 3.
  • the ScMeber element 92 is biased at its one end, lower in FIG. 3, with the aid of a spring element 94.
  • the measuring seat 84 is designed as a stroke button which is biased by an elastic ring element 98.
  • To operate the measurement button 84 d. H.
  • the user of the device according to the invention must press the measurement key 84 in the direction of arrow 100 against the bias of the elastic ring element 98.
  • the switching element 38 has in its slide element 92 a through opening 102 through which the measuring current can pass when the switching element 38 is set accordingly.
  • the switching element 38 is arranged such that the measurement current 36 emerging from the laser diode 24 is reflected on the sensor element 92 and is directed to a reception diode 104.
  • the receiving diode 104 can be a separate, additional photodiode, or else the photodiode 52 of the receiving device 54 according to FIG. 1.
  • the path between the laser diode 24 and the receiving diode 104 or 52 which is only schematic in FIG. 3 is used as an internal reference path 40 for calibrating the range finder according to the invention.
  • the measuring stream deflected by the scanner element 92 and hitting the receiving unit can thus be queried, for example, by the device-internal control and evaluation unit in a predetermined time interval and used for a calibration of the measuring device.
  • the measurement button 84 is actuated in the direction of the arrow 100, the mechanical work performed on the measurement button 84 displaces the sensor element 92 against the tension of the elastic ring element 98 and the spring element 94, so that the through opening 102 is brought to the level of the laser diode 24.
  • the send branch 14 is released for the modulated measurement current, so that the measurement signal 16 can exit the device according to the invention and can be sent in the direction of a target object.
  • the distance can be measured continuously. If the measuring button 84 is released again, the last measured value of the distance measurement can be combined in one
  • Storage element of the control and evaluation unit of the device according to the invention can be stored.
  • the spring element 92 is pushed back into its starting position against the direction of arrow 100 by the spring force of spring element 94 when measuring key 84 is activated.
  • the transmit branch 14 is thus closed again, so that no transmit signal can exit the measuring device according to the invention.
  • the measurement current 36 of the laser diode 24 is now redirected again to the receive diode 52 or 104, so that the measurement current is available for a further reference measurement if this should be necessary and or should be provided.
  • the switching element for switching the measurement signal between the transmission branch and the reference branch thus simultaneously forms a sealing means for the outlet opening of the device for optical distance measurement according to the invention.
  • the switching element for deflecting the optical radiation between the reference path and the measuring path can be actuated in a simple and reliable manner. The user's effort is only used to open the measuring section, if necessary.
  • the device according to the invention is not limited to the embodiments shown in the exemplary embodiments.
  • a lever construction or other mechanical actuating torques can also be used to pretension the switching means.
  • the switching function of the measurement key 84 can also be implemented, for example, as a double stroke key, the first stroke of which leads to the release of the measurement signal in the transmit branch and the second stroke of which can then be used to record a measurement result.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un dispositif de mesure de distance optique, notamment un dispositif portatif, comprenant une branche d'émission (14) qui définit un canal d'émission et présente au moins une unité émettrice (22,24) permettant d'émettre un rayonnement optique (36) modulé en direction d'un objet cible (20) ; une branche de réception (18) qui définit un canal de réception (44) et présente au moins un dispositif récepteur (54) ; une branche de référence (15) qui définit un trajet de référence (40), et des moyens de commutation (38) permettant de dévier le signal de mesure (36) entre la branche d'émission (14) et la branche de référence (15). Selon l'invention, les moyens de commutation (38) sont à commande mécanique.
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