Wide beam ultrasound sensor

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zazas321

Joined Nov 29, 2015
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Hey. I am looking for a photoelectric or ultrasound sensor with a very wide beam. I need to detect a human hand presence withing short range and I need the beam to be as wide as possible.

I know that light curtain sensors would be best for this application but we are not able to use those due to price and ergonomical issues.

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Adding just a quick sketch hopefully you understand what I mean.
The price range ideally <200$ per sensor
 

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zazas321

Joined Nov 29, 2015
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The closest that I have managed to get with my findings is the following sensor:
https://www.bannerengineering.com/us/en/products/part.61669.html
with the charasteristics:
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However, I am not fully understanding the working principle behind these sensors. How do I place the emmiter/receiver pair? Does it matter what distance I place the sensors as long as they are within their working range (3 meters).

If place the emmiter sensor and emmiter pair facing each other with 1 meter gap between each other, they should cover 200mm range right?
 

jpanhalt

Joined Jan 18, 2008
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Obstacle detectors sometimes use two or more sensors. Properly aligned (depending on the device's pattern), you could get pretty good coverage.
 

Alec_t

Joined Sep 17, 2013
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How about using a curved reflector to direct incident light from a wide angle on to a single photo-detector?
 

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zazas321

Joined Nov 29, 2015
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Obstacle detectors sometimes use two or more sensors. Properly aligned (depending on the device's pattern), you could get pretty good coverage.
Yes if I find no other choise, I might have to try and allign 2 of the sensors that I have previously shown (QS18 from banner) to get the coverage that I need,

In that case, is it better to use 2 pairs of both emmiters/receivers or just 2 emmiters/single receiver or vice versa?
 

Deleted member 115935

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have you considered multiple sensors ?
opto are very cheap , you could afford 4 I'd guess.
 

Alec_t

Joined Sep 17, 2013
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Could you please elaborate on that a little bit? Maybe you have a particular example in mind?
I visualise something resembling a concave parabolic reflector with the sensor at or near the focus, though the curvature might need to be modified to suit a narrow-beam sensor.
 

Ian0

Joined Aug 7, 2020
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Using the standard pyroelectric sensor that goes in PIR sensors, you can get a variety of lenses for different pickup angles.
 
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