Sensor device
A sensor device includes a first light emitter that emits light with a wavelength from a first spectral range, a second light emitter that emits light with a wavelength from a second spectral range, a first light detector configured to detect light with a wavelength from the first spectral range, but not to respond to light with a wavelength from the second spectral range, and a second light detector configured to detect light with a wavelength from the first spectral range and light with a wavelength from the second spectral range, wherein a distance between the first light emitter and the first light detector is smaller than a distance between the second light emitter and the second light detector.
1. A sensor device comprising:
a housing subdivided into a first chamber, a second chamber and a third chamber, wherein the second chamber is arranged between the first chamber and the third chamber, and the first, second and third chambers are delimited from one another by light-opaque walls,
a first light emitter that emits light with a wavelength from a first spectral range,
a second light emitter that emits light with a wavelength from a second spectral range,
a first light detector configured to detect light with a wavelength from the first spectral range, but not to respond to light with a wavelength from the second spectral range, and
a second light detector configured to detect light with a wavelength from the first spectral range and light with a wavelength from the second spectral range,
wherein the first light emitter is arranged in the second chamber,
the second light emitter and the first light detector are arranged in the first chamber,
the second light detector is arranged in the third chamber of the housing, and
a distance between the first light emitter and the first light detector is smaller than a distance between the second light emitter and the second light detector.
2. The sensor device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a third light emitter that emits light with a wavelength from a third spectral range,
wherein the first light detector is configured not to respond to light with a wavelength from the third spectral range, and
the second light detector is configured to detect light with a wavelength from the third spectral range.
3. The sensor device according to claim 2 , wherein the third spectral range is the infrared spectral range.
4. The sensor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first spectral range is the wavelength range of 520 nm to 570 nm.
5. The sensor device according to claim 1 , wherein the second spectral range is the red spectral range.
6. The sensor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first light detector is arranged between the first light emitter and the second light detector.
7. The sensor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first light detector is arranged between the second light emitter and the second light detector.
8. The sensor device according to claim 1 , further comprising a fourth light emitter that emits light with a wavelength from the first spectral range.
9. The sensor device according to claim 8 , wherein the first light detector is arranged between the first light emitter and the fourth light emitter.
10. The sensor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first light emitter is arranged between the first light detector and the second light detector.
11. The sensor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first light emitter is arranged between the second light emitter and the second light detector.
12. The sensor device according to claim 1 , further comprising a third light detector configured to detect light with a wavelength from the first spectral range, but not to respond to light with a wavelength from the second spectral range.
13. The sensor device according to claim 12 , wherein the first light emitter is arranged between the first light detector and the third light detector.
14. The sensor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first light detector comprises a filter configured to filter out light with a wavelength from the second spectral range.
15. The sensor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first light emitter is configured as a light-emitting diode chip and/or the second light emitter is configured as a light-emitting diode chip.
16. The sensor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first light detector is configured as a photodetector or a photodiode, and/or the second light detector is configured as a photodetector or a photodiode.
17. The sensor device according to claim 1 , configured to measure a heart rate according to reflective photoplethysmography.
18. The sensor device according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor device is configured to measure an oxygen saturation in blood of a patient.
19. A sensor device comprising:
a housing subdivided into a first chamber, a second chamber and a third chamber, wherein the second chamber is arranged between the first chamber and the third chamber, and the first, second and third chambers are delimited from one another by light-opaque walls,
a first light emitter that emits light with a wavelength from a first spectral range,
a second light emitter that emits light with a wavelength from a second spectral range,
a first light detector configured to detect light with a wavelength from the first spectral range, but not to respond to light with a wavelength from the second spectral range, and
a second light detector configured to detect light with a wavelength from the first spectral range and light with a wavelength from the second spectral range,
wherein the first light emitter and the second light emitter are arranged in the first chamber,
the first light detector is arranged in the second chamber,
the second light detector is arranged in the third chamber of the housing, and
a distance between the first light emitter and the first light detector is smaller than a distance between the second light emitter and the second light detector.