SHARP INFRARED SENSORS: Avoid obstacles and sense motions
Comparison of effective ranges, sensitivity and angle of view for Sharp infrared (IR) ranger and range finders. Theory of operation of infrared range finders. Read article.
Range Sensing
Linearizing Sharp Ranger Data
The Sharp family of infrared ranging modules
These modules are used extensively for robotics and automatic distance measurement applications. Unfortunately, the output of these sensors are inherently non-linear.