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    • 1. 发明申请
    • METHOD FOR OPERATING A METAL DETECTOR AND METAL DETECTOR
    • WO2022194893A1
    • 2022-09-22
    • PCT/EP2022/056750
    • 2022-03-15
    • METTLER-TOLEDO SAFELINE LIMITED
    • RIST, Iain
    • G01V3/10G01N27/90G01V3/38
    • The method serves for operating a metal detector that comprises a balanced coil system (2) with a transmitter coil (21) that is connected to a transmitter unit (1) and with a first and a second receiver coil (22A, 22B) that are connected to an input of a receiver unit (3), which is connected to a signal processing unit (45), which transmitter unit (1) comprises a transmitter signal path (tp) for which a transmitter signal (tx) with at least one fixed or selectable operating frequency, which transmitter signal (tx) is applied to an input of a transmitter amplifier (12) that forwards the amplified transmitter signal (tx) directly or via a transmitter matching unit (13) to the transmitter coil (21); which receiver unit (3) comprises at least one receiver signal path (rp) in which the receiver signal (rs) received from the balanced coil system (2) is applied directly or via a receiver matching unit (31) to a receiver amplifier (33), which forwards the amplified receiver signal (rs) directly or indirectly to a receiver demodulator (35; 4535) that is provided in the receiver unit (3) or is implemented in the signal processing unit (45); which receiver demodulator (35; 4535) provides a demodulated complex receiver signal (rsc) with in-phase receiver signal components (rs-l) and quadrature receiver signal components (rs-Q); which in-phase receiver signal components (rs-l) and quadrature receiver signal components (rs-Q) are processed in least one signal processing path (sp) provided in the signal processing unit (45), in which signal components of the complex receiver signal (rsc) that relate to products or noise are suppressed and in which signal components originating from metal contaminants are further processed. The invention comprises the steps of providing at least one measurement signal (ms) taken from the receiver signal path (rp) to a measurement channel (8); analysing the measurement signal (ms) in an evaluation module (88) or in a receiver control module (488) to provide related measurement information, and, based on the obtained measurement information; determining in the receiver control module (488) if a critical condition, in which signal processing in the receiver signal path (rp) is possibly impaired, is present; and, providing a procedure for handling critical conditions in the metal detector that is executed if a critical condition is present.