on Event

Run some code when an object is detected by the infrared sensor.

sensors.infrared4.onEvent(InfraredSensorEvent.ObjectNear, function () {});

How an object is detected depends on the light thresholds set for the sensor. A threshold is a number for relative distance of the a return of reflected infrared light. The brighter the light, the nearer the object is. The value for what near means is determined by this threshold. A certain minimum amount of light returned is also set to determine that an object is detected. The two thresholds you can set are:

• near: a distance to set to detect objects coming close
• detected: the brightness of infrared light to needed to detect presence of another infrared transmitter.

Parameters

• event: the object detection action to wait for. The detection types (events) are:

  • detected: some other object is sending out infrared light
  • near: the sensor detected something within the distance of the near threshold

• body: the code you want to run when something is detected by infrared sensor.

Example

When the ultrasonic sensor on port 4 detects a near object, display its distance on the screen.

sensors.infrared4.onEvent(InfraredSensorEvent.ObjectNear, function () {
    brick.showString("Object detected at:", 1)
    brick.showNumber(sensors.infrared4.proximity(), 2)
    brick.showString("percent of range", 3)
})

See also

pause until