eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Mechanical Engineering 2013-11-25 1 7 194 197 10.12691/ajme-1-7-8 AJME2013178 article Ján Ivanka ivanka@fai.utb.cz 1 Department of Security Engineering, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Czech Republic The article describes some of the aspects of how the optosensors and laser scanners can be used in the field of security of protected areas and safety fields. The article presents some of the applied possibilities of measuring on spherical area using transmission formulas for gaining data and actual setting of active elements of the optosensors and laser scanners for the environment in a 3D application mechatronic system. http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajme/1/7/8/ajme-1-7-8.pdf laser scanneroptical electric sensorsposition location system