Obstruction detection device and monitor device
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
InventorYuki Odoriba
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Abstract
A monitor device includes exterior panel, chassis partly or wholly surrounded by exterior panel, and disposed so as to be movable in an internal space of exterior panel, a base member that movably supports chassis, first switch and second switch that detect a change of a relative position between exterior panel and chassis, a motor that causes chassis to move with respect to the base member, and a CPU that controls driving of the motor in response to a change of a relative position between exterior panel and chassis detected by first switch and second switch.
Claims7
An obstruction detection device comprising:
- a chassis configured to rotate about a first axis;
- an actuator configured to rotate the chassis about the first axis:
- an exterior panel configured to partly or wholly surround the chassis, the exterior panel being movable with respect to the chassis;
- and
- a detection unit configured to detect a change of a relative position between the exterior panel and the chassis,
- wherein the exterior panel is rotatable about a second axis independently of the chassis, the second axis extending through a first side surface and a second side surface of the chassis, and the second axis extending parallel to the first axis,
- an upper end of the exterior panel, which is adjacent the first axis, is configured to shift with respect to the first axis when the exterior panel and chassis rotate independently of one another, and
- wherein the exterior panel is coupled to the chassis on a location of each side surface of the exterior panel corresponding to the second axis.
A monitor device comprising:
- a chassis configured to rotate about a first axis;
- an exterior panel configured to partly or wholly surround the chassis, the exterior panel being movable with respect to the chassis;
- a base member that movably supports the chassis;
- a detection unit configured to detect a change of a relative position between the exterior panel and the chassis;
- an actuator that causes the chassis to move with respect to the base member;
- and
- a controller that controls driving of the actuator in response to a change of a relative position between the exterior panel and the chassis detected by the detection unit;
- wherein the exterior panel is rotatable about a second axis independently of the chassis, the second axis extending through a first side surface and a second side surface of the chassis, and the second axis extending parallel to the first axis,
- an upper end of the exterior panel, which is adjacent the first axis, is configured to shift with respect to the first axis when the exterior panel and chassis rotate independently of one another, and
- wherein the exterior panel is coupled to the chassis on a location of each side surface of the exterior panel corresponding to the second axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.