Elevator cars with camera mount
AssigneeOtis Elevator Company
InventorsAurelien Fauconnet, Guillaume Montigny
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Abstract
An elevator car (42; 103) for carrying a load in a vertical direction. The elevator car includes at least one elevator car door (38) carrying a door coupling (20) and a camera mount (40) comprising a mounting location (46) for a camera (44). The camera mount (40) is located at the top of the elevator car (42) with the mounting location (46) positioned for a camera (44) to monitor the door coupling (20). The camera mount is deformable at least in the vertical direction, when acted on by a downwards force, such as to protect the door coupling (20) from being impacted by the camera mount (40).
Claims12
An elevator car (42;
- 103) for carrying a load in a vertical direction, comprising:
- at least one elevator car door (38) carrying a door coupling (20);
- a camera mount (40) comprising a mounting location (46) for a camera (44);
- wherein the camera mount (40) is located at the top of the elevator car (42) with the mounting location (46) positioned for the camera (44) to monitor the door coupling 20) and is deformable at least in the vertical direction, when acted on by a downwards force, such as to protect the door coupling (20) from being impacted by the camera mount (40);
- wherein the camera mount (40) comprises a planar member and a contact portion (90), arranged vertically higher than the mounting location (46).
An elevator car (42;
- 103) for carrying a load in a vertical direction, comprising:
- at least one elevator car door (38) carrying a door coupling (20);
- a camera mount (40) comprising a mounting location (46) for a camera (44);
- wherein the camera mount (40) is located at the top of the elevator car (42) with the mounting location (46) positioned for the camera (44) to monitor the door coupling 20) and is deformable at least in the vertical direction, when acted on by a downwards force, such as to protect the door coupling (20) from being impacted by the camera mount (40);
- wherein the camera mount (40) comprises a planar member, comprising a first bend (82), about which the camera mount (40) bends and pivots when acted on by a downwards force;
- wherein the planar member comprises a second bend (84), wherein the second bend (84) is arranged to set the angle of the field of view available from the mounting location (46).
An elevator car (42;
- 103) for carrying a load in a vertical direction, comprising:
- at least one elevator car door (38) carrying a door coupling (20);
- a camera mount (40) comprising a mounting location (46) for a camera (44);
- wherein the camera mount (40) is located at the top of the elevator car (42) with the mounting location (46) positioned for the camera (44) to monitor the door coupling 20) and is deformable at least in the vertical direction, when acted on by a downwards force, such as to protect the door coupling (20) from being impacted by the camera mount (40);
- wherein the camera mount (40) comprises a planar member, comprising a first bend (82), about which the camera mount (40) bends and pivots when acted on by a downwards force;
- wherein the planar member comprises a contact portion (90), arranged, in use, to contact an object above the elevator car (42), and angled away from the at least one elevator car door (38), so as to convert a vertical downwards force on the contact portion (90) into a force acting on the camera mount (40) in a direction away from the at least one elevator car door (38).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.