Method for recognizing sequences of motions and passing recognition system

A method for non-contact monitoring of at least one sequence of motions having several states of motion with a passing recognition system, including a floor edge, for installing on a floor of a passing area to be monitored, at least one first sensor strip extending along a vertical vector and including several sensors for detecting states of motion within a detection area of the sensors, a computing unit for evaluating the states of motion and the sequence of motions, wherein the method includes the following steps:

• flagging as active the respective sensor of the sensor strip, if said sensor detects something within the detection area thereof and flagging as passive the respective sensor of the sensor strip, if said sensor detects nothing within the detection area thereof,
• detecting at least one first state of motion and at least one second state of motion by at least the first sensor strip by means of messages from the sensors, wherein the first state of motion and the second state of motion are detected at discrete points in time, which follow each other respectively indirectly or directly, and
• transmitting the states of motion to the computing unit,
• the computing unit recognizing at least one sequence of motions based on the transmitted states of motion, wherein
• the first sensor strip, in the installation state thereof, at maximum extends up to a height of 1300 mm, starting at the floor edge of the passing recognition system, wherein the computing unit recognizing the sequence of motions comprises recognizing a direction of the sequence of motions or recognizing a turn with the help of a second sensor strip including at least one sensor, wherein the second sensor strip is disposed next to the first sensor strip, parallel to the first sensor strip, wherein the second sensor strip has fewer sensors than the first sensor strip, and/or wherein the second sensor strip is formed shorter than the first sensor strip and/or the second sensor strip extends beyond the height of a strip head of the first sensor strip.