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).
Claims15
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 a 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).
A method of modifying an elevator car (42;
- 103) to add a monitoring function for a door coupling (20), the method comprising:
- installing a camera mount (40) for a camera (44) at the top of the elevator car (42;
- 103), wherein the camera mount (40) is deformable in the vertical direction, when acted on by a downwards force.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.