Floor position detection device of an elevator system

A floor position detection device of an elevator system for determining a position of an elevator car relative to a floor, the floor position detection device comprising:

• a sensor unit having at least two sensors each producing a sensor signal representing a floor position characteristic value associated with a position of the sensor relative to the floor;
• an evaluation device receiving the sensor signals from the at least two sensors and producing a floor signal having at least two states;
• wherein when the floor position detection device is arranged on the elevator car, one of the states of the floor signal is an “outside the range of the floor” state when the elevator car is outside a range of the floor and another of the states of the floor signal is a “within the range of the floor” state when the elevator car is within an overall range of the floor;
• wherein the evaluation device produces the floor signal based on a comparison between at least two of the floor position characteristic values of the received sensor signals;
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• wherein the evaluation device produces the floor signal with at least two, mutually distinguishable states when the elevator car is within the overall range of the floor, each of the mutually distinguishable states corresponding to a partial range of the range of the floor, wherein the partial ranges fully cover the range of the floor.