Elevator Plate Assembly

An elevator plate assembly for use with an elevator system including an elevator car configured to move between levels of a building along a pathway, the assembly including:

• a plate configured to be positioned to cover an aperture defined by a floor of the building and to be carried by the elevator car as the elevator car travels along the pathway through the aperture defined by the floor of the building;
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• a sensor system configured to be communicatively coupled to a control system of the elevator system, the sensor system including a camera positionable relative to the plate such that the plate is within a field of view of the camera, the camera being configured to detect the presence on an obstruction on the plate by analysing at least one image captured by the camera of the field of view, such that, on detection of the presence of an obstruction by the camera, the sensor system is configured to send an alert to the elevator control system.

An elevator plate assembly for use with an elevator system including an elevator car configured to move between levels of a building along a pathway, the assembly including:

• a plate configured to be positioned to cover an aperture defined by a floor of the building and to be carried by the elevator car as the elevator car travels along the pathway through the aperture defined by the floor of the building;
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• a sensor system configured to be communicatively coupled to a control system of the elevator system, the sensor system including an active sensor positionable relative to the plate such that the plate is within a sensor zone of the active sensor, the active sensor being configured to detect the presence on an obstruction on the plate by analysing data captured by the active sensor of the sensing zone, such that, on detection of the presence of an obstruction by the active sensor, the sensor system is configured to send an alert to the elevator control system.