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US 2025/0146290 A1Published application
Module for staircase and staircase system including same
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, BASE AND POWER CITY Corp.
InventorsDonguk Lee, Sungsu Park
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Abstract
A module for a staircase can include a case configured to be installed on a front surface of a stair, a driving part located in an interior of the case, and a guide part driven in an upward/downward direction by the driving part to be located in the interior of the case or to be exposed to an outside of the case.
Claims19
A staircase module, comprising:
- a case configured to be installed on a front surface of a stair;
- a driving part located in an interior of the case;
- and
- a guide part configured to be driven in an upward/downward direction by the driving part relative to the case between a retracted state and a protruding state, wherein the guide part is located in the interior of the case at the retracted state, and wherein an extension portion of the guide part protrudes outside of the case at the protruding state.
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A staircase system comprising modules for a staircase, each of the modules being installed on a front surface of each stair of the staircase, and wherein each of the modules comprises:
- a case installed on the front surface;
- a guide part located at least partially in an interior of the case, the guide part being configured to protrude at least partially outside of the case;
- an information acquisition part configured to acquire whether an object is located at or adjacent to the case;
- one or more processors;
- and
- a storage medium storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, enable the one or more processors to operate movement of the guide part based on information acquired by the information acquisition part to assist the object relating to slipping on the staircase by protruding the guide part from the case.
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A staircase module, comprising:
- a case configured to be installed on a front surface of a stair;
- a driving part located in an interior of the case;
- and
- a guide part configured to be driven in an upward/downward direction by the driving part relative to the case between a retracted state and a protruding state, wherein the guide part is located in the interior of the case at the retracted state, and wherein an extension portion of the guide part protrudes outside of the case at the protruding state;
- an information acquisition part configured to acquire whether an object is located at or adjacent to the case;
- one or more processors;
- and
- a storage medium storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, enable the one or more processors to control movement of the guide part between the retracted state and the protruding state based on information acquired by the information acquisition part.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.