Arrangement of a monitoring sensor in an escalator or in a moving walkway
AssigneeInvento AG
InventorsDirk Blondiau, Gerhard Stoiber, Günter Steindl, Jürg Burri, Michael Matheisl
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Abstract
An escalator or a moving walkway has two access regions, each with a comb plate, and a conveying region arranged between the access regions. The conveying region extends between the two comb plates of the access regions. At least one projection projects into the conveying region at at least one stationary part of the escalator or moving walkway. At least one monitoring sensor is arranged at least partly in the at least one projection.
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An escalator or moving walkway having two access regions, each with a comb plate, and a conveying region arranged between the access regions, which conveying region extends between the two comb plates and is bounded longitudinally by balustrades and balustrade bases, comprising:
- at least one projection projecting into the conveying region and arranged at at least one stationary part of the escalator or moving walkway;
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- at least one monitoring sensor arranged at least partly in the at least one projection for detecting objects, wherein a position of the at least one projection relative to an associated one of the access regions to be monitored is so arranged that the associated one of the access regions is covered in a width defined by the balustrades and the balustrade bases, and in a length extending from an associated one of the comb plates to at least ends of the balustrades arranged in a vicinity of the associated one of the access regions, by a detection cone of the at least one monitoring sensor, and wherein the associated one of the comb plates is included in the detection cone of the at least one monitoring sensor.
A method of modernizing an existing escalator or an existing moving walkway, comprising the steps of:
- arranging at least one projection to project into a conveying region at at least one stationary part of the escalator or the moving walkway;
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- arranging at least one monitoring sensor at least partly in the at least one projection, wherein a position of the at least one projection relative to an associated access region to be monitored is so arranged that the associated access region is covered in a width defined by balustrades and balustrade bases and in a length extending from a comb plate to at least ends of the balustrades arranged in a vicinity of the associated access region, by a detection cone of the at least one monitoring sensor, and wherein the comb plate is included in the detection cone of the at least one monitoring sensor.
A method of operating an escalator or a moving walkway having two access regions, each with a comb plate, and a conveying region arranged between the access regions, which conveying region extends between the two comb plates and is bounded longitudinally by balustrades and balustrade bases, and at least one monitoring sensor arranged in a projection projecting into the conveying region adjacent an associated one of the comb plates, comprising the steps of:
- evaluating monitoring signals generated by the at least one monitoring sensor with respect to whether a user rapidly approaches the associated one of the comb plates, whether the user slowly approaches the associated one of the comb plates, or whether the user remains for a longer period of time in one of the access regions monitored by the at least one monitoring sensor;
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- operating the escalator or moving walkway in response to the evaluated monitoring signals, wherein a position of the projection relative to the one of the access regions monitored is so arranged that the one of the access regions is covered in a width defined by the balustrades and the balustrade bases, and in a length extending from the associated one of the comb plates to at least ends of the balustrades arranged in a vicinity of the one of the access regions, by a detection cone of the at least one monitoring sensor, and wherein the associated one of the comb plates is included in the detection cone of the at least one monitoring sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.