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Elevator passenger detector and door control system which masks portions of a hall image to determine motion and court passengers

US5387768A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 27, 1993
Grant dateFeb 7, 1995
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Expiry dateSep 27, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N7/188
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Passengers approaching an elevator are distinguished from other people standing in front of an elevator door by obtaining an image signal of an area in front of the elevator door and masking out of the image signal increasing with time greater portions thereof when no motion is indicated by the image signal for controlling door movement when motion is detected in an unmasked portion of the image.

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