Nabtesco Corporation

Nabco Limited

Toru Iriba

Hisayuki Kanki

Takashi Wada

Yasutaka Kanda

Kenji Nishigaki

Shinya Ikeda

Yasuteru Kitada

Hiroyuki Inoue

A detecting unit () forms a plurality of detection spots arranged two-dimensionally on a floor surface near a door panel (). Each detection spot is capable of detecting a human or an object by infrared light independently from other detection spots. Region distinguishing means () distinguishes a region formed by plural ones of the said detection spots that have detected the human or object. Person's movement judging means () judges the direction in which the distinguished region moves. A signal which causes a door panel () to be opened is supplied to a door controller () only when the direction of movement of the distinguished region is the direction toward the door panel.

Sensor for use with automatic door

Disclosed is a system for monitoring automatic door apparatuses installed at different sites by centrally administering maintenance service contents and contents regarding actual repair to compile a database and by rendering personnel in sales agents or maintenance service agents accessible to the database. The system has a multitude of automatic door apparatus each having a communications function, and an administration center communicatively connected with the respective automatic door apparatuses via a communication medium. Each of the automatic door apparatuses sends, to the administration center, operating information of its own with apparatus identification information attached thereto. The administration center is operative to classify the operating information of each door apparatus into a number of categories based on the apparatus identification information for storage, and to output the operating information in response to a calling.

Method and system for administering automatic door apparatus, and automatic door apparatus

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Kobe, Japan

Toru Iriba