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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2018
Applicant:
Toshiba Elevator Kabushiki Kaisha, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Takayuki Kikuchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
TOSHIBA ELEVATOR KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kawasaki-Shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 25/00 (2006.01); B66B 21/00 (2006.01); B66B 21/02 (2006.01); B66B 23/22 (2006.01); B66B 23/24 (2006.01); B66B 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 25/006 (2013.01); B66B 21/025 (2013.01); B66B 23/225 (2013.01); B66B 23/24 (2013.01); B66B 25/00 (2013.01); B66B 27/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A passenger conveyor has a guardrail belt configured to run on a pair of right and left handrails in synchronization with footsteps; a camera provided at a platform of the handrail; and a control device configured to analyze an image obtained by photographing the platform with the camera, detect a passenger getting in from the platform, stop the footsteps or lower a running speed than a normal speed when detecting no passenger for a predetermined time, and move the running speed of the footsteps at the normal speed when detecting the passenger.