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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2017
Meidensha Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Yusuke Watabe, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Niwakawa, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuru Kato, Inzai, JP;
Ryuji Onoda, Chiba, JP;
Hirotomo Tanaka, Chiba, JP;
Takashi Takeuchi, Tokyo, JP;
MEIDENSHA CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
An elevator rope monitoring device, provided with: line sensor camerasfor imaging the entire circumference of the traveling elevator ropea speed/position detecting devicefor detecting the traveling speed and traveling position of the elevator ropean image recording partfor inputting the image acquired by the line sensor camerasin association with the traveling position of the elevator ropedetected by the speed/position detecting meansan image creating partfor creating an entire circumferential image of the elevator ropefrom the image imaged by the line sensor camerasand an image processing partfor detecting an abnormality in the elevator ropeby analyzing the entire circumferential image.