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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 25, 1994
Brian J Amend, Old Lyme, CT (US);
Michael Garfinkel, West Hartford, CT (US);
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for detecting obstructions includes a plurality of emitters for radiating beams of energy, a plurality of detectors for providing detector signals in response to the beams of energy radiated by the plurality of emitters and a controller for determining if the beams of energy are obstructed by analyzing the detector signals and implementing a dynamic detection threshold. The controller generates an average beam strength and current beam strength from which said controller means determines if an obstruction is present by determining if the current beam strength is within a predetermined range of the average beam strength.