Global Patent Index - EP 0344404 B1

EP 0344404 B1 19930512 - METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE POSITION OF AN AUTOMATIC DOOR

Title (en)

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE POSITION OF AN AUTOMATIC DOOR

Publication

EP 0344404 B1 19930512 (DE)

Application

EP 89102434 A 19890213

Priority

CH 210888 A 19880603

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0344404A1] Method and device for controlling the position of an automatic door, the door position being controlled in dependence on the presence and behaviour of persons (7) in the fore-space and the automatic door. Persons (7) present on the fore-space area (5) of an entrance are subjected to infra-red radiation (3.1) in strips and the infra-red light reflexes (3.2) coming from the irradiated person (7) are recorded by an infra-red camera (1). A control and processing unit (10) generates signals for the door stop, door reversing, door opening and door closing. The infra-red camera has a vertically arranged LCD microshutter (1.2) and a vertically arranged CCD linear-image sensor (1.5), and signals are generated in the control and processing unit (10) in response to typical object-related contours of the reflex images (14) and their variations in time. For a better detection of relevant image signals, images with and without infra-red light (3.1) are recorded in turn. <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

B66B 1/34; E05F 15/20

IPC 8 full level

B66B 1/34 (2006.01); B66B 13/26 (2006.01); E05F 15/20 (2006.01); E05F 15/73 (2015.01); G01S 17/88 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2006.01); G01V 8/10 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

B66B 13/26 (2013.01 - EP US); E05F 15/73 (2015.01 - EP US); E05F 2015/765 (2015.01 - EP US); E05F 2015/767 (2015.01 - EP US); E05Y 2400/54 (2013.01 - EP US); E05Y 2900/104 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT CH DE ES FR GB IT LI

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0344404 A1 19891206; EP 0344404 B1 19930512; AT E89362 T1 19930515; DE 58904310 D1 19930617; ES 2041850 T3 19931201; JP H0243195 A 19900213; US 5001557 A 19910319

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 89102434 A 19890213; AT 89102434 T 19890213; DE 58904310 T 19890213; ES 89102434 T 19890213; JP 14094789 A 19890602; US 36003989 A 19890601