CPC B66B 13/24 (2013.01) [B66B 5/0018 (2013.01); G01V 8/005 (2013.01); G01V 8/10 (2013.01)] | 14 Claims |
1. An elevator door sensor arrangement including:
a position sensor configured to determine a configuration of an elevator door of an elevator car;
an auxiliary sensor mounted to an elevator header of the elevator car or within the confines of the elevator car and configured to monitor for an object in a sensing region outside of the elevator car, the region being an approach to the elevator car; and
a door sensor controller configured to output a signal to a door controller indicating that an object has been sensed by the auxiliary sensor in the sensing region approaching the elevator door, wherein a depth of the sensing region extending into the approach to the elevator car is altered based on the configuration of the elevator door as determined by the position sensor.
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