| CPC B64F 1/305 (2013.01) [B64F 1/36 (2013.01); G08B 21/22 (2013.01)] | 4 Claims |
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1. A system for performing an automatic inspection of a passenger boarding bridge including a plurality of devices that are operatable,
the passenger boarding bridge including:
a rotunda connected to a terminal building and rotatable in regular and reverse directions about a vertical axis;
a tunnel unit whose proximal end is connected to the rotunda in such a manner that the tunnel unit is liftable and lowerable, the tunnel unit including a plurality of tunnels that are fitted together in a telescopic manner, the tunnel unit being configured to be extendable and retractable in a longitudinal direction;
a cab rotatably provided at a distal end of the tunnel unit; and
a drive column mounted to a frontmost one of the tunnels of the tunnel unit or to the cab, the drive column including a lifting/lowering device and a travel device, the lifting/lowering device being configured to lift and lower the tunnel unit and the cab, the travel device being mounted below the lifting/lowering device and configured to travel on a ground, wherein
each of the lifting/lowering device and the travel device is one of the plurality of devices,
the system comprising:
a notifier provided on at least one of the cab, the drive column, and the frontmost tunnel of the passenger boarding bridge; and
a controller configured to control each of the devices and the notifier, wherein
the controller is configured to:
when an inspection start command is inputted to the controller, perform an operation test of each of the devices in a predetermined order to detect presence or absence of abnormality in each device; and
during a period from when the inspection start command is inputted to the controller until the operation test of a last device among the devices is ended, cause the notifier to notify operation test-related information inside and/or outside the passenger boarding bridge, and
the operation test-related information includes at least one of the following types of information:
information that is notified before a start of the operation test of a first device among the devices, the information indicating that the automatic inspection is going to start;
information that is notified during an automatic inspection period, the information indicating that the automatic inspection is being performed;
information that is notified before the operation test of each device is performed, the information indicating that the operation test of the device is going to start;
information that is notified while the operation test of each device is being performed, the information indicating that the operation test of the device is being performed; and
information that urges a person to retreat.
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