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Method for controlling a transport device, namely an escalator or a moving walkway

  • US 10,427,915 B2
  • Filed: 02/09/2017
  • Issued: 10/01/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for controlling a transportation device with a control unit, the transportation device including a transport area for accommodating a person to be transported, transport means adapted for conveying the person in the transport area in a standing manner, drive means adapted for driving the transport means, and an image recording device for generating visual images of a sector of the transport area, the method comprising:

  • generating with the image recording device the visual images, which include a sequence of at least two visual images of the person traveling in the transport area;

    analyzing a movement of the person within the transport area based on the visual images by filtering pixels of a representation of the person and analyzing an optical flow of the pixels; and

    transferring the control unit into a safety modus based on the analysis of the movement of the person.

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