Proximity detector circuitry especially for lift doors
First Claim
1. Proximity detector circuitry for use in connection with door closure or analogous apparatus which comprises at least three sensors located at spaced intervals along the edge of a door, at least two of said sensors having control inputs for regulating outputs thereof, two differential amplifiers each of which is arranged to receive and compare the outputs of two of the sensors, each producing an error signal if there is a difference in output from the two sensors connected thereto, means for generating appropriate door control signals on the detection of an error signal, and means coupled to the control inputs for periodically adjusting said two sensors to approximate the outputs thereof to that of the third sensor.
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Abstract
Proximity detector circuitry of particular value in controlling the operation of elevator car doors. Sensors are set in the edge of the door. The outputs of the sensors are fed to one or more differential amplifiers which produce outputs dependent on the sensors. One such output may be compared in a further differential amplifier with its previous output slightly delayed in time and the results of the comparison used to actuate a door closing/opening control circuit. In addition large outputs arising from major differences in the sensors output may be fed (suitably attenuated) to the closing/opening control circuit.
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- 1. Proximity detector circuitry for use in connection with door closure or analogous apparatus which comprises at least three sensors located at spaced intervals along the edge of a door, at least two of said sensors having control inputs for regulating outputs thereof, two differential amplifiers each of which is arranged to receive and compare the outputs of two of the sensors, each producing an error signal if there is a difference in output from the two sensors connected thereto, means for generating appropriate door control signals on the detection of an error signal, and means coupled to the control inputs for periodically adjusting said two sensors to approximate the outputs thereof to that of the third sensor.
- 3. Proximity detector circuitry for use in connection with a lift door or in a like situation which comprises a pair of sensors mounted in the leading edge of the door or like member, a differential amplifier having two inputs one connected to the output of each sensor, the amplifier being arranged to generate an error signal in the case of an imbalance between the two sensors, means for delaying the error signal to produce a delayed error signal, means for comparing the later occurring actual error signal with the delayed error signal and means for generating a control signal as a result of that comparison.
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