METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR DRIVING DOOR INSTALLATIONS AS A FUNCTION OF THE PRESENCE OF PERSONS
First Claim
1. Method for driving door installations as a function of the presence of objects/persons wherein the region of the door installation is continuously observed by at least one videocamera, characterized in that through the videocamera and/or suitable sensors object motions within the space to be monitored are acquired, that in conjunction with the video image an analysis takes place of whether or not the moving object is an object, for example a person, authorized to use the door installation and intending to do so, wherein, if this is the case, the location and/or direction and speed of movement of the object is determined, that the door installation is driven as a function of the determined location and the determined direction of movement of the object.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for driving door installations as a function of the presence of person wherein the region of the door installation is continuously observed by at least one videocamera. According to the invention through the videocamera and/or suitable sensors, object motions within the space to be monitored are acquired with an analysis being carried out in conjunction with the video image of whether or not the moving object is a person. If this is the case, its location and/or direction of movement is determined and the door installation is driven as a function thereof. The videocamera is preferably disposed approximately diametrically opposite the door installation with its angle of view being directed as steeply as possible onto the region to be monitored. The videocamera is connected to an electronic image processing device.
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1. Method for driving door installations as a function of the presence of objects/persons wherein the region of the door installation is continuously observed by at least one videocamera, characterized in
that through the videocamera and/or suitable sensors object motions within the space to be monitored are acquired, that in conjunction with the video image an analysis takes place of whether or not the moving object is an object, for example a person, authorized to use the door installation and intending to do so, wherein, if this is the case, the location and/or direction and speed of movement of the object is determined, that the door installation is driven as a function of the determined location and the determined direction of movement of the object.
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