Patent ID: 11912531
Assignee: AVIRE LIMITED
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 13:
14. An elevator system including an elevator car, wherein the elevator car includes:
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, and wherein the auxiliary sensor is mounted for movement with the elevator car within an elevator shaft.