Patent ID: 7837013
Filing Date: 2010-11-23
Classification: B66B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An image monitoring apparatus for an elevator, comprising: image recording means for recording a sequence of images of an interior of a car photographed by a camera, with a delay between the recording of successive images in the sequence of images of the interior of the car; means for determining a moving amount of a passenger in the car based on a comparison between a newly photographed image in the sequence of images of the interior of the car and a previously photographed image in the sequence of images of the interior of the car; means for detecting a violent behavior of the passenger in the car when the determined moving amount exceeds a reference value; and means for displaying, arranged in the interior of the car, the sequence of images of the interior of the car when the violent behavior of the passenger in the car is detected, wherein the image recording means reduces the delay between the recording of the successive images in the sequence of images of the interior of the car when the violent behavior of the passenger in the car is detected.