Risk-detection system for a passenger moving installation
A passenger moving installation includes a plurality of tread elements forming an endless conveyor belt, wherein the tread elements are at least partially covered by at least one element that limits a transportation height of a user set of the installation. A safety system is configured to detect a risk of collision between the user set and the covering element. A method of determining a risk of collision between a user set and at least one covering element in a passenger moving installation at least partially covered by the covering element, includes determining the height of the user set in a monitoring area via a safety system, comparing the height of the user set to the height of a safety threshold, and triggering an event in the safety system if the user height exceeds the safety threshold.
1. A passenger moving installation, comprising:
a plurality of tread elements, connected together to form an endless conveyor belt;
at least one element disposed above and at least partially covering said plurality of tread elements that limits a transportation height of a user set on said tread elements; and
a safety system having a monitoring device configured to detect a height of the user set in a predetermined monitoring area through which the user set must pass prior to boarding the endless conveyor belt, said safety system configured to,
detect, prior to the user set boarding the endless conveyor belt, the presence of a risk of collision between the user set and the at least one element upon a determination that the detected height of the user set is equal to or greater than a safety threshold, which safety threshold is a predetermined height value electronically stored in the safety system and generated as a function of a maximum height between the tread elements and the at least one element partially covering the tread elements, and
compare the detected height of the user set to the predetermined height value of the safety threshold.
2. The passenger moving installation of claim 1 , wherein the safety system is configured to trigger an event when the detected height of the user set is equal to or greater than the safety threshold.
3. The passenger moving installation of claim 1 , wherein the monitoring device comprises at least one of a sensor, a light-emitting means, or a camera.
4. The passenger moving installation of claim 1 , wherein the monitoring area monitored by the safety system includes an area in which a user set is boarding and travelling on the endless conveyor belt.
5. The passenger moving installation of claim 1 , wherein the monitoring area monitored by the safety system includes an area in which a user set is located before boarding the endless conveyor, and an area in which a user set is boarding and travelling on the endless conveyor belt.
6. The passenger moving installation of claim 1 , wherein the safety system further comprises a height-detection means configured to determine the height of a user set.
7. The passenger moving installation of claim 1 , wherein the safety system includes at least one sensor having at least one of a detection beam or detection area, wherein the height of the safety threshold is defined by the position of the at least one sensor.
8. A method of determining a risk of collision between a user set and at least one element that at least partially covers a plurality of tread elements in a passenger moving installation, for the user set having a height that is equal to or greater than a a safety threshold height, the method comprising:
determining, via a safety system, the height of the user set in a monitoring area;
generating the safety threshold height as a function of a maximum height between the tread elements and the at least one element partially covering the tread elements;
comparing the determined height of the user set in the monitoring area to a height of a safety threshold to identify that the determined height of the user set is equal to or greater than the height of the safety threshold; and
triggering an event in the safety system in response to the determined height of the user set being equal to or greater than the safety threshold height.