Remote controlled passenger conveyor and method for remotely controlling a passenger conveyor

摘要

A system and method for remotely controlling a passenger conveyor is disclosed. The system and method may include capturing an image of a passenger conveyor and a status changing object with a camera, sending an initiate command from a remote control center to the status changing object, calculating a time delay based on a time the initiate command is sent from the remote control center to a time the image of the status changing object verifies that the status changing object is responding to the initiate command, confirming that no passengers are present on the passenger conveyor and initiating a limited time frame for remote control of the passenger conveyor based on the time delay calculated.

主权项

1. A method for remotely controlling a passenger conveyor having a platform at each end, comprising:
providing a status changing object capable of changing visually observable states; capturing an image of the passenger conveyor and the status changing object using a camera; sending the image captured by the camera to a remote control center capable of displaying the image of the passenger conveyor with status changing object received from the camera, and capable of controlling the status changing object; sending an initiate command from the remote control center to the status changing object; receiving an image of the passenger conveyor with the status changing object responding to the initiate command; calculating a time delay based on a time the initiate command is sent to a time the image of the status changing object received by the remote control center from camera verifies that the status changing object is responding to the initiate command; and initiating a limited time frame for remote control of the passenger conveyor based on the time delay calculated.