Abstract: A method for setting the state of a scenario detection module of an escalator includes: acquiring running direction information of an escalator; and according to at least the running direction information, setting the states of the scenario detection modules U1, U2, . . . , UN in a scenario detection module set U for the escalator to be activated or disabled. The computing capability required for scenario detection of the escalator can be lowered.

Abstract: A method and device are disclosed for remotely monitoring an escalator. The method includes capturing an image of an escalator by means of a camera, wherein each step of the escalator is provided with a pattern of a predetermined color, the color of the pattern is different from the color of the step of the escalator; graying the captured image; covering the background of the grayed image, and separating the pattern; identifying the outline of the pattern; and comparing the identified pattern outline with a pre-stored pattern outline, and on the basis of the comparison result, determining whether the pattern on each step of the escalator is obstructed, wherein the pre-stored pattern outline is a non-obstructed pattern outline.

Abstract: A control system and a control method for controlling the start and stop of multiple passenger conveyors are provided. The control system includes a remote camera for capturing images of the corresponding external state of the passenger conveyor in real time; a remote controller for controlling and collecting the operation state of the passenger conveyor; a monitoring server connected with each remote camera and the remote controller through a data network. The monitoring server uses an artificial intelligence algorithm to analyze images captured by the remote camera to determine whether there are passengers on the passenger conveyor; when the monitoring server determines that there are passengers on the passenger conveyor, the passenger conveyor is grouped into a non-automatic start and stop group; when the monitoring server determines that there are no passengers on the passenger conveyor, the passenger conveyor is grouped into an automatic start and stop group.

Abstract: A control system and a control method for controlling the start and stop of multiple passenger conveyors are provided. The control system includes a remote camera for capturing images of the corresponding external state of the passenger conveyor in real time; a remote controller for controlling and collecting the operation state of the passenger conveyor; a monitoring server connected with each remote camera and the remote controller through a data network. The monitoring server uses an artificial intelligence algorithm to analyze images captured by the remote camera to determine whether there are passengers on the passenger conveyor; when the monitoring server determines that there are passengers on the passenger conveyor, the passenger conveyor is grouped into a non-automatic start and stop group; when the monitoring server determines that there are no passengers on the passenger conveyor, the passenger conveyor is grouped into an automatic start and stop group.

Abstract: A passenger conveyor comprising an endless conveyor track, a power source configured to supply power to said endless conveyor track, an entrance allowing a passage to the conveyor track, an exit allowing a passage away from the conveyor track, and a balustrade beside the conveyor track. Guide elements are positioned at the entrance/exit on a floor at proximity of an end of the balustrade. The guide elements are laterally elongated, and are configured to guide rolling or moving objects to/from the conveyor without contacting or being obstructed by the balustrade. The guide elements include a source of electromagnetic waves which radiate the electromagnetic waves to an entrance/exit zone of the passenger conveyor.

Abstract: The invention relates to a passenger conveyor, comprising an endless conveyor track, a power means for moving said conveyor track, an entrance allowing passage to the conveyor track, an exit allowing passage away from the conveyor track, a balustrade beside the conveyor track, a guide element or guide elements, at the entrance and/or at the exit, on the floor at proximity of the end of the balustrade, forming an elongated lateral guide for an object rolling on the floor to/from the conveyor track, so as to guide the rolling object to/from the conveyor without contacting the balustrade. One or more of said guide elements comprises a source of electromagnetic radiation, which is adapted to output electromagnetic radiation to the entrance/exit zone of the passenger conveyor.