Abstract: A position-determining system and a method for ascertaining a car position of an elevator car use a code tape mounted next to the elevator car in parallel with a movement direction and that includes a code-mark pattern of individual code marks, a detection apparatus mounted on the elevator car that detects the code marks, and an evaluation unit that determines the car position on the basis of the detected code marks. Here, n successive code marks of the code-mark pattern form a position mark, the position marks are unambiguously arranged in an n-digit pseudorandom sequence of various position marks, the position marks form a single-track code-mark pattern, and a discrete car position is assigned to each position mark. A detection region of the detection apparatus has a detection length in the movement direction that is shorter than a position-mark length of a position mark in the movement direction.

Abstract: A safety monitoring device of an elevator system having a shaft extending over at least two floors has a safety circuit with door contact switches being closed or opened accordingly when a respective shaft door is closed or opened. The door switches form an electrical series circuit that is electrically broken to block the elevator car from moving when any of the door switches is opened. The monitoring apparatus has at least one bypass switch that actuates a first door switch for a first shaft door on a first floor such that, when the elevator car reaches the first floor, the bypass switch bypasses the first door switch to switch the safety circuit independently of the first door switch. A monitoring means of the monitoring apparatus monitors the switching state of the safety circuit and/or of a second door switch for a second shaft door on a second floor.

Abstract: A method and device for determining an optical equipment adapted to a wearer and comprising an optical lens and a spectacle frame, the method including providing data relative to the wearer comprising optical requirements of the wearer, providing an optical cost function related to an optical function parameter of the optical lens and being defined based at least on part of the data relative to the wearer, providing a comfort cost function related to a comfort parameter, providing a mechanical interaction cost function that varies as a function of a geometrical parameter of spectacle frame and a geometrical parameter of optical lens, and determining an optical equipment that minimizes a global cost function, the global cost function being a weighted sum of all cost functions.

Abstract: A method of determining at least one parameter of an ophthalmic lens (40) including a complementary optical element (12) obtained by additive manufacturing and configured to provide at least a part of the optical function of the ophthalmic lens, the determining method including a step of providing two characterizing surfaces simulating two opposite surfaces of a complementary optical element (12), the distance between the two characterizing surfaces along a thickness axis (Z) defining the thickness of the complementary optical element; a step of optimizing the distance between the two characterizing surfaces (20) along the thickness axis (Z) so that the thickness of the complementary optical element reaches a thickness threshold while complying with the optical function of the ophthalmic lens (40); and a step of determining at least one parameter of the ophthalmic lens (40) on the basis of the optimized distance.

Abstract: A method for determining a progression length of an ophthalmic lens, the method including providing an addition value Add, providing a model, the model linking an addition value Add with a progression length, and based on the model and on the provided addition value, determining the progression length.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an ophthalmic lens having at least one optical function includes: a step of additively manufacturing a complementary optical element by depositing a plurality of predetermined volume elements on a predetermined build support, the complementary optical element being configured to provide at least a part of the optical function of the ophthalmic lens, wherein the build support includes at least one added value or adhesive configured to provide to the ophthalmic lens at least one added function. An ophthalmic lens including a build support and a complementary optical element as well as an ophthalmic lens obtained by such a manufacturing method.

Abstract: A pair of ophthalmic lenses adapted for a wearer whose prescriptions for the left and right eye are different by at least 0.25D in cylinder, the rear surfaces of both ophthalmic lenses having a substantially identical shape.

Abstract: A safety monitoring device of an elevator system having a shaft extending over at least two floors has a safety circuit with door contact switches being closed or opened accordingly when a respective shaft door is closed or opened. The door switches form an electrical series circuit that is electrically broken to block the elevator car from moving when any of the door switches is opened. The monitoring apparatus has at least one bypass switch that actuates a first door switch for a first shaft door on a first floor such that, when the elevator car reaches the first floor, the bypass switch bypasses the first door switch to switch the safety circuit independently of the first door switch. A monitoring means of the monitoring apparatus monitors the switching state of the safety circuit and/or of a second door switch for a second shaft door on a second floor.

Abstract: An elevator car load measurement system for determining a load of an elevator car includes a plurality of at least two force sensors that are daisy-chained and connected to a controller for determining the load. Each force sensor measures a force exerted by the elevator car on the respective force sensor and generates a frequency signal with a square-wave form, wherein the frequency signal is proportional to the respective measured force. At least one of the force sensors adds a first frequency signal received from the previous force sensor along the daisy chain a second frequency signal generated by the at least one force sensor to generate a frequency sum signal, the last of the force sensors in the daisy chain forwards the frequency sum signal to the controller.

Abstract: A method for determining an ophthalmic lens adapted to a wearer, the method including: receiving wearer data including at least the ophthalmic prescription of the wearer; receiving a set of object points associated with target optical performances based on the wearer data; determining an ophthalmic lens adapted to the wearer, the ophthalmic lens providing optical performances, for light rays propagating from the set of object points to the center of rotation of the eye of the wearer passing through the ophthalmic lens, the closest to the target optical performances.

Abstract: A control device controls an elevator system in inspection mode, the elevator system having a safety circuit with at least one safety contact that is open in inspection mode and an inspection path for bridging the safety contact. The control device includes first and second operating elements for controlling the inspection mode and first and second switching units connected in parallel and each having a contact associated with a delay means. The switching units close and open their contacts in response to actuation and release of the first and second operating elements respectively. The contacts are series connected in the inspection path. The first and second delay means delay opening of the associated contacts by defined delay times after the release of the first and operating element respectively.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an ophthalmic lens, including: a step of providing a starting optical system (30) having a first optical function and a first main refractive index; a step of providing a transition layer (20) intended to be disposed between the starting optical system (30) and a complementary optical element (12) having a second main refractive index, the transition layer (20) aiming at reducing unwanted reflection caused by the mismatch between the first and the second main refractive index, the transition layer (20) having a transition optical function; and a step of additively manufacturing the complementary optical element (12) on the transition layer (20), the complementary optical element (12) having a second optical function, the second optical function being predetermined as a function of the first optical function and of the transition optical function.

Abstract: An elevator system has a central control unit for generating control signals and/or processing sensor signals and controlling functions of the system, a plurality of field devices distributed inside a structure accommodating the system, preferably along an elevator shaft, and a field bus system for interchanging the signals between the control unit and the field devices. Each field device outputs sensor signals generated by a sensor and/or receives control signals to be implemented by an actuator. Data packets including the signals are interchanged in a serial manner between the control unit and all field devices in a summation frame method using a closed ring topology. Each field device has a driver to insert the sensor signals into the data packet or to remove the control signals from the data packet. Data and signal transmission is thereby carried out quickly and safely in a safety circuit of the elevator system.

Abstract: A method includes acquiring prescription data including an addition value. The method includes generating virtual surface data of a progressive addition lens for a further operation of surfacing of a lens blank, the operation of surfacing being configured to transform the lens blank into a surfaced lens satisfying the prescription data. The generating virtual surface data includes selecting a virtual base surface in a virtual base surface database, the selection being independent of the prescribed addition value, processing the selected virtual base surface according to the prescribed addition value to obtain a modified virtual base surface, selecting a virtual adjusting surface in a virtual adjusting surface database at least on the basis of a value of a parameter relative to the modified virtual base surface, and combining the modified virtual base surface and the selected virtual adjusting surface to form a virtual progressive adjusted surface.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an optical lens having at least a reference optical power at a given point is described. This method includes the steps of: selecting, among a fixed number of optical elements, one optical element to manufacture the optical lens, the step of selecting being executed as a function of the reference optical power at the given point of the optical lens, the step of selecting being executed such that the selected optical element has an optical power having an absolute value lower than or equal to the absolute value of the reference optical power at the given point of the optical lens; and manufacturing the optical lens using an additive manufacturing technology by depositing a complementary portion on the selected optical element. A manufacturing system for manufacturing an optical lens is also described.

Abstract: A method and device for determining an optical equipment adapted to a wearer and comprising an optical lens and a spectacle frame, the method including providing data relative to the wearer comprising optical requirements of the wearer, providing an optical cost function related to an optical function parameter of the optical lens and being defined based at least on part of the data relative to the wearer, providing a comfort cost function related to a comfort parameter, providing a mechanical interaction cost function that varies as a function of a geometrical parameter of spectacle frame and a geometrical parameter of optical lens, and determining an optical equipment that minimizes a global cost function, the global cost function being a weighted sum of all cost functions.

Abstract: A method for controlling a maintenance mode of an elevator system includes: recognizing a machine-detectable feature in an automated manner using a portable computer-controlled device of a technician and, subsequently, outputting a maintenance completion signal, the machine-detectable feature being within the elevator system such that it can only be detected by the computer-controlled device located outside an elevator shaft of the elevator system and wherein the machine-detectable feature is uniquely assigned to the elevator system; receiving the maintenance completion signal by an elevator controller controlling the maintenance mode and, subsequently, completing the maintenance mode. The method and an elevator control arrangement configured to carry out the method enables a maintenance mode to be completed by the technician in the elevator system in a simple, intuitive, and safe manner without the need for significant additional hardware.

Abstract: A method for determining an ophthalmic lens adapted to a wearer, the method including: receiving wearer data including at least the ophthalmic prescription of the wearer; receiving a set of object points associated with target optical performances based on the wearer data; determining an ophthalmic lens adapted to the wearer, the ophthalmic lens providing optical performances, for light rays propagating from the set of object points to the center of rotation of the eye of the wearer passing through the ophthalmic lens, the closest to the target optical performances.

Abstract: Embodiments discussed herein relate to automatic communication management, such as automated closure of a communication in circumstances where establishment of the communication is accidental, particularly from mobile terminals. A method of use of automatic communication management is disclosed. The method can include a triggering, following establishment of a communication between at least a communication terminal of the user and at least one other communication terminal, an activated automatic communication management which enables triggering of a closure of the established communication in progress as a function of the detected vocal sound level on at least one audio stream of the established communication in progress. In this way, if establishment of the communication is detected as being unintentional because of the vocal sound level of the communication, the communication will be closed.

Abstract: An elevator control cabinet used in an elevator system includes a voice communication apparatus having a microphone, an electronic control arrangement, an evaluation unit, and a cabinet housing having at least one cabinet door. The voice communication apparatus is used to execute a service or emergency call or establish a communication between the elevator and a public communication network. The microphone detects a surrounding noise in the control cabinet. The evaluation unit converts the detected noise into a noise pattern and then compares this noise pattern with a reference sound pattern that is predetermined for a surrounding noise in the cabinet housing with the open or closed cabinet door. This reference sound pattern is saved in a storage unit of the control arrangement. In dependence on a result of the comparison, the evaluation unit will recognize whether the cabinet door is open or closed.