A method and system is discussed for detecting distances between passengers walking onto escalators and moving sidewalks or travellators and for providing alerts to the passengers when minimum social distancing between the passengers is not being maintained.

A method and system is discussed for detecting distances between passengers walking onto escalators and moving sidewalks or travellators and for providing alerts to the passengers when minimum social distancing between the passengers is not being maintained.

A people conveyor system and a method for software update of a people conveyor component in a people conveyor system, such as an elevator system, an escalator system and/or a moving walkway system. The conveyor system comprises a plurality of conveyor components, each said conveyor component comprising a memory and a processor running an application software, an updating means for updating conveyor component software, the updating means being communicatively connected to the conveyor components, wherein the updating means comprises or is connected to a processor and a memory, and at least one communication channel, arranged between the updating means and a remote update system. In the method the updating means downloads a software update from the remote update system via the at least one communication channel based on request from the remote update system and/or based on the request from at least one conveyor component and/or the people conveyor system, and wherein the software download from the remote update system to the updating means and/or from the updating means to the conveyor component is performed as a background download and/or without affecting the operation of the people conveyor.

A people conveyor system and a method for software update of a people conveyor component in a people conveyor system, such as an elevator system, an escalator system and/or a moving walkway system. The conveyor system comprises a plurality of conveyor components, each said conveyor component comprising a memory and a processor running an application software, an updating means for updating conveyor component software, the updating means being communicatively connected to the conveyor components, wherein the updating means comprises or is connected to a processor and a memory, and at least one communication channel, arranged between the updating means and a remote update system. In the method the updating means downloads a software update from the remote update system via the at least one communication channel based on request from the remote update system and/or based on the request from at least one conveyor component and/or the people conveyor system, and wherein the software download from the remote update system to the updating means and/or from the updating means to the conveyor component is performed as a background download and/or without affecting the operation of the people conveyor.

Disclosed is an escalator system having: escalator steps; and a plurality of state sensors including a master sensor and slave sensors, wherein the slave sensors are secured to different ones of the escalator steps, wherein the master sensor is configured to: receive slave sensor data from the slave sensors; and transmit data to an escalator call center upon detecting an occurrence of a fault condition from the slave sensor data.

There is provided a method of renewing a passenger conveyor that is capable of preventing the passenger conveyor from being unavailable for a long time period when the passenger conveyor is renewed in a stepped manner. The method of renewing a passenger conveyor includes a safety device update process of updating an existing safety device to a new safety device in the passenger conveyor, and a drive machine and control panel update process of, after the safety device update process, updating an existing drive machine of the passenger conveyor to a new drive machine and updating an existing control panel of the passenger conveyor to a new control panel.

The present application relates to a continuously conveying passenger transport system which can be walked on and is designed as an escalator or moving walkway and a mobile device charging device for wirelessly electrically charging at least one mobile device during a passenger transport.

A passenger transport system and a method of operating the same are described. The passenger transport system includes a passenger conveying device, a control unit for controlling an operation of the passenger conveying device, and a disinfecting device for disinfecting a surface to be disinfected on the passenger conveying device. The disinfecting device includes a controller for controlling an operation of the disinfecting device. The control unit of the passenger transport system and the controller of the disinfection device are adapted in such a manner that status signals, which reflect information about a current operation, a current state, and/or a current configuration of the disinfection device, are sent from the controller to the control unit, and the control unit generates control signals taking into account received status signals and transmits them to the controller, wherein the controller controls the operation of the disinfection device taking into account received control signals.

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.

A device and a method for controlling an apparatus being an elevator, an escalator or automatic doors are provided, by which it is detected whether a fault is present in the apparatus, it is determined, when the fault is present, whether an automatic fault clearing may be carried out, and if it is determined that the automatic fault clearing may be carried out, the automatic fault clearing is performed by automatically clearing one or more faults.