Cableway installation including at least one vehicle designed to be hauled by the cable, a loading terminal including a boarding area where passengers are positioned to board the vehicle, a drive motor of the vehicle in the boarding area, image acquisition device generating at least one image representative of the vehicle and of the passengers in the boarding area, and an electronic control unit configured to determine a surveillance area around the vehicle and the positions of the passengers, in the at least one representative image, and to generate a speed setpoint for the motor according to the positions of the passengers in the surveillance area.

Cableway installation including at least one vehicle designed to be hauled by the cable, a loading terminal including a boarding area where passengers are positioned to board the vehicle, a drive motor of the vehicle in the boarding area, image acquisition device generating at least one image representative of the vehicle and of the passengers in the boarding area, and an electronic control unit configured to determine a surveillance area around the vehicle and the positions of the passengers, in the at least one representative image, and to generate a speed setpoint for the motor according to the positions of the passengers in the surveillance area.

Inspection and monitoring system consists of a measuring unit fixedly installed in the cable railway, a storage and transmission unit operatively connected to the latter for the storage and communication of the measurement data, and an assessment unit connected to the latter via Ethernet or some comparable network in order to assess and visualize the measurement data in a remote monitoring station away from the cable railway from which the inspection process is initiated automatically according to a set program. Assessment of the inspection results in the remote monitoring station also takes place automatically by means of a pre-specified program. The station can be in operation around the clock and can also monitor a number of cable railways a long way away at the same time. It works reliably without staff interaction and enables precise management of the cable in view of its optimal life span.

Inspection and monitoring system consists of a measuring unit fixedly installed in the cable railway, a storage and transmission unit operatively connected to the latter for the storage and communication of the measurement data, and an assessment unit connected to the latter via Ethernet or some comparable network in order to assess and visualize the measurement data in a remote monitoring station away from the cable railway from which the inspection process is initiated automatically according to a set program. Assessment of the inspection results in the remote monitoring station also takes place automatically by means of a pre-specified program. The station can be in operation around the clock and can also monitor a number of cable railways a long way away at the same time. It works reliably without staff interaction and enables precise management of the cable in view of its optimal life span.

For reliable detection of the wear on a cable sheave of a cable car system, the distance between a cable sensor and a hoisting cable is measured when the cable car system is at a standstill and the wear on the at least one cable sheave is deduced from the distance measured at a standstill.

For reliable detection of the wear on a cable sheave of a cable car system, the distance between a cable sensor and a hoisting cable is measured when the cable car system is at a standstill and the wear on the at least one cable sheave is deduced from the distance measured at a standstill.

A passenger ropeway system has a plurality of vehicles mounted on a traction cable for movement between its stations. A hazard detection evaluation unit is connected to cameras and evaluate image data from an exit area to determine the presence of a vehicle and passengers in that exit area. In the event of such presence, when another vehicle enters the exit area or is at a predetermined distance from such entry, an emergency deceleration or emergency stop signal is generated. The signal is used to slow down or stop the vehicle or vehicles directly and automatically without the need for an operator to be present. In addition, image signals from the cameras are transmitted to an operator display device via a signal transmitter so that an operator can restart the ropeway system if necessary.

A cableway vehicle includes an air turbulence device that is configured to generate a defined flow stall of an air flow flowing around the cableway vehicle during movement of the cableway vehicle, wherein the air turbulence device extends transversely with respect to the direction of movement at least over a part of a width of the cableway vehicle.

To allow simple data communication between a vehicle and a cableway controller of a cableway, provision is made, during operation of the cableway, for a current collector of the vehicle to come into contact with a busbar through the movement of the vehicle, wherein a vehicle powerline modem of the vehicle is connected to the current collector and a control powerline modem is connected to the busbar and the cableway controller and, while the current collector is in contact with the busbar, a powerline communication connection is established between the vehicle powerline modem and the control powerline modem and is used to transmit vehicle data from the vehicle to the cableway controller or vice versa.

An aerial ropeway hazard sensing system including a radar sensing unit mounted at a position along a ropeway that generates radar data representative of predetermined ropeway conditions proximate the radar sensing unit, and a processor that analyzes data from the radar sensing unit to detect predetermined hazard conditions and to generate a hazard detection signal indicative thereof. A method of performing an aerial ropeway safety function comprises using radar to detect a hazard condition and generating a hazard detection signal in response thereto; generating a control signal in response to the hazard detection signal; and initiating a safety with the control signal.