I claim as my invention:
1. A medical device comprising:
a data generating unit which generates data;
a data processing unit, separate from said data generating unit, for processing said data;
an arrangement for producing relative displacement between said data processing unit and said data generating unit; and
an arrangement for transmitting said data from said data generating unit to said data processing unit during said relative displacement, comprising an antenna and a hollow conductor for producing a wireless communication path between said data processing unit and said data generating unit, said antenna and said hollow conductor being displaced relative to each other in a defined manner in conjunction with said relative displacement of said data processing unit and said data generating unit.
2. A medical device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said hollow conductor is connected to said data generating unit and wherein said antenna is connected to said data processing unit.
3. A medical device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said hollow conductor has a slot therein along which said antenna is guided during said relative displacement of said data generating unit and said data processing unit.
4. A medical device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said hollow conductor has a slot therein in which said antenna is guided during said relative displacement of said data generating unit and said data processing unit.
5. A medical device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said hollow conductor has a perforation along which said antenna is guided during said relative displacement of said data generating unit and said data processing unit.
6. A medical device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said data generating unit comprises an image pick-up device for picking up image data, and wherein said data processing unit comprises an image reproduction device for reproducing an image corresponding to said image data.
7. A medical device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said data generating unit emits said data in digital form, and wherein said data transfer arrangement transfers said data in digital form to said data processing unit.
8. A medical device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said data generating unit comprises a unit for obtaining radiography data as said data, and wherein said data processing unit comprises a unit for producing a radiographic image from said radiographic data.
9. A medical device as claimed in claim 8 wherein said data generating unit comprises a C-arm having a radiation source and a radiation receiver mounted thereon, said hollow conductor being disposed along a circumferential perimeter of said C-arm, said C-arm having a C-arm support, and wherein said medical device further comprises a holder in which said C-arm support is displaceably received for allowing movement of said C-arm along said circumferential perimeter, and wherein said data processing unit is stationarily disposed to said holder.
10. A medical device as claimed in claim 8 wherein said antenna is disposed at said C-arm support.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method for integrating location devices and sensors of an elevator, said method comprising:
moving at least one door via a module mounted on a door operator or door coupler of an elevator car;
placing in the elevator, devices and sensors for locating the elevator car;
integrating the location devices and sensors with the module mounted on the elevator car; and
performing the integration of the location devices and sensors for locating the elevator car with the module mounted on the elevator car during a manufacturing stage of the elevator.
2. A method according to claim 1 wherein the location devices and sensors are sensors transmitting a floor code of the elevator, acceleration sensors of the elevator car, and door zone sensors transmitting door zone data of the elevator.
3. A method according to claim 2, wherein the sensor transmitting the floor code of the elevator is a SENSOPAD\u2122 sensor andor a sensor using a radio-frequency identification code.
4. A method according to claim 2 wherein the sensor transmitting door zone data of the elevator is a SENSOPAD\u2122 sensor.
5. A method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:
placing passive elements of the location devices andor door zone sensors of the elevator on a landing door.
6. A method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:
calculating a position of the elevator by utilizing a car speed andor acceleration data and a floor code.
7. A method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:
activating forced deceleration when necessary, by utilizing the elevator position data and speed data.
8. A method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:
activating an emergency stopping function when necessary, by utilizing the elevator position data and speed data.
9. A system for integrating location devices and sensors of an elevator, said system comprising:
at least one elevator car;
a module mounted on a door operator or door coupler of the elevator car for moving at least one door; and
elevator location devices and sensors in the elevator system; wherein the module mounted on the elevator car includes the elevator location devices and sensors.
10. A system according to claim 9, wherein the location devices and sensors are sensors transmitting a floor code of the elevator, acceleration sensors of the elevator car, and door zone sensors transmitting door zone data of the elevator.
11. A system according to claim 10, wherein the sensor transmitting the floor code of the elevator is a SENSOPAD\u2122 sensor andor a sensor using a radio-frequency identification code.
12. A system according to claim 10, wherein the sensor transmitting door zone data of the elevator is a SENSOPAD\u2122 sensor.
13. A system according to claim 9, wherein the system further comprises:
passive elements of the location devices andor door zone sensors of the elevator on a landing door.
14. A system according to claim 9, wherein the system further comprises:
a calculating device for calculating a position of the elevator by utilizing a car speed andor acceleration data and a floor code.