Passenger conveyor and passenger conveyor control system

Abstract

To restrict walking on the passenger conveyor belt. [Solution] The passenger conveyor of the embodiment comprises a plurality of steps connected in an endless manner and moving in a circular manner, a control device for controlling the passenger conveyor, an imaging system for imaging the plurality of steps and determining from the captured images whether a user is walking on the plurality of steps while they are moving, based on the speed of movement of the plurality of steps and the speed of movement of a user riding on the steps, and an audio output device. The control device further comprises an output control unit that outputs a warning message to the audio output device when it is determined that a user is walking on the plurality of steps while they are moving.

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