MUMBAI, India, June 26 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202514115160 A) filed by Toshiba Elevator Kabushiki Kaisha on November 21, 2025, for Passenger Conveyor System.

Inventor includes Hikaru Sanda -.

The application for the patent was published on June 19, 2026, under issue no. 25/2026.

Abstract: Provided is a passenger conveyor system capable of starting operation, switching an operation direction, or stopping operation of a passenger conveyor while an administrator stands without bending down. The terminal 100 includes a non-contact type main body communication unit 50 fixed to a member located at a boarding entrance of the passenger conveyor and located above a center of a balustrade 20 in a height direction, a non-contact type terminal communication unit 104 that performs communication by being brought close to the main body communication unit 50, and a terminal control unit 102 that transmits, to the main body communication unit 50 via the terminal communication unit 104, an instruction signal for instructing operation and stop and an operation direction of steps 14.

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