Re: Wheelchair proximity detection

["AZ Woody" <Reply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Could something like an IR beam break be used?  When the chair breaks the
beam, the door opens..

Or how about an ultrasonic type sensor.  Something like the have on the
doors to some stores, that opens the door when someone approaches.

"David Norwood" <judapeno@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Dave Houston" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > Did you specify "proximity" because you're unable to operate a switch?
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> Yes, I am paralyzed below the neck.  I could operate a switch with great
> difficulty.  A proximity detection system would be much easier if it
worked.
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> David
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