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It is very good UX how escalators slow down when nobodies on them but keep moving. (lemmy.world)
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It makes it clear the direction of movement and how the user has to position themselves so they can ride it without thinking about it- but it saves power from slowing down

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[โ€“] SJ_Zero@lemmy.fbxl.net 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wonder if they'd use a current threshold for determining if someone is on the escalator?

[โ€“] rm_dash_r_star@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

I'm actually a retired electrical engineer, used to do aircraft avionics. Anyway it's a simple thing to measure amperage loading on the motor to set a threshold for sleep and wake. But in engineering there's always more than one way to accomplish a task. An optical sensor and timer would be another way to do it.