Detection and control system for elevator operations

US10407275B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY · US

Inventors

• Yehia F. Khalil · Glastonbury, US
• Richard N. Fargo · Plainville, US
• Randall Keith Roberts · Amston, US
• Randall S. Dube · Glastonbury, US
• Gary L Nuschler · Plano, US
• Peter DePaola · South Windsor, US
• Arthur Hsu · South Glastonbury, US
• Tadeusz Pawel Witczak · Farmington, US
• Bruce P. Swaybill · Farmington, US
• Alan Matthew Finn · Amston, US
• Richard J. Ericson · Southington, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 10, 2016
• Grant date: Sep 10, 2019
• Expiry date: Jan 9, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01B11/24
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A sensor system for a passenger conveyance system includes a multiple of 3D sensors mounted to a movable structure within a vertical shaft and/or a horizontal shaft and a processing module in communication with the multiple of 3D sensors, the processing module operable to identify an obstruction within the horizontal or vertical shaft.