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Seamless elevator call from mobile device application

US11040850B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY · US

Inventors

Paul A. Simcik · Southington, US
Derk Oscar Pahlke · Berlin, DE
Markus Mueller · Heilbronn, DE
Stephen R. Nichols · Plantsville, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 27, 2018
Grant date	Jun 22, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 26, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W84/12
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method of assigning a destination floor to an elevator call associated with a mobile device is provided. The method including: receiving a first elevator call to travel from a first floor, the first floor is a boarding floor for the first elevator call; detecting a location of a mobile device relative to an elevator car of an elevator system; moving the elevator car from the first floor to a second floor in response to the first elevator call; determining when the mobile device exits the elevator car at the second floor in response to the location of the mobile device, the second floor is a destination floor for the first elevator call; receiving a second elevator call from the mobile device; and establishing the second floor as a destination floor for the second elevator call.

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