Otis Elevator Company

Luis C Encinas Carreno

George Scott Copeland

Paul A Simcik

Randy Roberts

Patricia Derwinski

Eric C Peterson

Cuauhtemoc Castro

Derk Oscar Pahlke

Bradley Armand Scoville

David Ginsberg

Ashley Chapman

Michael Garfinkel

Aditya Swami

Brian F Beloin

Juan A Lence

Markus Mueller

Oliver Alexander Gesch

Richard Buddelmann

An illustrative example method of controlling an elevator situated in a hoistway of a building includes detecting sway of the building, determining characteristics of the detected sway including a plurality of frequencies and associated periods of the sway, determining an expected sway of an elongated member of the elevator system based on the determined characteristics, and controlling at least one of position and movement of an elevator car in the hoistway based on the expected sway.

Elevator system control based on building sway

A device commissioning system includes a terminal device, a data communication network, and a network controller. The terminal devices selects a device type of a component configured to operate in a control system, and outputs a device activation signal that requests a configuration file for commissioning the component according to a selected device type. The communication network is remotely located from the component and stores configuration files for commissioning different types of components. The network controller receives the device activation signal indicating a request to commission the component according to the selected device type and establishes a secure data link to deliver the configuration file in response to the device activation signal. The component receives the configuration file corresponding to the selected device type, and installs the configuration file to commission operation as the selected device type.

Adhoc protocol for commissioning connected devices in the field

Embodiments are directed to receiving, by a computing device including a processor, an identifier associated with a mobile device based on a passive transmission of the identifier by the mobile device, and based on the receipt of the identifier, scheduling at least one service associated with an elevator system based on an anticipated demand for the at least one service.

Elevator control with mobile devices

A method includes receiving, by a computing device comprising a processor, a request for at least one service associated with an elevator system from a mobile device over a cellular network. The request is validated based on a determined location of the mobile device. In response to the validating indicating that the request is approved, at least one resource associated with the at least one service is scheduled. The scheduling of the at least one resource includes placement of an elevator car call.

Service request using wireless programmable device

A communication gateway device to facilitate communication between at least one elevator car, a call center system, and a third party device includes a cellular communication interface including a digital cellular interface and an analog cellular interface, a wired telephone communication interface including a digital wired telephone interface and an analog wired telephone interface, and an elevator communication interface to send and receive an elevator communication to and from at least one elevator communication device associated with the at least one elevator car, the elevator communication interface associated with the cellular communication interface and the wired telephone communication interface to send and receive the elevator communication to and from at least one of the call center system and the third party device via at least one of the digital cellular interface, the analog cellular interface, the digital wired telephone interface, and the analog wired telephone interface.

Elevator communication gateway

An exemplary system for monitoring an elevator arrangement includes a detector arranged to detect conditions or events in, on or near an associated elevator car. A monitoring device monitors a status of the associated elevator car. The monitoring device communicates with the detector for receiving data indicative of any event or condition detected by the detector. The monitoring device provides an output that associates the status of the elevator car at a time of any detected event or condition with an indication of the detected event or condition including a reproduction of the detected event or condition.

Remotely observable analysis for an elevator system

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Farmington, CT, United States of America

Luis C Encinas Carreno