Thyssenkrupp Elevator Ag

Tk Elevator Innovation and Operations Gmbh

Thyssenkrupp Elevator Innovation and Operations Gmbh

Stephen Allen

Frank Peter Dudde

Peter Feldhusen

Jie Xu

Alan Parker

Gomaa G Abdelsadek

Mike Palazzola

Michael Palazzola

Depth cameras may be placed within an elevator car hoistway to capture depth images of the elevator rope. 3D sensing software may be used to identify the rope within the depth images and assign tracking points to locations along the rope. Tracked images are saved over time and compared to prior tracked images to determine the movement of tracked points between images. Movement of tracked points may be used to determine the velocity, acceleration, frequency of wave motion, and other characteristics of the rope during a period of time. When measured characteristics exceed specified thresholds, the system may take one or more actions to mitigate the undesirable behavior or provide notification of the undesirable behavior.

Real-time rope/cable/belt sway monitoring system for elevator application

A suspension and transmission device for use with an elevator system comprises one or more strips that provide load carrying, transmission or traction, and load carrying redundancy or safety functions for the elevator system. In one version a single strip comprised of polymer and composite materials provides these functions. In another version multiple strips comprised of polymer and composite materials provide these functions. In another version, a strip comprises a hollow interior portion. In another version one or more strips incorporate materials that can be detected when using the strip to monitor the condition of the one or more strips.

Elevator suspension and transmission strip

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Stephen Allen