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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2017
Applicant:
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventors:
Takahiro Yamada, Narita, JP;
Naoki Taniguchi, Sakura, JP;
Keiji Hashimoto, Sakura, JP;
Kenichi Ohmura, Yotsukaido, JP;
Assignee:
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 15/00 (2006.01); B66B 1/46 (2006.01); G05B 17/02 (2006.01); B66B 1/34 (2006.01); B66B 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 1/468 (2013.01); B66B 1/2408 (2013.01); B66B 1/3476 (2013.01); G05B 17/02 (2013.01); B66B 2201/215 (2013.01); B66B 2201/222 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for controlling an elevator system comprises obtaining images of the inside of an elevator car, detecting passengers in the images, creating graphic passenger models of the detected passengers from the images and determining the number of passengers who may additionally board the elevator car using the passenger models. The passenger models may reflect the actual size of the passengers.