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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2017
Applicant:
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 15/00 (2006.01); B66B 5/00 (2006.01); B66B 1/28 (2006.01); B66B 1/34 (2006.01); B66B 5/02 (2006.01); H04Q 9/00 (2006.01); G01M 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 5/0031 (2013.01); B66B 1/28 (2013.01); B66B 1/3446 (2013.01); B66B 5/021 (2013.01); G01M 5/0025 (2013.01); G01M 5/0058 (2013.01); H04Q 9/00 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A building settling detection system having at least one sensor configured between a guide rail track of an elevator system and a pit of the elevator system and a controller in communication with the at least one sensor, the controller configured to monitor an output of the at least one sensor and transmit a notification to a remote location when the output of the at least one sensor meets or exceeds a predetermined threshold indicating that the predetermined threshold is met or exceeded.