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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventors:
Paul A. Simcik, Southington, CT (US);
Bradley Armand Scoville, Farmington, CT (US);
Eric C. Peterson, East Longmeadow, MA (US);
Assignee:
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 1/34 (2006.01); B66B 1/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 1/468 (2013.01); B66B 2201/4615 (2013.01); B66B 2201/4653 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes determining an altitude of a mobile device, determining a floor coinciding with the altitude, and requesting elevator service specific to the floor mapped to the mobile device location. An apparatus includes a memory having instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause the apparatus to: determine an altitude of the apparatus within a building, determine a floor within the building coinciding with the altitude, and request an elevator car to arrive at the floor.