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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2019
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Randy Roberts, Hebron, CT (US);
George Scott Copeland, Wethersfield, CT (US);
Luis C. Encinas Carreno, Farmington, CT (US);
Patricia Derwinski, Farmington, CT (US);
Cuauhtemoc Castro, Florence, SC (US);
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
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.