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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2019
Applicant:
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventor:
Jayapal Reddy Gireddy, Telangana, IN;
Assignee:
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 1/52 (2006.01); B66B 3/00 (2006.01); B66B 1/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 1/52 (2013.01); B66B 1/46 (2013.01); B66B 1/461 (2013.01); B66B 1/467 (2013.01); B66B 1/468 (2013.01); B66B 3/008 (2013.01); B66B 2201/4638 (2013.01); B66B 2201/4646 (2013.01);
Abstract
An elevator system is provided. Aspects includes an elevator car, a sensor, and a projector affixed to the elevator car, wherein the projector is operated by a controller and the controller is configured to receive an indication of a presence of a passenger in the elevator car. A car operating panel is projected, by a projector, in the elevator car, wherein the car operating panel comprises a virtual element. An activation of the virtual element from the passenger is sensed by a sensor and an action is initiated based at least in part on sensing the activation of the virtual element.