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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2018
Applicant:
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventor:
Sandeep Sudi, Farmington, CT (US);
Assignee:
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 1/34 (2006.01); B66B 1/40 (2006.01); G05B 19/4067 (2006.01); B66B 1/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 1/3492 (2013.01); B66B 1/40 (2013.01); G05B 19/4067 (2013.01); B66B 1/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for determining elevator car locations are provided. Aspects includes operating, by a processor, a machine room sensor to collect vibration data associated with one or more components in a machine room of an elevator system, wherein the elevator system comprises an elevator car and a hoistway and analyzing the vibration data to determine a position of the elevator car in the hoistway.