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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2018
Applicant:
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventor:
Derk Oscar Pahlke, Berlin, DE;
Assignee:
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 1/34 (2006.01); B66B 1/28 (2006.01); B66B 3/00 (2006.01); B66B 5/00 (2006.01); B66B 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 1/3492 (2013.01); B66B 1/28 (2013.01); B66B 3/002 (2013.01); B66B 5/0018 (2013.01); B66B 5/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for elevator car level detection are provided. Aspects includes collecting, by at least one sensor, horizontal distance data and vertical distance data associated with a component of an elevator car in relation to a floor landing in a hoistway of a building, wherein the at least on sensor is affixed to the component of the elevator car and analyzing the horizontal distance data and the vertical distance data to determine one or more offset values associated with the elevator car and the floor landing.