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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2019
Applicant:
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventors:
Derk Pahlke, Berlin, DE;
Mario Pink, Berlin, DE;
Assignee:
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 1/34 (2006.01); B66B 1/24 (2006.01); B66B 1/28 (2006.01); B66B 1/46 (2006.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 1/3453 (2013.01); B66B 1/2408 (2013.01); B66B 1/28 (2013.01); B66B 1/3461 (2013.01); B66B 1/468 (2013.01); B66B 2201/101 (2013.01); B66B 2201/103 (2013.01); B66B 2201/303 (2013.01); B66B 2201/4615 (2013.01); B66B 2201/4653 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to a method of providing a seamless wireless connection in an elevator system of a building. The method comprises receiving an elevator car request from a passenger who is on a source floor, dispatching an elevator car to the source floor in response to the elevator car request, selecting at least one wireless local area network (WLAN) established in the building, and forwarding the selected at least one WLAN via a network node placed in at least one of an elevator hall of the source floor, the dispatched elevator car, or an elevator hall of a destination floor.