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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2019
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 5/00 (2006.01); B66B 1/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 1/3492 (2013.01); B66B 5/0018 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of monitoring a location of a conveyance apparatus within a conveyance system including: detecting a first location of the conveyance apparatus at a first time using a position reference system; detecting a second location of the conveyance apparatus at a second time using at least one of a pressure sensor located on the conveyance apparatus and an acceleration sensor located on the conveyance apparatus; and determining that the second location is equivalent to the first location if the second time is within a selected range of the first time.