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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2020
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Appalaraju Marpu, Telangana, IN;
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
Provided are embodiments for identifying waiting passengers outside an elevator using deep learning and machine learning and automatically supporting social distancing for elevator passengers. Embodiments include receiving a call request from an elevator floor; capturing an image of the elevator floor registering the call request responsive to receiving the call request; and determining, from the image, a presence of one or more waiting passengers on the elevator floor registering the call request. Embodiments also include dispatching an elevator car to the elevator floor registering the call request; and controlling the elevator car based at least in part on determining the presence of the one or more waiting passengers.