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Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025

Filed:

Sep. 30, 2021
Applicant:

Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);

Inventors:

Peter Depaola, Glastonbury, CT (US);

Wade A. Montague, Southington, CT (US);

Dennis Hanvey, Leonardo, NJ (US);

Assignee:

OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 1/34 (2006.01); B66B 1/30 (2006.01); B66B 11/00 (2006.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 1/3461 (2013.01); B66B 1/30 (2013.01); B66B 11/001 (2013.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01);
Abstract

A method of calibrating a beacon for an elevator call system including: determining when a calibrator mobile device is located at a desired distance away from the beacon on a specific landing, the beacon being associated with one or more specific elevator systems at a specific elevator bank on the specific landing; detecting a wireless signal emitted by the beacon using a communication device of the calibrator mobile device when the calibrator mobile device is located at the desired distance; and establishing the desired distance as a selected range of the beacon for locating a passenger device for an elevator call received from the passenger device. The elevator call system is configured to assign future elevator calls received from the passenger mobile device detected to be within the selected range of the beacon to the one or more specific elevator systems at the specific elevator bank on the specific landing.


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