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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 24, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Uwe Schonauer, Berlin, DE;
Peter L Herkel, Berlin, DE;
Assignee:
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
187393 ;
Abstract
A laser disposed on an elevator car is scanned at a uniform rate; one or more pairs of sensors disposed on opposite sides of the hoistway determine the time for the laser to scan from one sensor to the other, from which the vertical distance between the elevator car and a sensor pair is determined, thereby to derive hoistway position, elevator speed and acceleration.