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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2010
Michael Garfinkel, West Hartford, CT (US);
Ronnie E. Thebeau, Haddam, CT (US);
Leslie C. Watterson, Unionville, CT (US);
Sucheol Lee, Masan/KyoungNam, KR;
Kensaku Yamane, Narita, JP;
Michael Garfinkel, West Hartford, CT (US);
Ronnie E. Thebeau, Haddam, CT (US);
Leslie C. Watterson, Unionville, CT (US);
SuCheol Lee, Masan/KyoungNam, KR;
Kensaku Yamane, Narita, JP;
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A system for monitoring elevator car travel includes a plurality of bi-stable sensors () traveling with an elevator car (); a plurality of sense elements () positioned along a path of the sensors (); the sense elements () causing the sensors () to assume one of a first state and a second state; wherein states of the sensors () define a zone code () identifying a zone corresponding to the elevator car () position, the zone code () being a gray code.