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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2012
Applicant:
Jason R. Armistead, Avon, CT (US);
Inventor:
Jason R. Armistead, Avon, CT (US);
Assignee:
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 1/34 (2006.01); B66B 19/00 (2006.01); B66B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 1/3476 (2013.01); B66B 5/0012 (2013.01); B66B 5/0037 (2013.01); B66B 19/007 (2013.01);
Abstract
An exemplary method includes distributing identifying tags to a plurality of potential elevator passengers so that each passenger has a uniquely identifiable one of the tags. Collective elevator system traffic information is determined based on monitoring movement of individual ones of the plurality of tags and corresponding elevator system operation.