B66B 25/003
Methods or algorithms therefor
Official title: {Methods or algorithms therefor}
B66B25/003 (Methods or algorithms therefor) appears on 64 US grants and 90 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B66B- Granted patents
- 64
- Published applications
- 90
- Assignees
- 20
- Inventors
- 206
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
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| 2007 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2013 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 3 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 5 |
| 2017 | 1 | 5 |
| 2018 | 7 | 16 |
| 2019 | 13 | 7 |
| 2020 | 5 | 4 |
| 2021 | 9 | 14 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3 |
| 2023 | 3 | 6 |
| 2024 | 6 | 11 |
| 2025 | 3 | 9 |
| 2026 | 4 | 1 |
By publication year. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method and device for monitoring the travel operation of a person-transporting installation14 Jul 2026US 12,682,646 B2Inventio AG
- Apparatus and method for controlling an escalator system or an automated walkway system16 Jun 2026US 12,654,994 B2Otis Elevator Company
- Automatic conveying device, method for determining the presence of external objects, and automatic start method16 Jun 2026US 12,654,996 B2Otis Elevator Company
- Controlling system for safety, a controlling method for safety, a safety switch and an escalator system17 Feb 2026US 12,552,643 B2Otis Elevator Company
- Robot operable to disembark from escalator and method of controlling same23 Sep 2025US 12,422,851 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Method and device for monitoring the drive operation of a passenger conveyor system2 Jul 2026US 2026/0184541 A1Inventio AG
- Method, an arrangement and a people conveyor and/or an access gate system for handling application programming interface requests24 Jul 2025US 2025/0238287 A1Kone Corporation
- Control method for a conveyor, corresponding control system, control node, and control end8 May 2025US 2025/0145417 A1Otis Elevator Company
- Assisted conveyance system problem resolution10 Apr 2025US 2025/0116978 A1Otis Elevator Company
- Method and device for monitoring the travel operation of a person- transporting installation10 Apr 2025US 2025/0118076 A1Inventio AG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and device for monitoring the functioning of an escalator or of a moving walkway7US 8,839,942 B2Kone Corporation · 2014
- Process for switching between main supply and a frequency inverter and vice versa for an escalator drive5US 6,626,279 B2Otis Elevator Company · 2003
- Monitoring system of a passenger conveyor, a passenger conveyor, and a monitoring method thereof4US 10,059,569 B2Otis Elevator Company · 2018
- Prioritizing the direction of a directional pedestrian mover (DPM) in real time, based on predicted pedestrian traffic flow4US 10,167,173 B1International Business Machines Corporation · 2019
- System of monitoring handrail for a passenger conveyer device, a passenger conveyer device and monitoring method thereof4US 10,173,864 B2Otis Elevator Company · 2019