# US 12,006,184 B2 · Elevator health status ranking out of acceleration maximum values > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,006,184 B2 - Document ID: US12006184B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/410,029 - Filed: 2019-05-13 - Published: 2020-11-19 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2019-05-13 - Assignees: Otis Elevator Company - Applicants: Otis Elevator Company - Inventors: Derk Oscar Pahlke - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12006184B2 ## CPC - B66B 5/0018: {Devices monitoring the operating condition of the elevator system} - B66B 5/0087: {Devices facilitating maintenance, repair or inspection tasks (devices incorporated in the buffer B66B5/288; railings on top of the car B66B11/0226)} - B66B 1/3461: {between the elevator control system and remote or mobile stations} - B66B 5/0025: {for maintenance or repair} - B66B 13/02: Door or gate operation (of general application E05F) - H04B 1/3827: Portable transceivers - B66B: ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS ({apparatus for raising or lowering persons on theatrical stages or the like A63J5/12} ; funicular railbound systems with rigid ground-supported tracks and cable traction, e.g. cliff railways, B61B9/00; arrangements of ammunition handlers in vessels B63G3/00; hoists, lifts, or conveyors for loading or unloading in general B65G; braking or detent devices controlling normal movements of winding drums or barrels B66D; ship-lifting devices E02C; garages for many vehicles with mechanical means for lifting vehicles E04H6/12; hoists for feeding ammunition or projectiles to launching apparatus or to loading mechanisms F41A9/00) - H04B: TRANSMISSION ## Abstract A method of monitoring a conveyance apparatus within a conveyance system including: detecting a plurality of accelerations of the conveyance apparatus; determining a number of maximum accelerations of the plurality of accelerations that are above a threshold acceleration; determining that the number of maximum accelerations exceeds a threshold number of maximum accelerations within a threshold time period; and determining a health level of the conveyance system in response to the number of maximum accelerations within the threshold time period. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of monitoring a conveyance apparatus within a conveyance system, the method comprising: detecting a plurality of accelerations of the conveyance apparatus; determining a number of maximum accelerations of the plurality of accelerations that are above a threshold acceleration; determining that the number of maximum accelerations exceeds a threshold number of maximum accelerations within a threshold time period; and determining a health level of the conveyance system in response to the number of maximum accelerations within the threshold time period. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: activating an alert on a mobile device indicating the health level for the conveyance system. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving a selection input on a mobile device, the selection input indicating a mechanic feedback regarding the health level of the conveyance system. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, further comprising: adjusting the threshold number of maximum accelerations within the threshold time period in response to the mechanic feedback. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, further comprising: adjusting the threshold time period in response to the mechanic feedback. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, further comprising: adjusting the threshold acceleration in response to the mechanic feedback. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, further comprising: adjusting the health level of the conveyance system to an adjusted health level in response to the mechanic feedback. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: displaying the health level for the conveyance system on a display device of a mobile device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein receiving the selection input on the mobile device further comprises: displaying a plurality of mechanic feedback options; and receiving a selection input on the mobile device selecting one of the plurality of mechanic feedback options indicating the mechanic feedback. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: identifying a root cause that caused the number of maximum accelerations to exceed the threshold number of maximum accelerations within the threshold time period. ### Claim 11 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein the mechanic feedback identifies a root cause that caused the number of maximum accelerations to exceed the threshold number of maximum accelerations within the threshold time period. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, further comprising: receiving a selection input on a mobile device, the selection input indicating a mechanic feedback regarding the health level of the conveyance system, determining whether the root cause was correct or incorrect in response to the mechanic feedback. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of accelerations of the conveyance apparatus comprise accelerations along three axis. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the conveyance system is an elevator system and the conveyance apparatus is an elevator car. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the plurality of accelerations of the conveyance apparatus comprise accelerations of the elevator car. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the plurality of accelerations of the conveyance apparatus comprise accelerations of an elevator door of the elevator car. ### Claim 17 A system for monitoring a conveyance apparatus within a conveyance system, the system comprising: a processor; and a memory comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising: detecting a plurality of accelerations of the conveyance apparatus; determining a number of maximum accelerations of the plurality of accelerations that are above a threshold acceleration; determining that the number of maximum accelerations exceeds a threshold number of maximum accelerations within a threshold time period; and determining a health level of the conveyance system in response to the number of maximum accelerations within the threshold time period. ### Claim 18 A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, the computer program product including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising: detecting a plurality of accelerations of the conveyance apparatus; determining a number of maximum accelerations of the plurality of accelerations that are above a threshold acceleration; determining that the number of maximum accelerations exceeds a threshold number of maximum accelerations within a threshold time period; and determining a health level of the conveyance system in response to the number of maximum accelerations within the threshold time period.