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US 12,098,057 B2Granted
Validation of elevator call passenger boarding
AssigneeOtis Elevator Company
InventorsJayapal Reddy Gireddy, Ganesh Rajarapu
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Abstract
Provided are techniques for performing validation of a passenger boarding, where the embodiments include receiving a call request, and detecting beacon information responsive to the call request. The techniques also include validating a boarding status of a passenger that placed the call request based at least in part on the beacon information, and responsive to the validation, transmitting a notification of the boarding status.
Claims16
A method for performing validation of a passenger boarding, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a processor, a call request;
- detecting beacon information responsive to the call request;
- validating a boarding status of a passenger that placed the call request based at least in part on the beacon information;
- and
- responsive to the validation, transmitting a notification of the boarding status;
- wherein the call request is an elevator call request;
- wherein validating the boarding status further comprises responsive to detecting the beacon information, starting a timer to verify the passenger has boarded the elevator, wherein the timer delays closing of doors of the elevator.
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A system for performing validation of a passenger boarding, the system comprising:
- a beacon device configured to transmit beacons to one or more user devices;
- a controller comprising a processor configured to:
- receive a call request;
- detect beacon information responsive to the call request;
- validate a boarding status of a passenger that placed the call request based at least in part on the beacon information;
- and
- responsive to the validation, transmit a notification of the boarding status;
- wherein the beacon device is installed an elevator car;
- wherein to validate the boarding status, the controller is further configured to, responsive to detecting the beacon information, start a timer to verify the passenger has boarded the elevator, wherein the timer delays closing of doors of the elevator.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.