Method and a system for conveying a robot in an elevator
AssigneeMetralabs GmbH Neue Technologien Und Systeme
InventorChristian Sternitzke
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Abstract
The invention comprises a method and a system for conveying a mobile robot in an elevator involving the monitoring of elevator operating components and of persons surrounding the elevator and operating the elevator by selecting a floor to which the mobile robot is to move. In one aspect an inertial sensor is used to learn or determine the number of floors. The robot may also have methods implemented to assess the floor space inside the elevator or to position itself in front of the elevator in such a way that it can, for example, monitor the operation of elevator operating components without being perceived as an obstacle from the elevator users' perspective.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method for monitoring an elevator comprising a robot,
- wherein the robot comprises a sensor system and at least one output unit, and
- wherein the computer-implemented method comprises:
- the robot leveraging the sensor system to detect one or more persons in a vicinity of the robot;
- the robot leveraging the sensor system to detect an elevator operating component for the elevator;
- the robot leveraging the sensor system to monitor the elevator operating component;
- the robot leveraging the sensor system to detect a selected floor based on said leveraging of the sensor system to monitor the elevator operating component;
- and
- the robot leveraging the at least one output unit to prompt at least one of the one or more detected persons to select a predetermined floor using the elevator operating component.
A robot comprising:
- a sensor system configured to:
- detect one or more persons in a vicinity of the robot;
- detect an elevator operating component for the elevator;
- monitor the elevator operating component;
- and
- detect a selected floor based on the monitored elevator operating component;
- and
- an output unit configured to prompt at least one of the one or more detected persons to select a predetermined floor using the elevator operating component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.