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US 12,534,334 B2Granted
Self intelligent occupant evacuation systems
AssigneeOtis Elevator Company
InventorsJayapal Reddy Gireddy, Srinivasa Krishna Mulukutla
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Abstract
According to an embodiment, a method of operating an elevator system during a fire evacuation including: receiving a fire detection from a fire alarm system indicating a fire; detecting a fire intensity using a fire quantity measurement system; and determining a discharge landing for the elevator system in response to at least the fire intensity.
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A method of operating an elevator system during a fire evacuation, the method comprising:
- receiving a fire detection from a fire alarm system indicating a fire;
- detecting a fire intensity using a fire quantity measurement system;
- and
- determining a discharge landing for the elevator system in response to at least the fire intensity
- wherein the fire intensity is based on a number of fire intensity sensors in the fire quantity measurement system that have detected heat or smoke;
- wherein the discharge landing is changed based on the fire detection, the fire intensity and a people count.
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An occupant evacuation system for operating an elevator system when a fire is detected by a fire alarm system, the occupant evacuation system comprising:
- a fire quantity measurement system configured to detect a fire intensity of the fire;
- and
- an analytics engine configured to determine a discharge landing for the elevator system in response to at least the fire intensity;
- wherein the fire intensity is based on a number of fire intensity sensors in the fire quantity measurement system that have detected heat or smoke;
- wherein the discharge landing is changed based on the fire detection, the fire intensity and a people count.
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