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US 2016/0244298 A1Published application
Rope sway mitigation through control of access to elevators
AssigneeOtis Elevator Company
InventorsRandall Keith Roberts, George Scott Copeland
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Abstract
Embodiments are directed to detecting motion of a building housing a multi-deck elevator system, determining, by a processing device, that the detected motion of the building is greater than a threshold, and controlling access to at least one deck of the elevator system based on determining that the detected motion of the building is greater than the threshold such that the at least one deck still is enabled to traverse a hoist-way of the elevator system.
Claims17
A method comprising:
- detecting motion of a building housing a multi-deck elevator system;
- determining, by a processing device, that the detected motion of the building is greater than a threshold;
- and
- controlling access to at least one deck of the elevator system based on determining that the detected motion of the building is greater than the threshold such that the at least one deck still is enabled to traverse a hoist-way of the elevator system.
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An apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- memory having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:
- determine that a detected motion of a building housing a multi-deck elevator system is greater than a threshold, and
- control access to at least one deck of the elevator system based on determining that the detected motion of the building is greater than the threshold such that the at least one deck still is enabled to traverse a hoist-way of the elevator system.
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A multi-deck elevator system comprising:
- a controller comprising a processor configured to minimize rope sway by:
- receiving data indicative of a motion of a building housing the elevator system,
- determining that the detected motion of the building is greater than a threshold, and
- controlling access to at least one deck of the elevator system based on determining that the detected motion of the building is greater than the threshold such that the at least one deck still is enabled to traverse a hoist-way of the elevator system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.