Elevator systems and methods of controlling elevators responsive to detected passenger states
AssigneeOtis Elevator Company
InventorsDaryl J. Marvin, Stella M. Oggianu
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Abstract
Elevator systems and methods of use including an elevator car located within an elevator shaft, at least one sensing device arranged within the elevator car, an elevator controller arranged to control at least one of an operating condition and at least one feature within the elevator car, and a computing system in communication with the at least one sensing device and the elevator controller, wherein the computing system is arranged to detect a passenger state of a passenger within the elevator car and configured to control the operating conditions and features within the elevator car based on the detected passenger state.
Claims16
An elevator system comprising:
- an elevator car located within an elevator shaft;
- at least one sensing device arranged within the elevator car;
- an elevator controller arranged to control at least one of an operating condition and at least one feature within the elevator car;
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- a computing system in communication with the at least one sensing device and the elevator controller, wherein the computing system is arranged to detect a passenger state of a passenger within the elevator car and configured to control the operating conditions and features within the elevator car based on the detected passenger state.
A method of controlling an elevator car comprising:
- obtaining, at a computing system, detected passenger state data related to a passenger within an elevator car, the passenger state data obtained from one or more sensing devices;
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- adjusting at least one of an elevator car operating mode and feature within the elevator car based on the detected passenger state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.