Elevator system with lidar and/or radar sensor
AssigneeOtis Elevator Company
InventorsWalter Thomas Schmidt, Joseph V. Mantese, Goran Djuknic, Paul R. Braunwart, Enrico Manes, Ziyou Xiong
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Abstract
Disclosed is an elevator system having an elevator entryway, the elevator entryway including: a first door, which is an elevator door, a first controller operationally connected to the first door for opening and closing the first door to provide access to an elevator, wherein when the first door is closing: the first controller monitors for first instructions over a frequency applicable to light detection and ranging (LIDAR) and/or a radio detection and ranging (RADAR), and upon receiving the first instructions, the first controller executes the first instructions.
Claims20
An elevator system comprising an elevator entryway, the elevator entryway including:
- a first door,
- a first controller operationally connected to the first door for opening and closing the first door to provide access to an elevator,
- wherein when the first door is closing:
- the first controller monitors for first instructions over a frequency applicable to light detection and ranging (LIDAR) and/or a radio detection and ranging (RADAR), and
- upon receiving the first instructions, the first controller executes the first instructions.
A method of monitoring an elevator entryway in an elevator system, the elevator entryway including:
- a first door,
- a first controller operationally connected to the first door for opening and closing the first door to provide access to an elevator,
- wherein when the first door is closing, the method includes:
- monitoring, by first controller, for first instructions over a frequency applicable to light detection and ranging (LIDAR) and/or a radio detection and ranging (RADAR), and
- upon the first controller receiving the first instructions:
- executing, by the first controller, the first instructions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.