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AssigneeOtis Elevator Company
InventorsRichard L. Hollowell, Randy Roberts, Xiaodong Luo, Benjamin J. Watson, Marcin Wroblewski
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An illustrative example embodiment of a device for controlling movement of an elevator car includes an emergency stopping supervisor, such as a processor and memory associated with the processor. The emergency stopping supervisor is configured to: determine when an indication from an electrical protection device indicates that the elevator car should be stopped, issue a command for the elevator car to move at a reduced speed, monitor continued movement of the elevator car at the reduced speed, and continue to allow the elevator car to move at the reduced speed until a selected condition exists or immediately cause the elevator car to stop if the reduced speed is not within a predetermined range.
A device for controlling movement of an elevator car, comprising an emergency stopping supervisor including at least one processor and memory associated with the processor, the emergency stopping supervisor being configured to:
A method of controlling movement of an elevator car by an emergency stopping supervisor including at least one processor and memory associated with the processor, the method comprising using the emergency stopping supervisor for:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.