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US 2026/0054960 A1Published application
La carte disability features
AssigneeOtis Elevator Company
InventorArthur Hsu
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Abstract
A personnel movement system is provided and includes a personnel movement element to transport passengers from one location to another and a controller configured to control operations of the personnel movement element. The controller is configured to be instructed to operate in one or more special assistance modes in which, for each of the one or more special assistance modes, a customizable subset of the operations of the personnel movement element are adjusted.
Claims20
A personnel movement system, comprising:
- a personnel movement element to transport passengers from one location to another;
- and
- a controller configured to control operations of the personnel movement element,
- the controller being configured to be instructed to operate in one or more special assistance modes in which, for each of the one or more special assistance modes, a customizable subset of the operations of the personnel movement element are adjusted.
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A personnel movement system, comprising:
- a personnel movement element to transport passengers from one location to another;
- a controller configured to control operations of the personnel movement element;
- a general assistance feature which, when actuated, signals to the controller to operate in a general assistance mode in which certain ones of the operations of the personnel movement element are adjusted;
- and
- one or more special assistance features each of which, when actuated, signals to the controller to operate in one of one or more special assistance modes in which, for each of the one or more special assistance modes, one of:
- a customizable subset of the certain ones of the operations of the personnel movement element are adjusted, and
- a customizable subset of any of the operations of the personnel movement element are adjusted.
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An operational method of a personnel movement system, the operational method comprising:
- controlling operations of a personnel movement element;
- receiving and responding accordingly to a signal from an actuated general assistance feature to operate in a general assistance mode in which certain operations of the personnel movement element are adjusted for passengers who are at least one of blind, deaf and mobility-challenged;
- and
- receiving and responding accordingly to a signal to operate in one of one or more special assistance modes in which, for each of the one or more special assistance modes, one of:
- a customizable subset of the certain ones of the operations of the personnel movement element are adjusted, and
- a customizable subset of any of the operations of the personnel movement element are adjusted.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.