Remotely observable analysis for an elevator system
AssigneeOtis Elevator Company
InventorsLuis C. Encinas Carreno, George S. Copeland, Juan A. Lence
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Abstract
An exemplary system for monitoring an elevator arrangement includes a detector arranged to detect conditions or events in, on or near an associated elevator car. A monitoring device monitors a status of the associated elevator car. The monitoring device communicates with the detector for receiving data indicative of any event or condition detected by the detector. The monitoring device provides an output that associates the status of the elevator car at a time of any detected event or condition with an indication of the detected event or condition including a reproduction of the detected event or condition.
Claims23
A system for monitoring an elevator arrangement, comprising:
- a detector arranged at least partially in a hoistway to detect an event or a condition in, on or near an associated elevator car;
- and
- a monitoring device at the hoistway site that is configured to
- monitor a status of the elevator arrangement,
- communicate with the detector for receiving data indicative of any event or condition detected by the detector, and
- provide an output that associates the monitored status of the elevator arrangement at a time of any detected event or condition with an indication of the detected event or condition including a reproduction of the detected event or condition that can be communicated to a location remote from the hoistway site of the monitoring device, the reproduction including a visual output indicative of a sound associated with the detected event and a corresponding audible output of the same sound.
A method of monitoring an elevator arrangement, comprising the steps of:
- detecting an event or condition in, on or near an elevator car;
- determining a status of the elevator arrangement at the site of the elevator car;
- and
- generating an output from the site of the elevator car, the output associating an indication of the detected event or condition with the status of the elevator arrangement at the time of the detected event or condition including a reproduction of the detected event or condition that can be communicated to a location remote from the hoistway site of the monitoring device, the reproduction including a visual output indicative of a sound associated with the detected event and a corresponding audible output of the same sound.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.