- Patent Title: Inertial measurement unit assisted elevator position calibration
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Application No.: US14440213Application Date: 2012-11-05
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Publication No.: US09771240B2Publication Date: 2017-09-26
- Inventor: Michael A. Martin
- Applicant: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US CT Farmington
- Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
- Current Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Farmington
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2012/063494 WO 20121105
- International Announcement: WO2014/070203 WO 20140508
- Main IPC: B66B1/34
- IPC: B66B1/34 ; B66B1/36

Abstract:
Embodiments are directed to reducing at least one dynamically generated error in terms of an actual position of an elevator car, comprising: triggering an inertial measurement unit (IMU) to compute a position of an elevator car of an elevator system, obtaining a position of a correcting vane in a hoist-way of the elevator system, obtaining a position of the elevator car as determined by an encoder of the elevator system, and estimating the position of the elevator car based on the computation of the position by the IMU, the position of the correcting vane, and the position of the elevator car as determined by the encoder.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150321879A1 INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT ASSISTED ELEVATOR POSITION CALIBRATION Public/Granted day:2015-11-12
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