Abstract:
A method and system (100) of dynamically displaying information to a user is disclosed. A user's location is sensed e.g. by a presence detector (120). Customized information is displayed to the user via display (110) at a location that is in proximity to the user. The customized information moves as the user changes location.
Abstract:
A passenger conveyance passenger tracking control system that controls operation of a passenger conveyance, e.g., an elevator car, includes at least one call request device, e.g., a call request panel, configured to receive at least one input from at least one passenger located at a occupancy depth grid. At least one passenger position three-dimensional (3-D) depth-sensing sensor is configured to track a position of the at least one passenger located at the occupancy depth grid. The passenger conveyance passenger tracking control system further includes an electronic control module in signal communication with the at least one call request device and at least one passenger position 3-D depth-sensing sensor. The electronic control module is configured to control operation of the passenger conveyance based on the position of the at least one passenger.
Abstract:
A method for monitoring an area includes distributing, by a detector unit, light during a first instance of time in order to characterize the area based on first data associated with the first instance of time; distributing, by the detector unit, light during at least a second instance of time in order to obtain second data; comparing a first portion of the second data to at least one of: a second portion of the second data and the first data; and based on the comparison, signaling an alarm condition by the detector unit when an evolution in the second data is detected in an amount greater than a threshold.
Abstract:
A passenger conveyance system includes a depth-sensing sensor (62) for capturing depth map data of objects within a field of view adjacent a passenger conveyance door (24). A processing module (66) in communication with the depth-sensing sensor (62) receives the depth map data, the processing module (66) using the depth map data to track an object and calculate passenger data associated with the tracked object. A passenger conveyance controller (32) receives the passenger data from the processing module (66), wherein the passenger conveyance controller (32) controls a passenger conveyance dispatch control function in response to the passenger data.
Abstract:
A passenger tracking system (230) includes one or more sensors (242) for capturing depth map data of objects. A processing module in communication with the one or more sensors (242) receives the depth map data, the processing module using the depth map data to track an object and calculate passenger data associated with the tracked object to generate a passenger tracking list that tracks each individual passenger in the passenger data from an origin lobby to a destination lobby and through an in-car track between the origin lobby and the destination lobby.
Abstract:
A passenger conveyance system includes a depth-sensing sensor (92) within a passenger conveyance enclosure (22) for capturing sensor data from within the passenger conveyance enclosure (22). A processing module (96) in communication with the depth-sensing sensor (92) receives the sensor data, the processing module (96) using the depth-sensing sensor data to determine that the passenger conveyance enclosure (22) is empty. A passenger conveyance controller (32) receives the empty passenger conveyance enclosure determination from the processing module (96) to control operation of the passenger conveyance system in response to the empty passenger conveyance enclosure determination.
Abstract:
A method of assigning destination calls to cars (A-F) in an elevator system (20) having a plurality of hoistways (21-23) in which there is more than one car in each hoistway, the method comprising determining (33) the time for each car to respond to the call; and among the cars with acceptable response time, determining (34) the amount of additional delay in the hoistway that assignment of the call to one car will impose on the either car in the same hoistway, and assigning (35) the call to that car which creates the least additional delay for cars in any hoistway.
Abstract:
A method (700) of operating a shuttle elevator group comprises obtaining (704) a layout of a physical location of two or more elevator systems within an elevator lobby at a landing, each of the two or more elevator systems including an elevator car, and coordinating (706) arrival of the elevator car of each of the two or more elevator systems at the landing in response to the physical location of the two or more elevator systems within the elevator lobby, wherein the two or more elevator systems are organized in an arrangement within the elevator lobby.
Abstract:
An elevator system interface (20) includes a voice-activated input (24) that is configured to receive audible input from a user. A processor (32) is configured to determine a response to the audible input based on a content of the audible input and at least one other factor. An output (26) provides at least an audible indication of the determined response.