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 gesture-based interaction system (100) for communication with an equipment-based system (150) includes a sensor device (110-n) and a signal processing unit (151). The sensor device (110-n) is configured to capture at least one scene of a user (160) to monitor for at least one gesture of a plurality of possible gestures, conducted by the user, and output a captured signal. The signal processing unit (151) includes a processor configured to execute recognition software and a storage medium configured to store pre-defined gesture data. The signal processing unit (151) is configured to receive the captured signal, process the captured signal by at least comparing the captured signal to the pre-defined gesture data for determining if at least one gesture of the plurality of possible gestures are portrayed in the at least one scene, and output a command signal associated with the at least one gesture to the equipment-based system (150).
Abstract:
A system and method for user localization and acoustic voice interface are provided. The system (100) including a locator system (110) that includes at least one sensor that detects a location of a user and generates a location value, a listening system (120) that includes a microphone array that includes at least one microphone, wherein the listening system receives the location value and collects an audio signal from the location defined by the location value, and a signal processor (130) that generates a control signal based on at least the audio signal.
Abstract:
A method and intent recognition system that triggers voice recognition is provided. The intent recognition system includes an intent recognition device that detects a user location and/or behavior in a building and detects a triggering event based on the user location and/or behavior that suggests the user wants to input a service request, a prompt device that is triggered to provide a prompt based on the detecting by the intent recognition device and the detected triggering event, a listening device that receives an auditory input from the user, a signal processing device that processes the received auditory input and generates a control signal, and in-building equipment that receives the control signal from the signal processing device and controls the in-building equipment based on the control signal.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to the field of passenger conveyor technologies, and provides a monitoring system of a passenger conveyor and a monitoring method thereof. In the monitoring system and detection method, a monitored object of the passenger conveyor (900) is sensed by using an imaging sensor and/or a depth sensing sensor (310 1 , 310 n ) to acquire a data frame, and the data frame is analyzed by a processing apparatus (100) to monitor whether the monitored object is in a normal state. The monitored object may include a landing plate (903), a step (904), a barrier used in a maintenance and repair working condition and/or a step speed, and the like.
Abstract:
A transportation system for a building includes a horizontal travel lane (34), a vertical travel lane (13, 15, 17), and a transportation cab (14) configured for travel along the horizontal travel lane (34) and vertical travel lane (13, 15, 17), a cab floor of the transportation cab (14) orientable such that the cab floor is non perpendicular to a gravitational force acting on the transportation cab (14). A method of operating a transportation system for a building includes locating a transportation cab (14) at a travel lane (34) positioned at a building, accelerating the transportation cab (14) in a non-vertical direction along the travel lane (34) and orienting a cab floor of the transportation cab (14) to be non-perpendicular to a gravitational force acting on the transportation cab (14) during non-vertical acceleration of the transportation cab (14).
Abstract:
A system and method for lobby crowd control dispatching in a multi-car ropeless lift (MCRL) system is provided. The method includes: receiving, at a controller (425), a call request for a transport device (414, 414N), in the lobby from a user using a destination device (436, 436N); generating, using a processor of the controller (425), a call assignment based on a crowd parameter; controlling, using the processor of the controller (425), the transport device(414, 414N) based on the crowd parameter; and transmitting, from the controller (425), the call assignment to the user using the destination device (436, 436N). The system includes a transport device (414, 414N) that arrives and departs from the lobby, a destination device (436, 436N) that receives a call request from a user for the transport device (414, 414N) in the lobby, and a controller (425) that is communicatively connected to the transport device (414, 414N) and the destination device (436, 436N).
Abstract:
A method and system to direct a plurality of occupants during an evacuation of a building includes receiving at least one occupancy parameter of the plurality of occupants via at least one occupancy sensor, and controlling at least one occupancy actuator in response to the at least one occupancy parameter via an occupancy controller.
Abstract:
An elevator system includes an elevator car 32 to travel vertically in a first lane 15 and a second lane 17; a propulsion system to impart force to the elevator car; a transfer station 32 to move the elevator car horizontally from the first lane to the second lane; and a control system 110, 120, 130 to supervise travel of the elevator car, the control system to supervise a first intersection 102 between the first lane and the transfer station such that no more than one of vertical elevator car travel and horizontal elevator car travel is permitted at the first intersection at a given time.
Abstract:
A passenger conveyance special loading system includes a depth-sensing sensor (162) for capturing depth map data of objects within a field of view. A processing module (166) in communication with the depth-sensing sensor (162) receives the depth map data, the processing module (166) uses the depth map data to calculate passenger data associated with an object to determine a special loading condition. A passenger conveyance controller (32) receives the passenger data from the processing module (166), the passenger conveyance controller (172) controls a passenger conveyance dispatch control function in response to the special loading condition.