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Granted Patent B2
US 10,589,961 · App. 16/219,061 · Granted Mar 17, 2020

Maintenance monitoring of passenger carrying system

Inventors: Ke Yang (Shanghai, CN); Wenbo Huang (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
B66B5/0025B66B5/0037B66B5/0087H04L29/08558H04W64/00H04M1/72519H04M1/72522H04W88/02
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Patent No.
US 10,589,961
App. No.
16/219,061
Granted
Mar 17, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

This invention relates to the maintenance monitoring of passenger transport systems. The maintenance monitoring device for passenger transport systems of this invention comprises a radio/wireless beacon and personal mobile terminal, the radio beacon is roughly installed at an on-site check point of a passenger transport system and is used to broadcast radio signals toward its surroundings, and the personal mobile terminal is carried by the maintenance workers and is used to sense radio signals when the maintenance workers approach the corresponding radio beacon; wherein the personal mobile terminal and/or the radio beacon is configured to calculate the time period information of radio signals broadcast by the corresponding radio beacon and continuously sensed by the personal mobile terminal. This invention can automatically achieve monitoring of maintenance operations, features a good user experience for maintenance operations, and is beneficial to boosting compliance in maintenance operations.

Claims (45)

1. A maintenance monitoring device for passenger transport systems, characterized in that it comprises:

a radio beacon, which is installed at an on-site check point of a passenger transport system and is used to broadcast radio signals toward its surroundings; and

a personal mobile terminal, which is carried by maintenance workers and is used to sense radio signals when the maintenance workers approach the corresponding radio beacon;

wherein the personal mobile terminal and/or the radio beacon is configured to calculate the time period information of radio signals broadcast by the corresponding radio beacon and continuously sensed by the personal mobile terminal;

wherein the personal mobile terminal comprises:

a time period information generation unit, which is configured to calculate the time period information of radio signals broadcast by the corresponding radio beacon and continuously sensed by the personal mobile terminal; and

a compliance determination unit, which is configured to determine the compliance of the maintenance operations of the maintenance workers at an on-site check point of the corresponding radio beacon based on the time period information.

2. A maintenance monitoring device for passenger transport systems, characterized in that it comprises:

a radio beacon, which is installed at an on-site check point of a passenger transport system and is used to broadcast radio signals toward its surroundings; and

a personal mobile terminal, which is carried by maintenance workers and is used to sense radio signals when the maintenance workers approach the corresponding radio beacon:

wherein the personal mobile terminal and/or the radio beacon is configured to calculate the time period information of radio signals broadcast by the corresponding radio beacon and continuously sensed by the personal mobile terminal;

a maintenance management terminal, wherein the maintenance management terminal comprises:

a time period information acquisition unit, which is used to receive the time period information from the personal mobile terminal or radio beacon; and

a compliance determination unit, which is used to determine the compliance of the maintenance operations of the maintenance workers at an on-site check point of the corresponding radio beacon based on the time period information.

3. The maintenance monitoring device according to claim 2 , characterized in that the compliance determination unit is also configured to: determine that the maintenance operations of the maintenance worker at a corresponding on-site check point are in compliance when the length of time in the time period information is greater than or equal to a corresponding maintenance time threshold, and if not, determine that the maintenance operations of the maintenance worker at a corresponding on-site check point are not in compliance.

4. The maintenance monitoring device according to claim 3 , characterized in that the compliance determination unit is also configured to compare the maintenance track information to predetermined maintenance track information to determine the compliance of the maintenance operations of maintenance workers.

5. The maintenance monitoring device according to claim 2 , characterized in that the maintenance management terminal also comprises:

a prompt information generation unit, which is used to generate corresponding prompt information when the determined compliance results are not in compliance; and

a transmission unit, which is used to transmit at least the prompt information to the personal mobile terminal.

6. The maintenance monitoring device according to claim 2 , characterized in that the radio beacon has a corresponding first identifier, the personal mobile terminal has a corresponding second identifier, and the first identifier is broadcast when the radio signals are broadcast;

the personal mobile terminal is also configured to identify the first identifier while sensing the radio signals and to generate and transmit time period information including the first identifier and second identifier.

7. The maintenance monitoring device according to claim 1 , characterized in that the personal mobile terminal or the maintenance management terminal also comprises:

a maintenance track generation unit, which is configured to generate maintenance track information corresponding to multiple on-site check points based on the chronological relationships of the time period information corresponding to these multiple on-site check points.

8. The maintenance monitoring device according to claim 1 , characterized in that the personal mobile terminal or the maintenance management terminal also comprises:

a prompt information generation unit, which is used to generate corresponding prompt information when the determined compliance results are not in compliance.

9. The maintenance monitoring device according to claim 1 , characterized in that the radio beacon has a corresponding first identifier, and the radio beacon broadcasts the first identifier while broadcasting the radio signals.

10. The maintenance monitoring device according to claim 9 , characterized in that the personal mobile terminal is also configured to identify the first identifier while sensing the radio signals and determine the on-site check point corresponding to the time period information based on the identified first identifier.

11. The maintenance monitoring device according to claim 1 , characterized in that the radio beacon is a Bluetooth module and the radio signals are Bluetooth signals, or the radio beacon is a low-power Bluetooth module and the radio signals are low-power Bluetooth signals, or the radio beacon is a Wifi module and the radio signals are Wifi signals.

12. The maintenance monitoring device according to claim 1 , characterized in that the radio beacon is configured to broadcast the radio signals within a predetermined range toward its surroundings;

the personal mobile terminal is also configured to determine whether it has entered the predetermined range by determining the signal strength of the radio signals it senses, thereby determining whether the maintenance worker is approaching the radio beacon.

13. The maintenance monitoring device according to claim 1 , characterized in that the personal mobile terminal is configured to be able to automatically sense the radio signals when a wireless connection with the radio beacon has not been established.

14. A maintenance monitoring method for passenger transport systems, characterized in that it comprises:

sending radio signals broadcast by a radio beacon of an on-site check point installed on the passenger transport system; and

calculating the time period information of continuously sensed radio signals broadcast by the corresponding radio beacon;

generating maintenance track information corresponding to multiple on-site check points based on the chronological relationships of the time period information corresponding to these multiple on-site check points;

determining compliance of maintenance operations of a maintenance worker at an on-site check point of the corresponding radio beacon based on the time period information and/or the maintenance track information.

15. A computer device, comprising a memory, processor, and computer program stored in the memory and which can be run on the processor, characterized in that when the processor executes the program, the method of claim 14 is implemented.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, characterized in that this program is executed by a processor to implement the method of claim 14 is implemented.

17. A personal mobile terminal used to monitor the maintenance of passenger transport systems by maintenance workers, which can be carried by the maintenance workers; characterized in that the personal mobile terminal comprises:

a close-range communications unit, which is configured to sense radio signals broadcast by a radio beacon of an on-site check point installed on the passenger transport system; and

a time period information generation unit, which is configured to calculate the time period information of the radio signals broadcast by a corresponding radio beacon and continuously sensed by the close-range communications unit;

wherein the close-range communications unit is also configured to identify the first identifier of the radio beacon, and the time period information generation unit is also configured to generate time period information including the first identifier and the second identifier of the personal mobile terminal.

18. A maintenance management terminal, which is used to monitor the maintenance of passenger transport systems by maintenance workers, characterized in that, at a minimum, the maintenance management terminal can establish a wireless connection with a personal mobile terminal carried by a maintenance worker; the maintenance management terminal comprises:

a time period information acquisition unit, which is used to receive time period information from the personal mobile terminal or a radio beacon installed at an on-site check point of the passenger transport system, wherein the time information is the time during which the personal mobile terminal continuously senses the radio signal broadcast by a corresponding radio beacon; and

a compliance determination unit, which is used to determine the compliance of the maintenance operations of the maintenance workers at an on-site check point of the corresponding radio beacon based on the time period information.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 13, 2018
From: YANG, KE; HUANG, WENBO
To: OTIS HIGH RISE ELEVATOR (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 047767/0877 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 13, 2018
From: OTIS HIGH RISE ELEVATOR (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
To: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
Reel/Frame 047767/0911 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2017 1 1345954 · Dec 15, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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