IP Library Granted Patent US 11,780,704
Granted Patent B2
US 11,780,704 · App. 16/783,554 · Granted Oct 10, 2023

Measurement and diagnostic of elevator door performance using sound and video

Inventors: George Scott Copeland (Wethersfield, CT); Pradeep Miriyala (Telangana, IN); Rachit Sahgal (Telangana, IN); Jinho Song (Farmington, CT)
Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
B66B3/023B66B13/143B66B13/26G06T7/73G06T2207/30232
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Patent No.
US 11,780,704
App. No.
16/783,554
Granted
Oct 10, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A component monitoring system for monitoring a component of a conveyance system including a conveyance apparatus including: a camera configured to capture a sequence images of the component, the sequence of images being motion data; and a processor configured to determine an evaluation summary of the component in response to at least the motion data.

Claims (30)

1. A component monitoring system for monitoring a component of a conveyance system comprising a conveyance apparatus, the component monitoring system comprising:

a microphone configured to detect sound data of the component;

a camera configured to capture a sequence images of the component, the sequence of images being motion data; and

a processor configured to determine an evaluation summary of the component in response to at least the motion data;

wherein an abnormality is determined in the evaluation summary by linking the sound data with the motion data that occurred at a similar moment in time.

2. The component monitoring system of claim 1 , further comprising:

wherein the evaluation summary is determined in response to the motion data and the sound data.

3. The component monitoring system of claim 2 , wherein at least one of the camera and the microphone is located within a mobile computing device.

4. The component monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein the conveyance system is an elevator system and the conveyance apparatus is an elevator car.

5. The component monitoring system of claim 4 , wherein the component is an elevator door.

6. The component monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the camera and the microphone is located within the conveyance apparatus.

7. The component monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the camera and the microphone is located outside of the conveyance apparatus.

8. A method of monitoring a component of a conveyance system comprising a conveyance apparatus, the method comprising:

detecting sound data of the component using a microphone;

capturing a sequence images of the component using a camera, the sequence of images being motion data; and

determining an evaluation summary of the component in response to at least the motion data;

determining an abnormality in the evaluation summary by linking the sound data with the motion data that occurred at a similar moment in time.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the conveyance system is an elevator system and the conveyance apparatus is an elevator car.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the component is an elevator door.

11. A component monitoring system for monitoring a component of a conveyance system comprising a conveyance apparatus, the component monitoring system comprising:

a device configured to detect motion data of the component;

a microphone configured to sound data of the component; and

a processor configured to determine an evaluation summary of the component in response to the motion data and the sound data;

wherein an abnormality is determined in the evaluation summary by linking the sound data with the motion data that occurred at a similar moment in time.

12. The component monitoring system of claim 11 , wherein the device is a camera configured to capture images of the component, wherein the images are the motion data.

13. The component monitoring system of claim 12 , wherein at least one of the device and the microphone is located within a mobile computing device.

14. The component monitoring system of claim 12 , wherein the device is an inertial measurement unit sensor configured to detect accelerations, wherein the accelerations are the motion data.

15. The component monitoring system of claim 12 , wherein the conveyance system is an elevator system and the conveyance apparatus is an elevator car.

16. The component monitoring system of claim 15 , wherein the component is an elevator door.

17. The component monitoring system of claim 11 , wherein at least one of the camera and the microphone is located within the conveyance apparatus.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2021
From: COPELAND, GEORGE SCOTT; SONG, JINHO
To: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
Reel/Frame 055563/0205 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2021
From: MIRIYALA, PRADEEP; SAHGAL, RACHIT
To: OTIS GLOBAL SERVICES CENTER PRIVATE LIMITED
Reel/Frame 055621/0904 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 26, 2021
From: OTIS GLOBAL SERVICES CENTER PRIVATE LIMITED
To: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
Reel/Frame 055122/0261 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 19, 2021
From: COPELAND, GEORGE SCOTT; SONG, JINHO
To: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
Reel/Frame 054955/0142 →
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