公开(公告)号：US20210371233A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-02

申请号：US16761511

申请日：2019-01-11

Applicant: Inventio AG

Inventor： Martin Kusserow ,  Michael Guarisco ,  Zack Zhu

IPC: B66B1/34 ,  B66B1/30

Abstract: A method for determining a mapping of a number of floors to be served by an elevator includes the steps of: (a) determining, during a multiplicity of trips of an elevator car of the elevator, a trip-dependent physical parameter value which unambiguously depends on at least one of a trip duration and a trip distance; and (b) clustering the determined trip-dependent physical parameter values to clusters to define each of the floors in the mapping. In a training phase, the method automatically determines the number of floors served and then, in an operation phase, classifies each of the observed trips and finally detects and tracks a current position of the elevator car. An elevator monitoring device implementing such method may be retrofitted into existing elevators for e.g. remotely monitoring the elevator operation and does not necessarily require any data transfer between components of the elevator and the elevator monitoring device.

公开(公告)号：US20210238010A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-05

申请号：US17250092

申请日：2019-06-13

Applicant: Inventio AG

Inventor： Martin Kusserow ,  Zack Zhu

IPC: B66B5/02 ,  B66B3/00 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G06N5/04

Abstract: An elevator controller detects a malfunction such as elevator blockage in an observed elevator utilizing a method including: acquiring first data during an application phase, the first data correlating with at least one condition in the observed elevator; acquiring further data during the application phase, the further data correlating with the at least one condition in other elevators; determining a current relative behavior of the observed elevator during the application phase based on a comparison of the first data with the further data; and detecting the malfunction in the observed elevator based on an analysis of the current relative behavior. The normal relative behavior information of the observed elevator, learned in a machine learning procedure during a preceding learning phase, is taken into account upon analyzing the current relative behavior of the observed elevator. The method enables automatically detecting malfunctions in an elevator while reducing a probability of false alarms.

公开(公告)号：US20210139274A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-13

申请号：US16492190

申请日：2018-03-27

Applicant: Inventio AG

Inventor： Reto Tschuppert ,  Martin Kusserow

IPC: B66B1/34 ,  B66B5/06 ,  B66B27/00

Abstract: A passenger transport system sensor network has a master unit, a signal-transferring apparatus, and a plurality of sensor nodes each having at least one sensor sensing a physical measurement variable and transferring the sensed variable to the master unit via the signal-transferring apparatus. A sensor-identifying module in the master unit determines the identity of the sensors from information, stored in a database, of: a first information type about reference measurement results to be typically provided by a particular sensor under already known conditions; a second information type about the identity of a sensor node containing the particular sensor, the sensor node having a plurality of different sensors or a plurality of identical sensors in different configurations; and/or a third information type about a configuration of a sensor node holding the particular sensor, which configuration was defined in advance. Sensor identities and installation locations can be determined in an automated manner.

公开(公告)号：US10266369B2

公开(公告)日：2019-04-23

申请号：US15501459

申请日：2015-07-01

Applicant: Inventio AG

Inventor： Astrid Sonnenmoser ,  Christoph Liebetrau ,  Martin Kusserow ,  Thomas Hartmann

IPC: B66B1/06 ,  B66B1/34 ,  B66B3/00 ,  B66B1/46

Abstract: An energy-autonomous elevator system control element includes a piezoelectric layer and processing unit for detecting a control operation, a transmitting unit for wirelessly transmitting at least one signal to a remote elevator system controller, the at least one signal being generated automatically by the elevator system control element on the basis of the control operation, and an energy recovery unit for supplying electrical energy for the elevator system control element. The energy-autonomous elevator system control element can be used as a car operating panel or a landing operating panel in an elevator system.

公开(公告)号：US20180215578A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-02

申请号：US15747479

申请日：2016-07-13

Applicant: Inventio AG

Inventor： Martin Kusserow ,  Reto Tschuppert ,  Pascal Joel Moser

IPC: B66B5/00 ,  G01R31/327

Abstract: A method and a device for determining an operating state of an elevator system include determining a current/time profile of a current supplied to the elevator system via a power supply line, identifying at least one current profile segment of the current/time profile, and deriving a current profile pattern of the identified current profile segment. The operating state of the elevator system is determined based on comparing the current profile pattern to at least one reference pattern. The method and the device may also be easily used by personnel without electrical training and may be used in elevator systems that are not known in detail.

公开(公告)号：US20250028331A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-23

申请号：US18715170

申请日：2022-11-22

Applicant: Inventio AG

Inventor： Raphael Bitzi ,  Alberto Chiappa ,  Martin Kusserow ,  Lucas Walti

IPC: G05D1/467 ,  G05D1/247 ,  G05D105/80 ,  G05D107/50 ,  G05D109/25

Abstract: A method for controlling a flight-capable drone in an elevator shaft of an elevator system uses an elevator system inspection arrangement configured for carrying out the method. The method comprises the following steps: receiving elevator shaft segment information provided by the elevator system that indicates which volume segment of the elevator shaft is currently designated to be off-limits for the drone; and controlling the drone along a flight path automatically determined by the drone, wherein the drone determines the flight path such that the drone travels exclusively outside of the volume segment designated as off-limits for the drone, wherein the drone determines the flight path taking into account the received elevator shaft segment information. By exchanging the elevator shaft segment information with the elevator system, the drone is able to initiate evasive maneuvers in good time in order to prevent collisions with fast-moving components of the elevator system.

公开(公告)号：US12187577B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-07

申请号：US16761511

申请日：2019-01-11

Applicant: Inventio AG

Inventor： Martin Kusserow ,  Michael Guarisco ,  Zack Zhu

IPC: B66B1/34 ,  B66B1/30

Abstract: A method for determining a mapping of a number of floors to be served by an elevator includes the steps of: (a) determining, during a multiplicity of trips of an elevator car of the elevator, a trip-dependent physical parameter value which unambiguously depends on at least one of a trip duration and a trip distance; and (b) clustering the determined trip-dependent physical parameter values to clusters to define each of the floors in the mapping. In a training phase, the method automatically determines the number of floors served and then, in an operation phase, classifies each of the observed trips and finally detects and tracks a current position of the elevator car. An elevator monitoring device implementing such method may be retrofitted into existing elevators for e.g. remotely monitoring the elevator operation and does not necessarily require any data transfer between components of the elevator and the elevator monitoring device.

公开(公告)号：US20240174483A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-30

申请号：US18551891

申请日：2022-03-29

Applicant: Inventio AG

Inventor： Christian Studer ,  Martin Kusserow ,  Qixuan Zhang

IPC: B66B1/46 ,  B66B1/34

CPC classification number: B66B1/468 ,  B66B1/3461 ,  B66B2201/4615 ,  B66B2201/4638 ,  B66B2201/4653

Abstract: A method for placing a call for an elevator system, the elevator system including a mobile communication device carried by a user of the elevator system, a beacon that emits a beacon signal, and a controller of the elevator system, wherein the method includes the steps of: capturing the beacon signal by the mobile communication device; recognizing a gesture of the user by the mobile communication device; identifying an intention of the user to use the elevator system, wherein the recognized gesture and the captured beacon signal are used for this purpose; displaying a user interface on the mobile communication device for sending an elevator call; and sending the call to the controller.

公开(公告)号：US11884513B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-30

申请号：US16482317

申请日：2018-03-13

Applicant: Inventio AG

Inventor： Martin Kusserow ,  Reto Tschuppert

IPC: B66B5/00 ,  B66B5/02 ,  B66B1/34

CPC classification number: B66B5/0031 ,  B66B1/3461 ,  B66B5/0037 ,  B66B5/02

Abstract: A method and a device monitor operating parameters in a passenger transport installation, such as an elevator or an escalator, having a plurality of sensors detecting different operating parameters and a signal processing device. The method steps include: repeatedly detecting a first operating parameter with a first of the sensors; triggering a second of the sensors as soon as the first operating parameter assumes a predetermined trigger characteristic; detecting a second operating parameter with the second sensor and transmitting a signal reproducing the detected second operating parameter to the signal processing device in response to the triggering; and processing the signal in the signal processing device or an external monitoring device for monitoring the second operating parameter. The method and device reduce a data processing amount and/or a data transmission amount, reduce a need for wiring and achieve complex sensor functions with the simple sensors that cooperate with one another.

公开(公告)号：US11679955B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-20

申请号：US17813106

申请日：2022-07-18

Applicant: Inventio AG

Inventor： Martin Kusserow ,  Reto Tschuppert

IPC: B66B5/00 ,  B66B25/00

CPC classification number: B66B5/0018 ,  B66B5/0006 ,  B66B5/0037 ,  B66B25/006

Abstract: A method for determining a state of a system for transportation of passengers includes the steps of: receiving condition data of the system, the condition data being generated by a condition sensor adapted for sensing physical conditions of an equipment of the system; receiving environmental data of the system, the environmental data containing information on an influence of an environment of the system on the equipment and/or the condition sensor; weighting the condition data with the environmental data; and determining a state of the equipment based on the weighted condition data.