Monitoring systems for passenger conveyors

    公开(公告)号:US11214466B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-04

    申请号:US16953223

    申请日:2020-11-19

    Abstract: A monitoring system for a passenger conveyor including: at least one acceleration sensor provided on a movable component of the passenger conveyor, wherein the moveable component moves in a closed loop path (P) when the passenger conveyor is in use; a fault detection sensor associated with the or each acceleration sensor and configured to provide data indicative of a fault in the moveable component. The monitoring system includes a controller configured to: receive data from the or each acceleration sensor; monitor a gravity vector (V) of the or each acceleration sensor; determine a direction of travel of the or each acceleration sensor; determine a current location of the or each acceleration sensor based on the monitored gravity vector (V) and the determined direction of travel; detect a fault from the data received from the or each fault detection sensor; identify a location of the detected fault.

    Elevator location determination based on car vibrations or accelerations

    公开(公告)号:US11964846B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-23

    申请号:US16382764

    申请日:2019-04-12

    CPC classification number: B66B1/3492

    Abstract: A method of detecting a location of a conveyance apparatus within a conveyance system including: detecting a sync sensor along a path of a conveyance apparatus at a first point in time, the sync sensor being at a known location along the path of the conveyance apparatus; monitoring a first acceleration of the conveyance apparatus along a first axis from the first point in time to a second point in time; determining a first distance away from the sync sensor along the path of the conveyance apparatus in response to the first acceleration of the conveyance apparatus and a period of time between the first point in time and the second point in time; and determining a first location of the conveyance apparatus along the path of the conveyance apparatus in response to the known location of the sync sensor and the first distance away from the sync sensor.

    MONITORING SYSTEMS FOR PASSENGER CONVEYORS

    公开(公告)号:US20210276833A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-09

    申请号:US16953223

    申请日:2020-11-19

    Abstract: A monitoring system for a passenger conveyor including: at least one acceleration sensor provided on a movable component of the passenger conveyor, wherein the moveable component moves in a closed loop path (P) when the passenger conveyor is in use; a fault detection sensor associated with the or each acceleration sensor and configured to provide data indicative of a fault in the moveable. The monitoring system includes a controller configured to: receive data from the or each acceleration sensor; monitor a gravity vector (V) of the or each acceleration sensor; determine a direction of travel of the or each acceleration sensor; determine a current location of the or each acceleration sensor based on the monitored gravity vector (V) and the determined direction of travel; detect a fault from the data received from the or each fault detection sensor; identify a location of the detected fault.

    ELEVATOR SYSTEM FLOOR HEIGHT MAPPING

    公开(公告)号:US20220112050A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-14

    申请号:US17070003

    申请日:2020-10-14

    Inventor: Nikola Trcka

    Abstract: A method of generating a floor height map for an elevator system having an elevator car traveling in a hoistway includes: accessing run group data, the run group data including information corresponding to a plurality of runs of an elevator car for a plurality of floor traversals by the elevator car; evaluating potential floor heights for at least one floor of the hoistway and potential floor travel sequences in response to the run group data; determining a likelihood of each combination of potential floor heights and potential floor travel sequences for the plurality of floor traversals; selecting potential floor heights and a potential floor travel sequence, as selected floor heights and a selected floor travel sequence, in response to the likelihood; generating the floor height map in response to the selected floor heights and the selected floor travel sequence.

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