Inventor
WILLIAMS DANIEL S
US18 patents
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OTIS ELEVATOR CO
15 patentsUS5929399AJul 27, 1999
Automatic open loop force gain control of magnetic actuators for elevator active suspension
OTIS ELEVATOR CO35 citations92
US5864102AJan 26, 1999
Dual magnet controller for an elevator active roller guide
OTIS ELEVATOR CO22 citations92
US7921968B2Apr 12, 2011
Elevator traffic control including destination grouping
OTIS ELEVATOR CO20 citations91
US5594219AJan 14, 1997
Elevator position apparatus
OTIS ELEVATOR CO25 citations91
US8028806B2Oct 4, 2011
Method of dispatching an elevator car including an expected arrival time of a passenger near an elevator car
OTIS ELEVATOR CO26 citations90
US7849974B2Dec 14, 2010
Method of dispatching an elevator car
OTIS ELEVATOR CO42 citations90
US5625176AApr 29, 1997
Crowd service enhancements with multi-deck elevators
OTIS ELEVATOR CO28 citations90
US7549517B2Jun 23, 2009
Elevator car dispatching including passenger destination information and a fuzzy logic algorithm
OTIS ELEVATOR CO11 citations82
US5824976AOct 20, 1998
Method and apparatus for sensing fault conditions for an elevator active roller guide
OTIS ELEVATOR CO14 citations73
US5765663AJun 16, 1998
Methods and apparatus for preventing undue wear of elevator actuators
OTIS ELEVATOR CO7 citations73
US11383954B2Jul 12, 2022
Super group architecture with advanced building wide dispatching logic
OTIS ELEVATOR CO2 citations72
US11027943B2Jun 8, 2021
Destination dispatch sectoring
OTIS ELEVATOR CO2 citations68
US11691845B2Jul 4, 2023
Destination dispatch sectoring
OTIS ELEVATOR CO0 citations58
US12084308B2Sep 10, 2024
Super group architecture with advanced building wide dispatching logic—distributed group architecture
OTIS ELEVATOR CO0 citations51
US10569991B2Feb 25, 2020
Elevator control system overlay system
OTIS ELEVATOR CO0 citations39