Inventor

POWELL BRUCE A

US36 patents

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POWELL BRUCE A

OTIS ELEVATOR CO

Integrated, multi-level elevator shuttle

Method for operating a double deck elevator car

Horizontal and vertical passenger transport

Shuttle elevators feeding local elevators

Synchronizing elevator arrival at a level of a building

Locking elevator car frame to building during loading/unloading horizontally moveable cab

Transferring elevator cabs between non-contiguous hoistways

Synchronized off-shaft loading of elevator cabs

Elevator shuttle with auxiliary elevators at terminals

Elevator cabs transferred horizontally between double deck elevators

Synchronous elevator shuttle system

Maintaining communications and power during transfer of horizontally moveable elevator cab

Automated selection of a load weight bypass threshold for an elevator system

Elevator dispatching based on remaining response time

Elevator control neural network

Accommodating visually handicapped in elevator up-peak channeling

Elevator system having high rise elevator without express zone

Method for continuous learning by a neural network used in an elevator dispatching system

Hallway-entered destination information in elevator dispatching

Pretorque to unload elevator car/floor locks before retraction

Passenger transfer, double deck, multi-elevator shuttle system

Measurement and reduction of bunching in elevator dispatching with multiple term objection function

Early car announcement

Method of operation for double-deck elevator system

Fail-safe movement of elevator cabs between car frames and landings

Extra deck elevator shuttle

Emergency elevator cab commandeering shuttle

Elevator dispatching employing reevaluation of hall call assignments, including fuzzy response time logic

Elevator dispatching with multiple term objective function and instantaneous elevator assignment

Assigning a hall call to a full elevator car

Assigning a hall call to an elevator car based on remaining response time of other registered calls

Adapting escalator speed to traffic using fuzzy logic

Car operated safety gate for horizontally transferrable elevator cab

Elevator dispatching employing hall call assignments based on fuzzy response time logic

Adjustment of elevator response time for horizon effect, including the use of a simple neural network

WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP

Elevator system