US 11,851,305 B1
Elevator pit safety net system
Randy Roberts, Hebron, CT (US); Johanna Whitwell, Hartford, CT (US); Craig Drew Bogli, Avon, CT (US); and Kyler Vensel, Wolcott, CT (US)
Assigned to OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed by Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed on Jun. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/332,978.
Int. Cl. B66B 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC B66B 5/005 (2013.01) [B66B 5/0087 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating a safety net system of an elevator system, the method comprising:
installing a sensor in an elevator pit of the elevator system; and
executing a learning phase of the sensor to verify successful installation of the sensor, the executing of the learning phase comprising:
causing the sensor to sense physical characteristics of a portion of the elevator pit when the elevator pit is known to have certain physical characteristics to generate a background reading;
comparing the background reading against a reading associated with known physical characteristics of the portion of the elevator pit; and
verifying the successful installation of the sensor based on results of the comparing.