US 12,065,330 B2
Dynamic elevator door control
Tejas Arunrao Dhumal, Maharashtra (IN); Guru Charan Kottur, Telangana (IN); and Aditya Swami, Telangana (IN)
Assigned to OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed by Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed on Sep. 10, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/565,877.
Claims priority of application No. 201811034756 (IN), filed on Sep. 14, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0087115 A1, Mar. 19, 2020
Int. Cl. B66B 13/14 (2006.01); B66B 1/34 (2006.01); B66B 1/46 (2006.01); B66B 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC B66B 13/146 (2013.01) [B66B 1/3461 (2013.01); B66B 1/468 (2013.01); B66B 5/0012 (2013.01); B66B 2201/103 (2013.01); B66B 2201/405 (2013.01); B66B 2201/4615 (2013.01); B66B 2201/4653 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for dynamic elevator door control implemented by a system comprising at least one elevator, the method comprising:
procuring, by the system, passenger data comprising a number of passengers presently travelling to a floor and a number of passengers awaiting to board at the floor, wherein the passenger data includes an average user travel speed based on a passenger health profile;
determining, by the system, a door operational time based on the passenger data; and
implementing, by the system, the door operational time to dynamically cause doors providing access to the at least one elevator to remain open for a duration of the door operational time;
wherein the system monitors an access progress of the at least one elevator for the duration of the door operational time to determine whether to dynamically increase the door operational time.