In the present invention, an anti-pinch device which uses a simple optical mechanism to prevent the user being hurt by the moving part before the moving part touches the user is disclosed. Also, a space computing device which uses a simple optical mechanism to compute acquired space of a target object is disclosed. Additionally, a hovering control device which uses a simple optical mechanism thereby the user can control the hovering control device without touching the hovering control device is disclosed. The optical mechanism comprises at least one light source and at least one optical sensor, which can arrange in various ways.

A system for storing and sharing elevator trips, having: a controller; a database operationally coupled to the controller; an elevator car in electronic communication with the controller and operationally located at a first location; a network in electronic communication with the controller; a blockchain implemented on the network, and wherein the controller is configured to: store on the database, ride detail information indicative of an elevator ride experience of a passenger onboard the elevator car; generate a nonfungible token (NFT) linked to the ride detail information; and upload the NFT to the blockchain.

A method of operating an elevator or escalator system is provided. The method includes alerting a mechanic of a shutdown of a vehicle of the elevator or escalator system and providing data indicative of an occupancy condition of the vehicle to the mechanic so that the mechanic can execute, in any order, a verification of a no-occupancy condition, a switch of a mode of operation of the elevator or escalator system to a recovery mode and an inspection for faults. The method further includes initiating an overspeed (OS) switch reset routine in an event the mechanic confirms that an actuation of the OS switch is an exclusive cause of the shutdown and remotely triggers the OS switch reset routine accordingly.

An illustrative example elevator system includes an elevator car, a machine that selectively causes movement of the elevator car, and a drive that controls the machine to control movement of the elevator car at an intended elevator car speed. The drive is configured to use information regarding operation of the machine to determine whether an abnormal passenger behavior (APB) condition exists that affects movement of the elevator car. The drive is configured to alter the elevator car speed when the APB condition exists.

A method of controlling an elevator system incudes collecting one or more frustration indicators of a passenger during usage of the elevator system by the passenger; collecting one or more frustration factors; correlating the one or more frustration factors to the one or more frustration indicators to generate one or more preferences for the passenger; generating a profile for the passenger in response to the correlating, the profile including the one or more preferences; and controlling operation of the elevator system in response to the one or more preferences to reduce frustration of the passenger during interaction with the elevator system.

A method of prioritizing passenger travel in an elevator to one or more destination floors in a building, wherein the number of floors comprise at least high security floors and low security floors, includes identifying a security level of each passenger, verifying the security clearance level assigned to each passenger, generating a prioritized sequence to specify an order in which the cabin will travel to the destination floors based on the security clearance level, and executing a travel plan for the elevator cab causing the elevator cab to move to the relevant destination floors in the order specified in the prioritized sequence.

A fault diagnosis method, a readable storage medium, an electronic device and a fault diagnosis system for interaction between an elevator system and a machine passenger. The fault diagnosis method for diagnosing a fault in the interaction between the machine passenger and the elevator system via the interaction management apparatus includes: acquiring diagnostic information from the elevator system and the interaction management apparatus; simulating an interaction process between the machine passenger and the elevator system via the interaction management apparatus based on the acquired diagnostic information; and judging a fault type of interaction between the machine passenger and the elevator system based on the simulated interaction process.

A method of operating a first elevator system including a first elevator car including detecting an individual using a sensor system of a first robot; and notifying a dispatcher of the first elevator system that the individual was detected.

A method of communication between a robot and an elevator system using a robot communication system including: collecting data on a landing of a building using a sensor system of the robot; and transmitting the data to the elevator system of the building, the data being transmitted to the elevator system directly from the robot, through a cloud computing network, or through a building system manager.

A method of monitoring a running state of a machine passenger capable of wirelessly interacting with an elevator system, which includes a judgement step and a first state determination step; in the judgement step, judging whether a response command for state polling information fed back from the machine passenger is received, and judging whether first state representation information actively sent from the machine passenger for representing that its running state is abnormal is received; and in the first state determination step, determining that a respective machine passenger is in an abnormal running state based on a first judgement result of not receiving the response command and a second judgement result of receiving the first state representation information.