A component monitoring system for monitoring a component of a conveyance system including a conveyance apparatus including: a camera configured to capture a sequence images of the component, the sequence of images being motion data; and a processor configured to determine an evaluation summary of the component in response to at least the motion data.

Sensor device for an elevator comprising a car comprising an elevator door, which has a door movement space in the passage and disposed in front of which is a spatial region in front on the floor in front of the door movement space, comprising a detection device, configured for separately detecting objects in the door movement space and in the spatial region in front and for carrying out successive detection passes, and comprising an evaluation device, wherein the evaluation device has a memory and is configured to store in the memory at least temporarily the information as to whether an object has been detected during a detection pass, and to output an early closing signal for closing the elevator doors if no object has been detected during a detection pass and the information that an object has been detected has been stored in the memory for a preceding detection pass, in particular for a specific preceding detection pass, in particular for the directly preceding detection pass.

An elevator system, having: an elevator car, the elevator car including: a front end that includes a front doorway; an aft end that includes an aft doorway; and a cabin extending from the front end to the aft end; and a divider system operationally coupled to the elevator car within the cabin, intermediate the front and aft ends, that is operational to transition between: a retracted state, where the cabin is undivided; and a deployed state where the divider system divides the cabin into a front zone that is accessible by the front doorway and an aft zone that is accessible by the aft doorway.

A mobile robot is configured to operate in commercial or industrial settings, such as office buildings or retail stores. The mobile robot can have a motorized base, a robot body on the motorized base, and a mechanical arm coupled to the robot body. The mobile robot can move between floors of a building using an elevator. The mobile robot can interact with an elevator system to call an elevator to a current floor, for instance, using the mechanical arm. When a first elevator arrives to the current floor, the mobile robot identifies that doors of the first elevator are opening and interacts with the elevator system again to cause the first elevator to remain at the current floor. After the interaction, the mobile robot moves toward a target location within the first elevator.

A method for object detection within an elevator car including: transmitting radar signals at a selected polarization into an elevator car towards an individual; receiving reflected radar signals at a reflected polarization; comparing the reflected polarization to the selected polarization; determining that the individual is in possession of a metal object in response to comparing the reflected polarization to the selected polarization; and activating an alert in response to the determining that the individual is in possession of the metal object.

Disclosed is an elevator system having an elevator entryway, the elevator entryway including: a first door, which is an elevator door, a first controller operationally connected to the first door for opening and closing the first door to provide access to an elevator, wherein when the first door is closing: the first controller monitors for first instructions over a frequency applicable to light detection and ranging (LIDAR) and/or a radio detection and ranging (RADAR), and upon receiving the first instructions, the first controller executes the first instructions.

Disclosed is an elevator system having an elevator entryway, the elevator entryway including: a first door, which is an elevator door, a first controller operationally connected to the first door for opening and closing the first door to provide access to an elevator, wherein when the first door is closing: the first controller monitors for first instructions over a frequency applicable to light detection and ranging (LIDAR) and/or a radio detection and ranging (RADAR), and upon receiving the first instructions, the first controller executes the first instructions.

A safety device for controlling safety-relevant functions in an elevator system is configured, on the basis of input signals from at least one first component of the elevator system which provides information regarding current conditions within the elevator system, for example a current position and speed of a car, not only to control at least one second component, such as a brake, of the elevator system such that an unintended travel movement of the car is prevented. The safety device also controls at least one third component, such as a door drive, of the elevator system such that an unintended movement of a car door is prevented. In the safety device, both a UCM (unintended car movement) function and a UDM (unintended door movement) function are thus implemented.

An elevator communication system includes an elevator communication network configured to carry elevator system associated data; a plurality of elevator system nodes communicatively connected to the elevator communication network, wherein at least some of the plurality of elevator system nodes each includes a camera associated with at least one of an elevator car configured to provide image data indicating whether a car door of the elevator car is open or closed and a landing floor configured to provide image data indicating whether a landing door of the landing floor is open or closed; an elevator car; and an apparatus communicatively connected to the elevator communication network and being configured to obtain image data from the camera during an evacuation situation; and provide, during the evacuation situation, to a node communicatively connected to the elevator communication network, the image data to enable the node to verify based on the image data that the car door and/or the landing door is closed before the elevator car is moved during the evacuation situation.

An elevator installation has an elevator car that is moved in an elevator shaft between floors of a building under control of an elevator controller. The car has a first car door on a first car wall and a second car door on a second car wall. A first group of shaft doors is arranged in public zones of the building and a second group of shaft doors is arranged in non-public zones of the building. The elevator controller has a first operating mode in which the public zones are served; accordingly, only the first car door and the shaft doors for the public zones are actuated. In a second operating mode, the non-public zones are served, and accordingly only the second car door and the shaft doors for the non-public zones are activated.