Patents by Inventor Haofeng Hou

Haofeng Hou has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11939186
    Abstract: Provided are a wireless signal apparatus and an elevator service request system and method, which belong to the field of intelligent elevator control technologies. In the elevator service request system of the present invention, a corresponding wireless signal is broadcast by a wireless signal apparatus of an elevator system and the wireless signal is received by a personal mobile terminal. The personal mobile terminal is provided with an elevator service request application component running at an application layer of an operating system thereof. The wireless signal apparatus includes a location notification unit used for broadcasting corresponding location marker data. The elevator service request system includes a wake-up module running at a system layer of the operating system of the personal mobile terminal. The wake-up module is used for waking up the elevator service request application component in response to reception of the location marker data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Kai Li, Shenhong Wang, SiQi Ma, Haofeng Hou, Fu Qi
  • Patent number: 11708237
    Abstract: Communication for an elevator service request in the field of elevator technologies. A wireless signal device for broadcasting a wireless signal according to the present invention is capable of communicating with an elevator controller of an elevator system, establishing a wireless connection with a personal mobile terminal based on the wireless signal, receiving an elevator service request command from the personal mobile terminal, and sending the received elevator service request command to the elevator controller for elevator service control. The wireless signal device comprises: an elevator service request command responding unit configured to generate an elevator service request command data packet that has been responded to according to the elevator service request command that has been received; and a broadcasting unit configured to broadcast the elevator service request command data packet that has been responded to.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Kai Li, Haofeng Hou, Fu Qi, SiQi Ma, Hui Chen
  • Patent number: 11524866
    Abstract: A mobile terminal of the present invention is configured to test a wireless beacon that is mounted in an elevator system and used for establishing a wireless connection with the mobile terminal and receiving service request commands. The wireless beacon is at least coupled to an elevator controller of the elevator system. The mobile terminal is configured to include: a connection testing module configured to test whether the wireless beacon can successfully establish the wireless connection with the mobile terminal and/or configured to test whether the wireless beacon can successfully establish a communication connection with the elevator controller; and a service request testing module configured to send a service request test command to the wireless beacon to enable the wireless beacon to automatically complete a service request test on the wireless beacon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Kai Li, Yang Yang, Siqi Ma, Yu Zhang, Haofeng Hou
  • Publication number: 20200031616
    Abstract: An authorization management and authorization request of an elevator service request pertaining to the technical field of elevator management. The system for authorization management of the elevator service request includes a wireless signal device and an authorization management device, the wireless signal device being used for broadcasting an elevator identifier of a corresponding elevator system; the system for authorization management obtains the elevator identifier broadcasted by the wireless signal device through a personal mobile terminal; the authorization management device is used to receive authorization request information from the personal mobile terminal, the authorization request information containing a terminal identifier of the personal mobile terminal and the elevator identifier of the corresponding elevator system obtained by the personal mobile terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Kai Li, Siqi Ma, Yang Yang, Haofeng Hou
  • Publication number: 20190330010
    Abstract: Communication for an elevator service request in the field of elevator technologies. A wireless signal device for broadcasting a wireless signal according to the present invention is capable of communicating with an elevator controller of an elevator system, establishing a wireless connection with a personal mobile terminal based on the wireless signal, receiving an elevator service request command from the personal mobile terminal, and sending the received elevator service request command to the elevator controller for elevator service control. The wireless signal device comprises: an elevator service request command responding unit configured to generate an elevator service request command data packet that has been responded to according to the elevator service request command that has been received; and a broadcasting unit configured to broadcast the elevator service request command data packet that has been responded to.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Kai Li, Haofeng Hou, Fu Qi, SiQi Ma, Hui Chen
  • Publication number: 20190292010
    Abstract: Provided are a wireless signal apparatus and an elevator service request system and method, which belong to the field of intelligent elevator control technologies. In the elevator service request system of the present invention, a corresponding wireless signal is broadcast by a wireless signal apparatus of an elevator system and the wireless signal is received by a personal mobile terminal. The personal mobile terminal is provided with an elevator service request application component running at an application layer of an operating system thereof. The wireless signal apparatus includes a location notification unit used for broadcasting corresponding location marker data. The elevator service request system includes a wake-up module running at a system layer of the operating system of the personal mobile terminal. The wake-up module is used for waking up the elevator service request application component in response to reception of the location marker data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Kai Li, Shenhong Wang, SiQi Ma, Haofeng Hou, Fu Qi
  • Publication number: 20190276273
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an elevator service request and offline authentication of an elevator service request, and belongs to the field of elevator technologies. An authentication system for an elevator service request according to the present invention comprises: a receiving module configured to receive a sent authorized digital certificate and a sent elevator service request command; and an offline verification module configured to verify the authorized digital certificate in an offline mode to implement authentication of the elevator service request command, wherein the elevator service request command is generated by a personal mobile terminal, and the authorized digital certificate is acquired from a digital certificate management device by the personal mobile terminal. In the present invention, authentication of an elevator service request can be implemented offline, and passenger experience for an elevator service request is desirable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Yu Zhang, Kai Li, Siqi Ma, Shenhong Wang, Haofeng Hou
  • Publication number: 20190276274
    Abstract: Authorization management and authorization requesting for an elevator service request, and belongs to the field of elevator management technologies. An authorization management apparatus for an elevator service request according to the present invention comprises: a receiving unit configured to receive authorization request information from one or more personal mobile terminals, wherein the authorization request information comprises an elevator identifier of a corresponding elevator of an elevator system acquired by a corresponding personal mobile terminal and a terminal identifier of the personal mobile terminal mapped to the elevator identifier; and an authorization management unit configured to determine, at least according to a mapping relationship between the elevator identifier and the terminal identifier in the authorization request information, whether the authorization request information from the corresponding personal mobile terminal is allowed to be authorized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Yang Yang, Yu Zhang, Kai Li, Siqi Ma, Haofeng Hou
  • Publication number: 20190202657
    Abstract: A mobile terminal of the present invention is configured to test a wireless beacon that is mounted in an elevator system and used for establishing a wireless connection with the mobile terminal and receiving service request commands. The wireless beacon is at least coupled to an elevator controller of the elevator system. The mobile terminal is configured to include: a connection testing module configured to test whether the wireless beacon can successfully establish the wireless connection with the mobile terminal and/or configured to test whether the wireless beacon can successfully establish a communication connection with the elevator controller; and a service request testing module configured to send a service request test command to the wireless beacon to enable the wireless beacon to automatically complete a service request test on the wireless beacon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Kai Li, Yang Yang, Siqi Ma, Yu Zhang, Haofeng Hou