Patents by Inventor Oleh Shvets

Oleh Shvets 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).

  • Conveyance apparatus location determination using probability
    Patent number: 11649136
    Abstract: A method of monitoring a conveyance apparatus within a conveyance system is provided. The method including: obtaining a starting location position probability distribution of the conveyance apparatus within the conveyance system; detecting motion of the conveyance apparatus away from the probable starting location for a period of time; determining a distance traveled by the conveyance apparatus during the period of time; determining a direction of motion of the conveyance apparatus during the period of time; and determining a probability of the conveyance apparatus being at each of a plurality of possible destination locations at a conclusion of the period of time in response to the starting location position probability distribution and at least one of the distance traveled, the direction of motion, and the period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Tadeusz Pawel Witczak, Nikola Trcka, Lindsay Wos, Oleh Shvets, Andrzej Bohonos, Lukasz Majchrzak, Pawel Drzycimski
  • CONVEYANCE APPARATUS LOCATION DETERMINATION USING PROBABILITY
    Publication number: 20200247643
    Abstract: A method of monitoring a conveyance apparatus within a conveyance system is provided. The method including: obtaining a starting location position probability distribution of the conveyance apparatus within the conveyance system; detecting motion of the conveyance apparatus away from the probable starting location for a period of time; determining a distance traveled by the conveyance apparatus during the period of time; determining a direction of motion of the conveyance apparatus during the period of time; and determining a probability of the conveyance apparatus being at each of a plurality of possible destination locations at a conclusion of the period of time in response to the starting location position probability distribution and at least one of the distance traveled, the direction of motion, and the period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Tadeusz Pawel Witczak, Nikola Trcka, Lindsay Wos, Oleh Shvets, Andrzej Bohonos, Lukasz Majchrzak, Pawel Drzycimski