Patents by Inventor Shenhong Wang

Shenhong Wang 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: 12187579
    Abstract: A system and method for adjustably positioning elevator guide rail. The system includes: an adjustment device arranged on a moving platform and having a clamping portion and a powering portion, the clamping portion being arranged to be capable of clamping an elevator guide rail to be installed through a power output from the powering portion and moving in a first, a second and/or a third directions, and the moving platform being capable of moving up and down in the first direction; a detection device arranged to detect current movement characteristics of the clamping portion when the elevator guide rail is not clamped or has been clamped by the clamping portion; and a control device connected to the detection device and the adjustment device, and arranged to adjust the position of the clamping portion in place by controlling the powering portion according to the movement characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Gang Huang, Xiaodong Shang, Shenhong Wang, Jianfeng Wu
  • Patent number: 12180034
    Abstract: A communication network switching system for an elevator system, a communication network switching method for an elevator system, and an elevator system are disclosed. The communication network switching system includes at least two communication networks, and the at least two communication networks are respectively arranged in different areas of the elevator system and a building where the elevator system is located, and are configured to provide a communication link for a movable device in the areas, in which the communication network switching system is configured to enable the communication link of the movable device to be switched from one of the at least two communication networks to the other of at least two communication networks according to current movement characteristics of the movable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Qiang Chen, Shenhong Wang, Bichun Li, Yu Zhang
  • Patent number: 12139371
    Abstract: A docking mechanism, an elevator shaft module, and an elevator system. The elevator shaft module and elevator system includes the docking mechanism. The docking mechanism includes a first docking element having a first adjusting element; and a second docking element having a second adjusting element, the first docking element is adapted to dock the second docking element in an adjustable manner, and the first adjusting element is adapted to engage the second docking element, such that a docking position between the first docking element and the second docking element is changeable by adjusting one of the first adjusting element and the second adjusting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Bichun Li, Qirui Wang, Shenhong Wang
  • Patent number: 12103818
    Abstract: A Bluetooth module in an elevator system in the field of elevator intelligent control technologies. The Bluetooth module according to the present invention is arranged substantially corresponding to a mounting hole of a first physical button/second physical button of the elevator system, such that a Bluetooth signal broadcast by the Bluetooth module can be propagated from at least part of the mounting hole to a landing zone/the interior of an elevator car. The first physical button is a physical button arranged on an elevator call panel assembly in the landing zone of the elevator system. The second physical button is a physical button arranged on an elevator call panel assembly of the elevator car of the elevator system. Embodiments can be easily implemented by transforming the existing elevator system and can achieve good coverage of Bluetooth signals in the landing zone and/or the interior of the elevator car.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Hui Chen, Kai Li, Siqi Ma, Shenhong Wang
  • Patent number: 12043520
    Abstract: A passenger guidance system, elevator system, and passenger guidance method for elevators. The passenger guidance system includes: a sensor, arranged to collect object feature data of a passenger going towards an elevator; a processing device, in communication with the sensor and an elevator system, for receiving the object feature data and comparing the object feature data with stored passenger information to learn information of a target floor of a successfully matched passenger, and learning a target elevator currently dispatched corresponding to the target floor according to elevator running information of the elevator system; and a guidance device, in communication with the processing device, for forming a sign to at least guide the successfully matched passenger to go towards the target elevator. The present invention can be applied to humanistically and intelligently guide the passenger to reach the target elevator, and bring good elevator taking experience to users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Hui Chen, Shenhong Wang
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20240010463
    Abstract: An elevator control system, an elevator system including the elevator control system, and a method for controlling an elevator. An elevator control system includes: one or more call-out units, each of which is provided at a corresponding elevator landing station; a control unit configured to perform the following operations: receiving a call request message from one or more of the call-out units, the call request message includes, in addition to an identification of a departure floor, at least one of: an identification of a call requester and a set of elevator resource demand features associated with the call requester; and generating a dispatching command for an elevator car in response to the received call request message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Yu Zhang, Shenhong Wang
  • Publication number: 20230416045
    Abstract: An apparatus for managing a plurality of call-out units includes: a processor; and memory and storing configuration information about the plurality of call-out units and computer program capable of running on the processor, the plurality of call-out units are deployed on a plurality of floors, the running of the computer program on the processor causes: A. powering on the plurality of call-out units in sequence according to a preset floor order to cause the plurality of call-out units to return response messages containing their respective identifications in sequence; and B. if a response message received from a call-out unit of one of the floors does not contain an identification, assigning a corresponding identification to the call-out unit and establishing a binding relationship between the floor to which the call-out unit belongs and the identification as assigned in the configuration information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Yu Zhang, Shenhong Wang
  • Patent number: 11834301
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a guide device for an elevator car, and an elevator system. The guiding device includes: a roller guide frame; and at least one roller rotatably mounted to the roller guide frame, the roller being configured to roll on an elevator guide rail when the elevator car is moving; wherein the guiding device further includes a braking device which inhibits the rotation of the roller when activated. The device according to the embodiment of the present disclosure has a simple and compact structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Bichun Li, Shenhong Wang, Yunru Chen
  • Patent number: 11827495
    Abstract: An elevator guide rail installation bracket and installation method thereof, a positioning tooling, a bracket adjustment tooling, and an elevator system. The elevator guide rail installation bracket includes a guide rail bracket having a guide rail installation surface and a first adjustment surface that form a bend, a fixed guide rail installation position is provided on the guide rail installation surface; and a hoistway bracket having a hoistway installation surface and a second adjustment surface that form a bend; the first adjustment surface is adjustably connected to the second adjustment surface to adjust the relative position between the guide rail installation surface and the hoistway installation surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Bichun Li, Qirui Wang, Gang Huang, Shenhong Wang
  • Patent number: 11787660
    Abstract: A holding brake monitoring circuit system, an elevator system, and a holding brake monitoring method. The holding brake monitoring circuit system includes a plurality of opening sensors corresponding to holding brakes, wherein the number of the opening sensors is an even number greater than 3, and the opening sensors are configured to be paired to form at least two working groups, and each of the working groups is configured to output an output signal for judging status of the holding brake(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Bichun Li, Shenhong Wang
  • Patent number: 11780706
    Abstract: A modular elevator assembly and a guide rail. The modular elevator assembly includes: a bottom module; a top module; at least one intermediate module being configured to be removably stacked between the bottom module and the top module; and wherein each of the bottom module, the top module and the intermediate module includes a plurality of guide rails, and the cross section of the guide rail includes: a first section extending along a length direction of the guide rail; a second section extending in parallel to the first section and being attached to the first section; and a transition portion connecting between the first section and the second section and being configured to provide a cross-sectional profile that transits between the first section and the second section; and wherein the guide rail further includes a connection structure, the connection structure is configured to connect the guide rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Qirui Wang, Bichun Li, Shenhong Wang
  • Publication number: 20230242375
    Abstract: A distributed processing system for processing an elevator call, a method for processing an elevator call using the distributed processing system, and a computer readable storage medium on which a computer program for realizing an elevator call generation method is stored. A distributed processing system for processing an elevator call includes a plurality of wireless communication modules deployed in an elevator service area, each of the wireless communication modules is associated with one or more call units and configured to: perform a call assignment operation in response to an elevator call from a terminal device specifying it as a target wireless communication module; and return a message about call assignment to the terminal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Yu Zhang, Qiang Chen, Shenhong Wang
  • Publication number: 20230211979
    Abstract: A method and device for detecting an elevator safety chain and a computer-readable storage medium for implementing the method. A device for detecting an elevator safety chain, includes: an interface unit coupled with the elevator safety chain and configured to output an operating signal having a first level when the elevator safety chain is in an ON state and an operating signal having a second level when the elevator safety chain is in an OFF state; and a processing unit, including: memory; a microcontroller coupled with the interface unit; and a computer program stored on the memory and running on the microcontroller, the running of the computer program causes: evaluating reliability of the elevator safety chain based on time domain characteristic of the operating signal output by the interface unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Fu Qi, Bichun Li, Shenhong Wang
  • Patent number: 11667496
    Abstract: A roller system, a roller brake device and an elevator system. The roller brake device is used for the roller system. The elevator system includes the roller system. The roller system comprises a roller assembly and a roller brake device, the roller brake device includes: a body, the roller brake device is mounted to the roller assembly by the body; an actuation device mounted to the body; and a brake connected to the body in a pivotable manner, and the actuation device can move the brake from a rest position to a brake position, wherein the brake engages and brakes a roller in the roller assembly at the brake position, and the brake is disengaged from the roller at the rest position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: BiChun Li, ShenHong Wang
  • Publication number: 20230133420
    Abstract: An elevator guide rail installation bracket and installation method thereof, a positioning tooling, a bracket adjustment tooling, and an elevator system. The elevator guide rail installation bracket includes a guide rail bracket having a guide rail installation surface and a first adjustment surface that form a bend, a fixed guide rail installation position is provided on the guide rail installation surface; and a hoistway bracket having a hoistway installation surface and a second adjustment surface that form a bend; the first adjustment surface is adjustably connected to the second adjustment surface to adjust the relative position between the guide rail installation surface and the hoistway installation surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Bichun Li, Qirui Wang, Gang Huang, Shenhong Wang
  • Publication number: 20230134516
    Abstract: A communication system for an elevator system, a communication method for an elevator calling system, and a computer-readable storage medium for implementing the method. A communication system includes at least two communication node groups, each of the communication node groups comprising wireless modules deployed at a plurality of locations of the elevator system, one of the wireless modules in each of the communication node groups is set as the first node and the other wireless modules are set as the second node; a master node, which can be configured to establish a communication connection with one of the first nodes as designed, the first node in each of the communication node groups can be configured to establish a wireless communication connection with the second node belonging to the same communication node group and establish a wireless communication connection with the first node in the adjacent communication node group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Yu Zhang, Fu Qi, Shenhong Wang
  • Publication number: 20230112950
    Abstract: A system and method for adjustably positioning elevator guide rail. The system includes: an adjustment device arranged on a moving platform and having a clamping portion and a powering portion, the clamping portion being arranged to be capable of clamping an elevator guide rail to be installed through a power output from the powering portion and moving in a first, a second and/or a third directions, and the moving platform being capable of moving up and down in the first direction; a detection device arranged to detect current movement characteristics of the clamping portion when the elevator guide rail is not clamped or has been clamped by the clamping portion; and a control device connected to the detection device and the adjustment device, and arranged to adjust the position of the clamping portion in place by controlling the powering portion according to the movement characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Gang Huang, Xiaodong Shang, Shenhong Wang, Jianfeng Wu
  • Publication number: 20230002187
    Abstract: A communication network switching system for an elevator system, a communication network switching method for an elevator system, and an elevator system are disclosed. The communication network switching system includes at least two communication networks, and the at least two communication networks are respectively arranged in different areas of the elevator system and a building where the elevator system is located, and are configured to provide a communication link for a movable device in the areas, in which the communication network switching system is configured to enable the communication link of the movable device to be switched from one of the at least two communication networks to the other of at least two communication networks according to current movement characteristics of the movable device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Qiang Chen, Shenhong Wang, Bichun Li, Yu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220411227
    Abstract: A detection device and a detection method for an elevator display module, an elevator including the detection device, and a computer storage medium. The detection device includes: memory; a processor; an I/O interface, configured to be coupled with one or more electroluminescent devices of the elevator display module; a communication module; and a computer program stored on the memory and running on the processor, the running of the computer program causes: receiving a detection request signal for the elevator display module via the communication module; in response to the detection request signal, applying a detection signal on at least one of the electroluminescent devices via the I/O interface; obtaining an operating level associated with the detected electroluminescent device via the I/O interface; and determining whether the detected electroluminescent device is working normally according to a polarity of the operating level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Bichun Li, Fu Qi, Shenhong Wang