Patent ID: 11932512
Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G  H | IPC B  G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method of communication between a robot and an elevator system using a robot communication system, the method comprising:
collecting data on a landing of a first floor of a building using a sensor system of the robot, wherein the sensor system includes a people counter system configured to detect or determine a people count; and
transmitting the data to the elevator system of the building, the data being transmitted to the elevator system:
directly from the robot to the elevator system;
from the robot to the elevator system through a cloud computing network;
or
from the robot to the elevator system through a building system manager,

wherein the people count determined by the people counter system of the robot is transmitted to the dispatcher to adjust operation of the elevator system;
wherein the method includes the robot:
recognizing an individual at the landing using facial recognition or voice recognition;
determining that the individual requires transportation to a second floor from stored information relating to the individual; and
transmitting an elevator call to the elevator system to send an elevator car to the landing at the first floor, wherein
the robot includes a load carrying mechanism that includes one or more of robot arms, a pallet, a crane, a flat bed and a secured compartment, and
the sensor system of the robot includes a load detection system,
wherein the load detection system is configured to detect a weight of the load being carried or pushed by the load carrying mechanism and the robot is configured to communicate the detected weight to the elevator system, and
the elevator system directs the robot to one elevator car based on the weight detected by the load detection system to avoid exceeding a weight limit of another elevator car, and
wherein the elevator call includes a call code indicative of a priority of the elevator call, wherein the call code indicates a job role of the individual at the landing, and
wherein the dispatcher receives the elevator call and analyzes the code and determine its urgency in comparison to other elevator calls received.