ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,051, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Otis Elevator Co. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Passenger interface for shuttle elevator system" was invented by Arthur Hsu (South Glastonbury, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shuttle elevator loading system includes a plurality of shuttle elevators configured to service a building lobby. At least one sensor is configured to detect at least one passenger and at least one display unit is located at a display zone of the lobby. An elevator system controller is in signal communication with the at least one sensor and the at least one display unit. The elevator system controller determines a number of...