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Voice-recognition elevator security system

CA 1198217 A · Owner: Westinghouse Electric Corporation · Inventors: Feilchenfeld, Michal M.

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A voice-controlled elevator security system. Access to an elevator system servicing a plurality of landings of a structure is controlled by comparing a voice signal of a potential user of the elevator system with stored voice signals of all authorized users. The comparison is accomplished by first digitizing the potential user's voice signal and comparing it, on a bit-by-bit basis, with a digital representation of the voice signals of all authorized users. If the comparison satisfies an established criterion, the potential user is determined to be an authorized user. Once this determination has been made, the authorized user can initiate car call signals for those landings to which the …

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  • Granted December 17, 1985. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 17, 2002.
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FiledDecember 19, 1983
GrantedDecember 17, 1985
Term endedDecember 17, 2002
Patent numberCA 1198217 A
Classification (IPC)B66B1/14 +2 more

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedDec 19, 1983Patent grantedDec 17, 1985Term endedDec 17, 2002

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