As per the patent office journal dated 09/07/2021, patent number 371062 has been granted to TOSHIBA ELEVATOR KABUSHIKI KAISHA that is titled WIRELESS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND WIRELESS TRANSMISSION METHOD. The primary independent claim of this patent states a wireless transmission system that includes various wireless apparatuses corresponding to the components of an elevator, each of the wireless apparatuses includes a transmitter for transmitting the first signal, by a component, to other wireless apparatuses wirelessly; a receiver for receiving a second signal output by each of components corresponding to the other wireless apparatuses from each of the other wireless apparatuses wirelessly; and a counter for maintaining a value which is updated every time the first signal is transmitted or the second signal is received. Further, the transmitter transmits the first signal only when the value maintained by the counter agrees with predetermined values with respect to the wireless apparatuses, respectively, and are different from one another wherein each component has an elevator control device that controls the ascending and descending operation of a car.
During the patent prosecution, the patent examiner objected to this patent under section 3(k) of the Indian Patents Act. The patent applicant responded to this objection by stating that the present invention is not a computer program per se and also provides a technical effect of wireless transmission of control signals output by the elevator control device that can be carried out more efficiently. Furthermore, the invention is enabled with hardware and cannot be construed as an algorithm or a computer program per se. Therefore, the claims of the present invention do not fall within the scope of Section 3(k) of the Act.
This patent falls under the category of Electrical. Overall, this patent covers wireless apparatuses including a transmitter, a receiver, and a counter. The transmitter transmits the first signal to other wireless apparatuses wirelessly. Furthermore, the receiver receives second signals from the other wireless apparatuses wirelessly. On the other hand, the counter maintains a value that is updated every time the first signal is transmitted or the second signal is received. Further, the transmitter transmits the first signal when the value agrees with a predetermined value that is different from one another in respect of different apparatuses.
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