Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110024238 | METHOD OF ALLOCATING CALLS OF A LIFT INSTALLATION AS WELL AS LIFT INSTALLATION WITH AN ALLOCATION OF CALLS ACCORDING TO THIS METHOD - A method of allocating calls of a lift installation with at least one lift and at least one car per lift to move passengers in a journey from at least one input floor to at least one destination floor, a system for executing the method and a computer readable memory with instructions for executing the method. The method includes receiving input calls from passengers travelling from an input floor to a destination floor, each call identifying at least one floor as an input floor or a destination floor. A start zone with identified input floors and a destination zone with identified destination floors are determined from the input calls and destination calls. Each identified floor within a corresponding zone is considered using at least one selection criterion and a stopping floor is selected which satisfies the criterion. The car is caused to stop at fewer than all the identified input floors and identified destination floors during the journey. | 02-03-2011 |
20110048864 | METHOD FOR USING A LIFT SYSTEM, LIFT SYSTEM SUITABLE FOR SUCH A METHOD AND METHOD FOR EQUIPPING SUCH A LIFT SYSTEM - The invention relates to a method of operating an elevator system in a building with at least one building door ( | 03-03-2011 |
20110100762 | METHOD OF USING AN ELEVATOR SYSTEM, ELEVATOR SYSTEM FOR SUCH A METHOD AND METHOD OF RETROFITTING SUCH AN ELEVATOR SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DOOR TRIM - The invention relates to a method of operating an elevator system in a building with at least two storeys ( | 05-05-2011 |
20110272220 | ELEVATOR CONTROL OF AN ELEVATOR INSTALLATION - An elevator control of an elevator installation having at least two elevator cars movable independently of one another in a common elevator includes a control device for maintaining a defined minimum distance between two successive ones of the elevator cars and a defined maximum distance between two successive ones of the elevator cars. | 11-10-2011 |
20110308891 | ELEVATOR INSTALLATION MODERNIZATION - An elevator installation for serving at least one floor in at least one building can be modernized, the elevator installation comprising at least one elevator with at least one elevator car and at least one elevator control. At least one destination call terminal for input of at least one destination call and/or for recognition of at least one identification code is installed on at least one input floor. At least one destination call control is installed. The destination call terminal is, for communication of the destination call signal, connected with the destination call control. The destination call control can be connected to the elevator control through a serial interface of the elevator control. | 12-22-2011 |
20120012427 | ELEVATOR CONTROL OF AN ELEVATOR INSTALLATION - An elevator control of an elevator installation with at least two elevator cars that move independently of one another in a common elevator shaft has a control device for fixing a first common direction of travel of the at least two elevator cars and for reversing this first direction of travel on the basis of at least one internal destination floor selection and/or an external conveying request and/or a destination call only when all of the internal destination floor selections and/or all of the external conveying requests and/or all of the destination calls in the first direction of travel have been processed. | 01-19-2012 |
20120160613 | ELEVATOR ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM - An elevator access control system monitors a secure area, including an elevator landing, and controls an elevator system with at least one elevator car that is accessible from the elevator landing. Each elevator car of the elevator system has a door at the landing that provides access between the elevator car and the landing. The system includes an access monitoring device that detects the presence of non-authorized individuals within the secure area and produces a breach signal upon detecting one or more non-authorized individuals within or entering the secure area. Upon receiving the breach signal, an access system controller in communication with the access monitoring device initiates a security alert phase. | 06-28-2012 |
20120223808 | EMERGENCY OPERATION OF ELEVATORS - An access control system includes at least one door fitting to a secured area of a building and at least one identification code on a mobile data carrier. The identification code is read by a read device of a door fitting. If the read-in identification code is valid, access is granted to the area secured by the door fitting. An authorization code is transmitted from a processor via at least one communication connection to a central processor. A verification step is carried out to determine whether the transmitted authorization code corresponds to a valid authorization code for an area profile. Upon successful verification of the transmitted authorization code, write and read rights for the area profile are released to the processor transmitting the authorization code. The released area profile is changed by the processor via a communication connection. | 09-06-2012 |
20120253658 | USER GUIDANCE WITH MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A visitor can receive guidance (e.g., movement directions) through a portable electronic device. The visitor can read an information-containing tag with the electronic device to input location information into the device. With the electronic device, the visitor can then select one or more destinations. The device then provides directions to the visitor for the one or more destinations. | 10-04-2012 |
20120267203 | MODERNIZING AN ELEVATOR INSTALLATION - A method for modernizing an elevator installation includes installing story terminals for input of a destination story on the stories of the building, which terminals are so coupled with an elevator control device connected with an input device in the elevator cage that, at least in a standard mode, after input of the destination story call detected by means of the story terminal, the cage automatically travels to the selected destination story, and in that case a story selection in the cage by use of the input device is no longer possible. The indicating means for representing selected stories of the input device are so incorporated in the control system that the indicating means, after input of a story call by way of the story terminal, are activated. | 10-25-2012 |
20120268243 | DISTRIBUTION OF PREMISES ACCESS INFORMATION - Premises access information can be distributed using a system having a ticket server coupled to a remotely located premises server. The ticket server receives a ticket request from a host device. After interacting with the premises server, the ticket server sends access-related information to a visitor device. The visitor device can later use the access-related information to gain access to a premises. | 10-25-2012 |
20130220741 | ALLOCATION OF CALLS IN A LIFT INSTALLATION - A method of allocating calls of a lift installation with at least one lift and at least one car per lift to move passengers in a journey from at least one input floor to at least one destination floor, a system for executing the method and a computer readable memory with instructions for executing the method. The method includes receiving input calls from passengers travelling from an input floor to a destination floor, each call identifying at least one floor as an input floor or a destination floor. A start zone with identified input floors and a destination zone with identified destination floors are determined from the input calls and destination calls. Each identified floor within a corresponding zone is considered using at least one selection criterion and a stopping floor is selected which satisfies the criterion. The car is caused to stop at fewer than all the identified input floors and identified destination floors during the journey. | 08-29-2013 |
20140014442 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING AN ELEVATOR SYSTEM RESPONSIVE TO MOVEMENT OF BUILDING DOOR - A method of operating an elevator system in a building with at least one building door includes through opening and/or closing the building door the floor of the opened and/or closed building door is defined as the start floor and a destination call for an elevator car to the start floor is actuated. As soon as the elevator car has reached the start floor, an elevator door of the start floor is opened. As soon as at least one user has entered the elevator car, the opened elevator door is closed and the user is conveyed by the elevator car to a destination floor, wherein the destination floor is defined by a destination call stored for a start floor. | 01-16-2014 |
20140231184 | USER GUIDANCE WITH MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A visitor can receive guidance (e.g., movement directions) through a portable electronic device. The visitor can read an information-containing tag with the electronic device to input location information into the device. With the electronic device, the visitor can then select one or more destinations. The device then provides directions to the visitor for the one or more destinations. | 08-21-2014 |
20140339023 | ELEVATOR RESERVATIONS USING DESTINATION ARRIVAL TIME - Use of an elevator system can be reserved for a passenger based at least in part on an indicated arrival time for a passenger trip. The passenger trip includes a portion that is carried out using the elevator system and an additional portion. The passenger's elevator reservation is scheduled such that time is allotted for the passenger to complete both trip portions by the indicated arrival time. | 11-20-2014 |
20150053509 | ALLOCATION OF CALLS IN A LIFT INSTALLATION - A method of allocating calls of a lift installation with at least one lift and at least one car per lift to move passengers in a journey from at least one input floor to at least one destination floor, a system for executing the method and a computer readable memory with instructions for executing the method. The method includes receiving input calls from passengers travelling from an input floor to a destination floor, each call identifying at least one floor as an input floor or a destination floor. A start zone with identified input floors and a destination zone with identified destination floors are determined from the input calls and destination calls. Each identified floor within a corresponding zone is considered using at least one selection criterion and a stopping floor is selected which satisfies the criterion. The car is caused to stop at fewer than all the identified input floors and identified destination floors during the journey. | 02-26-2015 |