# US 10,308,478 B2 · Elevator system recognizing signal pattern based on user motion > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,308,478 B2 - Document ID: US10308478B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/264,255 - Filed: 2016-09-13 - Published: 2017-01-05 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2014-03-14 - Assignees: Kone Corporation - Applicants: Kone Corporation - Inventors: Sampo Mäkilaurila; Harri Länsiö; Timo Mertanen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10308478B2 ## CPC - B66B 1/468: {Call registering systems} - B66B 2201/4615: Wherein the destination is registered before boarding - B66B 2201/4638: Wherein the call is registered without making physical contact with the elevator system - B66B 2201/4653: wherein the call is registered using portable devices - B66B 2201/4676: for checking authorization of the passengers - B66B: ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS ({apparatus for raising or lowering persons on theatrical stages or the like A63J5/12} ; funicular railbound systems with rigid ground-supported tracks and cable traction, e.g. cliff railways, B61B9/00; arrangements of ammunition handlers in vessels B63G3/00; hoists, lifts, or conveyors for loading or unloading in general B65G; braking or detent devices controlling normal movements of winding drums or barrels B66D; ship-lifting devices E02C; garages for many vehicles with mechanical means for lifting vehicles E04H6/12; hoists for feeding ammunition or projectiles to launching apparatus or to loading mechanisms F41A9/00) ## Abstract An elevator system includes a destination control system and an input system. An elevator car is called by an identification-device of a passenger being read by the input system. The destination control system is designed to recognize a signal-pattern that is produced by the passenger moving the respective identification device relative to parts of the input system. The destination control system is programmed to process different programs depending on the signal-pattern. Furthermore, a method for biasing elevator movements of such elevator systems is disclosed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for biasing elevator movements of an elevator system, the elevator system comprising a destination control system and an input system, said method comprising the steps of: calling an elevator car by an identification device of a passenger being read by the input system; recognizing a signal-pattern produced by a passenger moving a respective identification device relative to parts of the input system; and the destination control system processing different programs depending on said signal-pattern, wherein the signal-pattern comprises at least one short and at least one long signal, and wherein the at least one short and at least one long signals are produced via different respective motions of the identification device relative to an input device of the input system; wherein a time-length of short and long signals is defined such that a person inputs correct signals without the need to use another means; and wherein the at least one short signal is defined to be a signal produced by a fluid motion of the respective identification device, and the at least one long signal is defined to be produced by non-fluid motions of the respective identification device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein a length of one signal and/or a pause between two signals or a group of signals indicate whether the respective signal or group of signals is to be interpreted as a long signal or as a short signal. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein a time-period of a short signal lies between 0.1 and 2 seconds, and wherein the short signal is at least one second shorter than a long signal and/or the long signal is at least two times longer than the short signal. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one long signal comprises at least two short signals following each other, wherein the time between the sequence of short signals indicates if the signals are separate short signals following each other or one long signal, and wherein a long signal is recognized by the elevator system, when the time between two short signals is shorter than two times a defined length of one of the two short signals. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) A computer program embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium and comprising computer program code configured to carry out the method of claim 1. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the motions of the identification device relative to the input device of the input system include swipes, contacts, or movements to and from a position where the identification device is measured. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein a time-period of a short signal lies between 0.1 and 2 seconds, and wherein the short signal is at least one second shorter than a long signal and/or the long signal is at least two times longer than the short signal. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the at least one long signal comprises at least two short signals following each other, wherein the time between the sequence of short signals indicates if the signals are separate short signals following each other or one long signal, wherein a long signal is recognized by the elevator system, when the time between two short signals is shorter than two times a defined length of one of the two short signals. ### Claim 9 (depends on 3) The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the at least one long signal consists comprises least two short signals following each other, wherein the time between the sequence of short signals indicates if the signals are separate short signals following each other or one long signal, wherein a long signal is recognized by the elevator system, when the time between two short signals is shorter than two times a defined length of one of the two short signals. ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) A computer program embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium and comprising computer program code configured to carry out the method of claim 2. ### Claim 11 (depends on 3) A computer program embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium and comprising computer program code configured to carry out the method of claim 3. ### Claim 12 (depends on 4) A computer program embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium and comprising computer program code configured to carry out the method of claim 4.