Elevator signalization apparatus
AssigneeKone Corporation
InventorsJere Vuorenala, Niko Elomaa, Jouni Ratia, Sampo Mäkilaurila, Timo Mertanen, Harri Länsiö
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Abstract
According to an aspect, there is provided an elevator signalization apparatus. The elevator signalization apparatus comprises first receiving means for receiving floor information representing floor occupancy information associated with a building; output means for indicating floor occupancy to a user; second receiving means for receiving user associated information; and transmitting means for transmitting a control signal to an elevator controller based on the received user associated information.
Claims20
An elevator signalization apparatus, comprising:
- a first receiver configured to receive floor information representing floor occupancy information associated with a building, wherein the floor occupancy information comprises available working spaces or occupied working spaces at the corresponding floor;
- an output for indicating the floor occupancy information to a user;
- a second receiver configured to receive user associated information;
- and
- a first transmitter configure to transmit a control signal to an elevator controller based on the received user associated information,
- wherein the second receiver is further configured to receive an input from the user, said input being a selection representing at least one of different user preferences for filtering the floor occupancy information, and the output is further configured to indicate the filtered floor occupancy information to the user in which undesired information has been eliminated from the floor occupancy information based on the selection from the user.
A method for providing floor occupancy information, the method comprising:
- receiving floor information representing floor occupancy information associated with a building, wherein the floor occupancy information comprises available working spaces or occupied working spaces at the corresponding floor;
- indicating the floor occupancy information to a user;
- receiving an input from the user, said input being a selection representing at least one of different user preferences for filtering the floor occupancy information;
- indicating the filtered floor occupancy information to the user in which undesired information has been eliminated from the floor occupancy information based on the selection from the user;
- receiving user associated information;
- and
- transmitting a control signal to an elevator controller based on the received user associated information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.