Method for controlling an elevator installation by using a computer-controlled mobile device

A method for controlling an elevator installation using a computer-controlled mobile device, wherein the elevator installation includes an elevator shaft having multiple shaft thresholds, each of the shaft thresholds being at an associated one of multiple floors spaced along the elevator shaft, an elevator car having a car threshold and being moveable along the elevator shaft, and a control unit for moving the elevator car between the shaft thresholds, wherein the mobile device has an evaluation unit that is adapted to communicate with the control unit, the method comprising the steps of:

• receiving in the evaluation unit information generated using at least one component of the mobile device, the information resulting from a height deviation between the car threshold and a current shaft threshold located opposite the car threshold, the current shaft threshold being one of the shaft thresholds in the elevator shaft, wherein the information includes a control command for controlling the elevator installation generated from an input to the mobile device by a user;
• evaluating by the evaluation unit the information received and generating control information for moving the elevator car;
• and
• sending the control information from the mobile device to the control unit wherein the control unit moves the elevator car in response to the control information such that the height deviation between the car threshold and the current shaft threshold is minimized.