Elevator system
AssigneeKone Corporation
InventorJukka-Pekka SARJANEN
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a method and a system for allocating elevators on the basis of advance calls. According to the invention an advance call is registered, address data is connected to the advance call, an elevator is allocated when the activation condition of the advance call is fulfilled, and information about the allocation of the elevator is sent to the passenger by sending a notification to the address indicated by the address data.
Claims16
Method for allocating an elevator in an elevator system, which elevator system comprises at least one elevator and also an interface for transmitting data connected to advance calls, wherein the method comprises the phases:
- an advance call is registered via the aforementioned interface on the basis of the data received;
- the address data of at least one passenger is connected to the advance call;
- an elevator is allocated for the use of the aforementioned at least one passenger when the activation condition of the advance call is fulfilled;
- and
- a notification about the allocation of an elevator is sent to the aforementioned at least one passenger to the address indicated by the aforementioned address data.
Elevator system, which comprises at least one elevator, a control system, which comprises an interface for transmitting data connected to advance calls, wherein the control system is arranged:
- to register an advance call via the interface on the basis of the data received;
- to connect the address data of at least one passenger to the advance call;
- to allocate an elevator for the use of the aforementioned at least one passenger when the activation condition of the advance call is fulfilled;
- and
- to send a notification via the interface about the allocation of an elevator to the address indicated by the aforementioned address data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.