Elevator system
AssigneeKone Corporation
InventorsJukka SALMIKUUKKA, Eeva LEMPINEN
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a method and an elevator system for allocating elevators to passenger groups. Passengers have access cards, the identification data of which is read, a passenger group is formed on the basis of the identification data, the destination calls to be connected to the passenger group are registered and an elevator is allocated for the use of the passenger group.
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Method for allocating an elevator for the use of a passenger group in an elevator system, which comprises a plurality of elevators, call-giving devices for registering destination calls given by passengers and reader devices for reading the access cards given into the possession of passengers, wherein the method comprises the phases:
- the identification data contained in one or more access cards is read with the same reader device until the desired termination condition is fulfilled;
- a passenger group is formed on the basis of the aforementioned identification data;
- one or more destination calls to be connected to the aforementioned passenger group are registered;
- an elevator is allocated for the use of the passenger group for taking the passengers belonging to the passenger group from the departure floor according to the aforementioned one or more destination calls to one or more destination floors.
Elevator system, which comprises a plurality of elevators, call-giving devices for registering destination calls given by passengers, reader devices for reading the access cards given into the possession of passengers and also a control system, which is connected to the aforementioned call-giving devices and to the aforementioned reader devices, wherein the control system is arranged:
- to read the identification data contained in one or more access cards by the aid of the aforementioned reader devices;
- to form a passenger group on the basis of these identification data, which identification data are read with the same reader device until the desired termination condition is fulfilled;
- to register one or more destination calls to be connected to the aforementioned passenger group;
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- to allocate for the use of the passenger group an elevator for taking the passengers belonging to the passenger group from the departure floor according to the aforementioned one or more destination calls to one or more destination floors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.