Target floor registration unit and a method of using the same
AssigneeOtis Elevator Company
InventorsTadeusz Pawel Witczak, Arthur Hsu, Jose Miguel Pasini, David Ginsberg
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Abstract
A target floor registration unit for use in an elevator system including a unit controller configured to receive assignment information, a user detection device operably coupled to the controller; wherein the user detection device is configured to determine whether a user is present at the target floor registration unit, and a display part; the display part configured to dynamically display the assignment information based in part on whether the user is present at the target floor registration unit.
Claims16
An elevator system comprising:
- an elevator controller;
- a target floor registration unit operably coupled to the elevator controller;
- and
- a user detection device operably coupled to the target floor registration unit;
- wherein the user detection device is configured to determine whether a user is present at the target floor registration unit;
- wherein the target registration unit is configured to:
- (a) receive assignment information from the elevator controller;
- and
- (b) dynamically display the assignment information based in part on whether the user is present at the target floor registration unit.
A method of operating a target floor registration unit including a user detection device operably coupled thereto to display assignment information thereon, the method comprising:
- (a) determining whether a user has been detected within an idle duration of time;
- (b) displaying an input screen to allow the user to enter an elevator call if the user has been detected within the idle duration of time;
- (c) determining whether the detected user has successfully registered the elevator call;
- and
- (d) displaying an assignment screen if the user successfully registered the elevator call.
A target floor registration unit for use in an elevator system, the target floor registration unit comprising:
- a unit controller configured to receive assignment information;
- a user detection device operably coupled to the controller;
- wherein the user detection device is configured to determine whether a user is present at the target floor registration unit;
- and
- a display part;
- the display part configured to dynamically display the assignment information based in part on whether the user is present at the target floor registration unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.