# US 2019/0375608 A1 · Lift system and method for operating an elevator system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0375608 A1 - Document ID: US20190375608A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/487,320 - Filed: 2018-02-01 - Published: 2019-12-12 - Earliest claimed: 2017-02-22 - Assignees: Thyssenkrupp Elevator AG; thyssenkrupp AG - Applicants: thyssenkrupp Elevator AG; thyssenkrupp AG - Inventors: Thomas KUCZERA; Michael KIRSCH; Christoph PAWELSKI; Jens KRZYWINSKI; Frank MÜHLBAUER - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190375608A1 ## CPC - B66B 1/28: electrical (detecting excessive speed B66B5/04 {; control of electrical motor H02P}) - B66B 3/00: Applications of devices for indicating or signalling operating conditions of elevators - B66B 1/2491: {For elevator systems with lateral transfers of cars or cabins between hoistways} - B66B 1/3461: {between the elevator control system and remote or mobile stations} - B66B 3/002: {Indicators} - B66B 5/0025: {for maintenance or repair} - B66B 9/003: {for lateral transfer of car or frame, e.g. between vertical hoistways or to/from a parking position} - B66B: ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS ({apparatus for raising or lowering persons on theatrical stages or the like A63J5/12} ; funicular railbound systems with rigid ground-supported tracks and cable traction, e.g. cliff railways, B61B9/00; arrangements of ammunition handlers in vessels B63G3/00; hoists, lifts, or conveyors for loading or unloading in general B65G; braking or detent devices controlling normal movements of winding drums or barrels B66D; ship-lifting devices E02C; garages for many vehicles with mechanical means for lifting vehicles E04H6/12; hoists for feeding ammunition or projectiles to launching apparatus or to loading mechanisms F41A9/00) ## Abstract A method for operating an elevator system including at least one elevator car for conveying people from a starting stop to a destination stop, wherein a route for conveying the people from the starting stop to the destination stop is determined. In this case, different elevator components of the elevator system are actuated in order to move the at least one elevator car along the determined route, as a result of which actions of these elevator components are triggered. Specific elevator components are selected from amongst these elevator components of the elevator system, and the actions of the selected elevator components are simulated by means of a reproduction apparatus located in the at least one elevator car. The disclosure further relates to an elevator system which is designed for executing a method of this kind. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 -15. (canceled) ### Claim 16 A method for operating an elevator system comprising an elevator car for conveying people from a starting stop to a destination stop, the method comprising: determining a route for conveying the people from the starting stop to the destination stop, actuating elevator components of the elevator system to move the elevator car along the determined route, triggering actions of the elevator components via actuation of the elevator components, selecting specific elevator components of the elevator system, and replicating the actions of the selected elevator components via a reproduction apparatus disposed at the elevator car. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, including simulating the actions of the selected elevator components by: visualizing the actions of the selected elevator components via an optical reproduction apparatus located at the elevator car; and acoustically simulating the actions of the selected elevator components via an acoustic reproduction apparatus located at the elevator car. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, including selecting the elevator components when at least one of the following criteria is met: an action of the elevator component causes a change in state of the elevator car; an action of the elevator component can be perceived by a passenger located in the elevator car; the elevator component has been assigned to the determined route; an action of the elevator component deviates, when it is carried out, from a prespecification which is prespecified by a normal operation; and the elevator component is prespecified in a list of prespecifications. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, including selecting specific actions of the selected elevator components and simulating only the selected actions of the selected elevator components. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, including selecting an action of the selected elevator components when at least one of the following criteria is met: the action causes a change in state of the elevator car; the action can be perceived by a passenger located in the elevator car; the action has been assigned to the determined route; the action deviates, when it is carried out, from a prespecification which is prespecified by a normal operation; and the action is prespecified in a list of prespecifications. ### Claim 21 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, including simulating the actions of the selected elevator components at the same time as the triggered action of the respective selected elevator component is respectively carried out. ### Claim 22 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, including simulating the actions of the selected elevator components with a predetermined time lead in relation to the triggered action of the respective selected elevator component actually being carried out. ### Claim 23 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, including establishing a communication connection between the elevator system and a mobile terminal and selecting the specific elevator components via the mobile terminal. ### Claim 24 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, including signaling the actuation of the selected elevator components to the reproduction apparatus and simulating the actions of the selected elevator components after successful signaling. ### Claim 25 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, including selecting at least one of the following elevator components: a shaft-changing unit, a door unit, a brake unit, a drive unit, a second elevator car traveling in front of the elevator car, a second elevator car traveling behind the elevator car, and safety gear. ### Claim 26 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, including detecting, by means of sensors, actions of the elevator components and simulating the detected actions via the reproduction apparatus. ### Claim 27 (depends on 16) An elevator system comprising an elevator car which is configured to be movable from a starting stop to a destination stop, wherein a reproduction apparatus is arranged in the interior of the elevator car, wherein the elevator system is configured to execute the method of claim 16. ### Claim 28 (depends on 27) The elevator system of claim 27, including an optical reproduction apparatus arranged in the interior of the elevator car and forms at least a portion of an inner wall of the elevator car. ### Claim 29 (depends on 27) The elevator system of claim 27, including an optical reproduction apparatus arranged in the interior of the elevator car and forms a portion of an inner wall of the elevator car and a remaining portion of this inner wall is of at least partially transparent design. ### Claim 30 (depends on 28) The elevator system of claim 28, wherein the elevator car is connected to a rail system which allows movement of the elevator car in different spatial directions, and the rail system comprises at least one shaft-changing unit which allows a change from one spatial direction to a further spatial direction, wherein the reproduction apparatus forms at least one portion of that inner wall which faces the rail system.