Elevator systems and methods to control elevator based on contact patterns
AssigneeKone Corporation
InventorsHannu Kuoppala, Reetta Ranne, Ari Hänninen, Pekka Korhonen, Marja-Liisa Siikonen, Janne Sorsa, Jukka Salmikuukka
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Abstract
An elevator system includes at least one elevator, call-giving appliances in elevator lobbies, and a device configured to detect contact patterns in an identification area on a floor surface of at least one elevator lobby. A user to be connected to a call given from the elevator lobby is classified based on the contact pattern, the type data of the call is associated with the call based on the classification, and the call and the type data is transmitted to the control system of the elevator system to control the elevators.
Claims23
A method for controlling an elevator system, the method comprising:
- classifying at least one user to be connected to a call from an elevator lobby based on a contact pattern produced by the user in an identification area of the elevator lobby;
- associating type data with the call based on the classification of the user;
- and
- transmitting the call and the associated type data to a control system of the elevator system for controlling elevators in the elevator system.
An elevator system comprising:
- at least one elevator;
- a control system;
- a call-giving appliance in an elevator lobby;
- a contact mat in the elevator lobby, the contact mat delimiting an identification area, and being configured to detect contact patterns on a floor surface in the identification area of the elevator lobby;
- an analysis apparatus connected to the contact mat, the analysis apparatus being configured to,
- classify at least one user to be connected to a call from the elevator lobby based on a contact pattern produced by the user,
- associate type data for the call to the call based on the classification, and
- transmit the call and the type data to the control system to control the at least one elevator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.