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US 8,944,219 B2Granted
Controlling access to building floors serviced by elevators
AssigneeInventio AG
InventorBernhard Gerstenkorn
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Abstract
A person is detected before entering an elevator in a building, and a destination floor desired by the person is detected. When the person leaves the elevator, the floor on which the person leaves the elevator is detected using a further detecting device. An action is triggered if the floor on which the person leaves the elevator and the destination floor do not match.
Claims20
A method for location-dependent management of persons in a building, the method comprising steps:
- in which a detection device is used to detect a person before entering an elevator present in the building,
- in which a destination floor desired by the person is detected, in which a further detection device is used to detect a floor on which the person leaves the elevator,
- in which a control device is used to trigger an action if the floor on which the person leaves the elevator and the destination floor do not match,
- wherein the action results in the person only being entitled to travel downward with the elevator, or
- wherein the action results in the person being provided with an elevator car so that the person reaches the destination floor.
2 more elements
A method comprising:
- detecting a location of a person outside of an elevator car of an elevator installation;
- transporting the person in the elevator car to a floor in a building served by the elevator installation;
- detecting that the person has exited the elevator car at the floor;
- determining that the floor at which the person exited the elevator car is not a previously indicated destination floor for the person;
- and
- as a result of the determining, limiting the person's use of the elevator installation to traveling to a lobby in the building or to traveling to the previously indicated destination floor.
3 more elements
An elevator system controller comprising:
- a computer;
- and
- a computer-readable storage medium having encoded thereon instructions that, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to perform a method, the method comprising,
- detecting a location of a person outside of an elevator car of an elevator installation,
- transporting the person in the elevator car to a floor in a building served by the elevator installation,
- detecting that the person has exited the elevator car at the floor,
- determining that the floor at which the person exited the elevator car is not a previously indicated destination floor for the person, and
- as a result of the determining, limiting the person's use of the elevator installation to traveling to a lobby in the building, or to traveling to the previously indicated destination floor.
5 more elements
An elevator installation comprising:
- an elevator car disposed in a shaft;
- and
- an elevator system controller, the elevator system controller being configured to,
- detect a location of a person outside of the elevator car,
- transport the person in the elevator car to a floor in a building served by the elevator installation,
- detect that the person has exited the elevator car at the floor,
- determine that the floor at which the person exited the elevator car is not a previously indicated destination floor for the person, and
- as a result of the determining, limit the person's use of the elevator installation to traveling to a lobby in the building or to traveling to the previously indicated destination floor.
5 more elements
A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer program code that, when read by a computer, causes the computer to perform a method, the method comprising:
- detecting a location of a person outside of an elevator car of an elevator installation;
- transporting the person in the elevator car to a floor in a building served by the elevator installation;
- detecting that the person has exited the elevator car at the floor;
- determining that the floor at which the person exited the elevator car is not a previously indicated destination floor for the person;
- and
- as a result of the determining, limiting the persons use of the elevator installation to traveling to a lobby in the building or to traveling to the previously indicated destination floor.
3 more elements
A method comprising:
- detecting a person on a first floor of a building using a detection device;
- determining that the person was not previously detected as being on a second floor of the building, the first and second floors being served by an elevator installation;
- and
- as a result of the determining, triggering an action for the person.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.