Elevator system
AssigneeKone Corporation
InventorJukka-Pekka Sarjanen
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Abstract
The present invention is directed towards a method and a system for allocating elevators on the basis of advance calls. According to the invention an advance call is registered, address data is connected to the advance call, an elevator is allocated when the activation condition of the advance call is fulfilled, and information about the allocation of the elevator is sent to the passenger by sending a notification to the address indicated by the address data.
Claims18
A method for allocating an elevator in an elevator system, the elevator system including at least one elevator and an interface configured to exchange data, the method comprising:
- registering an advance call based on the data received via the interface at a first time, the advance call configured to designate an elevator for use at a second time, the second time being later than the first time;
- linking an address data of at least one passenger to the advance call;
- allocating the elevator for use by the at least one passenger at the second time;
- and
- sending a notification about the allocation of the elevator to the at least one passenger via an address indicated by the address data.
An elevator system comprising:
- at least one elevator;
- and
- a control system, the control system including an interface for exchanging data, the control system being configured to,
- register an advance call based on the data received via the interface at a first time, the advance call configured to designate an elevator for use at a second time, the second time being later than the first time;
- link an address data of at least one passenger to the advance call;
- allocate the at least one elevator for use by the at least one passenger at the second time;
- and
- send a notification via the interface about the allocation of the elevator to via an address indicated by the address data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.