System for security control and/or transportation of persons with an elevator installation, method of operating this system, and method of retrofitting an elevator installation with this system

• US 20030098776A1
• Filed: 11/20/2002
• Published: 05/29/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Inventio AG (Schindler Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: Inventio AG (Schindler Holding AG)
• Inventors: Friedli, Paul
• Granted Patent: US 7,936,249 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/5.8
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 1/468 Call registering systems
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 2201/4676 for checking authorization of the passengers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints

Abstract

A system for security control and/or transportation of persons with an elevator installation and a method of operating this system. By means of the system, a person is identified from at least one identification code and from at least one authentication signal. For this purpose, an identification code is entered and/or transmitted by the person, and an authentication signal of the person is captured. Assigned to the identification code and the authentication signal is at least one user profile. An access authorization stored in the user profile, and/or a pre-defined travel destination in the user profile, is/are determined. The authentication signal is checked against at least one reference stored in a user profile. If an access authorization to a travel destination is present, and if the authentication signal and reference correspond, a command signal is transmitted to an elevator installation.

Claims

1. A method for security control and/or transportation of persons with an elevator installation, comprising the steps of:

identifying a person from at least one identification code; and

authenticating the person from at least one authentication signal.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the identifying step includes at least one of entering and transmitting an identification code by the person, the method further including capturing an authentication signal of the person, assigning at least one user profile to the identification code and to the authentication signal, determining at least one of an access authorization stored in the user profile and a pre-defined travel destination in the user profile, and checking the authentication signal against at least one reference stored in the user profile.

3. A method according to claim 2, further comprising transmitting a control signal to an elevator control when an access authorization to a travel destination is present and the authentication signal and the reference correspond.

4. A method according to claim 1, including using a biometric signal as the authentication signal.

5. A method according to claim 4, wherein the biometric signal is at least one of the group consisting of a fingerprint, a hand geometry, a facial profile, an iris pattern, a retinal scan, a thermogram, an odor, a weight, a voice, a signature, a keystroke and a walking sequence.

6. A method according to claim 1, wherein the authenticating step includes authenticating the person from at least two authentication signals.

7. A system for security control and/or transportation of persons with an elevator installation, comprising:

recognition means for recognizing at least one identification code of a person; and

authentication means capturing at least one authentication signal of the person.

8. A system according to claim 7, and further comprising at least one control device that stores at least one user profile of the person, the user profile having at least one of an access authorization to a travel destination, a pre-defined travel destination, and a reference.

9. A system according to claim 8 wherein the control device is operative to check whether a user profile exists for an identification code.

10. A system according to claim 8, wherein the control device is operative to check at least one of whether the travel destination of the person is listed in the access authorization, and whether the authentication signal corresponds with the reference.

11. A method for retrofitting an elevator installation with a system for security control and/or transportation of persons, comprising the steps of:

installing at least one recognition device in the elevator installation for recognizing at least one identification code of a person; and

installing at least one authentication device in the elevator installation for capturing at least one authentication signal of the person.