METHOD FOR PRESENTING INFORMATION DURING A RUN WITH AN ELEVATOR, AND ALSO AN ELEVATOR SYSTEM

• US 20130248301A1
• Filed: 05/09/2013
• Published: 09/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kone Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kone Corporation
• Inventors: HRKNEN, Ari
• Granted Patent: US 8,869,947 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 187/396
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 3/008 Displaying information not related to the elevator, e.g. weather, publicity, internet or TV
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 21/00 Mobile visual advertising combined visual and audible advertising G09F27/00

Abstract

The invention relates to an elevator system and also to a method for presenting information during a run with an elevator. In the method, the interior lighting of an elevator car is dimmed during a run sequence of the elevator car, and also information is presented inside on an illuminated display in the elevator car when the interior lighting of the elevator car has been dimmed.

Claims

1. A method for presenting information during a run with an elevator, in which method:

the interior lighting of an elevator car is dimmed during a run sequence of the elevator car

information is presented inside on an illuminated display in the elevator car when the interior lighting of the elevator car has been dimmed.

2. The method according to claim 1, in which method:

the interior lighting of the elevator car is dimmed in the starting phase of a run sequence of the elevator car.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, in which method:

the interior lighting of the elevator car is brightened in the ending phase of a run sequence of the elevator car.

4. The method according to claim 1, in which method:

the presentation of information on an illuminated display in an elevator car is started in connection with the dimming of the lighting of the elevator car.

5. The method according to claim 1, in which method:

the presentation of information on an illuminated display in an elevator car is ended in connection with the brightening of the lighting of the elevator car.

6. The method according to claim 1, which method is a method for a special run of an elevator.

7. The method according to claim 1, in which method:

a run sequence of an elevator car is started on the basis of a destination call.

8. The method according to claim 7, in which method:

the information given in a destination call is compared to the special floors tabulated about the destination floor

if the destination floor information corresponds to a special floor, a method for a special run of the elevator is started.

9. The method according to claim 6, in which method a special run of the elevator is driven from the departure floor directly to the destination floor.

10. The method according to claim 6, in which the apparatus is video apparatus in connection with the elevator car, the display device of which video apparatus is said illuminated display in the elevator car, and in which method:

the film to be shown with video apparatus is selected on the basis of the destination floor data.

11. The method according to claim 1, in which method:

the speed of the elevator car is determined

the interior lighting of the elevator car is dimmed when the speed of the elevator car increases to a preset limit value.

12. The method according to claim 11, in which method:

the interior lighting of the elevator car is brightened when the speed of the elevator car decreases to a preset limit value.

13. An elevator system, comprising:

an elevator car;

means for controlling a run sequence of an elevator car;

means for adjusting the interior lighting of an elevator car;

an illuminable display, fitted to the inside of the elevator car;

wherein the elevator system comprises;

a control unit, which is configured to perform a method according to claim 1 for presenting information during a run with an elevator.

14. The elevator system according to claim 13, wherein the interior lighting of the elevator car comprises a LED light source.

15. The elevator system according to claim 14, wherein the means for adjusting the interior lighting of an elevator car are arranged to decrease the luminous flux of said LED light source during a run sequence of the elevator car.

16. The elevator system according to claim 14 or 15, wherein the means for adjusting the interior lighting of an elevator car are arranged to increase the luminous flux of said LED light source during a run sequence of the elevator car.

17. The method according to claim 2, in which method:

the presentation of information on an illuminated display in an elevator car is started in connection with the dimming of the lighting of the elevator car.

18. The method according to claim 2, in which method:

the presentation of information on an illuminated display in an elevator car is ended in connection with the brightening of the lighting of the elevator car.