METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF ELEVATOR CALLS

• US 20150251874A1
• Filed: 05/19/2015
• Published: 09/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kone Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kone Corporation
• Inventors: SALMIKUUKKA, Jukka
• Granted Patent: US 10,081,511 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 1/2408 where the allocation of a call to an elevator car is of importance, i.e. by means of a supervisory or group controller
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 1/468 Call registering systems
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 2201/232 where the time needed for a passenger to arrive at the allocated elevator car from where the call is made is taken into account
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 2201/4615 Wherein the destination is registered before boarding
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 2201/4623 Wherein the destination is registered after boarding
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 2201/4653 wherein the call is registered using portable devices

Abstract

A method and system are provided for generating automatic elevator calls for an elevator system in a building, in which is a plurality of apartments and in the apartments an apartment-specific sensor, the sensor signal produced by which detects that a person is leaving or has left an apartment. On the basis of the sensor signal, an elevator is called to the floor on which the apartment is situated for collecting the person who has left the apartment.

Claims

1. A method for generating automatic elevator calls for an elevator system in a building, in which is at least one apartment, in connection with which is a sensor, the sensor signal to be received from which indicates the departure of at least one person from an apartment, and in which method an automatic elevator call is generated to a floor on which an apartment is situated when a person is leaving or has left the apartment on the basis of the sensor signal,

said method comprising the steps of:

connecting the position data, comprising the position coordinates of the sensor on the floor and/or the distance of the sensor from the elevators, of the sensor to the elevator call; and

taking the position data into account in the control of the elevator.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein a storage dock for a keycard of an apartment is used as the sensor;

and the elevator call is generated when a person removes the keycard from the storage dock.

3. The method according to claim 1, the method further comprising the step of transmitting information about the elevator serving an elevator call and/or about the arrival time at the call-giving floor to a terminal device in the possession of a person.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein a remote reader is used as a sensor, which monitors the departure from an apartment of an identifier in the possession of a person.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein an optical sensor is used as a sensor, the sensor signal produced by which indicates the departure of a person from an apartment.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein a present/absent switch is used as a sensor, which produces a sensor signal when placed out of the present position into the position indicating the departure of a person from an apartment.

10. The system according to claim 1, wherein the back-end system is a building automation system.

11. The method according to claim 2, the method further comprising the step of transmitting information about the elevator serving an elevator call and/or about the arrival time at the call-giving floor to a terminal device in the possession of a person.

12. The method according to claim 2, wherein a remote reader is used as a sensor, which monitors the departure from an apartment of an identifier in the possession of a person.

13. The method according to claim 3, wherein a remote reader is used as a sensor, which monitors the departure from an apartment of an identifier in the possession of a person.

14. The method according to claim 2, wherein an optical sensor is used as a sensor, the sensor signal produced by which indicates the departure of a person from an apartment.

15. The method according to claim 3, wherein an optical sensor is used as a sensor, the sensor signal produced by which indicates the departure of a person from an apartment.

16. The method according to claim 4, wherein an optical sensor is used as a sensor, the sensor signal produced by which indicates the departure of a person from an apartment.

17. The method according to claim 2, wherein a present/absent switch is used as a sensor, which produces a sensor signal when placed out of the present position into the position indicating the departure of a person from an apartment.

18. The method according to claim 3, wherein a present/absent switch is used as a sensor, which produces a sensor signal when placed out of the present position into the position indicating the departure of a person from an apartment.

19. The method according to claim 4, wherein a present/absent switch is used as a sensor, which produces a sensor signal when placed out of the present position into the position indicating the departure of a person from an apartment.

20. The method according to claim 5, wherein a present/absent switch is used as a sensor, which produces a sensor signal when placed out of the present position into the position indicating the departure of a person from an apartment.

7. A system for giving automatic elevator calls to an elevator system in a building, in which is a plurality of apartments in the use of people, and which elevator system comprises:

at least one elevator and a control system of the elevator system and at least one apartment, which is provided with at least one sensor, the sensor signal produced by which indicates a person is leaving and/or has left an apartment;

a back-end system, which comprises an interface, via which the sensor signal is transmitted to the back-end system; and

the back-end system is arranged to generate an elevator call to a floor on which an apartment is situated on the basis of the sensor signal and to transmit the call to the control system of the elevator system via an interface, which elevator call comprises the position data of the apartment or of the sensor, which position data comprises the position coordinates of the sensor on the floor and/or the distance of the sensor from the elevators.

8. The system according to claim 7, wherein:

the sensor is one of the following;

a storage dock for a keycard of an apartment;

a reader device monitoring the presence of an identifier or of a terminal device;

a photoelectric cell;

a camera and a present/absent switch.

9. The system according to claim 7, wherein the back-end system is arranged to transmit information about the elevator serving an elevator call and/or about its arrival time to a terminal device of a person.