AUTHORIZATION MANAGEMENT AND AUTHORIZATION REQUEST OF ELEVATOR SERVICE REQUEST

• US 20200134953A1
• Filed: 10/23/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Otis Elevator Company (Otis Worldwide Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Otis Elevator Company (Otis Worldwide Corp.)
• Inventors: Li, Kai
• Granted Patent: US 11,734,976 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 1/3461 between the elevator control system and remote or mobile stations
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 1/468 Call registering systems
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 2201/4638 Wherein the call is registered without making physical contact with the elevator system
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 2201/4653 wherein the call is registered using portable devices
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 2201/4676 for checking authorization of the passengers
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/22 in combination with an identity check of the pass holder
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/63 Location-dependent; Proximity-dependent
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/33 for indoor environments, e.g. buildings
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

An authorization management and authorization request for an elevator service request, and belongs to the technical field of elevator management. An authorization management system for an elevator service request includes a wireless signal device and an authorization management device; wherein the authorization management system performs the following by a personal mobile terminal entering the coverage of the wireless signal: acquiring an elevator identifier in the wireless signal if the wireless signal is scanned, determining whether to have a corresponding elevator service request authority based on the elevator identifier and the stored authorization configuration information, and if not, providing an input component for the passenger to input an instruction of confirming to make authorization request on the personal mobile terminal, and generating authorization request information based on the instruction input by the passenger; wherein the authorization management device is used for receiving the authorization request information.

Claims

1. An authorization management system for an elevator service request, comprising:

a wireless signal device mounted in an elevator landing area of an elevator system and for broadcasting a wireless signal containing an elevator identifier of the elevator system; and

an authorization management device;

wherein the authorization management system performs the following by a personal mobile terminal entering the coverage of the wireless signal;

acquiring an elevator identifier in the wireless signal if the wireless signal is scanned,

determining whether to have an elevator service request authority of the elevator system based on the elevator identifier and stored authorization configuration information,

providing, on the personal mobile terminal, an input component for a passenger to input an instruction of confirming to make an authorization request if not having the elevator service request authority of the elevator system, and

generating authorization request information containing a terminal identifier of the personal mobile terminal and an elevator identifier of a corresponding elevator system acquired by the personal mobile terminal based on the instruction input by the passenger;

wherein the authorization management device is used for receiving the authorization request information.

2. The authorization management system of claim 1, wherein the authorization management system further performs the following by the personal mobile terminal:

sending remind information to remind the passenger to input an instruction of confirming to make an authorization request if not having the elevator service request authority of the elevator system.

3. The authorization management system of claim 1, wherein the wireless signal device interacts with the personal mobile terminal based on a Location-Marker protocol;

the authorization management system further performs the following by the personal mobile terminal;

if the wireless signal is scanned, a respective application of the personal mobile terminal is activated by the Location-Marker protocol to perform an operation of determining whether to have an elevator service request authority of the elevator system.

4. The authorization management system of claim 1, wherein the authorization management device comprises:

a receiving unit configured to receive the authorization request information from one or more of the personal mobile terminals, wherein the authorization request information includes the elevator identifier and a terminal identifier of the personal mobile terminal that is mapped to the elevator identifier; and

an authorization management unit configured to determine whether authorization request information from the corresponding personal mobile terminal is allowed to be authorized based at least on a mapping relationship between the elevator identifier and the terminal identifier in the authorization request information.

5. The authorization management system of claim 1, wherein the authorization management device is configured to be able to return authorization results corresponding to the authorization request information to the personal mobile terminal.

6. The authorization management system of claim 1, wherein the authorization management device is configured to transmit corresponding communication parameters to the personal mobile terminal if it is determined that the authorization request information of the personal mobile terminal is allowed to be authorized, wherein the communication parameter can be used by the personal mobile terminal to automatically establish a communication connection with the wireless signal device.

7. The authorization management system of claim 5, wherein the authorization management system further performs the following by the personal mobile terminal:

updating the authorization configuration information based on the authorization result and/or the communication parameter.

8. The authorization management system of claim 1, wherein the wireless signal device is further used to establish a wireless connection with the personal mobile terminal to receive an elevator service request command from the personal mobile terminal.

9. The authorization management system of claim 1, wherein the wireless signal device is a Bluetooth module or a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) module for broadcasting a Bluetooth Low Energy signal as the wireless signal.

10. An authorization management method for an elevator service request, comprising:

broadcasting, by a wireless signal device installed in an elevator landing area of an elevator system, a wireless signal containing an elevator identifier of the elevator system;

acquiring, by a personal mobile terminal, an elevator identifier in the wireless signal if the personal mobile terminal scans the wireless signal;

determining, by the personal mobile terminal, whether to have an elevator service request authority of the elevator system based on the elevator identifier and stored authorization configuration information;

providing, on the personal mobile terminal, an input component for a passenger to input an instruction of confirming to make an authorization request if not having an elevator service request authority of the elevator system;

generating, by the personal mobile terminal, authorization request information containing a terminal identifier of the personal mobile terminal and an elevator identifier of a corresponding elevator system acquired by the personal mobile terminal based on the instruction input by the passenger; and

receiving the authorization request information.

11. The authorization management method of claim 10, further comprising:

sending remind information to remind the passenger to input an instruction of confirming to make an authorization request if not having the elevator service request authority of the elevator system.

12. The authorization management method of claim 10, further comprising:

if the wireless signal is scanned, a respective application of the personal mobile terminal is activated by a Location-Marker protocol to perform an operation of determining whether to have an elevator service request authority of the elevator system, wherein the wireless signal device interacts with the personal mobile terminal based on the Location-Marker protocol.

13. The authorization management method of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving the authorization request information from one or more of the personal mobile terminals, wherein the authorization request information includes the elevator identifier and a terminal identifier of the personal mobile terminal that is mapped to the elevator identifier; and

determining whether the authorization request information from the corresponding personal mobile terminal is allowed to be authorized based at least on a mapping relationship between the elevator identifier and the terminal identifier in the authorization request information.

14. The authorization management method of claim 10, further comprising:

returning, by the authorization management device, authorization results corresponding to the authorization request information to the personal mobile terminal.

15. The authorization management method of claim 10, further comprising:

transmitting corresponding communication parameters to the personal mobile terminal if it is determined that the authorization request information of the personal mobile terminal is allowed to be authorized, wherein the communication parameter can be used by the personal mobile terminal to automatically establish a communication connection with the wireless signal device.

16. The authorization management method of claim 14, further comprising:

updating the authorization configuration information based on the authorization result and/or the communication parameter.

17. The authorization management method of claim 10, wherein the wireless signal is a Bluetooth Low Energy signal.

18. An authorization request method for an elevator service request, comprising:

acquiring an elevator identifier in the wireless signal if the wireless signal is scanned;

determining whether to have an elevator service request authority of the elevator system based on the elevator identifier and stored authorization configuration information;

providing, on the personal mobile terminal, an input component for a passenger to input an instruction of confirming to make an authorization request if not having the elevator service request authority of the elevator system, and

generating authorization request information containing a terminal identifier of the personal mobile terminal and an elevator identifier of a corresponding elevator system acquired by the personal mobile terminal based on the instruction input by the passenger.

19. The authorization request method of claim 18, further comprising:

sending the authorization request information to an authorization management device.

20. The authorization request method of claim 18, further comprising:

sending remind information to remind the passenger to input an instruction of confirming to make an authorization request if not having the elevator service request authority of the elevator system.

21. The authorization request method of claim 18, further comprising:

if the wireless signal is scanned, a respective application of the personal mobile terminal is activated by the Location-Marker protocol to perform an operation of determining whether to have an elevator service request authority of the elevator system.

22. The authorization request method of claim 18, further comprising:

updating the authorization configuration information based on the received authorization result and/or the communication parameter.

23. A computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program, wherein the program is executable by a processor to implement the process of the authorization request method of claim 18.