Elevator system
First Claim
1. An elevator system, comprising:
- a building having a plurality of floors and hoistway means;
an elevator car mounted in the hoistway means of said building to serve the floors therein,call means for registering calls for elevator service,control means directing said elevator car to serve calls for elevator service,visual display means for displaying calls registered on said call means,said visual display means including means for displaying registered calls for elevator service in a predetermined order and with a predetermined uniform physical spacing between adjacent calls of the predetermined order, with said predetermined order and physical spacing between displayed calls being maintained as calls are registered on said call means and added to to the visual display, and as calls are answered by said elevator car and removed from the visual display.
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Abstract
An elevator system including at least one elevator car mounted for movement in a building to serve the floors therein, and pushbuttons for entering calls for elevator service. Calls for elevator service initiated by the pushbuttons are visually displayed in a predetermined order on a display in which the display positions for such calls are not specifically related to a specific floor, but which may be used to indicate a call associated with any floor of the building. In a preferred embodiment, the calls are stacked or compressed to provide a predetermined uniform physical spacing between adjacent calls of the predetermined order. The predetermined order and predetermined spacing are maintained as new calls are entered on the display, and answered calls are deleted therefrom.
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20 Claims
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1. An elevator system, comprising:
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a building having a plurality of floors and hoistway means; an elevator car mounted in the hoistway means of said building to serve the floors therein, call means for registering calls for elevator service, control means directing said elevator car to serve calls for elevator service, visual display means for displaying calls registered on said call means, said visual display means including means for displaying registered calls for elevator service in a predetermined order and with a predetermined uniform physical spacing between adjacent calls of the predetermined order, with said predetermined order and physical spacing between displayed calls being maintained as calls are registered on said call means and added to to the visual display, and as calls are answered by said elevator car and removed from the visual display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An elevator system, comprising:
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an elevator car mounted for movement in a building to serve the floors therein, call means in said elevator car for initiating car calls, display means in said elevator car for displaying car calls registered on said call means, and control means responsive to said call means for directing said elevator car to provide the requested service, said display means including display control means for displaying registered car calls in a predetermined order and with a predetermined physical spacing between adjacent calls of the predetermined order, said display control means updating the display means to add new calls registered on said call means, and to delete calls which are answered by said elevator car, maintaining said predetermined order and predetermined spacing relative to the updated display of car calls. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. An elevator system, comprising:
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a plurality of elevator cars mounted for movement in a building to serve the floors therein, call means at the floors for registering up and down hall calls, control means responsive to the call means for directing said elevator cars to serve registered hall calls, and a display panel for displaying registered up and down hall calls, said display panel including display control means for compressing the display of registered hall calls to provide at least one listing of registered calls having a predetermined order and predetermined uniform physical spaacing between calls. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. An elevator system comprising:
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an elevator car mounted for movement in a building to serve the floors therein, call means for initiating calls for elevator service, control means responsive to said call means for directing said elevator car to provide the requested service, and display means for displaying calls for elevator service initiated on said call means, said display means including first means for displaying calls for elevator service, with said first means having a plurality of display locations for such calls which locations may be used to display a call associated with any floor of the building, second means for displaying such calls on the first means in a predetermined order, and third means for providing a predetermined uniform spacing between adjacent calls of the order.
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15. An elevator system, comprising:
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an elevator car mounted for movement in a building to serve the floors therein, call means for initiating calls for elevator service, control means responsive to said call means for directing said elevator car to provide the requested service, and display means for displaying calls for elevator service initiated on said call means, said display means including first means for displaying calls for elevator service, with said first means having a plurality of display locations for such calls, said display locations being unrelated to specific floors, with each being capable of displaying a call associated with any floor of the building, and second means for selecting the display location for a specific call and for displaying the call on the first means in the selected location, said second means displaying a plurality of calls in a predetermined order, with the specific calls registered at any one time, and said predetermined order, being the basis for the selection by the second means of the specific display location for each call. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. An elevator system, comprising:
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an elevator car mounted for movement in a building to serve the floors therein, call means for initiating calls for elevator service, said call means including pushbuttons located at the floors of the building for registering up and down hall calls, control means responsive to said call means for directing said elevator car to provide the requested service, and display means for displaying calls for elevator service initiated on said call means, said display means including first means for displaying calls for elevator service, with said first means having a plurality of display locations for such calls which locations may be used to display a call associated with any floor of the building, and second means for displaying such calls on the first means in a predetermined order, said display means displaying the floor numbers associated with the up and down hall calls in a single listing, in a predetermined order, and with a predetermined physical spacing, and including visual indicating means associated with each floor number displayed which indicates whether the floor number displayed has an up hall call, a down hall call, or both.
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19. An elevator system, comprising:
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an elevator car mounted for movement in a building to serve the floors therein, call means for initiating calls for elevator service, said call means including pushbuttons located at the floors of the building for registering up and down hall calls, control means responsive to said call means for directing said elevator car to provide the requested service, and display means for displaying calls for elevator service initiated on said call means, said display means including first means for displaying calls for elevator service, with said first means having a plurality of display locations for such calls which locations may be used to display a call associated with any floor of the building, and second means for displaying such calls on the first means in a predetermined order, said display means displaying the up and down hall calls independently, with the up hall calls being displayed in a predetermined order and with a predetermined physical spacing, and with the down hall calls being displayed separately in a predetermined order and with a predetermined physical spacing.
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20. An elevator system, comprising:
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an elevator car mounted for movement in a building to serve the floors therein, call means for initiating calls for elevator service, control means responsive to said call means for directing said elevator car to provide the requested service, and display means for displaying calls for elevator service initiated on said call means, said display means including first means for displaying calls for elevator service, with said first means having a plurality of display locations for such calls which locations may be used to display a call associated with any floor of the building, second means for displaying such calls on the first means in a predetermined order, and third means for compressing the calls to provide a predetermined spacing therebetween, with said third means functioning at least when such compression is necessary to accommodate the calls in the space provided in the first means.
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