Audio direction and information for elevator passengers
First Claim
1. An elevator system serving a plurality of floors in a building having a stairwell and having a door on each of said floors to provide access from a related floor to said stairwell, comprising:
- a plurality of first speaker systems, each of said first speaker systems corresponding to and disposed in proximity with a corresponding one of said doors, each of said first speaker systems including an audio acoustical transducer and signal responsive means for causing said transducer to emit selected audible announcements in dependence on message signals provided thereto; and
a plurality of second speaker systems, each of said second speaker systems disposed on each floor of said building in proximity with an elevator corridor on the related floor; and
a controller for providing a fire signal indicative of the fact that a fire emergency mode of elevator operation is in effect in the building, in which mode the elevators are rendered non-responsive to ordinary passengers, and for providing, in response to said fire signal, a fire message signal to at least one of said first and second speaker systems on each of said floors of the building to cause at least one of said first speaker systems to announce the presence of the stairwell and to cause at least one of said second speaker systems to announce that passengers should not use the elevator and should use the stairwell.
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Abstract
A speaker system is provided adjacent to the gate of each of a plurality of elevator cars on each floor of a building. The speaker systems announce messages such as the car number of the next car in either direction, the estimated time of arrival of the car, that the car is full, the approximate delay for service by the next car to come, the car number and floor numbers being served by each loading elevator during up peak with channeling, the up calls are prohibited during up peak, the delay for service by the next car, and that all elevators should not be used in the case of fire or other emergency. Speaker systems are put on the doors of each stairwell on every floor, thereby to direct passengers toward the stairs in case of emergency. The system not only provides information and identification, it also provides audible, directional cues to assist the passengers in locating the service which they are to seek.
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1. An elevator system serving a plurality of floors in a building having a stairwell and having a door on each of said floors to provide access from a related floor to said stairwell, comprising:
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a plurality of first speaker systems, each of said first speaker systems corresponding to and disposed in proximity with a corresponding one of said doors, each of said first speaker systems including an audio acoustical transducer and signal responsive means for causing said transducer to emit selected audible announcements in dependence on message signals provided thereto; and a plurality of second speaker systems, each of said second speaker systems disposed on each floor of said building in proximity with an elevator corridor on the related floor; and a controller for providing a fire signal indicative of the fact that a fire emergency mode of elevator operation is in effect in the building, in which mode the elevators are rendered non-responsive to ordinary passengers, and for providing, in response to said fire signal, a fire message signal to at least one of said first and second speaker systems on each of said floors of the building to cause at least one of said first speaker systems to announce the presence of the stairwell and to cause at least one of said second speaker systems to announce that passengers should not use the elevator and should use the stairwell. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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