Guidance system
First Claim
1. A guidance system for the guidance of passengers in a multi-route elevator system, which elevator system comprises:
- a number of elevators;
means for receiving passenger'"'"'s destination call data and allocating the same as passenger route data said route data defining various elevators from amongst the number of elevators and different floors on which the various elevators are located, that should be used to reach the passengers'"'"' destination; and
data transfer means for implementing data transfer between the aforesaid elevator system and the aforesaid guidance system, and which guidance system comprises means for storing guiding messages into the guidance system and a number of reproduction devices for reproducing the aforesaid guiding messages in the elevator system, wherein a number of guiding messages have been stored in the guidance system, of which number a guiding message has been defined for at least one route in the elevator system, said guiding message corresponding to said route, which guiding message can be reproduced along the route in question to guide passengers in the elevator system, and that the guiding message corresponding to the route allocated to the passenger can be reproduced in connection with the passenger entering destination call data via a destination call device.
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Abstract
A guidance system and a method for guiding passengers in an elevator system. The elevator system including a number of elevators, receiving and allocating passenger'"'"'s destination call data, and implementing data transfer between the elevator system and the guidance system. The guidance system storing guiding messages into the guidance system and a number of reproduction devices for reproducing the guiding messages in the elevator system. Stored in the guidance system are a number of guiding messages, of which number a guiding message corresponding to the route has been defined for at least one route in the elevator system, which guiding message can be reproduced along the route in question. In the method, a number of guiding messages are stored into the guidance system, of which number a guiding message corresponding to the route is defined for at least one route in the elevator system, which guiding message is reproduced along the route in question.
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20 Claims
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1. A guidance system for the guidance of passengers in a multi-route elevator system, which elevator system comprises:
a number of elevators;
means for receiving passenger'"'"'s destination call data and allocating the same as passenger route data said route data defining various elevators from amongst the number of elevators and different floors on which the various elevators are located, that should be used to reach the passengers'"'"' destination; and
data transfer means for implementing data transfer between the aforesaid elevator system and the aforesaid guidance system, and which guidance system comprises means for storing guiding messages into the guidance system and a number of reproduction devices for reproducing the aforesaid guiding messages in the elevator system, wherein a number of guiding messages have been stored in the guidance system, of which number a guiding message has been defined for at least one route in the elevator system, said guiding message corresponding to said route, which guiding message can be reproduced along the route in question to guide passengers in the elevator system, and that the guiding message corresponding to the route allocated to the passenger can be reproduced in connection with the passenger entering destination call data via a destination call device.- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for guiding passengers in a multi-route elevator system, comprising:
- receiving passengers'"'"' destination call data;
allocating the said destination call data as passenger route data said route data defining various elevators from amongst the number of elevators and different floors on which the various elevators are located, that should be used to reach the passenger'"'"'s destination;
communicating via a data transfer means with a guidance system, said guidance system comprising means for storing guiding messages into the guidance system and a number of reproduction devices for reproducing said guiding messages in the elevator system storing a number of guiding messages into the guidance system;
defining among this number a guiding message for at least one route in the elevator system, said guiding message corresponding to the route in question;
reproducing the guiding message corresponding to the route allocated to the passenger in connection with the passenger entering destination call data on a destination call device; and
reproducing the guiding message corresponding to the aforesaid allocated route along the aforesaid allocated route to guide the passenger in the elevator system. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
- receiving passengers'"'"' destination call data;
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