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Elevator system providing an energy saving mode

  • US 9,327,940 B2
  • Filed: 03/07/2013
  • Issued: 05/03/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An elevator system, comprising:

  • an elevator control unit for controlling the movement of an elevator car in an elevator hoistway,wherein the elevator control unit is configured to receive data from a control circuit external to the elevator system, and the elevator control unit is arranged to start a new run sequence for cancelling an idle state of the elevator by transferring the elevator car from its current location during the idle state to that entrance at which it is assumed, on the basis of the information received from the control circuit external to the elevator system, that a passenger will arrive,wherein the elevator is controlled into an energy-saving mode during the idle state,wherein the elevator car is driven to a predefined point in the elevator hoistway during the idle state of the elevator, andwherein the electricity supply of one or more devices of the elevator system is arranged to be disconnected for the duration of the energy-saving mode.

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