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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120125718 | ACTIVATION OF AN ELEVATOR INSTALLATION OPERATING UNIT A device and a method activates at least one operating unit of an elevator system, the operating unit or units having at least one switching element, a control unit and a switch element. The operating unit or units is or are connected to a controller via a communication... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120103729 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A LIFT SYSTEM, CALL INPUT DEVICE, LIFT SYSTEM COMPRISING A CALL INPUT DEVICE OF THIS TYPE AND METHOD FOR RETROFITTING A LIFT SYSTEM WITH A CALL INPUT DEVICE OF THIS TYPE A lift system comprises a call input device and at least one touchscreen for inputting a call for a lift. The touchscreen has at least one functional identifier. When a functional identifier is touched, at least one input signal is generated. The call input device conve... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120031708 | MAGNETIC LOCK FOR A CONTROL UNIT IN AN ELEVATOR INSTALLATION A control unit for an elevator installation comprises a cover and a base. The control unit further comprises a lock which can lock the cover to the base or release it from the base. The lock comprises a locking bar with a magnet, wherein this locking bar is movable back... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20110308891 | ELEVATOR INSTALLATION MODERNIZATION An elevator installation for serving at least one floor in at least one building can be modernized, the elevator installation comprising at least one elevator with at least one elevator car and at least one elevator control. At least one destination call terminal for in... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110088984 | ELEVATOR SYSTEM CONTROL PROVIDING SPECIALIZED SERVICE FEATURES An elevator system (20) includes a transceiver (22) that receives at least one wirelessly transmitted signal (24). In one example, a signaling device (26) includes a plurality of switches (28) that can be activated to provide a signal ... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110048864 | METHOD FOR USING A LIFT SYSTEM, LIFT SYSTEM SUITABLE FOR SUCH A METHOD AND METHOD FOR EQUIPPING SUCH A LIFT SYSTEM The invention relates to a method of operating an elevator system in a building with at least one building door (2, 2′, 2″). Through opening and/or closing the building door (2, 2′, 2″) the floor (1, 1′, 1″) of the opened and/or closed b... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110036669 | ELEVATOR SYSTEM, ELEVATOR CONTROL DEVICE AND DESTINATION FLOOR RECEPTION TERMINAL DEVICE In an elevator system, it is assumed that an elevator user presses a key “1” on a numerical keypad of a destination call registration device on the second basement floor to go to the first floor on the second basement level. In this case, the destination call regist... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20090133969 | DESTINATION ENTRY PASSENGER INTERFACE WITH MULTIPLE FUNCTIONS An elevator system (20) uses destination entry dispatching techniques. A passenger interface device (22) operates in a first mode to allow passengers (24) to enter destination requests for elevator service. The passenger interface (22) operat... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090120726 | Elevator Dispatcher An elevator system (20) includes a plurality of cars (22) and destination entry devices (40) located some distance from the elevator cars (22). A controller (38) dispatches an elevator car to a requested destination entered by a passen... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090038892 | EVACUATION ASSISTANCE DEVICE FOR ELEVATOR In a building, a service zone including a plurality of floors is set. The building is provided with an elevator that is assigned to the floors in the service zone as service floors. In an event of a fire in the building, an evacuation support apparatus for the elevator ... | 02/12/2009 |
| 20080264730 | Elevator System Control Providing Specialized Service Features An elevator system (20) includes a transceiver (22) that receives at least one wirelessly transmitted signal (24). In one example, a signaling device (26) includes a plurality of switches (28) that can be activated to provide a signal ... | 10/30/2008 |
| 20070272495 | Elevator system In the method of the present invention, a procedure and an apparatus for the entry of calls in an elevator system are described. In the method, a destination call is entered outside the elevator car if the starting floor is a floor with intensive departing traffic. On o... | 11/29/2007 |
| 20070045051 | Method of Transporting a User by a Transport Means, Particularly by an Elevator A method of transporting a user by a transport, particularly by an elevator, utilizes a control unit, a first communications unit and a mobile second communications unit carried by the user. A destination call is lodged at the control unit by the second communications u... | 03/01/2007 |
| 20070012521 | Control device for elevator The present invention provides an elevator controller including: a main control unit for controlling running of an elevator, in which the main control unit predictively calculates a continuous temperature state of a predetermined componential equipment of the elevator a... | 01/18/2007 |
| 20060191748 | Elevator dispatching with guaranteed time performance using real-time service allocation The registration of each hall call (20, 21) is recorded (27) and the remaining response time of all available cars to each up hall call and each down hall call is determined. 21 The response time for each car to answer is compared against a limit and a tab... | 08/31/2006 |
| 20060180407 | Switch device of elevator A foot button device of an elevator is disclosed. The foot button device is installed in a side of an elevator door to call the elevator, and includes foot buttons installed in a region where user's feet reach from a bottom such that the user pushes the foot buttons wit... | 08/17/2006 |
| 20060144644 | Elevator call registration system In an elevator call registration system, elevator-related information is constantly transmitted from an elevator call registration server, and a call registration reservation for a desired elevator can be made by selecting contents from the information. Therefore, it is... | 07/06/2006 |
| 20060042884 | Building with multi-deck elevator, control system therefor, and multi-deck elevator In a multi-deck-elevator-equipped building control system, operating modes of an elevator control portion include a double operating mode. In the double operating mode, only a first cage is permitted to stop at first cage stop floors, and only a second cage is permitted... | 03/02/2006 |
| 20050252723 | Elevator call recording device An elevator call registration system is equipped with a touch panel display, and a processing operation section that registers an operation from the touch panel display into an elevator control unit. The processing operation section detects the position of a user's touc... | 11/17/2005 |
| 20050217945 | Elevator control device An elevator control device for controllably driving multiple traction units includes position sensors and current supplies. Each of the current supplies includes a position controller for generating a speed command for the corresponding traction unit based on input diff... | 10/06/2005 |
| 20050006183 | Methods and apparatus for assigning elevator hall calls to minimize energy use Energy saving methods and apparatus for elevator systems having a plurality of elevator cars operating in a plurality of elevator shafts are disclosed. The present invention provides methods and apparatus for determining which one of the plurality of elevator cars is to... | 01/13/2005 |
