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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177036 | Communication of elevator reassignment information in a group elevator system Elevator reassignment information is communicated to passengers in a group elevator system (10). The group elevator system (10) includes a group of elevators (14a, 14b, 14c) that is operable to transport each of the passenge... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8157059 | Destination floor indication device of elevator A destination floor indication device that enables elevator users to get to know destination floors that have already been registered easily and in a short time. For this purpose, a destination floor indication device installed in a hall or car of the elevator is in... | 04/17/2012 |
| 7958971 | Wireless, self-contained elevator call request entry system A wireless, portable call request entry kiosk (14) has a control panel (19) with keys (20, 21) and a display panel for entering calls and informing passengers of the responding elevator. The kiosk has wireless communication (42, 56) with ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7913820 | Control system for elevator A control system for elevators controls the operations of a plurality of elevator apparatuses. The elevator apparatuses have cars and elevator doorways provided at each landing floor. The control system for the elevators is equipped with a landing call registration ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7878308 | Information distribution system for use in an elevator The invention features a system for displaying video information to passengers of an elevator in accordance with a play list defining a sequence of messages. The video information messages can include combinations of digital advertising, “real-time” general info... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7878307 | Information distribution for use in an elevator A method of providing video information to a display monitor within an elevator located in a building, which includes receiving first data defining a category of video information, receiving second data, associated with the category of video information and defining... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7854300 | Hall display device for elevator An elevator hall display device. A destination floor registration device includes destination buttons and assigned car display panels. An elevator group supervisory controller includes a hall destination call registration section that registers a hall destination ca... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7841452 | Conveyor passenger interface system A conveyor passenger interface system includes a passenger reception area (10) having a mechanism (14) for receiving a voice request from a passenger. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the voice request receiving mechanism (14)... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7793762 | 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) op... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7766129 | Elevator control system For entry of calls in an elevator system, a destination call is entered outside the elevator car if the starting floor is a floor with intensive departing traffic. On other floors, a collective-control up or down call is entered traditionally and then a destination ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7717238 | Elevator control system An elevator control system includes an entrance person authentication section provided at a predetermined distance from an elevator hall for permitting a visitor to use an elevator and register a call of the elevator. A storage section stores a predetermined estimat... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7559408 | Correlating sounds to elevators serving destination floors A floor selection station (39a) has at least one switch button (45-51, 70, 93) which visually handicapped people use in selecting floors, and a speaker (54) to emit a sound uniquely ndicative of which elevator to board. Stations ( | 07/14/2009 |
| 7552802 | Controller for elevator Provided is an elevator control apparatus in a building in which a plurality of elevators are installed, the apparatus including: a congestion information detecting means (1B1) for detecting a landing area congestion state at each story floor and in ea... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7469772 | Elevator destination floor display unit displaying only destination floors that have been selected An elevator destination floor display unit is installed in an elevator boarding area or an elevator car. The elevator destination floor display unit has a display portion having a screen selectively displaying destination floor representations relating to all floors... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7434667 | Wall plate with glass part for an elevator installation A wall plate for use in an elevator installation has a glass part divided into segments, the transparency of which is individually controllable with physical magnitude information signals. A control device is connected to the segments for controlling the transparenc... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7404469 | Elevator call registration device An elevator call registration device selectively switches between display of an operation screen for allowing a user to designate a registration for moving a car to an arbitrary destination floor from among a plurality of destination floors and display of a register... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7401684 | Automatic announcing device for an elevator An automatic announcing device for an elevator which enables fine voice volume adjustment according to the environment of use in which a guidance announcement is made and which allows an easy and efficient voice volume adjustment operation. The automatic announcing ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7377365 | Multi-deck elevator equipped building 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 permi... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7377364 | Elevator arrangement The present invention deals with a method and an apparatus for the input call needed in an elevator system by means of a wireless call input device. The call input device may be a device provided with a display and a keypad, designed especially for this use. In a pr... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7353915 | Automatic destination entry system with override capability An elevator system (20) utilizes destination entry dispatching techniques. A controller (28) receives an automated destination request that includes a prestored, primary destination. This allows for seamlessly integrating building access and destinatio... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7343318 | Shop information advertisement panel system and shop information advertisement method A shop information advertisement panel system in which, the respective shop terminals comprise an advertisement information registration requesting unit for requesting the advertisement panel control terminal to register advertisement information including image inf... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338176 | Elevator installation with information representation on a shaft door An elevator installation includes an elevator car moved in an elevator shaft between floors in a building. A shaft door for closing the elevator shaft is arranged at each floor. A method for representing information on the shaft doors makes possible a qualitatively ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7328775 | Destination entry system with delayed elevator car assignment An elevator system utilizes a destination entry control technique and delays indicating which car is assigned to a request to allow an individual to arrive near an elevator lobby. An elevator group assignment is made responsive to a destination request. An indicatio... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7319967 | Procedures, system and computer program for the presentation of multimedia contents in elevator installations A procedure, a system and a computer program product presents multimedia contents in elevator installations. At least one user profile with multimedia contents is provided for an associated elevator user. When the user is identified in proximity to the elevator syst... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7319968 | Procedures, system and computer program product for the presentation of multimedia contents in elevator installations A method, a system and a computer program product presents multimedia contents in elevator installations. At least one individual user profile with multimedia contents is stored for each elevator user. When a user is identified, the multimedia contents in the associ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7319966 | Method of communicating information for elevator users A method of communicating information to elevator users utilizes a building server to store elevator user personal information profiles and information to be communicated. When an elevator user is identified, the building server communicates a portion of the stored ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7281610 | Elevator control based on group size A method for allocating an elevator in a destination floor elevator system. An elevator group includes several elevators, a passenger data terminal for reserving elevators for use by passengers, and an elevator group control system for controlling the elevators in r... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7278518 | Information distribution for use in an elevator A method for displaying an image on a plurality of displays, each if which is in one of a plurality of elevator cabs. The method includes inspecting a playlist having first data leading to first information to be displayed; at least in part on the basis of the first... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7270219 | Elevator display system An elevator display system includes elevator display monitors, each of which is positioned within an elevator to display video information. When in operation, each elevator display monitor has display areas for displaying information independently of each other. Eac... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7266505 | Procedures, system and computer program product for the presentation of multimedia contents in elevator installations A method, a system and a computer program product presents multimedia contents in elevator installations. At least one individual user profile with multimedia contents is stored for each elevator user. When a user is identified, the multimedia contents in the associ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7182174 | Method and system for emergency evacuation of building occupants and a method for modernization of an existing building with said system A method and a system for emergency evacuation of building occupants and to a method for modernization of an existing building with the evacuation system. The system is used in a multi-story building having a plurality of floors and with at least one elevator positi... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7167903 | System and method for user updateable web sites and web pages A hosted system and method for user creation and update of a user Web, provides for customization of appearance and functionality of a user Web that is totally separate from the maintenance of the variable contents of a user Web. The hosted system and method of the ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7156211 | Information distribution system for use in an elevator The invention features a system for displaying video information to passengers of an elevator in accordance with a play list defining a sequence of messages. The video information messages can include combinations of digital advertising, “real-time” general info... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7143102 | Autogenerated play lists from search criteria A method and apparatus for automatically creating a play list from search criteria. A user inputs at least one search parameter for a store of music files. The player then builds a search query from the search parameter and any other search parameters entered. The q... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7143010 | System and method for remotely monitoring, diagnosing, intervening with and reporting problems with cinematic equipment A system is disclosed for communicating with, and receiving data representative of equipment state and status from, movie theatre equipment in theatres. The system includes a central computer storage unit for receiving and storing data representative of equipment st... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7140470 | Safety system for monitoring the state of elevator landing doors To render the elevator landing doors fitted with an elevator control unit (5) safe, this system comprises: elevator landing door surveillance units (10), installed on each elevator landing door, to receive the state of the electrical contacts (11, 1... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7108106 | Control for allocating main floor destination calls to multiple deck elevator A device for controlling a elevator installation with multiple deck cars which are simultaneously accessible at a main stopping point by different main stopping floors includes a call registering device by which a passenger can input a destination floor. In order to... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7103643 | E-mail software and method and system for distributing advertisements to client devices that have such E-mail software installed thereon Software for use on a client device that is configured for communications via a communications network instantiates a communications function that effects an advertisement download communication link between the client device and an advertisement distribution server... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7040458 | Elevator destination protocol control with flexible user interface An elevator system having multiple elevator cars efficiently assigns cars and communicates the car assignments to the potential passengers. A hallway intuitive user interface is readily adapted to installations having varying numbers of elevator cars with varying fl... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7036635 | System and display for providing information to elevator passengers A system and display for providing guidance to elevator passengers generates call data and transmits the call data to the group control systems of one or more elevator banks. The group control systems process the call data to produce group call data and distribute t... | 05/02/2006 |
