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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7322446 | Elevator call assignment indications for multiple elevators in each of a plurality of elevator hoistways A plurality of hoistways (11, 12) in a building serving a plurality of floors utilizes destination call entry panels (22, 22A) having buttons (23) with which passengers can enter destination call requests. A display (26, 26a) adjac... | 01/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7032716 | Destination selection control for elevator installation having multiple elevator cars The invention relates to a method for controlling an elevator installation with at least one shaft and a number of cars, it being possible to make at least two cars travel separately up and down along a common traveling path and a passenger being able to enter a des... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6997288 | Floor number display at landing and in car, informative to elevator passengers Floor number displays informative to the elevator passengers at the landing and in the elevator car when the passengers issue destination calls to the elevator. ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6981576 | Information display system A system for displaying information in elevator cabs includes a central server for compiling and transmitting information to be displayed and a plurality of individually-addressable displays in elevator cabs for receiving the information. Each display has two or mor... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6681899 | Automatically illumination control device of an elevator display screen An automatically illumination control device of an elevator display screen serves for displaying the position and maintenance of the elevator. A light sensor for detecting the intensity of light is installed to the display screen. The light sensor detects... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6302240 | Auxiliary safety lift device for the cab of an elevator An auxiliary safety lift device for a cab of an elevator includes a box having a first side defining a through hole and a second side defining a chamber, a slide groove defined in a front side of the chamber, an inspection board made of transparent materi... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6116381 | Passive hall fixtures mounted in elevator doors Hall call apparatus for a low-cost, low rise simplex elevator, all disposed on the hoistway doors, include a slider 25 which is released by depression of a hall call button 21 so that it is pulled upwardly by a spring 49 until it engages a stop 50. A clap... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6021870 | Car information indicating apparatus A car information indicating apparatus for elevator cars displays elevator movement information by using signal relaying devices that do not include separate CPUs. Each signal relaying device is capable of receiving/processing data representative of car i... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5889241 | Indicating device for elevators A direction indicating device (4) for elevators is built into the door frame (3) near a floor door (1). The device (4) consists essentially of a retaining element (9), an up-direction arrow (10) and a down-direction arrow (11). In order to make the indica... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5886696 | Display apparatus and method dynamically indicating elevator movement between floors by scrolling information In a display (202) comprised in an elevator system, more than one floor symbol (205) but less than all the floor symbols corresponding to different floors in the elevator system are highlighted at a time. At least the floor symbol corresponding to the cur... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5844181 | Information display system A display apparatus within elevator cabs or elevator waiting areas that facilitates the simultaneous display of advertising and general news information is described. Broadcast from a remote control center, advertising and general news information updates... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5829554 | Hinged modular elevator control housing Modular elevator control housings having hinged faceplates that can be folded open to quickly expose the housing interior for service or modification. Each housing is generally in the form of a low profile, parallelepiped that is conveniently placed on a ... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5821479 | Elevator push-button device A push-button device for an elevator is equipped with the function of both a hall button and a hall position indicator, and furthermore, the function of a destination floor button.... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5789715 | Waiting time display for an elevator The invention relates to a waiting time display (5) on a landing. The waiting time display (5) is active from the moment when the landing call button (6) is pressed to the moment when the call is reset. The waiting time display (5) receives from the group... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5780790 | Modular elevator switch control housing A modular elevator control housing with an easily accessibly interior is disclosed. The housing comprises a generally rectangular, elongated casing that is conveniently placed on a wall adjacent to an elevator. The housing protectively encloses elevator o... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5551533 | Audio direction and information for elevator passengers 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 c... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5507366 | Control board assembly for elevator A control board for an elevator includes a pair of edge members each having a longitudinal slot. A number of boards and plates are engaged between the edge members for engaging with buttons and displayer and include side edges engaged in the slots of the ... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5485897 | Elevator display system using composite images to display car position An elevator sysem having an elevator operation control unit 2 for controlling the upward or downward movement of an elevator car 6 and an image display unit 5 provided inside the car. The system comprises an image reproduction unit 1 for feeding a main im... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5433295 | Indicating element for elevators An indicating element for an elevator includes a cover plate having an opening formed therein through which a lens extends. Positioned behind the lens is a light diffuser having an area formed in the shape of a symbol to be displayed. A plurality of light... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5431252 | Method for digital recording and graphic presentation of the combined performances of elevator cars A method for sensing and digitally recording the movements of a plurality of elevator cars in conjunction with the sensing and digital recording of a plurality of on-off electrical signals from the associated elevator control system utilizing a portable c... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5194702 | Vertically scrolled elevator position indicator An elevator car position indicator display is controlled by a microprocessor to display a stationary position indicator character when the car is stationary and to vertically scroll the position indicator character across the display when the car is in mo... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5056629 | Display apparatus for elevator A display apparatus for an elevator in which a message to be reported to the users of the elevator, such as the running status of the elevator, is displayed by a display unit disposed in a cage or a hall, a control is performed by a display control device... | 10/15/1991 |
| 5004076 | Apparatus for controlling an electric elevator A controlling apparatus is provided to control an electric elevator in a more efficient manner. The controlling apparatus includes a motor controller for controlling the rotation of a driving motor of the elevator; a position detector for determining the ... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4995479 | Display guide apparatus of elevator and its display method The present invention relates to a display guide apparatus of elevator facilitating alteration of display format and to its display method. A display guide apparatus according to the present invention comprises an elevator control unit, an information pro... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4989694 | Elevator group supervisory system The invention relates to call registration wherein of a plurality of elevators an elevator which a user (passenger) wants to ride is called to the elevator hall of the user. A display is provided at an elevator hall for users. When a user depresses a hall... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4726449 | Elevator cab and door strike post construction therefor An elevator cab having a platform, upstanding wall panels on the platform which define an enclosure having an opening, a door mounted to open and close the opening, and a strike post assembly for the door. The strike post assembly, which includes an inner... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4711324 | Service indicating device for elevators An indicating device for which the passengers waiting at a floor can recognize immediately whether the calls entered by them at the floor for desired destination floors have been assigned to an arriving car so that rapid entry decisions can be taken. To t... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4650037 | Elevator system Methods and apparatus for selectively controlling the energization of a plurality of lamps in an elevator system, utilizing a microcomputer based lamp controller, and for detecting failure of the lamps while utilizing a minimum number of communication lin... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4566561 | Selector cabling arrangement An elevator system has a selector mechanism driven by a cable loop attached to the elevator car. The opposite cable ends are wound on a take-up drum, in opposite rotational directions, in sequential rows across the drum, such that the cable leads travel b... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4149614 | Elevator system An elevator system including at least one elevator car mounted for movement in a building to serve the floors therein, and pushbuttons for entering calls for elevator service. Calls for elevator service initiated by the pushbuttons are visually displayed ... | 04/17/1979 |
