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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7350626 | Power-on-reset of elevator controllers An elevator (9) includes remote elevator monitoring equipment (10) connected by a communication linkage (12) to a central elevator monitoring and control station (11). Main, drive, and door controllers (16-18) are interconne... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7147085 | Display system for elevator and information display device used in this system There is provided a display system for an elevator which can display an operating state of an elevator car without a sense of discomfort even though data transmission performance is not improved. Data concerning an operating state of an elevator car is transmitted f... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7040459 | Elevator display system and method A display system for an elevator includes: a speed detecting device that detects speed of an elevator car; a position detecting device that detects position of the car; an operation control system that outputs speed information, stop floor information, and car posit... | 05/09/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6634464 | Elevator position indicator display system and method of driving the display A position indicator display system for an elevator. The elevator position indicator has a segmented display capable of producing alpha-numeric characters. The segmented display operates in a predetermined power range that may or may not match the operati... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6629583 | Fixture for an elevator system Fixture for an Elevator System A fixture using an electrophoretic display system is disclosed. Various construction details are developed which enable simplification of the wiring system for the elevator system. In one detailed embodiment, a touchscreen d... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6538574 | Device for signaling the position of an elevator car in the case of passenger evacuation A device for signaling the position of an elevator car in the case of passenger evacuation includes a measurement circuit connected to a landing door safety chain of the elevator installation. The measurement circuit has at least one LED that indicates to... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6494296 | Device for signaling movement of an elevator car during the evacuation of elevator passengers An elevator drive has a traction sheave over which ropes are passed to move an elevator car and a counterweight up and down in an elevator hoistway. An elevator control in a control cabinet on a landing is connected with another elevator control in the ho... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6471014 | Elevator installation with a device for operating in a special mode The invention relates to a device for operating elevators in a special mode which comprises at least one control element for controlling at least one allocated functional unit of the elevator. At least one indicator is assigned to the functional unit, whi... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6374953 | Vertical plunger brake control device Improved apparatus for manually releasing and controlling an elevator hoist brake having a solenoid with a vertically-actuated, flanged plunger operable to drive the brake shoes apart in opposition to brake springs which normally urge the brake shoes into... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6349795 | Communication device for elevator control system A communication system includes a CPU for controlling internal operations; a management table storage portion for storing a management table referred to for communication control; an intrinsic identification number setting portion for setting a number for... | 02/26/2002 |
| 5969306 | Elevator car call buttons indicating car floor position Registered car calls are indicated in the car call buttons of an elevator car operating panel by illuminating one of the car call buttons with a first illumination characteristic, and the floor position of the elevator car within the building is indicated... | 10/19/1999 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5588506 | Aircraft maintenance elevator system An aircraft maintenance elevation system comprising a plurality of elevator platforms and a plurality of electro-mechanical drive assemblies which are coupled to and operable to selectively raise and lower respective ones of the elevator platforms. The el... | 12/31/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5398783 | Elevator hall call device with integral indicator display element An elevator hall call button includes a switch (20, 56) as well as displays (21, 54, 55) comprising matrices of light emitting diodes to provide an indication to a passenger of the imminence of arrival of the responding car. The display can be floor posit... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5329078 | Elevator car position indicator for use by visually impaired persons An elevator car position indicator utilizes a plurality of indicating pins whereby a visually impaired passenger in the elevator car is able to determine the actual car position by touch. The pins are arranged in a Braille configuration at a face plate of... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5313026 | Electronic stepper to determine elevator car position, with automatic error correction and immunity from power failure An electronic stepper for indicating floor position has initialization switches set by a serviceman for indicating a reference floor position. Whenever the car goes by the reference position in the hoistway, the corresponding reference floor is output. Th... | 05/17/1994 |
| 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 |
| 4778035 | Cage position display apparatus for an elevator A cage position display apparatus for an elevator having a machine room controller including a first converter having a memory for converting binary signals representing positions of a cage into display codes corresponding to a particular floor arrangemen... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4742894 | Apparatus for controlling elevator An apparatus for controlling an elevator comprising control data setting means for setting control data indicative of an environment where the elevator is installed and for generating a control signal representative thereof; cage position detecting means ... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4724932 | Monitoring apparatus for elevator A monitoring apparatus for an elevator in which the cage floor positions are usually displayed roughly in analog form, and are displayed in digital form at the time of a disaster or at the time of selection, thereby to present a cage floor position displa... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4683990 | Relative position monitoring apparatus A relative position derivation, sensing and indicator system primarily adapted for conventional elevators. The system displays elevator position and travel direction at each floor with a relatively old fashioned appearing indicator apparatus including an ... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4630026 | Elevator position indicating system A position indicating system for an elevator system includes a position indicator which operates in conjunction with an elevator control to provide an indication of elevator position and direction of travel by means of a display disposed within the elevat... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4471356 | Signal message transmitting system for a succession of mobile units A stationary transmitting and receiving station includes a transmitting section which is connected to an elongated induction loop and operable to transmit signal messages including identifying code signals to said induction loop, and a receiving section a... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4368518 | Cage position detecting apparatus A cage position detecting apparatus operates the data for the present position of the cage by a computer. The data for the final floor memorized in a read only memory are used as the data for the present position when the cage stops at the final floor to ... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4164271 | System for indicating stop levels for an elevator A system for indicating the stop levels for an elevator car in a hoist shaft so as to transmit signals to the elevator machinery when a selected stop level is approached. Vertically aligned pins are provided projecting from the wall of the hoist shaft; at... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4122957 | Lift truck having height indicating means Elevations of a lift truck load carrier relative to shelves of a storage rack are accurately indicated by photosensor means on the load carrier operated by light reflected from reflectors on the storage rack. Raising and lowering the load carrier rotates ... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4102437 | Elevator system An elevator system including an elevator car mounted for movement in a structure to serve the floors therein, and a car position indicator for displaying the position of the car in the structure. The car position indicator displays the car position accord... | 07/25/1978 |
| 4074794 | Height indicator and control for fork lift trucks Electrically operated means for indicating the fork height on a fork lift truck are shown. Heights less than a predetermined minimum are not shown in order to provide a better indication at heights which are difficult for the operator to estimate. Control... | 02/21/1978 |
| 3995719 | Elevator system An elevator system including an elevator car mounted for movement in a building to serve the floors therein, and a car position indicator for indicating the position of the elevator car relative to the floors. A universal binary advanced car position sign... | 12/07/1976 |
| 3967700 | Signaling system A floor position sensor monitors the movement of an elevator car and provides a first predetermined number of inputs each corresponding to a predetermined floor and connected to a first signal converting circuit providing a second predetermined number of ... | 07/06/1976 |
