Abstract:
A method for allocating destination calls in an elevator system, said elevator system comprising at least one multi-deck elevator, in which method the passenger gives his/her destination floor by means of a destination call device at the beginning of the journey route, defining the starting point and final point of the passenger's journey route in the elevator system, which method comprises the steps of generating possible route alternatives from the starting point to the final point of the passenger's journey route, determining a cost function containing at least one travel time term, determining the value of the travel time term corresponding to each route alternative in the cost function, calculating the total cost of each route alternative by using the cost function, allocating for the passenger the route alternative that gives the minimum total cost and guiding the passenger to a waiting lobby and/or elevator consistent with the route alternative allocated.
Abstract:
The present invention discloses a method and an elevator system, in which a passenger gives elevator calls with a personal terminal device. An elevator car is allocated to the passenger on the basis of an elevator call, the maximum time from the moment of giving the call to the moment the doors of the allocated elevator car will close on the call-giving floor is calculated. The aforementioned maximum time is sent to the terminal device of the passenger for being presented to the passenger on the terminal device.
Abstract:
A method and system are provided for generating automatic elevator calls for an elevator system in a building, in which is a plurality of apartments and in the apartments an apartment-specific sensor, the sensor signal produced by which detects that a person is leaving or has left an apartment. On the basis of the sensor signal, an elevator is called to the floor on which the apartment is situated for collecting the person who has left the apartment.