Abstract:
An elevator system (10) configured to determine and transmit an estimated elevator boarding time to a mobile call input device (22), wherein the boarding time includes the arrival time of the elevator car (12A, 12B) based on a registered target floor registration information and the duration of time to place the elevator car door (18A, 18B) and the hoistway door (20) in a fully open state.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method and apparatus. In the method a target area is divided to a plurality of cells. A plurality of movement paths of mobile nodes are determined, each movement path comprising an origin cell and a target cell, the origin cell and the target cell being determined using a magnetic map of the target area. The durations of the plurality of movement paths are determined for an elevator user. A route topology data structure is formed using the plurality of movement paths and the durations of the plurality of movement paths, the data structure comprising for a plurality of cells an estimated time to reach an elevator location. An elevator call in a request cell is determined by a requesting mobile node. The time to reach the elevator location is determined using the data structure and information on the request cell, and an elevator car is selected to serve the elevator call based on the time to reach the elevator location, current positions of at least two elevator cars, and current directions of at the least two elevator cars.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method and apparatus. In the method a determining a first position of a user of a mobile node is determined at a first time instant. A second position of the user of the mobile node is determined at a second time instant. A time difference is determined between the first time instant and the second time instant. A walking speed of the user is determined using the time difference, the first position and the second position. A third position of the user of the mobile node is determined. A walking time required for the user to reach at least one elevator is determined from the third position based on the walking speed of the user. An elevator call and the walking time are transmitted to an elevator call control node.
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:
The invention relates to a method and apparatus. In the method a target area is divided to a plurality of cells. A plurality of movement paths of mobile nodes are determined, each movement path comprising an origin cell and a target cell, the origin cell and the target cell being determined using a magnetic map of the target area. The durations of the plurality of movement paths are determined for an elevator user. A route topology data structure is formed using the plurality of movement paths and the durations of the plurality of movement paths, the data structure comprising for a plurality of cells an estimated time to reach an elevator location. An elevator call in a request cell is determined by a requesting mobile node. The time to reach the elevator location is determined using the data structure and information on the request cell, and an elevator car is selected to serve the elevator call based on the time to reach the elevator location, current positions of at least two elevator cars, and current directions of at the least two elevator cars.
Abstract:
Use of an elevator system (110) can be reserved for a passenger (170) based at least in part on an indicated arrival time for a passenger trip. The passenger trip includes a portion that is carried out using the elevator system (110) and an additional portion. The passenger's elevator reservation is scheduled such that time is allotted for the passenger (170) to complete both trip portions by the indicated arrival time.
Abstract:
In a group supervisory control apparatus for elevators, car excluding means (31) for excluding a car based on door-open time period of an allocation candidate selecting section (130) receives information of a scheduled door-open waiting time period and a prediction boarding time interval with respect to each of a plurality of cars, from an allocation candidate selection index calculating section (120). The car excluding means (31) for excluding a car based on door-open time period uses the prediction boarding time interval and the scheduled door-open waiting time period for determining whether or not to exclude each of the plurality of cars from selection of an allocation candidate for a new landing call performed by a user.