Abstract:
An elevator system includes an elevator car, a call panel, a controller, and a floor cancellation feature. The elevator car is adapted to travel in a hoistway defined by a building and between floors of the building. The call panel is located for passenger interaction, includes a plurality of floor selections, and communicates with the controller. The floor cancellation feature is associated with at least one of the call panel and the controller. The controller is configured to operate between a floor cancellation permit state and a floor cancellation restricted state, thereby respectively enabling and disabling the floor cancellation feature, and track at least one event associated with the floor cancellation restricted state.
Abstract:
An elevator system is provided and includes at least one car; driving elements, each of the driving elements being configured to drive a corresponding car from a waiting area from which at least one passenger boards the corresponding car; at least one sensor configured to identify a presence of more than one passenger intending to board a car and in the waiting area and configured to determine a characteristic of the more than one passenger; and a controller configured to drive more than one car to the waiting area when a capacity of the corresponding car is less than the characteristic of the more than one passenger.
Abstract:
Methods and systems for making elevator service requests, including populating a recents list on a computing device with a floor pair having an origination floor and a destination floor, receiving a user input on the recents list including any of a swipe input on the pair, a press, drag and drop of an icon associated with an origination onto an icon associated with a destination in the pair, a press, drag and drop of an icon associated with an origination in one pair onto an icon associated with a destination in another pair, and a press, drag and drop of an icon associated with a former destination as an origination in one pair onto an icon associated with a former origination as a destination in another pair. The method also including generating a service request packet based on the new service request and transmitting it to an elevator controller.
Abstract:
A method of controlling access to a building (202) is provided. The method comprising: receiving a visitor access request for a visitor mobile device (208b); determining a residential group (326) assigned to the visitor mobile device (208b), the residential group (326) including at least one residential mobile device (208a); transmitting the visitor access request to at least one of a resident mobile device (208a) within the residential group (326) and a manager device (208c); receiving an access grant from at least one of the resident mobile device (208a) within the residential group (326) and the manager device (208c); and granting a visitor mobile device (208b) access to at least one of a selected elevator car (204-1), a selected door (205-1, 205-2), and a selected floor (208a-208f).
Abstract:
An elevator control system (227) includes an elevator system (201) with at least one elevator car (203) configured to travel to a plurality of floors. An electronic controller (215) controls the elevator system (201) to deliver the elevator car (203) to a given floor in response to an elevator car request. A mobile user device (231) includes a display screen and is installed with a secondary-touch detection system that detects a first touch action applied to the display screen and a second touch action applied to the display screen. The mobile user device launches a full service request user interface in response to detecting the first touch action, and performs at least one of launching a pop-up service request user interface and automatically communicates the elevator car request to the controller in response to detecting the second touch action.
Abstract:
Methods and systems for making elevator service requests, including populating a recents list on a computing device with a floor pair having an origination floor and a destination floor, receiving a user input on the recents list including any of a swipe input on the pair, a press, drag and drop of an icon associated with an origination onto an icon associated with a destination in the pair, a press, drag and drop of an icon associated with an origination in one pair onto an icon associated with a destination in another pair, and a press, drag and drop of an icon associated with a former destination as an origination in one pair onto an icon associated with a former origination as a destination in another pair. The method also including generating a service request packet based on the new service request and transmitting it to an elevator controller.
Abstract:
A method for presenting an estimated elevator car arrival time, the method comprising: receiving an elevator call at a mobile device; obtaining the estimated elevator car arrival time in response to the elevator call; and generating a user interface depicting the estimated elevator car arrival time, the user interface depicting the estimated elevator car arrival time including a dynamic component that changes appearance in response to the estimated elevator car arrival time.
Abstract:
A method of controlling access to a building is provided. The method comprising: receiving visitor contact information for a visitor from a resident device, the visitor contact information identifies a visitor device of the visitor; receiving visitor access permissions for the visitor from the resident device, the visitor access permissions include at least one of a selected elevator car, a selected door, and a selected floor; and granting the visitor device access to at least one of the selected elevator car, the selected door, and the selected floor.
Abstract:
A method of operating a building information conveyance system (200) is provided. The method comprising: receiving one or more posts (325) from a first user mobile device (208a); determining at least one display screen (205) to display the one or more posts (325); and displaying the one or more posts (325) on the display screen (205).