Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
187392000 | Monitors passengers | 18 |
20080217112 | METHOD AND CALL SYSTEM - A method and an elevator call entry system for calling an elevator in a building ( | 09-11-2008 |
20080223667 | Elevator System Control Responsive to Hoistway Access Detection - An elevator system ( | 09-18-2008 |
20090057068 | Video Aided System for Elevator Control - An elevator control system ( | 03-05-2009 |
20090057069 | Elevator information display and security monitor system - A dynamic display and monitor system for use in or near an elevator includes a display mechanism mounted proximate an elevator landing, the display mechanism including a video monitor; a player mechanism remote from and operatively connected with the display mechanism, the player mechanism configured to feed substantially continuous visual content to the video monitor for display thereon; and an Internet-based server mechanism operatively coupled with the player mechanism over the Internet for programming the visual content for feeding by the player mechanism to the video monitor of the display mechanism. An in-elevator cab infotainment and security system includes a display configured for wireless operative coupling with a remote server, the display being configured further to present viewable infotainment content to a viewer riding in the elevator cab, and a security camera configured for wireless operative coupling with a remote server, the camera capturing digital imagery of a substantial portion of the elevator cab interior for remote security monitoring, the display and camera being mounted within an enclosure configured to mount within an interior region of an elevator cab, the display and the camera being operatively coupled to a remote server via the Internet. | 03-05-2009 |
20090218177 | ELEVATOR SYSTEM - The present invention discloses a method, a device, a computer program and a system for detecting the arrival in the elevator car/departure from the elevator car of elevator passengers. In the method the vertical acceleration values of the elevator car are received from the acceleration sensor and the passengers arriving in the elevator car and/or leaving the elevator car are detected on the basis of the vertical acceleration measurements of the acceleration sensor. | 09-03-2009 |
20090229925 | IMAGE MONITORING APPARATUS FOR ELEVATOR - In an image monitoring apparatus for an elevator, image recording means records an image in a car photographed by a camera, and monitors based on the image in the car whether or not there is a violent behavior of a passenger in the car. The image recording means makes a recording density of the image in the car higher than usual when the violent behavior of the passenger in the car is detected. The operation control means homes the car on a predetermined floor when the violent behavior of the passenger in the car is detected by the image recording means. | 09-17-2009 |
20100116596 | SERVICE CONTROLLER FOR DETERMINING CROWDING IN AN ELEVATOR CAR - A service controller for crowded elevator cars includes an illuminating apparatus ( | 05-13-2010 |
20110094832 | Elevator Safety Systems - An elevator system comprising a hoistway ( | 04-28-2011 |
20110253486 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ELEVATOR MONITORING - A method for monitoring an elevator controls an image capturing device located inside the elevator to capture a current image inside the elevator when a malfunction of the elevator is detected by one or more monitor devices. The method further analyzes the current image to determines if there are passengers trapped inside the elevator. In addition, the method generates a rescue message and sends the rescue message to an emergency response department through a network upon the condition that there are passengers trapped inside the elevator. | 10-20-2011 |
20120168262 | METHOD FOR ENABLING THE USE OF AN ELEVATOR SYSTEM BY DISABLED PERSONS - A method for enabling the use of an elevator system by disabled persons includes detecting at least one position change of a user using at least one sensor, said position change being in the form of at least one signal and at least one reference signal. The signal is then compared to the reference signal. At lease one signal status change is generated when at least one predefined comparison result is fulfilled. For the generated signal state change, the elevator system is at least partially brought to an operating mode enabling the use thereof by disabled persons. | 07-05-2012 |
20120181116 | ELEVATOR CAB ACCESSORY DEVICE - An elevator cab accessory device having a control panel having a first timer and a first contactor, whereby the first timer operates the first contactor, an elevator door position sensor communicating with the first timer, and an occupant sensor communicating with the first timer, wherein the first timer operation is controlled by the elevator door position sensor and the occupant sensor, and a first elevator cab accessory communicating with the first contactor, whereby the first elevator cab accessory operation is controlled by the first contactor. Also disclosed is a method for controlling elevator accessories and a method for installing an elevator cab accessory device. | 07-19-2012 |
20120181117 | ELEVATOR CAB ACCESSORY DEVICE - An elevator cab accessory device having a control panel having a first timer and a first contactor, whereby the first timer operates the first contactor, an elevator door position sensor communicating with the first timer, and an occupant sensor communicating with the first timer, wherein the first timer operation is controlled by the elevator door position sensor and the occupant sensor, and a first elevator cab accessory communicating with the first contactor, whereby the first elevator cab accessory operation is controlled by the first contactor. Also disclosed is a method for controlling elevator accessories and a method for installing an elevator cab accessory device. | 07-19-2012 |
20130168191 | EMERGENCY OPERATION OF ELEVATORS - An elevator system directs an elevator car to one or more particular floors based on a type of emergency that appears to be occurring in the car. The emergency is detected using one or more sensor units in or on the elevator car. The elevator system can direct the car to a floor that has equipment and/or personnel for handling the emergency. | 07-04-2013 |
20140054116 | ASSIGNED CAR INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR ELEVATORS - An assigned car information display apparatus for elevators is provided which is capable of providing a suitable display for a user by changing a representation method (such as a displayed graphic figure and color) of one and the same assigned car based on elevator user's attributes (such as a working department name, and personal preferences) even when the one and the same car is assigned to plural different destination floors. An assigned car information display device displays assigned car information for a specific user by changing, based on an attribute of a user, an attribute of the display screen when the assigned elevator car is displayed. | 02-27-2014 |
20150034426 | ELEVATOR TRAFFIC MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An exemplary method includes distributing identifying tags to a plurality of potential elevator passengers so that each passenger has a uniquely identifiable one of the tags. Collective elevator system traffic information is determined based on monitoring movement of individual ones of the plurality of tags and corresponding elevator system operation. | 02-05-2015 |
20150068850 | POSITION AND LOAD MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR AN ELEVATOR - The invention relates to a position and load measurement system for an elevator which system is going to be installed in an elevator car to obtain car position data and car load data, which position and load measurement system comprises at least one sensor mounted in the elevator car. The position and load measurement system comprises:
| 03-12-2015 |
20150114763 | ELEVATOR SECURITY SYSTEM - The disclosure is related to an elevator security procedure performed according to a security level of an elevator of a building including a plurality of residence units through an elevator security system including home gateways respectively installed at the plurality of residence units and a server coupled to the home gateways. The server may analyze a comparison result of passenger information of passengers in the elevator and member information of members of residence units associated with floors selected by the passengers in the elevator. The server may determine a security level of the elevator based on the analysis result. The server may perform a security procedure designated for the determined security level by controlling at least one of constituent elements of the elevator and smart devices coupled to the at least one of home gateways. | 04-30-2015 |
20150344265 | DOORWAY OF AN ELEVATOR - Radio signals are communicated on spatially separate radio paths across a doorway of an elevator. Signal strengths of the radio signals are measured and used to determine traffic served by the elevator. In this way traffic boarding and leaving the elevator may be measured when more than one unit of traffic, for example people, pass through the doorway simultaneously. | 12-03-2015 |