Directing passengers using color indications

A technology of color indicating, passenger, applied in the direction of transportation and packing, lifts, etc.

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-09-12
OTIS ELEVATOR CO
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Drawbacks of these systems include requiring passengers to remember the specific letter or number that designates the car they have been assigned

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[0016] FIG. 1 schematically illustrates selected portions of an elevator system 20 . The system controller 22 operates in a known manner to direct the cars to the appropriate floors for transporting passengers to their intended destinations. In this example, the building lobby 24 includes a plurality of elevator cars 26A-26E that passengers may utilize to travel to different floors within the building. Indicators 28A-28E are associated with each car and are shown in this example above the entrances to each car at the concourse level. Indicators 28A-28E in this example provide visual color indications. Various display technologies can be used to provide color indications to be visible to passengers in the lobby 24 .

[0017] In one example, controller 22 uses well-known sector assignment techniques for assigning cars to specific floors. In this example, the controller 22 includes at least one portion that communicates with a destination input device 29 that is remote from th...

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An elevator system (20) includes a controller (22) that communicates with a portable device (30) that is adapted to be carried about by a passenger (32). The system provides a color indication (28A - 28E) associated with an elevator car (26A - 26E) that will travel to a passenger's intended destination floor. In one example, the portable device (30) provides a color indication that corresponds to the color indication (28A-28E) associated with the car. Providing the color indication (34) on the portable device (30) assists a passenger (32) in locating the correct car and provides piece of mind to the passenger that they are entering the correct car and will be carried to their intended destination floor.

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technical field [0001] The present invention generally relates to elevator systems. More specifically, the invention relates to directing passengers to elevator cars using color indicators. Background technique [0002] Elevator systems sometimes have multiple cars that transport passengers between different floors in a building. In many public buildings there is a lobby level where many or all elevator cars can be accessed and traveled to higher floors. Recent developments include the provision of so-called destination entry systems, where passengers enter destination floors and are thus assigned to specific elevator cars. Various techniques for assigning passengers to specific cars are well known. [0003] For example, it is also known to provide hand-held signaling devices that allow an individual to enter a destination selection without requiring the individual to press a call button. US Patent No. 5,689,094, issued November 18, 1997, shows an example apparatus for e...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): B66B1/34B66B3/00
CPCB66B2201/4623B66B2201/4615B66B3/00B66B3/006B66B2201/4653B66B1/468B66B1/2408
Inventor F·桑塞韦洛Z·S·巴亚特H·特里R·普林D·J·斯蒂利安K·M·施赖伯G·R·德劳德特J·A·朱德森
Owner OTIS ELEVATOR CO
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