Elevator Authorization via Mobile Terminal Scanning
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing authorization process for elevator service requests is complex and inflexible, requiring manual management by elevator managers, which is time-consuming and inefficient, and passengers experience difficulties in accessing authorized elevator services.
Innovation Solution
A personal mobile terminal equipped with an acquiring unit to scan elevator identifiers, such as QR codes, and an authorization request generating and sending unit to send authorization request information, including the elevator identifier and terminal identifier, to an authorization management apparatus for verification and authorization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual authorization management is used by elevator managers, then access permissions can be granted to passengers, but the process becomes complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service authorization where passengers use their personal mobile terminals to automatically send elevator service requests. The authorization management apparatus autonomously processes these requests by verifying terminal identifiers against elevator identifiers, eliminating the need for manual manager intervention in each authorization case while maintaining secure access control
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the manual mechanical authorization process with an automated electronic system. Personal mobile terminals capture elevator identifiers through scanning devices, generate authorization requests with terminal identifiers, and the authorization management apparatus automatically verifies and processes these requests through electronic communication, substituting human manual operations with automated electronic verification
2Ease of operation
If personal mobile terminals are authorized to send elevator service requests automatically, then passenger convenience is improved, but system security and access control become more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The authorization management apparatus serves as an intermediary between personal mobile terminals and the elevator system. It receives authorization requests containing terminal identifiers, verifies them against authorized elevator identifiers, and controls whether service requests can be sent. This intermediary layer maintains system security while enabling automated convenient access for authorized users
Solution Approach 2:
The personal mobile terminal is designed with multi-functionality, serving both as a user interface for passengers and as an authorization credential. The terminal contains unique identifiers that enable it to both request elevator services and prove its authorization status, combining multiple functions into a single device to simplify the overall system
Data Source
AI summary
Authorization management and authorization requesting for an elevator service request, and belongs to the field of elevator management technologies. An authorization management apparatus for an elevator service request according to the present invention comprises: a receiving unit configured to receive authorization request information from one or more personal mobile terminals, wherein the authorization request information comprises an elevator identifier of a corresponding elevator of an elevator system acquired by a corresponding personal mobile terminal and a terminal identifier of the personal mobile terminal mapped to the elevator identifier; and an authorization management unit configured to determine, at least according to a mapping relationship between the elevator identifier and the terminal identifier in the authorization request information, whether the authorization request information from the corresponding personal mobile terminal is allowed to be authorized.