Mobile Device Preset Elevator Calls with Geofencing Triggers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current elevator systems lack the ability to make automatic calls and do not allow users to easily override default destinations, leading to inefficient dispatching and erroneous destination selections, especially when using RFID tags or mobile devices.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that utilize a mobile device to generate and store preset elevator calls with programmed conditions, including destination floors and triggering conditions, allowing for automatic execution and user notification options such as GUI, interactive video, audio, or vibration patterns, using geofencing, gestures, or device inputs to initiate elevator calls.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If automatic preset elevator calls are implemented, then convenience and dispatching performance are improved, but error in destination selection occurs when default floor is incorrect
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by storing default destination floors in advance for automatic call initiation. When a user approaches the elevator, the system automatically retrieves and executes the pre-stored destination without requiring manual input, thus improving convenience while maintaining accuracy through pre-configured correct destinations.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback by notifying the user of the detected destination before the elevator call is executed. This allows the user to verify the automatic selection and provide correction if needed, ensuring accuracy while maintaining the convenience of automatic operation. The feedback loop resolves the contradiction by enabling error correction without eliminating automation.
2Reliability
If manual override of preset calls is allowed, then destination accuracy is improved, but dispatching performance degrades due to additional call input time
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies partial action by providing override capability only when necessary. The notification to the user acts as a partial check - if the automatic detection is correct, no further action is needed and dispatching proceeds efficiently. Override is only required in cases of error, thus minimizing the impact on overall dispatching performance while ensuring accuracy when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables skipping by allowing users to quickly confirm or correct the destination through a simplified notification interface. Rather than requiring full manual input, the user can rapidly verify or adjust the preset destination, thus maintaining high dispatching speed while preserving the ability to correct errors when necessary.
3Measurement precision
If explicit location input is required for mobile device calls, then location precision is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates due to additional input steps
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements self-service by automatically detecting the user's location through the mobile device's GPS or other location services. The user does not need to manually input their current location or desired destination - the system retrieves this information automatically and initiates the elevator call based on the detected location, thus improving ease of operation while maintaining location precision through automated detection.
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AI summary
A system and a method of implementing and using a preset elevator call using an elevator system and a mobile device are provided. The method includes generating the preset elevator call that includes programmed conditions that include a destination floor, storing the preset elevator call in a user profile on the mobile device and at least one corresponding triggering condition, retrieving the preset elevator call based on detecting the corresponding triggering condition, and executing the retrieved preset elevator call.