Systems and methods for providing information regarding elevator systems

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11247869-B2
Application number	US-201816184208-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 8, 2018
Priority date	Nov 10, 2017
Publication date	Feb 15, 2022
Grant date	Feb 15, 2022

Abstract

Elevator systems having an elevator car located within an elevator shaft, the elevator car moveable between a plurality of floors of a building, a car operating panel located within the elevator car and having a plurality of buttons operable for selection of a destination floor of the plurality of floors, a digital readable marker located within the elevator car that is at least one of scannable and readable by a user device, and a digital storage system having information stored thereon, the information including directory information, wherein the directory information includes information associated with the floors selectable by operation of the plurality of buttons. When a user device scans or reads the digital readable marker, the digital storage system transmits the directory information to the user device so that the user device can display the directory information to a passenger.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An elevator system comprising:
an elevator car located within an elevator shaft, the elevator car moveable between a plurality of floors of a building;
a car operating panel located within the elevator car and having a plurality of buttons operable for selection of a destination floor of the plurality of floors;
a digital readable marker located within the elevator car that is at least one of scannable and readable by a user device; and
a digital storage system having information stored thereon, the information including directory information, wherein the directory information includes information associated with the floors selectable by operation of the plurality of buttons;
wherein, when the user device scans or reads the digital readable marker, the digital storage system transmits the directory information to the user device so that the user device can display the directory information to a passenger,
wherein the displayed directory information on the user device includes a plurality of directory information elements associated with each of the plurality of buttons,
wherein the information transmitted from the digital storage system further includes expandable information to provide additional information displayed by the user device, and
wherein the plurality of directory information elements are interactive so that a selection of any of the plurality of directory information elements generates the expandable information.

2. The elevator system of claim 1 , wherein the information stored on the digital storage system is updatable based on changes related to each of the plurality of floors.

3. The elevator system of claim 1 , wherein the information transmitted from the digital storage system includes information to enable augmented reality display of the directory information.

4. The elevator system of claim 1 , wherein the information transmitted from the digital storage system includes data enabling interactive elements to be displayed by the user device.

5. The elevator system claim 1 , wherein the digital readable marker is located on the car operating panel.

6. The elevator system of claim 1 , wherein the information stored on the digital storage system and transmitted to the user device includes audio information associated with the directory information, wherein the user device can generate audio based on received audio information.

7. The elevator system of claim 1 , wherein the digital readable marker is at least one of a barcode, a matrix barcode, a two-dimensional code, a scannable image, and an alphanumeric code.

8. A method of providing information associated with an elevator system to a passenger within an elevator car, the method comprising:
installing a digital readable marker within the elevator car;
storing information associated with at least one floor of a plurality of floors of a building on a digital storage system;
receiving a request from a user device when the user device reads or scans the digital readable marker; and
transmitting information to the user device in response to the request, wherein the information includes directory information to be displayed by the user device for a passenger within the elevator car,
wherein the displayed directory information on the user device includes a plurality of directory information elements associated with each of the plurality of buttons,
wherein the information transmitted from the digital storage system further includes expandable information to provide additional information displayed by the user device, and
wherein the plurality of directory information elements are interactive so that a selection of any of the plurality of directory information elements generates the expandable information.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the information stored on the digital storage system is updatable based on changes related to each of the plurality of floors.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the information transmitted from the digital storage system includes information to enable augmented reality display of the directory information.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the information transmitted from the digital storage system includes data enabling interactive elements to be displayed by the user device.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the digital readable marker is located on a car operating panel of the elevator car.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the transmitted information includes audio information associated with the directory information, wherein the user device can generate audio based on received audio information.

Assignees

• Otis Elevator Co

Inventors

• Quaretti Bruno
• Vaunois Eric

Classifications

• B66B3/002 Primary

  Indicators · CPC title

• B66B3/008 Primary

  Displaying information not related to the elevator, e.g. weather, publicity, internet or TV · CPC title

• B66B1/52

  Floor selectors · CPC title

• H04W4/33

  for indoor environments, e.g. buildings · CPC title

• B66B19/007

  method for modernisation of elevators · CPC title