Notification system and method for an elevator and an elevator system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12240732-B2
Application number	US-201916571777-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 16, 2019
Priority date	Sep 18, 2018
Publication date	Mar 4, 2025
Grant date	Mar 4, 2025

Abstract

A notification system and a notification method for an elevator, and an elevator system are provided by the present disclosure. The notification system for an elevator includes: a wake-up module, which is configured to wake up a user mobile terminal when the user mobile terminal enters a specified area, so that the user mobile terminal sends a request to a server; and the server, which is configured to receive a reminder item setting from an administrator, and which is configured to push a reminder item to the user mobile terminal upon receiving the request from the user mobile terminal, the reminder item including elevator repair or maintenance information. The system and method according to the present disclosure allows a user to conveniently know about elevator repair or maintenance information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A notification system for an elevator, comprising:
a wake-up module, which is configured to wake up a user mobile terminal when the user mobile terminal enters a specified area, so that the user mobile terminal sends a request to a server; and
the server configured to receive a reminder item setting from an administrator, and the server configured to push a reminder item to the user mobile terminal upon receiving the request from the user mobile terminal, the reminder item comprising elevator repair or maintenance information;
wherein the server is further configured to receive a reminder item cancellation setting from the administrator, the server configured to cease pushing reminder items to the mobile device in response to the item cancellation setting.

2. The notification system according to claim 1 , wherein the wake-up module is a Bluetooth module.

3. The notification system according to claim 1 , wherein the wake-up module is arranged in a building in which an elevator associated with the elevator repair or maintenance information is located.

4. The notification system according to claim 3 , wherein the wake-up module is arranged in an elevator lobby or in an elevator car.

5. The notification system according to claim 3 , wherein the specified area covers an elevator lobby at a first floor of the building.

6. The notification system according to claim 3 , wherein the reminder item further comprises other items related to the building in which the wake-up module is located.

7. The notification system according to claim 1 , wherein the elevator repair or maintenance information comprises one or more of an elevator identity number, an elevator maintenance start time, an elevator maintenance end time, elevator maintenance items, and an elevator maintenance personnel contact.

8. The notification system according to claim 1 , wherein the server is a local server or a cloud server.

9. The notification system according to claim 1 , wherein the server communicates with the user mobile terminal via a mobile data network.

10. An elevator system, comprising:
one or more elevators in a building; and
a notification system according to claim 1 , which is associated with the one or more elevators.

11. A notification method for an elevator, comprising:
receiving, by a server, a reminder item setting from an administrator;
waking up a user mobile terminal by a wake-up module when the user mobile terminal enters a specified area, so that the user mobile terminal sends a request to the server; and
pushing the reminder item to the user mobile terminal by the server when the server receives the request from the user mobile terminal, the reminder item comprising elevator repair or maintenance information;
receiving a reminder item cancellation setting from the administrator;
ceasing pushing reminder items to the mobile device in response to the item cancellation setting.

12. The notification method according to claim 11 , further comprising using a Bluetooth module as the wake-up module.

13. The notification method according to claim 11 , further comprising arranging the wake-up module in a building in which an elevator associated with the elevator repair or maintenance information is located.

14. The notification method according to claim 13 , further comprising arranging the wake-up module in an elevator lobby or in an elevator car.

15. The notification method according to claim 13 , further comprising arranging the wake-up module such that the specified area covers an elevator lobby at a first floor of the building.

16. The notification method according to claim 13 , wherein the reminder item further comprises other items related to the building in which the wake-up module is located.

17. The notification method according to claim 11 , wherein the elevator repair or maintenance information comprises one or more of an elevator identity number, an elevator maintenance start time, an elevator maintenance end time, elevator maintenance items, and an elevator maintenance personnel contact.

18. The notification method according to claim 11 , further comprising setting the server locally or in the cloud.

Assignees

• Otis Elevator Co

Inventors

• Wei Lieping
• Huang Wenbo
• Qiu Heping
• Tong Jingyu

Classifications

• H04W4/33

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

• B66B1/3461

  between the elevator control system and remote or mobile stations · CPC title

• B66B1/06

  electric · CPC title

• B66B3/002

  Indicators · CPC title

• H04W4/021

  Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences · CPC title