Mobile device and systems for wireless people flow management in a building

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021235239-A1
Application number	US-202117231541-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 15, 2021
Priority date	Oct 16, 2018
Publication date	Jul 29, 2021
Grant date	—

Abstract

According to an aspect, there are provided a mobile device for wireless people flow management. The mobile device comprises at least one processor; at least one memory; and a near field communication, NFC, reader; wherein the at least one memory comprises program code which, when executed on the at least one processor causes the mobile device to receive, from the NFC reader, information encoded in an NFC tag associated with a specific location in a building; determine control information to trigger at least one state change associated with the location based on the information encoded to the NFC tag; and send the control information to a control system of the building.

First claim

1 . A mobile device comprising:
at least one processor; at least one memory; and a near field communication, NFC, reader; wherein the at least one memory comprises program code which, when executed on the at least one processor causes the mobile device to: receive, from the NFC reader, information encoded in an NFC tag associated with a specific location in a building; determine control information to trigger at least one state change associated with the specific location based on the information encoded in the NFC tag; and send the control information to a control system of the building.

2 . The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the control information comprises the information encoded in the NFC tag.

3 . The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the control information further comprises user identification information associated with the mobile device.

4 . The mobile device of claim 3 , wherein the control information comprises an origin-destination call based on the user identification information and location associated with the NFC tag.

5 . The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the control information comprises instructions to open an entrance associated with the location.

6 . The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the control information comprises an elevator call.

7 . The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one memory comprises program code which, when executed on the at least one processor, further causes the mobile device to:
receive instructions associated with the at least one state change for the user from the control system of the building; and display the instructions to the user.

8 . A control system of a building, the control system comprising:
at least one processor; and at least one memory; wherein the at least one memory comprises program code which, when executed on the at least one processor, causes the control system to: receive control information associated with a near field communication, NFC, tag associated with a specific location in the building; and control at least one state change associated with the specific location based on the control information.

9 . The control system of claim 8 , wherein the at least one memory stores data comprising one or more NFC tag identity and corresponding location information, and the at least one memory comprises program code which, when executed on the at least one processor, causes the control system to:
determine an NFC tag identity from the at least one memory based on the received control information; determine location information corresponding to the NFC tag identity; and control the at least one state change associated with the determined location information.

10 . The control system of claim 8 , wherein the control information comprises user identification information, and the at least one memory comprises program code which, when executed on the at least one processor, causes the control system to:
determine the at least one state change associated with the determined location information based on the user identification information and control information.

11 . The control system of claim 8 , wherein the at least one state change comprises opening an entrance or making an elevator call.

12 . The control system of claim 11 , wherein the at least one state change comprises making an origin-destination call.

13 . The control system of claim 8 , wherein the control system comprises an elevator control system.

14 . A system for people flow management in a building, the system comprising:
a near field communication, NFC, tag configured to store encoded information associated with a specific location in the building; a mobile device according to claim 1 ; and
a control system comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory;
wherein the at least one memory comprises program code which, when executed on the at least one processor, causes the control system to:
receive control information associated with a near field communication, NFC, tag associated with a specific location in the building; and
control at least one state change associated with the specific location based on the control information.

15 . A method comprising
receiving, from a near filed communication, NFC, reader, information encoded in an NFC tag associated with a specific location in a building; determining control information to trigger at least one state change associated with the specific location based on the information encoded in the NFC tag; and sending the control information to a control system of the building.

16 . A method comprising:
receiving control information associated with a near field communication, NFC, tag associated with a specific location in the building; and controlling at least one state change associated with the specific location based on the control information.

17 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a computer program comprising program code instructions which, when executed by at least one processor, perform the method of claim 15 .

18 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a computer program comprising program code instructions which, when executed by at least one processor, perform the method of claim 16 .

19 . The mobile device of claim 2 , wherein the control information further comprises user identification information associated with the mobile device.

20 . The mobile device of claim 5 , wherein the control information comprises an elevator call.

Assignees

• Kone Corp

Inventors

• Koivisto Ari
• Silvennoinen Henry

Classifications

• G07C9/00

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• G06M11/00

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• G06F8/60

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• G01V8/10

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• B66B2201/103

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