Touch screen call-giving device and method for giving elevator call

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9561931-B2
Application number	US-201314030310-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 18, 2013
Priority date	Apr 21, 2011
Publication date	Feb 7, 2017
Grant date	Feb 7, 2017

Abstract

A call-giving device for giving an elevator call for an elevator includes a touch-sensitive display having at least one touch detection area. The call-giving device is configured to: detect a first gesture performed in the at least one touch detection area; register a call to a floor according to a floor marking in response to detecting a touch meeting call-giving criterion on the touch-sensitive display at a point corresponding to the floor marking; and present, on the touch-sensitive display, registration data associated with the registered call, the registration data indicative of registered floor calls that have not yet been served by the elevator.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A call-giving device for giving an elevator call for an elevator, the call-giving device comprising:
a touch-sensitive display having at least one touch detection area; wherein
the call-giving device is configured to detect a first gesture performed in the at least one touch detection area,
the call-giving device is configured to register a call to a floor according to a floor marking, among a first string of consecutively situated floor markings, in response to detecting a touch meeting call-giving criterion on the touch-sensitive display at a point corresponding to the floor marking,
the call-giving device is configured to present, on the touch-sensitive display, registration data associated with the registered call, the registration data indicative of registered floor calls that have not yet been served by the elevator, and the registration data presented as a second string of consecutively situated floor markings on the touch-sensitive display, and
the call-giving device is configured to present the first and second strings of consecutively situated floor markings simultaneously on the touch-sensitive display.

2. The call-giving device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the call-giving device is configured to move the floor marking on the touch-sensitive display based on the first gesture.

3. The call-giving device according to claim 1 , wherein the call-giving device is further configured to,
detect a movement direction of the first gesture, and
move the floor marking on the touch-sensitive display in the detected movement direction.

4. The call-giving device according to claim 2 , wherein the call-giving device is further configured to,
determine a movement speed of the first gesture, and
move the floor marking at a speed that is proportional to the determined movement speed of the first gesture.

5. The call-giving device according to claim 2 , wherein the call-giving device is further configured to,
detect a second gesture for decelerating a speed of the moving floor marking, and
decelerate the speed of the moving floor marking based on the second gesture for decelerating the speed of the moving floor marking.

6. A call-giving device comprising:
an input device having at least one touch-sensitive display;
wherein the input device is configured to present first and second strings of consecutively situated floor markings simultaneously on the at least one touch-sensitive display;
wherein the input device is configured to register a call to a floor corresponding to a floor marking, among the first string of consecutively situated floor markings, in response to detecting a touch meeting call-giving criterion on the at least one touch-sensitive display at a point corresponding to the floor marking,
wherein the second string of consecutively situated floor markings includes registration data indicative of registered floor calls that have not yet been served by the elevator;
wherein the input device is further configured to receive input from a user, and to move the floor marking presented on the at least one touch-sensitive display based on the input from the user.

7. The call-giving device according to claim 2 , wherein the call-giving device is configured to decelerate, at a set deceleration, speed of the moving floor marking.

8. The call-giving device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first gesture is a gesture in a direction of the first string of consecutively situated floor markings; and
the call-giving device is further configured to
detect a movement direction of the first gesture in the direction of the first string of consecutively situated floor markings, and
move the first string of consecutively situated floor markings in the detected movement direction.

9. The call-giving device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a memory in which the consecutively situated floor markings and a sequence of the consecutively situated floor markings are recorded; wherein
the call-giving device is further configured to present, on the touch-sensitive display, only a portion of the consecutively situated floor markings recorded in the memory.

10. The call-giving device according to claim 9 , wherein the first string of consecutively situated floor markings travels on the touch-sensitive display from a first edge area of the touch-sensitive display to a second edge area of the touch-sensitive display.

11. The call-giving device according to claim 10 , wherein the call-giving device is further configured to remove a floor marking among the first string of consecutively situated floor markings from the touch-sensitive display when the floor marking arrives at the second edge area of the touch-sensitive display.

12. The call-giving device according to claim 11 , wherein the call-giving device is further configured to add, in place of the floor marking removed from the display, a floor marking at an opposite end of the first string of consecutively situated floor markings.

13. The call-giving device according to claim 2 , wherein the floor marking includes a name designator.

14. An elevator system, the elevator system comprises:
an elevator; and
the call-giving device according to claim 1 for giving an elevator call for the elevator.

15. A method for giving an elevator call via an elevator call-giving device including a touch-sensitive display, the method comprising:
presenting a first string of consecutively situated floor markings on the touch-sensitive display;
registering a call to a floor corresponding to a floor marking, among the first string of consecutively situated floor markings, in response to detecting a touch meeting call-giving criterion on the touch-sensitive display at a point corresponding to the floor marking;
presenting, simultaneously with the first string of consecutively situated floor markings, a second string of consecutively situated floor markings on the touch-sensitive display, the second string of consecutively situated floor markings including registration data associated with the registered call, the registration data indicative of registered floor calls that have not yet been served by an elevator;
detecting a first gesture in a touch detection area of the touch-sensitive display; and
controlling the floor marking based on the detected first gesture.

16. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the controlling comprises:
moving the floor marking on the touch-sensitive display based on the first gesture in the touch detection area.

17. The method according to claim 16 , wherein the controlling further comprises:
detecting a movement direction of the first gesture in the touch detection area; and
moving the floor marking on the touch-sensitive display in the detected movement direction.

18. The method according to claim 16 , wherein the controlling further comprises:
determining a movement speed of the first gesture in the touch detection area; and
moving the floor marking on the touch-sensitive display at a speed that is proportional to the determined movement speed of the first gesture in the touch detection area.

19. The method according to claim 16 , further comprising:
detecting a second gesture in the touch detection area for decelerating a speed of the moving floor marking; and
decelerating the speed of the moving floor marking based on the second gesture for decelerating the moving floor marking.

20. A method for giving an elevator call via an elevator call-giving device including a touch-sensi

Assignees

• Kauppinen Tuukka
• De Jong Johannes
• Länsiö Harri
• Suoranta Santeri
• Kone Corp

Inventors

• Kauppinen Tuukka
• De Jong Johannes
• Länsiö Harri
• Suoranta Santeri

Classifications

• B66B1/468 Primary

  Call registering systems · CPC title

• B66B2201/4623

  Wherein the destination is registered after boarding · CPC title

• B66B2201/463

  Wherein the call is registered through physical contact with the elevator system · CPC title

• B66B1/36 Primary

  Means for stopping the cars, cages, or skips at predetermined levels · CPC title