Elevator demand entering device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9878876-B2
Application number	US-201214432568-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 3, 2012
Priority date	Oct 3, 2012
Publication date	Jan 30, 2018
Grant date	Jan 30, 2018

Abstract

Embodiments are directed to receiving, by a demand entering device configured to receive an elevator destination command, a request for at least one of: statistical data regarding use of at least one elevator, and field data in connection with a field service, maintenance, repair, or installation activity associated with the at least one elevator, and obtaining, by the demand entering device, at least one of the statistical data and the field data in response to the request.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An elevator system comprising:
a demand entering device that:
receives an elevator destination command for at least one elevator via an interface of the demand entering device comprising at least one of a keyboard, a keypad, a touchscreen and a touch panel configured to receive the elevator destination command;
receives a request from a user, via the interface of the demand entering device, for:
statistical data regarding use of the at least one elevator, and
field data in connection with a field service, maintenance, repair, or installation activity associated with the at least one elevator; and

presents to the user, via the interface of the demand entering device, the statistical data and the field data.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the statistical data comprises at least one of: company ID traveled from a source landing to a target landing, and energy or power utilization.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the field data comprises at least one of: elevator door times per floor, elevator installation setup, elevator feature setup, handling of passenger rescue operations, elevator blockage reason(s), elevator invoking handover tests, trapped passenger release notification, and energy or power utilization.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the demand entering device is configured to provide conditional access to at least one of the statistical data and the field data.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the conditional access is based on a validation of at least one of: a user credential, a location of the user, a time of day, a type of data requested, and a type of device used to request data.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the demand entering device is configured to organize at least one of the statistical data and the field data in accordance with at least one of a graph, a table, and a chart; and to provide the at least one of a graph, a table, and a chart via the interface of the demand entering device.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the demand entering device is configured to communicate at least one of the statistical data and the field data to an external device.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the external device comprises at least one of a server, a laptop computer, a notebook computer, a personal computer, and a mobile device.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein demand entering device is configured to communicate according to at least one of WLAN, Bluetooth, Ethernet, and serial communications.

10. A method comprising:
receiving, by an interface of a demand entering device, an elevator destination command, wherein the interface of the demand entering device comprises at least one of a keyboard, a keypad, a touchscreen and a touch panel configured to receive the elevator destination command;
receiving, by the interface of the demand entering, a request from a user for:
statistical data regarding use of at least one elevator, and
field data in connection with a field service, maintenance, repair, or installation activity associated with the at least one elevator;

obtaining, by the demand entering device, the statistical data and the field data in response to the request; and
presenting to the user, by the interface of the demand entering device, the statistical data and the field data.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the request originates at the demand entering device.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the request is received from a device external to an elevator system associated with the at least one elevator.

13. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
validating the request; and
obtaining, by the demand entering device, at least one of the statistical data and the field data responsive to validating the request.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
transmitting, by the demand entering device, at least one of the statistical data and the field data to a device external to an elevator system associated with the at least one elevator.

15. An apparatus comprising:
an interface comprising at least one of a keyboard, a keypad, a touchscreen and a touch panel configured to receive an elevator destination command pertaining to a plurality of elevators;
at least one processor; and
memory having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:
receive, via the interface, the elevator destination command, and
receive, via the interface, a request from a user for:
statistical data regarding use of at least one elevator included in the plurality of elevators, and
field data in connection with a field service, maintenance, repair, or installation activity associated with at least one elevator included in the plurality of elevators; and

present to the user, via the interface, the statistical data and the field data.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:
validate the request,
determine that the request pertains to statistical data based on validation of the request, and
obtain the statistical data from an elevator controller responsive to a determination that the request pertains to statistical data.

17. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:
validate the request,
determine that the request pertains to field data based on validation of the request, and
obtain the field data from an elevator controller responsive to a determination that the request pertains to field data.

18. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the instructions, when executed by at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:
validate the request,
determine that the request pertains to statistical data based on validation of the request, and
obtain the statistical data from the memory responsive to a determination that the request pertains to statistical data.

Assignees

• Otis Elevator Co

Inventors

• Wilke Michael
• Cominelli Donald F
• Spielbauer Hans-Kilian
• Peters Michael

Classifications

• B66B1/466

  facilitating maintenance, installation, removal, replacement or repair · CPC title

• B66B5/0025 Primary

  for maintenance or repair · CPC title

• B66B5/0018 Primary

  Devices monitoring the operating condition of the elevator system · CPC title