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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018

Filed:

Nov. 30, 2015
Applicant:

Kone Corporation, Helsinki, FI;

Inventors:

Jere Vuorenala, Hyvinkää, FI;

Niko Elomaa, Hyvinkää, FI;

Tuomas Susi, Helsinki, FI;

Johan Grönholm, Espoo, FI;

Assignee:

KONE CORPORATION, Helsinki, FI;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 1/34 (2006.01); B66B 1/24 (2006.01); B66B 3/00 (2006.01); B66B 1/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 1/2458 (2013.01); B66B 1/28 (2013.01); B66B 1/3446 (2013.01); B66B 3/006 (2013.01);
Abstract

The invention relates to a method in allocation of an elevator for a passenger of an elevator system, including a step of allocating an elevator for a passenger in a lobby of the elevator system, and thereafter a step of signaling the allocated elevator to the passenger before the arrival of the car of the allocated elevator at said lobby. The method includes the steps of obtaining traffic data describing traffic in said elevator lobby, and determining the signaling moment based on said traffic data, and thereafter signaling the allocated elevator to the passenger at the determined moment. The invention relates also to an elevator system implementing the method.


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