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Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018

Filed:

Nov. 25, 2015
Applicants:

Janne Sorsa, Helsinki, FI;

Marja-liisa Siikonen, Helsinki, FI;

Inventors:

Janne Sorsa, Helsinki, FI;

Marja-Liisa Siikonen, Helsinki, FI;

Assignee:

Kone Corporation, Helsinki, FI;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 1/20 (2006.01); B66B 1/28 (2006.01); B66B 5/02 (2006.01); B66B 1/34 (2006.01); B66B 11/02 (2006.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 1/28 (2013.01); B66B 1/3415 (2013.01); B66B 1/3476 (2013.01); B66B 5/021 (2013.01); B66B 11/0213 (2013.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for evacuating people with an elevator system. The method including identifying an evacuation mode in the elevator system; determining the amount of people in each building floor to be evacuated by a normal evacuation service of the elevator system and whether there exists at least one person to be evacuated who is entitled to a prioritized evacuation service; calculating an estimated evacuation waiting time for each floor to be evacuated by the normal evacuation service, wherein the calculation takes into account that the at least one person allowed to the prioritized evacuation service is evacuated first; and causing display of the estimated evacuation waiting time iii each building floor to be evacuated by the normal evacuation service.


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