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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2022
Kone Corporation, Helsinki, FI;
Giovanni Hawkins, Helsinki, FI;
Andrea Zotti Galletti, Helsinki, FI;
Nithil Karimpanackal Natarajan, Helsinki, FI;
Benjamin Ekström, Helsinki, FI;
Aki Haikonen, Helsinki, FI;
Klaus Mäkelä, Helsinki, FI;
Sakke Ahoniemi, Helsinki, FI;
KONE CORPORATION, Helsinki, FI;
Abstract
A method for operating an elevator system that includes an elevator car movable between landings in response to an elevator call registered by an elevator control unit. The method includes determining a special operating mode of the elevator system, the special operating mode being different from a nominal operating mode at least with respect to a characteristic of use of the elevator car, and operating, in the special operating mode, the elevator system so as to reduce a number of passengers entering the elevator car from the landing compared to the nominal operating mode based on the characteristic.