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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2010
Richard Eggleton, Vantaa, FI;
Göran Sundholm, Tuusula, FI;
Richard Eggleton, Vantaa, FI;
Göran Sundholm, Tuusula, FI;
ELSI Technologies Oy, Vantaa, FI;
Abstract
A queue control system for guiding persons waiting for service by a plurality of service desks, such as check-in desks at an airport, the system comprising computer control means for controlling the system, wherein system further comprises: stripe-like or band-like lighting means arranged for each desk (Desk-Desk) provided with point-like light sources, like LEDs, coupled to a circuit board, the circuit board being adapted to provide variable lighting operations, wherein each lighting means have at least a stripe-like or band-like part (-) arranged in the direction of the queue; and wherein the control computer means are adapted to variably control the lighting of the stripe-like or band-like lighting means in order to guide the persons in the queues and/or entering and/or leaving the queues.