HK1066782B - Floor number display at landing and in car, informative to elevator passengers - Google Patents

Description

Floor number display at landing and in car providing information to elevator passengers

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a floor number display device for providing information to elevator passengers at a landing and in a car.

Background

A common problem with floor number display solutions displaying destination floor calls is that in the starting floor and in the elevator car passengers are not able to obtain sufficient information from the floor number display in relation to the entered destination floor call. This can result in the elevator passenger not being able to decide when to leave the car and thus missing his/her destination floor to be reached. On the other hand, he/she may have selected the wrong elevator at the starting floor.

Disclosure of Invention

The object of the present invention is to reduce the drawbacks encountered with the above-mentioned prior art solutions.

According to the invention, information is transmitted to the passenger by means of a floor number display device, which provides a display to the elevator passengers situated in the starting floor and in the car in a mutually different manner when the passenger places a destination call to the elevator.

More precisely, according to the invention, there is provided a floor number display device for providing information to elevator passengers at a floor landing and in a car when a passenger gives a destination call to an elevator, the first floor number display device being located in an elevator lobby beside each elevator, the second and third floor number display devices being located in the upper part of the elevator car, characterized in that the destination floors are displayed to the elevator passengers at the passenger's starting floor and in the car by means of the floor number display devices, whereby,

-the first floor number display means display destination floor calls issued from the passenger's starting floor and assigned to the elevator car adjacent to the first floor number display means;

-when the elevator doors are open, the second floor number display means displays information from the elevator car to the floor on which the elevator car is located at the moment, the information displayed by the second floor number display means being the same as the information displayed by the first floor number display means beside the elevator at the stopping floor;

-the floor number display means display the stop to which a passenger will enter and the stop associated with the destination floor allocated to the elevator.

Preferably, the first floor number display means located at the elevator passenger's starting floor display destination calls issued from the floor and assigned to the elevator from the floor onwards.

Preferably, the second and third floor number display devices disposed in the elevator car are two-sided display devices.

Preferably, the layer number display means comprises an arrow indicating the direction of travel.

The floor number display device of the present invention provides information to passengers at the landing and in the car as richly as possible, with significant advantages over the prior art.

In a preferred embodiment, the layer number display device according to the invention displays fewer calls to be displayed. The elevator passenger can thus quickly distinguish his/her own destination floor from the other calls presented by the floor number display means. The floor number display device of the invention offers the greatest possible convenience to passengers waiting for the elevator in the elevator lobby and passengers already in the elevator car.

Drawings

The invention is described in detail below with reference to the attached drawing figures, wherein

Fig. 1a illustrates a floor number display device according to the invention at the starting floor of an elevator passenger.

Fig. 1b illustrates a floor number display device according to the invention installed in an elevator car.

Fig. 2 shows how the floor number display device of the invention is arranged in the lobby and in the car of an elevator.

Detailed Description

The invention relates to a floor number display device 1, 2 for providing information to elevator passengers at a landing and in a car when the passengers give a destination call to the elevator. According to the preferred embodiment of the invention, on said floor number display means 1, 2, 3, the destination floor is displayed in a mutually different manner in the elevator passenger starting floor and in the car.

Fig. 1a illustrates a floor number display device 1 according to the invention installed at the starting floor of an elevator passenger. According to one embodiment of the invention the floor number display means 1 at the starting floor of an elevator passenger displays the destination call from the floor onwards assigned to the elevator. The floor number display device 1 placed in the lobby of the elevator also comprises an arrow indicating the direction of travel.

Fig. 1b illustrates a floor number display device 2, 3 according to the invention installed in an elevator car. When the elevator door is open, the same information as the aforementioned floor number display device 1 at the elevator passenger's starting floor is displayed to the passenger standing at the landing outside the elevator car and intending to enter the car by the floor number display device 2 of the present invention located in the elevator car.

According to the invention, the destination floor call assigned to the elevator is displayed to the elevator passengers in the car by means of the floor number display means 3 in the elevator car. In other words, the floor number display means 3 in the elevator car are used to display the stop at which a passenger will enter and the stop associated with the destination floor. On the floor number display means 3, all the destination floors assigned to the car are displayed in the order of stopping. Thus, the elevator passenger can easily and clearly discern which floor the next destination floor is and when the elevator will reach the passenger's own destination floor.

In addition, the floor number display devices 2, 3 placed in the car also include arrows indicating the direction of travel.

According to the invention, the floor number display means 3 placed in the elevator car and displaying the destination floor to the elevator passengers, the displayed information being changed individually according to each floor at which the elevator stops. Thus, after each stop, the said floor number display means 2, which are located in the elevator car and allow the floor number to be seen from the elevator lobby, update the destination floors displayed. In other words, the floor number display device 2 placed at the car and allowing the view of the floor number from the elevator lobby changes the floor number data displayed at the stopping floor according to what is displayed by the floor number display device 1 in each stopping floor elevator lobby.

Fig. 2 illustrates the arrangement of the floor number display devices 1, 2, 3 according to the invention in the elevator car and in the elevator lobby. As shown in the figure, the floor number display device 1 of the invention at the elevator passenger's starting floor is arranged in the elevator lobby in such a way that the floor number display device 1 beside each elevator indicates the destination floor allocated to the elevator. Floor number display devices 2, 3, which are arranged inside the elevator car and display information to passengers, are mounted in the upper part of the elevator car. In addition, the floor number display means 2, 3 inside the elevator car are two-sided display, so that when the elevator door is opened, it displays the same destination floor information to the passenger at the landing as that displayed by the floor number display means 1 provided in the elevator lobby of the elevator passenger's starting floor. Fig. 1b shows the car call information displayed to the passengers in the car by the floor number display device 3.

The invention has been described by way of example in connection with the accompanying drawings, and different embodiments of the invention are defined in the claims, which may be within the scope of the inventive idea.

Claims (5)

1. Floor number display device (1, 2, 3) for providing information to elevator passengers at a floor landing and in a car when a passenger gives a destination call to the elevator, the first floor number display device (1) being located in the elevator lobby beside each elevator and the second and third floor number display devices (2, 3) being located in the upper part of the elevator car, characterized in that the destination floors are displayed to the elevator passengers at the passenger's starting floor and in the car by means of the floor number display devices (1, 2, 3), whereby,

-the first floor number display device (1) displays destination floor calls issued from the passenger's starting floor and assigned to the elevator car adjacent to the first floor number display device (1);

-when the elevator door is open, the second floor number display device (2) displays information from the elevator car to the floor where the elevator car is located at the moment, the information displayed by the second floor number display device (2) being the same as the information displayed by the first floor number display device (1) beside the elevator at the stopping floor;

-said third floor number display means (3) in the car displays the stop into which a passenger will enter and the stop associated with the destination floor allocated to the elevator.

2. Floor number display according to claim 1, characterized in that the first floor number display (1) located at the starting floor of an elevator passenger displays destination calls issued from the floor and assigned to the elevator from the floor onwards.

3. Floor number display according to claim 1, characterized in that said second floor number display (2), which is located in the car and allows the floor numbers to be seen from the elevator lobby, updates the destination floors displayed after each stop.

4. Floor number display according to claim 1, characterized in that the second and third floor number displays (2, 3) placed in the elevator car are two-sided displays.

5. Layer number display according to claim 1, characterized in that the layer number display (1, 2, 3) comprises an arrow (4) indicating the direction of travel.