Customized elevator passenger interface

US9592993B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY · US

Inventors

• Matthew Joyce · Avon, US
• Ashley Chapman · Plainville, US
• Osamu Sakai · Neyagawa, JP
• Jannah A. Stanley · Cromwell, US
• Vijay Jayachandran · Town of West Hartford, US
• Baudelaire St. Louis · Meriden, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 15, 2011
• Grant date: Mar 14, 2017
• Expiry date: Dec 16, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B66B2201/463
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An exemplary elevator passenger interface device includes a passenger communication component that facilitates communications between a passenger and an elevator system. Such communications include passenger input to request elevator service and information provided to the passenger. A controller controls the passenger communication component to control its functionality including providing selected information to the passenger. The controller includes a customization module configured to change the functionality of the passenger communication component responsive to authorized user input that is distinct from the passenger input. The authorized user input includes a selection of at least one of a feature used to present information to a passenger or a feature used to allow a passenger to request elevator service.