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7637352 Circuit for controlling an elevator  
An elevator control system for controlling the movement of an elevator car up and down an elevator shaft between floors of a structure includes a call input device provided on each floor to...
7617911 Method and system for detecting and stopping uncontrolled movement of an elevator car in an elevator  
Method and system for detecting and stopping uncontrolled movement of the car ( 1 ) in an elevator. In the method movement of the car is detected with the first movement detection means ( 2, 3, 4,...
7614482 Elevator rope slip detector and elevator system  
In an elevator apparatus, a pulley is provided in a hoistway. A rope that moves together with the movement of a car is wound around the pulley. Further, the pulley is provided with a pulley sensor...
7610995 Automated transportation system with user-controlled transport selection  
A method and a system for responding to a service request sent to a transportation service, determining one or more alternatives as a transportation device for the user and selecting a personal...
7600613 RFID and low resolution CCD sensor based positioning system  
An apparatus and method for measuring a position of a moveable platform comprising a plurality of RFID tags encoded with location information situated at known locations and a plurality of visual...
7597177 Ultrasonic/electromagnetic non-contact buttons/switches for elevators  
A method of providing non-contact data selection, comprising the steps of providing at least one data selection, transmitting at least one signal in proximity to the at least one data selection,...
7591348 Destination floor register for elevator  
A destination floor registering apparatus that can at any time and appropriately afford information on each floor to elevator users. For this purpose, a floor information display is provided for...
7588127 Elevator rail joint detector and elevator system  
In an elevator apparatus, a guide rail has a plurality of unit rails that are vertically connected to each other. A car is provided with a rail joint detecting device mounted on the car, for...
7578373 Elevator rope slip detector and elevator system  
In an elevator apparatus, a pulley is provided in a hoistway. A rope that moves together with the movement of a car is wound around the pulley. Further, the pulley is provided with a pulley sensor...
7575101 Device for detecting objects on a glass door and elevator equipped therewith  
A detector of foreign objects, and particularly fingers, between the doors and the contiguous walls of landing and car openings in an elevator with glass car and landing doors includes a light beam...
7575102 Safety device of elevator and its operation testing method  
In an elevator safety device, a brake device puts brakes to brake a car through an operation of a safety relay main contact provided to a safety circuit. When the car stops during normal...
7562747 Elevator installation and method for determining and analyzing an elevator car position  
An elevator installation with at least one car includes at least one device for determining a position of the car and a method of operating such an elevator installation. The position determining...
7562748 Elevator call button with tactile feedback  
An elevator call button assembly ( 20 ) includes at least one call button ( 50 ) having a surface ( 70 ) that is touchable by an individual to indicate a desired call in the elevator system. A...
7559408 Correlating sounds to elevators serving destination floors  
A floor selection station ( 39 a ) has at least one switch button ( 45 - 51, 70, 93 ) which visually handicapped people use in selecting floors, and a speaker ( 54 ) to emit a sound uniquely...
7559407 Set of elevators with common control system and method for controlling a set of elevators with common control system  
A set of elevators, preferably an elevator group, may include a number of elevators without counterweight which have a common connection to a power supply. The elevators may have a common control...
7556127 Elevator control device  
In an elevator control apparatus, a stack region storing information required for calculations for controlling operation of an elevator is set within a RAM. A stack region surveillance portion...
7552801 Elevator systems having display systems with pluralities of sequentially connected monitor units  
A display system includes multiple monitor units which each include an enclosure, a display screen, a communication port, a storage device, and a control circuit. A communications conduit...
7549513 Control device of elevator for detecting abnormalities in a clock signal  
In an elevator control apparatus, calculations regarding the control of an elevator are performed in a duplexed system including first and second processing portions. A first clock signal from a...
7546903 Elevator system having location devices and sensors  
Example embodiments relate to a method and a system for integrating electric elements of an elevator in a single module, e.g. in the door operator of the elevator, to reduce the number of...
7540359 Electrical connector device for use with elevator load bearing members  
An electrical connector device ( 40 ) for use with an elevator load bearing member ( 30 ) assembly includes at least one electrical connector member ( 42 ) for making electrically conductive...
7537092 Elevator installation and method for detecting a car position  
An elevator installation, and a method of operating such an elevator installation, has at least one car and at least one equipment for detecting a car position wherein the equipment includes a code...
7527127 Elevator brake management system  
In the invention a method is presented for ensuring operating safety in an elevator system, an elevator system, and a safety device of an elevator system. The elevator system includes at least an...
7511626 Residential elevator with automatic pet door for detection and logic component for operation  
The present invention combines a residential elevator and automatic pet door with an intelligence component comprised of a Programmable Logic Controller with programmed intelligence that enables...
7503435 Elevator safety circuit monitoring system and method  
The invention concerns a method and a system for monitoring the operation of the safety circuit of an elevator, said safety circuit containing safety switches connected in series with a contactor...
7497303 Method for setting the parameters of motor control systems of hoisting equipment  
A method for setting the parameters of electronic motor controls of hoisting equipment with a control mechanism ( 10 ) for the hoisting equipment with at least one hoisting switch ( 5 ), one...
7493990 Thermal protection of electromagnetic actuators  
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for thermally protecting an electromagnetic actuator used to suppress vibrations in an elevator installation. The apparatus includes a...
7469772 Elevator destination floor display unit displaying only destination floors that have been selected  
An elevator destination floor display unit is installed in an elevator boarding area or an elevator car. The elevator destination floor display unit has a display portion having a screen...
7445090 Device and method for elevator information display  
A device and a method for informing passengers of an elevator installation in a building includes at least one information display at at least one start floor and/or at least one second information...
7434664 Elevator brake system method and control  
A rescue braking system provides a smoother elevator car movement by mechanically lifting or applying the brake. The rescue braking system incrementally adjusts the force applied to the brake based...
7426981 Elevator wireless communication infrastructure using piconet modules  
An elevator system has on each floor hall call buttons that are inter-connected with piconet modules ( 15 ), such as modules conforming to BLUETOOTH™ specifications; similar piconet modules ( 16...
7422089 Drive unit for an elevator  
An elevator drive unit including a traction sheave supported by a shaft rotatably supported by a pair of bearings. Mounted on opposite free ends of the shaft are rotors of a pair of electric...
7419032 Elevator monitoring terminal and elevator monitoring apparatus with multiple display screens displaying operational data, in-car image data and communication request data  
An elevator monitoring terminal includes a storage unit and a processing unit. The storage unit stores screen-displayed data including monitor-related screens related to an elevator monitoring...
7416057 Method and apparatus for energy-saving elevator control  
A method of controlling an elevator installation with several elevators, in which destination call inputs of passengers are input by destination call input apparatus and in which at least one...
7416058 Method of operating an elevator installation providing at least one optional function, an elevator control and an elevator installation therefor  
A method of operating an elevator installation having an elevator control with a plurality of functions (F 1 , . . . F n+m ) for controlling the elevator installation, wherein the plurality of...
7410033 Electrical connector and restraining device for use with elevator belts  
A device ( 30 ) for making electrically conductive contact with at least one tension member in an elevator belt ( 22 ) also provides a restraining feature to support loads on the belt. A connector...
7404469 Elevator call registration device  
An elevator call registration device selectively switches between display of an operation screen for allowing a user to designate a registration for moving a car to an arbitrary destination floor...
7401683 Elevator vibration damping apparatus and method  
The present invention automatically detects the onset of instability of an elevator active ride control system and activates a system shutdown if it occurs. As an elevator car is guided along rails...
7401685 Elevator testing system  
The invention concerns a method and a system for ensuring the operation of the safety circuit of an elevator or escalator, said safety circuit containing safety contacts ( 10, 12, 14 ) connected in...
7401684 Automatic announcing device for an elevator  
An automatic announcing device for an elevator which enables fine voice volume adjustment according to the environment of use in which a guidance announcement is made and which allows an easy and...
7398864 Elevator controller  
In an elevator control apparatus, a power supply voltage monitoring circuit monitors a power supply voltage supplied to a processing portion. A voltage monitoring soundness checking function...
7398860 Remote supervisory control system for elevating machine  
Supervisory control of an elevating machine is performed in a remote supervisory center via a general public line. The general public line has multiple networks including a high-speed digital...
7380641 Elevator with a control using optical fibers  
An elevator with an all optical control apparatus having a control unit with a light source, a photodetector, an optical feeding fiber, and an optical feedback fiber. The light source is coupled to...
7370732 Method and device for automatic checking of the availability of an elevator installation  
A method for automatic checking of the availability of an elevator installation having at least one elevator ascertains at least one first estimated value for a use frequency of the elevator for a...
7357226 Elevator system with multiple cars in the same hoistway  
The elevator system of this present invention for multistory buildings includes at least one elevator shaft, each of which having a plurality of elevator units and at least one interlocking means,...
7353915 Automatic destination entry system with override capability  
An elevator system ( 20 ) utilizes destination entry dispatching techniques. A controller ( 28 ) receives an automated destination request that includes a prestored, primary destination. This...
7347303 Method and apparatus for generating elevator calls  
A method and a system for generating a request for elevator service in which the elevator user receives with his/her terminal a general transmission of information about the elevator system from...
7344004 Method of and apparatus for operating an elevator installation in a commissioning operation mode and an acceptance check mode  
A method of checking elevator installations with a car, an elevator drive and an elevator controller with a memory avoids or at least reduces errors by a person carrying out the check and enables...
7334665 Interlock wiring communication system for elevators  
The systems and methods of present invention invoke an elevator communication system for providing communication between a plurality of hall fixture devices and at least one elevator system...
7328775 Destination entry system with delayed elevator car assignment  
An elevator system utilizes a destination entry control technique and delays indicating which car is assigned to a request to allow an individual to arrive near an elevator lobby. An elevator group...
7322446 Elevator call assignment indications for multiple elevators in each of a plurality of elevator hoistways  
A plurality of hoistways ( 11, 12 ) in a building serving a plurality of floors utilizes destination call entry panels ( 22, 22 A) having buttons ( 23 ) with which passengers can enter destination...
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