Elevator – industrial lift truck – or stationary lift for vehicle – With monitoring – signalling – and indicating means
Reexamination Certificate
2000-03-29
2001-11-13
Salata, Jonathan (Department: 2837)
Elevator, industrial lift truck, or stationary lift for vehicle
With monitoring, signalling, and indicating means
C187S395000, C187S396000, C187S380000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06315083
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates a method of communication with a transportation system which, for the purpose of entering travel destinations and for communicating information to the user, has at least one human-machine interface.
The EP patent specification 0 320 583 shows devices for registering and displaying calls for elevators which devices are located on the landings and have a group control device with immediate assignment of destination calls. Each device for registering and displaying calls having a decimal keypad for entering calls for desired destination floors and a display field for displaying the desired floor and the assigned elevator car.
A disadvantage of the known device is that the human-machine communication is based on floor numbers. To select the correct floor, the user of the elevator installation must know the infrastructure on the respective floors. He must know, for example, that the restaurant is on the fourth floor, or the taxation department on the eighth floor. Only thus can the user select the correct floor number.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention solves the task of avoiding the disadvantages of the known device, and proposes a method of facilitating the use of a transportation system. The main advantages achieved by the invention are that the man-machine communication is simplified.
The user of the means of transportation does not need to have any knowledge, in the conventional sense, about his travel destination. For example, functional information about the user's travel destination is sufficient. The user need not specify a location. The machine, or more precisely, the control of the transportation system, supplies the user with the necessary information. Entering the travel destination can be done more rapidly, the means of transportation regarded as a whole thereby being able to work more efficiently, especially when there is heavy traffic.
Additional information can be communicated to the user relating, for example, to his travel destination, such as the opening times of counters or shops, or information for finding the way. This makes it possible to avoid unnecessary trips or detours. Further, users can be characterized and classified according to their travel destinations, the way of executing the travel wishes being adaptable to the respective user or group of users. Attributes such as, for example, urgency, space requirements, or loading/unloading time, can be used when the travel request is executed.
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Friedli Paul
Schuster Kilian
Inventio AG
MacMillan Sobanski & Todd LLC
Salata Jonathan
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