Title:
PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION METHOD AND SYSTEM EMPLOYING THREE-DIMENSIONAL LOCATION DATA
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2002/066357
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for the control of passenger transportation, wherein a passenger (3) can send by a wireless technique using a portable electronic communication device (4) service requests via a communication link 96) to the control unit (70 of a passenger transportation system (1) to reserve different transport devices (2). A device (23) producing three-dimensional location data defining the location of the passenger's (3) portable electronic communication device 94) generates the aforesaid location data in such manner that the location co-ordinates are based on GPS data and the elevational data is obtained from an elevation detector. The invention also relates to a passenger transportation system (1) implementing the aforesaid method. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the passenger transportation system (1) is an elevator system and the transport devices (2) are elevators and the control unit (7) of the passenger transportation system (1) is an elevator group control system.
Inventors:
KONTTURI RISTO (FI)
Application Number:
PCT/FI2002/000090
Publication Date:
August 29, 2002
Filing Date:
February 07, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
KONE CORP (FI)
KONTTURI RISTO (FI)
KONTTURI RISTO (FI)
International Classes:
B66B1/46; G01C21/20; G01S19/14; H04Q7/22; H04Q7/32; H04Q7/38; (IPC1-7): B66B1/46
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2000058744A1 | 2000-10-05 | |||
| WO2001083351A1 | 2001-11-08 | |||
| WO2001040823A1 | 2001-06-07 |
Foreign References:
| US5984051A | 1999-11-16 | |||
| US5652592A | 1997-07-29 | |||
| US5210540A | 1993-05-11 | |||
| US5832363A | 1998-11-03 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
KONE CORPORATION/PATENT DEPARTMENT (P.O. Box 677 Hyvinkää, FI)
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Claims:
CLAIMS
| 1. | Method for the control of passenger transportation in a passenger transportation system (1) comprising one transport device (2) or a plurality of transport devices (2) when the passenger (3) has at his disposal a portable electronic communication device (4) by means of which the passenger (3) sends control mes sages containing service requests reserving the afore said transport device (2) or aforesaid transport de vices (2) by a wireless technique over a communication link (6) to the control unit (7) of the passenger transportation system (1), characterized in that the portable electronic communication device (4) used by the aforesaid passenger (3) sends its location data in threedimensional form via the aforesaid communication link (6) to the aforesaid control unit (7) of the pas senger transportation system (1) as part of the afore said control message (5) comprising service requests. |
| 2. | Method as defined in claim 1, characterized in that the aforesaid location data comprise elevational data and location coordinates for both longitude and lati tude. |
| 3. | Method as defined in claim 2, characterized in that the aforesaid control unit (7) of the passenger trans portation system (1) takes into account the location data sent by the passenger's (3) electronic communica tion device (4) when dealing with the service requests concerning the transport devices (2). |
| 4. | Method as defined in claim 13, characterized in that the control messages (8) sent by the aforesaid passenger's portable electronic communication device (4) and containing both service requests and location data are used to control several passenger transporta tion systems (11,12,13,14,15,16) of different types, differing from each other in respect of the ex tent of their service area and operating principles, so that the operation of the aforesaid passenger transportation systems (11,12,13,14,15,16) can be optimized in relation to each other while at the same time minimizing the traveling time needed by the pas senger (3). |
| 5. | Passenger transportation system (1), comprising one transport device (2) or a plurality of transport de vices (2), a control unit (7) of the passenger trans portation system (1) for controlling the aforesaid transport device (2) or the aforesaid transport de vices (2) and a communication link (6) connected to the aforesaid control unit (7), the aforesaid passen ger (3) being connected to said communication link by a wireless technique using a portable electronic com munication device (4), in such manner that, using the portable electronic communication device (4), the pas senger (3) sends to the passenger transportation sys tem (1) service requests in the form of control mes sages (5) reserving transport devices (2) via the aforesaid communication link (6) to the control unit (7) of the passenger transportation system (1), char acterized in that the portable electronic communica tion device (4) used by the aforesaid passenger (3) sends its location data in threedimensional form to the control unit (7) of the aforesaid passenger trans portation system (1) as part of the aforesaid control message (5) comprising service requests. |
| 6. | Passenger transportation system (1) as defined in claim 5, characterized in that the aforesaid three dimensional location data consist of elevational data and location coordinates for both longitude and lati tude. |
| 7. | Passenger transportation system (1) as defined in claims 56, characterized in that the aforesaid portable electronic communication device (4) comprises a device (23) producing threedimensional location data. |
| 8. | Passenger transportation system (1) as defined in claims 57, characterized in that the device (23) producing the aforesaid threedimensional location data comprises means for generating elevational data and means for receiving GPS location data. |
| 9. | Passenger transportation system (11,12,13,14, 15,16) as defined in claims 58, characterized in that, by using control messages (8) sent by means of the passenger's (3) aforesaid portable electronic com munication device (4) and comprising both service re quests and location data, a plurality of passenger transportation systems (11,12,13,14,15,16) of different types differing from each other in respect of the extent of their service area and operating principles, such as e. g. escalator systems, elevator systems, train systems, taxi systems, bus systems and airplane systems, and so on, are controlled simultane ously so as to allow the operation of the aforesaid passenger transportation systems (11,12,13,14,15, 16) to be optimized in relation to each other while at the same time minimizing the travelling time needed by the passenger (3). |
| 10. | Passenger transportation systems (1,11,12,13, 14,15,16) as defined in claims 59, characterized in that the passenger transportation system (1) is an elevator system and the transport devices (2) are ele vators. |
| 11. | Passenger transportation system (1,11,12,13, 14,15,16) as defined in any one of claims 510, characterized in that the control unit (7) of the pas senger transportation system (1) is an elevator group control system. |
| 12. | Passenger transportation system (1,11,12,13, 14,15,16) as defined in any one of claims 511, characterized in that the passenger's (3) portable electronic communication device (4) communicating via the communication link (6,9) with the control unit (7,10) of the passenger transportation system (1) has been designed to be used only in a given passenger transportation system (1) or in given passenger trans portation systems (11,12,13,14,15,16) so that the communication between the portable electronic communi cation device (4) and the communication link (6,9) takes place independently of the frequency of the electromagnetic radiation. |
| 13. | Passenger transportation system (1,11,12,13, 14,15,16) as defined in claims 512, characterized in that the passenger's (3) portable electronic commu nication device (4) communicating via the communica tion link (6,9) with the control unit (7,10) of the passenger transportation system (1) is either a mobile telephone or a socalled bluetooth device or a pager or a device based on an inductive link. |
| 14. | Passenger transportation system (1,11,12,13, 14,15,16) as defined in claims 513, characterized in that the passenger (3) can receive messages from his portable electronic communication device (4) via loudspeaker (21) and/or display (18) and input mes sages to the aforesaid portable electronic communica tion device (4) via a keypad (17) and/or a microphone. |
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