US 11,958,721 B2
Elevator monitoring in shuttle mode
Juuso Auvinen, Helsinki (FI); Otto Miettinen, Helsinki (FI); Dipti Sonawane, Helsinki (FI); and Marju Kettunen-Vaittinen, Vantaa (FI)
Assigned to KONE Corporation, Helsinki (FI)
Filed by KONE Corporation, Helsinki (FI)
Filed on Jul. 8, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/504,648.
Application 16/504,648 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2018/051809, filed on Jan. 25, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 17154915 (EP), filed on Feb. 7, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2019/0337757 A1, Nov. 7, 2019
Int. Cl. B66B 3/00 (2006.01); B66B 1/24 (2006.01); B66B 1/46 (2006.01)
CPC B66B 3/002 (2013.01) [B66B 1/2466 (2013.01); B66B 1/468 (2013.01); B66B 2201/303 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method including
monitoring a plurality of elevators, wherein at least two of the plurality of elevators are set into a shuffle mode in which the corresponding elevator travels between two pre-defined floors;
calculating at least one of an arrival time and a departure time of an elevator car of each of the at least two elevators in the shuttle mode at a predetermined floor;
determining a time required by a user for reaching each of the at least two elevators in the shuttle mode from an operation terminal location;
calculating a preference order of the at least two elevators in the shuttle mode on the basis of the time of arrival and/or departure of the elevator car of each of the at least two elevators in the shuttle mode and the time required by the user for reaching each of the at least two elevators in the shuffle mode from the operation terminal location;
assigning one of a plurality of display modes to each of the at least two elevators in the shuttle mode according to the preference order; and
causing displaying of an elevator identification according to the preference order by using the assigned display mode.