US 12,487,002 B2
Elevator-based air quality sensing system for buildings
Pekka Perunka, Helsinki (FI); and Pekka Perälä, Helsinki (FI)
Assigned to KONE CORPORATION, Helsinki (FI)
Filed by KONE Corporation, Helsinki (FI)
Filed on Oct. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/962,300.
Application 17/962,300 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2021/060510, filed on Apr. 22, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 20172711 (EP), filed on May 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0032412 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. F24F 11/89 (2018.01); B66B 1/34 (2006.01); B66B 11/02 (2006.01); F24F 11/52 (2018.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01); F24F 110/10 (2018.01); F24F 110/20 (2018.01); F24F 110/40 (2018.01); F24F 110/50 (2018.01)
CPC F24F 11/89 (2018.01) [B66B 1/3461 (2013.01); B66B 1/3492 (2013.01); B66B 11/024 (2013.01); F24F 11/52 (2018.01); G05B 19/042 (2013.01); F24F 2110/10 (2018.01); F24F 2110/20 (2018.01); F24F 2110/40 (2018.01); F24F 2110/50 (2018.01); F24F 2221/50 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2614 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of controlling a climate quality within a building by means of an elevator system comprising an elevator controller and an elevator car that is running between floors of an elevator hoistway of the building, the elevator car of the elevator comprising at least an air-quality sensor, the method comprising the steps of:
controlling a fan of the elevator car to at least run when at least one door of the elevator car is detected to be open or opening at a floor level station to therewith suck air from a building's floor level into the elevator car to a vicinity of the sensor; and
sensing at least one sensor specific parameter by the air-quality sensor,
wherein a floor-level-position of the elevator car is further detected and the at least one sensor specific parameter is allocated to the floor-level-position data of the elevator car as gained by the position detection to obtain a floor level specific climate data.