A station device in a biometric pre-identification system uses identity to perform one or more actions. Identities are determined (such as via a backend) using biometric information. A biometric pre-identification device obtains biometric information and/or a digital representation thereof from a person approaching the station device. The biometric pre-identification device transmits such to the station device, facilitating the station to begin and/or perform various actions. The station device begins or performs the actions using the identity determined based on the biometric information before the person arrives at the station device.

A station device in a biometric pre-identification system uses identity to perform one or more actions. Identities are determined (such as via a backend) using biometric information. A biometric pre-identification device obtains biometric information and/or a digital representation thereof from a person approaching the station device. The biometric pre-identification device transmits such to the station device, facilitating the station to begin and/or perform various actions. The station device begins or performs the actions using the identity determined based on the biometric information before the person arrives at the station device.

An information processing apparatus includes circuitry configured to, when to increase or decrease one or more services that can be used by a user, identify a second service that can be coordinated with a first service based on definition information defining coordination relationship settable between a plurality of services; and in response to identifying the second service, notify a service serving as coordination origin, information on a service serving as coordination destination, the service serving as the coordination origin and the service serving as the coordination destination selectable from the first service and the second service.

A computer-implemented method is provided. The computer-implemented method is executed by a processor of a mobile device. The mobile device is in communication with an elevator system. The computer-implemented method automatically provides direct real-time travel indications with respect to an elevator trip of the elevator system. The computer-implemented method includes receiving, by the mobile device, a request for the elevator trip. The computer-implemented method includes directly receiving, by the mobile device, feedback signals from the elevator system with respect the elevator trip in response to the request. The computer-implemented method includes automatically providing, by a user interface of the mobile device, direct real-time travel indications of the elevator trip as the mobile device progresses through the elevator system.

Provided are embodiments for method performing elevator condition-based maintenance using an in-car camera. The method includes monitoring one or more conditions of an elevator system, and analyzing image data obtained from monitoring one or more conditions of the elevator system. The method also includes validating the one or more conditions of the elevator system, and executing an action based on the validation of the one or more conditions. Also provided are embodiments for a system for implementing the method described herein.

A method of controlling an elevator includes detecting that a robot providing a service on a floor within a building has gotten on an elevator moving through floors within the building, and controlling the elevator to move to a floor where the robot is to provide the service. At least one of the internal user interface and the external user interface of the elevator is configured to indicate whether the robot is using the elevator.

Various systems and methods for pedestrian traffic management are described herein, comprising segmenting a pedestrian route into at least one pedestrian walking segment using location information of transportation resources, and determining estimated transit times for the at least one pedestrian walking segment and an estimated wait time for the first transportation resource using received status information of the first transportation resource and the determined estimated transit time for the first pedestrian walking segment.

A method for intelligent control of an elevator to give priority to a floor containing the total highest priority of passengers acquires first images taken by first cameras, identifies targets in the first images, and determines priority levels of the targets. In response to receiving a plurality of first service signals from a number of floors in a building, the method controls a driving unit to drive an elevator to move to service the passengers as targets with a highest total priority level according to individual priority levels of the targets within a group of passengers waiting on each floor of the building.

An interactive control method is provided. The interactive control method includes the following steps. When robot equipment is located outside elevator equipment, the robot equipment is connected to a first control module disposed outside the elevator equipment to call, by the first control module, an elevator car of the elevator equipment. The first control module determines whether the elevator car arrives at a current floor to return an arrival signal to the robot equipment. The robot equipment is connected to a second control module disposed inside the elevator car according to the arrival signal to control, by the second control module, an elevator door of the elevator car to open. The robot equipment is driven to move into the elevator car. When the robot equipment is located within a working range of the elevator car, the second control module stops controlling the elevator door of the elevator car to open.

In an elevator System with a destination call control device, a first destination call being input on a floor by a first passenger at a first point in time is evaluated in order to determine first call information comprising data on a call input floor and/or a destination floor. The first call information determines if a number of additional passengers are to be assigned to the first destination call resulting in an additional space requirement in an elevator car handling the first destination call. Information on the additional space requirement is generated if a number of additional passengers are to be assigned to the first destination call. If this is the case, the first destination call is allocated with the aid of an allocation algorithm by using information on the additional space requirement in order to transport the first passenger from the call input floor to the destination floor.