According to an aspect, a method includes receiving a passenger request to reserve an elevator car of an elevator system to travel to a targeted destination. At least two different travel options to the targeted destination are determined based on a plurality of elevator car travel plans comprising at least two elevator cars having different travel ranges. The at least two different travel options are output to an interactive display. At least one of the at least two elevator cars is reserved responsive to a user selection of one of the at least two different travel options.

A method and an apparatus for allocating an elevator of an elevator system are described. In the solution, image data associated with an area associated with a plurality of elevators is obtained. An automated guided vehicle is detected based on the image data. Parameter data associated with the automated guided vehicle is determined based on the image data. Information indicating a destination floor for the automated guided vehicle is obtained and an elevator car is allocated for the automated guided vehicle by taking into account at least the parameter data and the destination floor. Information identifying the allocated elevator car is caused to be transmitted to the automated guided vehicle.

The present invention provides an automatic elevator call system and a method for requesting an elevator service, belonging to the field of elevator intelligent control technologies. The automatic elevator call system of the present invention includes a wireless signal apparatus that is installed in an elevator system and broadcasts a corresponding wireless signal around, wherein the automatic elevator call system detects the wireless signal and a signal strength value thereof by using a personal mobile terminal carried by a passenger, and automatically sends an elevator service request command to the wireless signal apparatus when the signal strength value is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold. The wireless signal apparatus wireless signal apparatus. The present invention can further improve elevator call experience of passengers.

An elevator system includes a drive controller configured to actuate a drive motor of an elevator drive assembly. A non-transitory computer-readable medium includes program instructions that cause a processor to retrieve a set of rules of the elevator system, generate at least one graphical user interface by applying the set of rules to at least one design template, calculate an acceptance score for the at least one graphical user interface based on a user profile of an administrator, and publish the at least one graphical user interface based at least partially on the acceptance score. The elevator system further includes a display device configured to display the graphical user interface after it is published and cause the drive controller to actuate the drive motor based on user input of a selection of at least one selectable option on the at least one graphical user interface.

An elevator installation has elevator operating devices arranged on floors of a building and communicatively connected to an elevator controller. The elevator operating devices include main operating devices configured for inputting a destination floor desired by a passenger and for outputting travel information, and at least one secondary operating device arranged on one of the floors. The secondary operating device is next to the main operating device on the one floor and is communicatively connected to the elevator controller. The secondary operating device has a touch-sensitive screen system that confirms a destination floor, input by touch, by a tactilely perceptible feedback in order to support a passenger with a physical limitation when inputting a call. The elevator controller determines travel information for the destination floor input on the secondary operating device and communicates this information to the passenger by the main operating device arranged next to the secondary operating device.

Aspects of the invention are directed towards a system and a method for automatically calling an elevator. One or more embodiments of the invention describe a method comprising steps of receiving, from an accessing device, a state of the accessing device associated with the premises and prompting a user of a user device to provide information based on the state. The method further comprising step of transmitting a request to the accessing device for automatically calling an elevator based on the information provided by the user.

A distributed processing system for processing an elevator call, a method for processing an elevator call using the distributed processing system, and a computer readable storage medium on which a computer program for realizing an elevator call generation method is stored. A distributed processing system for processing an elevator call includes a plurality of wireless communication modules deployed in an elevator service area, each of the wireless communication modules is associated with one or more call units and configured to: perform a call assignment operation in response to an elevator call from a terminal device specifying it as a target wireless communication module; and return a message about call assignment to the terminal device.

A processor obtains an audio sample captured by an audio sensor associated with a device and/or image data captured by an image sensor associated with the device. The image data comprises a representation of one or more elevator buttons. The processor analyzes the audio sample to identify a floor name indicator in the audio sample and/or the image data to identify an activated elevator button from among the one or more elevator buttons represented by the image data; and determines a floor name based on the floor name indicator identified in the analyzed audio sample and/or a floor name indicator associated with the identified activated elevator button in accordance with the analyzed image data. The processor causes the determined floor name to be stored and/or provided for positioning purposes.

An elevator control system has control over a door of an elevator and, thus, directly controls opening and closing of the door of an elevator which a robot is to board or alight from based on state information of the robot received from a robot control system.

Embodiments of systems and methods for digital control of elevator and other access gateways are described herein. More specifically, embodiments comprise systems and methods for retrofitting or outfitting elevator systems with digital control systems that can be universally applied to virtually every manufacturer's elevator systems.