The present invention provides an elevator button kit for adding contactless sensing to control operations of an elevator though an elevator controller. The elevator button kit comprises a plurality of buttons and a bus. Each button comprises a primary switch for directly controlling the elevator controller, wherein the primary switch requires physical contact to the button to trigger the same; a secondary switch adapted to be triggered electronically; a position sensor for sensing presence of objects within a sensing range; and a microcontroller (MCU) having both the position sensor and the secondary switch connected thereto. The bus connecting the MCUs of the plurality of the buttons to form a MCU network, wherein operationally, range data from each position sensor is acquired by the connected MCU and broadcasted to the other MCUs through the MCU network, and each MCU processes the collected range data from the MCU network to determine whether to send a trigger signal to activate the connected secondary switch to control the elevator controller. A method thereof is also provided.

A method for presenting an estimated elevator car arrival time, the method comprising: receiving an elevator call at a mobile device; obtaining the estimated elevator car arrival time in response to the elevator call; and generating a user interface depicting the estimated elevator car arrival time, the user interface depicting the estimated elevator car arrival time including a stylistic animation that changes appearance in response to the estimated elevator car arrival time.

A device for controlling an operation of an elevator by using a monitor comprises: a monitor, which is installed on a wall surface of a cage of an elevator, a surface of a door of the elevator, or a wall surface of a building next to the door of the elevator, displays various buttons including a start button, an emergency button, and floor buttons controlling an operation of the elevator, and includes an embedded speaker; two pin cameras positioned at upper left and right sides of the monitor, respectively; and a controller, which controls operations of the various buttons of the monitor, an operation of the pin camera, and the operation of the elevator.

One robotic destination dispatch system for elevators comprises a destination dispatch module configured to determine an optimal elevator for a passenger. The robotic destination dispatch system includes a guide robot in wireless data communication with the destination dispatch module. The guide robot has a processor in communication with a propelling device, a sensory device, and a memory comprising software. The software includes computer-readable instructions executable by the processor to: (a) implement an auction-based scheduling algorithm; (b) determine an identity of the passenger; (c) receive from the destination dispatch module the optimal elevator for the passenger; and (d) activate the propelling device to cause the guide robot to move and physically guide the passenger to the optimal elevator.

A system and a method for detecting passenger movement, an elevator-calling control method, a readable storage medium and an elevator system are provided by the present disclosure. The system for detecting passenger movement includes: a Bluetooth matrix installed in an elevator landing area, the Bluetooth matrix including at least three Bluetooth modules, and each of the Bluetooth modules being configured to broadcast a Bluetooth signal to the elevator landing area respectively; wherein the system for detecting passenger movement acquires location information of a passenger carrying a personal mobile terminal by using Bluetooth signals broadcast by at least three Bluetooth modules; the system for detecting passenger movement further includes: a movement prediction unit configured to fit a movement trajectory of the passenger in the elevator landing area based on multiple sets of the location information, and predict the movement trajectory to be a calling trajectory or a non-calling trajectory.

An elevator system includes at least one elevator group control with a destination control system, at least one elevator group having elevators with a different destination range, destination operating panels at each landing including an input for issuing destination calls, car operating panels located in the elevators having an input for the input of destination calls, hall lanterns for each elevator indicating the moving direction of the corresponding elevator, a signaling device for each elevator indicating the arrival of an elevator at the landing, the destination control system controls hall lanterns to indicate a moving direction of the elevators and activates the signaling device when elevators arrive at a landing. The destination control system displays, after the issue of a destination call, a range identifier indicative of the elevator's destination range, and the next arriving elevator by activation of its signaling device before its arrival at the landing.

An elevator boarding area notification system includes a first read means displaced for each elevator at a boarding area and reads out passenger identification information from a device carried by a passenger; storing a destination floor in relation to the identification information; assigning an elevator car for the destination floor; reading out the identification information at a closer position to the elevator than the first read means reads out; making an agreement decision where the identification information about which assignment was performed by the assigner is read out by a second read means corresponding to the same elevator car, and making a disagreement decision when read out by a second read means corresponding to a different elevator; and making no notification when the first determination means makes an agreement decision, and making a notification of a destination floor and elevator when the first determination means makes a disagreement decision.

A system 10 to enable communication between one or more control components of a pneumatic vacuum elevator is provided. The system includes an elevator cabin 20 to transport passengers between one or more levels of a structure. The system includes a first communication unit 40 including first transceivers 50 to receive inputs from the passengers through a cabin operating panel 60. The first transceivers are also to transmit the inputs received from the cabin operating panel wirelessly in a predefined direction. The system includes a second communication unit 70 including second transceivers 80 to generate control signals upon receiving the inputs transmitted by the first transceivers. The second transceivers are to provide the control signals generated to motors to create a pressure differential in an external cylinder 30 to move the elevator cabin through the external cylinder.

An online communication device mobile application and tablet computer mobile application based system to directly connect visitors with the tenants in commercial and residential buildings. The application helps to efficiently transport visitors from the public access areas to secure destination floors via the elevator, after the tenant has given the necessary command to the system which will grant the visitor access. The invention also eliminates the need for a receptionist to identify visitors and manage elevator access.

Provided is a communication system and a communication method for use in an elevator system, which belong to the field of elevator intelligent control technologies. The communication system of the present invention comprises: a first bluetooth module mounted in an elevator landing area of the elevator system and a second bluetooth module mounted in an elevator car of the elevator system. The communication system and the communication method of the present invention can realize that a passenger completes an elevator calling operation in a completely hand-free mode, which is easy to realize and is low in cost.