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.

An elevator system has an elevator operating device and an activation device. The operating device is connected to the elevator controller and is arranged on a floor. The operating device has a first radio device, an audio device and a touchscreen for inputting a destination floor desired by a passenger and for outputting travel information. The activation device has an actuation device accessible to the passenger, has a second radio device for radio communication with the first radio device, and is arranged within radio range of the operating device. When the actuation device is actuated by the passenger, the second radio device transmits an activation radio signal. The operating device then switches from a normal operating mode to a special operating mode, in which an operating instruction for a call input by the passenger is generated, and when the call input is complete, switches back to the normal operating mode.

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.

According to an aspect, there is provided an elevator signalization apparatus. The elevator signalization apparatus comprises first receiving means for receiving floor information representing floor occupancy information associated with a building; output means for indicating floor occupancy to a user; second receiving means for receiving user associated information; and transmitting means for transmitting a control signal to an elevator controller based on the received user associated information.

A communication system and method to be used in a system having a plurality of sensors and/or controllers. The communication system comprises a main gateway (GW) connected to a first controller of the system, the main GW wirelessly connectable to a management center of the system via the Internet or a cloud system, and at least one satellite GW connected to at least one second controller of the system, the at least one satellite GW connected to the main GW via a wireless local area network (WLAN).

A method for making elevator service requests. The method includes determining a destination requested by a passenger responsive to a passenger touching an appropriate portion of a touch screen of a passenger interface device configured to allow a passenger to indicate a request for elevator service by touching the screen, an assistance up button and an assistance down button near the touch screen, determining that the assistance up button or the assistance down button is being pressed, and determining a destination requested by a passenger responsive to a passenger manipulating the assistance up button or the assistance down button and then subsequently manipulating the assistance up button and assistance down button.

The present invention provides an elevator call request device and a display control method thereof, and it pertains to the technical field of elevators. The elevator call request device according to the present invention comprises: a touch display screen which is provided to passengers for performing the operation of entering a call request command, a statistical analysis module which is configured to count the number of entry operations that have been performed by time so as to obtain historical operation statistics, and a display control module which is configured to dynamically control display parameters of the touch display screen by time based on the historical operation statistics. The elevator call request device of the present invention can dynamically control display parameters in an individualized manner according to its own state of use, which can not only save energy and prolong the service life, but also realize good passenger experience.

Methods and systems for controlling elevator systems are provided. The methods include receiving inputs from at least one interactive input device, wherein the inputs include elevator call requests, tracking one or more people located within a monitored area using at least one sensor, assigning elevator assignments to the one or more people based on at least one of the inputs from the at least one interactive input device and a grouping algorithm based on the tracking of the one or more people, and scheduling operation of at least one elevator car based on the elevator assignments.

A monitoring system for monitoring passenger interaction with one or more control panel apparatuses for placing transport calls to an elevator system in a landing of the elevator system includes: one or more cameras arranged for capturing images of passengers on the landing; and an interaction analyzer for determining passenger interaction with the one or more control panel apparatuses, the interaction analyzer arranged to: carry out, based on the respective time series of images received from said one or more cameras, an interaction analysis for determining one or more aspects of passenger interaction with the one more or more control panel apparatuses, carry out, based on the determined one or more aspects of passenger interaction with the one or more control panel apparatuses, a failure detection for the one more or more control panel apparatuses, and invoke one or more predefined actions in response to detecting a failure that pertains to at least one of the one or more control panel apparatuses.

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.