A method of calling an elevator car for an elevator system including: transmitting, using a first beacon, a first poll wireless signal, the first poll wireless signal having a first poll transmission speed; receiving, using the first beacon, a first response wireless signal from a passenger mobile device in response to the first poll wireless signal, the first response wireless signal having a first response transmission speed; determining a first time of flight between transmission of the first poll wireless signal from the first beacon and receipt of the first response wireless signal at the first beacon; calculating a first distance between the first beacon and the passenger mobile device based on the first time of flight, the first poll transmission speed, and the first response transmission speed; and determining a location of the passenger mobile device based on at least the first distance.

A method for generating a control signal to a conveyor system, the conveyor system configured to serve at least a plurality of robots, includes receiving, in a control entity, a service call for a first robot, the service call being associated with a priority of the first robot; determining, by the control entity, the priority of the first robot; and generating, by the control entity, a control signal to the conveyor system to serve the service call for the first robot in accordance with the determined priority of the first robot. A control entity, a robot and a system are also provided.

An elevator control system for an elevator system, including a display device, at least one processor in communication with the display device and the elevator system, the at least one processor programmed or configured to render, on the display device, a graphical destination interface comprising a plurality of visual representations of destinations within the building, receive a user selection of a selected destination from the plurality of destinations, determine a plurality of selectable options for elevator call requests based on the selected destination, render the plurality of selectable options for elevator call requests on the graphical destination interface or a second graphical call request interface, receive a user selection of a selected option from the plurality of selectable options for elevator call requests, and control movement of an elevator car in the elevator system based on the selected destination and the selected option.

An elevator security system for a building includes data relating to a floor that a user may access in the building, a device in which the data is stored, a credential containing the data in a machine readable format and created by the user, and a first machine reader reading the credential and sending data therein to the device for querying whether the user may access the floor, the device allowing access to an elevator car for transport to the floor if the credential is in sync with the data stored in the device.

A non-intrusive IoT control apparatus is disposed on the control apparatus with digital buttons or touch panels, and can include an input module, a processing module, a control device, a detecting module, and an output module. The input module receives a first control signal. The processing module generates a second control signal according to the first control signal when electrically receiving the first control signal. The control device performs an action of pressing a control button of the control apparatus with digital buttons or touch panels according to the second control signal when receiving the second control signal. The detecting module detects an action of pressing at least one control button. The output module generates a successful-pressing signal when the control device presses the at least one control button successfully.

An elevator device includes: a first reader, a second reader, a determination section, and a request output section. The first reader is provided in a hall of an elevator. The second reader is provided in a car of the elevator. In the case where identification information has been read by the first reader, the determination section determines whether or not the identification information has been read by the second reader before the reading thereof by the first reader. On the basis of the identification information read by the first reader, the request output section outputs a registration request for a call to a control section. In the case where the determination section determines that the identification information has been read by the second reader, the request output section does not output a registration request for a call corresponding to the identification information to the control section.

A passenger conveyance passenger tracking control system that controls operation of a passenger conveyance, e.g., an elevator car, includes at least one call request device, e.g., a call request panel, configured to receive at least one input from at least one passenger located at a occupancy depth grid. At least one passenger position three-dimensional (3-D) depth-sensing sensor is configured to track a position of the at least one passenger located at the occupancy depth grid. The passenger conveyance passenger tracking control system further includes an electronic control module in signal communication with the at least one call request device and at least one passenger position 3-D depth-sensing sensor. The electronic control module is configured to control operation of the passenger conveyance based on the position of the at least one passenger.

Systems, methods and devices for real-time contactless elevator service operation of an elevator includes a trained neural network (TNN) model. The TNN model is trained using a training processor with augmented datasets as a synthetic training dataset, to later perform elevator identifier recognition. The augmented data sets are generated from synthetic text images, the synthetic text images are augmented with different geometrical parameters and visual parameters to a predetermined number of variations in appearance to a set of training elevator identifiers. A camera captures a user image. A text image portion from the user image is extracted using the TNN model, and detects an elevator identifier in the extracted text image portion using the extracted text image portion and the TNN model. The detected elevator identifier is displayed for user confirmation or user cancellation, and upon user confirmation, generates a control command based the detected elevator identifier associated with an elevator service.

According to one embodiment, an autonomous mobile robot includes a communication device, a memory, and a hardware processor connected to the communication device and the memory. The communication device receives list information indicating ride conditions of a car from the elevator control system when transmitting a car call message to an elevator control system on a hall of any floor. The hardware processor includes a ride determination unit and a movement control unit. The ride determination unit determines whether the robot is able to ride in the car or not, based on the list information when the car arrives. The movement control unit allows the robot to ride in the car and move to a destination floor when the robot is able to ride.

An access control system receives a device-specific identifier of a mobile electronic device. A memory device stores the identifier as belonging to a user present in a public zone. An image processing device generates from a camera image produced by a camera a real-time template for facial features of the user present when the user present requests access to an access-restricted zone, and searches user profiles stored in a database for a reference template that matches the real-time template to a specified degree, wherein a user profile is searched only if it is assigned to a present user based on a stored identifier, wherein in the case of a match, the system grants the user access to the access-restricted zone and denies access when there is no match.