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.

An autonomous mobile method for an autonomous mobile device according to the present embodiment is an autonomous mobile method for an autonomous mobile device that autonomously moves in a facility provided with an elevator. When the total number of the autonomous mobile devices including other autonomous mobile devices in a car of the elevator is larger than a threshold that is a plural number, an operation mode of the car is switched from a general mode in which a human is allowed to enter the car to a dedicated mode in which the human is prohibited from entering the car.

A method for dispatching a plurality of elevator cars that includes receiving a call for at least one of the plurality of elevator cars. The call is from a first location of a plurality of locations. The method includes determining an occupant capacity for each of the plurality of elevator cars by determining a number of occupants within the plurality of elevator cars and determining a number of calls assigned to the plurality of elevator cars and positioned between a current location of the plurality of elevator cars and the first location. The method includes assigning the call from the first location to a first elevator car with an available occupant capacity that is greater than the occupant capacity of the plurality of elevator cars.

The invention relates to an elevator system that has a number of elevator operating devices which are arranged on floors of a building and which are connected to an elevator controller. At least one first elevator operating device is permanently assigned to a single destination floor such that inputting an elevator call on the first elevator operating device generates a destination call comprising data that specifies the floor on which the first elevator operating device is arranged as the boarding floor and the destination floor which is permanently assigned to the first elevator operating device as the destination floor. The first elevator operating device has a housing in which a display device, an input device, and a controller are arranged, wherein the controller is communicatively coupled to the elevator controller and actuates the display device such that the display device displays the destination floor which is permanently assigned to the first elevator operating device and confirms the elevator call on the first elevator operating device after the elevator call is input using the input device.

An elevator car 104 is provided which comprises an elevator control device 106 arranged to accept an elevator control command from a passenger in the elevator car 104. The elevator car is arranged to receive a query from a support provider 116; communicate said query to the passenger; and send a response to the support provider 116 based on passenger input provided via the elevator control device 106.

According to an aspect, there is provided a method for elevator call allocation in an elevator system. The method comprises receiving charge information associated with an energy storage of an elevator car from each of a plurality of elevator cars of the elevator system; receiving an elevator call to a floor providing a charging arrangement for the energy storages; and allocating the elevator call to an elevator car of the plurality of elevator cars at least partly based on the charge information received from each of the plurality of elevator cars.

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 mobile terminal (7) has an acceleration sensor (8) and a direction sensor (9). The mobile terminal (7) includes a route specifying unit (11), a calculating unit (13), a determining unit (14), and a communicating unit (16). The calculating unit (13) calculates a feature quantity of a route specified by the route specifying unit (11) on the basis of the route specified by the route specifying unit (11). The communicating unit (16) transmits call information to the communicating device (6) when the determining unit (14) determines that the route specified by the route specifying unit (11) is a boarding route.

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.

When the received allocation request information indicates that the user information is obtained from the information communication terminal, the controller makes the storage unit store the allocation request information, and after elapse of a predetermined time from the reception of the allocation request information, reads the allocation request information to decide the allocation elevator to which the call relating to the allocation request information is to be allocated, and transmits information indicating the decided allocation elevator to the information communication terminal via a predetermined radio communication device.