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Definitions

• the technology described here generally relates to an elevator system in a building.
• Embodiments of the technology relate in particular to an elevator system with elevator operating devices for passengers with restricted mobility and a method for operating such an elevator system.
• elevator operating devices are arranged on the individual floors, with which a passenger can call an elevator.
• an elevator operating device arranged on a floor has up/down buttons so that the passenger can enter the desired direction of travel.
• the elevator car has a car operating device with which the passenger in the elevator car can enter the desired destination floor.
• the passenger can already enter the destination floor on an elevator operating device on the floor.
• the elevator system is equipped with destination call control technology, and the elevator operating devices arranged on the floors each have either a keyboard, a touch-sensitive screen and/or a data acquisition device (e.g. in the form of one known from EP 0 699 617 B1) for entering the destination floor RFID card reader).
• Elevator operating devices should also be able to be operated comfortably and reliably for passengers with restricted mobility.
• the physical limitations can affect, for example, vision, hearing or physical mobility.
• Elevator operator devices for example, which each have or display a special button (e.g. with a symbol for a wheelchair) are generally known. If this button is pressed, the elevator system switches to an operating mode suitable for the disabled.
• z. B. from EP 2 331 443 B1 known that an elevator operating device with a touch-sensitive screen in a special input mode changes when some kind of wandering motion is detected on the touch screen.
• the elevator system includes an elevator operating device and an activation device.
• the elevator operating device is communicatively connected to the elevator control and is arranged on a floor.
• the elevator operating device has a first radio device, an audio device and a touch-sensitive screen for inputting a destination floor desired by a passenger and for outputting travel information.
• the activation device has an actuating device accessible to the passenger and a second radio device for radio communication with the first radio device.
• the activation device is arranged on one of the floors within radio range of the elevator operating device arranged there, the second radio device being designed to emit an activation radio signal when the passenger operates the activation device.
• the elevator operating device is designed to switch from a normal operating mode to a special operating mode when the first radio device receives the activation radio signal, to generate operating instructions for a call input by the passenger in the special operating mode and to switch to the normal operating mode when the call has been input.
• Another aspect of the technology relates to a method for operating an elevator system in which an elevator operating device that is communicatively connected to an elevator controller is arranged on a floor and an activation device is arranged on one of the floors within radio range of the elevator operating device arranged there, the elevator operating device having a normal operating mode and a special operating mode Has.
• the method includes receiving, by the elevator operating device, an activation signal initiated by a passenger at the activation device. After receiving the activation signal, the special operating mode of the elevator operating device is activated, with the elevator operating device changing from the normal operating mode to the special operating mode. Thereafter, the elevator operating device executes a routine for an operating instruction, whereby the elevator operating device supports the passenger who caused the activation signal with a call input at the elevator operating device.
• the destination call is transmitted to the elevator control system by the elevator operating device.
• Travel information is communicated to the passenger by the elevator operating device, the travel information specifying an elevator car determined by the elevator control and serving the destination call.
• the special operating mode of the elevator operating device is deactivated, with the elevator operating device changing from the special operating mode to the normal operating mode.
• the technology described here creates an elevator installation in which the activation device according to the technology described here can advantageously be used in combination with known elevator operating devices in which destination floors are to be entered on touch-sensitive screens (touch screens). Their use can be associated with difficulties, especially for passengers with impaired vision. For passengers, in particular those with poor eyesight, the technology described here has the advantage that they can conveniently enter a desired destination floor on an elevator operating device with a touchscreen.
• the activation device allows these passengers to activate the special operating mode of the elevator operating device, as is used, for example, in elevator systems with destination call control technology. In this special operating mode, the passenger is supported when entering the call. Passengers without a physical disability, on the other hand, can continue to use the elevator operating device with which they are already familiar.
• the activation device can be understood as an expansion component. Since the communication between the Activation device and the elevator control device is done by radio, the installation effort is low.
• a known and generally available radio technology in particular Bluetooth technology, is used.
• the activation device Compared to the elevator operating device, the activation device has a reduced functionality; it is only necessary that the activation signal is generated and transmitted. Depending on the configuration of the activation device, an acoustic signal transmitter and/or a lighting device can be provided. An activation device according to the technology described here therefore has a low level of technical complexity and is therefore also inexpensive.
• the elevator operating device and the activation device each have a housing, with the housing of the activation device being arranged adjacent to the housing of the elevator operating device present next to it.
• the housing of the activation device can be arranged on the housing of the elevator operating device.
• the activation device can be arranged on a passenger-side front side of the elevator operating device; it can be glued to the front of the elevator operating device, for example.
• the activation device can be arranged flexibly and independently of the elevator operating device; the housings can touch one another or be arranged at a greater or lesser distance from one another.
• the activation device is equipped with a battery or another storage device for electrical energy.
• the activation device is equipped with a push button in connection with an electrodynamic energy converter. When the push button is pressed, the electrodynamic energy converter provides the energy to send a Bluetooth signal. Therefore, no separate lines for the energy supply need to be provided for the activation device.
• FIG. 1 shows a schematic representation of an exemplary situation in a building with several floors and an exemplary elevator system
• FIG. 2 shows schematic representations of an exemplary elevator operating device and an exemplary activation device, which are arranged on a floor in the elevator installation according to FIG. 1;
• FIG 3 shows an exemplary illustration of an exemplary embodiment of a method for operating the elevator system.
• FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of an exemplary situation in a building 2 that has several floors L, LI that are served by an elevator system 1.
• Floor L can be an entrance hall of building 2, into which passengers P enter building 2 and from which they leave building 2 again. If a passenger P enters the floor L, each floor LI of the building 2 can be reached with the elevator system 1 from there—with appropriate access authorization.
• an elevator control 13 a drive machine 14, a suspension element 16 (e.g. steel cables or flat belts), an elevator car 10 (hereinafter also referred to as car 10), a number of elevator operating devices 4, 4a and activation devices 6 are shown.
• the elevator installation 1 can also include a plurality of cars 10 in one or more shafts 18 which are controlled by a group controller.
• the elevator installation 1 can also have one or more hydraulic elevators.
• the elevator system 1 can be designed according to one of the control technologies mentioned above (up/down control or destination call control).
• the person skilled in the art recognizes that depending on the control technology implemented in the building 2, the elevator operating devices 4, 4a are designed and arranged accordingly.
• the control technologies mentioned are known to the person skilled in the art, so that detailed explanations do not appear necessary; In the following, it will only be discussed to the extent that it is necessary for the understanding of the described here technology seems helpful.
• the elevator operating devices 4 are arranged on the floors L, LI and are connected to a destination call controller 12 (DCC) via a communication network 22 .
• a passenger P can enter a desired destination floor on floor L, LI at an elevator operating device 4; after the passenger P has entered the destination floor (ie entering a destination call), information about the boarding floor and the destination floor is available. The boarding floor results from the location of the elevator operating device 4 at which the destination floor is entered.
• the destination call control device 12 allocates an elevator car 10 to the entered destination call, and an elevator control device 8 (EC) controls the process of the assigned elevator car 10 according to the destination call.
• EC elevator control device 8
• In the car 10 it is usually not possible to enter a travel request to a destination floor; an elevator operating device 4a drawn in dashed lines in the car 10 in FIG. 1 and the activation device 6 are not provided in an elevator system 1 with a destination call controller.
• elevator operating devices 4 are arranged on floors L, LI, on which a passenger P can enter the desired direction of travel Screen that displays the two directions of travel, or be designed as two direction buttons.
• the destination call control device 12 also shown in FIG. 1 is not provided in an elevator installation 1 with an up/down control.
• the elevator operating devices 4 on floors L, LI are connected to the elevator controller 13 via the communication network 22 .
• the desired destination floor is then entered in the car 10 on the elevator operating device 4a arranged there.
• a communication line 20 connects the (car-side) elevator operating device 4a to the elevator control 13.
• the current position of the car 10 (and thus the boarding floor) can be stored in the elevator control 13; it results, for example, from the last movement carried out on car 10.
• the passenger P can enter a desired destination floor L, LI at the elevator operating devices 4 on the floors L, LI.
• the elevator operating devices 4 are each equipped, for example, with a touch-sensitive screen 11; the touch-sensitive screen 11 is also referred to as touchscreen 11 below. Configurations of such a touch screen 11 and the technologies used there, in particular display and input options on a flat user interface of the touch screen 11, are known to the person skilled in the art.
• the elevator operating devices 4 can display destination floors (e.g. in the form of individually numbered fields) and possibly associated floor-specific information (e.g.
• the car 10 assigned to an elevator call (destination call) to serve the elevator call can be notified to the passenger P by means of a display on the user interface and by means of a voice message through an audio device 9 .
• the elevator control device 4 includes a radio device 5, which is arranged together with the touchscreen 11 in a housing 24 of the elevator control device 4, and the activation device 6 includes a radio device 7, which is arranged in a housing of the activation device 6.
• the radio device 7 is designed to emit an activation radio signal when the passenger P actuates the activation device 6 .
• the radio device 7 sends the activation radio signal with a radio power and a directional characteristic that are selected so that the activation radio signal can be reliably received within a specified radio range and direction.
• the radio device 5 of the elevator operating device 4 is arranged within radio range and is designed to receive the activation radio signal.
• the activation radio signal is sent and received according to Bluetooth technology, e.g. B. Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE).
• BLE Bluetooth Low Energy
• a short and exemplary summary allows here described technology that a passenger P with a physical disability, in particular with limited vision or blindness, can enter an elevator call conveniently and reliably in an elevator system 1 in which touchscreens 11 are provided for call inputs.
• Passengers P without physical limitations can continue to use the elevator operating devices 4 in the way they are familiar with from known elevator systems 1, for example with destination call control technology.
• Passengers P who z. B. are blind can be directed to one of the activation devices 6.
• the z. B. an acoustic signal transmitter
• the z. B. generates a clocked harmonic sound signal with a low clock frequency (z. B. about 1-4 Hz or a lower frequency), and / or a guide system for the blind
• the z. B. a tactile floor guidance system of optically and tactilely contrasting floor indicators (grooved and knobbed plates) can be provided.
• the elevator operating device 4 changes from a normal operating mode to a special operating mode.
• the elevator operating device 4 In the normal operating mode, the elevator operating device 4 generates a graphical user interface, for example, which the passenger P can operate in a known manner by touching and reading information.
• the special operating mode the elevator operating device 4 generates operating instructions for the passenger P to input a call.
• the activation device 6 is arranged on or near the elevator operating device 4 . If the passenger P actuates the activation device 6, the passenger P is therefore also at or near the elevator operating device 4. The operating instruction generated by the elevator operating device 4 can thus be perceived by the passenger P, in particular heard.
• the passenger P follows the operating instructions and interacts accordingly with the elevator operating device 4, the passenger P is thereby assisted in entering the call. If the call input is completed with a transmission of trip information (e.g. assigned cabin 10, its arrival time on the boarding floor and/or where it can be boarded from the location of the elevator operating device 4) to the passenger P, the elevator operating device 4 switches back to the normal operating mode.
• trip information e.g. assigned cabin 10, its arrival time on the boarding floor and/or where it can be boarded from the location of the elevator operating device 4
• the Activation device 6 can be configured with a marking device 26 on the passenger side.
• the identification device 26 can, for example, have a symbol for a wheelchair or another identification on a user interface in order to indicate its intended use for passengers P with a physical disability.
• the marking device 26 can include an illumination device 44 shown in FIG. B. to illuminate the user interface.
• an acoustic signal generator 42 also shown in FIG.
• FIG. 2 shows schematic representations of exemplary embodiments of the elevator operating device 4 and the activation device 6, as can be used in the elevator system 1 according to FIG. 1 on a floor L, LI.
• the elevator operating device 6 is communicatively connected to the elevator controller 13 (EC/DCC) via the communication network 22 .
• the elevator operating device 4 has a housing 24, as a result of which the elevator operating device 4 can be arranged on a building wall, an elevator door frame or standing on the floor.
• the activation device 6 has a housing 36 which can be arranged on a building wall, on the elevator door frame or on or on the elevator operating device 4 .
• the elevator operating device 4a is arranged on an inner wall of the car or on or on the elevator operating device 4a.
• the housings 24, 36 can possibly be omitted if the elevator operating device 4 and the activation device 6 are installed in a building wall or a door frame of a landing elevator door.
• the person skilled in the art also recognizes that the elevator operating device 4 and the activation device 6 are arranged at a height that is user-friendly or prescribed by a standard.
• the housing 24 of the elevator operating device 4 contains the touch screen 11, a central control and processing device 32 (CPU), a lighting device 34, the audio device 9 (e.g. comprising an electroacoustic converter) and a communication device 30 (PoE, power over Ethernet).
• the radio device 5 for receiving (RX) the activation radio signal is arranged in the housing 24 .
• the central control and Processing device 32 is communicatively connected to the components mentioned in order to ensure the operation and the tasks of the elevator operating device 4 .
• the touch screen 11 includes a processor 28 which controls the operation of the touch screen 11 and i.a. creates the user interface. Since a transparent glass plate (not shown) covers the touch screen 11, the input fields shown on the user interface are visible to passengers.
• the processor 28 is connected to the central control and processing device 32 and generates a signal, for example, when a passenger P touches an input field with a finger.
• the input fields are assigned to target floors, whereby additional floor-specific information can be displayed.
• the structure and function of a touchscreen are known to those skilled in the art, so that further explanations on this do not appear necessary.
• the lighting device 34 serves to illuminate the user interface of the elevator operating device 4 as a whole or only some areas thereof. Controlled by the central control and processing device 32, the lighting device 34 can illuminate the user interface so that the displayed input fields can be perceived by passengers (without visual impairments), particularly in poor lighting conditions. The lighting device 34 can also illuminate the user interface or individual input fields with colored light, e.g. B. to confirm the entry of an elevator call. In one embodiment, the lighting device 34 includes one or more LED light sources.
• a passenger can select a destination floor on the elevator operating device 4 by touching one of the input keys displayed and thus enter an elevator call (destination call) to any desired destination floor.
• the central control and processing device 32 controls the touchscreen 11 (or its processor 28) in order to display on its user interface 28 an identifier for the car 10 serving the destination call (e.g. a letter or a number) and possibly directions.
• the central control and processing device 32 can control the audio device 9 in order to generate a corresponding voice message (e.g. cabin and direction information). This supports in particular the passenger P, who has poor eyesight, after entering the call to find buildings.
• the radio device 5 is designed to receive the activation radio signal, to convert it into an electrical activation signal and to forward this to the central control and processing device 32 .
• the central control and processing device 32 recognizes that it is an activation signal and then causes the elevator operating device 4 to change from the normal operating mode to the special operating mode. In the special operating mode, the central control and processing device 32 processes a defined and stored flow chart (routine), as explained elsewhere in this description in connection with FIG.
• an alternative or additional possibility for the call input can be provided.
• a portable communication device e.g. mobile phone, smartphone, tablet PC
• the communication between the radio device 5 and the communication device also taking place using the aforementioned Bluetooth technology, for example.
• the radio device 7, the acoustic signal transmitter 42, a processor 40, an actuating device 38 and the (optional) lighting device 44 are arranged in the housing 36 of the activation device 6 .
• the processor 40 is directly or indirectly connected to the mentioned components; For example, the processor 40 controls the radio device 7 when the actuating device 38 generates an actuating signal when it is actuated by the passenger P. The radio device 7 then sends out the activation signal.
• the processor 40 controls the horn 42 to generate an audible tone.
• the audio signal can B. be a clocked harmonic (audible) sound signal with a low clock frequency.
• acoustic signal transmitters are known which generate a sound signal with a clock frequency of approx. 1-4 Hz.
• the audio signal serves as a position signal, by means of which the passenger P can orientate himself in space and move in the direction of the signal generator 42 .
• the functionality of the actuating device 38 and the functionality of the radio device 7 can be integrated in one module, for example a push-button transmitter module (PTM 215B from EnOcean GmbH, Germany) configured according to BLE (Bluetooth) technology.
• PTM 215B from EnOcean GmbH, Germany
• BLE Bluetooth
• This module has several push buttons or toggle switches, a Bluetooth radio, and an electrodynamic transducer designed to power the module.
• the electrodynamic energy converter provides the energy to send a Bluetooth signal.
• a battery can also be provided in the activation device 6, e.g. B. the acoustic signal generator 42 and possibly the (optional) lighting device 44 to operate even if no push button is pressed and the electrodynamic energy converter is not supplying electrical energy.
• the communication network 22 connects the elevator control devices 4 to the elevator control 13 and thereby enables communication between the elevator control 13 and the elevator control devices 4.
• the elevator control devices 4 and the elevator control 13 can be connected directly or indirectly to the communication network 22.
• the communication network 22 can comprise a communication bus system, individual data lines or a combination thereof.
• the elevator control 13 and each elevator operating device 4 can be assigned individual addresses and/or identifiers, so that, for example, the elevator control 13 can send a message specifically to a desired elevator operating device 4.
• the communication can take place according to a protocol for wired communication, for example the Ethernet protocol.
• the elevator operating devices 4 are supplied with electrical energy via the communication network 22 (PoE).
• the method is described with reference to a passenger P with one of the stated visual impairments. It is assumed that the passenger P is already on a floor L, LI within reach of an activation device 6 arranged there; the passenger P moved to the activation device 6 with the aid of the aforementioned audio signal and/or the guidance system for the blind, for example, because he would like to use the elevator to be transported from this floor L, LI to a destination floor L, LI.
• the elevator operating device 4 is arranged close to the activation device 6 .
• the elevator installation 1 is equipped with a destination call controller, corresponding to this the user interface of the elevator operating device 4 displays, for example, numbered input fields for the destination floor and any associated floor-specific information.
• the elevator operating device 4 is in the normal operating mode, which is indicated in FIG. 3 by a step S2; in another representation of the flowchart, step S2 can also be omitted
• the radio device 7 transmits an activation signal.
• the radio device 5 of the elevator operating device 4 receives the activation signal.
• the activation signal can be encoded and/or include an identifier so that the elevator operating device 4 clearly recognizes that the received activation signal originates from the activation device 6 arranged adjacent and not from another Bluetooth transmitter.
• the elevator operating device 4 changes from the normal operating mode to a special operating mode in a step S4.
• the audio device 9 can be activated for voice output and voice input in the special operating mode.
• the touchscreen 11 can be activated for character and/or gesture recognition in addition to or as an alternative to the audio device 9 .
• the elevator operating device 4 executes a routine for operating instructions in a step S5.
• the operating instructions can consist, for example, in the audio device 9 greeting the passenger P by means of one or more (stored) voice messages, informing them of the location and prompting them to enter the desired destination floor as a number or floor-specific information (e.g. restaurant, parking garage, entrance hall).
• the audio device 9 can be equipped with a speech recognition module for such a speech input.
• a voice message generated by the audio device 9 can inform the passenger P about the recognized destination floor and ask him to confirm this or say the destination floor again.
• the audio device 9 can generate a voice message announcing the floors that can be reached from the current floor and the passenger P reacts at the desired destination floor, e.g. B. says “stop", "stop” or similar.
• the touchscreen 11 can be controlled in such a way that the currently announced floor is displayed and the passenger P is prompted to touch the touchscreen 11 at the desired destination floor.
• the voice message can request the passenger P to present proof of authorization.
• the proof of entitlement can e.g. B. be designed in the form of a card-shaped carrier in which an RFID transponder is integrated or on which an optical code (z. B. a barcode or a QR code) is shown.
• the voice message can also indicate at which point on the elevator operating device 4 the proof of authorization is to be presented. Based on the proof of entitlement, a destination call can be triggered to a specified destination floor.
• the operating instructions can consist in the audio device 9 asking the passenger P to touch the touchscreen 11 and to write the number of the desired destination floor or the floor-specific information (e.g. restaurant) with his finger.
• the touch screen 11 or the processor 28 controlling it and/or the central control device 32 are suitable for such a character or character recognition designed.
• a voice message generated by the audio device 9 can inform the passenger P about the recognized destination floor and ask him to confirm this or to make a new entry.
• a step S6 it is checked whether the call input is finished.
• the call input is deemed to have ended when the passenger P confirms the voice or character input recognized and uttered by the audio device 9 . In this case the method proceeds along the YES branch to a step S7, otherwise along the NO branch back to step S5.
• step S7 the destination call is transmitted from the elevator operating device 4 to the elevator control 13 .
• the destination call controller 12 receives the destination call.
• allocation algorithms are known to the person skilled in the art, for example from EP 1 276 691 Bl. B. described in EP 1 276 691 B1.
• the determined elevator car 10 is transmitted to the elevator operating device 4 as travel information.
• the journey information can include additional information, for example when the car 10 is expected to arrive at the floor.
• the elevator control device 8 controls the drive machine 14 e.g. so that the assigned car 10 is moved according to the destination call.
• the journey information is communicated to the passenger P by means of the elevator operating device 4.
• the audio device 9 can generate a corresponding voice message for this purpose.
• the voice message can also include path or direction information (e.g. left, right).
• the elevator operating device 4 can be designed in such a way that the communication of the trip information for the passenger P is repeated automatically or on request.
• step S9 the elevator operating device 4 changes from the special operating mode back to normal operating mode.
• the change takes place after a specified period of time has elapsed after the travel information was communicated in step S8.

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