EP1912887B1 - Method for assigning a user to an elevator system - Google Patents

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EP1912887B1
EP1912887B1 EP06761237A EP06761237A EP1912887B1 EP 1912887 B1 EP1912887 B1 EP 1912887B1 EP 06761237 A EP06761237 A EP 06761237A EP 06761237 A EP06761237 A EP 06761237A EP 1912887 B1 EP1912887 B1 EP 1912887B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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  • the invention relates to a method for allocating a user to an elevator installation with a plurality of elevators and with a destination call control unit.
  • a multiplicity of additions is to be understood in particular as meaning a multiplicity of elevator cars, wherein the elevator cars can run side by side and / or one above the other in an elevator shaft and / or in several elevator shafts.
  • the US4989694A discloses an elevator system in which a group controller selects an elevator for each floor call made at a floor terminal and displays the floor call user on a floor display including status information. For example, the elevator is selected, which operates the floor in the shortest time, and also the filling status and possible driving restrictions of the elevator are displayed. If the user agrees with the selection, he has nothing to do and can get into the elevator car. In the elevator car, he must then make a car call to inform the group control about his destination. However, if the user does not agree with the selection, he can deselect the lift displayed on the floor display device by actuating a key of the floor terminal, whereupon the group control selects and displays another elevator.
  • the transport system of EP1041032A1 may be an elevator installation with at least one elevator shaft, in which several elevator cars with high autonomy operate.
  • a touchscreen display device As a communication unit, for example, a touchscreen display device is provided, on which several destinations are displayed. The user selects by touching the touchscreen his destination and then receives on the display device, the information in which elevator car at which boarding point he is to enter to get to his destination.
  • the user has no influence on the program technically determined by the destination call control unit elevator car and is the predetermined allocation algorithm delivered.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a method for allocating a user to an elevator system, which allows an individual adaptation to the needs of the user.
  • a method for allocating a user to an elevator installation with a plurality of elevator cars and with a destination call control unit in accordance with claim 1 is provided.
  • the method is based on the recognition that the user can interactively select a specific elevator car from a group of elevator cars determined by the destination call control unit. This allows the user to select the elevator car that best suits his individual needs and, in his view, is preferable to the particular situation.
  • the method therefore makes it possible for the user to be able to make his own selection of an elevator car preferred by him via the communication unit, which is preferably carried by him, and thus does not receive any elevator cars computationally determined by the destination call control purely from a logistical and economic point of view.
  • the staff of a building can show a visitor the building and thereby move the visitor with this elevator car in the building by selecting a best equipped elevator car, so as to leave the best possible impression on the visitor.
  • a plurality of passengers can communicate with each other, for example by means of a plurality of communication units, that they select a particular elevator car in each case via the entrained communication unit and use this elevator car together.
  • a mobile, user-carried communication means preferably a mobile phone
  • the communication unit can also be formed by at least one stationary destination call terminal located on a floor of the building. The selection then takes place by means of a screen, for example with a touchscreen, and / or with a keyboard of the destination call terminal.
  • the user selects one of a plurality of elevator cars arranged one above the other in a common elevator shaft.
  • a plurality of elevator cars arranged one above the other in a common elevator shaft.
  • the user selects one of a plurality of elevator cars arranged one above the other in a common elevator shaft.
  • the user selects one of a plurality of elevator cars arranged one above the other in a common elevator shaft.
  • the destination call control unit often only one of the elevator cars of the multi-deck elevator operates the floor in which the user is located. If an entry in another boarding floor is cheaper for the user to reach his destination in the shortest possible time, so in step c) this cheap elevator car will be announced by the destination call control unit and recommended such a change of the boarding floor.
  • the user is informed by the destination call control unit to use a moving walkway to change to the boarding floor from which the cheap elevator car leaves.
  • At least one of the elevator cars from the group of elevator cars is recommended by the destination call control unit in step c).
  • the user can be informed which elevator car is to be preferred, for example, for a cheap, fastest possible transport to the destination floor.
  • step c) a limited number of elevator cars is announced.
  • the ascertained elevator cars For example, served in elevators with several over each other in a lift shaft moved elevator cars often only one of these elevator cars the main entrance of the building.
  • This elevator car does not necessarily have to be the cheapest way to get to the destination in no time. Nevertheless, it is advantageous for the unfamiliar with the infrastructure of the building user that this less-favorable elevator car is displayed to him, even if another elevator car of the multi-deck elevator would be cheaper to easily get to the destination.
  • step a) data preferably a personal identification code is transmitted from the user to the destination call control unit.
  • This data can be input from the mobile communication unit and / or via the fixed destination call terminal and transmitted from there to the destination call control unit.
  • these data can also be stored in a user profile of the destination call control unit and be retrievable there via the personal identification code.
  • a pre-generated personal identification code can be linked to certain transport conditions or a ranking of preferred elevator cars. It is also possible to inform the destination call control unit about a disability of the user.
  • the destination call control unit determines a particularly suitable elevator car in step b).
  • a particularly suitable elevator car for example, drives particularly gently and brakes accordingly gently.
  • an elevator car can retract and hold particularly accurately in the floors, so that disabled users when entering and exiting the elevator car can not trip over edges.
  • an access authorization of the user to the elevator installation is checked and the elevator cars are only determined when the verification of the access authorization is successful.
  • the user must compulsorily transmit a personal identification code to the destination call control unit, which is compared to a stored code reference.
  • This verification of the access authorization can also be supplemented with an authentication of the user, ie the user must additionally authenticate himself by, for example, performing a lriss scan or a fingerprint of the user and transmitting the acquired biometric data to the destination call control unit and comparing it with stored reference data .
  • the reference code which is advantageously one-to-one associated with the personal identification code, and the reference data likewise advantageously one-to-one associated with the detectable biometric data are advantageously stored in a user profile of the destination call control unit.
  • the iris scan or the fingerprint can be carried out either in the area of the boarding point or in the elevator car.
  • the user is only entitled to select an elevator car at certain points in time or within a certain period of time. In this way, it is possible to prevent the average travel time of the individual users from being extended due to the selection of an elevator car unfavorable to the overall operation of the elevator installation in peak times with a large number of users to be transported.
  • the restriction of choice may alternatively or in combination also refer to certain elevators, elevator cars, boarding places and / or floors. This restriction of the selection is also advantageously stored in a user profile of the destination call control unit.
  • step a), step c) and / or step d) are executed only if the communication unit is within a certain range of the elevator installation in a near field.
  • the Bluetooth standard is particularly suitable for carrying out this near-field communication.
  • an additional security measure can be created in the event that security-relevant data, such as access codes, are transmitted.
  • the range is less than about 10 m.
  • a preferred development of the method is also provided, in which in the selection of an elevator car by the user in step d), a reservation of the selected elevator car for a preferential journey to a destination floor takes place and / or a reservation of the selected elevator car for a cleaning or maintenance mode he follows. Preferably, this reservation is limited in time. Preferably, the reserved elevator car is removed from the group of elevator cars and is thus not made available to the other users.
  • the transmission of information to the user provided in step e) consists of a call acknowledgment.
  • Fig. 1 schematically shows an embodiment of an elevator system 20 of a building with three side by side located elevator shafts, wherein In each elevator shaft, a first elevator car 21, a second elevator car 22 and a third elevator car 23 operate independently of each other.
  • a first elevator car 21, a second elevator car 22 and a third elevator car 23 operate independently of each other.
  • several elevator cars 21, 22 can also be arranged one above the other and run independently of one another in a single elevator shaft.
  • a combination of side-by-side and elevator cars traveling in elevator shafts is also possible.
  • a multi-decker elevator to run in an elevator shaft which has a plurality of elevator cars arranged one above the other, which operate together.
  • the in Fig. 1 shown section of the building shows a first floor 24, a second floor 25 and a third floor 26, wherein in each floor 24, 25, 26 each have a floor door as Einsteigeort to one of the elevator cars 21, 22, 23 leads.
  • a fixed destination call terminal 40, 41, 42 is provided on each of the floors 24, 25, 26 in the area of the elevator installation 20.
  • the destination call terminals 40, 41, 42 are each equipped with a control panel and a display device and communicate via a data line with a central destination call control unit.
  • a method for allocating a user 10 to the elevator installation 20 will be explained below.
  • the user 10 After the user 10 has entered the building on the first floor 24, the user 10 approaches the elevator installation 20.
  • the user 10 sets a destination call to the destination call control unit by means of a mobile telephone 30 carried by him, which forms a communication unit.
  • the discontinuation of this destination call can be done automatically or by a corresponding key and / or voice input.
  • the destination call includes the indication of the desired destination floor and / or the desired destination and is made using the Bluetooth standard wirelessly transmitted via a near-field communication to the destination call terminal 40.
  • the destination call terminal 40 After the ring call terminal 40 has received the destination call, the destination call terminal 40 transmits the received data to the destination call control unit. On the basis of this data, the destination call control unit now determines a group of elevator cars 21, 22 for operating the destination call issued by the user 10.
  • the computer unit of the destination call control unit determines a group of elevator cars 21, 22 for operating the destination call, wherein the elevator car 22 is calculated as the fastest possible variant for a transport from the first floor 24 to the third floor 26.
  • the elevator cars 21, 22 determined by the destination call control unit as a group of elevator cars for serving the destination call are then in turn transmitted to the mobile telephone 30 by means of the near field communication network.
  • the ascertained elevator cars 21, 22 are displayed on a display device of the mobile telephone 30, wherein the elevator car 22 is identified as the fastest possible variant.
  • the user 10 selects one of the elevator cars 21, 22, for example the elevator car 21, by means of the control panel of the mobile telephone 30 and communicates the selection made by transmitting a corresponding signal by means of the near field radio connection to the destination call control unit.
  • the destination call control unit After selecting the elevator car 21 and locating the location of the mobile telephone 30 as a result of contact between the destination call terminal 40 and the mobile telephone 30, the destination call control unit determines a route to guide the user 10 from the present location to the entry location of the selected elevator car 21 and transmits this data via the destination call terminal 40 to the mobile phone 30.
  • the User 10 may then read the transmitted data for guidance to the boarding location of the selected elevator car 21 from the display device of the mobile phone 30 and visit the boarding location. This proves to be particularly useful when the selected elevator car 21 is located in a remote from the current location part of the building.
  • the method described above allows a transmission of information to the user in the form of a call acknowledgment.
  • the method described above is distinguished by the fact that the user 10 is interactively involved in the allocation to the elevator installation 20 and the selection of the elevator cabin 21 intended for transport, and in this way can adapt the transport process to his individual needs.
  • the method described above allows the user to reserve a selected elevator car.
  • the reservation consists, for example, in a preferential trip to a destination floor where only the user or a predefined group of users in the selected reserved elevator car is moved.
  • a selected elevator car can be reserved for the employees of a particular company.
  • the criteria for the reservation are freely definable.
  • an elevator car can only be reserved for a group of employees as a VIP (Very Important Persons) user.
  • the reservation is for example in a special cleaning or maintenance mode of the selected elevator car.
  • a cleaning specialist reserves the selected elevator car as a user, for example for one Cleaning mode in which the elevator car is not moved from the floor with the doors open.
  • a service technician reserves the selected elevator car as a user for a maintenance mode in which the selected elevator car is traveling at limited speed and unavailable to other users.
  • this reservation is limited in time.
  • the reserved elevator car is removed from the group of elevator cars by the destination call control unit and is at least temporarily not made available to the other users.
  • the elevator installation has a plurality of stationary allocation display devices 210, 230 of the elevator cars 21, 22, 23 that run in several elevator shafts of a building.
  • the allocation display devices 210, 230 are clearly visible at Einsteigeort, ie arranged above the doors to the elevator shafts.
  • the user 10 located in the floor 24 thus the elevator cars 21, 22, 23 assigned to the users are thus displayed.
  • the allocations are made, for example, alphanumerically, such that the letter "A", "B", “C”, ... the boarding position and numbers "1", "2", "3", ...
  • the elevator car is called , Accordingly, "A2" means the “2" te elevator car in the elevator shaft "A” and “B1” the “1” te elevator car in the elevator shaft "B".
  • the allocations may also be displayed to the user 10 on the display device of his mobile communication device 30. In this way, the user 10 receives information about his mobile communication means 30 in the form of an allocation where he can climb the selected elevator car 21. He then recognizes this allocation to the allocation display devices 210, 230 again and is thus easily and safely guided to Einsteigeort.

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Disclosed is a method for assigning a user (10) to an elevator system (20) comprising a plurality of elevator cars (21, 22, 23) and a destination call control unit. According to said method, the user (10) issues a destination call to the destination call control unit (30) by means of a communication unit (30). The destination call control unit determines a group of elevator cars (21, 22) in order to answer the destination call and communicates the group of elevator cars (21, 22) to the user (10) with the aid of the communication unit (30). The user (10) selects an elevator car (21) among the group of elevator cars (21, 22) by means of the communication unit (30). Additionally, data for guiding the user (10) to the selected elevator car (21) is transmitted to the user (10) with the aid of the communication unit (30).

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Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zur Zuteilung eines Benutzers zu einer Aufzugsanlage mit einer Vielzahl von Aufzügen und mit einer Zielrufsteuereinheit.The invention relates to a method for allocating a user to an elevator installation with a plurality of elevators and with a destination call control unit.

Unter einer Vielzahl von zufügen im Sinne der vorliegenden Erfindung ist insbesondere eine Vielzahl an Aufzugskabinen zu verstehen, wobei die Aufzugskabinen in einem Aufzugsschacht und/oder in mehreren Aufzugsschächten nebeneinander und/oder übereinander verkehren können.In the context of the present invention, a multiplicity of additions is to be understood in particular as meaning a multiplicity of elevator cars, wherein the elevator cars can run side by side and / or one above the other in an elevator shaft and / or in several elevator shafts.

Die US4989694A offenbart eine Aufzugsanlage, bei der eine Gruppensteuerung für jeden an einem Stockwerk-Terminal getätigten Stockwerksruf einen Aufzug auswählt und dem den Stockwerkruf tätigenden Benutzer auf einer Stockwerk-Anzeigevorrichtung samt Zustandsinformationen anzeigt. Beispielsweise wird der Aufzug ausgewählt, der das Stockwerk in der kürzesten Zeit bedient und es werden auch der Füllzustand und eventuelle Fahrtrestriktionen des Aufzugs angezeigt. Ist der Benutzer mit der Auswahl einverstanden, so muss er nichts weiter unternehmen und kann in die Aufzugskabine einsteigen. In der Aufzugskabine muss er dann einen Kabinenruf tätigen, um die Gruppensteuerung über sein Fahrziel zu informieren. Ist der Benutzer mit der Auswahl aber nicht einverstanden, so kann er durch Betätigen einer Taste des Stockwerk-Terminals den auf der Stockwerk-Anzeigevorrichtung angezeigten Aufzug abwählen, woraufhin die Gruppensteuerung einen anderen Aufzug ausgewählt und anzeigt.The US4989694A discloses an elevator system in which a group controller selects an elevator for each floor call made at a floor terminal and displays the floor call user on a floor display including status information. For example, the elevator is selected, which operates the floor in the shortest time, and also the filling status and possible driving restrictions of the elevator are displayed. If the user agrees with the selection, he has nothing to do and can get into the elevator car. In the elevator car, he must then make a car call to inform the group control about his destination. However, if the user does not agree with the selection, he can deselect the lift displayed on the floor display device by actuating a key of the floor terminal, whereupon the group control selects and displays another elevator.

Aus der EP1041032A1 ist ein Verfahren zur Kommunikation mit einem Transportsystem bekannt, bei dem der Benutzer sein Fahrziel bereits auf dem Einsteigestockwerk einer Zielrufsteuereinheit bekannt gibt. Die einstufige Zielrufsteuerung ist wesentlich effizienter als die zweistufige Stockwerkruf / Kabinenruf-Steuerung. Da die Zielrufsteuereinheit bereits beim Tätigen des Zielrufs, das Fahrziel des Benutzers kennt, kann sie mehr als nur die am schnellsten das Einsteigestockwerk bedienende Aufzugskabine berechnen, sondern sie ermittelt effektiv die den Benutzer am schnellsten zum Fahrziel transportierende Aufzugskabine. Auch muss der Benutzer nach Besteigen der Aufzugskabine keinen weiteren Kabinenruf mehr tätigen. Das Transportsystem der EP1041032A1 kann beispielsweise eine Aufzugsanlage mit mindestens einem Aufzugsschacht sein, in dem mehrere Aufzugskabinen mit hoher Autonomie verkehren. Als Kommunikationseinheit ist beispielsweise eine Touchscreen-Anzeigevorrichtung vorgesehen, auf dem mehrere Fahrziele angezeigt sind. Der Benutzer wählt durch Berühren des Touchscreens sein Fahrziel aus und erhält daraufhin auf der Anzeigevorrichtung die Information angezeigt, in welche Aufzugskabine an welchem Einsteigeort er einsteigen soll, um zu seinem Fahrziel zu gelangen.From the EP1041032A1 a method for communication with a transport system is known in which the user already announces his destination on the boarding floor of a destination call control unit. The single-stage destination call control is much more efficient than the two-level landing call / car call control. Since the destination call control unit already at the time of the Zielrufs, knows the destination of the user, they can calculate more than just the fastest the boarding elevator elevator car, but it effectively determines the fastest way to the user transporting elevator car elevator. Also, the user does not need to make another cabin call after boarding the elevator car. The transport system of EP1041032A1 For example, it may be an elevator installation with at least one elevator shaft, in which several elevator cars with high autonomy operate. As a communication unit, for example, a touchscreen display device is provided, on which several destinations are displayed. The user selects by touching the touchscreen his destination and then receives on the display device, the information in which elevator car at which boarding point he is to enter to get to his destination.

Nun hat der Benutzer keinen Einfluss auf die programmtechnisch durch die Zielrufsteuereinheit ermittelte Aufzugskabine hat und ist dem vorgegebenen Zuteilungsalgorithmus ausgeliefert.Now, the user has no influence on the program technically determined by the destination call control unit elevator car and is the predetermined allocation algorithm delivered.

Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, ein Verfahren zur Zuteilung eines Benutzers zu einer Aufzugsanlage zu schaffen, das eine individuelle Anpassung an die Bedürfnisse des Benutzers ermöglicht.The invention has for its object to provide a method for allocating a user to an elevator system, which allows an individual adaptation to the needs of the user.

Zur Lösung dieser Aufgabe ist ein Verfahren zur Zuteilung eines Benutzers zu einer Aufzugsanlage mit einer Vielzahl von Aufzugskabinen und mit einer Zielrufsteuereinheit in Übereinstimmung mit Anspruch 1 vorgesehen.To achieve this object, a method for allocating a user to an elevator installation with a plurality of elevator cars and with a destination call control unit in accordance with claim 1 is provided.

Das Verfahren beruht auf der Erkenntnis, dass der Benutzer interaktiv aus einer Gruppe an von der Zielrufsteuereinheit ermittelten Aufzugskabinen eine bestimmte Aufzugskabine auswählen kann. Dies ermöglicht, dass der Benutzer diejenige Aufzugskabine auswählen kann, die seinen individuellen Bedürfnissen am besten entspricht und aus seiner Sicht für die jeweilige Situation vorzuziehen ist.The method is based on the recognition that the user can interactively select a specific elevator car from a group of elevator cars determined by the destination call control unit. This allows the user to select the elevator car that best suits his individual needs and, in his view, is preferable to the particular situation.

Das Verfahren ermöglicht also, dass der Benutzer über die vorzugsweise von ihm mitgeführte Kommunikationseinheit eine eigene Auswahl einer von ihm bevorzugten Aufzugskabine treffen kann und so keinen von der Zielrufsteuerung rein unter logistischen und ökonomischen Gesichtspunkten rechnerisch ermittelten Aufzugskabinen vorgegeben bekommt.The method therefore makes it possible for the user to be able to make his own selection of an elevator car preferred by him via the communication unit, which is preferably carried by him, and thus does not receive any elevator cars computationally determined by the destination call control purely from a logistical and economic point of view.

Beispielsweise kann das Personal eines Gebäudes einem Besucher das Gebäude zeigen und dabei durch Auswahl einer am besten ausgestatteten Aufzugskabine den Besucher mit dieser Aufzugskabine in dem Gebäude verfahren, um so einen bestmöglichen Eindruck bei dem Besucher zu hinterlassen. In einem anderen Fall können sich mehrere Passagiere untereinander verständigen, beispielsweise mittels mehrerer Kommunikationseinheiten, dass sie eine bestimmte Aufzugskabine jeweils über die mitgeführte Kommunikationseinheit auswählen und diese Aufzugskabine gemeinsam benutzen.For example, the staff of a building can show a visitor the building and thereby move the visitor with this elevator car in the building by selecting a best equipped elevator car, so as to leave the best possible impression on the visitor. In another case, a plurality of passengers can communicate with each other, for example by means of a plurality of communication units, that they select a particular elevator car in each case via the entrained communication unit and use this elevator car together.

In dem Verfahren ist vorgesehen, dass als Kommunikationseinheit ein mobiles, vom Benutzer mitführbares Kommunikationsmittel, vorzugsweise ein Mobiltelefon, verwendet wird. So kann vermieden werden, dass der Benutzer neben seinem Mobiltelefon eine weitere mobile Kommunikationseinheit mitführen muss. Alternativ kann die Kommunikationseinheit auch durch mindestens ein sich auf einem Stockwerk des Gebäudes befindliches ortsfestes Zielruf Terminal gebildet werden. Die Auswahl erfolgt dann mittels eines Bildschirms, beispielsweise mit einem Touchscreen, und/oder mit einer Tastatur des Zielruf Terminals.In the method, it is provided that a mobile, user-carried communication means, preferably a mobile phone, is used as the communication unit. Thus it can be avoided that the user must carry along with his mobile phone another mobile communication unit. Alternatively, the communication unit can also be formed by at least one stationary destination call terminal located on a floor of the building. The selection then takes place by means of a screen, for example with a touchscreen, and / or with a keyboard of the destination call terminal.

In dem Verfahren ist weiter vorgesehen, dass der Benutzer eine von mehreren in einem gemeinsamen Aufzugsschacht übereinander angeordneten Aufzugskabinen auswählt. Beispielsweise bedienen bei Multidecker-Aufzügen oft nur eine der Aufzugskabinen des Multidecker-Aufzugs das Stockwerk in dem sich der Benutzer befindet. Falls ein Einstieg in einem anderen Einsteigestockwerk für den Benutzer günstiger ist, um sein Fahrziel in möglichst kurzer Zeit zu erreichen, so wird im Schritt c) diese günstige Aufzugskabine von der Zielrufsteuereinheit bekannt gegeben und ein solcher Wechsel des Einsteigestockwerks empfohlen. Beispielsweise wird der Benutzer von der Zielrufsteuereinheit informiert, einen Fahrsteig zu benutzen, um in das Einsteigestockwerk zu wechseln, von dem die günstige Aufzugskabine abfährt.In the method, it is further provided that the user selects one of a plurality of elevator cars arranged one above the other in a common elevator shaft. For example, in multi-deck elevators, often only one of the elevator cars of the multi-deck elevator operates the floor in which the user is located. If an entry in another boarding floor is cheaper for the user to reach his destination in the shortest possible time, so in step c) this cheap elevator car will be announced by the destination call control unit and recommended such a change of the boarding floor. For example, the user is informed by the destination call control unit to use a moving walkway to change to the boarding floor from which the cheap elevator car leaves.

Vorteilhafte Weiterbildungen des Verfahrens sind in den abhängigen Ansprüchen beschrieben. Zweckmässigerweise wird im Schritt c) von der Zielrufsteuereinheit wenigstens eine der Aufzugskabinen aus der Gruppe von Aufzugskabinen empfohlen. Auf diese Weise kann dem Benutzer mitgeteilt werden, welche Aufzugskabine beispielsweise für einen günstigen, schnellstmöglichen Transport zu dem Zielstockwerk vorzuziehen ist.Advantageous developments of the method are described in the dependent claims. Conveniently, at least one of the elevator cars from the group of elevator cars is recommended by the destination call control unit in step c). In this way, the user can be informed which elevator car is to be preferred, for example, for a cheap, fastest possible transport to the destination floor.

Um einem Benutzer, dem beispielsweise die Infrastruktur eines Gebäudes noch nicht vertraut ist, die Auswahl einer Aufzugskabine aus der Gruppe von Aufzugskabinen zu erleichtern, ist es von Vorteil, wenn in Schritt c) eine beschränkte Anzahl von Aufzugskabinen bekannt gegeben wird. So können, falls sich der Benutzer am Haupteingang des Gebäudes befindet, von den ermittelten Aufzugskabinen nur diejenigen bekanntgegeben werden, die sich im Bereich des Haupteingangs des Gebäudes befinden oder die den Haupteingang des Gebäudes überhaupt bedienen. Beispielsweise bedient bei Aufzügen mit mehreren übereinander in einem Aufzugsschacht verfahrenen Aufzugskabinen oft nur eine dieser Aufzugskabinen den Haupteingang des Gebäudes. Diese Aufzugskabine muss nicht unbedingt die günstigste sein, um in kürzester Zeit zum Fahrziel zu gelangen. Trotzdem ist es für den mit der Infrastruktur des Gebäudes nicht vertrauten Benutzer vorteilhaft, dass ihm diese weniger günstige Aufzugskabine angezeigt wird, selbst wenn eine andere Aufzugskabine des Multidecker-Aufzugs günstiger wäre, um auf einfache Weise zum Fahrziel zu gelangen.To a user, for example, the infrastructure of a building is not yet familiar, the selection of an elevator car from the group of To facilitate elevator cars, it is advantageous if in step c) a limited number of elevator cars is announced. Thus, if the user is at the main entrance of the building, only the ones located in the area of the main entrance of the building or which serve the main entrance of the building can be announced by the ascertained elevator cars. For example, served in elevators with several over each other in a lift shaft moved elevator cars often only one of these elevator cars the main entrance of the building. This elevator car does not necessarily have to be the cheapest way to get to the destination in no time. Nevertheless, it is advantageous for the unfamiliar with the infrastructure of the building user that this less-favorable elevator car is displayed to him, even if another elevator car of the multi-deck elevator would be cheaper to easily get to the destination.

Von Vorteil ist ferner, wenn mit der Bekanntgabe der Gruppe von Aufzugskabinen an den Benutzer und/oder mit der Übermittlung von Informationen an den Benutzer zur Führung des Benutzers zur ausgewählten Aufzugskabine, weitere Daten, beispielsweise die derzeitige Position der ausgewählten Aufzugskabine, und/oder die Wartezeit, bis die ausgewählte Aufzugskabine am Einsteigeort angekommen ist, und/oder die voraussichtliche Fahrtzeit vom Einsteigeort zum Zielstockwerk und/oder aber auch gebäudespezifische Informationen und/oder Informationen über bestimmte Veranstaltungen innerhalb dieses Gebäudes, bekanntgegeben werden. So kann dem Benutzer bei einer Aufzugsanlage mit mehreren Aufzugsschächten nicht nur der Einsteigeort, d.h. der konkrete Aufzugsschacht angezeigt werden in dem die von ihm ausgewählte Aufzugskabine verkehrt, und/oder es kann ihm angezeigt werden, welche der am Einsteigeort verkehrenden Aufzugskabinen die ausgewählte Aufzugskabine ist.Furthermore, it is advantageous if with the announcement of the group of elevator cars to the user and / or with the transmission of information to the user to guide the user to the selected elevator car, further data, for example the current position of the selected elevator car, and / or the Waiting time until the selected elevator car has arrived at the entry point, and / or the estimated travel time from the boarding point to the destination floor and / or also building-specific information and / or information about specific events within this building will be announced. Thus, in an elevator installation with several elevator shafts, the user can not only see the boarding location, i. the concrete elevator shaft are displayed in which the elevator car selected by him runs, and / or it can be displayed to him which of the elevator cars that run at the entry point is the selected elevator car.

Um die Zielrufsteuereinheit gezielt über benutzerspezifische Bedingungen zu informieren, ist es weiterhin von Vorteil, wenn im Schritt a) Daten, vorzugsweise ein Personenidentifikations-Code von dem Benutzer an die Zielrufsteuereinheit übermittelt werden. Diese Daten können von der mobilen Kommunikationseinheit und/oder über das ortsfeste Zielruf-Terminal eingegeben und von dort an die Zielrufsteuereinheit übermittelt werden. Diese Daten können aber auch in einem Benutzerprofil der Zielrufsteuereinheit gespeichert und dort über den Personenidentifikations-Code abrufbar sein. So kann beispielsweise ein vorab generierter Personenidentifikations-Code mit bestimmten Transportbedingungen oder einer Rangfolge bevorzugter Aufzugskabinen verknüpft werden. Auch ist es so möglich, die Zielrufsteuereinheit über eine Behinderung des Benutzers zu informieren. Für einen infolge einer Behinderung nur eingeschränkt bewegungsfähigen oder transportfähigen Benutzer ermittelt die Zielrufsteuereinheit im Schritt b) dann eine besonders geeignete Aufzugskabine. Eine solche Aufzugskabine fährt beispielsweise besonders sanft an und bremst auch entsprechend sanft ab. Auch kann eine solche Aufzugskabine besonders genau in die Stockwerke einfahren und halten, so dass gehbehinderte Benutzer beim Ein- und Aussteigen der Aufzugskabine nicht über Kanten stolpern können.In order to inform the destination call control unit specifically about user-specific conditions, it is furthermore advantageous if in step a) data, preferably a personal identification code is transmitted from the user to the destination call control unit. This data can be input from the mobile communication unit and / or via the fixed destination call terminal and transmitted from there to the destination call control unit. However, these data can also be stored in a user profile of the destination call control unit and be retrievable there via the personal identification code. For example, a pre-generated personal identification code can be linked to certain transport conditions or a ranking of preferred elevator cars. It is also possible to inform the destination call control unit about a disability of the user. For a user who is restrictedly mobile or transportable as a result of a disability, the destination call control unit then determines a particularly suitable elevator car in step b). Such an elevator car, for example, drives particularly gently and brakes accordingly gently. Also, such an elevator car can retract and hold particularly accurately in the floors, so that disabled users when entering and exiting the elevator car can not trip over edges.

Bei einer vorteilhaften Weiterbildung des Verfahrens ist vorgesehen, dass eine Zutrittsberechtigung des Benutzers zu der Aufzugsanlage überprüft wird und die Aufzugskabinen nur dann ermittelt werden, wenn die Überprüfung der Zutrittsberechtigung erfolgreich ist. Beispielsweise muss der Benutzer zwingend einen Personenidentifikations-Code an die Zielrufsteuereinheit übermitteln, der mit einer gespeicherten Code-Referenz verglichen wird. Auch kann diese Überprüfung der Zutrittsberechtigung mit einer Authentifizierung des Benutzers ergänzt werden, d.h. der Benutzer muss sich zusätzlich authentifizieren, in dem beispielsweise ein lrisscan oder ein Fingerabdruck des Benutzers durchgeführt und die erfassten biometrischen Daten an die Zielrufsteuereinheit übermittelt und mit gespeicherten Referenz-Daten verglichen werden. Der vorteilhafterweise eineindeutig zum Personenidentifikations-Code zugehörige Referenz-Code und die ebenfalls vorteilhafterweise eineindeutig zu den erfassbaren biometrischen Daten zugehörigen Referenz-Daten sind vorteilhafterweise in einem Benutzerprofil der Zielrufsteuereinheit gespeichert. Die Durchführung des Irisscans oder des Fingerabdrucks kann entweder im Bereich des Einsteigeorts oder in der Aufzugskabine erfolgen. Bei nicht erfolgreicher Personenidentifikation kann dem Benutzer der Zutritt zur Aufzugsanlage verwehrt werden bzw. kann der Benutzer bei nicht erfolgreicher Authentifizierung in einer Aufzugskabine festgesetzt werden. Mit diesen Massnahmen wird gewährleistet, dass der Benutzer nur die einer bestimmten Zutrittsberechtigung zugeteilten Aufzugskabine benutzen kann. Bei Kenntnis der vorliegenden Erfindung lassen sich andere biometrische Verfahren zur Authentifizierung eines Benutzers verwenden.In an advantageous development of the method, it is provided that an access authorization of the user to the elevator installation is checked and the elevator cars are only determined when the verification of the access authorization is successful. For example, the user must compulsorily transmit a personal identification code to the destination call control unit, which is compared to a stored code reference. This verification of the access authorization can also be supplemented with an authentication of the user, ie the user must additionally authenticate himself by, for example, performing a lriss scan or a fingerprint of the user and transmitting the acquired biometric data to the destination call control unit and comparing it with stored reference data , The reference code, which is advantageously one-to-one associated with the personal identification code, and the reference data likewise advantageously one-to-one associated with the detectable biometric data are advantageously stored in a user profile of the destination call control unit. The iris scan or the fingerprint can be carried out either in the area of the boarding point or in the elevator car. In the case of unsuccessful personal identification, the user can be denied access to the elevator installation or, if the authentication is not successful, the user can be locked in an elevator cage. These measures ensure that the user can only use the elevator car assigned to a specific access authorization. With knowledge of the present invention, other biometric methods may be used to authenticate a user.

In einer vorteilhaften Weiterbildung des Verfahrens ist der Benutzer nur zu bestimmten Zeitpunkten oder innerhalb einer bestimmten Zeitdauer berechtigt, eine Aufzugskabine auszuwählen. Auf diese Weise lässt sich verhindern, dass in Stosszeiten mit einer Vielzahl von zu transportierenden Benutzern die durchschnittliche Fahrtzeit der einzelnen Benutzer aufgrund der Auswahl einer für den Gesamtbetrieb der Aufzugsanlage ungünstigen Aufzugskabine verlängert wird. Die Beschränkung der Auswahl kann sich alternativ oder in Kombination auch auf bestimmte Aufzüge, Aufzugskabinen, Einsteigeorte und/oder Stockwerke beziehen. Auch diese Beschränkung der Auswahl ist vorteilhafterweise in einem Benutzerprofil der Zielrufsteuereinheit gespeichert.In an advantageous development of the method, the user is only entitled to select an elevator car at certain points in time or within a certain period of time. In this way, it is possible to prevent the average travel time of the individual users from being extended due to the selection of an elevator car unfavorable to the overall operation of the elevator installation in peak times with a large number of users to be transported. The restriction of choice may alternatively or in combination also refer to certain elevators, elevator cars, boarding places and / or floors. This restriction of the selection is also advantageously stored in a user profile of the destination call control unit.

Gemäss einer bevorzugten Weiterbildung des Verfahrens ist vorgesehen, dass Schritt a), Schritt c) und/oder Schritt d) nur dann ausgeführt werden, wenn sich die Kommunikationseinheit innerhalb einer bestimmten Reichweite von der Aufzugsanlage in einem Nahfeld befindet. Zur Durchführung dieser Nahfeld-Kommunikation eignet sich insbesondere der Bluetooth-Standard. Mit der Nahfeld-Kommunikation kann für den Fall, dass sicherheitsrelevante Daten, wie beispielsweise Zugangscodes übermittelt werden, eine zusätzliche Sicherungsmassnahme geschaffen werden. Vorzugsweise beträgt die Reichweite weniger als etwa 10 m.According to a preferred embodiment of the method, it is provided that step a), step c) and / or step d) are executed only if the communication unit is within a certain range of the elevator installation in a near field. The Bluetooth standard is particularly suitable for carrying out this near-field communication. With the near-field communication, an additional security measure can be created in the event that security-relevant data, such as access codes, are transmitted. Preferably, the range is less than about 10 m.

Auch ist eine bevorzugte Weiterbildung des Verfahrens vorgesehen, bei dem in der im Schritt d) erfolgenden Auswahl einer Aufzugskabine durch den Benutzer eine Reservierung der ausgewählten Aufzugskabine für eine Vorzugsfahrt auf ein Zielstockwerk erfolgt und/oder Eine Reservierung der ausgewählten Aufzugskabine für einen Reinigungs- oder Wartungsmodus erfolgt. Vorzugsweise ist diese Reservierung zeitlich beschränkt. Vorzugsweise wird die reservierte Aufzugskabine aus der Gruppe von Aufzugskabinen entfernt und wird somit den anderen Benutzern nicht zur Verfügung gestellt.A preferred development of the method is also provided, in which in the selection of an elevator car by the user in step d), a reservation of the selected elevator car for a preferential journey to a destination floor takes place and / or a reservation of the selected elevator car for a cleaning or maintenance mode he follows. Preferably, this reservation is limited in time. Preferably, the reserved elevator car is removed from the group of elevator cars and is thus not made available to the other users.

In einer weiteren bevorzugten Weiterbildung des Verfahrens ist vorgesehen, dass die in Schritt e) vorgesehene Übermittlung von Informationen an den Benutzer aus einer Rufquittierung besteht.In a further preferred development of the method, it is provided that the transmission of information to the user provided in step e) consists of a call acknowledgment.

Nachfolgend wird die Erfindung unter Bezugnahme auf die Figuren 1 bis 3 weiter erläutert.

  • Fig. 1 zeigt schematisch einen Ausschnitt einer ersten beispielhaften Ausführungsform einer Aufzugsanlage mit mehreren nebeneinander in Aufzugsschächten eines Gebäudes verkehrenden Aufzugskabinen,
  • Fig. 2 zeigt schematisch einen Ausschnitt einer weiteren beispielhaften Ausführungsform einer Aufzugsanlage mit mehreren übereinander in einem Aufzugsschacht eines Gebäudes verkehrenden Aufzugskabinen, und
  • Fig. 3 zeigt schematisch einen Ausschnitt einer weiteren beispielhaften Ausführungsform einer Aufzugsanlage mit mehreren Zuteilungsanzeigevorrichtungen der in mehreren Aufzugsschächten eines Gebäudes verkehrenden Aufzugskabinen.
Hereinafter, the invention with reference to the FIGS. 1 to 3 further explained.
  • Fig. 1 1 schematically shows a section of a first exemplary embodiment of an elevator installation with several elevator cars that run side by side in elevator shafts of a building,
  • Fig. 2 schematically shows a section of another exemplary embodiment of an elevator installation with several elevator cars traveling one above the other in an elevator shaft of a building, and
  • Fig. 3 schematically shows a section of another exemplary embodiment of an elevator installation with a plurality of allocation display devices of the elevator cars traveling in several elevator shafts of a building.

Fig. 1 zeigt schematisch eine Ausführungsform einer Aufzugsanlage 20 eines Gebäudes mit drei nebeneinander sich befindenden Aufzugsschächten, wobei in jedem Aufzugsschacht eine erste Aufzugskabine 21, eine zweite Aufzugskabine 22 und eine dritte Aufzugskabine 23 unabhängig voneinander verkehren. Gemäss der Ausführungsform nach Fig. 2 können mehrere Aufzugskabinen 21, 22 aber auch übereinander angeordnet sein und unabhängig voneinander in einem einzigen Aufzugsschacht verkehren. Natürlich ist auch eine Kombination von nebeneinander und von übereinander in Aufzugsschächten verkehrenden Aufzugskabinen möglich. Auch ist es möglich, dass in einem Aufzugsschacht ein Multidecker-Aufzug verkehrt, der mehrere übereinander angeordnete Aufzugskabinen aufweist, die gemeinsam verkehren. Fig. 1 schematically shows an embodiment of an elevator system 20 of a building with three side by side located elevator shafts, wherein In each elevator shaft, a first elevator car 21, a second elevator car 22 and a third elevator car 23 operate independently of each other. According to the embodiment according to Fig. 2 However, several elevator cars 21, 22 can also be arranged one above the other and run independently of one another in a single elevator shaft. Of course, a combination of side-by-side and elevator cars traveling in elevator shafts is also possible. It is also possible for a multi-decker elevator to run in an elevator shaft which has a plurality of elevator cars arranged one above the other, which operate together.

Der in Fig. 1 dargestellte Ausschnitt des Gebäudes zeigt ein erstes Stockwerk 24, ein zweites Stockwerk 25 und ein drittes Stockwerk 26, wobei in jedem Stockwerk 24, 25, 26 jeweils eine Stockwerks-Tür als Einsteigeort zu einer der Aufzugskabinen 21, 22, 23 führt. Zudem ist auf jedem der Stockwerke 24, 25, 26 im Bereich der Aufzugsanlage 20 jeweils ein ortsfestes Zielruf-Terminal 40, 41, 42 vorgesehen. Die Zielruf-Terminals 40, 41, 42 sind jeweils mit einem Bedienfeld und einer Anzeigevorrichtung ausgestattet und stehen über eine Datenleitung mit einer zentralen Zielrufsteuereinheit in Verbindung.The in Fig. 1 shown section of the building shows a first floor 24, a second floor 25 and a third floor 26, wherein in each floor 24, 25, 26 each have a floor door as Einsteigeort to one of the elevator cars 21, 22, 23 leads. In addition, a fixed destination call terminal 40, 41, 42 is provided on each of the floors 24, 25, 26 in the area of the elevator installation 20. The destination call terminals 40, 41, 42 are each equipped with a control panel and a display device and communicate via a data line with a central destination call control unit.

Auf Grundlage dieses Systems wird im Folgenden ein Verfahren zur Zuteilung eines Benutzers 10 zu der Aufzugsanlage 20 erläutert. Nachdem der Benutzer 10 das Gebäude in dem ersten Stockwerk 24 betreten hat, nähert sich der Benutzer 10 der Aufzugsanlage 20. Sobald sich der Benutzer 10 in der Nähe, das heisst in einer Reichweite R von weniger als etwa 10 m von dem Zielruf-Terminal 40 befindet, setzt der Benutzer 10 einen Zielruf mittels eines von ihm mitgeführten Mobiltelefons 30, das eine Kommunikationseinheit bildet, an die Zielrufsteuereinheit ab. Das Absetzen dieses Zielrufs kann automatisch oder durch eine entsprechende Tasten- und/oder Spracheingabe erfolgen. Der Zielruf umfasst die Angabe des gewünschten Zielstockwerks und/oder des gewünschten Zielorts und wird unter Verwendung des Bluetooth-Standards funkgebunden über eine Nahfeld-Kommunikation an das Zielruf-Terminal 40 gesendet.On the basis of this system, a method for allocating a user 10 to the elevator installation 20 will be explained below. After the user 10 has entered the building on the first floor 24, the user 10 approaches the elevator installation 20. As soon as the user 10 is near, that is to say within a range R of less than about 10 m from the destination call terminal 40 the user 10 sets a destination call to the destination call control unit by means of a mobile telephone 30 carried by him, which forms a communication unit. The discontinuation of this destination call can be done automatically or by a corresponding key and / or voice input. The destination call includes the indication of the desired destination floor and / or the desired destination and is made using the Bluetooth standard wirelessly transmitted via a near-field communication to the destination call terminal 40.

Nachdem das Zietruf-Terminal 40 den Zielruf empfangen hat, übermittelt das Zielruf-Terminal 40 die empfangenen Daten an die Zielrufsteuereinheit. An Hand dieser Daten ermittelt die Zielrufsteuereinheit nun eine Gruppe von Aufzugskabinen 21, 22 zur Bedienung des von dem Benutzer 10 abgegebenen Zielrufs.After the ring call terminal 40 has received the destination call, the destination call terminal 40 transmits the received data to the destination call control unit. On the basis of this data, the destination call control unit now determines a group of elevator cars 21, 22 for operating the destination call issued by the user 10.

Im Folgenden wird beispielhaft davon ausgegangen, dass der Benutzer 10 einen Transport in das dritte Stockwerk 26 als das Zielstockwerk wünscht. Die Rechnereinheit der Zielrufsteuereinheit ermittelt daraufhin eine Gruppe von Aufzugskabinen 21, 22 zur Bedienung des Zielrufes, wobei die Aufzugskabine 22 als schnellstmögliche Variante für einen Transport von dem ersten Stockwerk 24 in das dritte Stockwerk 26 berechnet wird. Die von der Zielrufsteuereinheit ermittelten Aufzugskabinen 21, 22 als Gruppe von Aufzugskabinen zur Bedienung des Zielrufs werden sodann wiederum mittels des Nahfeld-Kommunikation-Netzwerkes an das Mobiltelefon 30 übermittelt. Die ermittelten Aufzugskabinen 21, 22 werden auf einer Anzeigevorrichtung des Mobiltelefons 30 angezeigt, wobei die Aufzugskabine 22 als schnellstmögliche Variante gekennzeichnet ist. Daraufhin wählt der Benutzer 10 mittels des Bedienfelds des Mobiltelefons 30 eine der Aufzugskabinen 21, 22, beispielsweise die Aufzugskabine 21, aus und teilt die getroffene Auswahl durch Übermittlung eines entsprechenden Signals mittels der Nahfeld-Funkverbindung der Zielrufsteuereinheit mit.In the following, it is assumed, for example, that the user 10 desires a transport to the third floor 26 as the destination floor. The computer unit of the destination call control unit then determines a group of elevator cars 21, 22 for operating the destination call, wherein the elevator car 22 is calculated as the fastest possible variant for a transport from the first floor 24 to the third floor 26. The elevator cars 21, 22 determined by the destination call control unit as a group of elevator cars for serving the destination call are then in turn transmitted to the mobile telephone 30 by means of the near field communication network. The ascertained elevator cars 21, 22 are displayed on a display device of the mobile telephone 30, wherein the elevator car 22 is identified as the fastest possible variant. The user 10 then selects one of the elevator cars 21, 22, for example the elevator car 21, by means of the control panel of the mobile telephone 30 and communicates the selection made by transmitting a corresponding signal by means of the near field radio connection to the destination call control unit.

Nach Auswahl der Aufzugskabine 21 und Lokalisierung des Aufenthaltsortes des Mobiltelefons 30 infolge der Kontaktaufnahme zwischen dem Zielruf-Terminal 40 und dem Mobiltelefon 30 ermittelt die Zielrufsteuereinheit eine Wegbeschreibung zur Führung des Benutzers 10 von dem derzeitigen Standort zu dem Einsteigeort der ausgewählten Aufzugskabine 21 und übermittelt diese Daten über das Zielruf-Terminal 40 an das Mobiltelefon 30. Der Benutzer 10 kann sodann die übermittelten Daten zur Führung zu dem Einsteigeort der ausgewählten Aufzugskabine 21 von der Anzeigevorrichtung des Mobiltelefons 30 ablesen und den Einsteigeort aufsuchen. Dies erweist sich insbesondere dann als sinnvoll, wenn sich die ausgewählte Aufzugskabine 21 in einem von dem momentanen Standort entfernten Teil des Gebäudes befindet.After selecting the elevator car 21 and locating the location of the mobile telephone 30 as a result of contact between the destination call terminal 40 and the mobile telephone 30, the destination call control unit determines a route to guide the user 10 from the present location to the entry location of the selected elevator car 21 and transmits this data via the destination call terminal 40 to the mobile phone 30. The User 10 may then read the transmitted data for guidance to the boarding location of the selected elevator car 21 from the display device of the mobile phone 30 and visit the boarding location. This proves to be particularly useful when the selected elevator car 21 is located in a remote from the current location part of the building.

Das vorbeschriebene Verfahren ermöglicht eine Übermittlung von Informationen an den Benutzer in Form einer Rufquittierung.The method described above allows a transmission of information to the user in the form of a call acknowledgment.

Insbesondere zeichnet sich das vorbeschriebene Verfahren dadurch aus, dass der Benutzer 10 bei der Zuteilung zu der Aufzugsanlage 20 und der Auswahl der für den Transport vorgesehenen Aufzugskabine 21 interaktiv eingebunden ist und auf diese Weise den Transportvorgang an seine individuellen Bedürfnisse anpassen kann.In particular, the method described above is distinguished by the fact that the user 10 is interactively involved in the allocation to the elevator installation 20 and the selection of the elevator cabin 21 intended for transport, and in this way can adapt the transport process to his individual needs.

Auch ermöglicht das vorbeschriebene Verfahren es dem Benutzer, eine ausgewählte Aufzugskabine zu reservieren. Die Reservierung besteht beispielsweise in einer Vorzugsfahrt auf ein Zielstockwerk, bei der einzig der Benutzer oder eine vordefinierte Gruppe von Benutzern in der ausgewählten reservierten Aufzugskabine verfahren wird. So kann in einem Gebäude, in dem Mitarbeiter von mehreren Firmen die Gruppe von Aufzügen benutzt, eine ausgewählte Aufzugskabine für die Mitarbeiter einer bestimmten Firma reserviert werden. Solange ein Mitglied einer vordefinierten Gruppe eine ausgewählte Aufzugskabine reserviert hat, werden die anderen einen Zielruf tätigenden Mitglieder der Gruppe darüber informiert, dass eine ausgewählte Aufzugskabine für sie reserviert ist. Die Kriterien für die Reservierung sind frei definierbar. So kann eine Aufzugskabine nur für eine Gruppe von Mitarbeitern als VIP (Very Important Persons) Benutzer reserviert werden. Auch besteht die Reservierung beispielsweise in einem speziellen Reinigungs- oder Wartungsmodus der ausgewählten Aufzugskabine. Eine Reinigungsfachkraft reserviert die ausgewählte Aufzugskabine als Benutzer beispielsweise für einen Reinigungsmodus, bei dem die Aufzugskabine bei offen gehaltenen Türen nicht aus dem Stockwerk verfahren wird. Ein Wartungstechniker reserviert die ausgewählte Aufzugskabine beispielsweise als Benutzer für einen Wartungsmodus, bei dem die ausgewählte Aufzugskabine nur mit beschränkter Geschwindigkeit fährt und für andere Benutzer nicht verfügbar ist. Vorzugsweise ist diese Reservierung zeitlich beschränkt. Hierzu wird die reservierte Aufzugskabine von der Zielrufsteuereinheit aus der Gruppe von Aufzugskabinen entfernt und den anderen Benutzern zumindest zeitweise nicht zur Verfügung gestellt.Also, the method described above allows the user to reserve a selected elevator car. The reservation consists, for example, in a preferential trip to a destination floor where only the user or a predefined group of users in the selected reserved elevator car is moved. Thus, in a building where employees of several companies use the group of elevators, a selected elevator car can be reserved for the employees of a particular company. As long as a member of a predefined group has reserved a selected elevator car, the other members of the group who call a destination call are informed that a selected elevator car is reserved for them. The criteria for the reservation are freely definable. Thus, an elevator car can only be reserved for a group of employees as a VIP (Very Important Persons) user. Also, the reservation is for example in a special cleaning or maintenance mode of the selected elevator car. A cleaning specialist reserves the selected elevator car as a user, for example for one Cleaning mode in which the elevator car is not moved from the floor with the doors open. For example, a service technician reserves the selected elevator car as a user for a maintenance mode in which the selected elevator car is traveling at limited speed and unavailable to other users. Preferably, this reservation is limited in time. For this purpose, the reserved elevator car is removed from the group of elevator cars by the destination call control unit and is at least temporarily not made available to the other users.

In der Ausführungsform gemäss Fig. 3 weist die Aufzugsanlage mehrere ortsfeste Zuteilungsanzeigevorrichtungen 210, 230 der in mehreren Aufzugsschächten eines Gebäudes verkehrenden Aufzugskabinen 21, 22, 23 auf. Die Zuteilungsanzeigevorrichtungen 210, 230 sind gut sichtbar am Einsteigeort, d.h. oberhalb der Türen zu den Aufzugsschächten angeordnet. Dem sich im Stockwerk 24 befindenden Benutzer 10 werden somit die den Benutzern zugeteilten Aufzugskabinen 21, 22, 23 angezeigt. Die Zuteilungen erfolgen beispielsweise alphanumerisch, derart, dass mit Buchstaben "A", "B", "C", ... der Einsteigeort und mit Zahlen "1", "2", "3", ... die Aufzugskabine bezeichnet wird. Demgemäss bezeichnen "A2" die "2"te Aufzugskabine im Aufzugsschacht "A" und "B1" die "1"te Aufzugskabine im Aufzugsschacht "B". Die Zuteilungen können dem Benutzer 10 natürlich auch auf der Anzeigevorrichtung seines mobilen Kommunikationsmittels 30 angezeigt werden. Auf diese Weise erhält der Benutzer 10 über sein mobiles Kommunikationsmittel 30 Informationen in Form einer Zuteilung wo er die ausgewählte Aufzugskabine 21 besteigen kann. Diese Zuteilung erkennt er dann an den Zuteilungsanzeigevorrichtungen 210, 230 wieder und wird so einfach und sicher zum Einsteigeort geführt.In the embodiment according to Fig. 3 For example, the elevator installation has a plurality of stationary allocation display devices 210, 230 of the elevator cars 21, 22, 23 that run in several elevator shafts of a building. The allocation display devices 210, 230 are clearly visible at Einsteigeort, ie arranged above the doors to the elevator shafts. The user 10 located in the floor 24 thus the elevator cars 21, 22, 23 assigned to the users are thus displayed. The allocations are made, for example, alphanumerically, such that the letter "A", "B", "C", ... the boarding position and numbers "1", "2", "3", ... the elevator car is called , Accordingly, "A2" means the "2" te elevator car in the elevator shaft "A" and "B1" the "1" te elevator car in the elevator shaft "B". Of course, the allocations may also be displayed to the user 10 on the display device of his mobile communication device 30. In this way, the user 10 receives information about his mobile communication means 30 in the form of an allocation where he can climb the selected elevator car 21. He then recognizes this allocation to the allocation display devices 210, 230 again and is thus easily and safely guided to Einsteigeort.

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  1. Method for allocating a user (10) to a lift installation (20) with a plurality of lift cages (21, 22, 23) and with a destination call control unit, wherein the method comprises the following steps:
    a) lodging a destination call at the destination call control unit by the user (10) by means of a communications unit (30), wherein either a mobile communications means able to be carried by the user (10), preferably a mobile telephone (30) or at least one stationary destination call terminal (40, 41, 42) preferably located on a storey (24, 25, 26) of the building, is used as communications unit (30);
    b) determining a group of lift cages (21, 22, 23) for serving the destination call by the destination call control unit;
    c) making the group of lift cages (21, 22, 23) known to the user (10) by means of the communications unit (30);
    d) selecting a lift cage (21) from the group of lift cages (21, 22, 23) by the user (10) by means of the communications unit (30); and
    e) communicating information to the user (10) for guidance of the user (10) to the selected lift cage (21) by means of the communications unit (30),
    characterised in that if a lift cage (21, 22) advantageous for the user (10) is departing from another boarding storey (24, 25, 26) this advantageous lift cage (21, 22) is made known in step c).
  2. Method according to any one of claim 1, characterised in that in step c) at least one of the lift cages (21, 22, 23) from the group of lift cages (21, 22, 23) is recommended by the destination call control unit.
  3. Method according to claim 2, characterised in that in step e) one of several lift cages (21, 22) arranged one above the other in a common lift shaft is selected.
  4. Method according to any one of claims 1 or 2, characterised in that in step c) a restricted number of lift cages (21, 22, 23) is made known.
  5. Method according to claim 4, characterised in that if a user (10) lodges a destination call in a storey (24, 25, 26) which is served by at least one less advantageous lift cage (21, 22, 23) then only this less advantageous lift cage (21, 22, 23) is made known in step c).
  6. Method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterised in that in step c) or in step f) data, preferably items of information, are made known to the user (10).
  7. Method according to claim 6, characterised in that the current position of the selected lift cage (21) and/or the waiting time until the selected lift cage (21) has arrived at the boarding location and/or the anticipated travel time from the boarding location to the destination storey and/or building-specific information and/or information about specific events within the building is or are made known to the user (10).
  8. Method according claim 6 or 7, characterised in that the boarding location of the selected lift cage (21) and/or details about which of the lift cages (21, 22, 23) running to the boarding location is the selected lift cage (21) is indicated to the user (10).
  9. Method according to claim 8, characterised in that the boarding location of the selected lift cage (21) and details about which of the lift cages (21, 22, 23) running to the boarding location is the selected lift cage (21) are indicated on allocation display devices (210, 230) at the boarding location.
  10. Method according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterised in that in step a) data, preferably a personal identification code, are communicated by the user (10) to the destination control unit.
  11. Method according to claim 10, characterised in that in step a) data are communicated about whether the user (10) due to a handicap is capable of movement or capable of transport only with restriction and that in step b) a lift cage (21, 22, 23) suitable for transport conditions of that kind is ascertained.
  12. Method according to claim 10, characterised in that an access authorisation of the user (10) to the lift installation (20) is checked and the group of lift cages (21, 22, 23) is determined only if the check of the access authorisation is successful.
  13. Method according to claim 12, characterised in that for checking the access authorisation of the user (10) the personal identification code communicated by the user (10) is compared with a reference code.
  14. Method according to claim 12 or 13, characterised in that the check of the access authorisation of the user (10) is supplemented by an authentication of the user (10).
  15. Method according to claim 14, characterised in that the user (10) is authenticated by detection of biometric data of the user (10), advantageously an iris scan and/or a fingerprint.
  16. Method according to claim 15, characterised in that biometric data detected from the user (10) are communicated to the destination call control and compared with stored reference data.
  17. Method according to claim 13 or 16, characterised in that the reference code and/or the reference data are stored in a user profile of the destination call control unit.
  18. Method according to claim 15, characterised in that the biometric data of the user (10) are detected either in the region of the boarding location or in the lift cage (21) boarded by the user (10).
  19. Method according to any one of claims 12 to 18, characterised in that in the case of an unsuccessful personal identification the access to the lift installation (20) is denied to the user (10) and/or that the user (10) in the case of successful authentication is secured in the lift cage (21) boarded by the user (10).
  20. Method according to any one of claims 1 to 19, characterised in that the user (10) is authorised to select a lift cage (21, 22, 23) only at specific points in time or within a specific time period.
  21. Method according to any one of claims 1 to 20, characterised in that in step d) a selected lift cage (21) for a preferential travel to a destination storey is reserved by the user (10) and/or that a selected lift cage (21) for a cleaning or maintenance mode is reserved by the user (10).
  22. Method according to claim 21, characterised in that in the cleaning mode the selected lift cage (21) with doors kept open is not moved out of the storey or that in the maintenance mode the selected lift cage (21) is moved only at restricted speed.
  23. Method according to claim 21 or 22, characterised in that a selected lift cage (21) is reserved for a limited time and/or that a reserved lift cage (21) is removed from the group of lift cages (21, 22, 23) and made unavailable to other users.
  24. Method according to any one of claims 1 to 23, characterised in that in step f) a communication of information, which consists of a call acknowledgement, to the user (10) is carried out.
  25. Method according to any one of claims 1 to 24, characterised in that step a), step c) or step e) is carried out only when the communications unit (30) is located in a near-field within a specific range (R) of the lift installation (20).
  26. Method according to claim 25, characterised in that the range (R) is less than approximately 10 metres.
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