| US 7,513,337 B2 | ||
| Elevator system | ||
| Marja-Liisa Siikonen, Helsinki (Finland); Janne Sorsa, Helsinki (Finland); and Pentti Laihanen, Hyvinkää (Finland) | ||
| Assigned to Kone Corporation, Helsinki (Finland) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 14, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/76,227. | ||
| Application 12/076227 is a continuation of application No. PCT/FI2006/000295, filed on Sep. 05, 2006. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 20050960 (FI), filed on Sep. 27, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0210493 A1, Sep. 04, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. B66B 1/34 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 187—382 | 14 Claims |
| 1. Method for controlling an elevator system, said elevator system comprising:
an elevator group (311) comprising a plurality of elevator cars (31),
a destination call device (34) for reserving an elevator car (31) for use by passengers,
a control system (33) of the elevator group (311) for controlling the elevator cars (31), said control system being responsive to the aforesaid destination call device (34),
characterized in that the method comprises the steps of:
entering (41) a destination floor call via a destination call device (34),
storing the call data (42) of the destination floor call,
allocating (43) an elevator car for the user on the basis of the landing call data of the destination floor call, the landing call comprising
information indicating the user's starting floor and traveling direction, and
transmitting the destination floor of the stored call data as a car call to the allocated elevator car only as it is arriving
at the landing (44).
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