FI119105B - Elevator system - Google Patents

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to elevator systems. In particular, the present invention relates to a method, a computer program and a system for controlling a destination floor elevator system, wherein, the passenger issues a destination floor call by means of a special destination calling device.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

In the target floor elevator system, the passenger at the floor level of the building gives one call, the target floor call, instead of the traditional two calls (the first being normally given in the elevator lobby by indicating the desired 15 directions with up or down buttons and the second by indicating the passenger target floor in the elevator car). In target floor elevator systems, each user aspiring to the elevator issues, at the floor level, a destination floor call comprising at least information about the user's departure floor and the destination floor.

:: *: The target layer can be entered using a dedicated paging device specifically for this *, · · ··· function, which allows the traveler to indicate which layer he or she wants • * ·. ···. 25 pass through the elevator, the destination paging device may be a fixed · · .V unit mounted on the floor level, for example, near the • «• * · elevator lobby, or it may also be a wireless passenger terminal designed for this purpose.

• · * .V 30 The destination caller is arranged to receive from the user • · · and send it to the elevator group: I *. control system for elevator allocation. Elevator locating can minimize passenger waiting time, passenger travel time, number of elevator stops, or any number of weighted combinations of factors. The elevator control system immediately determines service requests. allocating to the passenger the elevator serving him based on, for example, a genetic algorithm.and transmitting to the destination paging device information about the elevator reserved for the user. The information received by the user may include, for example, information on which elevator car lifts are allocated to the user and where it is located. waiting time or it may be a signal of the allocation of the allocated elevator to the departure floor.

Usually, one elevator is allocated to serve multiple user invitations and, when the elevator arrives at the multi-storey landing, waits until passengers allocated to that elevator 15 have reached the elevator. In prior art elevator systems, for example, an elevator car waits for a predetermined time during which the last passenger allocated to the elevator car in question is assumed to have entered the elevator car 20. In determining the travel time from the call point to the elevator car, information on the location of the target beacon relative to the elevator car is utilized. Based on • location, passengers are assigned an estimated average · ♦ · ·. |. estimated walking time ♦ '· · ·. ·. : 25 for the invitation to the elevator car. To this is added • ♦ ♦ '»·. [Just to be sure, there is an alert period, after which the • · .Γ * control system assumes that all passengers assigned to the car are in the car and the car can * ··· * leave.

30 * * A: Patent US 6109396 discloses a system in which a destination call is made over a wireless travel device. and a terminal away from elevators. The system checks the passenger's arrival into the elevator lobby for a specified number of * • **; · * 35 destination calls in the next time period and controls the allocated elevator to determine whether the passenger is: * ·. • 3 119105 can be called remotely from elevators, for example, from a location where the average passenger walking time to elevators is in the range of 10 seconds. The solution of US6109396 does not take into account differences in walking time between different passengers, but uses the same walking time estimate for all passengers.

Assessing a passenger's walking time can sometimes be difficult, especially if an invitation is made remotely from the elevator car, where each passenger's walking time differs more than a shorter distance. It is clear that some passengers are walking faster than others. However, the elevator will not commence until a predetermined period of time has elapsed (for example, the passenger's estimated average travel time + waiting time). In this case, for example, when all passengers are fast walkers, the elevator waits unnecessarily for a predetermined time and thus extends the total travel times, thereby reducing the transport capacity of the elevator system. On the other hand, if one of the passengers walks slower than average, he may be late for the elevator allocated to him.

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Particularly difficult is the estimation of walking time when] · ": 25 when a destination floor call is made by a portable I,. * And terminal. If the exact location of the call, ** or the passenger's location is not known, the passenger's · ·:" impossible to estimate accurately. Thus, it is not known when the elevator 30 should arrive at the passenger floor or how long the elevator should wait for the passenger.

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. PURPOSE OF THE INVENTION

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, ···. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method, a computer program and a system of destination *. **: to control a lift system where a passenger calls a destination layer by means of a dedicated destination calling device.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The method, computer program and system of the invention are characterized in what is set forth in the characterizing part of claims 1, 13 and 15. Other embodiments of the invention are characterized in what is set forth in the other claims. Inventive embodiments are also disclosed in the accompanying drawings in the drawings. The inventive content contained in the application may also be defined otherwise than as set forth in the claims below. The inventive content may also consist of several separate inventions, especially if the invention is considered in the light of the express or implied subtasks or the benefits or classes of benefits achieved. Thus, some of the attributes contained in the claims below may be redundant for discrete inventive ideas. Aspects of various embodiments of the invention may be applied to other embodiments within the scope of the inventive concept.

··· «· ** · 25 • *. ***. The present invention provides a method, a data base, • · 9 ·· * ··. • program and system target floor elevator to control the system. According to the method, the destination layer invitation is made by a destination calling device, by means of which a passenger is allocated an elevator and said passenger is informed by means of a destination calling device. The method of the invention further comprises: the steps of: determining at least one passenger walking. information affecting or defining the elevator; The V 35 dynamically estimates the passenger's walking time based on his / her information, and controls the elevator system based on the dynamically estimated pedestrian.

The invention further relates to a system for controlling a target layer his-5 subsystem. The destination floor elevator system comprises an elevator group comprising at least one elevator, a destination calling device for reserving lifts for use by a passenger, and an elevator group control system responsive to said destination calling device, arranged to allocate a suitable elevator to the user based on the destination floor call. The system of the invention further comprises means for dynamically evaluating a passenger's pedestrian for the allocated and / or allocated elevator, and the elevator control system is arranged to dynamically control the elevator system based on the estimated walking time.

In one embodiment of the invention, the location of the passenger is determined based on the dynamic location of the destination paging device when the passenger gives the destination paging device •; *; destination floor call. Further, the passenger's walking time ·· * * for the elevator is estimated at the location of the destination calling device • *

Itu. ·, Based on: 25 n. The destination paging device may be a fixed * ··! «. * Public destination paging device, or a mobile personal * · I * decoding device (known as a passenger terminal) that is individually located on a passenger's home. If the destination paging device is a mobile (mobile) destination paging device, the location of the destination paging device is then carried in a known manner before estimating 30 walking times. Upon receipt of a destination floor invitation: ** '· the passenger may also ···. *. recognizes and utilizes recognition in walking-time ar- * * * malfunction at or after the destination call.

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In one embodiment of the invention, the passenger's personal «. * .: individual destination paging device may transmit information about the passenger's walking speed or information for determining the walking speed. The received walking speed information or the determined walking speed information can then be utilized to estimate the passenger's walking time to his-5 based on the location of the paging device.

In one embodiment of the invention, the passenger is identified at at least one remote point before receiving the destination layer invitation from the passenger. The identification of the passenger 10 is based, for example, on wireless short-range remote identification or video image identification by means of a destination paging device identifier, a passenger identifier and / or other passenger-related feature. The passenger is re-identified with 15 destination floor invitations. In this way, the destination Layer calling passenger is combined with a passenger who has been identified at least once. The passenger's walking speed is estimated based on the location of the destination paging device and the location of at least one remote point. In this way, the passenger's walking time to the elevator can be estimated based on the location of the destination paging device and the estimated walking speed.

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In a further embodiment of the invention, the passenger · * ··. *. J 25 is identified when the destination layer call is issued and, ···] at least one remote point after the destination layer call • ♦ • Γ *. As the distance to the point from which the target floor call was previously given and the * '··· * distance to the elevator are known at the same time, the passenger's estimated walking time to 30 elevators can be updated if desired. In this way, the operation of the elevator control system can be optimized, since the pedestrian access to the elevator car for a particular elevator car is more accurately documented. · S3 · 'r * 35 * ·

In one embodiment of the invention, the passenger is further identified in the elevator car or in its immediate vicinity. Thanks to this recognition, the elevator system is able to maintain information on the passengers allocated to the elevator car and on the passengers already arriving on the elevator car. In addition, accurate information about the passenger's walking times and / or walking speeds in the elevator system is obtained, which information can be used to estimate the passenger's walking time during his or her subsequent elevator journeys.

In one embodiment of the invention, statistics on passenger target floor calls, walking speeds and / or walking times are collected in the elevator system. The statistical data can be used to predict the traffic situation of the elevator system and / or to determine, for example, how well the 15 estimated walking times were actually implemented and their range. The collected statistics can be utilized when estimating a passenger's walking time to the elevator at the time the destination floor call is issued, taking into account the passenger's 20 previous walking times. On the other hand, congestion can be taken into account, for example, by automatically extending the estimated walking time of an individual passenger when it is known: * · that the lobby is full of people and that the movement is slower than normal.

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In one embodiment of the invention, the passenger's walking] ··· * time is individually evaluated based on personal information contained in the tag. For example, a passenger with reduced mobility can, by default, be given a different Travel Time, so that the travel time for wheelchair users is generally faster than • *** 2 for a normal passenger and ♦ · * respectively. ·, The walking time of the passenger using the lacing rods is longer.

I · «· Passenger identification can also provide him / her with a personalized service such as playing music in an elevator car or similar.

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The object of the present invention is to eliminate the problem points which have been raised in connection with the description of the prior art. Thanks to the present invention, the service capacity of the elevator system can be increased by reducing the safety alert time for determining a passenger's walking time. The application according to the invention enhances the operation of the elevator system because the elevator car does not have to be stopped for safety reasons if it is known or can be assumed that all passengers entering this elevator have already reached the car. Correspondingly, the early arrival of the elevator at the floor level can be avoided and thus the service capacity of the elevator system can be enhanced. The service capacity of the elevator system is also increased by the fact that the control of the 15 elevator systems can quickly adapt to changes in the passenger's walking speed. Thanks to the invention, the target paging devices can be placed more freely on the floors as they do not need to be located in the immediate vicinity of the elevators. By identifying users of his-20 at remote locations far from elevators, the number of arriving passengers can be better predicted and monitored; · 1; arrive at an early increase in transportation needs as a prelude to · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · by sending elevators to pre-congested areas; 25 floors. All in all, the invention allows the control and operation of the elevator to be better and more efficient, while the comfort of the traveler is improved. Passengers do not have to wait • »*. ·· 1 for lifts serving unnecessarily in the elevator lounges and elevator baskets 30 are released earlier for other uses.

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Figure 1 is a flow chart of a method according to the invention. The method receives a destination floor invitation from the destination calling device, step 100. The passenger walking time to the elevator is dynamically determined by assigning at least one of the variables affecting the passenger walking time and the passenger is allocated based on a given Koh-20 decoding call, steps 102 and According to step 108, the elevator system is dynamically controlled based on estimated walking time.

25 • · · ”*; In this context, dynamic walking time evaluation means that each passenger is evaluated *. ···, the walking time of the elevator serving him or her is influenced or determined by one or more walking times. . 30 • based on the location of the passenger at the time of the call, • · * · .. * statistics, elevator system traffic, · · * · situation, personal identification. i. · * ·. , · * * t *> 35 hours walking speed information received from the passenger terminal, and / or based on the walking speed determined by the identification * * · * · * ί points • 9 *. **. 119105 10 indicates that the passenger is identified at the time the target call is given, and that recognition affects the assessment of the pedestrian.

5 Passenger identification means, in this context, the identification of the passenger at the identification point, which allows him to be individually identified for pedestrian assessment purposes. Passenger identification is based, for example, on wireless ly-10 short range remote identification or video image identification by means of a destination paging device identifier, a passenger identifier and / or other passenger-related feature. Short-range remote sensing may be based, for example, on rfid or Blootooth-15 technology or other suitable remote sensing technology. The passenger can also be identified by a feature that is associated with the passenger, for example, by the car's license plate number in the garage of the building, while the passenger gets in the car with the car. There may be one or more detection points in a building, some of which may be integrated with fixed-purpose callers. Because the detection points are located 44 «· .Ϊ. and the location of the building is well known, can be a passenger M · ». ·. : 25 position to determine upon detection.

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According to the invention, the elevator system is dynamically controlled on the basis of estimated ice. The control system • 4 * ··· * 200 utilizes estimated walking time, for example, to determine when all passengers on the elevator car are expected to arrive by his-: ***; after which the elevator car can start moving.

. *. By estimating the walking time at the destination call, the control system may also infer the passenger's likely 4 4 **; · * 35 rope arrival time for elevators and use the information to provide the passenger with a lift car, e.g. 4 4 11 119105 time on the departure floor is minimized or the passenger waiting time in the elevator lobby is as short as possible.

Figure 2a illustrates an example in which the solution of the present invention is applied. The elevator system 212 of the invention is a Multiple Elevator Destination Control System (DCS), wherein the passenger communicates his destination layer to the elevator system by means of a destination layer call 10 using a special destination call device 204, 206. The target paging device may be a stationary device 204 located one or more on the elevator floor and / or elsewhere on the floor away from the elevators. The destination paging device may also be a suitable wireless passenger terminal 206. The passenger terminal 206 may be, for example, one of the following: a public passenger terminal, a mobile station, a communications network terminal, a telecommunications network terminal, and / or other suitable wireless terminal. Each paging device 204, 206 has a unique identifier (ID) by which the other system can identify which destination paging device: •; a target layer call has been issued from the tee. The passenger ··· · destination floor call is forwarded to the elevator system control, * "· 25 system 200, which allocates the destination call on the basis of the I. / path to a suitable elevator for use by the passenger. • • "information about the allocation, such as the elevator lift notification.

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According to the invention, the travel time of a passenger is dynamically estimated by means of means 202. Equipment 202. \ t refer, for example, to the information system and may be part of the control system of the elevator system 212 (as shown in Figures 2a and 2b) or

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In the example of Figure 2a, the location of the traveler 5 is determined when a destination call is issued. When a destination call is made by a stationary destination call device 204, the position of the passenger can be determined based on the known location of the destination call device. If the destination call is provided by the passenger terminal 206, the location of the passenger terminal may be determined by an in-house location method based, for example, on one of the identification methods described above. The passenger may also have a positioning device which transmits information about the position of the passenger 15 to the means 202. The positioning device may be based, for example, on satellite positioning or other known positioning method. Once the passenger's location is known, a trip to the serving elevator can be determined and a time estimate can be made within which he or she is likely to arrive at the serving elevator. The location information is a dynamic quantity in applications where the destination paging devices 204 are multiple on the floor or mat! the location of the publisher terminal 206 may be determined

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In the example shown in Figure 2a, the passenger can also be [··· * identified when the destination layer call is issued.

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Fig. 2a also illustrates an embodiment of the invention in which: * ·, · the passenger is also identified in or in the immediate vicinity of the elevator car. In the example in Fig. 2a, • 13 119105 cats. the passenger is identified by the identification point 210 in the proximity of the lifts of the elevator system 212. Alternatively, identification points may be provided in the elevator car to identify the passenger within the elevator car 5 (not shown in Figure 2a). By identifying a passenger in or in the immediate vicinity of the elevator car, it is known when a passenger allocated to a particular elevator car has entered the elevator car and can identify the identified passenger as the issuer of a particular destination junk. If all the passengers allocated to a particular elevator have arrived before the last passenger's estimated walking time (possibly with some additional safety delay) has expired, the elevator control system may send the elevator car into motion earlier than expected and thus also be released for re-allocation earlier. On the other hand, if the last passenger allocated to the elevator car has not arrived at the elevator within the estimated time, the control system may wait for the passenger to be identified in or immediately adjacent to the elevator car or allocate the passenger a new elevator car.

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In one embodiment of the invention, the means 202 comprise storage means for collecting statistical information on traveler-to-person information such as target layers and / or actual walking times or walking speeds. *. uksista. In order to keep track of actual walking times or walking • * · *; · # · speeds, the passenger must be identified at the time of invitation and at some other identification point such as the elevator. • ·. *. £ r or in its immediate vicinity. When a passenger • · 14 119105 calls his target floor, he can be assigned a walking time to the serving elevator based on previously collected statistics. The walking time can be determined, for example, from the walking speed measured during one or more of the previous 5 travel events. By compiling statistics of travel activity provided by all passengers using the elevator system, summer walking times can be calculated, for example, in a particular building in a part and / or at certain hours of the day.

Based on the calls made and / or the statistical data collected, conclusions can also be drawn on the current and / or future traffic situation in the elevator system. This can also be used to prepare for future traffic congestion by, for example, sending additional his-carts to congested layers. Further, due to congestion, the average walking time may be longer and the control system can dynamically take this into account by automatically extending the walking time estimate so that passengers have access to the elevators that serve them. In other words, the control system may take into account: *: historical history and other possible additional information when estimating the passenger's walking time when lifting a destination floor.

In one embodiment of Figure 2a, the passenger destination paging device 206 transmits to the means 202 information about the walking speed of the passenger. In this application, the passenger 30 has a device capable of determining the passenger's · ·. ·, »Walking speed. The determination of walking speed is based, for example, on • * · satellite positioning or other suitable:] ·. way to determine the passenger's walking speed. If the passenger • ♦ * "!. * Uses the passenger" * 35 terminal 206 to provide a destination layer call, and the passenger terminal 206 has information available to the passenger terminal 206 to transmit the information to the means 202. The information to be transmitted to the means 202 may be, for example, a predetermined passenger's walking speed or, for example, position and time coordinates, based on which the means 202 may calculate an estimate of the passenger's walking speed. and thus also the walking time to the passenger car allocated and / or allocated.

Figure 2b shows another example of a preferred embodiment of the invention. Elevator 15 system 212 according to the invention is a Multiple Elevator Destination Control System (DCS), in which a passenger communicates his destination layer to the HIS system by means of a destination layer call using a special destination call device 204, 206.

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Before the passenger submits his destination layer call on the paging device 204 or the passenger terminal 206, the mat-: * · identifier is identified at a remote point (authentication point) ··· · • j. 208. For example, one of the ····: 25 methods described above may be used for authentication. When the passenger «♦ ·. ♦ · / later issues the destination floor call with the destination calling device« *.! ** 204 or the passenger terminal 206, the passenger given destination floor call is transmitted to the control system, which allocates a suitable elevator to the passenger.

30 Allocation information, such as an elevator selection notification and / or estimated waiting time, is transmitted to the passenger via the destination paging device 204 or t * V, S 206.

• · • * · «Il *". * When a destination call is issued, the passenger is re-identified. The means 202 are arranged to estimate: the walking speed of the passenger based on the location of the destination paging device 204 or; * ·, {travel and terminal 206 and the location of the remote point · lc 119105 lb 208. The means 202 are able to determine the distance between the two locations, and since the passenger identification time at the remote point 208 is known, the means 202 may calculate an estimate of walking speed based on this information. Thereafter, the means 202 estimate the passenger walking time to the elevator based on the location and estimated walking speed of the destination caller 204 or the passenger terminal device 206.

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As in the example of Fig. 2a, in the example of Fig. 2b the passenger can be re-identified in the car or in its immediate vicinity at the identification point 210.

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Figure 3 shows another example in which the solution of the present invention is applied. The solution of Figure 3 differs from the solution of Figure 2b in that the solution of Figure 3 comprises two remote points 304, 302.

Before the destination layer call is made, the passenger is • identified at two remote points 304, 302. Since the locations of the remote points ··· · 304, 302 are known, the distance between them is also known. When the passenger is identified at the remote points 304, 302, based on the difference between the detection times, * '* · * and the distance between the remote points 304, 302, the means 202 can calculate an estimate of the passenger's turn. ·. * Line speed. When a passenger issues a destination layer call 30 with a destination caller 300 or a passenger terminal • · ϊ, ί, ϊ (not shown in Figure 3), the passenger is identified-""; delleen. Based on the identification, the passenger can. \ m associates with the same passenger identified as a · · * *. * emmin at points 304, 302. Since the location of the destination paging device • · * ”· *, 35,300 is known relative to elevators, the traveler can estimate the walking time for him / her. • 9 119105 elevated walking speed based on previously calculated walking speed.

As in the examples shown in Figures 2a and 2b, in the example shown in Fig. 5, the passenger may be further identified in or immediately adjacent to the elevator car allocated to him, thereby ensuring that the passenger has arrived in the elevator car allocated to him.

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Figure 4 illustrates another example in which the solution of the present invention is applied. The solution of Figure 4 differs from the solutions of Figure 2a in that the system comprises 15 identification points 404 for identifying a passenger after a destination layer call has been issued.

When a passenger issues a destination floor call with a destination caller 400 or a personal passenger terminal 20 (not shown in Figure 4), he is identified and, at this point, evaluated for walking time to the serving elevator. Thereafter, the passenger is • re-identified at identification point 404 as he or she moves ** · · to the serving elevator after a destination call has been made.

! ""; 25 Since the location of the destination calling device and the detection point 404 are known, and the corresponding detection times, the means 202 may recalculate the passenger's walking speed from the destination calling point to the detection point * ... * 404 and dynamically updating the previously estimated walking time of the passenger to the elevator allocated, the ϊ #: # information may be utilized by the control system 200 to control the elevator system 212. For example, if a passenger is walking significantly slower than what * ", * In the context of the target floor call, it was estimated that the actual walking speed • · ** “* 35 may be relevant to the elevator car eventually allocated to him. Controls • ** t | For example, system 200 may change the elevator car initially allocated to the passenger to another elevator car based on the actual walking speed determined at remote point 404, or allocate new calls to the elevator car in question if the passenger's arrival to the 5 elevator is delayed sufficiently by the upgraded pedestrian. The solution of Fig. 4 may be extended to include a plurality of identification points 404 for updating passenger walking time at a plurality of identification points 404 after a destination call has been issued.

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As in the examples shown in Figures 2a and 2b, in the example shown in Fig. 4, the passenger may be further identified in or immediately adjacent to the elevator car allocated to him, thereby verifying that the passenger has arrived in the elevator car allocated to him.

As discussed above, a passenger's walking time can be dynamically estimated from information affecting or defining one or more passenger's walking time, such as: - based on the passenger's dynamic location information: •: * · la: the position of the passenger relative to the service

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The dynamically estimated walking time is utilized in the missile of the elevator system, for example, in the allocation phase when the passenger is allocated an elevator to travel to the target floor. The lift originally allocated to the passenger may also be converted to another lift or canceled completely by the passenger. Allo-T *. 25 new elevators can be redirected without affecting the • ·· I .. * already allocated passenger service. • · * ··· * Opening and / or closing moment of the elevator doors • · • ** can be more precisely defined and optimized

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An elevator system according to the invention also provides 5 personalized services, for example, in that the Wheelchair Traveler's Travel Time is individually assessed by identifying the Passenger as being handicapped.

The elevator system control system may include the computer program disclosed in the present invention and may be stored in one or more memory or computer readable media containing, for example, RAM (Random 15 Access Memory) or ROM (Read Only Memory). . The computer program is arranged in a data processing device, for example a processor, executed to perform the method according to the present invention.

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119105 A method for controlling a destination floor elevator system, the method comprising: receiving a destination floor call from a destination calling device; allocating to the passenger on the basis of a destination call to the elevator, and informing the passenger of the elevator allocation, characterized in that the method further comprises: 10 identifying the passenger at least at one remote point and at call, dynamically evaluating the passenger's walking time to the allocated and based on location 15, and controlling the elevator system based on a dynamically estimated pedestrian. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that a destination layer call is received from the mobile passenger terminal. The thread, according to claim 1 or 2,. method, characterized in that the method comprises • 1 1 "V steps: Φ '·" **, determining the position of the passenger based on the location of the destination paging device * · · * ·' · when the passenger enters the destination · · * ... 1 a decoding device for a target layer call; and ··: '· estimating the passenger's walking time to the elevator based on the location of the destination * ♦ · paging device. Method 3 according to one of Claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the method comprises: 1. Here are the steps: • · '· 1 identifies the passenger against the destination layer call • »• · · *. 1! upon admission; and • · · used for passenger walking in ice assessment for hy-35 passenger identification. • · · · 22 119105 A method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the method comprises the steps of: receiving from the destination paging device the walking speed information or information of the passenger 5 for determining the walking speed; determining a passenger's walking speed on the basis of received information upon receipt of a destination floor call; and 10 estimating the passenger's walking time to the elevator based on the location of the destination paging device and the determined walking speed. A method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the method comprises the steps of: identifying the passenger at at least one remote point before receiving the passenger destination layer call; identifying the passenger when issuing a destination layer call; estimating the passenger's walking speed based on the location of the destination calling device and the location of said at least one remote point; and estimating the passenger's walking time to the elevator at the location of the destination 25 paging device and the estimated walking speed: ***: 4 * 4 • 4 4 4 4 44 4 The method according to any one of the preceding claims 4 to 4 4 6, characterized in that . The method comprises the steps of: 4 4 4 identifying the passenger in at least one remote point 4 4 '··· * after receiving the passenger destination layer call 4; and 4 4 ***. updating the passenger's estimated walking time to hi-35 on the basis of the location of at least one remote point 4 · · * · * *. 4 4 4 119105 8. A method as claimed in claim 4, 6 or 7, characterized in that the passenger is identified by means of the destination paging device identifier, the passenger identifier and / or other passenger related feature. A method according to any one of the preceding claims 3 to 8, characterized in that the method comprises the steps of: identifying a passenger in or in the immediate vicinity of the elevator car; and maintaining information in the elevator system about the passengers allocated to the elevator car and the passengers already arriving at the elevator car. A method according to any one of the preceding claims 1 to 15, characterized in that the passenger's walking time is individually estimated based on the personal information contained in the tag. 11. A method according to any one of the preceding claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the method comprises the steps of: collecting statistical information on the destination layer of the passenger. delays and / or walking times and / or walking speeds in the · · · *** / elevator system; and • * ···! the passenger's walking is taken into account in the assessment of ice * 25 at least some of the statistical data collected. • · · A method according to any one of the preceding claims 1- · * · ,, 11, characterized in that it is used. The method comprises the steps of: • determining the net traffic situation in the elevator system; and • · · taking into account the passenger traffic in the elevator system when assessing the ice. • ·:. * ·· 13. A computer program comprising program code arranged in a data processing device-.1. 35 performed to perform any method • · f »« · *. a method for controlling a target floor elevator system as set forth in claims 1-13. 119105 A computer program according to claim 14, characterized in that the computer program is arranged on a computer-readable medium. 5 A system for estimating a passenger's walking time in a destination floor elevator system (212) comprising at least one elevator, at least one destination calling device (204, 206, 300, 400) for identifying a passenger in a call 10 and reserving elevator bases for use by said destination calling device (204, 206). 300, 400. a responsive elevator group control system (100) configured to allocate to the user a so-15 appropriate elevator car from the elevator system (212) on the basis of a destination floor call and to send information to the passenger about the allocated elevator car; Means (202) for dynamically estimating a passenger's walking time in an elevator to be allocated and / or allocated to an elevator of said system (212), said destination calling device (204, 206, 300, 400); ) and said remote (208, f *: 25,302,304,404) based on the location, and · *** · a control system (200) arranged in a control system. to dynamically estimate the elevator system (212) ···. walking time. • « The system of claim 15. . 30, characterized in that: • the means (202) are arranged to determine the position of the passenger based on the location of the destination paging device (204, 206, 300, 400) when the passenger provides the destination paging device. • ·. ·· *. a fuse device (204, 206, 300, 400) based on the destination floor call and • · · 35 to estimate the passenger's walking time to the elevator system * · * * (212) based on the location of the destination call device (204, 206, 300, 400) * *. 25 119105 A system according to claim 15 or 16, characterized in that: means (202) are arranged to identify the passenger upon receipt of the destination floor call and 5 to utilize passenger identification in assessing the passenger's pedestrian. A system according to claim 15, 16 or 17, characterized in that: means (202) are arranged to receive walking speed information or information from the destination calling device (206) to determine walking speed when receiving a destination floor call and estimate a passenger's walking time to the elevator. based on the location of the destination call device (206) and determined walking-15 information. A system according to any one of the preceding claims 15-18, characterized in that: the system comprises at least one remote point (208,304,302) arranged to identify the passenger prior to receiving the destination floor call from the passenger; means (202) arranged to identify the traveler * when a destination layer call is issued; estimate the travel speed of the country passenger using the destination caller «M ·. ·. S 25 (204, 206, 300, 400) location and at least one distance, ···. a point (208, 304,302), and estimating a passenger's walking time based on the location of the elevator system (212) • · * and the destination walking device (206) and estimated walking speed. A system according to any one of the preceding claims 17 • * V - 19, characterized in that: the system comprises at least one remote point: (404) arranged to identify the passenger f · · after receiving the destination layer call; and *! * 35 means (202) are arranged to update the estimated walking time of the traveler to the elevator system (212) based on the location of at least one remote point (404). A system according to claim 17, 19 or 20, characterized in that the passenger is identified by means of an identifier of the destination paging device (206), a passenger identifier and / or other passenger related characteristic. A system according to any one of claims 17 to 21, characterized in that; 10 means (202) arranged to identify the passenger in or in the immediate vicinity (210) of the elevator car belonging to the elevator system (212); and the control system (200) is arranged to maintain information on the passengers allocated to the elevator car and 15 passengers already allocated to the elevator car. The system according to any one of the preceding claims 15 to 22, characterized in that the system comprises data storage means (202) for collecting statistical information on the destination floor layouts and / or walking times and / or walking speeds of the passengers in the elevator system. The system according to claim 23, characterized in that the means (202) are arranged to take into account at least part of the collected statistical data in estimating the passenger's walking time i 25: 1 · A system according to any one of the preceding claims 15 ··· -24, characterized in that • · * - - / ··. means (202) arranged to determine a passenger's t walking time in the form of a life, personal, unique identifier. 30 based on individual data. • i A system according to any one of the preceding claims * .. · * 15-25, characterized in that the means (202) are arranged to define an elevator system. the traffic situation in the system (212) and take into account the determined traffic situation in the passenger's * * · *** 'estimation of walking time. ····· • · 119105