Abstract:
A gesture and location recognition system and method are provided. The system includes a sensor device that captures a data signal of a user and detects a gesture input from the user from the data signal, wherein a user location can be calculated based on a sensor location of the sensor device in a building and the collected data signal of the user, a signal processing device that generates a control signal based on the gesture input and the user location, and in-building equipment that receives the control signal from the signal processing device and controls the in-building equipment based on the control signal.
Abstract:
A method is disclosed for assisting limited or handicapped persons wherein an infrastructure unit periodically transmits a signal with an auxiliary function offer from the infrastructure unit, wherein a mobile communication unit, which is situated close to the infrastructure unit, of the limited or handicapped person receives the signal with the auxiliary function offer and takes a use authorization certificate as a basis for forming a signal with an auxiliary function request and returns it to the infrastructure unit, and wherein the infrastructure unit provides at least one auxiliary function for the limited or handicapped person in accordance with the auxiliary function request. This may assist limited or handicapped persons with the auxiliary functions suitable for them in the region of infrastructure elements, e.g., escalators, revolving doors and lifts, in a simple and inexpensive manner, with misuse largely being precluded.
Abstract:
An automated elevator control system using facial recognition, comprising an elevator car, a facial image database comprising facial image data of authorized passengers and corresponding authorized floor destination data for each such passenger, a facial recognition program capable of comparing a facial image stored in the facial image database to video data output from an imaging device, and an imaging device capable of outputting video data. The system is capable of recognizing the elevator passenger's face in a field of view of the imaging device, capturing the elevator passenger's facial image using video data output from the imaging device, and comparing the captured facial image to pre-registered facial image data. Upon determining a match between the captured facial image and a stored facial image, the system is capable of sending a signal to the elevator control system to move the elevator car to the elevator passenger's authorized floor destination.
Abstract:
A passenger conveyance system includes a depth-sensing sensor for capturing depth map data of objects within a field of view adjacent a passenger conveyance door. A processing module in communication with the depth-sensing sensor to receive the depth map data, the processing module uses the depth map data to track an object and calculate passenger data associated with the tracked object, and a passenger conveyance controller to receive the passenger data from the processing module, wherein the passenger conveyance controller controls a passenger conveyance dispatch control function in response to the passenger data
Abstract:
A conveyance system including a system interface having a camera to generate an image including an input fingerprint and an input finger presentation; a dispatch system including a fingerprint recognition unit and a profile unit, the fingerprint recognition unit comparing the input fingerprint to a reference fingerprint; the dispatch system accessing a user profile when the input fingerprint matches the reference fingerprint; the dispatch system comparing the input finger presentation to a reference finger presentation in the user profile; and the dispatch system retrieving a destination from the user profile when the input finger presentation matches the reference finger presentation.
Abstract:
An elevator activation system provides virtual activation of one or more buttons by passengers. An optical sensor or time-of-flight camera is positioned near buttons of the elevator and projects an optical curtain over buttons of the elevator. Disturbances in the optical curtain are detected and an exact location of a disturbance in the optical curtain is communicated to a sensor controller which then virtually activates a button correlated to the particular location of the disturbance. The sensor controller communicates with an elevator controller such that the elevator is controlled based on the particular function activated in response to virtual activation of the button. The elevator activation system may further comprise a user feedback feature configured to signify to a passenger that a button has been virtually activated without physically contacting the button.
Abstract:
An elevator control system installed in an elevator includes a camera device for capturing an image of a user in the elevator; a detecting device coupled to the camera device for detecting a hand in the image and a request option from the user; and a processing unit coupled to the camera device for executing the request option from the user to control and operate the elevator.
Abstract:
In an elevator system, a security gate includes a gate box body, an opening/closing member, an input section for inputting identification information of a user, a display section, and a gate control section connected to an elevator group supervisory device. The gate control section controls opening/closing of the opening/closing member in accordance with the identification information input to the input section and controls the display section to display elevator information of elevators. The display section is provided on a side surface of the gate box body on a passage side and includes a display screen provided so as to be inclined with respect to a direction of passage of the user so as to be oriented to an entrance side of the security gate.
Abstract:
A lobby detection device 100 placed in a lobby reads out an ID of an elevator user 300 from an individual identification tag 400 and transmits the ID to an authentication device 600, the authentication device 600 registers the ID if the ID has not been registered and performs a call registration for an elevator car 500 after an authentication processing, a car detection device 200 inside of the elevator car 500 reads out the ID from the individual identification tag 400 and transmits the ID to the authentication device 600, and when the same ID as a registered ID that has been registered becomes no longer transmitted from the car detection device 200, the authentication device 600 deletes a registration of the registered ID after a specific time elapses, so that even when the ID is read out by the lobby detection device 100 in the lobby where the elevator user 300 lands on at the time the elevator user 300 leaves the elevator car 500, a call registration is not performed since the registration is held.
Abstract:
The present invention combines a residential elevator and automatic pet door with an intelligence component comprised of a Programmable Logic Controller with programmed intelligence that enables interoperability between the residential elevator and automatic pet door. In practice a pet will wear a collar with an attached or embedded transmitter. As the pet approaches the elevator door, the swing door will open and the accordion gate will open. If the elevator is at another level when the pet approaches, a call will be submitted to bring the elevator to the pet's level. The swing door and gate will open automatically when the elevator arrives. The gate and door will remain open long enough for the pet to enter the elevator and close automatically. The call to another floor will automatically be submitted to the elevator based on the current floor location.