Patent ID: 6223160
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: B66B

Abstract:
An apparatus for inputting an elevator command to an elevator installation having an elevator control comprising:a portable input means for receiving, storing and transmitting data in a plurality of acoustic elevator commands;an audio unit included in said input means for reception and conversion of each of said acoustic elevator commands to related elevator command data;a transmitter/receiver unit in said input means for non-acoustic communication of said elevator command data; anda control unit included in said input means and connected to said audio unit and said transmitter/receiver unit for controlling inputting of said acoustic elevator commands when said input means is located remote from an associated elevator installation and storing the related elevator command data for later non-acoustic communication to an elevator control of the associated elevator installation when said input means is proximate the elevator control, said control unit being responsive to an interrogation communication received by said transmitter/receiver unit for generating said non-acoustic communication to the elevator control.