Patent ID: 7717238
Filing Date: 2010-05-18
Classification: B66B

Abstract:
1. An elevator control system comprising: permission means provided at a predetermined distance from an elevator hall for permitting a first passenger to use an elevator and registering a call of the elevator; storage means for storing a predetermined estimated move time value for the first passenger to move from said permission means to the hall; arrival detection means for detecting the elevator arriving at the hall; time count means for starting to count based on permission of said permission means and setting the arrival time value when said arrival detection means detects the elevator arriving at the hall; riding detection means for detecting a person getting in the elevator; and notifications means for notifying a second passenger in a car or at the hall of a presence of the first passenger, wherein said notification means is activated if the arrival time value is shorter than the estimated move time value and also if the riding detection means detects the second passenger getting in the elevator.