Patent ID: 8069957

Claim:
An elevator display system comprising: a target floor registration unit, comprising: a registration operation part that is configured to receive a target floor entered by a user; and a display part for displaying information pertaining to an assigned most suitable elevator car; and an elevator controller that is configured to: (a) assign the most suitable elevator car corresponding to a floor at which a user registers a target floor using the target floor registration unit; (b) compute an estimated arrival time for the assigned most suitable elevator car to arrive at the floor at which the user registered the target floor using the target floor registration unit; and (c) send information comprising the assigned most suitable elevator car and the estimated arrival time to the target floor registration unit in order to display them on the display part; and if the assigned most suitable elevator car arrives at the floor at which the user registered the target floor using the target floor registration unit before the expiration of the estimated arrival time, the elevator controller is configured to retain the assigned most suitable elevator car at the floor at which the user registered the target floor using the target floor registration unit until the estimated arrival time elapses.