Patent ID: 7040459

Claim:
A display system for an elevator comprising: a speed detecting device that detects speed of an elevator car and outputs a speed detection signal; a position detecting device that detects position of the elevator car and outputs a position detection signal; an operation control system that controls operation of the elevator car and outputs speed information, stop floor information, and car position information based on the speed detection signal and the position detection signal; and a display device installed in one of the elevator car and an elevator hall, including a display control device and a display unit that displays a plurality of floor names using the display control device based on the speed information, the stop floor information, and the car position information so that the plurality of floor names are displayed on the display unit in a continuous manner on a circumference of a predetermined shape, that displays a floor name corresponding to a current position of the elevator car distinguishably from a floor name of each floor, other than a current floor, and that displays the plurality of continuously displayed floor names so that display positions of the plurality of continuously displayed floor names are moved on the circumference of the predetermined shape in proportion to moving speed of the elevator car.