Patent ID: 8678142

Claim:
A destination floor registration device of an elevator comprising: a destination floor registration signal input unit that inputs a destination floor registration signal from a destination floor registration button placed in an elevator car; a boarding detection unit that detects that a passenger has boarded the elevator car; a voice output unit that outputs a voice message to the elevator car; a voice input unit that inputs a voice message from the elevator car; and a voice destination floor registration unit that determines whether a predetermined time limit has elapsed since the passenger was detected to board the elevator car by the boarding detection unit and, when it is determined that the destination floor registration signal input unit has not inputted the destination floor registration signal after the predetermined time limit has elapsed since the passenger was detected to board the elevator car by the boarding detection unit, outputs a destination floor pronouncing request voice message to the elevator car via the voice output unit for requesting the passenger to pronounce a destination floor, and, when a voice message responding to the voice destination floor pronouncing request voice message is input via the voice input unit, performs a voice recognition process on the voice message input and performs destination floor registration for the elevator car based on a result of the voice recognition process.