Patents by Inventor Pentti Laihanen

Pentti Laihanen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8387756
    Abstract: A solution for the allocation of destination calls in an elevator system includes one or more single-deck elevators and one or more multi-deck elevators, in which system the passenger enters a destination call via a destination call device. The destination call entered by the passenger is received, an elevator type to serve the destination call is selected on the basis of an elevator type selection criterion, and the destination call is allocated to an elevator consistent with the elevator type thus selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Kone Corporation
    Inventors: Pentti Laihanen, Jukka Turpeinen, Johannes de Jong
  • Publication number: 20100219025
    Abstract: The invention relates to a solution for the allocation of destination calls in an elevator system comprising one or more single-deck elevators and one or more multi-deck elevators, in which system the passenger enters a destination call via a destination call device. The destination call entered by the passenger is received, an elevator type to serve the destination call is selected on the basis of an elevator type selection criterion, and the destination call is allocated to an elevator consistent with the elevator type thus selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: Kone Corporation
    Inventors: Pentti Laihanen, Jukka Turpeinen, Johannes De Jong
  • Patent number: 7513337
    Abstract: A method and a system for entering a destination floor call, for storing the call data of a destination floor call entered by the user, for allocating an elevator car to the user on the basis of the landing call data of the destination floor call and for transmitting a car call to the elevator car when the elevator is arriving at the landing. In the method, the user inputs a destination floor call using a destination call device. The destination floor call can be stored in the memory of the destination call device, in which case the call data transmitted to the control system comprises only the landing call, i.e. information specifying the user's starting floor and whether the destination floor given by the user is in the upward or downward direction. The destination floor call can also be transmitted directly to the elevator control system, which stores the call data of the destination floor call in the memory of the control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Kone Corporation
    Inventors: Marja-Liisa Siikonen, Janne Sorsa, Pentti Laihanen
  • Publication number: 20080210493
    Abstract: A method and a system for entering a destination floor call, for storing the call data of a destination floor call entered by the user, for allocating an elevator car to the user on the basis of the landing call data of the destination floor call and for transmitting a car call to the elevator car when the elevator is arriving at the landing. In the method, the user inputs a destination floor call using a destination call device. The destination floor call can be stored in the memory of the destination call device, in which case the call data transmitted to the control system comprises only the landing call, i.e. information specifying the user's starting floor and whether the destination floor given by the user is in the upward or downward direction. The destination floor call can also be transmitted directly to the elevator control system, which stores the call data of the destination floor call in the memory of the control system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Marja-Liisa Siikonen, Janne Sorsa, Pentti Laihanen
  • Patent number: 7258203
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling the elevators of an elevator group in a building divided into zones comprising different floors in such manner that, at the passenger's departure floor, the elevators are given calls to floors beyond the zone limits of the departure zone. According to the invention, the aforesaid call is divided into two or more calls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Kone Corporation
    Inventors: Johannes De Jong, Pentti Laihanen
  • Publication number: 20070080027
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling the elevators of an elevator group in a building divided into zones comprising different floors in such manner that, at the passenger's departure floor, the elevators are given calls to floors beyond the zone limits of the departure zone. According to the invention, the aforesaid call is divided into two or more calls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Applicant: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Johannes De Jong, Pentti Laihanen
  • Patent number: 6997288
    Abstract: Floor number displays informative to the elevator passengers at the landing and in the elevator car when the passengers issue destination calls to the elevator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Kone Corporation
    Inventors: Markku Kakko, Pentti Laihanen, Johannes De Jong, Rauno Hatakka
  • Publication number: 20040226777
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a floor number display (1, 2) informative to the elevator passenger at landing and in car when the passenger issues destination calls to the elevator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2004
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventors: Markku Kakko, Pentti Laihanen, Johannes De Jong, Rauno Hatakka