Patents by Inventor Johan GRÕNHOLM

Johan GRÕNHOLM 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).

  • Signaling elevator allocation based on traffic data
    Patent number: 10131518
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method in allocation of an elevator for a passenger of an elevator system, including a step of allocating an elevator for a passenger in a lobby of the elevator system, and thereafter a step of signaling the allocated elevator to the passenger before the arrival of the car of the allocated elevator at said lobby. The method includes the steps of obtaining traffic data describing traffic in said elevator lobby, and determining the signaling moment based on said traffic data, and thereafter signaling the allocated elevator to the passenger at the determined moment. The invention relates also to an elevator system implementing the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jere Vuorenala, Niko Elomaa, Tuomas Susi, Johan Grönholm
  • METHOD IN ALLOCATION OF AN ELEVATOR AND AN ELEVATOR
    Publication number: 20160083218
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method in allocation of an elevator for a passenger of an elevator system, comprising a step of allocating an elevator for a passenger in a lobby of the elevator system, and thereafter a step of signaling the allocated elevator to the passenger before the arrival of the car of the allocated elevator at said lobby. The method comprises the steps of obtaining traffic data describing traffic in said elevator lobby, and determining the signaling moment based on said traffic data, and thereafter signaling the allocated elevator to the passenger at the determined moment. The invention relates also to an elevator system implementing the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jere VUORENALA, Niko ELOMAA, Tuomas SUSI, Johan GRÕNHOLM