Patents by Inventor Joonas Saaranen

Joonas Saaranen 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: 10618774
    Abstract: A method is provided for displaying information in an elevator arrangement including an elevator car that is movable, as controlled by an operating panel, between landing zones that communicate traffic to and from the elevator car through a doorway, and one or more light sources. In the method, visible objects are defined for guiding traffic of the elevator arrangement. A destination landing zone is obtained by the operating panel. A current occupancy and current destination landing zone of the elevator car are determined. The light sources are set to illuminate at least one of the defined visible objects on a remote surface on the basis of the determined current occupancy and current destination landing zone of the elevator car and the destination landing zone obtained by the operating panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Santeri Suoranta, Johannes de Jong, Visa Rauta, Joonas Saaranen
  • Publication number: 20160318733
    Abstract: A method is provided for displaying information in an elevator arrangement including an elevator car that is movable, as controlled by an operating panel, between landing zones that communicate traffic to and from the elevator car through a doorway, and one or more light sources. In the method, visible objects are defined for guiding traffic of the elevator arrangement. A destination landing zone is obtained by the operating panel. A current occupancy and current destination landing zone of the elevator car are determined. The light sources are set to illuminate at least one of the defined visible objects on a remote surface on the basis of the determined current occupancy and current destination landing zone of the elevator car and the destination landing zone obtained by the operating panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicant: KONE Corporation
    Inventors: Santeri Suoranta, Johannes de Jong, Visa Rauta, Joonas Saaranen
  • Patent number: D759873
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Kone Corporation
    Inventors: Joonas Saaranen, Visa Rauta, Stefano Vaccari