Patents by Inventor Joseph P. Rennekamp

Joseph P. Rennekamp 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).

  • Elevator destination protocol control with flexible user interface
    Patent number: 7040458
    Abstract: An elevator system having multiple elevator cars efficiently assigns cars and communicates the car assignments to the potential passengers. A hallway intuitive user interface is readily adapted to installations having varying numbers of elevator cars with varying floor access by incorporating a graphical display that is rendered accordingly. Moreover, a combination of visual, textual and aural indications are given to the passenger that the destination entered is valid and assigned to a car. For those instances where a potential passenger fails to enter a destination correctly, the elevator system retains a traditional elevator control interface in the elevator car.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Fujitec America, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Edson Forsythe, Koji Sakata, Joseph P. Rennekamp, John F. Miller, Jr.
  • Elevator destination protocol control with flexible user interface
    Publication number: 20040262093
    Abstract: An elevator system having multiple elevator cars efficiently assigns cars and communicates the car assignments to the potential passengers. A hallway intuitive user interface is readily adapted to installations having varying numbers of elevator cars with varying floor access by incorporating a graphical display that is rendered accordingly. Moreover, a combination of visual, textual and aural indications are given to the passenger that the destination entered is valid and assigned to a car. For those instances where a potential passenger fails to enter a destination correctly, the elevator system retains a traditional elevator control interface in the elevator car.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: Fujitec America, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Edson Forsythe, Koji Sakata, Joseph P. Rennekamp, John F. Miller