Patents by Inventor Kim BERGMAN

Kim BERGMAN 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).

  • Publication number: 20150246790
    Abstract: A destination call-giving device for giving destination calls in an elevator system includes a device available to a user for selecting a destination floor from a plurality of floors that are in a certain sequence, and an output for communicating the selected destination floor to the control system of the elevator system. The device for selecting a destination floor includes a touch-sensitive display forming a user interface for presenting to the user information related to the selection of a destination floor and for receiving the input of the user. The destination floor is arranged to be selectable by the user from the aforementioned plurality of floors by moving a touch-sensitive point on a touch-sensitive display. An elevator system, a method for giving a destination call, and a computer program product are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicant: KONE Corporation
    Inventors: Jussi HILTUNEN, Tommi SALONEN, Kim BERGMAN, Jarmo PARKKINEN
  • Publication number: 20150166302
    Abstract: In a method for giving destination calls to an elevator system by means of a destination operating panel, that includes a decade keypad for giving the aforementioned destination calls, the call giving phase is identified and the buttons of the decade keypad are activated on the basis of the aforementioned call giving phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: KONE Corporation
    Inventors: Jarmo PARKKINEN, Jussi HILTUNEN, Kim BERGMAN
  • Publication number: 20140131142
    Abstract: A method for giving a destination call to the control system of an elevator system is provided, in which method one or more predetermined departure floor-destination floor pairs are presented on the touch-sensitive display of a destination call-giving device having a touch-sensitive display, in which each pair identifies for the user one predetermined departure floor and one predetermined destination floor, and the departure floor-destination floor pair selected by the user is determined on the basis of a touch detected with the touch-sensitive display, and a destination call signal is sent to the control system of the elevator system, which signal identifies the departure floor and the destination floor of the departure floor-destination floor pair selected by the user. A call-giving device, an elevator system and a computer program product are provided to implement the aforementioned method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: KONE Corporation
    Inventors: Jarmo PARKKINEN, Jussi HILTUNEN, Kim BERGMAN, Tommi SALONEN, Otto MIETTINEN
  • Patent number: D720366
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Kone Corporation
    Inventors: Jussi Hiltunen, Tommi Salonen, Kim Bergman, Jarmo Parkkinen