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`Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., Petitioner
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`TRANSPORT APPARATUS WITH
`COMPUTERIZED INFORMATION AND
`DISPLAY APPARATUS
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`This application is a continuation of and claims priority to
`co-owned and co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No.
`13/369,850 filed Feb. 9, 2012 and entitled “COMPUTER-
`IZED INFORMATION PRESENTATION APPARATUS”,
`which is a continuation of and claims priority to co-owned
`and co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/711,692
`filed Feb. 24, 2010 and entitled “ADAPTIVE INFORMA-
`TION PRESENTATION APPARATUS AND METHODS”,
`now U.S. Pat. No. 8,117,037, which is a continuation of and
`claims priority to co-owned U.S. patent application Ser. No.
`11/506,975 filed Aug. 17, 2006 and entitled “SMART
`ELEVATOR SYSTEM AND METHOD”, now U.S. Pat. No.
`7,711,565, which is a divisional of and claims priority to
`co-owned U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/935,957 filed
`Sep. 7, 2004 and entitled “ELEVATOR ACCESS CONTROL
`SYSTEM AND METHOD”, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,093,693,
`which is a divisional of co-owned U.S. patent application Ser.
`No. 10/651,451 filed Aug. 29, 2003 and entitled “SMART
`ELEVATOR SYSTEM AND METHOD”, now U.S. Pat. No.
`6,988,071, which is a continuation of co-owned U.S. patent
`application Ser. No. 09/330,101 filed Jun. 10, 1999 and
`entitled “SMART ELEVATOR SYSTEM AND METHOD”,
`now U.S. Pat. No. 6,615,175, each ofthe foregoing incorpo-
`rated into the present application by reference in its entirety.
`This application is also related to U.S. patent application Ser.
`No. 12/703,666 filed Feb. 10, 2010 entitled “Adaptive Adver-
`tising Apparatus and Methods”, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,065,155,
`U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/704,431 filed Feb. 11,
`2010 entitled “Adaptive Advertising Apparatus and Meth-
`ods”, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,078,473, Ser. No. 12/711,692 filed
`on Feb. 24, 2010 entitled “ADAPTIVE INFORMATION
`PRESENTATION APPARATUS AND METHODS”, now
`U.S. Pat. No. 8,117,037, Ser. No. 12/711,857 filed Feb. 24,
`2010 and entitled “ADAPTIVE INFORMATION PRESEN-
`TATION APPARATUS AND METHODS”, now U.S. Pat.
`No. 8,065,156, Ser. No. 13/364,194 filed Feb. 1, 2012 and
`entitled “COMPUTERIZED INFORMATION PRESENTA-
`TION APPARATUS”, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,285,553, Ser. No.
`13/362,902 filed Jan. 31, 2012 and entitled “ADAPTIVE
`INFORMATION PRESENTATION APPARATUS”, now
`U.S. Pat. No. 8,370,158, and Ser. No. 13/357,487 filed Jan.
`24, 2012 and entitled “ELECTRONIC INFORMATION
`ACCESS SYSTEM AND METHODS”, now U.S. Pat. No.
`8,301,456, Ser. No. 13/369,850 filed Feb. 9,2012 and entitled
`“COMPUTERIZED INFORMATION PRESENTATION
`APPARATUS”, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,447,612, Ser. No.
`13/404,606 entitled “COMPUTERIZED INFORMATION
`PRESENTATION APPARATUS”, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,290,
`781, Ser. No. 13/404,980 entitled “COMPUTERIZED
`INFORMATION PRESENTATION APPARATUS”, now
`U.S. Pat. No. 8,296,146, Ser. No. 13/404,853 entitled“COM-
`PUTERIZED INFORMATION PRESENTATION APPA-
`RATUS”, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,290,778, and Ser. No. 13/405,
`046
`entitled
`“COMPUTERIZED
`INFORMATION
`PRESENTATION METHODS” now U.S. Pat. No. 8,296,
`153, each filed on Feb. 24, 2012, Ser. No. 13/406,408 entitled
`“COMPUTERIZED INFORMATION SELECTION AND
`DOWNLOAD APPARATUS AND METHODS” filed on
`Feb. 27, 2012, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,311,834, and Ser. No.
`13/410,080 entitled “NETWORK APPARATUS AND
`METHODS FOR USER INFORMATION DELIVERY”
`filed Mar. 1, 2012, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,285,551, each of
`which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. This
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`patent application Ser. No. 13/728,512 filed Dec. 27, 2012
`and entitled “SMART INFORMATION AND DISPLAY
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`APPARATUS”, Ser. No. 13/728,715 filed Dec. 27, 2012 and
`entitled “COMPUTERIZED INFORMATION AND DIS-
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`PLAYAPPARATUS”, Ser. No. 13/733,098 filed Jan. 2, 2013
`and entitled “COMPUTERIZED INFORMATION AND
`DISPLAYAPPARATUS”, and Ser. No. 13/737,833 filed Jan.
`9, 2013 and entitled “COMPUTERIZED INFORMATION
`AND DISPLAY APPARATUS”, Ser. No. 13/746,266 filed
`Jan. 21, 2013 and entitled “COMPUTERIZED INFORMA-
`TION AND DISPLAY APPARATUS”, Ser. No. 13/750,583
`filed Jan. 25, 2013 and entitled “COMPUTERIZED INFOR-
`MATION AND DISPLAY APPARATUS”, Ser. No. 13/752,
`222 filed Jan. 28, 2013 and entitled “COMPUTERIZED
`INFORMATION AND DISPLAY APPARATUS”, Ser. No.
`13/753,407 filed Jan. 29, 2013 and entitled “COMPUTER-
`IZED INFORMATIONAND DISPLAYAPPARATUS”, Ser.
`No. 13/755,682 filed Jan. 31, 2013 and entitled “INTELLI-
`GENT ADVERTISING METHODS”, and Ser. No. 13/758,
`898 filed Feb. 4, 2013 and entitled “INTELLIGENT
`ADVERTISING APPARATUS”, each incorporated herein
`by reference in its entirety.
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`BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
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`1. Field of the Invention
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`The present invention relates to the field ofpersonnel trans-
`port apparatus, and specifically to elevators and similar
`devices for transporting people from one location to another
`which incorporate various information technologies.
`2. Description of Related Technology
`Elevators and similar personnel transport devices (such as
`moving walkways or shuttles) are important aspects of mod-
`em urban life. Commonly used in office buildings, airports,
`shopping malls, and other large structures, these devices
`transport large numbers of people and equipment between
`two locations on a routine basis. Elevators in particular are
`widely used throughout the world.
`Depending on loading, a person may spend up to several
`minutes on an elevator during travel between floors. Signifi-
`cant amounts of time may also be spent waiting for the eleva-
`tor to arrive when called. This time is usually “dead” from the
`standpoint that very little can be accomplished or very few
`tasks undertaken during these few minutes. However, often
`times an individual may require information which will be of
`use after leaving the elevator. For example, the person may
`wish to obtain travel information such as directions to the
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`nearest airport or public transportation node, or the location
`of a nearby restaurant. Weather-related information or trafiic
`reports may also be useful. A plethora of different types of
`information, including financial data, breaking news head-
`lines, sports scores and the like may also be of interest to one
`waiting for or riding on an elevator or other transport device.
`An associated problem relates to determining the location
`of a person, firm, or store within a building when unfamiliar.
`Building directories are often posted in the lobby ofthe build-
`ing, yet these require the user to manually or visually locate
`the name of the person, firm, or store which they are looking
`for, and remember the location information associated there-
`with. Additionally, such directories often do not provide pre-
`cise location information, but rather merely a floor number
`and/or suite number. The user often times does not have a
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`graphical representation of the desired location in relation to
`the elevators, thereby resulting in additional wasted time in
`finding the location once off of the elevator. Even if a graphi-
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`cal display is provided, it often requires the user to spatially
`orient themselves to determine relative location.
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`Security is also a concern when riding elevators late at
`night or to remote locations. Many elevator systems are used
`partly or entirely within parking garages, which often may be
`sparsely populated at off hours. People are all too frequently
`assaulted or robbed when departing from elevators under
`such conditions. Unfortunately, existing elevator systems do
`not have the facility to provide the occupant(s) with the ability
`to selectively observe the area immediately surrounding the
`elevator doors on one or more destination floors, or otherwise
`take precautions to enhance their security.
`Another problem associated with existing elevator systems
`relates to their loading capacity. Often, especially at peak use
`hours such as during the noon hour, the call buttons for several
`different floors within a building will be activated, and eleva-
`tor cars which are at or near their loading capacity will
`respond. With no additional room available in the elevator, the
`person depressing the call button on a given floor is left to wait
`for the elevator doors to close, depress the call button again,
`and wait for another (hopefully partially vacant) car to arrive.
`This process not only delays the person waiting for the car, but
`also those on the elevator car(s), and those waiting on other
`floors.
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`In addition to the foregoing, many elevators must have a
`means of restricting access to certain floors during certain
`time periods while not interfering with other operations.
`These elevators generally also include means by which cer-
`tain users may gain access to the restricted floors, such as a
`magnetic striped card which is inserted into a card reader on
`the elevator. However, such card readers are prone to wear and
`having to re-swipe the card several times in order to obtain
`access. Furthermore, as the card wears due to repeated swip-
`ing or bending (such as when left in the pocket of the indi-
`vidual carrying the card), the card will be more prone to
`failure and will eventually require replacement. Also, such
`cards are prone to unauthorized use. Someone stealing or
`finding the lost card can simply insert it into the card reader of
`the elevator and gain access to the restricted floor(s). It is also
`noted that since access is restricted to certain floors typically
`during late-night or weekend hours, HVAC and lighting sys-
`tems are typically turned off or dormant in order to conserve
`energy. Hence, when the user arrives at one ofthese restricted
`access floors, several minutes are typically spent turning on
`the HVAC, lights, and any other number of electrical devices.
`Some systems require the user to insert their magnetic strip
`card in a separate reader, such as in the control room for the
`HVAC (which is typically located on a different floor), in
`order to initiate equipment operation. This is obviously time
`consuming and cumbersome.
`Lastly, there is often an element of discomfort associated
`with riding an elevator car, especially when several individu-
`als are present in the car. Due in part to minimal space within
`the car and nothing to occupy the occupants attention visu-
`ally, there is a natural tendency for one to stare up, down, or
`forward at the door of the elevator, or at the visual floor
`indicators so as to avoid prolonged eye contact with the other
`occupants.
`Heretofore, many of the technologies necessary to address
`the aforementioned issues have not been available or, alter-
`natively, have been cost or space prohibitive to implement.
`However, recent advances in data networking, thin or flat
`panel display technology, personal electronics, and speech
`recognition and compression algorithms and processing have
`enhanced the viability of such features from both technologi-
`cal and commercial perspectives.
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`Based on the foregoing, there is a need for an improved
`elevator system and method of operation which will reduce
`the time spent waiting for and travelling on the elevator car,
`reduce the frustration associated with repeated stops at dif-
`ferent floors, and allow the occupants of the elevator (as well
`as those waiting for the car) to use their time more efficiently
`and obtain needed information. Additionally, such an elevator
`system would enhance the security of the occupants upon
`egress, and allow for automatic recognition ofan individual in
`order to provide access to certain restricted locations and
`initiation of certain functions such as lighting and HVAC.
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`SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
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`In one aspect, a transport apparatus configured to transport
`one or more persons from one location to another is disclosed.
`In one embodiment, the apparatus includes: control apparatus
`configured to enable control of at least one aspect of the
`motion or operation of the transport apparatus: a passenger
`compartment; and computerized information and display
`apparatus disposed at least partly within the passenger com-
`partment. In one variant, the information and display appara-
`tus comprises: a network interface; processing apparatus in
`data communication with the network interface; a display
`device; and a storage apparatus comprising at least one com-
`puter program, the at least one program being configured to,
`when executed: obtain digitized speech generated based on
`speech received from a passenger, the digitized speech relat-
`ing to a query for desired information which the passenger
`wishes to find; and cause, based at least inpart on the digitized
`speech, access of a remote network entity to cause retrieval of
`the desired information. In another variant, the apparatus is
`further configured to display advertising content on the dis-
`play device, the content received via the network interface
`and selected based at least in part on the digitized speech.
`In another embodiment, the computerized information and
`display apparatus comprises: a wireless network interface;
`processing apparatus in data communication with the net-
`work interface; a microphone; a display device; and a storage
`apparatus comprising at least one computer program, the at
`least one program being configured to, when executed: obtain
`digitized speech generated based on speech received from a
`passenger via the microphone, the digitized speech relating to
`a desired information which the passenger wishes to find via
`a network search, the desired information relating to at least
`one of a plurality of predetermined topics of interest; and
`cause, based at least in part on the digitized speech, search of
`a remote network entity to cause retrieval of the desired
`information.
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`In yet another embodiment, the computerized information
`and display apparatus includes: a wireless network interface;
`processing apparatus in data communication with the net-
`work interface; a display device configured to be viewable by
`an occupant of the transport apparatus during use; and a
`storage apparatus comprising at least one computer program,
`the at least one program being configured to, when executed:
`obtain digitized speech generated based on speech received
`from the occupant, the digitized speech relating to a desired
`information which the occupant wishes to obtain; cause,
`based at least in part on the digitized speech, access of a
`remote network entity via the network interface to cause
`retrieval of the desired information; and receive the desired
`information via the network interface. In one variant, the
`apparatus is further configured to display at least a portion of
`the desired information on the display device, the information
`received via the network interface and selected based at least
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`prising at least one of a map and/or directions to a particular
`organization or entity accessible by the transport apparatus,
`the at least one map and/or directions comprising a graphical
`representation of the organization or entity and its surround-
`ings.
`In another aspect, a land-mobile transport apparatus con-
`figured to transport one or more persons from one location to
`another is disclosed.
`In one embodiment,
`the apparatus
`includes: a passenger compartment; and computerized infor-
`mation and display apparatus disposed at least partly within
`the passenger compartment,
`the information and display
`apparatus comprising: a wireless network interface; process-
`ing apparatus in data communication with the network inter-
`face; a display device configured to be viewable by an occu-
`pant of the land-mobile apparatus during use; and a storage
`apparatus comprising at least one computer program, the at
`least one program being configured to, when executed: obtain
`digitized speech generated based on speech received from the
`occupant, the digitized speech relating to a desired informa-
`tion which the occupant wishes to obtain; cause, based at least
`in part on the digitized speech, access of a remote network
`entity via the network interface to cause retrieval of the
`desired information; and receive the desired information via
`the network interface. In one variant, the apparatus is further
`configured to display at least a portion of the desired infor-
`mation on the display device, the information received via the
`network interface and selected based at least in part on the
`digitized speech, the desired information comprising at least
`one of a map and/or directions to a particular organization or
`entity accessible by the transport apparatus.
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`BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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`FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the infor-
`mation and control system of the invention, showing those
`components local to each elevator car.
`FIG. 2 is a plan view of a first embodiment of the interface
`panel ofthe information and control system of FIG. 1, includ-
`ing the touch keypad and the display device.
`FIG. 3 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the infor-
`mation and control system network architecture.
`FIG. 4 is a logic diagram illustrating the operation of one
`embodiment of the building directory sub-system of the
`invention.
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`FIG. 5 is a plan view of one embodiment of a building
`directory sub-system graphic location file, as shown on the
`display device of the information and control system.
`FIG. 6a is a plan view of one embodiment of a network
`input device having dedicated function keys thereon.
`FIGS. 6b and 6c illustrate one embodiment of an exem-
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`plary coordinated graphic weather display according to the
`present invention.
`FIG. 7 is a plan view of one embodiment of the PED data
`download terminal of the invention.
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`FIG. 8 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the capac-
`ity sensing sub-system according to the present invention.
`FIG. 9 is a plan view of one embodiment of the elevator
`floor sensor array used in conjunction with the capacity sens-
`ing sub-system of FIG. 8.
`FIG. 10 is a logic diagram illustrating the method of opera-
`tion of the capacity sensing sub-system of FIG. 8.
`FIG. 11 is a block diagram illustrating one embodiment of
`the monitoring and security sub-system of the present inven-
`tion.
`FIG. 12 illustrates one embodiment of the elevator car
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`security sub-system of FIG. 11.
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`FIG. 13 is a block diagram of a second embodiment of the
`monitoring and security sub-system of the present invention.
`FIGS. 14a and 14b are plan views of one embodiment of
`the parking and video monitoring displays, respectively, of
`the monitoring and security sub-system of FIG. 11.
`FIG. 15 is a block diagram illustrating one embodiment of
`the identification and access sub-system of the present inven-
`tion.
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`FIG. 16 is a logic diagram illustrating the operation of the
`identification and access sub-system of FIG. 15.
`FIG. 17 is a plan view of one embodiment of a utility
`services selection display associated with the identification
`and access sub-system of FIG. 15.
`FIG. 18a is a logic diagram illustrating the operation of a
`first embodiment of the prompt mode of the adaptive adver-
`tising sub-system of the invention.
`FIG. 18b illustrates the library data file structure used in
`conjunction with the advertising sub-system of the invention.
`FIG. 18c is a logic diagram illustrating the operation of a
`second embodiment of the advertising sub-system of the
`invention.
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`FIG. 18d is a logic diagram illustrating the operation of a
`third embodiment of the adaptive advertising sub-system of
`the invention.
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`FIG. 19 is a logic diagram illustrating the operation of a
`fourth embodiment of the adaptive advertising sub-system of
`the invention.
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`DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
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`Reference is now made to the drawings listed above,
`wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout.
`It is noted that while the system and methods of the inven-
`tion disclosed herein are described primarily with respect to
`an elevator car, certain aspects of the invention may be useful
`in other applications,
`including, without limitation, other
`types of personnel transport devices such as trams or shuttles
`or moving walkways, or stationary devices such as kiosks
`within the lobby or elevator waiting areas of a building. As
`used herein, the term “building” is meant to encompass any
`structure, whether above ground or underground, permanent
`or temporary, used for any function.
`General Description
`Referring now to FIGS. 1 and 2, one embodiment of an
`improved elevator information system is generally described.
`As shown in FIG. 1, the system 100 includes an input device
`102, speech recognition (SR) module 104, central processor
`106 with associated motherboard 121, video RAM 107, non-
`volatile storage device 108 containing a database (not
`shown), graphics co-processor 109, volatile or dynamic stor-
`age device 110 with associated DMA module 139, audio
`amplifier and speaker module 111, speech synthesis module
`112, micro-controller 123, PCI slots 147, and display device
`113. The system also includes a serial bus with universal
`asynchronous receiver transmitter (UART) 117 or altema-
`tively universal serial bus (USB), as described in greater
`detail below with respect to FIG. 7. As shown in FIG. 2, the
`input device 102 of the present embodiment is a touch-sen-
`sitive keypad and/or display screen of the type well known