EP 1433735 A1 20040630 - Method and system for emergency evacuation of building occupants
Title (en)
Method and system for emergency evacuation of building occupants
Title (de)
System und Verfahren für Notevakuierung des Personals eines Gebäudes
Title (fr)
Système et procédé pour l'evacuation d'urgence des occupants d'un immeuble
Publication
Application
Priority
- EP 03028776 A 20031213
- EP 02406132 A 20021223
Abstract (en)
The present invention is directed toward a method and a system for emergency evacuation of building occupants and to a method for modernisation of an existing building with said system. It refers to a multi-story building (1) having a plurality of floors and with at least one elevator (10) being positionable at selected landings (26) of the floors. Preferably, first means (9) are provided for measuring the number of persons and second means (7) are provided for detecting an emergency condition in the building. At least one control unit (5) is provided for determining or for estimating a number of building occupants in the building, the control unit is defining at least one evacuation zone (13) in the building during the emergency condition. Based on this information, the control unit is defining at least one designated floor (14) in the building during the emergency condition. Then the system evacuates the building occupants with the elevator car and/or a stairway from the evacuation zone to the designated floor. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
B66B 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
B66B 5/022 (2013.01); B66B 5/024 (2013.01); B66B 5/025 (2013.01); B66B 19/007 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
- [DXA] US 6000505 A 19991214 - ALLEN THOMAS H [US]
- [XA] US 4023146 A 19770510 - CARROLL WAYNE E
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
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EP 03028776 A 20031213