DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING THE SITUATION OUTSIDE A BUILDING WITH A LIFT

This device is for additional elevator equipment and may, among other things, be used for elevators in hotels, business and exhibition centers, retail complexes, etc. This device for monitoring exteriors of elevator-equipped buildings includes a number of video cameras positioned on the outer wall along the vertical span of the building, a display screen in the elevator car, a controller, an elevator position indicator and a multiplexer. Controller output is fed directly into the monitor. The output socket of the multiplexer is connected to the first input socket of the controller whose second input socket is connected to the output socket of the elevator position indicator. The device contains at least one set of additional video cameras positioned outside the building, at different heights elsewhere on the premises. Feed cables from the first, second . . . nth video cameras installed on the outer wall of the building are connected, respectively, to the 1st, 2nd . . . nth input sockets of a commutation switch; feed cables from the 1st, 2nd, . . . lnth additional cameras are connected, respectively, to the 11th, 12th, . . . lnth input sockets of the commutation switch, whose output socket is connected to the input socket of a multiplexer. In this fashion, the exterior of the building where the elevator is located can be monitored through cameras installed at a distance from the building itself.