Passenger number based call allocation in an elevator system

    公开(公告)号:US10526165B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-07

    申请号:US15433299

    申请日:2017-02-15

    申请人: KONE Corporation

    摘要: A method for allocating an elevator in an elevator system constructs passenger batch size distributions for each pair of floors in a building based on passenger batch journeys, each passenger batch journey defining at least the origin and destination floor of the journey, the number of passengers relating to the journey and the time of the journey; receives a call for an elevator; estimates the number of passengers waiting behind the call based on the passenger batch size distributions; and allocates the call to an elevator being able to serve the estimated number of passengers.

    Forecasting elevator passenger traffic

    公开(公告)号:US11365087B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-21

    申请号:US16235899

    申请日:2018-12-28

    申请人: KONE Corporation

    IPC分类号: B66B1/24

    摘要: According to an aspect, there is provided a method for forecasting elevator passenger traffic of an elevator group. The method comprises training a statistical traffic model describing a traffic profile for a specific cycle with historical timestamped origin-destination passenger counts, obtaining timestamped origin-destination passenger counts for a current cycle, generating an elevator passenger traffic forecast based on the trained statistical traffic model and the timestamped origin-destination passenger counts for the current cycle, and outputting the elevator passenger traffic forecast for use by an elevator group control.

    Computing allocation decisions in an elevator system

    公开(公告)号:US11407611B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-09

    申请号:US16214565

    申请日:2018-12-10

    申请人: KONE Corporation

    IPC分类号: B66B1/24 B66B1/34 B66B5/00

    摘要: A method and an apparatus for computing allocation decisions in an elevator system is provided. Historical passenger batch journey data relating to the elevator system is obtained, wherein each passenger batch journey includes an origin and a destination floor of the journey, the number of passengers of the journey and the time of the journey. Historical passenger traffic statistics are constructed based on the passenger batch journey data, and expected calls are modelled based on the passenger traffic statistics. The modelled expected call is taken into account in computing subsequent allocation decisions in the elevator system.

    ELEVATOR CALL ALLOCATION
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220081252A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-17

    申请号:US17534912

    申请日:2021-11-24

    申请人: KONE Corporation

    IPC分类号: B66B1/24 B66B1/46

    摘要: A method for elevator call allocations in an elevator group of an elevator system includes applying statistical traffic forecasts modelling future passenger arrivals in the elevator system; receiving an indication of at least one elevator call; generating, for a fixed parameter, a set of scenarios based on the statistical traffic forecasts; determining a quality attribute for each candidate allocation policy of a set of candidate allocation policies by simulating, for each candidate allocation policy, the set of scenarios according to the candidate allocation policy in a current elevator call allocation situation in the elevator system; selecting a candidate allocation policy based on the quality attributes associated with the candidate allocation policies; and allocating the at least one elevator call to at least one elevator in the elevator group according to the selected candidate allocation policy.

    Method for the call allocation in an elevator group

    公开(公告)号:US11299369B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-12

    申请号:US15819719

    申请日:2017-11-21

    申请人: KONE Corporation

    IPC分类号: B66B1/34 B66B1/24

    摘要: A method for the call allocation in an elevator group uses a call allocation unit of an elevator group control. In the call allocation unit, passenger flow data of the elevator group is used to adapt call allocation parameters to improve the performance of the elevator group. The public traffic data is retrieved from at least one public transportation system, and is used to supplement expected passenger flow data for the adaption of call allocation parameters.