公开(公告)号：US11685631B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-27

申请号：US16427967

申请日：2019-05-31

Applicant: Otis Elevator Company

Inventor： Sandeep Sudi

IPC: B66B1/24 ,  G06V40/10

CPC classification number: B66B1/2408 ,  G06V40/103 ,  B66B2201/222 ,  B66B2201/243

Abstract: A method of operating a building elevator system having a plurality of elevator systems organized into an elevator group including: detecting crowd data within an elevator lobby proximate the elevator group on a landing; determining a level of crowdedness in response to the crowd data; determining at least two elevator cars of the plurality of elevator systems are required in response to the level of crowdedness; dispatching an elevator car of a first elevator system of the plurality of elevator systems to the landing; dispatching an elevator car of a second elevator system of the plurality of elevator systems to the landing; and coordinating an arrival time of the elevator car of the first elevator system at the landing and an arrival time of the elevator car of the second elevator system at the landing.

公开(公告)号：US08794388B2

公开(公告)日：2014-08-05

申请号：US13211805

申请日：2011-08-17

Applicant: Yoshihiro Takeda

Inventor： Yoshihiro Takeda

IPC: B66B1/18

CPC classification number: B66B1/2458 ,  B66B2201/102 ,  B66B2201/211 ,  B66B2201/216 ,  B66B2201/222 ,  B66B2201/235 ,  B66B2201/243 ,  Y02B50/122

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an elevator group control apparatus performs group control of operations of cars. The apparatus includes a power consumption calculation unit that calculates power consumption when each of the cars is run according to the operation curve on the basis of object data stored in the object data storage unit and an operation curve created by the operation curve creation unit, a distributed waiting controller that sets a car in a waiting state among the cars as a distributed waiting target car and outputs a distributed waiting instruction to move the target car to a distributed waiting floor, and a distribution instruction controller that obtains, from the power consumption calculation unit, power consumption when the distributed waiting target car is moved to the distributed waiting floor and, on the basis of the power consumption, permits or inhibits a distributed waiting instruction output from the distributed waiting controller.

Abstract translation: 根据一个实施例，电梯组控制装置执行汽车操作的组控制。 该设备包括：功耗计算单元，其基于存储在对象数据存储单元中的对象数据和由操作曲线创建单元创建的操作曲线，根据操作曲线计算每个轿厢运行时的功耗; 分配等待控制器，其将轿厢中的轿厢设置为作为分布式等待目标车辆的等待状态，并输出分配的等待指令以将目标轿厢移动到分配的候车楼层;以及分配指令控制器，其从功耗计算 单位，当分配的等待目标车辆移动到分配的候车楼层时的功率消耗，并且基于功率消耗，允许或禁止从分配的等待控制器输出的分布式等待指令。

公开(公告)号：US20120168261A1

公开(公告)日：2012-07-05

申请号：US13395158

申请日：2009-11-19

Applicant: Koji Takeshima ,  Masayuki Mitsuda ,  Yoshinori Nonami ,  Sakurako Tokura ,  Naohiko Suzuki ,  Yoshimasa Koba ,  Masafumi Iwata

Inventor： Koji Takeshima ,  Masayuki Mitsuda ,  Yoshinori Nonami ,  Sakurako Tokura ,  Naohiko Suzuki ,  Yoshimasa Koba ,  Masafumi Iwata

IPC: B66B1/18

CPC classification number: B66B1/468 ,  B66B1/2458 ,  B66B2201/241 ,  B66B2201/243 ,  B66B2201/4623 ,  B66B2201/463 ,  Y02B50/122

Abstract: According to the present invention, when a parking floor is set as a remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor, the parking floor can be canceled. As a result of this, during the movement of a passenger from a remote hall operating panel to an elevator hall, it is possible to prevent a car from being on standby at a remote-hall-operating-panel-installed floor. Therefore, because a car to which a remote hall registration has been assigned can effectively use the moving time of the passenger and hence it is possible to improve the operation efficiency of the whole group supervisory control system. Furthermore, it is possible to reduce useless runs and hence to reduce power consumption.

Abstract translation: 根据本发明，当将停车场设置为远程大厅操作面板安装的地板时，可以取消停车场。 结果，在乘客从远程大厅操作面板移动到电梯厅的过程中，可以防止在远程大厅操作面板安装的地板处于待机状态。 因此，由于已经分配了远程门厅登记的汽车可以有效地利用乘客的移动时间，因此可以提高整个组群管理系统的运行效率。 此外，可以减少无用的运行，从而降低功耗。

公开(公告)号：US20110308896A1

公开(公告)日：2011-12-22

申请号：US13254190

申请日：2009-05-26

Applicant: Naohiko Suzuki ,  Yoshimasa Koba ,  Sakurako Tokura

Inventor： Naohiko Suzuki ,  Yoshimasa Koba ,  Sakurako Tokura

IPC: B66B1/20

CPC classification number: B66B1/2458 ,  B66B2201/102 ,  B66B2201/211 ,  B66B2201/216 ,  B66B2201/241 ,  B66B2201/243 ,  B66B2201/402 ,  B66B2201/403 ,  Y02B50/122

Abstract: Provided is an elevator group control apparatus which brings distributed standby control into action when the movement of users is heavy in one direction in an unbalanced manner in time zones which account for large proportions of an elevator use condition of a day, for example, in off-hour zones and time zones in which traffic demand is relatively small, thereby improving the waiting time of users, and does not bring distributed standby control into action when there is no unbalanced condition of the movement of the users, whereby it is possible to perform energy savings by reducing power consumption during runs without greatly worsening the waiting time of the users.In an elevator group control apparatus which performs the operation control of a plurality of elevators, there is detected a downward traffic flow ratio of traffic flows departing downward from floors higher than a prescribed main floor in the total traffic flow departing from one floor to another. If the downward traffic flow ratio is not less than a prescribed reference value, a standby mode for downward traffic flow is made effective. If the above-described standby mode for downward traffic flow has been made effective, at least one elevator car is caused to be on standby on a floor higher than the main floor and at least one elevator car is caused to be on standby on the main floor.

Abstract translation: 提供了一种电梯组控制装置，当使用者在一个方向上以不平衡的方式在一个方向上的重量较大的时间区域中使分布式待机控制变得动作，时间范围大，例如在一天的电梯使用状况比例较大时 - 交通需求相对较小的小时区域和时区，从而改善用户的等待时间，并且当用户的移动没有​​不平衡条件时，不会使分配的待机控制成为动作，由此可以执行 通过在运行期间减少功耗而不会使用户的等待时间大大恶化来节省能源。 在执行多台电梯的操作控制的电梯组控制装置中，检测到在从一层到另一层离开的总业务流中从高于规定主楼层的楼层向下流动的业务量的下行业务流量比。 如果下行交通流量比不小于规定的参考值，则使向下的交通流量的待机模式变得有效。 如果上述用于下行交通流量的待机模式已经有效，则使至少一个电梯轿厢在比主楼高的地板上待机，并且使至少一个电梯轿厢在主室处于待机状态 地板。

公开(公告)号：US20110284329A1

公开(公告)日：2011-11-24

申请号：US13142183

申请日：2009-12-25

Applicant: Masami Nakagawa

Inventor： Masami Nakagawa

IPC: B66B1/18

CPC classification number: B66B1/2458 ,  B66B2201/102 ,  B66B2201/211 ,  B66B2201/216 ,  B66B2201/233 ,  B66B2201/235 ,  B66B2201/243 ,  B66B2201/402

Abstract: Provided are a group control method and a group control device capable of efficiently controlling the operation of elevators in diversified traffic situations and under a variety of specification conditions required for a group management system. A plurality of elevators are placed in service for a plurality of floors, an evaluation index for a newly made hall call is calculated, and the best suited car is selected and assigned to the hall call based on the evaluation index in the group control method of elevators. A waiting time expectation value of all passengers on all floors for each direction, either that have already occurred or that are expected to occur within a predetermined time period, is taken as the evaluation index, the waiting time expectation value being the expectation value for the sum or the average of waiting time.

Abstract translation: 提供一种能够有效地控制电梯在多样化交通状况下的操作的组控制方法和组控制装置，以及组管理系统所需的各种规格条件。 多台电梯被投入服务于多层楼层，计算新成立的门厅呼叫的评价指标，根据组控制方法中的评价指标，选择最适合轿厢并将其分配给门厅呼梯 电梯。 作为评价指标，将已经发生或预期在预定时间段内发生的每个方向的所有楼层的所有乘客的等待时间期望值作为评估指标，等待时间期望值为 总和或等待时间的平均值。

公开(公告)号：US20100282543A1

公开(公告)日：2010-11-11

申请号：US12742848

申请日：2007-11-30

Applicant: Arthur C. Hsu ,  Cheng-Shuo Wang ,  Hansoo Shim ,  Cheong Sik Shin ,  SeongRak Jeong ,  Bruce P. Lerner

Inventor： Arthur C. Hsu ,  Cheng-Shuo Wang ,  Hansoo Shim ,  Cheong Sik Shin ,  SeongRak Jeong ,  Bruce P. Lerner

IPC: B66B1/28

CPC classification number: B66B1/2433 ,  B66B2201/103 ,  B66B2201/214 ,  B66B2201/224 ,  B66B2201/243

Abstract: The movement of a plurality of elevator cars (12, 14) in an elevator hoistway (16) is coordinated for situations in which the regions of the hoistway that are serviceable by the cars (12, 14) at any given time are configured to overlap. A car stop plan for each elevator car (12, 14) is generated that includes a sequence of stops for servicing demand assigned to the elevator car (12, 14). Operation of the elevator cars (12, 14) is then coordinated based on the car stop plans such that each elevator car (12, 14) services its assigned demand without interfering with the car stop plans of any other of the plurality of elevator cars (12, 14).

Abstract translation: 在电梯井道（16）中的多个电梯轿厢（12,14）的运动是协调的，其中在任何给定时间可由轿厢（12,14）维护的井道区域被配置为重叠 。 生成每个电梯轿厢（12,14）的停车计划，其包括用于维护分配给电梯轿厢（12,14）的需求的一系列停止。 然后基于停车计划来协调电梯轿厢（12,14）的操作，使得每个电梯轿厢（12,14）服务其分配的需求而不干扰多个电梯轿厢中任何其他电梯轿厢的停车计划（ 12,14）。

公开(公告)号：US07014015B2

公开(公告)日：2006-03-21

申请号：US10602849

申请日：2003-06-24

Applicant: Daniel N. Nikovski ,  Matthew E. Brand

Inventor： Daniel N. Nikovski ,  Matthew E. Brand

IPC: B66B1/18

CPC classification number: B66B1/2458 ,  B66B2201/102 ,  B66B2201/211 ,  B66B2201/235 ,  B66B2201/243 ,  B66B2201/403

Abstract: A method schedules cars of an elevator system in a building. The method begins execution whenever a newly arrived passenger presses an up or down button to generate a call for service. For each car, determine a first waiting time for all existing passengers if the car is assigned to service the call, based on future states of the elevator system. For each car, determine a second waiting time of future passengers if the car is assigned to service the call, based on a landing pattern of the cars. For each car, combine the first and second waiting times to produce an adjusted waiting time, The method ends by assigning a particular car having a lowest adjusted waiting time to service the call and minimize an average waiting time of all passengers.

Abstract translation: 一种方法安排建筑物中的电梯系统的车辆。 只要新到达的乘客按下向上或向下按钮以产生服务呼叫，该方法开始执行。 对于每辆车，根据电梯系统的未来状况，如果汽车被分配到服务呼叫，则确定所有现有乘客的第一等待时间。 对于每辆汽车，根据汽车的着陆模式，确定未来乘客的第二等待时间，如果汽车被分配到服务呼叫。 对于每辆车，组合第一等待时间和第二等待时间以产生经调整的等待时间。该方法通过分配具有最低调整等待时间的特定车辆来服务呼叫并最小化所有乘客的平均等待时间来结束。

公开(公告)号：US20030098208A1

公开(公告)日：2003-05-29

申请号：US10132308

申请日：2002-04-26

Applicant: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha

Inventor： Shiro Hikita

IPC: B66B001/18

CPC classification number: B66B1/18 ,  B66B1/2466 ,  B66B2201/102 ,  B66B2201/211 ,  B66B2201/212 ,  B66B2201/222 ,  B66B2201/224 ,  B66B2201/243 ,  B66B2201/302 ,  Y10S187/902

Abstract: In an elevator system in which two cars operate in each shaft, there is obtained an elevator group control apparatus which is capable of providing efficient services while preventing collisions of cars in each shaft as much as possible. The elevator group control apparatus includes: a traffic detection part (1B) which detects data of car traffic generated in a building; a zone setting part (1C) which sets a dedicated zone and a common zone for each of upper and lower cars in accordance with the results of detection of the traffic detection part; an assignment decision part (1D) which decides a car to be assigned to a call generated at a hall in accordance with a call generation floor, a direction of the call, and a zone set by the zone setting part; an entry determination part (1E) which, when one of two cars in each shaft is coming into the common zone from its dedicated zone, determines, based on the position, the direction of movement, and the state of the other car in the same shaft, whether the one car in each shaft is permitted to enter the common zone; a passing-by instruction part (1F) which gives a passing-by instruction to a prescribed floor in the dedicated zone so as to make each car exit from the common zone to its dedicated zone after each car has entered the common zone; and an operation control part (1G) which controls operation of each car based on the results from the assignment decision part, the entry determination part and the passing-by instruction part.

Abstract translation: 在其中两个轿厢在每个轴上操作的电梯系统中，获得能够提供有效服务的电梯组控制装置，同时尽可能地防止每个轴中的轿厢碰撞。 电梯组控制装置包括：检测在建筑物中产生的汽车交通数据的交通检测部（1B） 区域设定部（1C），其根据所述交通检测部的检测结果来设定上下轿厢中的每一个的专用区域和公共区域; 分配决定部（1D），其根据呼叫生成层，呼叫方向和由区域设定部设定的区域，决定要分配给在厅厅产生的呼叫的轿厢; 一个入口确定部分（1E），当每个轴中的两个轿厢中的一个从其专用区域进入公共区域时，基于位置，运动方向和另一个轿厢的状态来确定 每个轴中的一个车是否允许进入公共区域; 通过指令部分（1F），其在每个轿厢进入公共区域之后，向专用区域中的规定楼层给出经过指令，以使每个轿厢从公共区域退出到其专用区域; 以及基于来自分配决定部分，条目确定部分和通过指令部分的结果来控制每个轿厢的操作的操作控制部分（1G）。

公开(公告)号：US5083640A

公开(公告)日：1992-01-28

申请号：US538359

申请日：1990-06-13

Applicant: Shintaro Tsuji

Inventor： Shintaro Tsuji

IPC: B66B1/20 ,  B66B1/24

CPC classification number: B66B1/2458 ,  B66B2201/102 ,  B66B2201/211 ,  B66B2201/222 ,  B66B2201/243 ,  B66B2201/401 ,  B66B2201/402 ,  B66B2201/403 ,  Y10S706/90

Abstract: A group management method and apparatus for elevators is disclosed. The apparatus includes a car-position predicting device for predicting a car position and a car direction which will have been taken by each car when a predetermined time has elapsed, a predicted-empty-car detecting device for predicting from the predicted car position and direction an empty car which will be available when the predetermined time has elapsed, and an assignment restricting device for restricting the assignment of the predicted empty car to a floor call. In the group management method, a waiting time derived from a registered floor call which is assigned to each car is evaluated, and a car to be assigned to the floor call is selected on the basis of the result of the evaluation.

Abstract translation: 公开了一种用于电梯的组管理方法和装置。 该装置包括用于预测在预定时间过去时将由每个轿厢采取的轿厢位置和轿厢方向的轿厢位置预测装置，用于从预测的轿厢位置和方向预测的预测空车检测装置 当预定时间过去时可以使用的空车，以及用于限制预定空车的分配到地面通话的分配限制装置。 在组管理方法中，评估从分配给每个轿厢的登记楼层通话导出的等待时间，并且基于评估结果选择要分配给楼层通话的轿厢。

公开(公告)号：US4323142A

公开(公告)日：1982-04-06

申请号：US99945

申请日：1979-12-03

Applicant: Joseph Bittar

Inventor： Joseph Bittar

IPC: B66B1/18 ,  B66B1/20 ,  B66B1/24

CPC classification number: B66B1/2458 ,  B66B2201/102 ,  B66B2201/211 ,  B66B2201/233 ,  B66B2201/243 ,  B66B2201/301 ,  B66B2201/303 ,  B66B2201/403 ,  Y02B50/122

Abstract: An elevator control system employs a microprocessor-based group controller which communicates with the cars of the elevator system to determine the condition of the cars, and responds to hall calls registered at a plurality of landings in the building serviced by the cars under control of the group controller, on a cyclic basis which recurs several times per second, to assign every unanswered hall call to a car deemed best suited for response to that call, in each cycle, based upon the information provided by the car to the group controller within that cycle of operation. In any cycle in which a call is assigned to a car other than a car to which the call had previously been assigned, the assignment of the call to the previous car is nullified. At the end of each cycle, any car which indicates that its committable position coincides with the floor of a hall call which has been assigned to it will receive a stop command. In the assignment of calls to cars, preference is given to any car which previously had a call, although the preference is relative and not absolute. Exemplary elevator apparatus, signal processing apparatus, and logic flow diagrams are disclosed to illustrate the specific manner of assigning calls to cars on a continuously updated basis, and to illustrate the environment in which the invention may be practiced.1. Technical FieldThis invention relates to elevator systems, and more particularly to the response to hall calls by a selected one of a group of elevators serving floor landings of a building in common, on a continuously updated basis.Background ArtAs elevator systems have become more sophisticated, including a large number of elevators operating as a group to service a large number of floors, the need developed for determining the manner in which calls for service in either the up or down direction registered at any of the floor landings of the building are to be answered by the respective elevator cars. The most common form of elevator system group control divides the floors of the building into zones, there being one or several floors in each zone, there being approximately the same number of zones as there are cars in the elevator system which can respond to group-controlled service of floor landing calls. Typical operation of such systems forces a car into any zone which does not have an elevator in it, and causes the car to attempt to respond to all the calls registered within the zone. However, the answering of any calls by the car, and the demands made by the passengers in registering car calls will normally carry the car outside of the zone; also, if the car commences traveling upwardly to answer up calls, it is unavailable to answer down calls. For that reason, systems operating under a zone-controlled mode of operation require a wide variety of additional features. For instance, if the calls in a zone are not answerable by the car in that zone, a car may be borrowed from another zone which has no calls; or, if one zone has no car in it, and no car is available for assignment to it, a zone of lesser importance might lose its car in favor of the zone under consideration. In the zone-controlled systems, it frequently occurs that some calls are not answered at all after an impermissible delay; therefore, such systems frequently have one or two modes of backup operation, ultimately resulting in a non-zone type of a flat command to a car to answer a call which has been registered for an impermissible time.A more recent innovation has been the assignment of calls to cars by scanning all unassigned registered hall calls, comparing the location and direction of each such unassigned call with the present conditions of each of the cars, including the car location and direction of travel and the number of stops which the car will make between its present position and the position of the call, and assigning such call, absolutely, to the car which is estimated, in the first examination of each registered hall call, to be able to reach the floor landing of the hall call the quickest, based upon a scheme of operation which considers only approximate travel time and number of stops, along with car travel direction and car location. Such system, however, has a basic disadvantage that the conditions upon which the call has been made may change radically long before the call is answered by the car to which it has been assigned. For instance, a deliveryman may prop the door of the car open while he unloads packages, thus unduly delaying the car; or, at one of its in-between stops, the car may pick up an excessive number of passengers, who register a large number of hall calls that were not considered during the original assignment. In such case, as in the case of zone-controlled group systems, it is necessary to provide several levels of backup modes of operation. For instance, a first level backup mode may reenter the call for reassignment if it is not answered within a first predetermined time interval. And if that fails, and the call is still unanswered after a second, longer predetermined interval, then an absolute priority assignment of a car to answer that call may be required. Or, assigned calls may be reevaluated with respect to reassignment to other cars; but the comparison is made with respect to a previously determined response time for the first car to which the call was assigned. Such response time does not reflect current conditions appertaining to the previous car.In either of these mode of operation, the facts that the primary mode of operation (zone or call assignment) is upset by anything other than an ideal pattern of traffic flow, necessarily requiring the backup modes, the change of the system from operating in the primary mode to backup mode resulting in further disruption, and further requirement for an additional backup mode, indicate that such systems fail to provide the desired service.The zone type of operation does not take into account conditions within the building at any time. The assignment of calls-to-cars mode which has been known in the prior art assumes that it can anticipate conditions, assign calls on that basis, but is incapable of truly responding to actual conditions of the building insofar as assigning calls to cars is concerned. And, both types of systems are non-dynamic until something goes wrong (undue delay in responding to a call) and then shift into other non-dynamic modes, which still do not take into account the actual, current conditions in the building, but respond in a reactionary sort of a way to a condition which is deemed to be exceptional and unacceptable with respect to the principal mode of operation, thus causing still further disruption.Both of the types of systems described hereinbefore are based upon the relationship between a registered call and a car, be that relationship an estimated time for response or a zone within which each is located. In neither of these cases are the actual current conditions of the system continuously reevaluated with respect to all unanswered hall calls.DISCLOSURE OF INVENTIONOjbects of the present invention include provision of an elevator control system in which all unanswered hall calls are assigned to cars on a current, dynamic basis, which takes into account actual, current conditions of the system.According to the present invention, all unanswered hall calls registered at a plurality of landings in a multi-elevator system are repetitively assigned to cars on a cyclic basis recurring several times per second on the basis of conditions of each car relative to each such unanswered hall call, including the floor landing and direction of the unanswered hall call under consideration and including service to be performed by each car in advance of its ability to service the hall call under consideration, as indicated within each cycle in which such call is assigned to any car; after making the assignment of any hall call in any cycle, the assignment of such hall call made to any car in a cycle next preceding such cycle is removed from such car if the call is assigned to a different car during such cycle; at the end of each cycle, a stop command is issued to any car to which the committable floor position coincides with the landing of a hall call assigned to it.In accordance with other aspects of the present invention, in each cycle of assigning calls to cars based upon conditions of the car relative to the call in question, preference is given to a car to which the call was assigned in a next preceding cycle; the preference may be based upon a weighted factor, when call assignments are made on the basis of weighted factors; if a weighted perference factor is employed in practicing the invention, the weighted preference factor may have a value on the same order of magnitude as it takes for an elevator to service from one to ten call landings, or it may be based on a reasonable time for a call to be unanswerable before desiring reassignment, or it may relate to a delay in servicing said call on the order of some part of a minute.The present invention provides for assignment of calls to cars based upon current information, at a rate of updating which is serveral times faster than the rate at which an elevator car may pass a landing at high speed; the conditions considered in assigning the calls to the cars are current, being updated in every cycle; the assignment of a call to a car is based upon the best assignment possible, in any cycle, which recur several times per second, thereby ensuring that as conditions change, the assignment may also change, if desirable, to provide proper service to the call while at the same maintaining other factors of overall system response. Provision of preference for a call assigned to a car to be reassigned to the same car permits control over race conditions so that cars are not unnecessarily started nor alternatively having a hall call assigned to them, which only one ultimately will answer. The invention provides, for the first time, a total capability for rapidly updating hall call assignments without any of the adverse effects which would otherwise be created.The foregoing and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent in the light of the following detailed description of an exemplary embodiment thereof, as illustrated in the accompanying drawing.

Abstract translation: 电梯控制系统采用基于微处理器的组控制器，其与电梯系统的轿厢进行通信以确定轿厢的状况，并且响应在由轿厢服务的建筑物中的多个着陆处登记的门厅呼叫， 组控制器，以每秒重复数次的循环为基础，根据汽车向组控制器提供的信息，在每个周期内将每个未应答的门厅呼叫分配给被认为最适合于响应该呼叫的汽车 操作周期。 在呼叫分配给除了先前已经被分配给呼叫的汽车之外的汽车的任何循环中，对前一辆汽车的呼叫分配无效。 在每个周期结束时，任何指示其提交位置与已分配给其的门厅呼叫的底线一致的任何车将接收停止命令。 在拨打汽车的电话中，优先考虑以前有电话的任何车，尽管偏好是相对的，而不是绝对的。 公开了示例性的电梯装置，信号处理装置和逻辑流程图，以说明在连续更新的基础上分配对汽车的呼叫的具体方式，并且说明可以实践本发明的环境。