公开(公告)号：US08276715B2

公开(公告)日：2012-10-02

申请号：US13337370

申请日：2011-12-27

Applicant: Rory S. Smith ,  Richard D. Peters

Inventor： Rory S. Smith ,  Richard D. Peters

IPC: B66B1/18

CPC classification number: B66B1/2458 ,  B66B2201/102 ,  B66B2201/103 ,  B66B2201/211 ,  B66B2201/212 ,  B66B2201/215 ,  B66B2201/222 ,  B66B2201/235 ,  B66B2201/403

Abstract: A method for assigning an elevator car to respond to a call signal includes a controller that determines which elevator car will respond to the call signal based on certain time metrics. The controller receives a hall call signal, and based on certain time metrics that can include, e.g., an estimated wait time (EWT), and/or estimated travel time (ETT), assigns the call signal to an elevator car. In this example, EWT represents the time a passenger is waiting for an elevator car to arrive, and ETT represents the it takes for a passenger to reach their destination once having boarded an elevator car. In some versions, an estimated time to destination (ETD) is used in determining which elevator car to assign, where ETD represents the sum of EWT and ETT. In some versions, a handling capacity coefficient (HCx), which reflects current traffic conditions, is used in determining which elevator car to assign.

Abstract translation: 一种用于分配电梯轿厢以响应呼叫信号的方法包括基于某些时间度量确定哪个电梯轿厢将响应于呼叫信号的控制器。 控制器接收门厅呼叫信号，并且基于可以包括例如估计的等待时间（EWT）和/或估计的行进时间（ETT）的某些时间度量，将呼叫信号分配给电梯轿厢。 在这个例子中，EWT表示乘客等待电梯轿厢到达的时间，ETT表示乘客登上电梯轿厢后到达目的地所需的时间。 在某些版本中，估计到目的地的时间（ETD）用于确定要分配的电梯轿厢，其中ETD表示EWT和ETT的总和。 在一些版本中，使用反映当前交通状况的处理能力系数（HCx）来确定要分配的电梯轿厢。

公开(公告)号：US20120160612A1

公开(公告)日：2012-06-28

申请号：US13414097

申请日：2012-03-07

Applicant: Pieter J. de Groot

Inventor： Pieter J. de Groot

IPC: B66B1/18

CPC classification number: B66B1/2458 ,  B66B2201/103 ,  B66B2201/211 ,  B66B2201/212 ,  B66B2201/213 ,  B66B2201/214 ,  B66B2201/222 ,  B66B2201/225 ,  B66B2201/232 ,  B66B2201/402 ,  B66B2201/403

Abstract: An intelligent destination elevator control system streamlines the efficiency and control of destination elevators. The system monitors a building's population and predicts elevator traffic conditions. The system may monitor attributes of the destination elevators. Based on the monitored data, the system may generate a data structure that renders time-tables and target elevator service quality parameters that may control the destination elevators.

Abstract translation: 智能目的地电梯控制系统简化目的地电梯的效率和控制。 系统监测建筑物的人口并预测电梯交通状况。 系统可以监视目的地电梯的属性。 基于所监视的数据，系统可以生成一个数据结构，该数据结构为控制目的地电梯提供时间表和目标电梯服务质量参数。

公开(公告)号：US20120125719A1

公开(公告)日：2012-05-24

申请号：US13387672

申请日：2010-07-12

Applicant: Göran Sundholm ,  Palle Stevn

Inventor： Göran Sundholm ,  Palle Stevn

IPC: B66B1/20 ,  B66B3/00

CPC classification number: B66B1/3476 ,  B66B1/2458 ,  B66B3/00 ,  B66B3/006 ,  B66B2201/102 ,  B66B2201/211 ,  B66B2201/212 ,  B66B2201/214 ,  B66B2201/215 ,  B66B2201/216 ,  B66B2201/222 ,  B66B2201/40 ,  Y02B50/12 ,  Y02B50/122

Abstract: System for controlling the elevators in an elevator system, which elevator system comprises a number of elevators (1A . . . 1H). The system comprises first sensor means (2, 2A . . . 2H), which are arranged in the waiting area of each elevator (1A . . . 1H) on each floor (F, F1, F2, F3 . . . Fn), which sensor means (2, 2A . . . 2H) are fitted to give information about the presence and number of passengers waiting for an elevator at least in the waiting area in question; means for controlling the elevators, which means are fitted to receive information from the sensor means (2, 2A . . . 2H) about the presence and number of passengers waiting for an elevator and to control the movement of the elevators of the elevator system utilizing the information received from the sensor means.

Abstract translation: 用于控制电梯系统中的电梯的系统，该电梯系统包括多个电梯（1A。。1H）。 该系统包括布置在每个楼层（F，F1，F2，F3 ... Fn）上的每个电梯（1A。。。1H）的等待区域中的第一传感器装置（2,2A。2H） 装配有传感器装置（2,2A。2H）的信息，以提供至少在所述等待区域中等待电梯的乘客的存在和数量的信息; 用于控制电梯的装置，其装置适于从传感器装置（2,2A。2H）接收关于等待电梯的乘客的存在和数量的信息，并且利用电梯系统的电梯来控制电梯的运动 从传感器装置接收的信息。

公开(公告)号：US20110155515A1

公开(公告)日：2011-06-30

申请号：US13062235

申请日：2009-09-03

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

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

IPC: B66B1/20

CPC classification number: B66B3/00 ,  B66B1/2458 ,  B66B1/468 ,  B66B2201/103 ,  B66B2201/211 ,  B66B2201/212 ,  B66B2201/233 ,  B66B2201/4615 ,  B66B2201/463 ,  B66B2201/4661

Abstract: An elevator group management system improving operational efficiency in consideration of a situation change that has occurred after a destination floor registration in a hall. An assigned car review mechanism executes assigned car review processing in units of review registration information sets each including at least one piece of provisionally assigned car registration information managed by a registered destination floor hall call management section during a review period. After ending the assigned car review processing, the assigned car review mechanism modifies the contents of the provisionally assigned car registration information in the registered destination floor hall call management section based on the contents of the review registration information set after modification. That is, the assigned car review mechanism newly registers the provisionally assigned car registration information after review and erases the provisionally assigned car registration information before review at the same time.

Abstract translation: 一种电梯组管理系统，考虑到在大厅中的目的地楼层登记之后发生的情况变化来提高运行效率。 所分配的汽车审查机构以审查注册信息集为单位执行分配车辆审查处理，每个审查注册信息包括在审查期间由登记的目的地楼层门厅呼叫管理部管理的至少一条临时分配的汽车登记信息。 在结束分配车辆检查处理之后，分配车辆检查机构基于在修改之后设置的审查注册信息的内容来修改登记的目的地楼层信息管理部分中临时分配的轿厢登记信息的内容。 也就是说，分配的汽车审查机制在审查后新登记了临时指定的汽车登记信息，同时在审查前擦除临时指定的汽车登记信息。

公开(公告)号：US20110120813A1

公开(公告)日：2011-05-26

申请号：US13055763

申请日：2008-09-15

Applicant: Michael P. Flynn ,  Allen Patenaude ,  Jannah A. Stanley ,  Daniel S. Williams

Inventor： Michael P. Flynn ,  Allen Patenaude ,  Jannah A. Stanley ,  Daniel S. Williams

IPC: B66B1/20

CPC classification number: B66B1/2458 ,  B66B19/007 ,  B66B2201/102 ,  B66B2201/103 ,  B66B2201/211 ,  B66B2201/212 ,  B66B2201/235

Abstract: An exemplary method is useful for handling passenger requests during an elevator system modernization that includes modernizing elevator cars over time. The modernized elevator cars are capable of servicing destination requests placed outside of an elevator car. Such destination requests include an indication of a desired destination. The exemplary method includes assigning an elevator car to respond to a new pending destination request according to a selected criterion for selecting between a modernized elevator car and an elevator car that has not yet been modernized. The method includes automatically updating the selected criterion responsive to a change in a number of modernized elevator cars.

Abstract translation: 一种示例性的方法对于在电梯系统现代化期间处理乘客请求是有用的，其包括随着时间的推移使电梯轿厢现代化。 现代化的电梯轿厢能够维护放置在电梯轿厢之外的目的地请求。 这样的目的地请求包括所需目的地的指示。 示例性方法包括根据用于在现代化的电梯轿厢和尚未被现代化的电梯轿厢之间进行选择的所选标准来分配电梯轿厢以响应新的待定目的地请求。 该方法包括响应于多台现代化电梯轿厢的变化而自动更新所选择的标准。

公开(公告)号：US07900750B2

公开(公告)日：2011-03-08

申请号：US12786222

申请日：2010-05-24

Applicant: Veikko Mattsson ,  Marja-Liisa Siikonen ,  Kari Suihkonen

Inventor： Veikko Mattsson ,  Marja-Liisa Siikonen ,  Kari Suihkonen

IPC: B66B1/28

CPC classification number: B66B1/2458 ,  B66B19/007 ,  B66B2201/102 ,  B66B2201/103 ,  B66B2201/211 ,  B66B2201/212 ,  B66B2201/216 ,  B66B2201/222 ,  B66B2201/301 ,  B66B2201/402

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and a system for modernizing at least one elevator group, which comprises a plurality of elevators, a group control that controls the elevator group as well as call-giving appliances connected to the group control via the landing appliance bus. According to the solution a new group control, new call-giving appliances for the floor levels and also a new landing call bus are installed in the elevator group; a new group control is connected to the pushbutton interface of the old call-giving appliances for transmitting calls given by passengers from the new group control to the old group control. The elevator calls given by passengers are divided between the modernized subgroup and at least one unmodernized subgroup on the basis of the given selection criterion, and a call addressed to the modernized subgroup is allocated in the new group control to the modernized elevators or a call addressed to the unmodernized subgroup is transmitted via the pushbutton interface to the unmodernized subgroup.

Abstract translation: 本发明公开了一种用于使至少一个电梯组现代化的方法和系统，其包括多个电梯，控制电梯组的组控制以及经由着陆装置总线连接到组控制的呼叫装置。 根据解决方案，电梯组安装了新的组控制，地面层的新呼叫电话和新的着陆呼叫总线; 新的组控制被连接到旧呼叫设备的按钮接口，用于将来自新组控制的乘客呼叫发送到旧组控制。 由乘客给出的电梯呼叫根据给定的选择标准在现代化的子组和至少一个未变形的子组之间分配，并且发往现代化子组的呼叫在新的组控制中被分配给现代化电梯或呼叫 通过按钮接口将未实现的子组传送到未建模的子组。

公开(公告)号：US20080308361A1

公开(公告)日：2008-12-18

申请号：US11761683

申请日：2007-06-12

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 ,  B66B2201/212 ,  B66B2201/216 ,  B66B2201/222 ,  Y02B50/122

Abstract: A method and system determine peak power consumption over time by a bank of elevator for servicing a set of passenger hall calls and delivery requests, and selecting elevator schedules that keep peak power consumption below a predetermined threshold. For each car in response to receiving a hall call, a set of all possible paths to service all hall calls assigned to the car are determined, in which each path includes a set of all possible segments. A peak power consumption for each possible segment is also determined. The peak power consumptions for the set of all possible segments for each time instant are added to determine a total peak power consumption for each time instant, and a particular path is selected as a schedule to operate the bank of elevator cars, if the total peak power consumption for any instant in time while operating according to the selected schedule is below a predetermined threshold.

Abstract translation: 一种方法和系统确定由电梯组提供的用于服务一组乘客大厅呼叫和递送请求的时间的峰值功率消耗，以及选择使峰值功率消耗低于预定阈值的电梯时间表。 对于每个轿厢响应于接收到一个门厅呼叫，确定一组所有可能的路径来服务分配给轿厢的所有门厅呼叫，其中每个路径包括一组所有可能的段。 每个可能的段的峰值功率消耗也被确定。 添加每个时刻的所有可能段的集合的峰值功率消耗以确定每个时刻的总峰值功耗，并且选择特定路径作为操作电梯轿厢组的调度，如果总峰值 根据所选择的时间表操作时的任何时刻的功率消耗低于预定阈值。

公开(公告)号：US07392884B2

公开(公告)日：2008-07-01

申请号：US10576947

申请日：2004-08-26

Applicant: Shiro Hikita

Inventor： Shiro Hikita

IPC: B66B9/00

CPC classification number: B66B1/2433 ,  B66B2201/103 ,  B66B2201/211 ,  B66B2201/212 ,  B66B2201/214 ,  B66B2201/224 ,  B66B2201/231 ,  B66B2201/243 ,  B66B2201/301 ,  B66B2201/302 ,  Y10S187/902

Abstract: An elevator group supervisory control apparatus is obtained which can achieve efficient group supervisory control while preventing or reducing the possibility of collision and the safe stopping of an upper car and a lower car in one and the same shaft as much as possible. The apparatus includes a hall destination floor registration device 4 that is installed in each hall and has a destination floor registration function and a function of providing a predictive indication of a response car for each destination floor, a zone setting section 12 that sets priority zones and a common zone for each of upper and lower cars, an entry determination section 13 that determines whether the upper and lower cars can come into the common zone, a safe waiting section 14 that makes the cars 20 wait safely in accordance with the determination result of the entry determination section 13, a shunting section 15 that makes each car 20 move to a shunting floor as required at the instant when each car finished its service, a confinement time prediction section 16 that predicts a confinement time due to safe waiting when each car is assigned to a destination call generated in a hall, an evaluation value calculation section 17 that evaluates a waiting time, the confinement time, etc., upon assignment of each car, and an assignment section 18 that determines a final assigned car on the basis of the calculation result of the evaluation value calculation section 17.

Abstract translation: 获得了能够在尽可能地防止或减少碰撞的可能性和同一轴上的上部轿厢和下部轿厢的同时，实现有效的组群管理控制的电梯组管理控制装置。 该装置包括安装在每个厅中的具有目的地楼层登记功能和提供每个目的地楼层的响应车辆的预测指示的功能的厅厅目的地楼层登记装置4，设置优先区域的区域设定部分12和 用于上下车辆的公共区域，确定上下车厢是否可以进入公共区域的入场确定部分13，使得轿厢20根据确定结果的确定结果安全地等待的安全等待部分14 入场确定部13，使每个轿厢20在每个轿厢完成服务的时刻根据需要移动到分流地面的分流部15;限制时间预测部16，其预测当每个轿厢安全等待时的限制时间 被分配给在大厅中产生的目的地呼叫，评估值计算部17评估等待时间，限制时刻 e等等，以及基于评估值计算部17的计算结果确定最终分配轿厢的分配部18。

公开(公告)号：US07389857B2

公开(公告)日：2008-06-24

申请号：US10545008

申请日：2004-03-26

Applicant: Shiro Hikita

Inventor： Shiro Hikita

IPC: B66B9/00

CPC classification number: B66B1/2466 ,  B66B2201/103 ,  B66B2201/211 ,  B66B2201/212 ,  B66B2201/222 ,  B66B2201/224 ,  B66B2201/231

Abstract: An elevator group control apparatus to control an elevator system in which an upper car and a lower car serve in a single shaft and go up and down independently. If a new destination call is registered, a car travel range calculator provisionally assigns a car to the new destination call and calculates the travel range of the provisionally assigned car and the travel range of the other car in the same shaft. Based on the calculated travel ranges, an assignment candidate selector selects or rejects the car as a candidate for assignment to the new destination call. Later, several evaluation index values are calculated for each of the selected candidate cars. By comprehensively evaluating these calculated evaluation index values, a determination is made as to which car is to be assigned to the new destination call.

Abstract translation: 一种用于控制上部轿厢和下部轿厢在单个轴中独立地上下运行的电梯系统的电梯组控制装置。 如果登记了新的目的地呼叫，则轿厢行驶距离计算器临时将车辆分配给新的目的地呼叫，并且计算临时分配的轿厢的行驶范围和另一个轿厢在同一轴中的行驶范围。 基于计算的行驶范围，分配候选选择器选择或拒绝作为用于分配到新的目的地呼叫的候选者的轿厢。 然后，为每个所选择的候选车辆计算多个评估指标值。 通过对这些计算出的评价指标值进行综合评价，确定将哪个轿厢分配给新的目的地呼叫。

公开(公告)号：US06889799B2

公开(公告)日：2005-05-10

申请号：US10642623

申请日：2003-08-19

Applicant: Tapio Tyni ,  Jari Ylinen

Inventor： Tapio Tyni ,  Jari Ylinen

IPC: B66B1/20 ,  B66B1/24 ,  B66B1/18

CPC classification number: B66B1/2458 ,  B66B2201/102 ,  B66B2201/211 ,  B66B2201/212 ,  B66B2201/215 ,  B66B2201/216 ,  B66B2201/243 ,  B66B2201/40

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for solving an optimization task consisting of a plurality of sub-functions in the control of the operation of an apparatus. In the method, a set of a plurality of solution alternatives is generated and, according to the method, each sub-function is normalized. Normalized cost functions of the sub-functions are generated for each solution alternative for solving the optimization task, and based on the normalized cost functions of the sub-functions, a set of solutions to the optimization task is formed. From the set of solutions, the best solution is selected and the apparatus is controlled in accordance with the solution thus selected.

Abstract translation: 本发明涉及一种用于解决在控制装置的操作中由多个子功能组成的优化任务的方法。 在该方法中，生成多个解决方案的集合，并根据该方法对每个子功能进行归一化。 为求解优化任务的每个解决方案生成子功能的归一化成本函数，并且基于子功能的归一化成本函数，形成一组优化任务的解决方案。 从一组解决方案中，选择最佳解决方案，并根据所选择的解决方案来控制设备。