公开(公告)号：US5786551A

公开(公告)日：1998-07-28

申请号：US568892

申请日：1995-11-30

Applicant: Kandasamy Thangavelu

Inventor： Kandasamy Thangavelu

IPC: B66B1/20 ,  B66B1/24 ,  B66B1/36

CPC classification number: B66B1/2458 ,  B66B2201/102 ,  B66B2201/211 ,  B66B2201/222 ,  B66B2201/225 ,  B66B2201/226 ,  B66B2201/233 ,  B66B2201/402 ,  B66B2201/403

Abstract: A group controller for controlling elevator cars in a building having a plurality of floors includes a traffic and traffic rate estimator for providing fuzzy estimates of traffic and traffic rate; a closed loop fuzzy logic controller for providing a control parameter in response to the fuzzy estimates of traffic and traffic rate and in response to an elevator control system output variable; and an elevator dispatcher for controlling the operation of the elevator cars during single source traffic conditions in response to the control parameter.

Abstract translation: 用于控制具有多个楼层的建筑物中的电梯轿厢的组控制器包括用于提供交通和交通率的模糊估计的交通和交通率估计器; 闭环模糊逻辑控制器，用于响应于交通流量和业务速率的模糊估计以及响应于电梯控制系统输出变量提供控制参数; 以及电梯调度器，用于响应于控制参数在单个源交通状况期间控制电梯轿厢的操作。

公开(公告)号：US5767460A

公开(公告)日：1998-06-16

申请号：US565469

申请日：1995-11-30

Applicant: Kandasamy Thangavelu

Inventor： Kandasamy Thangavelu

IPC: B66B1/20 ,  B66B1/24 ,  B66B1/18 ,  B66B1/16

CPC classification number: B66B1/2458 ,  B66B2201/102 ,  B66B2201/211 ,  B66B2201/222 ,  B66B2201/225 ,  B66B2201/226 ,  B66B2201/233 ,  B66B2201/402 ,  B66B2201/403 ,  Y10S706/91

Abstract: A group controller for controlling elevator cars in a building having a plurality of floors includes an elevator dispatcher for controlling the operation of the elevator cars during single source traffic conditions, the elevator dispatcher having a constraint for limiting car assignments in response to the constraint; and an adaptive contraint generator for modifying a value of the constraint in response to an elevator control system output variable. In one embodiment, the group controller includes a traffic and traffic rate estimator for providing fuzzy estimates of traffic and traffic rate; a fuzzy logic controller for providing a control parameter in response to the fuzzy estimates of traffic and traffic rate, the control parameter having a constraint for limiting a value of the control parameter; an adaptive constraint generator for modifying a value of the constraint in response to an elevator control system output variable; and an elevator dispatcher for controlling the operation of the elevator cars during single source traffic conditions in response to the control parameter.

Abstract translation: 用于控制具有多个楼层的建筑物中的电梯轿厢的组控制器包括用于在单个源交通状况期间控制电梯轿厢的操作的电梯调度器，电梯调度器具有响应于该约束而限制轿厢分配的约束; 以及用于响应于电梯控制系统输出变量修改约束值的自适应限制发生器。 在一个实施例中，组控制器包括用于提供业务和业务速率的模糊估计的业务和业务速率估计器; 模糊逻辑控制器，用于响应于业务和业务速率的模糊估计提供控制参数，所述控制参数具有限制所述控制参数的值的约束; 自适应约束生成器，用于响应于电梯控制系统输出变量修改约束的值; 以及电梯调度器，用于响应于控制参数在单个源交通状况期间控制电梯轿厢的操作。

公开(公告)号：US4815568A

公开(公告)日：1989-03-28

申请号：US192436

申请日：1988-05-11

Applicant: Joseph Bittar

Inventor： Joseph Bittar

IPC: B66B1/20 ,  B66B1/24 ,  B66B1/18

CPC classification number: B66B1/2458 ,  B66B2201/102 ,  B66B2201/211 ,  B66B2201/214 ,  B66B2201/233 ,  B66B2201/241 ,  B66B2201/243 ,  B66B2201/403

Abstract: An elevator control system employing a micro-processor-based group controller (FIG. 2) which communicates with the cars (3, 4) of the elevator system to determine conditions 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, to provide assignments of the hall calls to the cars based on the summation for each car, with respect to each call, a weighted summation of a plurality of system response factors, some indicative, and some not, of conditions of the car irrespective of the call to be assigned, assigning "bonuses" and "penalties" to them in the weighted summation. In the invention, rather than a set of unvarying bonuses and penalties being assigned based on the relative system response factors, the assigned bonuses and penalties are varied based on the perceived intensity of traffic, as measured by, for example, a past average waiting time and the elapsed time since registration of the hall call, a selected past five minute average waiting time being exemplary. Exemplary apparatus (FIGS. 1 and 2) and a logic flow diagram (FIG. 3) illustrate a specific manner of assigning calls to cars. Tables set forth exemplary varying bonus and penalty values to be assigned, depending on the ratio of the hall call registration time to the selected average hall call waiting time (Tables 1 and 2) or on their differences (Table 3).

公开(公告)号：US4784240A

公开(公告)日：1988-11-15

申请号：US169206

申请日：1988-03-16

Applicant: Robert C. MacDonald ,  Gerald M. Rees ,  Elsa Abrego ,  Matthew Martin ,  Jon Howard ,  Marjorie J. Polis ,  Jeffrey W. Blain

Inventor： Robert C. MacDonald ,  Gerald M. Rees ,  Elsa Abrego ,  Matthew Martin ,  Jon Howard ,  Marjorie J. Polis ,  Jeffrey W. Blain

IPC: B66B1/18 ,  B66B1/20 ,  B66B1/24 ,  B66B1/46

CPC classification number: B66B1/2458 ,  B66B2201/102 ,  B66B2201/211 ,  B66B2201/233

Abstract: An elevator dispatching method which estimates the time of arrival (ETA) of each car at the floor of a hall call to be assigned. A building profile of average door cycle times per floor, over predetermined periods of the day, is tabulated and used in the ETA calculations, to provide more accurate ETA values and thus a lower average call waiting time.

Abstract translation: 一种电梯调度方法，用于估计每个轿厢在要分配的门厅呼叫的楼层处的到达时间（ETA）。 在ETA计算中列出并在ETA计算中使用每层楼平均门循环次数的建筑物轮廓，以提供更准确的ETA值，从而降低平均呼叫等待时间。

公开(公告)号：US4166518A

公开(公告)日：1979-09-04

申请号：US819052

申请日：1977-07-26

Applicant: Masao Nakazato ,  Takeo Yuminaka ,  Kenji Yoneda

Inventor： Masao Nakazato ,  Takeo Yuminaka ,  Kenji Yoneda

IPC: B66B1/18 ,  B66B1/20 ,  B66B1/24 ,  B66B3/00

CPC classification number: B66B1/2458 ,  B66B2201/102 ,  B66B2201/211 ,  B66B2201/222 ,  B66B2201/233 ,  Y02B50/122

Abstract: A plurality of floors served by elevator cars are scanned by direction to detect car positions and hall calls. For each of the cars, a predetermined number is counted up for each scan slot after detection of a car position to determine the service load of each car to be borne before arrival at each floor. When a hall call is detected by scanning, a car with minimum service load in the related slot is selected and the hall call is allotted to that car. When the failure of a car to run to an end floor is predicted in counting the service load of the car, switch is made to count down in response to directional reversal when the scanning has reached the end floor. At the time of subsequent detection of an allotted hall call by scanning, switching is again made to count up, thus determining a proper service load of the cars.

Abstract translation: 通过方向扫描由电梯轿厢服务的多层，以检测汽车位置和门厅呼叫。 对于每个汽车，在检测到汽车位置之后，对于每个扫描槽计数预定数量，以确定在到达每个楼层之前要承担的每辆车的服务负载。 当通过扫描检测到门厅呼叫时，选择在相关时隙中具有最小业务负载的汽车，并且向该车辆分配门厅呼叫。 当在计算轿厢的服务负荷时预测到轿厢运行到最终楼层的故障时，当扫描到达楼层时，响应于方向反转，使开关倒数。 在随后通过扫描检测分配的门厅呼叫时，再次进行计数，从而确定汽车的适当的服务负载。

公开(公告)号：US09834405B2

公开(公告)日：2017-12-05

申请号：US14536806

申请日：2014-11-10

Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： Daniel Nikolaev Nikovski

IPC: B66B1/18 ,  B66B1/24

CPC classification number: B66B1/2458 ,  B66B2201/102 ,  B66B2201/211 ,  B66B2201/233 ,  B66B2201/234 ,  B66B2201/235 ,  B66B2201/402

Abstract: A method schedules elevator cars in a group elevator system in a building by first generating a set of probability distributions for arrivals of future passengers at any floor of the building, wherein the set of probability distributions are characterized by probabilistic variables that specify arrival information of the future passengers, wherein the arrival information includes a probability of service requests by the future passengers and a probability of possible times of the service requests. A schedule for the elevator cars is based on the set of probabilistic distribution. Then, the schedule is provided to a controller of the group elevator system to move the elevator cars according to the schedule.

公开(公告)号：US20170121147A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-04

申请号：US15318560

申请日：2015-06-15

Applicant: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY

Inventor： Paul A. Stranieri ,  Daniel S. Williams ,  Jason R. Armistead

IPC: B66B1/24 ,  B66B5/00 ,  B66B1/46

CPC classification number: B66B1/2408 ,  B66B1/2458 ,  B66B1/468 ,  B66B5/0018 ,  B66B2201/222 ,  B66B2201/233

Abstract: An elevator car dispatching system (100) comprises an elevator control module (102) that controls operation of at least one elevator car. A position monitoring mechanism (104) is coupled to a first elevator car among the at least one elevator car. The position monitoring mechanism (104) is configured to output a position signal in response to movement of the first elevator car. The elevator car dispatching system (100) further comprises an electronic dispatch module (106) that is in electrical communication with the elevator control module (102) and the position monitoring mechanism (104). The dispatch module (106) is configured to determine a vertical position of the first elevator car based on the position signal. The dispatch module (106) is further configured to output a dispatch command signal commanding the elevator control module (102) to adjust operation of the first elevator car based on the vertical position.

公开(公告)号：US20170088394A1

公开(公告)日：2017-03-30

申请号：US15312136

申请日：2015-05-13

Applicant: ThyssenKrupp Elevator AG ,  ThyssenKrupp AG

Inventor： Rory Smith ,  Stefan Gerstenmeyer ,  Stefan Schneider

IPC: B66B1/24 ,  B66B9/00 ,  B66B1/46 ,  B66B3/00

CPC classification number: B66B1/2458 ,  B66B1/468 ,  B66B3/006 ,  B66B9/00 ,  B66B2201/103 ,  B66B2201/233

Abstract: A control system for an elevator system may comprise elevator cars and an elevator control for assigning elevator cars to destination calls. In a first mode of operation, the elevator control may be adapted to determine and assign an elevator car to transport a passenger based on at least one elevator car determination criterion. The elevator control may wait to provide information identifying the elevator car assigned to the passenger until the assigned elevator car approaches or arrives at a floor on which the passenger is located. Waiting to provide such information permits the elevator control to modify which elevator car ultimately transports the passenger based on intervening factors such as a door being held on an elevator car that was initially assigned to transport the passenger. In a second mode of operation, the passenger may be provided with the information that identifies the assigned elevator car immediately after the destination call is placed. In a third mode of operation, up/down calls may be placed.”

公开(公告)号：US06439349B1

公开(公告)日：2002-08-27

申请号：US09746784

申请日：2000-12-21

Applicant: Rory Smith

Inventor： Rory Smith

IPC: B66B118

CPC classification number: B66B1/2458 ,  B66B2201/102 ,  B66B2201/103 ,  B66B2201/214 ,  B66B2201/222 ,  B66B2201/233 ,  B66B2201/235

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for use in elevator systems for assigning new hall calls to one of a plurality of available elevator cars. According to the invention, a call cost is calculated for each car for accepting the new hall call. The call cost is a function of the estimated time to the desired destination of the passenger requesting the new hall call and of the delay that other passengers who are using the elevator car will experience. In one embodiment, a destination is inferred for the passenger requesting the new hall call. In another embodiment, the passenger requesting the hall call may input a desired destination at the time the hall call request is made. The elevator system of the present invention allows for use of both standard up/down hall call entry devices and destination entry devices that allow a particular destination to be entered by a passenger at the time a hall call is requested.

Abstract translation: 本发明提供了一种用于电梯系统中的方法和装置，用于向多个可用电梯轿厢之一分配新的门厅呼叫。 根据本发明，为每个轿厢计算接受新的门厅呼叫的通话费用。 呼叫成本是对请求新的门厅呼叫的乘客的期望目的地的估计时间以及正在使用电梯轿厢的其他乘客将经历的延迟的函数。 在一个实施例中，针对请求新的门厅呼叫的乘客推断目的地。 在另一个实施例中，请求门厅呼叫的乘客可以在进行门厅呼叫请求时输入期望的目的地。 本发明的电梯系统允许在请求门厅呼叫时使用允许特定目的地由乘客输入的标准向上/向下门厅呼叫输入设备和目的地输入设备。

公开(公告)号：US20020112922A1

公开(公告)日：2002-08-22

申请号：US09746784

申请日：2000-12-21

Inventor： Rory Smith

IPC: B66B001/36

CPC classification number: B66B1/2458 ,  B66B2201/102 ,  B66B2201/103 ,  B66B2201/214 ,  B66B2201/222 ,  B66B2201/233 ,  B66B2201/235

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for use in elevator systems for assigning new hall calls to one of a plurality of available elevator cars. The method comprises calculating for each car a call cost for accepting the new hall call. The call cost is a function of the estimated time to the desired destination of the passenger requesting the new hall call and of the delay that other passengers who are using the elevator car will experience. In one embodiment, a destination is inferred for the passenger requesting the new hall call. In another embodiment, the passenger requesting the hall call may input a desired destination at the time the hall call request is made. The elevator system of the present invention allows for use of both standard up/down hall call entry devices and destination entry devices that allow a particular destination to be entered by a passenger at the time a hall call is requested.

Abstract translation: 本发明提供了一种用于电梯系统中的方法和装置，用于向多个可用电梯轿厢之一分配新的门厅呼叫。 该方法包括为每个轿厢计算接受新的门厅呼叫的通话费用。 呼叫成本是对请求新的门厅呼叫的乘客的期望目的地的估计时间以及正在使用电梯轿厢的其他乘客将经历的延迟的函数。 在一个实施例中，针对请求新的门厅呼叫的乘客推断目的地。 在另一个实施例中，请求门厅呼叫的乘客可以在进行门厅呼叫请求时输入期望的目的地。 本发明的电梯系统允许在请求门厅呼叫时使用允许特定目的地由乘客输入的标准向上/向下门厅呼叫输入设备和目的地输入设备。