CN109019197B - Device and method for managing an elevator system - Google Patents

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CN109019197B
CN109019197B CN201810442852.4A CN201810442852A CN109019197B CN 109019197 B CN109019197 B CN 109019197B CN 201810442852 A CN201810442852 A CN 201810442852A CN 109019197 B CN109019197 B CN 109019197B
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Abstract

The invention provides a device and a method for managing an elevator system, and belongs to the technical field of elevators. In the invention, a call pre-request corresponding to the elevator system is remotely input from a user terminal, and a corresponding call request is initiated based on the call pre-request when the distance between the user terminal and the elevator system meets a preset condition. The elevator system can ensure that a user does not need to carry out calling operation when approaching the building where the elevator system is located and entering the elevator taking process, the elevator waiting time is short, and the user experience is good.

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Device and method for managing an elevator system
Technical Field
The present invention belongs to the technical field of elevators (elevators), and relates to an elevator system for remotely implementing a call operation of a user for the elevator system, and an apparatus and method for managing the elevator system.
Background
When taking an elevator, a call request operation needs to be carried out firstly, and a control module of the elevator system carries out dispatching control on the basis of the call request, so that a corresponding elevator car is assigned to a landing where the passenger is located.
When a call request is input to an elevator system, generally, a call button needs to be operated at a landing, and a control module of the elevator system starts dispatching an elevator car after being operated in response to the call request.
In another call request operation, the call request operation may be done on a user terminal, such as a smart mobile terminal, but generally the user terminal must be located near the landing or inside the building where the elevator system is located.
Disclosure of Invention
According to a first aspect of the invention, there is provided a method for managing an elevator system, comprising the steps of:
remotely inputting a call pre-request corresponding to the elevator system from a user terminal;
acquiring position information of the user terminal relative to the elevator system;
judging whether the distance between the user terminal and the elevator system meets a preset condition or not based on the position information; and
initiating a corresponding call request based on the call pre-request when the predetermined condition is satisfied.
A method for managing an elevator system according to an embodiment of the present invention, further comprising the steps of:
the user terminal remotely sends the call pre-request to the elevator system; and
and the elevator system verifies whether the call pre-request can be accepted or not and returns a verification result to the user terminal.
A method for managing an elevator system according to an embodiment of the invention wherein the call pre-request is sent remotely to the elevator system by the user terminal, the step of initiating a call request being performed in the elevator system.
According to the method for managing the elevator system of the embodiment of the invention, whether the call request can be accepted or not is verified through the elevator system, and the verification result is sent to the user terminal.
According to one embodiment of the invention, the method for managing the elevator system comprises the steps of converting the call request into a call instruction through the elevator system and carrying out dispatching control based on the call instruction after the call request is verified to be acceptable.
According to an embodiment of the invention, the method for managing an elevator system, wherein information about the result of the dispatch control is transmitted to the user terminal by the elevator system.
A method for managing an elevator system according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the step of initiating a call request is performed in the user terminal, and further comprising the steps of: sending the call request to the elevator system through the user terminal.
The method for managing an elevator system according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the step of acquiring location information and the step of judging a distance are performed in the user terminal, and the location information of the user terminal with respect to the elevator system is acquired in real time by the user terminal being positioned in real time.
The method for managing an elevator system according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the predetermined condition is that a distance between the user terminal and the elevator system is less than or equal to a predetermined value.
The method for managing an elevator system according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the predetermined condition is set in advance by a user in the user terminal.
A method for managing an elevator system according to an embodiment of the invention wherein the call pre-request and the corresponding call request include start floor information and destination floor information.
A method for managing an elevator system according to an embodiment of the invention, wherein an elevator car is assigned to a corresponding starting floor by the elevator system on the basis of the starting floor information of the call request and the stopping floor of the elevator car is registered automatically on the basis of the destination floor information of the call request.
According to a second aspect of the invention, there is provided an apparatus for managing an elevator system, comprising:
an input unit for remotely inputting a call pre-request corresponding to the elevator system through a user terminal;
a position information acquisition unit for acquiring position information of the user terminal with respect to the elevator system;
a judging unit for judging whether the distance between the user terminal and the elevator system meets a predetermined condition based on the position information; and
an initiating unit for initiating a corresponding call request based on the call pre-request when the predetermined condition is satisfied.
The apparatus for managing an elevator system according to an embodiment of the present invention further includes: and the sending unit is used for sending the call pre-request, the judgment result that the distance between the user terminal and the elevator system meets the preset condition for initiating the call request and/or the call request to the elevator system through the user terminal.
The apparatus for managing an elevator system according to an embodiment of the present invention further comprises: a predetermined condition setting unit for setting the predetermined condition in advance by the user terminal.
The apparatus for managing an elevator system according to an embodiment of the present invention further includes: and the display unit is used for displaying the information sent by the elevator system through the user terminal.
The apparatus for managing an elevator system according to an embodiment of the present invention further includes: a cancellation unit for canceling the call request or the call pre-request through the user terminal.
The apparatus for managing an elevator system according to an embodiment of the present invention further includes:
a first verification unit for verifying whether the call pre-request can be accepted by an elevator system; and/or
A second verification unit for verifying whether the call request can be accepted by the elevator system.
The apparatus for managing an elevator system according to an embodiment of the present invention further comprises: a sending unit for sending at least part of the verification result from the elevator system to the user terminal.
The apparatus for managing an elevator system according to an embodiment of the present invention further includes:
a control module of the elevator system; and
a communication system for enabling a wireless communication connection between a user terminal and a control module of the elevator system;
wherein, be provided with in the control module of elevator system:
the receiving unit is used for receiving a call pre-request sent from a user terminal remotely and a judgment result that the distance between the user terminal and the elevator system meets a preset condition for initiating the call request.
According to a third aspect of the invention, a computer arrangement is provided comprising a memory, a processor and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, which when executed by the processor performs any of the above-described methods for managing an elevator system.
According to a fourth aspect of the invention, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, on which a computer program is stored, wherein the program is executable by a processor to implement the steps of any of the above-described methods for managing an elevator system.
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an elevator system comprising:
an apparatus for managing an elevator system as described in any of the above.
The above features and operation of the present invention will become more apparent from the following description and the accompanying drawings.
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Fig. 1 is a system configuration diagram of an apparatus for managing an elevator system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a schematic block diagram of a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention when an apparatus for managing an elevator system is at least partially implemented in the user terminal.
Fig. 3 presents a block-structured diagram of a control module of an elevator system in which an arrangement for managing the elevator system according to an embodiment of the invention is implemented at least partly in the control module.
Fig. 4 is a schematic block diagram of an apparatus for managing an elevator system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is a flow chart of a method for managing an elevator system according to an embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 6 is a schematic block diagram of an apparatus for managing an elevator system according to yet another embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 7 is a flow chart of a method for managing an elevator system according to yet another embodiment of the invention.
Detailed Description
The present invention will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which exemplary embodiments of the invention are shown. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the concept of the invention to those skilled in the art.
Some of the block diagrams shown in the figures are functional entities and do not necessarily correspond to physically or logically separate entities. These functional entities may be implemented in the form of software, or in one or more hardware modules or integrated circuits, or in different processing devices and/or microcontroller devices.
In this context, "call pre-request" is distinguished from "call request", wherein "call pre-request" can embody the desire of a user or passenger to take the elevator but does not reflect the need to take the elevator at or near the current point in time, which may reflect the need to take the elevator at some future point in time after the "call pre-request" is made, and which may not be fixed; in contrast, a "call request" can reflect the desire of a user or passenger to board an elevator, and reflect the need to board the elevator at or near the current point in time.
In this context, "remote" reflects the distance of one end of the elevator system from the end of a user or passenger that is sufficiently far away that the passenger is unlikely to reach the building in which the elevator system is located and take an elevator at or near the current point in time, and thus, in this distance case, the user or passenger is not in need of taking an elevator at or near the current point in time, but may have a need of taking an elevator at or near a future point in time, e.g., a distance corresponding to "remote" may be greater than or equal to the distance between a user or passenger that is hundreds of meters away from the building in which the elevator system is located and the elevator system.
Fig. 1 presents a system diagram of an arrangement for managing an elevator system according to an embodiment of the invention. The device 10 is used for managing an elevator system 30 in a building, which mainly comprises a control module in the elevator system 30, and a communication system 20, wherein a user terminal 100 can be used to help realize the functions of the device for managing an elevator system of an embodiment of the present invention.
Specifically, the control modules of the elevator system 30 include controllers (e.g., controller 1 and controller 2) that correspondingly control the travel of each elevator car; the specific architecture of the control module of the elevator car may vary depending on the setting or type of elevator system in the respective building, which is not limitative.
The user terminal 100 is used or carried by the user 90, and may specifically be various intelligent mobile terminals with computing functions, such as a smart phone, a personal digital assistant (IPAD), and the like. The user terminal 100 has a Positioning function to obtain the current location of the user 90, for example, the user terminal 100 can use Global Positioning System (GPS) technology to realize accurate Positioning of the user terminal 100, and can also obtain the location information of the elevator System 30 that the user may need to take in advance, so that the user terminal 100 can obtain the location information of the elevator System 30 relative to the user terminal 100, for example, calculate the distance D between the user terminal 100 and the elevator System 30 in real time. This function of acquiring location information may be turned off when the user terminal 100 does not input a call pre-request; this function of acquiring location information may be automatically turned on when the user terminal 100 inputs a call pre-request.
The user 90 of the user terminal 100 is not limiting and may be, for example, a person working or living in the building in which the elevator system 30 is located, who is at least granted the right to take the elevator system 30, and in particular, the right may be granted to the user terminal by registering identification information of the user terminal 100 in the elevator system 30 or in a management system of the building in which the elevator system 30 is located, or by issuing the right to some user terminals 100 by the elevator system 30 or the management system of the building in which the elevator system 30 is located.
The communication system 20 is used to implement wireless communication connections between a plurality of user terminals 100 and a control module of the elevator system 30, and includes, for example, a cloud-based (closed based) Mobile Connectivity Server (Mobile Connectivity Server), an MMS (Mobile Multimedia Server), and a gateway device installed in a building. By way of example, call pre-requests or call requests sent by the user terminal 100 can be routed via a mobile connectivity server, MMS, to the respective gateway device and thus distributed to the respective controller in the control module of the elevator system 30.
The device 10 of the above embodiment is further illustrated with reference to fig. 2, 3, 4 and 6, and the user terminal 100, the elevator system 30 and the control module 300 of the elevator system 30 of an embodiment of the present invention are illustrated at the same time.
The user terminal 100 first comprises an input unit 110, which is embodied as an input interface capable of inputting a call pre-request for the elevator system 30, such as inputting start floor information and destination floor information. If the call pre-request has been registered at the user terminal 100, the user 90 can enter it by direct recall, thereby simplifying the entry process.
The pre-call request input by the input unit 110 is implemented remotely from the elevator system 30, and does not reflect the current elevator boarding request of the user 90, but can reflect the elevator boarding request at or near a future time point.
In an embodiment, the call pre-request entered by the input unit 110 may be remotely sent to the control module 300 of the elevator system 30 via the communication system 20, e.g., sent by the sending unit 150 in the user terminal 100, received by the receiving unit 310 provided in the control module 300, and verified by the first verification unit 350 provided in the control unit 310. The first verifying unit 350 may verify whether the call pre-request input from the input unit 110 of the user terminal 100 can be accepted or not, and transmit a verification result to the user terminal 100 through the transmitting unit 320, and the user terminal 100 displays or presents the verification result on the display unit 160. In the verification process, the first verification unit 350 may include at least one of the following verification: (1) verifying whether the user terminal 100 is authorized to make a call pre-request to the elevator system 30, e.g., if authorized, the call pre-request issued by the user terminal 100 is registered or accepted by the control module 300, otherwise, indicating that the call request is invalid, a "reject" message is returned directly; (2) it is verified whether the call pre-request sent by the user terminal 100 is valid correctly, e.g. the destination floor in the call pre-request is invalid or e.g. the destination floor in the call pre-request is that the user 90 has no authority to enter, in which case the call pre-request is not accepted. After the authentication result information is displayed on the display unit 160 of the user terminal 100, the user 90 can modify the call pre-request or the like, for example, according to the prompt.
It should be noted that even if the call pre-request is accepted or registered by the control module 300 of the elevator system 30, the control module 300 does not enable control of the dispatch of the elevator system 30 in response to the call pre-request, i.e., the call pre-request has substantially no effect on the currently dispatched operation of the elevator system 30.
In a further embodiment, the call pre-request entered by the input unit 110 may also not be sent to the control module 300 of the elevator system 30, but stored in the present user terminal 100. Illustratively, when a call pre-request entered by the user 90 has previously passed through the verification operation of the first verification unit 350 of the control module 300 of the elevator system 30, the verification operation of the call pre-request may be dispensed with the next time a call pre-request is entered again; or, for example, the verification of user authorization may also be implemented in the verification of call requests described below.
As shown in fig. 2, the user terminal 100 is further provided with a position information obtaining unit 120, and the position information obtaining unit 120 can obtain the position information of the user terminal 100 relative to the elevator system 30; for example, the location information acquiring unit 120 is implemented by a GPS module having a real-time positioning function, thereby performing real-time positioning to acquire location information of the user terminal 100 with respect to the elevator system 30 in real time. It should be noted that the position of the elevator system 30 or the building in which the elevator system 30 is located may be stored or recorded in the user terminal 100 in advance. The location information of the user terminal 100 with respect to the elevator system 30 may specifically be a distance D of the user terminal 100 with respect to the elevator system 30, which may be calculated in the location information acquiring unit 120 according to the location of the user terminal 100 and the location of the elevator system 30 or the building in which the elevator system 30 is located.
As shown in fig. 2, the user terminal 100 is further provided with a judging unit 130, and the judging unit 130 can judge whether the distance D between the user terminal 100 and the elevator system 30 satisfies a predetermined condition based on the position information obtained by the position information obtaining unit 120; the predetermined condition represents a condition that triggers a need for the user 90 to ride the elevator, for example, the predetermined condition is that the distance D of the user terminal 100 from the elevator system 30 is less than or equal to a predetermined value S, which may be set, for example, in the range of 10 meters to 100 meters. This distance S is completely different from the "remote" corresponding distance described above, at which distance S it is indicated that the user 90 has actually approached or approached the elevator system 30, from having a ride demand at or near the current point in time.
Alternatively, the predetermined condition setting unit 170 may be provided in the user terminal 100, and the user 90 may set the corresponding predetermined condition in the predetermined condition setting unit 170 in advance. The predetermined conditions may specifically be selected based on operating characteristics of each elevator system 30 (e.g., faster scheduled operation, smaller S-value), the identity of the user 90 (e.g., for VIP users, the S-value may be set larger), the time period in which the user is located (e.g., corresponding to peak elevator system operation, the S-value may be set larger), and/or the preferences of the user 90, among other factors. For example, the user 90 may set the predetermined condition based on historical experience to determine a reasonable predetermined value S for a particular elevator system 30 for the current time period. Under the condition that the preset condition is set reasonably, when the user 90 arrives at the starting floor (such as a hall landing) of the elevator system 30 from the distance S from the elevator system 30, the corresponding elevator car can also arrive at the starting floor near the time point, so that the waiting time of the user 90 is favorably reduced, and the user experience is greatly improved.
Continuing with fig. 2, in one embodiment, the user terminal 100 is further provided with an initiating element 140, and the user terminal 100 can initiate a corresponding call request based on the call pre-request once a predetermined condition is satisfied (as determined by the determining element 130). The "call request" is similar to the call request mentioned in the background of the application and reflects the elevator boarding needs of the user 90 at or near the current point in time. The call request likewise includes the starting floor information and the destination floor information in the call pre-request, and may even include the user identity information in the call pre-request, etc.
It should be noted that the above procedure of initiating a call request can be completely automatically implemented according to the judgment result, so that the user 90 does not need to manually complete the operation corresponding to the call request in the process of approaching the building where the elevator system is located and entering the elevator taking process.
In case a call request is initiated by a user terminal 100, the call request generated in the user terminal 100 may be automatically transmitted by the transmitting unit 150 to the control module 300 of the elevator system 30, which call request is correspondingly received by the receiving unit 310 in the control module 300. As shown in fig. 3, optionally, a second verification unit 360 may be disposed in the control module 300, and the second verification unit 360 may verify whether the call request can be accepted, and send the verification result to the user terminal 100 through the sending unit 320; illustratively, the user identity information corresponding to the call request is verified to determine whether the call request can be accepted, and the destination floor corresponding to the call request is verified to determine whether the user terminal 100 is authorized. The authentication result (e.g., "accept" or "reject") of the second authentication unit 360 is instantly transmitted to the user terminal 100, and the user terminal 100 displays or presents the authentication result on the display unit 160.
The originating unit 140 shown in fig. 2 is schematically depicted by a dashed box, indicating that it is not limited to being implemented in the user terminal 100, for example, in yet another alternative embodiment, it may also be implemented in the control module 300 of the elevator system 30, as shown in fig. 3, an originating unit 340, schematically depicted by a dashed box, being provided in the control module 300 of the elevator system 30, the originating unit 340 having substantially the same function as the originating unit 140, i.e. originating a corresponding call request based on a call pre-request once a predetermined condition is fulfilled. In this alternative embodiment, the initiating unit 340 further needs to obtain the judgment result of the judging unit 130 sent from the user terminal 100, for example, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, the sending unit 150 in the user terminal 100 automatically sends the judgment result that the distance D between the user terminal 100 and the elevator system 10 satisfies the predetermined condition for initiating the call request, and accordingly, the receiving unit 310 of the control module 300 of the elevator system 30 receives the judgment result, thereby triggering the initiating unit 340 to initiate the call request. The call request initiated by the initiating element 340 may also be authenticated in the second authentication element 360 as described above and send the authentication result to the user terminal 100 via the sending element 320.
Optionally, the user terminal 100 may also be provided with a cancellation unit (not shown in the figure) for cancelling the call request or call pre-request. The cancellation element can be used to cancel a call request or call pre-request when the user 90 needs to change a trip or to change a ride need, for example. The cancellation means may be embodied as a cancel button, by which the user 90 performs the operation of canceling the call request or call pre-request.
Continuing with fig. 3, after a call request is verified as acceptable, the control module 300 of the elevator system 30 can convert the call request to a call instruction and perform dispatch control based on the call instruction, thereby enabling management of the elevator system 30. The particular scheduling control strategy or method is not limiting.
The apparatus 10 for managing an elevator system according to an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented by the above user terminal 100 and/or the control module 300 in the elevator system 30 as shown in fig. 2, for example, by installing a corresponding program in the user mobile 100 such as a mobile phone, or by installing a corresponding program in the control module 300; and, the user terminal 100 can be communicatively connected with the control module 300 through the communication system 20, so as to realize remote interaction between the two. As shown in fig. 4, in one embodiment, the device 10 managing the elevator system selects to place an originating element 140 in the user terminal 100, thereby fulfilling an originating call request in the user terminal 100; in yet another embodiment the device 10 managing the elevator system selects to place the originating unit 340 in the control module 300 of the elevator system 30 so that an originating call request is fulfilled in the elevator system 30.
In the apparatus 10 for managing an elevator system of the above embodiment, although only one user terminal 100 is shown, it should be understood that a plurality of user terminals 100 can be used in the apparatus 10, each of the user terminals 100 being capable of performing substantially the same function.
The method for managing an elevator system of the embodiment shown in fig. 5 is carried out in a device 10 corresponding to the embodiment shown in fig. 4, the procedure of which method is described below by way of example in connection with fig. 4 and 5.
First, at step S11, the user 90 remotely enters a call pre-request, for example, the start floor information and destination floor information for the corresponding elevator system 30. Taking the example that the user 90 at home needs to enter an office building as an example, the user 90 can input the call pre-request from the input unit 110 of the user terminal 100 while in an idle state at his home or on the way to the office building, and the operation is simple and easy.
The call pre-request may optionally be sent to the control module 300 of the elevator system 30 for verification. As shown in fig. 5, the receiving element 310 in the control module 300 may receive the call pre-request, step S31; further, step S32, verifying whether the call pre-request can be accepted; the specific authentication process is completed in the first authentication unit 350.
Upon the authentication being "yes" or "no", the control module 300 may immediately return the authentication result to the user terminal 100, and thus, step S12 is performed in the user terminal 100, i.e., the authentication result is displayed. In the event of a verification of "no," the user 90 may return to step S11 to reenter the call pre-request. It should be noted that if a call pre-request that has been verified to be accepted during the history of use is inputted by a certain user terminal 100, it can be regarded as being able to accept the call pre-request, and steps S31 and S32 can be omitted.
In case of the verification "yes", the location information obtaining unit 120 in the user terminal 100 is triggered to operate, that is, the step S13 is entered to obtain the location information of the user terminal 100 relative to the elevator system 30, and as described above, the obtained location information can obtain the distance D between the user terminal 100 and the elevator system 30 in real time, where the distance D may be a straight-line distance.
Further, step S14 determines whether the distance between the user terminal 100 and the elevator system 30 satisfies a predetermined condition based on the position information, and if it is determined "no", it returns to step S13 to continue to acquire the position information, and if it is determined "yes", it indicates that the time point required for the user to take the elevator arrives or soon arrives, and the process proceeds to step S15, and a corresponding call request is issued based on the call preliminary request. In step S15, the call pre-request is converted into a call request indicating a need to ride the elevator at or near the current point in time of the user 90, which corresponds to an operation in which a call request is automatically initiated from the user terminal 100.
Further, the call request is sent to the elevator system 30 in step S16, and accordingly, the control module 300 of the elevator system 30 receives the call request in step S33.
Optionally, the control module 300 of the elevator system 30 verifies whether the call request can be accepted, step S34. The specific authentication process is completed in the second authentication unit 360. Upon the "yes" or "no" authentication, the control module 300 may immediately return the authentication result to the user terminal 100, thereby responding and performing step S17 in the user terminal 100, i.e., displaying the authentication result. It should be noted that if the call request corresponding to the user terminal 100 is a call request that has been verified to be accepted during the history of use, the call request is regarded as being accepted, and step S34 may be omitted.
If yes, the flow proceeds to step S35, where the call request is converted into a call instruction, and dispatch control is performed based on the call instruction. In an embodiment, an elevator car may be assigned to a corresponding starting floor based on the starting floor information of the call request and the stopping floor of the elevator car is automatically registered based on the destination floor information of the call request, so that the assigned elevator car may have been reached when the user 90 arrives at the starting floor location of the elevator system 30, the waiting time of the user 90 is greatly reduced, and the user 90 does not need to manually input the destination floor information in the elevator car. In the application process of the method, for example, after the user inputs a call pre-request at home, the user can seamlessly enter the office building and directly reach the destination floor of the office building by taking the elevator without performing any call calling operation and the like in the process of approaching the office building where the elevator system 30 is located and entering the office building to take the elevator, so that the time for waiting for the elevator is short, and the user experience is greatly improved.
Alternatively, the information on the result of the dispatch control generated at step S35 is transmitted to the user terminal 100 and displayed, and for example, the information on the result of the location of the allocated elevator, how long the elevator arrives at the starting floor, etc. is transmitted to the user terminal 100 and displayed, so that the user experience can be further improved.
In the method of the above embodiment, the steps S11, S12, S13, S14, S15, S16, S17 may be performed or completed in the user terminal 100, and the steps S31, S32, S33, S34, and S35 are performed or completed in the control module 300 of the elevator system 30.
The method for managing an elevator system of the embodiment shown in fig. 7 is carried out in a device 10 corresponding to the embodiment shown in fig. 6, the procedure of which method is described below in connection with fig. 6 and 7.
The primary difference, in comparison to the method embodiments of fig. 7 and 5, is that the initiate call request is performed or completed in the control module 300 of the elevator system 30. For this purpose, after step S14, upon determining that the predetermined condition is satisfied, the flow proceeds to step S331, where a determination result that the distance D between the user terminal 100 and the elevator system 30 satisfies the predetermined condition for making a call request is transmitted to the control module 300 of the elevator system 30 and received by the receiving unit 310. Further, step S332 is entered, where a corresponding call request is initiated based on the call pre-request. In step S15, the call pre-request is converted into a call request indicating a need to board the elevator at or near the current point in time of the user 90, corresponding to an operation in which the call request is automatically initiated from the control module 300 of the elevator system 30.
Subsequently, steps S34, S17, S35 are the same as steps S34, S17, S35 illustrated in fig. 5, respectively, and a description thereof will be omitted.
The method for managing an elevator system of the embodiment shown in fig. 7 has substantially the same effect as the method of the embodiment shown in fig. 5, i.e., the user can wait for the elevator for a short time without any call operation in the process of approaching the building where the elevator system 30 is located and entering the building to ride the elevator, thereby greatly improving the user experience.
It should be noted that in the methods of the embodiments shown in fig. 5 and 7 above, the user 90 can cancel the call pre-request at any time before the call request is initiated or cancel the call request at any time after the call request is initiated through the user terminal 100.
It should be noted that the user terminal 100 of the above embodiments of the present invention may be implemented by computer program instructions, for example, by a special-purpose APP, which may be provided to a processor of a general-purpose computer, special-purpose computer, or other programmable data processing apparatus to constitute the user terminal 100 of the embodiments of the present invention, and that the instructions, which may be executed by the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means or components for implementing the functions/operations specified in the flowcharts and/or blocks and/or flowchart block or blocks.
Likewise, the control module 300 of the elevator system of the above embodiment of the invention may be implemented by computer program instructions, for example, by a special purpose program, which may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing apparatus to constitute the control module 300 of the embodiment of the invention, and which may be executed by a processor of a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to create means or elements for implementing the functions/operations specified in the flowcharts and/or blocks and/or flowchart block or blocks. The present invention also provides an elevator system 30 having the control module 300 of the above embodiment.
Also, these computer program instructions may be stored in a computer-readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable processor to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means which implement the function/act specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks.
It should also be noted that, in some alternative implementations, the functions/acts noted in the blocks may occur out of the order noted in the flowcharts. For example, two blocks shown in succession may, in fact, be executed substantially concurrently, or the blocks may sometimes be executed in the reverse order, depending upon the functionality/acts involved.
It should be noted that the elements (including flow charts and block diagrams in the figures) disclosed and depicted herein mean logical boundaries between elements. However, in accordance with software or hardware engineering practices, the depicted elements and their functions may be executed on a machine by a computer-executable medium having a processor capable of executing program instructions stored thereon as a single-chip software structure, as stand-alone software modules, or as modules using external programs, code, services, etc., or any combination of these, and all such implementations may fall within the scope of the present disclosure.
While different non-limiting embodiments have components specifically illustrated, embodiments of the present invention are not limited to these specific combinations. It is possible to use some of the components or features from any non-limiting embodiment in combination with features or components from any other non-limiting embodiment.
Although particular step sequences are shown, disclosed, and claimed, it should be understood that steps may be performed in any order, separated or combined unless otherwise indicated and will still benefit from the present disclosure.
The foregoing description is exemplary rather than defined as being limited thereto. Various non-limiting embodiments are disclosed herein, however, one of ordinary skill in the art would recognize that, based on the teachings above, various modifications and alterations would come within the scope of the appended claims. It is, therefore, to be understood that within the scope of the appended claims, disclosure other than the specific disclosure may be practiced. For that reason the following claims should be studied to determine true scope and content.

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1. A method for managing an elevator system, comprising the steps of:
remotely inputting a call pre-request corresponding to the elevator system from a user terminal, wherein the call pre-request reflects a boarding need at a future point in time after the call pre-request is made;
acquiring position information of the user terminal relative to the elevator system;
judging whether the distance between the user terminal and the elevator system meets a preset condition or not based on the position information; and
initiating a corresponding call request based on the call pre-request when the predetermined condition is satisfied; and
the step of acquiring the position information and the step of judging the distance are performed in the user terminal, and the position information of the user terminal relative to the elevator system is acquired in real time by positioning the user terminal in real time.
2. The method for managing an elevator system of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:
the user terminal remotely sends the call pre-request to the elevator system; and
and the elevator system verifies whether the call pre-request can be accepted or not and returns a verification result to the user terminal.
3. Method for managing an elevator system according to claim 1, characterized in that the call pre-request is sent remotely to the elevator system by means of the user terminal, the step of initiating a call request being performed in the elevator system.
4. Method for managing an elevator system according to claim 3, characterized in that it is verified by the elevator system whether the call request can be accepted and that the result of the verification is sent to the user terminal.
5. Method for managing an elevator system according to claim 4, characterized in that after verification that the call request can be accepted, the call request is converted into a call instruction by the elevator system and dispatch control is performed on the basis of the call instruction.
6. Method for managing an elevator system according to claim 5, characterized in that information about the result of the dispatch control is transmitted to the user terminal by the elevator system.
7. Method for managing an elevator system according to claim 1, characterized in that the step of initiating a call request is performed in the user terminal and in that it comprises the further steps of: and sending the call request to the elevator system through the user terminal.
8. The method for managing an elevator system of claim 1, wherein the predetermined condition is that a distance between the user terminal and the elevator system is less than or equal to a predetermined value.
9. The method for managing an elevator system according to claim 1 or 8, wherein the predetermined condition is set in advance by a user in the user terminal.
10. Method for managing an elevator system according to claim 1, characterized in that the call pre-request and the corresponding call request comprise start floor information and destination floor information.
11. Method for managing an elevator system according to claim 10, characterized in that an elevator car is assigned to the corresponding starting floor by the elevator system on the basis of the starting floor information of the call request and the stopping floor of the elevator car is registered automatically on the basis of the destination floor information of the call request.
12. An apparatus for managing an elevator system, comprising:
an input unit for remotely inputting a call pre-request corresponding to the elevator system through a user terminal, wherein the call pre-request reflects a boarding requirement at a future time point after the call pre-request is made;
the position information acquisition unit is positioned in the user terminal and is used for acquiring the position information of the user terminal relative to the elevator system;
the judging unit is positioned in the user terminal and used for judging whether the distance between the user terminal and the elevator system meets a preset condition or not based on the position information; and
an initiating unit for initiating a corresponding call request based on the call pre-request when the predetermined condition is satisfied.
13. The apparatus for managing an elevator system of claim 12, further comprising: and the sending unit is used for sending the call pre-request, the judgment result that the distance between the user terminal and the elevator system meets the preset condition for initiating the call request and/or the call request to the elevator system through the user terminal.
14. The apparatus for managing an elevator system of claim 12, further comprising: a predetermined condition setting unit for setting the predetermined condition in advance by the user terminal.
15. The apparatus for managing an elevator system of claim 12, further comprising: and the display unit is used for displaying the information sent by the elevator system through the user terminal.
16. The apparatus for managing an elevator system of claim 12, further comprising: a cancellation unit for canceling the call request or the call pre-request through the user terminal.
17. The apparatus for managing an elevator system of claim 12, further comprising:
a first verification unit for verifying whether the call pre-request can be accepted by an elevator system; and/or
A second verification unit for verifying whether the call request can be accepted by the elevator system.
18. The apparatus for managing an elevator system of claim 17, further comprising: a sending unit for sending at least part of the verification result from the elevator system to the user terminal.
19. The apparatus for managing an elevator system of claim 12, further comprising:
a control module of the elevator system; and
a communication system for enabling a wireless communication connection between a user terminal and a control module of the elevator system;
wherein, be provided with in the control module of elevator system:
and the receiving unit is used for receiving the call pre-request sent from the user terminal remotely and the judgment result that the distance between the user terminal and the elevator system meets the preset condition of initiating the call request.
20. A computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, characterized in that the program is executable by a processor for implementing the steps of the method according to any of claims 1-11.
21. An elevator system, comprising:
apparatus for managing an elevator system according to any of claims 12-19.
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