CN109110601B

CN109110601B - Determination of passenger movement relative to elevator car

Info

Publication number: CN109110601B
Application number: CN201810442855.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 黄文博; 郭小菲
Original assignee: Otis Elevator Co
Current assignee: Otis Elevator Co
Priority date: 2017-06-23
Filing date: 2018-05-10
Publication date: 2021-12-24
Anticipated expiration: 2038-05-10
Also published as: EP3418236A1; CN109110601A; EP3418236B1

Abstract

The invention relates to the determination of movement of passengers relative to an elevator car, and belongs to the technical field of elevator intelligent control. The invention obtains information of the movement of the passenger relative to the elevator car, wherein the information of the movement of the passenger relative to the elevator car is determined based on the change of the signal strength of the first wireless signal received by the personal mobile terminal carried by the passenger and the change of the first floor information and/or the traveling direction information.

Description

Determination of passenger movement relative to elevator car

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of Elevator (Elevator) intelligent control, and relates to a method for determining movement of passengers relative to an Elevator car by using wireless interaction between a wireless signal module installed in the Elevator car and a personal mobile terminal.

Background

In an existing elevator system, one of the common call operation modes is that a passenger manually presses a call button on a call control panel installed in an elevator landing area to input an up or down call request command, and then after entering a certain elevator car, the passenger manually presses a floor button on a destination floor registration control panel installed in each elevator car to input a destination floor. This call operation method requires manual operation, and particularly when the passenger's hands are not free to perform the above-described operation of pressing the buttons (for example, the passenger holds the items with both hands, or the passenger who is not walking well sits on a wheelchair), the call operation becomes difficult, which affects the passenger experience.

With the development of automatic call operation techniques, various techniques for automatically realizing call operations by a smart mobile terminal such as a mobile phone have come to be developed, but invalid calls are likely to be generated due to uncertainty in the actions and movements of passengers.

Disclosure of Invention

According to a first aspect of the invention, there is provided an automatic call system comprising: a first wireless signal module installed in the elevator car for broadcasting a first wireless signal including data signals of first floor information where the elevator car is currently located and/or current direction of travel information of the elevator car, wherein the direction of travel information includes: "go up", "go down", and "not go";

wherein the first wireless signal module is further configured to receive information determining movement of a passenger relative to the elevator car, the movement information being determined based on a change in signal strength of the first wireless signal received by a personal mobile terminal carried by the passenger and a change in the first floor information and/or direction of travel information.

An apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention, wherein the information of movement comprises a successful movement of the passenger into the elevator car and a successful ride of the elevator, which is determined if:

the signal strength of the received first wireless signal is changed from zero or weak to be greater than or equal to a first predetermined value which is relatively strong, and the traveling direction information of the received first wireless signal is changed from "not traveling" to "traveling up" or "traveling down".

An apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention, wherein the information of movement comprises a failure of the passenger to move into the elevator car or a failure to ride an elevator, which is determined if:

the signal strength of the received first wireless signal changes from zero or weak to greater than or equal to a first predetermined value that is relatively strong, and the direction of travel information of the received first wireless signal remains "not traveled" or disappears after this change.

the signal strength of the received first wireless signal changes from zero or weak to be greater than or equal to a first predetermined value which is relatively strong, and the first floor information of the received first wireless signal changes after the change.

the signal strength of the received first wireless signal is changed from zero or weaker to be greater than or equal to a first predetermined value which is relatively strong, and the first floor information of the received first wireless signal is not changed or disappears after the change.

The apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the first wireless signal module is configured to automatically establish a first wireless connection with the personal mobile terminal based on the first wireless signal, and to receive a destination floor registration command transmitted from the personal mobile terminal when the first wireless connection is established.

The apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the first wireless signal further includes: and connection state information of a first wireless connection, wherein when the signal strength of the first wireless signal received by the personal mobile terminal is greater than or equal to a first predetermined value, the distance of the personal mobile terminal relative to the first wireless signal module is correspondingly represented to be less than or equal to a first distance threshold, the first wireless connection is automatically established, and the connection state information is changed from 'off' to 'on'.

the connection state information of the first wireless connection received is changed from off to on, and the traveling direction information of the first wireless signal received after the change is changed from not traveling to traveling up or traveling down.

the received connection state information of the first wireless connection is changed from off to on, and the traveling direction information of the first wireless signal received after the change remains as "not traveling" or disappears.

the connection status information of the first wireless connection received is changed from "off" to "on" and after this change the first floor information of the first wireless signal received is changed.

An apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention, wherein the information of movement comprises a failure of the passenger to move into the elevator car or a failure to ride an elevator, which is determined if: the received connection status information of the first wireless connection is changed from "off" to "on" and the first floor information of the first wireless signal received after the change is unchanged or disappears.

The apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the apparatus further comprises:

and the second wireless signal module is installed in the elevator landing area and is used for broadcasting a second wireless signal, automatically establishing a second wireless connection with the personal mobile terminal based on the second wireless signal and receiving a call request command about a call direction sent from the personal mobile terminal when the second wireless connection is established.

The device according to one embodiment of the invention, wherein the first wireless signal module is further used for receiving movement result information whether the passenger correspondingly moves to the assigned elevator car, and the movement result information is determined based on the comparison between the traveling direction information of the first wireless signal received by the personal mobile terminal and the call direction in the call request command sent by the personal mobile terminal.

Apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention, wherein the movement result information is a failure of the passenger to move into an assigned elevator car, which is determined if:

the received traveling direction information of the first wireless signal is inconsistent with the call direction in the call request command sent by the personal mobile terminal.

The apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the first wireless signal further includes: identity identification information corresponding to the first wireless signal module or an elevator car installed by the first wireless signal module; the first wireless signal module is further configured to receive movement result information of whether the passenger correspondingly moves into the assigned elevator car, wherein the movement result information is determined based on the identification information of the first wireless signal received by the personal mobile terminal being compared with the identification information of the elevator car to which the personal mobile terminal is assigned.

The apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention, wherein the movement result information is a failure of the passenger to move into the assigned elevator car, which is obtained if:

the received identification information of the first wireless signal is inconsistent with the identification information of the elevator car to which the personal mobile terminal is assigned.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the second wireless signal module and/or the first wireless signal module is a bluetooth low energy module.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an elevator system comprising:

the automatic call system of any of the above; and

an elevator controller for controlling operation of one or more elevator cars in the elevator system. According to an embodiment of the invention, the elevator controller is configured to determine whether to cancel a registered destination floor call registered in the elevator car of a personal mobile terminal corresponding to the passenger based on the information of the movement.

According to a third aspect of the invention there is provided a method for determining a passenger relative to an elevator car comprising:

receiving a first wireless signal, wherein the first wireless signal is broadcasted from the elevator car and comprises a first floor information where the elevator car is currently located and/or a data signal of current traveling direction information of the elevator car, wherein the traveling direction information comprises: "go up", "go down", and "not go";

determining a signal strength of the received first wireless signal; and

determining movement of the passenger relative to the elevator car based on changes in the received signal strength of the first wireless signal and the first floor information and changes in the first floor information and/or direction of travel information.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, in the step of determining movement, when the signal strength of the received first wireless signal changes from zero or weak to greater than or equal to a first predetermined value that is relatively strong, and the traveling direction information of the received first wireless signal changes from "not traveling" to "traveling up" or "traveling down", it is determined that the passenger successfully moved into the elevator car and successfully takes an elevator.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, in the step of determining movement, when the signal strength of the received first wireless signal changes from zero or weak to greater than or equal to a first predetermined value that is relatively strong and the traveling direction information of the received first wireless signal remains "not traveling" or disappears after the change, it is determined that the passenger failed to move into the elevator car or failed to ride the elevator.

According to an embodiment of the invention, in the step of determining movement, when the signal strength of the received first wireless signal changes from zero or weak to greater than or equal to a first predetermined value that is relatively strong and the first floor information of the received first wireless signal changes after the change, it is determined that the passenger successfully moved into the elevator car and successfully takes an elevator.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, in the step of determining movement, when the signal strength of the received first wireless signal changes from zero or weak to greater than or equal to a first predetermined value that is relatively strong and the first floor information of the received first wireless signal does not change or disappear after the change, it is determined that the passenger has failed to move into the elevator car or has failed to take an elevator.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the change of the signal strength of the first wireless signal from zero or weaker to greater than or equal to the first predetermined value of relatively stronger means that the change from zero or weaker to greater than or equal to the first predetermined value of relatively stronger is approximately gradual.

The method according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the first wireless signal further includes: connection status information of a first wireless connection for transmitting a register destination floor call, wherein the first wireless connection is automatically established and the connection status information is changed from off to on when the signal strength of the received first wireless signal is greater than or equal to a first predetermined value.

According to an embodiment of the invention, in the step of determining movement, when the connection state information of the received first wireless connection is changed from off to on and the traveling direction information of the first wireless signal received after the change is changed from not traveling to traveling up or traveling down, it is determined that the passenger successfully moved into the elevator car and successfully takes an elevator.

According to an embodiment of the invention, in the step of determining movement, when the received connection state information of the first wireless connection is changed from off to on and the traveling direction information of the first wireless signal received after the change remains as not traveling or disappears, it is determined that the passenger has failed to move into the elevator car or has failed to take an elevator.

According to an embodiment of the invention, in the step of determining movement, it is determined that the passenger successfully moves into the elevator car and successfully takes an elevator when the connection status information of the received first wireless connection changes from off to on and first floor information of the received first wireless signal changes after the change.

According to an embodiment of the invention, in the step of determining movement, when the received connection status information of the first wireless connection is changed from off to on and the first floor information of the first wireless signal received after the change is not changed or disappears, it is determined that the passenger has failed to move into the elevator car or failed to ride the elevator.

The method according to an embodiment of the invention, further comprising the steps of: in the event that it is determined that the passenger has failed to move into the elevator car or has failed to ride an elevator, proactively establishing a fourth wireless connection with a respective second wireless signal module installed in an elevator landing zone to send a determination that the passenger has failed to move into the elevator car or has failed to ride an elevator.

According to the method of the embodiment of the invention, in the step of determining movement, the received traveling direction information of the first wireless signal is compared with the calling direction in the calling request command sent by the passenger, and if the received traveling direction information of the first wireless signal is not consistent with the calling direction in the calling request command sent by the passenger, the passenger is determined to fail to move to the assigned elevator car.

The method according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the first wireless signal further includes: identity identification information corresponding to the elevator car;

in the step of determining movement, the received identification information is compared with the identification information of the assigned elevator car, and if the received identification information of the first wireless signal is inconsistent with the identification information of the assigned elevator car, it is determined that the passenger has failed to move into the assigned elevator car.

The method according to an embodiment of the invention, further comprising the steps of:

in the event that it is determined that the passenger failed to move into the elevator car or failed to ride an elevator, proactively establishing a third wireless connection with a respective first wireless signal module to send a determination that the passenger failed to move into an assigned elevator car.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer apparatus comprising: a memory, a processor and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the processor implements the steps of any of the methods described above when executing the program.

According to a fifth aspect of the invention, there is provided a computer readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, where the program is executable by a processor to perform the steps of any of the methods described above.

According to a sixth aspect of the invention there is provided a method for determining a passenger relative to an elevator car comprising:

a first wireless signal module installed in the elevator car broadcasts a first wireless signal comprising data signals of first floor information where the elevator car is currently located and/or current direction of travel information of the elevator car, wherein the direction of travel information comprises: "go up", "go down", and "not go"; and

receiving information of movement of the passenger relative to the elevator landing zone, wherein the information of movement is determined based on a change in signal strength of the first wireless signal received by a personal mobile terminal carried by the passenger and a change in the first floor information and/or direction of travel information.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention there is provided an apparatus for determining movement of a passenger relative to an elevator car, wherein the apparatus determines the signal strength of a first wireless signal it receives broadcast from a first wireless signal module mounted in the elevator car by means of a personal mobile terminal carried by the passenger;

the device comprises:

a movement determination module for determining information of movement of the passenger relative to the elevator car based on the received change in signal strength of the first wireless signal and first floor information and a change in first floor information and/or direction of travel information;

wherein the first wireless signal comprises a data signal of the first floor information where the elevator car is currently located and/or the current direction of travel information of the elevator car, wherein the direction of travel information comprises: "go up", "go down", and "not go".

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an elevator system comprising:

a first wireless signal module installed in the elevator car for broadcasting a first wireless signal including data signals of first floor information where the elevator car is currently located and/or current direction of travel information of the elevator car, wherein the direction of travel information includes: "go up", "go down", and "not go"; and

an apparatus for determining movement of a passenger relative to an elevator car as described in any of the preceding.

The above features and operation of the present invention will become more apparent from the following description and the accompanying drawings.

Drawings

The above and other objects and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which like or similar elements are designated by like reference numerals.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an automatic call system according to an embodiment of the invention, wherein an elevator system according to an embodiment of the invention is also shown.

Fig. 2 is a schematic view of an application scenario of a movement determination apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a schematic block diagram of a personal mobile terminal when a movement determination apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is at least partially implemented in the personal mobile terminal.

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, for the sake of convenience of description, the "means for determining the movement of a passenger relative to the elevator car" will be referred to simply as "movement determination means", and the "method for determining the movement of a passenger relative to the elevator car" will be referred to simply as "movement determination method".

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an automatic call system in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention; fig. 2 is a schematic view illustrating an application scenario of a movement determination apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; fig. 3 is a schematic block diagram of a personal mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. A movement determination device, an automatic call system, and an elevator system of an embodiment of the present invention are illustrated below in conjunction with fig. 1 and 3, while illustrating a method for determining a passenger relative to an elevator car.

The movement determination device 10 of the embodiment of the present invention is implemented in an automatic call system of the embodiment shown in fig. 1, thereby forming an automatic call system of an embodiment of the present invention, which is further applied to an elevator system 100 installed in a building, the elevator system 100 includes a plurality of one or more elevator cars 110 traveling up and down in a hoistway of the building, two of the elevator cars, i.e., 110-1 and 110-2, of the elevator system 100 are shown in fig. 1; the travel or stop of each elevator car 110 in the hoistway, i.e., each elevator car 110, is controlled by an elevator controller 140 in the elevator system 100, the particular manner or principle of control of one or more elevator cars 110 by the elevator controller 140 is not limiting, nor is the particular structure or arrangement of the elevator controller 140, etc.

It will be understood that the components or modules included in the movement-determining device 10 of the following embodiments of the present invention may be included in an automatic call system of an embodiment of the present invention, for example, an automatic call system including the first wireless signal module 130 and/or the second wireless signal module 120.

Continuing with fig. 1 and 2, the movement-determining device 10 includes one or more first wireless signal modules 130, each first wireless signal module 130 being mounted in each elevator car 110, e.g., one first wireless signal module 130-1 disposed in the elevator car 110-1 and one first wireless signal module 130-2 disposed in the elevator car 110-2. In one embodiment, the first wireless signal module 130 is mounted on and integrally disposed with the destination floor registration control panel in the elevator car 110, and the specific manner of integrating the first wireless signal module 130 with respect to the destination floor registration control panel is not limiting.

The first wireless signal module 130 may specifically be a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) module, and correspondingly, the first wireless signal module 130 transmits or broadcasts a first wireless signal, such as a Bluetooth Low Energy (bt) signal, where the signal strength of the broadcasted first wireless signal is attenuated according to the distance of the broadcasted first wireless signal, and the specific attenuation manner is not limited. The first wireless signal broadcast by the first wireless signal module 130 may be effective to substantially cover the area in the elevator car 110 in which it is installed, and the first wireless signal may be, for example, a bluetooth low energy signal, which may include a data signal of the first floor information in which the elevator car 110 is currently located, respectively.

It should be noted that the first wireless signal module 130 is coupled to the elevator controller 140, so that, during the operation of each elevator car 110, the first wireless signal module 130 can obtain the information it wants from the elevator controller 140 in real time, such as the current first floor information, the traveling direction information, etc. of the elevator car 110, and package the first floor information and/or the traveling direction information (the traveling direction information includes, for example, "traveling up", "traveling down", and "not traveling") as, for example, bluetooth data signals to be broadcasted in the form of the first bluetooth signals.

Continuing with fig. 1-3, the movement determination device 10 may also be implemented, at least in part, by a personal mobile terminal 200 carried by the passenger 90, each of the personal mobile terminals 200-1 and 200-2 carried by the two passengers, respectively, being capable of individually implementing at least part of the functionality of the movement determination device 10. Each personal mobile terminal 200 is configured to be able to receive a first wireless signal broadcast by the first wireless signal module 130 under a condition that a distance condition is satisfied, as shown in fig. 3, a wireless communication module 210 in the personal mobile terminal 200, which is used for receiving the first wireless signal or other wireless signals, and the wireless communication module 210 may specifically be a bluetooth low energy module. The first wireless signal may include a data signal of information of a first floor where the elevator car 110 is currently located and/or information of a current traveling direction of the elevator car 110.

Each personal mobile terminal 200 is capable of determining the signal strength of the first wireless signal it receives, and in one embodiment, the signal strength determination module 230 in the personal mobile terminal 200 determines the signal strength of the received first wireless signal based on the first wireless signal. For example, the personal mobile terminal 200 is configured with a Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) to determine the signal strength of the first wireless signal or any other wireless signal it receives, i.e. the signal strength determination module 230 is implemented by the RSSI.

It should be understood that the signal strength of the first wireless signal received by the personal mobile terminal 200 is related to the effective broadcasting distance of the first wireless signal or the strength of the broadcasting signal, which is set in advance. In one embodiment, by presetting the effective broadcast distance of the first wireless signal, for example, in the case that the personal mobile terminal 200 is less than or equal to 0.7-1 meter relative to the first wireless signal module 130, the signal strength of the first wireless signal received by the personal mobile terminal 200 will be greater than or equal to a first predetermined value, the RSSI may indicate that the signal strength of the first wireless signal is "strong", and 0.7-1 meter is for an effective broadcast distance. Therefore, the passenger 90 in the elevator car 110, whose personal mobile terminal 200 is carried by the passenger, can receive the relatively "strong" first wireless signal and can also obtain the first floor information broadcast in the first wireless signal at the same time, i.e., the personal mobile terminal 200 of the passenger 90 can obtain the first floor information of the current elevator car in real time.

The movement determination module 250 of the personal mobile terminal 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention is configured to determine the movement of the passenger 90 relative to the elevator car 110 based on the received change in the signal strength of the first wireless signal and the first floor information and the change in the first floor information and/or the traveling direction information.

It should be noted that it is very meaningful to determine the movement of the passenger 90 relative to the elevator car 110. This is because, with the development of elevator intelligent control technology, the personal mobile terminal 200 carried by the passenger 90 is an intelligent terminal that realizes automatic call operation, and can automatically issue various types of call operation commands to enable the elevator controller to perform scheduling control of the elevator car, for example, to automatically realize registration of a target floor in the elevator car, and the elevator controller will control the operation of the elevator car based on the automatically registered target floor; however, it is not clear to the elevator controller whether the passenger 90 actually entered the elevator car or whether it entered the assigned elevator car correctly. If the destination floor corresponding to the passenger 90 is automatically registered but the passenger 90 does not successfully enter the elevator car or does not successfully take the elevator, then the elevator car 110 will likely be in an inefficient operation, severely impacting the operating efficiency of the elevator system.

As shown in fig. 2, with the elevator car 110 traveling up or down to floor N and stopping at that floor N, e.g., corresponding to an elevator landing zone 410, a passenger 90 carrying a personal mobile terminal 200 waiting for an elevator or moving in the elevator landing zone 410, if the elevator car 110-1 is the one that it wants to enter or is notified as being assigned by the elevator system 100, the first wireless signal broadcast by the first wireless signal module 130-1 in the elevator car 110-1 will be able to be received by the personal mobile terminal 200 (if the passenger is close enough to the landing door of the elevator car 110-1) when the landing door of the elevator car 110-1 is open, and the signal strength of the first wireless signal received by the personal mobile terminal 200 (broadcast by the first wireless signal module 130-1) will gradually become stronger as the passenger 90 moves toward the interior of the elevator car 110-1, for example, from zero or weak to greater than or equal to a first predetermined relatively strong value, which may indicate that the passenger 90 is likely to be in the elevator car 110-1 when the passenger 90 is currently within a range of 0.7-1 meters of distance from the first wireless signal module 130-1, the signal strength is greater than or equal to the first predetermined value, and the passenger 90 is likely to be in the elevator landing zone 410 when the signal strength is less than or equal to the first predetermined value.

Therefore, in an embodiment, the first wireless signal module 130-1 always broadcasts the first floor information, for example, the floor N (if stopping at the nth floor), through the first wireless signal, and the personal mobile terminal 200 will be able to receive the first floor information (for example, the floor N), and the personal mobile terminal 200 determines the signal strength of the received first wireless signal through RSSI or the like. If the signal strength of the first wireless signal received at the personal mobile terminal 200 is changed from zero or weak to be greater than or equal to a first predetermined value, which is relatively strong, and the first floor information of the first wireless signal received by the personal mobile terminal 200 after the change is changed, for example, to the floor (N-1) or the floor (N + 1), it is determined that the passenger 90 has successfully moved into the elevator car 110-1 and successfully takes the elevator.

If the signal strength of the first wireless signal received at the personal mobile terminal 200 changes from zero or weak to greater than or equal to the first predetermined value, which is relatively strong, and the first floor information of the first wireless signal received by the personal mobile terminal 200 after the change does not change or disappear, for example, remains as the floor N for at least 3-10 seconds or more, it is likely that the passenger 90 is near the landing door of the elevator car 110-1 but does not enter the elevator car (e.g., when more passengers in the elevator car 110-1 have difficulty entering), or the first floor information disappears, for example, it is likely that the elevator car 110-1 travels away from the floor N but the passenger is still in the elevator landing zone 410, and thus, it is determined that the passenger 90 has failed to move into the elevator car 110-1 or fails to take the elevator. As an illustration, there are two situations such as a failure of passenger 90 to move into elevator car 110-1 or a failure to take an elevator during an actual elevator ride: first, the passenger 90 moves, either intentionally or unintentionally, near a landing door but does not successfully move inside the elevator car 110; second, passengers 90 step into elevator car 110 but temporarily change their mind by moving back to elevator landing zone 410, e.g., due to congestion of elevator car 100 or the like.

In an embodiment, the personal mobile terminal 200 or its movement determination module 250 is further configured to: determining that the passenger 90 successfully moves into the elevator car 110 and successfully takes an elevator when the signal strength of the first wireless signal received by the passenger changes from zero or weak to greater than or equal to a first predetermined value that is relatively strong and the first floor information of the first wireless signal received by the passenger changes after the change; the personal mobile terminal 200 or its movement determination module 250 is further configured to: when the signal strength of the first wireless signal it receives changes from zero or weak to greater than or equal to a first predetermined value that is relatively strong and the first floor information of the first wireless signal it receives does not change or disappear after the change, it is determined that the passenger 90 has failed to move into the elevator car 110 or failed to take the elevator.

In this movement determination process or movement determination method, it can be determined whether a passenger is moving into the elevator car 110 by a change in the signal strength of the received first wireless signal, and it can be determined whether the passenger is traveling with the first elevator car 110 by continuing with a change in the first floor information of the subsequently received first wireless signal, so that it can be determined whether the passenger has successfully moved into the elevator car 110 or whether the passenger has successfully taken an elevator. The above first floor information of the first wireless signal received after the change is received with the RRSI indication being "strong", i.e., the signal strength remains greater than or equal to the first predetermined value, which further indicates that the passenger 90 receives the changed first floor information inside the elevator car 110.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, in another embodiment, the first wireless signal module 130 is coupled to the elevator controller 140, and during the operation of each elevator car 110, the first wireless signal module 130 can obtain the traveling direction information of the elevator car 110 from the elevator controller 140 in real time, for example, when the elevator travels upwards, the traveling direction information is "traveling upwards", when the elevator travels downwards, the traveling direction information is "traveling downwards", and when the elevator stops at a floor, the traveling direction information is "not traveling"; and, pack the direction of travel information as the wireless data signal and broadcast out in the form of the first wireless signal.

The personal mobile terminal 200 or its movement determination module 250 is configured to determine movement of the passenger 90 relative to the elevator car 110 based on changes in the signal strength of the received first wireless signal, and also determine whether a ride was successfully moved into the elevator car and successfully taken based on changes in the direction of travel information of the received first wireless signal. In an embodiment, the personal mobile terminal 100 or its movement determination module 250 is further configured to: when the signal strength of the first wireless signal received by it changes from zero or weak to greater than or equal to a first predetermined value that is relatively strong, and the traveling direction information of the first wireless signal received by it changes from "not traveling" to "traveling up" or "traveling down", it is determined that the passenger 900 successfully moved into the elevator car 110 and successfully takes the elevator. The personal mobile terminal 100 or its movement determination module 250 is further configured to: when the signal strength of the first wireless signal it receives changes from zero or weak to greater than or equal to a first predetermined value that is relatively strong and the traveling direction information of the first wireless signal it receives remains "not traveling" or disappears after the change, it is determined that the passenger 90 failed to move into the elevator car 110 or failed to take the elevator.

In this movement determination process or movement determination method, it can be determined whether a passenger is moving into the elevator car 110 by a change in the signal strength of the received first wireless signal, and it can be determined whether the passenger is traveling with the first elevator car 110 by a change in the traveling direction information of the subsequently received first wireless signal, so that it can be determined whether it has successfully moved into the elevator car 110 or whether it has successfully taken an elevator. The first floor information of the first wireless signal received after the change above is received with the RRSI indication being "strong", i.e., the signal strength remains greater than or equal to the first predetermined value, which further indicates that the passenger 90 receives the changed direction of travel information inside the elevator car 110.

Since the change of the traveling direction information is earlier than the change of the first floor information and is easily recognized by the personal mobile terminal 100 in the process of the traveling of the elevator car 110 from the stop to the start, it is more timely or effective to determine the movement of the passenger relative to the elevator car based on the change of the signal strength of the received first wireless signal and the change of the traveling direction information and to determine the movement of the passenger relative to the elevator car based on the change of the signal strength of the received first wireless signal and the change of the first floor information.

In the above embodiment, the passenger 90 generally progressively increases the change of the signal strength of the first wireless signal received by the personal mobile terminal 200 when walking close to the first wireless signal module 130, and therefore, the signal strength of the first wireless signal changes from zero or weak to greater than or equal to the first predetermined value which is relatively strong, and the change may be selected to be generally progressively changed, for example, generally linearly changed or progressively curved. In this way, it is possible to exclude the case where the signal intensity does not indicate that the passenger 90 moves toward the inside of the elevator car 110, such as "abruptly changing", and the like, and to increase the accuracy of the judgment.

It should be noted that the first predetermined value is selected to represent the signal strength value of the first wireless signal received by the personal mobile terminal 200 when the passenger is inside the elevator car or is likely to be inside the elevator car, for example, the signal strength value of the first wireless signal received by the personal mobile terminal 200 when the passenger 90 is at a certain value within a range of 0.7-1 meter relative to the distance of the first wireless signal module 130, or the signal strength value of the first wireless signal received by the personal mobile terminal 200 when the passenger 90 is in the elevator car 110. When the landing door of the elevator car 110 is open and the passenger 90 stands at the landing door position or very close to the landing door (e.g., within 0.3 meters of the landing door), it is likely that the signal strength of the first wireless signal it receives is greater than or equal to the first predetermined value. Generally, when the landing door is closed, the personal mobile terminal 200 outside the elevator car 110 cannot receive the corresponding first wireless signal or the received first wireless signal is weak.

In this application, the weaker signal strength of the first wireless signal means that the signal strength of the first wireless signal is at least less than a first predetermined value.

Continuing to refer to fig. 1 and 2, in one embodiment, the movement-determining device 10 further includes a second wireless signal module 120 installed in each elevator landing zone 410 for broadcasting a second wireless signal, such as a data signal that always broadcasts second floor information for the elevator landing zone 410 in which the second wireless signal module 120 is located, so that the personal mobile terminal 200, once entering the elevator landing zone 410, can always receive the second floor information.

The movement specifying device 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention can be applied to the elevator system 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention described below, which can automatically complete a call operation completely hands-free (hand free), and can effectively avoid the occurrence of an invalid call operation.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, in order to obtain a call request command from each elevator landing zone 410, a second wireless signal module 120 is provided in the elevator system 100, and the second wireless signal module 120 can be installed in each elevator landing zone 410 of the elevator system 100 (as shown in fig. 2). It is to be understood that one or more second wireless signal modules 120 can be installed at each elevator landing zone 410 such that the second wireless signals emitted by the second wireless signal modules 120 can effectively substantially cover each elevator landing zone 410. The second wireless signal module 120 can be provided in particular integrally in a call control panel of the elevator system 100, wherein the call control panel 12 is generally installed on both sides of the landing door of the elevator landing zone 410, and call buttons, for example, "up" or "down", can be provided on the call control panel 12, so that manual entry of call request commands can also be effected on the basis of the call control panel 12.

In an embodiment, the second wireless signal module 120 may specifically be a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) module, and the second wireless signal may be a BLE signal, for example, which may include a wake-up signal for waking up the personal mobile terminal 200 and may further include an identity (e.g., a universally unique identifier UUID) of the second wireless signal module 120. The particular signal form of the second wireless signal is not limiting. Similarly, the signal strength of the second wireless signal is attenuated with the distance it travels, and thus, the personal mobile terminal 200 receiving the second wireless signal can roughly determine the distance of the personal mobile terminal 200 with respect to the second wireless signal module 120 according to the signal strength of the second wireless signal. It will be appreciated that the distance is dynamically changing as passengers walk in the elevator landing zone 410.

Continuing with fig. 1 and 2, the elevator system 100 also includes a plurality of first wireless signal modules 130, each first wireless signal module 130 being mounted in each elevator car 110, e.g., one first wireless signal module 130-1 disposed in the elevator car 110-1 and one first wireless signal module 130-2 disposed in the elevator car 110-2. In one embodiment, the elevator car 110 is mounted on a destination floor registration control panel and integrally disposed on the destination floor registration control panel.

It should be noted that each of the second wireless signal module 120 and the first wireless signal module 130 in the movement determination device 10 or the elevator system 100 is coupled to the elevator controller 140, for example, they are indirectly coupled (e.g., connected via an RSL bus) to the elevator controller 140 via the call control board and the destination floor registration control board, respectively, so that the call request command and the destination floor registration command received by the second wireless signal module 120 and the first wireless signal module 130, respectively, can be transmitted to the elevator controller 140.

Continuing to be illustrated in fig. 1, the personal mobile terminals 200 carried by the passengers 90 in the movement determining apparatus 10 or the elevator system 100 may be plural, for example, personal mobile terminals 200-1 and 200-2 carried by two passengers, respectively. Each personal mobile terminal 200 may establish a second wireless connection 320 with the second wireless signal module 120 and each personal mobile terminal 200 may establish a first wireless connection 330 with the first wireless signal module 130.

As further shown in fig. 1-3, the personal mobile terminal 200 may be various intelligent terminals with wireless connection function, which are convenient for passengers to carry; the personal mobile terminal 200 may be provided with a memory, a processor with computing function, etc., and specifically, the personal mobile terminal 200 may be a smart phone, a wearable smart device (e.g., a smart band, etc.), a personal digital assistant (PAD), etc., on which a corresponding application (e.g., APP) may be installed to implement its function.

In the elevator system 100, when the second wireless signal module 120 broadcasts the second wireless signal, the personal mobile terminal 200 carried by the passenger approaching the second wireless signal module 120 can automatically receive the second wireless signal, and based on the second wireless signal, the personal mobile terminal 200 and the corresponding second wireless signal module 120 automatically establish the second wireless connection 320; and, upon establishing the second wireless connection 320, the personal mobile terminal 200 sends a call request command regarding the call direction (e.g., an "up" or "down" call request command), the second wireless signal module 120 receives the call request command regarding the call direction sent from the personal mobile terminal 200, the second wireless signal module 120 further can send the call request command to the elevator controller 140, such that the elevator controller 140 controls the operation of one or more elevator cars 110 in the elevator system 100 based on the call request command. Therefore, the call request command automatically sent by the personal mobile terminal 200 can replace the call request command input by pressing a call button manually, the above process can be automatically realized without the need of a passenger operating the personal mobile terminal 200, the automatic input of the call request command to the elevator system 100 by the passenger without reaching (hand free) is completely realized, the realization process is simple and convenient, and the passenger experience is greatly improved.

It should be noted that, for each second wireless signal module 120, the second wireless connection 320 is established with only one personal mobile terminal 200 at a certain time, and each second wireless signal module 120 may successively establish the second wireless connection 320 with the personal mobile terminals 200 carried by a plurality of passengers approaching the second wireless signal module 120 in sequence. Each personal mobile terminal 200 establishes a second wireless connection 320 with the second wireless signal module 120 and sends a corresponding call request command, which will actively disconnect the second wireless connection 320 in preparation for the second wireless signal module 120 automatically establishing a second wireless connection 320 with the next passenger's personal mobile terminal 200. In one embodiment, the second wireless signal module 120 is configured to return a second confirmation message to the corresponding personal mobile terminal 200 after receiving the call request command, the second confirmation message indicating that the call request command was successfully accepted by the elevator system 100; the personal mobile terminal 200 is configured to actively disconnect the second wireless connection 320 based on the received second confirmation message.

It should be noted that the "call request command for a call direction" of the present invention does not include destination floor information of a passenger, or even includes destination floor information that is not recognized or used by the elevator controller 140. Therefore, in the embodiment of the present invention, the first wireless connection 330 with the personal mobile terminal 200 is established by relying on the first wireless signal module 130.

Continuing with fig. 1, in the elevator system 100 or the movement determining apparatus 10, as the first wireless signal module 130 broadcasts the first wireless signal, the personal mobile terminal 200 carried by the passenger 90 approaching the first wireless signal module 130 (e.g., as the passenger 90 moves toward the interior of the elevator car) will continue to be able to automatically receive the first wireless signal (at which time the previously established second wireless connection 320 between the personal mobile terminals 200 and the second wireless signal module 120 has been broken), and based on the first wireless signal, the first wireless connection 330 is automatically established between the personal mobile terminal 200 and the corresponding first wireless signal module 130; and, upon establishing the first wireless connection 330, the personal mobile terminal 200 transmits a registered destination floor command regarding destination floor information, the first wireless signal module 130 receives a call request command regarding call direction transmitted from the personal mobile terminal 200, the first wireless signal module 130 further may transmit the registered destination floor command to the elevator controller 140, such that the elevator controller 140 controls operation of one or more elevator cars 110 in the elevator system 100 based on the registered destination floor command. In this way, the destination floor registration command automatically sent by the personal mobile terminal 200 can replace the destination floor registration command input by pressing a floor button in a manual mode, and the above process can be automatically realized without the need of a passenger operating the personal mobile terminal 200, namely, the passenger can automatically input the destination floor registration command to the elevator system 100 without reaching out of hand, the realization process is simple and convenient, and the passenger experience is greatly improved.

It should be noted that, for each first wireless signal module 130, the first wireless connection 330 is established with only one personal mobile terminal 200 at a certain time, and each first wireless signal module 130 may successively establish the first wireless connection 330 with the personal mobile terminals 200 carried by a plurality of passengers 90 approaching the first wireless signal module 130. Each personal mobile terminal 200 establishes a first wireless connection 330 with the first wireless signal module 130 and sends a corresponding destination floor registration command, which will actively disconnect the first wireless connection 330 in preparation for the first wireless signal module 130 to establish the first wireless connection 330 with the personal mobile terminal 200 of the next passenger 90. In one embodiment, the first wireless signal module 130 is configured to return a first confirmation message to the corresponding personal mobile terminal 200 after receiving the registered destination floor call, the first confirmation message indicating that the registered destination floor call was successfully accepted by the elevator system 100; the personal mobile terminal 200 is configured to actively disconnect the first wireless connection 330 based on the received first acknowledgement message.

It should be understood that the above-mentioned process of establishing the second wireless connection 320 to disconnecting the second wireless connection 320 can be completed in a short time, and also, the above-mentioned process of establishing the first wireless connection 330 to disconnecting the first wireless connection 330 can be completed in a short time, for example, in a time range of the order of milliseconds, so that one second wireless signal module 120 or first wireless signal module 130 can complete the second wireless connection 320 or first wireless connection 330 with the personal mobile terminals 200 in turn in a short time, and the personal mobile terminals 200 can complete the call operation in a short time at substantially the same time.

The elevator system 100 or the movement determination device 10 according to the above embodiment can achieve a completely hands-free automatic call operation, for example, when a passenger 90 carries the personal mobile terminal 200 while entering a hall of a building to reach a destination floor, the passenger can take an elevator to reach the destination floor without any operation. As shown in fig. 2, if the passenger 90 moves toward the interior of the elevator car 110 while the distance of the personal mobile terminal 200 from the first wireless signal module 130-1 in the elevator car 110-1 is less than or equal to the first distance threshold while the signal strength of the first wireless signal received along with the change from zero or weak to greater than or equal to the first predetermined value, which is relatively strong, the first wireless connection 330 will be established and automatically transmit the destination floor registration command, the connection status information will also be changed from "off" to "on", and the elevator controller 140 will control the travel of the elevator car 110-1 based on the destination floor registration command, for example, stop at the floor corresponding to the destination floor registration command. However, if the passenger 90 fails to enter the elevator car 110-1 while moving toward the inside of the elevator car 110-1 or temporarily changes attention to leave the elevator car 110-1 after entering, or if the passenger 90 simply walks at the landing door edge of the stopped elevator car 110-1, the personal mobile terminal 200 carried by the passenger 90 is likely to transmit a destination floor registration command to the first wireless signal module 130 and automatically register a destination floor for it through the first wireless signal module 130, and obviously, the destination floor registration command easily causes an ineffective operation of the elevator car 110-1, affecting the operation efficiency of the elevator system 100.

In the movement determination apparatus 10 and the movement determination method thereof according to the embodiment of the present invention, the determination result of the passenger with respect to the elevator car 110 may be transmitted to the elevator system 100. In the elevator system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, the determination result may be sent to the elevator controller 140, for example, when it is determined that the passenger 90 fails to move into the elevator car 110 or fails to take the elevator, the personal mobile terminal 200 is generally located in the elevator landing zone 410, so that the wireless communication module 210 of the personal mobile terminal 200 can actively establish a wireless connection with the second wireless signal module 120 and send the determination result to the elevator controller 140; likewise, upon determining that the passenger 90 successfully moves into the elevator car 110 and successfully takes the elevator, the personal mobile terminal 200 must be located in the elevator car 110, and thus, it is possible to actively establish a wireless connection with the first wireless signal module 130 through the wireless communication module 210 of the personal mobile terminal 200 and transmit the determination result to the first wireless signal module 130 and then to the elevator controller 140. The elevator controller 140 is further configured to select the determination result of the movement of the passenger 90 relative to the elevator car 110 transmitted from the movement determining device 10 as a determination condition to determine whether or not to cancel the registered destination floor call registered in the elevator car 110 of the personal mobile terminal 200 of the corresponding passenger 90. Illustratively, the personal mobile terminal 200 of the passenger 90 automatically sends a destination floor registration command corresponding to the floor M to the first wireless signal module 130-1 of the elevator car 110-1, and when the elevator controller 140 receives that the passenger 90 successfully moves into the elevator car 110-1 and successfully takes the elevator, the elevator controller 140 does not cancel the destination floor registration command of the floor M, and the elevator car 110-1 stops at the mth floor; upon receiving a failure of the passenger 90 to move into the elevator car 110-1 or a failure to take an elevator, the elevator controller 140 determines whether to cancel the destination floor call registered for the floor M in consideration of the determination result, for example, if no other passenger registers the destination floor call registered for the floor M, the elevator car 110-1 will be cancelled at the mth floor, and if no other passenger enters the elevator car 110-1, the travel of the elevator car 110-1 from the current floor to the mth floor is cancelled.

It should be understood that the condition for the elevator controller 140 to determine whether to cancel the destination floor registration call corresponding to the passenger 90 is not limited to one condition that is the determination result transmitted from the personal mobile terminal 200, and may include other conditions as determination elements, such as destination floor registration calls corresponding to other passengers, the current operating condition of the elevator car, and the like.

In yet another embodiment, the first wireless signal module 130 further broadcasts connection status information of the first wireless connection 330 between itself and the personal mobile terminal 200, wherein the connection status information corresponds to "on" if the first wireless connection 330 is automatically established, and corresponds to "off" otherwise; the wireless communication module 210 of the personal mobile terminal 200 receives the connection status information, for example, when the personal mobile terminal 200 is located in the elevator landing zone 410, the received connection status information corresponds to "off", and when the personal mobile terminal moves to the elevator car 110-1, the received connection status information corresponds to "on" (at this time, the connection status information is used for sending a destination floor registration command) at a certain time or in a certain time period, and when the elevator car 110-1 closes the landing door and runs, the connection status information received by the personal mobile terminal 200 of the passenger 90 therein corresponds to "off". Thus, the process by which a passenger 90 steps from the elevator landing zone 410 into the elevator car 110-1 generally corresponds to the process by which the presence connection status information changes from "off" to "on".

Thus, in an embodiment, the personal mobile terminal 200 or its movement determination module 250 is configured to: determining that the passenger 90 successfully moved into the elevator car 110 and successfully took the elevator when the connection status information of the first wireless connection 330 it received changed from "off" to "on" and the travel direction information of the first wireless signal it received after the change changed from "not traveling" to "traveling up" or "traveling down"; the personal mobile terminal 200 or its movement determination module 250 is further configured to: when the connection status information of the first wireless connection 330 it receives changes from off to on and the travel direction information of the first wireless signal it receives remains as "not traveling" or disappears after the change, it is determined that the passenger 90 failed to move into the elevator car 110 or failed to take the elevator.

In yet another embodiment, the personal mobile terminal 200 or its movement determination module 250 is configured to: determining that the passenger 90 successfully moved into the elevator car 110 and successfully took the elevator when the connection status information of the first wireless connection 330 it received changed from off to on and the first floor information of the first wireless signal it received changed after the change; the personal mobile terminal 200 or its movement determination module 250 is further configured to: when the connection status information of the first wireless connection 330 it receives changes from off to on and the first floor information of the first wireless signal it receives does not change or disappears after the change, it is determined that the passenger 90 failed to move into the elevator car 110 or failed to take the elevator.

It will be understood that, in the above embodiment, based on the basic principle of the establishment of the first wireless connection 330, the connection state information of the first wireless connection 330 received by the personal mobile terminal 200 is changed from "off" to "on", which is also caused by the change of the signal strength of the first wireless signal received by the personal mobile terminal 200, that is, is a representation manner of the signal strength changing from weak to strong.

It should be noted that the movement determination device 10 and the movement determination method thereof according to the embodiment of the present invention are not limited to the elevator system 100 capable of completely hands-free call operation according to the above embodiment, and for example, the movement determination device 10 and the movement determination method thereof may also be applied to an elevator system based on another automatic call operation method. In said other call operating mode, the personal mobile terminal can automatically send or automatically input at one time a call request command for call direction and destination floor information to the elevator system, which will assign the passenger a corresponding elevator car (there are multiple elevator cars in the elevator system simultaneously) based on the command, and automatically register the passenger's destination floor in the elevator car. In such an elevator system, if a passenger fails to move into an elevator car or fails to take an elevator, there is similarly a problem of an invalid operation of the assigned elevator car, also affecting the operation efficiency of the entire elevator system. The elevator controller 140 of such an elevator system may also be configured to select the determination result of the movement of the passenger 90 relative to the elevator car 110, which is transmitted from the movement determining device 10, as a determination condition to determine whether or not to cancel the registered destination floor call of the personal mobile terminal 200 of the corresponding passenger 90 registered in the assigned elevator car 110, thereby avoiding an invalid run of the assigned elevator car 110.

Further, to determine whether the elevator car into which the passenger moves is the corresponding assigned elevator car, in an embodiment, the personal mobile terminal 200 or its movement determination module 250 is further configured to: the direction of travel information of the first wireless signal it receives is compared to the call direction in the call request command issued by the personal mobile terminal 200 to determine if the passenger correspondingly moves into the assigned elevator car. If the call direction in the call request command issued by the personal mobile terminal 200 does not correspond to the currently received direction of travel information, it may be determined that the passenger 90 failed to move into the assigned elevator car.

Illustratively, as shown in fig. 2, if elevator car 110-2 is the elevator car assigned by the elevator system based on the call request command of passenger 90 and destination floor Y of the passenger 90 is registered in elevator car 110-2, the corresponding call direction is "up", normally, elevator car 110-2 will stop at the current floor of passenger 90, and after passenger 90 enters elevator car 110-2, elevator car 110-2 will automatically travel up to Y floor; however, there is a case where when the elevator car 110-1 arrives at the current floor where the passenger 90 is located and stops, the passenger 90 enters the elevator car 110-1 by mistake, and at this time, the personal mobile terminal 200 may receive the traveling direction information such as "traveling down" issued from the first wireless signal module 130-1 in the elevator car 110-1, compare the traveling direction information with the calling direction such as "traveling up" issued before by the personal mobile terminal 200, and thus, it may be determined that the passenger 90 failed to move into the assigned elevator car 110-2. Further, based on the determination result of the failure, the wireless communication module 210 of the personal mobile terminal 200 is triggered to establish a wireless connection with the first wireless signal module 130-1 in the elevator car 110-1 and transmit the determination result of the failure to the elevator controller 140, and the elevator controller 140 may automatically cancel the registered destination floor call of the Y floor registered in the assigned elevator car 110-2 based on the determination result of the failure. In this way, the elevator car 110-2 will stop operating based on the normal manner described above, avoiding inefficient operation.

As a further alternative, each elevator car installed first wireless signal module 130 also broadcasts identification information, such as UUID, of the first wireless signal module 130 or the elevator car 110 in which it is installed; the personal mobile terminal 200 or its movement determination module 250 is further configured to: the identification information of the first wireless signal received by the personal mobile terminal 200 is compared with the identification information of the assigned elevator car 110 of the personal mobile terminal to determine whether the passenger 90 correspondingly moves to the assigned elevator car. The personal mobile terminal 200 or its movement determination module 250 is further configured to: in the case where the identification information of the first wireless signal it receives is not consistent with the identification information of the elevator car to which the personal mobile terminal 200 is assigned, it is determined that the passenger 90 failed to move into the assigned elevator car 110.

In the movement determining device 10 or the elevator system 100 of the above embodiment, the first wireless signal module 130 in each elevator car 110 may always broadcast a first wireless signal including one or more of the following: first floor information, connection status information of the first wireless connection 330, direction of travel information, etc. It will be appreciated that this information is changing in real time. The personal mobile terminal 200 or its movement determination module 250 may comprehensively determine the movement of the passenger 90 relative to the elevator car 110 based on changes in a plurality of the first floor information, the connection status information of the first wireless connection 330, the direction of travel information, the determination of the movement may be more accurate.

It will be understood that "wireless connection" herein includes "wireless communication", such as bluetooth communication based on a certain bluetooth protocol.

It will be understood that each block of the block diagrams in fig. 3, or combinations of blocks, can be implemented by computer program instructions, e.g., by a dedicated APP. These computer program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions/acts specified in the block diagrams.

As will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, aspects of the present invention may be embodied as a system, method or computer program product. Accordingly, aspects of the invention may take the form of: an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment (including firmware, resident software, micro-code, etc.), or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects that may all generally be referred to herein as a "service," circuit, "" circuitry, "" module "and/or" processing system. Furthermore, aspects of the present invention may take the form of a computer program product embodied in one or more computer-readable media having computer-readable program code embodied therein.

Any combination of one or more computer-readable media may be used. The computer readable medium may be a computer readable signal medium or a computer readable storage medium. A computer readable storage medium may be, for example, but not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. More specific examples (a non-exhaustive list) of the computer readable storage medium would include the following: an electrical connection having one or more wires, a portable computer diskette, a hard disk, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), an optical fiber, a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. In the context of this document, a computer readable storage medium may be any tangible medium that can contain, or store the program for use by or in connection with the instruction execution system, apparatus, or device.

Program code and/or executable instructions embodied on a computer readable medium may be transmitted using any appropriate medium, including but not limited to wireless, wireline, optical fiber cable, RF, etc., or any suitable combination of the foregoing.

Computer program code for carrying out operations for aspects of the present invention may be written in any combination of one or more programming languages, including an object oriented programming language such as Java, Smalltalk, C + + or the like and conventional procedural programming languages, such as the "C" programming language or similar programming languages. The program code may execute entirely on the user's computer (device), partly on the user's computer, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the user's computer and partly on a remote computer or entirely on the remote computer or server. In the latter scenario, the remote computer may be connected to the user's computer through any type of network, including a Local Area Network (LAN) or a Wide Area Network (WAN), or the connection may be made to an external computer (for example, through the Internet using an Internet service provider).

The computer program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, such as an image processor, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions/acts specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks.

The computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer, other programmable data processing apparatus, or other devices to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer, other programmable apparatus or other devices to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus provide processes for implementing the functions and acts specified herein.

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. 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.

This written description uses examples to disclose the invention, including the best mode, and also to enable any person skilled in the art to practice the invention, including making and using any devices or systems and performing any incorporated methods. The scope of the invention is defined by the claims and may include other examples that occur to those skilled in the art. Such other examples are intended to be within the scope of the claims if they have structural elements that do not differ from the literal language of the claims, or if they include equivalent structural elements with insubstantial differences from the literal languages of the claims.

Claims

1. An automatic call calling system, comprising: a first wireless signal module installed in an elevator car for broadcasting a first wireless signal including data signals of first floor information where the elevator car is currently located and/or current direction of travel information of the elevator car, wherein the direction of travel information includes: "traveling up", "traveling down" and "not traveling",

2. Automatic call system according to claim 1, characterized in that the information of movement comprises the passenger successfully moving into the elevator car and successfully riding an elevator, which is determined if:

3. Automatic call system according to claim 1, characterized in that the information of movement comprises a failure of the passenger to move into the elevator car or a failure to take an elevator, which is determined if:

4. Automatic call system according to claim 1, characterized in that the information of movement comprises the passenger successfully moving into the elevator car and successfully riding an elevator, which is determined if:

5. Automatic call system according to claim 1, characterized in that the information of movement comprises a failure of the passenger to move into the elevator car or a failure to take an elevator, which is determined if:

6. The automatic call system of claim 1, wherein the first wireless signal module is operative to automatically establish a first wireless connection with the personal mobile terminal based on the first wireless signal and to receive a register destination floor call sent from the personal mobile terminal when the first wireless connection is established.

7. The automatic call system of claim 6, wherein the first wireless signal further comprises: and connection state information of a first wireless connection, wherein when the signal strength of the first wireless signal received by the personal mobile terminal is greater than or equal to a first predetermined value, the distance of the personal mobile terminal relative to the first wireless signal module is correspondingly represented to be less than or equal to a first distance threshold, the first wireless connection is automatically established, and the connection state information is changed from 'off' to 'on'.

8. Automatic call system according to claim 7, characterized in that the information of movement includes the passenger's successful movement into the elevator car and successful elevator ride, which is determined if:

9. Automatic call system according to claim 7, characterized in that the information of movement includes failure of the passenger to move into the elevator car or failure to take an elevator, which is determined if:

10. Automatic call system according to claim 7, characterized in that the information of movement includes the passenger's successful movement into the elevator car and successful elevator ride, which is determined if:

11. Automatic call system according to claim 7, characterized in that the information of movement includes failure of the passenger to move into the elevator car or failure to take an elevator, which is determined if: the received connection status information of the first wireless connection is changed from "off" to "on" and the first floor information of the first wireless signal received after the change is unchanged or disappears.

12. Automatic call system according to claim 6, characterized in that said automatic call system further comprises:

13. The automatic call system of claim 1, wherein the first wireless signal module is further for receiving movement result information of whether the passenger corresponds to movement into an assigned elevator car, the movement result information being determined based on a comparison of direction of travel information of the first wireless signal received by the personal mobile terminal with a call direction in a call request command issued by the personal mobile terminal.

14. An automatic call system according to claim 13, characterized in that said movement result information is a failure of the passenger to move into an assigned elevator car, which is determined if:

15. The automatic call system of claim 1, wherein the first wireless signal further comprises: identity identification information corresponding to the first wireless signal module or an elevator car installed by the first wireless signal module; the first wireless signal module is further configured to receive movement result information of whether the passenger correspondingly moves into the assigned elevator car, wherein the movement result information is determined based on the identification information of the first wireless signal received by the personal mobile terminal being compared with the identification information of the elevator car to which the personal mobile terminal is assigned.

16. Automatic call system according to claim 15, characterized in that the movement result information is a failure of the passenger to move into the assigned elevator car, which is obtained if:

17. Automatic call system according to claim 1, characterized in that second wireless signal module and/or the first wireless signal module is a bluetooth low energy module.

18. An elevator system, comprising:

an automatic call system as recited in any one of claims 1-17; and

an elevator controller for controlling operation of one or more elevator cars in the elevator system.

19. The elevator system of claim 18, wherein the elevator controller is configured to determine whether to cancel a registered destination floor call registered in the elevator car corresponding to the passenger's personal mobile terminal based on the information of the movement.

20. A method for determining a passenger relative to an elevator car, comprising:

determining a signal strength of the received first wireless signal; and

21. The method of claim 20, wherein in the step of determining movement, it is determined that the passenger successfully moved into the elevator car and successfully takes an elevator when the signal strength of the received first wireless signal is changed from zero or weak to greater than or equal to a first predetermined value that is relatively strong, and the traveling direction information of the received first wireless signal is changed from "not traveling" to "traveling up" or "traveling down".

22. The method of claim 20, wherein in the step of determining movement, when the signal strength of the received first wireless signal changes from zero or weak to greater than or equal to a first predetermined value that is relatively strong and the traveling direction information of the received first wireless signal remains "not traveling" or disappears after the change, it is determined that the passenger failed to move into the elevator car or failed to take an elevator.

23. The method of claim 20, wherein in the step of determining movement, it is determined that the passenger successfully moved into the elevator car and successfully takes an elevator when the signal strength of the received first wireless signal changes from zero or weak to greater than or equal to a first predetermined relatively strong value and first floor information of the received first wireless signal changes after the change.

24. The method of claim 20, wherein in the step of determining movement, when the signal strength of the received first wireless signal changes from zero or weak to greater than or equal to a first predetermined value that is relatively strong and the first floor information of the received first wireless signal does not change or disappear after the change, it is determined that the passenger failed to move into the elevator car or failed to ride the elevator.

25. The method of claim 21, wherein the change in the signal strength of the first wireless signal from zero or weak to greater than or equal to the first predetermined relatively strong value is approximately gradual from zero or weak to greater than or equal to the first predetermined relatively strong value.

26. The method of claim 20, wherein the first wireless signal further comprises: connection status information of a first wireless connection for transmitting a register destination floor call, wherein the first wireless connection is automatically established and the connection status information is changed from off to on when the signal strength of the received first wireless signal is greater than or equal to a first predetermined value.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein in the step of determining movement, it is determined that the passenger successfully moves into the elevator car and successfully takes an elevator when the connection state information of the first wireless connection received is changed from off to on and the traveling direction information of the first wireless signal received after the change is changed from not traveling to traveling up or traveling down.

28. The method of claim 26, wherein in the step of determining movement, it is determined that the passenger failed to move into the elevator car or failed to ride an elevator when the connection state information of the first wireless connection received is changed from off to on and the traveling direction information of the first wireless signal received after the change remains as not traveling or disappears.

29. The method of claim 26, wherein in the step of determining movement, it is determined that the passenger successfully moved into the elevator car and successfully took an elevator when the connection status information of the first wireless connection received changed from off to on and first floor information of the first wireless signal received after the change changed.

30. The method of claim 26, wherein in the step of determining movement, it is determined that the passenger failed to move into the elevator car or failed to take an elevator car when the connection state information of the first wireless connection received is changed from off to on and the first floor information of the first wireless signal received after the change is not changed or disappears.

31. The method of claim 20, further comprising the step of: in the event that it is determined that the passenger has failed to move into the elevator car or has failed to ride an elevator, proactively establishing a fourth wireless connection with a respective second wireless signal module installed in an elevator landing zone to send a determination that the passenger has failed to move into the elevator car or has failed to ride an elevator.

32. A method as recited in claim 20, wherein in the step of determining movement, the direction of travel information received for the first wireless signal is compared to the call direction in the call request command issued by the passenger, and if the direction of travel information received for the first wireless signal does not correspond to the call direction in the call request command issued by the passenger, it is determined that the passenger failed to move into the assigned elevator car.

33. The method of claim 20, wherein the first wireless signal further comprises: identity identification information corresponding to the elevator car;

34. The method of claim 20, further comprising the step of:

35. A computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, characterized in that the program is executable by a processor for carrying out the steps of the method according to any one of claims 20 to 34.

36. A method for determining a passenger relative to an elevator car, comprising: