EP0511904A3 - Elevator dispatching - Google Patents

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EP0511904A3
EP0511904A3 EP19920401170 EP92401170A EP0511904A3 EP 0511904 A3 EP0511904 A3 EP 0511904A3 EP 19920401170 EP19920401170 EP 19920401170 EP 92401170 A EP92401170 A EP 92401170A EP 0511904 A3 EP0511904 A3 EP 0511904A3
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elevator dispatching
dispatching
elevator
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David J. Sirag, Jr.
Paul T. Weisser, Jr.
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Otis Elevator Co
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Priority to EP96201985A priority Critical patent/EP0739848A3/en
Priority to EP96201986A priority patent/EP0739849A2/en
Priority to EP96201984A priority patent/EP0741105A3/en
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66B—ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS
    • B66B1/00—Control systems of elevators in general
    • B66B1/34—Details, e.g. call counting devices, data transmission from car to control system, devices giving information to the control system
    • B66B1/3476—Load weighing or car passenger counting devices
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66B—ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS
    • B66B1/00—Control systems of elevators in general
    • B66B1/24—Control systems with regulation, i.e. with retroactive action, for influencing travelling speed, acceleration, or deceleration
    • B66B1/2408—Control systems with regulation, i.e. with retroactive action, for influencing travelling speed, acceleration, or deceleration where the allocation of a call to an elevator car is of importance, i.e. by means of a supervisory or group controller
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66B—ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS
    • B66B1/00—Control systems of elevators in general
    • B66B1/24—Control systems with regulation, i.e. with retroactive action, for influencing travelling speed, acceleration, or deceleration
    • B66B1/2408—Control systems with regulation, i.e. with retroactive action, for influencing travelling speed, acceleration, or deceleration where the allocation of a call to an elevator car is of importance, i.e. by means of a supervisory or group controller
    • B66B1/2458—For elevator systems with multiple shafts and a single car per shaft
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66B—ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS
    • B66B1/00—Control systems of elevators in general
    • B66B1/34—Details, e.g. call counting devices, data transmission from car to control system, devices giving information to the control system
    • B66B1/3476—Load weighing or car passenger counting devices
    • B66B1/3484—Load weighing or car passenger counting devices using load cells
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66B—ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS
    • B66B2201/00—Aspects of control systems of elevators
    • B66B2201/10—Details with respect to the type of call input
    • B66B2201/102—Up or down call input
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66B—ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS
    • B66B2201/00—Aspects of control systems of elevators
    • B66B2201/20—Details of the evaluation method for the allocation of a call to an elevator car
    • B66B2201/211—Waiting time, i.e. response time
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66B—ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS
    • B66B2201/00—Aspects of control systems of elevators
    • B66B2201/20—Details of the evaluation method for the allocation of a call to an elevator car
    • B66B2201/214—Total time, i.e. arrival time
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66B—ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS
    • B66B2201/00—Aspects of control systems of elevators
    • B66B2201/20—Details of the evaluation method for the allocation of a call to an elevator car
    • B66B2201/222—Taking into account the number of passengers present in the elevator car to be allocated
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66B—ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS
    • B66B2201/00—Aspects of control systems of elevators
    • B66B2201/40—Details of the change of control mode
    • B66B2201/401—Details of the change of control mode by time of the day
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66B—ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS
    • B66B2201/00—Aspects of control systems of elevators
    • B66B2201/40—Details of the change of control mode
    • B66B2201/403—Details of the change of control mode by real-time traffic data

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Automation & Control Theory (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
  • Elevator Control (AREA)
  • Indicating And Signalling Devices For Elevators (AREA)
EP19920401170 1991-04-29 1992-04-23 Elevator dispatching Expired - Lifetime EP0511904B1 (en)

Priority Applications (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
EP96201985A EP0739848A3 (en) 1991-04-29 1992-04-23 Method of determining an elevator system trafic mode
EP96201986A EP0739849A2 (en) 1991-04-29 1992-04-23 Method of assigning a car to service a hall call in an elevator system
EP96201984A EP0741105A3 (en) 1991-04-29 1992-04-23 Method of determining the number of hall passengers waiting for a car of an elevator system

Applications Claiming Priority (10)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US69317791A 1991-04-29 1991-04-29
US69316991A 1991-04-29 1991-04-29
US69318191A 1991-04-29 1991-04-29
US69317991A 1991-04-29 1991-04-29
US69317891A 1991-04-29 1991-04-29
US693178 1991-04-29
US693179 1991-04-29
US693181 1991-04-29
US693169 1991-04-29
US693177 1991-04-29

Related Child Applications (5)

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EP96201984A Division EP0741105A3 (en) 1991-04-29 1992-04-23 Method of determining the number of hall passengers waiting for a car of an elevator system
EP96201985A Division EP0739848A3 (en) 1991-04-29 1992-04-23 Method of determining an elevator system trafic mode
EP96201984.0 Division-Into 1996-07-15
EP96201985.7 Division-Into 1996-07-15
EP96201986.5 Division-Into 1996-07-15

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EP0511904A2 EP0511904A2 (en) 1992-11-04
EP0511904A3 true EP0511904A3 (en) 1993-06-09
EP0511904B1 EP0511904B1 (en) 1997-06-04

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EP96201985A Withdrawn EP0739848A3 (en) 1991-04-29 1992-04-23 Method of determining an elevator system trafic mode
EP96201984A Withdrawn EP0741105A3 (en) 1991-04-29 1992-04-23 Method of determining the number of hall passengers waiting for a car of an elevator system
EP96201986A Withdrawn EP0739849A2 (en) 1991-04-29 1992-04-23 Method of assigning a car to service a hall call in an elevator system
EP19920401170 Expired - Lifetime EP0511904B1 (en) 1991-04-29 1992-04-23 Elevator dispatching

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EP96201985A Withdrawn EP0739848A3 (en) 1991-04-29 1992-04-23 Method of determining an elevator system trafic mode
EP96201984A Withdrawn EP0741105A3 (en) 1991-04-29 1992-04-23 Method of determining the number of hall passengers waiting for a car of an elevator system
EP96201986A Withdrawn EP0739849A2 (en) 1991-04-29 1992-04-23 Method of assigning a car to service a hall call in an elevator system

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EP (4) EP0739848A3 (en)
JP (1) JP2577161B2 (en)
AU (5) AU645882B2 (en)
CA (1) CA2062646A1 (en)
DE (1) DE69220142T2 (en)
HK (1) HK1000071A1 (en)

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US5563386A (en) * 1994-06-23 1996-10-08 Otis Elevator Company Elevator dispatching employing reevaluation of hall call assignments, including fuzzy response time logic
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FI113531B (en) * 2003-06-30 2004-05-14 Kone Corp Detection of an input congestion
KR101734423B1 (en) * 2011-09-08 2017-05-11 오티스엘리베이터캄파니 Elevator system with dynamic traffic profile solutions
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US9834405B2 (en) * 2014-11-10 2017-12-05 Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc. Method and system for scheduling elevator cars in a group elevator system with uncertain information about arrivals of future passengers
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US11345566B2 (en) * 2018-07-30 2022-05-31 Otis Elevator Company Elevator car route selector
CN110950199B (en) * 2019-12-24 2021-10-19 界首市迅立达电梯有限公司 Intelligent elevator remote dispatching system based on internet
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EP0348152A2 (en) * 1988-06-21 1989-12-27 Otis Elevator Company Queue based elevator dispatching system using peak period traffic prediction
EP0385811A1 (en) * 1989-03-03 1990-09-05 Otis Elevator Company "Artificial Intelligence" based crowd sensing system for elevator car assignment
GB2235311A (en) * 1989-06-14 1991-02-27 Hitachi Ltd A group-management control method and apparatus for an elevator system
EP0427992A2 (en) * 1989-11-15 1991-05-22 KONE Elevator GmbH Method for the control of an elevator group
GB2245998A (en) * 1990-06-15 1992-01-15 Mitsubishi Electric Corp Elevator control apparatus

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DE2459887A1 (en) * 1973-12-19 1975-11-20 Hitachi Ltd CONTROL DEVICE FOR ELEVATORS
US3999631A (en) * 1974-03-25 1976-12-28 Hitachi, Ltd. Elevator control system
US4802557A (en) * 1986-02-25 1989-02-07 Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha Wait time prediction apparatus for elevator
GB2195792A (en) * 1986-10-01 1988-04-13 Toshiba Kk Elevator group control
GB2215488A (en) * 1988-02-01 1989-09-20 Fujitec Kk Elevator group control
EP0348152A2 (en) * 1988-06-21 1989-12-27 Otis Elevator Company Queue based elevator dispatching system using peak period traffic prediction
EP0385811A1 (en) * 1989-03-03 1990-09-05 Otis Elevator Company "Artificial Intelligence" based crowd sensing system for elevator car assignment
GB2235311A (en) * 1989-06-14 1991-02-27 Hitachi Ltd A group-management control method and apparatus for an elevator system
EP0427992A2 (en) * 1989-11-15 1991-05-22 KONE Elevator GmbH Method for the control of an elevator group
GB2245998A (en) * 1990-06-15 1992-01-15 Mitsubishi Electric Corp Elevator control apparatus

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CA2062646A1 (en) 1992-10-30
JP2577161B2 (en) 1997-01-29
AU645882B2 (en) 1994-01-27
JPH05132250A (en) 1993-05-28
AU1115992A (en) 1992-11-05
EP0739848A2 (en) 1996-10-30
HK1000071A1 (en) 1997-11-14
AU5187193A (en) 1994-01-27
EP0739848A3 (en) 1996-11-13
DE69220142T2 (en) 1998-01-08
EP0511904B1 (en) 1997-06-04
AU667138B2 (en) 1996-03-07
AU656490B2 (en) 1995-02-02
AU658777B2 (en) 1995-04-27
AU5186893A (en) 1994-01-27
EP0741105A2 (en) 1996-11-06
AU658776B2 (en) 1995-04-27
AU5186493A (en) 1994-01-27
EP0739849A3 (en) 1996-12-04
AU5186693A (en) 1994-01-27
EP0511904A2 (en) 1992-11-04
DE69220142D1 (en) 1997-07-10
EP0741105A3 (en) 1996-11-13

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