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Definitions

• the technology described here generally relates to an elevator system in a building.
• Exemplary embodiments of the technology relate in particular to an elevator installation with an access control function and a method for operating such an elevator installation.
• Access to a building or access to restricted zones within the building can be controlled in a number of ways.
• an access control system may unlock and release a physical barrier (e.g., door, barrier, or lock) for a user when the user presents valid credentials;
• a physical barrier e.g., door, barrier, or lock
• an access code PIN, optical code (barcode, QR code, color code). It is known from EP 2 588 399 B1 that an access control function can also take place in connection with an elevator system.
• an elevator system that has an elevator controller, at least one elevator car and a number of shaft doors.
• the elevator car can be moved between floors of a building in an elevator shaft and has two car doors, a first car door on a first car wall and a second car door on a second car wall.
• Landing doors separate the elevator shaft from the floors, with a first set of landing doors being located in public areas of the building and a second set of landing doors being located in non-public areas of the building.
• the elevator control has a first operating mode and a second mode of operation. In the first operating mode, the elevator control is designed to move the elevator car between floors and to serve the public zones.
• the elevator control controls an opening of that car door which causes the shaft door arranged in the public zone on the floor to be opened to be opened there.
• the elevator control is designed to move the elevator car between the floors in order to serve the non-public zones.
• the elevator control controls an opening of that car door which on the floor to be served opens the shaft door arranged in the non-public zone there.
• the elevator system is designed as described in the previous paragraph.
• the method includes operating the elevator control according to a first operating mode or a second operating mode.
• the elevator car In the first operating mode, the elevator car is moved, controlled by the elevator control, between the floors in order to serve the public zones, with the elevator control on a floor to be operated opening that car door being controlled which on the floor to be operated opens the one on the floor there shaft door arranged in a public zone.
• the elevator car is moved between the floors under the control of the elevator control in order to serve the non-public zones, with the elevator control on a floor to be served opening that car door which on the floor to be served opens the door in the shaft door arranged in the non-public zone there.
• the technology described here makes it possible to equip an elevator installation with an access control function that is alternative to the prior art.
• the elevator controller has a first operating mode and a second operating mode and can switch between these two operating modes. In the first mode of operation, the elevator controller moves the elevator car only to and from floors with public zones, and in the second mode of operation, the elevator controller moves the elevator car only to and from floors with non-public zones.
• a floor can thus be defined in the building, which serves as an access control floor; there For example, this could be the reception area of a company or the reception of a hotel.
• a passenger who, for example, enters the building via a public building zone and enters an elevator call there can initially only be transported by the elevator system to another public building zone, in particular on the access control floor. After being detected in the reception area or reception, he can proceed to the non-public zone on the access control floor in order to be transported from there to a desired floor in the building.
• the technology described here also enables the access control floor to be served in the manner described without the need for an additional shuttle elevator serving only the floors with public zones.
• the two operating modes allow the same elevator (and thus, for example, also the same elevator shaft) to be used both for journeys between floors with public zones and for journeys between floors with non-public zones. Since no shuttle elevator is required, less space is required in the building for the elevator system. The building can then be planned and built with a smaller footprint, for example, or the space that is no longer required is available for another use. The smaller space requirement of the elevator system allows architects, for example, more freedom in the planning and design of buildings.
• the access control function is supported in that a change between the two operating modes is only possible if a status signal generated by a monitoring device indicates that there are no passengers in the elevator car. i.e. in one exemplary embodiment, it can be checked whether the elevator car is empty before the operating mode is changed.
• the monitoring device is arranged in the elevator car.
• an information unit that is communicatively connected to the elevator control is arranged in the elevator car. Controlled by the elevator control, the information unit generates a notification, in particular an audiovisual notification, which prompts the passenger to get out of the elevator car, for example when the elevator car has reached the destination floor arrives and the elevator control has to change the operating mode.
• the information unit generates a notification that informs the passenger that only floors with public zones, in particular the access control floor, are served.
• a notification occurs, for example, when the passenger enters the elevator car from a public area.
• the notification may also inform or prompt the passenger to go to the reception desk.
• the passenger can already be notified in the public zone on a floor.
• the passenger is supported in using the elevator system and in finding their way around the building through the options mentioned for notifying the passenger.
• the technology described here is not limited to an elevator system with a single elevator; it can also be used in connection with one elevator group or several elevator groups.
• the elevator installation has a group of elevators, with one elevator of this elevator group comprising at least one elevator car and the other elevators in the group each having an elevator car with a first and a second car door.
• each elevator car therefore has a car door on each of two car walls.
• the elevators of the elevator group are arranged in a row next to one another in the building.
• not all elevator cars in an elevator group are equipped with such two car doors.
• the technology described herein allows design freedom in this regard, which allows for cost savings without restricting the access control function provided by the technology.
• an elevator subset has elevators each having an elevator car with a single car door.
• the remaining part (one or more elevators) of the elevator group has the respective elevator car two car doors.
• the elevator group elevators are in Building arranged in such a way that the second car door of the at least one elevator car and the only car doors of the elevator subgroup open to the first non-public zone on the access control floor. The non-public zone is thus located in the space between the elevator subgroup and the rest of the elevator group.
• FIG. 1 shows a schematic representation of an exemplary situation in a building with several floors and an exemplary elevator system
• FIG. 2 shows a side view of a building shown schematically with an exemplary elevator system with four elevators
• FIG. 3 shows a plan view of the elevator installation according to FIG. 2 in one level of an access control floor
• FIG. 4 shows a plan view of the elevator system according to a further exemplary embodiment in one level of the access control floor
• FIG. 5 shows an exemplary illustration of a first exemplary embodiment of a method for operating the elevator installation
• FIG. 6 shows an exemplary illustration of a second exemplary embodiment of a method for operating the elevator installation.
• FIG. 7 shows an exemplary representation of a third exemplary embodiment of a method for operating the elevator installation.
• FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of an exemplary situation in a building 2 that has several floors L0, L, Ln, which are served by an elevator system 1.
• floor L is also referred to as access control floor L below.
• the building 2 has at least one floor L0 below the access control floor L and several floors Ln above the access control floor L. People can enter the building 2, for example on floor L0, to one or more of the floors Ln for one use for a specific purpose.
• Floor L0 is also referred to as an access floor L0
• a floor Ln is also referred to as a usage floor Ln.
• the elevator system 1 in Fig. 1 only shows an elevator control 13, a drive machine 14, a suspension element 16 (e.g. steel cables or flat belts), an elevator car suspended from the suspension element 16 and controlled by the elevator control 13 and movable in a shaft 18 10 (hereinafter also referred to as car 10) and a number of elevator operating devices 4 are shown.
• the elevator installation 1 can also include a plurality of cars 10 in one or more shafts 18 which are controlled by a group controller.
• the elevator system 1 can also have one or more hydraulic elevators.
• the elevator car 10 shown in FIG. 1 has a first car door 10a on a first car wall 10d and a second car door 10b on a second car wall 10c.
• a monitoring device 24 and an information device 25 are arranged in the car 10 and are communicatively connected to the elevator control 13 .
• the monitoring device 24 is designed to generate a status signal which indicates whether a passenger P is present in the elevator car 10 .
• the monitoring device 24 can, for. B. comprise a video camera with an associated image processing device; thus the presence of a passenger P can be recognized.
• the person skilled in the art recognizes that the elevator installation 1 can also be used to transport an autonomously movable object (robot) or another object; the term "passenger" therefore also includes such objects.
• Fig. 1 also shows a number of shaft doors 6a, 6b, 7, 7a which separate the elevator shaft 18 from the floors L0, L, Ln.
• a shaft door 6a, 6b, 7, 7a is opened and closed by being attached to one of the car doors 10a, 10b is coupled when the elevator car 10 is on the floor L0, L, Ln and can therefore be moved by the car door 10a, 10b.
• a first shaft door 6 is arranged on the access control floor L in a first public zone Zp 1 of the building 2 and a second shaft door 7 is arranged in a first non-public zone Zs 1 of the building 2 .
• a third shaft door 6a is arranged on the access floor L0 in a second public zone Zp2 of the building.
• a fourth shaft door 7a is arranged in a second non-public zone Zs2 on the usage floor Ln.
• the person skilled in the art recognizes that further public and non-public zones Zp, Zs can be provided in the building.
• a communication network 22 connects the elevator control devices 4 to the elevator control 13 and thereby enables communication between the elevator control 13 and the elevator control devices 4.
• the communication network 22 can comprise a communication bus system, individual data lines or a combination thereof.
• the elevator control 13 and each elevator operating device 4 can be assigned individual addresses and/or identifiers, so that, for example, the elevator control 13 can send a message specifically to a desired elevator operating device 4.
• the communication can take place according to a protocol for wired communication, for example the Ethernet protocol.
• the elevator operating devices 4 are supplied with electrical energy via the communication network 22 (PoE). If the elevator operating device 4 is arranged in the car 10, the communication line 20 is used in one exemplary embodiment for communication and for supplying energy to the elevator operating device 4.
• a control functionality is made available in the building 2 using the elevator installation 1 .
• two operating modes are provided in the elevator system 1 according to the technology described here.
• the moves Elevator control 13 the elevator car 10 between floors L, L0 and serves the public zones Zpl, Zp2.
• the elevator controller 13 controls the opening of that car door 10a, 10b on one of the floors L, L0 to be served, which causes the shaft door 6, 6a arranged in the public zone Zpl, Zp2 to be opened on the floor L, L0 to be served there.
• the elevator control 13 moves the elevator car 10 between floors L, Ln and serves the non-public zones Zs1, Zs2.
• the elevator controller 13 controls the opening of that car door 10a, 10b on one of the floors L, Ln to be served, which on the floor L, Ln to be served opens the shaft door 7, 7a arranged in the non-public zone Zpl, Zp2 there.
• the operating mode is only changed when the elevator car 10 is empty.
• the elevator car 10 first transports him to the access control floor L.
• the elevator system 1 is located for this in the first operating mode and the elevator car 10 moves only to and from floors L0, L with public zones Zpl, Zp2. If the passenger P climbs out of the cabin 10 on the access control floor L and enters the public zone Zpl, the passenger P can be recorded there (eg seen, recognized, welcomed and/or registered).
• the elevator car 10 is then empty and a change from the first operating mode to the second operating mode can take place.
• the elevator car 10 In the second operating mode, the elevator car 10 is only moved to and from floors L0, Ln with non-public zones Zs1, Zs2. If the passenger P then goes in this exemplary embodiment on the access control floor L from the public zone Zpl to the non-public zone Zs1, he can enter the cabin 10 from there in order to be transported to the desired usage floor Ln.
• the access control storey L can, for example, comprise a reception area of a company or a hotel reception, while the company's rooms or hotel rooms are located on the at least one use storey Ln.
• the company or the hotel it can be stipulated that every passenger P, regardless of whether he is known/registered or unknown or regularly or is staying in building 2 for the first time, must pass the reception area or reception to be registered by the staff there.
• the reception area or the reception, or their staff, on the access control floor L thus contribute to implementing an access control function in the building 2 .
• the elevator system 1 can be designed depending on the type and size of the building 2 and its transport requirements.
• FIG. 2 shows a side view of a schematically illustrated building 2 with an exemplary elevator installation 1 with a group of four elevators E1, E2, E3, E4, each of which has an elevator car 10 with two car doors 10a, 10b.
• the elevators E1-E4 serve the floors L0, L, LI, L2, Ln.
• On the access control floor L it is indicated for each elevator E1-E4 that access from and to the public zone Zpl and from and to the non-public zone Zs1 is possible there.
• On the access storey L0 it is indicated for each elevator E1-E4 that access from and to the public zone Zp2 is possible there.
• On the usage floors Ll-Ln access is only possible from and to the non-public zone Zs, Zs2.
• not all elevators E1-E4 of the group have two car doors 10a, 10b.
• the elevators E1 and E2 can each have two car doors 10a, 10b, while the elevators E3 and E4 each have only one car door 10a, 10b.
• elevators E3 and E4 serve only floors L, LI, L2, Ln
• elevators E1 and E2 serve all floors L0, L, LI, L2, Ln, as in the previous exemplary embodiment.
• Those skilled in the art will recognize that, in general, not all of the elevators E1-E4 in the group each have two car doors.
• the hatched areas for the public zones can be omitted in this exemplary embodiment on the access floor L0 for the elevators E3 and E4.
• FIG. 3 shows a plan view of the elevator system 1 according to FIG. 2 on a level of the access control floor L.
• the elevator system 1 includes the group of elevators E1-E4.
• the elevator El includes at least one elevator car 10 (FIG. 1), the other elevators E2-E4 of the group each have an elevator car 10 with a first and a second car door 10a, 10b.
• the elevators E1-E4 are in this one Top view arranged side by side (substantially in a row next to each other). From the perspective of a passenger P, the elevators E1-E4 are also arranged in a row next to each other.
• the car door 10a On the access control floor L, the car door 10a is coupled to the floor door 6 (corresponding to the public area Zpl), and the car door 10b is coupled to the floor door 7 (corresponding to the non-public area Zsl).
• An arrow 26 indicates possible directions of movement on the access control floor L.
• passengers P can exit or enter the elevators E1-E4 in the direction of the public zone Zpl or the non-public zone Zsl.
• the elevator system 1 includes the group of elevators E1-E4.
• the elevator El includes at least one elevator car 10 (Fig. 1).
• An elevator subgroup includes the elevators E2 - E4 of the group, each of which has an elevator car 10 with a single car door 10b.
• the elevators El - E4 are arranged in building 2 in such a way that on the access control floor L the second car door 10b of the at least one elevator car 10 and the only car doors 10b of the elevator subgroup open towards the first non-public zone Zsl.
• the elevators E1 and E2 are arranged next to one another and each have an elevator car 10 and the car doors 10a, 10b.
• E2 applies that on the access control floor L the car door 10a can be coupled to the floor door 6 (corresponding to the public zone Zpl), and the car door 10b can be coupled to the floor door 7 (corresponding to the non-public zone Zsl).
• the elevators E3 and E4 are also arranged side by side in this plan view and each have an elevator car 10; each of these elevator cars 10, on the other hand, has only one car door 10b, which can be coupled to the floor door 7 (corresponding to the non-public zone Zs1) on the access control floor L.
• FIG. 4 it can be seen that the elevators E1 and E2 are arranged opposite the elevators E3 and E4, with the non-public zone Zs1 being located between the elevators E1, E2 and the elevators E3, E4.
• the elevator system 1 can be equipped with an up/down control or with a destination call control. Those skilled in the art will recognize that other elevator controls, e.g. B. controls with mobile devices or mixed forms of said controls are possible.
• elevator operating devices 4 are arranged on floors L, L0, Ln, at which a passenger P can enter the desired direction of travel.
• the boarding floor results from the location of the elevator operator 4 at which the direction of travel (i.e. an elevator call) is entered.
• the desired destination floor is then entered in the car 10 at an elevator operating device arranged there (not shown in FIG. 1).
• a communication line 20 connects the (cabin-side) elevator operating device to the elevator controller 13.
• the elevator operating devices 4 are arranged on the floors L, L0, Ln, where a passenger P can enter a desired destination floor; after the passenger P has entered the destination floor (ie entering a destination call), information about the boarding floor and the destination floor is available.
• the boarding floor results from the location of the elevator operating device 6 at which the destination floor is entered.
• a destination call control device 12 allocates an elevator car 10 to the entered destination call, and an elevator control device 8 controls the process of the assigned elevator car 10 according to the destination call.
• the elevator system 1 can, as in Fig. 1 shown to be embellished; several elevators E1-E4 can be arranged as shown in FIG. 2 or FIG.
• the methods are described using exemplary flowcharts and are implemented therein steps shown. Those skilled in the art will recognize that the division into these steps is exemplary and that one or more of these steps may be broken down into one or more sub-steps or that several of the steps may be combined into one step.
• FIG. 5 shows an exemplary illustration of a first exemplary embodiment of a method for operating the elevator system 1.
• the method begins in a step S1 and ends in a step S8.
• the elevator controller 13 of the elevator installation 1 is operated according to a first operating mode or a second operating mode.
• the operation can take place according to one of the two operation modes, which is represented by a decision in a step S3. If the operation is to take place according to the first operating mode, the method proceeds along the "1" branch to a step S4, in which the first operating mode is defined as the operating mode. If the operation is to take place in accordance with the second operating mode, the method proceeds along the "2" branch to a step S6, in which the second operating mode is defined as the operating mode.
• step S5 the elevator controller 13 controls the elevator car 10 in such a way that it is moved between the floors L, L0 and the public zones Zpl, Zp2 are served. This also means that the elevator controller 13 only accepts elevator calls from and to floors L, L0 with public zones Zpl, Zp2 for operation or execution.
• the elevator controller 13 controls an opening of that car door 10a which causes the shaft door 6, 6a arranged in the public zone Zp1, Zp2 on the floor L, L0 to be operated to be opened there.
• the car door 10a takes the corresponding shaft door 6 with it on the floor L, L0 to be served.
• step S7 the elevator controller 13 controls the elevator car 10 such that it is moved between the floors L, Ln and the non-public zones Zs1, Zs2 are served. This also means that the elevator controller 13 only accepts elevator calls from and to floors L, Ln with non-public zones Zs1, Zs2 for operation or execution.
• the elevator controller 13 controls an opening on a floor L, Ln to be served that car door 10b which causes the landing door 7, 7a arranged in the non-public zone Zs1, Zs2 on the floor L, Ln to be served to open.
• the car door 10b on the floor L, L0 to be served takes the corresponding shaft door 7, 7a with it.
• step S8 ends in step S8 after step S5 or step S7.
• FIG. 6 shows an exemplary representation of a second exemplary embodiment of a method for operating the elevator installation 1.
• the method begins in a step A1 and ends in a step A16.
• the description of this exemplary embodiment is based on a situation in which the elevator car 10 shown in FIG. 1 is empty, which is detected by the monitoring device 24, and no elevator call is to be served; step A2 represents this situation.
• an elevator call from a passenger P is received.
• the elevator call can be a destination call or indicate the direction of travel.
• the boarding floor is determined in a step A4.
• the boarding floor results from the floor L, L0, Ln, on which the elevator operating device 4, on which the passenger P inputs the elevator call, is arranged.
• the passenger P can be in a public zone Zp or a non-public zone Zs.
• the type of zone (Zp, Zs) in which the passenger P is located and from which the passenger P has to enter the elevator car 10 is also determined.
• the determination of the zone type therefore also includes which of the elevator doors 10a, 10b is to be opened on the boarding floor.
• the elevator operating device 4 used by the passenger P can also be arranged in one of the two zones Zp, Zs. In one exemplary embodiment, the type of zone can thus be determined for this elevator call.
• a step A5 it is checked whether the zone is a public zone Zpl, Zp2. If so, the method proceeds along the YES branch to a step A6. If, on the other hand, it is a non-public zone Zs1, Zs2, the method proceeds along the NO branch to a step All.
• the first operating mode for the elevator controller 13 is defined in step A6. Since the elevator car 10 is empty (step A2), it is possible to switch from one operating mode to the other operating mode according to the technology described here.
• step A7 the elevator call is served according to the first operating mode.
• the elevator controller 13 In the first operating mode, the elevator controller 13 only accepts elevator calls from and to floors L, L0 with public zones Zpl, Zp2, and only the doors to the public zones Zpl, Zp2 are opened (see also step S5 in FIG. 5).
• a step A8 the elevator call of passenger P and any existing elevator calls from other passengers (which can be served in the first operating mode) are served.
• the elevator car 10 should therefore be empty.
• step A9 it is checked whether the elevator car 10 is empty. For this purpose, the signal from the monitoring device 24 is evaluated. If the elevator car 10 is empty, the method proceeds along the YES branch to step A16, in which the method ends or proceeds back to the start in step A1.
• step A10 an alarm is generated which, for example, informs building personnel that there may be unauthorized use of the elevator and/or which controls the information unit 25 in the elevator car 10 to generate an audiovisual notification that prompts a passenger to leave to get off the elevator car 10.
• the method can wait a predetermined period of time in order to then check again in step A9 whether the elevator car 10 is empty. This query can continue until the elevator car 10 is empty.
• step A5 mentioned above if it is a non-public zone Zs1, Zs2, the method proceeds along the NO branch to a step All.
• the second operating mode for the elevator controller 13 is defined in step All. Since the elevator car 10 is empty (step A2), it is possible to switch from one operating mode to the other operating mode according to the technology described here.
• the elevator call is served according to the second operating mode.
• the elevator controller 13 In this operating mode, the elevator controller 13 only accepts elevator calls from and to floors L, Ln with non-public zones Zs1, Zs2, and only the doors to the non-public zones Zs1, Zs2 are opened (see also step S7 in FIG. 5). .
• Steps A13-A15 remaining in this branch are executed as described in connection with steps A8-A10.
• steps A8-A10 and A13-A15 ensure that the elevator car 10 is empty before changing from one operating mode to the other operating mode (cf. steps A2, A6 and A11).
• FIG. 7 shows an exemplary illustration of a third exemplary embodiment of a method for operating the elevator system 1.
• the method begins in a step B1 and runs through loops which, in this exemplary embodiment, lead back to a step B2.
• step B2 it is checked whether the elevator car 10 is empty. For this purpose, the signal from the monitoring device 24 is evaluated. If the elevator car 10 is empty, the method proceeds along the YES branch to a step B3, in which it is determined that the operating mode can be the first operating mode or the second operating mode. If, on the other hand, the elevator car 10 is not empty, the method proceeds along the NO branch to a step B4, in which the current operating mode of the elevator controller 13 is retained. Because the elevator car 10 is not empty, the operating mode cannot be changed according to the technology described here (at the time step B2 is carried out). Steps B3 and B4 are followed by a step B5.
• step B5 it is checked whether there is at least one elevator call according to the operating mode defined in steps B3 both operating modes are possible (either the first or the second operating mode) or B4 (current operating mode is retained). If such an elevator call is present, the method proceeds along the YES branch to a step B6, otherwise along the NO branch to a step B9.
• step B6 the present elevator call is analyzed in order for the elevator control 13 to plan a next stop of the elevator car 10 that is required for this.
• the floor to be served and the car door 10a, 10b that is to be opened when stopping on the floor to be served according to the elevator call and the operating mode are selected.
• the operating mode is set according to the stop selected for the elevator call in step B6.
• the operation mode can be set to the first operation mode or the second operation mode. There are two cases here: if the operating mode is already set (i.e. to the first or second operating mode), then the elevator call will surely match the operating mode and the operating mode will be retained. On the other hand, i. H. If the operating mode (according to step B3) can still be selected, it is now defined in step B7, appropriate to the elevator call, which either only affects public zones Zp (first operating mode) or non-public zones Zs (second operating mode).
• step B8 the elevator car 10 is moved to the floor to be served in order to serve the stop.
• the car door 10a, 10b selected in step B6 is opened and closed again, with the corresponding landing door 6, 6a, 7, 7a being moved by the car door 10a, 10b.
• the elevator call is thus served and the method goes back to step B2.
• step B9 after there is no further elevator call according to the operating mode defined in steps B3 or B4 in step B5, it is checked whether there is another elevator call that requires a different operating mode. If there is no such elevator call, the method proceeds along the NO branch back to step B2, otherwise along the YES branch to a step B10.
• step BIO an alarm is generated as described in connection with step A10 in FIG.
• the car door 10a, 10b and the corresponding landing door 6, 6a, 7, 7a are opened until the elevator car 10 is empty. If this is the case, the alarm can be terminated. The method then goes back to step B2
• the passenger P enters the elevator call at the elevator operating device 4 (shown as a destination call device).
• the elevator car 10 When the elevator car 10 is ready for boarding, i. H. the shaft door 6b and the cabin door 10a are open, the passenger P climbs into the cabin 10.
• the information unit 25 arranged in the cabin 10 informs the passenger P that the cabin 10 is moving to the access control floor L and he has to get off there. If the cabin 10 is on the access control floor L, the passenger P enters the first public zone Zp 1 through the open cabin door 10a and the open shaft door 6a.
• the monitoring device 24 checks whether the cabin 10 is empty afterwards.
• the passenger P In order to start the journey to the desired usage floor Ln after being recorded by the staff, the passenger P enters the first non-public zone Zsl on the access control floor L. The passenger P enters the desired usage floor Ln on the elevator operating device 4 located there (destination call ). If the check by the monitoring device 24 shows that the car 10 is empty, the elevator control 13 switches to the second operating mode. When the elevator car 10 is ready for boarding, i. H. the shaft door 7 and the cabin door 10b are open, the passenger P climbs into the cabin 10 and is transported to the desired floor Ln of use.

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