Elevator automatic guide assistant system and guide method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10081514-B2
Application number	US-201615294769-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 16, 2016
Priority date	Dec 29, 2015
Publication date	Sep 25, 2018
Grant date	Sep 25, 2018

Abstract

An elevator automatic guide assistant system comprises a user assistant system, an elevator outside assistant system, and an elevator inside assistant system. The user assistant system is configured to send a taking elevator instruction and target floor information to the elevator outside assistant system, receive and send the feedback information to a user. The elevator outside assistant system is configured to guide the user to arrive at an elevator doorway. The elevator inside assistant system is configured to send floor information to the elevator outside assistant system and the user assistant system, receive instructions from the user assistant system, and guide the user to arrive at the target floor. The present disclosure relates also to a guide method of the elevator automatic guide assistant system.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An elevator automatic guide assistant system comprising:
an user assistant system;
an elevator outside assistant system connected to the user assistant system; and
an elevator inside assistant system connected to the user assistant system;
wherein the user assistant system is configured to send a taking elevator instruction and target floor information to the elevator outside assistant system, and receive feedback information from the elevator outside assistant system and the elevator inside assistant system; the elevator outside assistant system is configured to guide a user to arrive at an elevator doorway; the elevator inside assistant system is configured to send target elevator information of a target elevator which will arrive at an original floor, wherein the original floor is that the user is located, to the elevator outside assistant system and the user assistant system; the user assistant system comprising:
a first data transceiver module configured to communicate with the elevator outside assistant system and the elevator inside assistant system;
a positioning module configured to determine a position of the user and form navigation information;
a first travel guide module configured to guide the user to move under the navigation information; and
a user communication interface module configured to communicate with the user.

2. The elevator automatic guide assistant system of claim 1 , wherein the positioning module comprises a locator, an infrared probe, a camera, a WIFI module, or any combination thereof; the first travel guide module comprises a left receiver, a central receiver, and a right receiver; and the user communication interface module comprises a display module, a sound module, and a vibration module.

3. The elevator automatic guide assistant system of claim 1 , wherein the elevator outside assistant system comprises a second data transceiver module, an elevator position notice module, an elevator outside button control module, and an external obstacle detection module.

4. The elevator automatic guide assistant system of claim 3 , wherein the second data transceiver module is configured to communicate with the user assistant system and the elevator inside assistant system; the elevator position notice module is configured to send current floor information and current elevator position information to the user assistant system and the elevator inside assistant system; the elevator outside button control module is configured to receive the taking elevator instruction, and instruct an elevator door to be open or close; and the external obstacle detection module is configured to determine whether the elevator door is open.

5. The elevator automatic guide assistant system of claim 3 , wherein the external obstacle detection module comprises a plurality of human body detection modules and a plurality of obstacle detection modules.

6. The elevator automatic guide assistant system of claim 1 , wherein the elevator inside assistant system comprises a third data transceiver module, an elevator inside button control module, a second travel guide module, and an internal obstacle detection module.

7. The elevator automatic guide assistant system of claim 6 , wherein the internal obstacle detection module is configured to detect whether there is enough space inside of the target elevator, whether the target elevator is overweight, or whether a barrier blocks an elevator door of the target elevator.

8. The elevator automatic guide assistant system of claim 1 , wherein the elevator inside assistant system comprises a second travel guide module, and the second travel guide module and the first travel guide module cooperate with each other, to guide the user to enter or get off the target elevator.

9. A guide method comprising:
S1, providing an elevator automatic guide assistant system comprising a user assistant system, an elevator outside assistant system, and an elevator inside assistant system;
S2, giving taking elevator information and target floor information by the user assistant system;
S3, receiving the taking elevator information and the target floor information, and sending a key information of go upstairs/go downstairs by the elevator outside assistant system;
S4, defining a floor which a user is located as an original floor, sending a target elevator information which an elevator will arrive at the original floor, to the user assistant system by the elevator inside assistant system;
S5, making the user assistant system arrive at a designated elevator doorway according to the target elevator information;
S6, after a target elevator is coming, detecting whether there is enough space inside of the target elevator by the elevator inside assistant system; when there is not enough space inside of the target elevator, closing an elevator door and sending a waiting information to the user assistant system; when there is enough space inside of the target elevator, opening the elevator door and sending an elevator door opening information to the user assistant system, and guiding the user to enter the target elevator;
S7, detecting whether the user enters the target elevator by the elevator inside assistant system; when the user does not enter the target elevator, keeping the elevator door open; when the user enters the target elevator, sending a closing elevator door information by the elevator inside assistant system, and instructing the target elevator to go to a target floor;
S8, detecting whether the target elevator arrives at the target floor by the elevator inside assistant system; when the target elevator arrives at the target floor, opening the elevator door and sending an arriving information to the user assistant system and the elevator outside assistant system;
S9, guiding the user to get off the target elevator; and
S10, sending an information which the user gets off the target elevator to the elevator outside assistant system and the elevator inside assistant system by the user assistant system, and closing the elevator door.

10. An elevator automatic guide assistant system comprising:
an user assistant system;
an elevator outside assistant system connected to the user assistant system; and
an elevator inside assistant system connected to the user assistant system;
wherein the user assistant system is configured to send a taking elevator instruction and target floor information to the elevator outside assistant system, and receive feedback information from the elevator outside assistant system and the elevator inside assistant system; the elevator outside assistant system is configured to guide a user to arrive at an elevator doorway; the elevator inside assistant system is configured to send target elevator information of a target elevator which will arrive at an original floor, wherein the original floor is that the user is located, to the elevator outside assistant system and the user assistant system; and the user assistant system comprises a positioning module and a first travel guide module, the positioning module is configured to determine a position of the user and form navigation information, and the first travel guide module is configured to guide the user to move under the navigation information.

11. The elevator automatic guide assistant system of claim 10 , wherein the user assistant system further comprises a first data transceiver module and a user communication interface module, the first data transceiver module is configured to communicate with the elevator outside assistant system and the elevator inside assistant system, and the user communication interface module is configured to communicate with the user.

Assignees

• Hon Hai Prec Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Horng-Juing
• Liu Tien-Ping
• Chung I-Hao

Classifications

• B66B5/0018

  Devices monitoring the operating condition of the elevator system · CPC title

• B66B1/468

  Call registering systems · CPC title

• B66B3/006 Primary

  for guiding passengers to their assigned elevator car · CPC title

• B66B2201/4653

  wherein the call is registered using portable devices · CPC title

• B66B1/3446

  Data transmission or communication within the control system · CPC title