Elevator system using passenger characteristic information to generate control commands

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10513417-B2
Application number	US-201615183245-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 15, 2016
Priority date	Jun 16, 2015
Publication date	Dec 24, 2019
Grant date	Dec 24, 2019

Abstract

An elevator system comprises a first information collection device disposed in a passenger waiting area of the elevator system and used for acquiring first passenger characteristic information; a second information collection device used for acquiring second passenger characteristic information inside the car; an information analysis and processing device that receives the first passenger characteristic information and the second passenger characteristic information, is configured to perform analysis and processing, based on the first passenger characteristic information, so as to transmit a first control command for dispatching the elevator, is configured to perform analysis and processing on the first passenger characteristic information to acquire classification information of a passenger and to further transmit, based on the classification information, a second control command that is applicable for passengers in a corresponding classification, and is further configured to dynamically transmit, based on the second passenger characteristic information, a third control command.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An elevator system, comprising a car and an elevator control device, the system comprising:
a first information collection device that is disposed in a passenger waiting area of the elevator system and used for at least acquiring first passenger characteristic information of the passenger waiting area;
a second information collection device that is used for at least acquiring second passenger characteristic information inside the car;
an information analysis and processing device that at least receives the first passenger characteristic information and the second passenger characteristic information, is configured to perform analysis and processing, at least based on the first passenger characteristic information, so as to transmit a first control command for dispatching the elevator to the elevator control device, is configured to perform analysis and processing on the first passenger characteristic information so as to at least acquire classification information of a passenger and to further transmit, based on the classification information, a second control command that is applicable for passengers in a corresponding classification to the elevator control device, and is further configured to dynamically transmit, based on the second passenger characteristic information, a third control command to the elevator control device;
wherein the information analysis and processing device comprises a passenger gender information classification sub-module, which is used for performing analysis and processing on the first passenger characteristic information so as to acquire classification information of males and females.

2. The elevator system according to claim 1 , wherein the first information collection device/the second information collection device is a 3D sensor, a 2D smart IP camera or a wearable smart terminal carried by a passenger, or a combination of any one of the 3D sensor and the 2D smart IP camera with a wearable smart terminal carried by a passenger, wherein the wearable smart terminal at least stores identity information of passengers.

3. The elevator system according to claim 2 , wherein the wearable smart terminal is a RFID card, a smart phone or a smart wearable device.

4. The elevator system according to claim 2 , wherein the first passenger characteristic information regarding whether the passenger is VIP is acquired through the identity information stored in the smart terminal.

5. The elevator system according to claim 1 , characterized in that the first passenger characteristic information comprises passenger flow quantity-time distribution information;
the information analysis and processing device comprises:
a passenger flow prediction module, which performs, at least based on the passenger flow quantity-time distribution information, passenger flow prediction so as to transmit a first control command for dispatching an elevator in advance.

6. The elevator system according to claim 1 , wherein the information analysis and processing device comprises:
a first crowdedness estimation module, which is used for performing analysis and processing, based on the first passenger characteristic information, so as to acquire passenger crowdedness estimation information of the passenger waiting area, and is further used for transmitting, based on the passenger crowdedness estimation information, a first control command for accelerating the dispatching of an elevator to the passenger waiting area and/or increasing the amount of elevators dispatched to the passenger waiting area.

7. The elevator system according to claim 1 , wherein the information analysis and processing device comprises one or more of:
a passenger information classification module, configured to perform analysis and processing on the first passenger characteristic information so as to at least acquire passenger classification information, the passenger information classification module further comprises one or more of the following sub-modules:
a passenger age information classification sub-module, which is used for performing analysis and processing on the first passenger characteristic information so as to acquire classification information of children, adults and seniors;
a passenger importance information classification sub-module, which is used for performing analysis and processing on the first passenger characteristic information so as to acquire classification information of VIPs and non-VIPs;
a passenger specific information classification sub-module, which is used for performing analysis and processing on the first passenger characteristic information so as to acquire classification information of specific passengers, including disabled people, people carrying strollers, or people carrying large luggage or luggage carts.

8. The elevator system according to claim 7 , wherein the passenger age information classification sub-module is configured to:
transmit, when the classification information is only children classification information, a second control command for ignoring an elevator call request from the current passenger waiting area.

9. The elevator system according to claim 7 , wherein the passenger age information classification sub-module is configured to:
transmit, when the classification information at least comprises seniors and/or specific passenger classification information, a second control command for extending the elevator car door open and wait time and/or slowing down the elevator car door closing speed.

10. The elevator system according to claim 7 wherein the passenger importance information classification sub-module is configured to:
transmit, when the classification information at least comprises VIP or specific passenger classification information, a second control command for dispatching a special elevator to the passenger waiting area.

11. The elevator system according to claim 1 , wherein the passenger gender information classification sub-module is configured to:
transmit, based on the ratio of male to female classification information, a second control command for controlling contents played by display devices in the passenger waiting area and/or cars.

12. The elevator system according to claim 1 , wherein the second passenger characteristic information comprises occupied space information; the information analysis and processing device comprises:
a space occupying analysis module, which performs analysis, at least based on the occupied space information in the second passenger characteristic information, to obtain a space occupying degree of a car, then transmits a third control command for ignoring elevator call requests from other floors when the space occupying degree is equal to or greater than a predetermined value.

13. An elevator system, comprising a car and an elevator control device, the system comprising:
a first information collection device that is disposed in a passenger waiting area of the elevator system and used for at least acquiring first passenger characteristic information of the passenger waiting area;
a second information collection device that is used for at least acquiring second passenger characteristic information inside the car;
an information analysis and processing device that at least receives the first passenger characteristic information and the second passenger characteristic information, is configured to perform analysis and processing, at least based on the first passenger characteristic information, so as to transmit a first control command for dispatching the elevator to the elevator control device, is configured to perform analysis and processing on the first passenger ch

Assignees

• Otis Elevator Co

Inventors

• Zhao Jianwei
• Li Qiang

Classifications

• B66B1/3476

  Load weighing or car passenger counting devices (B66B5/14 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B66B2201/405

  by input of special passenger or passenger group · CPC title

• B66B2201/222

  Taking into account the number of passengers present in the elevator car to be allocated · CPC title

• B66B2201/223

  Taking into account the separation of passengers or groups · CPC title

• B66B5/0012

  Devices monitoring the users of the elevator system · CPC title