Elevator group management system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10696516-B2
Application number	US-201515549437-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 26, 2015
Priority date	Mar 26, 2015
Publication date	Jun 30, 2020
Grant date	Jun 30, 2020

Abstract

An elevator group management system includes: a hall call registration device which is provided at a first hall; a hall destination call registration device which is provided at a second hall; a notification device which is provided at the first hall; an assigned car display device which is provided at the second hall; and a group management control device which selects a priority car from among a plurality of cars. When a priority car is selected, the group management control device performs, with respect to a hall call to which the priority car is already assigned, hall call control which differs from control with respect to a hall destination call to which the priority car is already assigned.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An elevator group management system, comprising:
a hall call registration device which is provided at a first hall for getting onto or getting off a plurality of cars that travel through different elevation paths and which is used to register hall calls;
a hall destination call registration device which is provided at a second hall for getting onto or getting off the plurality of cars and which is used to register a hall destination call among the hall calls;
a notification device which is provided at the first hall and which indicates an elevation path through which a car currently being assigned to a hall call registered using the hall call registration device travels;
an assigned car display device which is provided at the second hall and which displays, when a hall destination call is registered using the hall destination call registration device, an elevation path through which a car having been assigned to the hall destination call travels, only for a given length of time; and
a group management control device which assigns one of the plurality of cars to a hall call registered using the hall call registration device and the hall destination call registration device and which selects a priority car to be used in a priority operation from among the plurality of cars when a priority operation request is made, wherein
when a priority car is selected from among the plurality of cars, the group management control device assigns a car that differs from the priority car to a hall call which is registered using the hall call registration device and to which the priority car is already assigned, and does not perform a change in assignment to a car that differs from the priority car to a hall destination call which is registered using the hall destination call registration device and to which the priority car is already assigned.

2. The elevator group management system according to claim 1 , wherein
the hall call registration device is used to register a hall direction call among the hall calls,
the notification device is an arrival forecast device which indicates an elevation path through which a car assigned to a hall direction call registered using the hall call registration device travels, and
when a priority car is selected from among the plurality of cars, the group management control device assigns a car which differs from the priority car to a hall direction call which is registered using the hall call registration device and to which the priority car is already assigned.

3. The elevator group management system according to claim 1 , wherein
the hall call registration device is used to register a hall destination call among the hall calls,
the notification device is a destination floor display device which continues to display an elevation path through which a car assigned to a ball destination call registered using the hall call registration device travels, and
when a priority car is selected from among the plurality of cars, the group management control device assigns a car which differs from the priority car to a hall destination call which is registered using the hall call registration device and to which the priority car is already assigned.

4. The elevator group management system according to claim 1 , wherein
the group management control device includes:
a hall destination call storage unit which stores a hall destination call which is registered using the hall destination call registration device and to which a priority car selected from among the plurality of cars is already assigned before a priority operation is performed;
a hall call control unit which cancels a hall destination call stored in the hall destination call storage unit before the priority operation is performed; and
a hall destination call reregistration unit which reregisters a hall destination call stored in the hall destination call storage unit after the priority operation is performed.

5. The elevator group management system according to claim 1 , wherein the group management control device selects a priority car from among cars not assigned to a hall call of which a boarding floor is a priority operation standby floor among the plurality of cars.

6. The elevator group management system according to claim 1 , wherein when a priority car is selected from among the plurality of cars, the group management control device performs a priority operation using the priority car and subsequently causes the priority car to respond to a hall destination call which is registered using the hall destination call registration device and to which the priority car is already assigned.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Taniyama Kenji

Classifications

• B66B1/2458 Primary

  For elevator systems with multiple shafts and a single car per shaft · CPC title

• B66B3/006

  for guiding passengers to their assigned elevator car · CPC title

• B66B2201/104

  Call input for a preferential elevator car or indicating a special request · CPC title

• B66B1/18 Primary

  with means for storing pulses controlling the movements of several cars or cages {(B66B1/2458 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B66B3/02

  Position or depth indicators · CPC title