Network commissioning of transportation infrastructure peripheral devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12052250-B2
Application number	US-202117217202-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 30, 2021
Priority date	Oct 16, 2018
Publication date	Jul 30, 2024
Grant date	Jul 30, 2024

Abstract

Commissioning of a transportation infrastructure peripheral device in a transportation infrastructure control network is disclosed. In the arrangement a peripheral device is attached to a transportation infrastructure control network through a network element or directly to a controller. When the connection has been made, a process for identifying and granting appropriate access rights is initiated. As a result, common network technologies can be used for transmitting information that is critical for elevator operation.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for commissioning transportation infrastructure devices in a transportation infrastructure control network, which method comprises:
receiving an identity request at an elevator and escalator peripheral device from a network element;
responding to the received identity request, wherein the responding comprises transmitting identity of the elevator and escalator peripheral device;
receiving at the elevator and escalator peripheral device an access challenge from a network element;
responding, by the elevator and escalator peripheral device, to the received access challenge;
receiving at the elevator and escalator peripheral device, an access granted message; and
connecting the elevator and escalator peripheral device to the transportation infrastructure control network,
wherein the elevator and escalator peripheral device is among a plurality of elevator and escalator peripheral devices,
wherein the plurality of elevator and escalator peripheral devices include at least one peripherical device belonging to a tier one network, at least one peripherical device belonging to a tier two network and at least one peripherical device belonging to a tier three network, and
wherein the tier one network represents a critical network for lift operation, the tier two network represents a manufacturer network communicating with lift manufacturer sensor devices and the tier three network represents a partner network where partner devices communicate with partner resources.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises transmitting a service request to a service resource.

3. A method for commissioning transportation infrastructure peripheral devices in a transportation infrastructure control network, which method comprises:
transmitting an identity request to an elevator and escalator peripheral device;
receiving a response to the transmitted identity request;
performing an access challenge request for elevator and escalator peripheral device; and
providing access of the elevator and escalator peripheral device to the transportation infrastructure control network,
wherein the elevator and escalator peripheral device is among a plurality of elevator and escalator peripheral devices,
wherein the plurality of elevator and escalator peripheral devices include at least one peripherical device belonging to a tier one network, at least one peripherical device belonging to a tier two network and at least one peripherical device belonging to a tier three network, and
wherein the tier one network represents a critical network for lift operation, the tier two network represents a manufacturer network communicating with lift manufacturer sensor devices and the tier three network represents a partner network where partner devices communicate with partner resources.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein said determining,
performing and providing further comprises:
transmitting an identity request to an elevator and escalator peripheral device;
receiving a response to the transmitted identity request;
transmitting the received response to a transportation infrastructure control network controller;
receiving an access challenge request from the transportation infrastructure control network controller;
transmitting the received challenge request to the elevator and escalator peripheral device;
receiving a response to the challenge request from the elevator and escalator peripheral device;
transmitting the received response to the challenge request to the transportation infrastructure control network controller;
receiving an access granted message from the transportation infrastructure control network controller; and
transmitting the received access granted message to the elevator and escalator peripheral device.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the method further comprises:
receiving a request for a service from the transportation infrastructure control network peripheral device;
transmitting the received request to the transportation infrastructure control network controller;
receiving a service response from the transportation infrastructure control network controller; and
transmitting the service response to the transportation infrastructure control network peripheral device.

6. A computer program embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium and comprising computer executable computer program code, wherein the computer program code is configured to perform a method according to claim 1 when the computer program is executed in a computing device.

7. An elevator and escalator peripheral device comprising:
at least one processor configured to execute computer program code;
at least one memory configured to store computer program code and related data; and
at least one network connection configured to connect the elevator peripheral device to a data communications network,
wherein the elevator peripheral device is configured to perform the method according to claim 1 .

8. The elevator and escalator peripheral device according to claim 7 , wherein the peripheral device is one of the following: a destination operation panel, a speaker, a display, a media screen and a device requiring authentication.

9. A transportation infrastructure control network element comprising:
at least one processor configured to execute computer program code;
at least one memory configured to store computer program code and related data; and
at least one network connection configured to connect the elevator peripheral device to a data communications network, wherein
the elevator peripheral device is configured to perform the method according to claim 3 .

10. An elevator system comprising:
at least one elevator connected to a transportation infrastructure control network;
at least one elevator peripheral device according to claim 7 , wherein the peripheral device is configured to transmit queries using a transportation infrastructure control network; and
at least one network element, wherein the network element is configured to route data communications between the elevator peripheral device and a transportation infrastructure control network controller.

11. A computer program embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium and comprising computer executable computer program code, wherein the computer program code is configured to perform the method according to claim 2 when the computer program is executed in a computing device.

12. A computer program embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium and comprising computer executable computer program code, wherein the computer program code is configured to perform the method according to claim 3 , when the computer program is executed in a computing device.

13. A computer program embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium and comprising computer executable computer program code, wherein the computer program code is configured to perform the method according to claim 4 , when the computer program is executed in a computing device.

14. A computer program embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium and comprising computer executable computer program code, wherein the computer program code is configured to perform the method according to claim 5 , when the computer program is executed in a computing device.

15. An elevator and escalator peripheral device comprising:
at least one processor configured to execute computer program code;
at least one memory configured to store computer program code and related data; and
at least one network connectio

Assignees

• Kone Corp

Inventors

• Koskinen Santtu
• Piironen Mikko
• Koivisto Ari
• Mattila Mikko
• Rantamäki Anssi
• Heiskanen Mikko

Classifications

• H04L63/10 Primary

  for controlling access to devices or network resources · CPC title

• B66B1/3446 Primary

  Data transmission or communication within the control system · CPC title

• H04L67/12

  specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks · CPC title

• B66B25/003

  Methods or algorithms therefor · CPC title

• B66B1/3453

  Procedure or protocol for the data transmission or communication · CPC title