Fixture automated configuring method, fixture, and elevator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12098058-B2
Application number	US-201916585954-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 27, 2019
Priority date	Sep 28, 2018
Publication date	Sep 24, 2024
Grant date	Sep 24, 2024

Abstract

An automatic configuration method of fixture and a fixture. The automatic configuration method of fixture includes: S 1 : sending, by a fixture, a predetermined request toward a predetermined address to an elevator controller; S 2 : judging a control function corresponding to the predetermined address; and S 3 : configuring the fixture according to the control function corresponding to the predetermined address. The automatic configuration method of fixture and the fixture of the present invention have the advantages of being simple, reliable, convenient to maintain and the like, and can automatically configure the fixture during installation and maintenance, effectively improving the user experience.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An automatic configuration method of a fixture for an elevator, the method comprising:
S 1 : sending, by the fixture, a predetermined request toward a predetermined address range to an elevator controller;
wherein the predetermined request is sent to a portion or all addresses within the predetermined address range;
S 2 : judging a control function corresponding to the portion or all addresses of the predetermined address range according to feedback provided by the elevator controller;
wherein, whether the control function corresponding to each address of the portion or all addresses of the predetermined address range corresponds to a call button interface is judged according to the feedback signal provided by the elevator controller;
wherein the feedback signal provided by the elevator controller includes a first feedback, wherein the first feedback is a first electrical level and is kept over a predetermined time;
wherein, when the feedback signal provided by the elevator controller is the first feedback, the control function corresponding to each address is judged to correspond to the call button interface; and
S 3 : configuring the fixture according to the control function.

2. The automatic configuration method of fixture of claim 1 , wherein the feedback provided by the elevator controller further comprises a second feedback, wherein the second feedback is a transition from the first electrical level to a second electrical level within a predetermined time.

3. The automatic configuration method of fixture of claim 2 , wherein when the feedback provided by the elevator controller is the second feedback, the control function corresponding to a predetermined address of the portion or all addresses of the predetermined address range is judged to be a call button interface of the floor where the car is currently located.

4. The automatic configuration method of fixture of claim 1 , wherein the fixture is of physical IO type.

5. The automatic configuration method of fixture of claim 4 , wherein, in step S 3 , the physical buttons of the fixture are bound from lower floor to higher floor to addresses judged as call button interfaces from lower bit to higher bit.

6. The automatic configuration method of fixture of claim 1 , wherein the fixture is of non-physical IO type.

7. The automatic configuration method of fixture of claim 6 , further comprising: when the feedback provided by the elevator controller is the second feedback, judging the floor number of the first floor by detecting the floor indication information, and judging the floor number of the floor corresponding to other addresses.

8. The automatic configuration method of fixture of claim 7 , wherein, in step S 3 , virtual buttons are generated, wherein each virtual button is bound to an address judged as a call button interface respectively, and the virtual buttons are configured to display the floor numbers of each floor.

9. The automatic configuration method of fixture of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined request comprises a floor request signal.

10. The automatic configuration method of fixture of claim 1 , wherein the fixture is connected to the elevator controller through a serial bus.

11. The automatic configuration method of fixture of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined time is no less than 2 seconds.

12. The automatic configuration method of fixture of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined address range comprises at least 64 addresses.

13. The automatic configuration method of fixture of claim 1 , wherein the first feedback and the second feedback comprise a callback signal of the elevator controller.

14. A fixture configured to perform the automatic configuration method of a fixture according to claim 1 , wherein the fixture is installed in an elevator button board or display.

15. An elevator comprising the fixture of claim 14 .

16. An automatic configuration method of a fixture for an elevator, the method comprising:
S 1 : sending, by the fixture, a predetermined request toward a predetermined address range to an elevator controller, wherein predetermined requests are sent to a portion or all of addresses within a predetermined address range;
S 2 : judging a control function corresponding to a portion or all addresses of the predetermined address range; and
S 3 : configuring the fixture according to the control function corresponding to the portion or all addresses;
wherein in step S 2 , a control function corresponding to each address of the portion or all addresses of the predetermined address range is judged according to feedback provided by the elevator controller;
wherein the feedback provided by the elevator controller includes a first feedback, wherein the first feedback is a first electrical level and is kept over a predetermined time;
the method further comprising a checking step, the checking step comprises:
predicting a second address corresponding to a second floor;
moving the car to the second floor and sending the predetermined request to the elevator controller at the second address; and
judging whether the feedback of the elevator controller is the second feedback.

17. The automatic configuration method of fixture of claim 16 , wherein the second address is predicted according to:
establishing a correspondence between the address and the floor;
locating the first address corresponding to the first floor; and
predicting the second address according to a difference between the floor numbers of the first floor and the floor numbers of the second floor.

Assignees

• Otis Elevator Co

Inventors

• Qiu Heping
• Liu Tan

Classifications

• G05B19/0423

  Input/output · CPC title

• B66B2201/10

  Details with respect to the type of call input · CPC title

• B66B5/0025

  for maintenance or repair · CPC title

• B66B3/02

  Position or depth indicators · CPC title

• B66B1/468

  Call registering systems · CPC title