Elevator system optimizing the registration of a destination call and the car assignment to a registered call

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9517917-B2
Application number	US-201114112449-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 10, 2011
Priority date	May 10, 2011
Publication date	Dec 13, 2016
Grant date	Dec 13, 2016

Abstract

An elevator system includes: a destination call registration device which accepts an operation of registering a destination call by specifying a destination floor; an exit floor selection part provided in the destination call registration device and by use of which a user selects an exit floor provided with an exit of a building as a destination floor of the destination call; an exit floor determination part which determines, on the basis of predetermined conditions, which floor is the exit floor from candidates for an exit floor which are set beforehand as floors capable of being selected as the exit floor among plural floors of the building; and a destination call registration part which registers the destination call in which the specific floor determined as the exit floor by the exit floor determination part is a destination floor in the case the exit floor selection part is operated by a user.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An elevator system having a destination call registration device which accepts an operation of registering a destination call by specifying a destination floor of an elevator and an exit floor selection part which is provided in the destination call registration device and by use of which a user selects an exit floor provided with an exit of a building in which the elevator is installed as a destination floor of the destination call, the elevator system comprising:
an exit floor determination part which determines, on the basis of predetermined conditions, a specific floor as the exit floor from candidates for an exit floor which are set beforehand as floors capable of being selected as the exit floor provided with an exit of a building among a plurality of floors of the building; and
a destination call registration part which registers the destination call in which the specific floor determined as the exit floor by the exit floor determination part is a destination floor, in the case where the exit floor selection part is operated by a user.

2. The elevator system according to claim 1 , wherein at least a congested condition of the elevator is included in elements constituting the predetermined conditions.

3. The elevator system according to claim 1 , wherein a present time of day is included in elements constituting the predetermined conditions.

4. The elevator system according to claim 2 , wherein a present time of day is included in elements constituting the predetermined conditions.

5. The elevator system according to claim 1 , wherein the elevator is a double-deck elevator which has two cars vertically adjacent to each other, and
wherein at least an operation mode of the double-deck elevator and a departure floor of the destination call are included in elements constituting the predetermined conditions.

6. The elevator system according to claim 1 , wherein the elevator is a one-shaft multi-deck elevator in which a plurality of cars are disposed in one shaft, and
wherein at least an operation mode of the one-shaft multi-deck elevator and a departure floor of the destination call are included in elements constituting the predetermined conditions.

7. The elevator system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an exit floor selection part configured to be used by physically handicapped people which is provided in the destination call registration device and by use of which a physically handicapped person selects the exit floor as a destination floor of the destination call, and
wherein at least whether or not the exit floor selection part for physically handicapped people has been operated is included in the predetermined conditions.

8. The elevator system according to claim 5 , further comprising:
an exit floor selection part configured to be used by physically handicapped people which is provided in the destination call registration device and by use of which a physically handicapped person selects the exit floor as a destination floor of the destination call, and
wherein at least whether or not the exit floor selection part for physically handicapped people has been operated is included in the predetermined conditions.

9. The elevator system according to claim 6 , further comprising:
an exit floor selection part configured to be used by physically handicapped people which is provided in the destination call registration device and by use of which a physically handicapped person selects the exit floor as a destination floor of the destination call, and
wherein at least whether or not the exit floor selection part for physically handicapped people has been operated is included in the predetermined conditions.

10. The elevator system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a destination floor notification part which, in the case where the exit floor selection part is operated by a user, notifies the user of the specific floor determined as the exit floor by the exit floor determination part.

11. The elevator system according to claim 5 , further comprising:
a destination floor notification part which, in the case where the exit floor selection part is operated by a user, notifies the user of the specific floor determined as the exit floor by the exit floor determination part.

12. Presented : The elevator system according to claim 6 , further comprising:
a destination floor notification part which, in the case where the exit floor selection part is operated by a user, notifies the user of the specific floor determined as the exit floor by the exit floor determination part.

13. The elevator system according to claim 1 , wherein the destination call registration device stores the specific floor determined as the exit floor by the exit floor determination part as exit floor data.

14. The elevator system according to claim 5 , wherein the destination call registration device stores the specific floor determined as the exit floor by the exit floor determination part as exit floor data.

15. The elevator system according to claim 6 , wherein the destination call registration device stores the specific floor determined as the exit floor by the exit floor determination part as exit floor data.

Assignees

• Tokura Sakurako
• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Tokura Sakurako

Classifications

• B66B2201/302

  with variable boundaries · CPC title

• B66B1/16 Primary

  with means for storing pulses controlling the movements of a single car or cage {(B66B1/2433 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B66B2201/306

  Multi-deck elevator cars · CPC title

• B66B2201/4646

  using voice recognition · CPC title

• B66B1/2433 Primary

  For elevator systems with a single shaft and multiple cars · CPC title