US 11,198,587 B2Granted

Deployment of a controller in an elevator

AssigneeKone Corporation

InventorsMatti Mustonen, Jouko Kinnari, Jani Hautakorpi

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Abstract

A method for deploying a controller to an elevator system includes generating a request to at least one other controller for obtaining at least one parameter relating to a deployment of the controller to the elevator system, receiving a response, and in response to detection that the at least one parameter in the response comprises a set of operational parameters, initiating a configuration procedure, and in response to detection that the at least one parameter in the response does not comprise the set of operational parameters, deriving an identifier of the elevator system included as the at least one parameter in the response and generating a request including the identifier of the elevator system for obtaining the set of operational parameters. An elevator system is configured to perform the method.

Claims13

Dependent claims

A method for deploying a controller to an elevator system, the method comprising the steps of:

generating a request to at least one other controller belonging to the elevator system for obtaining information relating to a deployment of the controller to the elevator system;
receiving a response comprising the information from the at least one other controller;
in response to detection that the information in the response comprises a set of operational parameters, initiating a configuration procedure for deploying the controller based on the set of operational parameters received in the response;
and
in response to detection that the information in the response does not comprise the set of operational parameters for deploying the controller, deriving an identifier of the elevator system included in the information in the response and generating a request comprising the identifier of the elevator system to an entity external to the elevator system for obtaining the set of operational parameters for initiating the configuration procedure.

2 more elements

An elevator system, comprising:

a first controller and at least one second controller, wherein the first controller is configured to:
generate a request to at least one second controller for obtaining information relating to a deployment of the controller to the elevator system;
receive a response comprising the information from the at least one second controller;
initiate, in response to detection that the information in the response comprises a set of operational parameters, a configuration procedure based on the set of operational parameters received in the response;
and
derive, in response to detection that the information in the response does not comprise the set of operational parameters, an identifier of the elevator system included in the information in the response, and generate a request comprising the identifier of the elevator system to an entity external to the elevator system for obtaining the set of operational parameters for initiating the configuration procedure.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/969,322Filed 2 May 2018
Priority: EP 171692383 May 2017
Published: US 2018/0319625 A18 Nov 2018
Granted: 14 Dec 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

B66B 5/0087
Applications of checking, fault-correcting, or safety devices in elevators: devices facilitating maintenance, repair or inspection tasks
B66B 1/2408
Control systems with regulation, i.e. with retroactive action, for influencing travelling speed, acceleration, or deceleration: where the…
B66B 1/28
Control systems with regulation, i.e. with retroactive action, for influencing travelling speed, acceleration, or deceleration: electrical
B66B 1/3407
Details , e.g. call counting devices, data transmission from car to control system, devices giving information to the control system: setting or…