Determination for motion of passenger over elevator car
AssigneeOtis Elevator Company
InventorsWenbo Huang, Xiaofei Guo
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Abstract
The present invention relates to the determination of the movement of a passenger relative to an elevator car and belongs to the field of elevator intelligent control technologies. The present invention acquires information about the movement of a passenger relative to an elevator car, wherein the information about the movement of the passenger relative to the elevator car is determined based on a change in the signal strength of a first wireless signal received by a personal mobile terminal carried by the passenger and a change in first floor information and/or traveling direction information.
Claims32
An automatic elevator calling system comprising:
- a first wireless signal module mounted in an elevator car and used for broadcasting a first wireless signal, the first wireless signal being a data signal comprising first floor information about where the elevator car is currently located and/or current traveling direction information about the elevator car, wherein the traveling direction information comprises:
- “traveling upwards”, “traveling downwards” and “not traveled”,
- wherein the first wireless signal module is further used for receiving and determining information about the movement of a passenger relative to the elevator car, and the information about the movement is determined based on a change in the signal strength of the first wireless signal received by a personal mobile terminal carried by the passenger and a change in the first floor information and/or traveling direction information;
- wherein the information about the movement comprises that the passenger has successfully moved into the elevator car and has successfully taken the elevator, which is determined in the following situation:
- the signal strength of the received first wireless signal changes from zero or relatively weak to equal to or greater than a relatively strong first pre-determined value, and the traveling direction information in the received first wireless signal changes from “not traveled” to “traveling upwards” or “traveling downwards”.
An automatic elevator calling system comprising:
- a first wireless signal module mounted in an elevator car and used for broadcasting a first wireless signal, the first wireless signal being a data signal comprising first floor information about where the elevator car is currently located and/or current traveling direction information about the elevator car, wherein the traveling direction information comprises:
- “traveling upwards”, “traveling downwards” and “not traveled”,
- wherein the first wireless signal module is further used for receiving and determining information about the movement of a passenger relative to the elevator car, and the information about the movement is determined based on a change in the signal strength of the first wireless signal received by a personal mobile terminal carried by the passenger and a change in the first floor information and/or traveling direction information;
- wherein the information about the movement comprises that the passenger has failed to move into the elevator car or has failed to take the elevator, which is determined in the following situation:
- the signal strength of the received first wireless signal changes from zero or relatively weak to equal to or greater than a relatively strong first pre-determined value, and the traveling direction information in the first wireless signal received after the change remains “not traveled” or disappears.
An automatic elevator calling system comprising:
- a first wireless signal module mounted in an elevator car and used for broadcasting a first wireless signal, the first wireless signal being a data signal comprising first floor information about where the elevator car is currently located and/or current traveling direction information about the elevator car, wherein the traveling direction information comprises:
- “traveling upwards”, “traveling downwards” and “not traveled”,
- wherein the first wireless signal module is further used for receiving and determining information about the movement of a passenger relative to the elevator car, and the information about the movement is determined based on a change in the signal strength of the first wireless signal received by a personal mobile terminal carried by the passenger and a change in the first floor information and/or traveling direction information;
- wherein the information about the movement comprises that the passenger has failed to move into the elevator car or has failed to take the elevator, which is determined in the following situation:
- the signal strength of the received first wireless signal changes from zero or relatively weak to equal to or greater than a relatively strong first pre-determined value, and the first floor information in the first wireless signal received after the change does not change or disappears.
An elevator system comprising:
- an automatic elevator calling system comprising:
- a first wireless signal module mounted in an elevator car and used for broadcasting a first wireless signal, the first wireless signal being a data signal comprising first floor information about where the elevator car is currently located and/or current traveling direction information about the elevator car, wherein the traveling direction information comprises:
- “traveling upwards”, “traveling downwards” and “not traveled”,
- wherein the first wireless signal module is further used for receiving and determining information about the movement of a passenger relative to the elevator car, and the information about the movement is determined based on a change in the signal strength of the first wireless signal received by a personal mobile terminal carried by the passenger and a change in the first floor information and/or traveling direction information;
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- an elevator controller for controlling running of one or more elevator cars in the elevator system;
- wherein the elevator controller is configured to judge, based on the information about the movement, whether to cancel a target floor registration command registered in the elevator car and corresponding to the personal mobile terminal of the passenger.
A method for determining the movement of a passenger relative to an elevator car, the method comprising:
- receiving a first wireless signal, wherein the first wireless signal is broadcast from the elevator car and is a data signal comprising first floor information about where the elevator car is currently located and/or current traveling direction information about the elevator car, wherein the traveling direction information comprises:
- “traveling upwards”, “traveling downwards” and “not traveled”;
- determining the signal strength of the received first wireless signal;
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- determining the movement of the passenger relative to the elevator car based on a change in the signal strength of the received first wireless signal and the first floor information and a change in the first floor information and/or traveling direction information;
- wherein in determining the movement, it is determined that the passenger has successfully moved into the elevator car and has successfully taken the elevator when the signal strength of the received first wireless signal changes from zero or relatively weak to equal to or greater than a relatively strong first pre-determined value and the traveling direction information in the received first wireless signal changes from “not traveled” to “traveling upwards” or “traveling downwards”.
A method for determining the movement of a passenger relative to an elevator car, the method comprising:
- receiving a first wireless signal, wherein the first wireless signal is broadcast from the elevator car and is a data signal comprising first floor information about where the elevator car is currently located and/or current traveling direction information about the elevator car, wherein the traveling direction information comprises:
- “traveling upwards”, “traveling downwards” and “not traveled”;
- determining the signal strength of the received first wireless signal;
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- determining the movement of the passenger relative to the elevator car based on a change in the signal strength of the received first wireless signal and the first floor information and a change in the first floor information and/or traveling direction information;
- wherein in determining the movement, it is determined that the passenger has failed to move into the elevator car or has failed to take the elevator when the signal strength of the received first wireless signal changes from zero or relatively weak to equal to or greater than a relatively strong first pre-determined value and the traveling direction information in the first wireless signal received after the change remains “not traveled” or disappears.
A method for determining the movement of a passenger relative to an elevator car, the method comprising:
- receiving a first wireless signal, wherein the first wireless signal is broadcast from the elevator car and is a data signal comprising first floor information about where the elevator car is currently located and/or current traveling direction information about the elevator car, wherein the traveling direction information comprises:
- “traveling upwards”, “traveling downwards” and “not traveled”;
- determining the signal strength of the received first wireless signal;
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- determining the movement of the passenger relative to the elevator car based on a change in the signal strength of the received first wireless signal and the first floor information and a change in the first floor information and/or traveling direction information;
- wherein in determining the movement, it is determined that the passenger has failed to move into the elevator car or has failed to take the elevator when the signal strength of the received first wireless signal changes from zero or relatively weak to equal to or greater than a relatively strong first pre-determined value and the first floor information in the first wireless signal received after the change does not change or disappears.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.