Method, a multicar elevator system, and an operational entity for controlling movement of two or more elevator cars of a multicar elevator system
AssigneeKone Corporation
InventorsAntti Kallioniemi, Antti Saarelainen, Paul Karlstedt
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for controlling movement of two or more elevator cars of a multicar elevator system. The method comprises: selecting manually via a user interface of an operational entity an elevator car from among a plurality of elevator cars to be moved and controlling movement of one or more other elevator cars from among the plurality of the elevator cars away from a driving area of the selected elevator car. The invention relates also to a multicar elevator system and an operational entity implementing at least portions of the method.
Claims20
A method for controlling movement of two or more elevator cars of a multicar elevator system, wherein the method comprises:
- selecting a specific elevator car to be moved from among a plurality of elevator cars to obtain a selected elevator car, the selecting being performed based on an identity of the specific elevator car input manually via a user interface of an operational entity;
- controlling movement of one or more other elevator cars away from a driving area of the selected elevator car, the one or more other elevator cars being among the plurality of elevator cars, and the one or more other elevator cars not including the selected elevator car;
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- controlling movement of the selected elevator car via the user interface contemporaneous with the movement of the selected elevator car in the driving area.
A multicar elevator system comprising:
- a plurality of elevator cars;
- an operational entity including a user interface, the user interface being configured to generate one or more control signals indicative of selecting a specific elevator car to be moved from among the plurality of elevator cars to obtain a selected elevator car, the one or more control signals indicative of selecting the specific elevator car being generated based on an identity of the specific elevator car being input via the user interface;
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- an elevator control unit configured to,
- control movement of one or more other elevator cars away from a driving area of the selected elevator car, the one or more other elevator cars being among the plurality of elevator cars, and the one or more other elevator cars not including the selected elevator car, and
- control movement of the selected elevator car contemporaneous with the movement of the selected elevator car in the driving area.
An operational entity for controlling movement of two or more elevator cars of a multicar elevator system, the operational entity comprising a user interface configured to:
- generate one or more control signals indicative of selecting a specific elevator car to be moved from among a plurality of elevator cars to obtain a selected elevator car, the one or more control signals indicative of selecting the specific elevator car being generated based on an identity of the specific elevator car being input via the user interface;
- generate one or more control signals to control movement of one or more other elevator cars away from a driving area of the selected elevator car, the one or more other elevator cars being among the plurality of elevator cars, and the one or more other elevator cars not including the selected elevator car;
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- generate one or more control signals to control movement of the selected elevator car contemporaneous with the movement of the selected elevator car in the driving area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.