Remote operation of an elevator
AssigneeKone Corporation
InventorsAri Kattainen, Juha-Matti Aitamurto
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Abstract
According to an aspect, there is provided a method for remote operation of a plurality of elevators, each of the plurality of elevators being coupled with a communication computer. The method comprises receiving, by a remote service system from the communication computer, a rescue request associated with an elevator; providing, by the remote service system, a verification to distinguish the elevator associated with the rescue request among the plurality of elevators; enabling, by the remote service system, a data connection with the communication computer to control the verified elevator; and performing, by the remote service system, a remote operation associated with the verified elevator via the enabled data connection.
Claims20
A method of operating an elevator among a plurality of elevators controlled in a centralized manner by a remote service system at a remote location relative to the plurality of elevators, the method comprising:
- transmitting, from an elevator controller associated with the elevator, a rescue request to the remote service system by transmitting, to the remote service system, one or more of (i) a response originating from the elevator in response to receipt of an instruction, from the remote service system, instructing only the elevator from among the plurality of elevators to generate the response, or (ii) a unique identifier associated with the elevator from among a plurality of unique identifiers associated with respective ones of the plurality of elevators, the rescue request requesting the remote service system perform a remote manual operation of the elevator;
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- performing, by the elevator controller, the remote manual operation in response to instructions received via a remote manual operation panel of the remote service system located at the remote location and transmitted to the elevator controller over a data connection established after the remote service system verifies that, from among the plurality of elevators, the elevator is a source of the rescue request by one or more of (i) observing the response originating from the elevator, or (ii) analyzing the unique identifier associated with the elevator.
A method of operating an elevator among a plurality of elevators controlled in a centralized manner by a remote service system at a remote location relative to the plurality of elevators, the method comprising:
- transmitting, from an elevator controller associated with the elevator, a rescue request to the remote service system, the rescue request requesting the remote service system perform a remote manual operation of the elevator;
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- performing, by the elevator controller, the remote manual operation in response to instructions received via a remote manual operation panel of the remote service system located at the remote location and transmitted to the elevator controller over a data connection established after the remote service system verifies that, from among the plurality of elevators, the elevator is a source of the rescue request, wherein the performing the remote manual operation includes one or more of (i) bypassing a safety contact or a safety function associated with the elevator from the remote location, (ii) opening at least one hoisting machinery brake associated with the elevator from the remote location, or (iii) activating a rescue drive unit associated with the elevator from the remote location.
An elevator, comprising:
- an interface configured to selectively exchange information with a remote service system via a data connection;
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- an elevator controller configured to,
- transmit a rescue request to the remote service system at a remote location relative to a plurality of elevators including the elevator by transmitting, to the remote service system, one or more of (i) a response originating from the elevator in response to receipt of an instruction, from the remote service system, instructing only the elevator from among the plurality of elevators to generate the response, or (ii) a unique identifier associated with the elevator from among a plurality of unique identifiers associated with respective ones of the plurality of elevators, the rescue request requesting the remote service system perform a remote manual operation of the elevator, and
- perform the remote manual operation in response to instructions received via a remote manual operation panel of the remote service system located at the remote location and transmitted to the elevator controller over the data connection after transmitted to the elevator controller over the data connection established after the remote service system verifies that, from among the plurality of elevators, the elevator is a source of the rescue request by one or more of (i) observing the response originating from the elevator, or (ii) analyzing the unique identifier associated with the elevator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.