Method and apparatus for controlling an elevator car
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Kookmin University Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation
InventorsGu Min Jeong, Hyun Jung Oh, Seung Hyeon Lee, Yo Cheol Jang, Ju Young Oh, Jae Jun Ha
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Abstract
An elevator control method is implemented by a computer and comprises: receiving a board request from a board-standby robot; determining a priority of the board-standby robot based on information relating to the board-standby robot and operation information of the elevator; and controlling operation of an elevator car based on the priority of board-standby robots and the priority of on-board robots within the elevator car.
Claims22
An elevator control method, which is implemented by a computer, comprising:
- receiving a board request from a board-standby robot;
- determining a priority of the board-standby robot based on information relating to the board-standby robot and operation information of an elevator;
- controlling operation of an elevator car based on the priority of board-standby robots and the priority of on-board robots within the elevator car;
- confirming a boarding of the board-standby robot;
- adjusting a priority of board-finished robots based on a wait time of the board-finished robots in the elevator;
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- controlling operation of the elevator according to the adjusted priority.
An elevator control device, comprising:
- a communication unit for receiving a board request from a board-standby robot;
- a priority determination unit for determining a priority of the board-standby robot based on information relating to the board-standby robot and operation information of an elevator;
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- a control unit for controlling operation of an elevator car based on the priority of the board-standby robot and the priority of on-board robots and for confirming a boarding of the board-standby robot,
- wherein the priority determination unit adjusts a priority of board-finished robots based on an exit wait time of the board-finished robots in the elevator;
- and the control unit controls operation of the elevator according to the adjusted priority.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.