Management of power supply of an elevator system
AssigneeKone Corporation
InventorsNiko ELOMAA, Jere VUORENALA, Ari HÄNNINEN
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Abstract
An elevator system includes: an elevator entity; and a mobile robot. In response to a detection that the mobile robot shall provide electrical energy to the elevator entity, the mobile robot is configured to: receive an instruction to provide electrical energy to the elevator entity; couple to a coupling station of the elevator entity; and provide electrical energy to the elevator entity via the coupling station of the elevator entity. A method to transfer electrical energy in an elevator environment is also disclosed.
Claims20
An elevator system, comprising:
- an elevator entity;
- and
- a mobile robot,
- wherein, in response to a detection that the mobile robot shall provide electrical energy to the elevator entity, the mobile robot is configured to:
- receive an instruction to provide electrical energy to the elevator entity;
- couple to a coupling station of the elevator entity;
- and
- provide electrical energy to the elevator entity via the coupling station of the elevator entity.
A method for an elevator system to transfer electrical energy, the elevator system comprising:
- an elevator entity;
- and
- a mobile robot,
- wherein the method comprises the steps of:
- detecting that the mobile robot shall provide electrical energy to the elevator entity;
- generating an instruction for the mobile robot to provide electrical energy to the elevator entity;
- coupling the mobile robot to a coupling station of the elevator entity;
- and
- providing electrical energy to the elevator entity via the coupling station of the elevator entity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.