Robot interlocking elevator control system
AssigneeHyundai Elevator Co., Ltd.
InventorsMoonSu KIM, DongHo KANG, SeungWoo LEE, DongHyun KWON
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Abstract
Disclosed is a robot interlocking elevator control system for efficient control of elevators operated in association with robots autonomously moving in a building. The present disclosure provides a method of setting the most efficient elevator line to be exclusive for robots in consideration of traffic volume in the building, a method of assigning elevator lines and efficiently switching operation modes of elevators while suppressing an encounter between the robots and humans, and a method of setting robot boarding-related parameters for elevator lines set to allow use of the robots.
Claims16
A robot interlocking elevator control system comprising:
- multiple elevators operated in association with robots autonomously moving in a building;
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- an elevator system controlling operation of the elevators installed in the building,
- wherein each of the multiple elevators is operated along an elevator line thereof in any one operation mode among a robot-exclusive mode allowing exclusive use of the robots, a passenger-exclusive mode preventing the robots from boarding the elevator, and a share mode allowing simultaneous boarding of the robots and normal passengers, and
- the elevator system comprises a group management unit performing group management with respect to the multiple elevators,
- the group management unit calculating a traffic evaluation index with reference to call information preregistered to each of the elevator lines of the multiple elevators to set an elevator line having the lowest traffic to the robot-exclusive mode based on the traffic evaluation index upon setting at least one elevator line among the multiple elevators to the robot-exclusive mode, and delaying switching of the operation mode or immediately switching the operation mode in consideration of probability of an encounter between the robots and humans in response to a request for switching of the operation mode of the elevator line.
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