Method and system for controlling elevator car
AssigneeHyundai Elevator Co., Ltd.
InventorsDongHo Kang, MoonSu Kim, DongHyun Kwon
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Abstract
An elevator car control method includes: receiving a hall call from a first robot, the hall call including an indicator indicating the number of two or more robots and a destination floor, checking interior spaces of elevator cars based on interior images of the elevator cars; assigning an elevator car to the hall call based on the interior spaces of the elevator cars; receiving an under-boarding signal from a second robot; receiving a boarding completion signal from a third robot different from the second robot; and moving the elevator car to the destination floor.
Claims16
An elevator car control method comprising:
- receiving a hall call from a first robot, the hall call comprising an indicator indicating the number of two or more robots and a destination floor;
- checking interior spaces of elevator cars based on interior images of the elevator cars;
- assigning an elevator car to the hall call based on the interior spaces of the elevator cars;
- receiving an under-boarding signal from a second robot;
- receiving a boarding completion signal from a third robot different from the second robot;
- and
- moving the elevator car to the destination floor.
An elevator car control method comprising:
- operating a first elevator car by setting an operation mode of the first elevator car to a robot exclusive mode;
- operating a second elevator car by setting an operation mode of the second elevator car to a robot/passenger share mode;
- receiving a hall call from a first robot, the hall call comprising an indicator indicating the number of two or more robots and a destination floor;
- obtaining an occupation rate of the first elevator car;
- obtaining an occupation rate of the second elevator car;
- and
- assigning an elevator car to the hall call based on at least one of the occupation rate of the first elevator car, the occupation rate of the second elevator car, the operation modes, and a preset reference.
A control method by a robot control system, comprising:
- receiving a grouping request signal;
- grouping multiple robots into one group in response to the grouping request signal;
- transmitting a grouping signal including information about the grouped robots;
- transmitting a signal for notification of the grouped robots to an elevator car control system;
- moving the grouped robots to board an elevator car;
- transmitting a hall call to the elevator car control system, the hall call comprising an indicator indicating the number of grouped robots;
- and
- receiving an under-boarding signal from one of the multiple robots;
- and
- receiving a boarding completion signal from one of the multiple robots.
An elevator car control system comprising a processor and a memory configured to store instructions,
- the instructions, when executed, enabling the processor to:
- receive a hall call comprising an indicator indicating the number of two or more robots and a destination floor;
- determine occupation rates of elevator cars based on internal images of the elevator cars;
- assign an elevator car to the hall call based on the occupation rates of the elevator cars;
- receive an under-boarding signal from a robot;
- receive a boarding completion signal from a robot different from the robot;
- and
- move the elevator car to the destination floor.
An elevator car control system comprising:
- multiple elevator cars;
- a camera disposed within each of the elevator cars and acquiring an interior image of each of the elevator cars;
- a processor generating a control signal to control operation of each of the elevator cars in response to a request signal received from a robot,
- wherein the processor is configured to:
- receive a hall call from one robot, the hall call comprising a destination floor and an indicator indicating multiple robots included in one group;
- assign an elevator car for transporting the multiple robots to the hall call based on the interior image of each of the elevator cars;
- and allow the elevator car for transporting the multiple robots to accommodate the multiple robots and to move to the destination floor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.