Elevator system and elevator car assignment method
AssigneeMitsubishi Electric Corporation
InventorYuya SENGOKU
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Abstract
An elevator system is configured to be capable of accepting an internal call made by a user operating an elevator operating panel and an external call made from an external apparatus using a communication network. The elevator system is provided with a processor that assigns a car to be an arranged-car candidate to an internal call or an external call from among one or more cars. The processor is configured to, when an external call is accepted, execute an operation condition judgment process for judging whether each of the one or more cars is in an operating state or in a non-operating state and an external call assignment process for preferentially assigning a car in the non-operating state as the arranged-car candidate over a car in the operating state.
Claims12
An elevator system configured to be capable of accepting an internal call made by a user operating an elevator operating panel and an external call made from an external apparatus separate from the elevator operating panel using a communication network and configured to assign a car to be an arranged-car candidate to the internal call or the external call from among one or more cars, the elevator system comprising processing circuitry, the processing circuitry being configured to execute:
- an operation condition judgment process for, when the external call is accepted, judging whether each of the one or more cars is in an operating state or in a non-operating state;
- an attribute judgment process for, when the external call is accepted, judging an attribute related to priority of the external apparatus;
- and
- an external call assignment process for, in response to a result of the judgment by the operation condition judgment process, preferentially assigning a car in the non-operating state as the arranged-car candidate over a car in the operating state;
- wherein
- the processing circuitry is configured to, in the external call assignment process, decide whether or not to assign the car in the operating state as the arranged-car candidate, according to the attribute.
(canceled)
An elevator car assignment method for, in an elevator system configured to be capable of accepting an internal call made by a user operating an elevator operating panel and an external call made from an external apparatus separate from the elevator operating panel using a communication network, assigning a car to be an arranged-car candidate to the external call from among one or more cars, the elevator car assignment method being configured to:
- accept the external call;
- judge whether each of the one or more cars is in an operating state or in a non-operating state;
- judge an attribute related to priority of the external apparatus;
- execute an external call assignment process for preferentially assigning a car in the non-operating state as the arranged-car candidate over a car in the operating state;
- and
- in the external call assignment process, decide whether or not to assign the car in the operating state as the arranged-car candidate, according to the attribute.
(canceled)
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