Elevator system having floors locked from receiving service
AssigneeKone Corporation
InventorsJohannes De Jong, Maarten Van Dijk, Marja-Liisa Siikonen
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Abstract
The present invention provides a solution for optimizing the transport capacity of an elevator system. For optimizing the transport capacity the elevator system dynamically locks floors served by it on the basis of defined locking rules. When a floor is locked, that floor can not be considered a designation floor or receive elevator calls.
Claims18
A method for optimizing the transport capacity of an elevator system, the elevator system serving two or more floors in a building the method comprising:
- locking at least one floor served by the elevator system;
- preventing a locked floor from being designated as a destination floor or a call floor;
- registering a destination call to a locked floor given by a passenger on a call floor;
- and
- allocating an elevator car to the passenger for taking the passenger from the call floor to an unlocked floor, from which there is an alternative passageway to the locked floor.
A method for optimizing the transport capacity of an elevator system, the elevator system serving two or more floors in a building the method comprising:
- locking at least one floor served by the elevator system;
- preventing a locked floor from being designated as a and destination floor or a call floor;
- simulating the effect of locking one or more floors on the transport capacity of the elevator;
- and
- selecting the one or more floors to be locked on the basis of the simulation.
An elevator system, comprising:
- at least one elevator;
- a control system of the elevator system;
- and
- call-giving appliances connected to the control system for registering calls given by passengers,
- wherein the control system is arranged to lock at least one floor served by the elevator system, and prevent a locked floor from being designated as a destination floor or a call floor, and
- wherein the control system registers a destination call given by a passenger and if the destination call is to a locked floor, allocates an elevator car to the passenger to take the passenger to an unlocked floor, from which there is an alternative passageway to the locked floor.
The elevator system according to clam 8, further comprising a guide to alternative passageways between locked floors and unlocked floors.
An elevator system, comprising:
- at least one elevator;
- a control system of the elevator system;
- and
- call-giving appliances connected to the control system for registering calls given by passengers,
- wherein the control system is arranged to lock at least one floor served by the elevator system, and prevent a locked floor from being designated as a destination floor or a call floor, and
- wherein the control system simulates the effect of locking a floor on the transport capacity of the elevator system and selects one or more floors to be locked on the basis of the simulation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.