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Elevator operation management system and elevator operation management method

To make it possible to comprehensively predict the movement of people by associating an elevator control system in a facility such as a building and an external system other than this system with each other and thereby provide a new service that has not existed before. There is provided an elevator operation management system for controlling and managing multiple elevator devices in a facility, the system including: a reception unit that acquires information on the number of users to use the elevator devices and elevator car destination information; a learning unit that stores and learns, as past experience data, the information on the number of users and the elevator car destination information acquired from the reception unit; a per-floor number-of-people estimation unit that estimates the number of users getting off at each elevator hall floor using storage information of the learning unit; and a request information output unit that outputs the number of people getting off thus estimated in the facility to a system other than the elevator operation management system.

Emergency monitoring systems for elevators
11702315 · 2023-07-18 · ·

Elevator systems and methods for displaying information associated with the elevator systems. The systems including an elevator car located within an elevator shaft, a display located within the elevator car, and an elevator emergency monitoring system having an elevator shaft monitoring device mounted on the elevator car and configured to capture an image of the elevator shaft. The elevator car is operable in an emergency mode of operation such that an image captured by the elevator shaft monitoring device is displayed on the display within the elevator car.

Emergency monitoring systems for elevators
11702315 · 2023-07-18 · ·

Elevator systems and methods for displaying information associated with the elevator systems. The systems including an elevator car located within an elevator shaft, a display located within the elevator car, and an elevator emergency monitoring system having an elevator shaft monitoring device mounted on the elevator car and configured to capture an image of the elevator shaft. The elevator car is operable in an emergency mode of operation such that an image captured by the elevator shaft monitoring device is displayed on the display within the elevator car.

Lintel assembly for elevator and elevator system
11702319 · 2023-07-18 · ·

A door lintel assembly for an elevator, and an elevator system. The door lintel assembly includes: a door lintel panel having an opening thereon; a display device, which is installed on the door lintel panel via the opening, and which has a display screen on a first side of the door lintel panel, and electronic components on a second side of the door lintel panel; and a rotation device, which includes a first bracket installed on both sides of the door lintel panel, a second bracket fixedly installed, and a rotation mechanism connecting the first bracket and the second bracket, wherein the rotation mechanism drives the first bracket and the door lintel panel to rotate relative to the second bracket.

Elevator display system
11548760 · 2023-01-10 · ·

An elevator display system includes: a sensing device that acquires sensing data indicating condition of an inside of a cage; a mirror display device arranged in the cage on a side opposite to an elevator door, functions in a first state as a mirror, and functions in a second state as an image display unit; a content generation unit that generates display image data to be displayed on the mirror display device; an in-cage condition judgment unit that judges condition of a user in the cage from the sensing data and outputs user information regarding the condition of the user; and a display control unit that outputs a control signal requesting generation of display image data for setting a display state of a display surface of the mirror display device to the first state or the second state to the display image generation unit based on the user information.

Detecting elevator mechanics in elevator systems

Embodiments include a method and system for detecting mechanics in an elevator system. The system includes a controller configured to communicate with one or more anchors, and a tag configured to transmit a signal, wherein the signal includes an identifier and location information. The system also includes one or more anchors, wherein the one or more anchors are configured to detect the signal from the tag, wherein the controller is configured to execute a safety action response to detecting the signal from the tag.

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING ELEVATOR SAFETY CHAIN
20230211979 · 2023-07-06 ·

A method and device for detecting an elevator safety chain and a computer-readable storage medium for implementing the method. A device for detecting an elevator safety chain, includes: an interface unit coupled with the elevator safety chain and configured to output an operating signal having a first level when the elevator safety chain is in an ON state and an operating signal having a second level when the elevator safety chain is in an OFF state; and a processing unit, including: memory; a microcontroller coupled with the interface unit; and a computer program stored on the memory and running on the microcontroller, the running of the computer program causes: evaluating reliability of the elevator safety chain based on time domain characteristic of the operating signal output by the interface unit.

Sensor fusion door status detection
11542124 · 2023-01-03 · ·

A method of monitoring a door of an elevator car within an elevator system including: detecting a first plurality of accelerations along an X-axis of the elevator system during a first time period; detecting a second plurality of accelerations along a Y-axis of the elevator system during the first time period; determining an absolute value of the first plurality of accelerations; determining an absolute value of the second plurality of accelerations; determining a first summation of the absolute value of the first plurality of accelerations and the absolute value of the second plurality of accelerations; and determining whether the door of the elevator car is in motion during the first time period by determining whether a maximum value of the first summation is greater than a threshold value.

Sensor fusion door status detection
11542124 · 2023-01-03 · ·

A method of monitoring a door of an elevator car within an elevator system including: detecting a first plurality of accelerations along an X-axis of the elevator system during a first time period; detecting a second plurality of accelerations along a Y-axis of the elevator system during the first time period; determining an absolute value of the first plurality of accelerations; determining an absolute value of the second plurality of accelerations; determining a first summation of the absolute value of the first plurality of accelerations and the absolute value of the second plurality of accelerations; and determining whether the door of the elevator car is in motion during the first time period by determining whether a maximum value of the first summation is greater than a threshold value.

VERTICAL TRANSPORTATION MACHINE GUIDANCE DEVICE AND VERTICAL TRANSPORTATION MACHINE GUIDANCE METHOD

There is provided an elevator guidance device 40 including an identification information acquisition unit 41 configured to acquire identification information for a user heading for an elevator hall, a selected elevator information acquisition unit 42 configured to acquire information on a selected elevator selected from a plurality of elevators as an elevator for the user identified to take, and a guidance indication unit 43 configured to indicate, in an indication mode associated with the user, a leading guidance sign on a route starting from a leading start position, at which leading of the user identified is started, to a landing entrance of the selected elevator, the leading guidance sign leading the user to the landing entrance of the selected elevator.