The invention relates to a method for the processing of call inputs of a user by an elevator controller of an elevator installation in which a user inputs either an external call and an internal call or a destination call into the elevator controller, wherein the elevator controller generates at least two sub-calls in reaction to the internal call or the destination call, wherein the sub-calls comprise at least one external call and/or at least one internal call whose destination floor is different from the destination floor of the internal call input by the user. The invention furthermore relates to a method in which an elevator controller generates a destination call or an internal call in reaction to an external call. The invention furthermore relates to corresponding elevator installations designed for carrying out these methods.

Passenger guidance systems for a multicar elevator system and related methods are provided. The passenger guidance system includes a first landing door configured to provide access to at least one elevator car within a first lane, a second landing door configured to provide access to at least one elevator car within a second lane, a controller configured to receive information regarding the at least one elevator car within the first lane and the at least one elevator car within the second lane, and a first display controlled by the controller and configured to provide display information regarding a first elevator car in the first lane, the first elevator car of the first lane being one of (i) an elevator car currently located at the first landing door or (ii) an elevator car next to arrive at the first landing door.

In an elevator system using multiple-deck elevator cars (130, 132), an elevator passenger (154) travels between a floor in a first zone (170) in a building (120) and a floor in a second zone (172) in the building (120). The passenger (154) travels first from one of the zones (170, 172) to a ground floor lobby (100, 101). Within a given amount of time after arriving at the lobby (100, 101), the identified passenger (154) is allowed to place an elevator call for an elevator traveling to the other zone (170, 172). Even if the call is for a destination floor not usually served from the particular ground floor lobby (100, 101), the passenger (154) is allowed to travel to the destination floor as requested.

The present invention provides an elevator-calling control apparatus, an elevator-calling control system and an elevator-calling control method thereof, and belongs to the field of elevator control technologies. In an elevator-calling control process, the following steps are included: inputting an elevator-calling command; displaying elevator running state information and estimated time of arrival information of several elevators in a corresponding elevator group for a passenger to make reference, wherein the elevator running state information at least includes information that reflects a current crowding degree of the elevator; and selecting an elevator from the several elevators as the elevator that the passenger determines to take. The elevator-calling control of the present invention may facilitate a passenger to actively select an elevator that the passenger determines to take, which has good user elevator calling and taking experience and enhances the running efficiency of the elevator.

An elevator car comprising a passenger cab and a robot cab, the robot cab is configured to accommodate at least one autonomous robot; wherein the robot cab includes: a robot cab controller configured to receive elevator call requests from the at least one autonomous robot and a coupling mechanism configured to couple the robot cab to the passenger cab.

Provided is a multi-car elevator system including: a plurality of cars to be raised and lowered in the same hoistway; and an inspection work controller. The inspection work controller is operated by a worker so as to move an operation target car which is one of the plurality of cars. Further, the operation target car is allowed to be selected from two or more of the cars in a work area in which the worker is present.

An aspect includes a system with a communication interface configured to receive a mobile device location indicator at a first location and a second location. The system also includes a memory system and a processing system configured to perform operations. The operations include detecting a mobile device at the first location and observing a current state of one or more conditions present during detection of the mobile device. A travel prediction of the mobile device between the first location and the second location is determined based on a travel history of the mobile device and the current state of the one or more conditions. A command is output to a dispatching system based on detection of the mobile device at the first location and the travel prediction of the mobile device to align with a predicted arrival of the mobile device at the second location.

An elevator scheduling method and an apparatus, a server, and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The elevator scheduling method is applied to a server, and comprises: determining an elevator schedule request, wherein the elevator schedule request comprises starting floor information and target floor information; determining a target elevator to be scheduled to a target robot based on the elevator schedule request and operation information of schedulable elevators; generating a control instruction based on the starting floor information, the target floor information, and identification information of the target elevator; and sending the control instruction to an elevator control device, wherein the elevator control device controls movement of the target elevator.

A method for deploying a controller to an elevator system includes generating a request to at least one other controller for obtaining at least one parameter relating to a deployment of the controller to the elevator system, receiving a response, and in response to detection that the at least one parameter in the response comprises a set of operational parameters, initiating a configuration procedure, and in response to detection that the at least one parameter in the response does not comprise the set of operational parameters, deriving an identifier of the elevator system included as the at least one parameter in the response and generating a request including the identifier of the elevator system for obtaining the set of operational parameters. An elevator system is configured to perform the method.

Provided are embodiments for identifying waiting passengers outside an elevator using deep learning and machine learning and automatically supporting social distancing for elevator passengers. Embodiments include receiving a call request from an elevator floor; capturing an image of the elevator floor registering the call request responsive to receiving the call request; and determining, from the image, a presence of one or more waiting passengers on the elevator floor registering the call request. Embodiments also include dispatching an elevator car to the elevator floor registering the call request; and controlling the elevator car based at least in part on determining the presence of the one or more waiting passengers.