A method for positioning a plurality of elevator cars that includes determining an occupant count for each of a plurality of locations, by determining the number of occupants exiting the plurality of elevator cars at each of the plurality of locations and the number of occupants entering the plurality of elevator cars from each of the plurality of locations. The method includes moving at least one of the plurality of elevator cars to a first location with a total occupant count that is greater than the occupant count at each respective location of the plurality of locations when the at least one of the plurality of elevator cars is in an inactive state.

An exemplary method includes distributing identifying tags to a plurality of potential elevator passengers so that each passenger has a uniquely identifiable one of the tags. Collective elevator system traffic information is determined based on monitoring movement of individual ones of the plurality of tags and corresponding elevator system operation.

An elevator taking user management system, which includes a detection apparatus, a processing module, and an output apparatus. The processing module is respectively electrically connected to the detection apparatus and the output apparatus. The detection apparatus detects the number of persons in an elevator waiting area; the processing module receives a signal at least indicating the detected number of persons sent by the detection apparatus, acquires the number of persons who have input target floors, further compares the detected number of persons with the number of persons who have input target floors at the floor where the detection apparatus is located, and when the detected number of persons is greater than the number of persons who have input target floors, sends a reminding signal; and the output apparatus is eclectically connected to the processing module, for receiving the reminding signal and presenting it in the elevator waiting area.

An elevator system (2, 102) includes an elevator car (4, 104), a tag detection device (16, 116) arranged to detect the presence of tags (18, 20; 118, 120) in the elevator car (4, 104) and a control system (13). The control system (13) is arranged to determine if the tag detection device (16, 116) detects at least one of a set of associated tags (18, 20; 118, 120) 10 present in the elevator car (4, 104) and, if at least one of the set of associated tags (18, 20; 118, 120) is detected in the elevator car (4, 104), to prevent at least one travel operation of the elevator car (4, 104) until all or none of the set of associated tags (18, 20; 118, 120) is detected to be present in the elevator car (4, 104).

A passenger guidance device is configured to include: a passenger detection unit for detecting a passenger who has entered a boarding waiting area which is an area in front of an entrance door of an elevator; a position detection unit for detecting a position of a passenger detected by the passenger detection unit; a number assignment unit for assigning a number indicating a boarding order to the elevator to the passenger detected by the passenger detection unit every time the passenger detection unit detects a passenger; and a number display unit for displaying the number assigned by the number assignment unit on a floor surface around the position detected by the position detection unit.

A spatial location positioning method for an elevator, a spatial location positioning system for an elevator, and an elevator. The spatial location positioning method for the elevator includes transmitting near-field wireless communication signals in preset areas of the elevator; receiving response signals of a target object to the near-field wireless communication signals, and analyzing signal AOA (angle of arrival) information from the response signals; and determining current location of the target object according to the signal AOA information.

An autonomous mobile method for an autonomous mobile device according to the present embodiment is an autonomous mobile method for an autonomous mobile device that autonomously moves in a facility provided with an elevator. When the total number of the autonomous mobile devices including other autonomous mobile devices in a car of the elevator is larger than a threshold that is a plural number, an operation mode of the car is switched from a general mode in which a human is allowed to enter the car to a dedicated mode in which the human is prohibited from entering the car.

An elevator device including on-car presence detection units, each being configured to detect presence of a person on top of a corresponding one of cars, on-car operation panels, each to be operated for a manual operation of the corresponding one of cars, and an elevator control device including a car operation approval unit configured to approve or cancel the operation on the on-car operation panels. When the on-car presence detection units have detected the presence of persons on top of the plurality of cars, the operation on the on-car operation panels of all the cars is canceled by the car operation approval unit. When the on-car presence detection unit has detected the presence of a person on top of one of the plurality of cars, the car operation approval unit approves the operation on the on-car operation panel of any one of the plurality of cars.

Provided are embodiments for a system and a method for performing passenger grouping in an elevator system. Embodiments includes receiving a call request placed by a user, and receiving user condition data for a user obtained using one or more sensors operably coupled to the controller. Embodiments also include calculating a final exposure rating based at least in part on the user condition data, and assigning the user to an elevator based at least in part on the final exposure rating.

A sensor module includes at least a camera module and one or more machine learning (ML) inference application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), which are configured to detect the presence of people in an elevator. The sensor module includes at least one processor, which executes instructions that enable the sensor module to detect, count, and anonymously track one or more persons in an elevator. The sensor module may also sensors, such as an accelerometer and an altimeter, which are used to estimate the kinematic state of the elevator. The camera, ML ASIC(s), sensors, and embedded application enable the sensor device to anonymously monitor the movement of people through a building via the elevator. The ML ASIC(s) allow the sensor module to count occupants in the elevator in near-real time, enabling the sensor to transmit signals for controlling aspects of the elevator system.