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.

A movement detection system for a passenger in the present invention includes: a first Bluetooth module (150) mounted in an elevator landing area; and a movement prediction unit (270) configured to predict, based on Bluetooth movement data, that a movement of a passenger in the elevator landing area is a normal movement or an abnormal movement. The movement detection system and a movement detection method in the present invention can automatically detect an abnormal movement of a passenger, and are especially applicable to an elevator system that completes an elevator call operation without an input operation.

A smart multi-car elevator system, comprising at least two hoistways, a switch mechanism, a power mechanism and multiple cars; the hoistways are internally provided with rails for the movement of the cars, the switch mechanism is provided between adjacent hoistways, the position of the cars being switched, by means of the switch mechanism, between the adjacent hoistways; the perform, driven by the power mechanism, upward or downward movement within the hoistways or switch movement between the hoistways, and the cars are driven by the power mechanism to stop at any floor for people to get in or get out the elevator. The smart multi-car elevator system is provided with multiple individually running cars within one hoistway, improving the conveying efficiency and effectively saving the building space and building cost.

An elevator system includes a first car, a diagnosis operation control unit (12), a learning operation control unit (13), a setting unit (14), a second car, and an operation control unit (10). The diagnosis operation control unit (12) moves, after an occurrence of an earthquake, the first car to perform a diagnosis operation. The learning operation control unit (13) moves the first car to perform a learning operation. The setting unit (14) sets a reference range for detecting an abnormality in the diagnosis operation on the basis of learning data acquired in the learning operation. The operation control unit (10) controls a position of the second car so as not to be positioned at the same height as the first car when the learning operation is performed by the learning operation control unit (13).

In an approach for determining an optimal path for an elevator, a processor receives information, wherein the information includes social media data associated with a user and calendar entries associated with the user, indicating one or more locations within a building. A processor analyzes the received information. A processor determines a location to send an elevator within the building to minimize movement of the elevator, based on the analyzed information. A processor causes the elevator to move to the location.

Processes, apparatuses, and systems associated with usage and contextual-based elevator operations management that have the capability to learn and to constantly adapt to usage patterns on a temporal basis through continuous monitoring of elevator journeys. An elevator journey may include a start and termination floor for an individual. Elevator journey data may be used to predict patterns of usage and maybe used, for example, to optimize the number of elevators operational at any time, determine the optimal parking position of each elevator, and/or determine an efficient allocation of elevators to groups or related floors.

The invention relates to a method for allocating elevators of an elevator group to landing calls given in the elevator group, the elevator group having a control unit having a destination call control, which elevator control unit is connected to determining means for the prevailing traffic condition in the elevator group. Further the control unit comprises at least a first and second operating mode which are selected according to the prevailing traffic condition, wherein the first operating mode uses immediate call allocation of the elevators which includes the display of the allocated elevator on a destination operating panel immediately after having issued a landing call and wherein the second mode comprises the allocation of an elevator to a landing call before the arrival of the allocated elevator call to the landing where the landing call has been issued. The invention allows an adaption of destination control to different traffic situations.

A method, system, and computer readable storage medium for controlling elevator operation. More specifically, the embodiments of the present invention relate to controlling elevator operation by means of media information. In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a computer implemented method for controlling elevator operation. The method comprises receiving and storing media information over a network; obtaining an indication of an event that has occurred or is about to occur based on the media information, the indication including date, time, and location information of the event; and determining one or more buildings associated with the event based on the indication. The method generates a command for controlling the operation of one or more elevators in the one or more buildings at least partly based on the indication.

Disclosed is an elevator system in a building having a plurality of levels with a respective plurality of lobbies, including a first level and a second level having a respective first lobby and second lobby, the system including: an elevator car and a controller that controls the elevator car and communicates over a network with a device for a passenger seeking elevator service at the first lobby, wherein the controller: generates statistical data of elevator usage from dynamically updated accounting of elevator calls from the passenger, renders a first determination from the statistical data that the passenger will request first elevator service at the first lobby, and transmits a first communication to the device that includes instructions to display the first determination for the passenger.

A method and system for controlling elevator dispatch is provided. User data, including user behavior, is collected from a number of users over a specified time period. Elevator use data for a number of elevators in a building is also collected over the specified time period. Applying the user data and elevator use data, an elevator dispatch model is constructed that predicts future elevator use according to predicted user needs. An elevator control system dispatches the elevators according to the dispatch model. The elevator dispatch model is refined according to feedback data collected from users over a subsequent time period.