A safety control device (1) for a people conveyor (101). The safety control device (1) includes a first safety control channel (2) configured to output a first safety control signal in response to one or more input signals (10, 12, 14), a second safety control channel (4) configured to output a second safety control signal in response to one or more input signals (10, 12, 14), and an override control channel (6) configured to: monitor the health of the first and second safety control channels (2, 4), determine whether a fault has occurred in either of the first or second safety control channels (2, 4), and override the first or second safety control signal in response to a determination that a fault has occurred in the corresponding safety control channel (2, 4).

A method of calibrating a beacon for an elevator call system including: determining when a calibrator mobile device is located at a desired distance away from the beacon on a specific landing, the beacon being associated with one or more specific elevator systems at a specific elevator bank on the specific landing; detecting a wireless signal emitted by the beacon using a communication device of the calibrator mobile device when the calibrator mobile device is located at the desired distance; and establishing the desired distance as a selected range of the beacon for locating a passenger device for an elevator call received from the passenger device. The elevator call system is configured to assign future elevator calls received from the passenger mobile device detected to be within the selected range of the beacon to the one or more specific elevator systems at the specific elevator bank on the specific landing.

A method of calibrating a beacon for an elevator call system including: determining when a calibrator mobile device is located at a desired distance away from the beacon on a specific landing, the beacon being associated with one or more specific elevator systems at a specific elevator bank on the specific landing; detecting a wireless signal emitted by the beacon using a communication device of the calibrator mobile device when the calibrator mobile device is located at the desired distance; and establishing the desired distance as a selected range of the beacon for locating a passenger device for an elevator call received from the passenger device. The elevator call system is configured to assign future elevator calls received from the passenger mobile device detected to be within the selected range of the beacon to the one or more specific elevator systems at the specific elevator bank on the specific landing.

The invention relates to an elevator apparatus, comprising: a shaft, an elevator car vertically movable in the shaft, one or more ropes connected with the car, and a controller for controlling movement of the car. In order to detect sway in one or more elevator ropes connected with the car, the apparatus comprises at least one sensor unit arranged in the elevator shaft to detect sway and to produce a control signal indicating to the controller the detected sway. The controller compares the detected sway to a predetermined limit and prevents movement of the elevator car when sway reaches the predetermined limit.

The invention relates to an elevator apparatus, comprising: a shaft, an elevator car vertically movable in the shaft, one or more ropes connected with the car, and a controller for controlling movement of the car. In order to detect sway in one or more elevator ropes connected with the car, the apparatus comprises at least one sensor unit arranged in the elevator shaft to detect sway and to produce a control signal indicating to the controller the detected sway. The controller compares the detected sway to a predetermined limit and prevents movement of the elevator car when sway reaches the predetermined limit.

A method of estimating and compensating an interference torque of a lifting system includes steps of: continuously integrating a speed of a motor and specifying an integration value to be zero if the integration value is negative when the elevator car moves upward and downward in a hoist way; estimating a rope load constant of a wire rope according to an initial position and a maximum travel position, and calculating a rope load torque according to the maximum travel position, the rope load constant and a present position of the motor; estimating a car and counterweight load torque according to a car weight of the elevator car and a counterweight weight; estimating an interference torque according to the rope load torque and the car and counterweight load torque, and performing a feedforward compensation to the motor based on the interference torque.

A method of estimating and compensating an interference torque of a lifting system includes steps of: continuously integrating a speed of a motor and specifying an integration value to be zero if the integration value is negative when the elevator car moves upward and downward in a hoist way; estimating a rope load constant of a wire rope according to an initial position and a maximum travel position, and calculating a rope load torque according to the maximum travel position, the rope load constant and a present position of the motor; estimating a car and counterweight load torque according to a car weight of the elevator car and a counterweight weight; estimating an interference torque according to the rope load torque and the car and counterweight load torque, and performing a feedforward compensation to the motor based on the interference torque.

A conveyance system includes a machine having a motor; a source of AC power; a drive system coupled to the source of AC power, the drive system to provide multi-phase drive signals to the motor, the drive system including: a first drive having a first converter and a first inverter, the first convertor including a first positive DC bus and a first negative DC bus; a second drive having a second converter and a second inverter, the second convertor including a second positive DC bus and a second negative DC bus; wherein the first positive DC bus and the second DC positive bus are electrically connected and the first negative DC bus and the second negative DC bus are electrically connected.

Provided is an electricity generating elevator, which includes a cage installed in a shaft formed in a building in order to carry passengers or loads, a drive unit vertically moving the cage along the shaft, and an electricity generation unit including a coil section installed on the cage and a magnetic force generator that is installed in the shaft so as to face the coil section and provides a magnetic force to the coil section so as to generate an induced electromotive force according to a change in a position of the coil section while the cage moves up and down. Thereby, the electricity generating elevator includes the coil section attached to the cage and the magnetic force generator arranged in the shaft at a position facing the coil section, so that electric energy can be produced by the coil section according to a change in a position of the cage while the cage vertically reciprocates in the shaft, and the produced electric energy can be used as a power source for vertically moving the cage. Thus, maintenance expenses of the elevator can be reduced.

A method is provided for ensuring the integrity of a stairlift installation constructed from re-used components. Data representative of the form of a stairlift rail is stored in a control facility included in the stairlift carriage and then compared with data sensed in real time. A stairlift carriage may be disabled in the event sensed data varies from stored data.