ELEVATOR SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method of controlling elevators for evacuating people from a building, in which the power available for the elevator system to use is smaller than in normal operating mode, wherein the method comprises the phases:
- the numbers of people to be moved between different floors of the building are monitored;
the floor of the greatest priority is defined;
a free elevator is driven without stopping to the defined floor if the starting of the elevator does not cause exceedance of the power available for use; and
a filled elevator at the defined floor is driven to the exit floor of the building if the starting of the elevator does not cause exceedance of the power available for use.
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a method, a system and a computer program for the effective evacuation of a building in an emergency, in which at least one elevator can be used as an evacuation aid. In the method the group control of the elevators monitors the numbers of people on the different floors of the building. The floor on which it is assumed are most people is set at each moment of monitoring for a greater priority in an evacuation situation. Taking into account the limited supply power a free elevator car is directed to the floor of the greatest priority, at which the elevator is filled. The full elevator is directed without stopping to the exit floor of the building. The system monitors by means of detectors the safety of the different parts of the building and directs people if necessary to a safe evacuation location to wait for an elevator. A so-called Traffic Forecaster can be used as an aid in defining the priorities.
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51 Claims
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1. A method of controlling elevators for evacuating people from a building, in which the power available for the elevator system to use is smaller than in normal operating mode, wherein the method comprises the phases:
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the numbers of people to be moved between different floors of the building are monitored; the floor of the greatest priority is defined; a free elevator is driven without stopping to the defined floor if the starting of the elevator does not cause exceedance of the power available for use; and a filled elevator at the defined floor is driven to the exit floor of the building if the starting of the elevator does not cause exceedance of the power available for use. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. System for evacuating people from a building using the elevators of an elevator system as an aid, in which the power available for the elevator system to use is smaller than in normal operating mode, wherein the system comprises:
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a monitoring unit for monitoring the numbers of people to be moved between the different floors of the building; group control of the elevators for defining the floor of the greatest priority; group control of the elevators for driving a free elevator to the defined floor without stopping if the starting of the elevator does not cause an exceedance of the power available for use; and group control of the elevators for driving a filled elevator at the defined floor to the exit floor of the building if the starting of the elevator does not cause exceedance of the power available for use. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. Computer program for evacuating people from a building using the elevators of an elevator system as an aid, in which the power available for the elevator system to use is smaller than in normal operating mode, and which computer program comprises a program code, which when running on a data processing device is arranged to perform the following phases of the algorithm:
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monitor the numbers of people to be moved between the different floors of a building; define the floor of the greatest priority; drive a free elevator without stopping to the defined floor if the starting of the elevator does not cause exceedance of the power available for use; and drive a filled elevator without stopping to the exit floor of the building if the starting of the elevator does not cause exceedance of the power available for use. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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