SMART ELEVATOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ELEVATOR SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A smart elevator system including one or more elevator cars, comprising:
- a plurality of sensors, at least one of the plurality of sensors associated with a floor elevator door of a corresponding elevator car on a floor of a structure or associated with the corresponding elevator car, wherein the sensors detect a number of persons awaiting elevator service at one or more corresponding floors in the structure or receiving elevator service of a corresponding elevator car and transmit data signals of the number of persons detected;
one or more receiving processors associated with one or more floor elevator doors or associated with one or more corresponding elevator cars, wherein the one or more receiving processors receive the data signals transmitted from one or more corresponding sensors and determine passenger traffic data corresponding to data signals; and
at least one master processor associated with a corresponding one or more elevator cars in the structure, wherein the at least one master processor receives the passenger traffic data from the one or more receiving processors or from one or more corresponding sensors in the smart elevator system and determines at least one transport path to at least one floor location for corresponding one or more elevator cars, based on the received passenger traffic data.
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Abstract
Smart elevator systems and methods for controlling an elevator system use sensors that transmit data to a processor in a network system for use in operating an elevator system. The elevator system can include a system connected to a LAN, WAN, intranet, interne, etc. and is capable of exchanging data with and retrieving data therefrom. In the smart elevator systems, there are a number of wireless sensors that detect and transmit information on a number of people requesting elevator transport. The smart elevator system uses that information to select or determine one or more transport paths for one or more elevators to follow and, therefore, can be beneficial in enhancing efficient use of one or more elevators in an elevator system to service persons awaiting elevator service.
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20 Claims
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1. A smart elevator system including one or more elevator cars, comprising:
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a plurality of sensors, at least one of the plurality of sensors associated with a floor elevator door of a corresponding elevator car on a floor of a structure or associated with the corresponding elevator car, wherein the sensors detect a number of persons awaiting elevator service at one or more corresponding floors in the structure or receiving elevator service of a corresponding elevator car and transmit data signals of the number of persons detected; one or more receiving processors associated with one or more floor elevator doors or associated with one or more corresponding elevator cars, wherein the one or more receiving processors receive the data signals transmitted from one or more corresponding sensors and determine passenger traffic data corresponding to data signals; and at least one master processor associated with a corresponding one or more elevator cars in the structure, wherein the at least one master processor receives the passenger traffic data from the one or more receiving processors or from one or more corresponding sensors in the smart elevator system and determines at least one transport path to at least one floor location for corresponding one or more elevator cars, based on the received passenger traffic data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for operating an elevator system, the method comprising the steps of:
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scanning by one or more sensors an area on at least one floor outside of at least one floor elevator door on one or more corresponding floors to detect a number of persons awaiting elevator service; receiving by the one or more sensors scanning the at least one floor outside of at least one floor elevator door on the one or more corresponding floors data regarding the number of persons awaiting elevator service; transmitting data signals corresponding to the number of persons awaiting elevator service detected by the one or more sensors to at least one receiving processor; determining by at least one receiving processor passenger traffic data corresponding to the transmitted data signals; transmitting the determined passenger traffic data regarding the number of persons awaiting elevator service to at least one master processor; and determining by at least one master processor at least one transport path to at least one floor location for one or more elevator cars, based on the received passenger traffic data. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer implemented smart elevator system, the system comprising:
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a plurality of sensors, at least one of the plurality of sensors associated with a floor elevator door of a corresponding floor associated with a corresponding elevator car, wherein the plurality of sensors detect a number of persons awaiting elevator service at one or more corresponding floors and transmit data signals of the number of persons detected; at least one first computer implemented device, the at least one first computer device including a processor and a program stored in a memory, the program directing the at least one first computer implemented device to perform the following including; determining passenger traffic data corresponding to the transmitted data signals; and transmitting the determined passenger traffic data to at least one second computer implemented device; and the at least one second computer implemented device, the at least one second computer device including a processor and a program stored in a memory, the program directing the at least one second computer implemented device to perform the following including; receiving the passenger traffic data from at least one corresponding first computer implemented device; determining at least one transport path to a corresponding floor location for corresponding one or more elevator cars, based on the received passenger traffic data; and directing one or more elevator cars to respective one or more destinations corresponding to the one or more determined transport paths. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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