REMOTE CONFIGURATION OF ELEVATORS, ESCALATORS AND AUTOMATIC DOORS

• US 20180162685A1
• Filed: 11/22/2017
• Published: 06/14/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kone Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kone Corporation
• Inventors: MUSTONEN, Matti, KINNARI, Jouko, HAUTAKORPI, Jani
• Granted Patent: US 11,161,713 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 1/3407 Setting or modification of parameters of the control system
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 1/3446 Data transmission or communication within the control system
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 25/00 Control of escalators or moving walkways walkways of variable speed type B66B21/12; handrails of variable speed type B66B23/26; of general application G05
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 25/006 Monitoring for maintenance or repair for security reasons B66B29/005
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 5/0018 Devices monitoring the operating condition of the elevator system
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/00 Power-operated mechanisms for wings motor-operated accessories in locks for completing closing or initiating opening of a wing E05B17/00
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/104 for elevators
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/23297 Remote load of program with cellular, wireless, satellite connection

Abstract

There are provided measures for performing a configuration control in relation to an elevator, an escalator and automatic doors in a remote manner. Such measures exemplarily comprise determining a status of a component of said control apparatus, detecting whether a change with respect to said component has occurred based on said status, defining configuration parameters for said component, if it is detected that said change has occurred, and initiating transmission of said configuration parameters to said control apparatus.

Claims

1. A method for remote managing a control apparatus controlling an elevator, an escalator, or automatic doors, the method comprising the steps of:

determining a status of a component of said control apparatus;

detecting whether a change with respect to said component has occurred based on said status;

defining configuration parameters for said component, if it is detected that said change has occurred; and

initiating transmission of said configuration parameters to said control apparatus.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein in relation to said defining, said method further comprises the step of retrieving said configuration parameters for said component from a configuration information storage storing said configuration parameters.

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising the steps of:

receiving, from said control apparatus, local configuration parameters for said component; and

storing said local configuration parameters for said component in said configuration information storage.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein said change is a replacement of a hitherto component by a replacement component as said component.

5. The method according to claim 2, further comprising the step of receiving, from said control apparatus, local configuration parameters for said replacement component, wherein said local configuration parameters for said replacement component are indicative of said replacement,

wherein an occurrence of said change is detected based on said local configuration parameters for said replacement component, and

wherein optionally said local configuration parameters for said replacement component indicative of said replacement are default configuration parameters or differ from said configuration parameters stored in said configuration information storage by at least a predetermined difference.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein said component is any of a software component or a hardware component of said control apparatus.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein when initiating said transmission, said method further comprises the step of initiating a transmission of a priority indication to said control apparatus, said priority indication indicating that upon remote parameter manipulation by said transmission of said configuration parameters and local parameter manipulation at the same time, said remote parameter manipulation is overriding said local parameter manipulation.

16. A computer program product comprising computer-executable computer program code which, when the program is run on a computer, is configured to cause the computer to carry out the method according to claim 1,

wherein the computer program product is embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable medium on which the computer-executable computer program code is stored, and/or wherein the program is directly loadable into an internal non-transitory memory of the computer or a processor thereof.

17. The method according to claim 3, wherein said change is a replacement of a hitherto component by a replacement component as said component.

18. The method according to claim 3, further comprising the step of receiving, from said control apparatus, local configuration parameters for said replacement component, wherein said local configuration parameters for said replacement component are indicative of said replacement,

wherein occurrence of said change is detected based on said local configuration parameters for said replacement component, and

wherein optionally said local configuration parameters for said replacement component indicative of said replacement are default configuration parameters or differ from said configuration parameters stored in said configuration information storage by at least a predetermined difference.

19. The method according to claim 4, further comprising the step of receiving, from said control apparatus, local configuration parameters for said replacement component, wherein said local configuration parameters for said replacement component are indicative of said replacement,

wherein occurrence of said change is detected based on said local configuration parameters for said replacement component, and

wherein optionally said local configuration parameters for said replacement component indicative of said replacement are default configuration parameters or differ from said configuration parameters stored in said configuration information storage by at least a predetermined difference.

20. The method according to claim 2, wherein said component is any of a software component or a hardware component of said control apparatus.

8. A device for remote managing a control apparatus controlling an elevator, an escalator, or automatic doors, the device comprising:

determining circuitry configured to determine a status of a component of said control apparatus;

detecting circuitry configured to detect whether a change with respect to said component has occurred based on said status;

defining circuitry configured to define configuration parameters for said component, if it is detected that said change has occurred; and

initiating circuitry configured to initiate transmission of said configuration parameters to said control apparatus.

9. The device according to claim 8, further comprising retrieving circuitry configured to retrieve said configuration parameters for said component from a configuration information storage storing said configuration parameters.

10. The device according to claim 9, further comprising:

receiving circuitry configured to receive, from said control apparatus, local configuration parameters for said component; and

storing circuitry configured to store said local configuration parameters for said component in said configuration information storage.

11. The device according to claim 9, wherein said change is a replacement of a hitherto component by a replacement component as said component.

12. The device according to claim 9, further comprising receiving circuitry configured to receive, from said control apparatus, local configuration parameters for said replacement component, wherein said local configuration parameters for said replacement component are indicative of said replacement,

wherein said detecting circuitry is configured to detect occurrence of said change based on said local configuration parameters for said replacement component, and

wherein optionally said local configuration parameters for said replacement component indicative of said replacement are default configuration parameters or differ from said configuration parameters stored in said configuration information storage by at least a predetermined difference.

13. The device according to claim 8, wherein said component is any of a software component or a hardware component of said control apparatus.

14. The device according to claim 8, further comprising initiating circuitry configured to initiate a transmission of a priority indication to said control apparatus, said priority indication indicating that upon remote parameter manipulation by said transmission of said configuration parameters and local parameter manipulation at the same time, said remote parameter manipulation is overriding said local parameter manipulation.

15. A system comprising:

the device according to claim 8; and

a control apparatus controlling an elevator, an escalator, or automatic doors,

wherein said control apparatus is configured to receive said configuration parameters, and to effect a local parameter manipulation with respect to said component based on said configuration parameters.