Customer participatory elevator control system

• US 5,010,472 A
• Filed: 02/17/1989
• Issued: 04/23/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Morita, Yuzo, Kuzunuki, Soshiro, Tobita, Toshimitsu, Ueshima, Takaaki, Yoneda, Kenzi
• Primary Examiner(s): Smith, Jerry
• Assistant Examiner(s): TRAMMELL, JAMES P
• Application Number:
  US07/311,952
• Time in Patent Office: 795 Days
• Field of Search: 364/148, 364/513, 364/191, 364/192, 187/100, 187/121, 187/124, 187/127, 187/128, 187/139, 187/133, 187/130, 187/129
• US Class Current: 700/49
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 1/18 with means for storing pulses controlling the movements of several cars or cages B66B1/2458 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 706/90 Fuzzy logic

Abstract

A customer participatory elevator control system includes a device for setting and storing information necessary to operate a plurality of elevators on trial and a device for operating the elevators on the basis of the trial operation information. When the customer inputs into the control system a request which is unexpected to the elevator maker in the course of design of operation specifications, the control system enables the customer to carry out a trial of elevator call assignment control and guide control in accordance with the customer'"'"'s request and changes the designed elevator operation specifications in accordance with results of the trial.

Claims

1. A customer participatory elevator control system for use in an elevator system having a plurality of elevators serving a plurality of floors, means for storing predetermined specification information necessary to operate said elevators, and means for controlling the operation of said elevators on the basis of said predetermined specification information, said control system comprising:

means for setting and storing information necessary to operate said elevators on a trial basis;

means for rewriting the contents of said predetermined specification information storing means into trial operation information;

means for controlling a trial operation of said elevators on the basis of the trial operation information; and

means for analyzing results of the trial operation and restoring the original contents of said predetermined specification information storing means in response to said analyzed results.

2. A customer participatory elevator control system according to claim 1, wherein the restoring of the original contents of said predetermined specification information storing means is performed automatically in response to said analyzed results.

3. A customer participatory elevator control system for use in an elevator system having a plurality of elevators, said control system comprising:

an elevator controller including a group management control unit;

an artificial intelligence tool connected to said group management control unit;

a computer connected to said artificial intelligence tool; and

a maintenance terminal;

said group management control unit comprising;

a program for controlling the operation of the elevators;

an operation control form decision table including a fundamental control specification table;

a table rewrite program connected to said fundamental control specification table and responsive to a command from said maintenance terminal to prepare a trial operation program;

a trial operation control table, connected to said table rewrite program, for executing said trial operation program; and

an operation specification preparing program for preparing elevator operation specifications on the basis of data of at least said operation control form decision table; and

said control system further comprising;

means for analyzing results of a trial operation of the elevators performed in accordance with said trial operation program, and for restoring the trial operation program to an original program for controlling the operation of the elevators in response to said analyzed results.

4. A customer participatory elevator control system according to claim 3 wherein said operation control form decision table comprises a management table, said fundamental control specification table for determining machine number dependent service floors, a user'"'"'s knowledge table for storing knowledge of a user, and an operation mode command table for designating a type of operation program.

5. A customer participatory elevator control system according to claim 3 wherein said group management control unit further comprises a communication program to enable said artificial intelligence tool to prepare said trial operation control table and read part of said operation control form decision table through the medium of said communication program.

6. A customer participatory elevator control system according to claim 3, wherein the restoring of the trial operation program to an original program for controlling the operation of the elevators is performed automatically in response to said analyzed results.

7. A customer participatory elevator control system for use in an elevator system having a plurality of elevators serving a plurality of floors, means for storing predetermined specification information necessary to operate said elevators, and means for controlling the operation of said elevators on the basis of said predetermined specification information, said control system comprising:

means for setting and storing information necessary to operate said elevators on a trial basis;

means for rewriting the contents of said predetermined specification information storing means into trial operation information;

means for controlling a trial operation of said elevators on the basis of the trial operation information; and

means for analyzing results of the trial operation.