Otis Elevator Company

Vitec Videocom Gmbh

Mark Ross

Jannah A Stanley

Theresa M Christy

Hideyuki Honma

Toshimitsu Mori

Arthur Hsu

Harold Terry

John M Milton-Benoit

Zuhair S Bahjat

Hansoo Shim

Cheong SikShin

Masanori Sahara

A power system for the electronic devices on a mobile workstation. The power system preferably includes: an enclosure having a mount for a removable battery; circuitry housed in the enclosure for providing electrical power at two or more output voltages for electronic devices on the workstation and for deactivating output power when the battery charge falls below a predetermined level. The power system may also include charging circuitry for recharging the removable battery in-place.

Workstation power system

Destination calls entered by means of buttons (-) are each given a designation unique to the car and pick-up floor for that call and other calls to be serviced therewith, such as a letter (A-E), which is different from any other outstanding calls. Calls can be reassigned among elevators (UL, LL, UR, LR) whether they are in the same or different hoistways (LF, RT). Signs (--) adjacent each hoistway are illuminated to display the designation of any call which is being answered by an elevator car approaching the floor. Thus, passengers are informed when their call is being answered by the signs identifying the call, rather than identifying any particular car. Another embodiment identifies () the hoistway landing doorway () as well as a letter to allow passengers to wait adjacent to the hoistway landing doorway of the car which will serve them.

Call indicator provided near elevator car currently assigned to the call

The time required for each car to reach each up hall call and each down hall call is calculated (). These times are then arranged in categories and the number of landings in each category is identified. From fuzzy sets (FIGS.), the count of landings in each category determines a fuzzy set membership in a fuzzy category, such as FEW, SOME, MANY. The fuzzy membership of all non-zero memberships are then ANDed together (by multiplication). A relationship value is then determined (FIG.) by a metric with as many dimensions as there are categories, each dimension having as many parts as there are fuzzy categories in the fuzzy sets. The membership combination (the fuzzy summation) is then multiplied by a relationship value determined from the multi-dimensional metric to provide a corresponding separation metric of the invention.

Elevator car separation based on response time

A control device for a double-deck elevator system having an upper deck and a lower deck, includes a group control device for assigning the upper and lower decks to respond to car calls from the upper and lower decks and boarding hall calls from a plurality of floors. The control device further includes an assignment control device for determining whether a plurality of the car calls and boarding hall calls can be responded to simultaneously and for directing said group control device to reassign the upper and lower decks to respond to the plurality of car calls and boarding hall calls simultaneously.

Control system and control method for reassigning the cars of a double-deck elevator

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Shelton, CT, United States of America

Mark Ross