Method of setting floor position
By having robots work collaboratively with elevator systems and sending floor position writing signals to the floor controller via wireless communication, voice control, or light control, the problem of increased system complexity due to automatic floor controller settings in existing technologies is solved, achieving efficient and economical automated floor position settings.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Patents(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- SHANGHAI MITSUBISHI ELEVATOR CO LTD
- Filing Date
- 2025-01-24
- Publication Date
- 2026-06-26
AI Technical Summary
Existing technologies for automatically setting floor positions in elevator floor controllers often increase system complexity and increase costs due to one-time operations, lacking an economical and efficient solution.
By having robots work in collaboration with elevator systems, floor position writing trigger signals are sent to the floor controller via wireless communication, voice control, or light control, thus achieving automated floor position setting and reducing system complexity.
The system enables automated floor location setting for elevator floor controllers, reducing system complexity and improving operational efficiency.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] This invention relates to the field of elevator technology, and more specifically to a method for setting floor positions. Background Technology
[0002] The elevator floor controller is an important human-machine interface device provided by the elevator. It is responsible for transmitting the call signals from the passenger's buttons to the elevator controller or group controller, and controlling the lighting and extinguishing of the button lights according to the instructions of the elevator controller or group controller. This requires setting the floor position corresponding to each floor controller, which is usually set by rotating a switch.
[0003] Chinese patent documents 1 and 2 use a series of keystrokes or specific button commands to enter the floor setting mode and adjust the floor setting value, eliminating the need for a rotary switch and reducing costs, but still requiring cumbersome manual setting. To achieve automatic floor position setting, Chinese patent documents 3 through 10 proposed several solutions. Some involve manual triggering, others involve adding extra detection contacts or communication networks, and still others involve adding barometric pressure sensors to identify floor positions. These methods achieve some degree of automation in floor position setting, avoiding tedious manual settings. However, the addition of extra measures, such as additional I / O signals or communication links, increases system complexity. Furthermore, since floor position setting is essentially a one-time operation, increasing system complexity is not an economical approach. Therefore, achieving automatic floor position setting without increasing system complexity remains a technical problem to be solved.
[0004] The publication numbers corresponding to Chinese patent documents 1 to 10 are as follows: Document 1 (CN101746650B), Document 2 (CN105984769A), Document 3 (CN103625997B), Document 4 (CN117203144A), Document 5 (CN117228462A), Document 6 (CN102689825A), Document 7 (CN212403033U), Document 8 (CN102689825B), Document 9 (CN104743415B), and Document 10 (CN115108421A). Summary of the Invention
[0005] To solve the above-mentioned technical problems, the present invention provides a method for setting floor positions. The method involves controlling a floor station controller and a robot to enter a floor setting mode. When the floor station controller receives a floor position and a floor position write trigger signal sent by the robot, it writes the floor position into the memory of the floor station controller as a position identifier for the floor station controller. The robot rides the elevator and moves along with the elevator car.
[0006] Preferably, after the floor station controller and the robot enter the floor setting mode, the robot communicates with the elevator controller to obtain a list of floor stations for which the floor positions need to be set. The robot then controls the elevator to run. Each time the elevator reaches the target floor in the floor station list, it sends a floor position write trigger signal. The floor station controller of the target floor then performs the floor position write operation until the floor position write operation of all floor station controllers in the floor station list is completed.
[0007] Preferably, after the floor controller and the robot enter the floor setting mode, the elevator controller operates the elevator. After reaching the target floor in the floor list, the robot sends a floor position write trigger signal, and the floor controller of the target floor performs the floor position write operation until the floor position write operation of all floor controllers in the floor list is completed.
[0008] Preferably, the robot sends a floor location write trigger signal using at least one of the following methods: wireless communication, voice control, light control, or by touching a summon button.
[0009] Preferably, after the robot accompanies the elevator car to the target floor in the floor list, the elevator controller sends the floor position of the elevator car to the floor controller.
[0010] Preferably, the floor control unit for at least two elevators and a robot enter the floor setting mode.
[0011] Preferably, when the elevator car carrying the robot arrives at the target floor in the floor list, the robot simultaneously or separately sends a floor position write trigger signal to the floor controller of each elevator.
[0012] Compared with existing technologies, it not only achieves automatic setting of floor positions, but also reduces the complexity of the elevator system. Attached Figure Description
[0013] The present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments:
[0014] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the elevator in Example 2;
[0015] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram illustrating the specific steps of writing the floor position in Example 2;
[0016] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram illustrating the specific steps of writing the floor position in Example 3. Detailed Implementation
[0017] The following specific embodiments illustrate the implementation of the present invention. Those skilled in the art can fully understand other advantages and technical effects of the present invention from the content disclosed in this specification. The present invention can also be implemented or applied through different specific embodiments, and the details in this specification can also be applied based on different viewpoints, with various modifications or changes made without departing from the overall design concept of the invention. It should be noted that, unless otherwise specified, the following embodiments and features can be combined with each other. The following exemplary embodiments of the present invention can be implemented in many different forms and should not be construed as being limited to the specific embodiments set forth herein. It should be understood that these embodiments are provided to make the disclosure of the present invention thorough and complete, and to fully convey the technical solutions of these exemplary embodiments to those skilled in the art.
[0018] Example 1
[0019] This embodiment provides a method for setting floor positions. The method involves controlling a floor station controller and a robot to enter a floor setting mode. When the floor station controller receives a floor position write trigger signal from the robot, it writes the floor position into its memory as a position identifier. The robot then rides the elevator, moving along with the elevator car. This method is applicable to both single-elevator and multi-elevator configurations within a group.
[0020] The first method for writing floor positions is as follows: After the floor station controller and the robot enter the floor setting mode, the robot communicates with the elevator controller to obtain the list of floor stations for which the floor positions need to be set. The robot then controls the elevator to run. Each time the elevator reaches the target floor in the list of floor stations, it sends a floor position writing trigger signal. The floor station controller of the target floor then performs the floor position writing operation until the floor position writing operation of all floor station controllers in the list of floor stations is completed.
[0021] The second method for writing floor positions is as follows: After the floor station controller and the robot enter the floor setting mode, the elevator controller controls the elevator to run. After reaching the target floor in the floor station list, the robot sends a floor position writing trigger signal, and the floor station controller of the target floor performs the floor position writing operation until the floor position writing operation of all floor station controllers in the floor station list is completed.
[0022] This embodiment reduces system complexity by using a robot to provide the trigger signal for writing floor positions. This embodiment is applicable to both single elevator and multi-group controlled elevator configurations, and can perform writing operations on a single elevator or multiple elevators at a time.
[0023] Preferably, the landing controllers of at least two elevators and one robot enter the floor setting mode. When the car carrying the robot arrives at the target floor in the landing list, the robot simultaneously or separately sends a floor position write trigger signal to the landing controllers of each elevator.
[0024] Example 2
[0025] This embodiment uses three elevators as an example to explain in detail the first method of writing the floor position in Embodiment 1.
[0026] like Figure 1 As shown, the building has three elevators serving eight floors. These three elevators share the same waiting hall on the same floor. The elevator controllers CC 11, 12, and 13 control the elevator operation, including handling floor calls, calling the elevator, starting and stopping the elevator, and opening and closing the doors. They are connected to the elevator group controller GC 1, which coordinates the operation of multiple elevators. The elevator cars 31, 32, and 33 run in shafts 21, 22, and 23 respectively, and the elevator controllers CC know the position of the cars. Figure 1 The floor controllers labeled 411-418 are for elevator 1, 421-428 for elevator 2, and 431-438 for elevator 3. When in normal operating mode, these floor controllers transmit floor call signals to the CC or GC and display the button indicator lights and floor position signals sent by the CC or GC. When in floor setting mode, upon receiving a trigger signal, they write the floor position information sent by the CC into memory as the floor controller's position identifier. Robot 5 communicates with the elevator controller and elevator group controller via a wireless network. It can also send trigger signals to the floor controllers to write floor positions via wireless communication, voice control, light control, or by touching the call button.
[0027] Figure 2 This is a specific example of the steps for writing the floor position using the first method in this embodiment.
[0028] Step s201: The operator controls the elevator and robot to enter the floor setting mode;
[0029] Step s202: Each elevator controller sends the floor setting mode to the floor control controller;
[0030] Step s203: The controllers of each floor station enter the state of preparing to receive floor location and trigger signals;
[0031] In step s204, the elevator controller sends the list of floors that need to be written to the robot. The robot controls the elevator to run to the first floor by sending command signals. Although this solution does not depend on the floor order, for convenience, this embodiment assumes that it starts from the first floor.
[0032] In step s205, the robot arrives at the destination floor with the elevator car. At this time, the elevator controller sends the position of the floor where the car is located to the controllers of each floor.
[0033] Step s206: The robot establishes wireless communication with the floor control device, or sends a trigger signal to the floor controller by means of voice control or touching the call button;
[0034] In step s207, the floor controller that receives the trigger signal writes the floor position sent by the elevator controller into its own memory.
[0035] In step s208, the robot checks the floor list to see if all floors have been written. If not, proceed to step s209; if they have been written, proceed to step s210.
[0036] Step s209: The robot controls the elevator to move to the next floor and repeats the writing process.
[0037] Step s210: Exit floor writing mode.
[0038] Example 3
[0039] This embodiment uses three elevators as an example to explain in detail the second method of writing the floor position in Embodiment 1.
[0040] Figure 3 This is a specific example of the steps involved in writing the second floor location in this embodiment.
[0041] Step s301: The operator controls the elevator and robot to enter the floor setting mode;
[0042] Step s302: Each elevator controller sends the floor setting mode to the floor control controller;
[0043] Step s303: The controllers of each floor station enter the state of preparing to receive floor location and trigger signals;
[0044] Step s304: The elevator controller controls the elevator to run to the first floor. Although this solution does not depend on the floor order, for convenience, this embodiment assumes that it starts from the first floor.
[0045] In step s305, the robot arrives at the destination floor with the elevator car. At this time, the elevator controller sends the position of the floor where the car is located to the controllers of each floor.
[0046] Step 306: The robot establishes wireless communication with the floor controller, or sends a trigger signal to the floor controller by means of voice control or touching the call button;
[0047] In step s307, the floor controller that receives the trigger signal writes the floor position sent by the elevator controller into its own memory and sends a write success signal to the elevator controller.
[0048] In step s308, the elevator controller determines whether the writing operation has been completed for all floors based on the confirmation signal sent by the floor controller; if not, proceed to step s309; if completed, proceed to step s310.
[0049] Step s309: The elevator controller controls the elevator to move to the next floor, and the writing process is repeated.
[0050] Step s310: Exit floor writing mode.
[0051] The present invention has been described in detail above through specific embodiments and examples, but these are not intended to limit the invention. Many modifications and improvements can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the principles of the invention, and these should also be considered within the scope of protection of the present invention.
Claims
1. A method for setting floor locations, characterized in that, The control floor station controller and the robot enter the floor setting mode. When the floor station controller receives the floor position and the floor position write trigger signal sent by the robot, it writes the floor position into the memory of the floor station controller as the position identifier of the floor station controller; the robot rides the elevator and moves together with the car.
2. The method for setting floor locations according to claim 1, characterized in that, After the floor station controller and the robot enter the floor setting mode, the robot communicates with the elevator controller to obtain the floor station list where the floor position needs to be set. The robot then controls the elevator to run. Each time the elevator reaches the target floor in the floor station list, it sends a floor position write trigger signal. The floor station controller of the target floor performs the floor position write operation until the floor position write operation of all floor station controllers in the floor station list is completed.
3. The method for setting floor locations according to claim 1, characterized in that, After the floor station controller and the robot enter the floor setting mode, the elevator controller operates the elevator. Each time the robot reaches the target floor in the floor station list, it sends a floor position write trigger signal. The floor station controller of the target floor then performs the floor position write operation until the floor position write operation of all floor station controllers in the floor station list is completed.
4. The method for setting floor locations according to claim 1, characterized in that, The robot sends a floor location write trigger signal using at least one of the following methods: wireless communication, voice control, light control, or by touching a summon button.
5. The method for setting floor locations according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that, Once the robot accompanies the elevator car to the target floor in the floor list, the elevator controller sends the floor position of the elevator car to the floor controller.
6. The method for setting floor locations according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that, The floor control controllers of at least two elevators and a robot enter the floor setting mode.
7. The method for setting floor locations according to claim 6, characterized in that, When the elevator car carrying the robot arrives at the target floor in the floor list, the robot simultaneously or separately sends a floor position write trigger signal to the floor controller of each elevator.