Elevator control system

Abstract

The invention relates to an elevator control system which comprises a control unit used for being in communication connection with an elevator; the database is in communication connection with the control unit and stores associated information of a vehicle; the first detection unit is in communication connection with the control unit and is arranged at a channel to obtain related data of a vehicle; wherein the control unit judges a waiting time according to the related data, and after the waiting time, the control unit performs a control program of the elevator; wherein the control unit assigns a loading elevator; wherein the control unit can be used for a user to input inference information to infer and define a standby floor. According to the invention, the use of the elevator can be effectively managed and controlled, the time for waiting for the elevator is reduced, and power consumption can be reduced.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to a control system, in particular to an elevator control system. BACKGROUND

[0002] An elevator is a vertical lift powered by an electric motor, used for multi-story buildings to carry people or goods, which has the effect of fast, convenient and labor-saving. In order to meet the growing population demand, a large number of residential buildings, office buildings, shopping places and the like are built everywhere, and since most of these buildings have a very large number of floors, elevators are installed to facilitate users to quickly reach the target floor.

[0003] However, due to the large number of personnel in high-rise buildings, and the use habits and time points of each passenger are not regular, and each elevator is often located at different and unspecified floors, so the situation of long waiting time often occurs. In addition, if the user drives into the building, the uncertain time of finding a parking space and parking also needs to be considered, and it is completely impossible to control the regularity that can match the operation time of the elevator.

[0004] Therefore, the prior art cannot effectively control the use of the elevator, and the elevator often needs to be waited for a long time, and the elevator often moves up and down, which is very power-consuming.

[0005] Therefore, it is necessary to provide a novel and progressive elevator control system to solve the above problems. SUMMARY

[0006] The main purpose of the present application is to provide an elevator control system, which can effectively control the use of the elevator, reduce the waiting time for the elevator, and reduce power consumption.

[0007] In order to achieve the above purpose, the present application provides an elevator control system, comprising: a control unit for communication connection with an elevator; a database in communication connection with the control unit, storing associated information of a vehicle; and a first detection unit in communication connection with the control unit, provided at a passage to obtain related information of a vehicle; wherein the control unit determines a waiting time according to the related information, and the control unit performs an elevator control program after the waiting time; wherein the control unit specifies a pick-up elevator; wherein the control unit can input a reasoning information to define a standby floor.

[0008] Preferably, the control unit can define a participating elevator, and the control unit specifies the pick-up elevator from all possible participating elevators.

[0009] Preferably, the control unit can automatically learn and adjust the determination of the waiting time according to the actual waiting time.

[0010] Preferably, the inference information is at least one of a floor information and a number information.

[0011] Preferably, the floor information defines that all floors below a specified floor are standby floors, and the number information defines that all floors corresponding to a predetermined number of floors above or below a parking floor are the standby floors.

[0012] Preferably, when the pick-up elevator reaches the standby floor, the control unit restricts the pick-up elevator from being controlled by users of other floors for a reserved time.

[0013] Preferably, a second detection unit and a robot are further included. The second detection unit is arranged at a passage and is communicatively connected to the control unit. The second detection unit detects whether the robot is activated. The robot receives a loading completion signal from a user.

[0014] Preferably, when the control unit receives the loading completion signal, the control unit instructs the pick-up elevator to directly go to the parking floor of the vehicle.

[0015] Preferably, the association information includes a resident floor information. The robot advances to a door corresponding to a resident corresponding to the resident floor information according to the resident floor information.

[0016] The present application has the advantages of effectively managing the use of the elevator, reducing the waiting time for the elevator, and reducing power consumption. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0017] Figure 1 A block diagram of the structural relationship of an embodiment of the present application.

[0018] Figure 2 A control program diagram of an elevator control system of an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0019] The following only illustrates possible implementation manners of the present application by way of examples, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present application.

[0020] Please refer to Figure 1 and Figure 2 which show an embodiment of the present application. The elevator control system of the present application includes a control unit 10, a database 20, and a first detection unit 30.

[0021] The control unit 10 is communicatively connected with the elevator 50. The database 20 is communicatively connected with the control unit 10, and stores associated information of a vehicle. The first detection unit 30 is communicatively connected with the control unit 10, and is arranged at a passage to obtain relevant information of a vehicle. The control unit 10 determines a waiting time according to the relevant information, and performs a control procedure of the elevator after the waiting time. The control unit 10 defines or manually inputs all possible participating elevators 51 according to the relevant information, and specifies a boarding elevator 52 from the all possible participating elevators 51. The control unit 10 can input a reasoning information 80 to define a standby floor. The control unit 10 can automatically learn and adjust the waiting time according to the actual waiting time. Thus, the use of the elevator can be effectively controlled, the waiting time can be reduced, and the power consumption can be reduced.

[0022] The waiting time is preset in the control unit 10 (the waiting time can be preset as 0 second or other time greater than 0 second), or is calculated by the control unit 10 according to the relevant information and the waiting time (about the time from the user entering the parking space to the front of the elevator 50) of at least one elevator 50 to specify the boarding elevator 52.

[0023] The control unit 10 can automatically learn and adjust the waiting time according to the waiting time, so that the waiting time can be optimized and reduced according to the more appropriate vehicle moving and parking time.

[0024] In the first embodiment, the reasoning information 80 can be at least one of a floor information 81 and a numerical information 82 to define a standby floor. The floor information 81 is defined as a specified floor, and all floors below the specified floor are defined as the standby floor. The numerical information 82 is defined as all floors between the floors above and below a predetermined number of a parking floor. In the floor information 81, for example, one floor (1F) is specified as the floor, and all floors (B1, B2, B3, B4…) below the floor are considered as the standby floor. In the numerical information 82, for example, “2” is the predetermined number and the parking floor is the underground second floor (B2), and the standby floor is 1F, B1, B2, B3, B4. 1F and B1 are the floors above the parking floor (B2) and within the range of the predetermined number (2), B3 and B4 are the floors below the parking floor (B2) and within the range of the predetermined number (2). If the predetermined number is “0”, the parking floor is the only standby floor.

[0025] In the first embodiment, the at least one first detecting unit 30 comprises an image recognition system 31, for example, through a camera to obtain a license plate image, and then through a license plate recognition unit to further process to obtain a license plate number. The at least one first detecting unit 30 can also be an identity authentication system, for example, through wireless RFID, mobile device or ETC (electronic toll collection) system to verify to obtain a corresponding bound license plate number. It can be understood that it can also be any other device or system that can obtain relevant information to complete.

[0026] In a first pick-up procedure, when the control unit 10 obtains the relevant information (associated with the associated information), after a waiting time, the control unit 10 specifies at least one of the elevators 50 as a pick-up elevator 52 according to the standby floor, and controls the pick-up elevator 52 to move to the floor corresponding to the standby floor.

[0027] In the first pick-up procedure, first, the control unit 10 finds the pick-up elevator 52 from the participating elevators 51, wherein the pick-up elevator 52 is found from the participating elevators 51 that are already at the standby floor according to the standby floor information, wherein the pick-up elevator 52 can be the elevator closest to the parking floor, which is designated as the pick-up elevator 52. If there is no participating elevator at the standby floor, the elevator closest to the parking floor is found from all participating elevators 50 and designated as the pick-up elevator 52, which can greatly reduce the waiting time for the elevator and maximize the efficiency of the elevator.

[0028] Then, the control unit starts the pick-up action; the pick-up elevator 52 is already at the standby floor, and the pick-up elevator 52 is controlled by the control unit 10 to be stationary. If it is detected that the pick-up elevator 52 is not at the standby floor, the control unit 10 commands the pick-up elevator 52 to go to the nearest standby floor. In this pick-up action process, if the control unit 10 detects that the elevator at the parking floor has been started (for example, started by a button), the control unit 10 cancels the command of the pick-up elevator 52 to go to the standby floor.

[0029] Finally, when the pick-up elevator 52 arrives at the standby floor, the control unit 10 restricts the pick-up elevator 52 from being controlled by other floor users for a reserved time, further said, the pick-up elevator 52 is not controlled by the buttons of the elevators at the floors other than the parking floor during the reserved time, providing a proper time margin for the user, and avoiding unnecessary movement and energy consumption of the elevator.

[0030] In the second embodiment, the elevator control system can further include a second detecting unit 60 and a robot 40, the robot 40 is provided with a loading device for a user to input a loading completion signal, and the associated information further includes a resident floor information; the second detecting unit 60 is provided at a passage and is in communication connection with the control unit 10, the second detecting unit 60 is used to detect whether the robot 40 is started.

[0031] In a second unloading procedure, when the control unit 10 obtains the relevant information and the robot 40 is started, the control unit 10 starts the robot 40 to an unloading position corresponding to the associated information.

[0032] Then, after the user loads the articles, the user starts the loading device to inform the control unit 10, after the control unit receives the loading completion signal, at least one elevator is started to the parking floor for unloading, wherein the elevator closest to the parking floor in the participating elevator 51 is designated as the unloading elevator 52.

[0033] The control unit 10 instructs the unloading elevator 52 to directly go to the parking floor of the vehicle; when the user and the robot 40 enter the unloading elevator 52 and the door of the unloading elevator 52 is closed, the control unit 10 controls the unloading elevator 52 to move to the resident floor information according to the resident floor information, and the robot automatically moves to the resident door after reaching the resident floor.

[0034] The above describes the preferred embodiment of the present application and the technical principles used, for those skilled in the art, any equivalent transformation, simple replacement, etc. based on the technical solutions of the present application without departing from the spirit and scope of the present application, all obvious changes are within the scope of protection of the present application.

Claims

1. An elevator control system, characterized by The control unit is in communication with an elevator; A database in communication with the control unit stores associated information of a vehicle; And A first detection unit in communication with the control unit is provided at an entrance to obtain relevant information of a vehicle; The control unit determines a waiting time according to the relevant information, and performs a control procedure of the elevator after the waiting time; The control unit specifies a pick-up elevator; The control unit can input a reasoning information to define a standby floor. The control unit can specify a participating elevator from all possible participating elevators.

2. The elevator control system of claim 1, wherein, The control unit can automatically learn and adjust the determination of the waiting time according to the actual waiting time.

3. The elevator control system of claim 1, wherein, The reasoning information is at least one of a floor information and a number information.

4. The elevator control system of claim 1, wherein, The floor information defines that all floors below a specified floor are standby floors, and the number information defines that all floors corresponding to a predetermined number of floors above or below a parking floor are standby floors.

5. The elevator control system of claim 4, wherein, When the pick-up elevator arrives at the standby floor, the control unit restricts the pick-up elevator from being controlled by other users within a reserved time.

6. The elevator control system of claim 1, wherein, Further comprising a second detection unit and a robot, the second detection unit is provided at an entrance and in communication with the control unit, the second detection unit detects whether the robot is activated, and the robot inputs a loading complete signal by a user.

7. The elevator control system of claim 1, wherein, When the control unit receives the loading complete signal, the control unit instructs the pick-up elevator to directly go to the parking floor of the vehicle.

8. The elevator control system of claim 7, wherein, The associated information includes a resident floor information, and the robot advances to the door of the resident corresponding to the resident floor information according to the resident floor information.

9. The elevator control system of claim 7, wherein, ​

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