Dynamic Elevator Allocation via Internal Database for Team Transport
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Solution Overview
Problem
In modern office environments with dynamic workspaces, it is challenging to efficiently allocate teams and transport passengers to their designated working areas, especially when team work is prevalent and workspaces are not fixed, leading to difficulties in grouping employees and optimizing elevator usage.
Innovation Solution
A method for elevator allocation in elevator systems that uses identification devices to assign passengers to their work groups and processing devices to direct elevators to the appropriate destinations based on group assignments, allowing for dynamic adjustments and information sharing to facilitate team formation and efficient transportation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional destination call panels are used in elevator lobbies, then passengers can indicate their destination, but it becomes difficult to efficiently group employees and allocate elevators to teams in dynamic workspace environments
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts elevator allocation based on real-time workspace assignments. Instead of fixed destination buttons, the system automatically updates call allocations when workspace assignments change, allowing the allocation logic to adapt to dynamic team formations and location changes without requiring physical system reconfiguration
Solution Approach 2:
An intermediary database stores and manages workspace assignment information, acting as a mediator between the identification system and elevator control. This database enables the system to retrieve current team locations and dynamically generate appropriate elevator calls without direct complex interactions between identification devices and elevator controllers
2Adaptability or versatility
If employees have no fixed seats and workspaces are dynamically allocated, then workspace flexibility is improved, but it becomes difficult to find team members and facilitate effective team transportation
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback loops where identification devices continuously provide information about employee presence and location to the control system. This feedback mechanism ensures that the database maintains current team location information, enabling the system to automatically update elevator allocations based on real-time team positions and workspace assignments
Solution Approach 2:
The internal database serves as an intermediary that stores and manages team location information, preventing information loss by maintaining a centralized record of current workspace assignments. This intermediary structure ensures that team location data is preserved and readily accessible for dynamic elevator allocation decisions
3Ease of operation
If manual destination selection is used in traditional elevator systems, then individual passenger control is maintained, but overall system efficiency and productivity are reduced due to suboptimal elevator allocation
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-service by automatically generating and allocating elevator calls based on database information about team assignments and current locations. The control system independently makes optimization decisions without requiring manual input from passengers, thereby maintaining ease of operation while significantly improving transportation efficiency through intelligent automated allocation
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AI summary
A method for allocation of elevators in an elevator system, including identifying at least one passenger, searching for a group or groups the at least one passenger is assigned to in an internal database, or assigning the at least one passenger to a group or to groups, where the assignment is based on information of an internal database, and calling an elevator car for the at least one passenger and assigning to the elevator car the destination of one group the at least one passenger is assigned to.