Elevator Travel Time Comparison Across Building Lift Structures
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies fail to account for the impact of varying elevator structures on traveler movement times within buildings, making it difficult to evaluate and optimize travel conditions effectively.
Innovation Solution
A traveler travel condition output device that calculates and displays travel time statistics based on elevator operation records, considering different elevator structures such as multi-bank and sky-lobby systems, to provide detailed travel flow analysis.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If multiple types of information (travel route, travel schedule, accommodation information, attraction information) are provided through conventional methods, then information completeness is improved, but information management complexity and user burden increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple types of travel information (route, schedule, accommodation, attraction) into a single integrated output device that displays all information together with the travel condition assessment, eliminating the need for separate information sources and reducing management complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The output device serves multiple functions by simultaneously displaying travel condition assessment, route information, schedule details, accommodation data, and attraction information, making it a universal information hub for travelers rather than requiring multiple specialized devices
2Loss of information
If detailed travel information is provided through multiple channels, then information availability is improved, but time consumption for information processing increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-calculates and integrates all travel information (route, schedule, accommodation, attraction) and travel condition assessment before the traveler needs it, so that upon output device activation, all information is immediately available in one consolidated display without requiring sequential processing
Solution Approach 2:
By merging all information types into a single output device display, the system eliminates the time required to switch between multiple devices or sources, allowing travelers to access complete information simultaneously in one location
3Reliability
If environmental factors (temperature, humidity, air quality) are monitored continuously, then health safety is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs periodic environmental monitoring and travel condition assessment at key decision points (route selection, schedule planning, accommodation choice, attraction visiting) rather than continuous monitoring, maintaining health safety while reducing energy consumption through interval-based measurements
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AI summary
It is difficult to evaluate how the time taken for travelers to move within a building changes depending on the elevator structure. Thus, a traveler travel condition output device (100) according to the present invention includes: a travel time calculation unit (101, 103) that obtains, for each user, a first travel time taken for the user to move from entering the building to arriving at the elevator hall, a waiting time in the elevator hall from when the user arrives at the elevator hall to when the user gets on an elevator, and a second travel time taken for the user to move from getting on the elevator to arriving at the destination floor, and collects the information of the first travel time, the waiting time, and the second travel time, to calculate the travel time statistical information of the user from entering the building to arriving at the destination floor; and a display unit (105) for displaying the travel times. The travel time calculation unit calculates travel time statistical information in a first elevator structure, as well as travel time statistical information in a second elevator structure. The display unit displays the travel time statistical information in the first elevator structure, together with the travel time statistical information in the second elevator structure.