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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7735611 | Identification of incoming peak traffic A method and system for effectively identifying an incoming peak traffic situation in an elevator system is provided. To allow faster detection of a peak traffic condition, use is made of both information obtained from traditional peak hour identification and histor... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7370732 | Method and device for automatic checking of the availability of an elevator installation A method for automatic checking of the availability of an elevator installation having at least one elevator ascertains at least one first estimated value for a use frequency of the elevator for a first time period and/or a second estimated value for the use frequen... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7323842 | Rotating electrical machine A rotating electrical machine has a housing with a shaft mounted rotatably in it. A rotor is fixed to the shaft and has a plurality of magnetic poles. A stator is positioned about the rotor and has a winding. A switch is mounted within the housing and has a first po... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7152714 | Elevator car separation based on response time The time required for each car to reach each up hall call and each down hall call is calculated (30, 33). These times are then arranged in categories and the number of landings in each category is identified. From fuzzy sets (FIGS. 7–10), the count o... | 12/26/2006 |
| 6905003 | Elevator group supervisory control device An elevator group supervisory control system for an elevator system including indicators of positions of elevators, for a group supervisory control of elevators, in which a car reversal, which becomes a cause of irritation for passengers, is curbed. For a hall call ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6328135 | Modifying elevator group behavior utilizing complexity theory The position and direction (0-27, FIG. 2) of each elevator car (A-D) in a group of cars is recorded along with time and traffic rate of the elevator group to provide a data stream. The canonic representation of the position and direction data is reduced, ... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6241050 | Elevator control apparatus for minimizing service response times An elevator control manages and controls elevators. The control efficiently minimizes the elevator service time to each floor by minimizing a standard deviation of the expected service time to various floors. The control continually monitors current eleva... | 06/05/2001 |
| 5932937 | Power control system A power control system includes a sensing device, a switch, a controller, a first circuit, and a second circuit. The sensing device determines whether a first predetermined condition or a second predetermined condition has occurred. The controller closes ... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5808247 | Schedule windows for an elevator dispatcher A system for controlling elevator cars in a building having a plurality of floors includes a group controller for controlling operation of the elevator cars. The group controller predicts lobby single source traffic for determined periods. When the predic... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5786551 | Closed loop fuzzy logic controller for elevator dispatching A group controller for controlling elevator cars in a building having a plurality of floors includes a traffic and traffic rate estimator for providing fuzzy estimates of traffic and traffic rate; a closed loop fuzzy logic controller for providing a contr... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5786550 | Dynamic scheduling elevator dispatcher for single source traffic conditions A elevator system including a group controller for controlling the dispatching of elevator cars to the lobby. The group controller predicts lobby single source traffic for short periods. When the predicted traffic is below certain limit, cars are assigned... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5750946 | Estimation of lobby traffic and traffic rate using fuzzy logic to control elevator dispatching for single source traffic A system including a group controller for controlling the dispatching of elevator cars in a building. The group controller operates by using control parameters stored in its memory. The system records car loads of cars leaving the lobby and the time inter... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5663538 | Elevator control system An elevator system for a multistory structure having a plurality of elevator shafts is shown which includes at least one independently movable elevator car in each elevator shaft. A digital computer with memory is used to control elevator cars including t... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5648645 | Elevator excess speed detector with multiple light barrier An apparatus for detecting excess speed of an elevator car travelling in an elevator shaft includes a vertically extending measuring strip is mounted at one side of the shaft and a multichannel forked light barrier assembly mounted on the car with a pair ... | 07/15/1997 |
| 4901822 | Group supervisory apparatus for elevator The group supervisory apparatus for an elevator according to one aspect of the present invention for assigning a plurality of cages to a hall of congestion when the congestion of the hall is detected comprises reference service interval setting means for ... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4305479 | Variable elevator up peak dispatching interval A plural elevator system having a group controller for controlling the joint response of a plurality of elevator cars to the needs of a building, employs a microprocessor-based group controller for providing up peak, down peak and other zone-controlled el... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4058187 | Limited stop elevator dispatching system Apparatus for generating dispatching signals for a group of elevators operating between two terminals. The dispatching signals are generated at intervals computed in accordance with an estimated number of passengers the next car to be dispatched from each... | 11/15/1977 |
