Abstract: A method for taking an elevator of an elevator group into service mode includes entering in the input device of the elevator group a maintenance signal which comprises an elevator definition part, upon entering of the maintenance signal the elevator identified in the elevator definition part is removed from landing call allocation, the identified elevator is initiated to serve all remaining car calls and then to drive to a maintenance floor and to wait there for maintenance operation.

Abstract: A car safety supervising unit (SSU) for an elevator having an elevator car displaceable within an elevator shaft includes at least one sensor for sensing car-related parameters and outputting corresponding car-related signals, an I/O interface for inputting input signals into the car SSU and for outputting output signals to external devices and a signal processing unit for processing at least one of the car-related signals and the input signals and for generating the output signals. In an installation operation mode, the signal processing unit processes exclusively the car-related signals and generates the output signals based exclusively on the car-related signals whereby the car SSU accomplishes basic safety functions for safely operating the elevator with a limited number of available sensors. In a normal operation mode, the signal processing unit processes both the car-related signals and the input signals and generates the output signals based on both.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for allocating elevator calls in an elevator system (10) comprising at least one elevator (12a-12c), which elevator system (10) is controlled by an elevator control (16) comprising a destination call allocation control, wherein passenger IDs are inputted into at least one I/O-device (20) of the elevator system (10), whereafter based on the passenger ID a destination call is issued comprising the floor of the I/O-device (20) as departure floor and a preset or inputted destination floor as destination floor of the elevator call. According to the invention when a new destination call is issued, it is checked whether or not a destination call is still pending under the same passenger ID, and if a destination call of said person is still pending, either the new call or the pending call is cancelled.

Abstract: A passenger conveying system includes a passenger conveyance installation designed as an elevator, escalator or moving walkway, a main energy supply supplying the passenger conveyance installation with electrical energy, a main switch for disconnecting the passenger conveyance installation from the main energy supply, which main switch has an input side connected to the main energy supply and an output side connected to the passenger conveyance installation. The system includes a measuring device with a sensor for measuring an electrical parameter, a converter which has a direct current side and an alternating current side, an energy store electrically connected to the direct current side of the converter, a control device for controlling the converter, wherein the sensor is electrically and/or electromagnetically connected on the input side of the main switch to the main energy supply and the alternating current side of the converter is electrically connected to the main energy supply.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for segmenting musical compositions are described. Discrete, musically-coherent segments (such as intro, verse, chorus, bridge, solo, and the like) of a musical composition are identified. Distance measures are used to evaluate whether each bar of a musical composition is more like the bars that directly precede it or more like the bars that directly succeed it, and each respective series of musically similar bars is assigned to the same respective segment. Large changes in the distance measure(s) between adjacent bars may be used to identify boundaries between abutting musical segments. Computer systems and computer program products for implementing segmentation are also described. The results of segmentation may advantageously be applied in computer-based composition of music and musical variations, as well as in other applications involving labelling, characterizing, or otherwise processing music.

Abstract: A foldable stairlift includes a rail, a carrier that drives along the rail and a chair supported by the carrier. The chair and carrier define a stairlift unit. The chair includes a base body coupled to the carrier, a foldable seat body coupled to the base body, a foldable leg body coupled to the seat body, a foldable footrest body coupled to the leg body, a back rest body coupled to the base body, and a foldable armrest body coupled to the backrest body. Each of the seat body, leg body, and footrest body have their own respective folding system that controls the folding and unfolding of their respective seat body, leg body, and footrest body. And each folding system is controlled by an assigned motor that operates according to a variable speed profile. A method of controlling the folding and unfolding action of the foldable stairlift includes operating the motors according to one or more speed profiles.

Abstract: An electronic musical instrument includes an operation unit that receives a user performance; and at least one processor. wherein the at least one processor performs the following: in accordance with a user operation specifying a chord on the operation unit, obtaining lyric data of a lyric and obtaining a plurality of pieces of waveform data respectively corresponding to a plurality of pitches indicated by the specified chord; inputting the obtained lyric data to a trained model that has been trained and learned singing voices of a singer so as to cause the trained model to output acoustic feature data in response thereto; synthesizing each of the plurality of pieces of waveform data with the acoustic feature data so as to generate a plurality of pieces of synthesized waveform data; and outputting a polyphonic synthesized singing voice based on the generated plurality of pieces of synthesized waveform data.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of predictively maintaining an elevator driving unit which distinguishes between a condition when moving an elevator upward and a condition when moving the elevator downward, collects driving information of the driving unit (information on a change over time in current values) in a normal state, collects driving information of the driving unit before the occurrence of breakdown, sets critical levels based on the collected information, detects in real time an abnormal symptom of the driving unit by comparing the driving information of the driving unit, which is collected in real time, with the set critical level, and then performs stable predictive maintenance of the elevator driving unit, thereby efficiently preventing a safety accident of the elevator caused by a breakdown of the elevator driving unit.

Abstract: An overload valve assembly for a pneumatic vacuum elevator is disclosed. The overload valve assembly for a pneumatic vacuum elevator is characterised by a fastening means, a pad with a centre hole, an arresting plate with a centre hole, a disc plate with a centre hole, a bottom bush, a spring and a top bush bounded with a nut. Here, the pad, the arresting plate, the disc plate, the bottom bush, the spring and the top bush bounded with the nut is fitted over the fastening means. The overload valve unit is configured to function based on spring actuation mechanism and ensure the maximum permissible limit of pay load in the elevator cabin assembly.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a stairlift (1) comprising a first armrest (10) and a second armrest (10), wherein each armrest (10) is adapted to comprise at least one module (11, 12), and wherein said at least one module (11, 12) is adapted to provide at least one user control function; characterized in that the at least one module (11, 12) is adapted to be interchangeable between the first and second armrests (10).

Abstract: A synchronizing assembly for elevator door configured to synchronously open and close a first door and a second door from the center of an elevator in responsive to the movement of a belt in a first direction and a second direction. The synchronizing assembly includes a first link extending from a first end to a second end and configured to pivot about a first pivot between the first end and the second end, the first pivot being mounted on the first door, the first end of the first link being pivotally attached to the belt; a second link pivoting about a second pivot mounted on the first door and configured to fix the first link when the second pivot is engaging with the second end of the first link; and a force applying member configured to provide the first link with a force.

Abstract: An electronic musical instrument includes: a chord-playing input device; a sounding part that emits chord sounds; and a display part that displays an image. The chord-playing input device includes: a chord designating button group assigned with chords; a chord changing button group assigned with change methods for changing an assignment state for the chord designating button group; a sounding information generating part that generates sounding information for making the sounding part emit the sound of the chord corresponding to operation for the chord designating button group and chord changing button group; and a display information generating part that generates display information for making the display part display a plurality of chord images and change method images in the same arrangement order as those of the chord designating button group and chord changing button group.

Abstract: Described herein are methods for coordinating movement of a group of people, comprising: receiving numerical coordinates for each count of a drill for each person in a group of people, wherein the numerical coordinates indicate a location on a field for each person; receiving a starting count for each of the one or more sets and a number of counts in each of the one or more sets for each person; combining the numerical coordinates with the start count and the number of counts for each of the one or more sets; deriving human readable coordinates for each count of the drill for each person, wherein the human readable coordinates indicate the location on the field for each person; and transmitting the human readable coordinates to one or more receiving devices each associated with one person in the group of people.

Abstract: A landing lever assembly of a pneumatic vacuum elevator is disclosed. The assembly includes a landing lever plate coupled on a roof of an elevator cabin. The assembly also includes a locking plate coupled to the landing lever plate using a plurality of support plates. The assembly further includes a solenoid valve disposed on the landing lever plate and mechanically coupled to the locking plate using a guide pin, where the guide pin is configured to actuate the locking plate by sliding within the solenoid valve, in at least one operational mode, based on an activation signal received from a magnetic sensor.

Abstract: An electronic wind instrument includes a breath sensor, an operating element, a speaker, and an acoustic tube. The operating element receives an instruction related to a pitch. The speaker outputs a sound based on musical performance information obtained from at least one of the breath sensor and the operating element. The speaker has an inner space therein. The acoustic tube that has an inner space therein. The inner space of the acoustic tube is continuous with the inner space of the speaker. The acoustic tube extends in a direction away from the speaker.

Abstract: A music composition, editing, and playback system and method provides a user interface design based on geometric interpretation of music theory replacing traditional modern music notation with geometric shapes including chords represented by polygons that are colored with colors or hues.

Abstract: A guitar effects pedalboard comprises a first attachment region and a second attachment region, the first attachment region comprising a plurality of holes having a first diameter, and the second attachment region comprising a plurality of holes having a second diameter, wherein the first diameter is smaller than the second diameter.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an elevator installed in connection with a building, particularly a high rise elevator, in which method the expected rope sway is monitored using building acceleration data obtained by means of a sensor to calculate a building sway, and whereby based on the building sway and the position of an elevator car a rope sway is estimated, which rope sway is compared with a threshold value to determine the amount of rope sway and to deduct operation measures for the elevator based on the amount of the rope sway, characterized by the succession of following steps determining elevator car position determining change of rope sway based on the car position and the building acceleration data if it is concluded that rope sway is not increasing, then calculating the number of rope sway cycles n(zca,) within a building sway period Tbuilding and calculating a new (decreasing) rope sway amplitude x based on said number of rope sway cycles n(zca,) and a damping factor I.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a system of commissioning elevator, and an elevator system. The method includes obtaining at least one operation data of at least one elevator door, comparing the operation data with corresponding criterion operation data, and determining whether a deviation between the operation data and the criterion operation data exceeds a pre-set range, and if so, triggering a control over at least one control end relevant to the operation of the elevator door to make a deviation between the operation data re-obtained and the criterion operation data fall within the pre-set range. The invention will increase the efficiency in elevator commissioning and remove the adverse effects on elevator operation caused by factors such as “Stack Effect”, and thereby ensure good working condition and high security of elevators.

Abstract: A lift system comprises a rail and a carriage assembly comprising a seat or platform for supporting a person to be conveyed along the rail, drive means arranged to engage the rail and controllable to drive the carriage assembly along the rail, energy storage means arranged to power the drive means, input means operable by a user to provide an input signal indicative of a desired movement of the carriage assembly along the rail, and control means arranged to receive the input signal and control the drive means in response to the input signal. The system includes charging means arranged to charge the energy storage means when the carriage assembly is at a first charging position on the rail.