Abstract: An elevator dispatching method which estimates the time of arrival (ETA) of each car at the floor of a hall call to be assigned. A building profile of average door cycle times per floor, over predetermined periods of the day, is tabulated and used in the ETA calculations, to provide more accurate ETA values and thus a lower average call waiting time.

Abstract: A method of optimizing the handling of coincident calls in an elevator system which employs ETA strategy in assigning hall calls to a plurality of elevator cars. The method dynamically biases the ETA value of a car having a car call for the floor of the hall call being assigned, with the bias being applied to favor assignment of the hall call to the car having the coincident car call. The amount of the bias is inversely proportional to the car travel distance between the advanced position (AVP floor) of the elevator car and the floor associated with the hall call (scan floor). The relative effect of the bias is predetermined for each floor by preselection of a constant K used in the bias calculation.

Abstract: An elevator control apparatus comprises an inverter device for supplying an induction motor for driving an elevator cage with AC electric power of variable voltage and frequencies and control equipment for controlling the output voltage and frequencies of the inverter device in response to signals produced in floors served by the elevator and in an elevator cage. The inverter device is constructed by a converter unit for converting AC electric power to DC electric power, at the input end of which a capacitor is connected in parallel with an AC electric source, an inverter unit for inverting the DC electric power converted in the converter unit into AC electric power, at the output end of which a capacitor is connected in parallel with an induction motor for driving the elevator cage and a DC reactor connected between the converter unit and the inverter unit.The thus constructed elevator control apparatus does not cause interference in electric appliances such as audio equipment, computer etc.

Abstract: A control device for an elevator which automatically regulates an offset to correct the offset amount contained in a control signal applied to the base circuit of an inverter for driving the hoisting motor of the elevator with a regulator for generating the control signal to detect the output current of the inverter while the elevator is stopped to operate to correct the current to a predetermined value or lower, thereby holding the corrected value even during the operation of the elevator.

Abstract: A cage position display apparatus for an elevator having a machine room controller including a first converter having a memory for converting binary signals representing positions of a cage into display codes corresponding to a particular floor arrangement of a building in which the elevator is installed, a cage position display device including a second converter for converting the display codes into corresponding driving signals and display unit operated on the basis of the driving signals for displaying the position of the cage, and a plurality of signal lines connecting the machine room controller to the cage position display unit to transmit the display codes therebetween. Therefore, display patterns can be readily altered merely by changing the contents of the memory in the machine room controller.

Abstract: An electrically compensated constant speed drive includes controllable gear boxes in the speed compensation link of the drive which permit the overall speed ranges of the permanent magnet machines to be controlled, thus leading to a desirable decrease in size and weight of the machines.

Abstract: A feedback controlled elevator door control system 30 having motoring and generating modes, including a DC motor 35 connected to a DC power supply 36 via a power bridge circuit 68. Protective features include a dynamic current limit reference 200 having a magnitude which changes with motor speed; control 116 for providing an object detection safety-stop speed pattern having parameters which are selectable independent of the door stopping portions of normal opening and closing speed patterns; a bridge monitor 66 which prevents the changing of door commands when motor reversal could cause a bridge short; a power supply monitor 40 which blocks door commands when the control voltage is below standard; and an over-voltage protection monitor 38 which protects against excessive voltage build-up on DC power supply components when the bridge circuit 68 pumps power back to the DC power supply 36 during a generating mode.

Abstract: In an automatic elevator system which has a plurality of elevator cars, manually operable buttons at floors to register hall calls and control circuits for controlling the movement of the elevator cars, the improvement which includes time delay circuits intermediate the buttons and the control circuits for causing the control circuits to recognize the registration of a hall call but which will delay the response of the control circuit, and hence, the stopping of a car at the floor at which a hall call has been registered, until a predetermined time after such hall call has been registered.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for smoothly stopping an elevator car at a target floor in an elevator system which utilizes a speed pattern to control car speed via a speed feedback control loop. When the elevator car reaches a predetermined slowdown point relative to a target floor, the speed pattern is changed towards a predetermined minimum non-zero value, with the non-zero value being selected to insure that the car will reach the floor in the event of error in the arrangement used to change the value of the speed pattern. The speed pattern value is then independently forced to a value indicative of zero car speed in response to a detector which detects the actual presence of the elevator car as it reaches a predetermined small dimension from the target floor, to stop the car at floor level, before a holding brake is applied.

Abstract: Elevator control apparatus for monitoring the floor position of a car utilizing a switch on the car to sense floor indicator cams each spaced along the hoistway in regular spatial relation to an associated floor. The control apparatus includes means to register signals from the floor switch while knowing the simultaneous direction of car travel to thereby enable it to distinguish ascent to a higher floor and descent to a lower floor. The control apparatus also includes means to disregard false signals from the floor switch resulting from car bounce and mid-floor reversals of car direction.

Abstract: A hydraulic elevator, wherein actual speed characteristics are detected so that they can be used together with desired speed characteristics in such a manner that the speed control accuracy of the car itself is improved.

Abstract: An inverter, which supplies an induction motor for driving an elevator with DC power, is controlled by means of a vector control method. A rotating angular speed of the induction motor is detected from a torque component of a detected motor current. A present position of an elevator cage is calculated on the basis of the detected rotating angular speed.

Abstract: A system for remote management includes central management, planning and rationalization of the upkeep of elevator installations. The system comprises a modularly constructed remote management system, which makes possible the management centrally, the inspection regionally and the monitoring of decentralized processes locally of elevator installations. The management exchange is connected by modem and telephone network with the regional exchanges and has access to all relevant data. The regional exchange permits an inspection of all processes of several buildings. Direct speech connections with all the peripheral devices are by means or remote alarms from the regional exchange. For each building, a communications module manages the data traffic between the regional exchange and the processes to be inspected in the building.

Abstract: Prior starting/generating systems which operate a generator as a motor to start a prime mover have been inefficient since motive power was delivered to the prime mover through hydrostatic trim and differential components of a constant speed drive interposed between the prime mover and the generator. In order to overcome this problem, means are provided between the prime mover and the generator for bypassing these components of the constant speed drive when operating in a starting mode so that motive power is transferred directly to the prime mover. This, coupled with the fact that the generator is operated as a motor responsive to generator speed and/or generator power factor, increases the efficiency of the system when in the starting mode.

Abstract: A starting motor is securely mounted in a holder rotatably mounted on a shaft, a pinion is secured to an output shaft of a starting motor in the holder. The holder is arranged to be rotated by an operator through a start lever from a home position to a starting position so as to engage the pinion with a ring gear securely mounted on a crankshaft. A pair of contacts are provided on the holder, and a contact is provided on the start lever so as to engage with the former contacts. The holder and the start lever are arranged to engage the latter contact with the former contacts when the holder is at the starting position and the start lever is returned to the home position to close an engine starting circuit, so that the starting motor is driven to start the engine.

Abstract: An elevator control system and method for efficient failure control of block operation with a local area network on the traveling cable and distributed electronic control circuits in the car and proximate to the respective floors with a remote microprocessor controller for each car. A local area network also provides communication with the corridor fixtures in a serial signal format of input and output signals. Each remote controller includes a microprocessor based computer circuit which normally communicates over a multicar-link with the other and also over the local area networks for car and hall calls. Each controller implements an adaptive time based block operation with the total building being serviced, despite partial or total failure of communication between the controllers and the corridor fixtures, which would otherwise degrade the bank operation sooner and more restrictively.

Abstract: An elevator control system and method for efficient failure control with a local area network on the traveling cable and distributed electronic control circuits in the car and proximate to the respective floors with a remote microprocessor controller for each car. A local area network communicates with the corridor fixtures in a serial signal format of input and output signals. Each remote controller includes a microprocessor based computer circuit which communicates over a multicar-link with the other and also over the local area networks for car and hall calls to implement an expanded control strategy with interactive program modes with least restrictive capability. This program interacts with programs for floor control strategy and bank control strategy for the elevator system to select the best car and the most efficient operation, despite failures which would otherwise degrade the bank operation sooner and more restrictively.

Abstract: An elevator control system and method with a local area network on the traveling cable and distributed electronic control circuits in the car and proximate to the respective floors with a remote microprocessor controller for each car. A local area network communicates with the corridor fixtures in a serial signal format of input and output signals. Each remote controller includes a microprocessor based computer circuit which communicates over a multicar-link with the other and also over the local area networks for car and hall calls to implement a floor control strategy and bank control strategy for the elevator system to select the best car and the most efficient operation despite failures.

Abstract: An apparatus for performing a group control on elevators is disclosed, by which a total operation of the elevators for respective floors of building is controlled. This apparatus includes condition-instruction table which contains a plurality of predetermined control rules being defined by given conditions and given instructions. The apparatus also includes an elevator controller for detecting, in accordance with a specific rule selected from the control rules, a degree of establishment of the given conditions to provide a detected condition, and for generating, in accordance with the detected condition, an elevator control instruction used for performing the group control.

Abstract: The coaxial type starter device of the present invention has a hollow rotary shaft of the armature of the d.c. motor. A rod is slidably inserted in the armature rotary shaft in its axial direction. One end of the rod is connected to a solenoid-operated switch device and the other end is adapted to push a output rotary shaft.A thick-walled portion is formed in the hollow armature rotary shaft so as to extend from the inner wall in the radial direction so that the thick-walled portion directly supports the rod or indirectly supports the rod through a sleeve bearing.