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Document | Title | Date |
20080196980 | Elevator System - An elevator system that includes a film sensor is arranged on the inner surface of a wall panel in the elevator car, and a prescribed control operation is performed when the detection output of the film sensor exceeds a prescribed level. This system allows for a quick response to an emergency at low cost, and can be used in a variety of locations without influencing the layout and design of the elevator car. | 08-21-2008 |
20080264732 | Elevator System and Method of Monitoring Elevators by Using a Virtual Elevator Group - The present invention relates to a method and an elevator system for monitoring elevators by using a virtual elevator group. The method for monitoring elevators in an elevator system including a plurality of elevators classified into a plurality of elevator groups, and at least one virtual elevator group including a plurality of elevators, at least one of which is included in a different elevator group and displaying the elevator related information on the elevators included in the selected virtual elevator group. | 10-30-2008 |
20080283342 | Maintenance Method and Device for an Elevator or Escalator Installation - A method and device for maintenance of an elevator installation or an escalator installation communicates the presence of a maintenance technician at the elevator or escalator installation to a remote service center. The service center is thus informed about that the maintenance technician has to maintain or is maintaining or has maintained a specific installation and is in a position of checking the quality of this maintenance. The maintenance operations are recorded as a maintenance record and communicated to the service center. For example, the maintenance record contains details about which maintenance technician on which day of the year and for how long has undertaken which maintenance operations on a specific elevator or escalator installation. The quality of a thus detected maintenance can then be compared with a quality standard. In addition, the maintenance operations performed are thus uniquely detected and can be evaluated. | 11-20-2008 |
20090120727 | Elevator Control System - An elevator control system includes an entrance person authentication section | 05-14-2009 |
20090120728 | Elevator Motor Brake Torque Measurement Device - An elevator machine ( | 05-14-2009 |
20090218176 | CONDITION MONITORING METHOD - Method for the condition monitoring of the safety switches of the safety circuit of an elevator. Inferences can be made about the condition of a safety switch by measuring and examining the current of the safety circuit of the elevator after the state of the safety circuit has changed. The current signal is filtered, after which the amount of interference caused by contact malfunctions of the switch is determined from it. Based on the amount of interference it is possible to determine in what condition the switch is. | 09-03-2009 |
20090266650 | ELEVATOR APPARATUS - In an elevator apparatus, an actuator for generating a vibration-damping force against the lateral vibration of a car is provided in parallel to elastic member for preventing the lateral vibration of the car. The actuator is controlled by a vibration-damping control unit. The vibration-damping control unit estimates a natural frequency of the lateral vibration of the car, determines a gain value on the basis of the estimated natural frequency and a rigidity value of the elastic member, and drives the actuator in accordance with an instruction signal obtained by multiplication of the determined gain value. | 10-29-2009 |
20090283369 | Communication of Service Disruption Information in a Group Elevator System - Elevator service disruption information is communicated to passengers in a group elevator system ( | 11-19-2009 |
20100243381 | OPERATION DEVICE AND ELEVATOR APPARATUS WITH OPERATION DEVICE - In a method of marking pictograms, for reducing the number of erroneous operations, on an operation apparatus conducting mutually different operations such as opening and closing operations, a concretized human pictogram indicating mutually different state changes such as state changes represented by use of a face with opened eyes and a face with closed eyes associated with operation signals assigned to a pair of operation switches and a pictogram in which the human pictogram is combined with an operation pictogram representing a state in which a door concretizing an operation target to operate in response to an operation signal is opened or is being completely closed are respectively attached to the operation switches disposed adjacent to each other. | 09-30-2010 |
20110005868 | LOAD PORT APPARATUS, LID MEMBER MOUNTING AND DISMOUNTING APPARATUS FOR LOAD PORT APPARATUS, AND CONTROLLING METHOD FOR LIFTING MECHANISMS OF MAPPING APPARATUS - A load port apparatus is disclosed wherein the total period of time of operation of a lid member mounting and dismounting apparatus and a mapping apparatus is minimized while avoiding interference of the two apparatus with each other. An interference avoiding sensor apparatus is provided on the lid member mounting and dismounting apparatus and the mapping apparatus and detects that a lid member suction plate of the lid member mounting and dismounting apparatus is disposed at a position lower by a value exceeding a preset value than the arm to which the mapping sensors are attached to enable pivotal motion of the arm without interfering with the lid member suction plate. Then, immediately after the preset value is detected by the interference avoiding sensor apparatus, the arm is pivoted to the mapping position to start the mapping. | 01-13-2011 |
20110108369 | DETERMINATION OF THE MOVEMENT OF A SYNCHRONOUS MACHINE - The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for determining the movement of a synchronous machine. The apparatus for determining the movement of a synchronous machine comprises a determination for at least one electrical magnitude of the synchronous machine; a determination of the position error of the rotor of the synchronous machine, which is fitted to determine the position error of the rotor on the basis of the aforementioned at least one electrical magnitude of the synchronous machine; and also a correction of the movement signal of the incremental sensor, which is fitted to correct the read movement signal of the incremental sensor on the basis of the aforementioned determination of the position error of the rotor of the synchronous machine. | 05-12-2011 |
20110132700 | LENGTH ADJUSTABLE PASSENGER HANDLE ASSEMBLY FOR ELEVATOR - Disclosed herein is a distance adjustable passenger handle assembly for an elevator. The handle assembly comprises plural fixing members ( | 06-09-2011 |
20110284330 | Elevator emergency phone - light combination - The present invention is a combined emergency communication and illumination system for an elevator car that activates automatically upon the malfunction of the elevator occasioned by a reduction or cessation of AC voltage. The combined system automatically illumines the elevator car with an emergency, high-brightness LED system and initiates an emergency telephone call for assistance to monitoring personnel, who can thereby communicate with any occupant of the elevator car. The combined system is powered by a rechargeable DC battery. The system also enables monitoring personnel to activate a flashing LED in the elevator car that is next to labeling that notifies passengers that help is on the way when such LED flashes on and off. | 11-24-2011 |
20110315489 | ELEVATOR TENSION MEMBER MONITORING DEVICE - A tension member monitoring device is provided with at least one contact sensor ( | 12-29-2011 |
20120024636 | ELEVATOR DERAILMENT DETECTING APPARATUS - In an elevator derailment detecting apparatus, first and second conducting wires are disposed parallel to a direction of raising and lowering of an ascending/descending body inside a hoistway. First and second contacts that respectively contact the first and second conducting wires if the ascending/descending body disengages from a guide rail are mounted to the ascending/descending body. The first conducting wire is set to positive electric potential, and the second conducting wire is set to ground electric potential. The detecting portion detects by the presence or absence of conduction between the first contact and the first conducting wire whether or not the ascending/descending body is disengaged from the guide rail. | 02-02-2012 |
20140027209 | METHOD FOR MONITORING THE OPERATING CONDITION OF AN ELEVATOR SYSTEM - An elevator system and a method for monitoring the operating condition of an elevator system are disclosed. In the method, samples are taken of the control signal of the drive device of the elevator, from the series of samples taken a frequency component is determined that is characteristic to the part of the elevator assembly driven with the drive device, and also the operating condition of the part of the elevator assembly is monitored on the basis of the determined frequency component. | 01-30-2014 |
20140131143 | METHOD, ARRANGEMENT AND ELEVATOR SYSTEM - A method for identifying an elevator allocated by an elevator system for a user of the elevator system is provided, which elevator system includes a plurality of elevators, and an apparatus that communicates with the elevator system, more particularly with the control system of it, and that is available to a user, which apparatus includes a display. In the method a real-time view of the landscape behind the display is transmitted via the display to the front of the display to the user, and predetermined graphics are presented to the user on the display at a point that transmits to the user a real-time view of the allocated elevator, or in the immediate proximity of said point. An arrangement for identifying an elevator allocated by an elevator system for a user of the elevator system, and also to an elevator arrangement is provided, which implement the aforementioned method. | 05-15-2014 |
20140209416 | ELEVATOR LANTERN APPARATUS AND METHOD - An elevator lantern apparatus uses a snap-fit assembly and disassembly configuration where the lantern apparatus includes components such as a tray, a lens, and a control board having one or more illuminating features. These components are configured to assemble through an opening in a surface such as a wall. In some versions, assembly and disassembly is done without the use of tools. In some versions, disassembly of the lantern apparatus is done from the front side of the lantern apparatus by removing the lens to access other components. | 07-31-2014 |
20140216859 | ELEVATOR INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE - An elevator information display device including: an information display control section that selects, based on an elevator state, information to be displayed from elevator information and general information, interrupts, when a predetermined display interruption factor occurs during display of general information, display of the general information concerned, and displays the elevator information; a display state administration section that determines whether or not the general information has finished being displayed to the end of the information display unit; and a redisplay determination section that determines, when the display of general information has been interrupted, based on the display interruption factor relating to the interruption and the result of the determination, whether or not the redisplay of the interrupted general information is necessary, wherein the information display control section redisplays the general information, which has been determined to be necessary to be redisplayed, from the beginning of the information display unit. | 08-07-2014 |
20150362450 | METHOD AND AN ARRANGEMENT IN CONDITION MONITORING OF AN ELEVATOR ROPE - The invention relates to a method in rope condition monitoring of an elevator, in which method at least the following steps are performed: elevator suspension and/or transmission ropes are reeled and packed on a rope storage unit, and thereafter electrical resistance between a first point and a second point of elevator suspension and/or transmission ropes is measured first time, and thereafter a threshold value is determined based on the measurement, and thereafter rope is delivered into an installation site, and thereafter electrical resistance between the first point and the second point of said suspension and/or transmission ropes is measured second time, and thereafter results of said second time measurement are compared with said threshold value, and if said second time measurement meets said threshold value, predetermined actions are carried out. The invention also relates to an arrangement in rope condition monitoring of an elevator. | 12-17-2015 |