Apparatus for performing group control on elevators

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Unlted States Patent [19] [11] Patent Number: 4,760,896
Yamaguchi [45] Date of Patent: Aug. 2, 1988
[54] APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING GROUP 4,677,577 6/1987 Takare et al. ................. .. 187/ 124 X
CONTROL 0N ELEVATORS FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS
[75] Inventor: Toru Yamaguchi, Tokyo, Japan 1280702 7/1972 United Kingdom .
[73] Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, Prima’y Examiner_w?liam M_ Shoop’ J1.‘
Japan Assistant Examiner-—W. E. Duncanson, Jr.
[21] App], NQ_; 102,587 Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Oblon, Fisher, Spivak,
_ McClelland & Maier
[22] Filed: Sep. 29, 1987
[30] Forei_ gn Appli_c ati_ on Pri_o ri_ ty Data [57] ABSTRACT
An apparatus for performing a group control on eleva
Oct. 1, 1986 [JP] Japan .............................. .. 61-231265 tors is disclosed’ by a total Operation of the eleva_
Oct‘ 23’ 1986 [JP] Japan " 61‘252291 tors for respective floors of building is controlled. This
Oct. 23, Japan .............................. .. apparatus includes condition_instruction table
[51] Int. c1.4 .............................................. .. B66B 1/18 contains a plurality of predetermined control rules
[52] US. Cl. ................................... .. 187/124; 187/127 being de?ned by given conditions and given instruc
[58] Field of Search ...................... .. 187/101, 124, 127 tldns- The apparatus also includes an elevator controller
_ for detecting, in accordance with a speci?c rule selected
[56] References Clted from the control rules, a degree of establishment of the
U5. PATENT DOCUMENTS given conditions to provide a detected condition, and
3,642,099 2/1972 Yuminaka et aL _ for generlatmtg, 1n actcoll'dantce vzuth theddfetected condl
4,473,134 9/1984 Uetani ............................... .. 187/124 ‘on’ a“ e eva 0‘ °°n r0 ms “1° 1°" use or Per ormmg
4,531,616 6/1985 Uetani et a1. 187/124 the group control
4,542,463 9/1985 Uetani ....... .. . 187/127 X
4,672,531 6/1987 Uetani ........................... .. 187/124 X 7 Claims, 24 Drawing Sheets
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