A system includes a centralized controller configured to coordinate movement of a plurality of elevator cars in a multicar hoistway. The system also includes a plurality of car controllers configured to communicate with the centralized controller through a plurality of centralized control flows, establish two or more car-to-car control flows between at least two of the car controllers, and exchange an elevator car status between at least two of the car controllers. Movement of at least two of the elevator cars in the multicar hoistway is controlled based on the elevator car status and one or more commands received through at least one of the centralized control flows.
INTERCAR COORDINATION IN MULTICAR HOISTWAYS
2022-02-17
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B66B Aufzüge , ELEVATORS |
SLUB | 2015
|Online Contents | 2012
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European Patent Office | 2020
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