Multi-car elevator device and control method of multi-car elevator device

• Main Authors: TANABAYASHI SASSA, MAEHARA TOMOAKI, YAMANOSHITA KOICHI, HATORI TAKAHIRO, MATSUKUMA TOSHIHARU, JUN TORIYABE, TORITANI BEKUNI
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 11.02.2020
• Subjects: ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS; HAULING; HOISTING; LIFTING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING

The invention relates to a multi-car elevator and a control method of the multi-car elevator. The purpose of the present invention is to make it possible to appropriately select a car for VIP operation in a multi-car elevator. The multi-car elevator in which a plurality of cars disposed in a lifting passage (travel path) travel individually or in pairs is provided with: an off-elevator time calculation unit that predicts the time required for passengers in each car to get off the elevator; an arrival time calculation unit that calculates the time required for each of the plurality of cars to arrive at the specific floor by adding the travel time and the departure time required for each of the plurality of cars to move to the specific floor to the off-elevator time predicted by the departure time calculation unit; and a determination unit that allocates the car having the shortest time required to arrive at the specific floor calculated by the arrival time calculation unit when at leastone of the plurality of