ES2925530T3 - Elevator system, user terminal and apparatus and method for managing the elevator system - Google Patents

Abstract

A previous call request corresponding to the elevator system is remotely input from a user terminal (100), and a corresponding call request is initiated based on the previous call request when the distance between the user terminal and the elevator system satisfies a predetermined condition. . A user does not need to perform a calling operation in a process of approaching a building in which an elevator system is located and entering the building to get on the elevator. In addition, it takes a short time to wait for the elevator, thus achieving a good user experience. (Automatic translation with Google Translate, without legal value)

Description

DESCRIPTION

Elevator system, user terminal and apparatus and method for managing the elevator system

technical field

The present invention is in the field of elevator technologies and relates to an elevator system for remotely implementing a user call operation for the elevator system, and an apparatus and method for managing an elevator system.

Background art

When using an elevator, a passenger first needs to perform a call request operation. A control module of an elevator system performs a schedule control based on the call request, to assign the passenger to an elevator car corresponding to a floor of the landing where the passenger is located.

To enter a call request to the elevator system, the passenger usually needs to operate a call button on the landing floor. The elevator system control module responds to the call request operation, and then starts programming the elevator car. Therefore, the passenger waits for the elevator for a long time.

The passenger can also complete the call request operation using a user terminal such as an intelligent mobile terminal. However, the user terminal generally needs to be located near the landing floor or located within a building where the elevator system is located.

WO 2015/084396 A1 describes a request, from a mobile device, for at least one service associated with an elevator system, which validates the request based on a given location of the mobile device and causes at least one resource associated with the at least one service is scheduled based on the validation.

WO 2016/100293 A1 describes a system and/or method that establishes a proximity environment with respect to an elevator and that detects a position of a user device within the proximity environment. WO 2017/175021 describes a system and method of implementation and use of a preconfigured elevator call using an elevator system and a mobile device.

Summary of the invention

According to a first aspect of the present invention, a method for managing an elevator system according to claim 1 is provided.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, the method for managing an elevator system further includes the steps of:

sending, by the user terminal, the pre-call request remotely to the elevator system; and verifying, by the elevator system, whether the pre-call request can be accepted, and returning the verification result to the user terminal.

In the method for managing an elevator system, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the user terminal sends the pre-call request remotely to the elevator system, and the step of initiating a call request in the system is performed. of elevator.

In the method for managing an elevator system, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the elevator system checks whether the call request can be accepted and sends the verification result to the user terminal.

In the method for managing an elevator system, according to an embodiment of the present invention, after verifying that the call request can be accepted, the elevator system converts the call request into a call instruction and performs scheduling control. based on the call instruction.

In the method for managing an elevator system, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the elevator system sends information related to the scheduling control result to the user terminal.

In the method for managing an elevator system, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the step of initiating a call request is performed at the user terminal, and the method further includes a step of: sending, by the user terminal user, the so-called request to the elevator system.

In the method for managing an elevator system, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the predetermined condition is that the distance between the user terminal and the elevator system is less than or equal to a predetermined value.

In the method for managing an elevator system, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the predetermined condition is preset in the user terminal by the user.

In the method for managing an elevator system, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the pre-call request and the corresponding call request include starting floor information and destination floor information.

In the method for managing an elevator system, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the elevator system assigns an elevator car to a corresponding starting floor based on the starting floor information of the call request, and automatically registers a stop floor of the elevator car based on the destination floor information of the call request.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, an apparatus for managing an elevator system according to claim 7 is provided.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus for managing an elevator system further includes: a sending unit configured to send, using the user terminal, the pre-call request, the evaluation result indicating that the distance between the user terminal and the elevator system meets the predetermined condition of the call request and/or the elevator system call request.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus for managing an elevator system further includes a predetermined condition setting unit configured to set the predetermined condition using the user terminal.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus for managing an elevator system further includes a display unit configured to display, using the user terminal, information sent by the elevator system.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus for managing an elevator system further includes a cancellation unit configured to cancel the call request or the pre-call request using the user terminal.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus for managing an elevator system further includes:

a first verification unit configured to verify, using the elevator system, whether the pre-call request can be accepted; me

a second verification unit configured to verify, using the elevator system, whether the call request can be accepted.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus for managing an elevator system further includes a sending unit configured to send at least a part of the verification result from the elevator system to the user terminal.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus for managing an elevator system further includes:

an elevator system control module; Y

a communication system configured to implement a wireless communication connection between the user terminal and the elevator system control module,

wherein the elevator system control module includes:

a receiving unit configured to receive the pre-call request and the evaluation result indicating that the distance between the user terminal and the elevator system meets the predetermined condition of the call request being sent remotely from the terminal of user.

According to a third non-claimed aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computing apparatus including a memory, a processor, and a computer program that is stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein, when the program is executed, the processor implements the method for managing an elevator system described in any of the previous embodiments.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer readable storage medium that stores a computer program, wherein the program is executable by a processor to implement the steps in the method for managing an elevator system described in any of the previous embodiments. According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an elevator system including:

the apparatus for managing an elevator system described in any of the above embodiments.

The above features and operations of the present invention will become more apparent from the following descriptions and accompanying drawings.

Brief description of the drawings

The above and other advantages of the present invention will become more complete and clear through the following detailed descriptions with reference to the accompanying drawings, where the same or similar elements are indicated using the same reference numerals.

Fig. 1 is a schematic system structural diagram of an apparatus for managing an elevator system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural block diagram of a user terminal when an apparatus for managing an elevator system according to an embodiment of the present invention is at least partially implemented in the user terminal;

Fig. 3 is a schematic structural block diagram of a control module of an elevator system when an apparatus for managing an elevator system according to an embodiment of the present invention is at least partially implemented in the control module;

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural block diagram of an apparatus for managing an elevator system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 5 is a flowchart of a method for managing an elevator system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural block diagram of an apparatus for managing an elevator system according to another embodiment of the present invention; Y

Fig. 7 is a flowchart of a method for managing an elevator system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed description

The present invention will be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings, and exemplary embodiments of the present invention are shown in the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention can be implemented in many different ways, and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments illustrated herein. On the contrary, by providing these embodiments, the description becomes thorough and complete, and the conception of the present invention can be fully transferred to those skilled in the art. Some block diagrams in the accompanying drawings are functional entities, which need not correspond to physically or logically independent entities. These functional entities may be implemented by software, or implemented in one or more hardware modules or integrated circuits, or implemented in different processing apparatus and/or microcontroller apparatus.

In this specification, a "precall request" is different from a "call request". The "pre-call request" may reflect a user's or passenger's intent to use the elevator, but does not reflect a need to use the elevator at or near the current point in time. The "pre-call request" reflects a need to use the elevator at a future time point after the "pre-call request" is made, and the future time point may not be fixed. Rather, the "call request" may reflect a user's or passenger's intent to use the elevator, and reflect a need to use the elevator at or near the current point in time.

In this specification, "remote" reflects a distance from the elevator system to the user or passenger. The distance is so great that the passenger cannot reach a building where the elevator system is located to use the elevator at or near the current point in time. Thus, at this distance, the user or passenger does not have a need to use the elevator at the current point in time, but may have a need to use the elevator at or near a future point in time. For example, the distance corresponding to "remote" may be a distance between the elevator system and the user or passenger that is several hundred meters or more away from the building where the elevator system is located.

Fig. 1 is a schematic system structural diagram of an apparatus for managing an elevator system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The apparatus 10 is configured to manage an elevator system 30 in a building and mainly includes a control module in the elevator system 30 and a communication system 20 . A user terminal 100 may be used to help implement the function according to one embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus for managing an elevator system.

Specifically, the elevator system control module 30 includes a controller (eg, a controller 1 and a controller 2) for controlling the movement of each elevator car accordingly. The specific architecture of the elevator car control module may vary as configurations or types of elevator systems in buildings change, which is not limited here.

A user 90 uses or carries the user terminal 100, and may specifically be an intelligent mobile terminal having a computing function, such as a smartphone and a personal digital assistant (IPAD). User terminal 100 has a positioning function to acquire the current position of user 90. For example, user terminal 100 may use Global Positioning System (GPS) technology to implement precise positioning of user terminal 100. Furthermore, the user terminal 100 may further acquire in advance position information of the elevator system 30 that the user may need to use it. Therefore, the user terminal 100 can acquire its position information with respect to the elevator system 30, eg calculate a distance D between the user terminal 100 and the elevator system 30 in real time. The position information acquisition function can be disabled when the user terminal 100 does not input a precall request, and can be automatically enabled when the user terminal 100 inputs a precall request.

The user 90 of the user terminal 100 is not limited. For example, the user 90 may be a person who works or lives in the building where the elevator system 30 is located, who is granted at least permission to use the elevator system 30. Specifically, the permission can be granted to the user terminal by registering the identity information of the user terminal 100 in the elevator system 30 or a management system of the building where the elevator system 30 is located or by granting the permission to some terminals. 100 user through the elevator system 30 or a management system of the building where the elevator system 30 is located.

The communication system 20 is configured to implement a wireless communication connection between multiple user terminals 100 and the elevator system 30 control module and includes, for example, a cloud-based mobile connectivity server, a mobile media server (MMS) and a gateway device installed in the building. For example, a pre-call request or a call request sent by the user terminal 100 can be routed to a corresponding gateway device through the mobile connectivity server and the MMS, to be distributed to each controller in the system control module. 30 elevator.

The apparatus 10 in the above embodiment is further illustrated with reference to Fig. 2, Fig. 3, Fig. 4 and Fig. 6. In addition, the user terminal 100, the elevator system 30 and a module are illustrated at the same time. control 300 of the elevator system 30 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The user terminal 100 first includes an input unit 110, which is specifically configured as an input interface. The input interface can be used to input a pre-call request to the elevator system 30, eg, input start floor information and destination floor information. If the pre-call request has been registered in the user terminal 100, the user 90 can input the pre-call request by retrieving it directly, thus simplifying the input process.

It should be noted that the pre-call request input by the input unit 110 is implemented remotely from the elevator system 30, and does not reflect an actual need to use the elevator by the user 90, but may reflect a need to use the elevator. elevator at or near a future time point.

In one embodiment, the pre-call request entered by the input unit 110 may be sent remotely to the control module 300 of the elevator system 30 via the communication system 20 . For example, the pre-call request is sent by a sending unit 150 in the user terminal 100, received by a receiving unit 310 arranged in the control module 300, and verified by a first verification unit 350 arranged in a control unit 310. The first verification unit 350 may check whether the precall request input from the input unit 110 of the user terminal 100 can be accepted, and send the verification result to the user terminal 100 through a sending unit 320 . The user terminal 100 displays or displays the verification result on a display unit 160 . During the verification process, the first verification unit 350 may implement at least one of the following verifications: (1) verify whether the user terminal 100 is authorized to make a pre-call request to the elevator system 30, where, for example , the pre-call request sent by the user terminal 100 is registered or accepted by the control module 300 if the user terminal 100 is authorized; otherwise, it indicates that the call request is invalid and a "reject" message is returned directly; (2) checking whether the precall request sent by the user terminal 100 is correct and valid, where, for example, if a destination floor in the precall request is not valid or a destination floor in the precall request is a floor where user 90 is not allowed to enter, the pre-call request will not be accepted. After the verification result information is displayed on the display unit 160 of the user terminal 100, the user 90 may, for example, modify the pre-call request according to an indication.

It should be noted that even if the control module 300 of the elevator system 30 accepts or registers the pre-call request, the control module 300 will not respond to the pre-call request to allow programming of the elevator system 30. In other words, the pre-call request basically does not affect the current programming of the elevator system 30.

In another embodiment, the pre-call request entered by the input unit 110 may not be sent to the control module 300 of the elevator system 30, but is stored in the current user terminal 100. For example, if the precall request entered by the user 90 has passed the verification operation performed by the first verification unit 350 in the control module 300 of the elevator system 30, the next time the user 90 enters the request for precall, you can skip the verification operation in the precall request. Or, for example, a user permission check operation may also be implemented in a call request check process as described below.

Still referring to FIG. 2, the user terminal 100 further includes a position information acquisition unit 120 that can acquire position information of the user terminal 100 with respect to the elevator system 30. For example, the position information acquisition unit 120 is implemented using a GPS module. The position information acquisition unit 120 has a real-time positioning function, to perform real-time positioning to acquire the position information of the user terminal 100 relative to the elevator system 30 in real time. It should be noted that the position of the elevator system 30 or the building where the elevator system 30 is located may be previously stored or recorded in the user terminal 100 . The position information of the user terminal 100 with respect to the elevator system 30 may specifically be a distance D from the user terminal 100 to the elevator system 30. The distance D may be calculated in the position information acquisition unit 120 according to the position of the user terminal 100 and the position of the elevator system 30 or the building where the elevator system 30 is located.

Still referring to Figure 2, the user terminal 100 further includes an evaluation unit 130. The judging unit 130 can judge, based on the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit 120, whether the distance D between the user terminal 100 and the elevator system 30 meets a predetermined condition. The predetermined condition indicates a condition for triggering a need to use the user's elevator 90. For example, the predetermined condition is that the distance D between the user terminal 100 and the elevator system 30 is less than or equal to a predetermined value S For example, the default value S can be set in a range from 10 meters to 100 meters. The distance S is completely different from the distance corresponding to "remote" as described above. At distance S, it indicates that the user 90 is actually close to or close to the elevator system 30, thus having a need to use the elevator at or close to the current point in time.

Optionally, the user terminal 100 may include a default condition setting unit 170, and the user 90 may preset the corresponding default condition in the default condition setting unit 170. Specifically, the predetermined condition may be selectively pre-set according to factors such as an operating characteristic of each elevator system 30 (for example, a lower S value may be set for faster scheduling and operating speeds), the identity of the user 90 (for example, a higher S value can be set for a VIP user), the time period (for example, a higher S value can be for a peak time period in elevator system operation), and/or preferences of the user 90. For example, the user 90 may determine a reasonable predetermined value S of an elevator system 30 corresponding to the current time period based on historical experiences, thereby setting the predetermined condition. In the event that the predetermined condition is set reasonably, when the user 90 arrives at a starting floor (eg, a ground floor floor) of the elevator system 30 from a location with a distance S to the elevator system 30, a corresponding elevator car can arrive at the starting floor near the time point, thus shortening the waiting time of the user 90 and greatly improving the user experience.

Still referring to Figure 2, in one embodiment, the user terminal 100 further includes an initiation unit 140. The user terminal 100 may initiate a corresponding call request based on the pre-call request once the predetermined condition (which is evaluated by the evaluation unit 130) is met.

The "call request" is similar to the call request mentioned in the Background section, which may reflect a need to use the user's elevator 90 at or near a current point in time. The call request also includes starting floor information and destination floor information in the precall request, and may even further include user identity information in the precall request.

It should be noted that the call request initiation process may be implemented automatically depending on the evaluation result. Therefore, in the process of approaching the building where the elevator system is located and entering the building to use the elevator, the user 90 does not need to manually complete the operation corresponding to the call request.

When the user terminal 100 initiates the call request, the sending unit 150 can automatically send the call request generated in the user terminal 100 to the control module 300 of the elevator system 30. Consequently, the receiving unit 310 in the control module 300 receives the call request. As shown in Figure 3, optionally, the control module 300 may include a second verification unit 360. The second verification unit 360 can check whether the call request can be accepted and send the verification result to the user terminal 100 through the sending unit 320. For example, user identity information corresponding to the call request is checked to judge whether the call request can be accepted, and a destination floor corresponding to the call request is checked to determine whether the user terminal 100 is authorized. The verification result (eg, "accept" or "reject") of the second verification unit 360 is sent to the user terminal 100 in time. The user terminal 100 displays the verification result on the display unit 160.

The initiation unit 140 in Fig. 2 is schematically shown by a dashed block, indicating that the initiation unit 140 is not limited to being implemented in the user terminal 100. For example, in another alternative embodiment, the initiation unit 140 may also be implemented in the control module 300 of the elevator system 30 . As shown in Fig. 3, the control module 300 of the elevator system 30 includes an initiation unit 340 shown schematically by a dashed block. The initiation unit 340 has a function basically the same as that of the initiation unit 140, that is, initiation of a corresponding call request based on the pre-call request once the predetermined condition is met. In the alternative embodiment, the initiation unit 340 further needs to acquire the evaluation result of the evaluation unit 130 sent from the user terminal 100. For example, when the predetermined condition is met, the sending unit 150 in the user terminal 100 automatically sends the judgment result indicating that the distance D between the user terminal 100 and the elevator system 10 meets the predetermined condition. initiation of a call request. Accordingly, the receiving unit 310 in the control module 300 of the elevator system 30 receives the evaluation result, thus activating the initiation unit 340 to initiate the call request. The call request initiated by the initiation unit 340 may also be subjected to the aforementioned verification operation in the second verification unit 360, and the verification result is sent to the user terminal 100 by the sending unit 320.

Optionally, the user terminal 100 may further include a cancellation unit (not shown) configured to cancel the call request or the pre-call request. For example, when you need to change the route or change the need to use the elevator, the user 90 can use the cancel unit to cancel the call request or the pre-call request. Specifically, the cancel unit may be specifically embodied as a cancel button, and the user 90 presses the cancel button to implement a call request or pre-call request cancel operation.

Still referring to Fig. 3, after verifying that the call request can be accepted, the control module 300 of the elevator system 30 can convert the call request into a call instruction and perform schedule control based on the instruction. call, thus implementing the management in the elevator system 30 . The specific schedule control method or strategy is not limited.

The apparatus 10 for managing an elevator system according to an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented by the user terminal 100 and/or the control module 300 in the elevator system 30 as shown in Fig. 2, for example, implemented by installing a corresponding program in the user's mobile terminal 100 such as a mobile phone, or implemented by installing a corresponding program in the control module 300. Furthermore, a communication connection between the user terminal 100 and the control module 300 can be implemented by the communication system 20, thus implementing remote interaction between the user terminal 100 and the control module 300. As shown in Fig. 4, in one embodiment, the apparatus 10 for managing an elevator system optionally configures the initiation unit 140 in the user terminal 100, thus implementing the call request initiation in the user terminal 100 . In another embodiment, the apparatus 10 for managing an elevator system optionally configures the initiation unit 340 in the control module 300 of the elevator system 30, thereby implementing the initiation of the call request in the elevator system 30.

Although only one user terminal 100 is shown in the apparatus 10 for managing an elevator system in the above embodiments, it should be understood that multiple user terminals 100 may be used in the apparatus 10, and each user terminal 100 may implement a function. basically identical.

A method for managing an elevator system in an embodiment shown in Fig. 5 is accordingly performed in the apparatus 10 of the embodiment shown in Fig. 4, and the process of the method is illustrated below with reference to Fig. 4 and the figure 5.

First, in step S11, the user 90 remotely enters a pre-call request, eg, enters the starting floor information and destination floor information corresponding to the elevator system 30 . For example, if a user 90 at home needs to enter an office building for work, the user 90 may enter the pre-call request into the input unit 110 of the user terminal 100 when he is idle at home or on his way to the office building. Offices. The operation is simple and easy.

Optionally, the pre-call request may be sent to the control module 300 of the elevator system 30 for verification. As shown in Fig. 5, at step S31, the receiving unit 310 in the control module 300 can receive the pre-call request. Further, in step S32, it is checked whether the precall request can be accepted. The specific verification process is completed in the first verification unit 350.

No matter whether the verification result is "yes" or "no", the control module 300 can return the verification result immediately to the user terminal 100, so that step S12, that is, displaying the verification result verification, is performed at the user terminal 100. When the verification result is "no", the user 90 can return to step S11 to input a pre-call request again. It should be noted that if a user terminal 100 enters a precall request that has been verified as acceptable in a history usage process, the precall request may be judged as acceptable and steps S31 and 532 may be skipped. .

When the verification result is "yes", the position information acquisition unit 120 in the user terminal 100 is activated to operate, that is, step S13 is performed to acquire the position information of the user terminal 100 with respect to the elevator system 30. As described above, the distance D between the user terminal 100 and the elevator system 30 can be obtained in real time based on the acquired position information. The distance D can refer to a straight line distance.

Further, in step S14, it is judged whether the distance between the user terminal 100 and the elevator system 30 meets a predetermined condition based on the position information. When the judgment result is "no", the procedure returns to step S13 to continue acquiring the position information. When the result of the evaluation is "yes", it indicates that there is or will soon be a time point where the user requires to use the elevator. In this case, step S15 is performed to initiate a corresponding call request based on the pre-call request. In step S15, the pre-call request is converted to a call request indicating a need to use the user's elevator 90 at or near the current time point. This is equivalent to an operation of initiating a call request automatically from the user terminal 100.

Further, in step S16, the call request is sent to the elevator system 30, and accordingly, in step 533, the control module 300 of the elevator system 30 receives the call request.

Optionally, in step S34, the control module 300 of the elevator system 30 checks whether the call request can be accepted. The specific verification process is completed in the second verification unit 360. It does not matter whether the verification result is "yes" or "no", the control module 300 can return the verification result immediately to the user terminal 100. Therefore, a response is made at the user terminal 100, and step S17, that is, displaying the verification result, is performed at the user terminal 100. It should be noted that the call request corresponding to the user terminal 100 is a call request that has been verified as acceptable in a historical use process, the call request may be considered as acceptable, and it may be ignored. step S34.

When the verification result is "yes", step S35 for converting the call request to a call instruction is performed, and scheduling control is performed based on the call instruction. In one embodiment, an elevator car can be assigned to a corresponding starting floor based on the starting floor information of the call request, and a stopping floor of the elevator car can be automatically registered based on the information of the destination floor of the call request. As such, when the user 90 arrives at the starting floor of the elevator system 30, the assigned elevator car may have arrived, which greatly shortens the waiting time of the user 90. In addition, the user 90 does not need to manually enter destination floor information in the elevator car. During the application of the above method, for example, after inputting a pre-call request at home, the user can enter the office building and use the elevator to directly reach the destination floor of the office building without stopping, and does not need to perform any calling operation in the process of approaching the office building where the elevator system 30 is located and enter the office building to use the elevator. It takes a short time to wait for the elevator, which greatly improves the user experience.

Optionally, information related to the results of the schedule control generated in step S35 is sent to the user terminal 100 and then displayed. For example, information related to the result, such as the position of the assigned elevator and when the elevator will arrive at the initial floor, is sent to the user terminal 100 and then displayed. Therefore, the user experience can be further enhanced.

In the method of the above embodiment, steps S11, S12, S13, S14, S15, S16 and S17 can be performed or completed at the user terminal 100, and steps S31, S32, S33, S34 and S35 can be performed or complete in the control module 300 of the elevator system 30.

A method for managing an elevator system in an embodiment shown in FIG. 7 is accordingly performed in the apparatus 10 in the embodiment shown in FIG. 6, and the process of the method is illustrated below with reference to FIG. 6 and FIG. figure 7.

By comparison, the embodiment of the method in Figure 7 differs primarily from the embodiment of the method in Figure 5 in that the initiation of the call request is performed or completed in the control module 300 of the elevator system 30 . Therefore, after step S14, once the predetermined condition is judged to be satisfied, step S331 is performed, that is, the judgment result indicating that the distance D between the user terminal 100 and the elevator system 30 meets the predetermined initiation condition of a call request is sent to the control module 300 of the elevator system 30, and the evaluation result is received by the receiving unit 310. Further, step S332 is performed to initiate a corresponding call request based on the pre-call request. In step S15, the pre-call request becomes a call request indicating a need to use the user's elevator 90 at or near the current time point, and is equivalent to an operation of initiating a call request. automatically called from the control module 300 of the elevator system 30 .

Then, steps S34, S17 and S35 are the same as steps S34, S17 and S35 shown in Fig. 5 respectively, and descriptions about steps S34, S17 and S35 will be omitted.

The method for managing an elevator system in the embodiment shown in Fig. 7 has basically the same function as the method in the embodiment shown in Fig. 5. That is, the user may not perform any calling operation in the process of calling. approach the building where the elevator system 30 is located and enter the building to use the elevator. Therefore, it takes a short time to wait for the elevator, and the user experience is greatly improved.

It should be noted that in the methods of the embodiments shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 7, the user 90 may cancel the precall request using the user terminal 100 at any time before the call request is initiated, or may cancel the call request at any time after the call request is initiated.

It should be noted that the user terminal 100 in the above embodiment of the present invention may be implemented using computer program instructions, for example, implemented by a specific application (APP). These computer program instructions may be provided to a general purpose computer processor, a special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing device to form the user terminal 100 in the embodiment of the present invention. Furthermore, the computer processor or other programmable data processing device may execute these instructions to create units or components to implement functions/operations designated in these flow charts and/or blocks and/or one or more flow chart blocks.

Also, the elevator system control module 300 in the above embodiment of the present invention may be implemented using computer program instructions, for example, implemented by a specific program. These computer program instructions may be provided to a general purpose computer processor, a special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing device to form the control module 300 in the embodiment of the present invention. In addition, the computer processor or other programmable data processing device may execute these instructions to create units or components to implement the functions/operations designated in these flow charts and/or blocks and/or one or more flow chart blocks. . The present invention also provides an elevator system 30 having the control module 300 in the previous embodiment.

Furthermore, these computer program instructions may be stored in computer readable memory. These instructions may instruct the computer or other programmable processor to implement functions in specific ways, such that these instructions stored in computer-readable memory build a product that includes instruction components to implement specified functions/operations in one or more block flow diagrams and/or block diagrams.

It should also be noted that in some alternative implementations, the functions/operations shown in the blocks may not take place in the sequence shown in the flowchart. For example, two blocks shown sequentially may be performed at substantially the same time, or these blocks may sometimes be performed in a reverse order, depending specifically on the functions/operations involved.

It should be noted that the elements (including flowcharts and block diagrams in the accompanying drawings) described and depicted in this specification refer to logical boundaries between elements. However, depending on software or hardware engineering practices, the depicted elements and the functions thereof may be executed on a machine using a computer executable medium. The computer executable medium includes a processor capable of executing a program instruction stored on the computer executable medium. The program instruction serves as a single-chip software framework, an independent software module, or a module that uses an external program, code, service, or the like, or any combination thereof. Furthermore, all of these implementation solutions may fall within the scope of the present description.

Claims (15)

1. A method of managing an elevator system (30), comprising: inputting a corresponding pre-call request to the elevator system remotely from a user terminal (100) (S11); the pre-call request reflecting a need to use the elevator at a future time point after the pre-call request is made; acquiring position information of the user terminal with respect to the elevator system (S13); judging, based on the position information, whether a distance between the user terminal and the elevator system satisfies a predetermined condition (S14); and starting a corresponding call request based on the pre-call request when the distance between the user terminal and the elevator system meets the predetermined condition (S15). characterized in that the position information acquisition step and the distance evaluation step are performed in the user terminal, and the user terminal performs real-time positioning to acquire the position information of the user terminal with respect to the elevator system in real time. The method for managing an elevator system (30) according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of: sending, by the user terminal (100), the pre-call request remotely to the elevator system; and verifying, by the elevator system, whether the precall request can be accepted (S32), and returning the verification result to the user terminal. The method for managing an elevator system (30) according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the user terminal (100) sends the pre-call request remotely to the elevator system, and the step of initiating a request call is made in the elevator system (S332), and optionally, wherein the elevator system checks whether the call request can be accepted (S32) and sends the verification result to the user terminal, and further optionally wherein after verifying that the call request can be accepted, the elevator system converts the call request to a call instruction and performs scheduling control based on the call instruction, and further, optionally, wherein the elevator system sends information related to the result of the programming control to the user terminal. 4. The method for managing an elevator system (30) according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the step of initiating a call request is performed in the user terminal (100), and the method further comprises a step of : send, by the user terminal, the call request to the elevator system. 5. The method for managing an elevator system (30) according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the predetermined condition is that the distance between the user terminal (100) and the elevator system is less than or equal to a predetermined value , me wherein the predetermined condition is preconfigured in the user terminal by the user (90). 6. The method for managing an elevator system (30) according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the pre-call request and the corresponding call request comprise starting floor information and destination floor information, and optionally, wherein the elevator system assigns an elevator car to a corresponding starting floor based on the starting floor information of the call request, and automatically registers an elevator car stopping floor based on the information of the destination floor of the call request. 7. An apparatus for managing an elevator system (30), comprising: an input unit (110) configured to input a pre-call request corresponding to the elevator system remotely from a user terminal (100), the pre-call request reflecting a need to use the elevator at a future point in time after that the pre-call request is made; characterized by a position information acquisition unit (120) in the user terminal configured to acquire real-time position information of the user terminal with respect to the elevator system in real time; an judging unit (130) in the user terminal configured to judge, based on real-time position information, whether a distance between the user terminal and the elevator system satisfies a predetermined condition; Y an initiation unit (140; 340) configured to initiate a corresponding call request based on the pre-call request when the distance between the user terminal and the elevator system meets the predetermined condition. The apparatus for managing an elevator system (30) according to claim 7, further comprising: a sending unit (150) configured to send, using the user terminal (100), the pre-call request, the result of the evaluation indicating that the distance between the user terminal and the elevator system meets the predetermined condition of the call request and/or the call request to the elevator system. The apparatus for managing an elevator system (30) according to claim 7 or 8, further comprising a default condition setting unit (170) configured to preset the default condition using the user terminal (100). The apparatus for managing an elevator system (30) according to any one of claims 7 to 9, further comprising a display unit (160) configured to display, using the user terminal (100), the information sent by the elevator system. The apparatus for managing an elevator system (30) according to any one of claims 7 to 10, further comprising a cancellation unit configured to cancel the call request or pre-call request using the user terminal (100). The apparatus for managing an elevator system (30) according to any one of claims 7 to 11, further comprising: a first verification unit (350) configured to verify, using the elevator system, whether the pre-call request can be accepted; me a second verification unit (360) configured to verify, using the elevator system, whether the call request can be accepted; Y optionally further comprising: a sending unit (150; 320) configured to send at least a part of the verification result from the elevator system to the user terminal (100). The apparatus for managing an elevator system (30) according to any one of claims 7 to 12, further comprising: an elevator system control module (300); Y a communication system (20) configured to implement a wireless communication connection between the user terminal (100) and the elevator system control module, wherein the elevator system control module comprises: a receiving unit (310) configured to receive the pre-call request and the evaluation result indicating that the distance between the user terminal and the elevator system meets the predetermined condition of the call request being sent remotely from the user terminal. 14. A computer-readable storage medium, which stores a computer program, wherein the program is executable by a processor to implement the steps in the method according to any of claims 1, 4 or 5. 15. An elevator system (30), comprising: the apparatus for managing an elevator system according to any one of claims 7 to 13.