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Apparatus for controlling elevator door
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corp
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Filing: 1991-06-11
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Granted: 1993-10-05
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Expires: 2011-06-11
Abstract
Abstract An apparatus for controlling an elevator door comprises a motor for opening and closing an elevator door, an inverter unit for controlling the driving of the motor, a door position detecting unit for detecting the position of the door, first and second sensors for respectively detecting that the door passes through a terminal reference point on the opening side and a terminal reference point on the closing side, a speed command generating unit for generating a speed command on the basis of a distance between the door position detected by the door position detecting unit to a stop target on the opening side or the closing side when the first and second sensors respectively detect the passage of the door, and a control unit for controlling the inverter unit on the basis of the speed command output from the speed command generating unit.
Inventors
- 👤 Masamoto Mizuno
- 👤 Terumi Hirabayashi
- 👤 Masanori Tawada
- 👤 Toshiyuki Kodera
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 12:30
CPC Classifications
B; B66; B66B; B66B13/00; G; G05; G05D; G05D3/00; G05D3/12; G05B; G05B2219/00; G05B2219/30; G05B2219/37; G05B2219/37105; G05B2219/37175; G05B2219/37285; G05B2219/37629; G05B2219/41; G05B2219/41293; G05B2219/41319; G05B2219/42; G05B2219/42237; G05B2219/43; G05B2219/43074; G05B2219/43179; G05B2219/45; G05B2219/45242; G05B2219/49; G05B2219/49141
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
166 words
An apparatus for controlling an elevator door comprising: a motor for opening and closing an elevator door; an inverter unit connected to said motor which controls the driving of said motor; door position detecting means connected to said motor for detecting the position of the door; first and second sensors connected to said door position detecting means which respectively detect that said door passes through a terminal reference point on an opening side and a terminal reference point on a closing side; speed command generating means for generating a door speed command on the basis of a distance between the door position detected by said door position detecting means to a stop target position on the opening side or the closing side when said first and second sensors respectively detect the passage of said door by the opening and closing side terminal reference points; and control means for controlling said inverter unit on the basis of the speed command output from said speed command generating means.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
166 words
An apparatus for controlling an elevator door comprising: a motor for opening and closing an elevator door; an inverter unit connected to said motor which controls the driving of said motor; door position detecting means connected to said motor for detecting the position of the door; first and second sensors connected to said door position detecting means which respectively detect that said door passes through a terminal reference point on an opening side and a terminal reference point on a closing side; speed command generating means for generating a door speed command on the basis of a distance between the door position detected by said door position detecting means to a stop target position on the opening side or the closing side when said first and second sensors respectively detect the passage of said door by the opening and closing side terminal reference points; and control means for controlling said inverter unit on the basis of the speed command output from said speed command generating means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
An apparatus for controlling an elevator door according to claim 1, wherein said door position detecting means comprises an encoder connected to a shaft of said motor
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
43 words
An apparatus for controlling an elevator door according to claim 1, further comprising opening- and closing-side stoppers, the opening-side stop target position and closing side stop target position being set at positions just ahead of said opening-side stopper and said closing-side stopper, respectively.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
54 words
An apparatus for controlling an elevator door according to claim 1, wherein said speed command generating means includes the function of outputting a speed command which is proportional to a distance between the door position detected by said door position detecting means and the opening-side stop target position or the closing-side stop target position.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
42 words
An apparatus for controlling an elevator door according to claim 1, wherein said speed command generating means includes the function of outputting zero as a speed command when said door passes through the opening-side stop target position or the closing-side stop target
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
45 words
An apparatus for controlling an elevator door according to claim 4, wherein said speed command generating means includes the function of outputting as the maximum speed command the speed when said door passes through the opening-side terminal reference point or the closing-side terminal reference point.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
163 words
An apparatus for controlling an elevator door comprising: a motor for opening and closing an elevator door; an inverter unit connected to said moor which controls the driving of said motor; an encoder connected to said motor which generates pulses indicative of the speed of said motor; door position detecting means connected to said encoder for detecting a position of the door; first speed command generating means for generating a speed command for the door, said first speed command generating means being connected to said door position detecting means; second speed command generating means for generating a speed command for the door; a command switching means connected to said first and second speed command generating means for transmitting the speed command generated by said first speed command generating circuit when a determined door position is detected by said door position detecting means; and control means for controlling said inverter unit on the basis of the speed command output from said command switching means.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
163 words
An apparatus for controlling an elevator door comprising: a motor for opening and closing an elevator door; an inverter unit connected to said moor which controls the driving of said motor; an encoder connected to said motor which generates pulses indicative of the speed of said motor; door position detecting means connected to said encoder for detecting a position of the door; first speed command generating means for generating a speed command for the door, said first speed command generating means being connected to said door position detecting means; second speed command generating means for generating a speed command for the door; a command switching means connected to said first and second speed command generating means for transmitting the speed command generated by said first speed command generating circuit when a determined door position is detected by said door position detecting means; and control means for controlling said inverter unit on the basis of the speed command output from said command switching means.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
26 words
An apparatus for controlling elevator doors as claimed in claim 7 wherein said door position detecting means includes a reversible counter connected to a data memory.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
22 words
An apparatus for controlling elevator doors as claimed in claim 7 wherein said first speed command generating means includes a position amplifier.
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