Patent ID: 6176351
Filing Date: 2001-01-23
Classification: B66B,Y10S

Abstract:
A double deck elevator controlling apparatus for executing group supervisory control of a plurality of double deck elevators each contain upper and lower cages vertically connected to each other, said apparatus comprising:elevator hall call registering means for registering elevator hall call buttons in up- and down-directions which are provided at respective elevator halls on respective floors;allocation control means for making both of the upper and lower cages respond to an elevator hall call to a specified floor which meets a predetermined condition during an operation in a double operating mode of giving services of the upper cages in response to the elevator hall calls at even-numbered floor and giving services of the lower cages in response to the elevator hall calls at odd-numbered floors;cage call registering means provided for each of said double deck elevators and for making it possible to register the cage calls of both of the upper and lower cages during the operation in the double operation mode as far as the specified floor is concerned;operation control means for operating the upper and lower cages so as to respond to the elevator hall call to the specified floor which is allocated by said allocation control unit and to the cage call to the specified floor which is registered in said cage call registering means; andelevator hall notifying means for, if there exist both of the elevator hall call to the specified floor which is allocated by said allocation control means and the cage call to the specified floor which is registered in said cage call registering means, and when responding to the elevator hall call by reversing a direction at the specified floor, prompting passengers at an elevator hall on the specified floor when a head cage arrives responding to the cage call to board ahead, although the cage temporarily travels in an opposite direction to let the passengers of the other cage get off.