Patent ID: 7963372
Filing Date: 2011-06-21
Classification: B66B

Abstract:
1. An elevator evacuation support apparatus that evacuates building occupants that have been left inside a building to a refuge floor in an emergency by managing operation of an elevator in which a plurality of floors function as service floors, the elevator evacuation support apparatus comprising: an evacuating operation implementing portion that designates at least one of the service floors as a rescue floor, and that implements an evacuating operation for the elevator for transporting the building occupants from the rescue floor to the refuge floor; an evacuating operation time calculating portion that receives urgency level information that indicates a degree of urgency, and that calculates an estimated amount of time for continuing the evacuating operation as an evacuating operation time based on the urgency level information; and an evacuating operation determining portion that determines ability to continue the evacuating operation based on information from the evacuating operation time calculating portion, the elevator evacuation support apparatus being characterized in that the evacuating operation implementing portion controls the evacuating operation based on information from the evacuating operation determining portion.