Patent Document ID: 4672531
Application ID: 06642900
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. An elevator supervisory-learning control apparatus for reliably predicting future elevator traffic in accordance with collected traffic conditions of a group of elevators over a predetermined past period of time, said control apparatus comprising: elevator traffic statistics means for collecting traffic conditions; means for estimating future traffic pattern values in accordance with a learning function based on detected traffic conditions of the elevators provided by said elevator traffic statistics means, said estimating means including means for generating mean values based on said detected traffic conditions; reliability-determining means for calculating reliability of the estimated future traffic pattern values on the basis of the learning function and the detected traffic conditions of the elevators, said reliability-determining means including means for evaluating dispersions about the mean values; means for storing predetermined traffic patterns of the elevators; means for selecting one of said traffic patterns in accordance with the reliability of the estimated future traffic pattern values from said reliability-determining means; and control means for supervising the operation of said elevators in accordance with the selected traffic pattern.