US 11,731,856 B2
Monitoring apparatus
Yoshiki Konishi, Chiyoda-ku (JP)
Assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Chiyoda-ku (JP)
Appl. No. 16/99,776
Filed by MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Chiyoda-ku (JP)
PCT Filed Jun. 8, 2016, PCT No. PCT/JP2016/067050
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 8, 2018,
PCT Pub. No. WO2017/212568, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 14, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2019/0177119 A1, Jun. 13, 2019
Int. Cl. B66B 3/02 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G08B 25/04 (2006.01); B66B 1/34 (2006.01); B66B 11/02 (2006.01); B66B 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC B66B 3/02 (2013.01) [B66B 1/3476 (2013.01); B66B 5/0006 (2013.01); B66B 11/02 (2013.01); G08B 25/04 (2013.01); H04N 7/18 (2013.01); H04N 7/181 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A monitoring apparatus, comprising:
first detection circuitry configured to monitor a situation of an elevator;
first recording circuitry configured to record monitoring information to be output from the first detection circuitry;
first communication circuitry configured to transmit the monitoring information recorded in the first recording circuitry to an outside monitoring center;
first determination circuitry configured to calculate a number of people present in the elevator and a degree of positional imbalance of the people based on the monitoring information to be output from the first detection circuitry, the positional imbalance corresponding to a position of the people in the elevator with regard to an empty floor space in the elevator; and
first adjusting circuitry configured to adjust, based on the number of people and the degree of positional imbalance that are calculated by the first determination circuitry, at least one of a recording density to be used when the first recording circuitry records the monitoring information or a communication frequency to be used when the first communication circuitry transmits the monitoring information.