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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2015
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Michael Garfinkel, West Hartford, CT (US);
Theresa M. Christy, West Hartford, CT (US);
Jannah A. Stanley, Portland, CT (US);
Harold Terry, New Hartford, CT (US);
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A systemincludes an input/outputunit for receiving a user request to call an elevatorand a processorfor processing the user request to assign an elevator to the user. The processor performs one of a first assignment process and a second assignment process. The first assignment process includes determining whether a delay condition exists for delaying assignment of the elevator to the user, delaying assignment of the elevator to the user based on determining that the delay condition exists, and assigning the elevator to the user based on determining that the delay condition does not exist. The second assignment process includes assigning the elevator to the user and notifying the user of the assignment, determining whether an assignment change condition exists, changing the assignment to another elevator based on determining that the assignment change condition exists, and notifying the user of the assignment change