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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2018
Applicant:
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventors:
Jannah A. Stanley, Portland, CT (US);
Daniel S. Williams, Southington, CT (US);
Assignee:
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 1/24 (2006.01); B66B 1/28 (2006.01); B66B 1/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 1/2458 (2013.01); B66B 1/28 (2013.01); B66B 1/3446 (2013.01); B66B 2201/104 (2013.01); B66B 2201/233 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of operating a building elevator system having a plurality of elevator systems organized into multiple elevator groups including: receiving an elevator call from a destination entry device in communication with the building elevator system; obtaining a favorability score from each of the multiple elevator groups of the building elevator system; determining an elevator group of the multiple elevator groups with the highest favorability score; and routing the elevator call to the elevator group of the multiple elevator groups with the highest favorability score.