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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2019
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Zhen Jia, Shanghai, CN;
Hui Fang, Shanghai, CN;
Arthur Hsu, South Glastonbury, CT (US);
Alan Matthew Finn, Hebron, CT (US);
Luca F. Bertuccelli, Burlington, MA (US);
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for controlling elevator systems are provided. The methods include receiving inputs from at least one interactive input device, wherein the inputs include elevator call requests, tracking one or more people located within a monitored area using at least one sensor, assigning elevator assignments to the one or more people based on at least one of the inputs from the at least one interactive input device and a grouping algorithm based on the tracking of the one or more people, and scheduling operation of at least one elevator car based on the elevator assignments.