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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2019
Applicant:
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventors:
Sandeep Sudi, Farmington, CT (US);
Robert Costabile, Sarasota, FL (US);
Assignee:
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 1/34 (2006.01); B66B 1/46 (2006.01); B66B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 1/3476 (2013.01); B66B 1/468 (2013.01); B66B 5/0012 (2013.01); B66B 2201/222 (2013.01); B66B 2201/405 (2013.01); B66B 2201/4669 (2013.01);
Abstract
An illustrative example method of controlling an elevator system includes detecting a number of passengers waiting for elevator service at a landing, detecting an available passenger capacity of a plurality of elevator cars, respectively, and assigning at least one of the elevator cars to travel to the landing to provide elevator service to the passengers based on the detected number of passengers and the available passenger capacity of the at least one of the elevator cars.