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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2019
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Naveen Kumar Yeddi, Telangana, IN;
Rajinikanth Pusala, Telangana, IN;
Tejas Arunrao Dhumal, Maharashtra, IN;
Aditya Swami, Hyderabad, IN;
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is an elevator system for a building including an elevator and an elevator controller for communicating with a plurality of smart devices for passengers disposed on building levels, the controller rendering determinations including: a first determination that the controller receives from the smart devices requests for elevator service, a second determination to effect monitoring of smart devices relative to area limits on the levels, the area limits including the lobbies, a third determination to identify a first group of the smart devices that are within the area limits, a fourth determination to identify a first schedule that prioritizes elevator service within the first group based on a time of placement of elevator service requests, a fifth determination to instruct the elevator to provide elevator service following the first schedule, and wherein the controller effects a first communication in which the controller instructs the elevator to effect the fifth determination.