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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2020
Applicant:
Kone Corporation, Helsinki, FI;
Inventors:
Marja-Liisa Siikonen, Helsinki, FI;
Janne Sorsa, Helsinki, FI;
Assignee:
KONE CORPORATION, Helsinki, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 1/24 (2006.01); B66B 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 1/2491 (2013.01); B66B 9/003 (2013.01); B66B 2201/211 (2013.01); B66B 2201/301 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to an elevator system comprising: a plurality of elevator sub-systems and a group controller configured to control the plurality of the elevator sub-systems, wherein the group controller is configured to: determine an efficiency of the elevator system; and control, in accordance with the efficiency of the elevator system, at least one elevator sub-system to serve elevator calls at different zones from at least one other elevator sub-system. The invention also relates to a method, a group controller and a computer program product.