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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 1994
Filed:
Feb. 08, 1993
Zuhair S Bahjat, Farmington, CT (US);
Venkataramana S Pullela, North Granby, CT (US);
Otis Elevator Company, Ten Farm Springs, NJ (US);
Abstract
An elevator system (FIG. 1) employing a microprocessor-based group controller (FIG. 2) communicating with elevator cars (3, 4, . . . ) to affect the assignment of cars to hall calls at a plurality of floors in the building, using different, speedier car motion profiles and system motion parameters when the presence of a passenger crowd is predicted (FIGS. 3-5). When a large passenger crowd presence is predicted, each of the assigned car(s) going to the relevant floor(s) is given a higher jerk and acceleration and deceleration rates for improved service time and decreased waiting time. (See FIG. 5.) When such a passenger crowd presence is no longer predicted (crowd signal reset), the car reverts back to a profile with a lower jerk and acceleration and deceleration rates for enhanced passenger comfort. The prediction methodology used for the predicted presence of a crowd utilizes 'artificial intelligence' logic.