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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2001
Toshimitsu Mori, Hadano, JP;
Zuhair Bahjat, Farmington, CT (US);
Jannah Stanley, Cromwell, CT (US);
Mark Ross, Shelton, CT (US);
Masanori Sahara, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Hideyuki Honma, Kanagawa, JP;
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A control device for a double-deck elevator system having an upper deck and a lower deck, includes a group control device for assigning the upper and lower decks to respond to car calls from the upper and lower decks and boarding hall calls from a plurality of floors. The control device further includes an assignment control device for determining whether a plurality of the car calls and boarding hall calls can be responded to simultaneously and for directing said group control device to reassign the upper and lower decks to respond to the plurality of car calls and boarding hall calls simultaneously.