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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2010
Jannah A. Stanley, Cromwell, CT (US);
Hideyuki Honma, Chiba-ken, JP;
Daniel S. Williams, Southington, CT (US);
Theresa Christy, West Hartford, CT (US);
Thomas W. Saxe, Avon, CT (US);
Jannah A. Stanley, Cromwell, CT (US);
Hideyuki Honma, Chiba-ken, JP;
Daniel S. Williams, Southington, CT (US);
Theresa Christy, West Hartford, CT (US);
Thomas W. Saxe, Avon, CT (US);
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A method of dispatching an elevator car to a destination requested by a passenger before the passenger enters the car includes determining which trip of the elevator car begins at a time having a desired relationship to an expected arrival time when a passenger is expected to arrive near the elevator car. An actual arrival time of the passenger near the elevator car is determined. The elevator car is dispatched to the requested destination during a trip that begins at a time that corresponds to or is after the actual arrival time.