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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2010
Theresa Christy, West Hartford, CT (US);
Wade Montague, Southington, CT (US);
Jannah Stanley, Portland, CT (US);
Daniel Williams, Southington, CT (US);
Theresa Christy, West Hartford, CT (US);
Wade Montague, Southington, CT (US);
Jannah Stanley, Portland, CT (US);
Daniel Williams, Southington, CT (US);
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
An elevator dispatching system includes a plurality of elevator groups, each of the plurality of elevator groups including a group controller and a plurality of elevator cars, each of the plurality of elevator groups serving a respective set of floors; and a redirector configured to receive a service request including a destination floor, and, in the event more than one elevator group serves the destination floor, determine a best group to service the request from the plurality of elevator groups based on information stored in the redirector, wherein the group controller of the determined best group is configured to determine a best car from the plurality of elevator cars in the determined best group.