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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 26, 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, communicate the service request to the group controllers of the more than one elevator groups, wherein the respective group controllers of the more than one elevator groups are configured to each determine a respective group score, and communicate the respective group score to the redirector, and the redirector is further configured to determine the best group based on the respective group scores.