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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2011
Tarique Faruki, Avon, CT (US);
Jannah A. Stanley, Portland, CT (US);
Ashley Chapman, Avon, CT (US);
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
An exemplary method of controlling an elevator system includes determining that a new passenger requests elevator service from a departure floor to a destination floor. Any candidate elevator cars are ranked. A number of stops for each assigned passenger for a ranked candidate elevator car is determined if the new passenger were assigned to that car. A determination is made whether any ranked candidate elevator car is a qualified car that can accept the new passenger and limit a number of stops for each passenger assigned to that car to a desired maximum number of stops. The new passenger is assigned to a qualified car that has a most favorable ranking of any qualified cars.