B66B 2201/20
Details of the evaluation method for the allocation of a call to
Official title: Details of the evaluation method for the allocation of a call to an elevator car
B66B2201/20 (Details of the evaluation method for the allocation of a call to) appears on 443 US grants and 395 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B66B 2201/211Waiting time, i.e. response timeIndexing code233
- B66B 2201/222Taking into account the number of passengers present in the elevator carIndexing code205
- B66B 2201/212Travel timeIndexing code70
- B66B 2201/214Total time, i.e. arrival timeIndexing code68
- B66B 2201/235Taking into account predicted future eventsIndexing code66
- B66B 2201/215Transportation capacityIndexing code65
- B66B 2201/216Energy consumptionIndexing code60
- B66B 2201/243Distribution of elevator carsIndexing code51
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- B66B 2201/233Periodic re-allocation of call inputsIndexing code43
- B66B 2201/231Sequential evaluation of plurality of criteriaIndexing code41
- B66B 2201/226Taking into account the distribution of elevator cars within the elevator systemIndexing code31
- B66B 2201/223Taking into account the separation of passengers or groupsIndexing code26
- B66B 2201/224Avoiding potential interference between elevator carsIndexing code19
- B66B 2201/225Taking into account a certain departure interval of elevator cars from aIndexing code19
- B66B 2201/23Other aspects of the evaluation methodIndexing code19
- B66B 2201/241Standby controlIndexing code18
- B66B 2201/242Parking controlIndexing code13
- B66B 2201/234Taking into account uncertainty terms for predicted valuesIndexing code10
- B66B 2201/24Control of empty elevator carsIndexing code6
- B66B 2201/21Primary evaluation criteriaIndexing code5
- B66B 2201/221Penalisation of transfersIndexing code2
- B66B 2201/22Secondary evaluation criteriaIndexing code1
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Method for transmitting messages in an elevator communications system95US 5,551,532 AOtis Elevator Company · 1996
- Apparatus for the load dependent control of an elevator83US 4,708,224 AInventio AG · 1987
- "Artificial Intelligence" based learning system predicting "Peak-Period" times for elevator dispatching79US 5,035,302 AOtis Elevator Company · 1991
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