Passenger guidance system for multicar elevator

A method of providing guidance to passengers of a multicar elevator system, the multicar elevator system comprising a first landing door configured to provide access to at least one elevator car within a first lane and a second landing door configured to provide access to at least one elevator car within a second lane, the method comprising:

• receiving information regarding the at least one elevator car within the first lane and the at least one elevator car within the second lane at a controller;
• and
• displaying, on a first display, display information regarding a first elevator car in the first lane, the first elevator car of the first lane being one of (i) an elevator car currently located at the first landing door or (ii) an elevator car next to arrive at the first landing door,
• the system further comprising a second elevator car in the first lane, the method further comprising displaying display information of the second elevator car in the first lane, wherein the second elevator car in the first lane is an elevator car that will arrive at the first landing door after the first elevator car leaves the first landing door.

A passenger guidance system for a multicar elevator system, the passenger guidance system comprising:

• a first landing door configured to provide access to at least one elevator car within a first lane;
• a second landing door configured to provide access to at least one elevator car within a second lane;
• a controller configured to receive information regarding the at least one elevator car within the first lane and the at least one elevator car within the second lane;
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• a first display controlled by the controller and configured to provide display information regarding a first elevator car in the first lane, the first elevator car of the first lane being one of (i) an elevator car currently located at the first landing door or (ii) an elevator car next to arrive at the first landing door,
• wherein the controller is configured to receive a user input from a user requesting to use an elevator of the multicar elevator system,
• wherein the user input includes a request for a user representation, wherein the controller associates the user representation with the user request for use of an elevator of the multicar elevator system, wherein the user representation is displayed on the first display to indicate which of the first landing door and the second landing door the user should wait for an elevator car.