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US 10,370,220 B2Granted
Flexible destination dispatch passenger support system
AssigneeOtis Elevator Company
InventorsPaul A Simcik, Eric C Peterson, Bradley Armand Scoville, Ashley Marie Chapman
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Abstract
A method of passenger conveyance control includes receiving a destination request; tracking a passenger who entered the destination request while in a waiting area; and canceling the destination request in response to the passenger leaving the waiting area.
Claims11
A method of passenger conveyance control, the method comprising:
- receiving a destination request;
- triggering a capture of passenger identification characteristic sufficient for tracking a passenger, wherein the passenger identification characteristic and the destination request is maintained as passenger identification data;
- associating a passenger identification characteristic with the destination request;
- tracking a passenger who entered the destination request while in a waiting area, wherein the passenger identification data is maintained once the passenger debarks at a sky lobby prior to the destination;
- canceling the destination request in response to the passenger leaving the waiting area in the sky lobby;
- and
- clearing the passenger identification data once the passenger debarks at the destination.
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A method of passenger conveyance control, the method comprising:
- receiving a destination request;
- capturing passenger identification characteristic of a passenger who entered the destination request;
- associating the passenger identification characteristic with the associated destination request for each passenger on an active passenger list;
- tracking each passenger who entered the destination request through a second waiting area;
- canceling the destination request for a passenger in response to the passenger leaving the second waiting area;
- and
- clearing the passenger from the active passenger list in response to the passenger who had left the second waiting area debarking at the destination.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.