Depth sensor based sensing for special passenger conveyance loading conditions

A passenger conveyance special loading system, comprising:

• a depth-sensing sensor for capturing 3D depth map data of an object within a field of view that comprises a passenger conveyance door and a waiting area adjacent to the passenger conveyance door;
• a processing module in communication with the depth-sensing sensor to receive the 3D depth map data, the processing module uses the 3D depth map data to calculate passenger data associated with the object to determine a special loading condition;
• and
• a passenger conveyance controller to receive the passenger data from the processing module, wherein the passenger conveyance controller controls a passenger conveyance dispatch control function in response to the special loading condition to assign a passenger conveyance with sufficient free space to accommodate the special loading condition.