Dispatching optimization based on presence
AssigneeOtis Elevator Company
InventorsBradley Armand Scoville, Adam Kuenzi
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Abstract
A method of calling an elevator car from a mobile device is provided. The method comprising: receiving a first elevator call from a first mobile device on a first floor, the first elevator call including a destination request to travel to a second floor; moving an elevator car to the first floor in response to the first elevator call; detecting whether the first mobile device is within the elevator car at the first floor; and adjusting operation of the elevator car in response to each mobile device detected within the elevator car.
Claims17
A method of calling an elevator car from a mobile device, the method comprising:
- receiving a first elevator call from a first mobile device on a first floor, the first elevator call including a destination request to travel to a second floor;
- moving an elevator car to the first floor in response to the first elevator call;
- detecting whether the first mobile device is within the elevator car at the first floor;
- adjusting operation of the elevator car in response to each mobile device detected within the elevator car;
- and
- detecting that the first mobile device is not within the elevator car after a selected period of time,
- wherein when the first mobile device is not detected within the elevator car after a selected period of time the method further comprises at least one of:
- cancelling the first elevator call;
- and
- calling a second elevator car.
An elevator system comprising:
- an elevator car;
- a controller in electronic communication with the elevator car, the controller configured to receive a first elevator call from a first mobile device on a first floor, wherein the first elevator call includes a destination request to travel to a second floor, wherein the controller is configured to move the elevator car to the first floor in response to the first elevator call;
- and
- a sensor in electronic communication with the controller, the sensor is configured to detect whether the first mobile device is within the elevator car at the first floor;
- wherein the controller is configured to adjust operation of the elevator car in response to each mobile device detected within the elevator car, and
- wherein when the first mobile device is not detected within the elevator car after a selected period of time the controller is configured to adjust operation of the elevator car by at least one of:
- cancelling the first elevator call;
- and
- calling a second elevator car.
A computer program product tangibly embodied on a computer readable medium, the computer program product including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- receiving a first elevator call from a first mobile device on a first floor, the first elevator call including a destination request to travel to a second floor;
- moving an elevator car to the first floor in response to the first elevator call;
- detecting whether the first mobile device is within the elevator car at the first floor;
- and
- adjusting operation of the elevator car in response to each mobile device detected within the elevator car;
- and
- detecting that the first mobile device is not within the elevator car after a selected period of time,
- wherein when the first mobile device is not detected within the elevator car after a selected period of time the method further comprises at least one of:
- cancelling the first elevator call;
- and
- calling a second elevator car.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.