Elevator movement plan generation

A method for optimizing schedules of a plurality of elevators in a building having a plurality of floors, comprising:

• receiving, from a user, an indication requesting that an elevator from the plurality of elevators stop at a particular floor, wherein each of the plurality of elevators has a schedule comprising floors where the elevator will stop;
• identifying the number of users in the elevator waiting area of each of the particular floors where an indication requesting a stop has been received;
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• updating, in view of the identified number of users at each of the particular floors, the schedule for the plurality of elevators to optimize the stops for the plurality of elevators, wherein the updating comprises dynamically routing the plurality of elevators upon (i) receipt of indications and (ii) identification of the number of users at each of the particular floors, wherein the dynamically routing occurs as the plurality of elevators are moving between floors and is further based upon (iii) the capacity of each of the plurality of elevators, (iv) the current number of users on each of the plurality of elevators, and (v) a schedule of another of the plurality of elevators.

An apparatus for optimizing schedules of a plurality of elevators in a building having a plurality of floors, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith and executable by the at least one processor, the computer readable program code comprising:
• computer readable program code configured to receive, from a user, an indication requesting that an elevator from the plurality of elevators stop at a particular floor, wherein each of the plurality of elevators has a schedule comprising floors where the elevator will stop;
• computer readable program code configured to identify the number of users in the elevator waiting area of each of the particular floors where an indication requesting a stop has been received;
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• computer readable program code configured to update, in view of the identified number of users at each of the particular floors, the schedule for the plurality of elevators to optimize the stops for the plurality of elevators, wherein the updating comprises dynamically routing the plurality of elevators upon (i) receipt of indications and (ii) identification of the number of users at each of the particular floors, wherein the dynamically routing occurs as the plurality of elevators are moving between floors and is further based upon (iii) the capacity of each of the plurality of elevators, (iv) the current number of users on each of the plurality of elevators, and (v) a schedule of another of the plurality of elevators.

A computer program product, comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code executable by a processor and comprising:
• computer readable program code configured to receive, from a user in an elevator waiting area of a particular floor of a building, input requesting that an elevator stop at the particular floor, wherein the receiving comprises receiving, from an elevator application of a portable device, a request for the elevator, the request including information indicating the particular floor;
• computer readable program code configured to add the particular floor to a stop schedule for the elevator;
• computer readable program code configured to receive, after the particular floor has been added to the stop schedule for the elevator, input that the user has left the elevator waiting area before the elevator has stopped at the particular floor, thereby resulting in no users in the elevator waiting area;
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• computer readable program code configured to remove, responsive to receiving the input that the user has left, the particular floor from the stop schedule before the elevator stops at the particular floor.

A computer program product for optimizing schedules of a plurality of elevators in a building having a plurality of floors, comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code executable by a processor and comprising:
• computer readable program code configured to receive, from a user, an indication requesting that an elevator from the plurality of elevators stop at a particular floor, wherein each of the plurality of elevators has a schedule comprising floors where the elevator will stop;
• computer readable program code configured to identify the number of users in the elevator waiting area of each of the particular floors where an indication requesting a stop has been received;
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• computer readable program code configured to update, in view of the identified number of users at each of the particular floors, the schedule for the plurality of elevators to optimize the stops for the plurality of elevators, wherein the updating comprises dynamically routing the plurality of elevators upon (i) receipt of indications and (ii) identification of the number of users at each of the particular floors, wherein the dynamically routing occurs as the plurality of elevators are moving between floors and is further based upon (iii) the capacity of each of the plurality of elevators, (iv) the current number of users on each of the plurality of elevators, and (v) a schedule of another of the plurality of elevators.