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US 11,345,566 B2Granted
Elevator car route selector
AssigneeOtis Elevator Company
InventorsJannah A. Stanley, Arthur Hsu
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Abstract
According to an aspect, a method includes receiving a passenger request to reserve an elevator car of an elevator system to travel to a targeted destination. At least two different travel options to the targeted destination are determined based on a plurality of elevator car travel plans comprising at least two elevator cars having different travel ranges. The at least two different travel options are output to an interactive display. At least one of the at least two elevator cars is reserved responsive to a user selection of one of the at least two different travel options.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving a passenger request to reserve an elevator car of an elevator system to travel to a targeted destination;
- determining at least two different travel options to the targeted destination based on a plurality of elevator car travel plans comprising at least two elevator cars having different travel ranges;
- outputting the at least two different travel options to an interactive display;
- and
- reserving at least one of the at least two elevator cars responsive to a user selection of one of the at least two different travel options, wherein the at least two different travel options are identified based on minimizing one or more changes to estimated travel times provided to one or more previously reserved passengers.
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A method comprising:
- receiving a passenger request to reserve an elevator car of an elevator system to travel to a targeted destination;
- prompting for a user input of a number of passengers associated with the passenger request;
- determining at least two different travel options to the targeted destination based on a plurality of elevator car travel plans comprising at least two elevator cars having different travel ranges;
- selecting the at least two different travel options based on an expected capacity to accommodate the number of passengers;
- outputting the at least two different travel options to an interactive display;
- and
- reserving at least one of the at least two elevator cars responsive to a user selection of one of the at least two different travel options.
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A method comprising:
- receiving a passenger request to reserve an elevator car of an elevator system to travel to a targeted destination;
- determining at least two different travel options to the targeted destination based on a plurality of elevator car travel plans comprising at least two elevator cars having different travel ranges, wherein the elevator car travel plans comprise a list of planned stops, stop times, travel times, and a number of passengers expected to enter and exit at each of the planned stops;
- outputting the at least two different travel options to an interactive display;
- and
- reserving at least one of the at least two elevator cars responsive to a user selection of one of the at least two different travel options.
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A system comprising:
- an interactive display;
- and
- a processing system operably coupled to the interactive display and configured to perform:
- receiving a passenger request to reserve an elevator car of an elevator system to travel to a targeted destination;
- determining at least two different travel options to the targeted destination based on a plurality of elevator car travel plans comprising at least two elevator cars having different travel ranges;
- outputting the at least two different travel options to the interactive display;
- and
- reserving at least one of the at least two elevator cars responsive to a user selection of one of the at least two different travel options, wherein the at least two different travel options are identified based on minimizing one or more changes to estimated travel times provided to one or more previously reserved passengers.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.