Super group architecture with advanced building wide dispatching logic
AssigneeOtis Elevator Company
InventorsJannah A. Stanley, Daniel S. Williams
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Abstract
A method of operating a building elevator system having a plurality of elevator systems organized into multiple elevator groups including: receiving an elevator call from a destination entry device in communication with the building elevator system; obtaining a favorability score from each of the multiple elevator groups of the building elevator system; determining an elevator group of the multiple elevator groups with the highest favorability score; and routing the elevator call to the elevator group of the multiple elevator groups with the highest favorability score.
Claims20
A method of operating a building elevator system having a plurality of elevator systems organized into multiple elevator groups, the method comprising:
- receiving an elevator call from a destination entry device in communication with the building elevator system;
- obtaining a favorability score from each of the multiple elevator groups of the building elevator system;
- determining an elevator group of the multiple elevator groups with the highest favorability score;
- and
- routing the elevator call to the elevator group of the multiple elevator groups with the highest favorability score,
- wherein obtaining a favorability score from multiple elevator groups of the building elevator system further comprises:
- continuously requesting a favorability score query to a dispatch of each elevator group of the multiple elevator groups;
- receiving potential favorability scores from each elevator group for potential elevator calls;
- and
- determining a favorability score from the potential favorability scores in response to the elevator call.
A building elevator system having a plurality of elevator systems organized into multiple elevator groups, the building elevator system comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by
- the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving an elevator call from a destination entry device in communication with the building elevator system;
- obtaining a favorability score from each of the multiple elevator groups of the building elevator system;
- determining an elevator group of the multiple elevator groups with the highest favorability score;
- and
- routing the elevator call to the elevator group of the multiple elevator groups with the highest favorability score,
- wherein obtaining a favorability score from multiple elevator groups of the building elevator system further comprises:
- continuously requesting a favorability score query to a dispatch of each elevator group of the multiple elevator groups;
- receiving potential favorability scores from each elevator group for potential elevator calls;
- and
- determining a favorability score from the potential favorability scores in response to the elevator call.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.