Systems and methods for improved elevator scheduling
AssigneeOtis Elevator Company
InventorsZhen Jia, Hui Fang, Arthur Hsu, Alan Matthew Finn, Luca F. Bertuccelli
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Abstract
Methods and systems for controlling elevator systems are provided. The methods include receiving inputs from at least one interactive input device, wherein the inputs include elevator call requests, tracking one or more people located within a monitored area using at least one sensor, assigning elevator assignments to the one or more people based on at least one of the inputs from the at least one interactive input device and a grouping algorithm based on the tracking of the one or more people, and scheduling operation of at least one elevator car based on the elevator assignments.
Claims20
An elevator system, comprising:
- an elevator car operable within an elevator shaft and moveable between a plurality of landings;
- an elevator controller operable to control movement and position of the elevator car within the elevator shaft;
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- an elevator scheduling system comprising:
- at least one sensor configured to monitor a monitored area;
- at least one interactive input device configured to receive input from at least one user;
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- a scheduling controller coupled to the at least one sensor and the at least one interactive input device, the scheduling controller configured to:
- receive inputs from the at least one interactive input device;
- track one or more people located within the monitored area;
- assign elevator assignments to the one or more people based on at least one of the inputs from the at least one interactive input device and a grouping algorithm based on the tracking of the one or more people;
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- schedule operation of the elevator car based on the elevator assignments.
A method for controlling an elevator system, the method comprising:
- receiving inputs from at least one interactive input device, wherein the inputs include elevator call requests;
- tracking one or more people located within a monitored area using at least one sensor;
- assigning elevator assignments to the one or more people based on at least one of the inputs from the at least one interactive input device and a grouping algorithm based on the tracking of the one or more people;
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- scheduling operation of at least one elevator car based on the elevator assignments.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.