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US 11,661,307 B2Granted
Crowd sensing for elevator systems
AssigneeOtis Elevator Company
InventorsSandeep Sudi, Bradley Armand Scoville
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Abstract
An aspect includes capturing crowd data associated with a lobby area of an elevator system. A dispatching schedule of one or more elevator cars of the elevator system is adjusted based on the crowd data. A notification of the adjustment to the dispatching schedule is output.
Claims19
A method comprising:
- capturing crowd data associated with a lobby area of an elevator system;
- providing a priority request to schedule an empty elevator car targeting a selected user;
- adjusting a dispatching schedule of one or more elevator cars of the elevator system based on the crowd data, wherein adjusting the dispatching schedule incorporates the priority request;
- and
- outputting a notification of the adjustment to the dispatching schedule.
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A system comprising:
- a sensing system configured to capture crowd data associated with a lobby area of an elevator system;
- and
- a dispatching system configured to provide a priority request to schedule an empty elevator car targeting a selected user, adjust a dispatching schedule of one or more elevator cars of the elevator system based on the crowd data and output a notification of the adjustment to the dispatching schedule, wherein adjustment of the dispatching schedule incorporates the priority request.
A method comprising:
- capturing crowd data associated with a lobby area of an elevator system;
- adjusting a dispatching schedule of one or more elevator cars of the elevator system based on the crowd data, wherein adjusting the dispatching schedule is selectively enabled based on verification of an active subscription to a crowd control service;
- and
- outputting a notification of the adjustment to the dispatching schedule.
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A method comprising:
- capturing crowd data associated with a lobby area of an elevator system;
- adjusting a dispatching schedule of one or more elevator cars of the elevator system based on the crowd data;
- outputting a notification of the adjustment to the dispatching schedule;
- determining a travel impact on a user based on the crowd data, wherein the travel impact comprises an estimated delay for crowd reduction at the lobby area;
- and
- outputting a notification of a travel plan adjustment for the user based on the travel plan, wherein the notification of the travel plan adjustment comprises a message indicating that a subsequent notification will be sent based on a crowd size reduction dropping below a predetermined threshold.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.