Back to results
US 11,767,193 B2Granted
Elevator call registration when a car is full
AssigneeOtis Elevator Company
InventorsBradley Armand Scoville, Sandeep Sudi
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An illustrative example elevator system includes a plurality of elevator cars. A dispatch controller assigns a first one of the elevator cars to travel to a landing in response to a first request for elevator service at that landing. At least one call button is operative to place a second request while the first one of the elevator cars is situated at the landing in response to the first request. The dispatch controller assigns a second one of the elevator cars to travel to the landing in response to the second request.
Claims9
An elevator system, comprising:
- a plurality of elevator cars;
- a dispatch controller that assigns a first one of the plurality of elevator cars to travel to a landing in response to a first request for elevator service at the landing;
- at least one call button that is operative to place a second request for elevator service at the landing while the first one of the plurality of elevator cars is situated at the landing in response to the first request;
- and
- at least one sensor that provides an output corresponding to at least one passenger at the landing that did not board the first one of the plurality of elevator cars, wherein the dispatch controller determines whether the second request is valid dependent on an indication from the at least one sensor and assigns a second one of the plurality of elevator cars to travel to the landing in response to the second request.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.