Dynamic car assignment process

An elevator system comprising a plurality of elevators and a processor executing dynamic car assignment software to cause the elevator system to:

• assign a first elevator car of the plurality of elevators to pick up a passenger in response to an elevator call, wherein the elevator call is a hall call received from a lobby, the hall call being initiated by the passenger waiting in the lobby for one of the plurality of elevators, none of the plurality of the elevators being located at a same floor as the lobby at the time of the hall call;
• wherein the elevator system utilizes a sensor to detect an occupancy of the first elevator car to determine whether the occupancy is less than a total occupancy limit for the first elevator car,
• wherein the elevator system assigns the first elevator car when the occupancy of the first elevator car is less than the total occupancy limit for the first elevator car;
• detect that the first elevator car is fully occupied prior to the first elevator car arriving to pick up the passenger;
• and
• dynamically assign a second elevator car of the plurality of elevator cars to pick up the passenger in response to the elevator call and in response to detecting that the first elevator car is fully occupied.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium storing processor executable instructions for dynamic car assignment, the processor executable instructions being executed by a processor of an elevator system comprising a plurality of elevators to cause the elevator system to:

• assign a first elevator car of the plurality of elevators to pick up a passenger in response to an elevator call, wherein the elevator call is a hall call received from a lobby, the hall call being initiated by the passenger waiting in the lobby for one of the plurality of elevators, none of the plurality of the elevators being located at a same floor as the lobby at the time of the hall call;
• wherein the elevator system utilizes a sensor to detect an occupancy of the first elevator car to determine whether the occupancy is less than a total occupancy limit for the first elevator car,
• wherein the elevator system assigns the first elevator car when the occupancy of the first elevator car is less than the total occupancy limit for the first elevator car;
• detect that the first elevator car is fully occupied prior to the first elevator car arriving to pick up the passenger;
• and
• dynamically assign a second elevator car of the plurality of elevator cars to pick up the passenger in response to the elevator call and in response to detecting that the first elevator car is fully occupied.