Route planning on the basis of expected passenger number

A method for operating an elevator system in a building, wherein the elevator system comprises a destination call control device and an elevator car, which can travel between floors of the building and has a defined passenger capacity, the method comprising:

• evaluating a first destination call being input on a floor by a first passenger at a first point in time in order to determine first call information from the first destination call, wherein the first call information contains data on a call input floor or a destination floor;
• using the first call information for determining if a number of additional passengers are to be assigned to the first destination call, wherein the number of additional passengers results in an additional space requirement in an elevator car handling the first destination call;
• generating information on the additional space requirement if a number of additional passengers are to be assigned to the first destination call;
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• if a number of additional passengers are to be assigned to the first destination call, allocating the first destination call with the aid of an allocation algorithm by using information on the additional space requirement in order to transport the first passenger from the call input floor to the destination floor, wherein the information on the additional space requirement is kept separate of the first destination call and both are fed to the allocation algorithm separately in order to allocate the first destination call.

An elevator control system for controlling an elevator system including an elevator car, the elevator control system comprising:

• a destination call control device that is configured to:
• evaluate a first destination call being input on a floor by a first passenger at a first point in time in order to determine first call information from the first destination call, wherein the first call information contains data on a call input floor or a destination floor;
• use the first call information for determining if a number of additional passengers are to be assigned to the first destination call, wherein the number of additional passengers results in an additional space requirement in an elevator car handling the first destination call;
• generate information on the additional space requirement if a number of additional passengers are to be assigned to the first destination call;
• if a number of additional passengers are to be assigned to the first destination call, allocate the first destination call with the aid of an allocation algorithm by using information on the additional space requirement in order to transport the first passenger from the call input floor to the destination floor, and
• to increase the space requirement of the first passenger by the space requirement of the additional passengers and to feed the resulting overall space requirement to the allocation algorithm in order to allocate the first destination call.

An elevator control system for controlling an elevator system including an elevator car, the elevator control system comprising:

• a destination call control device that is configured to:
• evaluate a first destination call being input on a floor by a first passenger at a first point in time in order to determine first call information from the first destination call, wherein the first call information contains data on a call input floor or a destination floor;
• use the first call information for determining if a number of additional passengers are to be assigned to the first destination call, wherein the number of additional passengers results in an additional space requirement in an elevator car handling the first destination call;
• generate information on the additional space requirement if a number of additional passengers are to be assigned to the first destination call;
• if a number of additional passengers are to be assigned to the first destination call, allocate the first destination call with the aid of an allocation algorithm by using information on the additional space requirement in order to transport the first passenger from the call input floor to the destination floor;
• and
• to keep the information on the additional space requirement separate of the first destination call and to feed both to the allocation algorithm separately in order to allocate the first destination call.