Systems and methods for dispatching elevators

A method of operating a first elevator car of a plurality of elevator cars, comprising:

• stopping the first elevator car, being dispatched to a first destination location to receive an occupant, at an intermediate location positioned prior to the first destination location, wherein the first elevator car receives one or more occupants and one or more objects from the intermediate location;
• determining a first occupancy number of the first elevator car after departing from the intermediate location, wherein the first occupancy number includes a number of occupants within the first elevator car and a number of objects within the first elevator car;
• determining the first occupancy number of the first elevator is greater than a second occupancy number of a second elevator car of the plurality of elevator cars after the first elevator car stops at the intermediate location;
• and
• redirecting the first elevator car to a second destination location different from the first destination location such that the first elevator car does not stop at the first destination location.

A system for dispatching a plurality of elevator cars, comprising:

• a counter device positioned in each of the plurality of elevator cars, wherein the counter device is configured to count a number of occupants and a number of objects in the plurality of elevator cars;
• and
• a dispatch controller communicatively coupled to the counter device in the plurality of elevator cars such that the dispatch controller receives data indicative of the number of occupants and the number of objects in the plurality of elevator cars;
• wherein the dispatch controller is configured to:
• determine a first elevator car of the plurality of elevator cars, being dispatched to a first destination location to receive an occupant, has stopped at an intermediate location prior to arriving at the first destination location;
• determine a first occupancy number of the first elevator car after departing from the intermediate location, wherein the first occupancy number includes a number of occupants within the first elevator car and a number of objects within the first elevator car;
• determine the first occupancy number of the first elevator car exceeds a second occupancy number of a second elevator car of the plurality of elevator cars;
• and
• dispatching the first elevator car to a second destination location that is different than the first destination location and dispatching the second elevator car to the first destination location to receive the occupant.