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US 2020/0307950 A1Published application
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.
Claims20
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;
- 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 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.
A method comprising:
- capturing crowd data associated with a lobby area of an elevator system;
- determining a travel impact for a user based on the crowd data;
- and
- outputting a notification of a travel plan adjustment for the user based on the travel impact.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.