Solution for controlling passenger flow
AssigneeKone Corporation
InventorsMarkku KAKKO, Janne SORSA, Salla MANNERJOKI
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Abstract
In a method for allocating an elevator in an elevator system, the elevator system including elevator groups, each group including elevators, the elevator groups being formed based on a load unbalance of the elevators, the method includes: detecting received service calls in a predefined time window; evaluating a number of passengers requesting service based on the received number of service calls; selecting, based on the evaluated number of passengers, an elevator group to serve the floor; and allocating an elevator belonging to the selected elevator group to provide service. An apparatus, an elevator system, and a computer program are also disclosed.
Claims21
A method for allocating an elevator in an elevator system to provide service, the elevator system comprising a number of elevator groups, each group comprising a number of elevators, the elevator groups being formed based on a load unbalance of the elevators,
- the method comprising the steps of:
- detecting a number of received service calls in a predefined time window, the detected service calls being indicative on that service is requested to a floor;
- evaluating a number of passengers requesting service based on the received number of service calls in the predefined time window;
- selecting an elevator group among the plurality of the elevator groups to serve the floor, the elevator group being selected based on the evaluated number of passengers requesting service;
- and
- allocating an elevator belonging to the selected elevator group to the floor to provide the service.
An apparatus for allocating an elevator in an elevator system to provide service, the elevator system comprising a number of elevator groups, each group comprising a number of elevators, the elevator groups being formed based on a load unbalance of the elevators,
- the apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory including computer program code;
- the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:
- detect a number of received service calls in a predefined time window, the detected service calls being indicative on that service is requested to a floor;
- evaluate a number of passengers requesting service based on the received number of service calls in the predefined time window;
- select an elevator group among the plurality of the elevator groups to serve the floor, the elevator group being selected based on the evaluated number of passengers requesting service;
- and
- allocate an elevator belonging to the selected elevator group to the floor to provide the service.
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