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US 8,100,230 B2Granted
Elevator system with virtual landing
AssigneeThyssen Elevator Capital Corp.
InventorsRory S. Smith, Randolph W. Huff, Richard D. Peters, Bruce Powell, Gerhard Thumm
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Abstract
An elevator system includes at least two independently operable elevator cars in an elevator shaft. The elevator system includes a virtual landing.
Claims13
An elevator system of a building comprising:
- a. at least one elevator shaft serving a first region defined by a plurality of floors of said building, said first region extending between and including a first floor and a second floor, said at least one shaft including at least one virtual landing region located outside of and adjacent to said first region;
- b. a first elevator car for moving within a first portion of said first region of said at least one elevator shaft, said first portion including said first floor;
- c. a second elevator car for moving within a second portion of said first region of said at least one elevator shaft, said second portion including said first floor;
- d. a controller configured to move said first elevator car into said virtual landing region in response to a call to load the second elevator car at said first floor.
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A method of operating an elevator system comprising a first and a second independently operable elevator car within each at least one elevator shaft within a building, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing passenger transportation to a first region using the first elevator car within the at least one elevator shaft, said first region defined by a plurality of floors of said building, said first region extending between and including a first floor and a second floor;
- (b) providing passenger transportation to a second region using the second car within the at least one elevator shaft, said second region defined by a plurality of floors of said building, said second region extending between and including a third floor and a fourth floor;
- (c) controlling the loading of the first elevator car from the first floor by moving the second elevator to a virtual landing region, said virtual landing region located outside of said first and said second region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.