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SYSTEM FOR MONITORING LOBBY ACTIVITY TO DETERMINE WHETHER TO CANCEL ELEVATOR SERVICE

  • US 20200130994A1
  • Filed: 10/23/2019
  • Published: 04/30/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2018
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An elevator system in a building with a plurality of lobbies and a respective plurality of levels, including a first level that includes a first lobby, elevator system including a first elevator car for transporting a passenger between the plurality of levels,the system comprising a controller that controls the first elevator car,the controller being configured to render a plurality of determinations and effect a plurality of transmissions including:

  • a first determination that the passenger has requested elevator service from the first lobby,a second determination to assign the elevator car to provide service to the passenger at the first lobby,a first transmission to the first elevator car to effect the second determination, anda third determination that the first lobby becomes unoccupied in a time period between effecting the first transmission and the elevator arriving at the first lobby for servicing the first passenger,a fourth determination to release the first elevator car from effecting the second determination, anda second transmission to the first elevator car to effect the fourth determination.

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