US 12,330,906 B2
System and method for prioritizing service to remote elevator calls based on proximity to elevator lobby
Naveen Kumar Yeddi, Telangana (IN); Rajinikanth Pusala, Telangana (IN); Tejas Arunrao Dhumal, Maharashtra (IN); and Aditya Swami, Hyderabad (IN)
Assigned to OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed by OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed on Oct. 21, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/658,543.
Claims priority of application No. 201811039795 (IN), filed on Oct. 22, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0122958 A1, Apr. 23, 2020
Int. Cl. B66B 1/24 (2006.01); B66B 1/34 (2006.01); B66B 1/46 (2006.01); H04W 4/33 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01)
CPC B66B 1/2408 (2013.01) [B66B 1/3461 (2013.01); B66B 1/468 (2013.01); H04W 4/33 (2018.02); B66B 2201/101 (2013.01); B66B 2201/233 (2013.01); B66B 2201/4638 (2013.01); B66B 2201/4653 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 84/18 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An elevator system for a building that includes a plurality of levels having a respective plurality of lobbies, the system comprising
an elevator and an elevator controller capable of controlling the elevator and communicating with a plurality of smart devices for a respective plurality of passengers disposed on the respective plurality of levels,
wherein the controller renders a plurality of determinations including:
a first determination that the controller receives from the plurality of smart devices a respective plurality of requests for elevator service,
a second determination to effect monitoring of the plurality of smart devices relative to a plurality of area limits on the respective plurality of levels, the plurality of area limits including the respective plurality of lobbies,
a third determination to identify a first group of the plurality of smart devices that are within the respective plurality of area limits,
a fourth determination to identify a first schedule that prioritizes elevator service within the first group based on a time of placement of respective elevator service requests,
a fifth determination to instruct the elevator to provide elevator service following the first schedule, and
wherein the controller effects a first communication in which the controller instructs the elevator to effect the fifth determination.