US 12,077,409 B2
Control system, elevator system and control method for machine passengers
Xingang Gou, Tianjin (CN)
Assigned to OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed by Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed on Mar. 27, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/831,941.
Claims priority of application No. 201910880177.8 (CN), filed on Sep. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0078823 A1, Mar. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. B66B 1/24 (2006.01); B66B 1/34 (2006.01)
CPC B66B 1/2408 (2013.01) [B66B 1/3476 (2013.01); B66B 2201/215 (2013.01); B66B 2201/222 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An elevator control system, comprising:
a data collection unit configured to: receive a call request signal from a machine passenger at each landing, and receive information about the machine to ride the elevator sent by the machine passenger; and
a control unit configured to: determine whether to accept the call request from the machine passenger based on the elevator operating condition and the information about the machine to ride the elevator, and send information about the rules of riding the elevator to the machine passenger after accepting its call request;
wherein the control unit is further configured to: determine whether to accept the call request from the machine passenger based on the input information of the particular human passenger, and wherein when the input information of the particular human passenger indicates refusal to ride the elevator together with the machine passenger, the call request from the machine passenger is rejected.