US 12,434,941 B2
Systems and methods for dispatching elevators
Amarnauth Appana, Jr., Jamaica, NY (US)
Assigned to Appana Industries LLC, Jamaica, NY (US)
Filed by Appana Industries LLC, Jamaica, NY (US)
Filed on Aug. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/393,910.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/062,734, filed on Aug. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0041404 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. B66B 1/24 (2006.01); B66B 1/34 (2006.01); B66B 1/46 (2006.01)
CPC B66B 1/2458 (2013.01) [B66B 1/3476 (2013.01); B66B 1/3492 (2013.01); B66B 1/468 (2013.01); B66B 2201/215 (2013.01); B66B 2201/222 (2013.01); B66B 2201/233 (2013.01); B66B 2201/4615 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of reassigning a first elevator car of a plurality of elevator cars, comprising:
determining the first elevator car, being dispatched from a current location to a first destination location to receive an occupant, has stopped at an intermediate location positioned between the current location and the first destination location;
determining a first occupancy number of the first elevator car after departing from the intermediate location, wherein the first occupancy number includes a number of occupants within the first elevator car and a number of objects within the first elevator car;
determining the first occupancy number of the first elevator is greater than a second occupancy number of a second elevator car of the plurality of elevator cars after the first elevator car stopped at the intermediate location; and
reassigning the first elevator car to a second destination location different from the first destination location.