Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Destination dispatch passenger detection
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Application No.: US15345227Application Date: 2016-11-07
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Publication No.: US10179717B2Publication Date: 2019-01-15
- Inventor: Bradley Armand Scoville , Paul A. Simcik , Tyler S. Brown
- Applicant: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US CT Farmington
- Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
- Current Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Farmington
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Main IPC: B66B1/46
- IPC: B66B1/46

Abstract:
An elevator car destination dispatching system and methodology are disclosed. The system includes a user interface that is configured to permit a user of a plurality of users to enter a desired destination in a building. The system further includes a presence detector disposed in the vicinity of the user interface. The presence detector is configured to detect the presence of the user of the plurality of users at the user interface. The presence detector is also operably coupled to a controller. The controller is configured to dispatch an elevator car based on the desired destination entered by the user of the plurality of users and the presence of the user of the plurality of users in the vicinity of the user interface.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180127235A1 DESTINATION DISPATCH PASSENGER DETECTION Public/Granted day:2018-05-10
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