Elevator system to direct passenger to tenant in building whether passenger is inside or outside building

US11472664B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY · US

Inventors

• Bhabani Sankar Nanda · Jamujhadi, IN
• Aditya Swami · Hyderabad, IN
• Guru Charan Kottur · Chilpur, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 21, 2019
• Grant date: Oct 18, 2022
• Expiry date: May 26, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B66B2201/4653
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is an elevator system for a building, the system including a first elevator for transporting a passenger with a first mobile device between a plurality of lobbies, the system comprising a controller that communicates with the first mobile device renders a plurality of determinations including: a first determination that the passenger is seeking to engage a tenant, whom is a building tenant, a second determination to provide directional information between a current location of the passenger and a first lobby on the first level, a third determination to assign the first elevator to transport the passenger from the first lobby to a second lobby on the second level to engage the tenant, the controller being configured to effect a plurality of transmissions including: a first transmission to the first mobile device to effect the second determination, and a second transmission to the first elevator to effect the third determination.