Passenger number based call allocation in an elevator system

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PATENT NO 10526165
APP PUB NO 20170158459A1
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15433299

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A method for allocating an elevator in an elevator system constructs passenger batch size distributions for each pair of floors in a building based on passenger batch journeys, each passenger batch journey defining at least the origin and destination floor of the journey, the number of passengers relating to the journey and the time of the journey; receives a call for an elevator; estimates the number of passengers waiting behind the call based on the passenger batch size distributions; and allocates the call to an elevator being able to serve the estimated number of passengers.

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KONE CORPORATIONKARTANONTIE 1 HELSINKI 00330

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kallioniemi, Antti Jokela, FI 28 228
Kuusinen, Juha-Matti Helsinki, FI 17 39
Siikonen, Marja-Liisa Helsinki, FI 43 434

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