METHOD FOR OCCUPANT EVACUATION OPERATION UTILIZING MULTI-COMPARTMENT ELEVATORS

    公开(公告)号:US20180093858A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-04-05

    申请号:US15281178

    申请日:2016-09-30

    CPC classification number: B66B5/021 B66B1/28 B66B11/0213 B66B2201/306

    Abstract: A method of operating an elevator system includes: receiving an evacuation call from a first evacuation floor; determining an evacuation zone surrounding the first evacuation floor; determining a number of passengers on each floor within the evacuation zone; determining a set of adjacent floors within the evacuation zone that have a highest combined passenger number, the set of adjacent floors including a first adjacent floor and a second adjacent floor; and moving a multi-compartment elevator car to the set of adjacent floors with the highest combined passenger number, the multi-compartment elevator having a first compartment and a second compartment; wherein the first compartment arrives at the first adjacent floor and the second compartment arrives at the second adjacent floor when the multi-compartment elevator car arrives at the set of adjacent floors with the highest combined passenger number.

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