Patent ID: 9126807
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: B66B

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling an elevator system, comprising the steps of: determining a direction of travel from a source floor of a new call from a passenger desiring elevator service; simulating a path of a considered elevator car if the new call were assigned to the considered elevator car by determining at least one of the following relationships: (i) a relationship between a position of the considered elevator car and the source floor or (ii) a relationship between a direction of movement of the considered elevator car and the direction of travel; and assigning the new call to one of a plurality of elevator cars if the assigning will satisfy each of (i) the one of the elevator cars will not move in a direction opposite the direction of travel during a time between the passenger boarding the one of the elevator cars and arriving at a destination of the passenger, and (ii) the one of the elevator cars will not move in a direction opposite a travel direction of any currently assigned passenger during a time between the currently assigned passenger boarding the one of the elevator cars and arriving at a destination of the currently assigned passenger.