OPTIMIZED OCCUPANT EVACUATION OPERATION BY UTILIZING REMAINING CAPACITY FOR MULTI-COPARTMENT ELEVATORS

A method of operating an elevator system includes: receiving an evacuation call from a first evacuation floor; moving a first compartment of a multi-compartment elevator car to the first evacuation floor; opening a first door of the first compartment when the first compartment arrives at the first e...

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Hauptverfasser:	Thebeau, Ronnie E, Hughes, David M, Stanley, Jannah A. Stanley, Stranieri, Paul A, Collins, James M
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	ELEVATORS ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS HAULING HOISTING LIFTING PERFORMING OPERATIONS TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	A method of operating an elevator system includes: receiving an evacuation call from a first evacuation floor; moving a first compartment of a multi-compartment elevator car to the first evacuation floor; opening a first door of the first compartment when the first compartment arrives at the first evacuation floor; monitoring, using a first sensor system, a remaining capacity within the first compartment; and closing the first door when at least one of a first selected period of time has passed and the remaining capacity within the first compartment is equal to a first selected remaining capacity.