BEST GROUP SELECTION IN ELEVATOR DISPATCHING SYSTEM INCORPORATING REDIRECTOR INFORMATION

摘要

An elevator dispatching system (100) includes a plurality of elevator groups (101 102) each of the plurality of elevator groups (101 102) comprising a group controller (103a b) and a plurality of elevator cars (101a c 102a c) each of the plurality of elevator groups (101 102) serving a respective set of floors; and a redirector (104) configured to receive a service request comprising a destination floor and in the event more than one elevator group (101 102) serves the destination floor determine a best group to service the request from the plurality of elevator groups (101 102) based on information stored in the redirector (104) wherein the group controller (103a b) of the determined best group is configured to determine a best car from the plurality of elevator cars (101a c 102a c) in the determined best group.