B - Operations – Transporting – 66 – B
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
66
B
364/15
B66B 1/20 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1199134
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE An elevator system, and method of operating same, having a plurality of elevator cars mounted in a building to serve the floors therein. Supervisory system control period- ically assigns service directions from the floors to the elevator cars by dividing them among the elevator cars according to a predetermined strategy, it periodically clears certain assignments, and reassigns the cleared assign- ments. The assignments periodically cleared are those which do not have a registered hall call associated therewith, and those which have a registered hall call but which are behind the advanced position of the car they are assigned to. CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS Certain of the apparatus disclosed in this appli- cation is claimed in the following concurrently filed appli- cations: Canadian Serial Nos. 251,099 and 251,155, both filed April 27, 1976, in the name of C. L. Winkler, which is assigned to the same assignee as the present application. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Copending Canadian application Serial Nos. 233,493 filed August 14, 1975, 232,912 filed August 6, 1975, and 232,989 filed August 6, 1975, which are assigned to the same assignee as the present application, disclose new and improved elevator systems in which the strategy utilized by the supervisory control is suitable for a microprocessor, such as Intel's MCS-4 and MCS-8, Rockwell's PPS, Signetic's PIP, National's GPC/P and AMI's 7300. These applications will be hereinafter referred to as the earlier filed copending -1-
251205
Oldham And Company
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
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