Patents by Inventor Gregory Scharr

Gregory Scharr has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Destination dispatch sectoring
    Patent number: 11691845
    Abstract: A method of operating a building elevator system within a building having a plurality of floors including: controlling a building elevator system comprising a first elevator system having a first elevator car and a second elevator system having a second elevator car; determining one or more sectors for the plurality of floors in response to at least one of a time of day, manual input, a density of the down peak traffic, and whether there is simultaneous up peak or inter-floor traffic, the one or more sectors comprising a first sector having a first plurality of floors and a second sector having a second plurality of floors; assigning the first elevator car to the first sector; and assigning the second elevator car to the second sector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Jannah A. Stanley, Gregory Scharr, Daniel S. Williams
  • DESTINATION DISPATCH SECTORING
    Publication number: 20210229951
    Abstract: A method of operating a building elevator system within a building having a plurality of floors including: controlling a building elevator system comprising a first elevator system having a first elevator car and a second elevator system having a second elevator car; determining one or more sectors for the plurality of floors in response to at least one of a time of day, manual input, a density of the down peak traffic, and whether there is simultaneous up peak or inter-floor traffic, the one or more sectors comprising a first sector having a first plurality of floors and a second sector having a second plurality of floors; assigning the first elevator car to the first sector; and assigning the second elevator car to the second sector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Jannah A. Stanley, Gregory Scharr, Daniel S. Williams
  • Destination dispatch sectoring
    Patent number: 11027943
    Abstract: A method of operating a building elevator system within a building having a plurality of floors including: controlling a building elevator system comprising a first elevator system having a first elevator car and a second elevator system having a second elevator car; determining one or more sectors for the plurality of floors in response to at least one of a time of day, manual input, a density of the down peak traffic, and whether there is simultaneous up peak or inter-floor traffic, the one or more sectors comprising a first sector having a first plurality of floors and a second sector having a second plurality of floors; assigning the first elevator car to the first sector; and assigning the second elevator car to the second sector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Jannah A. Stanley, Gregory Scharr, Daniel S. Williams
  • DESTINATION DISPATCH SECTORING
    Publication number: 20190300327
    Abstract: A method of operating a building elevator system within a building having a plurality of floors including: controlling a building elevator system comprising a first elevator system having a first elevator car and a second elevator system having a second elevator car; determining one or more sectors for the plurality of floors in response to at least one of a time of day, manual input, a density of the down peak traffic, and whether there is simultaneous up peak or inter-floor traffic, the one or more sectors comprising a first sector having a first plurality of floors and a second sector having a second plurality of floors; assigning the first elevator car to the first sector; and assigning the second elevator car to the second sector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Jannah A. Stanley, Gregory Scharr, Daniel S. Williams