Having Call Cancel Or Refuse Feature Patents (Class 187/381)
  • Patent number: 5357064
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for dispatching elevator cars to hall calls in a system where there are two types of elevator controllers (12, 14) in operation, one (12) of which operates using relay logic. The calls are stored in a relay logic memory common to both elevator controllers (12, 14). A first controller reads the call information directly from the memory (18); the second controller reads the memory through a cross cancellation device (10) which multiplexes the information from the memory so that the calls are provided on a serial link (32) to the second controller (14). The second controller (14) is programmed to respond to calls which the first controller (12) has not answered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1994
    Assignee: Otis Elevator Company
    Inventors: Robert C. Boyce, Brian D. Ellsworth, David M. Hughes, Bertram F. Kupersmith, Paul A. Stranieri