SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFECTING TRANSPORTATION BY PROVIDING PASSENGER HANDOFF BETWEEN A PLURALITY OF ELEVATORS

摘要

Disclosed is an elevator system (200) having a plurality of elevators (220) including a first elevator (230) and a second elevator (240), the plurality of elevators (220) servicing a respective plurality of sets of floors (250), wherein the first elevator (230) services a first set (260) of the plurality of sets of floors and the second elevator services a second set (270) of the plurality of sets of floors, wherein the first set of floors (260) includes a first floor (280) and a common floor (290) and the second set of floors (260) includes a second floor (300) and the common floor (290), and the system receives a request from the first device (330) to travel from the first floor (280) to the second floor (300), executes a first transportation directive to effect transportation by providing handoff between the plurality of elevators, which includes: instructing the first elevator (230) to provide service to the first floor (280), and instructing the second elevator (240) to provide service to the common floor (290).