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The trouble is that the call button doesn't indicate how many people want to go in a given direction, just that there's more than zero with such a desire. If y
by myself248 3y ago
The trouble is that the call button doesn't indicate how many people want to go in a given direction, just that there's more than zero with such a desire.
If you could get people to input perfect information about where they wanted to go (ideally on the way to the elevator lobby, before having arrived there), much greater optimization would be possible.
- cedws 3y agoI was thinking about the problem more from a theoretical standpoint, but you could fit an elevator system with a 'people counter' on each floor.
- mcmoor 3y agoInterestingly my building already require that information before using elevator. I wonder how efficient this building's lift actually becomes.
- juggertao 3y agoMost modern buildings (2008+) don't have up/down buttons anymore, instead they require each person to input the exact floor they want to go to on a keypad. It's called "destination dispatch".
- bombcar 3y agoThis is true on the main landing, but often all the floors above just have simple up/down buttons and you select a floor once inside.
- mywacaday 3y agoAI with a camera could give close to perfect information on how many boarded/left on each floor. Maybe it could even identify VIPs like medical personell and give them priority. Of course someone will eventually try to put a subscription model on it.