The invention relates to a method for the processing of call inputs of a user by an elevator controller of an elevator installation in which a user inputs either an external call and an internal call or a destination call into the elevator controller, wherein the elevator controller generates at least two sub-calls in reaction to the internal call or the destination call, wherein the sub-calls comprise at least one external call and/or at least one internal call whose destination floor is different from the destination floor of the internal call input by the user. The invention furthermore relates to a method in which an elevator controller generates a destination call or an internal call in reaction to an external call. The invention furthermore relates to corresponding elevator installations designed for carrying out these methods.

Various systems and methods for pedestrian traffic management are described herein, comprising segmenting a pedestrian route into at least one pedestrian walking segment using location information of transportation resources, and determining estimated transit times for the at least one pedestrian walking segment and an estimated wait time for the first transportation resource using received status information of the first transportation resource and the determined estimated transit time for the first pedestrian walking segment.

Disclosed is an elevator system having a plurality of elevators including a first elevator and a second elevator, the plurality of elevators servicing a respective plurality of sets of floors, wherein the first elevator services a first set of the plurality of sets of floors and the second elevator services a second set of the plurality of sets of floors, wherein the first set of floors includes a first floor and a common floor and the second set of floors includes a second floor and the common floor, and the system receives a request from the first device to travel from the first floor to the second floor, executes a first transportation directive to effect transportation by providing handoff between the plurality of elevators, which includes: instructing the first elevator to provide service to the first floor, and instructing the second elevator to provide service to the common floor.

An elevator system includes a first elevator group controller configured to control a first elevator car of a first elevator group; a second elevator group controller configured to control a second elevator car of a second elevator group, the second elevator group controller in bi-directional communication with the first elevator group controller; a destination entry device configured to receive a destination call from a passenger, the destination call identifying a source floor and a destination floor; at least one of the first elevator group controller and the second elevator group controller determining that a journey from the source floor to the destination floor requires a first phase utilizing the first elevator group and a second phase utilizing the second elevator group; at least one of the first elevator group controller and the second elevator group controller allocating the first elevator car and allocating the second elevator car.

There is provided a method for controlling a motor in an elevator system. In this method, a time duration to a time-point at which a car stops is determined using an actual speed of the motor and a predetermined travel distance. Then, a leveling error is adjusted based on the determined time duration.

Lift systems may include a first shaft unit and a second shaft unit, each of which may include a number of lift shafts. One or more single-car systems and/or multi-car systems may be disposed in the first shaft unit, whereas one or more shaft-changing multi-car systems may be disposed in the second shaft unit. A transporting operation may be carried out from an initial floor to a destination floor wherein a control unit determines whether to utilize one or more cars from the single car systems, the multi-car systems, the shaft-changing multi-car systems, or some combination thereof depending on factors such as the destination floors of the passengers, traffic density, energy demand, and/or availability of cars.

Lift systems may include a first shaft unit and a second shaft unit, each of which may include a number of lift shafts. One or more single-car systems and/or multi-car systems may be disposed in the first shaft unit, whereas one or more shaft-changing multi-car systems may be disposed in the second shaft unit. A transporting operation may be carried out from an initial floor to a destination floor wherein a control unit determines whether to utilize one or more cars from the single car systems, the multi-car systems, the shaft-changing multi-car systems, or some combination thereof depending on factors such as the destination floors of the passengers, traffic density, energy demand, and/or availability of cars.