JP2013010590A - Elevator system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the convenience of a user in the prior art.SOLUTION: The elevator system is provided with: a plurality of elevators including cars and car control units monitoring the operation states of the cars to control the operation thereof; an elevator hall destination floor registration device, which is set in an elevator hall, allows the user to register destination floor registration information including destination floor information, and can register, as a same group, a plurality pieces of the destination floor registration information that are registered respectively by a plurality of users and having identical or different destination floors; a group management control unit collectively managing elevators and managing allotment of the cars based on the operation states of the cars and the destination floor registration information; and an allotted car display portion disposed in the elevator hall and informing the user, who has inputted the destination floor registration information, of the car allotted by the group management control unit.

Description

  Embodiments described herein relate generally to an elevator system.

  As an elevator system, information on the destination floor is registered at the landing, a car assigned from a plurality of cars is determined based on the registered destination floor, and information on the destination floor is registered for the determined car. There is an elevator system to move to a different landing.

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  By the way, in the prior art, improvement of user convenience is desired.

  An elevator system according to an embodiment is an elevator system that collectively manages a plurality of elevators, and includes a plurality of elevators including a car and a car control unit that monitors a driving state of the car and controls driving. The destination floor registration information including destination floor information that is installed at the landing can be registered by the user, and the destination floor registration information registered by the plurality of users is the same as or different from each other. The destination destination floor registration device that can be registered, the elevator is managed in a lump, the driving state of the car detected by the car control unit for each elevator, and the destination floor input by the landing destination floor registration device A group management control unit that allocates at least one of the cars corresponding to the destination floor registration information based on registration information, and is disposed at the landing And a assigned car display unit for notifying the car that the group management control unit assigned to the user who has entered the destination floor registration information.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration example of an elevator system according to the first embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a landing destination floor registration device of the elevator system according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of control in the elevator system according to the first embodiment. FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of control in the elevator system according to the first embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a user of the elevator system according to the first embodiment. FIG. 6 is an operation explanatory diagram of the hall destination floor registration device according to the first embodiment. FIG. 7 is an operation explanatory diagram of the hall destination floor registration device according to the first embodiment. FIG. 8 is an operation explanatory diagram of the hall destination floor registration device according to the first embodiment. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of the destination floor registration information created by the hall destination floor registration device according to the first embodiment. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a hall destination floor registration device according to the second embodiment. FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating an example of control in the elevator system according to the second embodiment.

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FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration example of an elevator system according to the first embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a landing destination floor registration device of the elevator system according to the first embodiment.

  The elevator system 1 of this embodiment shown in FIG. 1 operates a plurality of elevators including a car 3 that can move up and down the hoistway 2 and a car control unit 6 that controls the operation of the car 3 and monitors the operating state. Service. In the following description, the elevator system 1 composed of a plurality of units will be described as having four passenger cars 3, that is, having four elevators. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and two or three. May be provided, or 5 or more may be provided. Further, in the following description, a plurality of cars 3 will be described without distinction unless otherwise specified. Moreover, although the elevator system 1 shown in FIG. 1 demonstrates as a case where it provides in the 10-story building 5 from the 1st floor to the 10th floor, the number of floors of the building 5 is not limited to this.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the elevator system 1 corresponds to a hoistway 2, a plurality of cars 3 consisting of A, B, C, and D, a landing 4, and each car 3. The car control unit 6 that controls the operation of the car 3 and monitors the driving state, the group management control unit 8 that collectively manages a plurality of elevators, and the car 3 that is arranged on the car 3 to be operated by the user A car operation panel 9 and a landing destination floor registration device 10 that is arranged at the landing 4 on each floor and that allows a user to input an operation.

  The hoistway 2 is provided along the vertical direction of the building 5. The car 3 is connected to the main rope and disposed in the hoistway 2, and the car 3 can be raised and lowered. The car 3 is connected to a counter weight via a main rope wound around a sheave provided corresponding to the car 3, and with the counter weight, the car is rotated together with the counter weight as the sheave rotates. Go up and down in the opposite direction. The landing 4 is provided on each elevator stop floor where the car 3 can be landed, and is a place for a user to get on and off the car 3 and load and unload luggage on the car 3. .

  The car control unit 6 is arranged corresponding to the car 3. That is, one car control unit 6 is arranged for one car 3. The car control unit 6 is electrically connected to the car operation panel 9 and various sensors and the group management control unit 8 of the corresponding car 3, and communicates and exchanges information such as detection signals, drive signals, and control commands with each other. It is the structure to perform. The car control unit 6 controls the hoist that rotates the sheave, and controls the vertical movement and stop operation of the car 3. For example, the car control unit 6 determines a stop floor based on an instruction supplied from the group management control unit 8, and controls the elevator 3 to move up and down toward the stop floor. In addition, the car control unit 6 controls the door of the car 3 and the like, and controls the opening / closing operation of the door. For example, the car control unit 6 controls the opening / closing of the door based on the position of the car 3, the instruction supplied from the group management control unit 8 and the signal sent from the car operation panel 9. Further, the car control unit 6 monitors the number of passengers, the boarding ratio, the floor scheduled to stop, the current position, the moving direction, and the like as the driving state of the car 3. The car control unit 6 detects and monitors the driving state based on information sent from various sensors and detectors arranged on the car 3, the hoisting machine, and the main rope.

  The group management control unit 8 collectively manages a plurality of elevators. The group management control unit 8 includes a CPU (central processing unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory) preliminarily storing a predetermined control program, and the like, connected to each other via a normal type bidirectional common bus. A RAM (Random Access Memory) for temporarily storing calculation results, a map RAM prepared in advance, a backup RAM for storing information such as the specifications of the elevator system 1, and a microcomputer having an input / output port device and a drive circuit are provided. The group management control unit 8 is electrically connected to each part of the elevator system 1 such as the car control unit 6 of each elevator and the landing destination floor registration device 10. The group management control unit 8 controls the operation of each elevator based on the operation state of the car 3 sent from each car control unit 6 and information on the landing destination floor registration device 10 arranged at each landing 4. To do. Specifically, the group management control unit 8 determines the assignment of which elevator car 3 the destination floor registration information sent from the landing destination floor registration device 10 is associated with, and assigns the determined information. It is sent to the car control unit 6 corresponding to the car 3. This point will be described later.

  One or more car operation panels 9 are arranged in each car 3. The car operation panel 9 is provided with an open button, a close button, an emergency call button, and the like, and is an operation unit that inputs an operation for opening / closing the car 3 and an operation for notifying that there is an emergency. The car operation panel 9 detects an operation input by the user and sends an operation signal corresponding to the detected operation to the car control unit 6. The car control unit 6 performs control based on the operation signal sent from the car operation panel 9. The car operation panel 9 may further include a button for inputting a destination floor.

  At least one landing destination floor registration device 10 is arranged at each landing 4. The landing destination floor registration device 10 performs so-called call registration of the car 3 in response to an operation input by the user. The landing destination floor registration device 10 creates destination floor registration information in response to a user operation input as call registration, and transmits the destination floor registration information to the group management control unit 8. A specific configuration of the landing destination floor registration device 10 and destination floor registration information to be created will be described later.

  In the elevator system 1 configured as described above, when a car call operation is performed by the user via the landing destination floor registration device 10, the landing destination floor registration device 10 performs the destination floor based on the user's input. Registration information is created and transmitted to the group management control unit 8. The group management control unit 8 determines the car 3 on which the user is to be boarded based on the destination floor registration information and the current moving direction (lifting direction) of the car 3, and controls the car 3. An instruction is transmitted to 6. The car control unit 6 drives the hoisting machine based on the instruction transmitted from the group management control unit 8 and moves the car 3 to the landing where the user is located. The car control unit 6 moves the car 3 in the hoistway 2 up and down in the vertical direction by hoisting the main rope with a hoisting machine, and moves it to the landing 4 on an arbitrary destination floor. The group management control unit 8 also uses the destination floor registration information (call registration) transmitted from the landing destination floor registration device 10 and the current movement direction of the car 3, such as No. A, No. B, No. C, and D. The operation of a plurality of cars 3 composed of unit No. 3 is efficiently allocated, and the elevator system 1 as a whole performs an efficient operation service.

  Next, the configuration of the landing destination floor registration device 10 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the landing destination floor registration device 10 includes a destination floor input unit 12, a group button 14, an OK button 16, a cancel button 18, a personal information addition input unit 21, and an assigned car display unit 22. And a guidance display unit 24. In the landing destination floor registration device 10 of the present embodiment, the personal information addition input unit 21 and the assigned car display unit 22 are the touch panel 20, but all of the part where the user inputs an operation and the part where the image is displayed are displayed. May be a touch panel. That is, the landing destination floor registration device 10 may be configured by one or more touch panels for each unit illustrated in FIG. 2, or a part thereof may be a physical key (button).

  The destination floor input unit 12 is an operation unit for a user to input a destination floor, and includes “1” to “9”, “0”, “B”, and 12 blank buttons. The user can input the destination floor by inputting a combination of the buttons “1” to “9”, “0”, and “B”. Further, in this embodiment, the platform 4 is provided from the first floor to the tenth floor. However, when there is also a basement floor, the user inputs the “B” button so that the basement floor is set as the destination floor. Can be entered. Further, the destination floor input unit 12 of the present embodiment is a numeric keypad composed of buttons of numbers “1” to “9”, “0”, and “B”, but is not limited thereto. The destination floor input unit 12 may have a configuration in which all buttons on the destination floor to be input are arranged, for example, a button of “10F”, “15F”, “B1”, and the like.

  The group button 14 is an operation unit that inputs an instruction indicating that the user is a group of a plurality of users. The OK button 16 is an operation unit through which a user inputs a determination instruction. The cancel button 18 is an operation unit through which a user inputs a cancel instruction.

  The touch panel 20 includes a display unit that displays an image and a contact detection sensor that detects contact with the surface. The contact detection sensor detects contact with the surface and displays the contact position and the contact position. An operation unit that detects an input operation based on an image. The touch panel 20 shown in FIG. 2 displays a personal information addition input unit 21 and an assigned car display unit 22. In addition to the personal information addition input unit 21 and the assigned car display unit 22, the touch panel 20 can display various images as necessary, and can detect various operations. The touch panel 20 can also be used simply as a display unit.

  The personal information addition input unit 21 is an operation unit that inputs personal information included in the destination floor registration information created by the landing destination floor registration device 10. The personal information addition input unit 21 includes a number button 21a for inputting information on the number of persons, a gender button 22b for inputting gender information, a wheelchair button 21c for inputting information on whether or not a wheelchair, and a baggage for inputting information on the presence or absence of luggage A button 21d and a service time priority button (service priority button) 21e for inputting information on whether or not to prioritize service time are included. The number button 21a of the present embodiment is composed of four buttons that can input the numbers of 2, 3, 4, and 5, respectively. The sex button 21b is composed of two buttons that can input male and female respectively.

  Note that the number of people button 21a is a button operated when a plurality of people are associated with one destination floor registration information. In other words, when there are a plurality of users of the same personal information and destination floor, the number of people button 21a inputs (selects) the number of persons to register the destination floor of a plurality of users who are the same personal information and destination floor. Information can be combined into one. The service time priority button 21e is a button for inputting information as to whether or not it is desired to board the vehicle with priority on the service time. Riding with priority on service time is a setting that gives priority to getting on the car 3 that can move in a short time rather than getting on the same car 3 in the same group.

  The assigned car display unit 22 displays the assigned result of the car 3 corresponding to the destination floor registration information sent from the group management control unit 8 by itself. In other words, the assigned car display unit 22 displays an image (information) indicating which car 3 the user rides among the elevator cars 3 of the elevators. The guidance display unit 24 is a display unit that displays information for guiding the next operation or the next operation to the user. Note that the guidance display unit 24 shown in FIG. 2 displays a message “Enter if there is additional information and enter the destination floor. If you are a group, please press the group button”.

  The landing destination floor registration device 10 creates destination floor registration information based on an operation input by the user to the destination floor input unit 12, the group button 14, the OK button 16, the cancel button 18, the personal information addition input unit 21, and the like. Then, the created destination floor registration information is sent to the group management control unit 8. The landing destination floor registration device 10 determines that the pressed button is selected by pressing (touching) each button, and includes information corresponding to the pressed button in the destination floor registration information. Also, the landing destination floor registration device 10 causes the guidance display unit 24 to display information for guiding the user's operation and operation during the operation. The landing destination floor registration device 10 sends the created destination floor registration information to the group management control unit 8, and then assigns the allocation information of the car 3 corresponding to the destination floor registration information sent from the group management control unit 8. It is displayed on the car display unit 22.

  Next, the registration method and processing method of the destination floor registration information by the hall destination floor registration device 10 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of control in the elevator system according to the first embodiment. Here, the landing destination floor registration device 10 can include group information in the destination floor registration information, and the destination floor registration information of a plurality of users having different destination floors (target floors) may be in the same group. it can. Thereby, the landing destination floor registration apparatus 10 can make a plurality of users with different destination floors (target floors) the same group even when there are users with different destination floors. The control shown in FIG. 3 is a control when the group button is pressed. The landing destination floor registration device 10 performs the same processing except that the group information is not selected or the group is not a group when the group button is not pressed and another button is pressed, and the destination floor registration information is obtained. It is created and sent to the group management control unit 8. The destination floor registration information includes information on the floor of the landing 4 where the landing destination floor registration device 10 is installed.

  The landing destination floor registration device 10 detects selection of the group button 14 as step S12. That is, it is detected that the user has pressed the group button 14. When the selection of the group button 14 is detected in step S12, the landing destination floor registration device 10 determines whether selection of additional information (personal information) is detected in step S14. That is, the landing destination floor registration device 10 determines whether any of the buttons of the personal information addition input unit 21 is pressed. If the landing destination floor registration device 10 determines that it is selected (Yes) in step S14, it includes the selected information (information corresponding to the pressed button) in the destination floor registration information as step S16. When the landing destination floor registration device 10 performs the process of step S16, the process proceeds to step S18. If the landing destination floor registration device 10 determines that it has not been selected in Step S14 (No), that is, has not detected that the button of the personal information addition input unit 21 has been pressed, the process proceeds to Step S18. Note that the landing destination floor registration device 10 is added when it is detected that the destination floor input unit 12 has been operated even if it is determined in step S14 that no additional information is selected when no operation is detected for a certain period of time. It may be determined that no information is selected.

  If the landing destination floor registration device 10 determines No in step S14 or performs the process of step S16, whether the destination floor input unit 12 has detected input of the destination floor as step S18, that is, the destination floor input unit 12 inputs (corresponding to the destination floor It is determined whether an input of a number to be detected is detected. If the landing destination floor registration apparatus 10 determines in step S18 that the destination floor input has not been detected (No), the process proceeds to step S14. The landing destination floor registration device 10 detects that the personal information additional input unit 21 has been operated even if it is determined in step S18 that no operation has been detected for a certain period of time and no input on the destination floor has been detected. In this case, it may be determined that the input of the destination floor is not detected. In this way, the landing destination floor registration device 10 repeats the processing from step S14 to step S18 until the destination floor is input.

  If it is determined in step S18 that the destination floor input has been detected (Yes), the landing destination floor registration device 10 outputs the destination floor registration information in step S20. Specifically, the landing destination floor registration device 10 creates destination floor registration information including information on the group button 14 selected in step S12, additional information included in step S16, and destination floor information detected in step S18. And output (transmit) to the group management control unit 8.

  If the landing destination floor registration device 10 outputs the destination floor registration information in step S20, it determines whether selection of the OK button 16 is detected in step S22. Here, the OK button 16 is a button that the user presses when registration of the users included in the group is completed, that is, at the end of the registration operation of the destination floor information and additional information of one group. If the landing destination floor registration device 10 determines in step S22 that the selection of the OK button 16 has not been detected (No), the hall destination floor registration device 10 proceeds to step S14. The hall destination floor registration device 10 determines that the selection of the OK button 16 is not detected when no operation is detected for a certain time in step S22, but is OK when a button other than the OK button 16 is operated. It may be determined that selection of the button 16 is not detected.

  If the landing destination floor registration device 10 determines that the selection of the OK button 16 is detected (Yes) in step S22, the output of the decision information (that is, the destination floor registration information included in one group) is completed as step S24. Information) is output. If the landing destination floor registration device 10 outputs the decision information in step S24, the information on the assigned car (assigned car 3) is acquired in step S26. Specifically, information on allocation of the car 3 corresponding to the destination floor registration information created by the group management control unit 8 that has received the destination floor registration information output in step S20 and the decision information output in step S24 is acquired. To do. The information on the allocation of the car 3 (allocation car information) corresponds to the information of the allocated car 3 (how many cars have been allocated) and the user who rides in the car 3 (the car 3) Destination floor registration information).

  The landing destination floor registration apparatus 10 displays the assigned car as step S28 after acquiring the assigned car information in step S26. That is, the landing destination floor registration device 10 causes the assigned car display unit 22 to display information on the assigned car 3 and information on a user who gets on the car 3. In other words, the landing destination floor registration device 10 causes the assigned car display unit 22 to display information indicating who gets on which car 3. The landing destination floor registration apparatus 10 ends the process after performing the process of step S28.

  Next, an example of a method for determining the allocation of the car 3 based on the control operation of the group management control unit 8 of the elevator system 1, specifically, the destination floor registration information will be described with reference to FIG. 4. FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of control in the elevator system according to the first embodiment. Further, the group management control unit 8 repeatedly executes the processing shown in FIG. 4 to process the destination floor registration information sent from the landing destination floor registration device 10, sends an instruction to each car control unit 6, and sends each car 3 is controlled.

  The group management control unit 8 determines whether there is a destination floor registration as step S102. That is, the group management control unit 8 determines whether there is destination floor registration information that has not been processed or is newly sent from the landing destination floor registration device 10. If the group management control unit 8 determines in step S102 that there is no destination floor registration (No), the group management control unit 8 ends this processing.

  If the group management control unit 8 determines in step S102 that there is destination floor registration (Yes), it determines in step S104 whether there is a group. That is, it is determined whether the destination floor registration information to be processed includes information with a group. If the group management control unit 8 determines in step S104 that there is no group (No), that is, if there is no group, the group management control unit 8 assigns the car 3 to the user in step S106. That is, the car 3 corresponding to the destination floor registration information and riding the user on the basis of the destination floor registration information to be processed in step S102 and the operation state of each elevator (position of the car 3, riding state). To decide. The group management control unit 8 proceeds to step S124 after assigning the car 3 in step S106.

  If it is determined in step S104 that there is a group (Yes), the group management control unit 8 determines whether there is determination information in step S108. If the group management control unit 8 determines that there is a group, the group management control unit 8 acquires the destination floor registration information of the same group sent from the landing destination floor registration device 10 for a certain period of time. The group control management unit 8 determines that the decision information is present when the decision information is input within a certain time (threshold time) after obtaining the destination floor registration information, and the certain time after obtaining the destination floor registration information. If the decision information is not input within (threshold time), it is determined that there is no decision information. If the group management control unit 8 determines that there is no decision information (No) in step S108, the group management control unit 8 cancels the registration in step S110, that is, discards the received destination floor registration information, and ends this processing.

  If the group management control unit 8 determines that the determination information is present (Yes) in step S108, the group management control unit 8 calculates the target weight and the necessary space as step S112. Specifically, the weight of the user of each destination floor registration information and the required space are calculated based on the personal information and the number of people information added to the destination floor registration information. For example, it is determined whether the user is male or female, has luggage, or is in a wheelchair, and the target weight and necessary space are calculated based on the respective information. After calculating the target weight and the required space in step S112, the group management control unit 8 determines whether or not priority is given to service time in step S114. In other words, the group management control unit 8 determines whether there is destination floor registration information in which priority is given to service time in the destination floor registration information of the group.

  If the group management control unit 8 determines in step S118 that the service time is not prioritized (No), that is, that there is no destination floor registration information set to prioritize the service time, in step S116, one car is assigned to the group. . In other words, the group management control unit 8 assigns a car 3 that can be used by one user to ride the user corresponding to the destination floor registration information of the same group to the destination floor registration information of the same group. The group management control unit 8 proceeds to step S124 after assigning the car 3 in step S116.

  If the group management control unit 8 determines in step S118 that service time is prioritized (Yes), that is, there is destination floor registration information that is set to prioritize service time, in step S118, one car 3 is assigned to the group. assign. In other words, the group management control unit 8 assigns a car 3 that allows a user corresponding to the destination floor registration information of the same group to be boarded.

  When the group management control unit 8 specifies the car 3 to be assigned in step S118, in step S120, the group management control unit 8 determines whether the assigned car 3 satisfies the condition. Specifically, the group management control unit 8 determines whether or not a service can be provided within a predetermined time with the car 3 assigned in step S118 to a user who desires priority of service time. That is, it is determined whether the time required for service supply (service time, specifically, the time until the user gets on the vehicle or the time until the user arrives at the destination floor) is within the threshold time. If the group management control unit 8 determines that the condition is satisfied (Yes) in step S120, the group management control unit 8 proceeds to step S124.

  If the group management control unit 8 determines in step S120 that the condition is not satisfied (No), for example, if the service time is equal to or greater than the threshold time, the group management control unit 8 assigns a plurality of cars to the group in step S122. Specifically, the car 3 with a short service time is assigned to the destination floor registration information for which priority of service time is set, and the car 3 with a short service time is assigned to the other destination floor registration information. One car 3 is assigned. The group management control unit 8 proceeds to step S124 after assigning the car 3 in step S122.

  If the group management control unit 8 determines Yes in step S120, or if the processing of step S106, step S116, or step S122 is performed, the group management control unit 8 outputs the assigned car information as step S124. That is, the information of at least one car 3 assigned to the destination floor registration information is sent to the landing destination floor registration device 10 that has transmitted the destination floor registration information. When the group management control unit 8 outputs the assigned car information in step S124, the group management control unit 8 controls the corresponding car 3 in step S126. Specifically, the group management control unit 8 sends various information based on the destination floor registration information to the car control unit 6 of the assigned car 3, and the car control unit 6 controls the operation of the corresponding car. . That is, based on the destination floor registration information, the group management control unit 8 is information on the hall where the call operation is inputted (the hall where the user is present, information on the calling floor), the destination floor and the user who goes to the destination floor. Information on the number and personal information (weight, required space) of the user is sent to the car control unit 6. The car control unit 6 processes the operation of the car 3 based on the information sent from the group management control unit 8. When the group management control unit 8 controls the car in step S126, the group management control unit 8 ends the process.

  Next, a specific example will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the user of the elevator system according to the first embodiment, FIGS. 6 to 8 are operation explanatory diagrams of the landing destination floor registration device according to the first embodiment, and FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the destination floor registration information produced with the hall destination floor registration apparatus which concerns on form 1. FIG.

  In this specific example, a case will be described where there are four users, user A, user B, user C, and user D, as shown in FIG. Here, user A, user B, and user C are all going to the 7th floor, and only user C has luggage. Further, the user A, the user B, and the user C basically want to move in the same car 3. Next, user D plans to go to the 10th floor and wants to give priority to service time. In this case, user A and user B do not have personal information to be added when the destination floor is the seventh floor. User C adds personal information with luggage on the seventh floor. In addition, the user D adds personal information that gives priority to service when the destination floor is the 10th floor. In this specific example, all four people are men, and the landing destination floor registration device 10 determines that the gender is male unless an operation is input. All four users get on from the first floor.

  First, the first user, in this embodiment, user A presses the group button 14, then presses the two buttons of the number of people button 21 a of the personal information addition input unit 21, and then 7 of the destination floor input unit 12. I press the button. The landing destination floor registration device 10 is included in the group when this operation is input, and registers the destination floor registration information in which the destination floor is the seventh floor and the number is two. Thereby, registration of the user A and the user B is completed. The landing destination floor registration device 10 displays “7F” indicating the destination floor input to the assigned car display unit 22 as shown in FIG. 6 as a screen indicating the result of detecting the user's operation. Also, in the landing destination floor registration device 10, the “two people” button 28 of the input button 21 a that is input information in the personal information addition input unit 21 is displayed differently from the other buttons (for example, displayed in different colors). ) Indicates that the “two” button 28 has been selected.

  Next, the user C presses the luggage button 21d of the personal information addition input unit 21, and then presses the 7 button of the destination floor input unit 12. The landing destination floor registration device 10 is included in the group when this operation is input, the destination floor is the seventh floor, the destination floor registration information with luggage is registered, and the registration of the user C is completed. Finally, the user D presses the service time priority button 21e of the personal information additional input unit 21, then presses the 1 button and the 0 button of the destination floor input unit 12 in this order, and then presses the OK button 16. . The landing destination floor registration device 10 is included in the group when this operation is input, and the destination floor is the 10th floor, and registers the destination floor registration information with priority on service time. Thereby, the registration of the user D is completed. Also, the landing destination floor registration device 10 determines that the registration of the destination floor registration information of the same group is completed when the OK button 16 is pressed.

  By performing the above input, the landing destination floor registration device 10 creates destination floor registration information as shown in FIG. Here, the destination floor registration information as shown in FIG. 7 includes registration device ID, group index, boarding floor, destination floor, number of people, gender, wheelchair presence / absence, baggage presence / absence, service priority (service time priority). It consists of items. The registration number ID is an identifier of the landing destination floor registration device 10, and one ID is assigned to each landing destination floor registration device 10 between 0x00 and 0xFF. The landing destination floor registration device 10 of this specific example is 0x03.

  The group index is an identifier for identifying the group, and is arbitrarily assigned between 0x01 and 0xFF. In the group index, the same identifier is assigned to the same group. Also, 0x00 is assigned to destination floor registration information that is not a group. The boarding floor is an identifier for identifying the floor on which the user gets on, and is assigned between 0x00 and 0xFF. The boarding floor is assigned in order of 0x01, 0x02, 0x03,... As the lowest floor is 0x00 and goes to the upper floor. In this embodiment, the first floor is 0x00 and the 10th floor is 0x09. The boarding floor is a floor on which the landing destination floor registration device 10 to which the destination floor registration information is input is arranged. The destination floor is an identifier for identifying the destination floor input by the user, and is assigned between 0x00 and 0xFF. The identifier assigned to each floor of the destination floor is the same as the boarding floor.

  The number of persons is an identifier for identifying the number of persons input by the user, and is assigned between 0x1 and 0xF. Note that 0x1 indicates one person, 0x2 indicates two persons, and the number of persons increases each time the last digit increases, and 0xF indicates 15 persons. The gender is an identifier for identifying the gender input by the user, and is 0 for males and 1 for females. The presence / absence of a wheelchair is an identifier for identifying the presence / absence of a wheelchair input by the user, and is 0 when there is no wheelchair and 1 when there is a wheelchair. The presence / absence of luggage is an identifier for identifying the presence / absence of luggage input by the user, and is 0 when there is no luggage and 1 when there is luggage. The service priority is an identifier for identifying whether or not to prioritize the service time input by the user. The service priority is 0 when the service time is not prioritized and 1 when the service time is prioritized.

  The landing destination floor registration device 10 determines each item based on the user's input and various conditions, and creates destination floor registration information including information on each item. As shown in FIG. 7, in this specific example, three destination floor registration information is created, and the identifier (0x01) of the same group index is assigned to the three destination floor registration information. The landing destination floor registration device 10 creates these three destination floor registration information, sends them to the group management control unit 8, and further creates decision information indicating that the group input is completed when the OK button 14 is pressed. This is sent to the group management control unit 8.

  When the three destination floor registration information shown in FIG. 7 is sent from the landing destination floor registration device 10, the group management control unit 8 processes and assigns the destination floor registration information based on the flowchart shown in FIG. 4. To decide. Note that the group management control unit 8 identifies whether or not the group is a group by using the identifier of the group index.

  The group management control unit 8 uses the three destination floor registration information and the three destination floor registration information based on the operation state of the elevator (position, door state, load, space, etc.) sent from each car control unit 6. One car 3 is assigned as the car 3 (elevator) to be assigned. When the assigned car 3 satisfies the service time priority condition (for example, when the service time is shorter than a preset threshold), the car 3 corresponds to three destination floor registration information. Decided as the car 3 The group management control unit 8 sends the information on the assigned car 3 to the landing destination floor registration device 10. The landing destination floor registration device 10 displays information on the assigned car 3 on the assigned car display unit 22 as shown in FIG. In the assigned car display portion 22a, an instruction 26 for four persons “7F” and “10F” registered as the destination floor to get on the A-unit is displayed. The guidance display unit 24 displays a message “Get on the designated car”.

  Further, the group management control unit 8 sets the car 3 when one car 3 assigned when the car 3 is assigned does not satisfy the service time priority condition (for example, the service time is set in advance). If it is equal to or higher than the threshold value), the car 3 giving priority to the service time is assigned to the destination floor registration information that gives priority to the service time. For the remaining destination floor registration information, one car 3 (a car 3 different from the car 3 giving priority to service time) is assigned. The group management control unit 8 determines the car 3 assigned to each car as the car 3 corresponding to the three destination floor registration information. The group management control unit 8 sends the information on the assigned car 3 to the landing destination floor registration device 10. The landing destination floor registration device 10 displays information on the assigned car 3 on the assigned car display unit 22 as shown in FIG. The assigned car display unit 22a displays an instruction 30 for three persons “7F” registered as the destination floor to get on the A machine, and an instruction 32 for one person “10F” who gives priority to service time to get on the B car 32 Is displayed. The guidance display unit 24 displays a message “Get on the designated car”.

  As described above, the elevator system 1 can include information on the number of persons, personal information, and groups in addition to the destination floor in the destination floor registration information created by the landing destination floor registration device 10 arranged at the landing 4. Thus, by registering group information (group presence / absence) in the destination floor registration information, users with different destination floors can be made the same group. Further, the group management control unit 8 assigns the car 3 in consideration of the group information, so that even a user with a different destination floor can move with the same car 3. Thereby, the conveyance along a user's hope is realizable.

  Further, in the above embodiment, when service priority is not given, one car is assigned to one group and everyone in one group gets on one car 3. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Even if there are users on different destination floors in one group (they have destination floor registration information on different destination floors), it is highly probable that the same car 3 is preferentially assigned to users in the same group. You can move in the same car 3. Thereby, improvement of the convenience of the user is desired. For example, when the number of people in one group is larger than the maximum number of passengers in the car 3, it is preferable that two cars 3 are assigned. Further, when one group has a certain number or more, two cars 3 may be assigned. In addition, when one group gets on a plurality of cars 3, it is preferable that the user of the destination floor registration information on the same destination floor preferentially assigns the same car 3.

  Moreover, the elevator system 1 can detect a user's state more correctly by adding personal information to destination floor registration information. The group management control unit 8 can assign an appropriate car 3 to the user by assigning the car 3 in consideration of the personal information of the user. Further, it is possible to prevent a user who has a large baggage or a wheelchair user from having a sufficient space and weight in the assigned car 3 and being unable to get on the car.

  Various information can be used as personal information. For example, information on whether the user is lean or fat, information on whether the user is a child or an adult, and information on whether the baggage is large or small can be added as personal information It may be. As the personal information, it is preferable to use various information related to the weight of the user and the space required by the user in the car 3.

  In addition, since personal information can be input as the personal information, it is not necessary for a user of the same group in the same condition to input the same operation a plurality of times. Thereby, a user's operativity can be made higher. In addition, it is possible to input information necessary for destination floor registration information for more users in a short time.

  Further, by making it possible to select whether or not to prioritize service time as personal information, it is possible to provide a service in accordance with the user's wishes. For example, if you want to move in the same car 3 with the same group of passengers, but take time, if you want to move in a different car, set the service time to be prioritized. You can move in the car.

  Here, the input order of the operation for registering the destination floor registration information is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, the destination floor registration information may be obtained by pressing the OK button 16. Alternatively, the destination floor registration information included in the group may be specified by pressing the first and last group buttons 14 for inputting the destination floor registration information of the group.

  The elevator system 1 can suppress an increase in waiting time for allocation by canceling the destination floor registration information input as a group when a certain time has elapsed without an operation being input. Thereby, the conveyance efficiency of the elevator system 1 can be improved.

  Also, the landing destination floor registration device 10 cancels the input information when the cancel button 18 is pressed. In this case, all the inputs of the group may be canceled, only the latest input may be canceled, or the latest destination floor registration information may be deleted. The rule of information to be canceled when the cancel button 18 is pressed may be set in advance, or a necessary menu may be displayed on the touch panel 2 and selected when the cancel button 18 is pressed.

  The elevator system 1 displays the information on the car 3 assigned to the destination floor registration information of the same group on the same screen of the assigned car display unit 22 of the landing destination floor registration device 10, thereby It is possible to mutually grasp which car 3 the user rides on. Thereby, the convenience for the user can be improved.

  In addition, various indices can be used as an index for the group management control unit 8 to determine the car 3 to be allocated. For example, any one of an empty space in the car, a waiting time, a boarding time, a service time, and energy efficiency can be used. Can be used as an index.

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FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a hall destination floor registration device according to the second embodiment. The elevator system according to the second embodiment is different from the first embodiment in the configuration of the landing destination floor registration device. In addition, about the structure, an effect | action, and effect which are common in embodiment mentioned above, the overlapping description is abbreviate | omitted as much as possible (the embodiment described below is also the same).

  As shown in FIG. 10, the landing destination floor registration device 40 of this embodiment includes a destination floor input unit 12, a group button 14, an OK button 16, a cancel button 18, a personal information addition input unit 21, and an assigned car. The touch panel 20 capable of displaying the display unit 22, the guidance display unit 24, and the non-contact reading unit 44 are included. The landing destination floor registration device 40 of the present embodiment has the same configuration as that of the landing destination floor registration device 10 except that the non-contact reading unit 44 is provided. To do.

  In addition, the guidance display unit 24 of the landing destination floor registration device 40 displays a message “Please input the destination floor or hold the card. When the operation for the number of people in the group is completed, please click the“ OK button. ” Yes.

  The non-contact reading unit 44 performs non-contact communication with an authentication card or IC tag, and reads information (at least one of destination floor information and personal information) stored in the authentication card or IC tag with which communication has been performed. Note that the non-contact reading unit 44 may be configured to be able to read both the authentication card and the IC tag, or may be configured to be able to read only one of them. Further, the non-contact reading unit 44 may communicate with the authentication card or the IC tag in a non-contact manner, and various methods can be used as a communication method. The non-contact reading unit 44 preferably communicates with the authentication card or the IC tag at a short distance.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 10, the non-contact reading unit 44 communicates with an authentication card 50 brought close to the vicinity, and at least one of destination floor information and personal information (information including additional information) stored in the authentication card 50 Read. The landing destination floor registration device 40 creates destination floor registration information using at least one of the read destination floor information and personal information as input information.

  The destination floor registration information registration method and processing method by the landing destination floor registration device 40 will be described below with reference to FIG. FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating an example of control in the elevator system according to the second embodiment. Further, the control shown in FIG. 11 is a control when the group button is pressed. Further, FIG. 11 will be described as a case where both the destination floor information and the personal information are read from the card by the non-contact reading unit 44.

  The landing destination floor registration device 40 detects selection of the group button 14 as step S210. When the hall destination floor registration device 40 detects selection of the group button 14 in step S210, it reads the card in step S212. That is, communication is performed with a card (an authentication card or a card provided with an IC tag) with which the non-contact reading unit 44 is brought close, and destination floor information and personal information are acquired.

  The landing destination floor registration device 40 outputs the destination floor registration information in step S214 after reading the card in step S212. Specifically, the landing destination floor registration device 40 creates destination floor registration information including information on the group button 14 selected in step S210, personal information acquired in step S212, and destination floor information, and performs group management control. Output (transmit) to unit 8.

  If the destination floor registration device 40 outputs the destination floor registration information in step S214, it determines whether selection of the OK button 16 is detected in step S216. If the landing destination floor registration device 40 determines in step S216 that selection of the OK button 16 has not been detected (No), the hall destination floor registration device 40 proceeds to step S212.

  If the hall destination floor registration device 40 determines that the selection of the OK button 16 is detected (Yes) in step S216, it outputs decision information in step S218. When the landing destination floor registration device 40 outputs the decision information in step S218, the information on the assigned car (assigned car) 3 is acquired in step S220. The landing destination floor registration device 40 displays the assigned car as step S222 after acquiring the assigned car information in step S220. The landing destination floor registration device 40 ends the process after performing the process of step S222.

  The landing destination floor registration device 40 reads the necessary information from the authentication card or IC tag held by the user in the non-contact reading unit 44 as described above, so that the user can input the destination floor and personal information. Can be omitted. For example, in the method shown in FIG. 11, a plurality of users in the same group, the first user of the group presses the group button 14, the last user simply presses the OK button 16, and then holds the card. You can create destination floor registration information. Thereby, the user can perform an operation more easily.

  In addition, when there are a plurality of users, the user having the same condition may omit the card by pressing the number button first. In addition, a button for inquiring whether the conditions are the same may be displayed on the landing destination floor registration device 40, and a user having the same conditions may only press the button. In this case, even when the first user does not know the user with the same condition, the operation of the user with the same condition can be simplified.

  In the above-described embodiment, information is read in a non-contact manner. However, a reader that reads the information in contact with the non-contact reader 44 may be provided.

  According to the elevator system according to the first and second embodiments described above, the convenience for the user can be improved. In addition, you may comprise the elevator system demonstrated above by combining multiple embodiment mentioned above. For example, the destination floor registration information may be created by using information read by card reading and each button operation.

  Although several embodiments of the present invention have been described, these embodiments are presented by way of example and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. These embodiments and their modifications are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are also included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalents thereof.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Elevator system 2 Hoistway 3 Car 4 Platform 5 Building 6 Car control part 7 Car operation panel 8 Group management control part 10 Landing destination floor registration apparatus 12 Destination floor input part 14 Group button 16 OK button 18 Cancel button 20 Touch panel 21 Personal information additional input part 21a Number of people button 21b Gender button 21c Wheelchair button 21d Luggage button 21e Service time priority button 22 Allocation car display part 24 Information display part

Claims (11)

An elevator system that collectively manages a plurality of elevators,
A plurality of elevators comprising a car control unit that monitors the driving state of the car and controls the driving of the car;
Installed at the platform, users can register destination floor registration information including destination floor information, and register multiple destination floor registration information with the same or different destination floors registered by multiple users as the same group Possible landing destination floor registration device,
The destination floor registration based on the operating state of the car detected by the car control unit for each elevator and the destination floor registration information input by the landing destination floor registration device A group management control unit that allocates at least one of the cars corresponding to the information;
An assigned car display unit which is arranged at the landing and notifies the user who has input the destination floor registration information to the car assigned by the group management control unit;
An elevator system comprising:   When the destination floor registration information of a plurality of users having different destination floors is input in the same group, the group management control unit may provide the same car to a plurality of users having the same group but different destination floors. The elevator system according to claim 1, wherein priority is assigned. The landing destination floor registration device includes a group input unit, a determination input unit, and a cancel input unit,
Destination floor registration information input between the operation of the group input unit to the operation of the decision input unit is the same group,
When the cancel input unit is operated in a state where at least one destination floor registration information is input after operating the group input unit, the destination floor registration information input immediately before or the group input unit is operated The elevator system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein all the input destination floor registration information is canceled.   When the group management control unit does not detect an operation in the landing destination floor registration device within a predetermined time after acquiring the destination floor information, all the destination floors input after the group input unit is operated 4. The elevator system according to claim 3, wherein the registration information is canceled. The landing destination floor registration device includes a number of people input section that allows selection of the number of people,
The elevator system according to claim 3 or 4, wherein when the number-of-people input unit is selected after the destination floor information is input, destination floor registration information including the selected number of people is registered. The landing destination floor registration device includes at least one or more personal information addition input unit,
The destination floor registration information including personal information corresponding to the operated personal information additional input unit is registered when the personal information additional input unit is operated after the destination floor information is input. Item 6. The elevator system according to any one of Items 3 to 5.   The personal information addition input unit is at least one of gender information, wheelchair information, luggage presence / absence information, and service time priority information. The described elevator system. The landing destination floor registration device includes a non-contact reading unit that performs non-contact communication with an authentication card or IC tag, and reads at least one of the destination floor information and the personal information from the authentication card or IC tag,
The elevator system according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the destination floor registration information is created by using at least one of the destination floor information and the personal information read by the non-contact reading unit.   In the group management control unit, information that gives priority to service time is registered in the personal information of the destination floor registration information, and it is necessary to ride the user who registered the destination floor registration information in a car assigned to the same group. The elevator system according to claim 7 or 8, wherein when it is determined that the time exceeds the threshold time, another passenger car is assigned to the user who has registered the destination floor registration information.   The group management control unit allocates a plurality of cars to the group when a user included in the same group has a ratio equal to or greater than a threshold with respect to the allowable amount of the car. Item 10. The elevator system according to any one of Items 1 to 9.   The elevator according to claim 9 or 10, wherein the assigned car display unit displays the number of passengers and the destination floor for each assigned car on the same screen when a plurality of cars are assigned to the same group. system.

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