JP6416970B1 - Calculation device, calculation method, and calculation program - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to appropriately calculate a cost caused by movement of a user in a predetermined facility having a plurality of floors.
A calculation apparatus 100 according to the present application includes an acquisition unit 131 and a calculation unit 132. The acquisition unit 131 has a plurality of floors, a moving floor information indicating a location floor where the user is located in a facility where a plurality of elevators are provided, a destination floor to which the user is moving, and a plurality of elevators. And facility information about the facility including each operation rule. Based on the movement schedule information and the facility information, the calculation unit 132 converts the movement cost that is generated when the user moves by each route that the user can move from the floor to the destination floor to the movement schedule information. Calculate based on facility information.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a calculation device, a calculation method, and a calculation program.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, techniques for calculating various costs for user movement have been provided. For example, a technique related to an elevator system that calculates a predicted discomfort evaluation value of each elevator based on landing call registration information and destination floor call registration information is provided.

JP 2014-234296 A

  However, in the above-described conventional technology, it is not always possible to appropriately calculate the cost caused by the movement of the user in a predetermined facility having a plurality of floors. For example, it is difficult to appropriately calculate the cost caused by the movement of the user in a predetermined facility having a plurality of floors simply by evaluating the user's discomfort level based on the waiting time in the elevator.

  The present application has been made in view of the above, and an object thereof is to provide a calculation device, a calculation method, and a calculation program that appropriately calculate the cost caused by the movement of a user in a predetermined facility having a plurality of floors. To do.

  The calculation device according to the present application includes a moving floor information indicating a floor in which a user is located in a facility having a plurality of floors and a plurality of elevators, and a destination floor as a destination of the user, Based on the acquisition unit that acquires facility information about the facility including operation rules for each of a plurality of elevators, the movement schedule information, and the facility information, the user moves from the location floor to the destination floor. And a calculation unit that calculates a movement cost, which is a cost generated when the user moves according to each route obtained, based on the movement schedule information and the facility information.

  According to one aspect of the embodiment, there is an effect that it is possible to appropriately calculate the cost caused by the movement of the user in a predetermined facility having a plurality of floors.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a calculation process according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a calculation system according to the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the calculation apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user information storage unit according to the embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the facility information storage unit according to the embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of an elevator information storage unit according to the embodiment. FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of calculation processing according to the embodiment. FIG. 8 is a hardware configuration diagram illustrating an example of a computer that realizes the function of the calculation device.

  In the following, a calculation device, a calculation method, and a mode for executing a calculation program according to the present application (hereinafter referred to as “embodiment”) will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Note that the calculation device, the calculation method, and the calculation program according to the present application are not limited to the embodiment. In the following embodiments, the same portions are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.

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First, an example of calculation processing according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a calculation process according to the embodiment. In the example of FIG. 1, a user moves from a predetermined position (hereinafter also referred to as “location floor”) to a predetermined destination (hereinafter referred to as “target floor”) in a predetermined facility where the calculation apparatus 100 (see FIG. 2) has a plurality of floors. The cost for each route in the movement to “)” is calculated. The example of FIG. 1 shows a case where the predetermined facility is the facility FA1 identified by the facility ID “FA1”. For example, the facility FA1 is a 30-story building, where two elevators EV1 and EV2 are installed, and a staircase ST1 that can move from the first floor to the 30th floor is installed. Hereinafter, various information related to the facility FA1 such as information related to the installation elevator and information related to stairs as described above may be referred to as “facility information”. In the example of FIG. 1, the case where two elevators EV1 and EV2 are installed in the facility FA1 is described for the sake of simplicity. However, even if three or more elevators are installed in the facility FA1. Good.

[Configuration of calculation system]
Prior to the description of FIG. 1, the configuration of the calculation system 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a calculation system according to the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the calculation system 1 includes a terminal device 10 and a calculation device 100. The terminal device 10 and the calculation device 100 are connected via a predetermined network N so as to be communicable by wire or wirelessly. Note that the calculation system 1 illustrated in FIG. 2 may include a plurality of terminal devices 10 and a plurality of calculation devices 100.

  The terminal device 10 is an information processing device used by a user. The terminal device 10 is realized by, for example, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a notebook PC (Personal Computer), a desktop PC, a mobile phone, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), or the like. FIG. 1 shows a case where the terminal device 10 is a smartphone. The terminal device 10 has a function such as a GPS (Global Positioning System) sensor, and can detect and acquire the position of the user. The terminal device 10 has various functions such as a temperature sensor and an atmospheric pressure sensor, and can acquire various types of sensor information. For example, the terminal device 10 transmits the acquired sensor information to the calculation device 100. In the example of FIG. 1, a case where the user is the user U1 identified by the user ID “U1” will be described.

  Further, the terminal device 10 used by the user transmits various types of information to the calculation device 100 according to the user's operation. For example, the terminal device 10 transmits various types of information to the calculation device 100 in accordance with a user operation. For example, in response to an input of information indicating a movement destination by the user, information on the movement destination is transmitted to the calculation device 100 to the user. In response to the input of the information indicating the movement destination by the user, information regarding the movement destination is transmitted to the calculation device 100 to the user. For example, the terminal device 10 transmits various types of information to the calculation device 100 in response to a user's voice input. For example, the terminal device 10 transmits various types of information to the calculation device 100 in accordance with a user operation. For example, the terminal apparatus 10 may transmit the position information of the user at that time and information indicating the movement destination to the calculation apparatus 100 as movement schedule information.

  The calculation device 100 calculates information on a movement cost, which is a cost generated when the user moves based on each route that the user can move from the floor to the destination floor, based on the movement schedule information and the facility information. Device. For example, the calculation device 100 may acquire the movement schedule information from the terminal device 10 as described above. In addition, in the calculation device 100, a predetermined external device may acquire the movement schedule information.

  For example, the calculation device 100 may acquire the schedule information of the employees of the company X as the user's travel schedule information from the management device of the company (hereinafter also referred to as “company X”) in the facility FA1. Good. For example, the calculation apparatus 100 may estimate when and where each user moves based on schedule information of employees (users) of the company X. For example, the calculation device 100 may acquire movement schedule information indicating when and where the user moves based on information on the location and time of the conference room of the conference in which the user participates included in the user's schedule information. .

  For example, the calculation device 100 may acquire information on the floor where the user is located, user behavior information, and the like from various sensors installed in the facility FA1. For example, the calculation apparatus 100 may acquire information indicating a user's floor that is specified based on image information detected by an image sensor installed in the facility FA1. Note that the analysis of the image information detected by the image sensor may be performed by the calculation device 100 or another external device.

  The calculation apparatus 100 may estimate the user's destination based on the user's behavior history and the like. For example, the calculation device 100 estimates that a user who moves to a specific floor (for example, the 15th floor) in a predetermined time zone (for example, 9 o'clock in the morning) is the specific floor. May be. For example, when the user moves to a floor with a vending machine (for example, the first floor) at a predetermined time (for example, 13:00) every day, the calculation device 100 determines the destination of the user at the predetermined time for the vending. You may estimate that the machine is on the floor.

  Further, for example, the calculation device 100 may acquire information indicating the number of people waiting for an elevator on each floor estimated based on image information detected by an image sensor installed in an elevator hall on each floor of the facility FA1. For example, the calculation apparatus 100 may acquire the facility information of the facility FA1 from the management device of the facility FA1. Note that the calculation apparatus 100 may acquire the movement schedule information and the facility information by any means as long as the movement schedule information and the facility information can be acquired.

  From here, the flow of a calculation process is demonstrated using FIG. As described above, the facility FA1 shown in FIG. 1 is a 30-story building with two elevators EV1 and EV2, and a staircase ST11 that can move from the first floor to the 30th floor. Facility. Further, in the facility FA1, the case where the elevator EV1 is located on the 16th floor and the elevator EV2 is located on the 13th floor is shown. Further, in the facility FA1, there is a case where there is a queue WP1 where 10 people are waiting for an elevator on the first floor, and there is a queue WP2 where five people are waiting for an elevator on the second floor.

  And the calculation apparatus 100 acquires the movement schedule information of the user U1 (step S11). The calculation apparatus 100 acquires information identifying the user U1, information indicating the floor of the user U1, and information indicating the destination floor of the user U1 as movement schedule information. For example, the calculation device 100 acquires the movement schedule information of the user U1 from the terminal device 10 used by the user U1. For example, the calculation device 100 may acquire information indicating the destination floor of the user U1 from the terminal device 10 by inputting information indicating the destination floor to the terminal device 10 used by the user U1. Further, the calculation device 100 obtains the destination floor of the user U1 based on the action history of the user U1 and the information about the location floor without acquiring information indicating the destination floor from the terminal device 10 of the user U1. It may be estimated. In the example of FIG. 1, the user U1 is located on the 15th floor. For example, the calculation device 100 may specify that the user U1 is located on the 15th floor of the facility FA1 using a sensor installed on the 15th floor of the facility FA1.

  When the calculation apparatus 100 acquires the movement schedule information of the user U1 indicating that the floor of the user U1 is the 15th floor and the movement destination floor of the user U1 is the 13th floor, the facility FA1 at the time of acquisition is acquired. The travel cost of each route is calculated based on the facility information.

  First, the calculation apparatus 100 extracts information indicating a route that can move from the 15th floor to the 13th floor in the facility FA1 (step S12). For example, the calculation device 100 acquires a route that can move from the 15th floor to the 13th floor in the facility FA1 based on information stored in the facility information storage unit 122 and the elevator information storage unit 123.

  “Facility ID” shown in the facility information storage unit 122 in FIG. 1 indicates identification information for identifying a facility. For example, the facility identified by the facility ID “FA1” corresponds to the facility FA1 shown in the example of FIG. Further, “installed elevator” shown in the facility information storage unit 122 in FIG. 1 indicates an elevator installed in the facility identified by the facility ID. Further, the “stairs available floor” shown in the facility information storage unit 122 in FIG. 1 indicates a floor that can be moved on the stairs in the facility identified by the facility ID. Further, “waiting number information” shown in the facility information storage unit 122 in FIG. 1 indicates the number of people waiting for an elevator on each floor.

  For example, in the example illustrated in FIG. 1, the facility (facility FA1) identified by the facility ID “FA1” has two elevators, an elevator EV1 and an elevator EV2. In addition, the facility FA1 indicates that it is possible to move from the first floor to the 30th floor by stairs. The facility FA1 indicates that the number of waiting elevators on the first floor is “10”. The facility FA1 indicates that the number of waiting elevators on the second floor is “5”.

  The “facility ID” shown in the elevator information storage unit 123 in FIG. 1 indicates identification information for identifying a facility. For example, the facility identified by the facility ID “FA1” corresponds to the facility FA1 shown in the example of FIG. Further, “elevator ID” shown in the elevator information storage unit 123 in FIG. 1 indicates identification information for identifying the elevator. For example, the elevator identified by the elevator ID “EV1” corresponds to the elevator EV1 shown in the example of FIG.

  The “stop floor” shown in the elevator information storage unit 123 in FIG. 1 indicates the floor where the corresponding elevator stops. Further, “current position (floor)” shown in the elevator information storage unit 123 in FIG. 1 indicates the floor where the corresponding elevator is located at that time. Further, “movement destination (floor)” shown in the elevator information storage unit 123 in FIG. 1 indicates the floor that the corresponding elevator is the final destination at that time. Further, the “number of passengers” shown in the elevator information storage unit 123 in FIG. 1 indicates the number of passengers on the corresponding elevator at that time. The “capacity” shown in the elevator information storage unit 123 in FIG. 1 indicates the capacity of the corresponding elevator.

  For example, in the example illustrated in FIG. 1, the facility (facility FA1) identified by the facility ID “FA1” is the elevator identified by the elevator ID “EV1” (elevator EV1) and the elevator identified by the elevator ID “EV2”. (Elevator EV2) is installed. The elevator EV1 indicates that the stop floor is the first floor and the 14th to 30th floors. For example, the elevator EV1 is an elevator for a higher floor in the facility FA1. Further, the elevator EV1 indicates that the current position is the 16th floor. The elevator EV1 indicates that the destination is the 14th floor. Further, the elevator EV1 indicates that there is one passenger. In addition, the elevator EV1 indicates that the capacity is 20 persons (X km).

  As described above, the elevator identified by the elevator ID “EV1” may be referred to as “elevator EV1”. Thus, when “elevator EV * (* is an arbitrary numerical value)” is described, it indicates that the elevator is an elevator identified by the elevator ID “EV *”. For example, when “Elevator EV2” is described, the elevator is an elevator identified by an elevator ID “EV2”.

  The elevator EV2 indicates that the stop floor is from the first floor to the 14th floor. For example, the elevator EV2 is an elevator for a lower floor in the facility FA1. Further, the elevator EV2 indicates that the current position is the 13th floor. The elevator EV2 indicates that the destination is the first floor. The elevator EV2 indicates that there are two passengers. Moreover, elevator EV2 shows that a capacity is 20 persons (X kilos).

  As described above, in the example of FIG. 1, the calculation device 100 calculates the movement cost for the facility FA1 provided with a plurality of elevators EV1 and EV2 in which different stop floors are set. The elevator is not limited to a single deck such as the elevators EV1 and EV2, but may be various types of elevators such as a double deck elevator.

  In the example of FIG. 1, the calculation device 100 acquires four routes of a route RT1, a route RT2, a route RT3, and a route RT4 as shown in the route list RL11.

  As described above, the RT identified by the route ID “RT1” may be “root RT1”. Thus, when “route RT * (* is an arbitrary numerical value)” is described, it indicates that the route is a route identified by the route ID “RT *”. For example, when “route RT2” is described, the route is a route identified by the route ID “RT2”.

  As described above, in the example of FIG. 1, the calculation device 100 acquires the route RT <b> 1 that moves from the 15th floor to the 13th floor by the elevator based on the information stored in the facility information storage unit 122 and the elevator information storage unit 123. To do. Further, in the example of FIG. 1, the calculation device 100 moves from the 15th floor to the 14th floor by the elevator based on the information stored in the facility information storage unit 122 and the elevator information storage unit 123, and moves from the 14th floor to the 13th floor. The route RT2 that moves on the stairs is acquired. Further, in the example of FIG. 1, the calculation device 100 moves from the 15th floor to the 14th floor on the basis of information stored in the facility information storage unit 122 and the elevator information storage unit 123, and moves from the 14th floor to the 13th floor. A route RT3 traveling by the elevator is acquired. Further, in the example of FIG. 1, the calculation device 100 acquires a route RT4 that moves from the 15th floor to the 13th floor by stairs based on information stored in the facility information storage section 122 and the elevator information storage section 123.

  And the calculation apparatus 100 calculates a movement cost about each route RT1-RT4 based on the information memorize | stored in the facility information storage part 122 or the elevator information storage part 123 (step S13). For example, as shown in the cost list CL11, the calculation device 100 calculates the movement cost of the user U1 for each route RT1 to RT4. In the example of FIG. 1, the calculation device 100 calculates a movement cost for each of the routes RT1 to RT4 using the following formula (1).

  “Movement_cost” in the left side of the above equation (1) indicates the movement cost of the user when moving by one route. In addition, “mental_cost” in the right side of the above formula (1) indicates the weight of the user corresponding to the user's psychological cost when moving by one route. In addition, “external_cost” in the right side of the above formula (1) is the user's psychological cost other than the user's psychological cost when traveling by one route (hereinafter also referred to as “external cost”). Indicates the weight. For example, the external cost may include a transportation cost based on the amount of power consumed by the movement of one route of the user. For example, the transportation cost may include various costs required for transportation to the user's destination. For example, “external_cost” may include various costs other than the user's psychological cost. When the calculation device 100 calculates the travel cost based only on the user's psychological cost, the external cost may be “0”.

  For example, the external cost including the cost based on the amount of power consumed by movement is higher on a route that uses a lot of elevators. For example, in the example of FIG. 1, the external cost of the route RT1 that uses the elevator from the 15th floor to the 13th floor among the routes RT1 to RT4 is the highest. Further, for example, in the example of FIG. 1, the external cost of the route RT4 that uses the stairs from the 15th floor to the 13th floor among the routes RT1 to RT4 is the lowest. Note that the calculation of the external cost is an example, and the calculation apparatus 100 may calculate the external cost of each route based on various external cost calculation criteria and the like. In the following description, for the sake of simplicity, the external cost of each of the routes RT1 to RT4 is assumed to be “0”.

  In the example of FIG. 1, the calculation device 100 calculates the psychological cost of the user U1 for each route RT1 to RT4 using the following formula (2). The following formula (2) is an example, and the calculation device 100 may calculate the psychological cost of the user U1 using another calculation method.

  “Mental_cost” in the left side of the above equation (2) indicates the psychological cost of the user when moving by one route. The predetermined function “f ()” (hereinafter also referred to as “psychological cost function f”) in the right side of the above equation (2) outputs the user's psychological cost by inputting various information. Function.

  For example, “Route” indicates information for identifying which route. For example, in the example of FIG. 1, which route is the route RT1 to RT4 is shown. For example, “Inf (U)” indicates user information of the corresponding user. For example, the example of FIG. 1 shows user information of the user U1.

  For example, “S (U)” indicates the floor of the corresponding user. For example, in the example of FIG. 1, the 15th floor which is the floor where the user U1 is located is shown. Further, for example, “G (U)” indicates the floor of the corresponding user's destination. For example, in the example of FIG. 1, the 13th floor, which is the destination floor of the user U1, is shown.

  Further, for example, “Pos (E)” indicates the floor on which each elevator is located at the time of calculation. For example, “Pos (E)” is information including a floor at the time of calculation of each elevator. “Pos (E)” may include information indicating that the elevator EV1 is located on the 16th floor and information indicating that the elevator EV2 is located on the 13th floor. In “Pos (E)”, the destination of the elevator EV1 is on the 14th floor, the information indicating that there is one passenger, the destination of the elevator EV2 is on the first floor, and there are two passengers. May be included.

  Also, for example, “Num (Floor)” indicates the number of elevators waiting for each floor at the time of calculation. For example, it is assumed that “Num (Floor)” is information including the number of waiting people at the time of calculation of each floor. In “Num (Floor)”, information indicating that there are 10 waiting people on the first floor, Information indicating that there are five waiting persons on the second floor may be included.

  The psychological cost function f of the above formula (2) is obtained when the user moves along the input route based on the input route, user attribute information, or the like when the above information is input. Calculate the psychological cost of the user. For example, the psychological cost function f of the above formula (2) indicates that the psychological cost of the user increases as the travel time based on the input route and the input position of each elevator or the number of waiting elevators on each floor is longer. You may output high. For example, the psychological cost function f may be generated by appropriately using various conventional methods such as linear programming. For example, the calculation apparatus 100 may acquire evaluation feedback regarding movement from a user who has moved in the facility FA1, and may update the psychological cost function f based on the information.

  Note that the calculation device 100 may use the estimated travel time as information input to the above equation (2). In this case, the calculation device 100 estimates the travel time when the user travels on the route based on the route, the position of each elevator, and the number of waiting elevators on each floor, and inputs the estimated time into the above equation (2). Also good. For example, the calculation apparatus 100 may estimate the travel time from one floor to another floor based on history information regarding the travel time of an elevator from one floor to another floor. For example, the calculation apparatus 100 may estimate the average of the travel time of the past elevator from one floor to another floor as the travel time from one floor to another floor.

  In the example of FIG. 1, the elevator EV2 used for moving from the 14th floor to the 13th floor on the route RT1 or the route RT3 is moving from the 13th floor to the first floor. The first floor, which is the stop floor of the elevator EV2, has 10 waiting persons, and the second floor has 5 waiting persons. Therefore, it takes a long time for the elevator EV2 to arrive at the 14th floor where the user U1 gets on the elevator EV2. Therefore, the psychological cost function f of the above formula (2) corresponds to various input information so that the psychological cost of the routes RT1 and RT3 using the elevator EV2 for moving from the 14th floor to the 13th floor becomes high. Outputs a numerical value.

  In the example of FIG. 1, the elevator EV1 used for moving from the 15th floor to the 14th floor on the route RT1 or the route RT2 is moving from the 16th floor to the 14th floor. Therefore, the elevator EV1 is the floor where the user U1 is located, and the user U1 arrives at the 15th floor on the elevator EV1 in a short time. Therefore, the psychological cost function f of the above equation (2) corresponds to various input information so that the psychological cost of the routes RT1 and RT2 using the elevator EV1 for moving from the 15th floor to the 14th floor is low. Outputs a numerical value.

  In the example of FIG. 1, the calculation device 100 calculates the psychological cost of the user U1 according to the amount of exercise of the user U1 when moving on the staircase ST11 like the route RT2 or the route RT4. For example, the calculation device 100 calculates the psychological cost of the user U1 based on information such as the walking distance of the user U1 and the number of steps estimated based on the number of floors on which the user U1 moves on the stairs ST11. For example, the psychological cost function f of the above formula (2) has various kinds of values so that the user's psychological cost increases because the user's momentum increases as the number of floors moving on the user's stairs increases. The numerical value corresponding to the input information is output.

  The psychological cost function f in the above equation (2) outputs a numerical value so that the psychological cost of the user is lower as the travel time of the user in the elevator is shorter and the momentum due to the user's movement on the stairs is smaller. To do. The psychological cost function f of the above formula (2) outputs a numerical value so that the user's psychological cost increases as the travel time of the user in the elevator is long and the amount of exercise by the user's movement on the stairs increases. To do. Note that the calculation device 100 may vary the rate at which the psychological cost increases due to the increase in travel time and the rate at which the psychological cost increases due to the increase in the amount of exercise users based on various information such as attribute information. .

  For example, the calculation device 100 indicates that a user with a high job title level (for example, a user of “LV5” or higher) has a higher psychological cost due to an increase in travel time than a higher psychological cost due to an increase in exercise amount. May be larger. In addition, for example, the calculation device 100 indicates that a user with a high movement difficulty factor (for example, a user of “LV3” or higher) increases a psychological cost due to an increase in movement time, and a psychological cost increases due to an increase in exercise amount. You may make it larger than the ratio to do. Note that the above is an example, and the calculation apparatus 100 may calculate the psychological cost of the user using various information as appropriate.

  For example, the calculation apparatus 100 may calculate a psychological cost based on the travel time using a first correspondence table of the travel time and a predetermined score. For example, the calculation apparatus 100 uses the first correspondence table in which the score increases by a predetermined value (for example, “1”, etc.) each time the travel time increases by a predetermined unit time (for example, “30 seconds”, etc.). The psychological cost based on the travel time (hereinafter also referred to as “first psychological cost”) may be calculated. For example, the calculation apparatus 100 may store a first correspondence table between the travel time and a predetermined score in the storage unit 120.

  In addition, for example, the calculation device 100 uses the second correspondence table in which the score increases by a predetermined value (for example, “1.5”, etc.) each time the amount of exercise increases by a predetermined unit amount (for example, “10 kcal”). May be used to calculate the psychological cost based on the amount of exercise. In addition, for example, the calculation device 100 has a second example in which the score increases by a predetermined value (for example, “0.2”) each time the number of steps of the user increases by a predetermined unit amount (for example, “10 steps”) A psychological cost based on the amount of exercise (hereinafter also referred to as “second psychological cost”) may be calculated using the correspondence table. For example, the calculation device 100 may store a second correspondence table between the amount of exercise and a predetermined score in the storage unit 120. Further, for example, the calculation device 100 may use the total of the first psychological cost and the second psychological cost as the psychological cost. Further, for example, the calculation apparatus 100 multiplies a value obtained by multiplying the first psychological cost by a predetermined weight (first weight) and a second psychological cost multiplied by a weight (second weight) different from the first weight. The total with the value may be used as the psychological cost.

  For example, when the elevator type is a double deck elevator, the calculation device 100 has a psychological cost so that a user's psychological cost becomes high for a route including a floor where the elevator door does not open even when the elevator stops. May be calculated. In addition, for example, when the calculation device 100 estimates that the user cannot get on the elevator even if the elevator arrives at the floor where the user is located, due to reasons such as over-capacity, the calculation device 100 may increase the psychological cost of the user. The cost may be calculated. For example, the calculation device 100 acquires image information detected by an image sensor installed in the elevator, and based on information such as the number of people in the elevator and the number of people waiting on each floor, it is estimated that the user cannot get on the elevator. In this case, the psychological cost may be calculated so as to increase the user's psychological cost.

  Thus, in the example of FIG. 1, the calculation device 100 calculates the travel cost of the user U1 for each of the routes RT1 to RT4 using the above formulas (1) and (2). In the example of FIG. 1, the calculation device 100 calculates the travel cost of the route RT1 as “10”, the travel cost of the route RT2 as “4”, and the travel cost of the route RT3 as shown in the cost list CL11. Is calculated as “15”, and the movement cost of the route RT4 is calculated as “8”.

  And the calculation apparatus 100 determines the suggestion route which provides information as a route recommended to be used for the movement from the 15th floor to the 13th floor to the user U1 based on the calculated movement cost of each of the routes RT1 to RT4 ( Step S14). In the example of FIG. 1, the calculation device 100 determines the route RT2 having the lowest moving cost “4” among the routes RT1 to RT4 as the suggested route. Specifically, the calculation device 100 determines the route RT2 that uses the elevator EV1 to move from the 15th floor to the 14th floor and uses the staircase ST11 to move from the 14th floor to the 13th floor as the suggestion route.

  And the calculation apparatus 100 provides the terminal device 10 which the user U1 uses the information regarding the determined suggestion route (step S15). In the example of FIG. 1, the calculation device 100 provides a route RT2 having the lowest travel cost among the routes RT1 to RT4 as a suggested route. Specifically, the calculation device 100 provides the user U1 with a route RT2 that uses the elevator EV1 to move from the 15th floor to the 14th floor and uses the staircase ST11 to move from the 14th floor to the 13th floor as a suggested route. .

  As described above, the calculation device 100 can perform various operations such as the location where the user is located at the time when the travel cost is calculated, the destination where the user moves next, the location of the elevator at the time when the travel cost is calculated, and the number of people waiting on each floor. Based on the information, the travel cost for each route is calculated. In other words, the calculation device 100 calculates a moving cost that fluctuates according to the arrangement of elevators at the time of calculating the moving cost and the number of people waiting on each floor. Thus, the calculation apparatus 100 can calculate the movement cost according to the situation in the facility that dynamically changes. Therefore, the calculation apparatus 100 can appropriately calculate the cost caused by the movement of the user in the facility based on the facility information of the facility having a plurality of floors where the user is located and the user's movement schedule information. Moreover, the calculation apparatus 100 can suppress an increase in cost due to the movement of the user by providing the user with a route having the lowest possible movement cost as a suggested route.

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In addition, the calculation apparatus 100 may change the operation rule of an elevator using various information. For example, the calculation device 100 may dynamically change the elevator operation rules using various information. For example, the calculation device 100 may dynamically change the elevator operation rules within a predetermined operation period (for example, one day such as X month Y day). For example, the calculation device 100 may change the operation rules of the elevator EV1 and the elevator EV2 according to the number of waiting persons on each floor in the facility FA1. For example, the calculation device 100 may change the operation rule of the elevator EV1 so that the 13th floor is added to the stop floor of the elevator RV1 when a waiting number of persons equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold occurs on the 13th floor of the facility FA1.

  For example, when there are many waiting persons on the lower floors such as the 10th floor and the 5th floor, the calculation device 100 stops the elevator EV1, which is an elevator for the higher floors in the facility FA1, on the lower floor such as the 10th floor and the 5th floor. The operation rules may be changed. For example, when the number of waiting persons such as the eighth floor becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold (for example, 15 persons), the calculation device 100 operates the operation rule so that the elevator EV1 that is an elevator for a higher floor in the facility FA1 stops at the eighth floor. May be changed.

  In addition, for example, when there are a large number of people waiting on a higher floor such as the 20th floor or the 25th floor, the calculation apparatus 100 stops the elevator EV2 that is an elevator for the lower floor in the facility FA1 on a higher floor such as the 20th floor or the 25th floor. The operation rules may be changed as follows. For example, when the waiting number of persons such as the 19th floor becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold (for example, 20 persons), the calculation device 100 operates so that the elevator EV2 that is an elevator for the lower floor in the facility FA1 stops at the 19th floor. May be changed.

[2. Configuration of calculation device]
Next, the configuration of the calculation apparatus 100 according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the calculation apparatus according to the embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the calculation device 100 includes a communication unit 110, a storage unit 120, and a control unit 130. The calculation device 100 includes an input unit (for example, a keyboard and a mouse) that receives various operations from an administrator of the calculation device 100, and a display unit (for example, a liquid crystal display) for displaying various types of information. May be.

(Communication unit 110)
The communication unit 110 is realized by, for example, a NIC (Network Interface Card). The communication unit 110 is connected to the network N by wire or wirelessly and transmits / receives information to / from the terminal device 10.

(Storage unit 120)
The storage unit 120 is realized by, for example, a semiconductor memory device such as a RAM (Random Access Memory) or a flash memory, or a storage device such as a hard disk or an optical disk. As shown in FIG. 3, the storage unit 120 according to the embodiment includes a user information storage unit 121, a facility information storage unit 122, and an elevator information storage unit 123.

(User information storage unit 121)
The user information storage unit 121 according to the embodiment stores various types of information regarding the user. For example, the user information storage unit 121 stores various information such as user attribute information and schedule information. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user information storage unit according to the embodiment. The user information storage unit 121 illustrated in FIG. 4 includes items such as “user ID”, “attribute information”, “location floor”, and “target floor”. The “attribute information” includes items such as “age”, “sex”, “position”, and “movement difficulty factor”.

  “User ID” indicates identification information for identifying a user. “Seat” indicates the position of the seat in the predetermined facility (for example, company X) by the user identified by the user ID.

In the “attribute information”, various types of information regarding the user attribute identified by the user ID are stored. “Age” indicates the age of the user. The “age” may be a specific age of the user such as 35 years old. “Gender” indicates the gender of the user. “Title” indicates the title of the user. In the example of FIG. 4, “level” corresponding to the user's job title is stored in “job title”. For example, the “level” corresponding to “position” is used to determine the weight (for example, “α _i ” in the above formula (1)). Note that the “level” may be stored in any manner as long as the “level” corresponding to the “position” can be discriminated. For example, the storage unit 120 stores a correspondence table of “position” and “level”. May be.

The “movement difficulty factor” indicates the presence or absence of a predetermined difficulty factor in the movement of the user. In the example of FIG. 4, “level” corresponding to the user's movement difficulty factor is stored in “movement difficulty factor”. For example, the “level” corresponding to the “movement difficulty factor” is used to determine the weight (for example, “α _i ” in the above formula (1)). If the “level” corresponding to the “difficulty factor” can be determined, the “level” may be stored in any manner. For example, the storage unit 120 stores the “difficulty factor” and the “level”. A correspondence table may be stored.

  “Location floor” indicates the floor on which the user identified by the user ID is located. The “target floor” indicates the floor where the user's destination identified by the user ID is located.

  For example, in the example of FIG. 4, the age of the user (user U1) identified by the user ID “U1” is “20s” and the gender is “female”. Further, the title of the user U1 indicates “−”, that is, no title. Further, the level corresponding to the post of the user U1 indicates “LV0”, that is, level 0. The movement difficulty factor of the user U1 indicates “none”, that is, there is no difficulty factor in the movement of the user. The level corresponding to the movement difficulty factor of the user U1 indicates “LV0”, that is, level 0.

  Further, the user U1 indicates that the location floor is the “15” floor and the destination floor is the “13” floor. That is, the user U1 indicates that the user moves from the 15th floor to the 13th floor.

  The user information storage unit 121 is not limited to the above, and may store various types of information according to the purpose. For example, the user information storage unit 121 may store various information such as demographic attribute information and psychographic attribute information. For example, the user information storage unit 121 may store information such as name, family structure, and income. For example, the user information storage unit 121 may store information indicating the position of the seat where each user performs work in a predetermined facility.

(Facility information storage unit 122)
The facility information storage unit 122 according to the embodiment stores various types of information regarding the facility. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the facility information storage unit according to the embodiment. For example, the facility information storage unit 122 stores information about facilities. For example, the facility information storage unit 122 stores information related to facilities in a predetermined facility (for example, company X) as behavior information. The facility information storage unit 122 illustrated in FIG. 5 includes items such as “facility ID”, “installation elevator”, “stairs available floor”, and “waiting number information”. The “waiting number information” includes items for floors of the facility such as “first floor”, “second floor”, and the like. For example, when the corresponding facility is a 14-story building, the “waiting number information” includes 14 items “1st floor” to “14th floor”.

  “Facility ID” indicates identification information for identifying a facility. For example, the facility identified by the facility ID “FA1” corresponds to the facility FA1 shown in the example of FIG. “Installed elevator” indicates an elevator installed in a facility identified by the facility ID. The “stairs available floor” indicates a floor that can be moved on the stairs in the facility identified by the facility ID. “Waiting number information” indicates the number of people waiting for an elevator on each floor.

  For example, in the example illustrated in FIG. 5, the facility (facility FA1) identified by the facility ID “FA1” has two elevators, an elevator EV1 and an elevator EV2. In addition, the facility FA1 indicates that it is possible to move from the first floor to the 30th floor by stairs. The facility FA1 indicates that the number of waiting elevators on the first floor is “10”. The facility FA1 indicates that the number of waiting elevators on the second floor is “5”.

  The facility information storage unit 122 is not limited to the above, and may store various types of information according to the purpose.

(Elevator information storage unit 123)
The elevator information storage unit 123 according to the embodiment stores elevator information. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of an elevator information storage unit according to the embodiment. For example, the elevator information storage unit 123 stores elevator information related to the use of facilities at a predetermined facility (for example, company X) for each date. The elevator information storage unit 123 illustrated in FIG. 6 includes “facility ID”, “elevator ID”, “stop floor”, “current position (floor)”, “movement destination (floor)”, “number of passengers”, “capacity” Is included.

  “Facility ID” indicates identification information for identifying a facility. For example, the facility identified by the facility ID “FA1” corresponds to the facility FA1 shown in the example of FIG. “Elevator ID” indicates identification information for identifying the elevator. For example, the elevator identified by the elevator ID “EV1” corresponds to the elevator EV1 shown in the example of FIG.

  The “stop floor” indicates the floor where the corresponding elevator stops. The “current position (floor)” indicates the floor where the corresponding elevator is located at that time. “Destination (floor)” indicates the floor that the corresponding elevator is the final destination at that time. Further, the “number of passengers” indicates the number of passengers currently riding in the corresponding elevator. “Capacity” indicates the capacity of the corresponding elevator.

  For example, in the example shown in FIG. 6, the facility (facility FA1) identified by the facility ID “FA1” is the elevator identified by the elevator ID “EV1” (elevator EV1) and the elevator identified by the elevator ID “EV2”. (Elevator EV2) is installed. The elevator EV1 indicates that the stop floor is the first floor and the 14th to 30th floors. Further, the elevator EV1 indicates that the current position is the 16th floor. The elevator EV1 indicates that the destination is the 14th floor. Further, the elevator EV1 indicates that there is one passenger. In addition, the elevator EV1 indicates that the capacity is 20 persons (X km).

  The elevator information storage unit 123 is not limited to the above, and may store various types of information according to the purpose.

(Control unit 130)
Returning to the description of FIG. 3, the control unit 130 is a controller and is stored in a storage device inside the calculation device 100 by, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), an MPU (Micro Processing Unit), or the like. Various programs (corresponding to an example of a calculation program) are implemented by using the RAM as a work area. The control unit 130 is a controller, and is realized by an integrated circuit such as an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a field programmable gate array (FPGA).

  As illustrated in FIG. 3, the control unit 130 includes an acquisition unit 131, a calculation unit 132, a determination unit 133, and a provision unit 134, and realizes or executes information processing functions and operations described below. . Note that the internal configuration of the control unit 130 is not limited to the configuration illustrated in FIG. 3, and may be another configuration as long as the information processing described below is performed. Further, the connection relationship between the processing units included in the control unit 130 is not limited to the connection relationship illustrated in FIG. 3, and may be another connection relationship.

(Acquisition part 131)
The acquisition unit 131 acquires various information. The acquisition unit 131 acquires various types of information from an external device such as the terminal device 10. The acquisition unit 131 acquires various types of information from the user information storage unit 121, the facility information storage unit 122, the elevator information storage unit 123, and the like.

  For example, the acquisition unit 131 includes a movement floor information indicating a location floor where a user is located in a facility having a plurality of floors and a plurality of elevators, and a destination floor to which the user is moving, And facility information about the facility including the operation rules of each elevator. For example, the acquisition unit 131 acquires facility information including position information of each of the plurality of elevators at the time of calculating the movement cost. For example, the acquisition unit 131 acquires facility information including the waiting number of elevators on each floor of the facility. For example, the acquisition unit 131 acquires facility information of a facility provided with a plurality of elevators set with different stop floors.

  For example, the acquisition unit 131 may acquire the movement schedule information from the terminal device 10. Further, for example, the acquisition unit 131 may acquire movement schedule information by a predetermined external device. For example, the acquisition unit 131 may acquire information about the user's location floor, user behavior information, and the like from various sensors installed in the facility FA1. For example, the acquisition unit 131 may acquire information indicating the location floor of the user specified based on the image information detected by the image sensor installed in the facility FA1.

  For example, the acquisition unit 131 may acquire information indicating the number of people waiting for an elevator on each floor estimated based on image information detected by an image sensor installed in an elevator hall on each floor of the facility FA1. For example, the acquisition unit 131 may acquire the facility information of the facility FA1 from the management device of the facility FA1. For example, the acquisition unit 131 may acquire the movement schedule information and the facility information by any means as long as the movement schedule information and the facility information can be acquired.

  In the example of FIG. 1, the acquisition unit 131 acquires the movement schedule information of the user U1. For example, the acquisition unit 131 acquires information identifying the user U1, information indicating the floor where the user U1 is located, and information indicating the destination floor of the user U1 as movement schedule information. For example, the acquisition unit 131 acquires the movement schedule information of the user U1 from the terminal device 10 used by the user U1. For example, the acquisition unit 131 may acquire information indicating the destination floor of the user U1 from the terminal device 10 by inputting information indicating the destination floor to the terminal device 10 used by the user U1.

  In the example of FIG. 1, the acquisition unit 131 extracts information indicating a route that can move from the 15th floor to the 13th floor in the facility FA1. For example, the acquisition unit 131 acquires a route that can move from the 15th floor to the 13th floor in the facility FA1 based on information stored in the facility information storage unit 122 or the elevator information storage unit 123. In the example of FIG. 1, the acquisition unit 131 acquires four routes, a route RT1, a route RT2, a route RT3, and a route RT4 as shown in the route list RL11.

  For example, the acquisition unit 131 acquires a route RT1 that travels by elevator from the 15th floor to the 13th floor based on information stored in the facility information storage unit 122 and the elevator information storage unit 123. For example, the acquisition unit 131 moves from the 15th floor to the 14th floor by an elevator and moves from the 14th floor to the 13th floor by a staircase based on information stored in the facility information storage unit 122 or the elevator information storage unit 123. To get. For example, the acquisition unit 131 moves from the 15th floor to the 14th floor by stairs and moves from the 14th floor to the 13th floor by an elevator based on information stored in the facility information storage unit 122 and the elevator information storage unit 123. To get. For example, the acquisition unit 131 acquires a route RT4 that travels all the steps from the 15th floor to the 13th floor on the basis of information stored in the facility information storage unit 122 and the elevator information storage unit 123.

(Calculation unit 132)
The calculation unit 132 calculates various information. For example, the calculation unit 132 calculates various types of information based on information acquired from the terminal device 10. For example, the calculation unit 132 calculates various types of information based on the user information storage unit 121, the facility information storage unit 122, the elevator information storage unit 123, and the like.

  For example, the calculation unit 132 calculates a movement cost that is a cost generated when the user moves by each route that the user can take from the floor to the destination floor based on the movement schedule information and the facility information. Calculate based on information and facility information. For example, the calculation unit 132 calculates a movement cost including a user's mental cost that occurs in the movement of the user along the route. For example, the calculation unit 132 calculates a movement cost including a user transportation cost that occurs in the movement of the user along each route.

  In the example of FIG. 1, the calculation unit 132 calculates the movement cost of each route using the above equation (1). For example, when the calculation unit 132 acquires the movement schedule information of the user U1 indicating that the floor of the user U1 is the 15th floor and the movement destination floor of the user U1 is the 13th floor, the facility FA1 at the time of acquisition is acquired. The travel cost of each route is calculated based on the facility information. For example, the calculation unit 132 calculates a travel cost for each of the routes RT1 to RT4 based on information stored in the facility information storage unit 122 and the elevator information storage unit 123. In the example of FIG. 1, the calculation unit 132 calculates the travel cost of the user U1 for each of the routes RT1 to RT4 as shown in the cost list CL11. For example, the calculation unit 132 calculates the movement cost for each of the routes RT1 to RT4 using the above equation (1).

  For example, the calculation unit 132 calculates the psychological cost of the user U1 for each of the routes RT1 to RT4 using the above equation (2). Note that the calculation unit 132 may calculate the psychological cost of the user U1 using a calculation method other than the above equation (2).

  For example, when the user's travel schedule information or the facility information of the facility is input using the above formula (2), the calculation unit 132 is input based on the input route, the attribute information of the user, or the like. The psychological cost of the user when the user moves along the route is calculated.

  In the example of FIG. 1, the calculation unit 132 calculates the travel cost of the user U1 for each of the routes RT1 to RT4 using the above formulas (1) and (2). For example, as shown in the cost list CL11, the calculation unit 132 calculates the movement cost of the route RT1 as “10”, calculates the movement cost of the route RT2 as “4”, and sets the movement cost of the route RT3 as “15”. And the travel cost of the route RT4 is calculated as “8”.

(Determining unit 133)
The determination unit 133 changes various information. For example, the determination unit 133 determines various types of information based on the user information storage unit 121, the facility information storage unit 122, the elevator information storage unit 123, and the like. For example, the determination unit 133 determines various types of information based on the information calculated by the calculation unit 132.

  For example, the determination unit 133 determines a suggested route that is a route recommended to the user based on the movement cost of each route. For example, the determination unit 133 determines a route having the lowest movement cost as a suggested route among the routes.

  In the example of FIG. 1, the determination unit 133 provides a suggestion route that provides information as a route recommended to the user U1 for moving from the 15th floor to the 13th floor based on the calculated travel cost of each of the routes RT1 to RT4. To decide. For example, the determination unit 133 determines the route RT2 having the lowest moving cost “4” among the routes RT1 to RT4 as the suggested route. For example, the determination unit 133 determines the route RT2 that uses the elevator EV1 to move from the 15th floor to the 14th floor and uses the staircase ST11 to move from the 14th floor to the 13th floor as the suggestion route.

(Providing unit 134)
The providing unit 134 provides various types of information to an external device such as the terminal device 10. For example, the providing unit 134 may provide various types of information calculated by the calculating unit 132 to the external device. Further, the providing unit 134 may provide various types of information calculated by the calculating unit 132 to an external device. Also, the providing unit 134 may provide various types of information determined by the determining unit 133 to the external device.

  For example, the providing unit 134 provides information regarding the suggested route determined by the determining unit 133 to the terminal device 10 used by the user.

  In the example of FIG. 1, the providing unit 134 provides the terminal device 10 used by the user U <b> 1 with information regarding the determined suggest route. For example, the providing unit 134 provides the route RT2 having the lowest travel cost among the routes RT1 to RT4 as the suggested route. For example, the providing unit 134 provides the user U1 with a route RT2 that uses the elevator EV1 to move from the 15th floor to the 14th floor and uses the staircase ST11 to move from the 14th floor to the 13th floor as a suggested route.

[3. Calculation process flow)
Next, the procedure of the calculation process by the calculation system 1 according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of calculation processing according to the embodiment. Specifically, FIG. 7 is a flowchart including content provision processing according to the calculation processing.

  As illustrated in FIG. 7, the calculation device 100 acquires user movement schedule information (step S <b> 101). For example, the calculation device 100 acquires the movement schedule information from the terminal device 10.

  Then, the calculation apparatus 100 acquires facility information of the facility where the user is located (step S102). For example, the calculation apparatus 100 acquires facility information of a facility where the user is located from the facility information storage unit 122 (see FIG. 5).

  Further, the calculation device 100 acquires each route that can be taken from the floor where the user is located to the destination floor (step S103). For example, the calculation apparatus 100 acquires information regarding each route from the facility information storage unit 122 (see FIG. 5) and the elevator information storage unit 123 (see FIG. 6).

  Then, the calculation device 100 calculates the movement cost for each route (step S104). In the example of FIG. 1, the calculation device 100 calculates the travel cost of the route RT1 as “10”, the travel cost of the route RT2 as “4”, and the travel cost of the route RT3 as shown in the cost list CL11. Is calculated as “15”, and the movement cost of the route RT4 is calculated as “8”.

  Further, the calculation device 100 determines a suggestion route based on the movement cost of each route (step S105). In the example of FIG. 1, the calculation device 100 determines the route RT2 having the lowest moving cost “4” among the routes RT1 to RT4 as the suggested route.

  Then, the calculation apparatus 100 provides the user with information regarding the determined suggestion route (step S106). In the example of FIG. 1, the calculation device 100 provides a route RT2 having the lowest travel cost among the routes RT1 to RT4 as a suggested route.

[4. effect〕
As described above, the calculation device 100 according to the embodiment includes the acquisition unit 131 and the calculation unit 132. The acquisition unit 131 has a plurality of floors, a moving floor information indicating a location floor where the user is located in a facility where a plurality of elevators are provided, a destination floor to which the user is moving, and a plurality of elevators. And facility information about the facility including each operation rule. Based on the movement schedule information and the facility information, the calculation unit 132 converts the movement cost that is generated when the user moves by each route that the user can move from the floor to the destination floor to the movement schedule information. Calculate based on facility information.

  As described above, the calculation apparatus 100 according to the embodiment calculates a plurality of floors by calculating a movement cost that is a cost generated when the user moves by each route that the user can take from the floor to the destination floor. It is possible to appropriately calculate the cost generated by the movement of the user in the predetermined facility.

  Moreover, in the calculation apparatus 100 according to the embodiment, the calculation unit 132 calculates a movement cost including a user's mental cost that occurs in the movement of the user along each route.

  As described above, the calculation device 100 according to the embodiment is caused by the movement of the user in a predetermined facility having a plurality of floors by calculating the movement cost including the mental cost of the user that is generated in the movement of the user by each route. Cost can be calculated appropriately.

  Further, in the calculation device 100 according to the embodiment, the calculation unit 132 calculates a movement cost including a user transportation cost that occurs in the movement of the user through each route.

  As described above, the calculation device 100 according to the embodiment calculates the movement cost including the transportation cost of the user that occurs in the movement of the user by each route, thereby generating the cost caused by the movement of the user in a predetermined facility having a plurality of floors. Can be calculated appropriately.

  In the calculation device 100 according to the embodiment, the acquisition unit 131 acquires facility information including position information of each of the plurality of elevators at the time of calculating the movement cost.

  As described above, the calculation device 100 according to the embodiment acquires facility information including the position information of each of the plurality of elevators at the time of calculating the movement cost, so that the user moves in a predetermined facility having a plurality of floors. The resulting cost can be calculated appropriately.

  Moreover, in the calculation apparatus 100 according to the embodiment, the acquisition unit 131 acquires facility information including the waiting number of elevators on each floor of the facility.

  As described above, the calculation device 100 according to the embodiment appropriately acquires the cost caused by the movement of the user in the predetermined facility having a plurality of floors by acquiring the facility information including the waiting number of elevators on each floor of the facility. Can be calculated.

  In the calculation device 100 according to the embodiment, the acquisition unit 131 acquires facility information of a facility provided with a plurality of elevators in which different stop floors are set.

  As described above, the calculation device 100 according to the embodiment acquires facility information of a facility provided with a plurality of elevators set with different stop floors, thereby moving a user in a predetermined facility having a plurality of floors. The resulting cost can be calculated appropriately.

  In addition, the calculation device 100 according to the embodiment includes a determination unit 133. The determination unit 133 determines a suggested route that is a route recommended to the user based on the movement cost of each route.

  As described above, the calculation apparatus 100 according to the embodiment determines a suggestion route that is a route recommended to the user based on the movement cost of each route, thereby moving the user in a predetermined facility having a plurality of floors. A suggestion route can be determined appropriately based on the cost of each route that occurs.

  In the calculation device 100 according to the embodiment, the determination unit 133 determines a route having the lowest movement cost as a suggestion route among the routes.

  As described above, the calculation apparatus 100 according to the embodiment determines the route having the lowest movement cost as the suggestion route among the routes, thereby determining each route generated by the movement of the user in a predetermined facility having a plurality of floors. A suggestion route can be appropriately determined based on the cost.

  In addition, the calculation device 100 according to the embodiment includes a providing unit 134. The providing unit 134 provides information regarding the suggested route determined by the determining unit 133 to the terminal device used by the user.

  As described above, the calculation device 100 according to the embodiment provides the terminal device 10 used by the user with information regarding the determined suggestion route, thereby allowing each route generated by the movement of the user in a predetermined facility having a plurality of floors. A suggestion route can be appropriately provided to the user based on the cost.

[5. Hardware configuration)
The calculation apparatus 100 according to the embodiment described above is realized by a computer 1000 having a configuration as shown in FIG. FIG. 8 is a hardware configuration diagram illustrating an example of a computer that realizes the function of the calculation device. The computer 1000 includes a CPU 1100, RAM 1200, ROM 1300, HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 1400, communication interface (I / F) 1500, input / output interface (I / F) 1600, and media interface (I / F) 1700.

  The CPU 1100 operates based on a program stored in the ROM 1300 or the HDD 1400 and controls each unit. The ROM 1300 stores a boot program executed by the CPU 1100 when the computer 1000 is started up, a program depending on the hardware of the computer 1000, and the like.

  The HDD 1400 stores programs executed by the CPU 1100, data used by the programs, and the like. The communication interface 1500 receives data from other devices via the network N and sends the data to the CPU 1100, and transmits data generated by the CPU 1100 to other devices via the network N.

  The CPU 1100 controls an output device such as a display and a printer and an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse via the input / output interface 1600. The CPU 1100 acquires data from the input device via the input / output interface 1600. In addition, the CPU 1100 outputs the generated data to the output device via the input / output interface 1600.

  The media interface 1700 reads a program or data stored in the recording medium 1800 and provides it to the CPU 1100 via the RAM 1200. The CPU 1100 loads such a program from the recording medium 1800 onto the RAM 1200 via the media interface 1700, and executes the loaded program. The recording medium 1800 is, for example, an optical recording medium such as a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) or PD (Phase change rewritable disk), a magneto-optical recording medium such as an MO (Magneto-Optical disk), a tape medium, a magnetic recording medium, or a semiconductor memory. Etc.

  For example, when the computer 1000 functions as the calculation apparatus 100 according to the embodiment, the CPU 1100 of the computer 1000 implements the function of the control unit 130 by executing a program loaded on the RAM 1200. The CPU 1100 of the computer 1000 reads these programs from the recording medium 1800 and executes them. However, as another example, these programs may be acquired from other devices via the network N.

  As described above, some of the embodiments and modifications of the present application have been described in detail with reference to the drawings. It is possible to carry out the present invention in other forms that have been modified and improved.

[6. Others]
In addition, among the processes described in the above-described embodiments and modifications, all or a part of the processes described as being automatically performed can be manually performed, or are described as being performed manually. All or part of the processing can be automatically performed by a known method. In addition, the processing procedures, specific names, and information including various data and parameters shown in the document and drawings can be arbitrarily changed unless otherwise specified. For example, the various types of information illustrated in each drawing is not limited to the illustrated information.

  Further, each component of each illustrated apparatus is functionally conceptual, and does not necessarily need to be physically configured as illustrated. In other words, the specific form of distribution / integration of each device is not limited to that shown in the figure, and all or a part thereof may be functionally or physically distributed or arbitrarily distributed in arbitrary units according to various loads or usage conditions. Can be integrated and configured.

  In addition, the above-described embodiments and modifications can be combined as appropriate within a range that does not contradict processing contents.

  In addition, the “section (module, unit)” described above can be read as “means” or “circuit”. For example, the acquisition unit can be read as acquisition means or an acquisition circuit.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Calculation system 100 Calculation apparatus 121 User information storage part 122 Facility information storage part 123 Elevator information storage part 130 Control part 131 Acquisition part 132 Calculation part 133 Determination part 134 Provision part 10 Terminal apparatus N network

Claims (14)

In a facility having a plurality of floors and provided with a plurality of elevators, the floor on which the user is located, the scheduled movement information indicating the destination floor to which the user is moving, and the operation of each of the plurality of elevators An acquisition unit for acquiring facility information about the facility including a rule;
Based on the travel schedule information and the facility information, a travel cost including a transport cost of the user that occurs when the user moves by each route that the user can take from the location floor to the destination floor is obtained. A calculation unit for calculating based on the movement schedule information and the facility information;
A calculation device comprising: In a facility having a plurality of floors and provided with a plurality of elevators, the floor on which the user is located, the scheduled movement information indicating the destination floor to which the user is moving, and the operation of each of the plurality of elevators An acquisition unit for acquiring the facility information about the facility including the rule and the waiting number of the elevators on each floor of the facility;
Based on the movement schedule information and the facility information, the movement schedule, which is a cost that occurs when the user moves by each route that the user can take from the location floor to the destination floor, A calculation unit for calculating based on the information and the facility information;
A calculation device comprising: The calculation unit includes:
The calculation device according to claim 2 , wherein the movement cost including a transportation cost of the user that is generated in the movement of the user by each route is calculated. The acquisition unit
The calculation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the facility information including waiting numbers of the plurality of elevators on each floor of the facility is acquired. The calculation unit includes:
The calculating apparatus according to claim 1-4 any one of which, and calculates the travel cost including mental costs of the user generated in the movement of the user by each route. The acquisition unit
Calculating apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that to acquire the facility information including positional information of each of the plurality of elevators in the calculation of the moving cost. The acquisition unit
Calculating apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that to acquire the facility information of the facility in which the plurality of elevators different service floor is set is provided. A determination unit that determines a suggestion route that is a route recommended to the user based on a movement cost of each route;
Calculating apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7, further comprising a. The determination unit is
The calculation device according to claim 8 , wherein, among the routes, a route with the lowest movement cost is determined as the suggest route. A providing unit that provides information on the suggested route determined by the determining unit to the terminal device used by the user;
Calculating apparatus according to claim 8 or claim 9 and further comprising a. A calculation method executed by a computer,
In a facility having a plurality of floors and provided with a plurality of elevators, the floor on which the user is located, the scheduled movement information indicating the destination floor to which the user is moving, and the operation of each of the plurality of elevators An acquisition step of acquiring facility information about the facility including a rule;
Based on the travel schedule information and the facility information, a travel cost including a transport cost of the user that occurs when the user moves by each route that the user can take from the location floor to the destination floor is obtained. A calculation step of calculating based on the movement schedule information and the facility information;
The calculation method characterized by including. In a facility having a plurality of floors and provided with a plurality of elevators, the floor on which the user is located, the scheduled movement information indicating the destination floor to which the user is moving, and the operation of each of the plurality of elevators An acquisition procedure for acquiring facility information about the facility including a rule;
Based on the travel schedule information and the facility information, a travel cost including a transport cost of the user that occurs when the user moves by each route that the user can take from the location floor to the destination floor is obtained. A calculation procedure for calculating based on the movement schedule information and the facility information;
A calculation program for causing a computer to execute. A calculation method executed by a computer,
In a facility having a plurality of floors and provided with a plurality of elevators, the floor on which the user is located, the scheduled movement information indicating the destination floor to which the user is moving, and the operation of each of the plurality of elevators An acquisition step of acquiring facility information about the facility including a rule and a waiting number of the plurality of elevators on each floor of the facility;
Based on the movement schedule information and the facility information, the movement schedule, which is a cost that occurs when the user moves by each route that the user can take from the location floor to the destination floor, A calculation step of calculating based on the information and the facility information;
The calculation method characterized by including. In a facility having a plurality of floors and provided with a plurality of elevators, the floor on which the user is located, the scheduled movement information indicating the destination floor to which the user is moving, and the operation of each of the plurality of elevators An acquisition procedure for acquiring the facility information about the facility including the rule and the waiting number of the elevators on each floor of the facility;
Based on the movement schedule information and the facility information, the movement schedule, which is a cost that occurs when the user moves by each route that the user can take from the location floor to the destination floor, A calculation procedure for calculating based on the information and the facility information;
A calculation program for causing a computer to execute.

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