JP6735945B1 - Group management control device, dispatch control method, and elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: Conventionally, after receiving an input of a call including information on a group scale, assigning a number selected from all elevator units based on the group size to the call. It took time. SOLUTION: The group management control device 3 is a value obtained by subtracting the assigned number of persons, which is the number assigned to the number, from the number of persons assigned to each number or the allowable number of persons set based on the number of persons for each number. A passenger number calculating unit 33a for calculating the remaining allowable number, a remaining candidate number button 12a, and a passenger candidate number allocating unit 33b for allocating the number of remaining allowable numbers greater than or equal to the number indicated by the remaining allowable number button 12a as a passenger candidate number, When the remaining allowable number button 12a is selected, one of the boarding candidate units assigned to the selected remaining allowable number button 12a is determined as the boarding unit, and the boarding unit allocation unit 34a that allocates the boarding unit, Equipped with. [Selection diagram]

Description

The present invention relates to a group management control device, a vehicle allocation control method, and an elevator.

As a building grows in size, the number of elevators installed in the building will increase. Therefore, the group management control device treats a plurality of machines as one group, and appropriately manages the plurality of machines as a group, thereby improving services such as reducing waiting time of users of the machines. There is. In the destination floor reservation type group management control device, the user registers the destination floor by using the call registration device installed at the landing hall or the entrance/exit of the registered floor, etc. It is possible to assign a number.

Then, the group management control device controls to display the machine code of the machine to which the call is assigned on the display unit included in the call registration device. The user confirms the machine code displayed on the display unit and waits for the arrival of the machine in front of the hall door specified by the machine code. As a result, the user can get on the car that arrived at the registered floor, move to the registered destination floor, and then get off from the car.

Japanese Patent Publication No. 2007-518652

Since the group management control device using the technology disclosed in Patent Document 1 performs allocation based on the number of people in a group, after receiving a call input including information on the group size, all the elevator elevators based on the group size are received. I assigned the number selected from the inside to the call, and it took time from the input of the call to the assignment of the number.

The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and an object of the present invention is to provide a group management control device in which the time required from input of a call to assignment of a car is shortened.

A group management control device according to the present invention controls group management of a plurality of machines. This group management control device, for each machine, the number of people in the machine, or the allowable number of people set based on the number of people, from the allowable number of people that is the number of people assigned to the machine The number of passengers calculation unit and the remaining allowable number of passengers button that indicates the remaining allowable number of passengers When the button is selected, one of the boarding candidate machines assigned to the selected remaining allowable passenger number button is determined as the boarding machine, and the boarding machine allocation unit allocates the boarding machine.

According to the present invention, it is possible to shorten the time from receiving a call input from a user to assigning a boarding machine.
Problems, configurations, and effects other than those described above will be clarified by the following description of the embodiments.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of an elevator according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the display screen of the call registration apparatus which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram which shows the internal structural example of the group management control apparatus and call registration apparatus which concern on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the number-of-people storage part which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 4A shows how the content of the number-of-people storage unit 35 changes, and FIG. 4B shows a modification of the number-of-people storage unit 35. It is a block diagram showing an example of hardware constitutions of a computer concerning a 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is a flow chart which shows an example of processing which allocates a boarding candidate number machine to a remaining allowance number button concerning a 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the process which allocates the boarding machine to the call which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram which shows the internal structural example of the group management control apparatus and call registration apparatus which concern on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the display screen of the call registration apparatus which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flow chart which shows an example of processing which allocates a boarding candidate number machine to a remaining allowance number button concerning a 2nd embodiment of the present invention, and displays a remaining allowance number button. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the process which allocates the boarding machine to the registered call which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram which shows the example of an internal structure of the group management control apparatus and call registration apparatus which concern on the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the process performed with the call registration apparatus which concerns on the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the display screen of the call registration apparatus which concerns on the 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example at the time of inputting in order of the destination floor registration button and the remaining allowance number button which concern on the 5th Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the other structural example of the call registration apparatus which concerns on each embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, modes for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In this specification and the drawings, components having substantially the same function or configuration are designated by the same reference numerals, and a duplicate description will be omitted.

[First Embodiment]
<Overall structure of elevator>
FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of the elevator 1. The elevator 1 is an example of an elevator system installed in a building (not shown) and capable of group management control of a plurality of units 50.

The elevator 1 installed in the building includes, for example, an elevator control device 2 installed in an elevator machine room (not shown) and three elevators installed in a hoistway (not shown) whose operation is managed by the elevator control device 2. No. 50 and. The operation of the number 50 is controlled for each number. In this embodiment, the machine codes “A”, “B”, and “C” for identifying the three machines 50 are assigned to each machine. In the present embodiment, the number of machine 50 is three, but the number of machine 50 may be plural.

Further, the elevator 1 includes a call registration device 10 installed on the registration floor of the service floor of the number 50. Through the call registration device 10, the user can register (or input) as a call the selection result and the destination floor of how many passengers the remaining allowable number of passengers wants to board in the car 50. In addition, a hall door 20, a destination direction lantern 21, and a hall camera 22 are provided for each hall at the hall on each floor where the hall 50 arrives. The call registration device 10 may be provided with a registration device camera 11 (an example of a user detection unit) capable of capturing an image of a user who registers a call and detecting the user.

The call registration device 10 includes a remaining allowable number selection unit 12 into which the user inputs selection information of a remaining allowable number button 12a (see FIG. 2 described later) and a destination floor registration unit 13 into which a destination floor is input. It is provided. The call registration device 10 calls the unit 50 when only the destination floor is input, or when the selection information of the remaining allowable number button 12a is input (the remaining allowable number is selected) and the destination floor is input. Is registered in the group management control device 3. Further, the call registration device 10 is provided with a boarding machine display unit 14 that displays the machine code of the boarding machine.

Inside the No. A machine 50, a destination floor display device 51 that displays the destination floor, a no. machine position display device 52 that displays the current position of the No. machine 50, the destination direction of the No. machine 50, etc., and the inside of the No. machine 50 can be photographed. The in-machine camera 53 is installed. A load sensor 54 for detecting the load of the user who gets inside the machine 50 is installed below the floor of the machine 50. In the No. B machine 50 and the No. C machine 50, a destination floor display device 51, a machine position display device 52, and a load sensor 54 are installed as in the A machine. Note that the in-machine camera 53 may not be provided in the machine 50.

The elevator control device 2 includes a group management control device 3 and three machine numbers 50 and the same number of machine control devices 40. The group management control device 3 performs group management control of the number 50 running on the hoistway. Therefore, the group management control device 3 selects one machine 50 that can be assigned to the call generated by the call registration device 10. Then, the group management control device 3 controls, through the machine control device 40, the raising and lowering of the machine 50, the display of the machine position display device 52, the display of the destination direction lantern 21, and the like.

The unit control device 40 controls the dispatch of the unit 50 assigned as the boarding unit for each unit according to the instruction of the group management control unit 3, and transmits the unit information to the unit information collection unit 32. The machine number information includes load information output from the load sensor 54 and indicating the load of the user. When the hall camera 22 is installed in the hall, the image of the hall camera 22 taken in front of the hall door 20 may be included in the machine number information.

The group management control device 3 includes a call information collection unit 31, a machine number information collection unit 32, a machine number allocation unit 33, a call allocation unit 34, and a number storage unit 35.

When the user registers a call through the call registration device 10, the call information collection unit 31 collects call information from the call registration device 10. The call information includes selection information of the remaining allowable number of people button 12a (see FIG. 2 described later) input to the call registration device 10, registered floor information, and destination floor information. The registration floor information is information indicating the registration floor of the call in which the call registration device 10 is installed. For example, it is found from the registration floor information that the registration floor is the lobby floor. The destination floor information is information indicating the destination floor registered by the user through the call registration device 10.

The call information collecting unit 31 collects call information when a call occurs. Then, the call information collection unit 31 outputs the selection information of the remaining allowable number of people button, the registered floor information, and the destination floor information included in the call information to the call allocation unit 34. Note that if the installation floor of the call registration device 10 is fixed and the group management control device 3 can determine the registration floor, the registration floor information does not have to be output from the call registration device 10 to the group management control device 3.

The machine number information collecting unit 32 collects machine number information transmitted from the machine number control device 40. The machine number information includes, for example, information on the operation status of the machine number 50, such as the position of the machine number 50, the destination direction, the number of users who board the machine 50, etc., transmitted from the machine number control device 40.

The unit allocation unit 33 calculates the remaining allowable number of each unit based on the number of allocated units of the unit 50, which is read from the number storage unit 35, and the number of each unit is 2 to 5 based on the remaining allowable number of each unit. A boarding candidate vehicle is assigned to the remaining allowable number of passengers button 12a. Since the value of the remaining allowable number may differ for each unit, the remaining allowable number button assigned to each unit may be different. Then, the processing of the machine number allocation unit 33 is completed before the user registers the call in the call registration device 10. The boarding candidate vehicles assigned to the remaining allowable passenger number buttons 12 a by the vehicle number assigning unit 33 are stored in the passenger number storage unit 35.

The call allocation unit 34 is registered by the call registration device 10 based on the call information collected by the call information collection unit 31 from the call registration device 10 and the machine information collected by the machine information collection unit 32 from the machine control device 40. The assigned call is assigned to the optimal machine number 50. The call assigned by the call assigning unit 34 is transmitted to the number control device 40 of the corresponding number. Then, the machine control device 40 causes the machine 50 to travel to the registered floor.

As shown in FIG. 4, which will be described later, the number-of-persons storage unit 35 is assigned to the assigned number of persons assigned to the number 50 before the call is registered by the call registration device 10, the remaining allowable number of persons, and the boarding candidate numbers. The remaining allowable number of people button 12a is stored for each machine. Here, as shown in FIG. 4, which will be described later, the remaining allowable number of passengers stored in the number-of-people storage unit 35 and the data table of the boarding candidate vehicles store the remaining allowable number of passengers for each vehicle, and the remaining allowable number of people buttons 12a It may be configured to store candidate vehicles. Although it is simplified in FIG. 4 described later, the data table stored in the number-of-persons storage unit 35 has a configuration for each boarding floor for each up-down direction, or a configuration for each boarding floor for each destination floor. Is remembered for each floor. After the user inputs the destination floor, a new call is generated in the call registration device 10, and after deciding the assigned number, the call assignment unit 34 updates various information stored in the number-of-persons storage unit 35. ..

Then, the call assigning unit 34 gets on board the user who has registered the call in the call registration device 10 based on the destination direction for each machine, the traveling position and the stop position of the machine 50, the allowable remaining number of people of the machine 50, and the like. Select the No. of cars from the boarding candidate cars and assign the call to the No. of cars. The number control device 40 controls the operation of the number 50 so that the number 50 of the boarding number to which the call is assigned travels to the registered floor.

<Screen configuration example of call registration device>
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a display screen of the call registration device 10. In FIG. 2, the description of the registration device camera 11 is omitted. Note that the upper side of FIG. 2 is a diagram shown for explaining the allocation status of each machine 50, and is not displayed on the display screen of the call registration device 10.

The call registration device 10 includes, in addition to the registration device camera 11 shown in FIG. 1, a remaining allowable number selection unit 12 and a destination floor registration unit 13. On the upper side of FIG. 2, the allocation status of the users to the machines 50 of the machines A to C is shown. The number of passengers of the machines 50 of the machines A to C is 5 in each case. In FIG. 2, the users to which the boarding machine has been assigned are shown in black. From FIG. 2, it can be seen that two users are assigned to the machine A, three users are assigned to the machine B, and four users are assigned to the machine C. Therefore, the remaining allowable number of the machine A is three, the remaining allowable number of the machine B is two, and the remaining allowable number of the machine C is one. Here, the allowable number of people is set as the capacity of the machine, but may be set as a value obtained by multiplying the capacity by the first set value, such as about 80% of the capacity. Even if a user who exceeds the allowable number of passengers gets on the car, if the weight inside the car is within a specified value, it is possible to drive the user on the car.

Here, for comparison, the case of using the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 will be described. After the user presses a group key to instruct to start registration in a group, the number of people included in the group ( The destination floor will be registered after registering the "group size"). Since the number of group members is registered by pressing the group scale definition key and then one or two numeric keys, it takes time for the user to complete the registration of the group number. Further, in the case of using the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, it is necessary to register as a one-digit number after determining that the second number key has not been pressed even if the number is a one-digit number. , It took a long time to complete the registration of the group number.

On the other hand, in the call registration device 10 according to the present embodiment, as shown in the middle of FIG. 2, the remaining allowable number selection unit 12 and the destination floor registration unit 13 are allowed to remain on the touch panel display provided in the call registration device 10. It is displayed as the number of people button 12a and the destination floor registration button 13a.

Therefore, the user can input the selection information of the remaining allowable passenger number button and the destination floor by selecting the remaining allowable passenger number button 12a to which the boarding candidate number is assigned and the destination floor registration button 13a. It is possible to shorten the time taken to complete the selection of the remaining number of passengers of the number of the passenger to board and the entry of the destination floor. The destination floor registration button 13a may be displayed by a ten-key pad, and the destination floor may be entered by a combination of the ten-key inputs. Here, to the call registration device 10 according to the present embodiment, the selection information of the remaining allowable number of people button and the destination floor when the remaining allowable number of people button 12a and the destination floor registration button 13a are sequentially input are input.

The remaining allowable number of persons selection unit 12 is input with the selection information of the remaining allowable number of persons button 12a for each number of persons. The selection information includes information such as which remaining allowable number button 12a has been selected. Since the number 50, which is the remaining allowable number greater than or equal to the number indicated by the remaining allowable number, is assigned as the boarding candidate number to the remaining allowable number button 12a, the user selects the remaining allowable number button 12a (for the user). Only by a third party (including selection by guides and guards at the front desk), one of the boarding candidate vehicles is designated (determined) as the boarding vehicle. Further, the remaining allowable number selection unit 12 displays the remaining allowable number buttons 12 a for each number of people on the call registration device 10. With this configuration, for example, the users in the group of a plurality of people select, through the remaining allowable number of people button 12a, how many or more passengers the remaining allowable number of passengers want to board.

In the present embodiment, the number of passengers of the machine 50 is 5 people. In this case, four remaining allowable number buttons 12 a of 2, 3, 4 and 5 are displayed on the call registration device 10. In the following description, the remaining allowable number button 12a indicated by the two-person icon in the drawing is also referred to as a "two-person button". Similarly, the remaining allowable number buttons 12a indicated by the icons of 3, 4, and 5 people are also referred to as “3 person button”, “4 person button”, and “5 person button”, respectively. For example, in the situation shown in the upper part of FIG. 2, the machine number allocation unit 33 allocates machine numbers A and B to the two-person button and allocates machine number A to the three-person button. However, none of the units is assigned to the four-person button and the five-person button.

Here, for comparison, a case of a group management control device using the technology disclosed in Patent Document 1 will be described. When a group of a large number of people cannot get over one machine, a plurality of machines are used. Groups will be assigned separately. In addition, even if there is a machine heading to the destination floor first, if there is no boarding space for the number of people in the group, that machine cannot be assigned. On the other hand, if you are a group, since you can get to know each other, you can narrow your personal space, you can board even in a smaller riding space than usual, and you may be able to get over with one machine or you can get on the starting machine, In such a case, the usability may decrease.

On the other hand, the user who uses the call registration device 10 according to the present embodiment to register a call determines how much passengers can get on the number of passengers (there is a boarding space) by using the remaining capacity button 12a. You can choose. Therefore, even in a group of three people, for example, when it is okay to board a machine having a passenger space for two passengers, selecting the two-person button causes a vehicle having a passenger space for two passengers. Can also be selected. Therefore, the degree of freedom of the user's selection can be increased, and the usability can be improved. Note that the user does not have to select the remaining allowable number button 12a when the user alone or desires to get on the No. 50 whose remaining allowable number is one.

The destination floor registration unit 13 registers the destination floor through the destination floor registration button 13a provided corresponding to the destination floor. For example, a user who desires any floor from the first floor (lobby floor) to the ninth floor (top floor) as a destination floor registers the destination floor through the destination floor registration unit 13. The selection information also includes information such as which destination floor registration button 13a has been selected. The destination floor registration unit 13 displays the destination floor registration button 13a corresponding to each floor of the building where the elevator is installed on the call registration device 10.

Here, the user who desires to get on the number 50 with the remaining allowable number of people of more than one, selects any one of the remaining allowable number buttons 12a displayed in the remaining allowable number selection section 12 and then registers the destination floor. One of the destination floor registration buttons 13a of the section 13 is selected. A user who desires to get on the machine 50 having only one remaining allowable number does not have to select the remaining allowable number selecting section 12 and only has to select the destination floor registration button 13a.

As shown in the lower side of FIG. 2, in the call registration device 10, the boarding machine display unit 14 displays the machine code of the boarding machine in place of the remaining allowable passenger number selection unit 12 and the destination floor registration unit 13. At this time, the boarding machine display unit 14 outputs and displays the machine code of the boarding machine to which the call is allocated by the call allocation unit 34 in the boarding machine display area 14a.

<Internal configuration example of group management control device and call registration device>
FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram illustrating an internal configuration example of the group management control device 3 and the call registration device 10.

The number allocation unit 33 included in the group management control device 3 includes a number-of-persons calculation unit 33a and a boarding candidate number allocation unit 33b.
The number-of-persons calculation unit 33a calculates the remaining allowable number of persons, which is a value obtained by subtracting the assigned number of persons who have been assigned to the number of units from the number of persons of the number of units or the number of permitted persons set based on the number of persons To do. The remaining allowable number of persons calculated by the number-of-persons calculating unit 33a is output to the boarding candidate number unit allocating unit 33b for each number. Further, the number-of-persons calculation unit 33 a writes, for each number machine, the allowable number of persons of the number machine and the remaining allowable number of persons calculated based on the assigned number of persons read from the number-of-persons storage unit 35 in the number of persons storage unit 35.

The boarding candidate number allocation unit 33b is provided in the call registration device 10 before the call is registered in the call registration device 10, and the remaining allowable number button 12a indicating the remaining allowable number is equal to or more than the number indicated by the remaining allowable number button 12a. Allocate the number of cars that is the remaining number of passengers as a candidate for boarding. Further, the boarding candidate vehicle number allocation unit 33b writes the remaining allowable number of people button 12a to which the boarding candidate vehicle number is allocated in the number-of-people storage unit 35.

The call allocation unit 34 included in the group management control device 3 includes a boarding machine allocation unit 34a and a boarding machine output instruction unit 34b.
The boarding machine allocation unit 34a stores the call information, which is information including the registered floor where the call registration device 10 is installed, the remaining capacity button 12a selected by the user, and the destination floor input to the call registration device 10. The input is received (collected) through the call information collecting unit 31. The call information includes information on the remaining allowable number of people button 12a and the destination floor registration button 13a selected by the user. Then, the boarding machine allocation unit 34a specifies the remaining allowable number of people button 12a selected by the user based on the call information collected from the call registration device 10 in which the call is registered. When the remaining allowable passenger number button 12a is selected, the boarding machine allocation unit 34a determines one of the boarding candidate cars assigned to the selected remaining allowable passengers button 12a as the boarding machine, A command is assigned to the car No. and a command for allocating the boarding car to the floor where the call is registered (also called "registered floor") is issued to the car control device 40 for controlling the allocation of the boarding car. Then, the boarding machine allocation unit 34a updates the allocated number of boarding machines with the second setting value associated with the remaining allowable number of people button 12a selected by the user. At this time, the boarding machine allocation unit 34a identifies the remaining allowable passenger number button 12a selected on the floor where the call is registered from the call information, and selects the call among the boarding candidate vehicles assigned to the specified remaining allowable passenger number button 12a. The assigned number of assigned passengers is read from the number storage section 35, and the assigned number of persons stored in the number storage section 35 is updated by adding the second set value to the read assigned number. Here, the second set value is either the number of people previously associated with the remaining allowable number of people button 12a or the number of people calculated by the boarding machine allocation unit 34a.

As described above, the boarding machine allocation unit 34a updates the allocated number of people by adding the second set value preliminarily linked to the remaining allowable number of people button 12a selected by the user. The second set value may be a fixed value or may be changed according to the traffic flow mode or time zone. The fixed value may be the value of the remaining allowable number of people indicated by the associated remaining allowable number of people button 12a, or the fixed allowable value of the remaining allowable number of people button 12a with 2 or 3 people is 3 people, The fixed value of the remaining capacity button 12a for 4 or 5 people may be a predetermined value such as 5 people. Further, when the hall camera 22 is installed, the boarding machine allocation unit 34a indicates that the user who has selected the remaining allowable number button 12a selects the boarding machine assigned to the user after the remaining allowable number button 12a is selected. The assigned number of people may be updated with the value calculated based on the number-of-users information obtained during the time until the door 20 is moved to the hall door in the hall as the second set value. In this case, the boarding machine allocation unit 34a analyzes the image captured by the hall camera 22 provided around the hall door 20 to capture the number of users.

When the destination floor registration button 13a is selected and the destination floor is input without inputting the remaining capacity button 12a, the boarding machine allocation unit 34a selects one of the machines with the remaining capacity of 1 or more. The boarding machine is determined and assigned to the user, and the number of passengers assigned the boarding machine is updated according to the third set value. The third set value may be one person, or the number of people calculated based on the number-of-users information analyzed by the boarding machine allocation unit 34a, or only when a specific button is input, the boarding machine allocation unit 34a. May be the number of people calculated based on the number-of-users information analyzed by. The hall camera 22 is only one example, and various sensors such as a millimeter wave sensor may be used. In this case, for example, the boarding machine allocation unit 34a can also obtain information on the number of users by analyzing information obtained from a sensor provided in a hall (for example, around the hall door 20).

Further, the boarding machine allocation unit 34a instructs the machine control device 40 to place the boarding machine on the floor where the call specified by the call is registered. The machine number control device 40 instructed by the boarding machine allocation unit 34a causes the machine 50 to travel to the floor on which the call is registered, and when the user gets on the machine 50, the machine 50 travels to the registered destination floor.

Various methods can be considered for the process in which the boarding machine allocation unit 34a selects the boarding machine from the boarding candidate machines. For example, if the destination floor registered by another user before the user registers the call is the same as the destination floor registered by the user this time, the boarding machine allocation unit 34a determines that the other user Priority is given to the same number as the boarding number assigned to. However, if the destination floor registered by another user is different from the destination floor registered by the user this time, the waiting time until the machine 50 is dispatched to the registered floor this time, another registered floor or The boarding machine allocation unit 34a selects the boarding machine in consideration of the stop time of the machine 50 that stops at the destination floor. Further, the boarding machine allocation unit 34a may select a boarding machine in consideration of the number of stops, one round time, boarding time, service completion time, etc., depending on the traffic flow mode and time zone.

The boarding machine allocation unit 34a corrects the second set value currently allocated to the boarding machine based on the machine information collected by the machine information collection unit 32, or is currently boarding the machine 50. You may calculate the number of users. For example, the user may select an incorrect remaining capacity button. In this case, the boarding machine allocation unit 34a calculates the number of people in the group including the user who has registered the call based on the image captured by the hall camera 22, and the information of the remaining allowable number of people button registered in the call registration device 10. The second set value associated with may be corrected by the calculated number of people. When this correction is performed, the allocated number of people in the number-of-people storage unit 35 is updated to a value that matches the actual situation, and the elevator car can be provided to the next user based on the allocated number of people that matches the actual situation.

Further, the boarding machine allocation unit 34a divides the number of users boarding the machine 50 by the standard weight of the user's load detected by the load sensor 54, or when the in-machine camera 53 is installed. It is also possible to calculate by analyzing the image taken by the in-machine camera 53. Then, the boarding machine allocation unit 34a compares the allocated number of people stored in the number-of-people storage unit 35 with the number of users who have actually boarded, and the number of passengers in the machine 50 is excessive or insufficient. You can also monitor for any. The in-machine camera 53 is only one example, and various sensors such as a millimeter wave sensor may be used.

The boarding machine output instruction unit 34b instructs the call registration device 10 to output the machine code indicating the boarding machine assigned to the call by the boarding machine assignment unit 34a. Therefore, the boarding machine display unit 14 of the call registration device 10 displays the boarding machine to which the boarding machine allocation unit 34a allocates the call. For example, the boarding machine display unit 14 displays the machine code of the boarding machine (for example, “A” for the machine A). The user who has registered the call in the call registration device 10 can move in front of the boarding machine indicated by the machine code and wait for the arrival of the machine 50. Further, instead of the call registration device whose installation position is fixed, the number code of the boarding machine assigned to the call by the boarding machine allocation unit 34a may be displayed on a mobile terminal carried by the user.

When the boarding machine output instruction unit 34b determines that the boarding candidate allocation unit 34a does not have a boarding candidate vehicle assigned to the remaining allowable passenger number button 12a specified from the call information, the boarding machine is not assigned to the call. And the instruction to have the smaller number of people buttons selected again be output to the call registration device 10. In this case, the user waits in front of the call registration device 10 until the boarding candidate number is assigned to the remaining allowable passenger number button 12a to be selected, or selects the remaining allowable passenger number button 12a with a reduced number of people to re-register the call. To do.

<Structure example of the number-of-people storage unit>
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the number-of-people storage unit 35. FIG. 4A shows how the content of the number-of-people storage unit 35 changes, and FIG. 4B shows a modification of the number-of-people storage unit 35.
The number-of-persons storage unit 35 is a data table configured by fields of a machine number, a fixed number of persons, an assigned number of persons, a remaining allowable number of people, and an assigned remaining allowable number of people buttons.

"A", "B", and "C" are stored in the machine number field as three machine number codes.
The occupancy field stores the number of occupants of each machine 50. In the present embodiment, the number of passengers of the machine 50 is 5 in any machine. The allowable number of people may be stored in the capacity field.

The allocated number of people field stores the number of allocated users representing the number of other users who are already allocated to board the machine 50 before the user registers the call in the call registration device 10. The other users include those who have already boarded the machine 50 and those who have not boarded the machine 50 but are waiting for the arrival of the machine 50 at another registered floor. The allocated number of people is updated by the boarding machine allocation section 34a after the boarding machine allocation section 34a allocates the user to the boarding machine.

In the remaining allowable number field, the remaining allowable number calculated by the number calculation section 33a is stored. Usually, the total number of the assigned number of people and the remaining allowable number is equal to the occupancy number or a value obtained by multiplying the occupancy number by the first set value.
The assigned passenger number field stores the number of the passenger candidate vehicle assigned to the remaining allowable passenger number button 12a by the passenger candidate vehicle assignment unit 33b.

On the upper side of FIG. 4A, an example of the number-of-persons storage unit 35 before allocation of boarding machines is shown. Before the allocation of the boarding machine, it is assumed that the allocated number of the vehicle A is 2 and the remaining allowable number is 3, and the allocated number of the vehicle B is 3 and the remaining allowable number is 2. In this case, for example, a group of two people has a remaining allowable number button 12a (two-person button) in which the number A of remaining users is three and the number B of remaining users is two. ) Is selected. Here, it is assumed that the boarding machine allocation unit 34a allocates the user's call to the machine A. However, which of No. A or No. B is assigned to the call depends on the destination direction of the No. 50 of each No. 50, the current position of the No. 50, and the like. When the boarding machine allocation unit 34a allocates the boarding machine to the call, the allocated people field of the people storage unit 35 is updated.

On the lower side of FIG. 4A, an example of the number-of-persons storage unit 35 after allocation of the boarding machine is shown. The updated fields are shown shaded. It is shown that after the boarding machine was allocated, the allocated number of car A increased by 2 to 4 and the remaining allowable number decreased by 2 to 1. Therefore, when the next user registers the call from the call registration device 10 and selects the remaining allowable number of people button indicating that the remaining allowable number of people is three or more, since the boarding candidate number is not assigned, No boarding machine is assigned to the call. Since the user who gets on the machine 50 at the registration floor gets off at the destination floor, the assigned number of people stored in the number-of-people storage unit 35 also changes with time. Therefore, the call registration device 10 may display a message urging the user who desires to board the number of cars with the desired remaining number of passengers or more, to register the call again after a predetermined time has elapsed.

For the sake of explanation, the number-of-persons storage unit 35 shown in FIG. 4A stores a remaining allowable number of persons button 12a (“2” indicating a two-person button and “3” indicating a three-person button) allocated to each machine. And However, the number-of-people storage unit 35 may be configured to store the machine code of the boarding candidate vehicle allocated to each of the remaining allowable passenger number buttons 12a.

Here, a modified example of the number-of-people storage unit 35 will be described with reference to FIG. 4B.
The number-of-persons storage unit 35A according to the modification is provided with a remaining allowable number of passengers storage table 35a for each car and a boarding candidate vehicle storage table 35b for each remaining allowable number of people buttons.

The remaining allowance number storage table 35a is a table configured by fields of a machine and the remaining allowance number.
"A", "B", and "C" are stored in the machine number field as three machine number codes.
In the remaining allowable number of persons field, the remaining allowable number of persons for each machine calculated by the number-of-persons calculation unit 33a is stored.
The remaining allowable number storage table 35a indicates that the remaining allowable number of the car A is three, the remaining allowable number of the car B is two, and the remaining allowable number of the car C is one.

The boarding candidate vehicle storage table 35b is a table configured by the remaining allowable number of people buttons and each field of the boarding candidate vehicles.
The remaining allowable number of people button field stores the remaining allowable number of people (here, 2 to 4) associated with the remaining allowable number of people button 12a.
In the boarding candidate vehicle field, a mark (for example, “◯”) representing the boarding candidate vehicle assigned to each of the remaining allowable number buttons 12a is stored. No mark is stored in the remaining allowable number of people button 12a to which the boarding candidate number is not assigned.

Even with such a configuration of the number-of-people storage unit 35A, the number information collection unit 32, the number calculation unit 33a, the boarding candidate number allocation unit 33b, and the boarding unit allocation unit 34a have a remaining allowable number storage table 35a and a boarding candidate number memory. By combining with the table 35b, it is possible to read or update the information about the remaining allowable number of passengers and the boarding candidate vehicles.

<Computer hardware configuration example>
Next, a hardware configuration example of the computer 60 that constitutes the group management control device 3 will be described.
FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration example of the computer 60. The computer 60 is an example of hardware used as a computer that can operate as the group management control device 3.

The computer 60 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 61, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 62, and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 63 each connected to a bus 64. Furthermore, the computer 60 includes a non-volatile storage 65 and a network interface 66.

The CPU 61 reads the program code of software that realizes each function according to the present embodiment from the ROM 62, loads it into the RAM 63, and executes it. Variables and parameters generated during the arithmetic processing of the CPU 61 are temporarily written in the RAM 63, and the CPU 61 appropriately reads these variables and parameters. However, an arithmetic unit such as an MPU (Micro Processing Unit) may be used instead of the CPU 61. Each function of the call information collection unit 31, the machine number information collection unit 32, the machine number allocation unit 33, and the call allocation unit 34 illustrated in FIG. 1 is realized by the CPU 61.

As the non-volatile storage 65, for example, a HDD (Hard Disk Drive), SSD (Solid State Drive), flexible disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM, CD-R, magnetic tape, or non-volatile memory is used. To be In this non-volatile storage 65, a program for operating the computer 60 is recorded in addition to the OS (Operating System) and various parameters. The ROM 62 and the non-volatile storage 65 store programs and data necessary for the CPU 61 to operate, and serve as an example of a computer-readable non-transitory storage medium that stores programs executed by the computer 60. Used. The number-of-people storage unit 35 shown in FIG. 1 is configured in the non-volatile storage 65.

A NIC (Network Interface Card) or the like is used for the network interface 66, and various data can be transmitted and received between devices via a LAN (Local Area Network) connected to a terminal of the NIC, a dedicated line, or the like. It is possible. For example, the call information collection unit 31 and the machine number information collection unit 32 collect each information via the network interface 66.

<Example of processing of group management control device>
Next, an example of processing (vehicle allocation control method) executed by the group management control device 3 will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of a process of allocating the boarding candidate vehicles to the remaining allowable passengers button 12a. This process is mainly performed by each unit of the machine number allocation unit 33.

First, the number-of-persons calculation unit 33a refers to the number-of-persons storage unit 35, and calculates the remaining allowable number of persons based on the number of passengers of each machine and the assigned number of persons (S1). For example, as shown in the upper part of FIG. 4A, in the number-of-persons calculation unit 33a, the remaining allowable number of the machine A is three, the remaining allowable number of the machine B is two, and the remaining allowable number of the machine C is one. Calculated as a person. The number-of-people storage unit 35 is updated to the latest usage status at all times or when the boarding/alighting information is updated by the boarding/alighting information output from the machine number information collecting unit 32.

Next, the boarding candidate vehicle allocation unit 33b allocates the boarding candidate vehicles for each remaining allowable number button 12a in accordance with the remaining allowable number calculated in step S1 (S2). For example, the boarding candidate number machine allocating unit 33b assigns the number A and number B to the two-person button and the number A to the three-person button of the remaining allowable number of persons button 12a. There is no number assigned to the 4-person and 5-person buttons. Then, the boarding candidate vehicle allocation unit 33b writes the boarding candidate vehicles allocated to the remaining allowable passenger number buttons 12a in the passenger number storage unit 35.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of processing for assigning a boarding machine to a call. This process is mainly performed by each unit of the call assigning unit 34.

First, for example, a user who desires to get on the No. 50 in a group selects the remaining allowable number button 12a in order to select a No. having a boarding space that the number of people in the group thinks can be taken (S11). In the first embodiment, all the remaining allowable number buttons 12a are displayed on the call registration device 10, but the remaining allowable number buttons 12a to which the boarding candidate vehicles are assigned are the two-person button or the three-person button. It is either. If the user wants to get on the car with the remaining allowable number of people being one, the remaining allowable number button is not selected and the process of step S11 is skipped.

Next, the user selects the destination floor registration button 13a according to the desired destination floor (S12). Then, the call information corresponding to each selected button is collected by the call information collecting unit 31.

The boarding machine allocation unit 34a determines whether or not there is a boarding candidate machine assigned to the remaining allowable passenger number button 12a selected by the user (S13). At this time, the boarding machine allocation unit 34a specifies the remaining allowable number of people button 12a selected based on the call information collected by the call information collection unit 31. Then, the boarding machine allocation unit 34a reads out the boarding candidate cars assigned to the specified remaining allowable passengers button 12a from the passenger storage unit 35.

When there is a boarding candidate machine (YES in S13), the boarding machine allocation unit 34a selects the boarding machine from the boarding candidate machines read from the number-of-people storage unit 35 (S14).

Then, the boarding machine output instruction unit 34b gives an instruction to display the selected boarding machine on the boarding machine display unit 14. Therefore, the boarding machine display unit 14 of the call registration device 10 displays the boarding machine code of the boarding machine (S15).

Further, the boarding machine allocation unit 34a adds the second set value corresponding to the remaining allowable number of people button 12a selected by the user to the allocated number of boarding machines stored in the people number storage unit 35 (S16). At this time, the boarding machine allocation unit 34a reduces the remaining allowable number of boarding machines stored in the number-of-people storage unit 35, and ends this processing.

The reason why the value to be added to the allocated number of people in step S16 is the second set value corresponding to the remaining allowable number of people button 12a selected by the user is as follows. Normally, the assigned number of people may be added as it is to a number close to the remaining allowable number indicated by the selected remaining allowable number button depending on the remaining allowable number button 12a selected by the user. However, it is highly possible that it is an erroneous operation to select the five-person button during a time when there are few users, such as in the early morning or late at night. If one user selects the five-person button many times, a plurality of elevators will be allocated for one user, and the waiting time for other users will increase. On the other hand, if the value to be added to the allocated number of people is the second set value, no matter which remaining allowable number of people button 12a is selected depending on the time of day, the allocated number of people is about 1 or 2 people. It is possible to control to add a small number of people. In this way, for example, the boarding machine allocation unit 34a adds the second set value of the number of people according to the time zone registered in the call registration device 10 to the allocated number of people, so that the numbering machine 50 allocates accurately. You can
Also, if a specific user intentionally selects a large number of buttons during work hours, lunch time, work time, etc., the waiting time for other users will increase dramatically, so congestion will occur. In the time zone, an upper limit of the second set value may be set so that a value equal to or less than a certain value is added to the assigned number of people.

On the other hand, when there is no boarding candidate machine in step S13 (NO in S13), the boarding machine allocation unit 34a does not allocate the boarding machine to the call. For example, even if the user selects the 4-person button, there is no boarding candidate vehicle. Therefore, the boarding machine output instruction unit 34b causes the boarding machine display unit 14 to display a message indicating that the boarding machine has not been assigned (S17), and ends this processing. At this time, the boarding machine display unit 14 may display a message prompting the user to re-register with a small remaining number of people allowed. Then, this process ends.

In the elevator 1 according to the first embodiment described above, the call registration device 10 displays all the remaining allowable number buttons 12a provided for each number of remaining allowable numbers. The group management control device 3 previously allocates to the remaining allowable number button 12a the boarding candidate vehicles whose remaining allowable number is equal to or larger than the remaining allowable number indicated by the remaining allowable number button 12a. Therefore, when the user selects the remaining allowable passenger number button 12a and then selects the destination floor registration button 13a, the boarding machine allocation unit 34a causes the boarding candidate allocation unit 34a to select one of the candidate boarding vehicles assigned to the remaining allowable passenger number button 12a selected by the user. Immediately assign the boarding machine from. In this way, since the boarding candidate units are pre-assigned to the remaining allowable number buttons provided for each number of users, the user can select the number of the riding space where the passengers are allowed to board, and the group management control device 3 It is possible to assign a boarding machine with the selected boarding space.

Here, for comparison, a case of a group management control device using the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 will be described. In the technology disclosed in Patent Document 1, after the number of groups and the destination floor are registered, a process is performed to search for a boarding machine that can be boarded in the group and further to find a boarding car that can be dispatched to the registered floor. For this reason, the number of units to which the number of groups registered by the user pressing the group scale definition key is not assigned may be found after the user registers the destination floor. In this case, it is considered that the user will be instructed to reduce the number of groups and re-register. However, Patent Document 1 shows how many groups should be assigned a boarding machine. I didn't. Further, since the number of users who board the machine changes every moment, the group management control device using the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 can board after the group number and the destination floor are registered. While I was looking for a car, I couldn't find a car that I could board, and it took a long time to assign the car to the call. As described above, the group management control device using the technology disclosed in Patent Document 1 performs allocation based on the group size, and therefore calculates the number of cars that can be boarded after registering the group size. It took a lot of time, and the usage time of the destination floor registration device per group increased, and the usage efficiency and operation efficiency decreased. In addition, after the number of groups and the destination floor are registered, in the process of searching for a boardable machine in a group, a time lag is likely to occur until the user is shown a boardable machine. Therefore, in an environment where a large number of users wait for registration at the time of congestion, etc., it was not possible to smoothly guide the users.

On the other hand, in the present embodiment, before the user registers the call in the call registration device 10, the boarding candidate vehicles are assigned to the remaining allowable passenger number button 12a. For this reason, the boarding machine allocation unit 34a can allocate the boarding machines only by selecting the boarding candidate machines allocated to the remaining allowable number of people button 12a selected by the user. Therefore, when the call is registered in the call registration device 10, the boarding machine is immediately selected from the boarding candidate machines and the machine 50 is dispatched to the registration floor. As a result, the waiting time until the boarding machine is assigned to the call is reduced, and the convenience for the user is improved. Further, since the time from the registration of the call until the boarding machine display unit 14 displays the boarding machine code of the boarding machine is reduced, the user can be smoothly guided. Although not shown in this configuration, when there is one or no boarding candidate vehicle, the call registration device 10 may immediately display the boarding vehicle or the fact that there is no boarding vehicle after the call registration.

In addition, the remaining allowable number of people button 12a is provided for each remaining allowable number of people. Therefore, for example, a user who wants to get on the No. 50 in a group confirms the remaining allowable number of passengers in the group, and if he/she is in a hurry, selects the remaining allowable number button 12a which is a little smaller than the number of groups. If the passenger wants to move in a comfortable boarding space, he or she may press the remaining allowable number button 12a selected according to the purpose, such as selecting the remaining allowable number button 12a which is slightly larger than the group number. In addition, it is better to select the allowable number of passengers button that the number of passengers in a hurry is a little smaller than the group number because the more the desired remaining number of passengers is desired, the smaller the number of candidates for boarding candidate vehicles, so arrive first. This is because there is a high possibility that the number of units will not be assigned to customers, and there is a high possibility that the waiting time will become long.

Further, since the remaining allowable number button 12a is provided for each remaining allowable number, the user does not have to press the group key as in the conventional case and then press the group scale definition key for the accurate number of users. Good. In addition, in the case of a conventional system that allows the number of people to be input by diverting the buttons on the numeric keypad for registration of the destination floor, the numeric keypad is a function for registering the destination floor and the existing concept allows the number of users to remain. There is a concern that it is difficult to intuitively understand how to enter the remaining number of passengers when selecting how many people want to board a car. However, as shown in the present embodiment, since there is the remaining allowable number button 12a in addition to the destination floor registration button 13a, the user can intuitively select the number of remaining allowable number of passengers that he/she wants to board. Can be done Further, it is possible to shorten the operation time when selecting the number of people in a single digit.

The boarding machine allocation unit 34a allocates the call to one of the boarding candidate machines whose remaining allowable number is equal to or larger than the number of users who have registered the call, and sets the boarding candidate machine to which the call is allocated as the boarding machine. Therefore, a boarding machine having a boarding space for the remaining allowable number specified by the remaining allowable number button 12a selected by the user is assigned to the call. That is, depending on the situation of each user, such as the number of users with long waiting time but plenty of boarding space, or the number of waiting time with less room in boarding space Since it can be selected, the usability for the user is improved.

In addition, for example, when the number of users who want to use in a group is larger than the number of remaining allowance buttons 12a, the user can appropriately register the number of groups. For example, if you are in a hurry, you can move to multiple groups. For this reason, the user has a high degree of freedom in selection when registering the number of groups.

Further, a single user can register a call by selecting the destination floor registration button 13a without selecting the remaining capacity button 12a. For this reason, a single user can register the destination floor without extra effort, and the convenience of the single user is improved.

In addition, in the first embodiment, since the remaining allowable number buttons 12a are all displayed, the remaining allowable number button 12a on the call registration device 10 is different from the actual button ( Keypad, etc.). The destination floor registration button 13a may also be provided as an actual button. If the number of units installed in the building is small, the boarding unit display unit 14 may be provided, for example, as a lamp for turning on the unit code of the unit assigned as the boarding unit.

Further, the number of passengers of the machine 50 is, for example, 20, and even when the remaining allowable number button 12a can select the remaining allowable number of 20 people, the remaining allowable number is almost the same as the maximum number of people at the time of congestion. When selected, users other than the selected user will not be able to board the machine 50 forever. Therefore, in the case of congestion or the like, the remaining allowable number of people selectable by the remaining allowable number button 12a may be reduced. As a result, even other users can get on the machine 50. In other words, the elevator side monitors the overall usage status for the next user and determines the remaining allowable number of people that can be selected, so that the elevator side can move comfortably and smoothly according to the usage status of the entire building. You can adjust the balance of various movements.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, an elevator according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the elevator according to the first embodiment, the call registration device 10 displays all the remaining allowable number buttons 12a. In the elevator according to the second embodiment, the display content of the remaining allowable number of people button 12a displayed on the call registration device 10 changes.

<Internal configuration example of group management control device and call registration device>
FIG. 8 is a functional block diagram showing an internal configuration example of the group management control device 3A and the call registration device 10.

The number allocation unit 33A included in the group management control device 3A includes an input information output instructing unit 33c in addition to the number-of-persons calculation unit 33a and the boarding candidate number allocation unit 33b according to the first embodiment.
The boarding candidate vehicle allocation unit 33b allocates a boarding candidate vehicle for each remaining allowable number of people button 12a.

The input information output instructing unit 33c instructs the remaining allowable number selection unit 12 to display only the remaining allowable number button 12a to which the boarding candidate vehicles are assigned. Therefore, the remaining allowable passenger number selection unit 12 displays only the remaining allowable passenger number button 12a to which the boarding candidate vehicle number is assigned according to the instruction from the input information output instruction unit 33c. Further, the input information output instructing unit 33c instructs the destination floor registration unit 13 to display the destination floor registration button 13a. The remaining allowable number of people button 12a and the destination floor registration button 13a are examples of registration information displayed on the touch panel display for the user to register as call information. The remaining allowable number selecting section 12 which receives the instruction from the input information output instructing section 33c displays the remaining allowable number button 12a, and the destination floor registering section 13 displays the destination floor registering button 13a. That is, the remaining allowable passenger number button 12a to which the boarding candidate vehicle number is not assigned is not displayed. In addition, after the destination floor registration button 13a is pressed, the remaining allowable number of people button 12a is displayed, and only the remaining allowable number of people button 12a to which the boarding candidate number is assigned according to the input destination floor can be input. Good. In this case, the boarding candidate vehicle allocation unit 33b allocates the boarding candidate vehicles to the remaining allowable passenger number buttons 12a for each combination of the boarding floor and the destination floor. Further, in the case of this configuration, since the remaining allowable number of people button 12a that the user wants to press may not be displayed, a cancel button that can cancel the input of the destination floor that was pressed first may be provided.

<Screen configuration example of call registration device>
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a display screen of the call registration device 10.

On the upper side of FIG. 9, the allocation status of the users to the machines 50 of the machines A to C described in FIG. 2 is shown. It should be noted that the upper side of FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining the allocation status of each machine 50, and is not displayed on the display screen of the call registration device 10.
On the inner side of FIG. 9, a display example of the call registration device 10 similar to that of FIG. 2 is shown. However, in the present embodiment, the four-person button and the five-person button to which the boarding candidate vehicle is not assigned are grayed out or hidden so that the user cannot select them. Therefore, the user can select the remaining allowable number of people button 12a in accordance with the number of groups and the purpose from the two-person button and the three-person button displayed selectably. For example, since the four-person button and the five-person button are not displayed, all elevators in the group management group are being used, and in the case of a three-person group, if the group is in a hurry, the number of people in the group is less than three. It is more likely that you will be able to board the elevator earlier if you select the smaller number of two-person buttons because the number of boarding candidate vehicles will increase.
On the lower side of FIG. 9, a display example in which the boarding machine display unit 14 displays the machine code of the boarding machine assigned to the call is shown.

<Example of processing of group management control device>
Next, an example of processing of the group management control device 3A will be described with reference to FIGS. 10 and 11.
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of a process of allocating a boarding candidate number to the remaining allowable number button 12a and displaying the remaining allowable number button 12a.

Since steps S21 and S22 in FIG. 10 are the same as steps S1 and S2 shown in FIG. 6, description thereof will be omitted. However, during step S22 to step S23, the boarding candidate number allocating unit 33b writes the boarding candidate number allocated to the remaining allowable number of people button 12a in the number of people storing section 35, and further inputs the boarding candidate number in the input information output instructing section 33c. The allocated remaining allowable number button 12a is notified.

After step S22, the input information output instructing unit 33c calls the registration device according to the notification of the boarding candidate number allocation unit 33b to display the remaining allowable number button 12a to which the candidate riding number is allocated on the remaining allowable number selecting unit 12. Output to 10. Receiving the instruction, the remaining allowable number selecting section 12 displays only the remaining allowable number button 12a to which the boarding candidate vehicles are allocated (S23), and the present process is terminated. The destination floor registration unit 13 displays the destination floor registration button 13a regardless of this processing.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an example of a process of assigning a boarding machine to a registered call.

Since steps S31 and S32 of FIG. 11 are the same as steps S11 and S12 shown in FIG. 7, detailed description thereof will be omitted.
After step S32, the boarding machine allocation unit 34a selects the boarding machine from the boarding candidate machines assigned to the remaining allowable passenger number button 12a selected by the user (S33). In the processing according to the first embodiment, the user selects any remaining allowable number of people button 12a from all the remaining allowable number of people buttons 12a, so the remaining allowable number of people button 12a to which the boarding candidate vehicle is not assigned is selected. Sometimes. Therefore, as shown in step S13 of FIG. 7, the boarding machine allocation unit 34a needs to determine whether or not there is a boarding candidate car assigned to the remaining allowable passenger number button 12a selected by the user. On the other hand, in the second embodiment, only the remaining allowable number of people button 12a to which the boarding candidate number is assigned is displayed, and therefore the process of determining whether or not there is the riding candidate number is unnecessary.

After step S33, the boarding machine output instruction unit 34b causes the boarding machine display unit 14 of the call registration device 10 to display the machine code of the boarding machine (S34). In addition, the boarding machine allocation unit 34a adds the second set value, which is the number of people corresponding to the remaining allowable number of people button 12a selected by the user, to the allocated number of boarding machines stored in the people number storage unit 35 ( S35).

In the elevator 1 according to the second embodiment described above, only the remaining allowable number of people button 12a to which the boarding candidate vehicles are assigned is displayed on the call registration device 10. That is, the number of the remaining allowable number buttons 12a displayed on the call registration device 10 changes according to the remaining allowable number of each machine. Therefore, the user can easily determine how many remaining allowable number of people can receive the allocation of the number machine (vehicle dispatch service) by using the displayed remaining allowable number button 12a. As a result, it is possible to save the trouble of selecting the number of people button many times until the elevators that can be boarded are displayed, and the usability for the user is improved.

Further, if the number of users close to the number of people has been assigned to all the machines, all the remaining allowable number buttons 12a are hidden and cannot be selected. Even in this case, the destination floor registration button 13a is displayed if one or more users can get on any of the units, so that each user can register the destination floor one by one. it can. However, if the same number of users as the number of passengers has been assigned to all the units, the destination floor registration button 13a is also hidden or grayed out. In this case, the call registration device 10 displays a message prompting to wait for registration for a while. After the waiting, when the call can be assigned to the car, the remaining allowable number of people button 12a and the destination floor registration button 13a are again displayed in a selectable manner. However, if the caller other than the end floor can be assigned depending on the destination direction, the call registration device 10 may display the destination floor registration button 13a to indicate that only the directions that cannot be assigned cannot be registered.

[Third Embodiment]
Next, an elevator according to the third embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the elevator 1 according to the second embodiment, the call registration device 10 only displays the remaining allowable passenger number button 12a to which the boarding candidate vehicles are assigned. In the elevator 1 according to the third embodiment, among the remaining allowable number buttons 12a to which the boarding candidate vehicles are assigned, the remaining allowable number button 12a corresponding to the group size is displayed on the call registration device 10.

<Internal configuration example of group management control device and call registration device>
FIG. 12 is a functional block diagram illustrating an internal configuration example of the group management control device 3A and the call registration device 10A.

The elevator 1 according to the third embodiment includes a call registration device 10A.
The call registration device 10A includes a group scale detection unit 15 and a button output instruction unit 16 in addition to the registration device camera 11, the remaining allowable number selection unit 12, the destination floor registration unit 13, and the boarding machine display unit 14 described above.

The registration device camera 11 shoots a user who registers a call in the call registration device 10. When the registration device camera 11 detects the user, the registration device camera 11 outputs the captured image as the detection information of the user to the group size detection unit 15.

The group size detection unit 15 detects the group size of the group to which the user belongs based on the detection information of the user. The group size detection is performed by the group size detection unit 15 by analyzing the image captured by the registration device camera 11. The group size is the number of people that allows an error of about one with respect to the number of people in the group. For example, when the number of people in the group is 3, the group size may take a value having a range of about 2 to 3 people. The image captured by the registration device camera 11 may be transmitted to the call information collection unit 31 in parallel with the processing output to the group size detection unit 15. Here, the camera may use various sensors such as a millimeter wave sensor.

When the group size detecting unit 15 detects the group size, for example, the behavior patterns of a plurality of users in front of the call registration device 10, the distances between the users, and the faces when the users are talking to each other. Direction, user's ID card, user identification information read from a mobile terminal, etc. are used.

The button output instructing unit 16 is based on the group size detected by the group size detecting unit 15 among the remaining allowable number buttons 12a for which the input information output instructing unit 33c of the machine number allocating unit 33A has instructed the remaining allowable number selecting unit 12 to display. Then, the remaining allowable number of persons button 12a to be displayed on the call registration device 10 is selected, and the remaining allowable number of persons selection unit 12 is instructed to display the selected remaining allowable number of persons button 12a. The remaining allowable number selection unit 12 displays the remaining allowable number button 12a instructed by the button output instructing unit 16.

While one person in the group is registering the call, other users in the group are often located away from the front of the call registration device 10. However, if all of the group are not in front of the call registration device 10, the group size detection unit 15 may not be able to determine the group size from the image taken by the registration device camera 11. Therefore, a group size detection process by the group size detection unit 15 and a process by which the boarding machine allocation unit 34a calculates the group size of the group including the user who registered the call based on the image captured by the hall camera 22. You may use together. Then, when the second set value associated with the remaining allowable number selection unit 12 registered by the call registration device 10 and the calculated group size are different, the boarding machine assignment unit 34a captures the image with the hall camera 22. The second set value added to the number of people after allocation may be corrected by the number of people of the group scale calculated from the image.

<Example of call registration device processing>
Next, an example of processing of the call registration device 10A will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing an example of processing performed by the call registration device 10A.

First, the group size detection unit 15 detects the group size of the group including the user from the image captured by the registration device camera 11 (S41). Next, the button output instructing section 16 gives an instruction to display only the remaining allowable number of persons button 12a corresponding to the detected group size on the remaining allowable number of persons selecting section 12. Then, the remaining allowable number selection section 12 displays only the remaining allowable number button 12a instructed by the button output instructing section 16 (S42).

Next, the remaining allowable number selection unit 12 transmits information including the remaining allowable number button 12a selected by the user to the group management control device 3 (S43), and ends this processing. In addition, in another embodiment, the call information including the remaining number of people button 12a selected by the user and the number of people button registered by the destination floor registration button 13a and the destination floor is transmitted to the group management control device 3. The process is similar to that of the call registration device 10.

In the elevator 1 according to the third embodiment described above, the group size of the group including the user is detected from the image captured by the registration device camera 11, and only the remaining allowable number button 12a corresponding to the group size is called and registered. It is displayed on the device 10A. For this reason, even if the number of users who are on board the machine 50 is small, a large number of remaining allowable number buttons 12a are not displayed. As a result, the user can easily select the remaining allowable number button 12a according to the number of groups.

The group size detection unit 15 detects the group size based on the image captured by the registration device camera 11. However, the group size detection unit 15 may detect the group size based on information detected by a sensor other than the registration device camera 11 (such as information detected by the load sensor 54 arranged on the floor).

Further, the call registration device 10A may include the group size detected by the group size detection unit 15 in the call information and transmit the call information to the group management control device 3A. In this case, the boarding machine allocation unit 34a may use the group size as the second set value after allocation in the process of step S35 of FIG. 11.

Further, the remaining allowable number selection unit 12 may include and display at least the remaining allowable number button 12a instructed by the button output instructing unit 16. The remaining allowance number selection unit 12 may display, for example, the remaining allowance number buttons 12a of about plus or minus two with respect to the remaining allowance number button 12a instructed by the button output instruction unit 16.

[Fourth Embodiment]
Next, an elevator according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the elevator 1 according to each of the above-described embodiments, the call registration device 10 displays the remaining allowable number of people button 12a and the destination floor registration button 13a. In the elevator 1 according to the fourth embodiment, additional information is further displayed on the call registration device 10.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a display screen of the call registration device 10.
The call registration device 10 includes an additional information display unit 17 in addition to the registration device camera 11, the remaining allowable passenger number selection unit 12, the destination floor registration unit 13, and the boarding machine display unit 14 included in the call registration devices 10 and 10A.

The additional information display unit 17 displays the status of the boarding candidate vehicles assigned to the remaining allowable number button 12a as additional information together with the remaining allowable number button 12a displayed by the remaining allowable number selection unit 12. At this time, the additional information display unit 17 displays the waiting time display icon 17a and the boarding candidate vehicle display icon 17b on the call registration device 10.

The waiting time display icon 17a represents, by a progress bar, the waiting time required for the number 50 to arrive at the registered floor for each of the remaining allowable number buttons 12a that can be selected by the user. If the progress bar is displayed short, it means that it takes a short time for the boarding candidate vehicle No. 50 assigned to the remaining allowable passenger number button 12a to arrive at the registered floor. In the example of FIG. 14, it can be seen that the boarding candidate machine assigned to the two-person button arrives at the registration floor earlier than the boarding candidate machine assigned to the three-person button. The waiting time itself may be displayed instead of the progress bar.

The boarding candidate machine display icon 17b displays the machine code of the boarding candidate machine assigned to the remaining allowable passenger number button 12a. In the example of FIG. 14, it can be seen that A and B machines are assigned to the two-person button as boarding candidate vehicles and A machine is assigned to the three-person button as boarding candidate vehicles.

In the elevator according to the fourth embodiment described above, since the additional information is displayed by the additional information display unit 17, the user selects the remaining allowable passenger number button 12a based on the waiting time and the boarding candidate vehicles. can do. Therefore, when the user wants to get on the No. 50 early, the user selects the remaining allowable number of passengers button 12a to which the short-waiting boarding candidate No. is assigned, and if it is okay to get on the No. 50 late, the long waiting It becomes possible to judge to select the remaining allowable number of people button 12a to which the candidate number machine is assigned. In addition, this display enables a user who intends to use the elevator in a group to judge whether or not to take the group in order to arrive at the destination floor earlier, and thus the degree of freedom of the user's selection can be increased. By this, if there are no more than the allowable number of passengers that the user desires to board, if the user divides the group and selects the remaining allowable number for each divided group, the user wants to board without dividing the group Compared to the case where the user waits for the remaining allowable number of units, the number of passengers in one unit will increase, so improvement in transport efficiency per unit can be expected.

[Fifth Embodiment]
Next, an elevator according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the elevator 1 according to each of the above-described embodiments, the call is registered by the user selecting the remaining capacity button 12a and the destination floor registration button 13a in this order. In the elevator 1 according to the fifth embodiment, the user registers the call by selecting the destination floor registration button 13a and the remaining allowable number of people button 12a in this order.

<If the registered floor where the call occurs is different>
In each of the above-described embodiments, only the specific registration floor is focused on and how the remaining allowable number button 12a displayed on the call registration device 10, 10A is selected. However, calls may be registered at different registration floors. When a user has already registered a call on a different registration floor, it is necessary to change the boarding candidate number assigned to the remaining allowable passenger number button 12a displayed on the call registration device 10 for each destination floor. Therefore, a situation where a call is registered at a different registration floor will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing how calls are registered on different floors. In FIG. 15, each floor from the first floor to the seventh floor is displayed. The floor where the humanoid icon is displayed in the figure represents the registered floor where the user registers the call, and the arrow extending from the humanoid icon to another floor represents the destination floor. One humanoid icon represents one user. In addition, the plurality of humanoid icons displayed on the first floor represent one group.

As shown in the explanatory diagram (1) on the left side of FIG. 15, one user on the 4th floor registers the 6th floor as the destination floor, and then 1 group on the 1st floor has 2 users at the 3rd floor. Consider the case of registering as a floor. In this case, the user who registers the call on the first floor and the user who registers the call on the fourth floor do not ride on the same machine 50. Therefore, at the time when the user registers the third floor as the destination floor on the first floor, in the number 50 assigned to one user boarding from the fourth floor, one user boarding from the fourth floor has already been allocated. There is no need to consider it as the number of people.

Next, as shown in the explanatory diagram (2) on the right side of FIG. 15, one user on the 4th floor inputs the 6th floor as the destination floor, and then 1 group on the 1st floor has 2 users. Consider the case where the floor is entered as the destination floor. In this case, if the same machine 50 is assigned to the user who registers the call on the first floor and the user who registers the call on the fourth floor, the passengers will be on the same floor between the fourth floor and the sixth floor. Therefore, at the time when the user registers the 7th floor as the destination floor on the 1st floor, one user who rides from the 4th floor has already been assigned to the number 50 assigned to one user who rides from the 4th floor It is necessary to consider it as the number of people.

Therefore, the number-of-persons calculation unit 33a in the present embodiment calculates, for each floor, the predicted value of the remaining allowable number of passengers until the boarding vehicle is dispatched to each floor, based on the call information already assigned to the railroad car. In addition, the boarding candidate numbering unit allocating unit 33b, among the predicted values that change from the registered floor to the vehicle allocation floor, for each combination of the registered floor where the call is registered and the vehicle allocation floor where the vehicle is allocated, Based on the minimum remaining allowable number of people, which is the minimum value, the remaining allowable number of people button 12a is assigned as a boarding candidate number, the number of vehicles that is the minimum remaining allowable number of people equal to or more than the number of people indicated by the remaining allowable number of people button 12a. Further, the boarding machine allocation unit 34a specifies the registered floor and the destination floor based on the call information, and is assigned to the selected remaining allowable number of people button 12a, the boarding candidate in the case of the specified combination of the registered floor and the destination floor. The boarding machine is assigned from among the machines.

For example, as in the example shown in FIG. 15, one user on the 4th floor is inputting the 6th floor as the destination floor, and therefore the number 50 assigned to the user on the 4th floor is 1 The minimum allowable number of people remaining from the first floor to the fourth floor is 5, and if the first floor is the registered floor and the second to fourth floors are the dispatch floors, the second floor is the registered floor and the third and fourth floors are the dispatch floors, In the combination of the registered floor on the 3rd floor and the dispatch floor on the 4th floor, the minimum remaining allowable number of the machines assigned to the users on the 4th floor is 5 people. Therefore, the number 50 assigned to the user on the fourth floor is assigned to the two-person to five-person buttons of the remaining allowable number of people button 12a as a boarding candidate number machine in the case of the combination of the registered floor and the delivery floor.

When the first to fourth floors are registered floors and the fifth to seventh floors are combination floors, the minimum allowable number of remaining passengers of the number 50 assigned to the user on the fourth floor is 4 in the above combination. It is a person, and the minimum allowable remaining number is four. Therefore, when the number 50 assigned to the user on the 4th floor is a combination of the 2 person button to the 4 person button of the remaining allowable number of people button 12a, the 1st to 4th floors are the registered floors, and the 5th to 7th floors are the dispatch floors. Allocated as a boarding candidate vehicle in. In this way, all the units are assigned to the remaining capacity buttons for each combination of the registered floor and the dispatch floor.

Then, in the case of the explanatory view (2) of FIG. 15, for example, the input of call information including the information that the first floor is the registered floor and the seventh floor is the destination floor and the selection information of the remaining allowable number of people button is assigned to the boarding machine. The boarding machine is assigned from among the boarding candidate machines in the case where the first floor is the registered floor and the seventh floor is the dispatch floor, which is assigned to the selected remaining allowable number buttons by the department. Therefore, if the user has selected the 5-person button, the number 50 already assigned to the user on the fourth floor will not be a boarding candidate number.

As described above, based on the call information already assigned to the number machine, by assigning the boarding candidate number machine to the remaining allowable number of people button 12a for each combination of the registered floor and the delivery floor, the number of the candidate vehicles is set to the number 50 in the middle of the destination floor. Even if the call of the user who gets on board is registered, all the users who have registered the call can select the remaining allowable number based on the remaining allowable number of people until reaching the destination floor.

Further, in the call registration device 10, the destination floor and the group number are registered in the order of the destination floor registration button 13a and the remaining allowable number of people button 12a. In this case, if the remaining allowable number of people button 12a is not selected by the time the fixed time (about several seconds) elapses after the destination floor registration button 13a is selected, the boarding machine allocation unit 34a determines that the remaining allowable number of people is 1 person. The boarding machine may be determined from the above machines, the boarding machine may be allocated to the user, and the number of allocated passengers may be updated by the third set value. Here, the third set value may be one person or a value calculated based on the number-of-users information analyzed by the boarding machine allocation unit 34a. Further, the third set value may be a value calculated based on the user number information only when a specific button is selected. A single-person button or a confirm button may be provided to reduce the operation time.

[Modification]
<Countermeasures against unauthorized use>
It is assumed that a malicious user illegally uses the remaining allowable number of persons button 12a for a plurality of people, although the user is alone. For example, it is abnormal that the remaining allowable number of people button 12a of four people is selected even in the midnight time zone when only one or two people are used. Furthermore, when the remaining capacity button 12a for four people is selected many times during congestion (for example, when attending work or during lunch), the number 50 of all units will be dispatched to only a specific floor. , Users on other floors will not be able to board Unit 50.

Therefore, the boarding machine allocation unit 34a analyzes the image captured by the registration device camera 11 attached to the call registration device 10 from the call information collected by the call information collection unit 31, and selects the remaining allowable number of people button 12a. It is determined whether or not there is a certain difference or more between the remaining allowable number selected by the user and the group number of usage differences. Then, the boarding machine allocation unit 34a does not allocate the boarding machine when it is determined that there is a difference of a certain amount or more and it is a prank to select the remaining allowable number of people button. At this time, the boarding machine allocation unit 34a may display a message to the effect that the boarding machine display unit 14 does not allocate the car 50 through the boarding machine output instructing unit 34b.

<Measures against incorrect registration>
Further, even if there is no malicious intent, the user may erroneously select the remaining capacity button 12a. For example, there is a case where the remaining allowable number of people button 12a of five people is selected even though there is one user. In this case, the user will be displayed on the call registration device 10 with a boarding machine different from the number of the machine 50 to be dispatched. Therefore, when the user who accidentally selects the remaining capacity button 12a moves to the front of the boarding door 20 of the boarding machine displayed on the boarding machine display unit 14, the car information collection unit 32 causes the boarding information shown in FIG. An image in front of the landing door 20 captured by the camera 22 is collected. Then, the boarding machine allocation unit 34a analyzes the image from the hall camera 22 to calculate the actual number of people in the group, and corrects the allocated number of machines 50 based on the actual number of groups.

<Modification of call registration device>
Further, in each of the above-described embodiments, the screen for registering the remaining allowable number of passengers and the destination floor is different from the screen for displaying the boarding machine. However, these screens may be displayed as one. Further, as shown in FIG. 16, the call registration device 10 may be configured by combining actual buttons, lamps and the like other than the touch panel display.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing another configuration example of the call registration device 10.
On the upper side of FIG. 16, the boarding machine display unit 14 displayed on the touch panel display, the remaining allowable passenger number selection unit 12 and the destination floor registration unit 13 configured by actual buttons are shown. Before the user registers the call, nothing is displayed on the boarding machine display unit 14. When the user registers the call through the buttons of the remaining allowable passenger number selection unit 12 and the destination floor registration unit 13 and the boarding machine is assigned to the call, the boarding machine display unit 14 displays the boarding machine code (for example, “A”). ) Is displayed.

On the lower side of FIG. 16, the remaining allowable passenger number selection unit 12, the destination floor registration unit 13, and the boarding machine display unit 14 displayed on the touch panel display are shown. Here, the boarding machine display unit 14 is shown between the remaining allowable passenger number selection unit 12 and the destination floor registration unit 13. Also in this case, when the boarding machine is assigned to the call registered by the user, the boarding machine display unit 14 displays the machine code of the boarding machine (for example, "A").

<Other modifications>
In each of the above-described embodiments, the registration device camera 11 is installed in the call registration device 10 or 10A, but the registration device camera 11 may be installed in a wall or ceiling near the call registration device 10 or 10A. Good.

In addition, the number of seats of the number 50 is set to 5 in any number, and the remaining allowable number of the number 50 is calculated based on the assigned number of persons read from the number storage unit 35 by the number calculation unit 33a. However, in order to allow room in the machine 50, the allowable number may be a value obtained by multiplying the capacity by the first set value or subtracting the first set value from the capacity. For example, the number-of-people calculation unit 33a may use a value obtained by multiplying the capacity of the number 50 by 70% and rounding down, as the allowable number of people to be used instead of the capacity. In this case, since the number of passengers of the machine 50 is 5, 70% of the number of passengers is 3.5, and the allowable number is calculated to be 3. Then, the number-of-persons calculation unit 33a can calculate the remaining number of permitted persons based on the number of permitted persons.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described respective embodiments, and it goes without saying that various other application examples and modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention described in the claims.
For example, each of the above-described embodiments is a detailed and specific description of the configuration of an apparatus and a system in order to explain the present invention in an easy-to-understand manner, and is not necessarily limited to one having all the configurations described. Further, a part of the configuration of the embodiment described here can be replaced with the configuration of another embodiment, and further, the configuration of another embodiment can be added to the configuration of one embodiment. It is possible. In addition, it is possible to add, delete, or replace a part of the configuration of each embodiment with another configuration.
Further, the control lines and information lines are shown as being considered necessary for explanation, and not all the control lines and information lines in the product are necessarily shown. In practice, it may be considered that almost all configurations are connected to each other.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Elevator, 3... Group management control device, 10... Call registration device, 12... Remaining allowable number of people selection part, 13... Destination floor registration part, 14... Boarding machine display part, 33... Machine allocation part, 33a... Number of people calculation part , 33b... Boarding candidate machine allocation section, 33c... Registration information output instruction section, 34... Call allocation section, 34a... Boarding machine allocation section, 34b... Boarding machine output instructing section, 35... Number storage section, 40... Machine control device

Claims (15)

In the group management control device for group management control of multiple units,
For each machine, the number of people in the machine, or the number of people allowed to be set based on the number of people, the remaining number of people that is the value obtained by subtracting the allocated number of people who have been assigned to the machine A calculator,
To the remaining allowable number button indicating the remaining allowable number, the number of the remaining allowable number of people more than the number indicated by the remaining allowable number button, the boarding candidate number allocation unit to allocate as a boarding candidate number,
When the remaining allowable passenger number button is selected, one of the boarding candidate vehicles assigned to the selected remaining allowable passenger number button is determined as the boarding vehicle, and the boarding vehicle allocation unit that allocates the boarding vehicle is assigned. And a group management control device. The allowable number of people is a value calculated by multiplying or subtracting the first set value from the number of people,
A machine code indicating the boarding machine assigned by the boarding machine allocation section is provided with a boarding machine output instruction section for instructing the call registration device to which the call of the machine is input.
The boarding machine allocation unit instructs the machine control device that controls the allocation of the boarding machine to allocate the boarding machine to the registration floor of the call specified by the call, and the selected remaining The group management control device according to claim 1, wherein the assigned number of passengers of the boarding machine is updated based on a second setting value associated with the allowable number of people button. The call registration device,
A remaining capacity selection section for inputting selection information of the remaining capacity button,
And a destination floor input section in which the destination floor is input,
The remaining allowable number selection unit has the remaining allowable number button for each number of people,
The group management control device according to claim 2, wherein the boarding machine allocation unit receives input of call information that is information including the selected remaining allowable number of people button and the input destination floor. The group management control device according to claim 2, wherein the second set value is one of the number of people who is previously associated with the remaining allowable number of people button or the number of people calculated by the boarding machine allocation unit. The boarding machine allocation unit obtains information on the number of users obtained during the period from when the user selects the remaining allowable passenger number button to when the user moves to the landing door of the boarding machine assigned to the user at the hall. The group management control device according to claim 4, wherein the second setting value is calculated based on The group management control device according to claim 5, wherein the boarding machine allocation unit obtains the number-of-users information by analyzing information obtained from a sensor provided in the hall. For each machine, the number of allocated persons, the remaining allowable number of people, and a number of people storage unit for storing the allocated remaining allowable number of people button,
The number-of-persons calculation unit writes, for each of the number-of-units, the allowable number of persons of the number-of-units, and the remaining allowable number of persons calculated based on the assigned number of persons read from the number-of-persons storage unit,
The boarding candidate number allocation unit writes the remaining allowable number of people button to which the boarding candidate number is allocated in the number-of-people storage unit,
The boarding machine allocation unit reads the allocated number of people of the boarding machine allocated to the call from the number-of-people storage unit, and adds the second set value to the read allocated people, The group management control device according to claim 2, wherein the assigned number of persons stored in the number-of-persons storage unit is updated. The said boarding machine output instruction|indication part makes it output to the said call registration apparatus that the boarding machine was not assigned, when there is no said boarding candidate machine assigned to the selected remaining allowance number button. Group management control device. An input information output instructing unit for instructing to input only the remaining allowable number of people button to which the boarding candidate number is assigned,
The group management control device according to claim 3, wherein the remaining allowable number selection unit is a display in which only the remaining allowable number button to which the boarding candidate vehicle is assigned is inputable according to an instruction from the input information output instructing unit. .. The call registration device has an additional information display unit that displays the status of the boarding candidate aircraft assigned to the remaining allowable number button as additional information, together with the remaining allowable number button displayed by the remaining allowable number selection unit. Item 9. The group management control device according to item 9. The boarding machine allocation section,
If the destination floor is input without selecting the remaining capacity button, or if the remaining capacity button is not selected by the time a certain time has elapsed after the destination floor was input, While determining and assigning the boarding machine from the machines with the remaining allowable number of one or more, updating the allocated number of people of the boarding machine with a third set value,
The third set value is
One person, or
A value calculated based on the user number information obtained during the period from the user selecting the remaining allowable number button to moving to the landing door in the landing of the boarding machine assigned to the user, The group management control device according to claim 3. The number-of-people calculation unit calculates, for each floor, a predicted value of the remaining allowable number of people until the boarding number is dispatched to each floor, based on the call information already assigned to the number,
The boarding candidate vehicle allocation unit, for each combination of the registered floor where the call is registered and the vehicle allocation floor where the vehicle is allocated, the predicted value until the vehicle is allocated from the registered floor to the vehicle allocation floor Based on the minimum remaining allowable number of people, which is the minimum value, to the remaining allowable number of people button, the number of the remaining allowable number of people of the remaining allowable number of people button or more is assigned as a boarding candidate number,
In the case of the combination of the specified registered floor and the destination floor, the boarding machine allocation unit identifies the registered floor and the destination floor based on the call information and is assigned to the selected remaining allowable number of people button. The group management control device according to claim 3, wherein a boarding machine is assigned from the boarding candidate machines in the vehicle. In the vehicle allocation control method of the number machine performed by the group management control device for group management control of a plurality of units,
A process for calculating the remaining allowable number, which is a value obtained by subtracting the assigned number, which is the number assigned to the number, from the number of persons assigned to the number for each number, or the allowable number set based on the number of persons When,
A process of allocating, as a boarding candidate machine, the remaining allowable number of people button indicating the remaining allowable number of people, the number of the remaining allowable number of people equal to or more than the number of the remaining allowable number of people button indicating, as a boarding candidate number,
When the remaining allowable number of people button is selected, one of the boarding candidate vehicles assigned to the selected remaining allowable number of people button is determined as the boarding machine, and the process of allocating the boarding machine, Including vehicle dispatch control method. In an elevator where multiple units travel,
A call registration device for inputting the call of the number machine, a group management control device for group management control of traveling of a plurality of the number machines, and a vehicle allocation control of the number machine provided for each of the number machines according to an instruction of the group management control device And a machine control device to
The call registration device, when only the destination floor is input, or when the selection information of the remaining allowable number of people button and the destination floor are input, register the call of the machine in the group management control device,
The group management control device,
For each machine, the number of people in the machine, or the number of people allowed to be set based on the number of people, the remaining number of people that is the value obtained by subtracting the allocated number of people who have been allocated to the machine A calculator,
The remaining allowable number of people button indicating the remaining allowable number of people, the number of passengers is the remaining allowable number of people more than the number of people indicated by the remaining allowable number of people button, a candidate boarding machine allocation section to allocate as a boarding candidate machine,
When the remaining allowable passenger number button is selected, one of the boarding candidate vehicles assigned to the selected remaining allowable passenger number button is determined as the boarding vehicle, and the boarding vehicle allocation unit that allocates the boarding vehicle is assigned. And, having an elevator. The call registration device,
A remaining capacity selection section for inputting selection information of the remaining capacity button,
Destination floor registration section where the destination floor is entered,
A user detection unit for detecting a user,
A group size detection unit that detects the group size of the group to which the user belongs based on the detection information of the user,
A button for selecting the remaining allowable number of people button to be displayed on the call registration device based on the detected group size, and for instructing the remaining allowable number of people selecting section to display the selectable remaining allowable number of people button The elevator according to claim 14, further comprising an output instruction unit.

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