KR20000052085A - Elevator group management control apparatus and method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A device and a method are provided to control group management of an elevator for reducing a waiting time and increasing traveling efficiency on a heavy floor. CONSTITUTION: A hall controller contains an input unit(301) and an indicating unit(302). A controller receives the number of elevators from passengers and registering information of a lifting call. Then register and cancel of the lifting call are processed and prediction of the lifting and a registering button are processed. After that, the controller processes the position of a car, car call registering information, a door state and a traveling direction. The controller operates predicted time that the car reaches to each floor and allots cars for the lifting call. Finally, the controller outputs all kinds of information through the indicating unit.

Description

Elevator group management control device and method {ELEVATOR GROUP MANAGEMENT CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD}

The present invention relates to an elevator group management control device and method, and more particularly to an elevator group management control device and method to move a large number of passengers in a short time in consideration of the assigned number when registering the request signal for the elevator. It is about.

In general, an elevator device equipped with a car usually uses military management operation by using an allocation method, that is, assigning one unit to a registered boarding call so that only the assigned unit is serviced to the registered boarding call. In the event that there are many passengers on the reference floor, many passengers after meetings on the meeting room floor, or many passengers who finished eating on the restaurant floor, if only one unit is served on the registered boarding call, Passengers on the floor must wait for a long time.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a conventional group management control device of the elevator, as shown in the control unit and the door control unit 200 and registers the call and control the operation and door of the elevator car; A group management control unit 100 which receives various boarding information and car information in the elevator and controls group management of the elevator accordingly; It receives the call of the passenger and outputs to the group management control unit 100, and by the control of the group management control unit 100 is configured to the hall control unit 300 to operate the lamp in the hall.

The group management control unit 100 includes an information input unit 102 for receiving various elevator car information from the outside; A boarding allotment unit 101 for selecting and assigning an optimal car to the registered boarding call; A learning unit 103 for processing car information and hole information and outputting information necessary for the boarding point assignment unit; It is composed of an information output unit 104 for receiving information on the hole call and outputs the result accordingly.

2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the boarding assignment unit 101, which processes the registration and cancellation of the boarding call in the up and down directions of each floor, and the boarding and calling of the boarding call. A boarding processing unit 101-1 for processing a forecast light, a registration button, and the like; A car information processing unit 101-2 for processing various types of information such as a car position, car call registration information, door state, and driving direction; An estimated arrival time processor 101-3 for calculating an estimated time for each car to arrive at each floor in each direction; It is composed of an allocation processing unit (101-4) for selecting a flight that can provide the best service when the flight call is input based on the estimated time of arrival, status, location, direction, etc. for each unit. The operation of the device will be described through the concentrated dispatch method.

First, when a specific time is reached, the boarding call is automatically registered in a specific direction of a specific floor, and a predetermined number of units are allocated to serve the corresponding floor.

Alternatively, at a specific time, a predetermined number of calls are assigned to the boarding call registration for a specific direction of a particular floor, so that the boarding call can be served to the registered floor, and a time for a boarding call registration Service by assigning

Alternatively, a boarding call is registered on a certain floor or a certain floor, and one of them is assigned to serve, and passengers who ride more than a specified load on that floor or board a full flight leave, and board in the same floor and in the same direction. When a call is registered, the boarding call is assigned and assigned a certain number of units to the registered floor.

If a certain time is reached, and a boarding call is input to a specific floor in a specific direction, one unit is assigned to service, and after one service is determined that the service is not satisfactory to the floor, an additional number of units are assigned to the floor. Do it.

However, in the conventional apparatus operating as described above, if the service is set at a specific time, the centralized vehicle cannot be distributed at a time other than the predetermined time, and when the specific time is reached, if there are no passengers on the floor, the overall operating efficiency is reduced due to unnecessary concentrated vehicle. In addition, there is a problem that can not be concentrated when the traffic concentration on a certain floor rather than a specific floor.

In addition, when a large number of passengers are generated in a short time, service at the time of landing call is deteriorated, driving efficiency is lowered, and because the loading load for multiple allocation is determined, multiple allocation units are required. There was a problem that the allocation is not made.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an elevator group management control apparatus and method for increasing the operating efficiency and reducing the waiting time for a floor in which many passengers are generated.

Figure 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration for a conventional elevator group management control device.

Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing the structure of boarding point assignment unit in Fig. 1;

Figure 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration for the elevator group management apparatus of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a flow chart of the operation of the elevator group management control method of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of an assignment process in FIG. 4; FIG.

Fig. 6 is a flowchart of operation for allocation command processing in Fig. 4;

7 is an exemplary view showing an arbitrary situation of an elevator in operation.

FIG. 8 is an exemplary view showing a situation where unit 2 is allocated in the conventional method in FIG. 7; FIG.

FIG. 9 is an exemplary view showing a situation in which units 1 and 3 are allocated in the conventional method in FIG.

FIG. 10 is an exemplary view showing a situation in which units 1, 2 and 3 are allocated by the present invention in FIG.

Figure 11 is an exemplary view comparing the waiting time according to the conventional method and the present invention in Figure 7;

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100: military management control unit 101: boarding station assignment unit

101-1: Passenger processing unit 101-2: Car information processing unit

101-3: Estimated arrival time processing unit 101-4: Assignment processing unit

102: information input unit 103: learning unit

104: information output unit 200: breath control unit

300: hall control unit 301: input unit

302: display unit

The present invention for achieving the above object and the control unit for controlling the operation and door of the elevator car and registers the call; A group management control unit which receives various boarding information and car information in the elevator and controls the group management of the elevator accordingly; An elevator control device comprising a hall control unit that receives a passenger's call and outputs the same to the group management control unit, and operates a lamp in the hall under the control of the group management control unit, wherein the hall control unit is the number of elevators required for assignment by the user. And an input unit for inputting a display unit, and a display unit for displaying information on the required number of allocation units of the input unit.

The present invention for achieving the above object comprises the steps of accepting the boarding call registration information and the number of assignments required from the passenger; Processing the registration call and cancellation of the boarding call, processing the boarding call duration time, and performing processing such as a forecast of the boarding board, a registration button, and the like; Processing various information about the location of the car, car call registration information, door status, driving direction, etc .; Calculating an estimated time for each car to arrive at each floor in each direction; Selecting and allocating which car is appropriate to service the boarding call; And outputting various types of information processed in the above step.

Hereinafter, an elevator group management apparatus and method according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the elevator group management apparatus of the present invention, as shown in the general configuration is the same as the conventional Figure 1, except that the number of elevators required for the user to the hall control unit 300 is assigned The input part 301 which inputs differs from the display part 302 which displays the information about the required number of allocation of the input part 301 further.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the elevator group management apparatus according to the present invention, as shown therein, the step of accepting the boarding call registration information and the number of assignments required from the passenger; Processing the registration call and cancellation of the boarding call, processing the boarding call duration time, and performing processing such as a forecast of the boarding board, a registration button, and the like; Processing various information about the location of the car, car call registration information, door status, driving direction, etc .; Calculating an estimated time for each car to arrive at each floor in each direction; Selecting and allocating which car is appropriate to service the boarding call; The operation of the present invention constituted as described above comprises the steps of outputting various information processed in the above steps.

First, the general operation is the same as in the prior art, but the present invention is to accept the various boarding information and car information as shown in Figure 4, from the passenger through the input unit 301 in addition to the existing boarding call registration information to the boarding information Accept the number of allocations needed.

Then, the boarding process is performed, i.e., the registration and cancellation of the boarding call are processed, the boarding call duration time is processed, and the boarding forecast and registration button are processed.

Then, after processing a variety of information such as car position, car call registration information, door status, driving direction, and calculates the estimated time for each car to reach each floor in each direction.

Then, it selects and allocates which car is most suitable for the boarding call, and then outputs various information accordingly.

Referring to FIG. 5, the operation of the allocation process of the present invention will be described. First, the floor number j is set to the lowest layer, and the predetermined number n is set to '0'. To calculate the evaluation value, the process of calculating the evaluation value is the same as in the related art, and this process is performed on the telephone.

The evaluation values obtained above are arranged in order starting from an exhalation having a small value for each direction.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of processing an allocation command when a boarding call is registered. First, the floor number i is set to '0', and then the boarding call is registered for each floor by direction. If not, the floor number is updated, and if it is registered, information about the required number of allocations is made and an allocation signal is generated as much as the required allocation number.

Herein, the operation of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

First, Fig. 7 shows an arbitrary situation of the elevators in operation. The number of passengers for each elevator is 10, and the first unit is on the first floor, the second unit is on the seventh floor, and the third unit is on the 20th floor without direction. I'm waiting.

In this situation, at the 13th floor of the conference room, after the meeting, 30 passengers want to move downstairs.

First, FIG. 8 and FIG. 9 show a conventional military management service process, and as shown in FIG. 8, the second unit is allocated to the 13th floor downcall extension registration, assuming that it takes 2 seconds to drive one floor. Early on, Unit 2 serves ten passengers.

9, after Unit 2 serviced on the 13th floor downcall extension registration, after 10 seconds, Unit 2 departed, and then, on the 13th floor downward extension call registered, the centralized dispatch service was selected, and Units 1 and 3 were selected. Indicates the situation of allocating to the 13th floor downward call.

As a result, assuming that one stop time is 10 seconds, from the initial situation in Fig. 7, Unit 3 serves 10 passengers after 36 seconds, and Unit 1 serves 10 passengers after 46 seconds.

10 is a diagram illustrating a process of servicing the military management system of the present invention, in which a passenger who has finished meeting registers a boarding call in a downward direction on the 13th floor and additionally inputs an allocation required number of three.

Then, Units 1, 2 and 3 are allocated to the 13th floor downcall.

As a result, Unit 2 serves 10 passengers after 12 seconds, Unit 3 serves 10 passengers after 14 seconds, and Unit 1 serves 10 passengers after 24 seconds.

Figure 11 is a comparison of the waiting time of the passenger with respect to the prior art and the present invention, the application of the present invention in this way, the waiting time of the passenger is much reduced.

As described in detail above, the present invention can shorten the waiting time by moving a large number of passengers in a short time, can reduce the case of waiting for a long time, and also when a crowded elevator is generated by boarding one unit. There is an effect to reduce.

Claims (4)

An exhalation controller for controlling the operation and door of the elevator car and registering a call; A group management control unit which receives various boarding information and car information in the elevator and controls the group management of the elevator accordingly; An elevator control device comprising a hall control unit that receives a passenger's call and outputs the same to the group management control unit, and operates a lamp in the hall under the control of the group management control unit, wherein the hall control unit is the number of elevators required for assignment by the user. And an input unit for inputting an input unit, and a display unit for displaying information on the required number of allocation units of the input unit. Accepting the boarding call registration information and the number of allocations required from the passenger; Processing the registration call and cancellation of the boarding call, processing the boarding call duration time, and performing processing such as a forecast of the boarding board, a registration button, and the like; Processing various information about the location of the car, car call registration information, door status, driving direction, etc .; Calculating an estimated time for each car to arrive at each floor in each direction; Assigning which car is suitable to serve on the boarding call and performing an assignment command accordingly; Elevator group management control method comprising the step of outputting a variety of information processed in the step. The method according to claim 2, wherein the allocation process comprises: a first step of setting a floor number and a breath number to calculate an evaluation value for a predetermined breath, and determining whether the calculation is performed for all breaths; A second step of determining whether the processing is performed for all floors after sorting the evaluation values when all calculations have been processed; Wow; And if it is determined that all the floors are processed, the process is terminated. If not, the floor group is updated to the first step by the floor number. 3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the allocation command processing comprises: a first step of determining whether a boarding call is registered after setting a floor number; A second step of updating the floor number to return to the first step if the boarding call is not registered as a result of the determination of the first step, and creating an allocation signal for the required number of allocations if the boarding call is registered; A third step of setting a first arrival signal to a unit having a minimum estimated arrival time among the assigned units and determining whether the setting has been processed for all floors; And as a result of the determination of the third step, if it is processed for all floors, terminates immediately. If not, the elevator group management control method is performed as a fourth step of returning to the first step after updating the floor number.