WO2019038891A1

WO2019038891A1 - Elevator group management device and elevator group management system

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Publication number: WO2019038891A1
Application number: PCT/JP2017/030367
Authority: WO
Inventors: 未来上村
Original assignee: 三菱電機株式会社
Priority date: 2017-08-24
Filing date: 2017-08-24
Publication date: 2019-02-28

Abstract

This elevator group management device comprises an assignment unit, a notification unit, a confirmation unit, and a car control unit. When a portable terminal transmits user identification data and a reception device receives the identification data, the assignment unit selects one car from a plurality of cars as an assigned car and assigns, to the selected assigned car, a call to a landing floor by the user. The notification unit sends information corresponding to the assigned car to the portable terminal. After the portable terminal has received and displayed the information corresponding to the assigned car, the confirmation unit receives confirmation data transmitted from the user via the portable terminal. The car control unit controls operation of the assigned car on the basis of the response state of the assigned car responding to the call to the landing floor at the time the confirmation unit received the confirmation data. With this configuration, the assigned car can operate according to the user's situation without the user determining the given situation and selecting an operation for the assigned car.

Description

Elevator group management apparatus and elevator group management system

The present invention relates to an elevator group management device and an elevator group management system.

Patent Document 1 discloses an example of an elevator group management system. The elevator group management system comprises an elevator group management device. The elevator group management device receives the information of the call sent from the portable terminal of the user. The elevator group management apparatus selects an assigned car from among a plurality of cars based on the received information. The elevator group management device assigns a call to the user's boarding floor to the selected assigned car. When the assigned car arrives at the boarding floor and stands by, information on the waiting time of the assigned car and the wait extension button is displayed on the mobile terminal. When the user selects the standby extension based on the information displayed on the portable terminal, the standby time of the assigned car is extended.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-192244

In the elevator group management system disclosed in Patent Document 1, the user determines whether or not the user can get on the assigned car within the waiting time displayed on the portable terminal. The user determines and selects whether to extend the waiting time of the assigned car based on the determination of whether or not the user can get on the assigned car. That is, in order for the assigned car to operate in accordance with the user's situation, the user needs to determine the situation and select the operation of the assigned car.

The present invention has been made to solve such problems. The object of the present invention is to provide an elevator group management apparatus and elevator group management system in which the assigned car can operate according to the user's situation without judging the situation and selecting the action of the assigned car. It is to provide.

An elevator group management device according to the present invention includes an allocation unit, a notification unit, a confirmation unit, and a car control unit. The allocating unit selects one car from among the plurality of cars as an allocated car at a time when the portable terminal transmits the identification data of the user and the receiving device receives the identification data, and the user selects the selected allocated car Assign a call to the boarding floor of The notification unit transmits information corresponding to the assigned car to the mobile terminal. The confirmation unit receives confirmation data transmitted from the user via the mobile terminal after the mobile terminal receives and displays the information corresponding to the assigned car. The car control unit controls the operation of the assigned car based on the response state to the call to the boarding floor of the assigned car at the time when the confirmation unit receives the confirmation data.

An elevator group management system according to the present invention includes a reception device and an elevator group management device. The receiving device receives the identification data of the user transmitted from the portable terminal. The elevator group management apparatus selects one car from among the plurality of cars as an allocated car at the time when the receiving apparatus receives the identification data, allocates the call to the user's boarding floor to the selected allocated car, and allocates After the information corresponding to the car is transmitted to the portable terminal and the portable terminal receives and displays the information corresponding to the assigned car, the confirmation data transmitted from the user via the portable terminal is received and the confirmation data is received The operation of the assigned car is controlled based on the response state to the call to the boarding floor of the assigned car at the set time.

An elevator group management system according to the present invention includes a mobile terminal, a receiving device, and an elevator group management device. The portable terminal transmits identification data of the user. The receiver receives the identification data. The elevator group management apparatus selects one car from among the plurality of cars as an allocated car at the time when the receiving apparatus receives the identification data, allocates the call to the user's boarding floor to the selected allocated car, and allocates After the information corresponding to the car is transmitted to the portable terminal and the portable terminal receives and displays the information corresponding to the assigned car, the confirmation data transmitted from the user via the portable terminal is received and the confirmation data is received The operation of the assigned car is controlled based on the response state to the call to the boarding floor of the assigned car at the set time.

According to these inventions, the operation of the assigned car is controlled based on the response state to the call to the boarding floor of the assigned car at the time when the confirmation unit receives the confirmation data. Therefore, the assigned car can operate according to the user's situation without the user judging the situation and selecting the operation of the assigned car.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a block diagram which shows the whole structure of an elevator system provided with the elevator group management system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of a change of the speed of the allocation cage which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the hardware constitutions of the principal part of the elevator group management apparatus based on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the portable terminal which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the receiving device and elevator group management apparatus which concern on Embodiment 1 of this invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the attached drawings. In the drawings, the same or corresponding parts are denoted by the same reference numerals, and overlapping descriptions will be appropriately simplified or omitted.

Embodiment 1
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an entire configuration of an elevator system provided with an elevator group management system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, the hoistway 1 penetrates each floor of a building.

In FIG. 1, each of a plurality of elevator landings 2 is provided on each floor of a building. Each of the plurality of landings 2 has a plurality of landing entrances. Each of the plurality of landing entrances faces the hoistway 1.

The elevator system 3 includes a plurality of cars 4, a plurality of hall lanterns 5, and an elevator group management system 6.

The plurality of cars 4 are provided inside the hoistway 1. The plurality of cars 4 are provided so as to be able to move up and down inside the hoistway 1 by the power of a hoisting machine (not shown). Each of the plurality of cars 4 is arranged so as not to overlap each other on the horizontal projection plane inside the hoistway. In each of the plurality of landings 2, each of the plurality of cars 4 corresponds to each of the plurality of landing entrances.

Each of the plurality of hall lanterns 5 is disposed adjacent to each of the plurality of landing entrances in each of the plurality of landings 2. In each of the plurality of landings 2, each of the plurality of hall lanterns 5 corresponds to each of the plurality of cars 4. Each of the plurality of hall lanterns 5 is provided to be able to display when the corresponding car 4 arrives at the corresponding landing 2. For example, each of the plurality of hall lanterns 5 is provided so that display can be performed by lighting or blinking of a light, ringing of a chime, or a combination thereof.

The elevator group management system 6 includes the mobile terminal 100, the receiving device 200, and the elevator group management device 300.

The portable terminal 100 is possessed by the user. The mobile terminal 100 has a display unit 110. The mobile terminal 100 is, for example, a smartphone.

Receiving device 200 is arranged, for example, at the entrance of a building where elevator system 3 is provided.

When the user approaches the receiving device 200, the portable terminal 100 transmits identification data of the user by a wireless signal. For example, the portable terminal 100 transmits identification data by RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) or wireless PAN (Personal Area Network). For example, the portable terminal 100 transmits identification data by being held by the receiving device 200.

The receiving device 200 receives the identification data of the user transmitted from the portable terminal 100.

The elevator group management device 300 controls the operation of the plurality of cars 4 and the operation of the plurality of hall lanterns 5 based on the identification data received by the reception device 200.

For example, the elevator group management device 300 includes a database 310, an allocation unit 320, an unloading floor determination unit 330, a notification unit 340, a confirmation unit 350, a car control unit 360, a distance calculation unit 370, and a hall lantern control unit 380.

The database 310 stores data of the user in association with identification data of the user. The user's data includes floor information that the user normally uses. The floor normally used by the user is, for example, the floor where the user resides or the floor where the user works.

The allocating unit 320 selects one car 4 from among the plurality of cars 4 as an allocated car at the time when the receiving device 200 receives the identification data of the user. That is, upon receiving the identification data of the user, the receiving device 200 transmits the identification data to the allocation unit 320. The allocation unit 320 selects an allocated car when the identification data is received.

The allocating unit 320 selects an allocated car, for example, as follows. First, the allocation unit 320 calculates, for each car 4, a predicted time until arrival at the boarding floor when a call to the boarding floor of the user is allocated. Next, the allocating unit 320 selects the car 4 with the shortest calculated prediction time as the allocated car.

The assignment unit 320 assigns a call to the user's boarding floor to the selected assigned car. The user's boarding floor is, for example, the floor where the receiving device 200 is installed.

The getting-off floor determination unit 330 determines the getting-off floor of the user based on the identification data of the user received by the receiving device 200. The identification data is transmitted from, for example, the receiving device 200 to the getting-off floor determination unit 330. The getting-off floor determination unit 330 refers to the user's data stored in the database 310 in association with the identification data. The getting-off floor determination unit 330 determines the getting-off floor, for example, as a floor that the user normally uses, based on the data of the referenced user.

The allocation unit 320 may use information on the user's exit floor when selecting an allocated car. For example, the allocation unit 320 may preferentially select the car 4 to which the call to the user's exit floor has already been allocated.

The preferential selection is performed, for example, as follows. First, the allocation unit 320 calculates, for each car 4, a predicted time until arrival at the boarding floor when a call to the boarding floor of the user is allocated. The allocating unit 320 corrects the calculated predicted time to a smaller value by multiplying the calculated predicted time by a coefficient smaller than 1 for the car 4 to be prioritized. The allocating unit 320 selects the car 4 with the shortest estimated predicted time as the allocated car.

The assigning unit 320 may assign a call to the user's exit floor to the assigned car following a call to the user's boarding floor.

The notification unit 340 receives the information corresponding to the assigned car from the assignment unit 320. The notification unit 340 transmits information corresponding to the assigned car to the mobile terminal 100. The information corresponding to the assigned car is information that can specify the assigned car which is the car 4 on which the user gets on. The information corresponding to the assigned car is, for example, a number corresponding to the assigned car.

Communication between the notification unit 340 and the portable terminal 100 is performed using, for example, a wireless LAN (Local Area Network) or a wireless PAN. Communication between the notification unit 340 and the mobile terminal 100 may be performed through the Internet.

The mobile terminal 100 receives the information corresponding to the assigned car from the notification unit 340. The portable terminal 100 displays the information corresponding to the received assigned car on the display unit 110. The portable terminal 100 may convert and display the received information. The mobile terminal 100 converts, for example, the number corresponding to the assigned car into a guide map showing the landing doorway of the landing 2 of the elevator to which the assigned car corresponds. The portable terminal 100 displays a confirmation button on the display unit 110 together with the information corresponding to the assigned car. When the user presses the confirmation button after the mobile terminal 100 displays the information corresponding to the assigned car, the mobile terminal 100 transmits the confirmation data to the confirmation unit 350.

The confirmation unit 350 receives confirmation data transmitted from the user via the mobile terminal 100.

Communication between the confirmation unit 350 and the mobile terminal 100 is performed using, for example, the same method as communication between the notification unit 340 and the mobile terminal 100.

The car control unit 360 controls the operation of the plurality of cars 4 including the assigned car. The car control unit 360 has each car control unit 361 that controls the operation of the single car 4. That is, each car control unit 361 has a speed control unit 362 and a door open / close control unit 363 respectively.

The speed control unit 362 controls the speed at which the car 4 travels. The door opening and closing control unit 363 controls the opening and closing operation of the door of the car 4.

The car control unit 360 may directly control the operation of each car 4 without the intervention of each car control unit 361.

The response operation to the call to the boarding floor of the assigned car is executed by the car control unit 360 operating the assigned car, for example, as follows.

First, the speed control unit 362 accelerates the assigned car until the speed of the assigned car reaches a preset full speed. Thereafter, the speed control unit 362 causes the assigned car to travel at full speed. Thereafter, the speed control unit 362 decelerates the assigned car. Thereafter, the speed control unit 362 stops the assigned car at the boarding floor. When the speed control unit 362 causes the assigned car to stop at the boarding floor, the assigned car arrives at the boarding floor.

Thereafter, the door opening and closing control unit 363 starts the opening operation of the door of the assigned car. When the opening operation of the assigned car door is completed, the assigned car door is fully opened. Thereafter, the door opening / closing control unit 363 causes the door of the assigned car to fully wait until the preset standby time elapses. Thereafter, the door opening / closing control unit 363 starts the closing operation of the door of the assigned car after the standby time has elapsed. When the closing operation of the assigned car door is completed, the assigned car door is fully closed. When the door of the assigned car is fully closed, the response operation to the call to the boarding floor of the assigned car is completed.

The response state to the call of the assigned car is a state indicating at which point of the above-mentioned response operation. The response state of the assigned car includes the state before or after the assigned car arrives at the user's boarding floor. The response state of the assigned car includes the state before or after the door of the assigned car starts the closing operation.

The assigned car may not be able to respond to calls to the user's boarding floor or to the getting-off floor. For example, when another user gets on the assigned car before the waiting time of the assigned car elapses and the closing operation of the door is started from the operation button inside the assigned car, the assigned car gets off the original user You may not be able to answer the call to the floor. For example, a plurality of car calls may be registered by a passenger already in the assigned car before the assigned car arrives at the boarding floor. If it is predicted that this will increase the time until the assigned car arrives at the boarding floor, the assigned car may not be able to answer the call to the original user's boarding floor.

The car control unit 360 acquires the response state to the call to the boarding floor of the assigned car at the time when the confirmation unit 350 receives the confirmation data.

Hereinafter, the response state is referred to as a confirmation response state. That is, the confirmation response state is the response state at the time when the confirmation unit 350 receives the confirmation data. Further, the confirmation response state is a response state to a call to the boarding floor of the assigned car.

The car control unit 360 controls the operation of the assigned car based on the confirmation response state. First, the car control unit 360 determines at which point in time of the response operation to the boarding floor the acquired confirmation response state is. Thereafter, the car control unit 360 controls the operation of the assigned car based on the determination result.

The car control unit 360 transmits the acquired confirmation response state to the notification unit 340. The notification unit 340 transmits, to the portable terminal 100, the confirmation response state received from the car control unit 360.

After transmitting the confirmation data, the portable terminal 100 receives the confirmation response state from the notification unit 340. The portable terminal 100 determines at which point in time of the response operation to the boarding floor the received confirmation response state is. Thereafter, the portable terminal changes the display of the display unit 110 based on the determination result. The car control unit 360 may transmit the determination result of the confirmation response state to the portable terminal 100.

For example, when the car control unit 360 determines that the confirmation response state is a state before the assigned car arrives at the user's boarding floor, the car control unit 360 increases the value of the full speed of the assigned car. .

Similarly, the portable terminal 100 determines. The mobile terminal 100 displays the time until the assigned car arrives at the boarding floor on the display unit 110.

The notification unit 340 transmits the response state to the portable terminal 100 when the response state to the call to the boarding floor of the assigned car is updated. For example, when the time until the assigned car arrives at the boarding floor is changed, the notification unit 340 transmits the changed time to the portable terminal 100. The portable terminal 100 displays the changed time on the display unit 110. For example, when the assigned car has arrived at the boarding floor, the notification unit 340 transmits, to the mobile terminal 100, the remaining time of the standby time in which the door of the assigned car is fully open. The portable terminal 100 displays the remaining time of the standby time on the display unit 110.

For example, when the car control unit 360 determines that the confirmation response state is the state after the assigned car has arrived at the user's boarding floor and the state before the closing operation of the assigned car door starts. , The car control unit 360 extends the standby time. The waiting time is the time for waiting with the door of the assigned car fully open.

The mobile terminal 100 also makes a determination. The portable terminal 100 displays the remaining time of the standby time on the display unit 110.

The notification unit 340 transmits the response state to the portable terminal 100 when the response state to the call to the boarding floor of the assigned car is updated. For example, when the remaining time of the standby time is changed, the notification unit 340 transmits the changed remaining time to the portable terminal 100. The portable terminal 100 displays the changed remaining time on the display unit 110.

For example, when the car control unit 360 determines that the confirmation response state is the state after the assigned car has arrived at the user's boarding floor and the state after the closing operation of the assigned car door has been started. The car control unit 360 transmits the determination result to the allocation unit 320.

The mobile terminal 100 also makes a determination. The portable terminal 100 waits for communication from the notification unit 340.

The assignment unit 320 performs reassignment based on the determination result received from the car control unit 360. That is, the allocating unit 320 cancels the allocation of the user's call from the allocated car. Thereafter, the allocating unit 320 selects another car 4 from among the plurality of cars 4 as an allocated car again. Thereafter, the allocating unit 320 allocates the call of the user whose allocation has been canceled to the selected allocation car again. Thereafter, the allocating unit 320 transmits, to the notifying unit 340, information corresponding to the selected selected car again. Thereafter, the notification unit 340 transmits, to the portable terminal 100, information corresponding to the assigned car selected again by the assigning unit 320.

The portable terminal 100 receives, from the notification unit 340, information corresponding to the assigned car selected again by the assignment unit 320. The portable terminal 100 displays on the display unit 110 both the information corresponding to the assigned car selected again by the assigning unit 320 and the confirmation button.

When the assigned car can not respond to a call to the user's boarding floor, the car control unit 360 transmits the response impossible data to the allocating unit 320. The non-responsive data is, for example, data that indicates that the assigned car can not answer the user's call.

The allocation unit 320 performs reassignment based on the non-reply data received from the car control unit 360. That is, the allocating unit 320 cancels the allocation of the call from the allocated car to the user's boarding floor. Thereafter, the allocating unit 320 selects another car 4 from among the plurality of cars 4 as an allocated car again. Thereafter, the allocating unit 320 allocates the call to the user's boarding floor to the selected selected car again. Thereafter, the notification unit 340 transmits, to the portable terminal 100, information corresponding to the assigned car selected again by the assigning unit 320.

The car control unit 360 transmits the response impossible data to the allocating unit 320 when the allocated car can not respond to the call to the user's exit floor.

The allocation unit 320 performs reassignment based on the non-reply data received from the car control unit 360. That is, the allocating unit 320 cancels the allocation of the call from the allocated car to the user's exit floor. Thereafter, the allocating unit 320 selects another car 4 from among the plurality of cars 4 as an allocated car again. Thereafter, the allocating unit 320 allocates the call to the user's exit floor to the selected selected car again. Thereafter, the notification unit 340 transmits, to the portable terminal 100, information corresponding to the assigned car selected again by the assigning unit 320.

Distance calculation unit 370 calculates the distance between portable terminal 100 and each allocation.

The mobile terminal 100 specifies the current position by an indoor positioning system using, for example, a wireless LAN or a wireless PAN. The mobile terminal 100 transmits the current position to the distance calculation unit 370. Distance calculation unit 370 calculates the distance between portable terminal 100 and the assigned car based on the current position of portable terminal 100 and the current position of the assigned car. The calculated distance is, for example, a linear distance from the portable terminal 100 to the assigned car. Alternatively, the distance to be calculated may be the sum of the distance from the portable terminal 100 to the elevator landing 2 and the distance from the current position of the assigned car to the user's boarding floor.

The hall lantern control unit 380 controls the display of the plurality of hall lanterns 5. The plurality of hall lanterns 5 include hall lanterns disposed on the boarding floor and corresponding to the assigned cars. For example, when the distance between the portable terminal 100 calculated by the distance calculation unit 370 and the allocation car is larger than a predetermined value, the hall lantern control unit 380 may use the hall lantern corresponding to the allocated car disposed on the boarding floor. Do not show.

The hall lantern control unit 380 changes the display mode of the hall lantern corresponding to the assigned car disposed on the boarding floor based on the response state to the call of the user of the assigned car. For example, the hall lantern control unit 380 is in a state before the assigned car arrives at the boarding floor, and the hole lantern corresponding to the assigned car when the predicted value of the time taken to arrive is longer than a preset value. Do not turn on the lights. For example, the hall lantern control unit 380 is in a state before the assigned car arrives at the boarding floor, and the predicted value of the time taken to arrive is equal to or less than a preset value of the hall lantern corresponding to the assigned car. Turn on the lights and ring the chime. For example, the hall lantern control unit 380 blinks the illumination of the hall lantern corresponding to the assigned car when it is in a state after the assigned car arrives at the boarding floor and before the door closing operation is started.

Subsequently, an operation during traveling of the assigned car will be described. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the change in speed of the assigned car.

The graph 410 in the upper part of FIG. 2 shows the operation during traveling of the assigned car when the value of the full speed does not change. The lower graph 420 of FIG. 2 shows the operation during traveling of the assigned car when the value of full speed is increased.

The horizontal axes of the graph 410 and the graph 420 represent the time since the assigned car has started traveling. The vertical axis of the graph 410 and the graph 420 represents the speed of the assigned car.

With reference to the graph 410, an operation during traveling when the value of the full speed does not change will be described.

The assigned car starts traveling from time T1. Thereafter, the assigned car accelerates until the speed of the assigned car reaches a preset full speed V1. Thereafter, the speed of the assigned car becomes full speed V1 at time T2. Thereafter, the assigned car travels from time T2 to time T7 at full speed V1. Thereafter, the assigned car starts decelerating from time T7. Thereafter, the assigned car stops at the boarding floor at time T8.

The operation during traveling of the assigned car when the value of full speed is increased will be described with reference to the graph 420.

The assigned car starts traveling from time T1. Thereafter, the assigned car accelerates until the speed of the assigned car reaches a preset full speed V1. Thereafter, the speed of the assigned car becomes full speed V1 at time T2. Thereafter, the assigned car travels from time T2 to time T3 at full speed V1. Thereafter, the value of full speed is set to V2 higher than V1 at time T3. Thereafter, the assigned car is accelerated until the speed of the assigned car reaches the newly set full speed V2. Thereafter, the speed of the assigned car becomes the full speed V2 newly set at time T4. Thereafter, the assigned car travels from time T4 to time T5 at the newly set full speed V2. Thereafter, the assigned car starts decelerating from time T5. Thereafter, the assigned car stops at the boarding floor at time T6.

Then, the example of the elevator group management apparatus 300 is demonstrated using FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration of main parts of the elevator group management device shown in FIG.

Each function of the elevator group management device 300 can be realized by a processing circuit. The processing circuit comprises at least one processor 302 and at least one memory 304. The processing circuitry may comprise at least one dedicated hardware 306, either with or as an alternative to the processor 302 and the memory 304.

When the processing circuit includes the processor 302 and the memory 304, each function of the elevator group management device 300 is realized by software, firmware, or a combination of software and firmware. At least one of software and firmware is described as a program. The program is stored in the memory 304. The processor 302 realizes each function of the elevator group management device 300 by reading and executing the program stored in the memory 304.

The processor 302 is also referred to as a central processing unit (CPU), a central processing unit, a processing unit, an arithmetic unit, a microprocessor, a microcomputer, or a DSP. The memory 304 is composed of, for example, nonvolatile or volatile semiconductor memory such as RAM, ROM, flash memory, EPROM, EEPROM, etc., magnetic disk, flexible disk, optical disk, compact disk, mini disk, DVD or the like.

Where the processing circuitry comprises dedicated hardware 306, the processing circuitry may be implemented, for example, in a single circuit, a complex circuit, a programmed processor, a parallel programmed processor, an ASIC, an FPGA, or a combination thereof.

Each function of the elevator group management device 300 can be realized by a processing circuit. Alternatively, each function of the elevator group management device 300 can be collectively realized by a processing circuit. About each function of elevator group management device 300, a part may be realized by dedicated hardware 306, and other parts may be realized by software or firmware. Thus, the processing circuit implements each function of the elevator group management device 300 with the hardware 306, software, firmware, or a combination thereof.

Subsequently, an example of the operation of the elevator group management system 6 will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the mobile terminal in the first embodiment. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the reception device and the elevator group management device in the first embodiment.

The user of the elevator system 3 holds the mobile terminal 100 over the receiving device 200.

The portable terminal 100 transmits identification data of the user (S101).

The identification data transmitted from the portable terminal 100 in S101 is received by the receiving device 200. Receiving the identification data, the reception device 200 transmits the identification data to the allocation unit 320 and the getting-off floor determination unit 330 of the elevator group management device 300.

The getting-off floor determination unit 330 receives the identification data. The getting-off floor determination unit 330 determines the getting-off floor of the user based on the identification data of the user (S301).

After receiving the identification data, the assignment unit 320 selects an assigned car. The assignment unit 320 assigns a call to the boarding floor to the selected assigned car. The assigning unit 320 assigns a call to the getting-off floor to the assigned car following the call to the getting-in floor (S302).

The notification unit 340 transmits the information corresponding to the assigned car received from the assignment unit 320 to the mobile terminal 100 (S303).

The portable terminal 100 receives the information corresponding to the assigned car.

The portable terminal 100 displays the information corresponding to the assigned car and the confirmation button on the display unit 110 (S102).

The user looks at the display unit 110 to confirm the information corresponding to the assigned car. After confirming the information displayed on the display unit 110, the user presses the confirmation button.

The mobile terminal 100 determines whether the confirmation button has been pressed (S103).

When the confirmation button is pressed in S103, the portable terminal 100 transmits confirmation data to the confirmation unit 350 (S104).

The confirmation unit 350 determines whether confirmation data has been received (S304).

In S304, when the confirmation unit 350 receives the confirmation data, the car control unit 360 acquires the confirmation response state. The notification unit 340 transmits a confirmation response state to the portable terminal 100 (S305).

The car control unit 360 determines whether or not the assigned car has arrived at the boarding floor with respect to the confirmation response state (S307).

In S307, when the car control unit 360 determines that the confirmation response state is the state before the assigned car arrives at the boarding floor, the car control unit 360 increases the value of the full speed of the assigned car ( S309).

The notification unit 340 transmits the state of the assigned car to the portable terminal 100 (S311).

When the user gets on the assigned car and the closing operation of the assigned car door starts, a series of operations according to Embodiment 1 of the elevator group management device 300 end.

After transmitting the confirmation data to the confirmation unit 350 in S104, the portable terminal 100 receives the confirmation response state. The portable terminal 100 determines whether or not the confirmation response state is the state after the assigned car has arrived at the boarding floor and the state after the closing operation of the assigned car door has started (S105).

In step S105, if the portable terminal 100 determines that the confirmation response state is the state after the assigned car has arrived at the boarding floor and the closing operation of the assigned car door has started, the mobile terminal The operation of 100 returns to S102. Here, when the information corresponding to the assigned car is transmitted from the notification unit 340 again, the portable terminal 100 displays the information corresponding to the assigned car on the display unit 110 again.

In S105, when the portable terminal 100 determines that the confirmation response state is the state before the assigned car arrives at the boarding floor or the state before the closing operation of the assigned car door starts, the portable terminal 100 The response state of the assigned car is displayed on the display unit 110 (S106).

When the user gets on the assigned car and the closing operation of the assigned car door starts, a series of operations according to the first embodiment of the portable terminal 100 end.

In S307, when the car control unit 360 determines that the confirmation response state is a state after the assigned car has arrived at the boarding floor, the car control unit 360 performs the confirmation response state of the door of the allocated car. It is determined whether it is in the state before the closing operation starts (S308).

In S308, when the car control unit 360 determines that the confirmation response state is the state before the closing operation of the assigned car door starts, the car control unit 360 extends the standby time (S310). The operation of the elevator group management device 300 proceeds to S311.

In S308, when the car control unit 360 determines that the confirmation response state is the state after the closing operation of the door of the assigned car has been started, the operation of the elevator group management device 300 returns to S302.

In S304, when the confirmation unit 350 does not receive the confirmation data, the car control unit 360 determines whether the assigned car can respond to the call to the user's boarding floor and the getting-off floor (S306). .

In S306, when the car control unit 360 determines that the assigned car can not answer the user's call, the operation of the elevator group management device 300 returns to S302.

In S306, when the car control unit 360 determines that the assigned car can respond to the user's call, the operation of the elevator group management device 300 returns to S304.

In S103, when the confirmation button is not pressed, the operation of the portable terminal 100 returns to S102.

As described above, the elevator control system according to the first embodiment controls the operation of the assigned car based on the response state to the call to the boarding floor of the assigned car at the time when the confirmation unit 350 receives the confirmation data. Be done. Confirmation data is transmitted to the confirmation unit 350 immediately after the user presses the confirmation button. That is, the time when the confirmation unit 350 receives the confirmation data is the time when the user confirms the information of the assigned car. The operation of the assigned car is controlled in accordance with the response state of the assigned car at the time when the user presses the confirmation button. During this time, the user is only performing an operation to confirm the assigned car information. The user has not performed an operation involving judgment of the situation. Therefore, the assigned car can operate according to the user's situation without the user judging the situation and selecting the operation of the assigned car.

The assignment unit 320 assigns a call to the getting-off floor to the assigned car following a call to the user's boarding floor. The user can only hold the mobile terminal 100 over the receiving device 200, and can register a call necessary to go to the floor normally used. Therefore, the convenience of the user is improved.

When the confirmation response state is the state before the assigned car arrives at the boarding floor, the car control unit 360 increases the value of the full speed of the assigned car. When the value of full speed is increased, the assigned car arrives at the boarding floor at time T6 of the graph 420, for example. On the other hand, if the value of full speed is not changed, the assigned car arrives at the boarding floor at time T8 of the graph 410, for example. For this reason, the time until the assigned car arrives at the boarding floor becomes shorter by, for example, the difference between T8 and T6 by increasing the value of the full speed. Therefore, the waiting time of the user waiting for the assigned car at the boarding floor is reduced. By reducing the waiting time of the user, the user's discomfort can be reduced.

If the confirmation response state is the state after the assigned car has arrived at the boarding floor and the state before the closing operation of the assigned car door starts, the waiting time for waiting the fully open state of the assigned car door Is extended. Therefore, the possibility of the user being late for the assigned car can be reduced.

If the confirmation response state is the state after the assigned car has arrived at the boarding floor and the state after the closing operation of the assigned car door has been started, reassignment is performed. That is, reassignment is performed immediately after confirmation of the user. This makes it possible to immediately arrange another car 4 that can answer the user's call. Therefore, the convenience of the user is improved.

If the assigned car can not answer the call to the user's boarding floor, reassignment is performed. That is, the user's call is assigned to another car 4 without the user judging the situation and setting the call again. Therefore, the convenience of the user is improved.

If the assigned car can not answer the user's call to the landing floor, reassignment is performed. That is, the user's call is assigned to another car 4 without the user judging the situation and setting the call again. Therefore, the convenience of the user is improved.

The elevator group management system 6 may have a cancellation function for canceling the assignment of the user's call from the assigned car. The cancel function is activated, for example, when the confirmation button is not pressed before a preset time has elapsed. For example, when the user's schedule is changed and the elevator is not used, the user's call is automatically canceled from the assigned car. That is, there is no need for the user to judge the situation and select the cancel operation. Unnecessary call assignment is canceled without the user's awareness. Therefore, elevator system 3 is used efficiently.

In S309, the car control unit may set the value of the full speed based on the distance calculated by the distance calculation unit 370.

For example, the value of full speed may be defined as a monotonically non-increasing function of the distance. That is, the value of the full speed set for an arbitrary distance may be set to be equal to or greater than the value of the full speed set for a longer distance. For example, the relationship between the value of the full speed and the distance may be a linear expression, and the value of the full speed may be set higher as the distance is shorter. Alternatively, the value of the full speed may be set high only when the value of the distance is shorter than a predetermined value.

The distance between the mobile terminal 100 and the assigned car corresponds to the distance between the user and the assigned car. By increasing the full speed of the assigned car as the user is closer to the assigned car, the time for the assigned car to reach the boarding floor becomes shorter. Therefore, the waiting time of the user can be shortened.

In S310, the car control unit may set the value of the time to extend the standby time based on the distance calculated by the distance calculation unit 370.

For example, the value of time to extend the waiting time may be defined as a monotonous non-decreasing function of the distance. That is, the value of the time for extending the standby time set for any distance may be set to be equal to or less than the value for the time for extending the standby time set for a longer distance. For example, the relationship between the time for extending the standby time and the distance may be a linear expression, and the time for extending the standby time may be set longer as the distance is longer. Alternatively, the standby time may be extended only when the distance value is longer than a predetermined value.

The farther the user is from the assigned car, the longer the waiting time for waiting the fully open door of the assigned car. Therefore, the possibility of the user being late can be reduced.

The hall lantern control unit 380 does not display the hall lantern corresponding to the assigned car when the distance between the portable terminal 100 and the assigned car is larger than a predetermined distance. That is, when the user is far from the elevator landing 2, the hall lantern corresponding to the assigned car is not displayed even if the assigned car arrives at the boarding floor. When the user is far from the elevator landing 2, the user can not confirm the display of the hall lantern corresponding to the assigned car. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the useless display of the hall lantern corresponding to the assigned car when the user can not confirm.

Depending on the response status of the assigned car, the hall lantern control unit 380 changes the display mode of the hall lantern corresponding to the assigned car. Since the user can confirm the state of the elevator by the display form of the hall lantern, it is possible to reduce the user's sense of anxiety for being late and so on. The hall lantern corresponding to the assigned car is displayed only when the user is close to the assigned car. This ensures that the display of the hall lantern corresponding to the assigned car is shown to the user.

In the example according to the first embodiment, the mobile terminal 100 is not limited to a smartphone. Mobile terminal 100 may be a smart watch or a mobile phone.

The display unit 110 is, for example, a screen of a smartphone, a smart watch, or a mobile phone.

The portable terminal 100 may be, for example, an electronic key having a wireless communication function. The electronic key stores identification data of the user. The display unit is, for example, a liquid crystal panel included in the electronic key.

The operation of the user for transmitting the confirmation data from the mobile terminal 100 is, for example, when the mobile terminal 100 is a smart phone, the user presses the confirmation button on the screen which is the display unit 110. Alternatively, when the portable terminal 100 has a button as hardware, the operation may be that the user presses the button.

The receiving device 200 may be arranged with a security gate that restricts entry of persons other than registered persons into the building. The security gate is opened when it is authenticated that the user is registered based on the identification data received by the receiving device 200. The user can enter the building when the security gate is opened.

The elevator control system according to the present embodiment includes an elevator system in which each of a plurality of landings 2 has a plurality of landing entrances and a plurality of cars 4 overlapped on a horizontal projection plane inside the same hoistway. It is applicable also to 3.

The elevator group management apparatus and elevator group management system according to the present invention can be applied to an elevator system provided with a plurality of cars.

Reference Signs List 1 shaft, 2 landing, 3 elevator systems, 4 cars, 5 hall lanterns, 6 elevator group control systems, 100 portable terminals, 110 displays, 200 receivers, 300 elevators group managers, 310 databases, 320 allocation units, 330 Departing floor determination unit, 340 notification unit, 350 confirmation unit, 360 car control unit, 361 each car control unit, 362 speed control unit, 363 door open / close control unit, 370 distance calculation unit, 380 hall lantern control unit

Claims

The portable terminal transmits the identification data of the user, and at the time when the receiving device receives the identification data, one of the plurality of cars is selected as an assigned car, and the user takes the selected car. An assignment unit for assigning calls to floors,
A notification unit that transmits information corresponding to the assigned car to the mobile terminal;
A confirmation unit that receives confirmation data transmitted from the user via the mobile terminal after the mobile terminal receives and displays information corresponding to the assigned car;
A car control unit that controls an operation of the assigned car based on a response state to a call to the boarding floor of the assigned car at a time when the confirmation unit receives the confirmation data;
Elevator group management apparatus comprising:
If the assigned car can not answer the call to the boarding floor,
The allocation unit deallocates the call from the allocated car to the boarding floor, reselects another car from among the plurality of cars as an allocated car, and selects the call to the boarding floor again Assign to assigned car,
The elevator group management device according to claim 1, wherein the notification unit transmits information corresponding to the assigned car selected again by the assignment unit to the mobile terminal.
A drop off floor determination unit that determines a drop off floor of the user based on the identification data;
Equipped with
The elevator group management device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the allocation unit allocates the call to the getting-off floor to the allocated car following the call to the getting-in floor.
If the assigned car can not answer the call to the getting-off floor,
The allocation unit deallocates the call from the allocated car to the getting-off floor, reselects another car from among the plurality of cars as an allocated car, and reselects the call to the getting-off floor Assign to assigned car,
The elevator group management device according to claim 3, wherein the notification unit transmits information corresponding to the assigned car selected again by the assignment unit to the mobile terminal.
The car control unit determines that the response state to the call to the boarding floor of the assigned car at the time when the confirmation unit receives the confirmation data is a state before the allocated car arrives at the boarding floor In case,
The elevator group management device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the car control unit increases the value of the full speed of the assigned car.
The response state to the call to the boarding floor of the assigned car at the time when the confirmation unit receives the confirmation data is the state after the assigned car has arrived at the boarding floor and the door of the allocated car is closed. If the car control unit determines that the state is before the operation starts,
The elevator group management device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the car control unit extends a standby time for waiting with the door of the assigned car fully open.
The response state to the call to the boarding floor of the assigned car at the time when the confirmation unit receives the confirmation data is the state after the assigned car has arrived at the boarding floor and the door of the allocated car is closed. If the car control unit determines that the operation has been started,
The allocation unit deallocates the call of the user from the allocated car, reselects another car from among the plurality of cars as an allocated car, and re-allocates the call of the user whose allocation has been cancelled. Assign to the selected assigned car,
The elevator group management device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the notification unit transmits information corresponding to the assigned car selected again by the assignment unit to the mobile terminal.
A distance calculation unit that calculates the distance between the portable terminal and the allocation car;
A hall lantern control unit disposed on the boarding floor of the user and controlling display of a hall lantern corresponding to the assigned car;
Equipped with
The elevator according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the hall lantern control unit does not display the hall lantern when the distance calculated by the distance calculation unit is larger than a predetermined distance value. Group management device.
The elevator group management apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the hall lantern control unit changes a display mode of the hall lantern based on a response state of the assigned car.
A distance calculation unit that calculates the distance between the portable terminal and the allocation car,
Equipped with
The elevator group management device according to claim 5, wherein the car control unit sets the value of the full speed based on the distance calculated by the distance calculation unit.
A distance calculation unit that calculates the distance between the portable terminal and the allocation car,
Equipped with
The elevator group management device according to claim 6, wherein the car control unit sets a time for extending the standby time based on the distance calculated by the distance calculation unit.
A receiver for receiving user identification data transmitted from a portable terminal;
At the time when the receiving device receives the identification data, one car is selected from among a plurality of cars as an allocated car, a call to the user's boarding floor is allocated to the selected allocated car, and the allocated car is selected. After transmitting the corresponding information to the portable terminal, and the portable terminal receiving and displaying the information corresponding to the assigned car, the confirmation data transmitted from the user via the portable terminal is received, An elevator group management device that controls the operation of the assigned car based on a response state to a call to the boarding floor of the assigned car at a time when the confirmation data is received;
Elevator group management system comprising:
A mobile terminal that transmits user identification data;
A receiving device for receiving the identification data;
At the time when the receiving device receives the identification data, one car is selected from among a plurality of cars as an allocated car, a call to the user's boarding floor is allocated to the selected allocated car, and the allocated car is selected. After transmitting the corresponding information to the portable terminal, and the portable terminal receiving and displaying the information corresponding to the assigned car, the confirmation data transmitted from the user via the portable terminal is received, An elevator group management device that controls the operation of the assigned car based on a response state to a call to the boarding floor of the assigned car at a time when the confirmation data is received;
Elevator group management system comprising: