JP7180810B1 - elevator system - Google Patents

Abstract

An elevator system capable of performing efficient cleaning management using a cleaning robot is provided. An elevator system (1) includes a time measurement section (13), a robot control section (12), a plurality of cars (2), a time measurement section (14), and an operation control section (11). The time measurement unit 13 measures the elapsed time since the previous cleaning was performed for each of the plurality of floors. The robot control unit 12 determines the destination floor of the robot 3 from among a plurality of floors. The time measurement unit 14 measures the elapsed time since the previous cleaning of each of the plurality of cages 2 . The operation control unit 11 determines an assigned car from among the plurality of cars 2 to respond to the destination floor determined by the robot control unit 12 . [Selection drawing] Fig. 1

Description

The present disclosure relates to elevator systems.

Patent Document 1 describes a control system for an elevator. The system described in Patent Literature 1 includes a plurality of cars. In this system, a pre-specified car responds to a car call signal from a cleaning robot.

JP-A-11-147675

In the system described in Patent Literature 1, a work schedule for cleaning robots is set in advance. Further, in this system, a pre-specified car responds to a car calling signal from the cleaning robot. Therefore, there is a problem that robot cleaning cannot be performed efficiently.

The present disclosure has been made to solve the problems described above. An object of the present disclosure is to provide an elevator system capable of performing efficient cleaning management using a cleaning robot.

An elevator system according to the present disclosure is an elevator system in which a cleaning robot can move to multiple floors. This system includes a first time measurement unit that measures the elapsed time since the previous cleaning was performed for each of a plurality of floors, and a destination floor of the robot based on the elapsed time measured by the first time measurement unit. from a plurality of floors, a second time measurement unit that measures the elapsed time since the previous cleaning was performed for each of the plurality of cars, and the second time measurement unit an operation control unit for determining, from among the plurality of cars, an assigned car for responding to the destination floor determined by the robot control unit based on the elapsed time measured by the robot control unit.

An elevator system according to the present disclosure is an elevator system in which a cleaning robot can move to multiple floors. This system includes a first time measurement unit that measures the elapsed time since the previous cleaning was performed for each of a plurality of floors, and a destination floor of the robot based on the elapsed time measured by the first time measurement unit. is determined from multiple floors, a people measurement unit measures the number of users since the last cleaning for each of the multiple cars, and the people measurement unit measures the number of people. an operation control unit that determines, from among the plurality of cars, an assigned car for responding to the destination floor determined by the robot control unit based on the determined number of people.

According to the elevator system according to the present disclosure, efficient cleaning management using a cleaning robot can be performed.

1 is a diagram showing an example of an elevator system according to Embodiment 1; FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation example of the elevator system according to Embodiment 1; 4 is a flow chart showing an operation example of a robot control unit; It is a flowchart which shows the operation example of an operation control part. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of hardware resources of an elevator system; FIG. 4 is a diagram showing another example of hardware resources of an elevator system;

A detailed description is given below with reference to the drawings. Duplicate descriptions are appropriately simplified or omitted. In each figure, the same reference numerals denote the same or corresponding parts.

Embodiment 1.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of an elevator system 1 according to Embodiment 1. FIG. Elevator system 1 comprises a plurality of cars 2 . An example in which the elevator system 1 includes three cars 2 will be described below. For example, the elevator system 1 includes an A car 2 , a B car 2 , and a C car 2 . Note that the elevator system 1 may be provided with only two cars 2 . Elevator system 1 may comprise four or more cars 2 .

Each car 2 stops at multiple floors within the building. FIG. 1 shows an example in which the car 2 stops at each floor from the 1st floor to the 9th floor. A user can get on the car 2 and move to a desired floor.

The elevator system 1 comprises a robot 3 for cleaning. FIG. 1 shows, as the simplest example, an elevator system 1 with one robot 3 . The elevator system 1 may comprise multiple robots 3 . The robot 3 can ride on the car 2 and move to each floor in the building. In the example shown in this embodiment, the robot 3 can ride on the car 2 and move from the first floor to the ninth floor.

The robot 3 cleans the floor and the landing on each floor. As an example, landing cleaning includes disinfecting control panels, removing debris from floors and handrails, and the like. The operation panel may be a button type device or a touch panel type device. Also, the robot 3 cleans the car 2 while riding on it.

The elevator system 1 further includes a storage unit 10 , an operation control unit 11 , a robot control unit 12 , a time measurement unit 13 , a time measurement unit 14 and a people measurement unit 15 .

The operation control unit 11 receives a call request from a user. The operation control unit 11 also receives a call request for the robot 3 . The call request includes departure floor information and destination floor information. The operation control unit 11 determines a car 2 that responds to the received request from among the plurality of cars 2 provided in the elevator system 1 . In the following, the car 2 that responds to the call request, that is, the car 2 that is assigned to the request is also referred to as the assigned car.

A request for a call from a user is made by operating a control panel provided at the hall. A call request from a user may be made from a mobile terminal owned by the user. When receiving a call request from a user, the operation control unit 11 determines an assigned car for the request so as not to deteriorate the efficiency of the entire system. The determination of the assigned car by the operation control unit 11 is based on the destination floor of the user, the current position and moving direction of each car 2, the registered call, and the like.

On the other hand, a call request for the robot 3 is made by the robot controller 12 . The operation when the operation control unit 11 receives a call request for the robot 3 will be described later.

The robot control unit 12 controls the robot 3 . For example, the robot control unit 12 instructs the robot 3 to clean. The robot 3 cleans the car 2 and each floor based on the cleaning instruction from the robot control unit 12 .

Further, the robot control unit 12 requests a call for the robot 3 to get on the car 2 and move to the destination floor. The operation control unit 11 determines the assigned car for the call request made by the robot control unit 12 . When the operation control unit 11 determines the assigned car, the robot control unit 12 instructs the robot 3 to ride in the assigned car and move to the destination floor. The robot 3 gets on and off the car 2 based on the operation instructions from the robot control unit 12 .

In this manner, the robot 3 autonomously moves within the building and performs cleaning work by receiving instructions from the robot control unit 12 .

The storage unit 10 stores information necessary for the operation control unit 11 to determine the assigned car in response to a call request from the robot control unit 12 . The storage unit 10 also stores information necessary for the robot control unit 12 to make a call request, that is, information necessary for determining the destination floor of the robot 3 . Table 1 shows an example of information stored in the storage unit 10.

A reference time t1 indicates a reference time interval for cleaning the car 2 . For example, the car 2 that has not been cleaned for the reference time t1 or more is preferentially cleaned. That is, if there is a car 2 that has not been cleaned for 30 minutes or more, cleaning of that car 2 is preferentially performed.

The reference number n1 indicates the cumulative number of users serving as a reference for cleaning the car 2 . For example, cleaning is preferentially performed for a car 2 that has used the number of people who have used it while it is not being cleaned, equal to or greater than the reference number of people n1. That is, if there is a car 2 with 10 or more users after the last cleaning, the car 2 is preferentially cleaned.

The reference time t2 indicates a reference time interval for cleaning each floor. For example, cleaning is preferentially performed on a floor that has not been cleaned for the reference time t2 or longer. That is, if there is a floor that has not been cleaned for two hours or more, the cleaning of that floor is preferentially performed.

A reference time t3 indicates the time it takes for the robot 3 to clean the car 2 . In the example shown in Table 1, the robot 3 cleans the car 2 in 10 seconds.

A reference time t1, a reference number n1, a reference time t2, and a reference time t3 are preset.

The time measurement unit 13 measures the elapsed time since the previous cleaning was performed for each floor on which the robot 3 can move. In the example shown in FIG. 1, the time measurement unit 13 measures the elapsed time from the last cleaning by the robot 3 on each of the first to ninth floors. FIG. 1 shows an example in which a time measuring unit 13 is provided for each floor from the first floor to the ninth floor. Any method may be used by the time measuring unit 13 to measure the elapsed time.

The time measurement unit 14 measures the elapsed time since the previous cleaning of each car 2 provided in the elevator system 1 . In the example shown in the present embodiment, the time measurement unit 14 measures the elapsed time since the cleaning by the robot 3 was last performed for each of the three cars 2 . FIG. 1 shows an example in which a time measuring unit 14 is provided for each car 2 . Any method may be used by the time measuring unit 14 to measure the elapsed time.

The number-of-persons measuring unit 15 measures the number of users of each car 2 provided in the elevator system 1 since the previous cleaning was performed. In the example shown in the present embodiment, the number-of-persons measurement unit 15 measures the number of users who got into each of the three cars 2 after the last cleaning by the robot 3 was performed. FIG. 1 shows an example in which a number measuring unit 15 is provided for each car 2 .

Any method may be used for the number-of-persons measurement unit 15 to measure the number of persons. For example, the people measurement unit 15 measures the number of people based on an image from a camera provided in the car 2 or a signal from a sensor. The people measurement unit 15 may measure the number of people based on a call request from a user. In such cases, the request will include the number of persons. The people measurement unit 15 may measure the number of people based on the number of registered calls.

Next, the operation of the elevator system 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4 as well. FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing an operation example of the elevator system 1 according to the first embodiment. The operation immediately after the cleaning of the first floor by the robot 3 will be described in detail below.

When the cleaning of the first floor by the robot 3 is completed, the elevator system 1 starts processing for determining the next destination floor of the robot 3 (S101). The next floor to be visited by the robot 3 is the next floor to be cleaned by the robot 3 . The robot controller 12 determines the destination floor of the robot 3 .

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing an operation example of the robot control unit 12. As shown in FIG. FIG. 3 shows a series of processes performed in S101. Basically, the robot control unit 12 determines the next destination floor of the robot 3 from multiple floors to which the robot 3 can move, based on the elapsed time measured by the time measuring unit 13 .

In the example shown in this embodiment, the robot control unit 12 determines the destination floor of the robot 3 by updating the list L1 according to the conditions. First, the robot control unit 12 adds all floors to which the robot 3 can move to the list L1 as destination floor candidates for the robot 3 (S201). That is, the list L1 in S201 becomes [1F, 2F, 3F, 4F, 5F, 6F, 7F, 8F, 9F].

Next, the robot control unit 12 rearranges the floors included in the list L1 in descending order of elapsed time since the last cleaning (S202). The robot control unit 12 performs the sorting in S<b>202 based on the elapsed time measured by the time measurement unit 13 . Table 2 shows an example of the elapsed time measured by the time measurement unit 13.

If the measurement results shown in Table 2 are obtained immediately after the robot 3 finishes cleaning the first floor, the list L1 in S202 is [2F, 9F, 8F, 6F, 4F, 5F, 3F, 7F, 1F].

Next, the robot control unit 12 determines whether or not there is a floor that has not been cleaned for the reference time t2 or longer (S203). The determination in S<b>203 is made based on the elapsed time measured by the time measurement unit 13 . In the example shown in Table 1, the reference time t2 is 2 hours. In the example shown in Table 2, the elapsed time on the second floor measured by the time measurement unit 13 is 2 hours and 30 minutes. The elapsed time on the ninth floor measured by the time measurement unit 13 is two hours. Therefore, it is determined as Yes in S203.

When the robot control unit 12 determines Yes in S203, it excludes floors on which the elapsed time measured by the time measuring unit 13 is shorter than the reference time t2 from the list L1. That is, the robot control unit 12 leaves in the list L1 only floors for which the elapsed time measured by the time measuring unit 13 is equal to or greater than the reference time t2 (S204). Therefore, the list L1 in S204 becomes [2F, 9F].

Note that the robot control unit 12 does not update the list L1 if it determines No in S203.

Next, the robot control unit 12 determines whether or not there is a floor for which the boarding time is equal to or longer than the reference time t3 when the robot 3 moves in the car 2 among the floors remaining in the list L1. (S205). Table 3 shows an example of boarding time when the robot 3 rides on the car 2 and moves from the first floor.

In the example shown in Table 1, the reference time t3 is 10 seconds. In the example shown in Table 3, when the robot 3 moves from the 1st floor to the 5th floor or higher, the boarding time is longer than 10 seconds. Since the 9th floor is included in the list L1, it is determined as Yes in S205.

If the robot control unit 12 determines Yes in S205, it excludes from the list L1 floors where the boarding time is shorter than the reference time t3 when the robot 3 travels in the car 2 . That is, the robot control unit 12 leaves in the list L1 only those floors where the robot 3 is in the car 2 for the reference time t3 or longer (S206). Therefore, the list L1 in S206 becomes [9F].

Note that the robot control unit 12 does not update the list L1 if it determines No in S205.

The robot control unit 12 determines the top floor of the list L1 as the destination floor of the robot 3 (S207). That is, the robot control unit 12 determines the ninth floor as the destination floor of the robot 3 . After determining the destination floor of the robot 3 in S<b>207 , the robot control unit 12 outputs a call request based on the destination floor to the operation control unit 11 .

When the destination floor of the robot 3 is determined in S101, the elevator system 1 starts processing for determining the assigned car (S102). The assigned car is car 2 for responding to the destination floor determined by the robot control unit 12 . Determination of the assigned car is performed by the operation control unit 11 .

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation example of the operation control unit 11. As shown in FIG. FIG. 4 shows a series of processes performed in S102. Basically, the operation control unit 11 determines an assigned car from among the plurality of cars 2 provided in the elevator system 1 based on the elapsed time measured by the time measuring unit 14 .

In the example shown in this embodiment, the operation control unit 11 determines the assigned car by updating the list L2 according to the conditions. First, the operation control unit 11 adds all the cars 2 provided in the elevator system 1 to the list L2 as candidates for assigned cars (S301). That is, the list L2 in S301 becomes [A, B, C]. In the list L2, [A] indicates the car 2 of the A car, [B] indicates the car 2 of the B car, and [C] indicates the car 2 of the C car.

Next, the operation control unit 11 rearranges the cars 2 included in the list L2 in descending order of elapsed time since the previous cleaning (S302). The operation control unit 11 performs the rearrangement in S302 based on the elapsed time measured by the time measurement unit 14 . Table 4 shows an example of the elapsed time measured by the time measurement unit 14.

If the measurement results shown in Table 4 are obtained immediately after the cleaning of the first floor by the robot 3 is completed, the list L2 in S302 is [B, C, A].

Next, the operation control unit 11 determines whether or not there is a car 2 that has not been cleaned for the reference time t1 or longer (S303). The determination in S<b>303 is made based on the elapsed time measured by the time measurement unit 14 . In the example shown in Table 1, the reference time t1 is 30 minutes. In the example shown in Table 4, the elapsed time of car 2 of Car B measured by the time measuring unit 14 is 50 minutes. The elapsed time of car 2 of car C measured by the time measuring unit 14 is 30 minutes. Therefore, it is determined as Yes in S303.

When the operation control unit 11 determines Yes in S303, the car 2 whose elapsed time measured by the time measurement unit 14 is shorter than the reference time t1 is excluded from the list L2. That is, the operation control unit 11 leaves only the cars 2 whose elapsed time measured by the time measuring unit 14 is equal to or greater than the reference time t1 in the list L2 (S304). Therefore, the list L2 in S304 becomes [B, C].

In addition, the operation control part 11 will not update the list|wrist L2, if it determines with No by S303.

Next, the operation control unit 11 determines whether or not there is a car 2 that has been used by a reference number of people n1 or more since the previous cleaning among the cars 2 remaining in the list L2 (S305). ). The determination in S<b>305 is made based on the number of people measured by the people measuring unit 15 . Table 5 shows an example of the number of people measured by the people measuring unit 15.

In the example shown in Table 1, the reference number n1 is ten. In the example shown in Table 5, the number of people in Car 2 of Car B after the last cleaning was performed is 18 people. Therefore, it is determined as Yes in S305.

When the operational control unit 11 determines Yes in S305, the car 2 whose number of persons measured by the number measuring unit 15 is less than the reference number n1 is excluded from the list L2. That is, the operation control unit 11 leaves only the cars 2 in which the number of persons measured by the number of persons measuring unit 15 is equal to or greater than the reference number of persons n1 in the list L2 (S306). Therefore, the list L2 in S306 becomes [B].

In addition, the operation control part 11 will not update the list|wrist L2, if it determines with No by S305.

Next, the operation control unit 11 determines whether or not there is a car 2 that does not respond to the user's call request in the boarding section of the robot 3 among the cars 2 remaining in the list L2 (S307). . Table 6 shows an example of assignment to users in the boarding section of the robot 3 .

In the example shown in Table 6, car 2 of car B responds to a call request by a user in the boarding section of robot 3, that is, in the section from the first floor to the ninth floor. Therefore, it is determined as No in S307. The operation control part 11 will not update the list|wrist L2, if it determines with No by S307. Therefore, the list L2 remains [B].

On the other hand, when the operation control unit 11 determines Yes in S307, it excludes from the list L2 the car 2 that responds to the user's call request in the boarding section of the robot 3 . That is, the operation control unit 11 leaves in the list L2 only the cars 2 that do not respond to the user's call request in the boarding section of the robot 3 (S308).

In S309, the operation control unit 11 determines the car 2 listed at the top of the list L2 as the assigned car for the robot 3 to ride in (S309). That is, the operation control unit 11 determines that the car 2 of the B car is the assigned car.

When the assigned car is determined in S309, in the elevator system 1, processing for responding to the assigned car and cleaning by the robot 3 is started. In this process, the operation control unit 11 controls the assigned car. Control of the robot 3 is performed by the robot control unit 12 .

Specifically, the robot control unit 12 determines whether or not the assigned car, that is, car 2 of car B has arrived at the boarding hall of the departure floor (S103). The operation control part 11 first makes the assigned car respond to all the requests from the user so that the user does not get on the car 2 when the robot 3 is on the car 2.例文帳に追加After that, the operation control unit 11 causes the assigned car to respond to the request from the robot control unit 12 . When the assigned car arrives at the departure floor, ie, the landing on the first floor, S103 is determined to be Yes.

After cleaning the first floor, the robot 3 waits for the assigned car to arrive at the landing on the first floor. When the assigned car reaches the first floor, the robot 3 gets on the assigned car (S104). If there is a user getting off the assigned car on the first floor, the robot 3 waits until all the users get off the assigned car. When the robot 3 gets into the assigned car in S104, the assigned car is unmanned. After the robot 3 has boarded the assigned car, the operation control unit 11 does not cause the assigned car to respond to requests for other calls until the assigned car arrives at the destination floor, that is, the ninth floor. This prevents the robot 3 and the user from riding together in the assigned car.

After getting on the assigned car, the robot 3 cleans the assigned car after the door is completely closed (S105). The robot 3 waits in front of the door if cleaning is completed before the assigned car reaches the ninth floor.

After that, it is determined whether or not the assigned car has arrived at the destination floor, that is, the next floor to be cleaned (S106). As described above, the operation control unit 11 puts the robot 3 in the assigned car on the first floor, and then directs the assigned car to the ninth floor. When the assigned car arrives at the boarding point on the ninth floor, the determination in S106 is Yes. When the assigned car reaches the ninth floor, the robot 3 gets off from the assigned car (S107). After getting off the assigned car, the robot 3 starts cleaning the floor where it got off (S108).

When the cleaning of the ninth floor by the robot 3 is completed, the same processing as the processing described above is performed again. That is, the next floor to be cleaned by the robot 3 is determined, and the assigned car for the robot 3 to go to that floor is determined. As a result, the robot 3 cleans the assigned car and the floor in question.

In the elevator system 1 , the destination floor of the robot 3 is determined based on the elapsed time measured by the time measuring section 13 . Also, based on the elapsed time measured by the time measuring unit 14, the assigned car for responding to the destination floor is determined. Therefore, with the elevator system 1, efficient cleaning management using the cleaning robot 3 can be performed.

In the example shown in this embodiment, if there is a floor for which the elapsed time measured by the time measurement unit 13 is equal to or greater than the reference time t2, the floor is left in the list L1. That is, the robot control unit 12 preferentially determines the floor as the destination floor of the robot 3 . Therefore, it is possible to cause the robot 3 to preferentially clean floors that have not been cleaned for the reference time t2 or longer since the last cleaning.

In the example shown in this embodiment, if there is a floor where the boarding time of the car 2 from the current floor to the robot 3 is longer than the reference time t3, the floor is left in the list L1. That is, the robot control unit 12 preferentially determines the floor as the destination floor of the robot 3 . Therefore, the robot 3 can finish cleaning the car 2 while moving on the car 2 .

In the example shown in this embodiment, if there is a car 2 for which the elapsed time measured by the time measuring unit 14 is equal to or greater than the reference time t1, the car 2 is left in the list L2. That is, the operation control unit 11 preferentially determines the car 2 to be the assigned car for the robot 3 to ride. Therefore, it is possible to cause the robot 3 to preferentially clean the car 2 that has not been cleaned for the reference time t1 or longer since the last cleaning.

In the example shown in this embodiment, if there is a car 2 in which the number of people measured by the people measuring unit 15 is equal to or greater than the reference number of people n1, the car 2 is left in the list L2. That is, the operation control unit 11 preferentially determines the car 2 to be the assigned car for the robot 3 to ride. Therefore, it is possible to give priority to the robot 3 to clean the car 2 that has been used by the reference number n1 or more since the last cleaning.

In the elevator system 1, the time for cleaning each floor by the robot 3 may be determined in advance. In such a case, when the robot 3 arrives at a certain floor for cleaning, the next destination floor may be determined, and the assigned car for going to the next destination floor may be determined. When the robot 3 completes the cleaning at the arrival floor, it can move to the next destination floor by riding the reserved assigned car without waiting at the landing.

In this embodiment, an example in which the elevator system 1 includes one robot 3 has been described. When the elevator system 1 includes a plurality of robots 3, each robot 3 performs the operations shown in FIGS. In this case, the information such as the elapsed time shown in Table 2, the elapsed time shown in Table 4, and the boarding time shown in Table 5 can be used in common by all the robots 3. Further, when the elevator system 1 includes a plurality of robots 3, the assigned car may be determined so as to avoid not only the sharing of the user and the robot 3 but also the sharing of the robots 3 with each other.

In this embodiment, an example in which the boarding time shown in Table 3 is set in advance has been described. As for the boarding time shown in Table 3, a value calculated according to the situation at that time may be adopted.

In this embodiment, FIG. 3 shows a suitable operation flow for determining the destination floor of the robot 3. As shown in FIG. As another example, the robot control unit 12 does not have to perform the determination process shown in S203. The robot control unit 12 does not have to perform the determination process shown in S205.

In this embodiment, FIG. 4 shows a preferred operational flow for determining assigned cars. As another example, the operation control unit 11 does not have to perform the determination process shown in S303. Operation control part 11 does not need to carry out the judgment processing shown in S305. Operation control part 11 does not need to carry out the judgment processing shown in S307.

In determining the assigned car, the operation control unit 11 may also consider the waiting time of the user and the waiting time of the robot 3 so as not to deteriorate the efficiency of the entire system.

In this embodiment, an example has been described in which the operation control unit 11 determines an assigned car from among the plurality of cars 2 provided in the elevator system 1 based on the elapsed time measured by the time measurement unit 14. As another example, the operation control unit 11 may determine an assigned car from among the plurality of cars 2 provided in the elevator system 1 based on the number of people measured by the people measurement unit 15 .

In this case, in S302, the operation control unit 11 rearranges the cars 2 included in the list L2 in descending order of the cumulative number of users since the previous cleaning. If the measurement results shown in Table 5 are obtained immediately after the cleaning of the first floor by the robot 3 is completed, the list L2 in S302 is [B, A, C]. After that, the operation control unit 11 may perform the processing shown after S303 as necessary.

Some functions of the elevator system 1 may be provided in a server inside the building or a server outside the building. As an example, the operation control unit 11 is provided in an elevator control panel. The robot control unit 12 is provided in a server, which is a device different from the control panel of the elevator. In such a case, communication between the control panel and the server may be performed using a specific network within the building, or may be performed using the Internet or the like.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of hardware resources of the elevator system 1. As shown in FIG. The elevator system 1 includes a processing circuit 20 including a processor 21 and a memory 22 as hardware resources. A plurality of processors 21 may be included in the processing circuit 20 . A plurality of memories 22 may be included in the processing circuitry 20 .

In the present embodiment, each part indicated by reference numerals 10 to 15 indicates the function of the elevator system 1. As shown in FIG. The functions of the storage unit 10 are implemented by the memory 22 . The function of each unit indicated by reference numerals 11 to 15 can be realized by software written as a program, firmware, or a combination of software and firmware. The program is stored in memory 22 . The elevator system 1 implements the functions of the units 11 to 15 by executing the programs stored in the memory 22 by the processor 21 (computer).

The processor 21 is also called a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a central processing unit, a processing unit, an arithmetic unit, a microprocessor, a microcomputer, or a DSP. A semiconductor memory, a magnetic disk, a flexible disk, an optical disk, a compact disk, a mini disk, or a DVD may be used as the memory 22 . Semiconductor memories that can be employed include RAM, ROM, flash memory, EPROM, EEPROM, and the like.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing another example of hardware resources of the elevator system 1. As shown in FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 6, elevator system 1 comprises processing circuitry 20 including processor 21 , memory 22 and dedicated hardware 23 . FIG. 6 shows an example in which some of the functions of the elevator system 1 are implemented by dedicated hardware 23. As shown in FIG. All the functions of the elevator system 1 may be realized by dedicated hardware 23 . Dedicated hardware 23 can be single circuits, multiple circuits, programmed processors, parallel programmed processors, ASICs, FPGAs, or combinations thereof.

Examples of aspects that may be included in the present disclosure are specified below as appendices.

[Appendix 1]
An elevator system in which a cleaning robot can move to multiple floors,
a first time measurement unit that measures the elapsed time since the previous cleaning was performed for each of the plurality of floors;
a robot control unit that determines a destination floor of the robot from among the plurality of floors based on the elapsed time measured by the first time measurement unit;
multiple baskets,
a second time measurement unit that measures the elapsed time since the previous cleaning was performed for each of the plurality of cages;
an operation control unit that determines, from among the plurality of cars, an assigned car for responding to the destination floor determined by the robot control unit based on the elapsed time measured by the second time measurement unit;
Elevator system with.
[Appendix 2]
Further comprising a storage unit that stores the first reference time,
1. The operation control unit according to appendix 1, wherein, if there is a car whose elapsed time measured by the second time measuring unit is equal to or greater than the first reference time, the car is preferentially determined as the assigned car. elevator system.
[Appendix 3]
a people measurement unit that measures the number of users since the previous cleaning was performed for each of the plurality of cages;
a storage unit that stores a reference number of people;
further comprising
The elevator system according to appendix 1 or appendix 2, wherein, if there is a car in which the number of people measured by the people measurement unit is equal to or greater than the reference number of people, the operation control unit preferentially determines the car as the assigned car. .
[Appendix 4]
An elevator system in which a cleaning robot can move to multiple floors,
a first time measurement unit that measures the elapsed time since the previous cleaning was performed for each of the plurality of floors;
a robot control unit that determines a destination floor of the robot from among the plurality of floors based on the elapsed time measured by the first time measurement unit;
multiple baskets,
a people measurement unit that measures the number of users since the previous cleaning was performed for each of the plurality of cages;
an operation control unit that determines, from among the plurality of cars, an assigned car for responding to the destination floor determined by the robot control unit based on the number of people measured by the people measurement unit;
Elevator system with.
[Appendix 5]
further comprising a storage unit that stores the reference number of people,
5. The elevator system according to appendix 4, wherein if there is a car in which the number of people measured by the people measuring unit is equal to or greater than the reference number of people, the operation control unit preferentially determines the car to be the assigned car.
[Appendix 6]
further comprising a storage unit that stores a second reference time,
Supplementary Note 1 to Supplementary Note 5 that, if there is a floor for which the elapsed time measured by the first time measuring section is equal to or longer than the second reference time, the robot control section preferentially determines the floor as the destination floor. Elevator system according to any one of the preceding paragraphs.
[Appendix 7]
further comprising a storage unit that stores a third reference time,
Supplementary notes 1 to Supplementary notes 1 to 1 that, if there is a floor for which the boarding time of the robot from the current floor is equal to or longer than the third reference time, the robot control unit preferentially determines the floor as the destination floor. 7. The elevator system according to any one of 6.
[Appendix 8]
the assigned car is unmanned when the robot rides in the assigned car;
According to any one of appendices 1 to 7, the operation control unit prevents the assigned car from responding to requests for other calls after the robot has boarded the assigned car until the assigned car arrives at the destination floor. The elevator system as described in .

1 elevator system 2 car 3 robot 10 storage unit 11 operation control unit 12 robot control unit 13 time measurement unit 14 time measurement unit 15 people measurement unit 20 processing circuit 21 processor 22 memory 23 dedicated hardware

Claims (8)

An elevator system in which a cleaning robot can move to multiple floors,
a first time measurement unit that measures the elapsed time since the previous cleaning was performed for each of the plurality of floors;
a robot control unit that determines a destination floor of the robot from among the plurality of floors based on the elapsed time measured by the first time measurement unit;
multiple baskets,
a second time measurement unit that measures the elapsed time since the previous cleaning was performed for each of the plurality of cages;
an operation control unit that determines, from among the plurality of cars, an assigned car for responding to the destination floor determined by the robot control unit based on the elapsed time measured by the second time measurement unit;
Elevator system with. Further comprising a storage unit that stores the first reference time,
2. The operation control unit according to claim 1, wherein if there is a car for which the elapsed time measured by the second time measuring unit is equal to or greater than the first reference time, the car is preferentially determined as the assigned car. elevator system. a people measurement unit that measures the number of users since the previous cleaning was performed for each of the plurality of cages;
a storage unit that stores a reference number of people;
further comprising
2. The elevator system according to claim 1, wherein, if there is a car in which the number of people measured by the people measuring unit is greater than or equal to the reference number of people, the operation control unit preferentially determines the car as the assigned car. An elevator system in which a cleaning robot can move to multiple floors,
a first time measurement unit that measures the elapsed time since the previous cleaning was performed for each of the plurality of floors;
a robot control unit that determines a destination floor of the robot from among the plurality of floors based on the elapsed time measured by the first time measurement unit;
multiple baskets,
a people measurement unit that measures the number of users since the previous cleaning was performed for each of the plurality of cages;
an operation control unit that determines, from among the plurality of cars, an assigned car for responding to the destination floor determined by the robot control unit based on the number of people measured by the people measurement unit;
Elevator system with. further comprising a storage unit that stores the reference number of people,
5. The elevator system according to claim 4, wherein, if there is a car in which the number of people measured by the people measuring unit is equal to or greater than the reference number of people, the operation control unit preferentially determines the car as the assigned car. further comprising a storage unit that stores a second reference time,
If there is a floor where the elapsed time measured by the first time measuring unit is equal to or longer than the second reference time, the robot control unit preferentially determines the floor as the destination floor. Item 6. The elevator system according to any one of Item 5.
further comprising a storage unit that stores a third reference time,
2. If there is a floor for which the boarding time is equal to or longer than the third reference time when the robot moves from the current floor, the robot control unit preferentially determines the floor as the destination floor. 6. Elevator system according to any one of claims 5 to 9. the assigned car is unmanned when the robot rides in the assigned car;
6. The operation control unit according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein after the robot has boarded the assigned car, the operation control unit does not cause the assigned car to respond to requests for other calls until the assigned car arrives at the destination floor. 10. The elevator system of paragraph 1.

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