CN104261213A

CN104261213A - Passenger flow management system

Info

Publication number: CN104261213A
Application number: CN201410366637.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: V.德文森蒂斯
Original assignee: Kone Corp
Current assignee: Kone Corp
Priority date: 2010-08-19
Filing date: 2010-08-19
Publication date: 2015-01-07
Anticipated expiration: 2030-08-19
Also published as: CN104261213B; HK1205731A1

Abstract

The invention discloses a passenger flow management system for managing a passenger flow to limit the elevator waiting time. The management system comprises a detecting device (1) configured to detect elevator passengers in a detecting area (2) outside a building (4). The passenger flow management system can be operated to generate an elevator calling request according to information obtained from the detecting device (1), and can be operated to cancel the registered destination call if the passengers leave the elevator car early at different destinations.

Description

Passenger flow management system

The divisional application that the application is the applying date is on August 19th, 2010, application number is 201080068641.0 (international application no is PCT/FI2010/050659), denomination of invention is the application for a patent for invention of " Passenger flow management system ".

Technical field

The present invention relates to the system for management elevator passenger flows.

Background technology

In current elevator device, elevator passenger can use the portable communications/identification equipment for the such as rfid label or mobile radio system control message being sent to apparatus for controlling elevator.Such as, vehicular telephone or smart card may be used in some elevator devices to provide destination call (destination call) to elevator.

But, in city environment, there are the needs for more complicated solution.Such as, when the quantity of the people using elevator increases, always lift capacity may not be increased.This result that elevator waiting time may be had to become oversize.

Summary of the invention

Therefore, the object of the invention is the system introducing a kind of improvement, this system for manage within building and outside passenger flows, make it possible to optimize the wait time of the elevator be positioned within building, preferably reduce waiting time.

According to an aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of Passenger flow management system, make it possible to optimize elevator waiting time for managing passenger flows, be characterised in that this management system comprises detecting device, it is configured to detect at the elevator passenger being at least positioned at the surveyed area outside building.Described Passenger flow management system can operate to generate elevator call request according to the information that obtains from detecting device, and if described Passenger flow management system can operate so that passenger comparatively early leaves lift car in different destinations, cancel the destination call of registration.

According to the present invention, when passenger does not do anything, even when not according to call button, the elevator of such as residential building or working space may be waited for this passenger there always and prepare to be transported to the floor of this passenger.

Accompanying drawing explanation

Help below by way of accompanying drawing describes the present invention.Illustrate in these figures

Fig. 1 wherein elevator can detect the region of the existence of people

Fig. 2 implements the occupant detection solution of rfid reader

Fig. 3 implements the occupant detection solution of GPS-GSM technology

Detailed description of the invention

Fig. 1 illustrates that people goes to the elevator within building (not shown), and supposes that they think to go to identical floor all the time or usually.

Border circular areas 2 around elevator represents elevator wherein can detect the region of the existence of people.This idea is the user registering this elevator to elevator, and comprises their data and certain smart card of destination floor or equipment to this user.When the registered user carrying such card enters surveyed area 2, elevator will read card information, and go to the first floor and register destination floor from card.

Therefore this starts descending to the elevator more time, and such as, when user is beyond 50 meters, elevator will receive destination call from clamping, thus discovery elevator is being waited for his/her probability by raising user.

Such as, according to the quantity of the floor of building or the quantity of user and typical traffic, surveyed area 2 can be made smaller or greater.

In addition, the availability for the elevator of unregistered user also must be considered; In this case, user provides being returned to traditional pressing button call.

Use scenes

Use scenes can according to following kind of Parameters variation:

The quantity of-floor

The quantity of the people of-request elevator use simultaneously

Traffic change during-by day/night

According to the change of these parameters and totally consider, we are at some use scenes of following description:

1) unique user

This is the simplest situation.When entering building, elevator detects the existence of this user in advance, and goes to Stall (ground floor) and wait for this user; When detecting that user is enough near, this elevator starts to open door and waits for that user enters.When user is within elevator, elevator can detect it, and can close door and start to go to the floor of the registration of user.

In the opposite direction, when user leaves his room and wants to go out, elevator can detect user's (smart card) close to stopping door (landing door), and is automatically registered in the calling of Stall; When user is within elevator, this elevator is closed door and is gone to Stall.

2) a lot of user

Suppose have 10 users registered to move towards elevator, add some unregistered users.The user one of registration is in surveyed area, and elevator just starts to record corresponding destination call.When Stall, elevator can start to collect passenger, and can determine to wait for other passengers be detected and not within elevator.As replacement, user can determine not wait for and by pressure gate X button in this case.

If car becomes full, then elevator can detect it and can start mobile.This elevator can detect all users within car, and therefore only serve the destination call of these registrations, and other destination calls keep determined.Those callings of service are added the calling manually provided by this elevator.

When the user of other registrations is at dock floor place, elevator will collect them during down stroke.

When user arrives their destination floor, elevator hypothesis user does not think to go back immediately and the destination call that therefore non-registration is new; Such as, this can with such as the time out of 5 to 10 minutes carry out; If user needs back really, he should provide clear and definite manual floor call.

Alternatively, elevator intelligent can be improved: if people leaves elevator to Stall and starts to go back by the ability detecting the movement of people whichaway to elevator, if or user does not leave elevator in certain time out (such as about 10 seconds), then elevator can suppose that user intends to get back to his floor intelligently.Such as, forget certain thing if user remembers and intend to go back, he to do whole be stay within elevator, and this elevator will be taken this user home.Therefore, determine to stay within this elevator, with the device of endless mode transport user between 2 registrations point (floor) if elevator can be considered to user.

In addition, can design some precedence schemes, such as give registered user higher than the priority of unregistered user, namely the calling of registered user does not stop by first serving in the position of the manual request of centre.

In addition, there is such possibility, the user namely registered may provide manual call, and under these circumstances, if elevator detects that user comparatively early leaves in different destinations, elevator must have the ability to call out with cancelling certain customer objective of registering.

Extra possibility

If use smart machine instead of smart card, the possibility of the individual preference (such as destination call, the service of enable/disable automatic call etc.) that this smart machine can provide user to upgrade him.

Following scene can be imagined, wherein elevator will be had the ability and its user's " talk ": " good morning Mr. Alexandria; I sees that you have forgotten certain thing; I will get back to your floor at once with you " or " welcome Mr. Alexandria; for you register destination floor 33; I will directly advance to your destination, you ask the unique subscriber of my service in this moment ".

System and enforcement

The details and the technology required for enforcement that realize possibility is provided in this chapter.

First by the technology of consideration be:

-RFID

-location (locating) in real time

-GPS and Galileo location (positioning) system

-GSM

Adopt the combination of above technology, can the real time position of the user of registration is provided to elevator and therefore automatically distribute about destination call and make decision.

Can also determine that this only to work for outside/Stall, still also to all or more only other floors work.For higher floor, because do not want the movement be positioned within the room of people, so detected rule is obviously different.

Position fixing system must can:

-the people detected in Stall surveyed area exists, and described Stall surveyed area may comprise the region outside building.

-detect the existence of the people at stopping platform (landing) place at other floors

-detect people's moving direction

-detect when people is within car

Below propose the design that 2 of the locating service of the various combination of operation technique are different, and compare the merits and demerits of solution after a while.

RFID implements

RFID has limited detection range, therefore as shown in Figure 2, will need the network implementing reader.

In fig. 2, larger circle represents the total surveyed area 2 around elevator, represents elevator position 3 in centre.Other less circles are single reader nodes 1 detection ranges.In this case, when people moves by this region, each receptor will detect existence, and the information of correspondence is sent to elevator; Next reader 1 will send information after that, and from these 2 readings, elevator can determine the moving direction of people, and namely whether they shift to elevator; Therefore their unique identification label and the card information that reads are sent to elevator central controller by reader.

At other floors, there are 1 reader and the detection range that may reduce may be just enough in dock floor (landing floor).In addition, the RFID reader in car only should cover the region in car to judge the existence of passenger exactly.

GPS-GSM implements

Because above-mentioned RFID solution does not have precision in need, so this RFID solution is restricted when implementing locating service.Other similar wireless technologys can make improvements.

For more accurate position and position fixing system solution, the gps system coupled with GSM can be used.But it is inoperative in indoor that existence is limited in gps signal.Following improvement will from Galileo project, and it plans to be ready within a few year, and it makes a promise higher accuracy and the possibility in office work.

This design solution will be implemented as shown in Figure 3.

In this scheme, user is it is desirable that have the vehicular telephone of integrated gps receiver (future is Galileo receiver).The gps coordinate of elevator known by special software on phone, and when in the predefined surveyed area that it is come by this software, it will begin through GSM network and location information is sent to elevator.In addition, elevator will know its GPS location, and therefore can calculate the real-time movement of people in surveyed area.

Adopt Galileo system, this scheme also can work within building, therefore will not need extra receptor.

Table 1. design comparison

The invention is not restricted to above embodiment.Such as, even if disclose above embodiment about elevator device, invention can also be applied to escalator system or automatic walkway system.

Claims

1. a Passenger flow management system, make it possible to optimize elevator waiting time for managing passenger flows, be characterised in that this management system comprises detecting device (1), it is configured to detect at the elevator passenger being at least positioned at the surveyed area (2) outside building (4);

Wherein Passenger flow management system can operate to generate elevator call request according to the information obtained from detecting device (1); And

If wherein Passenger flow management system can operate so that passenger comparatively early leaves lift car in different destinations, cancel the destination call of registration.