JP2005187203A - Call registration system of elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a call registration system of an elevator enabling a car to reach a landing story at a proper timing. <P>SOLUTION: A registration device body 3 receives information on destination story designated by a user terminal 4 through a LAN 6. Also, the registration device body 3 performs registration, to group supervisory operation devices 1a, 1b, and 1c, for reaching the car at the landing story corresponding to the user terminal 4 after a preset time is elapsed. The group supervisory operation devices 1a, 1b, and 1c perform instructions, to a plurality of controllers 2a, 2b, and 2c controlling the operations of the elevators of a building A, a building B, and a building C, for operating the car. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an elevator call registration system for performing registration and the like for moving a car to a landing floor.

  In a conventional elevator system, when a user of a terminal such as a mobile phone is a car call service subscriber, registration of moving the car to the landing floor is received when information on the landing floor specified by the terminal is received. (For example, refer patent document 1).

JP 2002-249284 A

  However, even if the movement of the car is registered, the car will arrive at the landing floor without considering the time for the user to move to the landing floor. For this reason, it is desired that the car arrives at the landing floor at a suitable timing.

  Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and provides an elevator call registration system capable of causing a car to arrive at a landing floor at a suitable timing.

  When the elevator call registration system of the present invention receives destination floor information designated by the user terminal via the communication network, the elevator call registration system is provided on the landing floor corresponding to the user terminal after a preset time has elapsed. A processing unit is provided for performing registration for arriving at the elevator control device.

  When the elevator call registration system of the present invention receives destination floor information designated by the user terminal via the communication network, the elevator call registration system is provided on the landing floor corresponding to the user terminal after a preset time has elapsed. Is registered in the elevator control device, so that the car can arrive at the landing floor at a suitable timing.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a main part of an elevator system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. Here, the case of an elevator system installed in the office buildings of A building, B building, and C building will be described as an example.
In FIG. 1, each group management apparatus 1a, 1b, and 1c carries out group management of the control apparatus main bodies 2a, 2b, and 2c of a plurality of elevators provided in the A building, the B building, and the C building, respectively. . Each control device main body 2a, 2b, 2c controls the operation of the corresponding elevator car under the management of each group management device 1a, 1b, 1c. The elevator control device has group management devices 1a to 1c and control device bodies 2a to 2c.
Further, a registration device main body 3 is connected to each group management device 1a, 1b, 1c. The registration device main body 3 is provided, for example, in the A building, and performs registration for moving the elevator car to the group management devices 1a, 1b, and 1c. The registration device body 3 is, for example, a WWW (World Wide Web) server. In addition, a plurality of user terminals 4 are connected to the registration apparatus body 3 on a LAN (communication network) 6 via a router 5. Each user terminal 4 is provided in the A building, the B building, and the C building.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the registration apparatus body 3. In FIG. 2, the registration apparatus main body 3 includes a communication unit 31, a storage unit 32, and a processing unit (CPU) 33 that controls them. The communication unit 31 is an input / output interface, for example.
The storage unit 32 is, for example, a memory or an HDD. The storage unit 32 stores travel time data d1, floor data d2 on the landing floor, and floor data d3 on the destination floor.

The travel time data d1 is data set in advance. Here, the travel time of the user set according to the distance between the installation location of each user terminal 4 and the landing floor used by the user of each user terminal 4 is travel time data d1. Is set to
For example, when the distance from the user terminal 4 provided in the office of the A building to the landing is long, a long time allowing the distance is set in the travel time data d1. On the other hand, when the distance from the user terminal 4 to the landing is short, a short time allowing the distance is set in the travel time data d1.
The floor data d2 of the landing floor is data indicating the landing floor used by the user of the user terminal 4. The floor data d3 of the destination floor is data indicating the destination floor specified by the user.

  The processing unit 33 includes a transmission unit 33a, a reception unit 33b, a selection unit 33c, and a registration unit 33d. The functions of these units 33a to 33d are as follows. The transmission unit 33a transmits screen data for designating a destination floor and the like. The receiving unit 33b receives the floor data d3 and the like of the destination floor. The selection unit 33c selects preset travel time data d1 and the like. The registration unit 33d performs registration for arriving the car at the landing floor of the user or performs registration for moving the car to the destination floor.

  As the user terminal 4, for example, a personal computer equipped with a browser, a mobile phone, a PHS, or the like is used. This user terminal 4 is prepared in the office of each building and is used by, for example, employees.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the registration apparatus body 3.
For example, an employee working on the 6th floor of Building A operates the user's terminal 4 at his / her seat and accesses the registration apparatus main body 3 via the LAN 6.
Then, the transmission unit 33a of the registration apparatus body 3 transmits display screen data for designating the landing floor and the destination floor to the user terminal 4 (S101).

In response to the transmission of the display screen data from the registration apparatus body 3, the screen shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the user terminal 4. In FIG. 4, a screen including floors (A10, A9, etc.) showing the landing floors and the destination floors from the A building to the C building are displayed. A, B, and C in FIG. 4 indicate the A building, the B building, and the C building, and a numerical value such as 10 indicates a floor number.
Here, the employee on the 6th floor of the A building operates the user terminal 4 and designates, for example, a landing floor on the 6th floor of the A building and a destination floor on the 9th floor of the A building. In this way, the user requests and reserves the use of the car from the 6th floor of the A building to the 9th floor of the A building.
Then, the receiving unit 33b of the registration apparatus body 3 receives the floor data d2 and d3 indicating the landing floor and the destination floor specified by the user terminal 4 (S102).

  Subsequently, the selection unit 33c reads from the storage unit 32 travel time data d1, which is a time set according to the distance from the employee user terminal 4 to the landing on the 6th floor of the building A (S103). .

Next, the registration unit 33d performs registration for the group management device 1a to cause the elevator car of the A building to arrive at the landing floor specified by the floor data d2 after the time specified by the travel time data d1 has elapsed. (S104). Specifically, the registration unit 33d outputs an instruction signal for arriving the elevator car of the A building to the group management device 1a after the time specified by the travel time data d1 has elapsed.
Then, the group management device 1a that has received the instruction signal assigns the elevator car of the A building, and instructs the control device main body 2a to operate the car. As a result, the elevator car in the building A arrives at the sixth floor of the building A after a preset time has elapsed.

Also, the registration unit 33d performs registration for moving the elevator car of the A building to the destination floor designated by the floor data d3 with respect to the group management apparatus 1a (S105). Specifically, the registration unit 33d outputs an instruction signal for moving the elevator car in the A building to the group management device 1a.
Then, the group management device 1a that has received the instruction signal instructs the control device main body 2a to control the elevator car of the assigned building A to the destination floor. As a result, the employee can move to the destination floor without operating the destination floor button.

  As described above, according to the elevator call registration system according to the first embodiment, the processing unit 33 of the registration apparatus main body 3 stores the floor data d2 and d3 of the landing floor and the destination floor specified by the user terminal 4 via the LAN 6. When a predetermined time elapses, registration is performed for the group management devices 1a, 1b, and 1c so that the car arrives at the landing floor specified by the floor data d2. For this reason, for example, the user who has moved to the landing floor does not wait long on the landing floor, and the car arrives at the landing floor at a timing suitable for the user to get on. Therefore, the user can get on smoothly without operating the hall button.

  In addition, since the car arrives at the landing floor at a suitable timing, the car does not wait on the landing floor for a long time, and the car arriving at the landing floor can be quickly moved to the destination floor. . Therefore, the elevator car can be operated efficiently.

  In addition, the processing unit 33 performs registration for moving the car to the destination floor of the floor data d3 designated by the user terminal 4 with respect to the group management devices 1a, 1b, and 1c. For this reason, the user can move to the destination floor without operating the destination floor button. Therefore, convenience for the user is improved.

  Furthermore, the car arrives at the landing floor after the time set according to the distance between the installation location of the user terminal 4 and the landing on the landing floor has elapsed by the travel time data d1. . For this reason, it is possible to allow the elevator car to arrive at the landing floor in consideration of the travel time of the user required to move from the user terminal 4 to the landing. Therefore, the elevator car can arrive at a predetermined landing floor at a more suitable timing.

  Furthermore, each group management device 1 a, 1 b, 1 c can assign a car after knowing in advance the operation details such as the number of waiting passengers at the landing and the destination floor in accordance with an instruction from the registration device main body 3. Therefore, the elevator cars of the A building, the B building, and the C building can be efficiently operated.

  In the first embodiment, the registration apparatus main body 3 has been described with reference to the case where the user's landing floor is specified based on the floor data d2 of the landing floor specified by the user terminal 4. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Absent. For example, the registration device main body 3 reads the floor data of the landing floor associated with the identification information such as the IP address unique to the user terminal 4 from the storage unit 32 and selects the landing floor of the user. It may be. In this way, the operation burden on the user is reduced and the convenience is further improved.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
In the second embodiment, the same parts as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the repeated description is appropriately omitted.
In the storage unit 32 of the registration apparatus main body 7 in the second embodiment, transfer time data d4 is stored in advance in addition to data d1 to d3 such as travel time data as shown in FIG. The transfer time data d4 is data indicating the time required to transfer to different elevator cars.
Here, there is a floor (transfer floor) for transferring from the first elevator (e.g., elevator of A building) to the second elevator (e.g., elevator of B building, C building) between the elevators of A building, B building, and C building. 1st floor. For this reason, in the transfer time data d4, the transfer time of the user set according to the distance of the first-floor landing between each building is designated.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the registration apparatus body 7 according to the second embodiment. Here, a case where an employee on the 6th floor of the A building moves to the 9th floor of the C building will be described as an example.
When the employee operates the user terminal 4 to access the registration apparatus body 7, the transmission unit 33a of the registration apparatus body 7 uses display screen data for designating the landing floor and the destination floor via the LAN 6. It transmits to terminal 4 for person (S101).

  And the receiving part 33b of the registration apparatus main body 7 receives each floor data d2 and d3 which show the boarding floor specified by the user terminal 4, and a destination floor (S201). Here, the 6th floor of the A building is designated as the floor data d2 of the landing floor, and the 9th floor of the C building is designated as the floor data d3 of the destination floor by the user terminal 4.

  Subsequently, the selection unit 33c reads the travel time data d1 from the storage unit 32 (S103), and the registration unit 33d reads the 6th floor specified by the floor data d2 after the time specified by the travel time data d1 has elapsed. Registration for arriving the elevator car (first elevator) in building A on the landing floor is performed for the group management apparatus 1a (S104). As a result, the employee on the 6th floor of the A building can get on the car on the landing floor on the 6th floor of the A building without operating the landing button.

  In addition, the registration unit 33d performs registration for moving the elevator car of the A building to the first floor (transfer floor) to the group management apparatus 1a (S202). Thereby, the control device main body 2a of the A building that controls the operation of the car assigned by the group management device 1a performs control of moving the car to the first floor under the management of the group management device 1a.

When the car arrives at the first floor, the receiving unit 33b of the registration device main body 7 receives a signal indicating that the car has arrived from the control device main body 2a via the group management device 1a (S203).
Then, the registration unit 33d reads the transfer time data d4 from the storage unit 32 (S204). Then, the registration unit 33d performs registration for the group management device 1c to arrive at the first floor of the elevator of the C building (second elevator) after the time specified by the transfer time data d4 has elapsed (S205). . Specifically, the registration unit 33d outputs to the group management device 1c an instruction signal for arriving the elevator car of building C to the first floor.
Then, the group management device 1c that has received the instruction signal assigns the elevator car of the C building and instructs the control device main body 2c to control the arrival of the car on the first floor of the C building. Thereby, the elevator car of the C building arrives at the transfer floor at a time corresponding to the time when the elevator car of the A building arrives at the transfer floor.
Therefore, an employee who has moved from the first floor landing floor of A building to the first floor landing floor of C building does not need to operate the landing buttons on the first floor of C building, and is suitable for the elevator car in C building. It becomes possible to get on.

Also, the registration unit 33d performs registration for moving the elevator car of the C building to the destination floor designated by the user terminal 4 with respect to the group management apparatus 1c (S206). Specifically, the registration unit 33d outputs an instruction signal for moving the elevator car of the C building to the destination floor to the group management device 1c.
Then, the group management device 1c that has received the instruction signal instructs the control device main body 2c to perform control to move the assigned elevator car of the C building to the destination floor. Thereby, the employee can move to the 9th floor of the C building without operating the destination floor button.

  As described above, according to the elevator call registration system according to the second embodiment, the processing unit 33 of the registration apparatus main body 7 is connected to the landing floor of the second elevator from the user terminal 4 corresponding to the landing floor of the first elevator. When the destination floor information designated as the destination floor is received, the registration for moving the first elevator car in the order of the landing floor corresponding to the user terminal 4 and the transfer floor from the first elevator to the second elevator is performed in the elevator. For the control device. For this reason, the user can move to the transfer floor without operating the landing button and the destination floor button of the first elevator. Therefore, the elevator can be changed more smoothly.

  In addition, when the processing unit 33 receives the destination floor information designated by the user terminal 4, the processing unit 33 performs registration for moving the second elevator car in the order of the transfer floor and the destination floor to the elevator control device. For this reason, the user can move to the destination floor without operating the landing button and the destination floor button of the second elevator. Therefore, the user can smoothly move to the destination floor of the elevator provided in different buildings.

  Further, when the processing unit 33 receives the destination floor information designated by the user terminal 4, the processing unit 33 sets the second time to the time taking into account the user's transfer time corresponding to the time when the car of the first elevator arrives at the transfer floor. The elevator controller is registered so that the elevator car arrives at the transfer floor. For this reason, the car of the second elevator will arrive at the transfer floor at a suitable timing. Accordingly, for example, the user can smoothly change to the second elevator without waiting for a long time at the landing floor of the second elevator.

  Still further, when the second elevator car arrives at the transfer floor at a suitable timing, a plurality of elevator cars different from each other can be efficiently operated. Therefore, the user can smoothly move between a plurality of different buildings.

Embodiment 3 FIG.
FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a main part of the elevator system according to the third embodiment. Here, the case of an elevator system installed in a twin tower hotel consisting of a building A and a building B will be described as an example. In addition, the same part as Embodiment 1, 2 attaches | subjects the same code | symbol, and abbreviate | omits duplicate description suitably.

In FIG. 7, the registration apparatus main body 8 provided in the A building is connected to the group management devices 1 a and 1 b in the A and B buildings via the LAN 6. Each group management device 1a, 1b manages a plurality of control device main bodies 2a, 2b for controlling the operation of elevator cars in the A building and the B building, respectively.
In addition, a plurality of user terminals 4 provided in the A building and the B building are connected to the registration apparatus main body 8 via a LAN 6. Here, the user terminals 4 are provided in the suite rooms of the A building and the B building and the VIP-treated guest rooms. Therefore, the guest room 4 is used by a guest of a suite room or a guest of VIP treatment.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the registration apparatus body 8. In FIG. 8, the registration apparatus main body 8 includes a communication unit 31, a storage unit 32, and a processing unit 33.
The storage unit 32 stores identification information d5 in addition to data d2 to d4 such as floor data of the landing floor. The identification information d5 is data unique to the user terminal 4 and corresponds to, for example, an IP address, a password, or the like. The identification information d5 is associated with the floor data d2 of the landing floor. In the floor number data d2, the nearest landing floor from the guest room is set.
The processing unit 33 includes an authentication unit 33e in addition to the transmission unit 33a, the reception unit 33b, the selection unit 33c, and the registration unit 33d. The authentication unit 33e authenticates the guest.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the operation of the registration apparatus body 8. Here, a case where a guest with a VIP treatment staying in a guest room in Building A moves from the guest room to the top floor of Building B (the restaurant installation floor) will be described as an example.
The guest operates the user terminal 4 to access the registration apparatus main body 8 and transmits the password, account, and identification information d5 to the registration apparatus main body 7. Then, the authentication part 33e of the registration apparatus main body 8 authenticates a guest by the password and account from the user terminal 4 (S301).

  Then, when the authentication right is granted to the guest by the authentication unit 33e, the selection unit 33c selects the floor data d2 of the landing floor corresponding to the identification information d5 from the user terminal 4 from the storage unit 32 (S302). .

  Subsequently, the transmission unit 33a transmits display screen data for designating the boarding time and destination floor of the guest permitted to be accessed by the authentication unit 33e to the user terminal 4 via the LAN 6 (S303). As a result, the display screen data is displayed on the user terminal 4.

Then, the guest operates the user terminal 4 to specify the boarding time and the destination floor. Here, the time after 10 minutes is designated as the boarding time by the user terminal 4, and the top floor of Building B is designated as the destination floor.
Then, the receiving unit 33b of the registration apparatus body 8 receives the boarding time data designated by the user terminal 4 and the floor data d3 of the destination floor via the LAN 6 (S304).

Next, the registration unit 33d registers the elevator car of building A to arrive at the nearest landing floor of the guest indicated by the floor data d2 designated by the user terminal 4 at the time designated by the boarding time data. Is performed on the group management apparatus 1a (S305).
Then, the group management device 1a assigns the elevator car of the A building, and instructs the control device main body 2a to control the arrival of the car at the nearest landing floor of the guest during the boarding time. As a result, a guest in building A can get in the car at the designated time.

  In addition, the registration unit 33d performs registration for moving the elevator car of the A building to the first floor with respect to the group management apparatus 1a (S306). Thereby, the control device main body 2a of the A building that controls the operation of the car assigned by the group management device 1a performs control of moving the car to the first floor under the management of the group management device 1a.

When the car arrives at the first floor of the A building, the receiving unit 33b of the registration apparatus main body 8 receives a signal indicating that the car has arrived from the control apparatus main body 2a via the group management apparatus 1a (S203). .
Then, the registration unit 33d reads the transfer time data d4 from the storage unit 32 (S204). And the registration part 33d performs registration which makes the elevator car of the B ridge arrive at the first floor after the time designated by the transfer time data d4 has passed to the group management device 1b (S307). Specifically, the registration unit 33d outputs to the group management device 1b an instruction signal for causing the elevator car of building B to arrive at the first floor.
Then, the group management device 1b assigns the elevator car of the B building and instructs the control device main body 2b to perform control for preferentially moving the car to the first floor of the B building. Thereby, the guest can get on the elevator car in the B building preferentially.

In addition, the registration unit 33d performs registration for moving the elevator car of the B building to the destination floor designated by the user terminal 4, that is, the top floor, to the group management apparatus 1b (S308). Specifically, the registration unit 33d outputs an instruction signal for moving the elevator car of the B building to the group management device 1b.
Then, the group management device 1b instructs the control device main body 2b to perform control for moving the assigned elevator car of the B building to the top floor. Thereby, the guest of Building A can move preferentially to the top floor of Building B without operating the destination floor button.

  As described above, according to the elevator call registration system of the third embodiment, the processing unit 33 of the registration apparatus main body 8 transfers the car to the passenger's landing floor at the boarding time specified via the LAN 6 by the user terminal 4. Registration for arrival at the group management device 1a is performed. For this reason, the guest etc. can reserve use of a cage | basket | car at the designated time by remote control.

  Further, the processing unit 33 performs registration for preferential movement to the destination floor designated by the user terminal 4 with respect to the group management apparatus 1b. For this reason, the guest etc. of VIP treatment can move to a desired floor preferentially, without operating a destination floor button.

  Furthermore, since the processing unit 33 is designed to provide a service for preferentially moving a car to a user who is permitted to access by authentication of a user such as a guest, the user can A general-purpose terminal such as a personal computer may be operated without operating the terminal.

  In the third embodiment, the case where the registration apparatus main body 3 provides a service for performing registration or the like for arriving at a predetermined landing floor at a time specified by a request from the user terminal 4 has been described. However, other services may be provided. For example, the registration apparatus main body 3 may provide a service for updating, deleting, and newly registering data such as the identification information d5 in the storage unit 32 in response to a request from the user terminal 4.

  In the first, second, and third embodiments, the case where one registration apparatus main body performs batch processing has been described. For example, a plurality of registration apparatus main bodies provided for each ridge cooperate with each other to perform distributed processing. May be performed.

  Further, the place where the elevator call registration system is used is not limited to office buildings and hotels, but may be condominiums, for example.

  Further, the communication network is not limited to the LAN 6 and may be a dedicated line, a telephone line, or the like, for example.

It is a block diagram which shows the principal part of the elevator system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the registration apparatus main body of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the registration apparatus main body of FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the display screen on the terminal for users of FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a registration apparatus main body according to Embodiment 2. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the registration apparatus main body of FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the principal part of the elevator system which concerns on Embodiment 3. FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the registration apparatus main body of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the registration apparatus main body of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

  1a to 1c group management device, 2a to 2c control device main body, 3 registration device main body, 4 user terminal, 6 LAN, 32 storage unit, 33 processing unit, 33a transmission unit, 33b reception unit, 33c selection unit, 33d registration Part, 33e authentication part.

Claims (9)

When the destination floor information designated by the user terminal is received via the communication network, the elevator control device registers the car to arrive at the landing floor corresponding to the user terminal after a preset time has elapsed. An elevator call registration system characterized by comprising a processing section for the elevator.   The said processing part performs the registration which moves the cage | basket | car which the user of the said user terminal boarded to the destination floor designated by the said destination floor information with respect to the said elevator control apparatus. Elevator call registration system.   The elevator call registration system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the processing unit selects a landing floor corresponding to the user terminal based on identification information unique to the user terminal.   The said preset time is the time set according to the distance between the said terminal for users and the landing of the said landing floor, The one in any one of Claim 1 to 3 characterized by the above-mentioned. Elevator call registration system. When the destination floor information in which the landing floor of the second elevator is designated as the destination floor is received from the user terminal corresponding to the landing floor of the first elevator via the communication network, the car of the first elevator is Elevator call characterized by comprising a processing unit for registering the elevator controller to move in the order of the landing floor corresponding to the user terminal and the transfer floor from the first elevator to the second elevator. Registration system.   The said processing part performs the registration which moves the cage | basket | car of the said 2nd elevator in the order of the said transfer floor and the said destination floor, when receiving the said destination floor information, The elevator control apparatus is characterized by the above-mentioned. Elevator call registration system.   When the processing unit receives the destination floor information, the elevator is arranged such that the second elevator car arrives at the transfer floor at a time corresponding to the time at which the first elevator car arrives at the transfer floor. 7. The elevator call registration system according to claim 6, wherein registration is performed for the control device. A processing unit that receives a request from a user terminal via a communication network and performs registration for an elevator control device to cause a car to arrive at a predetermined landing floor at a time specified by the request. Elevator call registration system.   9. The elevator controller according to claim 8, wherein the processing unit performs registration for preferentially moving a car on which the user of the user terminal is boarded to a destination floor specified by the request. The elevator call registration system described.

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