JP2005193998A - Operating system of elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve a problem wherein a user of an elevator cannot grasp the operation situation when the user goes to the landing and psychological burden such as length of waiting time and confusion degree is not reduced. <P>SOLUTION: The elevator operating system comprises an operation monitoring system 1 of the elevator, a number-of-person detecting system 5, an information server 6, a communication terminal 12 of the user, and communication lines 7 and 11 for connecting between them. The information server constitutes a generating means of the content about an operation situation which can be read by the communication terminal based on the data from an operation monitoring system and a monitoring camera system, and constitutes a generating means of operation command data to the operation monitoring system based on an operation request from the communication terminal. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an elevator operation system.

  Various control methods have been proposed for the purpose of shortening the waiting time of the elevator.

  For example, Patent Document 1 reserves a hall call when a hall operation panel arranged on a living room floor, a car operation board corresponding to a floor on the living room floor, and a hall call button are pressed. Corresponding to the reserved hall call and car call, and the car call reservation means for reserving a car call when a passenger in the car presses the car call button on the car operation panel. Select the floor where the car is to be stopped or downstairs as the stop floor, select the call assignment pattern that minimizes the number of times the car stops, and register the stop floor that stops the car according to the selected call assignment pattern Proposing a control device with registration means, and reducing the number of stops for car calls, so that the service completion time from when the passenger arrives at the landing to the car on the destination floor It is intended to shorten.

Patent Document 2 relates to a group management control device for elevators, and this control device takes statistics of the number of hall call registrations of each floor, and uses the call result for floors with a small number of registrations based on the statistical results. In addition to providing a function to limit the number of cars that can be serviced, a function that enables statistical processing by time of day is added so that even if the flow of passengers changes depending on the time of day, it is possible to respond flexibly. A process for determining the number of cars that can be assigned by artificial parameter setting is added. For this reason, in an elevator system in which a plurality of cars are provided and each car is controlled by group management, the waiting time is reduced by reducing the round trip time of the elevator car and the service of the congested floor is lowered. The waiting time service of the entire building can be improved without any problems.
JP 2002-308541 A JP 2003-155169 A

However, in the conventional control method, even if the elevator group management and the detailed control of the operation pattern are performed, the alternative waiting time is ultimately determined by the number of elevators, the number of users, and the load concentration.
In addition, for elevator users, the operation status cannot be grasped unless they go to the landing, and the psychological burden such as the length of waiting time and the degree of congestion is not reduced.
The present invention aims to solve such problems.

  In order to solve the problems described above, in the present invention, an elevator operation monitoring system, a personnel number detection system, an information server, a user communication terminal, and a communication line connecting them as components, The information server constitutes means for creating content related to the operation status that can be browsed by the communication terminal based on the data from the operation monitoring system and the monitoring camera system, and the operation to the operation monitoring system based on the operation request from the communication terminal. We propose an elevator operation system that features command data creation means.

  According to the present invention, in the above system, it is proposed that the personnel number detection system is configured to detect the number of people in the car and the hall.

  Further, in the present invention, in the above system, it is proposed that the personnel number detection system is constituted by a surveillance camera system.

  According to the present invention, in the above system, it is proposed that the personnel number detection system is constituted by a people counter.

  Further, in the present invention, in the above system, it is proposed that the information server is provided with a user registration means so that an operation can be recorded for each user.

  Further, according to the present invention, in the above system, it is proposed to use a communication line constituting a BAS (building automation system) network as a communication line for the elevator operation monitoring system, the personnel number detection system, and the information server. To do.

  The present invention proposes that in the above system, the communication line between the information server and the user's communication terminal is a local area LAN communication line.

  The present invention proposes that in the above system, the communication line between the information server and the user's communication terminal is an internet communication line.

  In the present invention, data related to the operation status of the elevator is sent from the elevator operation monitoring system and the personnel number detection system to the information server. The data regarding the operation status includes, for example, the operation position of each elevator unit, the operation direction, the number of people in the car, the number of people waiting in the hall, and the like.

  Based on these data, the information server creates content related to the operation status that can be browsed by the communication terminal of the user. The content is a visual combination of characters, symbols, etc., such as each bank, current position of each unit, operation direction, stop reservation floor, number of people in the car, number of people waiting for the hall, predicted arrival time, behavior simulation, etc. Represents the content.

  A user can access the information server from a communication terminal via a communication line such as the Internet, and browse the content using a dedicated or general-purpose browser.

  The user can browse the content displayed on the communication terminal to grasp the operation status, and can take appropriate measures.

  In addition, the user can not only browse the content through the communication terminal but also issue an operation request regarding the operation of the elevator. For example, the user can operate the communication terminal to set which elevator group to operate from which floor, and can perform a call operation (up or down) there.

  The information server that receives the operation request from the communication terminal of the user creates operation command data according to a predetermined operation command generation rule, and issues this to the operation monitoring system. Therefore, the operation monitoring system controls the operation of the elevator based on the operation control rule that it has and the operation command data from the information server.

  Here, the operation command creation rule is a rule relating to adjustment or the like when different operation requests are issued simultaneously to the same elevator, for example. In this adjustment, a user is registered in the information server in advance, a priority order is set for each user, and the priority order can be used for the adjustment.

  From the above, in the present invention, it is possible to provide information such as the operation status and congestion status of elevators used for building monitoring management to users such as occupants of the building, and in addition to call buttons in the elevator hall It is possible to construct a system that can make a car call reservation from a remote location using a communication terminal, thereby reducing user dissatisfaction regarding elevator control and alleviating congestion on the vertical flow line of the building.

Next, an embodiment of an elevator operation system according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
Reference numeral 1 denotes an elevator operation monitoring system, which is composed of a central monitoring console (system) 2, an elevator operation information display graphic panel 3, and an elevator operation control unit 4.
Reference numeral 5 denotes a surveillance camera system installed corresponding to the car and the hall. This surveillance camera system has a configuration capable of counting the number of persons in the field of view by image processing in addition to the original purpose.
Reference numeral 6 denotes an information server. The information server 6, the central monitoring console 2, the elevator operation information display graphic panel 3, and the operation control unit 4 are connected to the BAS network 7.
The BAS network 7 is connected to other control means such as a receiving / transforming facility 8, a lighting facility 9, and an air conditioning facility 10.

  As described above, the information server 6 is connected to a communication line of the BAS network 7 together with the elevator operation monitoring system 1 and the like, and is also connected to a communication line such as the Internet 11.

  Reference numeral 12 (12a, 12b, 12c) is a user communication terminal, which is configured to be accessible to the information server 6 via the Internet 11. As a specific example of the communication terminal 12, 12a is a mobile phone, 12b is a personal computer, and 12c is a PDA.

  In the above configuration, the information server 6 constitutes the content creation means 13 relating to the operation status that can be browsed by the communication terminal 12 based on the data from the operation monitoring system 1 and the monitoring camera system 5, and from the communication terminal 12. The operation command data creation means 14 for the operation monitoring system 1 based on the operation request is configured.

  In the above configuration, as shown in FIG. 4 (a), the elevator operation monitoring system 1 and the surveillance camera system 5 serving as the number of persons detection system send information to the information server 6, such as data on the elevator operation status. Data such as the operating position, operating direction, number of people in the car, number of people waiting in the hall, etc. are sent.

  Based on these data, the information server 6 creates content related to the operation status that can be browsed by the communication terminal 12 of the user. The content is a visual combination of characters, symbols, etc. Represents the content.

  FIG. 3 shows an example of visual content in which characters, symbols, etc. are combined. 15 indicates the number of floors of the building, 16 indicates the state of the call in the elevator hall on the floor, and the direction of the call is displayed. Has been. Reference numeral 17 denotes an ascending waiting number, 18 a descending waiting number, and 19 a vertical movement line of the building. A display 21 of the position of the elevator car 20, the moving direction and the degree of congestion in the car 20 is displayed. Has been. Further, reference numeral 22 indicates the degree of congestion of each car 20 by a% display 22.

  In the above configuration, the user can access the information server 6 from the communication terminal 12 via a communication line such as the Internet 11 and browse the content using a dedicated or general-purpose browser.

  As described above, the user can browse the content displayed on the communication terminal 12 as shown in FIG. 2A to grasp the operation status, and can take appropriate measures.

  The user can cause the information server 6 to make a reservation operation or other operation request as shown in FIG. 4B when browsing the content by the communication terminal 12. For example, as an example, it is possible to cause the information server 6 to perform a prediction simulation of the landing time of the elevator car when moving to the floor desired by the information server 6, and the information server 6 responds to this command by, for example, FIG. The contents shown in FIG. 6 are created and displayed on the communication terminal 12.

  The user can not only browse the content through the communication terminal 12 but also issue an operation request regarding the operation of the elevator. For example, the user can operate the communication terminal to set which elevator group to operate from which floor, and perform a call operation (up or down), that is, a reservation operation there. it can.

  The information server 6 that receives the operation request from the communication terminal 12 of the user creates operation command data according to a predetermined operation command creation rule, and issues this to the operation monitoring system 1. Therefore, the operation monitoring system 1 controls the operation of the elevator on the basis of the operation control rules of the operation monitoring system 1 and the operation command data from the information server 6.

  Here, the operation command creation rule is a rule relating to adjustment or the like when different operation requests are issued simultaneously to the same elevator, for example. In this adjustment, a user is registered in the information server in advance, a priority order is set for each user, and the priority order can be used for the adjustment.

  In addition, in order to save the trouble of setting the same operation target every time for a certain user, the user floor or the pattern of the elevator group that is initially registered for each communication terminal 12 is set as an initial value. be able to.

  In addition, the information server 6 can be configured to limit the access level according to the registered user or to request authentication upon predetermined access.

  In addition, the information server 6 records the history of the reservation operation, the actual driving situation after that, for example, whether or not there is an actual boarding, and analyzes the effectiveness of the elevator operation for the next call operation. , Can be used in the operation plan. For example, if the elevator is not used despite a remote call from the communication terminal 12, a message to call attention is sent to the user who made the reservation, On the other hand, restrictions are imposed on subsequent operations.

  As described above, the present invention allows the user to grasp the operation status of the elevator and the congestion status in the car and the elevator hall, and can act according to the judgment of the user. There is an effect that the load is reduced and the load distribution of the elevator may be naturally performed.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a system diagram showing an embodiment of the overall configuration of an elevator operation system according to the present invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a display in operation of a communication terminal. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the visual content with which the character, the symbol, etc. were combined. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a system diagram showing the overall configuration and operation flow of an elevator operation system according to the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 Operation monitoring system 2 Central monitoring console (system)
3 Graphic Panel 4 Elevator Operation Control Unit 5 Surveillance Camera System 6 Information Server 7 BAS Network 8 Substation Equipment 9 Lighting Equipment 10 Air Conditioning Equipment 11 Internet 12 Communication Terminal

Claims (8)

The elevator operation monitoring system, the number of people detection system, the information server, the user's communication terminal, and the communication line connecting them are the components, and the information server is the data from the operation monitoring system and the monitoring camera system. Based on the above, the content creating means for the operation status that can be browsed by the communication terminal is configured, and the operation command data generating means for the operation monitoring system based on the operation request from the communication terminal is configured. Elevator operation system The elevator operation system according to claim 1, wherein the personnel number detection system is configured to detect the number of people in a car and a hall. The elevator operation system according to claim 2, wherein the personnel number detection system comprises a surveillance camera system. The elevator operation system according to claim 2, wherein the personnel number detection system comprises a number counter. 2. The elevator operation system according to claim 1, wherein the information server is provided with a user registration means so that an operation can be recorded for each user. 2. The elevator according to claim 1, wherein a communication line that forms a BAS (Building Automation System) network is used as a communication line between the elevator operation monitoring system, the number of persons detection system, and the information server. Navigation system The elevator operation system according to claim 1, wherein a communication line between the information server and the user's communication terminal is a communication line of a local area LAN. The elevator operation system according to claim 1, wherein a communication line between the information server and the user's communication terminal is an internet communication line.

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