JP2011225341A - Destination floor registration device and destination reservation guide system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate the guide of a user from user's standing position to an elevator number assigned to the user.SOLUTION: This destination floor registration device is installed in or near an elevator hall in which a plurality of elevators are installed. The destination floor registration device includes an input section for input of a target floor desired by the user, and an indicator display unit for displaying an indicator showing the directionality from the user's standing position to the assigned elevator number to guide the user to the elevator number that is assigned to the user based on registration of the input target floor and whose destination floor is the target floor.

Description

  The present invention relates to a destination floor registration device and a destination reservation guidance system for guiding a user to an elevator car assigned to the user. More specifically, the present invention relates to a destination floor registration device and a destination reservation guidance system for displaying an indicator indicating directionality in order to guide a user to an elevator car assigned according to the destination floor of the user.

  Conventionally, an elevator call button and a lower call button have been installed in an elevator hall in which a plurality of elevators are installed. The elevator user has registered a hall call by operating one of these buttons.

  The group management control device has determined an optimal car that responds to the hall call from among a plurality of elevators. The group management controller assigned a registered hall call to the determined car. The destination floor of the car has been determined by operating the destination floor button in the car.

  However, when there are many users in the elevator hall where the hall call is registered, the users are concentrated in the car that arrives. For example, when a car arrives at the elevator hall after a hall call is registered by operating the lift call button, all users who want to go upstairs are concentrated on the car. The users who could not get over were concentrated on the car that arrived in response to the operation of the next lift call button.

  Since the user who got in each car presses an arbitrary destination floor button in the car, the number of stop floors of each car is large. For this reason, there has been a problem that it takes time for the user to arrive at the destination floor.

  Therefore, a destination floor registration device that can register a destination call at the hall of an elevator hall has been proposed (for example, Patent Document 1). The destination floor registration device according to Patent Document 1 includes a numeric keypad and a display. When the user wants to go to the desired floor using the numeric keypad, the destination call is registered. A car is assigned to the destination call, and the destination floor of the assigned car and the assigned car are displayed on the display.

JP 2001-287876 A

  However, in the destination floor registration device in Patent Document 1, only the destination floor of the assigned car and the assigned number machine are displayed, so it is necessary to visually confirm the position of the assigned number machine. When the assigned unit is not visible from the user's standing position or when the elevator hall is congested, it may take time to confirm the location of the unit.

  In view of such circumstances, it is an object of the present invention to provide a destination floor registration device and a destination reservation guidance system that facilitate the guidance of the user from the standing position of the user to the elevator car assigned to the user. And

  The destination floor registration device according to the present invention is a destination floor registration device installed at or near an elevator hall in which a plurality of elevators are installed, and an input unit for inputting a destination floor desired by a user In order to guide the user to the elevator machine whose destination floor is the destination floor assigned to the user based on the registered destination floor being registered, the elevator floor assigned from the user's standing position And an indicator display unit for displaying an indicator indicating the direction to the machine.

  According to such a configuration, the destination floor desired by the user can be input to the destination floor registration device. The user can be informed of the position of the elevator car assigned based on the registered destination floor being registered by displaying an indicator showing the directionality from the user's standing position.

  The destination floor registration apparatus according to the present invention may further include a number identification information display unit that displays number identification information for identifying the number of the elevator assigned to the user and another number. The destination floor registration device according to the present invention may further include a destination floor display unit that displays the input destination floor as the destination floor of the elevator car assigned to the user.

  According to such a configuration, the information for identifying the elevator car assigned to the user and the other car is displayed together with the directionality from the user's standing position to the elevator car assigned to the user. Moreover, the information on the destination floor of the elevator assigned to the user is displayed together with the directionality from the standing position of the user to the elevator car assigned to the user. The user can confirm which unit to board by simply looking at the display on the destination floor registration device. Further, the user can confirm whether or not the input destination floor is the same as the destination floor of the assigned elevator by simply looking at the display on the destination floor registration device.

  The destination reservation guidance system according to the present invention is a destination reservation guidance system for registering a destination floor inputted by a user and guiding the elevator number assigned to the user to the user. A destination floor registration device installed in or near the elevator hall in which the elevator is installed, and a group management control device connected to the destination floor registration device. The destination floor registration device has a destination floor desired by the user. And an indicator display unit for displaying an indicator indicating the direction from the user's standing position to the assigned elevator car in order to guide the user to the elevator machine assigned to the user. And the group management control device receives the destination floor registration device identifying unit for identifying the destination floor registration device to which the destination floor is input and the other destination floor registration device, and the input By registering the target floor, the operation control unit that assigns the elevator unit whose destination floor is the destination floor to the user, each of the installation positions of the plurality of destination floor registration devices, and each of the installation positions of the plurality of elevator units Based on the position specifying data, the position specifying data storage unit storing the correlation and the indicator indicating the positional relationship of each of the plurality of destination floor registration devices based on the correlation and the elevator car, as the position specifying data, Display data for determining which indicator to display on the indicator display section from the installation position of the destination floor registration apparatus identified by the destination floor registration apparatus identification section and the installation position of the elevator unit assigned to the user A signal for controlling display of the indicator determined by the display data determination unit to the determination unit and the indicator display unit And a registration device display control signal transmission unit transmitting.

  According to such a configuration, when the desired destination floor is input from the user, the input destination floor is transmitted from the destination floor registration device to the group management control device. The group management control device identifies which destination floor registration device is the destination floor. After that, the group management control device assigns the elevator number with the input destination floor as the destination floor to the user. Each of the installation positions of the plurality of destination floor registration devices provided in or near the elevator hall and each of the installation positions of the plurality of elevator cars are stored as correlated position specifying data. Moreover, the indicator which shows each positional relationship of each of several destination floor registration apparatuses based on correlation and each elevator car is similarly stored in the position specific data. The display data judgment unit guides the user using the position specifying data from the installation position of the destination floor registration device where the user inputs the destination floor and the installation position of the elevator unit assigned to the user. Judge the direction of power. The determined directionality is displayed as an indicator on the destination floor registration device.

  Moreover, according to the destination reservation guide system according to the present invention, the destination floor registration device further includes a unit identification information display unit for identifying the elevator unit assigned to the user and other units, and display data The determination unit further generates unit identification information for identifying the elevator unit assigned to the user and other units based on the elevator unit assigned to the user, and the registration device display control signal transmission unit Further, a signal for controlling the display of the machine identification information on the machine information display unit is transmitted. Further, according to the destination reservation guide system according to the present invention, the destination floor registration device further includes a destination floor display unit for displaying the destination floor inputted by the user as the destination floor of the elevator car assigned to the user. And the registration device display control signal transmission unit further transmits a signal for controlling display of the destination floor on the destination floor display unit.

  According to such a configuration, the information identifying the elevator unit assigned to the user and other units is provided together with the indicator indicating the direction from the user's standing position to the elevator unit assigned to the user. indicate. Thereby, the user can confirm which unit should be boarded only by looking at the display on the destination floor registration device. Further, the user can confirm whether or not the input destination floor is the same as the destination floor of the assigned elevator car by simply looking at the display on the destination floor registration device.

  The destination reservation guidance system according to the present invention further includes a plurality of destination floor guidance devices that are installed in the vicinity of the elevator car and connected to the group management control device. The group management control device includes an assigned destination floor storage unit that stores the destination floor of each of the elevators as assigned destination floor information, and an assigned destination floor. And a guidance device display control signal transmission unit for transmitting a signal for controlling display of the assigned destination floor information on the display unit, and the display data determination unit further includes an elevator number assigned to the user in the operation control unit. Information on the assigned destination floor of the elevator is read from the assigned destination floor storage, and the destination floor entered by the user is added as the destination floor to the assigned destination floor information of the elevator unit assigned to the user. The display display control signal transmission unit further assigns the destination floor of the elevator car assigned to the user to the assigned destination floor display part of the destination floor guidance device installed in the vicinity of the elevator car assigned to the user. Send signals that control the display of information.

  According to such a configuration, the display data determination unit reads the assigned destination floor information, which is information on the destination floor already registered in the elevator car assigned to the user. The display data determination unit adds the destination floor input from the user as the destination floor to the read destination floor information. The added destination floor information is displayed on a destination floor guidance device provided in the vicinity of the elevator car assigned to the user. The user can identify the elevator number assigned to the user by confirming the destination floor displayed on the destination floor guidance device of the assigned number. The user can check whether or not the inputted destination floor is registered as the destination floor even in the vicinity of the elevator unit, so that the user can get into the elevator unit that is correctly assigned.

  According to the destination reservation guidance system of the present invention, the display data determination unit further refers to the number of destination floors included in the added assigned destination floor information, and the destination included in the added assigned destination floor information. When the number of floors exceeds a certain number, scroll instruction information for scrolling the display of the destination floor of the destination floor guidance device is generated, and the generated scroll instruction information is further added to the added allocation destination floor information, and the allocation destination The floor display unit scrolls and displays the destination floor. The destination floor guidance device further includes a guidance device number identification information display unit for displaying the number identification information, and the operation control unit further includes the assigned elevator number on the installation floor where the destination floor registration device is installed. When it arrives, it sends the information of the unit identifying the assigned elevator and the arrival information indicating that it has arrived at the installation floor to the display data judging unit, and the display data judging unit further displays the arrival of the assigned elevator. The arrival notification information to be notified is generated, and the guidance device display control signal transmission unit further controls the display of the arrival notification information on the assigned destination floor display unit or the guidance device number identification information display unit in order to display the arrival notification information. Send a signal.

  According to such a configuration, when the destination floor of the assigned destination floor information displayed by the destination floor guidance device exceeds a certain number, the destination floor is scrolled and displayed. Can be displayed without changing the font size. Further, when the unit arrives at the landing, the assigned destination floor display unit and the guidance device unit identification information display unit display the arrival notification information, so that the user can be notified of the arrival of the unit throughout the display unit.

  As described above, according to the destination floor registration device and the destination reservation guidance system according to the present invention, the direction from the user's standing position to the elevator car assigned to the user is displayed as an indicator, so that the user can You can intuitively sense the direction of the elevator to get in. Even if the position of the elevator is not visible from the user's standing position, it is possible to know in which direction to proceed, so that the user can smoothly move to the assigned elevator car.

  In addition to the indicator indicating the direction of the elevator assigned to the user to the elevator, information identifying the elevator assigned to the user and other units is displayed. You can more easily check if you need to get into the elevator car. Furthermore, since the registered destination floor is displayed as the destination floor, the destination floor registration device can easily confirm that the destination floor desired by the user matches the input destination floor.

  In addition, since the destination floor is displayed on the destination floor guidance device provided in the vicinity of the elevator car, the user can check the destination floor and check the correct elevator even when approaching the assigned elevator car. You can get into the basket. In this way, the users are dispersed and get into the elevator car for each destination floor, and as a result, the number of stoppages on the way decreases and arrives at the destination floor early.

  In addition, when the number of destination floors displayed on the destination floor guidance device exceeds a certain number, the destination floor is scrolled and displayed, so that it can be displayed without changing the size of the characters on the destination floor. You can easily check the destination floor. In addition, since the user can be notified of the arrival of the unit by the entire display unit, the user can confirm the arrival of the unit even from a distance.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of a destination reservation guidance system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. The structure of the destination floor registration apparatus which concerns on the embodiment is shown. The front view of the destination floor registration apparatus which concerns on the embodiment is shown. An example of the installation position and display state of the destination floor registration apparatus according to the embodiment is shown. The structure of the group management control apparatus which concerns on the embodiment is shown. 2 shows an example of position specifying data according to the embodiment. The block diagram of the destination floor guidance apparatus which concerns on the embodiment is shown. The front view of the destination floor guidance apparatus which concerns on the embodiment is shown. An example of the installation position of the destination floor guidance apparatus with respect to the elevator which concerns on the embodiment is shown. The flowchart showing operation | movement of the destination reservation guidance system which concerns on the embodiment is shown.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a destination floor registration device and a destination reservation guidance system according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 10, the same reference numerals denote the same components or elements.

  FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a destination reservation guidance system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The destination reservation guidance system 100 includes a plurality of destination floor registration devices 200, 201,... M, a plurality of destination floor guidance devices 300, 301,. The destination floor registration devices 200, 201,... M are installed in or near an elevator hall where a plurality of elevators are installed. Each of the destination floor registration devices 200, 201,... M is connected to the group management control device 400.

  The destination floor guidance devices 300, 301,... N are installed in the vicinity of a plurality of elevator cars. Each of the destination floor guidance devices 300, 301,... N is connected to the group management control device 400. The destination floor registration devices 200, 201,... M have the same configuration. The destination floor guidance devices 300, 301,... N have the same configuration. Therefore, what is indicated as the destination floor registration device 200 below may be another destination floor registration device. The destination floor guidance device 300 may be another destination floor guidance device.

  A case will be described where a user inputs a destination floor using the destination floor registration device 200 and the user is assigned to an elevator car installed in the vicinity of the destination floor guidance device 300. The destination floor registration device 200 transmits the destination floor input by the user to the group management control device 400.

  The group management control device 400 determines an optimal number for each destination floor and guides the user to that number. The group management control device 400 assigns an elevator car to the user based on registering the input destination floor. The group management control device 400 displays information on the assigned elevator car on the destination floor registration device 200 to which the destination floor is input. The group management control device 400 displays the destination floor registered in the destination floor guidance device 300 installed in the vicinity of the assigned elevator car as the destination floor.

  The destination floor registration device 200 accepts input of the user's destination floor and displays information on the elevator number assigned to the user. As a result, the user can determine whether or not the destination floor has been registered simply by looking at the screen display of the destination floor registration device 200. The destination floor guidance device 300 displays the destination floor of the elevator car installed in the vicinity of the elevator car. As a result, the user can easily confirm which elevator car to enter in the vicinity of the elevator car away from the destination floor registration device 200 used for input.

  Further, since the user registers the destination floor at the landing side, it is not necessary to register the destination floor in the car. The operation at the landing has more time and space than the operation in the car, so that it is possible to reduce unnecessary calls such as pushing mistakes. Since the user is assigned to each elevator unit, the user can get in relatively relaxedly even during busy hours such as going to work. Since a plurality of users are assigned to each unit, the user can obtain a superior sense of personal use for the elevator that has arrived.

  FIG. 2 shows a configuration of a destination floor registration apparatus 200 according to the embodiment. The destination floor registration device 200 includes an input unit 210, an indicator display unit 220, a machine identification information display unit 230, a destination floor display unit 240, a registration device ID addition unit 250, and a registration device transmission / reception unit 260. Each of input unit 210, indicator display unit 220, number identification information display unit 230, destination floor display unit 240, and registration device ID addition unit 250 is connected to registration device transmission / reception unit 260. The registration device transmission / reception unit 260 is connected to the group management control device 400.

  The input unit 210 inputs a destination floor desired by the user. The registration device ID adding unit 250 adds a registration device ID unique to the destination floor registration device 200 to the input destination floor information. For example, the registration device ID adding unit 250 may add a MAC address. The registration device transmission / reception unit 260 transmits the input destination floor and the registration device ID to the group management control device 400.

  When the group management control device 400 assigns the elevator car to the user, the registration device transmission / reception unit 260 receives information to be displayed on the destination floor registration device 200 from the group management control device 400. The indicator display unit 220 is assigned from the user's standing position so as to guide the user to the elevator car whose destination floor is the destination floor assigned to the user based on the registered destination floor being registered. An indicator showing the direction of the elevator to the elevator is displayed.

  The unit identification information display unit 230 displays unit identification information for identifying the elevator unit assigned to the user and other units. The destination floor display unit 240 displays the input destination floor as the destination floor of the elevator car assigned to the user.

  FIG. 3 shows a front view of the destination floor registration apparatus 200 according to the embodiment. The indicator display unit 220 displays an arrow as an indicator. For example, when an arrow is displayed on the right side of the indicator display unit 220, it indicates that the assigned elevator car is in the right-hand direction as viewed from the user's standing position. Conversely, when an arrow is displayed on the left side of the indicator display unit 220, it indicates that the assigned elevator car is in the left-hand direction as viewed from the user's standing position. That is, the arrow is displayed together with the side where the elevator is to be guided and viewed from the user and the direction in which the elevator is installed.

  The unit identification information display unit 230 displays unit identification information above the input unit 210 and the destination floor display. In the case where the elevator identification information is attached to each elevator unit, and the assigned elevator identification number “A” is assigned to the assigned elevator unit, the unit identification information display unit 230 displays “ “A” is displayed. Further, when the elevator unit is assigned with the color unit identification information and the assigned elevator unit has the blue unit identification information, the unit identification information display unit 230 displays “blue Is displayed.

  The destination floor display unit 240 displays a destination floor corresponding to the destination floor input by the input unit 210 between the input unit 210 and the machine identification information display unit 230. When the 13th floor is input through the input unit 210, the destination floor display unit 240 displays that the destination floor of the assigned elevator No. A is registered as the 13th floor.

  Since the indicator display unit 220 displays an arrow as an indicator, the user can intuitively sense the position of the elevator car assigned from the standing position. Even when the assigned elevator car is not visible from the user's standing position, the user can easily know the direction to go.

  Since the machine identification information display unit 230 displays the machine identification information “A”, the user may target the elevator to which the machine identification information “A” is attached in the direction of the arrow. In addition, since the machine identification information display unit 230 displays the machine identification information “blue”, the user may target the elevator to which the “blue” machine identification information is attached in the direction of the arrow. .

  The destination floor display unit 240 displays the destination floor corresponding to the input destination floor as the destination floor of the elevator car assigned to the user. Therefore, when a destination floor different from the desired destination floor is displayed, the user can immediately notice an erroneous input. Therefore, since the user can notice an erroneous input in the vicinity of the destination floor registration device 200, after moving to the vicinity of the elevator car, the user goes to one of the destination floor registration devices 200 for re-inputting the destination floor. There is no need to move.

  FIG. 4 shows an example of the installation position and display state of the destination floor registration device 200 according to the embodiment. In this figure, a plurality of destination floor registration devices 200, 201,... 211 and a plurality of elevator machines identified by alphabets are shown. Moreover, in each of the plurality of destination floor registration devices 200, 201,... 211, a case where an elevator car having the 13th floor as a destination floor and having the machine identification information “A” is assigned is shown.

  The plurality of destination floor registration devices 200, 201,... 211 are respectively installed between the elevator units and in the vicinity of the elevator hall. The plurality of destination floor registration devices 200, 201,... 211 have an arrow to an elevator car having “A” car identification information, “A” that is car identification information, and “A” car identification information. “13th floor” which is the destination floor of the elevator unit having

  The destination floor registration devices 200, 201,... 211, which have entered the destination floor, allow the user to know the directionality of the elevator having the “A” number identification information to the numbered car with an arrow. Thereby, even when the destination floor registration device 200, the destination floor registration device 202, or the destination floor registration device 204 inputs the destination floor, the directionality to the elevator of the elevator having the “A” number identification information is intuitive. Can be detected. Moreover, the user can know the directionality to the elevator of the elevator having the “blue” identification information with the arrow by using the destination floor registration devices 200, 201,. As a result, even when the destination floor registration device 200, the destination floor registration device 202, or the destination floor registration device 204 inputs the destination floor, the directionality of the elevator having the “blue” unit identification information to the unit number is intuitive. Can be detected.

  A destination floor can also be input from a destination floor registration device 206, a destination floor registration device 207, a destination floor registration device 208, a destination floor registration device 209, and a destination floor registration device 211 provided in the vicinity of the elevator hall. Even when the elevator hall is congested, the user can enter the destination floor with a margin.

  FIG. 5 shows a configuration of the group management control device 400 according to the embodiment. The group management control device 400 includes a control device reception unit 410, a destination floor registration device identification unit 415, an operation control unit 420, a display data determination unit 430, a location specification data storage unit 440, and an assigned destination floor storage unit 450. And a registration device display control signal transmission unit 460 and a guidance device display control signal transmission unit 470. The control device receiving unit 410 is connected to a plurality of destination floor registration devices 200, 201,.

  A case will be described where a user inputs a destination floor using the destination floor registration device 200 and the user is assigned to an elevator car installed in the vicinity of the destination floor guidance device 300. The control device receiving unit 410 receives the user's destination floor and registration device ID transmitted from the destination floor registration device 200. The destination floor registration device identification unit 415 uses the registration device ID to identify the destination floor registration device 200 to which the destination floor has been input and other destination floor registration devices. For example, the destination floor registration device 415 extracts the MAC address from the packet including the MAC address and the destination floor transmitted from the destination floor registration device 200, so that the destination floor registration device 200 and other destination floor identification devices Identify

  The operation control unit 420 registers the input destination floor, thereby allocating the elevator car having the destination floor as the destination floor to the user. In addition, the operation control unit 420 registers the destination floor in the assigned elevator car. The operation control unit 420 sends the information on the assigned car identifying the assigned elevator car and the registered destination floor to the display data judging part 430. In addition, when the assigned elevator unit arrives at the installation floor where the destination floor registration device 200 is installed, the operation control unit 420 has arrived at the installation floor with information on the assigned elevator identifying the assigned elevator. Is sent to the display data determination unit 430.

  The display data determination unit 430 receives the information on the car number sent from the operation control unit 420 and the registered destination floor. The display data judgment unit 430 generates a number identification signal from the number information sent from the operation control unit 420. The display data determination unit 430 may generate the machine identification information using alphabets, colors, blinking, numbers, or the like.

  The position specifying data storage unit 440 stores the correlation between the installation positions of a plurality of destination floor registration devices and the installation positions of a plurality of elevator cars as position specifying data. The display data determination unit 430 reads and refers to the position specifying data. The display data determination unit 430 determines an arrow to be displayed on the destination floor registration device 200 from the correlation between the information on the car number sent from the operation control unit 420 and the destination floor registration device 200 identified by the destination floor registration device identification unit 415. To do. That is, the display data determination unit 430 determines an arrow to be displayed on the destination floor registration device 200 from a correlation between the installation position of the elevator car obtained from the information on the car and the installation position of the identified destination floor registration apparatus 200. . Further, the display data determination unit 430 determines the display position of the arrow from the correlation between the information on the car number and the registered device ID.

  The display data judgment unit 430 sends the destination floor sent from the operation control unit 420, the generated machine identification information, the judged arrow and the display position to the registration device display control signal transmission unit 460. The registration device display control signal transmission unit 460 transmits a signal for controlling display to the destination floor registration device 200 in order to display the destination floor, the machine identification information, and the arrow on the destination floor registration device 200.

  The assigned destination floor storage unit 450 stores the destination floor of each elevator of a plurality of elevators as assigned destination floor information. The display data determination unit 430 reads the assigned destination floor information of the elevator car corresponding to the car identification information sent from the operation control unit 420 from the assigned destination floor storage unit 450. The display data determination unit 430 adds the destination floor input from the user as the destination floor to the assigned destination floor information of the elevator car assigned to the user.

  The display data determination unit 430 refers to the number of destination floors included in the added assigned destination floor information. When the number of destination floors included in the added assigned destination floor information exceeds a certain number, the display data determination unit 430 generates scroll instruction information for scrolling the display of the destination floor of the destination floor guidance device 300. For example, the display data determination unit 430 generates scroll instruction information when the number of destination floors included in the added assigned destination floor information exceeds five. Display data determining unit 430 further adds the generated scroll instruction information to the added destination floor information.

  The display data determination unit 430 sends the added assigned destination floor information and the machine identification information to the guidance device display control signal transmission unit 470. The guidance device display control signal transmission unit 470 transmits a control signal to the destination floor guidance device 300 to display the assigned destination floor information and the machine identification information sent from the display data determination unit 430.

  Further, when receiving the information for identifying the assigned elevator and the arrival information from the operation control unit 420, the display data determining unit 430 generates arrival notification information for notifying the arrival of the assigned elevator. Display data determination unit 430 sends arrival notification information to guidance device display control signal transmission unit 470. The guidance device display control signal transmission unit 470 displays arrival notification information to an allocation destination floor display unit 310 and a guidance device number identification information display unit 320, which will be described later, in order to display the arrival notification information sent from the display data determination unit 430. Is transmitted to the destination floor guidance apparatus 300. For example, the guidance device display control signal transmission unit 470 controls the blinking display on the assigned destination floor display unit 310 or the guidance device number identification information display unit 320 so as to blink the unit identification information and the assigned destination floor information. To the destination floor guidance device 300.

  Since the display data determination unit 430 determines the data to be displayed on the destination floor registration device 200 and the destination floor guidance device 300, it is not necessary to provide a means for determining the destination floor registration device 200. Thereby, system maintenance can be facilitated. In addition, a signal for displaying the destination floor and the assigned destination floor information is transmitted to the destination floor registration device 200 and the destination floor guidance device 300, respectively. Thus, the user can check the elevator number to be boarded by both the destination floor registration device 200 that has input and the destination floor guidance device 300 installed in the vicinity of the assigned elevator number. Therefore, the user can confirm twice and get on the correct elevator.

  FIG. 6 shows an example of position specifying data according to the embodiment. The position specifying data includes a registration device ID, a number machine, an arrow indicating directionality, and a display position of the arrow.

  An arrow to be displayed for each unit is determined according to the registered device ID. The display position is determined according to the directionality of the arrow.

  For example, when a destination floor is input from the destination floor registration apparatus 200 and an elevator number having “A” number identification information is assigned, a right-pointing arrow is displayed. Since the direction of the arrow is rightward, the display position is on the left side. When facing the destination floor registration device 200, the user senses that an arrow is displayed on the left side of the machine identification information.

  FIG. 7 shows a configuration diagram of the destination floor guidance apparatus 300 according to the embodiment. The destination floor guidance device 300 includes an assigned destination floor display unit 310, a guidance device number identification information display unit 320, and a guidance device reception unit 330. The guide device receiving unit 330 is connected to the group management control device 400. The assigned destination floor display unit 310 and the guidance device number identification information display unit 320 are connected to the guidance device reception unit 330.

  The guide device receiving unit 330 receives the signal transmitted from the guide device display control signal transmitting unit 470. The allocation destination floor display unit 310 displays the allocation destination floor based on the signal received by the guidance device reception unit 330. The guidance device number identification information display unit 320 displays the number identification information based on the signal received by the guidance device reception unit 330.

  Since the destination floor guidance apparatus 300 has only a display unit and a reception unit, a general-purpose display can be used instead. Therefore, the destination reservation guidance system 100 can be configured at low cost.

  FIG. 8 shows a front view of the destination floor guidance apparatus 300 according to the embodiment. The guidance device number identification information display unit 320 is located above the display surface. The assigned destination floor display unit 310 is located below the guidance device number identification information display unit 320 in the display screen. The assigned destination floor display unit 310 displays the destination floor to the upper floor and the destination floor to the lower floor in two levels on the intermediate floor landing. The assigned destination floor display unit 310 displays the destination floor to the upper floor or the destination floor to the lower floor in one row at the landing on the farthest floor. If the assigned destination floor information includes scroll instruction information, the assigned destination floor display unit 310 scrolls and displays the destination floor. For example, the destination floor displayed on the assigned destination floor display unit 310 scrolls to the left, thereby sequentially displaying a plurality of destination floors. The assigned destination floor display unit 310 or the guidance device number identification information display unit 320 may be blinked for the purpose of notifying the user of the hall of the arrival of the elevator car.

  Since the guidance device number identification information display unit 320 is located above the destination floor guidance device 300, the position of the elevator car can be viewed from a greater distance. All assigned destination floors are displayed in the assigned destination floor display unit 310. Therefore, the user can easily determine whether or not the destination floor desired by the user is set as the destination floor for the elevator unit indicated by the unit identification information.

  FIG. 9 shows an example of the installation position of the destination floor guidance device 300 for the elevator according to the embodiment. The destination floor guidance device 300 is installed above the number machine 500. The guidance device number identification information display section 320 indicates that the elevator number is identified by “A”. Further, the guidance device number identification information display unit 320 indicates that the elevator number is identified by “blue”. The assigned destination floor display unit 310 indicates the destination floor of the elevator car identified by “A” or “blue” along with the up and down arrows.

  Since the destination floor guidance device 300 is installed above the elevator unit identified by “A” or “blue”, the arrow displayed on the assigned destination floor display unit 310 and the movement of the car in the vertical direction Can be linked. By looking at the arrows, the user can easily determine the destination floor going from the landing to the upper floor and the destination floor going from the landing to the lower floor.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the operation of the destination reservation guidance system 100 according to the embodiment. When there is an input of the destination floor from the user (step S910 Yes), the destination floor registration device 200 transmits the input destination floor to the group management control device 400 (step S920). When there is no input of the destination floor from the user, the destination floor registration device 200 waits for the input of the destination floor from the user (No in step S910).

  The destination floor registration device identification unit 415 identifies a destination floor registration device to which the destination floor is input and other destination floor registration devices. The operation control unit 420 determines a car to be allocated to the user from the transmitted destination floor. The operation control unit 420 determines the number machine to which the assigned car belongs (step S930). The operation control unit 420 registers the input destination floor as the destination floor of the assigned number machine. The operation control unit 420 sends information on the number machine that identifies the number assigned to the user and the destination floor to the display data determination unit 430 (step S940). The display data determination unit 430 generates number identification information from the number information (step S950).

  When a display control signal is transmitted to the destination floor registration device 200 (step S960 Yes), the display data determination unit 430 determines the directionality of the elevator assigned to the destination floor registration device 200 (step S970). That is, the display data determination unit 430 determines an arrow to be displayed on the destination floor registration device 200 from the position specification data stored in the position specification data storage unit 440.

  The position specifying data storage unit 440 transmits a signal for controlling display to the indicator display unit 220, the unit identification information display unit 230, and the destination floor display unit 240 based on the determination of the display data determination unit 430 (step S980). ). That is, the position specifying data storage unit 440 transmits a signal including an arrow to be displayed, a position where the arrow is displayed, the machine identification information, and the destination floor to the destination floor registration device 200.

  When transmitting the display control signal to the destination floor guidance device 300 (No in step S960), the display data determination unit 430 reads the assigned destination floor information corresponding to the sent number identification information from the assigned destination floor storage unit 450 ( Step S990). The display data determination unit 430 adds the destination floor registered in the operation control unit 420 to the read out allocation destination floor information (step S1000). The guidance device display control signal transmission unit 470 transmits a signal including the machine identification information and the assigned destination floor information to the destination floor guidance device 300 (step S1010).

  The destination floor registration device and the destination guide reservation system according to the present invention are not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various changes can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. . In addition, the configuration and method according to one embodiment may be applied to the configuration and method according to another embodiment, and the configuration and method according to various modifications described below may be arbitrarily selected. Of course, the configuration and method according to the above-described embodiment may be adopted.

  For example, in the destination floor registration apparatus 200 according to the present invention, the input unit may be a touch panel type input display unit. In this case, since the destination floor registration device 200 can be configured only by the display unit and the transmission / reception unit, maintenance can be facilitated, and further, the destination floor registration device 200 can be configured by a general-purpose display at a low cost.

  Moreover, in the destination floor registration apparatus 200 according to the present invention, the indicator may indicate directionality in a compass shape. The indicator may be a display device that extends radially from the center of the circle. In this case, with the center of the circle as the user's standing position, the display unit located in the direction of the assigned elevator car lights up to indicate directionality. The destination floor registration apparatus 200 according to the present invention may be provided with a function of canceling when a user makes an incorrect input or a function of confirming an input.

  Further, in the destination reservation guidance system 100 according to the present invention, the registration device ID adding unit 250 may not be provided. In this case, the destination floor registration device 200 may be identified by a port number connected to the group management control device 400. The destination floor registration device identification unit 415 uses the port number of the control device transmission / reception unit 410 to which each of the plurality of destination floor registration devices is connected to determine the destination floor registration device to which the destination floor is input and other destination floor registration devices. Identify.

  In the destination reservation guidance system 100 according to the present invention, the destination floor registration device 200 and the destination floor guidance device 300 may control the display on the respective display units. For example, the display of the arrow received from the group management control device 400 and the display of the machine identification information may be controlled.

  Further, in the destination reservation guidance system 100 according to the present invention, when the identification information is already allocated to the elevator car, the destination floor guidance device 300 may display the machine identification information as a fixed display. That is, when the information for identifying each elevator unit is determined in alphabets and is not changed, the destination floor guide device 300 may fix and display the alphabets of the already determined elevator units. In this case, the display data determination unit 430 does not generate the unit identification information to be displayed on the destination floor guidance device 300 from the unit information sent from the operation control unit 420.

  As a result, when there are many people who are able to identify which elevator number is based on the unit identification information displayed on the destination floor registration device 200 in an office building, etc., compared to the case where the elevator number indicated by the unit identification information changes. The person can get into the elevator smoothly.

100 Destination reservation guidance system 200 to 209, 211 Destination floor registration device 210 Input unit 220 Indicator display unit 230 Unit identification information display unit 240 Destination floor display unit 250 Registration device ID addition unit 260 Registration device transmission / reception unit 300, 301 Destination floor guidance device 310 Allocation Destination Floor Display Unit 320 Guide Device Number Identification Information Display Unit 330 Guide Device Receiving Unit 400 Group Management Control Device 410 Control Device Receiving Unit 415 Destination Floor Registration Device Identification Unit 420 Operation Control Unit 430 Display Data Judgment Unit 440 Location Specification Data Storage Unit 450 Allocation destination floor storage unit 460 Registration device display control signal transmission unit 470 Guide device display control signal transmission unit Nos. 500 to 570

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A destination floor registration device installed in or near an elevator hall in which a plurality of elevators are installed,
An input unit for inputting a destination floor desired by the user, and the elevator unit having the destination floor assigned to the user based on the input of the input destination floor as a destination floor A destination floor registration device comprising: an indicator display unit for displaying an indicator indicating a direction of the elevator assigned to the elevator from the standing position of the user so as to guide the user.   The destination floor registration apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a unit identification information display unit configured to display unit identification information for identifying the unit assigned to the user and the other unit of the elevator.   The destination floor registration according to claim 1, further comprising: a destination floor display unit that displays the input destination floor as a destination floor of the elevator assigned to the user. apparatus. A destination reservation guidance system for registering a destination floor inputted by a user and guiding the elevator number assigned to the user to the user,
A destination floor registration device installed in or near an elevator hall in which a plurality of elevators are installed;
A group management control device connected to the destination floor registration device,
The destination floor registration device
An input unit for inputting a desired destination floor from the user;
An indicator display unit for displaying an indicator indicating the direction of the elevator assigned to the elevator from the standing position of the user in order to guide the user to the elevator car assigned to the user; Have
The group management control device includes:
A destination floor registration device identifying unit for identifying the destination floor registration device to which the destination floor is input and another destination floor registration device;
An operation control unit that assigns the elevator of the elevator having the destination floor as a destination floor to the user by registering the input destination floor;
Each of the installation positions of the plurality of destination floor registration devices and the correlation of the installation positions of the plurality of elevator cars, and each of the plurality of destination floor registration apparatuses and each of the elevator cars based on the correlation A position specifying data storage unit that stores an indicator indicating the position relationship as position specifying data;
Based on the location specifying data, any one of the installation location of the destination floor registration device identified by the destination floor registration device identification unit and the installation location of the elevator of the elevator assigned to the user A display data determination unit for determining whether to display an indicator on the indicator display unit;
A destination reservation guidance system, comprising: a registration device display control signal transmission unit that transmits a signal for controlling display of the indicator determined by the display data determination unit to the indicator display unit. The destination floor registration device
Further comprising a unit identification information display unit for identifying the unit of the elevator assigned to the user and another unit,
The display data determination unit further includes
Based on the number of the elevator assigned to the user, to generate the number identification information for identifying the number of the elevator assigned to the user and another number,
The registration device display control signal transmission unit further includes:
5. The destination reservation guidance system according to claim 4, wherein a signal for controlling display of the unit identification information on the unit information display unit is transmitted. The destination floor registration device
A destination floor display unit that displays the destination floor input from the user as a destination floor of the elevator unit assigned to the user;
The registration device display control signal transmission unit further includes:
The destination reservation guidance system according to claim 4 or 5, wherein a signal for controlling display of the destination floor on the destination floor display unit is transmitted. A plurality of destination floor guidance devices installed near the elevator of the elevator and connected to the group management control device;
The destination floor guidance device
An assigned destination floor display unit for displaying the destination floor of the elevator unit;
The group management control device includes:
An assigned destination floor storage unit storing the destination floor of each elevator of the plurality of elevators as assigned destination floor information;
A guidance device display control signal transmission unit for transmitting a signal for controlling display of the allocation destination floor information on the allocation destination floor display unit,
The display data determination unit further includes
Reads the assigned destination floor information of the elevator assigned to the user in the operation control unit from the assigned destination floor storage unit, and uses the destination floor inputted by the user as the destination floor. Added to the assigned destination floor information of the unit of the elevator assigned to
The guidance device display control signal transmitter is
The assigned destination floor of the elevator assigned to the user to the assigned destination floor display section of the destination floor guidance device installed in the vicinity of the elevator assigned to the user. 7. The destination reservation guidance system according to claim 4, wherein a signal for controlling display of information is transmitted. The display data determination unit further includes
With reference to the number of destination floors included in the added assigned destination floor information, and when the number of destination floors included in the added assigned destination floor information exceeds a certain number, the assigned destination of the destination floor guide device Generating scroll instruction information for scrolling the display of floor information, further adding the generated scroll instruction information to the added destination floor information,
The assigned destination floor display section is
The destination reservation guide system according to claim 7, wherein the destination floor included in the assigned destination floor information is scrolled and displayed. The destination floor guidance device
It further has a guide device number identification information display unit for displaying the number identification information,
The operation control unit further includes
When the assigned elevator has arrived at the installation floor where the destination floor registration device is installed, the information indicating the assigned elevator and the arrival indicating that the elevator has arrived Information to the display data determination unit,
The display data determination unit further includes
Generating arrival notification information informing the arrival of the assigned elevator,
The guidance device display control signal transmission unit further includes:
8. A signal for controlling the display of the arrival notification information is transmitted to the assigned destination floor display unit or the guidance device identification information display unit to display the arrival notification information. 8. A destination reservation guidance system according to 8.

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