JP2012035966A - Method and system for controlling elevator operation - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an elevator operation control method and an elevator operation system which can achieve a highly efficient operation state of the elevator and convenience for users while using information transmitted from a parking lot management device and a human detection device.SOLUTION: The elevator operation control system includes the steps of: authenticating an entry-permitted vehicle C in a parking lot to determine entry permission by a parking lot management device 1; detecting the movement of a user who gets out from the vehicle C passing from the parking lot P through a communication path A to a building B by the human detection device 2; changing the operation state of a cage from a normal operation to a standby operation by an elevator controller 3 on the basis of parking information from the parking lot management device 1 and user's movement information from the human detection device 2; moving the cage to a reference floor; keeping the cage standby at the reference floor for a prescribed time; and confirming the riding of the user in the cage to move the cage to a user's destination.

Description

  The present invention relates to an elevator operation control method and an elevator operation control system.

  Recently, for example, in a parking lot such as a condominium or the like, a parking lot management device for identifying a license plate of a vehicle entering a parking lot has been adopted from the viewpoint of preventing unauthorized use where parking is performed by anyone other than a parking lot contractor and enhancing security. Increasingly, parking permission / denial is determined based on the identified license plate information.

  In addition, attempts have been made to use the information acquired by this parking lot management device for driving elevators. For example, for a user who gets off a vehicle parked in the parking lot, the car is moved to the entrance floor in advance. Let

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  However, for example, when a user who gets off the vehicle carries out a large baggage from the vehicle or returns to the vehicle to pick up a forgotten item, the user moves from the parking lot to the entrance floor. It may also take more time than originally planned. In such a case, in the invention disclosed in Patent Document 1, even if the car moves to the entrance floor and waits for the user coming from the parking lot, another user may use the car, Or it may respond to the hall call registration in floors other than an entrance floor.

  With this, even if the car is parked on the entrance floor for the user who moves from the parking lot to the building, the driving is useless, and it is highly convenient for the user. I could not say it.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to create an efficient driving state of an elevator while using information transmitted from a parking lot management device and a human detection device. It is an object to provide an elevator operation control method and an elevator operation control system that can improve convenience for the user.

  A first feature according to the embodiment of the present invention is that, in the elevator operation control method, the step of authenticating whether or not the vehicle is capable of entering the parking lot and determining permission of entry by the parking lot management device, From the step of detecting by the human detection device the movement of the user who got off the vehicle moving from the parking lot to the building via the communication passage, the parking information from the parking lot management device and the movement information of the user by the human detection device, The elevator controller shifts the operating state of the car from normal operation to standby operation, makes the new call registration unresponsive, responds to all registered hall call registrations, and all registered hall calls. After responding to the registration, the step of moving the car to the reference floor, the step of waiting the car on the reference floor for a predetermined time, and confirming that the user has boarded the car, And a step of moving the car ride to come destination floor.

  A second feature according to the embodiment of the present invention is that, in the elevator operation control system, a parking lot management device that authenticates whether or not the vehicle is capable of entering the parking lot and determines permission to enter, a parking lot, The elevator car installed in the building is used as a reference based on the information sent from the person detection device installed in the communication passage connecting the building's reference floor and the parking lot management device and the person detection device. And an elevator control device that controls to move to the floor.

1 is an overall view showing an overall configuration of an elevator operation control system according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the parking lot management apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the elevator control apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the elevator operation control method which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of control in the modification of the elevator operation control method which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the elevator operation control method which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the elevator operation control method which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 is an overall view showing an overall configuration of an elevator operation control system S according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 shows an example in which an elevator operation control system S is incorporated in a building B. This building B has a building entrance and a parking lot on the first floor (reference floor) (hereinafter collectively referred to as “entrance floor”). Also, the upper floor from the entrance floor is, for example, a living room floor such as a residence or an office.

  In the parking lot P, a multi-story parking lot P1 is installed so that a plurality of vehicles C can be parked. The vehicle C is stored in a garage here, and an arbitrary vehicle C is loaded and unloaded by driving the garage in a circulating manner. However, although it is a three-dimensional parking lot in FIG. 1 for convenience, it may of course be a flat parking lot. Further, the parking lot P in the embodiment of the present invention is different from a parking space on the road, for example, a vehicle that can be parked is determined in advance by a parking lot use contract or the like, and a vehicle for which the contract is not concluded is It is assumed that the parking lot P cannot be used (the vehicle cannot be stopped at the parking lot P).

  In order for the vehicle C to enter the parking lot P, it is necessary to pass through the gate P2. The gate P2 has a function of recognizing the vehicle C, such as a camera that reads the license plate of the vehicle C, for example. Here, as a method of recognizing the vehicle C, in addition to such a method of reading a license plate with a camera, for example, a method based on a signal emitted from a remote controller or an IC card used by a user of the vehicle C to open and close the gate P2 There may be.

  The gate P2 is electrically connected to the parking lot management apparatus 1, and the recognition information of the vehicle C by the gate P2 is input to the parking lot management apparatus 1. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the parking lot management apparatus 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention. The parking lot management device 1 includes a reception unit 11, a storage unit 12, a determination unit 13, and a transmission unit 14. The storage unit 12 stores information related to the vehicle C permitted to park in the parking lot P in advance, information related to the person who owns the vehicle C, and the like.

  The gate P2 recognizes the vehicle C about to enter the parking lot P, and transmits the recognized information (for example, information on the license plate) to the parking lot management device 1. In the parking lot management apparatus 1, the information transmitted from the gate P <b> 2 is received by the reception unit 11, and then transmitted to the determination unit 13. The determination unit 13 checks whether or not matching information is stored in the storage unit 12 based on the sent information. Information related to the vehicle C that is permitted to park in the parking lot P stored in the storage unit 12 is associated with information related to the person who owns the vehicle C.

  Therefore, when authentication about the warehousing to the parking lot P can be performed, a signal for permitting the corresponding vehicle C to be admitted is transmitted to the gate P2. By receiving this signal, the gate P2 causes the vehicle C to enter the parking lot P by opening the gate, for example. Furthermore, the parking lot management device 1 (determination unit 13) uses the transmission unit 14 to inform the elevator control device 3 about the person who owns the vehicle C (hereinafter, this information is referred to as “parking information” for convenience. Send). The elevator control device 3 controls the operation of the elevator as will be described later based on the parking information.

  On the other hand, when authentication about the warehousing to the parking lot P cannot be performed, the signal which does not permit the warehousing of the applicable vehicle C is transmitted with respect to the gate P2. The gate P2 that has received this signal rejects entry of the vehicle C into the parking lot P by, for example, maintaining the gate closed. At this time, the parking lot management device 1 does not transmit any information to the elevator control device 3. Therefore, the elevator control device 3 itself enters a standby state.

  Between the parking lot P and the entrance hall H of the building B, there is a communication passage A connecting the two, and those who use the parking lot P pass through the communication passage A and enter the entrance hall H. go and come. A human detection device 2 is provided in the communication passage A. This person detection device 2 is a device for detecting the movement of a user moving in the communication passage A. For example, when a user such as a resident who parked the vehicle C in the parking lot P gets off the vehicle C and moves to the entrance hall H through the communication passage A, the person detection device 2 is used when passing through the communication passage A. Detects the movement of the user. With respect to the person detection device 2, any method may be used to detect the movement of the user. Further, the human detection device 2 may be configured to detect not only the movement of the user moving in the communication passage A but also the movement direction thereof. For example, a plurality of detection devices are installed in the communication passage A, and the direction of the user moving through the communication passage A can be recognized by confirming the detection order of the detection devices. Information relating to the movement and movement direction of the user detected by the human detection device 2 (hereinafter, this information is referred to as “movement information” for convenience) is transmitted to the elevator control device 3.

  In the entrance hall H of the building B, an entrance (not shown in FIG. 1) for entering the building B, an elevator E, and the like are provided. In the elevator E, a car on which a user gets on and off and a counterweight are connected to each other, and the elevator E moves up and down in the hoistway. Furthermore, it is comprised from each element, such as a hoisting machine and a governor, which a rope is wound around and raises / lowers a passenger car in a hoistway. FIG. 1 shows only an elevator door E1 and an operation panel E2 for landing call registration among the elements of the elevator E. The operation panel E2 includes a hall call registration button and a display device used to indicate the traveling direction of the car. In addition, a notification device E3 for guiding a user in the entrance hall H is installed on the upper portion of the operation panel E2. In the first embodiment, there is one elevator E installed in the building B.

  The elevator E is operation-controlled by the elevator control device 3. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the elevator control device 3 according to the embodiment of the present invention. The elevator control device 3 includes a receiving unit 31, a time measuring unit 32, a determining unit 33, and a transmitting unit 34. The elevator control device 3 performs not only the operation control described below, but also the control of each element constituting the elevator E described above. The internal configuration of the elevator control device 3 shown in FIG. 3 shows only the configuration necessary for explaining the embodiment of the present invention. Therefore, a configuration necessary for controlling each element constituting the elevator E, which is not shown in FIG. 3, is naturally formed inside the elevator control device 3.

  The receiving unit 31 receives information (parking information and movement information) transmitted from the parking lot management device 1 and the person detection device 2. These pieces of information received by the reception unit 31 are transmitted to the determination unit 33. The timer unit 32 measures the time that the car waits on the entrance floor. The determination unit 33 makes a determination necessary for controlling the operation of the elevator E based on information transmitted from the parking lot management device 1 and the person detection device 2, information from the time measuring unit 32, and the like. Create instructions. The instruction created in the determination unit 33 is transmitted to each element via the transmission unit 34 and driven.

  Thus, since the elevator control device 3 performs the operation control of the elevator E based on the parking information transmitted from the parking lot management device 1 and the movement information transmitted from the person detection device 2, the parking lot management device 1, Both the person detection device 2 and the elevator control device 3 constitute an elevator operation control system S.

  Next, an elevator operation control method using the elevator operation control system S will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a flow of the elevator operation control method according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

  First, the parking lot management device 1 confirms whether or not the vehicle C that has entered the parking lot P is a vehicle (permitted vehicle) that can be stored (ST1). That is, as described above, only the vehicle C for which parking is permitted in advance can be parked in the parking lot P according to the embodiment of the present invention. Therefore, when the vehicle C enters the parking lot P in order to enter, the gate P2 recognizes, for example, the license plate of the vehicle C and transmits the information to the parking lot management device 1.

  The parking lot management apparatus 1 (determination unit 13) collates the sent information with the information stored in the storage unit 12. As a result of the collation, if the vehicle C is a vehicle with permission to enter, the gate P2 is instructed to open the gate so that the vehicle C is received. At the same time, information (parking information) related to the person who owns the stored vehicle C, which is associated with information related to the vehicle C permitted to park in the parking lot P, is transmitted to the elevator control device 3.

  A person who parks the vehicle C in the parking lot P (hereinafter, such a person will be referred to as a “user”) usually stays in the building B unless he / she goes out of the parking lot P directly. In order to go to the entrance hall, the user leaves the parking lot P and moves to the entrance hall H through the communication passage A. Therefore, in the human detection device 2 installed in the communication passage A, it is confirmed whether or not the user is moving from the parking lot P to the building B (ST2). If the human detection device 2 does not detect the movement of the user, the standby state is maintained as it is (NO in ST2). However, if the movement of the user is detected (YES in ST2), the human detection device 2 The movement information of the user is transmitted to the control device 3. The elevator control device 3 can grasp that the user is moving toward the entrance hall H from this information.

  When the elevator control device 3 receives the parking information from the parking lot management device 1 and then receives the movement information from the human detection device 2, the elevator control device 3 shifts the operation state of the elevator E from the normal operation to the standby operation ( ST3). Here, the order in which information is received is the movement information from the person detection device 2 after the parking information from the parking lot management device 1. If the information is received in this order, the vehicle C is parked in the parking lot. This is because it is possible to predict that the user who stops at P will use the elevator E when heading to a room or the like. Here, “standby operation” refers to an operation in which a car is stopped at the entrance floor for a certain period of time for a user who moves from a parking lot P as will be described later. On the other hand, “normal operation” refers to general operation other than such standby operation.

  When the elevator control device 3 shifts the elevator E to the standby operation state, the elevator E (car) is made unresponsive to the new call registration except for the call registration for which the elevator E (car) has already been registered at that time ( ST4). It is necessary to move the car to the entrance floor before the user moves from the parking lot P through the communication passage A to the entrance hall H, and responds to a new call registration. This makes it difficult to move to the entrance floor. Further, not only the hall call registration but also the car call registration is made non-responsive, so that, for example, an operation by a user who gets on the entrance floor while standing by can be invalidated. Therefore, when the elevator control device 3 performs such operation control, the user who has moved from the parking lot P can use the elevator E without waste.

  On the other hand, it responds to all the hall call registrations that have already been registered (ST5). When the elevator control device 3 receives the movement information from the human detection device 2, it is possible to cope with not responding to all landing call registrations regardless of registration or non-registration. The convenience for the user who is waiting for the elevator E will be impaired. Therefore, it responds to the hall call registration that has already been registered, but does not respond to the new hall call registration, and uses the elevator E in the building B with the user moving from the parking lot P Strives to be fair with the people.

  When the elevator control device 3 confirms that the car has responded to all landing call registrations, the car is moved to the entrance floor (ST6). This is to wait for a user moving from the parking lot P. After the passenger car arrives at the entrance floor, the determination unit 33 of the elevator control device 3 instructs the timer unit 32 to start measuring a predetermined time (ST7). The time measured by the time measuring unit 32 is the time that the car waits on the entrance floor. This time is a general time required for the user to reach the elevator E through the communication path A. Therefore, it is determined based on the relationship between the communication path A and the position of the elevator E in the entrance hall H, for example.

  In addition, the determination unit 33 instructs the notification device P3 to inform the user that the elevator E is currently in a standby operation and is stopped at the entrance floor for the user moving from the parking lot P. (ST8). The notification device P3 is provided not only on the entrance floor but also on each floor, and by performing such notification, even if the hall call registration is performed for the user who registered the hall call on each floor, Can inform you that the car will not arrive. On the other hand, a user who is different from the user who moves from the parking lot P on the entrance floor may be urged not to move on the waiting car on the entrance floor and move the car. it can.

  The determination unit 33 of the elevator control device 3 confirms whether or not the predetermined time has passed (ST9). If it is within the predetermined time, it is further determined whether or not the user has boarded the car (ST10). . A passenger sensor or a load sensor, which is a boarding detection device, is installed in the car. Accordingly, whether or not the car is in the car is determined by confirming the detection result by the human sensor or the load sensor installed in the car.

  If it is within the predetermined time and the user's boarding from the parking lot P cannot be confirmed (NO in ST9, NO in ST10), the car waits at the entrance floor until the predetermined time elapses. On the other hand, if it is confirmed that the user has boarded even within the predetermined time (NO in ST9, YES in ST10), no further waiting is necessary from the viewpoint of convenience for the user. The elevator control device 3 cancels the standby operation and returns to the normal operation for the operation state of the elevator E. Then, the user who has moved from the parking lot P in the car is moved to the destination floor.

  When a predetermined time has passed without the user who has moved from the parking lot P getting on the car (YES in ST9), the elevator control device 3 cancels the standby operation of the elevator E and normally Return to operation. This is because placing the elevator E in the standby state beyond the predetermined time impairs the convenience of other users who use the elevator E in the building B. Therefore, it will also respond to a new call registration.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a control flow in a modification of the elevator operation control method according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In this modification, the difference from the first embodiment described above is that after the user who has moved from the parking lot P to the waiting elevator E gets on the elevator control device 3 again, the parking control device 1 On the other hand, it is a point to confirm whether or not a vehicle C having a new entry permission has entered the parking lot P (ST20). Accordingly, the operation control flow so far (ST1 to ST10) is the same as that in the first embodiment described above.

  In this way, after the user who has moved from the parking lot P gets in the car, the parking lot management apparatus 1 is checked again. It is assumed that the case has been done. That is, when a plurality of vehicles C are continuously entering the parking lot P, it is considered that anyone who gets off each vehicle uses the elevator E.

  Therefore, if only the user who has moved from the parking lot P the earliest uses the elevator E, then another user who has moved from the parking lot P that arrived without taking too much time will enter the hall H for a while. You have to wait for the car to come back. Further, the elevator E is inefficient if it is sent to the use floor for each vehicle user.

  Therefore, after a user who has moved from the first parking lot P gets into the car, the elevator control device 3 again enters the parking lot management device 1 and a vehicle C having a new entry permission enters the parking lot P. Check if it has been done. When the parking information indicating that a plurality of vehicles have continuously entered the parking lot P is received (YES in ST20), the time measuring unit 32 performs the measurement for a predetermined time again, while the car is in the entrance floor Wait at.

  By performing such control, users who may use the elevator E within a short time can be carried together, and the operation efficiency of the elevator E can be improved. In addition, the waiting time of the user who uses the elevator E can be reduced, which can improve convenience.

  Therefore, an elevator operation control method and an elevator operation control capable of creating an efficient driving state of an elevator and improving convenience for a user while using information transmitted from a parking lot management device and a human detection device. A system can be provided.

(Second Embodiment)
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the second embodiment, the same components as those described in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description of the same components is omitted because it is duplicated.

  6 and 7 are flowcharts showing the flow of the elevator operation control method according to the second embodiment of the present invention. It differs from the elevator control method in the first embodiment described above in the following points.

  That is, in the first embodiment, the description has been made on the assumption that there is one elevator E installed in the building B. However, in the second embodiment, two elevators E are installed in the building B. It is assumed that the number of elevators E or more, that is, a plurality of elevators E are installed. If a plurality of elevators E are installed, it is possible to perform more efficient and convenient operation control than when only one elevator E is installed.

  As shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. 6 and 7, the basic operation control of the elevator E by the elevator control device 3 is the same as the operation control method described so far. The reason why there are a plurality of elevators E subject to operation control is that, when there are users moving from the parking lot P, the elevator E that is shifted to the standby operation state is optimal among the plurality of elevators E. This is the point that one can be selected.

  That is, for example, when there is an elevator E that is already waiting on the entrance floor among the plurality of elevators E, the elevator E is kept waiting and is moved by a user who has moved from the parking lot P. Can be made. Also, for example, if there is an elevator E that descends from the higher floor toward the entrance floor while responding to call registration, the elevator E is shifted to standby operation and waits as it is upon arrival at the entrance floor. By setting the state, it is not possible to wait for the user to get on.

  In this way, the elevator control device 3 (determination unit 33) accurately grasps the driving states of the plurality of elevators E when the information is received from the parking lot management device 1 and the human detection device 2, and moves from the parking lot P. One elevator E is selected so as to wait for the user to get on without delay after arrival at the entrance hall H (ST30). Thereafter, as described above, the selected elevator E shifts to the standby operation and waits for the user on the entrance floor (after YES of ST31).

  For the elevator E that is not selected as the elevator E to be standby (NO in ST31), the normal operation is continued without shifting to the standby operation, and the convenience to users other than the user who has moved from the parking lot P (Refer to “A” in FIG. 7).

  Therefore, an elevator operation control method and an elevator operation control capable of creating an efficient driving state of an elevator and improving convenience for a user while using information transmitted from a parking lot management device and a human detection device. A system can be provided.

  In particular, if a plurality of elevators are installed, it is possible to maximize the use of a user who moves from the parking lot P without impairing the convenience of a user other than the user who moves from the parking lot P. Convenience can be provided and the operation efficiency of the elevator can be increased.

  In addition, when a plurality of vehicles are parked continuously in the parking lot, the elevator control device sequentially shifts the installed elevators to standby operation, thereby enabling users who use the elevator with a time difference. High convenience can be provided and efficient operation control can be performed.

  Furthermore, as described in the modification of the first embodiment, it is possible to inquire about the presence or absence of a newly arriving vehicle in the parking lot management device again when the user gets in the waiting car. . In this case, even if the car is put on standby as it is, or this car returns to normal operation in response to the call registration of the user on board, and another car is transferred to standby operation. You can also take action.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment as it is, and can be embodied by modifying the constituent elements without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. For example, when the elevator control device receives information about the user from the parking lot management device, the elevator control device can automatically register the destination floor of the waiting car based on the information. Thus, by performing the car call registration by the user who has entered the car, convenience for the user is further improved.

  Furthermore, various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of constituent elements disclosed in the above embodiments. For example, some components may be deleted from all the components shown in the embodiment. Furthermore, you may combine the component covering different embodiment suitably.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Parking lot management apparatus 2 Person detection apparatus 21 Reception part 22 Storage part 23 Judgment part 24 Transmission part 3 Elevator control apparatus 31 Reception part 32 Timing part 33 Judgment part 34 Transmission part A Connection passage B Building C Vehicle E Elevator H Entrance floor hall P Parking lot P1 Multistory parking lot P2 Gate S Elevator operation control system

Claims (9)

Authenticating whether it is a vehicle that can enter the parking lot and judging permission of entry by the parking lot management device; and
Detecting by a human detection device the movement of a user who got off the vehicle moving from the parking lot to a building via a communication passage;
From the parking information from the parking lot management device and the movement information of the user by the human detection device, the elevator control device shifts the driving state from normal operation to standby operation, and is not registered for new landing call registration. As a response, responding to all registered hall call registrations;
After responding to all registered hall call registrations, moving the car to a reference floor;
Waiting the car at the reference floor for a predetermined time;
Confirming that the user has boarded the car and moving the car to the destination floor of the user;
An elevator operation control method comprising:   2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of canceling standby operation of the car and returning to normal operation when the car is not on the reference floor and does not detect boarding of the user. The elevator operation control method described in 1.   2. The step of notifying that the car is in a standby operation when the driving state of the car is shifted from the normal operation to the standby operation. The elevator operation control method according to claim 2.   4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of determining whether or not the parking lot management device permits entry of the vehicle after the step of confirming that the user has entered the car. The elevator operation control method according to any one of the above. When the elevator control device controls a plurality of cars,
Based on the parking information transmitted from the parking lot management device and the movement information of the user transmitted from the human detection device, comprising the step of selecting a single car suitable for moving to the reference floor,
The selected car is moved to the reference floor as a stand-by operation, and a car other than the selected car is continuously operated in a normal operation. The elevator operation control method according to any one of 4. A parking lot management device that authenticates whether or not the vehicle can enter the parking lot and determines permission to enter the parking lot;
A human detection device provided in a communication passage connecting the parking lot and a reference floor of the building;
Based on information transmitted from the parking lot management device and the person detection device, an elevator control device that performs control to move the elevator car installed in the building to the reference floor,
An elevator operation control system comprising:   The elevator operation control system further includes a timing unit for measuring a predetermined time after the car arrives at the reference floor, and controls the standby of the car until the predetermined time elapses. The elevator operation control system according to claim 6, wherein the elevator operation control system is performed.   The elevator operation control system further includes a boarding detection device that detects whether or not a user has entered the car, and when the boarding detection device detects the boarding of the user into the car, The elevator operation control system according to claim 6 or 7, wherein control for starting movement of the car is performed even before the predetermined time has elapsed. The elevator operation control system according to any one of claims 6 to 8, further comprising: a notification device that guides the user of the elevator with respect to the control of the car performed by the elevator control device. .

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