JP2016037366A - Call registration system for elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a call registration system for an elevator capable of suppressing as much as possible a decline in operation efficiency by reducing waiting time on a landing and waiting time for opening of an elevator door of all users including new ones.SOLUTION: A call registration system for an elevator includes: a portable terminal carried by a user; a plurality of radio communication devices installed on a traveling route of the user to a landing to perform radio communications with the portable terminal located within a communication possible range; position detection means for detecting the position of the user on the basis of results obtained by the radio communications between the portable terminal and the plurality of radio communication devices; traveling speed calculation means for calculating traveling speed of the user on the basis of a time change of the detected position of the user; and call registration means for calculating arrival time required for the user to reach the landing on the basis of the detected position of the user and the traveling speed of the user, determining whether or not the arrival time is registration possible time or shorter and registering a call to the landing when the arrival time is the registration possible time or shorter.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an elevator call registration system.

  Conventionally, when the personal identification device installed at the entrance identifies a specific individual, the elevator operation control system that unlocks the entrance door and automatically registers the elevator hall call is installed between the entrance and the elevator hall. There is known a traffic detection device that detects that an elevator hall is approached, and a hall call registration unit that registers a hall call on the entrance floor according to the detection timing of the traffic detection device (for example, Patent Documents). 1).

  In addition, when the personal identification device installed at the entrance identifies a specific individual, in the elevator operation control system that unlocks the entrance door and automatically registers the elevator hall call, the elevator moves to the entrance floor after registering the hall call. Elevator non-response time detection means for detecting the time until arrival, door open time control means for controlling the elevator door open time on the entrance floor by this elevator non-response time, and a specific individual registered by the personal identification device A hall arrival detecting means for detecting that the person identified as having arrived at the elevator hall, and a travel time learning means for obtaining the travel time from the entrance to the elevator hall for each individual determined by the personal discrimination device, And the door opening time control means that the sum of the unanswered time and the door opening time at the entrance floor is the elevator from the entrance. What determines the door-open time period to a predetermined time assuming a Time to Horu also known in the prior (e.g., see Patent Document 2).

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  However, in the conventional elevator shown in Patent Document 1, since the call is registered when the user passes a specific location regardless of the moving speed of the user, the waiting time of the user at the landing occurs. Or, on the contrary, it takes a long time for the elevator to be on standby at the landing.

  Moreover, in the conventional elevator shown by patent document 1, since the elevator is made to wait for door opening at a landing in consideration of the movement time to a user's landing, there is a tendency for the door opening waiting to become long and driving. Efficiency may decrease. In addition, since it takes time to travel from the entrance to the landing for each user, the new user has not learned at all, so there is a possibility of further reduction in driving efficiency in the future. There is.

  This invention was made to solve such problems, and for all users including new users, the waiting time of users at the landing and the waiting time for opening the elevator are reduced as much as possible. An elevator call registration system capable of suppressing a decrease in driving efficiency is obtained.

  In the elevator call registration system according to the present invention, a plurality of mobile terminals possessed by an elevator user and a plurality of movement paths of the user to the elevator landing are within a predetermined communicable range. A wireless communication device that performs wireless communication with the mobile terminal, a position detection unit that detects a position of the user based on a result of wireless communication between the mobile terminal and the plurality of wireless communication devices, and Based on a temporal change in the position of the user detected by the position detecting means, a moving speed calculating means for calculating the moving speed of the user, the position of the user detected by the position detecting means, and the movement Based on the moving speed of the user calculated by the speed calculation means, the arrival time required for the user to reach the landing is calculated, and the calculated arrival time is calculated. Arrival time performed for determining whether or not it is less registerable hours defined order is a structure in which and a call registration means for registering a call to the landing if less than or equal to the registrable hours.

  In the elevator call registration system according to the present invention, for all users including new users, the waiting time of the user at the landing and the door opening waiting time of the elevator are reduced as much as possible to suppress a decrease in driving efficiency. To obtain an elevator call registration system that can do.

It is a figure which shows typically the whole structure of the elevator call registration system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure explaining an example of the planar arrangement | positioning of the elevator call registration system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure explaining the flow of the information in the call registration system of the elevator which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the call registration system of the elevator which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention.

  The present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Throughout the drawings, the same reference numerals indicate the same or corresponding parts, and redundant description thereof will be simplified or omitted as appropriate.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
1 to 4 relate to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing the overall configuration of an elevator call registration system, and FIG. 2 is a plan layout of the elevator call registration system. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the flow of information in the elevator call registration system, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the elevator call registration system.

  As shown in FIG. 1, an elevator hoistway 1 is provided in a building where an elevator is installed. A car 2 is provided in the hoistway 1. The car 2 can move up and down in the hoistway 1 across a plurality of floors. A machine room 3 is provided at the top of the hoistway 1.

  An elevator control device 4 is installed in the machine room 3. The elevator control device 4 controls the overall operation of the elevator including the traveling of the car 2. For this control, the elevator control device 4 holds the state of the car 2, for example, the floor where the car 2 is stopped, the moving direction of the car 2, and the like as state information. A landing 5 is provided on each floor where the car 2 can be stopped. The elevator user gets on and off the car 2 from the landing 5.

  Each user of the elevator owns the mobile terminal 10. A plurality of transceivers 6 are installed on the user's travel route to the landing 5. For each of these transceivers 6, a communicable range is set in advance. The transmitter / receiver 6 performs wireless communication with the mobile terminal 10 within the communicable range of the transmitter / receiver 6 to transmit / receive information to / from the mobile terminal 10. That is, a plurality of these transceivers 6 are provided on the user's movement route to the landing 5 and constitute a wireless communication apparatus that performs wireless communication with the mobile terminal 10 within a predetermined communicable range.

  Each transceiver 6 is connected to an access point 7 so as to be communicable. The access point 7 is for realizing public wireless communication with each mobile terminal 10. The access point 7 is installed in the hall 5, the hoistway 1, the machine room 3, or the like. The access point 7 is communicably connected to the data verification device 20. In this way, each transmitter / receiver 6 is communicably connected to the data verification device 20 via the access point 7.

  The data verification device 20 includes floor information (including a floor map, that is, information on a user's travel route to the hall 5) on the floor where the hall 5 exists, information on the mobile terminal 10 to be connected (permitted to operate), and the like. It is for managing. Here, the data verification device 20 is installed in the machine room 3 in the same manner as the elevator control device 4. The installation location of the data verification device 20 and the elevator control device 4 is not limited to the machine room 3. For example, these may be installed in the hoistway 1 or on the landing 5.

  Next, FIG. 2 shows an example of a “user travel route to the landing 5” where a plurality of transceivers 6 are installed. FIG. 2 shows an example on the entrance floor where the entrance of the building where the elevator is installed is provided. In this example, there is a building entrance 31 on the lower left side of the drawing. The landing 5 is on the upper right side of the drawing. Then, there are obstacles 32 at the lower right and the upper left as viewed in the drawing. The obstacle 32 is, for example, a room, a passage wall, a pillar, or the like. And the movement path | route of the user from the entrance 31 to the boarding point 5 is formed so that these obstacles 32 may be avoided.

  As described above, a plurality of transceivers 6 are arranged on the movement path formed in this way. Each of these transceivers 6 has a communicable range with the mobile terminal 10. At this time, it is desirable that the arrangement of the transceivers 6 is determined so that the movement path is evenly covered by the communicable range of the transceivers 6.

  The travel route to the landing 5 is divided into a guidance area 33 and an automatic registration area 34. The guidance area 33 is an area where the distance from the landing 5 is longer than a predetermined distance. On the other hand, the automatic registration area 34 is an area where the distance from the landing 5 is closer than the predetermined distance. In other words, the automatic registration area 34 is an area formed between the guidance area 33 and the landing 5 on the movement route.

  The plurality of transmitters / receivers 6 are classified into an induction transmitter / receiver (guide wireless communication device) and an automatic registration transmitter / receiver (automatic registration wireless communication device). The induction transmitter / receiver (inductive wireless communication device) is the transmitter / receiver 6 (wireless communication device) installed in the induction area 33. The automatic registration transmitter / receiver (automatic registration wireless communication device) is the transmitter / receiver 6 (wireless communication device) installed in the automatic registration area 34.

  Next, the description will be continued with reference to FIG. 3 in addition to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile terminal 10 possessed by the user includes a state management unit 11. The state management unit 11 is for managing information related to the user who owns the mobile terminal 10. The information related to this user includes automatic registration information as to whether or not to perform automatic registration of elevator calls, destination floor information related to the intended destination floor of the user, and the route from the user to the landing 5 Route disclosure information about whether or not guidance is desired is included.

  When the user moves along the travel route to the landing 5 and the mobile terminal 10 possessed by the user enters the communicable range of the transceiver 6 on the travel route, the mobile terminal 10 and the transceiver 6 Wireless communication is performed. At this time, the mobile terminal 10 sends to the transmitter / receiver 6 identification information (for example, a mac address) that can uniquely identify the mobile terminal 10 and information (automatic information) about the user managed by the state management unit 11. Registration information, destination floor information, route disclosure information, and the like) are transmitted as user information 41.

  The transmitter / receiver 6 that has received the user information 41 transmitted from the mobile terminal 10 adds information related to the installation position of the transmitter / receiver 6 to the received user information 41, and as the user position information 42, the data matching device 20. Send to. The information regarding the installation position of the transceiver 6 is, for example, ID information allocated to each transceiver 6 or the like. Transmission of the user location information 42 from the transceiver 6 to the data verification device 20 is performed via the access point 7.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the data collation device 20 includes a position detection unit 21, a movement speed calculation unit 22, and a call registration unit 23. The position detection unit 21 constitutes position detection means for detecting the position of the user based on the result of wireless communication between the mobile terminal 10 and a plurality of wireless communication devices (transmitter / receiver 6). Specifically, the position detection unit 21 is based on the identification information of the mobile terminal 10 included in the user position information 42 transmitted from the transceiver 6 and the installation position information (ID information) of the transceiver 6. The position of the user carrying the portable terminal 10 is detected to be within the communicable range of the transceiver 6.

  The movement speed calculation unit 22 is a movement speed calculation unit that calculates the movement speed of the user based on a temporal change in the position of the user detected by the position detection unit 21 that is a position detection unit. For example, the movement speed calculation unit 22 obtains the movement distance of the user from the position of the user detected this time by the position detection unit 21 and the position of the user previously detected by the position detection unit 21. Then, the moving speed calculation unit 22 can calculate the moving speed of the user by dividing the moving distance by the elapsed time from the previous user position detection to the current user position detection.

  Note that the latest movement speed calculated for a certain user may be used, or an average of a plurality of movement speed values calculated for a certain user in the past may be used as the movement speed of the user.

  The call registration unit 23 automatically registers a call to the landing 5 based on the position of the user detected by the position detection unit 21 and the movement speed of the user calculated by the movement speed calculation unit 22. belongs to.

  The call registration unit 23 first determines whether the user reaches the landing 5 based on the position of the user detected by the position detection unit 21 and the movement speed of the user calculated by the movement speed calculation unit 22. Calculate the required arrival time. This can be calculated by calculating the distance from the user's position to the landing 5 and dividing this distance by the moving speed of the user.

  Next, the call registration unit 23 determines whether or not the calculated arrival time is equal to or shorter than a predetermined registerable time. If the arrival time is equal to or shorter than the registerable time, the call registration unit 23 of the data verification device 20 transmits destination floor information 43 for registering a call to the landing 5 to the elevator control device 4. Here, the destination floor information 43 means a call registration request for bringing the car 2 traveling to the destination floor included in the user information 41 to the landing 5.

  The elevator control device 4 that has received the destination floor information 43 that is this call registration request registers a call to the landing 5 based on the destination floor information 43. Then, the car 2 responding to this call is assigned, and the control information 44 for dispatching the assigned car 2 is transmitted to the car 2. Further, the fact that the call has been registered is transmitted as registration information 45 to the data collation apparatus 20. The registration information 45 may include information related to the car 2 assigned to the call.

  The data verification device 20 that has received the registration information 45 from the elevator control device 4 adds the route information to the landing 5 and the user position information detected by the position detection unit 21 to the received registration information 45. Then, it is returned to the transceiver 6 as building registration information 46.

  On the other hand, when the calculated arrival time is not less than the registerable time, the call registration unit 23 does not transmit the destination floor information 43 to the elevator control device 4. In this case, the data matching device 20 returns the route information to the hall 5 and the information on the position of the user detected by the position detection unit 21 as building information 47 to the transceiver 6.

  Here, when the data collation device 20 receives the user position information 42 from the induction transceiver of the transceiver 6, the arrival time is calculated by the call registration unit 23 and the arrival time is equal to or shorter than the registration possible time. The building information 47 may be returned unconditionally from the data collating device 20 to the induction transmitter / receiver without making a determination as to whether or not.

  That is, when the position of the user detected by the position detection unit 21 is within the communicable range of the induction transceiver, the call registration unit 23 may not calculate the arrival time and perform the determination. In this case, the movement speed calculation unit 22 may not calculate the movement speed of the user.

  Conversely, when the data collation device 20 receives the user location information 42 from the automatic registration transmitter / receiver in the transmitter / receiver 6, the call registration unit 23 calculates the arrival time and the registration time. You may make it determine whether it is less than possible time.

  That is, the call registration unit 23 may calculate and determine the arrival time when the position of the user detected by the position detection unit 21 is within the communicable range of the automatic registration transceiver. The moving speed calculation unit 22 may calculate the moving speed of the user when the position of the user detected by the position detection unit 21 is within the communicable range of the automatic registration transceiver. .

  In this way, when there is a user in the guidance area 33 whose distance from the landing 5 is longer than a certain distance, whether the moving speed of the user, the calculation of the arrival time, and the arrival time are equal to or shorter than the registerable time. By not determining whether or not, it is possible to suppress unnecessary computations and make the processing light.

The transceiver 6 that has received the building registration information 46 or the building information 47 from the data verification device 20 transmits the received building registration information 46 or the building information 47 to the mobile terminal 10.
Here, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the mobile terminal 10 includes a display unit 12 and a notification unit 13. The display unit 12 is a liquid crystal display or the like that visually displays various types of information for a user who has the mobile terminal 10. The notification unit 13 is a speaker or the like that audibly notifies various kinds of information to the user who owns the mobile terminal 10.

  The mobile terminal 10 that has received the building registration information 46 or the building information 47 guides a route from the current position of the user to the landing 5 using at least one of the display unit 12 and the notification unit 13. That is, the display unit 12 and the notification unit 13 constitute guidance means for guiding the route to the landing 5 to the user who owns the mobile terminal 10 based on the position of the user detected by the position detection unit 21. ing. In addition, the display part 12 and the alerting | reporting part 13 do not need to provide both, and what is necessary is just to be provided with at least any one among these.

  When the building registration information 46 is received, the mobile terminal 10 uses the display unit 12 and the notification unit 13 to use the car 2 assigned to the registered call in addition to the route guidance. I will also guide you.

The operation flow of the elevator call registration system configured as described above will be described once again with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
First, in step S <b> 1, the mobile terminal 10 that has entered the communicable range of the transceiver 6 confirms the content of the state management unit 11 and transmits necessary information to the transceiver 6 as user information 41. In subsequent step S <b> 2, the transceiver 6 confirms whether or not the user information 41 from the mobile terminal 10 has been received. When the transmitter / receiver 6 has not received the user information 41 from the portable terminal 10, the process returns to step S1.

  On the other hand, when the transmitter / receiver 6 receives the user information 41 from the portable terminal 10, the process proceeds to step S3. In step S <b> 3, the transmitter / receiver 6 transmits user position information 42 in which information specifying the transmitter / receiver 6 itself is added to the received user information 41 to the data verification device 20.

  In subsequent step S4, the data collation apparatus 20 determines whether or not the received user location information 42 is to perform automatic call registration. And when the transmission source of the received user location information 42 is the transceiver 6 in the guidance area 33, or the transmission source of the received user location information 42 is the transceiver 6 in the automatic registration area 34. If the arrival time of the user at the landing 5 calculated based on the received user position information 42 is not equal to or shorter than the registerable time, it is determined that call automatic registration should not be performed, and the process proceeds to step S5.

  In step S <b> 5, the data verification device 20 returns the route information to the hall 5 as the building information 47 to the transceiver 6. In addition, the data verification device 20 stores the time when the transceiver 6 receives the user information 41 from the mobile terminal 10 and the user information 41. Then, the process proceeds to step S6.

  In step S <b> 6, the transmitter / receiver 6 returns the building information 47 from the data verification device 20, that is, the route information to the hall 5 and the user's position information to the portable terminal 10. Then, the process proceeds to step S7.

  In step S <b> 7, the mobile terminal 10 notifies the user of route information or the like using the display unit 12 and the notification unit 13 as necessary based on the received building information 47. At this time, whether or not to notify the user of route information or the like is determined by confirming the necessity of route guidance set in the state management unit 11 of the mobile terminal 10. When the process of step S7 is completed, the process returns to step S1.

  On the other hand, in step S4, the transmission source of the received user location information 42 is the transmitter / receiver 6 in the automatic registration area 34, and the user reaches the landing 5 calculated based on the received user location information 42. If the time is equal to or shorter than the registerable time, it is determined that call registration should be performed, and the process proceeds to step S8.

  In step S <b> 8, the data verification device 20 transmits the destination floor information 43 to the elevator control device 4. The elevator control device 4 registers a call to the landing 5 according to the received destination floor information 43. And the elevator control apparatus 4 transmits the registration information 45 to the data collation apparatus 20, and the data collation apparatus 20 receives this.

  In subsequent step S <b> 9, the data matching device 20 returns building registration information 46 in which the route information to the landing 5 and the location information of the user are added to the registration information 45 from the elevator control device 4 to the transceiver 6. Then, the process proceeds to step S10.

  In step S <b> 10, the transmitter / receiver 6 returns the building registration information 46 from the data matching device 20, that is, the call registration result including the assigned car and the route information to the landing 5 to the mobile terminal 10. Then, the process proceeds to step S11.

  In step S <b> 11, the mobile terminal 10 notifies the user of assigned machine information, route information, and the like using the display unit 12 and the notification unit 13 as necessary based on the received building registration information 46. At this time, whether or not to notify the user of each information such as assigned machine information and route information confirms the necessity of information guidance for each item set in the state management unit 11 of the mobile terminal 10. Is determined. When the process of step S11 is completed, the series of processes ends.

  The elevator call registration system configured as described above is provided in a plurality of mobile terminals 10 owned by the elevator user and on the movement route of the user to the landing 5 and within a predetermined communicable range. Position detector for detecting the position of the user based on the result of wireless communication between the mobile terminal 10 and a plurality of wireless communication devices 21, a movement speed calculation unit 22 that calculates a movement speed of the user based on a temporal change in the position of the user detected by the position detection unit 21, and the position of the user detected by the position detection unit 21 And the arrival time necessary for the user to reach the landing 5 based on the movement speed of the user calculated by the movement speed calculation unit 22, and the calculated arrival time can be registered in advance. A call registration unit 23 that is a call registration unit that registers a call to the landing 5 if the arrival time is equal to or shorter than the registerable time by determining whether the time is less than or equal to the time, and the elevator control device 4. Is.

  For this reason, it is possible to perform automatic call registration of elevators at ideal timing, reduce waiting time for all users including new users who have not used the elevator until now, and prevent late arrivals, By arranging the elevators more efficiently, the overall driving efficiency can be improved.

  In addition, the mobile terminal 10 possessed by the user is a display means that guides the route to the landing 5 to the user possessing the mobile terminal based on the position of the user detected by the position detection unit 21. Since the unit 12 and the notification unit 13 are provided, it is possible to appropriately guide and guide the user to the landing 5 in a timely manner.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Hoistway, 2 Car, 3 Machine room, 4 Elevator control apparatus, 5 Platform, 6 Transmitter / receiver, 7 Access point, 10 Portable terminal, 11 State management part, 12 Display part, 13 Notification part, 20 Data collation apparatus, 21 Position detection unit, 22 moving speed calculation unit, 23 call registration unit, 31 entrance, 32 obstacle, 33 guidance area, 34 automatic registration area, 41 user information, 42 user position information, 43 destination floor information, 44 control information , 45 Registration information, 46 Building registration information, 47 Building information

Claims (3)

A portable terminal owned by the elevator user;
A plurality of wireless communication devices that are provided on a moving route of the user to the elevator landing and wirelessly communicate with the portable terminal within a predetermined communicable range;
Position detecting means for detecting the position of the user based on a result of wireless communication between the mobile terminal and the plurality of wireless communication devices;
A moving speed calculating means for calculating a moving speed of the user based on a temporal change in the position of the user detected by the position detecting means;
Based on the position of the user detected by the position detecting means and the moving speed of the user calculated by the moving speed calculating means, an arrival time required for the user to reach the landing is calculated. Call registration means for determining whether or not the calculated arrival time is less than or equal to a predetermined registerable time and registering a call to the hall if the arrival time is less than or equal to the registerable time Elevator call registration system. The plurality of wireless communication devices are:
An induction radio communication device provided in the induction area;
An automatic registration wireless communication device provided in an automatic registration area between the guidance area and the landing on the moving route,
The moving speed calculating means calculates the moving speed of the user when the position of the user detected by the position detecting means is within the communicable range of the automatic registration wireless communication device,
The call registration unit performs the determination by calculating the arrival time when the position of the user detected by the position detection unit is within the communicable range of the automatic registration wireless communication device. 1. The elevator call registration system according to 1.   The said portable terminal is provided with the guide means which guides the route to the said landing to the said user who has the said portable terminal based on the said user's position detected by the said position detection means. Item 3. The elevator call registration system according to Item 2.

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