JP2016108097A - Elevator system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To expect as destination floor of high possibility for a user whose destination floor has not been previously stored to register the floor.SOLUTION: A system comprises: a recording medium 2 held by a user, which stores associated position and time of a user moving in a building comprising an elevator as movement history information of the user; a reading device 3 which is arranged at a station 100 and reads out memory content in the recording medium 2; and a destination floor registering device 4 which stores movement information as past user's movement history information in which position and time of movement to the station 100 in the building of a user using the elevator are associated and a departure floor and a destination floor of the elevator, which extracts movement history information comprising the most similar movement information with the user's movement history information stored in the recording medium 2 from the past user's movement history information and which registers call on an elevator controlling device 1 which specifies a destination floor included in the past user's movement history information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an elevator system.

  The elevator system that automatically registers the destination floor of the elevator stores the destination floor for each user in advance, and when the user is authenticated at the landing, reads the destination floor related to the user and automatically registers the destination floor . By the way, in a facility used by an unspecified number of people such as department stores and hotels, it is impossible to previously store a destination floor for each user. Therefore, an elevator call registration device is known that can automatically register a destination floor even for a user who does not store the destination floor in advance (for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2000-16708 (pages 7-8, FIG. 6)

  When an elevator call registration device described in Patent Document 1 authenticates a user who does not store a destination floor in advance, the elevator call registration device temporarily registers a specific floor in the destination floor. When the temporarily registered destination floor is different from the original destination floor of the user, the user registers the original destination floor by operating a car button provided in the car. Here, the temporarily registered destination floor is a predetermined floor, not a floor estimated for each user. For this reason, in the elevator call registration device described in Patent Document 1, there is a high possibility that the destination floor temporarily registered is different from the original destination floor of the user.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems, and even for a user who has not previously stored a destination floor, the floor that is likely to be the destination floor of the user is estimated. And get an elevator system to register.

  The elevator system according to the present invention acquires the position and time of the user possessed by the user and moving in a building equipped with the elevator, and associates the position with the time to move the user's movement history information. As a storage medium, a reading device that is provided at the hall and reads the storage content of the recording medium, and movement information that associates the position and time of the user using the elevator that moved to the hall in the building. A storage unit that stores the departure floor and destination floor of the elevator when the elevator boarded from the landing as past user movement history information, and the past user movement history information stored in the storage unit Similar history extraction unit for extracting movement history information including the movement information most similar to the movement history information of the user stored in the recording medium And a destination floor registration device having the destination floor automatic registration unit for registering the call specifying a destination floor included in the movement history information in the past of the user the similar history extraction unit has extracted the elevator controller.

  According to this invention, even for a user who does not store the destination floor in advance, the floor that is likely to be the destination floor of the user is estimated and registered, so the convenience for the user is improved. To do.

It is a whole block diagram of the elevator apparatus regarding Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a functional block diagram of the elevator system which shows Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the memory content of the recording medium which shows Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the memory content of the memory | storage part which shows Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a conceptual diagram of the similarity calculation which shows Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is an operation | movement flowchart of the destination floor registration apparatus which shows Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a functional block diagram of the elevator system which shows Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a front view of the destination floor alerting | reporting apparatus and destination floor input device which show Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is an operation | movement flowchart of the destination floor registration apparatus which shows Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the memory content of the recording medium which shows Embodiment 3 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the memory content of the memory | storage part which shows Embodiment 3 of this invention. It is an operation | movement flowchart of the destination floor registration apparatus which shows Embodiment 3 of this invention. It is a functional block diagram of the elevator system which shows Embodiment 4 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the memory content of the recording medium which shows Embodiment 4 of this invention. It is an operation | movement flowchart of the destination floor registration apparatus which shows Embodiment 4 of this invention.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of an elevator apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. The elevator device includes an elevator control device 1 that controls the operation of the car 200, a recording medium 2 that is held by the user of the elevator, a reading device 3 that is provided at the landing 100 and communicates with the recording medium 2, a reading device 3, and the elevator control device 1. Destination floor registration device 4 connected to

  FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the elevator system showing the first embodiment of the present invention. The elevator system includes an elevator control device 1, a recording medium 2, a reading device 3, and a destination floor registration device 4. The destination floor registration device 4 includes a storage unit 5, a similar history extraction unit 6, a destination floor estimation unit 7, and a destination floor automatic registration unit 8. The storage unit 5 is connected to the similar history extraction unit 6. The similar history extraction unit 6 is connected to the reading device 3 and the destination floor estimation unit 7. The destination floor estimation unit 7 is connected to the destination floor automatic registration unit 8. The destination floor automatic registration unit 8 is connected to the elevator control device 1.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the contents stored in the recording medium 2 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The recording medium 2 is composed of a personal information terminal possessed by a user such as a mobile terminal, a smartphone, or a PDA. The recording medium 2 measures the position where the user has moved in the building, and stores movement information in which the measured position and the measured time are associated with each other as movement history information of the user. The method for measuring the position of the user is, for example, a method of measuring a two-dimensional position on the current floor and the floor by performing wireless communication or visible light communication with a terminal installed in a building, and an acceleration mounted on the recording medium 2 For example, a method of calculating a three-dimensional position based on inertial navigation from acceleration measured by a sensor.
For example, FIG. 3 shows that the user who owns the recording medium 2 was at the (10, 100) point on the 10th floor at the time 10:00.

  The reading device 3 is provided in the hall 100, communicates with the recording medium 2, and reads movement history information stored in the recording medium 2. The reader 3 stores the floor of the hall 100 installed in advance as the installation floor. When communicating with the recording medium 2, the reading device 3 outputs the read movement history information and the installation floor stored in the reading device 3 to the similar history extraction unit 6.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the contents stored in the storage unit 5 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The storage unit 5 includes a database. The storage unit 5 stores the movement information that associates the position and time the person who used the elevator in the past moved in the building before getting on the elevator, the departure floor and the destination floor of the elevator, Stored as movement history information.
For example, in FIG. 4, one of the users who used the elevator in the past has a (10,100) point on the first floor at time 10:00, and (11 on the first floor at time 10:00:30. , 100) point, at time 10:01:00, it indicates that it was at the (12, 100) point on the first floor and then moved from the first floor to the 10th floor using the elevator.

  When receiving the movement history information stored in the recording medium 2 from the reading device 3, the similar history extraction unit 6 stores the movement history information of the past user stored in the storage unit 5 into the reading device 3. The movement history information stored as the departure floor is extracted from the stored installation floor. The similar history extraction unit 6 calculates the similarity between the movement information included in the extracted movement history information and the movement history information read by the reading device 3, and determines the movement history information with the highest similarity as the destination floor estimation unit 7. Output to.

  The destination floor estimation unit 7 outputs the destination floor included in the movement history information output from the similar history extraction unit 6 to the destination floor automatic registration unit 8.

  The destination floor automatic registration unit 8 designates the destination floor output from the destination floor estimation unit 7 and registers the designated destination floor call in the elevator controller 1.

  Next, based on FIG. 5, a method for calculating the similarity of movement information in this embodiment will be described. FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram of similarity calculation showing Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In FIG. 5, P <b> 1 indicates movement information as movement history information stored in the recording medium 2, and P <b> 2 indicates movement information included in past user movement history information stored in the storage unit 5. The similarity calculated by the similar history extraction unit 6 is based on the distance between positions constituting each movement history information. Movement information as movement history information stored in the recording medium 2 is x = [x0, x1,..., Xk], movement included in the movement history information of past users stored in the storage unit 5. If the information is y = [y0, y1,..., Yk], the function D (x, y) indicating the similarity is obtained by the Euclidean sum of the positions constituting each movement history information. 1 is defined.

  The function D (x, y) shown in the above equation 1 corresponds to the sum of the lengths of the line segments indicated by broken lines in FIG. The smaller the function D (x, y), the higher the degree of similarity.

Next, based on FIG. 6, operation | movement of the destination floor registration apparatus 4 in this embodiment is demonstrated. FIG. 6 is an operation flowchart of the destination floor registration apparatus 4 showing Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
In step (hereinafter referred to as S) 101, when the user arrives at the landing 100, the recording medium 2 possessed by the user communicates with the reading device 3 provided at the landing 100. When the reading device 3 detects the recording medium 2, the process proceeds to S102.

  In S102, the reading device 3 outputs the movement history information stored in the recording medium 2 and the installation floor stored in the reading device 3 to the similar history extraction unit 6 as the departure floor of the user.

  In S103, the similar history extraction unit 6 obtains movement history information including the same departure floor as the departure floor of the user acquired in S102 from the movement history information of the past user stored in the storage unit 5. Extract.

  In S104, the similar history extraction unit 6 indicates a similarity between the movement information as the movement history information of the user acquired in S102 and the movement information included in the movement history information of the past user extracted in S103. Each D is calculated.

  In S105, the similarity history extraction unit 6 moves based on the function D calculated in S104, as the movement history information of the user acquired in S102 from the past user movement history information extracted in S103. The movement history information including the movement information having the highest similarity with the information is extracted and output to the destination floor estimation unit 7.

  In S106, the destination floor estimation unit 7 extracts a destination floor included in the movement history information of the past user extracted in S105. The destination floor estimation unit 7 estimates the extracted destination floor as the destination floor of the user who has the recording medium 2 communicated with the reading device 3 and outputs the destination floor to the destination floor automatic registration unit 8.

  In S107, the destination floor automatic registration unit 8 registers in the elevator control device 1 a call specifying the departure floor of the user and the destination floor estimated in S106. The elevator control device 1 controls the operation of the car 200 based on the call registration.

  As described above, in the elevator system according to this embodiment, even for a user who does not store the destination floor in advance, the movement information as the movement history information of the user and the past user's Calculates the similarity to the movement information included in the movement history information, and automatically registers the destination floor of the user based on the past movement history information including the movement information with the highest similarity. To do. Thereby, even if it is a facility used by an unspecified large number of people such as hotels, the destination floor is estimated for each user and automatically registered, so the convenience for the user is improved.

  Moreover, in the elevator system in this embodiment, the user possesses and acquires the position and time of the user who moves in the building equipped with the elevator, and associates the position and the time with the user. The recording medium 2 stored as the movement history information, the reading device 3 provided in the hall 100 for reading the stored contents of the recording medium 2, and the position and time of movement to the hall 100 in the user's building using the elevator Storage unit 5 that stores the associated movement information and the departure floor and destination floor of the elevator when the elevator boarded from the hall 100 as the movement history information of the past user, the past use stored in the storage unit 5 Similar history extraction for extracting movement history information including movement information most similar to the movement history information of the user stored in the recording medium 2 from the movement history information of the user A destination floor registration device 4 having a destination floor automatic registration unit 8 for registering a call specifying a destination floor included in the movement history information of past users extracted by the unit 6 and the similar history extraction unit 6 in the elevator control device 1; Is provided. Thereby, the similarity between the movement information as the movement history information of the user at the landing 100 and the movement information included in the movement history information of the past user is calculated, and among the past users, By referring to the destination floor of the user who has moved for the same purpose, the elevator control device 1 can select a floor that is likely to be the destination floor of the user even for a user who has not previously stored the destination floor. Can be registered automatically.

  In the elevator system according to this embodiment, the similar history extraction unit 6 extracts movement history information starting from the floor where the reading device 3 is provided from the movement history information of past users. Then, the movement history information including the movement information most similar to the movement history information of the user is extracted from the extracted movement history information. Thereby, since the movement history information of the past user's movement history information stored in the storage unit 5 as the departure floor is referred to, the possibility of being the user's destination floor Can be automatically registered in the elevator control device 1.

  In addition, when a user who has used an elevator in the past gets off the elevator, moves inside the building and uses the elevator again, the storage unit 5 uses the elevator next after the user gets off the elevator. The movement information that has been moved through the building up to now is associated with the departure floor and the destination floor when the elevator is used again, and is stored as a movement history of a new past user.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
In the first embodiment, the similarity between the movement information as the movement history information of the user and the movement information included in the movement history information of the past user is calculated, and the past information including the movement information with the highest similarity is calculated. The destination floor included in the movement history information of the user is estimated as the destination floor of the user and automatically registered. However, when the destination floor registered in the elevator control device 1 is different from the original destination floor of the user, the user needs to newly register the destination floor in the elevator control device 1. Therefore, in this embodiment, when the destination floor of the user estimated using the movement history information of the past user is notified to the user, and different from the original destination floor of the user, The structure which the said user registers a destination floor newly is shown. Furthermore, the structure which newly memorize | stores the movement information as such a user's movement history information, a departure floor, and a destination floor in the memory | storage part 5 is shown.

  FIG. 7 is a functional block diagram of an elevator system showing Embodiment 2 of the present invention. The elevator system includes an elevator control device 1, a recording medium 2, a reading device 3, a destination floor registration device 4, a destination floor notification device 9, and a destination floor input device 10. The destination floor registration device 4 includes a storage unit 5, a similar history extraction unit 6, a destination floor estimation unit 7, a destination floor automatic registration unit 8, and an update unit 11. The destination floor notification device 9 is connected to the destination floor automatic registration unit 8. The destination floor input device 10 is connected to the destination floor automatic registration unit 8, the destination floor notification device 9, and the update unit 11. The update unit 11 is connected to the reading device 3 and the storage unit 5.

  The destination floor notification device 9 is a device for notifying the user of the destination floor estimated by the destination floor registration device 4. The destination floor notification device 9 includes a display or a speaker provided in the hall 100 or the car 200. The destination floor notification device 9 notifies the user of the destination floor input to the destination floor automatic registration unit 8 by display or voice.

  The destination floor input device 10 is a device for a user to newly input a destination floor. The destination floor input device 10 includes a numeric keypad provided in the hall 100 or the car 200. The destination floor input device 10 outputs the destination floor input by the user to the destination floor automatic registration unit 8.

  When the user inputs a destination floor to the destination floor input device 10, the update unit 11 includes movement information as movement history information stored in the recording medium 2 possessed by the user and the departure of the user. The floor and the new destination floor are newly written in the storage unit 5.

  The storage contents of the recording medium 2 and the storage unit 5 are the same as those in the first embodiment.

Next, operations of the destination floor notification device 9 and the destination floor input device 10 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a front view of destination floor notifying device 9 and destination floor input device 10 showing Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
When the user arrives at the hall 100, the recording medium 2 possessed by the user communicates with the reading device 3 provided at the hall 100, and the destination floor registration device 4, as in the first embodiment, Estimate the destination floor. When the destination floor registration device 4 estimates the destination floor of the user, the destination floor automatic registration unit 8 of the destination floor registration device 4 causes the destination floor notification device 9 to notify the departure floor and the destination floor of the user. In FIG. 8, the display as the destination floor notification device 9 displays the departure floor “1st floor” and the destination floor “7th floor”. When the original destination floor is different from the destination floor notified by the destination floor notification device 9, the user operates the numeric keypad of the destination floor input device 10 to input the original destination floor. The destination floor input device 10 causes the destination floor notification device 9 to notify the destination floor input to the destination floor input device 10. The user operates the OK button of the destination floor input device 10 when the destination floor notified by the destination floor notification device 9 is the original destination floor. When the destination floor automatic registration unit 8 detects that the OK button of the destination floor input device 10 has been operated, the destination floor automatic registration unit 8 registers a call specifying the destination floor notified from the destination floor notification device 9 in the elevator control device 1.

Next, based on FIG. 9, operation | movement of the destination floor registration apparatus 4 in this embodiment is demonstrated. FIG. 9 is an operation flowchart of the destination floor registration apparatus 4 showing Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
In FIG. 9, S201 to S206 are the same as S101 to S106 of the operation flowchart of the destination floor registration apparatus 4 in the first embodiment.

  In S <b> 207, the destination floor automatic registration unit 8 causes the destination floor notification device 9 to notify the destination floor output by the destination floor estimation unit 7. Thereby, the user can recognize the destination floor estimated by the destination floor registration device 4.

  If the destination floor automatic registration unit 8 detects an operation on the numeric keypad of the destination floor input device 10 in S208, the process proceeds to S209. In S209, the destination floor input device 10 causes the destination floor notification device 9 to notify the destination floor input to the destination floor input device 10 in S208.

  If the destination floor automatic registration unit 8 detects an operation on the OK button of the destination floor input device 10 in S210, the process proceeds to S211. If the destination floor automatic registration unit 8 does not detect an operation on the OK button of the destination floor input device 10, the process returns to S208.

  In S <b> 211, when the destination floor automatic registration unit 8 registers a call specifying a destination floor to be notified from the destination floor notification device 9 in the elevator control device 1, the process proceeds to S <b> 212.

  In S <b> 212, the updating unit 11 receives the movement history information stored in the recording medium 2 from the reading device 3, the departure floor and the new destination floor of the user, and newly writes them in the storage unit 5.

  On the other hand, if the destination floor automatic registration unit 8 does not detect an operation on the numeric keypad of the destination floor input device 10 in S208, the process proceeds to S213. If the destination floor automatic registration unit 8 detects an operation to the OK button of the destination floor input device 10 in S213, the process proceeds to S214, and if the operation to the OK button of the destination floor input device 10 is not detected, the process returns to S208. In S <b> 214, the destination floor automatic registration unit 8 registers in the elevator control device 1 a call that specifies the destination floor to be notified from the destination floor notification device 9.

  As described above, even in the elevator system according to this embodiment, as in the first embodiment, even for a user who does not store the destination floor in advance, as the movement history information of the user. Calculate the similarity between the movement information and the movement information included in the movement history information of the past user, and based on the movement history information of the past user including the movement information with the highest similarity, the destination of the user Estimate the floor and register automatically. Thereby, even if it is a facility used by an unspecified number of people such as hotels, the destination floor is estimated and registered automatically for each user. Furthermore, when the estimated destination floor is different from the original destination floor of the user, the user can register a call specifying the original destination floor by operating the destination floor input device 10. Convenience is improved.

  Moreover, in the elevator system in this embodiment, the destination floor notification device 9 that notifies the user of the destination floor designated by the destination floor automatic registration unit 8 and the destination floor input device that allows the user to input the destination floor The destination floor automatic registration unit 8 includes the destination floor input device 10 when the destination floor notified by the destination floor notification device 9 is different from the destination floor input to the destination floor input device 10. A call specifying a floor is registered in the elevator control device 1. Thus, when the user's destination history estimated from the user's movement history information, past user's movement history information, departure floor and destination floor is not the original destination floor of the user. Even if it exists, the user can register the original destination floor in the elevator control device 1.

  Further, in the elevator system according to this embodiment, the storage unit 5 stores the reading device 3 when the destination floor notified by the destination floor notification device 9 and the destination floor input to the destination floor input device 10 are different. The floor to be provided is set as the departure floor, and the departure floor is stored together with the movement history information of the user read by the reading device 3 and the destination floor input to the destination floor input device 10. As a result, the user's departure floor, the newly entered original destination floor of the user, and the movement history information of the user can be stored in association with each other. The destination floor of a person can be estimated more accurately.

  The destination floor notification device 9 is configured by a display or speaker provided in the hall 100 or the car 200, but is not limited to this, and the display of the recording medium 2 possessed by a user such as a mobile terminal, a smartphone, or a PDA. Or you may comprise with a speaker. In this case, the destination floor automatic registration unit 8 outputs the destination floor to the destination floor notification device 9 via the reading device 3.

  The destination floor input device 10 is configured with a numeric keypad provided in the hall 100 or the car 200, but is not limited thereto, and may be configured with a push button type or touch panel type numeric key provided in the recording medium 2. . In this case, the user inputs a new destination floor using a push button type or touch panel type numeric keypad provided in the recording medium 2. The recording medium 2 outputs the destination floor to the destination floor automatic registration unit 8 via the reading device 3.

  When the destination floor automatic registration unit 8 detects that the OK button of the destination floor input device 10 has been operated, the call specifying the destination floor notified by the destination floor notification device 9 is registered in the elevator control device 1. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when the destination floor automatic registration unit 8 does not detect an operation on the destination floor input device 10 for a certain period of time, the destination floor automatic registration unit 8 notifies the destination floor notification device 9. A call specifying a destination floor may be registered in the elevator control device 1.

  When the reading device 3 communicates with a plurality of recording media 2, the similar history extraction unit 6 stores the past user's information stored in the storage unit 5 for each of the plurality of movement history information received from the reading device 3. The movement history information including the most similar movement information is extracted from the movement history information, and is output to the destination floor estimation unit 7. When a plurality of movement history information is output from the similar history extraction unit 6, the destination floor estimation unit 7 outputs a destination floor included in each movement history information to the destination floor automatic registration unit 8. Here, when the destination floor automatic registration unit 8 receives the same destination floor, in S208, the destination floor automatic registration unit 8 detects whether the operation on the numeric keypad of the destination floor input device 10 has been detected for each destination floor. to decide. When the destination floor automatic registration unit 8 detects an operation on the numeric keypad of the destination floor input device 10 for some of the destination floors, the destination floor automatic registration unit 8 changes the destination floor and calls the elevator control device. For a destination floor that is registered in No. 1 and does not detect an operation on the numeric keypad of the other destination floor input device 10, a call is registered in the elevator control device 1 without changing the destination floor.

Embodiment 3 FIG.
In the first embodiment and the second embodiment, the movement information of the past user having the highest similarity with the movement information as movement history information stored in the recording medium 2 possessed by the user who has arrived at the landing 100. The movement history information including the movement information is extracted, and the destination floor included in the movement history information including the movement information is set as the destination floor of the user. In this embodiment, in addition to user movement history information, user specific information is also used to extract past user movement history information considered to have the highest similarity, and the movement history information Shows a configuration in which the destination floor included in is used for estimating the destination floor of the user.

  The functional block diagram of the elevator system in this embodiment is the same as the functional block diagram of the elevator system in the first embodiment shown in FIG.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the contents stored in the recording medium 2 showing Embodiment 3 of the present invention. The recording medium 2 stores user-specific information such as the gender and age of the user in addition to movement information in which positions of the user in the building are arranged in time series. The recording medium 2 may also be configured to store information related to the body of a pregnant woman or the like as information unique to the user.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the contents stored in the storage unit 5 according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention. The storage unit 5 is made up of a database, and in addition to the movement information and the elevator departure and destination floors arranged in chronological order in the building up to the past user's elevator, it is unique to the past user. Information is stored as movement history information of past users. Moreover, the memory | storage part 5 is good also as a structure which memorize | stores the information regarding bodies, such as a pregnant woman, as information specific to the past user.

Next, based on FIG. 12, operation | movement of the destination floor registration apparatus 4 in this embodiment is demonstrated. FIG. 12 is an operation flowchart of the destination floor registration apparatus 4 showing Embodiment 3 of the present invention.
In FIG. 12, S301 to S303 are the same as S101 to S103 of the operation flowchart of the destination floor registration apparatus 4 in the first embodiment.

  In S304, the similar history extraction unit 6 extracts the past history data that matches the user-specific information from the movement history information of the past users including the same departure floor as the departure floor of the user extracted in S303. Extract past user movement history information including user-specific information.

  S305 to S308 are the same as S104 to S107 in the operation flowchart of the destination floor registration device 4 in the first embodiment.

  As described above, even in the elevator system according to this embodiment, as in the first embodiment, even for a user who does not store the destination floor in advance, as the movement history information of the user. Calculate the similarity between the movement information and the movement information included in the movement history information of the past user, and based on the movement history information of the past user including the movement information with the highest similarity, the destination of the user Estimate the floor and register automatically. Thereby, even if the facility is used by an unspecified number of people, the destination floor is estimated for each user and automatically registered. Furthermore, in department stores, for example, on floors where there are many shops that sell products for women, there is a high possibility that women will be elevator floors. , Could be similar. In this embodiment, the user's destination floor may be used to extract the movement history information of the past user who is considered to have the highest degree of similarity using the user-specific information. High destination floors can be estimated automatically, improving user convenience.

  Moreover, in the elevator system in this embodiment, the recording medium 2 stores information specific to the user who owns the recording medium 2, and the storage unit 5 stores the inside of the user's building using the elevator. The movement information in which the position and time of movement to the landing 100 are associated with each other, the departure floor and destination floor of the elevator, and the user-specific information using the elevator are stored as movement history information of past users, and a similar history extraction unit 6 extracts movement history information including past user-specific information that is the same as the user-specific information from the movement history information of the past user, and the movement of the user from the extracted movement history information Movement history information including movement information most similar to the history information is extracted. Thus, by referring to the movement information included in the user-specific information and movement history information, the elevator control device automatically makes a call specifying a destination floor that is likely to match the destination floor of the user. 1 can be registered.

Embodiment 4 FIG.
In the fourth embodiment, a person approaching the elevator landing 100 is regarded as an elevator user, and the movement history information of past users having high similarity to the movement information as the movement history information of the user. The destination floor of the user is estimated using the included movement information and the destination floor. Further, the estimated arrival time at the elevator landing 100 is acquired based on the movement history information of the user. And the structure which controls the operation | movement of the cage | basket | car 200 is shown so that the cage | basket | car 200 may stop on the departure floor of the said user at the estimated arrival time.

  FIG. 13 is a functional block diagram of an elevator system showing Embodiment 4 of the present invention. The elevator system includes an elevator control device 1, a recording medium 2, a reading device 3, a destination floor registration device 4, and a user detection device 12. The destination floor registration device 4 includes a storage unit 5, a similar history extraction unit 6, a destination floor estimation unit 7, a destination floor automatic registration unit 8, and a landing arrival time estimation unit 13. The user detection device 12 is connected to the similar history extraction unit 6 and the landing arrival time estimation unit 13 and communicates with the recording medium 2. The landing arrival time estimation unit 13 is connected to the destination floor automatic registration unit 8.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram showing the contents stored in the recording medium 2 showing Embodiment 4 of the present invention. The recording medium 2 stores an ID unique to the recording medium 2 in addition to the user movement history information.

  The user detection device 12 is a plurality of terminals installed in a building. When the recording medium 2 performs wireless communication or visible light communication with the user detection device 12, the recording medium 2 newly stores movement information at the time of communication, and updates movement history information. The recording medium 2 transmits the movement history information and ID to the user detection device 12 each time the stored movement history information is updated. When the user detection device 12 receives the movement history information and the ID from the recording medium 2, if the position stored last in the movement history information is within a certain range from any of the landings 100, the movement history information Among the information, the current floor stored last is set as the departure floor, and the movement history information and ID received from the departure floor, the recording medium 2 are transmitted to the similar history extraction unit 6 and the landing arrival time estimation unit 13. The recording medium 2 updates the stored movement history information when wireless communication or visible light communication is performed with the user detection device 12. However, the recording medium 2 is not limited to this. It may be configured to be updated as time elapses.

  The landing arrival time estimation unit 13 obtains a moving speed from the movement information and time information of the movement history information received from the user detection device 12, obtains the moving speed and a distance from the current position of the user to the landing 100, The time when the user arrives at the hall 100 is estimated. The landing arrival time estimation unit 13 outputs the estimated time and ID to the destination floor automatic registration unit 8.

Next, based on FIG. 15, operation | movement of the destination floor registration apparatus 4 in this embodiment is demonstrated. FIG. 15 is an operation flowchart of the destination floor registration apparatus 4 showing Embodiment 4 of the present invention.
In S401, the recording medium 2 possessed by the user communicates with one of the user detection devices 12 provided in the building. When the user detection device 12 detects the recording medium 2, the process proceeds to S402.

  In S402, the user detection device 12 that has communicated with the recording medium 2 uses the received movement history information and ID and the current history stored last among the movement history information as the departure floor, and the similar history extraction unit 6 and the landing It transmits to the arrival time estimation unit 13.

  In S403, the similar history similar history extracting unit 6 includes the movement history information including the same departure floor as the departure floor of the user acquired in S402 among the movement history information of the past user stored in the storage unit 5. To extract.

  In S404, the similar history extraction unit 6 obtains a function D indicating the degree of similarity between the acquired movement information as the movement history information of the user and the movement information included in each movement history information extracted in S403 in S402. Calculate.

  In S405, the similarity history extraction unit 6 uses the function D calculated in S404, and from the movement history information extracted in S403, the most similar degree to the movement information as the movement history information of the user acquired in S402. The movement history information of the past user including the movement information with high is extracted and output to the destination floor estimation unit 7.

  In S406, the destination floor estimation unit 7 extracts a destination floor included in the movement history information of the past user extracted in S405. The destination floor estimation unit 7 estimates the extracted destination floor as the destination floor of the user and outputs it to the destination floor automatic registration unit 8.

  In S407, the landing arrival time estimation unit 13 obtains the moving speed of the user and the distance from the current position of the user to the landing 100 from the movement history information received from the user detection device 12, and the user The time of arrival at the landing 100 is estimated.

  In S408, the destination floor automatic registration unit 8 registers the departure floor of the user, the call specifying the destination floor estimated in S406 and the arrival time of the user's landing 100 estimated in S407 in the elevator control device 1. The elevator control device 1 controls the operation of the car 200 based on the call registration so that the car 200 arrives at the departure floor at the landing arrival time of the user estimated in S407.

  As described above, even in the elevator system according to this embodiment, as in the first embodiment, even for a user who does not store the destination floor in advance, as the movement history information of the user. Calculate the similarity between the movement information and the movement information included in the movement history information of the past user, and based on the movement history information of the past user including the movement information with the highest similarity, the destination of the user Estimate the floor and register automatically. Thereby, even if it is a facility used by an unspecified number of people such as hotels, the destination floor is estimated and registered automatically for each user. Furthermore, before the user arrives at the landing 100, the call of the user is automatically registered, and the car 200 is controlled to arrive at the departure floor at the time when the user arrives at the landing 100. It is possible to reduce the time for the passenger to wait for the arrival of the car 200 at the landing 100 and to improve the operation efficiency of the elevator.

  In addition, the elevator system according to this embodiment includes a user detection device 12 that is provided in a building and reads the storage contents of the recording medium 2, and the destination floor registration device 4 is read by the user detection device 12. The elevator control device 1 has a landing arrival time estimation unit 13 that estimates the time at which the user carrying the recording medium 2 arrives at the landing 100 from the movement history information of the user. A car is dispatched to the hall 100 where the user arrives at the estimated time. As a result, the position of the user in the building is tracked in real time, a person within a certain distance of the elevator landing 100 is regarded as an elevator user, and before the user arrives at the landing 100, the user's Since the call is automatically registered in the elevator control device 1, the waiting time of the user can be reduced, and the convenience for the user is improved.

  A plurality of halls 100 may be provided on the same floor. Further, when the current position of the user is within a certain distance of the plurality of halls 100, it is detected as a user who gets on from the nearest hall 100.

  1 elevator control device, 2 recording medium, 3 reading device, 4 destination floor registration device, 5 storage unit, 6 similar history extraction unit, 7 destination floor estimation unit, 8 destination floor automatic registration unit, 9 destination floor notification device, 10 destination Floor input device, 11 update unit, 12 user detection device, 13 hall arrival time estimation unit, 100 hall, 200 car

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A recording medium that the user possesses and acquires the position and time of the user who moves in a building equipped with an elevator, and stores the position and the time in association with each other as the movement history information of the user;
A reading device provided at a landing for reading the storage content of the recording medium;
The user who uses the elevator, the movement information that associates the position and time when the user moved to the landing in the building and the departure floor and the destination floor of the elevator when the elevator is boarded from the landing are past users. The movement information that is most similar to the movement history information of the user stored in the recording medium from among the movement history information of the past user stored in the storage unit A similar history extracting unit that extracts movement history information including a destination floor automatic registration that registers a call specifying a destination floor included in the previous user's movement history information extracted by the similar history extraction unit in the elevator control device An elevator system comprising a destination floor registration device having a section.   The similar history extraction unit extracts movement history information starting from the floor where the reading device is provided from the movement history information of the past user, and the use is extracted from the extracted movement history information. The elevator system according to claim 1, wherein movement history information including the movement information most similar to the movement history information of a person is extracted. A destination floor notification device for notifying the user of a destination floor designated by the destination floor automatic registration unit;
A destination floor input device for the user to input a destination floor;
The destination floor automatic registration unit is a call that designates a destination floor input to the destination floor input device when the destination floor notified by the destination floor notification device is different from the destination floor input to the destination floor input device. The elevator system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the system is registered in the elevator control device.   When the destination floor notified by the destination floor notification device is different from the destination floor input to the destination floor input device, the storage unit sets the floor on which the reading device is provided as the departure floor and reads the departure floor as the reading floor. The elevator system according to claim 3, wherein the movement history information of the user read by the device and the destination floor input to the destination floor input device are stored. The recording medium stores information specific to the user who owns the recording medium,
The storage unit is specific to the user who uses the elevator, the movement information that associates the position and time of the user moving to the landing in the building, the departure floor and the destination floor of the elevator, and the user who uses the elevator. Information as movement history information of the past user,
The similar history extracting unit extracts movement history information including the past user-specific information that is the same as the user-specific information from the past user movement history information, and the extracted movement history information The elevator system according to claim 1, wherein movement history information including the movement information that is most similar to the movement history information of the user is extracted from the list. A user detection device provided in a building and reading the storage content of the recording medium,
The destination floor registration device has a landing arrival time estimation unit that estimates the time at which the user who has the recording medium arrives at the landing from the movement history information of the user read by the user detection device. And
The elevator system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the elevator control device dispatches a car to the landing where the user arrives at the time estimated by the landing arrival time estimation unit.

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