JP2017039574A - Elevator use information providing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an elevator use information system providing a person monitoring a specific user with use information of an elevator related to the specific user by utilizing imaging information imaged by a monitoring camera installed inside a car of the elevator.SOLUTION: An elevator use information providing system comprises: a non-contact key carried by a first user; a center server connected to an elevator; and a portable terminal carried by a second user. The elevator transmits imaging information of an inside of a car and identification information of the first user read out from the non-contact key to the center server. The center server transmits notification information indicating that the first user starts use of the elevator to the portable terminal when acquiring the identification information of the first user, and subsequently transmits the imaging information of the inside of the car within predetermined time after the identification information of the first user is acquired to the portable terminal in response to a request from the portable terminal.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  Embodiments described herein relate generally to an elevator usage information providing system.

  Conventionally, surveillance cameras have been installed in elevator cars as a security measure. The imaging information obtained by photographing the inside of the car with the monitoring camera is sequentially stored, and when a crime occurs, the imaging information of the corresponding date and time is used for verification.

JP 2009-51649 A

  Since the inside of the car is constantly photographed with the monitoring camera described above, a huge amount of imaging information is acquired. However, there has been a problem that these pieces of imaging information are not often used except for verification when a crime occurs, and stored imaging information is often wasted.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and by utilizing imaging information photographed by a surveillance camera installed in an elevator car, elevator usage information relating to a specific user is obtained. The purpose is to provide an elevator usage information providing system that is provided to a person who monitors the traffic.

  According to the embodiment for achieving the above object, the elevator usage information providing system includes a non-contact key possessed by the first user, a center server connected to the elevator, and a portable terminal possessed by the second user. Is provided. The elevator transmits the imaging information in the car and the identification information of the first user read from the non-contact key to the center server. When the center server acquires the identification information of the first user, the center server transmits notification information indicating that the first user has started using the elevator to the portable terminal, and then responds to a request from the portable terminal, The imaging information in the car within a predetermined time after the identification information of one user is acquired is transmitted to the portable terminal.

1 is an overall view showing a configuration of an elevator use information providing system according to an embodiment. The sequence diagram which shows operation | movement of the elevator utilization information provision system by one Embodiment.

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The structure of the elevator use information provision system by one Embodiment of this invention is demonstrated with reference to FIG. The elevator use information providing system 1 according to the present embodiment is a second user who monitors the first user X for information related to the use of the elevator of the apartment A by the first user X who is a pre-registered monitoring target person. This is for the service provided to Y.

  In the present embodiment, the elevator usage information providing system 1 performs overall management of an elevator 10 installed in the apartment A, a non-contact key 20 possessed by the first user X, and a plurality of elevators including the elevator 10. A center server 30 installed in a service information center and connected to a plurality of elevators to be managed, and a mobile terminal 40 possessed by a second user Y are provided. The non-contact key 20 holds the identification information of the first user X and information indicating the floor of use where the first user X is allowed to enter. In the present embodiment, the information on the use floor held by the non-contact key 20 is information on the residence floor of the first user X.

  The elevator 10 is suspended by a hoisting machine 13 installed in the machine room 12 above the hoistway 11, a main rope 14 hung over the hoisting machine 13, and a car 15 that moves up and down in the hoistway 11. A control panel 17 connected to the car 15 with a tail cord 16 and installed in the machine room 12, and a remote monitoring device 18 connected to the control panel 17 and installed in the machine room 12. The car 15 includes a monitoring camera device 151 for photographing the inside of the car 15, a reading device 152 that reads identification information and residence floor information of the corresponding resident from a non-contact key possessed by the resident of the apartment A Is installed. The control panel 17 registers the destination floor based on the user's residence floor information read by the reading device 152, and controls the operation of the hoisting machine 13 so as to move the car 15 to the destination floor. In addition, the remote monitoring device 18 acquires imaging information photographed by the monitoring camera device 151 and user identification information read by the reading device 152, and transmits them to the center server 30.

  The center server 30 includes a user information registration unit 31, a usage status information acquisition unit 32, an imaging information storage unit 33, a usage notification information generation unit 34, a communication unit 35, and an imaging information processing unit 36.

  The user information registration unit 31 receives identification information of the first user X and address information for transmitting information to the mobile terminal 40 of the second user Y, which are personal information regarding the user who uses the service. Register as user information. The usage status information acquisition unit 32 acquires the imaging information captured by the monitoring camera device 151 and the user identification information read by the reading device 152 transmitted from the remote monitoring device 18. The imaging information storage unit 33 stores the imaging information acquired by the usage status information acquisition unit 32. The usage notification information generation unit 34 specifies a user corresponding to the identification information acquired by the usage status information acquisition unit 32 based on the user information registered in the user information registration unit 31. Notification information indicating that the use of the elevator is started is generated and transmitted to the portable terminal 40. The communication unit 35 communicates with the mobile terminal 40. After the notification information is transmitted to the portable terminal 40 via the communication unit 35, the imaging information processing unit 36 receives the imaging information acquisition request regarding the user from the portable terminal 40, and identifies the user's identification information. Is acquired by the usage status information acquisition unit 32, the imaging information within a predetermined time is acquired from the imaging information storage unit 33 and transmitted to the mobile terminal 40.

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Next, by the elevator use information providing system 1 according to the present embodiment, information on the use of the elevator of the apartment A by the first user X who is the monitoring target is the second user who is the guardian of the first user X. The operation when provided to Y will be described with reference to the sequence diagram of FIG. In the present embodiment, the user information registration unit 31 of the center server 30 of the elevator usage information providing system 1 relates to the use of the elevator of the first user X together with the identification information of the first user X who is the monitoring target. As the information providing destination, address information for transmitting information to the portable terminal of the second user Y is registered as user information. Further, in this embodiment, the elevator 10 is restricted from a car call operation in which the floor other than the entrance floor is a destination floor, and the residence floor information is obtained by the reader 152 from the non-contact key owned by the resident of the apartment A. When read, the corresponding residence floor is set to be called and registered as the destination floor.

  In the present embodiment, during operation of the elevator use information providing system 1, the inside of the car 15 is imaged by the monitoring camera device 151, and the generated imaging information is transmitted via the tail code 16, the control panel 17, and the remote monitoring device 18. Are sequentially transmitted to the center server 30 (S1). In the center server 30, the imaging information transmitted from the remote monitoring device 18 is acquired by the usage status information acquisition unit 32 and stored in the imaging information storage unit 33 (S2).

  Then, the first user X returns to the apartment A from the outside, enters the entrance floor, calls the car 15 of the elevator 10 and gets into the car 15, and reads the non-contact key 20 possessed by the reading device 152. Hold it over. By this operation, the identification information and residence floor information of the first user X are read from the non-contact key 20 by the reading device 152 (S3). The read identification information and residence floor information of the first user X are transmitted to the control panel 17 via the tail code 16. In the control panel 17, the destination floor is registered based on the acquired residence floor information, and the operation control of the hoisting machine 13 is started so as to move the car 15 to the destination floor (S4).

  The identification information acquired by the control panel 17 is transmitted to the center server 30 via the remote monitoring device 18 (S5). In the center server 30, the identification information transmitted from the remote monitoring device 18 is acquired by the usage status information acquisition unit 32 and output to the usage notification information generation unit 34. In the usage notification information generation unit 34, the user corresponding to the identification information acquired by the usage status information acquisition unit 32 is the first user X based on the user information registered in the user information registration unit 31. Is generated, and notification information indicating that the first user X has started using the elevator 10 is generated. The generated notification information is transmitted from the communication unit 35 to the portable terminal 40 (S6), and is output by text characters or voice in the portable terminal 40 (S7). Thereby, the second user Y is notified of the start of use of the elevator 10 of the first user X.

  After the notification information is output in the portable terminal 40, the second user Y who recognizes the start of use of the elevator 10 of the first user X requests the acquisition of imaging information related to the first user X in the portable terminal 40. When the operation is performed, the acquisition request is transmitted from the portable terminal 40 to the center server 30 (S8).

  In the center server 30, an imaging information acquisition request regarding the first user X acquired from the mobile terminal 40 is received by the communication unit 35 and output to the imaging information processing unit 36. In the imaging information processing unit 36, based on the information registered in the user information registration unit 31, the mobile terminal 40 that is the transmission source of the acquisition request for the acquired imaging information is preliminarily monitored as the first user X monitor. It is confirmed that the user belongs to the registered second user Y, and imaging information acquisition processing is performed. In the imaging information acquisition process, a predetermined time after the identification information of the first user X is acquired by the usage status information acquisition unit 32 (a time predicted as the first user X is in the car 15). And, for example, “1 minute”) is acquired from the imaging information storage unit 33. The acquired imaging information is transmitted from the communication unit 35 to the portable terminal 40 (S9) and displayed on a display screen (not shown) of the portable terminal 40 (S10). The imaging information transmitted here may be still image information captured within a corresponding time or video information.

  In the embodiment described above, the case where the reading device is installed in the car and the car call is generated based on the information read from the non-contact key has been described, but the reading device is also installed in the elevator hall of each floor However, when a non-contact key is held over, a hall call on the floor may be generated. With this configuration, when the monitoring target person (first user X) goes out from home using the elevator, monitoring is performed based on information read from the non-contact key by the reading device at the elevator hall. Information on the use of the target person's elevator can be provided to the supervisor (second user Y), and the monitoring accuracy can be increased.

  According to the above embodiment, information related to the use of the elevator of the monitoring target person is provided to a guardian or other supervisor using the imaging information photographed by the surveillance camera installed in the elevator car. be able to. At that time, the elevator user can simply use the non-contact key for reading in order to register the elevator call as before, and does not need a new operation and can use it easily. As a result, it is possible to provide real-time information on the start of elevator use and imaging information that captures the situation in the car to parents who want to monitor the situation of children and the elderly going out and returning home. Even in a place away from an apartment such as a workplace, the situation (physical condition, clothes, etc.) of the person being monitored can be confirmed with an image.

  In the embodiment described above, the operation information of the elevator 10 (position information of the car 15, door opening / closing information, etc.) is acquired at predetermined time intervals in the control panel 17, and the acquired information is sent to the center via the remote monitoring device 18. You may transmit to the server 30 sequentially. By acquiring the operation information of the elevator 10 by the center server 30, after the identification information of the person to be monitored is acquired, the car lands on the destination floor in response to the registered car call and opens the door. The video information until the rear door is closed can be provided to the monitor, and the video information while the monitoring target person is in the car can be reliably provided.

  In the above-described embodiment, a function for performing face recognition processing using existing technology is installed in the center server, and when the imaging information acquisition processing is performed in the imaging information processing unit, the person to be monitored among the imaging information It is also possible to cut out only the area where is shown and transmit it to the mobile terminal. By processing in this way, personal information can be protected without transmitting imaging information of elevator users other than the monitoring subject.

  Although several embodiments of the present invention have been described, these embodiments are presented by way of example and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These novel embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalents thereof.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Elevator utilization information provision system, 10 ... Elevator, 11 ... Hoistway, 12 ... Machine room, 13 ... Hoisting machine, 14 ... Main rope, 15 ... Ride car, 16 ... Tail cord, 17 ... Control panel, 18 ... Remote Monitoring device 20 ... Non-contact key, 30 ... Center server, 31 ... User information registration unit, 32 ... Usage status information acquisition unit, 33 ... Imaging information storage unit, 34 ... Usage notification information generation unit, 35 ... Communication unit, 36 ... Imaging information processing unit, 40 ... Mobile terminal, 151 ... Surveillance camera device, 152 ... Reading device

According to the embodiment for achieving the above object, the elevator usage information providing system includes a non-contact key possessed by the first user, a center server connected to the elevator, and a portable terminal possessed by the second user. Is provided. The elevator transmits the imaging information in the car and the identification information of the first user read from the non-contact key to the center server. When the center server acquires the identification information of the first user, the center server transmits notification information indicating that the first user has started using the elevator to the portable terminal, and then responds to a request from the portable terminal, Imaging information obtained by cutting out only the area in which the first user appears in the car within a predetermined time after the identification information of one user is acquired is transmitted to the mobile terminal.

Claims (4)

An elevator usage information providing system for providing information on a usage status of a predetermined elevator by a first user who is a monitoring target to a second user who monitors the first user, wherein the first user A non-contact key possessed, a center server connected to the elevator, and a mobile terminal possessed by the second user,
The non-contact key is
A user information holding unit for holding identification information of the first user;
The elevator is
A surveillance camera device for photographing the inside of the car,
A reading device for reading the identification information of the first user from the non-contact key;
A remote monitoring device that acquires imaging information captured by the monitoring camera device and identification information of the first user read by the reading device, and transmits the acquired information to the center server;
The center server is
An imaging information storage unit that acquires and stores imaging information captured by the monitoring camera device transmitted from the remote monitoring device;
When acquiring the identification information of the first user from the remote monitoring device, a usage notification information generating unit that generates notification information indicating that the first user has started using the elevator and transmits it to the portable terminal When,
After the notification information is transmitted to the mobile terminal, when a request for acquiring imaging information related to the first user transmitted from the mobile terminal is acquired, a predetermined time period from when the identification information of the first user is acquired An elevator information providing system comprising: an imaging information processing unit that acquires imaging information within the imaging information storage unit and transmits the acquired imaging information to the portable terminal. The user information holding unit of the non-contact key further holds the use floor information of the first user,
The reading device is installed in a car of the elevator, reads the first floor usage information of the first user from the non-contact key,
The elevator use information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the elevator further includes a control panel for registering a car call based on the use floor information of the first user read by the reading device. . The remote monitoring device transmits the elevator car position information and door opening / closing information acquired at predetermined time intervals to the center server,
When the imaging information processing unit of the center server acquires the acquisition request for the imaging information, after the identification information of the first user is acquired, the car responds to the registered car call in the destination floor. 3. The elevator use information according to claim 1, wherein imaging information from when the vehicle is landed to when the door is opened and when the door is closed is acquired from the imaging information storage unit and transmitted to the portable terminal. Offer system. The imaging information processing unit cuts out only the area in which the first user is captured from the imaging information acquired from the imaging information storage unit by face recognition processing, and transmits it to the mobile terminal. The elevator utilization information provision system of any one of Claims 1-3.

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