JP2020063152A - Elevator utilization system, information processing terminal, and information processing equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

To appropriately identify an elevator control system to which a wireless communication based on the user's input will be sent, and appropriately transmit information between an information processing terminal and the elevator control system in a situation where two or more elevator control systems are installed.SOLUTION: An elevator utilization system (200) comprises a plurality of elevator systems(2) that share and control a plurality of elevators, a smartphone (1c) that is carried by a user using the elevator and has an input portion (11a) to receive operations for using the elevator, a processing execution unit (103C) that identifies one elevator system (2) from the plurality of elevator systems (2) on the basis of the input to the input portion (11a), and a communication processing unit (104c) that transmits information between the identified elevator system (2) and the smartphone (1c) for use of the elevator by the user.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 16

Description

  The present invention relates to an elevator use system, an information processing terminal, and an information processing apparatus that can be carried by a user who uses an elevator and wirelessly communicates with an elevator system that controls the elevator.

  An information processing terminal that performs processing by performing wireless communication with an elevator system that controls an elevator is known as a related art. Non-Patent Document 1 discloses an application of a smartphone that displays, on the screen, information indicating an elevator which a user should ride among a plurality of elevators by the wireless communication.

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  In a building, a plurality of elevators are installed, and the plurality of elevators may be grouped into control units called “banks”. In this case, usually, each bank is provided with an individual elevator control system, and the elevator control systems control the elevators of the corresponding banks independently of each other (also referred to as “group management system”).

  If the above-described conventional technique is applied to such a configuration, there arises a problem that the elevator control system to be the partner of the wireless communication by the information processing terminal cannot be specified. This causes a problem that call registration cannot be performed in an application that performs so-called call registration, such as the application of Non-Patent Document 1, in which an elevator to which a user rides is specified.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide an elevator control system as a transmission destination of wireless communication based on a user's input in a situation where a plurality of elevator control systems are installed. The present invention is to provide an elevator utilization system or the like capable of appropriately specifying a vehicle and appropriately transmitting information between the information processing terminal and the elevator control system.
Since such an application is often provided by the manufacturer of the elevator, it is often an application that can be used only by the elevator of the manufacturer. As an example, if the application provider (that is, the elevator manufacturer) is different, the communication system supported by the elevator system is different. Therefore, applications provided by one manufacturer cannot be used with elevators manufactured by other manufacturers.

  On the other hand, elevators manufactured by a plurality of manufacturers are often installed in one building. For example, there is a case in which a plurality of elevators are divided into groups according to the floors in which the passengers can get on and off, and the elevators having different groups have different manufacturers. In this case, the user needs to install all the applications provided by each manufacturer and use the applications properly according to the group of elevators to be used. However, it is inconvenient for the user to properly use a plurality of applications in this way.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide an information processing terminal that is highly convenient for users.

  In order to solve the above problems, the elevator use system according to an aspect of the present invention is a plurality of elevator control units that share and control a plurality of elevators, and a user who uses the elevator is portable, An information processing terminal having an operation input unit that receives an operation for using the elevator; and an identifying unit that identifies one elevator control unit from the plurality of elevator control units based on an input to the operation input unit; An information transmission unit that transmits information for use of the elevator by the user between the elevator control unit identified by the identification unit and the information processing terminal is provided.

  According to the above configuration, the elevator utilization system includes a plurality of elevator control units (for example, a plurality of elevator systems). Then, based on the user's input to the operation input unit, one elevator control unit is specified from the plurality of elevator control units, and information is transmitted between the specified elevator control unit and the information transmission unit. Therefore, in a situation where a plurality of elevator control systems are installed, an elevator control system that is a destination of wireless communication based on a user's input is appropriately specified, and an appropriate information processing terminal and an elevator control system are provided. Information can be transmitted.

  In the elevator utilization system according to an aspect of the present invention, the elevator control unit may control the elevator according to the input.

  According to the above configuration, it is possible to realize a proper elevator operation for the user by combining the input and the control. For example, when the user inputs the destination floor and the departure floor to the information processing terminal, call registration and destination floor registration of the elevator (the car) can be performed, and movement of the car can be controlled. As a result, the user can go to the destination floor using the elevator by only inputting to the information processing terminal.

  In the elevator use system according to an aspect of the present invention, the elevator control unit may provide the information processing terminal with use information generated according to the content of the input.

  According to the above configuration, it is possible to improve the convenience of the user by providing the usage information to the input. For example, when the user inputs the destination floor and the departure floor to the information processing terminal, it is possible to provide the information processing terminal with information indicating the elevator that the user should board. The information processing terminal notifies the user of the image indicating this information, so that the user can recognize the elevator to which he / she should ride.

  In the elevator utilization system according to an aspect of the present invention, the specifying unit and the information transmitting unit may be configured in the information processing terminal.

  According to the above configuration, the specifying unit and the information transmitting unit are configured in the information processing terminal, and thus by including the information processing terminal and the elevator control unit (for example, the elevator control system), a plurality of elevator control systems can be provided. In the installed situation, it is possible to appropriately identify the elevator control system that is the destination of the wireless communication based on the user's input, and perform appropriate information transmission between the information processing terminal and the elevator control system.

  In the elevator use system according to an aspect of the present invention, the plurality of elevator control units are realized by different computers, and the information processing terminal communicates the information with the plurality of elevator control units. Communication is performed by wireless communication with a different communication method depending on the other party, and a plurality of communication processing units corresponding to each communication method are provided, and communication used among the plurality of communication processing units according to the elevator control unit specified by the specifying unit Select the processing unit.

  According to the above configuration, in the plurality of elevator control units, when the communication systems are different due to different manufacturers of the elevator control units (and the elevators controlled by the elevator control units), the user can use the communication system. It is possible to avoid the annoyance of having to perform the changing operation of.

  In the elevator utilization system according to one aspect of the present invention, information processing that configures both or one of the specifying unit and the information transmitting unit, and performs information communication between the plurality of elevator control units and the information processing terminal The device may further be included.

  According to the above configuration, the elevator utilization system includes the information processing device that configures at least one of the identification unit and the information transmission unit, and thus the processing load on the information processing terminal can be reduced. Further, if the information processing device is configured as both the specifying unit and the information transmitting unit, the information processing terminal may have a configuration for realizing a user's operation input. That is, the configuration of the information processing terminal can be made common regardless of what the plurality of elevator control units are (for example, whether the manufacturers are the same or not).

  In the elevator utilization system according to an aspect of the present invention, information necessary for performing the operation in the operation input unit and the specifying in the specifying unit, and a plurality of types corresponding to each of the plurality of elevator control units It may further include an information storage unit that stores the elevator information.

  According to the above configuration, since the information necessary for operation and identification is stored, the condition of the elevator that the user intends to use (for example, the building in which the elevator is installed, the number of elevators or banks, etc.) It is possible to realize appropriate processing according to.

  The elevator utilization system according to an aspect of the present invention may further include an information storage device that configures the information storage unit and that performs information communication of the elevator information with the information processing terminal.

  According to the above configuration, it is not necessary to store information required for operation and identification in the information processing terminal or the information processing apparatus, and thus it is possible to suppress the data capacity of the information processing terminal and the information processing apparatus.

  In the elevator usage system according to one aspect of the present invention, the information processing terminal, for obtaining the elevator information from the information storage device, and for causing the user to perform the operation based on the obtained elevator information. And a screen generation unit that generates the operation screen.

  According to the above configuration, since the operation screen is generated based on the elevator information, it is possible to generate an appropriate operation screen according to the situation of the elevator that the user is going to use.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, an information processing terminal according to an aspect of the present invention can be carried by a user who uses an elevator, and has an operation input unit that receives an operation for using the elevator. It is a terminal, and based on the input to the operation input unit, a specifying unit that specifies one elevator control unit from a plurality of elevator control units that share and control a plurality of elevators, and an elevator that is specified by the specifying unit. A control unit and an information transmission unit that transmits information for use of the elevator by the user are provided.

  According to the above configuration, the elevator utilization system includes a plurality of elevator control units (for example, a plurality of elevator systems). Then, the information processing terminal specifies one elevator control section from the plurality of elevator control sections based on the user's input to the operation input section, and transmits information to the specified elevator control section. Therefore, in a situation where a plurality of elevator control systems are installed, an elevator control system that is a transmission destination of wireless communication performed by the information processing terminal is appropriately specified, and appropriate information is provided between the information processing terminal and the elevator control system. Can communicate.

  In order to solve the above problems, an information processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention uses an elevator based on an input by the user to an information processing terminal that is portable by a user who uses the elevator. And a specifying unit that specifies one elevator control unit from a plurality of elevator control units that share and control a plurality of elevators based on the received elevator use information, and the specifying unit. An elevator control unit specified by, an information transmission unit for transmitting information for use of the elevator by the user, and received from the elevator control unit specified by the specifying unit, for use of the elevator A transmitting unit that transmits information to the information processing terminal.

  According to the above configuration, the elevator utilization system includes a plurality of elevator control units (for example, a plurality of elevator systems). Then, the information processing device receives the elevator usage information based on the user's input to the information processing terminal, identifies one elevator control unit from the plurality of elevator control units, and communicates with the identified elevator control unit. Communicate information. The information processing device transmits the information received from the identified elevator control unit to the information processing terminal. Therefore, in a situation where a plurality of elevator control systems are installed, an elevator control system that is a transmission destination of wireless communication performed by the information processing device is appropriately specified, and appropriate information is provided between the information processing terminal and the elevator control system. Can communicate.

  In order to solve the above problems, an information processing terminal according to an aspect of the present invention is an information processing terminal that can be carried by a user who uses an elevator and that wirelessly communicates with an elevator system that controls the elevator. A plurality of communication processing units corresponding to the plurality of elevator systems having different communication systems in the wireless communication, and selecting one of the plurality of communication processing units based on an input to the information processing terminal. And a selecting unit, and the communication processing unit selected by the selecting unit performs the wireless communication with the corresponding elevator system.

  According to the above configuration, since the communication processing unit is selected based on the input to the information processing terminal and the selected communication processing unit communicates with the corresponding elevator, the user is aware of the difference in the communication system of the elevator. There is no need to do it. Therefore, it is possible to provide an information processing terminal that is highly convenient for the user.

  The information processing terminal according to an aspect of the present invention further includes an operation input unit that receives an operation by the user, and a screen generation unit that generates an operation screen for causing the user to perform the operation, The selection unit selects any one of the plurality of communication processing units based on the operation, and the operation screen does not depend on which of the plurality of communication processing units performs the wireless communication. It may be common.

  According to the above configuration, since the operation screen is common regardless of which communication processing unit performs wireless communication, it is easy for the user to use, that is, to operate without being aware of the difference in communication method. It is possible to provide an information processing terminal capable of performing the above.

  In the information processing terminal according to an aspect of the present invention, each of the plurality of elevator systems includes a plurality of elevators, the communication processing unit selected by the selection unit, and the elevator system corresponding to the communication processing unit. And a notification unit for notifying the user of an elevator that the user should board among the plurality of elevators based on the wireless communication with the user.

  According to the above configuration, the user can recognize which elevator to take without being aware of the difference in the communication system of the elevators. In particular, when one building has a plurality of elevator systems with different communication methods, the user should use the information processing terminal regardless of which elevator the passengers get on, without being aware of the difference in the communication methods. You can

  In the information processing terminal according to an aspect of the present invention, the operation is an operation of inputting a departure floor where the user is and a destination floor where the user wants to go, and the selection unit is configured to input the input Based on the departure floor and the destination floor, any one of the plurality of communication processing units is selected, and the communication processing unit selected by the selection unit, by the wireless communication, departs to the corresponding elevator system. The floor and the destination floor may be transmitted to receive information indicating the elevator the user should board.

  According to the above configuration, the user can recognize which elevator to take by simply inputting the departure floor and the destination floor without being aware of the difference in the communication system of the elevators.

  In the information processing terminal according to an aspect of the present invention, the positional relationship specifying unit that specifies a positional relationship between the user and each elevator is further included, and the selection unit is the positional relationship specified by the positional relationship specifying unit. Based on the above, any one of the plurality of communication processing units may be selected.

  According to the above configuration, even if the communication processing unit cannot be selected on the departure floor and the destination floor (for example, there are a plurality of banks servicing the departure floor and the destination floor), an appropriate communication processing unit can be selected. You can choose.

  In the information processing terminal according to an aspect of the present invention, at least one of a communication standard, a communication protocol, and a data format may be different in the communication method in the wireless communication of each of the plurality of elevator systems.

  According to the above configuration, the communication method of the wireless communication of each of the plurality of elevator systems, since at least one of the communication standard, the communication protocol, and the data format is different, the selected communication processing unit, only the corresponding elevator system. A configuration for performing wireless communication can be realized.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an information processing terminal that is highly convenient for users.

It is a block diagram which shows an example of the principal part structure of the smart phone which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the outline | summary of the wireless communication system which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the installation example of the elevator in the building which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the data structure of elevator information memorize | stored in the smart phone shown in FIG. 1, and an example of data. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of processing executed by the smartphone shown in FIG. 1. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of program selection processing included in the flowchart shown in FIG. 5. It is a figure which shows an example of the operation screen displayed on the smart phone shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the data format created with the smart phone shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the data format where the information was added by the elevator system. It is a figure which shows an example of the notification screen displayed on the smart phone shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the principal part structure of the smart phone which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. 12 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of processing executed by the smartphone shown in FIG. 11. 13 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of program selection processing included in the flowchart shown in FIG. 12. It is a block diagram which shows an example of a principal part structure of the smart phone which concerns on Embodiment 3 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the installation example of the elevator in the building which concerns on Embodiment 4 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the principal part structure of the smart phone contained in the elevator utilization system which concerns on Embodiment 4. 17 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of processing executed by the smartphone shown in FIG. 16. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of an elevator system selection process contained in the flowchart shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the outline of the elevator utilization system which concerns on Embodiment 5 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows an example of a principal part structure of the smart phone and the server for smart phones contained in the elevator utilization system shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the data structure and data of the smartphone database in communication which the server for smartphones shown in FIG. 20 memorize | stores. It is a figure which shows an example of the data format created by the server for smartphones shown in FIG. It is a sequence diagram which shows an example of the flow of the process which the smart phone and smart phone server shown in FIG. 20 perform. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the principal part structure of the server for smartphones which concerns on the modification of Embodiment 5. FIG. It is a sequence diagram which shows an example of the flow of the process which the smart phone and server for smart phones which concern on the modification of Embodiment 5 perform. FIG. 16 is a block diagram showing an example of a main configuration of a smartphone server according to another modification of the fifth embodiment. It is a sequence diagram which shows an example of the flow of the process which the smart phone and smart phone server concerning another modification of Embodiment 5 perform.

[Embodiment 1]
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a main configuration of a smartphone (information processing terminal) according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an outline of the wireless communication system according to the present embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an installation example of elevators in a building according to the present embodiment.

(Example of elevator installation)
In this embodiment, an example in which 24 elevators are installed in a building will be described. As an example, the building has 40 floors and has no basement floor. The 24 elevators are classified into 4 groups, with 6 elevators as one group. This group is referred to as a "bank" in this disclosure. Specifically, in the building, as shown in FIG. 3, six elevators 31A to 31F included in the first bank 31, six elevators 32A to 32F included in the second bank 32, and a third bank 33. The six elevators 33A to 33F included in the above and the six elevators 34A to 34F included in the fourth bank 34 are installed. The elevators 31A to 31F are elevators manufactured by A company. The elevators 32A to 32F are elevators manufactured by company B. The elevators 33A to 33F are elevators manufactured by C company. The elevators 34A to 34F are elevators manufactured by D company. Note that the number of banks and the number of elevators included in one bank are not limited to the example of FIG.

  The elevators 31A to 31F are controlled by the first elevator system 2A shown in FIG. The elevators 32A to 32F are controlled by the second elevator system 2B shown in FIG. The elevators 33A to 33F are controlled by the third elevator system 2C shown in FIG. The elevators 34A to 34F are controlled by the fourth elevator system 2D shown in FIG.

  Note that, hereinafter, when the first elevator system 2A, the second elevator system 2B, the third elevator system 2C, and the fourth elevator system 2D are not distinguished, they are referred to as "elevator system 2". Further, the number of elevator systems 2 is, for example, the same as the number of banks. Therefore, if the number of banks changes, the number of elevator systems 2 also changes. Therefore, the number of elevator systems 2 is not limited to the example of FIG.

  As an example, the control panels of the elevators 31A to 31F may operate as the first elevator system 2A. Similarly, the control panels of the elevators 32A to 32F are the second elevator system 2B, the control panels of the elevators 33A to 33F are the third elevator system 2C, the control panels of the elevators 34A to 34F are the fourth elevator system 2D. May work. The control panel that controls a plurality of elevators included in one bank may be one control panel that controls all the elevators, or may be a plurality of control panels that control each elevator.

(Details of smartphone 1)
The smartphone 1 according to the present embodiment is a smartphone possessed by a user of an elevator (hereinafter, simply referred to as “user”), and as shown in FIG. 2, performs wireless communication with the elevator system 2. As an example, the smartphone 1 performs an elevator selection process of notifying the user of which elevator among the plurality of elevators the passenger should ride by performing wireless communication with any one of the elevator systems 2. The smartphone 1 can execute the elevator selection process by, for example, activating a predetermined application (an elevator selection application program 130 described later) by an input operation of the user.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the smartphone 1 includes a control unit 10, an input unit 11 (operation input unit), a display unit 12, a storage unit 13, and a communication unit 14.

  The control unit 10 centrally controls the smartphone 1. The input unit 11 is hardware that receives an input operation by a user. The display unit 12 is hardware that displays various images generated based on a user's input operation. As an example, the input unit 11 and the display unit 12 may be integrated as a touch screen. The storage unit 13 is hardware that permanently holds programs and data used by the smartphone 1, and can also be expressed as a storage. The storage unit 13 is realized as, for example, a ROM (Read-Only Memory), a hard disk device, a flash memory, or another non-volatile storage device. The communication unit 14 is hardware that transmits and receives information to and from a device external to the smartphone 1 by wireless communication. The external device is, for example, the elevator system 2 described above. The input unit 11 and the display unit 12 can also be expressed as an input / output interface. The communication unit 14 can also be expressed as a communication interface.

  The control unit 10 includes a display control unit 101, a program selection unit 102 (selection unit), a process execution unit 103, and a communication processing unit 104. The storage unit 13 stores at least the elevator selection application program 130 and the elevator information 132. Note that, hereinafter, the elevator selection application program 130 will be referred to as “elevator selection application 130”. The elevator selection application 130 includes a common operation screen generation program 131 and an elevator selection program 133.

  Although not shown, the smartphone 1 further includes a processor and a memory as a hardware configuration for realizing the control unit 10 and the storage unit 13.

  The processor executes a series of instructions included in a program stored in the memory or the storage unit 13 based on a signal given to the smartphone 1 or when a predetermined condition is satisfied. The processor is realized as, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), an MPU (Micro Processor Unit), an FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array), and other devices.

  The memory temporarily stores programs and data. The program is loaded from the storage unit 13, for example. The data includes data input to the computer and data generated by the processor. The memory is implemented as, for example, a RAM (Random Access Memory) or other volatile memory.

  As an example, the processor accesses the storage unit 13, loads a program (for example, the elevator selection application 130) stored in the storage unit 13 into the memory, and executes a series of instructions included in the program. Thereby, each unit included in the control unit 10 is configured. Note that, hereinafter, loading the elevator selection application 130 into the memory may be referred to as “activating the elevator selection application 130”.

  The storage unit 13 may be realized as a removable storage device such as a memory card. Further, instead of the storage built in the smartphone 1, a configuration that uses programs and data stored in an external storage device may be used. In the case of this configuration, the smartphone 1 activates the elevator selection application 130 in itself by performing wireless communication with an external storage device, for example.

  The control unit 10 may be realized by a logic circuit (hardware) formed in an integrated circuit (IC chip) or the like.

  The display control unit 101 generates various images based on the user's input operation and causes the display unit 12 to display them. The display control unit 101 includes an operation screen generation unit 105 (screen generation unit) and a notification unit 106.

  The operation screen generation unit 105 generates an operation screen for allowing the user to perform an input operation. As an example, the operation screen generation unit 105 generates an operation screen when the elevator selection application 130 is activated. The operation screen generation unit 105 is configured by loading the common operation screen generation program 131 into the memory. Although details of the operation screen will be described later, as an example, the operation screen is a user interface (hereinafter, referred to as “UI”) that receives inputs of a departure floor where the user gets on the elevator and a destination floor where the user gets off the elevator. May be included. The details of the notification unit 106 will be described later.

  The program selection unit 102 selects a program for executing the elevator selection process based on the user's input operation. As an example, the program selection unit 102, based on the input information indicating the departure floor and the destination floor and the elevator information 132 stored in the storage unit 13, the first program 133A of the elevator selection programs 133, Any one of the second program 133B, the third program 133C, and the fourth program 133D is selected.

  Here, details of the elevator information 132 and the elevator selection program 133 will be described. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a data structure of the elevator information 132 and an example of the data. FIG. 4 shows an example in which the elevator information 132 is a tabular database, but the data structure of the elevator information 132 is not limited to this example.

  The elevator information 132 includes columns of “bank ID”, “first floor service”, “Fb”, and “Ft”. The “bank ID” column stores information indicating the bank of the elevator installed in the building where the user is. “1”, “2”, “3”, and “4” in the example of FIG. 4 correspond to the first bank 31, the second bank 32, the third bank 33, and the fourth bank 34, respectively. The column of "service on the first floor" stores information indicating whether or not the elevator included in each bank can get on and off the user on the first floor of the building. In the example of FIG. 4, “◯” is stored in every cell. "○" indicates that the elevator included in the bank can get on and off the user on the first floor of the building. Although not shown, in this example, when the elevator included in the bank cannot get on and off the user on the first floor of the building, “x” is stored in the cell corresponding to the bank. The column “Fb” stores information indicating the lowest floor except the first floor among the floors in which the elevators included in each bank can get on and off the user. The column “Ft” stores information indicating the highest floor among the floors in which the elevators included in each bank can get on and off the user.

  In the record with the bank ID “1”, “2” is stored as Fb and “10” is stored as Ft. That is, the elevator included in the first bank 31 raises and lowers the car between the first floor and the tenth floor, and gets the user on and off. In other words, the first bank 31 can be serviced from the first floor to the tenth floor.

  In the record having the bank ID “2”, “11” is stored as Fb and “20” is stored as Ft. That is, the elevator included in the second bank 32 raises and lowers the car on the first floor and between the 11th floor and the 20th floor, and the user gets on and off. In other words, the second bank 32 can be serviced on the first floor and the 11th to 20th floors.

  In the record with the bank ID “3”, “21” is stored as Fb and “30” is stored as Ft. That is, the elevator included in the third bank 33 raises and lowers the car on the first floor and between the 21st floor and the 30th floor to let the user get on and off. In other words, the third bank 33 can be serviced on the first floor and the 21st to 30th floors.

  In the record having the bank ID “4”, “31” is stored as Fb and “40” is stored as Ft. That is, the elevator included in the fourth bank 34 raises and lowers the car on the first floor and between the 31st floor and the 40th floor to let the user get on and off. In other words, the fourth bank 34 can be serviced on the first floor and the 31st to 40th floors.

  Therefore, the first bank 31 can also be expressed as a “lower bank”. Further, the second bank 32 can be expressed as a “middle / lower layer bank”. Further, the third bank 33 can be expressed as a “middle and high rise bank”. Further, the fourth bank 34 can be expressed as a “high-rise bank”.

  The elevator information 132 is generated by acquiring information (for example, serviceable floor information) regarding the banks 31 to 34 from the elevator information database 100 shown in FIG. As an example, the smartphone 1 acquires the above information from the elevator information database 100 when the elevator selection application 130 is activated. Further, in the case of a configuration in which one building uses the elevator selection application 130, the smartphone 1 may acquire the above information from the elevator information database 100 when the elevator selection application 130 is activated for the first time.

  The first program 133A is one of the programs for executing the elevator selection process. Specifically, the first program 133A is a program for executing the elevator selection process in the first bank 31. As an example, the first program 133A is a program created by company A that manufactures the elevators of the first bank 31.

  The second program 133B is one of the programs for executing the elevator selection process. Specifically, the second program 133B is a program for executing the elevator selection process in the second bank 32. As an example, the second program 133B is a program created by company B that manufactures the elevators of the second bank 32.

  The third program 133C is one of the programs for executing the elevator selection process. Specifically, the third program 133C is a program for executing the elevator selection process in the third bank 33. As an example, the third program 133C is a program created by Company C, which manufactures the elevators of the third bank 33.

  The fourth program 133D is one of the programs for executing the elevator selection process. Specifically, the fourth program 133D is a program for executing the elevator selection process in the fourth bank 34. As an example, the fourth program 133D is a program created by Company D, which manufactures the elevators of the fourth bank 34.

  Each of the elevator selection programs 133 cannot execute the elevator selection process in a bank that does not correspond. For example, the first program 133A cannot execute the elevator selection processing in the second bank 32, the third bank 33, and the fourth bank 34.

  The process execution unit 103 executes the elevator selection process, which is the main function of the elevator selection application 130. The process execution unit 103 is configured by loading one of the elevator selection programs 133 into the memory. For example, the process execution unit 103 configured by loading the first program 133A in the memory can execute the elevator selection process in the first bank 31.

  Hereinafter, the process execution unit 103 configured by loading the first program 133A in the memory may be referred to as the process execution unit 103A. The process execution unit 103 configured by loading the second program 133B in the memory may be referred to as the process execution unit 103B. The processing execution unit 103 configured by loading the third program 133C in the memory may be referred to as a processing execution unit 103C. The process execution unit 103 configured by loading the fourth program 133D in the memory may be referred to as the process execution unit 103D.

  The process execution unit 103 instructs the corresponding communication processing unit 104 to transmit the information on the departure floor and the destination floor input by the user and to output the received information to the notification unit 106. The communication processing unit 104 corresponding to each processing execution unit 103 will be described later.

  The communication processing unit 104 controls the communication unit 14 based on the instruction of the process execution unit 103 to perform wireless communication with the elevator system 2. The communication processing unit 104 includes a first communication processing unit 104A, a second communication processing unit 104B, a third communication processing unit 104C, and a fourth communication processing unit 104D. Each of these communication processing units 104 controls the communication unit 14 to transmit the information on the departure floor and the destination floor input by the user to the corresponding elevator system 2.

  Further, the communication processing unit 104 receives, via the communication unit 14, information indicating the elevator that the user should board from the elevator system 2, and outputs the information to the notification unit 106 according to an instruction from the process execution unit 103.

  The first communication processing unit 104A, the second communication processing unit 104B, the third communication processing unit 104C, and the fourth communication processing unit 104D respectively include a first elevator system 2A, a second elevator system 2B, a third elevator system 2C, and a third elevator system 2C. 4 elevator system 2D is supported. Specifically, the respective elevator systems 2 have different communication systems in wireless communication, and each communication processing unit 104 corresponds to the communication system of the elevator system 2 that is a communication partner.

  The communication methods being different from each other means that, when one elevator system 2 and the smartphone 1 communicate with each other, another elevator system 2 and the smartphone 1 cannot communicate with each other by the same method as this communication. As an example, each elevator system 2 differs in at least one of a communication standard and a communication protocol. For example, the communication standard of the first elevator system 2A and the second elevator system 2B is WiFi (registered trademark), while the communication standard of the third elevator system 2C and the fourth elevator system 2D is Bluetooth (registered trademark). Further, for example, the communication protocol of the first elevator system 2A and the third elevator system 2C is TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol), while the communication protocol of the second elevator system 2B and the fourth elevator system 2D is UDP. (User Datagram Protocol).

  As another example, each elevator system 2 has the same communication standard and communication protocol, but different data formats used for communication with the smartphone 1. Details of the difference in data format will be described later. In the present disclosure, when two elevator systems 2 are compared, at least one of a communication standard, a communication protocol, and a data format is referred to as “different communication methods”. Since there is no same data format of each elevator system 2, “different communication methods” may be expressed as “at least different data formats”.

  In addition, the communication unit 14 of the smartphone 1 may be one communication unit that can support communication according to a plurality of communication standards, or may be configured by a plurality of communication units according to each communication standard. . The communication unit 14 is controlled and operated by an OS (operating system, not shown) installed in the smartphone 1.

  Further, the first communication processing unit 104A, the second communication processing unit 104B, the third communication processing unit 104C, and the fourth communication processing unit 104D respectively have a first program 133A, a second program 133B, a third program 133C, and a fourth program 133C. It corresponds to the program 133D. In other words, the first communication processing unit 104A, the second communication processing unit 104B, the third communication processing unit 104C, and the fourth communication processing unit 104D respectively include the process execution unit 103A, the process execution unit 103B, the process execution unit 103C, and the process execution unit 103C. It corresponds to the process execution unit 103D.

  Based on the above, for example, the processing execution unit 103A instructs the first communication processing unit 104A to transmit the information on the departure floor and the destination floor input by the user. Then, the first communication processing unit 104A controls the communication unit 14 to transmit the information on the departure floor and the destination floor to the first elevator system 2A that controls the elevators of the first bank 31. The first communication processing unit 104A receives, via the communication unit 14, information indicating the elevator in the first bank 31 on which the user should board from the first elevator system 2A, and the information is transmitted to the processing execution unit 103A. In accordance with the instruction, the information is output to the notification unit 106.

  As described above, one of the first communication processing unit 104A, the second communication processing unit 104B, the third communication processing unit 104C, and the fourth communication processing unit 104D is selected according to the selection of the program by the program selection unit 102. The Rukoto. That is, the program selection unit 102 can also be expressed as selecting any one of the communication processing units 104.

  The notification unit 106 notifies the user of the elevator that the user should board based on wireless communication between the selected communication processing unit 104 and the elevator system 2 corresponding to the communication processing unit 104. Specifically, the notification unit 106 generates an image showing the elevator on which the user should board based on the information acquired from the communication processing unit 104, and causes the display unit 12 to display the image.

(Flow of processing executed by smartphone)
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of processing executed by the control unit 10 of the smartphone 1. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of program selection processing included in the flowchart shown in FIG.

  The operation screen generation unit 105 is configured upon activation of the elevator selection application 130, generates an operation screen, and displays it on the display unit 12 (S51). The input unit 11 receives inputs of the departure floor and the destination floor (S52).

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the operation screen. The operation screen generation unit 105 generates the operation screen shown in FIG. 7A as an example and causes the display unit 12 to display the operation screen. The operation screen includes a UI 71 imitating a ten-key pad and a text requesting input of a departure floor. Accordingly, the user can easily understand that the departure floor is input by the input operation (tap operation) on the UI 71.

  When the user inputs the departure floor and performs a tap operation on the portion described as “Enter”, the screen transitions to the screen of FIG. 7B as an example. Specifically, the operation screen generation unit 105 generates the operation screen shown in FIG. 7B, and displays the operation screen on the display unit 12 instead of the operation screen shown in FIG. 7A. . The operation screen shown in FIG. 7B includes a UI 71 and a text requesting input to the destination floor. Accordingly, the user can easily understand that the destination floor is input by the input operation (tap operation) on the UI 71.

  These operation screens are common regardless of which of the elevator selection programs 133 is selected. In other words, the operation screen is common regardless of which of the communication processing units 104 performs wireless communication. That is, the operation screen can be expressed as a “common operation screen”.

  When the user inputs a destination floor and performs a tap operation on a portion described as “Enter”, information indicating the departure floor and the destination floor is output to the program selection unit 102. The information indicating the departure floor may be output to the program selection unit 102 when a tap operation is performed on a portion described as “Enter” on the operation screen illustrated in FIG. 7A.

  The program selection unit 102, which has acquired the information indicating the departure floor and the destination floor, executes a program selection process (S53). Specifically, the program selection unit 102 refers to the elevator information 132 and determines whether the input departure floor and destination floor can be serviced by one bank (S61). More specifically, the program selection unit 102 determines whether the serviceable floor of each bank specified from the information stored in each record of the elevator information 132 includes a departure floor and a destination floor. To do.

  As an example, the program selection unit 102 determines whether or not the input departure floor and destination floor satisfy “Fb ≦ departure floor ≦ Ft, Fb ≦ destination floor ≦ Ft” (hereinafter, referred to as “first condition”). To determine. If both the departure floor and the destination floor satisfy the first condition in any of the records, the program selection unit 102 determines that the input departure floor and destination floor can be serviced by one bank. Further, the program selection unit 102 determines whether or not all the following conditions (1) to (3) are satisfied. (1) In either record, only one of the departure floor and the destination floor satisfies the first condition, (2) one of the departure floor and the destination floor that does not satisfy the first condition is “1st floor”, (3 ) The “service on the first floor” in the record is “◯”. When this determination condition (hereinafter, referred to as “second condition”) is satisfied, the program selection unit 102 determines that the input departure floor and destination floor can be serviced by one bank. On the other hand, when the second condition is not satisfied, the program selection unit 102 determines that the input departure floor and destination floor are not serviceable in one bank.

  If YES in step S61, that is, if it is determined that the input departure floor and destination floor can be serviced by one bank, the program selection unit 102 identifies a record that satisfies the first condition or the second condition ( S62, S64, S66).

  If the identified record includes the bank ID “1” indicating the first bank 31, that is, the bank that services the input departure floor and destination floor is the first bank 31 (YES in S62), the program The selection unit 102 selects the first program 133A (S63).

  If the identified record includes the bank ID “2” indicating the second bank 32, that is, the bank that services the input departure floor and destination floor is the second bank 32 (YES in S64), the program The selection unit 102 selects the second program 133B (S65).

  If the specified record includes the bank ID “3” indicating the third bank 33, that is, the bank that services the input departure floor and destination floor is the third bank 33 (YES in S66), the program The selection unit 102 selects the third program 133C (S67).

  In the case of NO in steps S62, S64, and S66, in other words, when the identified record includes the bank ID “4” indicating the fourth bank 34, the program selection unit 102 selects the fourth program 133D ( S68). In this case, that is, it can be expressed that the bank that services the input departure floor and destination floor is the fourth bank 34.

  When any of the elevator selection programs 133 is selected by the program selection unit 102, the program selection process ends, and the process executed by the control unit 10a returns to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  On the other hand, if NO in step S61, that is, if it is determined that the input departure floor and destination floor are not serviceable in one bank, the program selection unit 102 does not select a program. The program selection unit 102 notifies the notification unit 106 that the program cannot be selected from the input departure floor and destination floor. Upon receiving the notification, the notification unit 106 generates a notification screen indicating that the elevator selection process cannot be executed from the input departure floor and destination floor, and displays it on the display unit 12. As a result, the notification unit 106 notifies the user that the elevator selection process cannot be executed from the input departure floor and destination floor (S69). Then, the process executed by the control unit 10 returns to step S52 of the flowchart shown in FIG.

  Referring back to FIG. 5 again, the flow of processing executed by the control unit 10 of the smartphone 1 will be described again. When the processing execution unit 103 is configured by the selected program (S54), the processing execution unit 103 instructs the corresponding communication processing unit 104 to transmit the information on the departure floor and the destination floor input by the user. To do.

  Upon receiving the instruction, the communication processing unit 104 generates a data format for transmitting the information of the departure floor and the destination floor input by the user to the corresponding elevator system 2 (S55).

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the data format. Here, it is assumed that the data formats shown in (A) to (D) are data formats corresponding to the first elevator system 2A, the second elevator system 2B, the third elevator system 2C, and the fourth elevator system 2D, respectively. To do. The data format corresponding to each elevator system 2 is not limited to this example.

  When the first communication processing unit 104A receives an instruction from the processing execution unit 103, the data format 81 shown in FIG. 8A is generated. The data format 81 is a fixed length text format. When the departure floor input by the user is the first floor and the destination floor is the 10th floor, the first communication processing unit 104A sets “1” to the “departure floor” as shown in (A) of FIG. "1" is stored in "2nd digit of destination floor" and "0" is stored in "1st digit of destination floor".

  When the second communication processing unit 104B receives an instruction from the process execution unit 103, the second communication processing unit 104B generates the data format 82 shown in FIG. 8B. The data format 82 is a variable length text format. When the departure floor input by the user is the first floor and the destination floor is the fifteenth floor, the second communication processing unit 104B sets “4” in “subsequent data length” as shown in FIG. 8B. "1" is stored in the "departure floor", "1" is stored in the "destination floor second digit", and "5" is stored in the "destination floor first digit".

  When the third communication processing unit 104C receives an instruction from the processing execution unit 103, the third communication processing unit 104C generates the data format 83 shown in (C) of FIG. The data format 83 is a fixed length binary format. When the departure floor input by the user is the first floor and the destination floor is the 25th floor, the third communication processing unit 104C sets “0x01” to the “departure floor” as shown in (C) of FIG. "0x19" is stored in the "destination floor". Note that (C) in FIG. 8 is in hexadecimal notation.

  When the fourth communication processing unit 104D receives an instruction from the processing execution unit 103, it generates the data format 84 shown in FIG. The data format 84 is a variable length binary format. When the departure floor input by the user is the first floor and the destination floor is the 35th floor, the fourth communication processing unit 104D sets “0x03” in “subsequent data length” as shown in (D) of FIG. , "0x01" is stored in the "departure floor", and "0x23" is stored in the "destination floor". Note that (D) in FIG. 8 is in hexadecimal notation.

  The communication processing unit 104 transmits the information on the departure floor and the destination floor to the corresponding elevator system 2 in the generated data format (S56). Then, the communication processing unit 104 receives, from the elevator system 2, information indicating the elevator that the user should board (S57). This transmission / reception is performed according to the communication standard corresponding to the elevator system 2 of the communication destination. For example, when the first communication processing unit 104A and the first elevator system 2A send and receive information, the information is sent and received by WiFi, which is a communication standard corresponding to the first elevator system 2A. In addition, for example, when the third communication processing unit 104C and the third elevator system 2C perform transmission / reception of information, the transmission / reception of information is performed by Bluetooth, which is a communication standard corresponding to the third elevator system 2C.

  When the elevator system 2 receives the information about the departure floor and the destination floor, based on the information and information such as the current position of each elevator (elevators 31A to 31F in the case of the first elevator system 2A) and the moving direction. , Identify the elevator that can most quickly move the user to the destination floor. Then, the information indicating the elevator is transmitted to the smartphone 1 as information indicating the elevator on which the user should board.

  FIG. 9: is a figure which shows an example of a data format, More specifically, it is a figure which an elevator system 2 shows an example of a data format which added the information which shows the elevator which a user should get on. Here, as in FIG. 8, the data formats shown in (A) to (D) correspond to the first elevator system 2A, the second elevator system 2B, the third elevator system 2C, and the fourth elevator system 2D, respectively. It will be described as a data format.

  The data format 85 shown in FIG. 9A is the data format 81 shown in FIG. 8A with the addition of information indicating the elevator that the first elevator system 2A should ride on. In the example of FIG. 9A, the first elevator system 2A sets “0” to “the second digit of the assigned vehicle” and “0” to the “first digit of the assigned vehicle” as information indicating the elevator that the user should board. 5 ”is stored. That is, in the example of FIG. 9A, the first elevator system 2A specifies the elevator on which the user should board as the fifth vehicle of the first bank 31 (for example, the elevator 31E).

  The data format 86 shown in FIG. 9B is the data format 82 shown in FIG. 8B with the addition of information indicating the elevator that the second elevator system 2B should ride. In the example of (B) of FIG. 9, the second elevator system 2B sets “0” to “the second digit of the assigned vehicle” and “to the first digit of the assigned vehicle” as information indicating the elevator that the user should board. 4 ”is stored. That is, in the example of FIG. 9B, the second elevator system 2B specifies the elevator that the user should board as the fourth vehicle of the second bank 32 (for example, the elevator 32D).

  The data format 87 shown in FIG. 9C is the data format 83 shown in FIG. 9C with additional information indicating the elevator that the third elevator system 2C should ride on. In the example of FIG. 9C, the third elevator system 2C stores “0x03” in the “assignment number” as information indicating the elevator on which the user should board. That is, in the example of FIG. 9C, the third elevator system 2C specifies the elevator on which the user should board as the third vehicle of the third bank 33 (for example, the elevator 33C).

  The data format 88 shown in FIG. 9D is the data format 84 shown in FIG. 9D with the addition of information indicating the elevator that the fourth elevator system 2D should ride on. In the example of FIG. 9D, the fourth elevator system 2D stores "0x02" in the "assignment number" as information indicating the elevator that the user should board. That is, in the example of FIG. 9D, the fourth elevator system 2D identifies the elevator on which the user should board as the second vehicle of the fourth bank 34 (for example, the elevator 34B).

  The communication processing unit 104 outputs the received information to the notification unit 106. The notification unit 106 notifies the user of the elevator to board based on the acquired information (S58). As an example, the notification unit 106 generates a notification screen for notifying the user of the elevator to be boarded based on the acquired information, and causes the display unit 12 to display the notification screen.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of the notification screen. The notification screen shown in FIG. 10 includes an image 91 showing the elevator on which the user should board. Further, the notification screen may include text 92 indicating the bank including the elevator indicated by image 91. The notification screen shown in FIG. 10 notifies that No. 5 of the first bank 31 is an elevator that the user should board. By visually recognizing the notification screen, the user can recognize that it is sufficient to wait for the arrival of the car in front of No. 5 of the first bank 31. In addition, when the elevator to which the user should ride can be specified only by the image 91, the notification screen may not include the text 92.

(Action effect)
As described above, the elevator selection application 130 includes the common operation screen generation program 131 and the plurality of elevator selection programs 133. Then, the smartphone 1 activates the elevator selection application 130, receives an input of the departure floor and the destination floor on the operation screen, selects an appropriate elevator selection program, and executes the elevator selection process.

  Further, the smartphone 1 has a communication processing unit 104 corresponding to each communication method of the plurality of elevator systems 2, and based on the input information of the departure floor and the destination floor, an appropriate communication processing unit 104 is set. The elevator selection process is performed by selecting and communicating with the appropriate elevator system 2.

  With this, in a building where a plurality of elevators are installed, even if the program for executing the elevator selection process or the communication system supported by the elevator system is different due to the reasons such as different manufacturers of the elevators, By using the elevator selection application 130 according to the embodiment, the user can know the elevator that he / she should board.

  Conventionally, in a building where a plurality of elevators are installed, if the manufacturers of each elevator are different, the user downloads the application provided by the manufacturer of each elevator, confirms the manufacturer of the elevator, and then uses the multiple applications properly. There was a need. Originally, the elevator can be used with a common operation regardless of the manufacturer, by pressing the hall call button for calling the car to the hall, and after the car arrives at the hall, pressing the button on the destination floor in the car . However, if a plurality of applications are used properly, it is necessary to select an application and perform an operation according to the application. Therefore, an application for improving the convenience of getting on and off the elevator may be inconvenient.

  On the other hand, according to the present embodiment, the user only needs to download one application (elevator selection application 130) to the smartphone, and does not have to be aware of the manufacturer of the elevator or the difference in the communication method, and the user himself / herself. You can know which elevator to take. Therefore, according to this embodiment, it is possible to provide an application and a smartphone that are highly convenient for the user. Further, no matter which of the plurality of elevator selection programs 133 is used, the operation screen is common, so that the user is not confused. That is, according to the present embodiment, by using the smartphone 1 in which the elevator selection application 130 is installed, selection of applications and operation for each application are unnecessary. Therefore, it is possible to provide an application and a smartphone that are easier to use.

[Embodiment 2]
Another embodiment of the present invention will be described below. For convenience of description, members having the same functions as the members described in the above embodiment will be designated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will not be repeated.

  FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing an example of the main configuration of the smartphone 1a according to this embodiment.

  The smartphone 1a differs from the smartphone 1 described in the first embodiment in the following points. That is, the smartphone 1a includes a control unit 10a, an input unit 11a, and a storage unit 13a instead of the control unit 10, the input unit 11, and the storage unit 13. The control unit 10a centrally controls the smartphone 1a. The input unit 11a is hardware that receives a user's input operation. The storage unit 13a stores various data used by the smartphone 1a.

  The control unit 10a does not include the program selection unit 102. Further, the control unit 10a includes a process execution unit 103a (selection unit) instead of the process execution unit 103.

  The storage unit 13a stores an elevator selection application 130a instead of the elevator selection application 130. The elevator selection application 130a includes an elevator selection common program 133a instead of the elevator selection program 133. That is, the storage unit 13a stores only one program that executes the elevator selection process. Therefore, the processor of the smartphone 1a may load the elevator selection common program 133a into the memory and configure the processing execution unit 103a when the elevator selection application 130a is activated.

  The input unit 11a outputs the information indicating the departure floor and the destination floor input by the user to the process execution unit 103a. The processing execution unit 103a specifies an appropriate communication processing unit 104 based on the acquired information, and transmits the information of the departure floor and the destination floor input by the user to the specified communication processing unit 104 and the received information. To the notification unit 106.

(Flow of processing executed by smartphone)
FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of processing executed by the control unit 10a of the smartphone 1a. FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of communication processing unit selection processing included in the flowchart shown in FIG. Note that steps S1101, S1102, and S1105 to S1107 shown in FIG. 12 perform the same processing as steps S51, S52, and S56 to S58 shown in FIG. 5, respectively, and therefore description thereof will be omitted here.

  The process execution unit 103a, which has acquired the information indicating the departure floor and the destination floor, executes the communication processing unit selection process (S1103). In steps S1201, S1202, S1204, S1206, and S1209 in the communication processing unit selection process shown in FIG. 13, the same processes as steps S61, S62, S64, S66, and S69 shown in FIG. 6 are executed, respectively. The description of is omitted.

  If the identified record includes the bank ID “1” indicating the first bank 31, that is, the bank that services the input departure floor and destination floor is the first bank 31 (YES in S1202), the process The execution unit 103a selects the first communication processing unit 104A (S1203).

  If the specified record includes the bank ID “2” indicating the second bank 32, that is, the bank that services the input departure floor and destination floor is the second bank 32 (YES in S1204), the process The execution unit 103a selects the second communication processing unit 104B (S1205).

  If the specified record includes the bank ID “3” indicating the third bank 33, that is, the bank that services the input departure floor and destination floor is the third bank 33 (YES in S1206), the process The execution unit 103a selects the third communication processing unit 104C (S1207).

  In the case of NO in steps S1202, S1204, and S1206, in other words, when the identified record includes the bank ID “4” indicating the fourth bank 34, the processing execution unit 103a selects the fourth communication processing unit 104D. Yes (S1208). In this case, that is, it can be expressed that the bank that services the input departure floor and destination floor is the fourth bank 34.

  When any one of the communication processing units 104 is selected by the process execution unit 103a, the communication processing unit selection processing ends, and the processing executed by the control unit 10a returns to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  Referring back to FIG. 11 again, the flow of processing executed by the control unit 10a of the smartphone 1a will be described again. The processing execution unit 103 instructs the selected communication processing unit 104 to transmit the information on the departure floor and the destination floor input by the user. Upon receiving the instruction, the communication processing unit 104 generates a data format for transmitting the information on the departure floor and the destination floor input by the user to the corresponding elevator system 2 (S1104).

  If NO in step S1201, the process of step S1209 is executed, and the process executed by the control unit 10 returns to step S1102 of the flowchart shown in FIG.

  As described above, in the elevator selection application created by each manufacturer of elevators, when the processes that the elevator selection program causes the smartphone 1 to perform are common (or similar), these should be summarized as the elevator selection common program 133a. You can

[Embodiment 3]
Still another embodiment of the present invention will be described below. For convenience of description, members having the same functions as the members described in the above embodiment will be designated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will not be repeated.

  In the present embodiment, as a premise, it is assumed that at least two banks share a common floor. For example, the elevators 31A to 31F included in the first bank 31 and the elevators 32A to 32F included in the second bank 32 can get on and off the user on any floor from the first floor to the 20th floor. And

  FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing an example of the main configuration of the smartphone 1b according to this embodiment.

  The smartphone 1b differs from the smartphone 1 described in the first embodiment in the following points. That is, the smartphone 1b includes a control unit 10b instead of the control unit 10. In addition, the smartphone 1b is newly provided with the position information acquisition unit 15. The control unit 10b centrally controls the smartphone 1b. The position information acquisition unit 15 acquires the position information of the smartphone 1b. The position information acquisition unit 15 acquires the position information of the smartphone 1b by using, for example, GPS (Global Positioning System) or radio beacon.

  The control unit 10b includes a program selecting unit 102b (positional relationship specifying unit) instead of the program selecting unit 102. The program selection unit 102b selects the elevator selection program 133 based on the information on the departure floor and the destination floor input by the user and the position information of the smartphone 1b acquired by the position information acquisition unit 15. As an example, when the departure floor is the first floor and the destination floor is the 15th floor, the program selection unit 102b can select either the first program 133A or the second program 133B. In other words, the program selection unit 102b cannot define one elevator selection program 133. In this case, the program selection unit 102b identifies the positional relationship between the user and each elevator based on the positional information of the smartphone 1b. In other words, the user specifies which one of the first bank 31 and the second bank 32 is in the vicinity. Then, the program selection unit 102b selects the elevator selection program 133 corresponding to the bank closer to the user. For example, when the user is near the first bank 31, the program selection unit 102b selects the first program 133A.

  As described above, according to the smartphone 1b and the elevator selection application 130 according to the present embodiment, even when the elevator selection program 133 cannot be selected on the departure floor and the destination floor, that is, the communication processing unit 104 cannot be selected. The elevator selection program 133 (communication processing unit 104) can be appropriately selected based on the position information of the smartphone 1b.

[Embodiment 4]
Still another embodiment of the present invention will be described below. For convenience of description, members having the same functions as the members described in the above embodiment will be designated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will not be repeated.

  FIG. 15: is a figure which shows the installation example of the elevator in the building which concerns on this embodiment. The installation example of the elevator in the present embodiment is different from the installation examples in the above-described embodiments in that all the elevators are elevators manufactured by the same manufacturer. For example, as shown in FIG. 15, all elevators are elevators manufactured by A company. The number of banks and the number of elevators included in one bank are not limited to the example of FIG.

  Note that the elevators in each bank are controlled by different elevator systems, as in the above-described embodiments. As an example, the elevators 31A to 31F are controlled by the first elevator system 2A shown in FIG. The elevators 32A to 32F are controlled by the second elevator system 2B shown in FIG. The elevators 33A to 33F are controlled by the third elevator system 2C shown in FIG. The elevators 34A to 34F are controlled by the fourth elevator system 2D shown in FIG.

  The elevator system is also referred to as an “elevator control system” or a “group management system”, but here, it will be described as an “elevator system” in accordance with each of the embodiments described above.

(Details of smartphone 1c)
FIG. 16: is a block diagram which shows an example of the principal part structure of the smart phone 1c contained in the elevator utilization system 200 which concerns on this embodiment. The elevator use system 200 corresponds to the wireless communication system described in the first embodiment, and includes a smartphone 1c (information processing terminal) and a plurality of elevator systems 2 (elevator control units). As described above, the plurality of elevator systems 2 according to the present embodiment are the first elevator system 2A, the second elevator system 2B, the third elevator system 2C, and the fourth elevator system 2D.

  The smartphone 1c actually communicates with the elevator information database 100 shown in FIG. 2, but the illustration is omitted in FIG.

  As described above, all the elevators according to this embodiment are elevators manufactured by A company. Therefore, the program for executing the elevator selection process is a program corresponding to the elevator manufactured by A company, for example, an application program provided by A company.

  Moreover, since all the elevators are elevators manufactured by Company A, information transmission between the smartphone 1c and each elevator system 2 can be performed by the same communication method. In other words, it is not essential for the smartphone 1c according to the present embodiment to include a plurality of communication processing units having different communication systems with the elevator system 2.

  Based on the above, the smartphone 1c differs from the smartphone 1 described in the first embodiment in the following points. That is, the smartphone 1c includes a control unit 10c and a storage unit 13c instead of the control unit 10 and the storage unit 13. The control unit 10c centrally controls the smartphone 1c. The storage unit 13c stores various data used by the smartphone 1c.

  The control unit 10c includes a display control unit 101, a process execution unit 103c (specification unit), and a communication processing unit 104c (information transmission unit). The storage unit 13c stores at least the elevator selection application 130c and the elevator information 132. Display control unit 101 and elevator information 132 have already been described, and therefore description thereof will not be repeated here.

  The elevator selection application 130c includes an operation screen generation program 131a and an elevator selection program. The operation screen generation program 131a is a program for configuring the operation screen generation unit 105 that generates an operation screen, and is, for example, the same as the common operation screen generation program 131 described in each of the above-described embodiments. Good. Further, as described above, all the elevators according to the present embodiment are elevators manufactured by Company A, and therefore the elevator selection program included in the elevator selection application 130c is, for example, the first program 133A.

  The process execution unit 103c executes the elevator selection process, which is the main function of the elevator selection application 130. In the present embodiment, the process execution unit 103c is configured by loading the first program 133A into the memory. In this embodiment, there is only one program that executes the elevator selection process. Therefore, the processor of the smartphone 1c may load the first program 133A into the memory and configure the process execution unit 103c, for example, when the elevator selection application 130c is activated.

  The communication processing unit 104c controls the communication unit 14 to perform wireless communication with any of the elevator systems 2. As described above, the communication processing unit 104c performs wireless communication (information transmission) with each elevator system 2 by the same communication method. Therefore, the communication processing unit 104c is not one including a plurality of communication processing units but one communication processing unit. As an example, the communication processing unit 104c may be the first communication processing unit 104A described in the first embodiment.

  Based on the above, the elevator selection process by the process execution unit 103c can be expressed as follows. That is, the process execution unit 103c identifies the elevator system 2 as a partner to which the information is transmitted, based on the information on the departure floor and the destination floor input by the user. Then, the communication processing unit 104c is instructed to transmit the information to the identified elevator system 2.

  The communication processing unit 104c controls the communication unit 14 so that the elevator system 2 specified by the process executing unit 103c, for example, the first elevator system 2A that controls the elevators of the first bank 31, is connected to the departure floor and the destination floor. Send information. The communication processing unit 104c receives, from the first elevator system 2A, information indicating the elevator in the first bank 31 on which the user should board via the communication unit 14, and the information is instructed by the process execution unit 103c. According to the above, it outputs to the notification unit 106.

(Flow of processing executed by smartphone)
FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of processing executed by the control unit 10c of the smartphone 1c. FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of elevator system selection processing included in the flowchart shown in FIG.

  The operation screen generation unit 105 is configured with the activation of the elevator selection application 130a, generates an operation screen, and displays it on the display unit 12 (S1701). The input unit 11a (operation input unit) receives the input of the departure floor and the destination floor (S1702).

  The process execution unit 103c that has acquired the information indicating the departure floor and the destination floor executes the elevator system selection process (S1703). Specifically, the processing execution unit 103c refers to the elevator information 132 and determines whether the input departure floor and destination floor can be serviced by one bank (S1801). More specifically, the processing execution unit 103c determines whether the serviceable floor of each bank specified from the information stored in each record of the elevator information 132 includes a departure floor and a destination floor. To do. Since a specific example of this determination has already been described in the first embodiment, the description will not be repeated here.

  If YES in step S1801, that is, if it is determined that the input departure floor and destination floor can be serviced by one bank, the process execution unit 103c determines whether the first condition or the second condition (details of these conditions are described in the embodiment. The record satisfying the condition 1) is specified (S1802, S1804, S1806).

  When the identified record includes the bank ID “1” indicating the first bank 31, that is, the bank that services the input departure floor and destination floor is the first bank 31 (YES in S1802), the process The execution unit 103c selects the first elevator system 2A (S1803).

  If the identified record includes the bank ID “2” indicating the second bank 32, that is, the bank that services the input departure floor and destination floor is the second bank 32 (YES in S1804), the process The execution unit 103c selects the second elevator system 2B (S1805).

  When the identified record includes the bank ID “3” indicating the third bank 33, that is, the bank that services the input departure floor and destination floor is the third bank 33 (YES in S1806), the process The execution unit 103c selects the third elevator system 2C (S1807).

  In the case of NO in steps S1802, S1804, and S1806, in other words, when the identified record includes the bank ID “4” indicating the fourth bank 34, the process execution unit 103c selects the fourth elevator system 2D. (S1808). In this case, that is, it can be expressed that the bank that services the input departure floor and destination floor is the fourth bank 34.

  If any of the elevator systems 2 is selected by the process execution unit 103c, the elevator system selection process ends, and the process performed by the control unit 10c returns to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  On the other hand, if NO in step S1801, that is, if it is determined that the input departure floor and destination floor are not serviceable in one bank, the process execution unit 103c does not select the elevator system 2. The process execution unit 103c notifies the notification unit 106 that the elevator system 2 cannot be selected from the input departure floor and destination floor. Upon receiving the notification, the notification unit 106 generates a notification screen indicating that the elevator selection process cannot be executed from the input departure floor and destination floor, and displays it on the display unit 12. Accordingly, the notification unit 106 notifies the user that the elevator selection process cannot be executed from the input departure floor and destination floor (S1809). Then, the processing executed by the control unit 10c returns to step S52 in the flowchart shown in FIG.

  With reference to FIG. 17 again, it returns to description of the flow of the process which the control part 10c of the smart phone 1c performs. The processing execution unit 103c instructs the communication processing unit 104c to transmit the information on the departure floor and the destination floor input by the user. Upon receiving the instruction, the communication processing unit 104c generates a data format for transmitting the information on the departure floor and the destination floor input by the user to the selected elevator system 2 (S1704).

  The communication processing unit 104c transmits the information on the departure floor and the destination floor to the selected elevator system 2 in the generated data format (S1705). Then, the communication processing unit 104c receives, from the elevator system 2, information indicating the elevator that the user should board (S1706). This transmission / reception is performed according to the communication standard corresponding to the elevator system 2 of the communication destination. In addition, in this embodiment, since all the elevators are elevators manufactured by A company, it is assumed that the communication standard corresponding to each elevator system 2 is WiFi, for example. In other words, the transmission / reception of information between the smartphone 1c and each elevator system 2 is performed by WiFi.

  When the elevator system 2 receives the information about the departure floor and the destination floor, based on the information and information such as the current position of each elevator (elevators 31A to 31F in the case of the first elevator system 2A) and the moving direction. , Identify the elevator that can most quickly move the user to the destination floor. Then, the information indicating the elevator is transmitted to the smartphone 1 as information indicating the elevator on which the user should board.

  The communication processing unit 104c outputs the received information to the notification unit 106. The notification unit 106 notifies the user of the elevator to board based on the acquired information (S1707). As an example, the notification unit 106 generates a notification screen for notifying the user of the elevator to be boarded based on the acquired information, and causes the display unit 12 to display the notification screen.

  The elevator system 2 controls the elevator based on the acquired information on the departure floor and the destination floor. This also applies to the elevator system 2 of the other embodiments. Specifically, the elevator system 2 performs call registration. That is, the elevator specified as the elevator to be boarded by the user is moved to the departure floor indicated by the information. Further, the elevator system 2 may set the destination floor of the elevator as the destination floor of the acquired information. This eliminates the need for the user to enter the destination floor after getting on the elevator, for example, to press the button with the number indicating the destination floor on the car.

(Action effect)
As described above, the elevator use system 200 according to the present embodiment includes the plurality of elevator systems 2 and the smartphone 1c. The smartphone 1c includes an input unit 11a that receives an operation for using an elevator, a processing execution unit 103c that identifies one elevator system 2 from a plurality of elevator systems 2 based on the input, and an identified elevator system 2. , And a communication processing unit 104c that transmits information to and from the smartphone 1c so that the user can use the elevator.

  With this, in a situation where a plurality of elevator control systems are installed, the elevator control system that is the destination of the wireless communication based on the input of the user is appropriately specified, and the information processing terminal and the elevator control system are appropriately identified. Information can be transmitted.

  Further, the elevator system 2 that has received the information can control the movement of the car by performing the call registration and the destination floor registration of the elevator (the car) based on the received information (the information on the departure floor and the destination floor). it can. As a result, the user can go to the destination floor using the elevator by only inputting to the information processing terminal.

  Further, the smartphone 1c acquires the information of the elevator that the user should board, which is generated by the elevator system 2, and displays an image showing the elevator that the user should board based on the information. As a result, the user can recognize the elevator that he / she should board, and the convenience of the user can be improved.

[Embodiment 5]
Still another embodiment of the present invention will be described below. For convenience of description, members having the same functions as the members described in the above embodiment will be designated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will not be repeated.

  FIG. 19 is a diagram showing an outline of the elevator utilization system according to the present embodiment. The elevator use system according to the present embodiment is the following in terms of the wireless communication system described in the first embodiment (the wireless communication system according to the first to third embodiments) and the elevator use system described in the fourth embodiment. Different from 200. That is, the elevator use system according to the present embodiment newly includes the smartphone server 3 (information processing device). The smartphone server 3 performs information communication with the plurality of elevator systems 2 and the smartphone 1d.

  The smartphone 1d and the smartphone server 3 included in the wireless communication system according to the present embodiment can be expressed as separate smartphones 1c according to the fourth embodiment. The details will be described below.

(Details of smartphone 1d and smartphone server 3)
FIG. 20 is a block diagram showing an example of the main configuration of the smartphone 1d and the smartphone server 3 according to the present embodiment. The smartphone 1d and the smartphone server 3 are included in the elevator utilization system (see FIG. 19). In addition, also in this embodiment, all the elevators are assumed to be elevators manufactured by A company.

(Smartphone 1d)
The smartphone 1d differs from the smartphone 1c described in the fourth embodiment in the following points. That is, the smartphone 1d includes a control unit 10d, an input unit 11d, a storage unit 13d, and a communication unit 14d instead of the control unit 10c, the input unit 11, the storage unit 13c, and the communication unit 14. The control unit 10d centrally controls the smartphone 1d. The input unit 11d is hardware that receives an input operation by the user. The storage unit 13d stores various data used by the smartphone 1d. The communication unit 14d is hardware that transmits and receives information to and from a device external to the smartphone 1 by wireless communication.

  The control unit 10d differs from the control unit 10c described in the fourth embodiment in the following points. That is, the control unit 10d includes the display control unit 101d instead of the display control unit 101. The control unit 10d does not include the process execution unit 103c and the communication processing unit 104c. The control unit 10d also includes a communication control unit 107.

  The input unit 11d outputs information indicating the departure floor and the destination floor input by the user to the communication control unit 107. The communication control unit 107 controls the communication unit 14d to transmit the acquired information to the smartphone server 3.

  In addition, the communication control unit 107 receives, via the communication unit 14d, information indicating the elevator that the user should board, transmitted from the smartphone server 3, and outputs the information to the notification unit 106. In other words, the display control unit 101d is different from the display control unit 101 in that the display control unit 101d acquires from the communication control unit 107 the information indicating the elevator that the user should board.

  The storage unit 13d stores at least the operation screen generation program 131a and the elevator information 132. Regarding the operation screen generation program 131a, the storage unit 13d can also be expressed as storing only the operation screen generation program 131a as an elevator selection application.

  The display control unit 101d, specifically, the operation screen generation unit 105 may generate the operation screen by referring to the elevator information 132. In other words, the elevator information 132 is information necessary for specifying (selecting) the elevator system 2 that is a partner of information transmission, and the operation of the user (more specifically, the operation of the user). It may be information necessary for generating an operation screen for input). The smartphone 1d acquires the elevator information 132 from the elevator information database 100 (information storage unit, information storage device) via the communication unit 14d (acquisition unit), for example. The configuration described in this paragraph is the same as in the first to fourth embodiments described above.

(Smartphone server 3)
The smartphone server 3 is a server that communicates with the smartphone 1d, in other words, a smartphone having an elevator selection application, and each elevator system 2 to communicate information. The smartphone server 3 includes a control unit 30, a storage unit 35, and a communication unit 36 (reception unit, transmission unit). The control unit 30 centrally controls the smartphone server 3. The storage unit 35 stores various data used by the smartphone server 3. The communication unit 36 is hardware that transmits and receives information to and from a device external to the smartphone server 3 by wireless communication. The external device is, for example, the smartphone 1d and each elevator system 2.

  Although not shown, the smartphone server 3 further includes a processor and a memory as a hardware configuration for realizing the control unit 30 and the storage unit 35.

  The processor executes a series of instructions included in the program stored in the memory or the storage unit 35 based on a signal given to the smartphone server 3 or based on the establishment of a predetermined condition. . The processor is realized as, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), an MPU (Micro Processor Unit), an FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array), and other devices.

  The memory temporarily stores programs and data. The program is loaded from the storage unit 35, for example. The data includes data input to the computer and data generated by the processor. The memory is implemented as, for example, a RAM (Random Access Memory) or other volatile memory.

  As an example, the processor accesses the storage unit 35, loads the program stored in the storage unit 35 into the memory, and executes a series of instructions included in the program. Thereby, each unit included in the control unit 30 is configured.

  The storage unit 35 may be realized as a removable storage device such as a memory card. Further, instead of the storage built in the smartphone server 3, a configuration using programs and data stored in an external storage device may be used. In the case of this configuration, the smartphone server 3 activates various applications by itself by performing wireless communication with an external storage device, for example.

  The control unit 30 may be realized by a logic circuit (hardware) formed in an integrated circuit (IC chip) or the like.

  The control unit 30 includes a communication processing unit 301 (information transmission unit) and a process execution unit 302 (specification unit). In addition, the storage unit 35 includes at least the communicating smartphone database 311, the elevator information 132, and the elevator selection program. As described above, since the elevators according to the present embodiment are all elevators manufactured by A company, this elevator selection program is, for example, the first program 133A. Regarding the elevator selection program, the storage unit 35 may be expressed as an elevator selection application storing only the elevator selection program.

  When the communication processing unit 301 receives the information indicating the departure floor and the destination floor transmitted by the smartphone 1d via the communication unit 36, the communication processing unit 301 outputs the information to the processing execution unit 302.

  Further, when the communication processing unit 301 receives the information, it increments the sequence number, which is an internal variable, by 1, and increments the sequence number and the IP address of the smartphone 1d that has transmitted the information by using the communicating smartphone database. 311 is stored.

  FIG. 21 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure and data of the smartphone database 311 during communication. The communicating smartphone database 311 may be, for example, a data table illustrated in FIG. 21. The communicating smartphone database 311 illustrated in FIG. 21 includes a “sequence number” column and an “IP address” column.

  The above-mentioned sequence number is stored in the “sequence number” column. Further, the above-mentioned IP address is stored in the “IP address” column. As a result, the information for identifying the smartphone 1d is associated with the sequence number, which is an internal variable set in the smartphone server 3, and is managed by the smartphone server 3.

  When the communication processing unit 301 outputs information indicating the departure floor and the destination floor to the processing execution unit 302, it also outputs a sequence number.

  In FIG. 21, the IP address is shown in alphabets, but in reality, the alphabet part is a number. In the IP address shown in FIG. 21, the same alphabet does not always indicate the same number.

  The process execution unit 302 executes the elevator selection process, which is the main function of the elevator selection application. In the present embodiment, the process execution unit 302 is configured by loading the first program 133A in the memory. In this embodiment, there is only one program that executes the elevator selection process. Therefore, the processor of the smartphone server 3 may configure the process execution unit 302 by loading the first program 133A into the memory when the elevator selection application is activated, for example.

  The process execution unit 302 identifies the elevator system 2 as a partner to which the information is transmitted, based on the information on the departure floor and the destination floor acquired from the communication processing unit 301. Then, the communication processing unit 301 is instructed to transmit the information to the identified elevator system 2.

  The communication processing unit 301 controls the communication unit 36 so that the elevator system 2 specified by the process executing unit 302, for example, the first elevator system 2A that controls the elevators of the first bank 31, is connected to the departure floor and the destination floor. Send information. The communication processing unit 301 receives, via the communication unit 36, the information indicating the elevator in the first bank 31 on which the user should board, from the first elevator system 2A, and instructs the processing execution unit 302 of the information. According to the above, the data is transmitted to the smartphone 1d via the communication unit 36.

  Here, the information transmission between the smartphone server 3 and the identified elevator system 2 will be described in detail. FIG. 22 is a diagram showing an example of the data format. FIG. 22 (A) is a diagram showing an example of a data format for the communication processing unit 301 to generate according to the instruction of the processing execution unit 302 and to transmit the information of the departure floor and the destination floor to the identified elevator system 2. Is. FIG. 22B is a diagram showing an example of a data format in which the elevator system 2 adds information indicating the elevator that the user should board.

  In the present embodiment, all the elevators are elevators manufactured by Company A, and therefore, as an example, it is assumed that the data formats corresponding to the respective elevator systems 2 are the same. The data format may be, for example, the fixed length text format shown in FIG. 22, or may be another data format such as a variable length text format, a fixed length binary format, or a variable length binary format.

  The communication processing unit 301 generates, for example, the data format shown in FIG. 22A in accordance with the instruction from the process execution unit 302. When the departure floor and the destination floor indicated by the received information on the departure floor and the destination floor are the first floor and the 10th floor, respectively, the communication processing unit 301 indicates the “departure floor” as shown in FIG. "1", "1st digit of destination floor", "1", and "0" of "first digit of destination floor". Further, the communication processing unit 301 stores the sequence number included in the instruction from the process executing unit 302 in “sequence number”. In the example of FIG. 22A, “21” is stored. That is, the smartphone 1d in which the 1st floor and the 10th floor have been input as the departure floor and the destination floor, respectively, is the smartphone 1d whose IP address is "WWW.XXX.YYY.ZZZ" (see FIG. 21). Means

  The communication processing unit 301 transmits the data format shown in FIG. 22 (A) to the identified first elevator system 2A, and then receives the data format shown in FIG. 22 (B).

  The data format shown in FIG. 22B is a data format shown in FIG. 22A to which information indicating an elevator that the user should ride is added. In the example of (B) of FIG. 22, the first elevator system 2A sets “0” to “the second digit of the assigned vehicle” and “to the first digit of the assigned vehicle” as the information indicating the elevator that the user should board. 5 ”is stored. That is, in the example of FIG. 22B, the first elevator system 2A specifies that the elevator on which the user should board is the fifth vehicle of the first bank 31 (for example, the elevator 31E).

  As described above, the communication processing unit 301 transmits, to the smartphone 1d, information indicating the elevator that the user should board, which is stored in the received data format. At this time, the communication processing unit 301 searches the in-communication smartphone database 311 using the sequence number stored in the data format, and specifies the IP address associated with the sequence number stored in the data format. Then, the information indicating the elevator that the user should board is transmitted to the smartphone 1d indicated by the IP address.

(Flow of processing executed by smartphone and smartphone server)
FIG. 23 is a sequence diagram showing an example of a flow of processing executed by the control unit 10d of the smartphone 1d and the control unit 30 of the smartphone server 3.

  The operation screen generation unit 105 is configured when the elevator selection application, that is, the operation screen generation program 131a is loaded in the memory of the smartphone 1d, generates the operation screen, and displays the operation screen on the display unit 12 (S2301). The input unit 11d receives inputs of the departure floor and the destination floor (S2302). The communication control unit 107, which has acquired the information on the departure floor and the destination floor, transmits the elevator usage information including the information to the smartphone server 3 via the communication unit 14d (S2303).

  The communication processing unit 301 of the smartphone server 3 receives the elevator usage information via the communication unit 36 (S2311). The communication processing unit 301 increments the sequence number by 1, stores the incremented sequence number and the IP address of the smartphone 1d that has transmitted the elevator usage information in association with each other in the communicating smartphone database 311 (S2312). Further, the communication processing unit 301 outputs the elevator usage information and the incremented sequence number to the process execution unit 302.

  The process execution unit 302 that has acquired the elevator usage information and the sequence number executes the elevator system selection process (S2313). Since this elevator system selection process is the same as the elevator system selection process described in the fourth embodiment, the description thereof will not be repeated here.

  The process executing unit 302 instructs the communication processing unit 301 to transmit the information on the departure floor and the destination floor included in the elevator usage information. Upon receiving the instruction, the communication processing unit 301 generates a data format for transmitting the information about the departure floor and the destination floor included in the elevator usage information to the selected elevator system 2 (S2314).

  The communication processing unit 301 transmits the information on the departure floor and the destination floor to the selected elevator system 2 in the generated data format (S2315). Then, the communication processing unit 301 receives, from the elevator system 2, information indicating the elevator that the user should board (S2316). This transmission / reception is performed according to the communication standard corresponding to the elevator system 2 of the communication destination. In addition, in this embodiment, since all the elevators are elevators manufactured by A company, it is assumed that the communication standard corresponding to each elevator system 2 is WiFi, for example. In other words, the transmission / reception of information between the smartphone server 3 and each elevator system 2 is performed by WiFi.

  When the elevator system 2 receives the information about the departure floor and the destination floor, based on the information and information such as the current position of each elevator (elevators 31A to 31F in the case of the first elevator system 2A) and the moving direction. , Identify the elevator that can most quickly move the user to the destination floor. Then, the information indicating the elevator is transmitted to the smartphone server 3 as information indicating the elevator on which the user should board.

  The communication processing unit 301 transmits the received information to the smartphone 1d in which the sequence number associated with the IP address matches the sequence number stored in the data format (S2317).

  The communication control unit 107 of the smartphone 1d receives the information indicating the elevator that the user should board (S2304). The communication control unit 107 outputs the information to the notification unit 106. The notification unit 106 notifies the user of the elevator to board based on the acquired information (S2305). As an example, the notification unit 106 generates a notification screen for notifying the user of the elevator to be boarded based on the acquired information, and causes the display unit 12 to display the notification screen.

(Modification of Embodiment 5)
In the fifth embodiment, the example in which the smartphone 1c according to the fourth embodiment is a separate body, that is, the smartphone 1d and the smartphone server 3 has been described. This idea can be applied to the first to third embodiments. Here, an example in which the smartphone 1 according to the first embodiment and the smartphone 1a according to the second embodiment are separate bodies will be described. Hereinafter, the former will be referred to as modification 1 and the latter will be referred to as modification 2.

(Modification 1)
24: is a block diagram which shows an example of a principal part structure of the server 3a for smart phones which concerns on the modification 1. As shown in FIG. The smartphone according to the first modification is the same as the smartphone 1d described in the fifth embodiment, and thus the description will not be repeated here.

  The smartphone server 3a differs from the smartphone server 3 described in the fifth embodiment in the following points. That is, the smartphone server 3a includes a control unit 30a and a storage unit 35a instead of the control unit 30 and the storage unit 35. The control unit 30a centrally controls the smartphone server 3a. The storage unit 35a stores various data used by the smartphone server 3a.

  The control unit 30a and the storage unit 35a differ from the control unit 30 and the storage unit 35 described in the fifth embodiment in the following points. That is, the control unit 30a includes a communication processing unit 301a and a process execution unit 302a instead of the communication processing unit 301 and the process execution unit 302. The control unit 30a also includes a program selection unit 305. Further, the storage unit 35a stores an elevator selection program 133 instead of the elevator selection program (for example, the first program 133A).

  Since the elevator selection program 133 has already been described in the first embodiment, detailed description thereof will not be repeated here, but includes the first program 133A, the second program 133B, the third program 133C, and the fourth program 133D.

  The communication processing unit 301a includes a smartphone communication control unit 303, a first communication processing unit 304A, a second communication processing unit 304B, a third communication processing unit 304C, and a fourth communication processing unit 304D.

  The smartphone communication control unit 303 controls communication between the smartphone server 3a and the smartphone 1d. Specifically, when the smartphone communication control unit 303 receives the information indicating the departure floor and the destination floor (elevator usage information) transmitted by the smartphone 1d via the communication unit 36, the smartphone communication control unit 303 sends the information to the program selection unit 305. Output. When the smartphone communication control unit 303 receives the information, the smartphone communication control unit 303 increments the sequence number, which is an internal variable, by 1, and stores the sequence number and the IP address of the smartphone 1d that has transmitted the information in the communicating smartphone database 311. Store. When the smartphone communication control unit 303 outputs the elevator usage information to the program selection unit 305, the smartphone communication control unit 303 also outputs the sequence number.

  In addition, the smartphone communication control unit 303 transmits, to the smartphone 1d, the information received from the elevator system 2 indicating the elevator on which the user should board.

  The first communication processing unit 304A, the second communication processing unit 304B, the third communication processing unit 304C, and the fourth communication processing unit 304D are respectively the first communication processing unit 104A and the second communication processing described in the first embodiment. It corresponds to the unit 104B, the third communication processing unit 104C, and the fourth communication processing unit 104D. That is, the first communication processing unit 304A, the second communication processing unit 304B, the third communication processing unit 304C, and the fourth communication processing unit 304D respectively include the first elevator system 2A, the second elevator system 2B, and the third elevator system 2C. , 4th elevator system 2D. Specifically, the respective elevator systems 2 have different communication systems in wireless communication, and each communication processing unit 104 corresponds to the communication system of the elevator system 2 that is a communication partner.

  The program selection unit 305 corresponds to the program selection unit 102 described in the first embodiment. The program selection unit 305 selects a program for executing the elevator selection process based on the acquired elevator usage information. As an example, the program selection unit 102, among the elevator selection programs 133, based on the information indicating the input departure floor and destination floor, which are included in the elevator usage information, and the elevator information 132 stored in the storage unit 35a. Of the first program 133A, the second program 133B, the third program 133C, and the fourth program 133D. Since the details of this selection have already been described in the first embodiment, the description thereof will not be repeated here, but the process execution unit 302a is configured by loading the selected program into the memory.

  The process execution unit 302a corresponds to the process execution unit 103 described in the first embodiment. The process execution unit 302a executes the elevator selection process, which is the main function of the elevator selection application. The process execution unit 302a is configured by loading one of the elevator selection programs 133 into the memory. For example, the process execution unit 302a configured by loading the first program 133A into the memory can execute the elevator selection process in the first bank 31.

  FIG. 25 is a sequence diagram showing an example of the flow of processing executed by the control unit 10d of the smartphone 1d and the control unit 30a of the smartphone server 3a. Note that steps S2501 to S2505 shown in FIG. 25 perform the same processing as steps S2301 to S2305 shown in FIG. 23, respectively, and therefore description thereof will not be repeated here.

  The smartphone communication control unit 303 of the smartphone server 3a receives the elevator usage information via the communication unit 36 (S2511). The smartphone communication control unit 303 increments the sequence number by 1, and stores the incremented sequence number and the IP address of the smartphone 1d that has transmitted the elevator usage information in the communicating smartphone database 311 in association with each other (S2512). Further, the smartphone communication control unit 303 outputs the elevator usage information and the incremented sequence number to the program selection unit 305.

  The program selection unit 305, which has acquired the elevator usage information and the sequence number, executes a program selection process (S2513). Since this program selection process is the same as the program selection process described in the first embodiment, the description will not be repeated here.

  When the process execution unit 302a is configured by the program selected by the program selection process (S2514), the process execution unit 302a instructs the corresponding communication processing unit 304 to transmit the information on the departure floor and the destination floor. .

  Upon receiving the instruction, the communication processing unit 304 generates a data format for transmitting the information about the departure floor and the destination floor included in the elevator usage information to the corresponding elevator system 2 (S2515).

  The communication processing unit 304 transmits the information on the departure floor and the destination floor to the selected elevator system 2 in the generated data format (S2516). Then, the communication processing unit 304 receives, from the elevator system 2, information indicating the elevator that the user should board (S2517).

  When the elevator system 2 receives the information about the departure floor and the destination floor, based on the information and information such as the current position of each elevator (elevators 31A to 31F in the case of the first elevator system 2A) and the moving direction. , Identify the elevator that can most quickly move the user to the destination floor. Then, the information indicating the elevator is transmitted to the smartphone server 3a as information indicating the elevator on which the user should board.

  The smartphone communication control unit 303 transmits the information received by the communication processing unit 304 to the smartphone 1d in which the sequence number associated with the IP address matches the sequence number stored in the data format (S2518).

(Modification 2)
26: is a block diagram which shows an example of a principal part structure of the server 3b for smart phones which concerns on the modification 2. As shown in FIG. The smartphone according to the second modification is the same as the smartphone 1d described in the fifth embodiment, and thus the description will not be repeated here.

  The smartphone server 3b differs from the smartphone server 3 described in the fifth embodiment in the following points. That is, the smartphone server 3b includes a control unit 30b and a storage unit 35b instead of the control unit 30 and the storage unit 35. The control unit 30b centrally controls the smartphone server 3b. The storage unit 35b stores various data used by the smartphone server 3b.

  The control unit 30b and the storage unit 35b differ from the control unit 30 and the storage unit 35 described in the fifth embodiment in the following points. That is, the control unit 30b includes a communication processing unit 301b and a process execution unit 302b instead of the communication processing unit 301 and the process execution unit 302. The storage unit 35b stores an elevator selection common program 133a instead of the elevator selection program (for example, the first program 133A). Since the elevator selection common program 133a has already been described in the second embodiment, the description will not be repeated here.

  The communication processing unit 301b differs from the communication processing unit 301 described in the modification 1 in the following points. That is, the communication processing unit 301b includes a smartphone communication control unit 303b instead of the smartphone communication control unit 303.

  The smartphone communication control unit 303b controls communication between the smartphone server 3b and the smartphone 1d. The smartphone communication control unit 303b outputs the elevator usage information transmitted by the smartphone 1d to the process execution unit 302b together with the incremented sequence number.

  The process execution unit 302b corresponds to the process execution unit 103a described in the second embodiment. The process execution unit 302b specifies an appropriate communication processing unit 304 based on the acquired elevator use information, transmits the acquired information about the departure floor and the destination floor to the specified communication processing unit 304, and from the elevator system 2 It instructs to transmit the received information to an appropriate smartphone 1d.

  In addition, in this modification, as in the second embodiment, only one program executes the elevator selection process. Therefore, the processor of the smartphone server 3b may load the elevator selection common program 133a into the memory and configure the process execution unit 302b when the server 3b is activated.

  FIG. 27 is a sequence diagram showing an example of the flow of processing executed by the control unit 10d of the smartphone 1d and the control unit 30b of the smartphone server 3b. Note that steps S2701 to S2705 shown in FIG. 27 perform the same processing as steps S2301 to S2305 shown in FIG. 23, respectively, and therefore description thereof will not be repeated here.

  The smartphone communication control unit 303b of the smartphone server 3b receives the elevator usage information via the communication unit 36 (S2711). The smartphone communication control unit 303b increments the sequence number by 1, and stores the incremented sequence number in the communicating smartphone database 311 in association with the IP address of the smartphone 1d that has transmitted the elevator usage information (S2712). The smartphone communication control unit 303b also outputs the elevator usage information and the incremented sequence number to the process execution unit 302b.

  The process execution unit 302b that has acquired the elevator usage information and the sequence number executes the communication process unit selection process (S2713). Since this communication processing unit selection process is the same as the communication processing unit selection process described in the second embodiment, the description thereof will not be repeated here.

  The process execution unit 302b instructs the selected communication processing unit 304 to transmit information on the departure floor and the destination floor. Upon receiving the instruction, the communication processing unit 304 generates a data format for transmitting the information on the departure floor and the destination floor included in the elevator usage information to the corresponding elevator system 2 (S2714).

  The communication processing unit 304 transmits the information on the departure floor and the destination floor to the selected elevator system 2 in the generated data format (S2715). Then, the communication processing unit 304 receives, from the elevator system 2, information indicating the elevator on which the user should board (S2716).

  When the elevator system 2 receives the information about the departure floor and the destination floor, based on the information and information such as the current position of each elevator (elevators 31A to 31F in the case of the first elevator system 2A) and the moving direction. , Identify the elevator that can most quickly move the user to the destination floor. Then, the information indicating the elevator is transmitted to the smartphone server 3b as information indicating the elevator on which the user should board.

  The smartphone communication control unit 303b transmits the information received by the communication processing unit 304 to the smartphone 1d in which the sequence number associated with the IP address matches the sequence number stored in the data format (S2517).

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As described above, the elevator use system 200 according to the present embodiment includes the plurality of elevator systems 2, the smartphone 1d, and any one of the smartphone servers 3, 3a, 3b. The smartphone 1d includes an input unit 11d that receives an operation for using the elevator. The smartphone server 3 includes a communication unit 36 that receives elevator usage information related to elevator usage, a process execution unit 302 that identifies one elevator system 2 from a plurality of elevator systems 2 based on the received elevator usage information, and identification. And the communication processing unit 301 that performs information transmission for the use of the elevator by the user (transmission of elevator usage information and reception of information on the elevator on which the user should board). Further transmits to the smartphone 1d, the information on the elevator to be boarded by the user, which is received from the identified elevator system 2.

  With this, in a situation where a plurality of elevator control systems are installed, the elevator control system that is the destination of the wireless communication based on the input of the user is appropriately specified, and the information processing terminal and the elevator control system are appropriately identified. Information can be transmitted.

  Further, since the smartphone server 3 includes the communication processing unit 301 and the process execution unit 302, the smartphone 1d can realize operation input, information display, and communication with an external device such as the smartphone server 3 or the like. It only needs to have the function. That is, the configuration of the information processing terminal can be made common regardless of differences in manufacturers of the plurality of elevator systems 2.

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In the first and third embodiments, the smartphone 1 and the smartphone 1b may load all the elevator selection programs in the memory with the activation of the elevator selection application 130 and configure the process execution units 103A to 103D. In the case of this example, the program selection unit 102 and the program selection unit 102b select an appropriate one from the configured processing execution units 103A to 103D.

  In the first and third embodiments, the first communication processing unit 104A, the second communication processing unit 104B, the third communication processing unit 104C, and the fourth communication processing unit 104D respectively include the first program 133A, the second program 133B, and the third program 133B. The program 133C and the fourth program 133D may be configured by being loaded in the memory.

  In the second embodiment, the process execution unit 103a may be configured to select a program for configuring the communication processing unit 104. In the case of this example, the storage unit 13a stores a plurality of programs for configuring each of the first communication processing unit 104A, the second communication processing unit 104B, the third communication processing unit 104C, and the fourth communication processing unit 104D. ing. The smartphone 1a loads the program selected by the process execution unit 103a into the memory and configures the communication processing unit 104.

  In the third embodiment, the program selection unit 102b may select the elevator selection program 133 based on only the position information of the smartphone 1b acquired by the position information acquisition unit 15. Specifically, the program selection unit 102b specifies the positional relationship between the user and each elevator based on the position information of the smartphone 1b, and specifies the bank closest to the user. Then, the program selection unit 102b selects the elevator selection program 133 corresponding to the specified bank.

  In the third embodiment, the program selection unit 102b may specify the bank closest to the user by comparing the radio field intensity of communication between the smartphone 1b and each elevator system 2. That is, the program selection unit 102b identifies the bank corresponding to the elevator system 2 having the highest radio field intensity as the bank closest to the user. In this example, the antenna of each elevator system 2 is assumed to be installed near each corresponding bank.

  Although the smartphone 1c and the respective elevator systems 2 are described as having the same communication system in the fourth embodiment, the communication system with at least one elevator system 2 is different from the communication system with other elevator systems 2. May be. The data format used for communication between the smartphone 1c and each elevator system 2 may be the same, or the data format used for communication with at least one elevator system 2 may be the same as that of another elevator system 2. It may be different from the data format used for communication.

  When communicating with the smartphone according to each embodiment, the smartphone server according to the fourth and fifth embodiments, and an external device, communication is performed via another information processing device, for example, a WiFi interface unit installed in a building. You may. The smartphone according to each embodiment and the smartphone server according to the fourth and fifth embodiments may communicate with each other via the public communication network when communicating with the elevator system 2. In addition, the smartphone according to each of the embodiments and the smartphone server according to each of the fourth and fifth embodiments may further include another information processing device, for example, a cloud server when communicating with the elevator system 2 via the public communication network. You may communicate via.

  The smartphone server according to the fourth and fifth embodiments may be inside the building in which the elevator is installed or outside the building. In the former case, communication between the smartphone 1d and the smartphone servers 3, 3a, and 3b, and communication between the smartphone servers 3, 3a, and 3b and the elevator system 2 are performed by short-range wireless communication such as WiFi. Alternatively, it may be performed via a public communication network. In the latter case, communication between the smartphone 1d and the smartphone servers 3, 3a, and 3b, and communication between the smartphone servers 3, 3a, and 3b and the elevator system 2 are performed via a public communication network.

  Each elevator system 2 may be realized as one information processing device, for example, a functional block in a cloud server. That is, each elevator system 2 may be a plurality of elevator control units configured in a certain information processing device. Further, each elevator system 2 of the present disclosure can be expressed as a plurality of elevator control units that share and control a plurality of elevators.

  When each elevator system 2 is a plurality of elevator control units configured in the cloud server, the smartphone according to the first to third embodiments and the smartphone server according to the fourth and fifth embodiments are, for example, as communication partners. A data format including information indicating the identified elevator control unit is transmitted to the cloud server. The information indicating the elevator control unit identified as the communication partner may be, for example, identification information (ID) preset in each elevator control unit. The control unit (not shown) of the cloud server determines (specifies) which elevator control unit should specify the elevator on which the user should board, based on the identification information stored in the received data format. . In other words, the smartphone according to the first to third embodiments and the smartphone server according to the fourth and fifth embodiments identify one of the plurality of elevator control units by specifying which identification information is included in the data format. Identify the elevator control.

  The cloud server may have a plurality of elevator control units that control the elevators of one building as one group, and may have a plurality of the groups. That is, the elevators of each of the plurality of buildings may be controlled from one cloud server. In the case of this example, the identification information stored in the data format may be identification information including a portion indicating the building and a portion indicating the elevator control unit.

  In the fourth and fifth embodiments, the smartphone server may be realized as a functional block in an information processing device (cloud server) including a plurality of elevator control units. In this case, the functional block corresponding to the smartphone server may select (identify) the elevator control unit that identifies the elevator on which the user should board, based on the received elevator usage information.

  In each of the embodiments, the elevator is triggered by the user inputting information indicating the departure floor and the destination floor in the building, that is, the operation for using the elevator being input to the smartphones 1, 1a to 1d. The example in which the selection process is executed has been described. On the other hand, the trigger for executing the elevator selection process is not limited to the input of the operation for using the elevator. For example, the smartphones 1, 1a to 1d use, as a trigger, that the user has entered a specific building or has approached an elevator in the specific building by using a method such as acquisition of position information. , The elevator selection process may be executed.

  This modification is particularly useful when the use of the elevator by the user always goes from the same departure floor to the same destination floor (for example, when the elevator of a building where the user's work is used is used). That is, the user registers the building in which the elevator to be used, the departure floor, and the destination floor in advance at a stage prior to the use of the elevator, such as at the time of initial setting of the elevator selection application. For example, when the user enters the building, the smartphones 1, 1a to 1d use each elevator system 2 as a communication partner based on the input made in advance, that is, the registered departure floor and destination floor. The elevator system 2 is specified.

  Before displaying the operation screen on the display unit 12, the smartphone according to each embodiment may display on the display unit 12 a screen that allows the user to select a bank, and may allow the user to select the bank of the elevator that the user wants to use. . In the case of this example, the program selection unit selects the elevator selection program 133 corresponding to the bank selected by the user.

  In each embodiment, an example in which a building has a plurality of banks has been described, but the smartphone and the elevator selection application according to the present invention are also applicable to the case where the building has one bank. That is, the smartphone according to the present invention executes the elevator selection process by communicating with the elevator system by the communication processing unit corresponding to the communication system of the elevator system that controls the elevators included in the bank.

  In each embodiment, the elevator control by the elevator system 2 is not limited to the call registration and the destination floor registration described above. Specifically, the elevator control by the elevator system 2 corresponds to the function of the application executed by the smartphone according to each embodiment or the smartphone server.

  The application may accept, for example, an input for selecting a tenant in the building as the destination of the user. The control in this example may be such that the destination floor is specified based on the information indicating the correspondence relationship between the tenant in the building and the floor, and the destination floor is registered. This destination floor registration is performed by the elevator system 2 corresponding to the elevator (bank) that is servicing the floor with the selected tenant. Further, the elevator system 2 may further perform call registration. It should be noted that the selection of the tenant in the building by the user can be realized if the information acquired from the elevator information database 100 includes the information indicating the corresponding relationship between the tenant in the building and its floor. it can. The smartphone, for example, generates and displays an operation screen for allowing the user to select the tenant in the building based on the information indicating the correspondence between the tenant in the building and the floor.

  Further, the application may be one that receives an input designating a bank or an elevator, for example. The control in this example may be, for example, call registration by the elevator system 2 corresponding to the designated bank or call registration by the elevator system 2 corresponding to the bank including the designated elevator. The elevator system 2 may further perform destination floor registration. Alternatively, the destination floor may be designated by pressing the button after the user gets on the car.

  The elevator information database 100 may further store the name of the building, the layout of each floor of the building, the information of the service floor according to the day of the week and the time of day, and the like. In other words, the elevator information 132 acquired from the elevator information database 100 by the smartphone according to each embodiment may include these pieces of information.

  For example, the smartphone according to each embodiment may display the layout of the entrance floor when the user enters the building by referring to the layout of each floor included in the elevator information 132. Further, the smartphone according to each embodiment may display the layout of the destination floor by referring to the information of the destination floor and the layout of the floor when the user moves to another floor by using the elevator. .

  In addition, for example, the smartphone according to each embodiment includes information that is included in the elevator information 132 and that associates the day of the week and the time zone with the service floor (that is, can be input as the destination floor on each day of the week and each time zone). The information indicating the floor) and the current day of the week and time may be referred to and only the UI indicating the floor that can be input as the current destination floor may be displayed on the operation screen.

  In each embodiment, the usage information provided by the elevator system 2 is not limited to the information indicating the elevator on which the user should board. Specifically, the usage information provided from the elevator system 2 corresponds to the function of the application executed by the smartphone according to each embodiment or the smartphone server.

  For example, the usage information may include the operating status of the elevator that the user should board, specifically, the current position of the car, the moving direction (whether the car is moving up or down), and the like.

  In addition, when the application is, for example, one that accepts an input that specifies a bank or an elevator, the usage information includes the operation status of the elevator that the user should board, or the specified elevator, which is included in the specified bank. The driving status may be included.

  Further, in each embodiment, the example in which the elevator selection process is executed by the wireless communication between the smartphone or the smartphone server and the elevator system has been described, but the process executed by the wireless communication between the smartphone or the smartphone server and the elevator system. Is not limited to elevator selection processing.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the claims, and embodiments obtained by appropriately combining the technical means disclosed in the different embodiments. Is also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

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The contents according to one aspect of the present invention can also be expressed as follows.

  The program (elevator selection application 130) according to the first aspect of the present invention is portable to a user who uses an elevator, and an information processing terminal (smartphone) that wirelessly communicates with an elevator system (elevator system 2) that controls the elevator. 1, 1a, 1b). The program causes the information processing terminal to select a communication method corresponding to the elevator system from among a plurality of communication methods based on the input of the user (S53), and the elevator according to the selected communication method. The step of performing the wireless communication with the system (S56, S57) is executed.

  A program according to Aspect 2 of the present invention is the program according to Aspect 1, wherein the program displays an operation screen for accepting an operation by the user on the information processing terminal (S51), and as the input, The step (S52) of accepting the operation on the operation screen is further executed, and in the step of selecting, the communication method is selected based on the operation, and the operation screen displays the wireless communication by any communication method. It may be common regardless of whether it is performed.

  A program according to Aspect 3 of the present invention is the program according to Aspect 3, wherein the elevator system controls a plurality of elevators, and the program causes the information processing terminal to communicate with the elevator system according to the selected communication method. A step (S58) of notifying the user of the elevator which the user should board among the plurality of elevators based on wireless communication may be further executed.

  A program according to aspect 4 of the present invention, in the aspect 3, each of the plurality of elevators is controlled by any one of the plurality of elevator systems, and the plurality of elevator systems have mutually corresponding communication methods. Differently, in the step of performing the wireless communication, the wireless communication may be performed with the elevator system corresponding to the selected communication method among the plurality of elevator systems.

  A program according to aspect 5 of the present invention, in the aspect 3 or 4, in the step of accepting the operation, accepts an operation of inputting a departure floor where the user is and a destination floor where the user wants to go, In the step of selecting, based on the input departure floor and the destination floor, the communication method is selected, and in the step of performing the wireless communication, the departure floor and the elevator floor corresponding to the selected communication method in the elevator system. Information indicating the destination floor may be transmitted and information indicating the elevator on which the user should board may be received.

  A program according to Aspect 6 of the present invention, in Aspect 5, further causes the information terminal to execute a step of identifying a positional relationship between the user and each elevator, and in the selecting step, the identified position The communication method may be selected based on the relationship.

  A program according to aspect 7 of the present invention is the program according to any one of aspects 1 to 6, wherein the communication methods of the plurality of elevator systems are different from each other in at least one of a communication standard, a communication protocol, and a data format. Good.

  The program (elevator selection application 130c) according to the eighth aspect of the present invention is portable to a user who uses an elevator, and has information processing including an operation input unit (input unit 11a) that receives an operation for using the elevator. It is a program executed by the terminal (smartphone 1c). The program specifies, in the information processing terminal, one elevator control unit from a plurality of elevator control units (elevator system 2) that share and control a plurality of elevators based on an input to the operation input unit ( S1703), the identified elevator control unit, and steps (S1705, S1706) of transmitting information for use of the elevator by the user are executed.

  The program (elevator selection program) according to the ninth aspect of the present invention is a program executed by the information processing device (smartphone server 3, 3a, 3b). The program receives, in the information processing device, elevator usage information related to the usage of the elevator based on an input by the user to an information processing terminal (smartphone 1d) that can be carried by a user who uses the elevator. Step (S2311), and a step (S2313) of specifying one elevator control section from a plurality of elevator control sections (elevator system 2) that share and control a plurality of elevators based on the received elevator usage information; A step (S2315, S2316) of transmitting information for use of the elevator by the user between the specified elevator control unit and the use of the elevator received from the identified elevator control unit. Step of transmitting information to the information processing terminal (S231) ) And to the execution.

1, 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d Smartphone (information processing terminal)
2 Elevator system (elevator control unit)
3, 3a, 3b Smartphone server (information processing device)
11 Input section (operation input section)
14, 14d Communication unit (acquisition unit)
31A to 31F, 32A to 32F, 33A to 33F, 34A to 34F Elevator 36 Communication unit (reception unit, transmission unit)
100 Elevator information database (information storage device)
102 Program selection section (selection section)
102b Program selection unit (positional relationship specification unit)
103, 103c, 302, 302b Process execution unit (specification unit)
103a Process execution unit (selection unit, specification unit)
104, 104c, 301, 301b Communication processing unit (information transmission unit)
105 Operation screen generator (screen generator)
106 Notification section

Claims (17)

A plurality of elevator control units that share and control a plurality of elevators,
An information processing terminal that is portable by a user who uses the elevator, and has an operation input unit that receives an operation for using the elevator,
A specifying unit that specifies one elevator control unit from the plurality of elevator control units based on an input to the operation input unit;
An elevator use system, comprising: an elevator control unit specified by the specifying unit; and an information transfer unit that transfers information for use of the elevator by the user between the information processing terminal.   The elevator utilization system according to claim 1, wherein the elevator control unit controls the elevator according to the input.   The elevator usage system according to claim 1, wherein the elevator control unit provides the information processing terminal with usage information generated according to the content of the input.   The elevator utilization system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the identifying unit and the information transmitting unit are configured in the information processing terminal. The plurality of elevator control units are realized by different computers,
The information processing terminal performs the above-described information transmission with the plurality of elevator control units by wireless communication in which a communication method differs depending on a communication partner, and includes a plurality of communication processing units corresponding to each communication method, and The elevator utilization system according to claim 4, wherein a communication processing unit to be used is selected from the plurality of communication processing units according to the elevator control unit specified by the specifying unit.   Any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising an information processing device that configures both or one of the identification unit and the information transmission unit, and that performs information communication with the plurality of elevator control units and the information processing terminal. The elevator utilization system according to 1 above.   It further comprises an information storage unit that stores a plurality of types of elevator information corresponding to each of the plurality of elevator control units, which is information necessary for performing the operation in the operation input unit and the identification in the identifying unit. The elevator utilization system according to any one of claims 1 to 6.   The elevator utilization system according to claim 7, further comprising an information storage device that configures the information storage unit and that performs information communication of the elevator information with the information processing terminal.   The information processing terminal includes an acquisition unit that acquires the elevator information from the information storage device, and a screen generation unit that generates an operation screen for causing the user to perform the operation based on the acquired elevator information. The elevator utilization system according to claim 8. An information processing terminal, which is portable by a user who uses an elevator and has an operation input unit that receives an operation for using the elevator,
A specifying unit that specifies one elevator control unit from a plurality of elevator control units that share and control a plurality of elevators based on an input to the operation input unit;
An information processing terminal comprising: an elevator control unit specified by the specifying unit; and an information transfer unit that transfers information for use of the elevator by the user. A receiving unit that receives elevator usage information regarding the use of the elevator, based on an input by the user, to an information processing terminal that is portable by a user who uses the elevator,
A specifying unit that specifies one elevator control unit from a plurality of elevator control units that share and control a plurality of elevators based on the received elevator usage information;
Between the elevator control unit specified by the specifying unit, an information transfer unit that transfers information for use of the elevator by the user,
An information processing apparatus comprising: a transmission unit that transmits, to the information processing terminal, information for use of the elevator, which is received from the elevator control unit specified by the specifying unit. An information processing terminal which is portable by a user who uses an elevator and which performs wireless communication with an elevator system that controls the elevator,
A plurality of communication processing units corresponding to each of the plurality of elevator systems different in communication method in the wireless communication,
A selection unit that selects any one of the plurality of communication processing units based on an input to the information processing terminal,
The information processing terminal, wherein the communication processing unit selected by the selection unit performs the wireless communication with the corresponding elevator system. An operation input unit that receives an operation by the user,
A screen generation unit that generates an operation screen for causing the user to perform the operation,
The selection unit selects any one of the plurality of communication processing units based on the operation,
The information processing terminal according to claim 12, wherein the operation screen is common regardless of which of the plurality of communication processing units performs the wireless communication. Each of the plurality of elevator systems includes a plurality of elevators,
Based on the wireless communication between the communication processing unit selected by the selection unit and the elevator system corresponding to the communication processing unit, to the user, among the plurality of elevators, the elevator that the user should ride on The information processing terminal according to claim 13, further comprising: a notification unit for notifying. The operation is an operation of inputting a departure floor where the user is and a destination floor where the user wants to go,
The selection unit selects any one of the plurality of communication processing units based on the input departure floor and destination floor.
The communication processing unit selected by the selection unit, by the wireless communication, transmits the departure floor and the destination floor to the corresponding elevator system, and receives information indicating an elevator on which the user should board, Item 14. The information processing terminal according to item 14. Further comprising a positional relationship specifying unit that specifies a positional relationship between the user and each elevator,
The information processing terminal according to claim 15, wherein the selection unit selects any one of the plurality of communication processing units based on the positional relationship specified by the positional relationship specifying unit.   The information processing terminal according to claim 12, wherein at least one of a communication standard, a communication protocol, and a data format is different in the communication method in the wireless communication of each of the plurality of elevator systems.

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