JP2021167233A - Group management control device, car allocation control method, and elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

To solve the conventional problem in that it takes much time to allocate a car from the input of a call since a car selected from all cars of an elevator is allocated for the call based on group scale after receiving an input of the call including information about the group scale.SOLUTION: A group management control device 3 includes: a number-of-persons calculation unit 33a for calculating the remaining allowable number of persons, which is a value obtained by subtracting the allocated number of persons that is the number of persons allocated to the car from a fixed capacity of a car or the allowable number of persons that is set based on the fixed capacity of the car for each car; a boarding candidate car allocation unit 33b for allocating a car whose remaining allowable number of persons is larger than the number of persons shown by a remaining allowable number button 12a to the remaining allowable number button 12a as a boarding candidate car; and a boarding car allocation unit 34a for determining one car among boarding candidate cars allocated to the selected remaining allowable number button 12a as a boarding car when the remaining allowable number button 12a is selected to allocate the boarding car.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

The present invention relates to a group management control device, a vehicle allocation control method, and an elevator.

As the size of the building grows, the number of units operated by elevators installed in the building increases. For this reason, the group management control device treats a plurality of units as one group and appropriately controls the group management of the plurality of units, thereby improving the service such as reducing the waiting time of the user of the unit. There is. In the destination floor reservation type group management control device, the user makes a reservation registration for the destination floor using the call registration device installed at the landing or the entrance / exit of the registration floor, and the call is generated by the call registration device. It is possible to assign a unit.

Then, the group management control device controls to display the machine number code of the machine to which the call is assigned on the display unit provided in the call registration device. The user confirms the unit code displayed on the display unit and waits for the arrival of the unit in front of the landing door specified by this unit code. As a result, the user can board the unit that has arrived at the registered floor, move to the registered destination floor, and then disembark from the unit.

Special Table 2007-518652

Since the group management control device using the technology disclosed in Patent Document 1 allocates based on the number of people in the group, after receiving the input of the call including the information on the group scale, all the elevator units based on the group scale are assigned. The unit selected from the list was assigned to the call, and it took time from the input of the call to the assignment of the unit.

The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and an object of the present invention is to provide a group management control device in which the time required from the input of a call to the allocation of a unit is shortened.

The group management control device according to the present invention controls a plurality of units in group management. This group management control device determines the remaining allowable number of people, which is the value obtained by subtracting the allocated number of people allocated to the unit from the capacity of the unit or the allowable number of people set based on the capacity for each unit. The number of people calculation unit to be calculated, the remaining allowable number of people button indicating the remaining allowable number of people, the remaining allowable number of people more than the number of people indicated by the remaining allowable number of people button is assigned as the boarding candidate machine numbering unit, and the remaining allowable number of people When the button is selected, one of the boarding candidate machines assigned to the selected remaining allowable number of people button is determined as the boarding number, and the boarding number assigning unit for assigning the boarding number is provided.

According to the present invention, it is possible to shorten the time from receiving the input of the call from the user to allocating the boarding machine.
Issues, configurations and effects other than those described above will be clarified by the following description of the embodiments.

It is an overall block diagram of the elevator which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the display screen of the call registration apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram which shows the internal structure example of the group management control device and the call registration device which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the number storage part which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 4A shows how the contents of the number storage unit 35 change, and FIG. 4B shows a modified example of the number storage unit 35. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware configuration example of the computer which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the process of assigning a boarding candidate machine to the remaining allowable number button which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the process of assigning the boarding machine to the call which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram which shows the internal structure example of the group management control device and the call registration device which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the display screen of the call registration apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the process which allocates a boarding candidate machine to the remaining allowable number of people button which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention, and displays the remaining allowable number of people button. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the process of assigning a boarding machine to a registered call which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram which shows the internal structure example of the group management control device and the call registration device which concerns on 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the process performed by the call registration apparatus which concerns on 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the display screen of the call registration apparatus which concerns on 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the case where the destination floor registration button and the remaining allowable number of people button which concerns on 5th Embodiment of this invention are input in this order. It is a figure which shows the other structural example of the call registration apparatus which concerns on each embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the present specification and the drawings, components having substantially the same function or configuration are designated by the same reference numerals, and redundant description will be omitted.

[First Embodiment]
<Overall configuration of elevator>
FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of the elevator 1. The elevator 1 is an example of an elevator system installed in a building (not shown) and capable of group management and control of a plurality of Units 50.

The elevator 1 installed in the building is, for example, an elevator control device 2 installed in an elevator machine room (not shown) and three elevators 1 installed in a hoistway (not shown) whose operation is controlled by the elevator control device 2. It is equipped with Unit 50. The operation of Unit 50 is controlled for each Unit. In the present embodiment, the unit codes "A", "B", and "C" for identifying the three units 50 are assigned to each unit. In the present embodiment, the number of the unit 50 is three, but the number of the unit 50 may be a plurality of units.

Further, the elevator 1 includes a call registration device 10 installed on the registration floor of the service floor of Unit 50. Through the call registration device 10, the user can register (or input) the selection result of how many people or more the remaining allowable number of people want to board the Unit 50 and the destination floor as a call. Further, at the landing on each floor where the unit 50 arrives, a landing door 20, a destination direction lantern 21, and a landing camera 22 are provided for each unit. The call registration device 10 may be provided with a registration device camera 11 (an example of a user detection unit) capable of photographing a user who registers a call and detecting the user.

The call registration device 10 includes a remaining allowable number selection unit 12 in which selection information of the remaining allowable number button 12a (see FIG. 2 described later) is input by the user, and a destination floor registration unit 13 in which the destination floor is input. Provided. The call registration device 10 calls the unit 50 when only the destination floor is input, or when the selection information of the remaining allowable number of people button 12a is input (the remaining allowable number of people is selected) and the destination floor is input. Is registered in the group management control device 3. Further, the call registration device 10 is provided with a boarding machine number display unit 14 for displaying the machine number code of the boarding machine.

Inside the Unit 50 of Unit A, the destination floor display device 51 that displays the destination floor, the Unit position display device 52 that displays the current position of the Unit 50 and the destination direction of the Unit 50, and the inside of the Unit 50 can be photographed. The in-machine camera 53 is installed. A load sensor 54 that detects the load of the user who got into the unit 50 is installed below the floor surface of the unit 50. Similar to Unit A, the destination floor display device 51, the unit position display device 52, and the load sensor 54 are installed in the Unit 50 of the B unit and in the Unit 50 of the C unit. In addition, the in-machine camera 53 may not be provided in the No. 50.

The elevator control device 2 includes a group management control device 3 and the same number of unit control devices 40 as the three unit 50s. The group management control device 3 controls the group 50 of the No. 50 traveling on the hoistway. Therefore, the group management control device 3 selects one unit 50 that can be assigned to the call generated by the call registration device 10. Then, the group management control device 3 controls the elevating and lowering of the unit 50, the display of the unit position display device 52, the display of the destination direction lantern 21, and the like through the unit control device 40.

The unit control device 40 controls the allocation of the unit 50 assigned as the boarding unit for each unit according to the instruction of the group management control device 3, and transmits the unit information to the unit information collecting unit 32. The unit information includes load information indicating the load of the user output from the load sensor 54. When the landing camera 22 is installed at the landing, the unit information may include an image of the landing camera 22 in front of the landing door 20.

The group management control device 3 includes a call information collection unit 31, a unit information collection unit 32, a unit allocation unit 33, a call allocation unit 34, and a number storage unit 35.

When the user registers the call through the call registration device 10, the call information collecting unit 31 collects the call information from the call registration device 10. The call information includes selection information, registration floor information, and destination floor information of the remaining allowable number of people button 12a (see FIG. 2 described later) input to the call registration device 10. The registration floor information is information indicating the registration floor of the call on which the call registration device 10 is installed. For example, it is found from the registration floor information that the registration floor is the lobby floor. Further, the destination floor information is information indicating the destination floor registered by the user through the call registration device 10.

The call information collection unit 31 collects call information when a call occurs. Then, the call information collecting unit 31 outputs the selection information of the remaining allowable number of people button, the registration floor information, and the destination floor information included in the call information to the call allocation unit 34. If the installation floor of the call registration device 10 is fixed and the group management control device 3 can determine the registration floor, it is not necessary to output the registration floor information from the call registration device 10 to the group management control device 3.

The unit information collecting unit 32 collects the unit information transmitted from the unit control device 40. The unit information includes, for example, information regarding the operation status of the unit 50, such as the position, destination direction, and the number of users who board the unit 50, which are transmitted from the unit control device 40.

The unit allocation unit 33 calculates the remaining allowable number of people of each unit based on the allocated number of people of the unit 50 read from the number storage unit 35, and sets each unit to 2 to 5 people based on the remaining allowable number of people of each unit. Allocate a boarding candidate machine to the remaining allowable number of people button 12a. Since the value of the remaining allowable number of people may differ for each unit, the remaining allowable number of people button assigned to each unit may differ. Then, the processing of the unit allocation unit 33 is completed before the user registers the call in the call registration device 10. Further, the boarding candidate unit assigned by the unit allocation unit 33 to the remaining allowable number of people button 12a is stored in the number storage unit 35.

The call allocation unit 34 is registered in the call registration device 10 based on the call information collected by the call information collection unit 31 from the call registration device 10 and the unit information collected by the unit information collection unit 32 from the unit control device 40. Allocate the call to the most suitable unit, Unit 50. The call assigned by the call allocation unit 34 is transmitted to the unit control device 40 of the corresponding unit. Then, the unit control device 40 runs the unit 50 on the registered floor.

As shown in FIG. 4 described later, the number storage unit 35 is assigned to the allocated number of people assigned to the unit 50 before the call is registered by the call registration device 10, the remaining allowable number of people, and the boarding candidate unit. The remaining allowable number of people button 12a is stored for each unit. Here, as shown in FIG. 4 to be described later, in the data table of the remaining allowable number of people and the boarding candidate unit stored in the number storage unit 35, the remaining allowable number of people is stored for each unit, and the remaining allowable number of people can be boarded for each button 12a. It may be configured to store the candidate machine. Although simplified in FIG. 4, which will be described later, the data table stored in the number storage unit 35 may have a configuration for each boarding floor in each vertical direction, or a configuration for each riding floor for each destination floor. It is remembered for each boarding floor. When the user inputs the destination floor, a new call is generated in the call registration device 10, and after the allocation number is determined, various information stored in the number storage unit 35 is updated by the call allocation unit 34. ..

Then, the call allocation unit 34 gets on the user who has registered the call in the call registration device 10 based on the destination direction of each unit, the traveling position and the stop position of the unit 50, the remaining allowable number of people for the capacity of the unit 50, and the like. Select the unit from the boarding candidate units and assign a call to the boarding unit. The unit control device 40 controls the operation of the unit 50 so that the unit 50 of the boarding unit to which the call is assigned travels to the registered floor.

<Example of screen configuration of call registration device>
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a display screen of the call registration device 10. In FIG. 2, the description of the registration device camera 11 is omitted. The upper side of FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the allocation status of each unit 50, and is not displayed on the display screen of the call registration device 10.

In addition to the registration device camera 11 shown in FIG. 1, the call registration device 10 includes a remaining allowable number of people selection unit 12 and a destination floor registration unit 13. On the upper side of FIG. 2, the allocation status of users to Units 50 of Units A to C is shown. The capacity of Units 50 of Units A to C is 5 in each case. In FIG. 2, the users to whom the boarding machine has been assigned are shown in full. From FIG. 2, it can be seen that two users are assigned to Unit A, three users are assigned to Unit B, and four users are assigned to Unit C. Therefore, the remaining allowable number of people in Unit A is 3, the remaining allowable number of people in Unit B is 2, and the remaining allowable number of people in Unit C is 1. Here, the permissible number of people is the capacity of the unit, but it may be the number of people multiplied by the first set value, such as about 80% of the capacity. Even if the number of users exceeding the permissible number of passengers gets on the Unit, if the weight inside the Unit is within the specified value, the users can get on the Unit and operate.

Here, for comparison, when the technology disclosed in Patent Document 1 is used, the number of people included in the group after the user presses the group key to instruct to start registration in the group ( After registering the "group number"), the destination floor will be registered. Since the number of people in a group is registered by pressing one or two number keys after pressing the group size definition key, it takes time for the user to complete the registration of the number of people in the group. Further, when the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 is used, it is necessary to register the number of people as a single digit after determining that the second number key is not pressed even if the number of people is one digit. , It took a long time to complete the registration of the number of people in the group.

On the other hand, in the call registration device 10 according to the present embodiment, as shown in the middle side of FIG. 2, the remaining allowable number selection unit 12 and the destination floor registration unit 13 are allowed to remain on the touch panel display provided in the call registration device 10. It is displayed as the number of people button 12a and the destination floor registration button 13a.

Therefore, the user can input the selection information of the remaining allowable number of people button and the destination floor by selecting the remaining allowable number of people button 12a and the destination floor registration button 13a to which the boarding candidate machine is assigned. It is possible to shorten the time required to select the remaining number of passengers for the unit you want to board and to complete the input of the destination floor. The destination floor registration button 13a may be a method of displaying the numeric keypad and inputting the destination floor by combining the input of the numeric keypad. Here, in the call registration device 10 according to the present embodiment, the selection information of the remaining allowable number of people button and the destination floor when the remaining allowable number of people button 12a and the destination floor registration button 13a are input in this order are input.

The remaining allowable number of people selection unit 12 is input with the selection information of the remaining allowable number of people button 12a for each number of people. The selection information includes information such as which remaining allowable number of people button 12a is selected. Since Unit 50, which is the remaining allowable number of people equal to or larger than the remaining allowable number of people, is assigned as a boarding candidate to the remaining allowable number of people button 12a, the user selects the remaining allowable number of people button 12a (for the user). Only by a third party (including selection by a front desk guide or security guard), one of the boarding candidate machines will be designated (determined) as the boarding machine. Further, the remaining allowable number of people selection unit 12 calls the remaining allowable number of people button 12a for each number of people and displays it on the registration device 10. With this configuration, for example, a user in a group of a plurality of people selects that he / she wants to board a machine having a remaining allowable number of people or more through the remaining allowable number of people button 12a.

In the present embodiment, the capacity of Unit 50 is set to 5 people. In this case, the four remaining allowable number buttons 12a of 2, 3, 4, and 5 are displayed on the call registration device 10. In the following description, the remaining allowable number button 12a indicated by the icon of two people in the figure is also referred to as a “two person button”. Similarly, the remaining allowable number of people button 12a indicated by the icons of three people, four people, and five people is also called a "three person button", a "four person button", and a "five person button", respectively. For example, in the situation shown in the upper part of FIG. 2, the No. A and B units are assigned to the two-person button and only the No. A unit is assigned to the three-person button by the unit allocation unit 33. However, neither unit is assigned to the 4-person button and the 5-person button.

Here, for comparison, the case of a group management control device using the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 will be described. If a large group cannot survive in one unit, a plurality of units will be used. The groups will be assigned separately. Also, even if there is a unit heading to the destination floor first, that unit cannot be assigned if there is no boarding space for the number of people in the group. On the other hand, if you are a group, you can narrow down your personal space because you know each other, and you can ride in a smaller boarding space than usual, and you may be able to survive with one machine, or you may be able to board the starting machine. In such a case, the usability may be reduced.

On the other hand, the user who registers the call using the call registration device 10 according to the present embodiment can use the remaining allowable number of people button 12a to determine how much the number of passengers is sufficient (there is a boarding space). You can choose. Therefore, even in a group of three people, for example, when it is acceptable to board a machine having a riding space for two people, a machine having a riding space for two people can be selected by selecting the two-person button. Can also be selected. Therefore, the degree of freedom of choice of the user can be increased, and the usability can be expected to be improved. If the user wishes to board the Unit 50 alone or with one remaining allowable number of people, it is not necessary to select the remaining allowable number of people button 12a.

The destination floor registration unit 13 registers the destination floor through the destination floor registration button 13a provided corresponding to the destination floor. For example, a user who desires any floor from the 1st floor (lobby floor) to the 9th floor (top floor) as the destination floor registers the destination floor through the destination floor registration unit 13. The selection information also includes information such as which destination floor registration button 13a has been selected. The destination floor registration unit 13 calls the destination floor registration button 13a corresponding to each floor of the building where the elevator is installed and displays it on the registration device 10.

Here, a user who wishes to board the Unit 50 having a plurality of allowable remaining number of people selects one of the remaining allowable number of people button 12a displayed on the remaining allowable number of people selection unit 12, and then registers the destination floor. Select the destination floor registration button 13a of any of the parts 13. A user who wishes to board the Unit 50 with one remaining allowable number of people does not have to select the remaining allowable number of people selection unit 12, but only has to select the destination floor registration button 13a.

As shown on the lower side of FIG. 2, in the call registration device 10, the boarding machine number display unit 14 displays the machine number code of the boarding machine instead of the remaining allowable number selection unit 12 and the destination floor registration unit 13. At this time, the boarding machine display unit 14 outputs and displays the machine code of the boarding machine to which the call is assigned by the call assigning unit 34 in the boarding machine display area 14a.

<Example of internal configuration of group management control device and call registration device>
FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing an example of internal configurations of the group management control device 3 and the call registration device 10.

The unit allocation unit 33 included in the group management control device 3 includes a number calculation unit 33a and a boarding candidate unit allocation unit 33b.
The number of people calculation unit 33a calculates the remaining allowable number of people for each unit, which is a value obtained by subtracting the allocated number of people allocated to the unit from the capacity of the unit or the allowable number of people set based on the capacity. do. The remaining allowable number of people calculated by the number of people calculation unit 33a is output to the boarding candidate machine number allocation unit 33b for each machine. Further, the number of people calculation unit 33a writes in the number of people storage unit 35 the allowable number of people of the unit and the remaining allowable number of people calculated based on the allocated number of people read from the number of people storage unit 35 for each unit.

The boarding candidate machine allocation unit 33b is provided in the call registration device 10 before the call is registered in the call registration device 10, and the remaining allowable number of people button 12a indicating the remaining allowable number of people is equal to or larger than the number of people indicated by the remaining allowable number of people button 12a. The number of machines that is the remaining allowable number of people will be assigned as a candidate boarding machine. Further, the boarding candidate machine allocation unit 33b writes the remaining allowable number of people button 12a to which the boarding candidate machine is assigned to the number storage unit 35.

The call allocation unit 34 included in the group management control device 3 includes a boarding unit allocation unit 34a and a boarding unit output instruction unit 34b.
The boarding machine allocation unit 34a is information on the registration floor on which the call registration device 10 is installed, the remaining allowable number of people button 12a selected by the user, and the destination floor input to the call registration device 10. The input is received (collected) through the call information collecting unit 31. The call information includes information on the remaining allowable number of people button 12a and the destination floor registration button 13a selected by the user. Then, the boarding machine number allocation unit 34a identifies the remaining allowable number of people button 12a selected by the user based on the call information collected from the call registration device 10 in which the call is registered. Further, when the remaining allowable number button 12a is selected, the boarding machine allocation unit 34a determines one of the boarding candidate machines assigned to the selected remaining allowable number button 12a as the boarding number, and determines this boarding. A call is assigned to the unit, and a command to dispatch the boarding unit to the floor where the call is registered (also referred to as "registered floor") is given to the unit control device 40 that controls the vehicle allocation of the boarding unit. Then, the boarding machine number allocating unit 34a updates the allocated number of people of the boarding machine according to the second set value associated with the remaining allowable number button 12a selected by the user. At this time, the boarding machine allocation unit 34a specifies the remaining allowable number button 12a selected on the floor where the call is registered from the call information, and calls among the boarding candidate machines assigned to the specified remaining allowable number button 12a. The allocated number of people stored in the number storage unit 35 is updated by reading the allocated number of people of the assigned boarding machine from the number storage unit 35 and adding the second set value to the read assigned number of people. Here, the second set value is either the number of people associated with the remaining allowable number of people button 12a in advance or the number of people calculated by the boarding machine number allocation unit 34a.

As described above, the boarding machine number allocation unit 34a updates the allocated number of people by adding the second set value associated in advance to the remaining allowable number of people button 12a selected by the user. The second set value may be a fixed value or may be changed according to the traffic flow mode and the time zone. The fixed value may be the value of the remaining allowable number of people indicated by the associated remaining allowable number of people button 12a, or the fixed value of the remaining allowable number of people button 12a of 2 or 3 people is indicated by 3 people. The fixed value of the remaining allowable number button 12a for 4 or 5 people may be a predetermined value such as 5 people. In addition, when the landing camera 22 is installed, the boarding machine allocation unit 34a is such that the user who has selected the remaining allowable number button 12a is assigned to the user after the remaining allowable number button 12a is selected. The allocated number of people may be updated by using the value calculated based on the number of users information obtained during the period until the movement to the landing door 20 at the landing as the second set value. In this case, the boarding unit allocation unit 34a analyzes the image taken by the boarding camera 22 provided around the boarding door 20 to obtain the number of users information.

In addition, when the destination floor registration button 13a is selected and the destination floor is input without selecting the remaining allowable number of people button 12a, the boarding machine allocation unit 34a is selected from the machines having one or more remaining allowable number of people. The boarding machine is determined and assigned to the user, and the number of people assigned to the boarding machine is updated according to the third set value. The third set value may be one person or the number of people calculated based on the number of users information analyzed by the boarding machine numbering unit 34a, or only when a specific button is input, the boarding machine numbering unit 34a. The number of people may be calculated based on the number of users information analyzed by. The landing camera 22 is only one embodiment, and various sensors such as a millimeter wave sensor may be used. In this case, for example, the boarding unit allocation unit 34a can analyze the information obtained from the sensor provided at the landing (for example, around the landing door 20) to obtain the number of users information.

In addition, the boarding unit allocation unit 34a instructs the unit control device 40 to dispatch the boarding machine to the registered floor of the call specified by the call. The unit control device 40 instructed by the boarding unit allocation unit 34a causes the unit 50 to travel on the registered floor of the call, and when the user gets on the unit 50, the unit 50 travels to the registered destination floor.

Various methods can be considered for the process in which the boarding machine allocation unit 34a selects the boarding machine from the boarding candidate machines. For example, if the destination floor registered by another user before the user registers the call is the same as the destination floor registered by the current user, the boarding machine allocation unit 34a may be used by another user. Priority is given to the same unit as the boarding unit assigned to. However, if the destination floor registered by another user is different from the destination floor registered by this user, the waiting time until Unit 50 is dispatched to this registration floor, another registration floor, or The boarding machine allocation unit 34a selects the boarding machine in consideration of the stop time of the machine 50 that stops on the destination floor. Further, the boarding machine number allocation unit 34a may select the boarding machine in consideration of the number of stops, one lap time, boarding time, service completion time, etc., according to the traffic flow mode and the time zone.

The boarding unit allocation unit 34a corrects the second set value currently assigned to the boarding unit based on the unit information collected by the unit information collecting unit 32, or is currently boarding the unit 50. The number of users may be calculated. For example, the user may erroneously select the remaining allowance button. In this case, the boarding machine allocation unit 34a calculates the number of people in the group including the user who registered the call based on the image taken by the boarding camera 22, and the information of the remaining allowable number button registered by the call registration device 10. The second set value associated with may be corrected by the calculated number of people. When this correction is made, the allocated number of people in the number storage unit 35 is updated to a value that matches the actual situation, and the elevator vehicle allocation can be provided to the next user based on the allocated number of people that matches the actual situation.

In addition, the boarding unit allocation unit 34a divides the number of users riding in the unit 50 by the load of the users detected by the load sensor 54 by the standard weight, or when the in-machine camera 53 is installed. , The image taken by the in-machine camera 53 can be analyzed and calculated. Then, the boarding unit allocation unit 34a compares the allocated number of people stored in the number storage unit 35 with the number of users who actually boarded, and an excessive or too small number of users are boarding the unit 50. You can also monitor for it. The in-machine camera 53 is only one embodiment, and various sensors such as a millimeter wave sensor may be used.

The boarding machine output instruction unit 34b gives an instruction to call and output the machine code indicating the boarding machine assigned to the call by the boarding machine numbering unit 34a to the calling registration device 10. Therefore, the boarding machine display unit 14 of the call registration device 10 displays the boarding machine to which the boarding machine assigning unit 34a has assigned the call. For example, the boarding machine display unit 14 displays the boarding machine code (for example, "A" in the case of machine A). The user who has registered the call in the call registration device 10 can move in front of the boarding machine indicated by the machine code and wait for the arrival of the machine 50. Further, instead of the call registration device having a fixed installation position, the number code of the boarding machine assigned to the call by the boarding number assigning unit 34a may be displayed on a mobile terminal or the like carried by the user.

When the boarding machine output indicating unit 34b determines that there is no boarding candidate machine assigned to the remaining allowable number button 12a specified by the boarding machine numbering unit 34a from the call information, the boarding machine is not assigned to the call. Instruct the registration device 10 to output a call to the user to select the button for a smaller number of people again. In this case, the user waits in front of the call registration device 10 until the candidate boarding machine is assigned to the remaining allowable number button 12a to be selected, or selects the remaining allowable number button 12a with a reduced number of people and re-registers the call. do.

<Structure example of number memory unit>
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the number of people storage unit 35. FIG. 4A shows how the contents of the number storage unit 35 change, and FIG. 4B shows a modified example of the number storage unit 35.
The number storage unit 35 is a data table composed of each field of the unit, the capacity, the allocated number, the remaining allowable number, and the assigned remaining allowable number button.

In the unit field, "A", "B", and "C" are stored as the unit codes of the three units.
In the capacity field, the capacity number of the unit 50 of each unit is stored. In the present embodiment, the capacity of the unit 50 is 5 in any of the units. The allowable number of people may be stored in the capacity field.

In the allocated number of people field, the allocated number of people representing the number of other users who are already assigned to board the unit 50 before the user registers the call in the call registration device 10 is stored. Other users include those who have already boarded Unit 50, as well as those who have not boarded Unit 50 but are waiting for the arrival of Unit 50 on another registered floor. The allocated number of people is updated by the boarding machine number allocating unit 34a after the boarding machine number allocating unit 34a allocates the user to the boarding machine.

In the remaining allowable number of people field, the remaining allowable number of people calculated by the number calculation unit 33a is stored. Normally, the sum of the allocated number of people and the remaining allowable number of people is equal to the capacity number or the value obtained by multiplying the capacity number of people by the first set value.
In the assigned number of people button field, the machine code of the boarding candidate machine assigned to the remaining allowable number of people button 12a by the boarding candidate machine numbering unit 33b is stored.

An example of the number storage unit 35 before the allocation of the boarding machine is shown on the upper side of FIG. 4A. Before the allocation of the boarding machine, it is assumed that the allocated number of people of Unit A is 2 and the remaining allowable number is 3, and the allocated number of Unit B is 3 and the remaining allowable number is 2. In this case, for example, the remaining allowable number of users button 12a (two-person button) is assigned to Unit A, which has a remaining allowable number of three, and Unit B, which has a remaining allowable number of two. ) Is selected. Here, it is assumed that the boarding unit allocation unit 34a assigns the user's call to the A unit. However, which of Unit A and Unit B is assigned to the call depends on the destination direction of Unit 50 of each Unit, the current position of Unit 50, and the like. When the boarding machine allocation unit 34a allocates the boarding machine to the call, the allocated number of people field of the number storage unit 35 is updated.

An example of the number storage unit 35 after the allocation of the boarding machine is shown on the lower side of FIG. 4A. The updated fields are shown in shadow. After the allocation of the boarding machine, it is shown that the number of people assigned to Unit A increased by 2 to 4 people, and the remaining allowable number decreased by 2 to 1 person. For this reason, when the next user registers a call from the call registration device 10, if the remaining allowable number of people button indicating that the remaining allowable number of people is 3 or more is selected, the boarding candidate machine is not assigned. No boarding machine is assigned to the call. Since the user who got on the unit 50 on the registered floor gets off at the destination floor, the allocated number of people stored in the number storage unit 35 also changes with the passage of time. Therefore, a message prompting the user to register the call again after the lapse of a predetermined time may be displayed on the call registration device 10 for the user who wishes to board the unit more than the desired remaining allowable number of people.

For convenience of explanation, the number storage unit 35 shown in FIG. 4A has a configuration in which the remaining allowable number button 12a (“2” indicating a two-person button and “3” indicating a three-person button) assigned to each unit is stored. And said. However, the number storage unit 35 may be configured to store the machine code of the boarding candidate machine assigned for each remaining allowable number button 12a.

Here, a modified example of the number storage unit 35 will be described with reference to FIG. 4B.
The number storage unit 35A according to the modified example is provided with a remaining allowable number storage table 35a for each unit and a boarding candidate number storage table 35b for each remaining allowable number button.

The remaining allowable number of people storage table 35a is a table composed of each field of the unit and the remaining allowable number of people.
In the unit field, "A", "B", and "C" are stored as the unit codes of the three units.
In the remaining allowable number of people field, the remaining allowable number of people for each unit calculated by the number of people calculation unit 33a is stored.
The remaining allowable number of people storage table 35a indicates that the remaining allowable number of people of Unit A is 3, the remaining allowable number of people of Unit B is 2, and the remaining allowable number of people of Unit C is 1.

The boarding candidate machine storage table 35b is a table composed of the remaining allowable number of people button and each field of the boarding candidate machine.
The remaining allowable number of people button field stores the remaining allowable number of people (here, 2 to 4 people) associated with the remaining allowable number of people button 12a.
In the boarding candidate machine field, a mark (for example, “〇”) indicating the boarding candidate machine assigned to each remaining allowable number of people button 12a is stored. No mark is stored on the remaining allowable number of people button 12a to which the candidate boarding machine is not assigned.

Even with such a configuration of the number storage unit 35A, the unit information collection unit 32, the number calculation unit 33a, the boarding candidate unit allocation unit 33b, and the boarding number allocation unit 34a still have the remaining allowable number storage table 35a and the boarding candidate number storage. In combination with the table 35b, the information on the remaining allowable number of people and the candidate boarding machine can be read or updated.

<Computer hardware configuration example>
Next, a hardware configuration example of the computer 60 constituting the group management control device 3 will be described.
FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration example of the computer 60. The computer 60 is an example of hardware used as a computer that can operate as a group management control device 3.

The computer 60 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 61, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 62, and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 63, which are connected to the bus 64, respectively. Further, the computer 60 includes a non-volatile storage 65 and a network interface 66.

The CPU 61 reads the program code of the software that realizes each function according to the present embodiment from the ROM 62, loads it into the RAM 63, and executes the program code. Variables and parameters generated during the arithmetic processing of the CPU 61 are temporarily written in the RAM 63, and these variables and parameters are appropriately read by the CPU 61. However, an arithmetic unit such as an MPU (Micro Processing Unit) may be used instead of the CPU 61. Each function of the call information collection unit 31, the unit information collection unit 32, the unit allocation unit 33, and the call allocation unit 34 shown in FIG. 1 is realized by the CPU 61.

As the non-volatile storage 65, for example, HDD (Hard Disk Drive), SSD (Solid State Drive), flexible disk, optical disk, optical magnetic disk, CD-ROM, CD-R, magnetic tape, non-volatile memory and the like are used. Be done. In this non-volatile storage 65, in addition to the OS (Operating System) and various parameters, a program for operating the computer 60 is recorded. The ROM 62 and the non-volatile storage 65 record programs, data, and the like necessary for the CPU 61 to operate, and as an example of a computer-readable non-transient storage medium that stores a program executed by the computer 60. Used. The number storage unit 35 shown in FIG. 1 is configured as a non-volatile storage 65.

For the network interface 66, for example, a NIC (Network Interface Card) or the like is used, and various data can be transmitted and received between the devices via a LAN (Local Area Network) connected to the terminal of the NIC, a dedicated line, or the like. It is possible. For example, the call information collecting unit 31 and the unit information collecting unit 32 collect each information via the network interface 66.

<Example of processing of group management control device>
Next, an example of the process (vehicle allocation control method) executed by the group management control device 3 will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of a process of allocating a boarding candidate machine to the remaining allowable number of people button 12a. This process is mainly performed by each part of the unit allocation part 33.

First, the number calculation unit 33a calculates the remaining allowable number of people based on the capacity number of each unit and the allocated number of people with reference to the number storage unit 35 (S1). For example, as shown in the upper part of FIG. 4A, in the number calculation unit 33a, the remaining allowable number of people in Unit A is 3, the remaining allowable number of people in Unit B is 2, and the remaining allowable number of people in Unit C is 1. Calculate as a person. The number storage unit 35 is updated to the latest usage status at all times or when the boarding / alighting information is updated by the boarding / alighting information output from the unit information collecting unit 32.

Next, the boarding candidate machine allocation unit 33b allocates the boarding candidate machine for each remaining allowable number button 12a according to the remaining allowable number calculated in step S1 (S2). For example, the boarding candidate machine allocation unit 33b assigns machines A and B to the two-person button and assigns machine A to the three-person button among the remaining allowable number of people buttons 12a. There is no machine to assign to the 4-person button and 5-person button. Then, the boarding candidate machine allocation unit 33b writes the boarding candidate machine assigned to the remaining allowable number of people button 12a in the number storage unit 35.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of a process of assigning a boarding machine to a call. This process is mainly performed by each unit of the call allocation unit 34.

First, for example, a user who wishes to board Unit 50 in a group selects the remaining allowable number of people button 12a in order to select a Unit having a boarding space that the number of people in the group considers to be able to board (S11). In the first embodiment, all the remaining allowable number of people buttons 12a are displayed on the call registration device 10, but the remaining allowable number of people button 12a to which the boarding candidate machine is assigned is a two-person button or a three-person button. Either. If the user wants to ride on a machine with a remaining allowable number of people, the remaining allowable number of people button is not selected and the process of step S11 is skipped.

Next, the user selects the destination floor registration button 13a according to the desired destination floor (S12). Then, the call information corresponding to each selected button is collected by the call information collecting unit 31.

The boarding machine allocation unit 34a determines whether or not there is a boarding candidate machine assigned to the remaining allowable number button 12a selected by the user (S13). At this time, the boarding machine number allocation unit 34a specifies the remaining allowable number of people button 12a selected based on the call information collected by the call information collection unit 31. Then, the boarding machine number allocating unit 34a reads out the boarding candidate machine assigned to the specified remaining allowable number of people button 12a from the number storage unit 35.

When there is a boarding candidate machine (YES in S13), the boarding machine allocation unit 34a selects a boarding machine from the boarding candidate machines read from the number storage unit 35 (S14).

Then, the boarding machine output instruction unit 34b gives an instruction to display the selected boarding machine on the boarding machine display unit 14. Therefore, the machine number code of the boarding machine is displayed on the boarding machine display unit 14 of the call registration device 10 (S15).

Further, the boarding machine number allocating unit 34a adds the second set value corresponding to the remaining allowable number of people button 12a selected by the user to the allocated number of people of the boarding machine stored in the number storage unit 35 (S16). At this time, the boarding number allocating unit 34a reduces the remaining allowable number of boarding machines stored in the number storage unit 35, and ends this process.

The reason why the value to be added to the allocated number of people in step S16 is set to the second set value according to the remaining allowable number of people button 12a selected by the user is as follows. Normally, the number of people close to the remaining allowable number indicated by the selected remaining allowable number button may be added as it is to the allocated number of people according to the remaining allowable number button 12a selected by the user. However, there is a high possibility that it is an erroneous operation that the five-person button is selected in a time zone such as early morning or late night when there are few users. If one user selects the five-person button many times, multiple elevators will be dispatched for one user, and the waiting time of other users will increase. On the other hand, if the value to be added to the allocated number of people is set as the second set value, the allocated number of people is about 1 or 2 regardless of which of the remaining allowable number of people button 12a is selected according to the time zone. It is possible to control the addition of a small number of people. In this way, for example, the boarding unit allocation unit 34a adds the second set value of the number of people according to the time zone registered in the call registration device 10 to the allocated number of people, so that the unit 50 can accurately allocate the vehicle. Can be done.
In addition, if a specific user intentionally selects a large number of buttons during work hours, lunch hours, leaving hours, etc., the waiting time of other users will increase dramatically, resulting in congestion. In the time zone, the upper limit of the second set value may be set so that a value equal to or less than a certain value is added to the allocated number of people.

On the other hand, when there is no boarding candidate machine in step S13 (NO in S13), the boarding machine numbering unit 34a does not assign the boarding machine to the call. For example, even if the user selects the four-person button, there is no candidate boarding machine. Therefore, the boarding machine output instruction unit 34b displays a message indicating that the boarding machine has not been assigned on the boarding machine display unit 14 (S17), and ends this process. At this time, the boarding machine display unit 14 may display a message prompting the user to re-register with a small remaining allowable number of people. Then, this process ends.

In the elevator 1 according to the first embodiment described above, the call registration device 10 displays all the remaining allowable number of people buttons 12a provided for each number of people corresponding to the remaining allowable number of people. The group management control device 3 allocates a boarding candidate unit having a remaining allowable number of people equal to or greater than the remaining allowable number of people indicated by the remaining allowable number of people button 12a to the remaining allowable number of people button 12a in advance. Therefore, when the user selects the remaining allowable number of people button 12a and selects the destination floor registration button 13a, the boarding number machine allocation unit 34a is among the boarding candidate machines assigned to the remaining allowable number of people button 12a selected by the user. Immediately assign the boarding machine from. In this way, since the boarding candidate units are assigned in advance to the remaining allowable number of people buttons provided for each number of people, the user can select the unit of the boarding space that allows the boarding, and the user can use the group management control device 3. A boarding machine with a selected boarding space can be assigned.

Here, a case of a group management control device using the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 will be described for comparison. In the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, after the number of people in the group and the destination floor are registered, a process of searching for a boarding machine that can be boarded by the group and further searching for a boarding machine that can be dispatched to the registered floor is performed. For this reason, a machine in which the number of registered groups cannot be assigned by the user pressing the group scale definition key may be found after the user registers the destination floor. In this case, it is considered that the user is instructed to reduce the number of people in the group and re-register, but Patent Document 1 shows how many people in the group should be assigned the boarding machine. I wasn't. In addition, since the number of users boarding the Unit is changing from moment to moment, the group management control device using the technology disclosed in Patent Document 1 can board after the number of groups and the destination floor are registered. While searching for a machine, it is easy to find a machine that can be boarded and it takes time to assign the boarding machine to the call. Since the group management control device using the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 allocates based on the group size, it takes time to display the boarding number in order to calculate the number of machines that can be boarded after registering the group size. As a result, the usage time of the destination floor registration device per group increased, and the usage efficiency and operation efficiency decreased. In addition, in the process of searching for a machine that can be boarded by a group after the number of people in the group and the destination floor are registered, a time lag is likely to occur until the machine that can be boarded is shown to the user. For this reason, in an environment where a large number of users are waiting for registration at the time of congestion or the like, it is not possible to guide the users smoothly.

On the other hand, in the present embodiment, the boarding candidate unit is assigned to the remaining allowable number of people button 12a before the user registers the call in the call registration device 10. Therefore, the boarding machine allocation unit 34a can assign the boarding machine simply by selecting the boarding candidate machine assigned to the remaining allowable number button 12a selected by the user. Therefore, when the call is registered in the call registration device 10, the boarding machine is immediately selected from the boarding candidate machines, and the machine 50 is dispatched to the registration floor. As a result, the waiting time until the boarding machine is assigned to the call is reduced, and the convenience of the user is improved. In addition, since the time from when the call is registered until the boarding machine number display unit 14 displays the boarding machine number code is also reduced, the user can be guided smoothly. Although not shown in this configuration, if there is only one boarding candidate machine or there is no boarding candidate machine, the boarding number machine may be immediately displayed by the call registration device 10 after the call registration, or it may be displayed that there is no boarding number machine.

Further, the remaining allowable number of people button 12a is provided for each remaining allowable number of people. Therefore, for example, a user who wishes to board Unit 50 in a group confirms the remaining allowable number of people who can board in the group, and if he / she is in a hurry, selects the remaining allowable number of people button 12a, which is slightly smaller than the number of people in the group. If you want to move in a comfortable riding space, you can press the remaining allowable number button 12a selected according to your purpose, such as selecting the remaining allowable number button 12a, which is slightly larger than the number of people in the group. In addition, it is better for urgent passengers to select the allowable number button, which is slightly smaller than the number of people in the group, because the larger the desired remaining allowable number, the smaller the number of candidates for the boarding candidate, so it will arrive first. This is because there is a high possibility that the unit will not be assigned to the passengers and the waiting time will be long.

Further, since the remaining allowable number of people button 12a is provided for each remaining allowable number of people, the user does not have to take the trouble of pressing the group key for the correct number of users after pressing the conventional group key. May be good. In addition, in the case of a conventional system in which the number of people is entered by diverting the button of the numeric keypad for registering the destination floor, the existing concept that the numeric keypad is a function for registering the destination floor allows the number of remaining users to remain. There is a concern that it is difficult to intuitively understand how to enter the remaining allowable number of people when selecting how many people want to board a machine. However, as shown in the present embodiment, there is a remaining allowable number of people button 12a in addition to the destination floor registration button 13a, so that the user can intuitively select whether he / she wants to board a machine having a remaining allowable number of people or more. Can be done. Furthermore, the operation time when selecting a single digit number of people can be shortened.

The boarding machine allocation unit 34a assigns a call to one of the boarding candidate machines whose remaining allowable number of people is equal to or greater than the number desired by the user who registered the call, and sets the boarding candidate machine to which the call is assigned as the boarding machine. Therefore, a boarding machine having a boarding space for the remaining allowable number of people specified by the remaining allowable number of people button 12a selected by the user is assigned to the call. In other words, depending on the situation of each user, such as a machine that has a long waiting time but has plenty of boarding space, and a machine that has a short waiting time but does not have enough boarding space, each user can set the allowable number of people remaining. Since it can be selected, the usability of the user is improved.

Further, for example, when the number of people in a group of users who want to use in a group is larger than the number of people indicated by the remaining allowable number of people button 12a, the users can register the number of people in the group appropriately. For example, if you are in a hurry, you can move in multiple groups. Therefore, the user has a high degree of freedom of choice when registering the number of people in the group.

In addition, a single user can register a call simply by selecting the destination floor registration button 13a without selecting the remaining allowable number of people button 12a. Therefore, a single user can register the destination floor without extra effort, and the convenience of the single user is improved.

In the first embodiment, all the remaining allowable number of people buttons 12a are displayed. Therefore, the remaining allowable number of people button 12a is displayed on the call registration device 10 as an actual button different from the button virtually displayed on the touch panel or the like. It may be provided as a keypad or the like). Further, the destination floor registration button 13a may also be provided as an actual button. Further, if the number of units installed in the building is small, the boarding unit display unit 14 may be provided as, for example, a lamp for lighting the unit code of the unit assigned as the boarding unit.

Further, the capacity of Unit 50 is, for example, 20 people, and even if the remaining allowable number of people can be selected up to 20 for the remaining allowable number of people button 12a, the remaining allowable number of people is almost the same as the maximum number of people at the time of congestion. Once selected, users other than the selected user will not be able to board Unit 50 indefinitely. Therefore, in the case of congestion or the like, the remaining allowable number of people that can be selected with the remaining allowable number of people button 12a may be reduced. As a result, even other users can board the Unit 50. In other words, the elevator side monitors the overall usage status and determines the remaining allowable number of people that can be selected for the next user, so that the elevator side can move comfortably and smoothly according to the usage status of the entire building. You can adjust the balance of movement.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, the elevator according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the elevator according to the first embodiment, all the remaining allowable number of people buttons 12a are displayed on the call registration device 10. In the elevator according to the second embodiment, the display content of the remaining allowable number of people button 12a displayed on the call registration device 10 is changed.

<Example of internal configuration of group management control device and call registration device>
FIG. 8 is a functional block diagram showing an example of internal configurations of the group management control device 3A and the call registration device 10.

The unit allocation unit 33A included in the group management control device 3A includes an input information output instruction unit 33c in addition to the number calculation unit 33a and the boarding candidate unit allocation unit 33b according to the first embodiment.
The boarding candidate machine allocation unit 33b allocates a boarding candidate machine for each remaining allowable number of people button 12a.

The input information output instruction unit 33c instructs the remaining allowable number selection unit 12 to display that only the remaining allowable number button 12a to which the boarding candidate machine is assigned can be input. Therefore, the remaining allowable number selection unit 12 displays only the remaining allowable number button 12a to which the boarding candidate number is assigned according to the instruction from the input information output instruction unit 33c. Further, the input information output instruction unit 33c gives an instruction to display the destination floor registration button 13a on the destination floor registration unit 13. The remaining allowable number of people button 12a and the destination floor registration button 13a are examples of registration information displayed on the touch panel display for the user to register as call information. The remaining allowable number selection unit 12 that receives the instruction from the input information output instruction unit 33c displays the remaining allowable number button 12a, and the destination floor registration unit 13 displays the destination floor registration button 13a. That is, the remaining allowable number of people button 12a to which the boarding candidate machine is not assigned is not displayed. Further, after pressing the destination floor registration button 13a, the remaining allowable number of people button 12a is displayed, and only the remaining allowable number of people button 12a to which the boarding candidate machine is assigned according to the input destination floor can be input. May be good. In this case, the boarding candidate machine allocation unit 33b allocates the boarding candidate machine to the remaining allowable number of people button 12a for each combination of the boarding floor and the destination floor. Further, in the case of this configuration, since the remaining allowable number of people button 12a that the user wants to press may not be displayed, a cancel button that can cancel the input of the destination floor that was pressed earlier may be provided.

<Example of screen configuration of call registration device>
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a display screen of the call registration device 10.

On the upper side of FIG. 9, the allocation status of users to Units 50 of Units A to C described with reference to FIG. 2 is shown. The upper side of FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the allocation status of each unit 50 for explanation, and is not displayed on the display screen of the call registration device 10.
On the middle side of FIG. 9, a display example of the call registration device 10 similar to that of FIG. 2 is shown. However, in the present embodiment, the 4-person button and the 5-person button to which the boarding candidate unit is not assigned are grayed out or hidden so that the user cannot select them. Therefore, the user can select the remaining allowable number of people button 12a according to the number of people in the group and the purpose from the two-person button and the three-person button displayed in a selectable manner. For example, since the 4-person button and the 5-person button are not displayed, all the elevators in the group management group are being used. If you select the less two-person button, the number of candidate rides will increase, and it is more likely that you will be able to get on the elevator sooner.
On the lower side of FIG. 9, a display example is shown in which the boarding machine number display unit 14 displays the machine number code of the boarding machine assigned to the call.

<Example of processing of group management control device>
Next, an example of processing of the group management control device 3A will be described with reference to FIGS. 10 and 11.
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of a process of allocating a boarding candidate machine to the remaining allowable number of people button 12a and displaying the remaining allowable number of people button 12a.

Since steps S21 and S22 in FIG. 10 are the same processes as steps S1 and S2 shown in FIG. 6, description thereof will be omitted. However, between steps S22 and S23, the boarding candidate machine allocation unit 33b writes the boarding candidate machine assigned to the remaining allowable number of people button 12a to the number storage unit 35, and further writes the boarding candidate machine to the input information output instruction unit 33c. Notify the assigned remaining allowable number of people button 12a.

After step S22, the input information output instruction unit 33c calls an instruction to display the remaining allowable number button 12a to which the boarding candidate number is assigned on the remaining allowable number selection unit 12 according to the notification of the boarding candidate machine allocation unit 33b, and is a registration device. Output to 10. Upon receiving the instruction, the remaining allowable number selection unit 12 displays only the remaining allowable number button 12a to which the boarding candidate machine is assigned (S23), and ends this process. The destination floor registration unit 13 displays the destination floor registration button 13a regardless of this process.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an example of a process of assigning a boarding machine to a registered call.

Since steps S31 and S32 of FIG. 11 are the same processes as steps S11 and S12 shown in FIG. 7, detailed description thereof will be omitted.
After step S32, the boarding machine number allocation unit 34a selects a boarding machine from the boarding candidate machines assigned to the remaining allowable number button 12a selected by the user (S33). In the process according to the first embodiment, since the user selects an arbitrary remaining allowable number button 12a from all the remaining allowable number buttons 12a, the remaining allowable number button 12a to which the boarding candidate is not assigned is selected. There are times. Therefore, as shown in step S13 of FIG. 7, the boarding machine allocation unit 34a needs to determine whether or not there is a boarding candidate machine assigned to the remaining allowable number button 12a selected by the user. On the other hand, in the second embodiment, since only the remaining allowable number of people button 12a to which the boarding candidate machine is assigned is displayed, it is not necessary to determine whether or not there is a boarding candidate machine.

After step S33, the boarding machine output indicating unit 34b causes the boarding machine display unit 14 of the call registration device 10 to display the boarding machine number code (S34). Further, the boarding machine number allocating unit 34a adds a second set value, which is the number of people corresponding to the remaining allowable number of people button 12a selected by the user, to the number of people assigned to the boarding machine stored in the number storage unit 35 ( S35).

In the elevator 1 according to the second embodiment described above, only the remaining allowable number of people button 12a to which the boarding candidate unit is assigned is displayed on the call registration device 10. That is, the number of the remaining allowable number of people buttons 12a displayed on the call registration device 10 changes according to the remaining allowable number of people of each unit. Therefore, the user can easily determine the number of remaining allowable number of people who can receive the allocation of the unit (vehicle allocation service) by the displayed remaining allowable number of people button 12a. As a result, it is possible to eliminate the trouble of selecting the number of people button many times until the elevator that can be boarded is displayed, and the usability of the user is improved.

Further, if the number of users close to the capacity is already assigned to all the units, all the remaining allowable number buttons 12a are hidden and cannot be selected. Even in this case, if about one user can board at any of the machines, the destination floor registration button 13a is displayed, so that each user can register the destination floor one by one. can. However, if the same number of users as the capacity is already assigned to all the units, the destination floor registration button 13a is also hidden or grayed out. In this case, the call registration device 10 displays a message prompting the user to wait for registration for a while. After waiting, when it becomes possible to assign a call to the unit, the remaining allowable number of people button 12a and the destination floor registration button 13a are displayed again so that they can be selected. However, if it is possible to assign depending on the destination direction other than the end floor, the call registration device 10 may display the destination floor registration button 13a to indicate that only the direction that cannot be assigned cannot be registered.

[Third Embodiment]
Next, the elevator according to the third embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the elevator 1 according to the second embodiment, only the remaining allowable number of people button 12a to which the boarding candidate No. is assigned is displayed on the call registration device 10. In the elevator 1 according to the third embodiment, among the remaining allowable number buttons 12a to which the boarding candidate units are assigned, the remaining allowable number button 12a according to the group scale is displayed on the call registration device 10.

<Example of internal configuration of group management control device and call registration device>
FIG. 12 is a functional block diagram showing an example of internal configurations of the group management control device 3A and the call registration device 10A.

The elevator 1 according to the third embodiment includes a call registration device 10A.
The call registration device 10A includes a group scale detection unit 15 and a button output instruction unit 16 in addition to the registration device camera 11, the remaining allowable number of people selection unit 12, the destination floor registration unit 13, and the boarding machine display unit 14 described above.

The registration device camera 11 photographs a user who registers a call in the call registration device 10. Then, when the registration device camera 11 detects the user, the registration device camera 11 outputs the captured image as the user's detection information to the group scale detection unit 15.

The group size detection unit 15 detects the group size of the group to which the user belongs based on the detection information of the user. The group scale detection is performed by analyzing the image taken by the registration device camera 11 by the group scale detection unit 15. The group size is the number of people who allow an error of about 1 person with respect to the number of people in the group. For example, when the number of people in a group is 3, the group size can take a value having a range of about 2 to 3 people. The image taken by the registration device camera 11 may be transmitted to the call information collecting unit 31 in parallel with the process of being output to the group scale detection unit 15. Here, the camera may use various sensors such as a millimeter wave sensor.

When the group scale detection unit 15 detects the group scale, for example, the behavior patterns of a plurality of users in front of the call registration device 10, the distance of each user, and the face when each user is talking to each other. Use the orientation, the user's ID card, the user identification information read from the mobile terminal, etc.

The button output instruction unit 16 is based on the group scale detected by the group scale detection unit 15 among the remaining allowable number of people buttons 12a that the input information output instruction unit 33c of the unit allocation unit 33A has instructed the remaining allowable number selection unit 12 to display. , The remaining allowable number of people button 12a to be displayed on the call registration device 10 is selected, and an instruction to display the selected remaining allowable number of people button 12a as a registerable display is given to the remaining allowable number of people selection unit 12. The remaining allowable number selection unit 12 displays the remaining allowable number button 12a instructed by the button output instruction unit 16.

While one member of the group is registering a call, other users of the group are often away from the front of the call registration device 10. However, if all members of the group are not in front of the call registration device 10, the group scale detection unit 15 may not be able to determine the group scale from the image taken by the registration device camera 11. Therefore, the group scale detection process by the group scale detection unit 15 and the process by which the boarding machine number allocation unit 34a calculates the group size of the group including the user who registered the call based on the image taken by the landing camera 22. It may be used together. Then, when the second set value associated with the remaining allowable number selection unit 12 registered by the call registration device 10 and the calculated group size are different from each other, the boarding machine number allocation unit 34a is photographed by the boarding camera 22. The second set value to be added to the number of people after allocation may be corrected by the number of people of the group scale calculated from the image.

<Example of processing of call registration device>
Next, an example of processing of the call registration device 10A will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing an example of processing performed by the call registration device 10A.

First, the group scale detection unit 15 detects the group scale of the group including the user from the image taken by the registration device camera 11 (S41). Next, the button output instruction unit 16 gives an instruction to display only the remaining allowable number of people button 12a according to the detected group scale on the remaining allowable number of people selection unit 12. Then, the remaining allowable number selection unit 12 displays only the remaining allowable number button 12a instructed by the button output instruction unit 16 (S42).

Next, the remaining allowable number selection unit 12 transmits information including the remaining allowable number button 12a selected by the user to the group management control device 3 (S43), and ends this process. It should be noted that the call information including the remaining allowable number button 12a selected by the user, the number button registered by the destination floor registration button 13a, and the destination floor is transmitted to the group management control device 3 in another embodiment. This is the same as the processing of the call registration device 10.

In the elevator 1 according to the third embodiment described above, the group size of the group including the user is detected from the image taken by the registration device camera 11, and only the remaining allowable number of people button 12a according to the group size is called and registered. It is displayed on the device 10A. Therefore, even if the number of users on the Unit 50 is small, a large number of the remaining allowable number of people buttons 12a are not displayed. As a result, the user can easily select the remaining allowable number of people button 12a according to the number of people in the group.

The group scale detection unit 15 detected the group scale based on the image taken by the registration device camera 11. However, the group scale detection unit 15 may detect the group scale based on the information detected by sensors other than the registration device camera 11 (information detected by the load sensor 54 arranged on the floor, etc.).

Further, the call registration device 10A may include the group scale detected by the group scale detection unit 15 in the call information and transmit it to the group management control device 3A. In this case, the boarding machine number allocation unit 34a may use the group scale as the second set value after allocation in the process of step S35 of FIG.

Further, the remaining allowable number of people selection unit 12 may display at least including the remaining allowable number of people button 12a instructed by the button output instruction unit 16. The remaining allowable number selection unit 12 may display, for example, the remaining allowable number button 12a of about plus or minus 2 with respect to the remaining allowable number button 12a instructed by the button output instruction unit 16.

[Fourth Embodiment]
Next, the elevator according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the elevator 1 according to each of the above-described embodiments, the remaining allowable number of people button 12a and the destination floor registration button 13a are displayed on the call registration device 10. In the elevator 1 according to the fourth embodiment, additional information is further displayed on the call registration device 10.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a display screen of the call registration device 10.
The call registration device 10 includes an additional information display unit 17 in addition to the registration device camera 11 included in the call registration devices 10 and 10A, the remaining allowable number of people selection unit 12, the destination floor registration unit 13, and the boarding machine display unit 14.

The additional information display unit 17 displays the status of the boarding candidate machine assigned to the remaining allowable number button 12a as additional information together with the remaining allowable number button 12a displayed by the remaining allowable number selection unit 12. At this time, the additional information display unit 17 displays the waiting time display icon 17a and the boarding candidate machine display icon 17b on the call registration device 10.

The waiting time display icon 17a represents the waiting time required for the unit 50 to arrive at the registration floor with a progress bar for each remaining allowable number button 12a that can be selected by the user. If the progress bar is displayed short, it means that it takes a short time for the No. 50 of the candidate boarding machine assigned to the remaining allowable number of people button 12a to arrive at the registered floor. In the example of FIG. 14, it can be seen that the boarding candidate machine assigned to the two-person button arrives at the registration floor earlier than the boarding candidate machine assigned to the three-person button. The waiting time itself may be displayed instead of the progress bar.

The boarding candidate machine display icon 17b displays the machine number code of the boarding candidate machine assigned to the remaining allowable number of people button 12a. In the example of FIG. 14, it can be seen that Units A and B were assigned to the two-person button as boarding candidate units, and Unit A was assigned to the three-person button as boarding candidate units.

In the elevator according to the fourth embodiment described above, additional information is displayed by the additional information display unit 17, so that the user selects the remaining allowable number of people button 12a with the waiting time and the boarding candidate unit as a guide. can do. Therefore, when the user wants to get on the No. 50 early, he / she selects the remaining allowable number button 12a to which the candidate No. 50 with a short waiting time is assigned, and if he / she can get on the No. 50 late, he / she has a long waiting time. It is possible to determine to select the remaining allowable number of people button 12a to which the candidate machine is assigned. In addition, this display enables users who intend to use the elevator in a group to determine whether to board in groups in order to arrive at the destination floor earlier, and the degree of freedom of selection of the users can be increased. As a result, if there is no unit that exceeds the remaining allowable number of people that the user wants to board, if the user divides the group and selects the remaining allowable number of people for each divided group, he / she wants to board without dividing the group. Since the number of passengers on one unit increases compared to the case where the user waits for the remaining allowable number of units, it can be expected that the transportation efficiency per unit will be improved.

[Fifth Embodiment]
Next, the elevator according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the elevator 1 according to each of the above-described embodiments, the call is registered by the user selecting the remaining allowable number of people button 12a and the destination floor registration button 13a in this order. In the elevator 1 according to the fifth embodiment, the user registers the call by selecting the destination floor registration button 13a and the remaining allowable number of people button 12a in this order.

<When the registered floor where the call occurred is different>
In each of the above-described embodiments, it has been described how the remaining allowable number of people button 12a displayed on the call registration devices 10 and 10A is selected by paying attention only to a specific registration floor. However, calls may be registered on different registration floors. If the user has already registered the call on a different registration floor, it is necessary to change the boarding candidate machine assigned to the remaining allowable number of people button 12a displayed on the call registration device 10 for each destination floor. Therefore, the state when the call is registered on different registration floors will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing how calls are registered on different floors. In FIG. 15, each floor from the 1st floor to the 7th floor is displayed. The floor on which the humanoid icon is displayed in the figure represents the registration floor on which the user registers the call, and the arrow extending from the humanoid icon to another floor represents the destination floor. One humanoid icon represents one user. Further, the plurality of humanoid icons displayed on the first floor indicate that they are one group.

As shown in the explanatory diagram (1) on the left side of FIG. 15, after one user registers the 6th floor as the destination floor on the 4th floor, a group of 2 users on the 1st floor goes to the 3rd floor. Consider the case of registering as a floor. In this case, the user who registers the call on the first floor and the user who registers the call on the fourth floor do not ride on the same unit 50. Therefore, when the user registers the 3rd floor as the destination floor on the 1st floor, one user who rides from the 4th floor has already been assigned to the unit 50 assigned to one user who rides from the 4th floor. There is no need to consider it as the number of people.

Next, as shown in the explanatory diagram (2) on the right side of FIG. 15, after one user inputs the sixth floor as the destination floor on the fourth floor, there are seven users in one group on the first floor. Consider the case where the floor is entered as the destination floor. In this case, if the same unit 50 is assigned to the user who registers the call on the 1st floor and the user who registers the call on the 4th floor, he / she will ride between the 4th floor and the 6th floor. Therefore, when the user registers the 7th floor as the destination floor on the 1st floor, one user who rides from the 4th floor has already been assigned to the unit 50 assigned to one user who rides from the 4th floor. It needs to be considered as the number of people.

Therefore, the number of people calculation unit 33a in the present embodiment calculates, for each unit, the predicted value of the remaining allowable number of people until the boarding unit is dispatched to each floor, based on the call information already assigned to the unit. In addition, the boarding candidate machine allocation unit 33b is among the predicted values that fluctuate from the registered floor to the dispatch floor for each combination of the registration floor where the call is registered and the vehicle allocation floor to which the unit is dispatched. Based on the minimum remaining allowable number of people, a machine having a minimum remaining allowable number of people equal to or larger than the number indicated by the remaining allowable number of people button 12a is assigned to the remaining allowable number of people button 12a as a boarding candidate machine. Further, the boarding machine allocation unit 34a identifies the registration floor and the destination floor based on the call information, and is assigned to the selected remaining allowable number button 12a, and is a boarding candidate in the case of the combination of the specified registration floor and the destination floor. Allocate the boarding machine from the number.

For example, as in the example shown in FIG. 15, since one user on the 4th floor is inputting the 6th floor as the destination floor, the unit 50 assigned to the user on the 4th floor is 1 The minimum number of people remaining from the floor to the 4th floor is 5, and if the 1st floor is the registration floor and the 2nd to 4th floors are the dispatch floors, the 2nd floor is the registration floor and the 3rd and 4th floors are the dispatch floors. In the combination of the registered floor on the 3rd floor and the dispatch floor on the 4th floor, the minimum remaining allowable number of units assigned to the users on the 4th floor is 5. Therefore, the unit 50 assigned to the user on the 4th floor is assigned to the 2-person button to the 5-person button of the remaining allowable number of people button 12a as a boarding candidate unit in the case of the combination of the registration floor and the vehicle allocation floor described above.

In addition, when the 1st to 4th floors are registered floors and the 5th to 7th floors are a combination of vehicle allocation floors, the minimum value of the remaining allowable number of people in the case of the above combination of Unit 50 assigned to the users on the 4th floor is 4. It is a person, and the minimum remaining allowable number of people is four. Therefore, the unit 50 assigned to the user on the 4th floor is a combination of the 2 to 4 person buttons of the remaining allowable number of people button 12a, the 1st to 4th floors are the registration floors, and the 5th to 7th floors are the vehicle allocation floors. It is assigned as a candidate boarding machine in. In this way, all the units are assigned to the remaining allowable number of people button for each combination of the registration floor and the dispatch floor.

Then, for example, in the case of the explanatory diagram (2) of FIG. 15, input of call information including information that the first floor is the registration floor and the seventh floor is the destination floor and the selection information of the remaining allowable number of people button is assigned to the boarding machine. The boarding machine is assigned from the boarding candidate machines in the case where the 1st floor is the registered floor and the 7th floor is the dispatching floor, which is assigned to the selected remaining allowable number of people button. Therefore, if the user has selected the 5-person button, the machine 50 already assigned to the user on the 4th floor is not a candidate boarding machine.

As explained above, based on the call information already assigned to the unit, by assigning the candidate boarding machine to the remaining allowable number of people button 12a for each combination of the registration floor and the vehicle allocation floor, the unit 50 will be assigned to the unit 50 in the middle of the destination floor. Even if the call of the passenger to board is registered, all the users who have registered the call can select the remaining allowable number of people based on the remaining allowable number of people until they arrive at the destination floor.

Further, the destination floor and the number of people in the group are registered in the call registration device 10 in the order of the destination floor registration button 13a and the remaining allowable number of people button 12a. In this case, the boarding machine number allocation unit 34a has one remaining allowable number of people when the remaining allowable number of people button 12a is not selected by a certain time (about several seconds) after the destination floor registration button 13a is selected. The boarding machine may be determined from the above machines, the boarding machine may be assigned to the user, and the number of people assigned to the boarding machine may be updated according to the third set value. Here, the third set value may be one person or a value calculated based on the number of users information analyzed by the boarding machine number allocation unit 34a. Further, the third set value may be a value calculated based on the number of users information only when a specific button is selected. In addition, in order to shorten the operation time, a one-person button or a confirmation button may be provided.

[Modification example]
<Countermeasures against unauthorized use>
It is assumed that a malicious user makes an unauthorized use in which the remaining allowable number button 12a of a plurality of people is selected even though the user is alone. For example, it is unusual that the remaining permissible number button 12a for four people is selected even though it is a midnight time zone where only one or two people are used. Furthermore, if the remaining allowable number button 12a for four people is selected many times during busy times (for example, at the time of going to work or at lunch), all the units 50 will be dispatched only to a specific floor. , Users on other floors will not be able to board Unit 50.

Therefore, the boarding machine allocation unit 34a analyzes the image taken by the registration device camera 11 attached to the call registration device 10 from the call information collected by the call information collection unit 31, and selects the remaining allowable number of people button 12a. Determine if there is a certain amount of difference between the remaining allowable number of people selected by the user and the number of people in the group of usage differences. Then, the boarding machine numbering unit 34a does not allocate the boarding machine when it is determined that there is a difference of a certain amount or more and the selection of the remaining allowable number button is mischievous. At this time, the boarding unit allocation unit 34a may display a message to the effect that the unit 50 will not be dispatched to the boarding unit display unit 14 through the boarding unit output instruction unit 34b.

<Countermeasures against incorrect registration>
Further, even if there is no malicious intent, the user may erroneously select the remaining allowable number of people button 12a. For example, there is a case where one user selects the remaining allowable number of five people button 12a. In this case, the user will see on the call registration device 10 a boarding machine that is different from the machine 50 that should be originally dispatched. Therefore, when a user who erroneously selects the remaining allowable number of people button 12a moves in front of the boarding door 20 of the boarding machine displayed on the boarding machine display unit 14, the machine information collecting unit 32 moves to the landing shown in FIG. The image in front of the landing door 20 taken by the camera 22 is collected. Then, the boarding unit allocation unit 34a analyzes the image from the landing camera 22, calculates the actual number of people in the group, and corrects the allocated number of people of the unit 50 according to the actual number of people in the group.

<Modification example of call registration device>
Further, in each of the above-described embodiments, the screen for registering the remaining allowable number of people and the destination floor and the screen for displaying the boarding number are different. However, these screens may be displayed together. Further, as shown in FIG. 16, the call registration device 10 may be configured by combining actual buttons, lamps, and the like other than the touch panel display.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing another configuration example of the call registration device 10.
On the upper side of FIG. 16, the boarding machine display unit 14 displayed on the touch panel display, the remaining allowable number of people selection unit 12 composed of actual buttons, and the destination floor registration unit 13 are shown. Before the user registers the call, nothing is displayed on the boarding machine display unit 14. When the user registers the call through the buttons of the remaining allowable number selection unit 12 and the destination floor registration unit 13 and the boarding machine is assigned to the call, the boarding machine number display unit 14 shows the boarding machine number code (for example, "A"). ) Is displayed.

On the lower side of FIG. 16, the remaining allowable number of people selection unit 12, the destination floor registration unit 13, and the boarding machine display unit 14 displayed on the touch panel display are shown. Here, the boarding machine display unit 14 is shown between the remaining allowable number of people selection unit 12 and the destination floor registration unit 13. Even in this case, when the boarding machine is assigned to the call registered by the user, the boarding machine number code (for example, “A”) is displayed on the boarding machine display unit 14.

<Other variants>
In each of the above-described embodiments, the registration device camera 11 is installed on the call registration devices 10 and 10A, but the registration device camera 11 may be provided on the wall or ceiling near the call registration devices 10 and 10A. good.

Further, in any of the units, the capacity of the unit 50 was set to 5, and the remaining allowable number of the units 50 was calculated based on the allocated number of people read from the number storage unit 35 by the number calculation unit 33a. However, in order to allow a margin in the Unit 50, a value obtained by multiplying the capacity by the first set value or subtracting the first set value from the capacity may be used as the allowable number of people. For example, the number of people calculation unit 33a may use a value obtained by multiplying the capacity of Unit 50 by 70% and devaluing it as an allowable number of people to be used instead of the capacity. In this case, since the capacity of Unit 50 is 5, 70% of the capacity is 3.5, and the allowable number is calculated to be 3. Then, the number of people calculation unit 33a can calculate the remaining allowable number of people based on the allowable number of people.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and it goes without saying that various other application examples and modifications can be taken as long as the gist of the present invention described in the claims is not deviated.
For example, each of the above-described embodiments describes in detail and concretely the configurations of the apparatus and the system in order to explain the present invention in an easy-to-understand manner, and is not necessarily limited to those including all the described configurations. Further, it is possible to replace a part of the configuration of the embodiment described here with the configuration of another embodiment, and further, it is possible to add the configuration of another embodiment to the configuration of one embodiment. It is possible. It is also possible to add, delete, or replace a part of the configuration of each embodiment with another configuration.
In addition, the control lines and information lines indicate those that are considered necessary for explanation, and do not necessarily indicate all the control lines and information lines in the product. In practice, it can be considered that almost all configurations are interconnected.

1 ... Elevator, 3 ... Group management control device, 10 ... Call registration device, 12 ... Remaining allowable number of people selection unit, 13 ... Destination floor registration unit, 14 ... Boarding machine display unit, 33 ... Unit allocation unit, 33a ... Number of people calculation unit , 33b ... Boarding candidate machine allocation unit, 33c ... Registration information output instruction unit, 34 ... Call allocation unit, 34a ... Boarding machine number allocation unit, 34b ... Boarding machine output instruction unit, 35 ... Number of people storage unit, 40 ... Unit control device

Claims (15)

In the group management control device that controls multiple units in group management
For each unit, the number of people who can calculate the remaining allowable number, which is the number of people assigned to the unit, or the number of people assigned based on the number of people, minus the number of people allocated to the unit. Calculation part and
The remaining allowable number of people button indicating the remaining allowable number of people, the boarding candidate number machine allocation unit which allocates the machine which is the remaining allowable number of people more than the number of people indicated by the remaining allowable number of people button as a boarding candidate machine, and
When the remaining allowable number of people button is selected, one of the boarding candidate units assigned to the selected remaining allowable number of people button is determined as the boarding number, and the boarding number assigning unit to which the boarding number is assigned is determined. And, a group management control device. The permissible number of people is a value calculated by multiplying or subtracting the first set value by the maximum number of people.
It is provided with a boarding machine output indicating unit that gives an instruction to output a machine code indicating the boarding machine assigned by the boarding machine assigning unit to a call registration device into which a call of the machine is input.
The boarding machine allocation unit instructs the unit control device that controls the vehicle allocation of the boarding machine to dispatch the boarding machine to the registration floor of the call specified by the call, and the selected remaining unit. The group management control device according to claim 1, wherein the allocated number of people of the boarding machine is updated by a second set value associated with the allowable number of people button. The call registration device is
The remaining allowable number of people selection unit in which the selection information of the remaining allowable number of people button is input, and
Has a destination floor input section where the destination floor is input,
The remaining allowable number selection unit has the remaining allowable number button for each number of people.
The group management control device according to claim 2, wherein the boarding machine allocation unit receives input of call information which is information including the selected remaining allowable number of people button and the input destination floor. The group management control device according to claim 2, wherein the second set value is either the number of people associated with the remaining allowable number of people button in advance or the number of people calculated by the boarding machine number allocation unit. The boarding machine allocation unit obtains information on the number of users from the time when the remaining allowable number button is selected until the user moves to the boarding door of the boarding machine assigned to the user at the landing. The group management control device according to claim 4, wherein the second set value is calculated based on the above. The group management control device according to claim 5, wherein the boarding unit allocation unit analyzes information obtained from a sensor provided at the landing to obtain information on the number of users. Each unit is provided with a number storage unit for storing the allocated number of people, the remaining allowable number of people, and the assigned remaining allowable number of people button.
For each unit, the number calculation unit writes the allowable number of people in the unit and the remaining allowable number calculated based on the allocated number of people read from the number storage unit in the number storage unit.
The boarding candidate machine allocation unit writes the remaining allowable number of people button to which the boarding candidate machine is assigned in the number storage unit.
The boarding machine allocation unit reads the allocated number of people of the boarding machine assigned to the call from the number storage unit, and adds the second set value to the read out allocated number of people. The group management control device according to claim 2, wherein the allocated number of people stored in the number of people storage unit is updated. The second aspect of claim 2, wherein the boarding machine output indicator outputs to the call registration device that the boarding machine has not been assigned when there is no boarding candidate machine assigned to the selected remaining allowable number of people button. Group management control device. It is provided with an input information output instruction unit that gives an instruction that only the remaining allowable number of people button to which the boarding candidate machine is assigned can be input.
The group management control device according to claim 3, wherein the remaining allowable number selection unit displays only the remaining allowable number button to which the boarding candidate number is assigned according to an instruction from the input information output instruction unit. .. The call registration device includes the remaining allowable number of people button displayed by the remaining allowable number of people selection unit, and an additional information display unit that displays the status of the boarding candidate machine assigned to the remaining allowable number of people button as additional information. Item 9. The group management control device according to item 9. The boarding machine allocation section
When the remaining allowable number of people button is not selected and the destination floor is input, or when the remaining allowable number of people button is not selected within a certain period of time after the input of the destination floor is performed. The boarding machine is determined and assigned from the machines having one or more remaining allowable number of people, and the allocated number of the boarding machine is updated according to the third set value.
The third set value is
One person or
A value calculated based on the number of users information obtained during the period from when the user can select the remaining allowable number button to when the user moves to the landing door at the landing of the boarding machine assigned to the user. The group management control device according to claim 3. Based on the call information already assigned to the unit, the number calculation unit calculates a predicted value of the remaining allowable number of people until the boarding unit is assigned to each floor for each floor.
The boarding candidate machine allocation unit is the predicted value until the machine is dispatched from the registration floor to the vehicle allocation floor for each combination of the registration floor where the call is registered and the vehicle allocation floor to which the machine is dispatched. Based on the minimum remaining allowable number of people, which is the minimum value among the above, the number of machines having the minimum remaining allowable number of people equal to or greater than the number indicated by the remaining allowable number of people button is assigned as a boarding candidate number to the remaining allowable number of people button.
In the case of a combination of the specified registration floor and the destination floor, the boarding machine allocation unit identifies the registration floor and the destination floor based on the call information and is assigned to the selected remaining allowable number of people button. The group management control device according to claim 3, wherein a boarding machine is assigned from the boarding candidate machines in the above. In the vehicle allocation control method of the above-mentioned unit performed by the group management control device which controls the group management of a plurality of units,
For each unit, the process of calculating the remaining allowable number of people, which is the value obtained by subtracting the allocated number of people allocated to the unit from the capacity of the unit or the allowable number of people set based on the capacity. When,
A process of allocating the remaining allowable number of people, which is equal to or greater than the number indicated by the remaining allowable number of people button, to the remaining allowable number of people button as a boarding candidate.
When the remaining allowable number of people button is selected, one of the boarding candidate units assigned to the selected remaining allowable number of people button is determined as the boarding number, and the process of assigning the boarding number is performed. Vehicle allocation control method including. In an elevator where multiple units run
A call registration device for inputting the call of the unit, a group management control device for group management and control of the running of a plurality of the units, and a group management control device provided for each unit to control the vehicle allocation of the unit according to the instruction of the group management control device. Equipped with a unit control device
The call registration device registers the call of the unit in the group management control device when only the destination floor is input, or when the selection information of the remaining allowable number of people button and the destination floor are input.
The group management control device is
For each unit, the number of people who can calculate the remaining allowable number, which is the number of people assigned to the unit, or the number of people assigned based on the number of people, minus the number of people allocated to the unit. Calculation part and
A boarding candidate machine number allocation unit that allocates the machine, which is the number of people remaining tolerable, which is equal to or greater than the number of people indicated by the remaining allowable number button, as a boarding candidate machine to the remaining allowable number of people button.
When the remaining allowable number of people button is selected, one of the boarding candidate units assigned to the selected remaining allowable number of people button is determined as the boarding number, and the boarding number assigning unit to which the boarding number is assigned is determined. And have an elevator. The call registration device is
The remaining allowable number of people selection unit in which the selection information of the remaining allowable number of people button is input, and
The destination floor registration section where the destination floor is entered, and
A user detection unit that detects users and
A group scale detection unit that detects the group scale of the group to which the user belongs based on the detection information of the user, and a group scale detection unit.
A button that selects the remaining allowable number of people button to be displayed on the call registration device based on the detected group scale, and gives an instruction to the remaining allowable number of people selection unit to display the selected remaining allowable number of people button as inputtable. The elevator according to claim 14, further comprising an output indicator.

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