JP2022014627A - Elevator system and landing destination floor registration device - Google Patents

Abstract

To reduce the burden on maintenance staff.SOLUTION: An elevator system includes a plurality of cars 10, a group management control device 30, and a landing destination floor registration device 20. Each car is equipped with a first communication unit that communicates with the landing destination floor registration device 20. The landing destination floor registration device 20 comprises a memory section, a second communication section, a setting section, and a display section. User notification information to be notified to a user is registered in the memory section. The second communication section communicates with the first communication section of each car. Based on information about each car from the first communication section, the setting section generates user notification information indicating a positional relation between each car and the boarding destination floor registration device, and registers the information in the memory section. The display section obtains user notification information about the allocated car notified by the group management control device 30 from the memory section and displays the allocated car and a direction to the allocated car based on the user notification information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

Embodiments of the present invention relate to an elevator system and a landing destination floor registration device.

In recent years, an elevator system equipped with a landing destination floor registration device (HDC: Hall Destination Controller) that can directly specify (register) a destination floor at the landing has been put into practical use. Such an elevator system may be referred to as a destination control system (DCS).

In the destination floor control system, when the destination floor is registered by the user, the best car is selected from multiple cars and the car is made to respond to the landing, and which one is sent to the user. You need to be informed if you should get in the car. At this time, in addition to the information indicating the car to be boarded, the user may be notified, for example, information indicating the walking direction from the landing destination floor registration device (that is, the current location) to the car.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2017-30891 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2016-56017

However, in order to notify the user of the above-mentioned information indicating the walking direction, the maintenance staff accurately grasps the positional relationship between the car and the landing destination floor registration device, and then provides the information indicating the walking direction. It is necessary to manually register in advance with the landing destination floor registration device. This is a laborious task for maintenance personnel, and there is a problem that the amount of work and the work time at the site increase.

An object to be solved by the present invention is to provide an elevator system and a landing destination floor registration device that can reduce the burden on maintenance personnel.

The elevator system according to one embodiment includes a vehicle of a plurality of units, a group management control device for controlling the operation operation of each of the units, and a landing destination floor registration device installed at the landing. Each of the units is equipped with a first communication unit that communicates with the landing destination floor registration device. The group management control device selects the assigned unit of the destination floor hall call registered by the user via the landing destination floor registration device from the plurality of units, and the assigned unit information indicating the selected assigned unit. Is transmitted to the landing destination floor registration device. The landing destination floor registration device includes a storage unit, a second communication unit, a setting unit, and a display unit. User notification information to be notified to the user is registered in the storage unit. The second communication unit communicates with the first communication unit of each of the units. The setting unit generates the user notification information indicating the positional relationship between each unit and the landing destination floor registration device based on the information about each unit transmitted from the first communication unit. Is registered in the storage unit. When the display unit receives the allocation unit information transmitted from the group management control device, the display unit acquires user notification information regarding the allocation unit indicated by the allocation unit information from the storage unit, and obtains the acquired usage. Based on the person notification information, the assigned machine and the direction to the assigned machine are displayed.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration example of an elevator system according to an embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a functional configuration example of the landing destination floor registration device according to the same embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a data structure of user notification information according to the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display example displayed on the landing destination floor registration device according to the same embodiment. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the elevator system according to the embodiment. FIG. 6 is another diagram showing a display example displayed on the landing destination floor registration device according to the same embodiment.

Some embodiments will be described with reference to the drawings.
It should be noted that the disclosure is merely an example, and those skilled in the art can easily conceive of appropriate changes while maintaining the purpose of the invention, which are naturally included in the scope of the present invention. In addition, the drawings may be schematically shown as compared with the embodiments in order to clarify the description, but the drawings are merely examples and do not limit the interpretation of the present invention. Further, in the present specification and each figure, the same reference reference numerals may be given to the components exhibiting the same or similar functions as those described above with respect to the above-mentioned figures, and duplicate detailed description may be omitted.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration example of the elevator system 1 according to the embodiment. In the elevator system 1 according to the present embodiment, the driving operation of a plurality of car 10s is controlled in an integrated manner. Each of the plurality of car 10s may be referred to as "Unit".

As shown in FIG. 1, the elevator system 1 includes a plurality of car cars 10, a landing destination floor registration device 20, and a group management control device 30. Note that FIG. 1 illustrates the three car 10s of Units A, B, and C, but the number of car 10s is not limited to this, and the number of car 10s is two or more. If there is, it may be any number. Further, although FIG. 1 illustrates one landing destination floor registration device 20, the number of landing destination floor registration devices 20 is not limited to this, and the number of landing destination floor registration devices 20 is arbitrary. It doesn't matter.

Each unit 10 is equipped with a communication IC 11 for communicating with the landing destination floor registration device 20. The communication IC 11 is installed in, for example, the car 10. The communication IC 11 communicates with the landing destination floor registration device 20 and transmits the setting information regarding the car 10 to the landing destination floor registration device 20. The setting information is unique information set in advance for each car 10 (communication IC 11), and will be described in detail later, but is associated with the machine information for identifying the car 10 in which the communication IC 11 is installed. Includes location information used to estimate the positional relationship between the car 10 identified by the unit information and the landing destination floor registration device 20. Since the communication IC 11 is an IC for transmitting setting information, it may be referred to as a transmission IC.

The landing destination floor registration device 20 includes a communication IC 21 for communicating with the communication IC 11 installed in each unit 10. The communication IC 21 communicates with the communication IC 11 installed in each unit 10 and receives the setting information transmitted from the communication IC 11 of each unit 10. Although the details will be described later, the landing destination floor registration device 20 estimates the positional relationship between each unit 10 and the landing destination floor registration device 20 based on the setting information received by the communication IC 21, and each unit 10 and the landing. It has a function of registering and holding information indicating a positional relationship with the destination floor registration device 20 as user notification information for notifying the user. Since the communication IC 21 is an IC for receiving setting information, it may be referred to as a receiving IC.

Further, when the landing destination floor registration device 20 accepts the registration of the destination floor of the user according to the operation of the user, the destination floor and the floor on which the registration operation of the destination floor is performed (that is, the landing). A destination floor hall call associated with the installation floor of the destination floor registration device 20) is generated, and this is transmitted to the group management control device 30.

The landing destination floor registration device 20 according to the present embodiment may be a drive-in type landing destination floor registration device for registering a destination floor by pressing a ten key or a floor button indicating a floor, or security. It is a landing destination floor registration device that links the gate and the IC card, and when the IC card is held over to pass through the security gate, the gate-linked landing destination that registers the destination floor recorded in advance on the IC card. It may be a floor registration device.

The group management control device 30 controls the operation operation of each unit 10. When the group management control device 30 receives the destination floor hall call transmitted from the landing destination floor registration device 20, the group management control device 30 selects the assigned unit of the destination floor hall call from the units 10 managed by the group. Execute the process. For example, in the group management control device 30, the time until each unit 10 arrives at the registration floor of the destination floor hall call, the time until each unit 10 arrives at the destination floor of the destination floor hall call, and the entire elevator system. Select the assigned unit by comprehensively considering the operation efficiency. The group management control device 30 controls the operation operation of the unit 10 selected as the allocation unit as a result of the above-mentioned allocation process. As a result of the above-mentioned allocation process, the group management control device 30 transmits the allocation unit information indicating the selected allocation unit to the landing destination floor registration device 20.

Upon receiving the assigned machine information transmitted from the group management control device 30, the landing destination floor registration device 20 notifies the user of the assigned machine indicated by the assigned machine information. According to this, the user can know which unit to board in order to go to his / her destination floor.

In the following, the landing destination floor registration device 20 mainly generates user notification information indicating the positional relationship with each unit 10 based on the setting information transmitted from the communication IC 11 installed in each unit 10. , The function to register and retain this will be explained.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration example of the landing destination floor registration device 20. As shown in FIG. 2, the landing destination floor registration device 20 includes a notification unit 201, a setting information receiving unit 202, a setting unit 203, a user notification information storage unit 204, a call registration unit 205, an assigned machine information receiving unit 206, and a display. The unit 207, etc. are provided.

The notification unit 201 has a function of notifying the group management control device 30 that the setting mode for registering the user notification information has been activated in the user notification information storage unit 204. The activation of the setting mode, that is, the registration of the user notification information is performed at the time of initial setting when the landing destination floor registration device 20 is installed at the landing, or at the time of regular maintenance.

The setting information receiving unit 202 corresponds to one function of the communication IC 21 shown in FIG. The setting information receiving unit 202 has a function of receiving the setting information transmitted from the communication IC 11 of each unit 10. The setting information is for estimating the positional relationship between the vehicle number 10 for identifying the vehicle 10 on which the communication IC 11 is installed, the vehicle number 10 identified by the associated unit information, and the landing destination floor registration device 20. Information including location information used for. The communication IC 21 may include an array antenna in which a plurality of antenna elements are regularly arranged, and the setting information receiving unit 202 uses this array antenna to transmit from the communication IC 11 of each unit 10. You may receive the incoming setting information.

The setting unit 203 has a function of generating user notification information based on the setting information received by the setting information receiving unit 202 and registering the user notification information in the user notification information storage unit 204. Specifically, in the setting unit 203, which of the car 10 identified by the machine information included in the setting information based on the position information included in the received setting information is viewed from the landing destination floor registration device 20. Estimate whether it is located in the direction. For example, the setting unit 203 performs a known arrival direction estimation process using the position information included in the received setting information, and the car 10 identified by the unit information included in the setting information is a landing destination floor registration device. Estimate in which direction it is located when viewed from 20. Examples of the method for estimating the arrival direction include a beamformer method, a Capon method, a linear prediction method, and a MUSIC (Multiple SIgnal Classification) method, but any method may be used.

When the setting unit 203 estimates by the above-mentioned arrival direction estimation process in which direction the car 10 identified by the machine information included in the setting information is located from the landing destination floor registration device 20, the machine is concerned. User notification information in which the information is associated with the direction information indicating the direction in which the car 10 identified by the unit information is estimated to be located is generated, and this is registered in the user notification information storage unit 204. The setting unit 203 executes the arrival direction estimation process for all the received setting information, and generates and registers the user notification information corresponding to each unit 10.

The user notification information storage unit 204 holds (stores) the user notification information generated by the setting unit 203.
Here, a specific example of the data structure of the user notification information will be described with reference to FIG. For example, according to the user notification information I1 shown in FIG. 3, it is shown that the direction of "Unit A" as seen from the landing destination floor registration device 20 is "leftward". Further, according to the user notification information I2 shown in FIG. 3, it is shown that the direction of "Unit B" as seen from the landing destination floor registration device 20 is the "straight direction". Further, according to the user notification information I3 shown in FIG. 3, it is shown that the direction of "Unit C" as seen from the landing destination floor registration device 20 is "right direction". In addition, although FIG. 3 illustrates the case where the direction indicated by the directional information is the left-right direction or the straight-ahead direction, the direction indicated by the directional information may be further subdivided.

When the call registration unit 205 accepts the registration of the destination floor of the user in response to the operation of the user, the destination floor and the floor on which the registration operation of the destination floor is performed (that is, the landing destination floor registration device) It has a function of generating a destination floor hall call associated with the installation floor of 20) and transmitting this to the group management control device 30.

The allocation unit information receiving unit 206 has a function of receiving the allocation unit information transmitted from the group management control device 30.

The display unit 207 acquires the user notification information including the allocation unit indicated by the allocation unit information received by the allocation unit information reception unit 206 as the unit information from the user notification information storage unit 204, and registers this as the landing destination floor. It is displayed on the display of the device 20.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display example of user notification information displayed on the display of the landing destination floor registration device 20. In FIG. 4, it is assumed that the user notification information I1 stored in the user notification information storage unit 204 is acquired by the display unit 207 and the user notification information I1 is displayed on the display. According to this, the user understands that he / she should board "Unit A" to go to his / her destination floor and that he / she should proceed "to the left" to board Unit A. be able to. In FIG. 4, an example is shown in which an arrow pointing to the left is displayed to indicate "to the left", but the mode for indicating the direction is not limited to this, for example, "Please proceed to the left". Message may be displayed.

Next, an example of the operation of the elevator system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The series of operations shown in FIG. 5 is an operation performed to generate user notification information and register it in the user notification information storage unit 204. For example, a landing destination floor registration device 20 is installed at the landing. It is performed at the time of initial setting at the time of, or at the time of regular maintenance.

First, when the setting mode is activated in response to the operation of the maintenance staff, the notification unit 201 of the landing destination floor registration device 20 transmits a setting mode activation notification to the group management control device 30 (step S1). The setting mode activation notification includes floor information indicating the installation floor of the landing destination floor registration device 20 in addition to the fact that the setting mode has been activated.

When the group management control device 30 receives the setting mode activation notification from the landing destination floor registration device 20, the group management control device 30 is instructed to move the car 10 to the installation floor indicated by the floor information included in the setting mode activation notification. Is output to all the units included in the elevator system 1 (step S2).
When all the units included in the elevator system 1 move to the installation floor of the landing destination floor registration device 20 according to the instruction from the group management control device 30 (step S3), the communication IC 11 installed in each unit 10 changes. The setting information is transmitted to the landing destination floor registration device 20 (step S4). The setting information transmitted from the communication IC 11 of each unit 10 is received by the setting information receiving unit 202 (communication IC 21) of the landing destination floor registration device 20.

The setting unit 203 of the landing destination floor registration device 20 selects one of the plurality of units included in the elevator system 1 (hereinafter referred to as the target unit) (step S5), and the setting information from the target unit is input. It is confirmed whether or not the setting information has been received by the setting information receiving unit 202 (step S6).

As a result of the process of step S6, when the setting information regarding the target unit is not received by the setting information receiving unit 202 (No in step S6), the setting unit 203 needs to manually set the user notification information regarding the target unit. Notify the maintenance staff that there is (step S7). Upon receiving the above notification, the maintenance staff manually registers the user notification information regarding the target unit. Specifically, the maintenance staff inputs the unit information of the target unit and the direction information indicating the direction in which the target unit is located as seen from the landing destination floor registration device 20, and uses the user notification information regarding the target unit. Register in the person notification information storage unit 204.

On the other hand, as a result of the processing in step S6, when the setting information regarding the target unit is received by the setting information receiving unit 202 (Yes in step S6), the setting unit 203 is the target based on the received setting information. User notification information regarding the unit is generated, and this is registered in the user notification information storage unit 204 (step S8). Specifically, the setting unit 203 performs a known arrival direction estimation process for determining in which direction the unit (that is, the target unit) identified by the unit information included in the setting information is located from the landing destination floor registration device 20. User notification information is generated in which the unit information indicating the target unit and the direction information indicating the estimated direction are associated with each other, and this is registered in the user notification information storage unit 204.

After that, the setting unit 203 determines whether or not all the units included in the elevator system 1 have been selected as the target units (step S9), and when it is determined that all the units have been selected as the target units (Yes in step S9). ), End the series of operations here.

On the other hand, if it is determined as a result of the process of step S9 that all the units included in the elevator system 1 have not been selected as the target units (No of step S9), the setting unit 203 returns to the process of step S5 described above. , Select the unit that has not been selected as the target unit as the target unit, and perform the same operation again.

The elevator system 1 according to the above-described embodiment receives setting information transmitted from a plurality of car cars 10 provided with communication ICs 11 for transmitting setting information and communication ICs 11 installed in each unit 10. It is equipped with a landing destination floor registration device 20 equipped with a communication IC 21. The landing destination floor registration device 20 estimates in which direction each unit 10 is located when viewed from its own device based on the setting information transmitted from the communication IC 11 of each unit 10, and indicates the estimated direction. It has a function to generate user notification information in which direction information and unit information are associated with each other, and to register and retain the user notification information.

According to this, it becomes possible for the maintenance staff to omit the trouble of manually registering the information corresponding to the user notification information, so that the burden on the maintenance staff can be reduced. That is, it is possible to reduce the amount of work and the work time of the maintenance staff at the site.

Further, when the landing destination floor registration device 20 according to the present embodiment receives the assigned machine information transmitted from the group management control device 30, the user notification information regarding the assigned machine indicated by the assigned machine information is displayed on the display. It has a function to display and notify the user of the assigned machine and the direction (walking direction) to the assigned machine. According to this, the user can grasp not only the assigned machine but also in which direction to proceed in order to get on the assigned machine. That is, it is possible to improve the convenience of the user.

In this embodiment, it is assumed that the communication IC 11 is installed in the car 10, but the installation position of the communication IC 11 is not limited to this, and the communication IC 11 is located near the landing door on each floor (for example, the landing). It may be installed for each unit on the door surface, three-sided frame, etc.). For example, the communication IC 11 has a landing door on the first floor corresponding to Unit A, a landing door on the first floor corresponding to Unit B, a landing door on the first floor corresponding to Unit C, and a landing door on the second floor corresponding to Unit A. It may be installed at the landing door on the second floor corresponding to Unit B, ..., etc. According to this, although the number of communication ICs 11 installed increases, it is not necessary to move all the units to the installation floor of the landing destination floor registration device 20 when generating / registering the user notification information. It is possible to shorten the time required to generate and register notification information.

Further, in the present embodiment, the user notification information is information including the unit information and the direction information, but the user notification information is not limited to this, and the user notification information is the landing of the car 10 identified by the unit information. It may further include image information indicating the position on the map. According to this, for example, it is possible to realize the display as shown in FIG. According to the display example of FIG. 6, the user should board "Unit A" to go to his / her destination floor, and should proceed "to the left" to board Unit A. , The position of Unit A on the landing map (that is, the detailed position of Unit A) can be grasped. That is, according to the display example of FIG. 6, it is possible to cope with the case where a plurality of car cars 10 are installed side by side in the same direction as viewed from the landing destination floor registration device 20. It is possible to further improve convenience.

Further, in the present embodiment, the setting information is information including the unit unit information and the position information, but the setting information is not limited to this, and the setting information may include only the unit unit information. In this case, the setting unit 203 performs a known arrival direction estimation process using the unit information instead of the position information, and in which direction the car 10 identified by the unit information is located when viewed from the landing destination floor registration device 20. Estimate if you are doing it.

In the present embodiment, the communication IC 11 of the car 10 and the communication IC 21 of the landing destination floor registration device 20 are used to estimate the direction of each unit 10 as seen from the landing destination floor registration device 20, but the communication IC 11 The use of the communication IC 21 is not limited to this, and may be used, for example, to calculate the horizontal distance from the landing destination floor registration device 20 to each unit 10. The calculated horizontal distance can be used for the allocation process executed in the group management control device 30, and it is predicted that it will take, for example, for the user to move from the landing destination floor registration device 20 to each unit 10. It may be used to calculate the time to be performed (predicted travel time).

According to the above-described embodiment, the elevator system 1 and the landing destination floor registration device 20 can automatically register user notification information including unit unit information and direction information, and can reduce the burden on maintenance personnel. It is possible to provide.

Although some embodiments of the present invention have been described, these embodiments are presented as examples and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These novel embodiments can be implemented in various other embodiments, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the gist of the invention. These embodiments and variations thereof are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are also included in the scope of the invention described in the claims and the equivalent scope thereof.

1 ... Elevator system, 10 ... Car, 11 ... Communication IC (transmission IC), 20 ... Landing destination floor registration device, 21 ... Communication IC (reception IC), 30 ... Group management control device.

Claims (8)

An elevator system that includes a group management control device that controls the number of passengers of multiple units, the operating operation of each of the units, and a landing destination floor registration device installed at the landing.
Each of the above units is equipped with a first communication unit that communicates with the landing destination floor registration device.
The group management control device selects the assigned unit of the destination floor hall call registered by the user via the landing destination floor registration device from the plurality of units, and the assigned unit information indicating the selected assigned unit. To the registration device on the destination floor of the landing
The landing destination floor registration device is
A storage unit in which user notification information to be notified to the user is registered, and a storage unit.
The second communication unit that communicates with the first communication unit of each of the above units,
Based on the information about each of the units transmitted from the first communication unit, the user notification information indicating the positional relationship between each of the units and the landing destination floor registration device is generated, and this is stored in the storage unit. The setting part to be registered and
Upon receiving the assigned machine information transmitted from the group management control device, the user notification information regarding the assigned machine indicated by the assigned machine information is acquired from the storage unit, and based on the acquired user notification information. A display unit that displays the assigned machine and the direction to the assigned machine, and
Elevator system equipped with. Information on each of the above units is available.
It includes unit information for identifying each of the units and position information used for estimating the positional relationship between each of the units and the landing destination floor registration device.
The setting unit is
Based on the position information, it is estimated in which direction the unit identified by the unit information is located when viewed from the landing destination floor registration device, and the unit information and the direction information indicating the estimated direction are estimated. Generate the user notification information including
The elevator system according to claim 1. The setting unit is
The elevator system according to claim 2, wherein the arrival direction is estimated using the position information, and the direction in which the unit identified by the unit information is located as viewed from the landing destination floor registration device is estimated. The setting unit is
When the information about the predetermined unit cannot be received via the second communication unit, the maintenance staff is notified that the user notification information regarding the predetermined unit needs to be manually registered in the storage unit. The elevator system according to claim 2 or 3. The landing destination floor registration device is
When the setting mode for registering the user notification information in the storage unit is activated in response to the operation of the maintenance staff, the setting mode is activated together with the information indicating the installation floor of the landing destination floor registration device. The elevator system according to any one of claims 2 to 4, which transmits an activation notification to that effect to the group management control device. The group management control device is
The elevator system according to claim 5, wherein when the activation notification sent from the landing destination floor registration device is received, all the units are moved to the floor where the landing destination floor registration device is installed. The user notification information is
In addition to the unit information and the direction information, the image information indicating the position of the unit on the landing map indicated by the unit information is further included.
The display unit is
Upon receiving the assigned machine information transmitted from the group management control device, the user notification information regarding the assigned machine indicated by the assigned machine information is acquired from the storage unit, and based on the acquired user notification information. The assigned machine, the direction to the assigned machine, and the position of the assigned machine on the landing map indicated by the image information are displayed.
The elevator system according to any one of claims 2 to 6. It is a landing destination floor registration device that can communicate with the communication device installed in each of the cars of multiple units and the group management control device that controls the operation operation of each unit.
A registration unit that generates a destination floor hall call including the destination floor of the user and the installation floor of the landing destination floor registration device according to the operation of the user, and transmits this to the group management control device. ,
A storage unit that stores user notification information to be notified to the user,
A communication unit that communicates with the communication device of each unit,
Based on the information about each of the units transmitted from the communication device, the user notification information indicating the positional relationship between each of the units and the landing destination floor registration device is generated and registered in the storage unit. Setting part and
Upon receiving the assigned machine information indicating the assigned machine of the destination floor hall call transmitted from the group management control device, the user notification information regarding the assigned machine indicated by the assigned machine information is acquired from the storage unit, and the user notification information is acquired from the storage unit. Based on the acquired user notification information, a display unit that displays the assigned machine and the direction to the assigned machine, and
A landing destination floor registration device equipped with.

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