JP2022018915A - Group management control device, car allocation control method, and elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

To solve such a problem that allocation is performed to a minimum number of cars when the number of users in one group greater than a capacity of one car is registered, resulting in a long waiting time.SOLUTION: A group management control device 3 comprises: a determination unit 34a that selects a boarding car from a plurality of cars 50 based on an estimated travel time, and determines whether or not the number of registered users registered in a call registration device 10 by a user is greater than a remaining allowable number of users, which is the number of users obtained by subtracting the number of allocated users, which is the number of users already allocated to the boarding car, from a capacity of the boarding car or the allowable number of users set based on the capacity; and a boarding car allocation unit 34b that selects an additional allocation car based on the estimated travel time from among the cars 50 with the remaining allowable number of users greater than or equal to the surplus number of users, which is the number of users obtained by subtracting the remaining allowable number of users for the boarding car from the number of registered users if the determination unit 34a determines that the number of registered users is greater than the remaining allowable number of users for the boarding car, and allocates the boarding car and the additional allocation car to user calls.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 to improve services 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 call generated by the call registration device when the user reserves and registers the destination floor using the call registration device installed at the landing or the entrance / exit of the registration floor. It is possible to assign a unit.

Then, the group management control device controls to display the unit code of the unit to which the call is assigned on the display unit included 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 hold 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.

Japanese Patent Publication No. 2007-518652

In the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, when the number of people in the group registered this time is added to the number of people assigned to the machine to which the user's call has already been assigned, if the number of people in the group exceeds the capacity of the machine as much as possible. Since the number of units was allocated to multiple units so that the number was small, it took a long time for the entire group to arrive at the destination floor. However, users often do not stick to boarding as few units as possible if they want to get to the destination floor as quickly as possible.

The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and rather than controlling to allocate as few units as possible to the users of the group, it is a trip until all the users of the group arrive at the destination floor. The purpose is to dispatch Units so that the time 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 selects a boarding unit from a plurality of units based on the estimated travel time from when the user registers the call of the unit in the call registration device to when the user arrives at the destination floor selected by the user, and board the vehicle. Registration registered by the user in the call registration device rather than the remaining allowable number of people, which is the number of people assigned to the boarding unit, which is the number of people allocated to the boarding unit, subtracted from the number of people allowed to be set based on the number of people or the number of people. If the judgment unit that determines whether or not the number of people is large and the judgment unit determines that the number of registered people is larger than the remaining allowable number of passengers, it is the number of registered passengers minus the remaining allowable number of passengers. It is equipped with a boarding machine allocation unit that selects an additional vehicle numbering machine based on the estimated travel time from the numbering machines that have a remaining allowable number of people equal to or more than the surplus number, and assigns the boarding machine and the additional vehicle numbering machine to the user's call.

According to the present invention, the travel time until all the users of the group arrive at the destination floor is shorter than the control of allocating as few units as possible to the users of the group.
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 apparatus and the call registration apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. 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 figure which shows the structural example of the number storage part which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the process which assigns the boarding machine to the call which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the modification of the boarding machine display part 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 apparatus and the call registration apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the process performed by the call registration apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the processing when the registration floor which generated the call which concerns on each embodiment of this invention is different. 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 duplicate description will be omitted.

[First Embodiment]
<Overall configuration of the 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 eight elevators 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 machine codes "A", "B", ..., "H" for identifying the eight machines 50 are assigned to each machine. In the present embodiment, the number of the unit 50 is eight, 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 the unit 50. The user can register (or input) the number of users and the destination floor in the unit 50 as a call through the call registration device 10. The call registration device 10 is 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. Further, on each floor where the unit 50 arrives, a hold door 20, a destination direction lantern 21, and a hall camera 22 are provided for each unit.

The call registration device 10 is provided with a number registration unit 12 capable of registering the number of people in a group and a destination floor registration unit 13 capable of registering the destination floor. The call registration device 10 registers the call of the unit 50 when only the destination floor is selected, or when the destination floor is selected and the number of groups of a plurality of users is selected. 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 A, there is a destination floor display device 51 that displays the destination floor, a 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 that can photograph the inside of the Unit 50. A camera 53 is installed. At the lower part of the floor surface of the unit 50, a load sensor 54 for detecting the load of the user who got into the unit 50 is installed. Similar to Unit A, the destination floor display device 51, the unit position display device 52, and the load sensor 54 are installed in Units B and H as well as in Unit A.

The elevator control device 2 includes a group management control device 3 and the same number of unit control devices 40 as the eight unit 50s. The group management control device 3 controls a plurality of units in group management. 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 vehicle allocation for each unit according to the instruction of the group management control device 3, and transmits the unit information to the unit information collection unit 32. The unit information includes an image taken by the hall camera 22 in front of the hold door 20 and load information indicating the load of the user output from the load sensor 54.

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

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 the number of users registered in the call registration device 10, registration floor information, and destination floor information. The number of users is one or a group. 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.

When a call occurs, the call information collecting unit 31 collects the call information. Then, the call information collecting unit 31 outputs the number of users, the registered floor information, and the destination floor information included in the call information to the call allocation unit 34.

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 of the unit 50, the destination direction, and the number of users who board the unit 50, which are transmitted from the unit control device 40.

The number storage unit 33 is referred to when the call allocation unit 34 allocates a unit to the call of a user who has registered one person or a group number of people. A detailed configuration example of the number of people storage unit 33 is shown in FIG. 5, which will be described later.

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. Assign the call to the most suitable machine. In the present embodiment, the capacity of Unit 50 or the number of people set based on the capacity is set as the allowable number of people of Unit 50, and the value obtained by subtracting the number of users allocated to Unit 50 from the allowable number of people remains. Allowable number of people.

The call allocation unit 34 refers to the remaining allowable number of people stored in the number storage unit 33, selects a machine having a remaining allowable number of people of 1 or more as a boarding machine, and assigns a call to the boarding machine. 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 drives the unit 50 on the registered floor.

Then, the call allocation unit 34 selects the boarding machine of the user who registered the call in the call registration device 10 based on the destination direction for each unit, the traveling / stopping position, the remaining allowable number of people of the unit 50, and the like, and the boarding unit 34. Assign a call to. 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 runs on 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.

In addition to the registration device camera 11 shown in FIG. 1, the call registration device 10 includes a number registration unit 12, a destination floor registration unit 13, and a boarding machine display unit 14. On the upper side of FIG. 2, a configuration example of the number registration unit 12 and the destination floor registration unit 13 is shown. The number registration unit 12 displays the number registration button 12a capable of registering the number of group members and the large number switching display button 12b on the touch panel display provided in the call registration device 10. Further, the destination floor registration unit 13 displays the destination floor registration button 13a on the touch panel display. The number registration button 12a, the large number switching display button 12b, 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.

Here, for comparison, when the technique 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 (“group”). After registering the number of people), the destination floor will be registered. Since the registration of the number of people in a group is performed by pressing one or two number keys after pressing the group size definition key, it takes time and effort for the user to complete the registration of the number of people in the group. Further, even if the number of people is one digit, it is necessary to register as the number of people of one digit after determining that the second number key is not pressed, and it takes time to complete the registration.

On the other hand, in the call registration device 10 according to the present embodiment, as shown in the middle of FIG. 2, the number registration unit 12 passes through the number registration button 12a provided corresponding to the number of groups of the group to which a plurality of users belong. Register the number of people in a group of 2 to 20 people. The number registration button 12a is a button for users belonging to the group to register the number of people in the group. In the present embodiment, if the number of people in the group is less than 6, it is called a small group, and if it is 6 or more, it is called a large group. A user who wishes to use the elevator 1 in a group registers the corresponding number of people through the number registration unit 12.

On the large number of people switching display button 12b, there is a notation that the number of people registration button 12a that can register the group number of a large group of 6 or more people such as "+6" can be displayed. The user included in the large-group group presses the large-group switching display button 12b to display the number registration button 12a that can register the group number of 6 to 20 people shown in the middle of FIG. Then, the user can register the number of people in the group by pressing the number registration button 12a that can register the number of people in a group of 6 to 20 people.

In this embodiment, the capacity is 25 for any unit. However, in order to allow a margin in the unit 50, a value obtained by multiplying the capacity by a predetermined value or subtracting the predetermined value from the capacity may be used as the allowable number of people. For example, the value obtained by multiplying the capacity of Unit 50 by 80% and rounding up may be used as the allowable number of people to be used instead of the capacity. In this case, since the capacity of Unit 50 is 25 people, 80% of the capacity is 20 people. The 20 people calculated as the allowable number of people is the maximum number of people that can be registered when the number of users on the Unit 50 is 0.

Further, in the number registration unit 12, four number registration buttons 12a capable of registering 2 to 5 people as a group number are displayed on the call registration device 10. In the following description, the number registration button 12a indicated by the icon of two people in the figure is also referred to as a "two person button". Similarly, the number registration 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.

The user can register the number of people in the group and the destination floor by pressing the number registration button 12a and the destination floor registration button 13a selected according to the number of people in the group. In the call registration device 10 according to the present embodiment, the individual number of people and the destination floor are registered in the order of the number registration button 12a and the destination floor registration button 13a. If the user wishes to board the Unit 50 alone, he / she does not have to press the number registration 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 13th floor (top floor) as the destination floor registers the destination floor through the destination floor registration unit 13. 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. However, in the drawing, the description of the destination floor registration button 13a for registering the destination floors on the fourth floor and below is omitted.

A user who wishes to board Unit 50 in one group presses any of the number registration buttons 12a displayed on the number registration unit 12, and then presses any of the destination floor registration buttons 13a of the destination floor registration unit 13. Press. A user who wishes to board the Unit 50 alone may not press the number registration button 12a, but simply press the destination floor registration button 13a.

As shown in the lower part of FIG. 2, in the call registration device 10, instead of the number registration unit 12 and the destination floor registration unit 13, the boarding machine display unit 14 uses the boarding machine number code, the registered destination floor, and the additional vehicle numbering machine. Display the machine code of.

The boarding machine display unit 14 displays the boarding machine and the additional vehicle number assigned by the call assigning unit 34 in the boarding machine display area 14a. In the boarding unit display area 14a, the unit codes of the units A and B assigned as the boarding units are lit. The other Units C to H are not lit because this call is not assigned.

Further, the boarding machine display unit 14 displays the destination floor registered by the call registration device 10 in the destination floor display area 14b. In this example, it can be seen that "8th floor" is registered as the destination floor.
Further, the boarding machine display unit 14 outputs and displays the machine code of the boarding machine or the additional vehicle number assigned by the boarding machine allocation unit 34b (see FIG. 3 described later) of the call allocation unit 34 in the machine display area 14c. For example, since the number of people assigned to Unit B was small, if all the group members registered by the call registration device 10 were assigned to Unit B by the call allocation unit 34, the unit display area 14c would be the number B as a boarding unit. The machine code is displayed. On the other hand, if the number of people assigned to Unit B is large, all the group members registered by the call registration device 10 cannot be assigned to Unit B by the call allocation unit 34, and the surplus number of people is assigned to Unit A. In the unit display area 14c, the unit code of unit A is displayed as an additional vehicle allocation unit.

The unit code of the additional vehicle number may be highlighted in bold, colored, etc. than the unit code of the boarding unit. In addition, the unit code of the additional vehicle number may be displayed together with the unit code of the unit B assigned as the boarding unit. Further, when an additional vehicle dispatching machine is assigned, the number of each of the boarding machine and the number of users who board the additional vehicle dispatching machine may be displayed together with the machine number code.

In the present embodiment, the boarding machine is a machine to which the determination unit 34a shown in FIG. 3, which will be described later, tentatively assigns a call to the assigned number of people in order to temporarily add the registered group number. If the user is a single user, the determination unit 34a temporarily adds one person to the allocated number of people, but if it is described as "temporary addition of the number of people in the group" in the following explanation, one person may be provisionally added. include. The additional vehicle number is different from the boarding unit that is additionally selected in order to allocate a surplus number of people whose expected number of people in the boarding unit exceeds the permissible number of people.

<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.

When the call is registered in 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 information on the number registration button 12a and the destination floor registration button 13a registered by the user.

The call allocation unit 34 included in the group management control device 3 includes a determination unit 34a, a boarding unit allocation unit 34b, and a boarding unit output instruction unit 34c.
The determination unit 34a is a boarding machine in which the predicted travel time is shortened from the plurality of units 50 based on the predicted travel time from the registration of the call of the unit 50 in the call registration device 10 to the arrival at the destination floor selected by the user. Is selected, and it is determined whether or not the number of users registered in the call registration device 10 by the user is larger than the remaining allowable number of passengers of the boarding unit. At this time, the determination unit 34a is used more than the remaining allowable number of people, which is the number of people assigned to the boarding machine, which is the number of people assigned to the boarding machine, subtracted from the number of people assigned to the machine, or the number of people set based on the number of people. It is determined whether or not the number of registered persons registered in the call registration device 10 is large.

In the present embodiment, the determination unit 34a provisionally adds the number of users registered in the call registration device 10 to the assigned number of boarding units selected from the plurality of units to calculate the expected number of people in the unit. .. The determination unit 34a selects the boarding machine from the machines to which other calls registered by other users are already assigned and the directions of the destination floors registered by the call registration device 10 are the same. For example, the determination unit 34a is registered this time if there is a machine to which the call of another user has already been assigned to the user who registered the call this time, and if the call registered this time can be assigned to this machine. This boarding machine is preferentially selected as the machine to which the call is assigned.

Then, the determination unit 34a determines whether or not the number of people in the group registered in the call registration device 10 is larger than the remaining allowable number of people of the boarding unit with reference to the number storage unit 33. In the present embodiment, first, the estimated number of people in the unit is calculated by temporarily adding the number of people in the group registered in the call registration device 10 to the number of people assigned. Then, the determination unit 34a compares the expected number of people in the unit with the allowable number of people, and determines that the number of people in the expected number of units is smaller than the allowable number of people, that is, the number of people in the group is smaller than the remaining allowable number of people in the boarding unit. If so, assign a call to the boarding machine. After that, the determination unit 34a writes in the number storage unit 33 the estimated number of people in the unit, which is obtained by provisionally adding the number of people registered in the call registration device 10 to the allocated number of people corresponding to the boarding unit, with reference to the number storage unit 33. ..

On the other hand, if it is determined that the number of registered users is larger than the remaining allowable number of passengers, that is, if the expected number of passengers in the unit exceeds the allowable number, the determination unit 34a calls another. Look for additional units that can be assigned. Then, if the additional vehicle can carry all the users of the group number, the unit to be additionally distributed is determined for the surplus number of people.

The boarding machine allocation unit 34b collects call information including the registration floor where the call registration device 10 is installed, the number of groups of users registered in the call registration device 10, and the destination floor through the call information collection unit 31. Then, the boarding machine allocation unit 34b specifies the number of people in the group corresponding to the number registration button 12a selected by the user on the registration floor based on the call information collected from the call registration device 10 in which the call is registered.

Then, when the determination unit 34a determines that the number of registered persons is larger than the remaining allowable number of passengers, the boarding machine allocation unit 34b is the number of surplus persons obtained by subtracting the remaining allowable number of passengers from the registered number of passengers. From the number 50, which is the remaining allowable number of people, an additional vehicle number is selected based on the estimated travel time, and the boarding unit and the additional vehicle number are assigned to the user's call. For example, the boarding machine allocation unit 34b may start from a plurality of units based on the predicted travel time when the estimated number of passengers in the boarding machine selected by the determination unit 34a based on the predicted travel time exceeds the allowable number of people in the unit 50. Select an additional vehicle number. Here, the boarding unit allocation unit 34b selects an additional vehicle number from the unit 50 having the same destination floor direction registered by the call registration device 10. Then, the boarding machine allocation unit 34b allocates the number of people to which the allocated number becomes the allowable number (the same number as the remaining allowable number of the registered number) to the boarding machine, and the number of people expected to exceed the allowable number to the additional vehicle numbering machine. Allocate the surplus number of people (surplus number of registered people that exceeds the remaining allowable number).

Further, the boarding unit allocation unit 34b causes the unit control device 40 to dispatch the boarding machine and the additional vehicle dispatching machine to the registration floor where the call is registered. The unit control device 40 instructed by the boarding unit allocation unit 34b drives the unit 50 on the registered floor of the call, and when the user gets on the unit 50, the unit 50 is driven on the registered destination floor. Then, the boarding machine allocation unit 34b updates the allocated number of the boarding machine and the additional vehicle dispatching machine by the set value representing the number of users corresponding to the call assigned to the boarding machine. For example, the boarding unit allocation unit 34b compares the expected number of people in the unit with the allowable number of people, adds the value obtained by subtracting the surplus number from the set value to the allocated number of people, and adds the additional vehicle number allocation unit. The surplus number of people is added to the allocated number of people in the above, and the surplus number of people is added to the allocated number of people of the additional vehicle allocation machine to update the number storage unit 33.

Various methods can be considered for the process in which the determination unit 34a and the boarding unit allocation unit 34b select the boarding unit from a plurality of units. 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 user this time, the determination unit 34a and the boarding machine allocation unit 34b may be used. Priority is given to the same machine as the boarding machine assigned to other users. However, if the destination floor registered by another user is different from the destination floor registered by this user, the waiting time until the Unit 50 is dispatched to this registration floor, another registration floor, or The determination unit 34a and the boarding unit allocation unit 34b take into consideration the stop time of the unit 50 that stops on the destination floor, that is, based on the estimated travel time from the time when the user registers the destination floor to the time when the user arrives at the destination floor. Select the boarding machine.

The boarding unit allocation unit 34b corrects the number of users 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. You may calculate the number of users. For example, a user may erroneously register the number of people in a group. The boarding unit allocation unit 34b calculates the number of groups including the user who registered the call based on the image taken by the hall camera 22, and calculates the number of groups registered by the call registration device 10. It may be corrected with. When this correction is made, the number of people assigned to the boarding machine is updated to the correct number of people in the group, and the number of people assigned to the number storage unit 33 is updated to a value suitable for the actual situation.

Further, the boarding unit allocation unit 34b divides the number of users on the unit 50 by the load of the user detected by the load sensor 54 by the standard weight, and analyzes the image taken by the camera 53 in the unit. It can be calculated. Then, the boarding unit allocation unit 34b compares the allocated number of people stored in the number storage unit 33 with the number of users who actually boarded, and the number of users is excessively or excessively boarded in the unit 50. You can also monitor for it.

The boarding machine output instruction unit 34c gives an instruction to call the boarding machine or the additional vehicle number assigned to the call by the boarding machine allocation unit 34b and output it to the registration device 10. Therefore, the boarding machine display unit 14 of the call registration device 10 displays the boarding machine or additional vehicle dispatching machine to which the boarding machine allocation unit 34b has assigned the call. For example, the boarding machine display unit 14 displays the identification code of the boarding machine (for example, "B" in the case of the B machine), and if there is an additional vehicle dispatching machine, the identification code of the additional vehicle dispatching machine (for example, the A machine). If "A") is displayed. The user who has registered the call in the call registration device 10 can move in front of the boarding machine indicated by the identification code and wait for the arrival of the machine 50.

If the boarding machine allocation unit 34b determines that there is no additional vehicle dispatching machine that can be assigned to the call, the boarding machine is not assigned to the call. For example, the boarding machine allocation unit 34b determines that when the boarding machine specified by the determination unit 34a cannot carry all the members of the group, it is not possible to search for another machine and use it as an additional vehicle numbering machine (surpassing the boarding machine). If there is no unit that has the remaining allowable number of people more than the surplus unit), it is judged that there is no unit that can be assigned to the call. Therefore, the boarding machine output instruction unit 34c gives an instruction to output to the call registration device 10 that the boarding machine has not been assigned to the call. In this case, the user waits in front of the call registration device 10 until the boarding machine is assigned, or selects the number registration button 12a in which the number of people in the group is reduced to re-register the call.

<Computer hardware configuration example>
Next, a hardware configuration example of the computer 60 constituting the group management control device 3 will be described.
FIG. 4 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 out 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, 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 or the like is used. Be done. In the 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 33 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 a 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 configuration of number memory unit>
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the number of people storage unit 33.
The number storage unit 33 is composed of each field of the unit, the capacity, the allowable number of people, the allocated number of people, the expected number of people in the unit, and the remaining allowable number of people. In FIG. 5, only Units A and B are described, and the description of Units C to H is omitted.

“A” and “B” are stored in the unit field as the unit code.
In the capacity field, the capacity of the unit 50 of each unit is stored. In the present embodiment, the capacity of the unit 50 is 25 people regardless of the unit.
In the permissible number of people field, the permissible number of people of the unit 50 of each unit is stored. In this embodiment, 20 people are stored with an allowable number of about 80% of the capacity.

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 may 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 numbering unit 34b after the boarding machine numbering unit 34b allocates a user to the boarding machine.

In the estimated number of people in the unit field, the estimated number of people in the unit is stored in which the determination unit 34a provisionally adds the group number of users acquired from the call information to any of the units to which the assigned number of people is one or more. .. The expected number of people in the unit may be larger than the allowable number.
The remaining allowable number of people field stores the remaining allowable number of people obtained by subtracting the allocated number of people from the allowable number of people. Normally, the sum of the allocated number of people and the remaining allowable number of people is equal to the allowable number of people.

Here, a state of updating the numerical value of the number storage unit 33 at the time of registering the number of people in the group will be described. The updated field of the number storage unit 33 is shown with a shadow.
An example of the number storage unit 33 before the allocation of the boarding unit is shown on the upper side of FIG. Before the allocation of boarding units, it is assumed that the allocated number of people for Unit A is 7 and the remaining allowable number is 13, and the allocated number of Unit B is 19 and the remaining allowable number is 1.

On the middle side of FIG. 5, an example of the number storage unit 33 when the provisional addition of the group number is performed is shown. When, for example, three people are registered as the number of people in the group, the determination unit 34a adds "3" to the expected number of people in the unit B. Whether the call generated on the registered floor is assigned to Unit A or Unit B depends on the estimated travel time of the user, the destination direction of each unit, the current position, and the like. In this example, there is a possibility that tentative addition will be made to both Unit A and Unit B, but it is assumed that the expected number of people in Unit B is tentatively added.

An example of the number storage unit 33 after the allocation of the boarding machine is shown in the lower part of FIG.
When the tentatively added expected number of people in the unit exceeds the permissible number, the boarding unit allocation unit 34b divides the number of people in the group and allocates them to the unit. In this example, the expected number of people in the unit shown in the middle of FIG. 5 is 22 (= 19 + 3), so 2 people are surplus. Therefore, the boarding unit allocation unit 34b divides the number of people in the group into two, one is the number of people whose allocated number is equal to the allowable number of people and the other is the number of surplus people. Then, the boarding unit allocation unit 34b allocates one person to the B unit and two people to the A unit.

The boarding unit allocation unit 34b divides the registered group number of people, allocates the user's call to the A unit and the B unit, and then updates the allocated number of people in the number storage unit 33 and the remaining allowable number of people. Since the boarding unit allocation unit 34b has assigned one person to Unit B, the number of people assigned to Unit B is updated to 20 (= 19 + 1), and the remaining allowable number is updated to 0 (= 1-1). Further, since the boarding unit allocation unit 34b has allocated two people to the A unit, the allocated number of the A unit is updated to 9 (= 7 + 2) and the remaining allowable number is 11 (= 13-2). Then, since the boarding unit allocation unit 34b has updated the remaining allowable number of people to "0", the new call will not be assigned to the B unit until the user who gets on the B unit gets off.

Even when a single user presses the destination floor registration button 13a without pressing the number registration button 12a, "1" is provisionally added to the expected number of people in the machine by the determination unit 34a, and then the boarding machine allocation unit 34b. The B unit whose remaining allowable number of people is "1" or more is selected. When the boarding unit allocation unit 34b allocates the call of the user of the unit B to a single user, "1" is added to the allocated number of people and "1" is subtracted from the remaining allowable number of people.

Further, even if the user registers the call, if the remaining allowable number of people for all the units is 0, the call cannot be assigned to the boarding unit. Alternatively, if one unit has a remaining allowable number of people of 1 or more, but the other unit has a remaining allowable number of 0 people, and if the number of registered groups is large, the remaining allowable number of people is 1 or more. Even if there is, there is no additional vehicle allocation machine that can accommodate the surplus number of people, so it may not be possible to allocate the number of people in the group to the machine with one or more remaining allowable number of people. However, with the passage of time, 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 33 also changes. Therefore, for the users who wish to board in one group, a message prompting them to register the call again after the lapse of a predetermined time is displayed on the call registration device 10.

<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 FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of a process of allocating a boarding machine to a call. This process is mainly performed by each part of the call allocation unit 34.

First, a user who wishes to board Unit 50 in a small group selects and presses the number registration button 12a according to the number of people in the group (S1). If the user is alone, the process of step S1 is skipped.

Next, the user selects and presses the destination floor registration button 13a according to the desired destination floor (S2). Then, the call information corresponding to each button selected in steps S1 and S2 is transmitted from the call registration device 10 and collected by the call information collecting unit 31.

Next, the determination unit 34a refers to the number storage unit 33 and determines whether or not there is an assigned unit (hereinafter, referred to as “allocated unit”) for other users (S3). If there is a machine to which another user has been assigned (YES in S3), the determination unit 34a designates this assigned machine as the machine to be preferentially assigned to the call (hereinafter referred to as "priority allocation machine"). (S4).

The determination unit 34a determines that there is no unit to which another user has been assigned in step S3 (NO in S3), or after designating the priority allocation unit in step S4, evaluates the estimated travel time, and then evaluates the estimated travel time. The machine to be dispatched to the registered floor of the call (hereinafter referred to as "boarding machine") is specified (S5). Next, the determination unit 34a provisionally adds the number of people in the group registered in the call registration device 10 to the expected number of people in the boarding machine specified in step S5 (S6).

Next, the determination unit 34a determines whether or not the expected number of people in the boarding unit is less than or equal to the allowable number (S7). If the expected number of people in the machine is less than or equal to the allowable number (YES in S7), the boarding machine allocation unit 34b determines the boarding machine specified by the determination unit 34a as the machine to be assigned to the call (S8), and calls this boarding machine. To assign.

Then, the boarding machine output instruction unit 34c gives an instruction to display the boarding machine to which the call is assigned by the boarding machine assigning unit 34b 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 (S9).

Further, after step S9, the boarding machine numbering unit 34b adds the registered group number to the assigned number of boarding machine assigned to the call (S10), and ends this process.

On the other hand, if the expected number of people in the unit exceeds the allowable number in step S7 (NO in S7), the boarding unit allocation unit 34b is registered by adding the number to be dispatched (referred to as "additional vehicle allocation"). It is determined whether or not all the members of the group can be carried to the destination floor (S11).

When the entire number of people in the group can be carried to the destination floor by additional vehicle allocation (YES in S11), the boarding machine allocation unit 34b determines the boarding machine specified in step S5 as the machine to be assigned to the call (S12), and assigns this boarding machine to this boarding machine. Assign a call. Next, the boarding machine number allocation unit 34b determines a machine to be additionally dispatched (referred to as "additional vehicle numbering machine") with respect to the surplus number of people (S13), and assigns a call to this additional vehicle numbering machine. The boarding machine allocation unit 34b may determine an additional vehicle allocation machine having a short predicted travel time from the priority allocation machine designated by the determination unit 34a, or may determine an additional vehicle allocation machine having a short predicted travel time from another unit. good.

Then, the boarding machine output instruction unit 34c gives an instruction to display (output) all the boarding machines or additional vehicle dispatching machines to which the call is assigned on the boarding machine display unit 14. At this time, the boarding unit output instruction unit 34c also gives an instruction to highlight the additional unit on the boarding unit display unit 14. Therefore, the boarding machine display unit 14 of the call registration device 10 displays the machine number codes of the boarding machine and the additional vehicle dispatching machine (S14). In addition, the machine code of the additional machine is highlighted.

After step S14, the boarding machine numbering unit 34b adds the number of people in the group to the number of people assigned to the boarding machine assigned to the call (S10), and ends this process.

If, in step S11, the entire number of people in the group cannot be carried to the destination floor even if additional vehicles are dispatched (NO in S11), the boarding machine allocation unit 34b does not assign the boarding machine to the call. Then, the boarding machine output instruction unit 34c displays a message indicating that the boarding machine has not been assigned on the boarding machine display unit 14 (S15), 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 number of people.

The number of people in the group to be added to the number of people assigned in step S10 of FIG. 6 may be a set value. Therefore, the boarding machine number allocation unit 34b updates the allocated number of people according to a set value representing the number of users assigned to the boarding machine. This set value is either the number of people in the group registered by the number registration button 12a or the number of people corrected by the boarding machine numbering unit 34b. The boarding machine allocation unit 34b is set based on the user information obtained by the user who registered the number of people in the group through the number registration button 12a until moving to the hold door 20 of the boarding machine assigned to the user. Is calculated. Therefore, the boarding unit allocation unit 34b analyzes the image taken by the user by the hall camera 22 provided around the hold door 20 to obtain the user information. Further, when the number registration button 12a is not pressed and only the destination floor registration button 13a is pressed, the boarding machine allocation unit 34b assigns the boarding machine to the user with the set value as one person.

In the elevator 1 according to the first embodiment described above, the boarding unit is determined based on the predicted travel time. Here, when the determination unit 34a determines that the number of people in the group is larger than the remaining allowable number of people for the boarding machine, the boarding unit allocation unit 34b determines an additional vehicle number based on the estimated travel time, and the additional vehicle number is added. Allocate a surplus number of people to.

Conventionally, if a unit that can be boarded by all members of the group is not traveling in the direction of the destination floor desired by the user, a call is already assigned and another unit with the opposite destination direction can be boarded. Until then, the number of people in the group could not be registered. For this reason, the waiting time was long because the user was waiting until the Unit 50 returned to the registration floor. However, in the present embodiment, the surplus number of people who cannot get on the unit traveling in the direction of the destination floor desired by the user is allocated to the additional vehicle dispatching unit traveling in the same direction. Therefore, the group of users who have registered the call can be divided into a plurality of Units 50 for boarding. Rather than the conventional control of allocating as few units as possible to the users of the group, in the control according to this embodiment, the waiting time on the registration floor and the arrival at the destination floor of all the users of the group. Travel time will be shorter.

Further, since the unit codes of all the units assigned to the call by the boarding unit assigning unit 34b are displayed, the user can confirm the units that can be boarded separately. Further, the machine code of the additional vehicle number is highlighted on the boarding machine display unit 14. Therefore, it is easy for the user to confirm the additional vehicle number.

Further, a user who uses the elevator 1 in a group may press the number registration button 12a selected according to the number of people in the group. The user does not have to press the group key and then the group scale definition key as in the past, and can intuitively register the number of people in the group.

Further, the boarding machine allocation unit 34b selects a machine having a short predicted travel time from the machines having one or more remaining allowable number of people in response to the call registered by the user, and assigns the machine as the boarding machine. At this time, if the number of people in the group is not reached even if the number of people in the group is added to the number of people assigned, all the number of people specified by the number registration button 12a pressed by the user board the unit 50. Allocate the boarding machine that can be used to the call. Since users can board one Unit 50 together in one group, the usability of users who wish to board in a group is improved.

Further, in the present embodiment, the allowable number of people of Unit 50 is smaller than the capacity. For this reason, the boarding space in the unit is small, and even if the number of people exceeding the allowable number of people (example: capacity x 80%) predetermined for each unit is to be boarded, the user can get on the unit 50 in a packed manner. Is. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5, when Units A and B are dispatched to the registered floor and Unit B arrives first, if there is enough space in the Unit 50 for boarding, all the members of the group will be assigned to Unit B. You may board. In addition, all members of the group may board the Unit A, which arrives later. In either case, the occupancy rate of Unit 50 (allocated number of people / capacity x 100) can be further increased, and the transportation efficiency of the entire elevator 1 is further enhanced.

Further, a single user who does not belong to a group can register a call simply by pressing the destination floor registration button 13a without pressing the number registration button 12a. Therefore, a single user can register the destination floor without extra effort, and the convenience of the single user is improved.

The number registration button 12a provided on the call registration device 10 may be an actual button (keypad or the like) different from the virtually displayed button. 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, for example, as a lamp that lights the unit code of the unit assigned as the boarding unit or the additional vehicle allocation unit in a different color.

Further, the boarding machine numbering unit 34b may arbitrarily change the surplus number of people assigned to the additional vehicle numbering machine. For example, the boarding machine allocation unit 34b allocates the number of people registered in the call registration device 10 so that the number of people allocated to the boarding machine is less than the allowable number, and the additional vehicle number is registered in the call registration device 10. The surplus number may be the number obtained by subtracting the number assigned to the boarding machine from the number of passengers.

<Modification example of boarding machine display>
The boarding machine display unit 14 may display the boarding machine in a form different from the form shown in the lower part of FIG.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a modified example of the boarding unit display unit 14.
As shown in FIG. 2, the boarding machine display unit 14 displays the destination floor registered by the call registration device 10 in the destination floor display area 14b, and the boarding machine and the additional vehicle number assigned by the call assigning unit 34. The machine code of is displayed in the boarding machine display area 14d. In the boarding unit display area 14d, the unit code of the boarding unit or the additional vehicle number is displayed according to the layout of each unit 50 installed in the building, which is the display form of the boarding unit display area 14a shown in FIG. different. The user who has registered the call can confirm the positions of the boarding machine and the additional vehicle dispatching machine by looking at the boarding machine display area 14d, so that it becomes easy to move to the boarding machine and the additional vehicle dispatching machine.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, the elevator according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the elevator 1 according to the second embodiment, the number registration 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. 8 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 second embodiment includes a call registration device 10A.
The call registration device 10A includes a group scale detection unit 16 and a button output instruction unit 17 in addition to the registration device camera 11, the number of people registration 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 image taken as the detection information of the user is output to the group scale detection unit 16.

The group size detection unit 16 detects the group size of the group including the user 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 16. The group size is the number of people who allow an error of about one 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 be 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 16.

When the group scale detection unit 16 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 talks to each other. The direction, the user's ID card, the user identification information read from the mobile terminal, etc. are used.

The button output instruction unit 17 gives an instruction to select and display the number of people registration button 12a displayed on the call registration device 10 according to the group scale detected by the group scale detection unit 16. The number of people registration unit 12 displays the number of people registration button 12a instructed by the button output instruction unit 17.

It should be noted that while one member of the group is registering a call, other users of the group are often at a place away from the front of the call registration device 10. However, unless all members of the group are in front of the call registration device 10, the group scale detection unit 16 cannot 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 16 and the process by which the boarding machine number allocation unit 34b calculates the group scale of the group including the user who registered the call based on the image taken by the hall camera 22. It may be used together. Then, when the group number registered by the call registration device 10 and the group scale are different, the boarding unit allocation unit 34b is the number of people of the group scale calculated from the image taken by the hall camera 22 and is used by the call registration device 10. The number of registered groups may be corrected.

<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. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of processing performed by the call registration device 10A.

First, the group scale detection unit 16 detects the group scale of the group including the user from the image taken by the registration device camera 11 (S21). Next, the button output instruction unit 17 gives an instruction to display only the number of people registration button 12a according to the detected group scale on the number of people registration unit 12. Then, the number registration unit 12 displays only the number registration button 12a instructed by the button output instruction unit 17 (S22).

Next, the number registration unit 12 transmits information including the number registration button 12a pressed by the user to the group management control device 3 (S23), and ends this process. In addition, it is another embodiment that the call information including the group number and the destination floor registered by the number registration button 12a pressed by the user and the destination floor registration button 13a is transmitted to the group management control device 3. This is the same as the processing of the call registration device 10 according to the above.

In the elevator 1 according to the second 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 number registration button 12a according to the group size is called and registered. It is displayed at 10A. Therefore, even if the number of users on the Unit 50 is small, many number registration buttons 12a are not displayed. As a result, the user can easily select the number registration button 12a according to the number of people in the group.

The group scale detection unit 16 detected the group scale based on the image taken by the registration device camera 11. However, the group scale detection unit 16 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 16 in the call information and transmit it to the group management control device 3A. In this case, the boarding unit allocation unit 34b may use the group scale as the set value in the process of step S10 in FIG.

Further, the number of people registration unit 12 may display at least including the number of people registration button 12a instructed by the button output instruction unit 17. For example, the number of people registration unit 12 may display a number of people registration button 12a of about plus or minus two for the number of people registration button 12a instructed by the button output instruction unit 17.

[Modification example]
<Countermeasures against unauthorized use>
It is assumed that a malicious user presses the number registration button 12a of a plurality of people even though the user is alone. For example, it is unusual that the number registration button 12a for four people is pressed even though it is a midnight time when only one or two people are used. Furthermore, if the number registration button 12a for four people is pressed many times during times of congestion (for example, at the time of going to work or 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 34b 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 presses the number registration button 12a. Determine if a person is included in the group. Then, the boarding machine allocation unit 34b does not allocate the boarding machine when it is determined that it is mischievous. At this time, the boarding unit allocation unit 34b 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 indicating unit 34c.

<Countermeasures against erroneous registration>
Further, the user may mistakenly press the number registration button 12a even if there is no malicious intent. For example, there is a case where the number of three people registration button 12a is pressed even though the group is two people. 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 the user who accidentally presses the number registration button 12a moves in front of the hold door 20 of the boarding machine displayed on the boarding machine display unit 14, the unit information collecting unit 32 moves to the hall camera shown in FIG. The image before the hold door 20 taken by 22 is collected. Then, the determination unit 34a analyzes the image before the hold door 20, calculates the actual number of people in the group, corrects the number of people in the group boarding the unit 50 according to the actual number of people in the group, and calculates the expected number of people in the unit. Temporarily add.

<When the registered floor where the call occurred is different>
In each of the above-described embodiments, attention is paid only to a specific registration floor, and how the number registration button 12a displayed on the call registration devices 10 and 10A is selected has been described. However, calls may be registered on different registration floors. When the call is registered on a different registration floor, the boarding unit allocation unit 34b changes the allocated number of people and the remaining allowable number of people in the number storage unit 33. Therefore, the state when the call is registered on different registration floors will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing how calls are registered on different floors. In FIG. 10, 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. 10, after one user registers the 6th floor as the destination floor on the 4th floor, one group of 2 users on the 1st floor goes to the 3rd floor. Consider the case of registering as a floor. In this example, 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 one unit 50. Then, when the call is registered on the 4th floor, the boarding machine number allocation unit 34b adds "1" to the allocated number of people and subtracts "1" from the remaining allowable number of people. After that, when the call is registered on the first floor, the boarding machine allocation unit 34b determines that the destination floor is the third floor from the call information. In this case, since the user who gets on the Unit 50 on the 1st floor gets off on the 3rd floor, no one gets on the Unit 50 when the Unit 50 arrives on the 4th floor. Therefore, the determination unit 34a determines where the destination floor is when the call information is acquired, subtracts "1" from the allocated number of people, and adds "1" from the remaining allowable number of people. Then, the determination unit 34a returns the updated assigned number of people and the remaining allowable number of people to the users who registered the call on the 4th floor to the original values, and then provisionally adds the expected number of people in the machine and allocates the boarding machine. The unit 34b may assign the boarding machine to the call on the first floor.

Next, as shown in the explanatory diagram (2) on the right side of FIG. 10, one user on the fourth floor registers the sixth floor as the destination floor, and then seven users in one group on the first floor. Consider the case where the floor is registered as the destination floor. In this example, a user who registers a call on the first floor and a user who registers a call on the fourth floor ride on one Unit 50 between the fourth floor and the sixth floor. Therefore, if the remaining allowable number of people in Unit 50 is close to the capacity, there is a possibility that the user on the 4th floor cannot board the Unit 50.

Therefore, the boarding machine allocation unit 34b is on the middle floor where the machine 50 travels from the registration floor to the destination floor, and when another call for another user to board the machine 50 is registered, the machine 50 is on the middle floor. The number storage unit 33 is updated with the remaining allowable number of people obtained by subtracting the number of other users who board the vehicle. For example, when the call is registered on the 4th floor, the boarding machine allocation unit 34b adds "1" to the allocated number of people and subtracts "1" from the remaining allowable number of people. After that, when the call is registered on the first floor, the boarding machine allocation unit 34b determines that the destination floor is the seventh floor from the call information. In this case, the user who gets on the first floor and the user who gets on the fourth floor get on the Unit 50. Therefore, the determination unit 34a updates the assigned number of people and the remaining allowable number of people updated when the call was registered on the 4th floor with the number of people when the call was registered on the 1st floor, and then updates the forecast unit. Temporarily add the number of people. After that, when the boarding machine allocation unit 34b allocates the boarding machine to the call on the first floor, "2" is added to the allocated number of people and "2" is subtracted from the remaining allowable number of people. In this way, even if the user who gets on the No. 50 in the middle of the destination floor registers the call, all the users who registered the call can get on the No. 50 assigned as the boarding machine. Will be.

<Modification example of call registration device>
Further, in each of the above-described embodiments, the screen for registering the number of people in the group and the destination floor and the screen for displaying the boarding machine are different. However, these screens may be displayed together. Further, as shown in FIG. 11, the call registration device 10 may be configured by combining actual buttons, lamps, and the like other than the touch panel display.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing another configuration example of the call registration device 10.
On the upper side of FIG. 11, a boarding machine display unit 14 displayed on the touch panel display, a number registration unit 12 composed of actual buttons, and a 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 number registration unit 12 and the destination floor registration unit 13 and the boarding machine is assigned to the call, the assigned boarding machine and additional vehicle dispatching machine are registered in the boarding machine display unit 14. The machine code (for example, "A") of the destination floor, the boarding machine, or the additional vehicle dispatching machine is displayed.

On the lower side of FIG. 11, the number registration 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 number registration 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 display unit 14 is of the assigned boarding machine and additional vehicle number, the registered destination floor, boarding machine or additional vehicle number. The machine code (for example, "A") is displayed.

<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 a wall or the like near the call registration devices 10 and 10A.

Further, the destination floor and the number of people in the group may be registered in the call registration device 10 in the order of the destination floor registration button 13a and the number of people registration button 12a. In this case, when the number registration button 12a is not pressed within a certain period of time (about several seconds) after the destination floor registration button 13a is pressed, the boarding unit allocation unit 34b sets the set value to one person. Assign a boarding machine to the user.

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 they do not deviate from the gist of the present invention described in the claims.
For example, each of the above-described embodiments describes the configurations of the apparatus and the system in detail and concretely 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. Further, 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 what is 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 ... Number registration unit, 13 ... Destination floor registration unit 13 ... Boarding machine display unit, 33 ... Number storage unit, 34 ... Call allocation unit, 34a ... Judgment unit, 34b ... Boarding machine allocation unit, 34c ... Boarding machine output indicator, 40 ... Unit control device

The group management control device according to the present invention controls a plurality of units in group management.
This group management control device selects a boarding unit from a plurality of units based on the estimated travel time from when the user registers the call of the unit in the call registration device to when the user arrives at the destination floor selected by the user, and board the vehicle. Registration registered by the user in the call registration device rather than the remaining allowable number of people, which is the number of people assigned to the boarding unit, which is the number of people allocated to the boarding unit, subtracted from the number of people allowed to be set based on the number of people or the number of people. If the judgment unit that determines whether or not the number of people is large and the judgment unit determines that the number of registered people is larger than the remaining allowable number of passengers, it is the number of registered passengers minus the remaining allowable number of passengers. Select an additional vehicle number based on the estimated travel time from the units that have a remaining allowable number of people equal to or greater than the surplus number, assign the boarding machine and the additional vehicle number to the user's call, and register the number of people in the boarding machine and the additional vehicle number. If it is not possible to assign all of them, it is provided with a boarding machine numbering machine and a boarding number machine allocation unit that does not allocate an additional vehicle numbering machine to the user's call .

The user can register the number of people in the group and the destination floor by pressing the number registration button 12a and the destination floor registration button 13a selected according to the number of people in the group. When the call registration device 10 according to the present embodiment is pressed in the order of the number registration button 12a and the destination floor registration button 13a, the individual number of people and the destination floor are registered. If the user wishes to board the Unit 50 alone, he / she does not have to press the number registration button 12a.

If the boarding machine allocation unit 34b determines that there is no additional vehicle number that can be allocated to the boarding machine even if the same number of registered people as the remaining allowable number of boarding machines is assigned to the boarding machine, it will be called. Do not assign a boarding machine. For example, the boarding machine allocation unit 34b determines that when the boarding machine specified by the determination unit 34a cannot carry all the members of the group, it is not possible to search for another machine and use it as an additional vehicle numbering machine (surpassing the boarding machine). If there is no unit that has the remaining allowable number of people more than the surplus unit), it is judged that there is no unit that can be assigned to the call. Therefore, the boarding machine output instruction unit 34c gives an instruction to output to the call registration device 10 that the boarding machine has not been assigned to the call. In this case, the user waits in front of the call registration device 10 until the boarding machine is assigned, or selects the number registration button 12a in which the number of people in the group is reduced to re-register the call.

The number of people in the group to be added to the number of people assigned in step S10 of FIG. 6 may be a set value. Therefore, the boarding machine allocation unit 34b is a set value representing the number of users assigned to the boarding machine, and updates the allocated number of the boarding machine and the additional vehicle dispatching machine according to the set value calculated based on the registered number of people. do. This set value is either the number of people in the group registered by the number registration button 12a or the number of people corrected by the boarding machine numbering unit 34b. The boarding machine allocation unit 34b is set based on the user information obtained by the user who registered the number of people in the group through the number registration button 12a until moving to the hold door 20 of the boarding machine assigned to the user. Is calculated. Therefore, the boarding unit allocation unit 34b analyzes the image taken by the user by the hall camera 22 provided around the hold door 20 to obtain the user information. Further, when the number registration button 12a is not pressed and only the destination floor registration button 13a is pressed, the boarding machine allocation unit 34b assigns the boarding machine to the user with the set value as one person.

Further, when the destination floor registration button 13a and the number of people registration button 12a are pressed in this order on the call registration device 10, the destination floor and the number of people in the group may be registered. In this case, when the number registration button 12a is not pressed within a certain period of time (about several seconds) after the destination floor registration button 13a is pressed, the boarding unit allocation unit 34b sets the set value to one person. Assign a boarding machine to the user.

The group management control device according to the present invention controls a plurality of units in group management.
This group management control device selects a boarding unit from a plurality of units based on the estimated travel time from when the user registers the call of the unit in the call registration device to when the user arrives at the destination floor selected by the user, and board the vehicle. Registration registered by the user in the call registration device rather than the remaining allowable number of people, which is the number of people assigned to the boarding unit, which is the number of people allocated to the boarding unit, subtracted from the number of people allowed to be set based on the number of people or the number of people. If the judgment unit that determines whether or not the number of people is large and the judgment unit determines that the number of registered people is larger than the remaining allowable number of passengers, it is the number of registered passengers minus the remaining allowable number of passengers. Select an additional vehicle number based on the estimated travel time from the units that have a remaining allowable number of people equal to or greater than the surplus number, assign the boarding machine and the additional vehicle number to the user's call, and out of the registered number of people, the remaining allowable number of passengers. Even if the same number of people as the above is assigned to the boarding machine, if it is determined that there is no additional vehicle number that can allocate the surplus number, the boarding machine allocation unit that does not allocate the boarding machine to the call is provided.

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In the group management control device that controls multiple units in group management
The boarding machine is selected from a plurality of the boarding machines based on the estimated travel time from the user registering the calling of the machine to the call registration device to the arrival at the destination floor selected by the user, and the capacity of the boarding machine is limited. The user has registered in the call registration device more than the remaining allowable number of people, which is the number of people or the number of people allocated based on the capacity, minus the number of people allocated to the boarding machine. A judgment unit that determines whether or not the number of registered people is large,
When the determination unit determines that the number of registered persons is larger than the remaining allowable number of passengers of the boarding machine, the remaining allowable number is equal to or more than the surplus number of people obtained by subtracting the remaining allowable number of passengers of the boarding machine from the registered number of persons. A group management control device including a boarding machine allocation unit that selects an additional vehicle numbering machine based on the predicted travel time from the numbering machines and assigns the boarding machine and the additional vehicle numbering machine to the user's call. .. It is provided with a boarding machine output indicating unit that gives an instruction to output the boarding machine or the additional vehicle number assigned to the call to the call registration device by the boarding machine assigning unit.
The boarding machine allocation unit
When the determination unit determines that the number of registered persons is larger than the remaining allowable number of persons.
The boarding machine is assigned the same number of registered persons as the remaining allowable number, and the additional vehicle number is assigned a surplus number of registered persons exceeding the remaining allowable number.
The boarding machine and the additional vehicle dispatching machine are dispatched to the registration floor where the call is registered for the unit control device that controls the vehicle allocation for each unit, and corresponds to the call assigned to the boarding unit. The group management control device according to claim 1, wherein the allocated number of people of the boarding machine and the additional vehicle numbering machine is updated by a set value representing the number of users. The determination unit selects the boarding machine from the machines in which other calls registered by other users are already assigned and the directions of the destination floors registered by the call registration device are the same.
The group management control device according to claim 1, wherein the boarding machine allocation unit selects the additional vehicle number from the machines registered in the call registration device in the same direction of the destination floor. The call registration device is
The number registration unit, in which the number of people in the group is registered through the number registration button provided corresponding to the number of people in the group to which the plurality of users belong,
It has a destination floor registration unit in which the destination floor is registered through the destination floor registration button provided corresponding to the destination floor.
The group management control device according to claim 1, wherein the boarding machine allocation unit collects call information including the registered number of people in the group and the destination floor from the call registration device. The set value is either the number of people in the group registered by the number registration button provided corresponding to the number of people in the group to which the plurality of users belong, or the number of people corrected by the boarding machine allocation unit. The group management control device according to claim 2. The boarding machine allocation unit is based on the user information obtained until the user who registered the group number of people through the number registration button moves to the hold door of the boarding machine assigned to the user. The group management control device according to claim 5, wherein the set value is calculated. The group management control device according to claim 6, wherein the boarding machine allocation unit is a group management control device according to claim 6, wherein a hall camera provided around the hold door analyzes an image taken by the user to obtain the user information. The call registration device displays the machine code of the boarding machine or the additional vehicle number assigned to the boarding machine output instruction unit, or the boarding machine or the addition according to the layout of the machine installed in the building. The group management control device according to claim 2, further comprising a boarding machine display unit that displays the machine code of the dispatching machine. It is equipped with a number storage unit that stores the permissible number of people, the allotted number of people, the expected number of people in the unit, and the remaining permissible number of people for each unit.
The determination unit refers to the number of people storage unit, and temporarily adds the number of people registered in the call registration device to the allocated number of people corresponding to the boarding unit, and causes the number of people in the estimated number of units to be stored in the number storage unit. write in,
The boarding machine allocation unit refers to the number storage unit, compares the expected number of people in the machine with the allowable number of people, and sets a value representing the number of users corresponding to the call assigned to the boarding machine. The group management control according to claim 1, wherein the value obtained by subtracting the surplus number from the above is added to the allocated number, and the surplus number is added to the allocated number of the additional vehicle number to update the number storage unit. Device. When the boarding machine output indicating unit determines that there is no machine that can be assigned to the call, the boarding machine output indicating unit causes the call registration device to output that the boarding machine has not been assigned to the call. The group management control device according to claim 2. The call registration device has the number of people and the destination floor in the order of the number registration button provided corresponding to the number of people in the group to which the plurality of users belong and the destination floor registration button provided corresponding to the destination floor. Registered,
The second aspect of claim 2, wherein the boarding machine allocation unit assigns the boarding machine to the user with the set value as one person when the destination floor registration button is pressed without pressing the number registration button. Group management controller. The call registration device has the destination floor and the number of people in the order of the destination floor registration button provided corresponding to the destination floor and the number registration button provided corresponding to the number of people in the group to which the plurality of users belong. Registered,
When the number of people registration button is not pressed within a certain period of time after the destination floor registration button is pressed, the boarding machine allocation unit sets the set value as one person and gives the user the boarding. The group management control device according to claim 2, wherein the unit is assigned. In the vehicle allocation control method of the above-mentioned unit, which is performed by the group management control device which manages and controls the car traveling on the hoistway for each of a plurality of units.
The boarding machine is selected from a plurality of the boarding machines based on the estimated travel time from the user registering the calling of the machine to the call registration device to the arrival at the destination floor selected by the user, and the capacity of the boarding machine is limited. The user has registered in the call registration device more than the remaining allowable number of people, which is the number of people or the number of people allocated based on the capacity, minus the number of people allocated to the boarding machine. The process of determining whether or not the number of registered people is large,
When it is determined that the number of registered persons is larger than the remaining allowable number of the boarding machine, the remaining allowable number is equal to or more than the surplus number obtained by subtracting the remaining allowable number of the boarding machine from the registered number. A vehicle allocation control method including a process of selecting an additional vehicle allocation unit based on the predicted travel time from the units and assigning the boarding unit and the additional vehicle allocation machine to the call of the user. In an elevator where a car runs on a hoistway for each of multiple units
The call registration device for inputting the call of the car, the group management control device for group management control of the running of a plurality of the units, and the group management control device provided for each unit indicate that the unit is the same. Equipped with a unit control device that controls the dispatch of cars,
The call registration device calls the car when only the destination floor is input, or when the destination floor is selected, the number of users of a plurality of users is selected, and the destination floor is selected. Register and
The group management control device is
The boarding machine is selected from a plurality of the boarding machines based on the estimated travel time from the user registering the calling of the machine to the call registration device to the arrival at the destination floor selected by the user, and the capacity of the boarding machine is limited. The user has registered in the call registration device more than the remaining allowable number of people, which is the number of people or the number of people allocated based on the capacity, minus the number of people allocated to the boarding machine. A judgment unit that determines whether or not the number of registered people is large,
When the determination unit determines that the number of registered people is larger than the remaining allowable number of the boarding machine, the remaining allowable number is equal to or more than the surplus number obtained by subtracting the remaining allowable number of the boarding machine from the registered number. An elevator having a boarding machine allocation unit that selects an additional vehicle numbering machine based on the predicted travel time from the numbering machines and assigns the boarding machine and the additional vehicle numbering machine to the user's call. The call registration device is
A number registration unit in which the number of people in the group selected through the number registration button provided corresponding to the number of people in the group to which the plurality of users belong is registered.
The destination floor registration unit where the destination floor is registered through the destination floor registration button provided corresponding to the destination floor, and
The user detection unit that detects the user 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.
The elevator according to claim 14, further comprising a button output instruction unit for instructing the number of people registration button displayed on the call registration device to be a display that can be input according to the detected group scale. ..

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