JP2022039797A - Operation management system and unit control device - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an operation management system that can prevent the increased risk of infection caused by a plurality of unspecified passengers sharing the same ride.SOLUTION: An operation management system 100 comprises: a hall camera control device 1 that creates a hall call for each unit based on passenger's standing position in the hall, which is either a direct hall call or a car-sharing hall call; a group management control unit 2 that outputs instructions for group management control to dispatch a car 4A of the unit corresponding to the hall call among a plurality of units to the floor where the hall call occurred; and a unit control device 3A that dispatches the car 4A to the floor where the hall call occurs according to the instructions output from the group management control unit 2 and controls the movement of the car 4A to the destination floor registered in the unit.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to an operation management system and a unit control device.

In recent years, due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection (for example, COVID-19), spaces where an unspecified number of people are mixed and things that an unspecified number of people come into contact with are taken up as one factor of the spread of the infection. Has been done. Elevators are no exception, and the factors behind the spread of infection include the inside of a car where an unspecified number of people are on board, the buttons that passengers press when calling the car, and the buttons that passengers specify the destination floor. Has increased.

Patent Document 1 states that "call input is switched by a switching device between a call registration device at normal time and a call registration device from a standby place. That is, when the switching device is normal, call registration is a normal landing call. It is controlled to be performed by the input of the registration device, and when the switching device is special, the registration of the call is controlled to be performed by the input of the call registration device from the standby place. "

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 5-92882

According to the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, when the standing position of a passenger standing in an elevator hall is detected by a camera, a car is called. Therefore, the passenger can call the car without touching the button. However, the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 is intended to improve driving efficiency, and is considered to prevent an unspecified number of passengers from getting into one car. It has not been. For this reason, it was still insufficient as a measure to prevent the spread of infection.

The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and an object of the present invention is to prevent the spread of an infectious disease to passengers using an elevator.

The operation management system according to the present invention manages the operation of the elevators of a plurality of units. This operation management system is a hall call created based on the position of passengers standing in the elevator hall in the hall, and directs the passengers who are prohibited from riding in the same car to the destination floor. A hall camera control device that creates a hall call for each unit, which is either a hall call or a rideable hall call that allows multiple passengers to board the car up to the destination floor, and a hall call among multiple units. The group management control device that outputs the group management control instruction to dispatch the car of the unit corresponding to It is equipped with a unit control device that controls the movement of the car to the destination floor.

Further, the unit control device according to the present invention controls the operation of the elevator of a single unit. This unit control device has an in-car image acquisition unit that acquires images taken by the in-car camera installed in the car, and an in-car image processing unit that detects the standing position in the car of passengers in the car. Based on the standing position in the car, the rideability judgment unit that determines whether or not multiple passengers are allowed to ride in the car, and the car are dispatched to the floor where the hall call occurred, and the rideability is possible. It is provided with a unit control unit that allows the car to go straight to the destination floor registered in the unit when the determination unit determines that the ride is not possible.

Further, the operation management system according to the present invention manages the operation of the elevator of a single unit. This operation management system is a hall camera control device that transmits a hall call created based on the standing position in the hall of passengers standing in the elevator hall, which is detected from the image captured by the hall camera installed in the elevator hall, and the hall camera. It is equipped with a unit control device that distributes the car of the unit corresponding to the hall call received from the control device to the floor where the hall call occurred, and the unit control device is captured by the camera inside the car provided in the car. Multiple passengers ride in the car based on the in-camera image acquisition unit that acquires the video, the in-vehicle image processing unit that detects the in-vehicle standing position of the passengers in the vehicle, and the in-vehicle standing position. When the passengers are assigned to the floor where the hall call is made, and the passengers are judged to be rejected by the passengers, the passengers are registered in the unit. It has a unit control unit that allows the car to go straight to the destination floor.

According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent the spread of infectious diseases to passengers using the elevator because other passengers are prohibited from riding in the same car at the discretion of the passengers using the elevator. can.
Issues, configurations and effects other than those described above will be clarified by the following description of the embodiments.

It is a block diagram which shows the whole structure example of the operation management system which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the arrangement relation between each hall nominal area set in the elevator hall which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention, and the elevator of A to C. It is a figure which shows the example of the riding prohibition area set in the car 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 flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the process performed in the operation management system which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows that the process performed by the operation management system which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention is different between a direct hole call and a rideable hole call. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the process corresponding to the rideable hole call which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the whole structure example of the operation management system which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the process performed in the operation management system which concerns on 2nd 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]
First, the elevator operation management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration example of the operation management system 100 according to the first embodiment.

The operation management system 100 is a system that manages the operation of the elevators of a plurality of units. As shown in FIG. 1, the operation management system 100 controls three elevators installed in one building by a group management control device 2. These three elevators can be identified by calling them Units A to C.

<Elevator configuration example>
First, a configuration example of the elevator of Unit A will be described.
The elevator of Unit A is equipped with a unit control device 3A, a car 4A, a balance weight 5A, a hoisting machine 6A, a tail code 7A, an operation panel 9A, and a camera in the car 10A.

The unit control device 3A controls the operation of the elevator of the unit A. The operation of each part such as opening / closing the door of the car 4A, turning on the lighting, designating the destination, and displaying the inside of the car on the operation panel 9A is transmitted from the group management control device 2 via the unit control device 3A through the tail code 7A. It is controlled based on the control signal. Further, the status signal transmitted from the car 4A to the unit control device 3A through the tail code 7A is also transmitted to the group management control device 2. Therefore, the group management control device 2 can sequentially grasp the operating status of the elevator of Unit A.

The hoisting machine 6A winds up and drives the main rope 8A to which the car 4A and the balance weight 5A are connected at both ends, so that the car 4A and the balance weight 5A can be suspended in a hoistway (not shown). To raise and lower.

The tail code 7A supplies power to the equipment in the car 4A. In addition, information (status signal) such as door opening / closing in the car 4A and the floor on which the car 4A has landed is output to the unit control device 3A.

The operation panel 9A is used by passengers in the car 4A to register the destination floor. A destination floor registration button that passengers can press is installed on the operation panel 9A. The destination floor registration button is pressed, and the registered destination floor information is transmitted to the unit control device 3A through the tail code 7A.

By the way, it is assumed that the act of the passenger pressing the destination floor registration button after getting into the car 4A and pressing the destination floor is not desirable from the viewpoint of preventing the transmission of infectious diseases. Therefore, even if the operation panel 9A is provided with a voice recognition function to recognize the destination floor by the voice uttered by the passenger, and the unit control unit 31A registers the destination floor voice-recognized by the operation panel 9A in the car call. good. Alternatively, the destination floor instructed by the passenger by a gesture (for example, pointing without touching the destination floor registration button) may be registered in the car call.

Alternatively, the operation panel 9A may be provided with a wireless communication function, and the destination floor may be registered in the car call by the operation panel 9A receiving the destination floor input through the communication terminal such as a smartphone possessed by the passenger. For example, a monitor provided in the car 4A displays a two-dimensional code or the like, a mobile terminal owned by a passenger reads the two-dimensional code, and the mobile terminal analyzes the code. Then, by analyzing the two-dimensional code and accessing the homepage for calling the car displayed on the mobile terminal from the mobile terminal, the passenger can input the destination floor from the mobile terminal, and the car call may be registered. In this case, the information on the destination floor registered on the homepage for calling the car will be immediately shared with the group management control device 2 and the unit control device 3A.

The in-car camera 10A is installed on the upper part of the car 4A, and can take a moving image or a still image (hereinafter, collectively referred to as "image") in the car 4A. The image taken by the in-car camera 10A is transmitted to the unit control device 3A through the tail code 7A.

The configuration examples of the elevators of Units B and C are the same as those of the elevators of Unit A. Therefore, the description of the configuration example of the elevators of Units B and C will be omitted. Further, in FIG. 1, a configuration example in which the group management control device 2 of the operation management system 100 manages a group of three elevators is shown, but an operation management system for managing an arbitrary number of two or more elevators. The present invention may be applied to the above. In addition, when the elevators of Units A to C are not distinguished, the description of A, B, and C may be removed from the configuration of each elevator for explanation. For example, the car cages 4A to 4C may be referred to as "carriage car 4". Similarly, the unit control devices 3A to 3C may be referred to as "unit unit control device 3".

<Configuration example of hall camera control device>
The hall camera control device 1 creates a hall call for each unit based on the standing position in the hall of the passengers standing in the elevator hall 12. This hall call is a direct hall call that allows only passengers who are prohibited from riding in the same car 4 to go straight to the destination floor, or allows multiple passengers to ride in the car 4 up to the destination floor. It is one of the hall calls that can be shared.

The hall camera control device 1 includes a video acquisition unit 1a, a position detection unit 1b, a vertical direction determination unit 1c, a direct hole call determination unit 1d, a hall call creation unit 1e, and a voice control unit 1f.

The image acquisition unit 1a acquires the image of the elevator hall 12 taken by the hall camera 11 installed in the elevator hall 12. This video is a still image or a moving image.
The position detection unit 1b analyzes the image obtained from the image acquisition unit 1a, and detects the standing position in the hall of the passenger waiting in the elevator hall 12 based on this image. The standing position in the hall is a position set corresponding to the unit as shown in FIG. 2 described later. Therefore, the elevator hall 12 is provided with an area in which passengers who wish to get on the elevator stand by according to the direction in which the car 4 travels. This area is provided in two places according to the upward direction and the downward direction in which the car 4 travels. Further, the elevator hall 12 is also provided with an area where passengers who wish to board the car 4 alone stand by.

The vertical direction determination unit 1c (an example of the movement direction determination unit) is registered by passengers who allow passengers to ride in the same car 4 based on the information (passenger's standing position in the hall) obtained from the position detection unit 1b. The moving direction of the car 4 corresponding to the destination floor is determined. As the moving direction of the car 4, for example, there is an upward direction or a downward direction with respect to the floor of the elevator hall 12.

The direct hall call determination unit 1d determines that the direct hall call is for passengers who are prohibited from riding in the same car 4 based on the standing position in the hall. For example, the direct hall call determination unit 1d determines whether or not to register a call for a passenger to ride alone in the car 4 based on the information obtained from the position detection unit 1b (passenger's standing position in the hall). judge.

The hole call creation unit 1e creates a hole call for each unit based on the determination results of the direct hole call determination unit 1d and the vertical direction determination unit 1c. Then, the hall call creation unit 1e transmits the created hall call to the group management control device 2.

The voice control unit 1f synthesizes voice announcements based on the information obtained from the position detection unit 1b, the vertical direction determination unit 1c, and the direct hole call determination unit 1d. Then, the voice control unit 1f emits a voice announcement through a speaker (not shown), and notifies the passengers waiting in the elevator hall 12 of the content of the voice announcement. A message corresponding to the content of the voice announcement may be displayed on the monitor provided in the elevator hall 12. Further, the passengers in the elevator hall 12 may be notified that the unit has been set as a single-seater unit by turning on the lamp provided for each unit.

<Configuration example of Unit control device>
The unit control device 3A distributes the car 4A to the floor where the hall call is generated according to the instruction output from the group management control device 2, and controls to move the car 4A to the destination floor registered in the unit. The unit control device 3A includes a unit control unit 31A, an in-car video acquisition unit 32A, an in-car video processing unit and 33A, a rideability determination unit 34A, and a voice guidance unit 35A.

The unit control unit 31A controls the operation of the car 4A based on the control signal output from the group management control device 2 and the information of the rideability determination result obtained from the rideability determination unit 34A. The unit control unit 31A combines, for example, an image taken by the in-car camera 10A, a change in the load detected by the load sensor (not shown), and the passage of a passenger detected by the car door sensor (not shown), in the car 4A. It is possible to detect that a passenger has boarded the vehicle.

The in-car image acquisition unit 32A acquires an image in the car 4A (also referred to as an in-car image or a video signal) taken by the in-car camera 10A provided in the car 4A.

The in-car image processing unit 33A processes the in-car image (video signal) acquired by the in-car image acquisition unit 32A, and detects the standing position of the passenger in the car 4A. For example, it is determined whether or not a passenger is standing in the passenger prohibited area 13 (see FIG. 3 described later) in front of the operation panel 9A, which is preset in the car, and the determination result is transmitted to the passenger availability determination unit 34A. Output.

Based on the information obtained from the in-car image processing unit 33A (determination result including the standing position in the car), the rideability determination unit 34A allows a plurality of passengers to ride on the vehicle 4A in which the passengers are currently riding. Judge whether or not to allow this. For example, when the passengers get on the car 4A and the passengers stand in the no-ride area 13 (an example of a specific position) in the car 4A, the boarding possibility determination unit 34A determines whether or not the passengers are boarding. The occupancy determination unit 34A determines whether or not the occupancy is possible by setting the position where the passenger is standing after the passenger has boarded the car 4A and immediately before the car door of the cab 4A is closed.

Here, if it is determined that a plurality of passengers are not allowed to ride in the car 4A (that is, riding is prohibited), the boarding possibility determination unit 34A invalidates the hall call for the car 4A. Then, the group management control device 2 causes the car 4A to go straight to the destination floor registered in the unit when it is determined by the rideability determination unit 34 that the ride is not possible. Therefore, when the determination to invalidate the hall call is made by the rideability determination unit 34A, the hall call is invalidated even if the passenger in the elevator hall 12 stands in the rideable area in the downward or upward direction. Unit does not respond.

The voice guidance unit 35A controls the start of a voice announcement to be emitted into the car 4A through the operation panel 9A based on the information (determination result of presence / absence of passengers, etc.) acquired from the video processing unit 33A in the car. For example, if the unit on which passengers are currently boarding is set as a single-seater unit, a voice announcement will be sent to the passengers in the car 4A notifying that this unit is operated by the single-seater unit. It flows.
A message corresponding to the content of the voice announcement may be displayed on the monitor of the operation panel 9A. Further, by turning on the lamp in the car, the passengers in the car 4A may be notified that the machine has been set as a single-seater machine.

<Configuration example of group management control device>
The group management control device 2 outputs a group management control instruction for allocating the car 4 of the unit corresponding to the hall call among the plurality of units. The group management control device 2 includes a hall call storage unit 2a, a car call storage unit 2b, and a disconnection control unit 2c.

The hall call storage unit 2a acquires the hall call information output from the hall camera control device 1.
The car call storage unit 2b acquires the car call information output from the unit control device 3 and the information on whether or not the car can be shared, which is included in the car call.

When the disconnection control unit 2c receives the direct hall call from the hall camera control device 1, the disconnection control unit 2c disconnects the unit in which the direct hall call is generated from the other units, prohibits passengers from riding in the car 4 and prohibits the unit. The instruction to operate is output to the unit control device 3. Normally, Unit A is treated as a unit in which a direct hall call occurs. Then, the group management control device 2 operates the car No. 4A of the No. A unit to which the direct hall call is assigned as the one-person-only unit.

Further, the disconnection control unit 2c receives a car call from the car 4 indicating that the passenger refuses to board the car after the car 4 is dispatched in response to the car call for the car. Separate the unit where the call occurred from the other units. Then, the disconnection control unit 2c outputs an instruction to operate the unit to the unit control device 3 by prohibiting riding. Therefore, the disconnection control unit 2c may treat Unit B or Unit C as a unit in which a direct hole call occurs. For example, Unit B or Unit C may be treated as a unit in which a direct hall call occurs, based on the information of the car call generated in the car 4B or 4C. Then, the group management control device 2 operates the car units 4B and 4C of the unit B or the unit C to which the direct hall call is assigned as the unit for one person only.

If the direct hall call is not detected and the operation of the one-person-only unit is unnecessary, the disconnection control unit 2c can operate all the units as a unit that can be combined with the unit control device 3.

Further, in the group management control device 2, when the unit control device 3 (ride availability determination unit 34) determines whether or not the passengers are in the car depending on the standing position in the car of the passengers in the car 4, the car the passengers are in the car. The unit control device 3 will not respond to the new hall call until 4 arrives at the destination floor.

<Hall calling area>
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the arrangement relationship between each hall calling area set in the elevator hall 12 and the elevators of Units A to C.

The elevator hall 12 on the left side of FIG. 2 is provided with a direct hall calling area and a rideable area. The rideable area is divided into an upward hall calling area and a downward hall calling area. Then, the direct hall calling area is set in front of Unit A. The upward hall calling area is set in front of Unit B. The downward hall calling area is set in front of Unit C.

When the passenger arrives at the elevator hall 12, the position detection unit 1b detects the position of the passenger based on the image acquired by the image acquisition unit 1a. Then, when the position detection unit 1b detects that the passenger is not standing in either the direct hall calling area or the rideable area, the voice control unit 1f emits an announcement to the passenger. At this time, the details of the announcement to be emitted and the processing of the hall camera control device 1 will be described with reference to FIG. 6 to be described later. It is not necessary to emit an announcement to passengers who only pass through the elevator hall 12. Therefore, an announcement is emitted to passengers who have stayed for a certain period of time or longer in a place other than the rideable area of the elevator hall 12.

Passengers who wish to ride alone will wait in the direct hall calling area. In this case, the direct hall call is registered, and the elevator of Unit A is operated exclusively for one person. Therefore, the call to Unit A is treated as a direct call from the floor where the passenger who wishes to ride alone gets on the car 4A to the destination floor where the passenger gets off from the car 4A.

It is assumed that the passengers are a group of two or more, such as a child, a wheelchair user and a caregiver, or a related person. In this case, passengers belonging to the group may stand in the direct hall calling area and board the single-seater unit for each group. However, even if the ride is for each group, it will be described as a single ride.

Passengers who wish to get on board stand by in the upward hall calling area or the downward hall calling area. In this case, when waiting in the upward hall call area, the upward hall call is registered, and in the elevator of Unit B, the car 4B with a plurality of passengers is operated upward. Further, when waiting in the downward hall call area, the downward hall call is registered, and in the elevator of Unit C, the car 4C with a plurality of passengers is operated downward. Further, the upward hole call and the downward hole call are collectively referred to as a "rideable hole call".

The direct hall calling area and the rideable area may be indicated by changing the color of the floor mat laid in the elevator hall 12 so that passengers can recognize each area. Further, the section of each area may be projected on the elevator hall 12 by a projector (not shown).

If the elevator hall 12 is on the lowest floor (for example, the first floor), only the direct hall calling area and the upward hall calling area are provided in the elevator hall 12. If the elevator hall 12 is on the top floor (for example, the rooftop floor), only the direct hall calling area and the downward hall calling area are provided in the elevator hall 12.

It should be noted that the area for calling each hole is not determined by the unique arrangement as shown in FIG. 2, but can be freely determined. Further, the area for calling each hall may be changed depending on the mounting position of the hall camera 11 and the number of elevators. Generally, the hall camera 11 takes a picture of a subject within the shooting angle of view closer to the hall camera 11 more clearly than a subject farther from the hall camera 11. Then, the position detection unit 1b can accurately grasp the number and position of the subjects on the side close to the hall camera 11 based on the captured image.

For this reason, the area corresponding to Unit A on the side close to the installation position of the hall camera 11 is designated as the direct hall calling area, and the area corresponding to Units B and C on the side far from the installation position of the hall camera 11 is designated as the rideable area. Just do it. However, for example, if the hall camera 11 is installed in front of the B unit, the area corresponding to the B unit may be used as the direct hall calling area, and the A and C units may be shared. Further, if the hall camera 11 is installed for each unit, the position of the passenger may be detected based on the image taken by each hall camera 11.

<No-ride area>
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a riding prohibited area 13 set in the car 4B. Here, the riding prohibited area 13 set in the car 4B will be described, but the riding prohibited area 13 is also set in the car 4C as well. Here, the details of the prohibition of riding on the Unit control device 3B and the car 4B will be described.

The camera 10B in the car captures the direction of the car door. When a passenger gets on the car 4B, the in-car image processing unit 33B detects the number of passengers in the car 4B based on the in-car image acquired by the in-car image acquisition unit 32B. If the number of passengers in the car 4B is one, the voice guidance unit 35B is in front of the operation panel 9B (the no-ride area 13) when the passengers in the car 4B are prohibited from riding. ) Sounds a voice announcement prompting you to move. At this time, the details of the announcement to be emitted and the processing of the unit control device 3B will be described with reference to FIG. 7, which will be described later.

A passenger standing in the no-ride area 13 in the car 4B can prohibit other passengers who have not yet boarded the car 4B from boarding the car 4B from the middle floor. The riding prohibited area 13 is provided, for example, in the vicinity of the car door (in front of the operation panel 9B). Therefore, the passenger availability determination unit 34B can determine whether or not passengers can ride on the vehicle depending on whether or not a passenger is standing in the passenger prohibition area 13.

Since the car 4B must move many passengers during busy hours such as commuting and lunch, the prohibition of passengers is invalidated even if passengers are standing in the prohibited area 13. .. In addition, if passengers are already in the car 4B, the passengers who have already boarded the car are not prohibited from riding, so even if the newly boarded passenger stands in the boarding prohibited area 13, the prohibition of boarding is invalidated. May be done. Further, in the boarding availability determination unit 34B, if no passengers are standing in the boarding area and no one is in the car 4B arriving at the elevator hall 12, the newly boarded passengers are prohibited in the boarding prohibited area 13. By standing in the car, passengers may be prohibited from riding in the car 4B, and the disconnection control unit 2c may disconnect the B unit into a single-person unit.

The riding prohibited area 13 is not limited to the unique arrangement as shown in FIG. 3 (for example, near the front of the operation panel 9B), and may be freely determined. For example, the riding prohibited area 13 may be changed depending on the mounting position of the camera 10B in the car.

Next, the hardware configuration of the computer 50 constituting each device of the operation management system 100 will be described.
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration example of the computer 50. The computer 50 is an example of hardware used as a computer that can operate as the hall camera control device 1, the group management control device 2, and the unit control devices 3A to 3C according to the present embodiment.

The computer 50 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 51, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 52, and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 53, which are connected to the bus 54, respectively. Further, the computer 50 includes a non-volatile storage 55 and a network interface 56.

The CPU 51 reads the program code of the software that realizes each function according to the present embodiment from the ROM 52, loads it into the RAM 53, and executes the program code. Variables and parameters generated during the arithmetic processing of the CPU 51 are temporarily written in the RAM 53, and these variables and parameters are appropriately read by the CPU 51. However, an MPU (Micro Processing Unit) may be used instead of the CPU 51. The operation of each functional unit of the hall camera control device 1, the group management control device 2, and the unit control devices 3A to 3C is realized by a program executed by the CPU 51.

As the non-volatile storage 55, 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 55, in addition to the OS (Operating System) and various parameters, a program for operating the computer 50 is recorded. The ROM 52 and the non-volatile storage 55 record programs, data, and the like necessary for the CPU 51 to operate, and as an example of a computer-readable non-transient storage medium that stores a program executed by the computer 50. Used.

For the network interface 56, 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, a network between the hall camera control device 1 and the group management control device 2, between the group management control device 2 and the unit control devices 3A to 3C, and between the unit control devices 3A to 3C and the car 4A to 4C. Various information and signals are transmitted and received via the interface 56.

<Processing of operation management system>
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of processing performed by the operation management system 100.

First, the disconnection control unit 2c of the group management control device 2 determines whether or not the direct hole call is stored in the hole call storage unit 2a (S1). When the direct hole call is stored in the hole call storage unit 2a (YES in S1), the disconnection control unit 2c determines whether or not the ridable hole call is stored in the hole call storage unit 2a (S2). ..

Here, refer to FIG. 6 for an example of a voice announcement notified to passengers in the elevator hall 12 and a process related to each hall call in the direct hall call and the rideable hall call determined in steps S1 and S2. I will explain.

<Calling a direct hall and calling a hall that can be shared>
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing that the processing performed by the operation management system 100 is different between the direct hall call and the rideable hall call.

The hall camera control device 1 determines whether or not a person stays in the elevator hall 12 for a certain period of time based on the image acquired by the image acquisition unit 1a (S21). When the hall camera control device 1 determines that no person has stayed in the elevator hall 12 for a certain period of time, the hall camera control device 1 ends this process because there are no passengers in the elevator hall 12.

On the other hand, when the hall camera control device 1 detects that a person is staying in the elevator hall 12 for a certain period of time (YES in S21), it determines that there are passengers using the elevator (S22). Then, the voice control unit 1f makes a voice announcement to the passengers standing in the elevator hall 12 (S23). This voice announcement is emitted to the elevator hall 12 with the content, for example, "For those who want to ride alone, in front of Unit A" and "For those who can ride in front of other units (Units B and C)". Will be done.

After the voice announcement is performed in step S23, the hall camera control device 1 determines whether or not there is a desire for one person (S24). This determination is performed by the position detection unit 1b detecting the position of a person in the elevator hall 12, and then the direct hall call determination unit 1d detecting a person in the direct hall call area. When the hall camera control device 1 determines that there is no desire for a single passenger (NO in S24), the hall camera control device 1 proceeds to step S26.

When the hall camera control device 1 determines that there is a desire for one-seater because there are passengers in the direct hall call area (YES in S24), the hall call creation unit 1e is based on the image acquired by the image acquisition unit 1a. , Count the number of people in the direct hall calling area. Then, the hall call creation unit 1e creates a direct hall call for the counted number of people (S25). After that, the hall call creation unit 1e outputs the created direct hole call to the group management control device 2. The elevator that responds to the direct hall call is Unit A, which is controlled as a single-person unit, but the elevator of Unit B or C may respond to the direct hall call.

Next, the hall camera control device 1 determines whether or not there is a desire to ride (S26). This determination is performed by the position detection unit 1b detecting the passenger position in the elevator hall 12, and then the vertical direction determination unit 1c detecting passengers in the upward hall calling area or the downward hall calling area. When the hall camera control device 1 determines that there is no desire to ride (NO in S26), the hall camera control device 1 ends this process.

On the other hand, when the hall camera control device 1 determines that there is a desire to ride because there are passengers in the upward hall calling area or the downward hall calling area (YES in S26), the voice control unit 1f is placed in the elevator hall 12. A voice announcement is made to the standing passengers (S27). This voice announcement is emitted to the elevator hall 12 with the content of, for example, "upward to the left front of the door of Unit B" and "downward to the front right of the door of Unit C".

After the voice announcement, the vertical direction determination unit 1c makes at least one hole call, an upward hole call and a downward hole call, based on the presence or absence of passengers in front of the door of Unit B and in front of the door of Unit C. judge.

Then, the hall call making unit 1e creates an upward hall call when it is detected that there is a passenger in front of the door of Unit B, and when it is detected that there is a passenger in front of the door of Unit C, it is below. Create a directional hole call (S28). After that, the hall call creation unit 1e outputs the created upward hole call or downward hole call to the group management control device 2, and ends this process.

In addition, the elevators that respond to the upward hall call and the downward hall call are limited to the elevators for normal driving (units that can be shared).

Returning to FIG. 5, the processing after step S2 will be described.
In step S2, when the disconnection control unit 2c determines that the direct hole call is stored in the hole call storage unit 2a (YES in S1) and the crossable hole call is not stored (NO in S2), all the holes are stored. Control the operation of Unit 1 for one person (S3), and proceed to step S8.

On the other hand, when the hall call that can be ridden is stored in the hall call storage unit 2a (YES in S2), the group management control device 2 confirms the operating state of each unit. Here, as shown in FIG. 7, passengers in the car 4 may be prohibited from riding and may be operated as a single-person machine. Therefore, the disconnection control unit 2c determines whether or not the single-person unit already exists (S4). As the one-person unit, in addition to the A unit, the B unit or the C unit may be used as the one-person unit.

When the disconnection control unit 2c determines that the unit for one person exists (YES in S4), the disconnection control unit 2c determines whether or not there is a unit that can be shared (S6). When the disconnection control unit 2c determines that there is a rideable unit (YES in S6), each unit is set to either a one-person unit or a rideable unit.

Therefore, the group management control device 2 makes each unit call a direct hall call and respond to a rideable hall call. For example, the disconnection control unit 2c sequentially responds to the direct hall call to the single-person unit. Further, the detachment control unit 2c sequentially responds to the hall call to the rideable unit (S8). After that, the disconnection control unit 2c returns to step S1 and repeats the determination process.

In step 4, when the disconnection control unit 2c determines that the single-person unit does not exist (NO in S4), the elevators among all the elevators set for the rideable units have completed running and become unmanned. One elevator is set as a one-person unit and disconnected from normal control (S5). By this control, the control by the one-person unit and the rideable unit is performed again. After that, the disconnection control unit 2c proceeds to step S8.

In step S6, when the disconnection control unit 2c determines that there is no rideable unit (NO in S6), all the units are set to the single-person unit. Therefore, the detachment control unit 2c sets only one elevator as the unit for one person, and sets the remaining elevators as the unit that can be shared (S7). After that, the disconnection control unit 2c proceeds to step S8.

In step S1, when the direct hole call is not stored in the hole call storage unit 2a (NO in S1), the disconnection control unit 2c determines whether the hole call that can be ridden is stored in the hole call storage unit 2a. (S9). If the hall call is not stored in the hall call storage unit 2a (NO in S9), the disconnection control unit 2c proceeds to step S8.

On the other hand, if the hall call that can be ridden is stored in the hall call storage unit 2a (YES in S9), the disconnection control unit 2c determines whether or not the single-person unit already exists (S10). When the disconnection control unit 2c determines that the unit for one person does not exist (NO in S10), the disconnection control unit 2c proceeds to step S8.

On the other hand, when the disconnection control unit 2c determines that the single-person unit already exists (YES in S10), the disconnection control unit 2c returns the setting to the unit that can be shared with the single-person unit (S11), and proceeds to step S8.

<Driving prohibited>
Next, a process (referred to as "ride-prohibited operation") in which a passenger gets on a passenger-friendly machine and then changes the passenger-friendly machine to a one-person machine will be described. However, it is also possible to operate the unit that can be shared without changing it to the unit that can be used for one person.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of the process corresponding to the call of the hall that can be shared. Here, an example in which a passenger gets in the car 4B of the No. B machine selected as the rideable No. machine will be described.

When the car 4B arrives at the elevator hall 12 by calling the shared hall, the in-car image processing unit 33B processes the information (in-car image) acquired from the in-car camera 10B, and the passenger gets in the car 4B. Whether or not it is determined (S31). When the in-car image processing unit 33B determines that no passenger is in the car 4B (NO in S31), the process ends.

On the other hand, when the in-car image processing unit 33B determines that the passenger has boarded the car 4B (YES in S31), the in-car image acquired by the in-car image acquisition unit 32B and the determination result by the in-car image processing unit 33B. Based on the above, it is determined whether or not the car 4B is unmanned at the time of boarding the passenger (S32). If the passenger is not unmanned at the time of boarding (NO in S32), another passenger has already boarded the car 4B, and the passenger cannot be prohibited from riding, so this process is terminated.

On the other hand, when the passenger is unmanned when he / she gets in the car 4B (the driving immediately before) (YES in S32), the voice guidance unit 35B makes a voice announcement to the passenger who got in the car 4B. (S33). This voice announcement is emitted in the car 4B with the content of, for example, "when prohibiting riding, go to the front of the operation panel".

Next, the in-car image processing unit 33B determines whether or not there are passengers in front of the operation panel 9B (ride prohibited area 13) based on the in-car image acquired by the in-car image acquisition unit 32B (S34). .. When it is determined that there is a passenger in front of the operation panel 9B (YES in S34), the passenger who got in the car 4B is prohibited from riding other passengers on the middle floor from the boarding floor to the destination floor. Therefore, the unit control unit 31B executes the shared operation prohibited operation (S35), and ends this process. Here, the shared driving is a driving that goes to the destination floor set in the car 4B but does not respond to the hall call.

On the other hand, when it is determined that there are no passengers in front of the operation panel 9B (NO in S34), the passengers in the car 4B are not prohibited from boarding from the middle floor. Therefore, the unit control unit 31B performs a normal operation (S36) and ends this process. In this case, the unit control unit 31B causes the car 4B to respond to the direct hall call, and after other passengers get on the car 4B, the operation is uniformly prohibited.

In the operation management system 100 according to the first embodiment described above, either the single-seater unit or the passenger-capable unit can be selected before the passenger gets on board. Passengers boarding a single-seater can move to the destination floor without having to ride with other passengers, reducing the risk of infection. Further, the hall call is generated by the standing position of the passengers in the elevator hall 12. Therefore, the passenger does not need to touch the hall call button or the like installed in the elevator hall 12 in order to register the hall call, and the risk of infection can be reduced.

In addition, a plurality of passengers who board the passengers who can ride on the same machine can ride on the same machine and move to the destination floor. Therefore, as compared with the case of using the single-seater unit, the waiting time in the elevator hall 12 until getting into the car 4 is shortened.

Here, the single-seater unit may be limited to a specific unit (for example, unit A). However, depending on the time of day when there are few passengers, the rideable unit (Unit B or Unit C) can be used as a single-seater unit. For this reason, passengers who wish to board the single-seater unit can be divided into a plurality of single-seater units and board the elevator, so that the time to wait in the elevator hall 12 until the passenger gets into the car 4 is shortened.

In addition, even if passengers board the passenger-friendly unit, the number of passengers on board may be one and other passengers may not be on board at the time of boarding. In such a case, it is possible to prohibit other passengers from boarding from the middle floor by moving the passengers on board to the boarding prohibited area 13.

In addition, the group management control device 2 can set all the units as single-seater units if there is no call for a rideable hall. Therefore, the passengers waiting in the direct hall calling area can be moved to the boarding hall calling area, and the passengers can be boarded from the boardable unit to the unit set as the single-seater unit. On the contrary, the group management control device 2 can also set all the units to the units that can be shared.

The group management control device 2 outputs the information of the unit in which the car 4 arrives at the floor where the hall call is registered earliest to the hall camera control device 1. Then, the voice control unit 1f of the hall camera control device 1 may notify the passengers standing in the elevator hall 12 of the information of the unit that arrives earliest on the floor where the hall call is registered. Passengers who hear this notification move to the front of the earliest arriving machine and board the car 4 of this machine, so that the waiting time until boarding the car 4 can be shortened.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, the elevator operation management system according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9.

In many buildings, elevators with one unit will be installed. Even in such an elevator, it has been desired to prohibit the passengers from sharing a plurality of passengers from the viewpoint of preventing the transmission of infectious diseases. Therefore, passengers in the car can be prohibited from boarding other passengers on the middle floor. The elevator operation management system according to the second embodiment allows passengers in a car to select a single-seater in an elevator having one unit.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration example of the operation management system 200 according to the second embodiment.

The operation management system 200 includes a hall camera control device 10, a unit control device 30, and a car 4A. The number of elevators shown in FIG. 8 is one, and it is called A. The unit control device 30 controls the operation of the elevator of a single unit.

The hall camera control device 10 transmits a hall call created based on the standing position in the hall of the passenger standing in the elevator hall 12 detected from the image taken by the hall camera 11 provided in the elevator hall 12. The hall camera control device 10 includes a video acquisition unit 1a, a position detection unit 1b, a hall call creation unit 1e, and a voice control unit 1f.

The image acquisition unit 1a acquires an image from the hall camera 11.
The position detection unit 1b detects the position of a passenger waiting in the elevator hall 12 based on the image.
The hole call creation unit 1e creates a hole call and outputs the hole call to the unit control device 30.
The voice control unit 1f synthesizes a voice announcement based on the information obtained from the position detection unit 1b, and emits the voice announcement to the passengers waiting in the elevator hall 12 through a speaker (not shown).

The unit control device 30 dispatches the car 4A of the unit corresponding to the hall call received from the hall camera control device 10 to the floor where the hall call occurs. The unit control device 30 includes a unit control unit 31A, an in-car video acquisition unit 32A, an in-car video processing unit 33A, a rideability determination unit 34A, a voice guidance unit 35A, a hall call storage unit 36A, and a car. A call storage unit 37A is provided.

The functions of the unit control unit 31A to the voice guidance unit 35A are the same as the functions of the unit control unit 31A to the voice guidance unit 35A of the unit control device 3A shown in FIG. However, the unit control unit 31A dispatches the car 4A to the floor where the hall call has occurred, and when the ride availability determination unit 34A determines that the ride is not possible, the car 4A is moved to the destination floor registered in the unit. Let me go straight. Further, the process performed by the rideability determination unit 34A will be described with reference to FIG. 9, which will be described later.

The hall call storage unit 36A acquires the hall call information output from the hall camera control device 1.
The car call storage unit 37A acquires the car call information output from the car 4A.
Then, when the rideability determination unit 34A determines that the ride is not possible based on the standing position in the car, the unit control unit 31A is registered in the unit even when the hall call is received from the elevator hall 12. Let the car 4A go straight to the destination floor.

<Processing of operation management system>
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of processing performed by the operation management system 200.

First, the unit control unit 31A determines whether or not the unit call storage unit 36A stores the hall call (S41). When the hole call is not stored in the hole call storage unit 36A (NO in S41), the unit control unit 31A repeats the process of step S41 until the hole call is stored.

On the other hand, when the hall call is stored in the hall call storage unit 36A (YES in S41), the unit control unit 31A determines whether or not there is a unit in which the passenger is on board (S42). If the unit on which the passenger is on does not exist (NO in S42), the unit control unit 31A proceeds to step S45.

On the other hand, when there is a unit on which the passenger is on board (YES in S42), the passenger availability determination unit 34A determines that the unit on which the passenger is already on board is based on the standing position of the passenger in the car 4A. It is determined whether or not it is possible to ride (S43). When the rideability determination unit 34A determines that the ride is possible (YES in S43), the unit control unit 31A responds to the hall call (S45). For this reason, other passengers may board the car 4A in the middle of the destination floor registered by the passengers who have already boarded the car. After step S45, the process returns to step S41 and the present process is repeated.

On the other hand, when the passenger-passenger determination unit 34A determines that the passengers cannot ride (NO in S43), the unit control unit 31A moves the passenger-riding unit to the destination floor as a single-person unit (S44). For this reason, no other passengers will board the car 4A on which passengers are already on board in the middle of the destination floor. Then, after the car 4A moves to the destination floor and the passengers get off the car 4A, the unit control unit 31A responds to the hall call (S45).

In the operation management system 200 according to the second embodiment described above, when a passenger stands in the passenger-free area 13 after the passenger has boarded the car 4A, the passengers are prohibited from riding in the car 4A. Then, the car 4A can be driven to the destination floor. Therefore, the passengers in the car 4A can prevent infectious diseases from other passengers.

In addition, passengers in the car 4A can prohibit other passengers from riding by simply standing in the riding prohibited area 13 without touching the operation panel 9A.

In addition, a direct hall calling area as described in the operation management system 100 according to the first embodiment and a rideable area are provided in the elevator hall 12, and when a passenger stands in any of the areas, the passenger rides. The car 4A may be set to either a single-person machine or a passenger-friendly machine.

Further, one passenger in the group who got on the car 4A may be prohibited from riding on the other passengers from the middle floor by standing in the riding prohibited area 13.

On the contrary, when a plurality of passengers who are not in the group board the car 4A, even if one passenger stands in the boarding prohibited area 13, the boarding prohibition may be invalidated. In this case, other passengers may board from the middle floor.

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 those that are considered necessary for explanation, and do not necessarily indicate all the control lines and information lines in the product. In practice, it can be considered that almost all configurations are interconnected.

1 ... Hall camera control device, 1a ... Video acquisition unit, 1b ... Position detection unit, 1c ... Vertical direction determination unit, 1d ... Direct hall call determination unit, 1e ... Hall call creation unit, 2 ... Group management control device, 2a ... Hall call storage unit, 2b ... Car call storage unit, 2c ... Detachment control unit, 3A ... Unit control device, 9A ... Operation panel, 10A ... In-car camera, 11 ... Hall camera, 12 ... Elevator hall, 13 ... No-ride area , 30 ... Unit control device, 31A ... Unit control unit, 32A ... In-car video acquisition unit, 33A ... In-car video processing unit, 34A ... Riding availability determination unit, 36A ... Hall call storage unit, 37A ... Car call storage unit, 100,200 ... Operation management system

Claims (13)

It is an operation management system that manages the operation of elevators of multiple units.
A hall call created based on the position of passengers standing in the elevator hall in the hall, and a direct hall call that prohibits passengers from riding in the same car and allows only the passengers to ride directly to the destination floor. A hall camera control device that creates the hall call for each of the rideable hall calls that allows a plurality of passengers to ride in the car up to the destination floor.
A group management control device that outputs a group management control instruction for allocating the car of the unit corresponding to the hall call among the plurality of units.
A unit control device that controls the vehicle to be dispatched to the floor where the hall call is generated according to the instruction output from the group management control device and to move the vehicle to the destination floor registered in the unit. Operation management system equipped with. The hall camera control device is
An image acquisition unit that acquires the image of the elevator hall captured by the hall camera, and
A position detection unit that detects the standing position in the hall based on the image, and
The operation management system according to claim 1, further comprising a hall call creating unit that transmits the hall call created based on the standing position in the hall to the group management control device. The hall camera control device is
A direct hall call determination unit that determines that the passenger is a direct hall call that prohibits passengers from riding in the same car based on the standing position in the hall.
It has a movement direction determination unit that determines the movement direction of the car corresponding to the destination floor registered by the passenger, which allows passengers to ride in the same car based on the standing position in the hall.
The operation management system according to claim 2, wherein the hall call creation unit creates the hall call for each unit based on the determination results of the direct hole call determination unit and the movement direction determination unit. The group management control device is
When the direct hall call is received from the hall camera control device, the unit in which the direct hall call is generated is separated from the other units, and the passengers are prohibited from riding in the car. The operation management system according to claim 2, further comprising a disconnection control unit that outputs an operation instruction to the unit control device. After the car is dispatched in response to the rideable hall call, the disconnection control unit can receive the car call from the car indicating that the passenger refuses to ride. The operation management system according to claim 4, wherein the unit in which a hall call is generated is separated from other units, passengers are prohibited from riding, and an instruction to operate the unit is output to the unit control device. When the unit control device determines whether or not the passenger is in the car depending on the standing position of the passenger in the car, the group management control device arrives at the destination floor. The operation management system according to claim 4, wherein the unit control device is not made to respond to a new hall call. The unit control device is
An in-car image acquisition unit that acquires images taken by the in-car camera provided in the car, and an in-car image acquisition unit.
An in-car image processing unit that detects the standing position of the passenger in the car, and an in-car image processing unit.
It has a rideability determination unit for determining whether or not a plurality of passengers are allowed to ride in the car based on the standing position in the car.
The operation management system according to claim 5, wherein the group management control device causes the car to go straight to the destination floor registered in the unit when the rideability determination unit determines that the ride is not possible. The rideability determination unit determines whether or not the passenger is able to ride in the car, with the position where the passenger is standing after the passenger has boarded the car and immediately before the car door of the car is closed as the standing position in the car. The operation management system according to claim 7. The group management control device outputs the information of the unit in which the car arrives at the floor where the hall call is registered earliest to the hall camera control device.
The operation according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the hall camera control device notifies the passenger standing in the elevator hall of the information of the unit that arrives at the floor where the hall call is registered earliest. Management system. The operation management system according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the standing position in the hall is a position set corresponding to the unit. It is a unit control device that controls the operation of the elevator of a single unit.
An in-car image acquisition unit that acquires images taken by the in-car camera installed in the car, and
The in-car image processing unit that detects the standing position in the car of the passengers in the car, and
Based on the standing position in the car, a rideability determination unit that determines whether or not a plurality of passengers are allowed to ride in the car, and a rideability determination unit.
With the unit control unit that dispatches the car to the floor where the hall call occurs, and when the rideability determination unit determines that the ride is not possible, the car is made to go straight to the destination floor registered in the unit. A unit control device equipped with. When the rideability determination unit determines that the ride is not possible based on the standing position in the car, the unit control unit is registered in the unit even when a hall call is received from the elevator hall. The unit control device according to claim 11, which causes the car to go straight to the destination floor. It is an operation management system that manages the operation of the elevator of a single unit.
A hall camera control device that transmits a hall call created based on the standing position in the hall of a passenger standing in the elevator hall, detected from an image captured by a hall camera provided in the elevator hall.
It is provided with a unit control device for allocating the car of the unit corresponding to the hall call received from the hall camera control device to the floor where the hall call occurs.
The unit control device is
An in-car image acquisition unit that acquires images taken by the in-car camera provided in the car, and an in-car image acquisition unit.
An in-car image processing unit that detects the standing position of the passenger in the car, and an in-car image processing unit.
Based on the standing position in the car, a rideability determination unit that determines whether or not a plurality of passengers are allowed to ride in the car, and a rideability determination unit.
The machine control unit that allocates the car to the floor where the hall call occurs, and when the car is judged to be non-ride, the car is made to go straight to the destination floor registered in the machine. And, has an operation management system.

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