JP2935622B2 - Elevator group management controller - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an elevator group management control device, and more particularly to an elevator group management control device for controlling an elevator by selecting an individualization control method according to traffic demand or time zone. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional technique relating to an elevator group management control apparatus, for example, a technique described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 4-64583 is known.

In this prior art, a plurality of control methods are possessed and control methods are selectively used depending on conditions. Predetermined parameters required for group management control are divided into those for each building application and those common to each building. Independently owned, the group management control elevator system retrieves parameters according to the use of the building to be delivered, and uses the parameters to perform actual elevator operation by group management control.

[0004]

As the control method in the elevator group management control device, it is desirable to use a method corresponding to the use status of the elevator in the building. The use status of the elevator is the pattern of the flow of people using the elevator in the building, the probability of stopping the elevator on each floor, the opening time of the door, and the like. It must be reflected.

[0005] The method of group management control according to the prior art is as follows.
The group management control of the elevator is performed by using the parameter according to the use of the building. The parameter selection is performed for each use of the building, and the group management control of the elevator different for each use of the building is performed. .

For this reason, the above-mentioned prior art has a problem that, when the control method cannot be uniquely determined from the purpose of the building, the control method of the elevator cannot be determined. Since it is fixed by each building, it is not possible to respond to a request from the elevator administrator to use a special group management control method at a specific time, and there is a problem that control flexibility is lacking. doing.

An object of the present invention, the conventionally solve the problems of the art, the traffic demand or time zone in the building, and to change the elevator individualized control method, or
One, elevator managers and users are simply individualization goals
Allows you to input only information, making it easy to control individualization
You can choose the law and realize a fine-grained service
It is an object of the present invention to provide an elevator group management control device that can perform the operation.

[0008]

[0009]

According to the present invention, the object is to provide an individualization assumed in elevator group management control.
Control methods can be adapted to traffic demand or time of day in the building.
To determine the current traffic demand or time zone.
Based on the determination results of the different means,
Achieved by choosing one. Concrete
Multiple In, the above object is that the current time or traffic demand to have groups Dzu <br/> select one of the plurality of control methods, commissioned to a plurality of floors by the selected control method In order to execute a plurality of control methods in an elevator group management control device that controls the operation of one elevator ,
Each operating method has its own
Means for storing data including meter weights, control target input means for an elevator manager or the like to input one of a plurality of control targets including priority on waiting time, and input from the control target input means. Means for switching the selected control method in accordance with the control target.

[0010]

According to the present invention, an elevator administrator and a user
Time zone determined from the current time or traffic demand
By simply inputting the individualization target in response to
Individualized control parameters (hereinafter referred to as operating parameters)
Group) to control elevator group management.
Can be run, elevator administrator, user
However, the individualization control method can be easily selected.

[0011]

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the elevator group management control device according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In addition,
One embodiment of the present invention described below is an embodiment in which a personalization control method is selected for each traffic demand, but the present invention is similarly performed in a case where a personalization control method is selected for each time zone. be able to.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a software configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a table configuration of software. FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining an overall processing operation of the embodiment of the present invention by an operation control program, FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining a processing operation when a control method is selected for each time zone, and FIG. FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining a processing operation in a case where selection is made in consideration of both a time zone and traffic demand, FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining operation of a driving parameter selection process, and FIG. 8 is for selecting an individualization control method. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a configuration of a data table used, FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining an example of a data table storing operation parameters according to the individualization control method, and FIG. It is a flowchart for explaining the operation of Le call assignment process. 1 to 3, 1 is an elevator control device, 2 is a control method setting device, 10 is a group management control device, 11 is a hall call registration device for each floor, 12 is a building management device, 13 is a hall display device, and 15 and 16. Is an alarm, 20 to 22 is a car controller, 30 to 32 is a car, CP10 is an operation control program, CP20 is a traffic demand determination program, CP30 is a communication program, and CT1.
1 is an operation parameter table, CT12 is an elevator control data table, CT13 is a hall call table,
CT14 is an elevator specification table.

The elevator control device 1 to which the present invention is applied is composed of a group management control device 10 and the unit control devices 20 to 22 for controlling each of the unit elevators. Can be.

The group management control device 10 receives a signal from the hall call registration device 11 on each floor and a signal from the building management device 12 and outputs a signal to the hall display device 13 of all elevators in the hall. Unit control device 2
0 to 22 are, according to an instruction from the group management control device 10, a runner 15 for controlling the traveling of the cars 30 to 32 of each elevator, opening and closing the doors, and providing various information in the cars.
In addition, it controls the annunciators 16 in halls for different elevators such as hall lanterns and chimes.

A command from the setting device 2 of the individualization control method for each basic traffic demand or each time zone is transmitted to the group management control device 10 via the line 6.

As shown in FIG. 2, the software of the group management controller 10 includes an operation control program CP10, a traffic demand determination program CP20, and a communication program CP30.

The operation control program CP10 selects an operation parameter corresponding to the current traffic demand from the operation parameter table CT11 based on the judgment result of the traffic demand judgment program CP20. Then, the program CP10 performs group management control such as hall call assignment processing according to the selected operation parameters. In addition, the operation control program CP10 includes, as other input information, elevator control data tables CT12, hall call tables CT13, and the like of elevator positions, directions, car call floors, and the like transmitted from each of the car control devices 20 to 22. Information from the elevator specification table CT14 such as the group management number is given.

The traffic demand determination program CP20 determines the current traffic demand in the building based on the number of people getting on and off at each floor, the door opening time, and the like, and transmits the determination result to the operation control program CP10.

According to the present invention, the individualization control method can be selected according to the time zone by changing the above-mentioned traffic demand determination program CP20 to a time zone determination program.

The communication program CP30 is a program for communicating with the control method setting device 2 provided outside the group management control device 10 in order to set a desired control method for each basic traffic demand. This communication program CP
Reference numeral 30 denotes an operation control program CP
When the control method is set in the group management control device 1 by being configured integrally with the control device 10, the control method can be omitted.

The table of software used in the group management control device 10 is, as described above,
An operation parameter table CT11, an elevator control data table CT12, a hall call table CT13,
Each of the tables is an elevator specification table CT14, and each of these tables is configured by each of the illustrated blocks, as shown in FIG.

In the embodiment of the present invention, different combinations of parameters are selected from the above-mentioned operation parameter table CT11, thereby realizing different individualization control in elevator group management control. .

The variables K, J, and I in the blocks of each table shown in FIG. 3 indicate the elevator number, hall call direction, and hall call floor, respectively.

The programs CP10, CP
20 and the CP 30 are divided into a plurality of tasks, and are managed under a system program that performs efficient control, that is, an operating system (OS). Therefore, these programs can be started freely by starting from a system timer or starting from another program.

Next, the overall operation of the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above will be described with reference to the flow for explaining the processing operation of the operation control program CP10 shown in FIG.

(1) The operation control program CP10 is started after the power is turned on or by a restart, and firstly performs an initial process such as a clear process of the elevator control data table CT12 (step D).
CP10).

(2) Next, hall calls for all floors are input, set and reset processing is performed on the hall call table CT13, and a command to turn on / off the answering lamp for the hall call is output (step). DCP20).

(3) The communication data from the car controller is stored in the elevator control data table CT12 (step DCP30).

(4) The current traffic demand is determined and the corresponding individualization control operating parameter is selected to determine the individualization control method of the group management control (step DCP).
40, DCP50).

(5) Next, an actual hall call allocation process is performed by using the operation parameters selected in step DCP50 (step DCP60).

(6) The contents of the control currently performed, elevator services such as arrival guidance, and guidance notification processing such as building guidance information from the building management device 12 are performed (step DCP).
70).

(7) Finally, other processes necessary for controlling the elevator not directly related to the present invention are executed (step DCP80).

The above-described steps DCP20 to DCP8
The process of 0 is repeatedly executed until the power is turned off or a program error occurs, and the group management control of the elevator is executed.

Although the processing operation of the driving control program CP10 according to the embodiment of the present invention described above selects a control method according to traffic demand, the present invention allows the control method to be selected for each time zone. .

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the processing operation of the operation control program CP10 in this case. In this case, since the operating parameters are selected according to the time zone, as shown in FIG. 5, the step DCP40 for determining traffic demand in FIG.
41 may be changed.

According to the present invention, a control method can be selected in consideration of a time zone and traffic demand. The processing operation of the operation control program CP10 in this case is a flowchart shown in FIG.

This processing is to select an individualization target for each time zone, and to select an individualization control method from the individualization target and the current traffic demand. The difference from the case of FIG. Is a point.

That is, in this case, step DCP40
In step DCP42 which is added after that, in the processing of step DCP42, the individualization target is selected from the determination of the time zone and the result of the determination.
Then, the individualization control method is selected from the traffic demand and the individualization target.

Next, with reference to the flow shown in FIG. 7, the process of selecting the control method in step DCP50 of FIGS. 4 to 6 will be described. In the illustrated example, three methods are listed as selection methods of the individualization control method. These methods are classified by traffic demand, by time zone, by time zone, and by combination of individualization target and traffic demand. The illustrated flow is configured to be able to cope with all three cases.

(1) When this process is started, first, it is checked whether or not a time zone has been set. If the time zone has not been set, the above-described step DCP40 is performed.
The individualization control is determined only from the traffic demand determined in (Step DCP501, DCP505).

(2) If it is determined in step DCP501 that the time zone has been set, it is checked whether or not a personalization target has been set. Individualization control is determined only from the time zone determined in step DCP41 (step DCP5).
02, DCP504).

(3) If the individualization target has been set in the determination of step DCP502, the individualization target is determined by the combination of the traffic demand determined in step DCP40 and the individualization target selected in step DCP42. The control is determined (step DCP503).

(4) Step DCP503, DCP50
4. An operation parameter corresponding to the individualization control method determined by the DCP 505 is determined (step DCP 506).

Next, at steps DCP 503 and D
The configuration of the data table used in the process of selecting the individualization control method of the CP 504 and the DCP 505 will be described with reference to FIG. Each table shown in FIG. 8 may be provided in the operation control program CP10, or
It may be connected to the operation control program CP10 as another table.

FIG. 8A is an example of a data table used when selecting a personalization control method for each traffic demand, wherein a traffic demand number and a personalization control method number corresponding to the number are paired. It is a stored table. When the traffic demand is determined, a personalization control method number corresponding to the traffic demand number can be obtained by referring to this table, whereby a personalization control method is selected.

FIG. 8B is an example of a data table used when selecting a personalization control method for each time zone. The time zone number and the personalization control method number corresponding to the number are paired. It is a stored table. When the time zone is determined, the personalization control method number corresponding to the time zone number can be obtained by referring to this table, whereby the individualization control method is selected.

FIGS. 8C and 8D are examples of data tables used when selecting a personalization control method in consideration of a combination of a personalization target for each time zone and traffic demand. FIG. 8C is a table in which a time zone number and a personalization target number corresponding to the number are stored as a pair. FIG. 8D is a two-dimensional array format table in which individualization control method numbers are stored in association with combinations of individualization target numbers and traffic demand numbers.

When selecting a personalization control method using these tables, first, based on the determined time zone, as shown in FIG. 8C, the personalization target number set for each time zone is determined. Select Next, according to FIG. 8D in the two-dimensional array format table, an individualization control method is selected from the individualization target selected in FIG. 8C and the traffic demand determined to be a target. For example, when the personalization target number is 4 and the traffic demand number is 3, the method of number (4) is selected as the personalization control method.

Depending on the traffic demand, there is a case where selection of individualization control is impossible due to its characteristics, that is, a case where change of individualization control is impossible. In such a case, the individualization control method number that is entirely or partially identical regardless of the individualization target is selected. Further, even if the same individualization target is selected, the individualization target may not be realized unless a different individualization control method is selected depending on the traffic demand. Therefore, the number of the individualization control method may be different.

The traffic demand numbers 1 to 8 are, for example, traffic demand at work, traffic demand at leaving work, traffic demand at the first half of lunch, traffic demand at the latter half of lunch, traffic demand at off time, traffic demand at normal time, etc. Represents The time zone numbers 1 to 8 are specifically, for example, a work-hour zone specific to a building to which the group management control device is delivered, a first half hour period for lunch, a second half hour period for lunch, a quiet time zone, a normal time zone, and the like. Represents

The individualization target is specifically shown in FIG.
As shown, there are eight ways 1 to 8, for example, hall call duration (waiting time), car call duration, car congestion, ride rate, transportation capacity, energy saving effect, reservation. The change rate is emphasized, the pass rate is emphasized, the immediate reservation rate is emphasized, and a plurality of the items are simultaneously emphasized.

The individualization control method is described in detail in FIG.
8 (a), FIG. 8 (b) and FIG. 8 (d)
There are eight ways (1) to (8): hall call duration (waiting time) emphasis control, car call duration emphasis control, car congestion degree emphasis control, ride ratio emphasis control, transport capacity emphasis control, energy saving Effects-oriented control, reservation change rate-oriented control, pass rate-oriented control, immediate reservation rate-oriented control, standard control, and the like.

FIG. 9 shows an example of a data table storing operation parameters corresponding to the individualization control method numbers. Such a table corresponds to the individualization control method, and is prepared in advance by the number of the tables, and is configured as a whole as a table CT11 shown in FIG.
The contents of the table are a plurality of types of operation parameters and their specification values.

Therefore, step DCP5 described in FIG.
03, the DCP 504, and the DCP 505 determine the individualization control method number. In step DCP 506, a data table having a target number is selected from a plurality of data tables as shown in FIG.
A plurality of operation parameter values required by the operation control program CP10 shown in FIG. 2 are selected.

Next, with reference to the flow shown in FIG. 10, the hall call assignment processing in step DCP60 of FIGS. 4 to 6 will be described.

(1) Initially, loop variables (direction Jn, floor In) of the direction and the floor are initialized (step HCSP10) in order to sequentially perform hall call allocation processing on all floors, that is, rising and falling. ).

(2) Next, it is determined whether or not there is an allocation request hall call in the loop. This determination may be a determination of the presence or absence of a newly generated hall call, or may simply be a determination of the presence or absence of a call registration (step HCSP20).

(3) If it is determined in step HCSP20 that there is a call assignment request, a hall call assignment elevator selection process is performed (step HCSP30).

(4) After the process of step HCSP 30 has been completed, or if it is determined in step HCSP 20 that there is no call allocation request, it is checked whether or not the process for all floors has been completed. The process ends. If the processing has not been completed, the loop variable (J
n, In), and returns to the process of step HCSP20, and repeatedly executes the determination of the HCSP20 and the process of allocating the HCSP30 until the process for all floors is completed (steps HCSP40, HCSP50).

In the above-described embodiment of the present invention, the individualization control method is automatically selected for each traffic demand, each time zone, or each combination thereof. The user and the user can simply select only the individualization target, whereby the individualization control method can be more easily selected.

According to the above-described embodiment of the present invention, the control method of the elevator can be changed according to the traffic demand in the building or the time zone, so that a highly flexible and detailed service can be realized. Can

[0063]

As described above, according to the present invention, the selection of the individualization control according to the use of the building can be performed by the elevator.
Administrators and users simply enter individualization goals
, Which makes personalization easier
The control method can be selected.
Administrators and users respond to traffic demand or time of day in the building.
It is possible to provide highly flexible and detailed services.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a software configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a table configuration of software.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an overall processing operation of an embodiment of the present invention by an operation control program.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a processing operation when a control method is selected for each time zone.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a processing operation when a control method is selected in consideration of both a time zone and traffic demand.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of an operation parameter selection process.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration of a data table used to select an individualization control method.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data table storing operation parameters according to the individualization control method.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a hall call assignment process.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Elevator control device 2 Control method setting device 10 Group management control device 11 Each floor hall call registration device 12 Building management device 13 Landing display device 15, 16 Alarm device 20-22 control device 30-32 Riding car CP10 Operation control program CP20 Traffic Demand judgment program CP30 Communication program CT11 Operating parameter table CT12 Elevator control data table CT13 Hall call table CT14 Elevator specification table

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A based on the current time or traffic demand to select one of a plurality of control method, for controlling a plurality of elevator operation to be commissioned to a plurality of floors by the selected control method In order to execute a plurality of control methods in the elevator group management control device , these control methods are used.
Operating parameters, each of which
Means for storing data including the weighting of the control target, a control target input means for inputting one of a plurality of control targets including an emphasis on waiting time by an elevator manager or the like, and input from the control target input means. Means for switching the selected control method according to a control target. Wherein based on the current time or traffic demand to select one of a plurality of control method, for controlling a plurality of elevator operation to be commissioned to a plurality of floors by the selected control method In order to execute a plurality of control methods in the elevator group management control device , these control methods are used.
Operating parameters, each of which
Control target input means for storing one of a plurality of control targets including an emphasis on waiting time corresponding to a current time zone by an elevator manager or the like; Means for selecting one of the plurality of control methods from the control target and the traffic demand inputted from the target input means.