JP4475565B2 - Elevator group management system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an elevator group management system in which a contactless card reader is installed at a landing and is configured to read information registered in advance in an IC card, and in particular, an elevator capable of registering all destination floors. It relates to a group management system.

  As a conventional elevator group management system, a contactless card reader is installed at the landing, and personal authentication is performed by using the card reader to read information registered in advance in the IC card, and the destination call is registered. The thing is proposed (for example, refer patent document 1).

Japanese Patent Publication No. 7-108751

In the conventional elevator group management system, the purpose is to register a destination call for a specific floor, so if you need to register multiple destination floors depending on the situation, deal effectively. There was a problem that it was not possible.
Moreover, when there are many passengers, after calling one elevator car, there existed the subject that another car had to be called.

  In the present invention, when a plurality of destination floors and their registration orders (routes) are known in advance, all the destination floors are searched using only an IC card and a card reader without operating the hall buttons and the basket buttons. An object is to provide an elevator control device that can be registered.

An elevator group management system according to the present invention includes a group management control device that manages and controls the operation of a plurality of cars, a card reader control device provided so as to be able to communicate with the group management control device, and a card reader control device. A contactless card reader connected to the IC card for reading registration information in the IC card, the group management control device comprising: an allocation calculation means for determining an allocation basket responding to the registered destination call; and an operation for the allocation basket The card reader is an elevator group management system installed at the service floor of the car, and the IC card registration information is related to the number of passengers and the route to the destination floor. And the group management control device calculates the number of vehicles to be allocated based on the number of passengers included in the registration information. When, wherein based on the route included in the registration information, the destination call registration means for sequentially registering a destination call for the destination floor, and storage means for storing a capacity basket for car number and one basket for each path, The dispatched vehicle number calculating means calculates the number of dispatched vehicles based on the ratio of the number of passengers and the capacity of the car, and sets the dispatched vehicle number equal to the number of carts when the dispatched vehicle number is larger than the number of carts. .

According to the present invention, when the number of people to be guided and a plurality of destination floors (guidance routes) are known in advance, such as in-house guidance or guidance, information related to the number of passengers and the route is read into the IC card in advance. Therefore, even if multiple destination floors need to be registered depending on the situation, all destination floors can be registered by simply holding the IC card over the card reader without registering the destination floor in the hall or the basket. be able to.
In addition, when there are a large number of passengers, after calling one elevator car, it is possible to call a plurality of cars at a time, saving the trouble of calling another car.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
1 is a block diagram schematically showing an elevator group management system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
In FIG. 1, an elevator group management system includes a group management control device 1 that efficiently manages and controls a plurality of cars (not shown) installed in a building, and each vehicle connected to the group management control device 1. A control device 7 and a card reader control device 8, a non-contact type card reader 9 connected to the card reader control device 8, and an IC card 10 close to the card reader 9 as necessary are provided.

The group management control device 1 includes an allocation calculation means 2, a dispatched vehicle number calculation means 3, a destination call registration means 4, an operation control means 5, and a communication interface 6. The means 2 to 5 and the communication interface 6 are interconnected. Has been.
In addition, the group management control device 1 includes storage means (not shown) for storing reference information such as the number of baskets Nc installed corresponding to each route and the basket capacity Mc for one basket.

In the group management control device 1, the allocation calculation means 2 calculates an allocation basket in response to various calls, and the operation control means 5 determines the operation command for each cage according to the calculation result of the allocation calculation means 2. I do.
The communication interface 6 communicates with each of the vehicle control devices 7 or the card reader control device 8, and the vehicle allocation number calculation means 3 calculates the vehicle allocation number Ni based on the information transmitted from the card reader 9. .
Further, the destination call registration unit 4 extracts and registers the destination floor Fm based on the information transmitted from the card reader 9.

In response to a command from the group management control device 1, each vehicle control device 7 individually controls each assigned car.
The card reader 9 is installed at a hall (not shown) in the building, and reads information (such as destination floor information and hall call information) registered in advance in the IC card 10 carried by the guide, for example.
The card reader control device 8 performs mutual communication with the card reader 9 and transmits information read from the card reader 9 to the group management control device 1.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a card information registration apparatus for registering information in the IC card 10.
In FIG. 2, the card information registration device includes a card writer 11 to which the IC card 10 is brought close (or inserted), and an information registration terminal 12 connected to the card writer 11.
The information registration terminal 12 has a keyboard, a display, and the like, and inputs information to be written into the IC card 10 (to be transmitted to the elevator) by an operator's operation.
The card writer 11 communicates with the IC card 10 and writes information to be transmitted to the elevator into the IC card 10.

Next, information input processing to the IC card 10 using the card information registration apparatus shown in FIG. 2 will be described with reference to the explanatory diagrams of FIGS.
FIG. 3 displays each input information and an input example (specific numerical values) in a table corresponding to each other.
FIG. 4 shows a route image in the building in the input example shown in FIG.
3 and 4, when the first floor (1F) is the entrance floor, the 10th floor (10F) is the conference room floor, and the 15th floor (15F) is the exhibition room floor, the entrance floor 1F and the conference room floor The route 1 is configured between the floor 10F, the route 2 is configured between the conference room floor 10F and the exhibition room floor 15F, and the route 3 is configured between the entrance floor 1F and the exhibition room floor 15F.

In FIG. 2, the operator operates the information registration terminal 12 to register transmission information from the card writer 11 to the IC card 10 to the elevator.
At this time, information to be registered in the service environment of FIG. 4 is as shown in FIG.

In FIG. 3, first, the number of people to be guided and the route are registered.
For example, the number of guides is 18 and the guide route is “1st floor (entrance floor 1F) → 10th floor (conference room floor 10F) → 15th floor (exhibition room floor 15F) → 1st floor (entrance floor)”. No. in FIG. 1-No. The information input operation is performed as shown in FIG.
Note that “next route” in FIG. 3 indicates “call registration floor” and “destination floor” when “call registration” is performed by the card reader 9 at the next landing, and the initial value is “route”. 1 ”. In the case of the example in FIG. 3, in “Route 1”, the call registration floor = 1 floor and the destination floor = 10 floor.

Next, the processing procedure of “destination call registration” at normal time according to the first embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 will be described.
First, when a passenger operates a destination call registration device (not shown) installed at a landing to register a destination floor, the “destination call registration information” on the registration floor is controlled via the communication interface 6 by group management control. It is transmitted in the device 1.

Thereby, the allocation calculation means 2 in the group management control device 1 performs an allocation evaluation calculation and selects an optimal allocation basket from all the baskets.
Subsequently, the operation control means 5 issues a command to each of the control devices 7 corresponding to the assigned basket so as to respond to the call to the selected assigned basket and travel to the registered destination floor. Hereinafter, the allocation basket provides services requested by passengers.

Next, a processing procedure of “destination call registration” using the card reader 9 according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described.
First, the IC card 10 carried by the guide is held over the card reader 9 installed at the landing, thereby causing the card reader 9 to read the registration information in the IC card 10.
As a result, the card reader control device 8 transmits the registration information in the IC card 10 to the group management control device 1 via the communication interface 6.

Subsequently, the destination call registration unit 4 in the group management control device 1 extracts and registers “call registration floor Fi” and “destination floor Fm” from the input registration information (details by destination call registration unit 4). Processing will be described later).
Further, the dispatched vehicle number calculation means 3 calculates the dispatched vehicle number Ni from the registration information and transmits “next route Ri” to the card reader control device 8 (detailed processing by the dispatched vehicle number calculation means 3 will be described later). .

Further, the allocation calculation means 2 performs an allocation evaluation calculation in the same manner as described above, and selects an optimal allocation basket from all the baskets.
Hereinafter, the operation control means 5 instructs each vehicle control device 7 corresponding to the assigned basket to respond to the call and travel to the registered destination floor for the selected assigned basket.
When there are two or more vehicles to be allocated Ni, the allocation calculating means 2 performs an allocation evaluation calculation for the number of allocated vehicles Ni, and similarly issues a travel command to each vehicle controller 7.

Next, the processing of the destination call registration unit 4 according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
In FIG. 5, first, the destination call registration means 4 determines the next route Ri (in the examples of FIGS. 3 and 4, the initial value of Ri = “route 1” based on the registration information in the IC card 10 (see FIG. 3). ”) (Step S501), and the next path Ri is transmitted to the card reader control device 8.

Further, the destination call registration unit 4 acquires the number of registered routes Nr (Nr = 3 in the examples of FIGS. 3 and 4) based on the registration information (step S502).
Further, based on the registration information, the call registration floor Fi and the destination floor Fm for the next route Ri are extracted and acquired (in the examples of FIGS. 3 and 4, “Fi = 1 floor”, “Fm = 10 floor”). (Step S503).

Next, it is determined whether or not the call registration floor Fi and the card reader 9mp installation floor Fc match (step S504). If it is determined that Fi ≠ Fc (that is, NO), the following processing is not executed. Then, the processing routine of FIG.
On the other hand, if it is determined in step S504 that Fi = Fc (that is, YES), the destination floor Fm acquired in step S503 is transmitted to the allocation calculating means 2 (step S505), and the current next route Ri is determined in step S502. It is determined whether or not the number of routes Nr registered in (1) has been reached (step S506).

If it is determined in step S506 that Ri = Nr (that is, YES), “1” is set to the next route Ri and “route 1” is set (step S507).
On the other hand, if it is determined in step S506 that Ri <Nr (that is, NO), the next route Ri is incremented by “1”, and “route 2” is set (step S508).
Finally, the next route Ri set in step S507 or S508 is transmitted to the card reader control device 8 (step S509), and the processing routine of FIG.

Thereafter, the card reader control device 8 outputs the transmitted next path Ri setting request to the card reader 9 and updates the information in the IC card 10.
For example, in the example of FIG. 2 is changed from “Route 1” to “Route 2” and written to the IC card 10.

Next, referring to the flowchart of FIG. 6, the processing of the dispatched vehicle number calculation means 3 according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.
In FIG. 6, first, the number of passengers Mi (Mi = 18 in the example of FIG. 3) is acquired based on the 1C card registration information (see FIG. 3) (step S601).
Moreover, the basket capacity Mc (for example, 12 persons) preserve | saved at the group management control apparatus 1 is acquired (step S602).

Subsequently, the number of dispatched vehicles Ni is calculated by the following equation (1) using the number of passengers Mi, the car capacity Mc, and the boarding coefficient Km (step S603).
Ni = Mi / (Mc × Km) (1)
However, in Equation (1), for example, Km = 0.8.
In equation (1), the numerical value after the decimal point is rounded up to an integer.
In the case of the above example, since Mi = 18, Mc = 12, and Km = 0.8, Ni = 2 [units].

Next, it is determined whether or not the dispatch number Ni is larger than the basket number Nc (step S604). If it is determined that Ni> Nc (that is, YES), the dispatch number Ni is set so that Ni = Nc. The setting is fixed (step S605), and the processing routine of FIG. 6 is terminated.
On the other hand, if it is determined in step S604 that Ni ≦ Nc (that is, NO), the processing routine of FIG. 6 is terminated without executing step S605.

As described above, the card reader 9 is installed at the hall, and the information (including the number of people to be guided and the destination floor route) registered in advance in the IC card 10 is transmitted to the group management device 1 to obtain the necessary number of baskets Ni. And all destination floors can be registered in the route order.
That is, when the number of passengers Mi to be guided and a plurality of destination floors Fm (guidance route) are known in advance in the in-house guidance or guidance, the number of passengers Mi and the next route Ri are read in advance in the card. Thus, the guide can register all the destination floors and easily guide them by merely holding the IC card 10 without registering the destination floor in the hall or the basket.
Further, even when the number of passengers is larger than the car capacity Mc, after calling one car, it is possible to call a plurality of assigned cars at a time without further trouble of calling one car. .

It is a block block diagram which shows the elevator group management system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the card information registration apparatus applied to Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the information registered into an IC card in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the destination floor applied to Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process of the destination call registration means by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process of the dispatch number calculation means by Embodiment 1 of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

  1 group management control device, 2 allocation calculation means, 3 dispatched vehicle number calculation means, 4 destination call registration means, 5 operation control means, 6 communication interface, 7 each control device, 8 card reader control device, 9 card reader, 10 IC card.

Claims (2)

A group management control device for managing and controlling the operation of a plurality of baskets;
A card reader control device provided to be capable of mutual communication with the group management control device;
A non-contact card reader connected to the card reader control device for reading registration information in an IC card,
The group management control device includes:
An allocation calculation means for determining an allocation basket responding to the registered destination call;
Operation control means for generating an operation command for the assigned basket,
In the elevator group management system installed on the service floor landing of the basket, the card reader,

The registration information of the IC card includes information on the number of passengers and information on the route to the destination floor,
The group management control device includes:
Based on the number of passengers included in the registration information, the number of vehicles dispatched calculating means for determining the number of dispatched cars of the allocated basket,
A destination call registration means for sequentially registering a destination call for the destination floor based on a route included in the registration information ;
Storage means for storing the number of baskets for each route and the capacity of the car for one car,
The dispatched vehicle number calculating means includes:
While calculating the number of dispatched vehicles based on the ratio of the number of passengers and the capacity of the basket,
When the number of dispatched vehicles is larger than the number of carts, the number of dispatched vehicles is set to a number equal to the number of carts . The destination call registration means transmits the destination floor acquired from the registration information to the allocation calculation means and updates the route, and transmits the updated route information to the card reader control device,
The elevator group management system according to claim 1 , wherein the card reader control device writes the updated route information to the IC card via the card reader.

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