JP6572853B2 - Recommended elevator guidance system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a guidance device for a recommended elevator.

  Patent Document 1 discloses an elevator control system. According to the said control system, the candidate of the elevator which allocates a call with respect to a user can be alert | reported.

Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2015-30613

  However, the control system described in Patent Document 1 notifies an elevator candidate when an authentication device near the elevator landing recognizes an information terminal. For this reason, the elevator candidate is not notified until the user comes to the position of the authentication device.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems. The objective of this invention is providing the guidance apparatus to the recommended elevator which can alert | report a recommended elevator more appropriately with respect to a user.

The recommended elevator guidance apparatus according to the present invention includes an elevator position information storage unit that stores information on elevator positions provided at a plurality of different locations on a horizontal projection plane of a preset region, and a plurality of elevators. A congestion status information acquisition unit that acquires information indicating the congestion status, an information terminal position information acquisition unit that acquires information on the position of the information terminal carried by the user, and the plurality of the plurality of information stored in the elevator position information storage unit Information on the position of the elevator, information on the congestion status of the plurality of elevators acquired by the congestion status information acquisition unit, information on the position of the information terminal acquired by the information terminal location information acquisition unit, and the plurality of elevators a plurality of radio communication instrumentation respectively provided at a position away from Oite the elevator hall on each floor provided the building And a recommended elevator selection unit that selects a recommended elevator from among the plurality of elevators based on information on the presence floor of the information terminal recognized based on the state of wireless communication with the information terminal, and the recommended elevator selection A recommended elevator information transmitting unit that transmits information on the recommended elevator selected by the unit to an information terminal carried by the user.

  According to this invention, the recommended elevator is selected based on the positions of the plurality of elevators, the congestion status of the plurality of elevators, and the position of the information terminal. For this reason, it is possible to notify the user of the recommended elevator more appropriately.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a block diagram of the elevator system with which the guidance apparatus to the recommended elevator in Embodiment 1 of this invention is applied. It is a figure for demonstrating arrangement | positioning of the several elevator with which the guidance apparatus to the recommended elevator in Embodiment 1 of this invention is applied. It is a block diagram of one elevator among the several elevators with which the guidance apparatus to the recommended elevator in Embodiment 1 of this invention is applied. It is a figure for demonstrating the guidance apparatus and information terminal to the recommended elevator in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the information displayed on an information terminal in the elevator system to which the guidance apparatus to the recommended elevator in Embodiment 1 of this invention is applied. These are the flowcharts for demonstrating the outline | summary of operation | movement of the guidance apparatus to the recommendation elevator in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a hardware block diagram of the guidance apparatus to the recommended elevator in Embodiment 1 of this invention.

  A mode for carrying out the invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the part which is the same or it corresponds in each figure. The overlapping explanation of the part is appropriately simplified or omitted.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an elevator system to which a guidance device for a recommended elevator according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention is applied.

  In FIG. 1, a plurality of elevators 1 are provided in a preset area. For example, the small computer 2 is a Raspberry Pi. For example, the guidance device 3 is an API server. For example, the information terminal 4 is a smartphone. The information terminal 4 is carried by the user.

  Each of the plurality of elevators 1 generates information indicating its own congestion situation. For example, the elevator 1 at the location A generates information indicating that the degree of congestion is 10% with respect to the capacity. For example, the elevator 1 at the location B generates information indicating that the degree of congestion is 50% with respect to the capacity. For example, the elevator 1 at the location C generates information indicating that the degree of congestion is 100% with respect to the capacity.

  The small computer 2 acquires information indicating the congestion status from each of the plurality of elevators 1. The guidance device 3 acquires information indicating the congestion status of the plurality of elevators 1 from the small computer 2.

  For example, the information terminal 4 grasps its own position using a global positioning system. For example, the information terminal 4 transmits information on its own position to the guidance device 3 using application software. For example, the information terminal 4 transmits information on its position to the guidance device 3 using a mobile phone network.

  The guidance device 3 selects a recommended elevator from the plurality of elevators 1 based on the information on the positions of the plurality of elevators 1, the information indicating the congestion status of the plurality of elevators 1, and the information on the position of the information terminal 4. The guidance device 3 determines the route from the position of the information terminal 4 to the recommended elevator position. The guidance device 3 transmits information on the recommended elevator and information on the route to the recommended elevator to the information terminal 4. For example, the guidance device 3 transmits information on the recommended elevator and information on the route to the recommended elevator to the information terminal 4 using a mobile phone network.

  The information terminal 4 uses application software to notify the recommended elevator information and the route information from its position to the recommended elevator. For example, the information terminal 4 displays information on the recommended elevator and information on the normal route from its position to the recommended elevator.

  The user recognizes the recommended elevator and the route to the recommended elevator based on the content notified to the information terminal 4. The user moves to the recommended elevator according to the route to the recommended elevator.

Next, the arrangement of the plurality of elevators 1 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the arrangement of a plurality of elevators to which the recommended elevator guidance apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention is applied.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the plurality of elevators 1 are provided in a large department store. The plurality of elevators 1 may be provided in an office building. For example, the plurality of elevators 1 may be provided in a station building.

Next, the elevator 1 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of one elevator among a plurality of elevators to which the guidance device for a recommended elevator according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention is applied.

  As FIG. 3 shows, the hoistway 5 of the elevator 1 penetrates each floor of a building. Each of the plurality of halls 6 of the elevator 1 is provided on each floor of the building. Each of the plurality of landings 6 faces the hoistway 5. The car 7 is provided inside the hoistway 5.

  Each of the plurality of hall-side cameras 8 is provided on each wall portion of the plurality of halls 6. Each of the plurality of hall-side cameras 8 is provided so that each of the plurality of halls 6 can be photographed. Each of the plurality of hall-side scale devices 9 is provided on the floor of each of the plurality of halls 6. Each of the plurality of hall-side scale devices 9 is provided so as to be able to measure the weight of an object existing in each of the plurality of halls 6.

  The car-side camera 10 is provided on the ceiling of the car 7. The car side camera 10 is provided so that the inside of the car 7 can be photographed. The car-side scale device 11 is provided on the floor of the car 7. The car-side scale device 11 is provided so that the weight of an object existing inside the car 7 can be measured.

  Each of the plurality of wireless communication devices 12 is provided on each floor of the building. Each of the plurality of wireless communication devices 12 is provided so as to establish wireless communication with an information terminal 4 not shown in FIG.

Next, the guidance device 3 and the information terminal 4 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a recommended elevator guidance apparatus and an information terminal according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the guidance device 3 includes an elevator position information storage unit 3a, a congestion state information acquisition unit 3b, an information terminal position information acquisition unit 3c, a congestion state information storage unit 3d, a congestion tendency estimation unit 3e, and a recommended elevator. A selection unit 3f, a route determination unit 3g, and a recommended elevator information transmission unit 3h are provided.

  The elevator position information storage unit 3 a stores information on the positions of the plurality of elevators 1. For example, the elevator position information storage unit 3a stores in advance information on a floor layout of a large department store.

  The congestion status information acquisition unit 3 b acquires information indicating the congestion status of the plurality of elevators 1 via the small computer 2. Although not shown in FIG. 4, the congestion status information acquisition unit 3 b acquires the video information of each of the plurality of halls 6 from each of the plurality of hall-side cameras 8 for each of the plurality of elevators 1. Although not shown in FIG. 4, the congestion status information acquisition unit 3 b acquires information on the weight of an object present on each of the plurality of landings 6 from each of the plurality of landing-side scale devices 9 for each of the plurality of elevators 1. . As illustrated in FIG. 4, the congestion status information acquisition unit 3 b acquires video information inside the car 7 from the car-side camera 10 for each of the plurality of elevators 1. Although not shown in FIG. 4, the congestion status information acquisition unit 3 b acquires the information on the weight of an object existing in the car 7 from the car-side scale device 11 for each of the plurality of elevators 1.

  The information terminal position information acquisition unit 3c acquires information on the position of the information terminal 4 from the information terminal 4 carried by the user.

  The congestion status information storage unit 3d stores information indicating the congestion status of the plurality of elevators 1 acquired by the congestion status information acquisition unit 3b and information on the time when the information is acquired in association with each other.

  The congestion tendency estimation unit 3e estimates the congestion tendency of the plurality of elevators 1 at the current time based on information stored in the congestion status information storage unit 3d. For example, the congestion tendency estimation unit 3e estimates the congestion tendency of the plurality of elevators 1 at the present time after organizing the congestion state for each time zone in the plurality of elevators 1 from the information stored in the congestion state information storage unit 3d. .

  The recommended elevator selection unit 3f includes information on the positions of the plurality of elevators 1 stored in the elevator position information storage unit 3a, information indicating the congestion status of the plurality of elevators 1 acquired by the congestion status information acquisition unit 3b, and the information terminal position A recommended elevator is selected from the plurality of elevators 1 based on the information on the position of the information terminal acquired by the information acquisition unit 3c and the current tendency of congestion of the plurality of elevators 1 estimated by the congestion tendency estimation unit 3e. .

  The route determination unit 3g determines a route from the position of the user's information terminal 4 to the position of the recommended elevator selection unit 3f.

  The recommended elevator information transmitting unit 3h transmits information on the recommended elevator selected by the recommended elevator selecting unit 3f and information on the normal route to the recommended elevator determined by the normal route determining unit 3g to the information terminal 4 carried by the user. .

  As shown in FIG. 4, the information terminal 4 includes a program storage unit 4a and a display unit 4b.

  The program storage unit 4 a stores a program of application software that can access the guide device 3.

  The display unit 4b displays information according to the operation of the program stored in the program storage unit 4a.

Next, information displayed on the display unit 4b of the information terminal 4 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining information displayed on the information terminal in the elevator system to which the guidance device for the recommended elevator according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention is applied.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the display unit 4 b of the information terminal 4 displays information on the positions of the plurality of elevators 1. For example, the display unit 4 b of the information terminal 4 displays a plurality of schematic diagrams as information on the positions of the plurality of elevators 1. At this time, the display unit 4b of the information terminal 4 displays the symbol of the corresponding location among “A”, “B”, and “C” in association with each of the plurality of schematic diagrams.

  The display unit 4 b of the information terminal 4 displays information indicating the congestion status of the plurality of elevators 1. For example, the display unit 4 b of the information terminal 4 displays “congested” corresponding to the schematic diagram of the elevator 1 that is congested. For example, the display unit 4 b of the information terminal 4 displays “vacant” in correspondence with the schematic diagram of the vacant elevator 1.

  The display unit 4b of the information terminal 4 displays information on the position of the user. For example, the display unit 4b of the information terminal 4 displays an asterisk and “current position” in association with each other as the user position information.

  The display unit 4b of the information terminal 4 displays a route from the position of the information terminal 4 to the recommended elevator. For example, the display unit 4b of the information terminal 4 displays a route from the position of the information terminal 4 to the recommended elevator by combining a plurality of arrows. For example, when the vacant elevator 1 is selected as the recommended elevator, the display unit 4b of the information terminal 4 displays the route to the schematic diagram of the elevator 1 corresponding to “vacant”.

Next, the outline | summary of operation | movement of the guidance apparatus 3 is demonstrated using FIG.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the outline of the operation of the recommended elevator guidance apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

  In step S1, the guidance device 3 determines whether or not information on the position of the user has been acquired. When the information on the position of the user is not acquired in step S1, the guidance device 3 repeats the operation in step S1. When the information on the position of the user is acquired in step S1, the guidance device 3 performs the operation in step S2.

  In step S2, the guidance device 3 selects a recommended elevator. Thereafter, the guide device 3 performs the operation of step S3. In step S3, the guidance device 3 determines the route from the position of the information terminal 4 to the recommended elevator. Thereafter, the guide device 3 performs the operation of step S4. In step S4, the guidance device 3 transmits the information on the recommended elevator and the information on the route to the recommended elevator to the information terminal 4 carried by the user. Thereafter, the guide device 3 ends the operation.

  According to Embodiment 1 demonstrated above, a recommended elevator is selected based on the position of the some elevator 1, the congestion condition of the some elevator 1, and the position of the information terminal 4. FIG. The information terminal 4 notifies the recommended elevator information. For this reason, a recommended elevator can be more appropriately notified to a user in real time.

  The recommended elevator selection conditions are set as appropriate. For example, a vacant elevator 1 is selected as the recommended elevator. In this case, it can suppress that a user's waiting time becomes long. For example, the nearest elevator 1 is selected as the recommended elevator. In this case, the burden due to the movement of the user can be suppressed.

  In addition, the congestion status information acquisition unit 3 b acquires video information inside the car 7 from the car-side camera 10 for each of the plurality of elevators 1. The congestion status information acquisition unit 3b acquires information on the weight of an object existing in the car 7 from the car-side scale device 11 for each of the plurality of elevators 1. For this reason, a recommended elevator can be appropriately selected based on the congestion situation of the car 7.

  Further, the congestion status information acquisition unit 3b acquires video information of each of the plurality of halls 6 from each of the plurality of hall-side cameras 8 for each of the plurality of elevators 1. The congestion status information acquisition unit 3b acquires information on the weight of an object present on each of the plurality of landings 6 from each of the plurality of landing-side scale devices 9 for each of the plurality of elevators 1. For this reason, a recommended elevator can be appropriately selected based on the congestion situation of the hall 6.

  The recommended elevator is selected in consideration of the tendency of congestion of the plurality of elevators 1. For this reason, it is possible to notify the user of the recommended elevator more appropriately.

  In the guidance device 3, the floor where the information terminal 4 exists may be recognized based on the communication state between the wireless communication device 12 and the information terminal 4. In this case, the recommended elevator may be selected in consideration of the floor where the information terminal 4 exists. For example, the elevator 1 that is not set to stop on the floor where the information terminal 4 exists may be excluded from the recommended elevator candidates. In this case, the recommended elevator can be selected more appropriately.

Next, an example of the guidance device 3 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 7 is a hardware configuration diagram of the guidance device for the recommended elevator according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

  Each function of the guide device 3 can be realized by a processing circuit. For example, the processing circuit includes at least one processor 13a and at least one memory 13b. For example, the processing circuit comprises at least one dedicated hardware 14.

  When the processing circuit includes at least one processor 13a and at least one memory 13b, each function of the guide device 3 is realized by software, firmware, or a combination of software and firmware. At least one of software and firmware is described as a program. At least one of software and firmware is stored in at least one memory 13b. The at least one processor 13a implements each function of the guide device 3 by reading and executing a program stored in the at least one memory 13b. The at least one processor 13a is also referred to as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a central processing unit, a processing unit, an arithmetic unit, a microprocessor, a microcomputer, and a DSP. For example, the at least one memory 13b is a nonvolatile or volatile semiconductor memory such as RAM, ROM, flash memory, EPROM, or EEPROM, a magnetic disk, a flexible disk, an optical disk, a compact disk, a mini disk, a DVD, or the like.

  If the processing circuit comprises at least one dedicated hardware 14, the processing circuit is implemented, for example, as a single circuit, a composite circuit, a programmed processor, a parallel programmed processor, an ASIC, an FPGA, or a combination thereof. The For example, each function of the guidance device 3 is realized by a processing circuit. For example, each function of the guidance device 3 is collectively realized by a processing circuit.

  About each function of the guidance apparatus 3, a part is implement | achieved by the hardware 14 for exclusive use, and another part may be implement | achieved by software or firmware. For example, the function of the recommended elevator selection unit 3f is realized by a processing circuit as dedicated hardware 14, and at least one processor 13a is stored in at least one memory 13b for functions other than the function of the recommended elevator selection unit 3f. It may be realized by reading out and executing the program.

  As described above, the processing circuit realizes each function of the guide device 3 by the hardware 14, software, firmware, or a combination thereof.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Elevator, 2 Small computer, 3 Guide apparatus, 3a Elevator position information storage part, 3b Congestion condition information acquisition part, 3c Information terminal position information acquisition part, 3d Congestion condition information storage part, 3e Congestion tendency estimation part, 3f Recommended elevator selection Part, 3g route determination part, 3h recommended elevator information transmission part, 4 information terminal, 4a program storage part, 4b display part, 5 hoistway, 6 landing, 7 car, 8 landing side camera, 9 landing side weighing device, 10 car Side camera, 11 car side scale device, 12 wireless communication device, 13a processor, 13b memory, 14 hardware

Claims (6)

An elevator position information storage unit for storing information on the position of the elevator provided at a plurality of different locations on the horizontal projection plane of a preset region;
A congestion status information acquisition unit for acquiring information indicating the congestion status of the plurality of elevators;
An information terminal position information acquisition unit for acquiring information on the position of the information terminal carried by the user;
Information on the positions of the plurality of elevators stored in the elevator position information storage unit, information indicating the congestion status of the plurality of elevators acquired by the congestion state information acquisition unit, and information acquired by the information terminal position information acquisition unit that the position of the information terminal information and the plurality plurality of elevators are provided each at a position away from Oite the elevator hall on each floor of the building provided a wireless communication apparatus in wireless communication with said information terminal A recommended elevator selection unit that selects a recommended elevator from the plurality of elevators based on the information on the presence floor of the information terminal recognized based on the state;
A recommended elevator information transmitting unit that transmits information of the recommended elevator selected by the recommended elevator selecting unit to an information terminal carried by the user;
Guide device to the recommended elevator equipped with.   The congestion status information acquisition unit is configured to photograph each of the plurality of cars in each of the plurality of cars provided in each of the plurality of elevators, The guidance device to the recommended elevator according to claim 1, wherein video information inside each of the plurality of cars is acquired as information indicating a congestion status of the plurality of elevators from each.   The congestion status information acquisition unit measures the weight of an object existing in each of the plurality of scales by each of a plurality of scales provided in each of the plurality of cars provided in each of the plurality of elevators. The information on the weight of an object existing inside each of the plurality of cars is acquired from each of the plurality of weighing devices as information indicating the congestion status of the plurality of elevators. Recommended elevator guide device.   Each of the plurality of cameras provided at each of the plurality of landings provided in each of the plurality of elevators captures each of the plurality of landings, and The guidance apparatus to the recommended elevator as described in any one of Claims 1-3 which acquires the video information inside each of these halls as information which shows the congestion condition of these elevators.   The congestion status information acquisition unit measures the weight of an object present at each of the plurality of landings, each of the plurality of scales provided at each of the plurality of landings provided at each of the plurality of elevators, The information on the weight of an object existing in each of the plurality of halls is acquired as information indicating the congestion status of the plurality of elevators from each of the plurality of scale devices. The recommended elevator guidance device. A congestion status information storage unit that stores information indicating the congestion status of the plurality of elevators acquired by the congestion status information acquisition unit and information on the time at which the information is acquired;
A congestion tendency estimation unit that estimates a tendency of congestion of the plurality of elevators at a current time based on information stored in the congestion state information storage unit;
With
The recommended elevator selection unit includes information on the position of the plurality of elevators stored in the elevator position information storage unit, information indicating the congestion state of the plurality of elevators acquired by the congestion state information acquisition unit, and the information terminal A recommended elevator is selected from the plurality of elevators based on the information on the position of the information terminal acquired by the position information acquisition unit and the current tendency of congestion of the plurality of elevators estimated by the congestion tendency estimation unit The guidance device to the recommended elevator according to any one of claims 1 to 5.

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