JP6714523B2 - Group management control device and group management elevator system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a group management control device and a group management elevator system.

As the size of a building increases, the number of elevators installed in the building, that is, the number of elevator cars increases. For this reason, the group management control device treats a plurality of cars as one group, and appropriately manages a plurality of cars by group management to improve services such as reducing waiting time for users of the cars. There is. In the destination floor reservation type group management control device, the user can register the destination floor using the information terminal device installed at the hall on the registered floor or at the hall entrance/exit etc. It is possible to assign cars.

Then, the group management control device controls to display the car number of the car to which the hall call is assigned on the display unit included in the information terminal device. The user confirms the car number displayed on the display unit and waits for the arrival of the car in front of the hold door specified by the car number. As a result, the user can get on the car that arrived at the registered floor, move to the registered destination floor, and then get off the car.

As a conventional elevator group management device, for example, Patent Document 1 discloses a technique in which a group management control device selects a car in consideration of a user's walking time and the number of elevator layers.

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However, the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 only considers the traveling time until the user gets on the car, and does not consider the traveling time after the user gets off the car. Usually, the user gets on the car to which the hall call is assigned, moves to the destination floor, gets off the car, and then exits from a predetermined exit to the destination. However, the travel time after the user gets out of the car changes depending on the position of the car in which the user gets on. Therefore, depending on the car to which the hall call is assigned by using the conventional technique, it may take a longer traveling time than when the user gets on another car.

The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and an object thereof is to reduce the moving time in a building in which an elevator is installed.

The group management control device according to the present invention causes a landing call to be generated at the terminal device by the user registering the destination floor for the terminal device installed on the registration floor, and the registration floor and the destination floor are switched from the terminal device. The time required for the user to move from the terminal device to the holdor corresponding to multiple cars moving to multiple floors at the hall call information collection unit that collects the included hall call information and the registered floor obtained from the hall call information. And the total travel time including the time the user travels after getting off the car on the destination floor, and the assigned evaluation value calculated from the operation information of multiple cars managed in group through the number control device that controls the operation of the cars. In addition, based on the assigned evaluation value including the travel time evaluation value calculated for each car in ascending order of the total travel time, the hall call to one car selected from multiple cars to shorten the total travel time And a hall call assigning unit that assigns.

In the present invention, the hall call based on the allocation evaluation value including the travel time evaluation value calculated based on the total travel time including the time until the user gets on the car and the time after getting off the car By using the assigned car, the traveling time of the user in the building can be shortened.
Problems, configurations, and effects other than those described above will be clarified by the following description of the embodiments.

It is a whole block diagram of the group management elevator system which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware structural example of the computer which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the mode of the destination of the 1st floor which is a lobby floor and the 10th floor which concern on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the information stored in the moving time information storage part which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the movement locus and movement time when the user who registered the destination floor by the information terminal device in the A side goes to a destination. It is explanatory drawing which shows the movement locus and movement time when the user who registered the destination floor by the information terminal device on the B side goes to a destination. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the selection process which allocates the new hall call which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention to either of several cars. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the information stored in the moving time information storage part which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the movement locus and movement time when the user who registered the destination floor by the information terminal device on the A side goes to the A side exit. It is explanatory drawing which shows the locus|trajectory and movement time when a user who registered the destination floor by the information terminal device on the B side goes to a B side exit.

Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In this specification and the drawings, components having substantially the same function or configuration are designated by the same reference numerals, and a duplicate description will be omitted.

[First Embodiment]
FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of the group management elevator system 3.

A group management elevator system 3 installed in a building is installed in, for example, an elevator control device 1 installed in an elevator machine room (not shown) and in a hoistway (not shown), and operation is managed by the elevator control device 1. Six cars 41 to 46 are provided. Car numbers are sequentially assigned to the cars 41 to 46 from the first car to the sixth car. In this figure, the cars 41 to 46 are displayed side by side for convenience, but in reality, as shown in FIG. 3, which will be described later, the cars 41 to 46 are arranged inside the elevator shaft 100 arranged in groups of three. To be done.

In addition, the group management elevator system 3 includes information terminal devices 81 and 82 and hall lanterns (reservation lights) 91 to 96 installed on the registered floors of the service floors of the cars 41 to 46, and hold doors 101 to 106. .. The information terminal devices 81 and 82 (an example of a terminal device) can communicate with the mobile terminal 10 carried by a user of the elevator. Then, the information terminal devices 81 and 82 generate a hall call when the user has registered the destination floor. In the following description, if the cars 41 to 46 and the holdways 101 to 106 are not distinguished, they may be referred to as “cars” and “holders” without reference numerals, respectively. Further, in FIG. 1, it is assumed that the user has registered the destination floor in the information terminal device 81. Further, although the number of cars is six in the present embodiment, the number of cars may be plural.

In the car 41 of the first car, an information terminal device 51 for registering the destination floor by the user and a car position display device 61 for displaying the current position of the car 41 are installed. A load sensor 71 that detects the load of the user who gets into the car 41 is installed below the floor of the car 41. Further, in the car 42 of the second car, an information terminal device 52 for the user to register the destination floor and a car position display device 62 for displaying the current position of the car 42 are installed. A load sensor 72 that detects the load of the user who gets into the car 42 is installed below the floor of the car 42. Similarly, in the car 46 of the 6th car, an information terminal device 56 for registering the destination floor by the user and a car position display device 66 for displaying the current position of the car 46 are installed, and the lower part of the floor of the car 46 is installed. A load sensor 76 for detecting the load of the user who gets in the car 46 is installed in the car. The description of the cars of Nos. 3 to 5, the information terminal device, the car position display device, and the load sensor is omitted.

As the mobile terminal 10 carried by the user, for example, a mobile phone, a smartphone, an IC (Integrated Circuit) card, a magnetic card, or the like is used. The mobile terminal 10 can transmit and receive information to and from the information terminal device 81 in a contact method or a non-contact method. The user can register the destination floor in the information terminal device 81 by bringing the mobile terminal 10 close to the information terminal device 81. The mobile terminal 10 stores destination information in addition to the destination floor as an attribute. This destination information indicates whether the user exits the car on the destination floor and then exits from the A side exit 85 or the B side exit 86 (see the right side of FIG. 3 described later) to the destination 110. Show. The mobile terminal 10 can also store special information such as a wheelchair-only hall call.

The elevator control device 1 includes a group management control device 2 and six car control devices 31 to 36 having the same number of cars 41 to 46. The group management control device 2 selects, from the cars 41 to 46, one car assigned to the hall call generated from the information terminal device 81. Then, the group management control device 2 controls the raising and lowering of the cars 41 to 46, the display of the car position display devices 61 to 66, the display of the hall lanterns 91 to 96, and the like through the machine control devices 31 to 36.

The unit control devices 31 to 36 transmit the car information to the car information collecting unit 22. The car information includes destination floor information output from the information terminal devices 51 to 56, and load information indicating the user's load output from the load sensors 71 to 76. In the following description, when the machine control devices 31 to 36 are not distinguished, they are referred to as "machine control devices" without reference numerals.

The group management control device 2 includes a hall call information collection unit 21, a car information collection unit 22, a travel time information storage unit 23, and a hall call allocation unit 26.

The hall call information collection unit 21 collects hall call information from the information terminal device 81 when the user brings the mobile terminal 10 closer to the information terminal device 81 and registers the destination floor. The hall call information includes registered floor information and destination floor information read from the mobile terminal 10. The registration floor information is information indicating the registration floor where the information terminal device 81 is installed, and it is found from the registration floor information that the registration floor is the lobby floor, for example. The destination floor information is information indicating the destination floor registered by the user through the information terminal device 81. For example, it is found from the destination floor information that the destination floor is the workplace floor. The hall call information collection unit 21 stores in advance the identification information of the information terminal device 81 installed on each floor. Therefore, the hall call information collection unit 21 can know which information terminal device 81 the user registered the destination floor based on the identification information included in the collected hall call information. In addition, the hall call information collection unit 21 has generated a hall call from the identification information of the information terminal device 81 included in the hall call information and the registered floor information and the destination floor information read from the mobile terminal 10. It can be seen that the car is rising or falling.

When the user is on the work floor and moves from the work floor to the lobby floor, the registered floor information indicates the work floor and the destination floor information indicates the lobby floor. The registered floor information and the destination floor information do not include floors other than the lobby floor and the work floor. Therefore, the user cannot go to the floors other than the lobby floor and the work floor.

The car information collection unit 22 collects car information transmitted from the machine control devices 31 to 36. The car information includes, for example, information on the operating status of the car, such as the position and moving direction of the cars 41 to 46, the congestion degree in the cars 41 to 46, and the like transmitted from the machine control devices 31 to 36.

In the travel time information storage unit 23, as shown in FIG. 4, which will be described later, the time when the user moves from the information terminal device 81 to the holdor corresponding to the car on the registration floor, and the user on the destination floor. A table indicating the total travel time including the time to travel after getting off the vehicle is stored in advance. The time that the user moves after getting off the car on the destination floor is, for example, the time when the user gets off the car and then passes through a predetermined exit to move to the destination 110. This total travel time is a value registered in advance in the travel time information storage unit 23 by an external device (not shown) performing a predetermined simulation process, but the hall call allocation unit 26 may calculate it at any time.

The hall call assignment unit 26 performs a process of calculating a travel time evaluation value when a new hall call is generated in the information terminal device 81 due to the user registering the destination floor. In this processing, the time when the user moves from the information terminal device 81 to the holdor corresponding to the car at the registered floor obtained from the hall call information, and the time when the user moves after getting off the car at the destination floor. Based on the total travel time including, the travel time evaluation value is calculated for each of a plurality of cars moving to a plurality of floors. In the present embodiment, the time that the user moves after getting off the car on the destination floor is provided on the destination floor after the user gets off the car, as shown in FIGS. 4 to 6 described later. It is the time required to reach the destination through the A-side exit 85 or the B-side exit 86 (an example of a predetermined exit). This total travel time is a value read from the travel time information storage unit 23 by the hall call allocation unit 26. In this way, the hall call allocation unit 26 is based on the hall call information collected by the hall call information collection unit 21, the car information collected by the car information collection unit 22, and the travel time information registered in the travel time information storage unit 23. To calculate the allocation evaluation value.

Then, the hall call assignment unit 26 shortens the total travel time based on the total travel time and the allocation evaluation value calculated from the operation information of a plurality of cars managed in group through the number control device that controls the operation of the cars. Assign a landing call to one car selected from multiple cars. Here, the hall call assigning unit 26 calculates an assignment evaluation value including a travel time evaluation value calculated in ascending order of total travel time for a plurality of cars moving to a plurality of floors.

By thus allocating the hall call to one car, the car controller controls the operation of the car so that the car to which the hall call is allocated moves to the registered floor. In the present embodiment, the car of the car with the smallest allocation evaluation value indicates that the travel time until the user reaches the destination 110 after using the information terminal device 81 is the smallest. A series of processes performed by the hall call assigning unit 26 is performed according to the flow shown in FIG. 7, which will be described later.

Next, the hardware configuration of the computer C that constitutes each device of the elevator control device 1 will be described.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration example of the computer C.

The computer C is hardware used as a so-called computer. The computer C includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) C1, a ROM (Read Only Memory) C2, and a RAM (Random Access Memory) C3 that are connected to a bus C4. Furthermore, the computer C includes a non-volatile storage C5 and a network interface C6.

The CPU C1 reads out the program code of software that realizes each function according to the present embodiment from the ROM C2 and executes it. Variables, parameters, etc. generated during the arithmetic processing are temporarily written in the RAM C3. The operations of the group management control device 2 and the machine control devices 31 to 36 are executed by, for example, the CPU C1.

As the non-volatile storage C5, for example, a HDD (Hard Disk Drive), SSD (Solid State Drive), flexible disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM, CD-R, magnetic tape, non-volatile memory, or the like is used. To be In the nonvolatile storage C5, a program for operating the computer C is recorded in addition to the OS (Operating System) and various parameters. The ROM C2 and the non-volatile storage C5 record programs and data necessary for the CPU C1 to operate, and are a computer-readable non-transitory recording medium that stores programs executed by the computer C. Used as an example. Therefore, this program is permanently stored in the ROM C2 and the non-volatile storage C5. The moving time information storage unit 23 is built in, for example, the nonvolatile storage C5.
A NIC (Network Interface Card) or the like is used for the network interface C6, and various data can be transmitted and received between the devices via a LAN (Local Area Network), a dedicated line, or the like.

Next, the states of the registered floor (1st floor) and the destination floor (10th floor) of the building will be described.
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the appearance of the destination 110 on the first floor, which is the lobby floor, and on the tenth floor, which is the destination floor. The left side of FIG. 3 shows the first floor, and the right side of FIG. 3 shows the tenth floor. In the figure, the first floor is written as "1F" and the tenth floor is written as "10F".

On the first floor and the tenth floor, three cars of Units 1 to 3 are installed on the upper side of the figure, and three cars of Units 4 to 6 are installed on the lower side of the passage. A car number is attached to the elevator shaft 100 of each car to identify the car. The elevator shaft 100 in which each car is placed is arranged near the center of each floor, and each floor is divided into an A side (for example, the west side of the building) and a B side (for example, the east side of the building). In the following figures, the A side is described as “A” and the B side is described as “B”.

An information terminal device 81 is installed on the A side of the first floor, and an information terminal device 82 is installed on the B side. It is assumed that the current location of the user on the first floor is near the information terminal device 81 on the A side. In this case, the user brings the mobile terminal 10 close to the information terminal device 81 and registers the destination floor. After that, the user moves to the hall door of the car number assigned to the car assigned by the hall call assignment unit 26.

Then, the user gets on the assigned car and gets off at the 10th floor. On the 10th floor, the area enclosed by the alternate long and short dash line on the left side of the passage is the A-side outlet 85, and the area enclosed by the right alternate long and short dashed line of the passage is the B-side outlet 86. On the 10th floor, the user who gets off the car of Unit 1 passes through the B-side exit 86 and moves to the destination 110. This destination 110 is, for example, the user's own seat, and is registered in the mobile terminal 10 in advance as destination information.

The total travel time until the user gets into the car and arrives at the destination 110 is expressed by the following equation (1). However, in the present embodiment, the total travel time does not include the time during which the user waits for the arrival of the car in front of Holdor and the travel time when the car in which the user boarded moves up and down.
Total travel time = travel time until the user moves from the information terminal device to the assigned car + travel time until the user arrives at the destination 110 after getting off from the car (1)

The conventional total travel time does not take into account the travel time until the user arrives at the destination 110 after getting out of the car. Depending on the car in which the user gets in and the exit through which the user passes on the destination floor. The total travel time could be long. On the other hand, in the present embodiment, a car that allows the user to move to the destination 110 after getting off the car is assigned to the hall call.

Here, a specific example of the total travel time when the user travels to the destination 110 on the destination floor after registering the destination floor by using one of the information terminal devices 81 and 82 will be described with reference to FIGS. Will be described with reference to.

FIG. 4 is an example of information stored in the travel time information storage unit 23. In the figure, the information terminal device 81 is described as “A side device”, and the information terminal device 82 is described as “B side device”. Further, the A-side outlet 85 is described as "A side", and the B-side outlet 86 is described as "B side". The information stored for Units 1 to 3 is the same as the information stored for Units 4 to 6.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a movement trajectory and a movement time when the user who has registered the destination floor by the information terminal device 81 on the A side goes to the destination 110. In FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 to be described later, the moving paths of the users who get in and out of the car of No. 1 are shown by solid lines, and the moving paths of the users who get in and out of the car of No. 3 are shown by broken lines. Hereinafter, the user's movement locus will be described by converting the distance of the movement locus into the movement time required for the user to move.

As shown on the left side of FIG. 5, when the user who has registered the destination floor in the information terminal device 81 on the first floor gets in the car of the first car, the user goes from the information terminal device 81 to the holder of the first car. The moving time is t1. Further, when the user gets into the car of the third car, the traveling time when the user goes from the information terminal device 81 to the hold door of the third car is t2.

Then, as shown on the right side of FIG. 5, when the user who gets off from the car of the first car exits from the A-side exit 85 to reach the destination 110, the travel time is t11 and the B-side exit 86 exits. The travel time when going to the destination 110 is t12. In addition, the traveling time when the user getting off from the car of Unit 3 exits from the A-side exit 85 to the destination 110 is t21, and the traveling time when exiting from the B-side exit 86 to the destination 110. Is t22.

Therefore, the total traveling time when the user who has registered the destination floor in the information terminal device 81 and gets in the car of Unit 1 goes out of the A-side exit 85 to the destination 110 is represented by t1+t11, and FIG. It can be seen from the cell c1 of 1) that this time is 20 seconds. Further, the total travel time when this user exits from the B-side exit 86 to reach the destination 110 is represented by t1+t12, and it can be seen from cell c2 in FIG. 4 that this time is 25 seconds.

In addition, the total travel time when the user who has registered the destination floor in the information terminal device 81 and has boarded the car of the third car exits from the A-side exit 85 to reach the destination 110 is represented by t2+t21, and is shown in FIG. It can be seen from cell c3 that this time is 30 seconds. Further, the total travel time when this user exits from the B-side exit 86 to reach the destination 110 is represented by t2+t22, and it can be seen from cell c4 in FIG. 4 that this time is 25 seconds. That is, when the user who has registered the destination floor in the information terminal device 81 exits from the B side exit 86, the total travel time is the same 25 seconds regardless of the car number of the car in which the user boarded.

Thus, when the user registers the destination floor in the information terminal device 81 and exits from the A side exit 85 far from the destination 110, the total travel time changes, while the B side exit near the destination 110. When exiting from 86, the total travel time does not change. Then, the hall call allocation unit 26 has a short total travel time, such as "1" if the total travel time is 20 seconds, "2" if the total travel time is 25 seconds, and "3" if the total travel time is 30 seconds. The travel time evaluation value is calculated in order. Therefore, the hall call assigning unit 26 may calculate the assignment evaluation value from the travel time evaluation value calculated from the total travel time obtained from the table of FIG. 4, and may assign the hall call to the car based on this allocation evaluation value. It will be possible.

The hall call assigning unit 26 assigns hall calls in consideration of a waiting time evaluation value, an elevator state evaluation value, etc., which will be described later, in addition to the travel time evaluation value, as shown in FIG. The hall call is not always assigned to the car with the smallest evaluation value. Therefore, when the user who has registered the destination floor in the information terminal device 81 goes to the destination 110 through the A side exit 85, considering the traveling time after getting off, the first and fourth units are assigned the highest priority. Become a candidate. Units 2 and 5 are the next allocation candidates, and Units 3 and 6 are the final allocation candidates. Further, when this user goes to the destination 110 through the B-side exit 86, the traveling time after getting off is the same, so that any one of Units 1 to 6 is an allocation candidate. In this case, which car the hall call is assigned to depends on the operating status of the car and the like.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a movement trajectory and a movement time when the user who has registered the destination floor by the information terminal device 82 on the B side goes to the destination 110.
As shown on the left side of FIG. 6, when the user who has registered the destination floor in the information terminal device 82 on the first floor gets in the car of the third car, the user goes from the information terminal device 82 to the holder of the third car. The moving time at this time is t3. Further, when the user gets in the car of the first car, the traveling time when the user goes from the information terminal device 82 to the holder of the first car is t4.

Then, as shown on the right side of FIG. 6, the traveling time when the user who gets off from the car of Unit 3 exits from the A-side exit 85 to reach the destination 110 is t31 and exits from the B-side exit 86. The travel time when going to the destination 110 is t32. In addition, the traveling time when the user who gets off from the car of Unit 1 exits from the A-side exit 85 to the destination 110 is t41, and the traveling time when exiting from the B-side exit 86 to the destination 110. Is t42.

Therefore, the total travel time when a user who has registered the destination floor in the information terminal device 82 and has boarded the car of the third car exits from the A-side exit 85 to reach the destination 110 is represented by t3+t31, and FIG. It can be seen from the cell c14 of 1) that this time is 25 seconds. Also, the total travel time when this user exits from the B-side exit 86 to reach the destination 110 is represented by t3+t32, and it can be seen from cell c13 in FIG. 4 that this time is 20 seconds.

In addition, the total travel time when the user who has registered the destination floor in the information terminal device 82 and gets into the car of the first car exits from the A-side exit 85 to reach the destination 110 is represented by t4+t41, and as shown in FIG. It can be seen from cell c12 that this time is 25 seconds. Further, the total travel time when this user exits from the B-side exit 86 to reach the destination 110 is represented by t4+t42, and it can be seen from cell c11 in FIG. 4 that this time is 30 seconds. In other words, when the user who has registered the destination floor in the information terminal device 82 exits from the A-side exit 85, the total travel time is the same 25 seconds regardless of the car number of the car in which the user boarded.

Thus, when the user registers the destination floor in the information terminal device 82 and exits from the B-side exit 86 near the destination 110, the total travel time changes, while the A-side exit far from the destination 110. When leaving 85, the total travel time does not change. Therefore, the hall call assigning unit 26 can calculate the travel time evaluation value according to the total travel time obtained from the table of FIG. The method of calculating the travel time evaluation value is the same as the method described with reference to FIG.

When the user who has registered the destination floor in the information terminal device 82 goes to the destination 110 through the B-side exit 86, considering the traveling time after getting off, the third and sixth units are the highest priority allocation candidates. Becomes Units 2 and 5 are the next allocation candidates, and Units 1 and 4 are the last allocation candidates. Further, when this user goes to the destination 110 through the A-side exit 85, the traveling time after getting off is the same, so that any one of Units 1 to 6 is an allocation candidate. In this case, which car the hall call is assigned to depends on the operating status of the car and the like.

The process of selecting a plurality of cars performed by the hall call assigning unit 26 will be described below.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of selection processing for assigning a new hall call to any of a plurality of cars. In the following processing, it is assumed that the user has registered the destination floor using the information terminal device 81.

First, when the user brings the mobile terminal 10 closer to the information terminal device 81 in a contact method or a non-contact method, the information terminal device 81 reads out the registered floor information and the destination floor information from the mobile terminal 10. Then, the information terminal device 81 transmits the registered floor information and the destination floor information read from the mobile terminal 10 as the hall call information. The hall call information collection unit 21 collects hall call information from the information terminal device 81 (S1).

Next, the hall call allocation unit 26 extracts the travel time of the user from the traveling time information storage unit 23 based on the hall call information collected by the hall call information collection unit 21 from the information terminal device 81 (S2). This travel time may be calculated each time by the hall call assigning unit 26.

Next, the hall call allocation unit 26 calculates an allocation evaluation value for each car based on the waiting time evaluation value, the elevator state evaluation value, the travel time evaluation value, and the like (S3). In the figure, it is generalized as n-th car, but in this embodiment, since there are six elevators identified by the first to sixth cars, n=6, and the hall call allocation unit 26 The individual allocation evaluation value is calculated. The hall call allocation unit 26 calculates an allocation evaluation value by adding up the evaluation values obtained for each car. The allocation evaluation value may be a value calculated by the hall call allocation unit 26 by multiplying each evaluation value.

The waiting time evaluation value is a value that evaluates the waiting time from the floor where the car is currently moving or stopped until the car arrives at the registered floor where the user who has registered the destination floor exists. If the waiting time is short, the waiting time evaluation value is small, and if the waiting time is long, the waiting time evaluation value is large.
The elevator state evaluation value is a value obtained by evaluating factors that affect waiting time such as car deceleration and door open state. If the car is moving or the door is closed and the car can start moving immediately, the elevator state evaluation value becomes small. On the other hand, when the car is decelerated or stopped or the door is open, the elevator state evaluation value becomes large.
The travel time evaluation value is a value obtained by evaluating the total travel time when the user travels to the destination 110.

Next, the hall call assignment unit 26 compares the assignment evaluation values for each car and assigns the hall call to the car with the smallest assignment evaluation value (S4). Then, the hall call assigning unit 26 transmits an assignment signal indicating that the hall call is assigned to the machine control device corresponding to the car to which the hall call is assigned (S5). As a result, the car to which the hall call is assigned is driven by the machine control device in a predetermined operation pattern.

The hall call assignment unit 26 according to the first embodiment described above calculates the assignment evaluation value of each car based on the hall call information, the operation information of a plurality of cars, and the like, and the assignment evaluation value is the minimum. Assign a hall call to a car. This assigned evaluation value includes a travel time evaluation value, and is a value that takes into consideration the travel time when the user moves to the destination 110 after getting off the car. For this reason, not only the waiting time of the car that the user is about to get on can be shortened, but also the traveling time in the building can be shortened or minimized. Then, there is no wasted time due to the user moving. In addition, the added value of the building in which the group management elevator system 3 is installed can be increased.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, the group management elevator system 3 according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described. This group management elevator system 3 is based on the travel time evaluation value calculated based on the travel time until the user gets off the car on the destination floor and goes to either the A side exit 85 or the B side exit 86. It is possible to allocate the hall call to the car by obtaining the allocation evaluation value. In the present embodiment, the time that the user travels after getting off the car on the destination floor is set on the destination floor after the user gets off the car, as shown in FIGS. 8 to 10 described later. It is the time until the vehicle arrives at the A-side exit 85 or the B-side exit 86 (an example of a predetermined exit).

FIG. 8 is an example of information stored in the travel time information storage unit 23. In this example, the travel time based on the floors of the registered floor and the destination floor, and the information terminal device 81 or 82 in which the user has registered the destination floor is described. The information stored for Units 1 to 3 is the same as the information stored for Units 4 to 6.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a movement locus and a movement time when the user who has registered the destination floor by the information terminal device 81 on the A side goes to the A side exit 85. In FIG. 9 and FIG. 10 to be described later, the movement locus of the user riding in the car of No. 1 is shown by a solid line, and the locus of movement of the user getting in the car of No. 3 is shown by a broken line. Hereinafter, the user's movement locus will be described by converting the distance of the movement locus into the movement time required for the user to move. The hall call assigning unit 26 according to the present embodiment assigns a hall call to one car selected from a plurality of cars so that the time the user travels after getting off the car on the destination floor is shortened.

As shown on the left side of FIG. 9, when the user who has registered the destination floor in the information terminal device 81 on the first floor gets in the car of the first car, the user goes from the information terminal device 81 to the holder of the first car. The moving time at this time is t5. From cell c21 of FIG. 8, it can be seen that t5 is 10 seconds. Further, when the user gets in the car of the third car, the traveling time when the user goes from the information terminal device 81 to the hold door of the third car is t6. From cell c22 of FIG. 8, it can be seen that t6 is 20 seconds.

Then, as shown on the right side of FIG. 9, the traveling time when the user who gets off from the car of Unit 1 goes to the A side exit 85 is t51, and from the cell c23 of FIG. 8, t51 is 5 seconds. I understand. Further, it can be seen from the cell c24 in FIG. 8 that t61 is 15 seconds when the user who gets off the car of the third car goes to the A-side exit 85 at t61.

For this reason, the total travel time when the user who has registered the destination floor in the information terminal device 81 and gets into the car of the first car reaches the A side exit 85 is represented by t5 (10 seconds)+t51 (5 seconds). It can be seen that this time is 15 seconds. Also, the total traveling time when the user in the car of the third car goes to the A-side exit 85 is represented by t6 (20 seconds)+t61 (15 seconds), and it can be seen that this time is 35 seconds.

Then, the hall call assigning unit 26 calculates an assignment evaluation value based on the travel time evaluation value calculated from the total travel time obtained according to the table of FIG. 8, and assigns the hall call to the car based on this allocation evaluation value. For example, the travel time evaluation values are calculated in ascending order such as "1" if the total travel time is 15 seconds, "2" if the total travel time is 25 seconds, and "3" if the total travel time is 35 seconds. .. However, the hall call assigning unit 26 may calculate the traveling time evaluation value in ascending order of the traveling time after getting off the car.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a movement trajectory and a movement time when the user who has registered the destination floor by the information terminal device 82 on the B side goes to the B side exit 86.

As shown on the left side of FIG. 10, when the user who has registered the destination floor in the information terminal device 82 on the first floor gets on the car of the first car, the user goes from the information terminal device 82 to the holder of the first car. The moving time is t8. It can be seen from cell c32 in FIG. 8 that t8 is 20 seconds. Further, when the user gets in the car of the third car, the traveling time when the user goes from the information terminal device 82 to the hold door of the third car is t7. From cell c31 in FIG. 8, it can be seen that t7 is 10 seconds.

Then, as shown on the right side of FIG. 10, the traveling time when the user who gets off from the car of Unit 1 goes to the B side exit 86 is t81, and t81 is 15 seconds from the cell c34 of FIG. I understand. In addition, it can be seen from the cell c33 in FIG. 8 that t71 is 5 seconds when the user getting off the car of the third car travels to the B side exit 86 at t71.

Therefore, the total travel time when the user who has registered the destination floor in the information terminal device 82 and has boarded the car of Unit 1 goes to the B side exit 86 is represented by t8 (20 seconds)+t81 (15 seconds). It can be seen that this time is 35 seconds. Also, the total travel time when the user in the car of Unit 3 goes to the B-side exit 86 is represented by t7 (10 seconds)+t71 (5 seconds), and it can be seen that this time is 15 seconds.

Then, the hall call assigning unit 26 calculates an assignment evaluation value from the travel time evaluation value calculated from the total travel time obtained according to the table of FIG. 8, and assigns the hall call to the car based on this allocation evaluation value. The method of calculating the travel time evaluation value is the same as the method described with reference to FIG.

In the group management elevator system 3 according to the second embodiment described above, after the user has registered the destination floor in the information terminal devices 81 and 82, the travel time until going to Holdor, and getting off from the car , A side exit 85 or B side exit 86. Therefore, the hall call assigning unit 26 can calculate the traveling time evaluation value based on the traveling time until the user goes to Holdor of each car and the traveling time after getting off the car. Then, when the user gets on the car, the hall call assigning unit 26 shortens the moving time after the user gets off the car, even if the moving time is longer than the waiting time of the car. A travel time evaluation value that preferentially assigns a hall call to such a car may be calculated. For example, if the time to reach the B-side exit 86 on the 10th floor is 5 seconds, the hall call assigning unit 26 gives a travel time evaluation value that preferentially assigns hall calls to the cars of Units 3 or 6. It can be calculated.

Also, after the user has registered the destination floor in one of the information terminal devices 81 and 82 and before going to the hold door of each unit, the hold door of the car that has already arrived at the registered floor is about to close. If so, this car can be excluded from the allocation target of the hall call. That is, the hall call assigning unit 26 may calculate a traveling time evaluation value that preferentially allocates a hall call to a car whose waiting time is longer than the traveling time. Then, the hall call assignment unit 26 can calculate the assignment evaluation value based on the traveling time evaluation value and the car operation information, and can assign the hall call to the car having the smallest assignment evaluation value.

The traveling time from each unit on the 10th floor in FIG. 8 to the A side exit 85 may be the traveling time from the A side exit 85 to the destination 110. Similarly, the travel time from each unit on the 10th floor to the B-side exit 86 may be the travel time from the exit from the B-side exit 86 to the destination 110.

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The hall call assigning unit 26 defines a plurality of assignment evaluation values within a certain range, and even if the assignment evaluation value is not the smallest within this range, the hall call may be preferentially assigned to the car. ..

Further, each evaluation value may be set to a larger value in the order of higher evaluation. For example, when the total travel time is 20 seconds, "3", when 25 seconds is "2", and when 30 seconds is "1", the larger travel time evaluation value is calculated in ascending order. May be. Then, the hall call allocation unit 26 may allocate the hall call by giving priority to the car having the largest allocation evaluation value. Further, the hall call assigning unit 26 defines a plurality of assignment evaluation values within a certain range, and even if the assignment evaluation value is not the maximum within this range, the hall call may be preferentially assigned to the car. ..

Further, instead of the travel time, the travel distance of the user may be calculated as the travel distance evaluation value, and the hall call may be allocated to the car selected based on the allocation evaluation value including the travel distance evaluation value.

Further, the total travel time may include the time for the user to wait for the arrival of the car in front of Holdor and the travel time for the car on which the user gets on and off.

Further, 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 made without departing from the gist of the present invention described in the claims.
For example, the above-described embodiment is a detailed and specific description of the configuration of the device and the system in order to explain the present invention in an easy-to-understand manner, and is not necessarily limited to one having all the configurations described. Further, a part of the configuration of the embodiment described here can be replaced with the configuration of another embodiment, and further, the configuration of another embodiment can be added to the configuration of one embodiment. It is possible. Further, it is possible to add, delete, or replace a part of the configuration of each embodiment with another configuration.
Further, the control lines and information lines are shown to be necessary for explanation, and not all the control lines and information lines on the product are necessarily shown. In practice, it may be considered that almost all configurations are connected to each other.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Elevator control device, 2... Group management control device, 3... Group management elevator system, 10... Portable terminal, 21... Landing call information collection part, 22... Information collection part, 23... Travel time information storage part, 26... Landing place Call allocation unit, 31... Machine control device, 41-46... Car, 51-56... Information terminal device, 81, 82... Information terminal device, 85... A side exit, 86... B side exit, 101-106... , 110... Destination

Claims (6)

A hall call is generated at the terminal device by the user registering the destination floor to the terminal device installed on the registration floor, and the hall call information including the registered floor and the destination floor is collected from the terminal device. A hall call information collection unit that
At the registration floor obtained from the hall call information, the time at which the user moves from the terminal device to Holdor corresponding to a plurality of cars moving to a plurality of floors, and the user at the destination floor. Is the total travel time including the time to move after getting off the car, and the allocation evaluation value calculated by the operation information of the plurality of cars managed by the group control device that controls the operation of the car , Based on the allocation evaluation value including the travel time evaluation value calculated for each car in ascending order, the one car selected from a plurality of the cars so that the total travel time becomes short. A group management control device comprising: a hall call assigning unit that assigns a hall call. Furthermore, a travel time information storage unit that stores the total travel time in advance is provided,
The group management control device according to claim 1 , wherein the hall call allocation unit calculates the travel time evaluation value based on the total travel time read from the travel time information storage unit. The time for the user to move after getting off the car on the destination floor is until the user arrives at the destination through a predetermined exit provided on the destination floor after the user gets off the car. The group management control device according to claim 2 . The time to move after the user gets off the car on the destination floor is the time after the user gets off the car and arrives at a predetermined exit provided on the destination floor,
The hall call assignment unit is configured claim 2, wherein the user at the destination floor is assigned the call the hall to one of said car selected from a plurality of said car so that the time to move after getting off the car becomes shorter The group management control device described in 1. The hall call assignment unit, the group management control apparatus according to claim 3 or 4 allocating call the hall to one of the car in which the allocation evaluation value is minimum or maximum. The operation status is controlled by the unit control device, and multiple cars moving to multiple floors,
A terminal device installed on the registration floor for the user to register the destination floor,
A group management control device that manages a plurality of the cars through the number control device,
The group management control device,
A hall call information is generated at the terminal device by the user registering a destination floor for the terminal device, and hall call information for collecting hall call information including the registered floor and the destination floor from the terminal device. A collection department,
The time when the user moves from the terminal device to the holdor corresponding to the car at the registered floor obtained from the hall call information, and the time when the user leaves the car at the destination floor Total travel time including time, and the assigned evaluation value calculated from the operation information of the plurality of cars managed in group through the unit control device that controls the operation of the car, and the total travel time for each of the cars. Based on the allocation evaluation value including the travel time evaluation value calculated in ascending order, a hall call allocation unit that allocates the hall call to one of the cars selected from a plurality of the cars so that the total travel time is shortened. , Having a group management elevator system.

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