JP6781299B1 - Elevator control method and elevator control device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To shorten a waiting time. An elevator control method according to an embodiment includes a position acquisition process, a rank determination process, a movement determination process, a schedule acquisition process, and a registration process. The position acquisition step acquires the position information of a person based on the identification signal transmitted from the communication terminal possessed by the person. The rank determination step determines whether or not a person belongs to a specific rank based on the identification signal transmitted from the communication terminal. The movement determination step determines whether or not a person has started moving based on the position information acquired by the position acquisition process. The schedule acquisition process acquires a person's schedule information. In the registration process, it is determined that the person who is determined to belong to a specific rank has started moving, and based on the schedule information, it is not the time when the person starts moving to another floor. If this is the case, the registration will be canceled if the position information of the person does not meet the predetermined conditions when the predetermined time has elapsed, and the elevator landing call will be provisionally registered. [Selection diagram] Fig. 2

Description

Embodiments of the present invention relate to an elevator control method and an elevator control device.

Conventionally, when a user operates a call button at a landing, the elevator control system dispatches a car to the landing in response to the operation. Furthermore, a technique has been proposed in which the position of the user is detected and the landing call is registered based on the detection result.

For example, a technique using a mobile terminal owned by a user has been proposed. In the technology, the destination information and the position information of the user are received from the mobile terminal, and based on the position information of the user, it is determined whether or not the user is approaching the landing of the elevator, and the determination is made. Based on the result, we are registering the platform call that shows the operation direction based on the destination information.

At that time, the user can use the car by registering the landing call appropriately according to the position of the car so that the car can be operated efficiently and the call can be registered without operating the call button. It is possible to reduce the waiting time until riding.

As another example, after detecting the position of the user, the arrival time required for the user to reach the landing is calculated based on the moving speed of the user, and the arrival time is used to reach the landing. A technique has been proposed to determine whether or not to register the call of.

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However, in the prior art, when a large number of users are present on the floor where the elevator platform is located when the technology for registering the call of the platform for each user is used based on the position information of the user. When it is determined for each user whether or not to register the landing call, a large number of landing call registrations will occur depending on the situation. When a large number of landing calls are registered in this way, the car will stop on the floor one after another.

As described above, when the control as shown in the prior art is performed for all users, it is necessary to consider the possibility of reducing the operation efficiency of the car.

On the other hand, among a plurality of users, there may be a user who belongs to a specific rank (for example, VIP). For users belonging to a specific rank (for example, VIP), there is also a request that the waiting time until getting into the car is shorter than that of other users.

When there is a user belonging to a specific rank (for example, VIP), as an example of control according to the above request, the schedule information of the user belonging to the specific rank is acquired, and the user belonging to the specific rank is obtained. However, if the vehicle moves to another floor according to the schedule information, a method of registering the call of the platform based on the schedule information can be considered.

However, there are cases where a user belonging to a specific rank uses it on another floor regardless of the schedule information. There is a desire for users belonging to a specific rank to reduce the waiting time until they get into the car even if they move to another floor that is not related to the schedule. As a matter of course, if control corresponding to such a request is performed for all users, there is a possibility that the efficiency of the operation control of the car may be reduced.

The present invention has been made in view of the above, and when a user belonging to a specific rank (for example, VIP) moves, whether or not the user moves based on a schedule. Regardless of this, we propose an elevator control method and an elevator control device that control the landing call so that the standby time can be shortened.

The elevator control method of the embodiment includes a position acquisition step, a rank determination step, a movement determination step, a schedule acquisition step, a registration step, and a registration cancellation step . The position acquisition step acquires the position information of the person based on the identification signal transmitted from the communication terminal possessed by the person. The rank determination step determines whether or not the person belongs to a specific rank based on the identification signal transmitted from the communication terminal. The movement determination step determines whether or not the person has started the movement based on the position information acquired by the position acquisition step. The schedule acquisition process acquires the schedule information of the person. In the registration step, it is determined that the person who is determined to belong to the specific rank has started the movement, and the person starts the movement to another floor based on the schedule information. If it is determined not to be the time, making of a provisional registration of the landing call for the temperature disembarkation. The registration cancellation step cancels the provisional registration when the position information of the person concerned does not meet the predetermined conditions when the predetermined time has elapsed.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing an elevator system of the embodiment. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the elevator control device of the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating schedule information stored by the schedule information storage unit of the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a concept when provisionally registering a landing call by the elevator control device of the embodiment. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure when the elevator control device of the embodiment calls a landing. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a control processing procedure based on the main registration in the elevator control device of the embodiment.

The elevator control method and the elevator control device according to the embodiment will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. The components in this embodiment include those that can be replaced by those skilled in the art and are easily or substantially the same, and the present invention is not limited to the following embodiments.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing an elevator system of the embodiment. The elevator system 1 includes a plurality of elevators (here, elevator 2A of A, elevator 2B of B, and elevator 2C of C). Elevators 2A to 2C are installed adjacent to each other.

For the same component provided in the elevator system 1 for each unit, the same alphabet as the last alphabet of the code of the unit corresponding to the component is added to the end of the code of each component. When a description is given that is not limited to a specific unit with respect to the components provided in the elevator system 1 for each unit, the symbols of the components may not be added to the description.

The elevator system 1 includes a call button 4 and landing side doors 5 (landing side doors 5A to 5C) in the landing (elevator hall) 101. In FIG. 1, only the elevator hall 101 on one floor is shown. The elevator hall 101 is actually provided on a plurality of floors.

The elevator system 1 further includes an elevator control device 6. The elevator control device 6 is for group management of elevators 2A to 2C and for efficiently providing an operation service.

The components provided in the elevator system 1 for each unit are common to the units A to C. Therefore, as a representative, the components related to the elevator 2A will be described with respect to the components provided in the elevator system 1 for each unit. The elevator 2A includes a car 7A, a balance weight 8A, a main rope 9A, a hoisting machine 10A, a tail code 11A, and a unit control device 12A. The car 7A, the balance weight 8A, the main rope 9A, the hoisting machine 10A, and the tail cord 11A are installed in the hoistway of the building 100.

The car 7A is for the user to board. The car 7A is installed between a pair of car guide rails (not shown) installed in the hoistway, and moves up and down along the car guide rails. The car 7A includes a car side door 13A. The car side door 13A is maintained in the door closed state when the car 7A is raised and lowered, and when it arrives at the elevator hall 101, the door is changed from the door closed state to the door open state.

In the elevator hall 101, the position of the landing side door 5A corresponds to the position of the car side door 13A when the car 7A arrives at the elevator hall 101. The landing side door 5A, together with the car side door 13A arriving at the elevator hall 101, changes from a door closed state to a door open state, or changes from a door open state to a door closed state. When the landing side door 5A and the car side door 13A are opened at the same time, the user can get on the car 7A or move from the car 7A to the elevator hall 101 when the car 7A is dispatched to the elevator hall 101. You can get off.

The balance weight 8A is installed between a pair of guide rails for balance weights (not shown) installed in the hoistway, and moves up and down along the guide rails for balance weights. The balance weight 8A and the cage 7A are connected by a main rope 9A, and the balance weight 8A and the cage 7A move up and down in conjunction with each other. The weight of the counterweight 8A is set to be balanced with the weight of the car 7A when the load capacity of the car 7A is a predetermined amount (for example, about 0 to 1/2 of the maximum load capacity).

The main rope 9A is wound around the hoisting machine 10A (more accurately, the main sheave of the hoisting machine 10A). The main rope 9A raises and lowers the car 7A and the counterweight 8A in a traction manner. One end of the main rope 9A is fixed to the vertical upper part of the car 7A, and the other end of the main rope 9A is fixed to the vertical upper part of the counterweight 8A.

The hoisting machine 10A raises and lowers the car 7A in the hoistway by hoisting the main rope 9A by a motor (not shown) and changing the relative position between the car 7A and the balancing weight 8A. The drive power of the motor is controlled by the unit control device 12A.

The tail code 11A is an electric wire for communication and power supply between the car 7A and the unit control device 12A. The tail code 11A is suspended in the hoistway and moves up and down according to the movement of the car 7A.

The unit control device 12A executes control of the elevator 2A alone, including raising and lowering the car 7A, opening and closing the car side door 13A, opening and closing the landing side door 5A, and the like. The unit control device 12A raises and lowers the car 7A by controlling the driving power of the motor of the hoisting machine 10A.

The unit control devices 12A to 12C are commonly connected to the elevator control device 6. Further, the call button 4 installed in the elevator hall 101 on each floor is connected to the elevator control device 6 by a signal line (not shown).

According to this embodiment, it is possible to call the car 7 to the elevator hall 101 by a normal landing call, which is a calling method using the call button 4.

When the user presses the call button 4, the call button 4 transmits a signal indicating a landing call to the elevator control device 6. Hereinafter, the signal meaning the platform call will be referred to as a call registration signal. The call registration signal has a configuration capable of identifying which floor the elevator hall 101 is to call the car 7. The elevator control device 6 selects one of the elevators 2A to 2C according to the call registration signal, and transmits the call registration signal to the unit control device 12 included in the selected elevator 2. As a result, the call registration by the normal landing call is completed. Any method can be adopted as the method of selecting the unit by the elevator control device 6. For example, the elevator control device 6 selects one unit from the position of each car 7 and the direction of movement so that the operation efficiency of each car 7 is optimized.

Further, according to the present embodiment, when the user belongs to a VIP (Very Important Person), it is possible to call the landing using the communication terminal 14 provided by the user. In this embodiment, the case where the user belongs to VIP will be described, but it is sufficient that the user belongs to a specific rank identified as an important person.

In the present embodiment, position information detection devices 15A to 15E, ..., 15Z capable of receiving wireless signals transmitted from the communication terminal 14 are provided in the floor. The position information detecting devices 15A to 15E, ..., 15Z also identify the signal strength of the radio signal transmitted by the communication terminal 14. The position information detection devices 15A to 15E, ..., 15Z are connected to the elevator control device 6 by a signal line (not shown).

As a result, the elevator control device 6 can identify the position of the communication terminal 14 based on the radio signals received by the position information detection devices 15A to 15E, ..., 15Z. Then, when the elevator control device 6 determines that the user equipped with the communication terminal 14 belongs to the VIP based on the received wireless signal, the elevator control device 6 registers the landing call based on the determination result.

When it is determined that the user equipped with the communication terminal 14 belongs to the VIP, the elevator control device 6 determines whether or not the user starts moving and satisfies a specific condition. Then, the elevator control device 6 selects one of the elevators 2A to 2C when it is determined that the user who is determined to belong to the VIP starts moving and satisfies a specific condition. Then, a call registration signal is transmitted to the unit control device 12 related to the selected unit. This completes the call registration.

The communication terminal 14 is a device that is portable to the user and capable of transmitting and receiving wireless signals. Here, as an example, the communication terminal 14 is a mobile phone terminal, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a tag, or the like.

In the present embodiment, the elevator control device 6 can acquire schedule information for each user. When the elevator control device 6 determines that the user has started moving to another floor according to the schedule information, the elevator control device 6 selects one of the elevators 2A to 2C, and the elevator control device 12 is connected to the selected unit. Send a signal to register the landing call.

However, when the elevator control device 6 determines that the movement that is not related to the schedule information has started, if the user belongs to the VIP, the elevator 2A does not cause the user to wait for a long time in the elevator hall 101. One of the units ~ 2C is selected, and a signal for temporarily registering the landing call is transmitted to the unit control device 12 related to the selected unit.

Temporary registration of a landing call means that the temporary registration is canceled when the location information of the communication terminal 14 (the user carrying the mobile phone) does not meet the predetermined conditions when a predetermined time has passed after the temporary registration. It is called the platform of the elevator. The predetermined condition of the position information is, for example, that the user has arrived at a predetermined range near the elevator hall 101. In other words, if the user has not arrived at the predetermined range near the elevator hall 101 after the lapse of a predetermined time, the provisional registration of the landing call is canceled. The predetermined time is set to an appropriate time according to the embodiment. On the other hand, when the user arrives at a predetermined range near the elevator hall 101 after a lapse of a predetermined time, the elevator control device 6 transmits a signal to change the temporary registration of the landing call to the main registration of the landing call. .. The landing call main registration means the registration of a normal landing call for the user to get in the car 7.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the elevator control device 6 of the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the elevator control device 6 includes a position information acquisition unit 201, a VIP information storage unit 202, a VIP determination unit 203, a schedule acquisition unit 204, a schedule information storage unit 205, and a movement determination unit. It includes 206, a registration determination unit 207, and a registration unit 208.

The position information acquisition unit 201 acquires the position information of the user based on the wireless identification signal received from the position information detection devices 15A to 15Z and transmitted from the communication terminal 14 possessed by the user. The position information acquisition unit 201 of the present embodiment positions the user based on the position information of the position information detection devices 15A to 15Z that have received the identification signal transmitted from the communication terminal 14 and the signal strength of the received identification signal. Identify the information.

The movement determination unit 206 determines whether or not the user has started the movement based on the position information of the user acquired by the position information acquisition unit 201. For example, the movement determination unit 206 determines whether or not the user has moved based on the difference between the position information specified last time and the position information specified this time.

The VIP information storage unit 202 stores information for determining whether or not the user belongs to the VIP. For example, the VIP information storage unit 202 includes identification information included in the identification signal transmitted by the communication terminal 14 carried by the user, attribute information indicating whether or not the user belongs to the VIP, and Are associated and stored.

The VIP discrimination unit 203 refers to the VIP information storage unit 202, and the user who possesses the communication terminal 14 belongs to the VIP based on the identification information included in the identification signal transmitted from the communication terminal 14. Determine if or not.

The schedule acquisition unit 204 acquires the user's schedule information. The acquisition destination of the user's schedule information is not particularly limited. For example, the user's schedule may be acquired from the management server that manages the user's schedule, or the user's schedule entered via the user interface. Information may be obtained.

The schedule information storage unit 205 stores the schedule information acquired by the schedule acquisition unit 204. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating schedule information stored in the schedule information storage unit 205. As shown in FIG. 3, the schedule information storage unit 205 stores the identification information for identifying the user, the time, the floor, and the place in association with each other. As a result, the elevator control device 6 can recognize where and when the user is planning to move.

The registration determination unit 207 determines whether or not to perform landing call registration for the user determined to have started the movement by the movement determination unit 206.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a concept when provisionally registering a landing call by the elevator control device 6 of the present embodiment. In the example shown in FIG. 4, it is assumed that the user first exists in the room 401. Then, when the movement determination unit 206 determines that the user 411 has started the movement from the room 401 based on the identification signal received by the position information detection device 15K, the registration determination unit 207 registers the landing call or the landing call. It is determined whether or not to perform temporary registration of.

On the other hand, when the movement determination unit 206 determines that the user 412 has started moving from the room 401 to the opposite side of the elevator hall 101 based on the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit 201, the user 412 determines that the elevator It is not necessary for the registration determination unit 207 to determine whether or not to perform the landing call registration or the temporary registration of the landing call after determining that the 2A to 2C are not used.

When the movement determination unit 206 determines that the user 411 has started the movement from the room 401, the registration determination unit 207 determines the identification information included in the identification signal transmitted from the communication terminal 14 of the user 411 and the schedule. With reference to the schedule information associated with the information storage unit 205, it is determined whether or not the movement of the user 411 conforms to the schedule information.

For example, when the schedule information as shown in FIG. 3 is stored in the schedule information storage unit 205, the movement determination unit 206 uses the user A when the user A is in the vicinity of 9:20 to 9:30. Determines that has started moving from the 8th floor to the 10th floor based on the schedule information. In this way, the movement determination unit 206 determines that the movement has started based on the schedule information if it is near the start time of the record stored in the schedule information. On the other hand, when the movement determination unit 206 detects the start of movement at a time other than the start time of the record stored in the schedule information (for example, when the start of movement is detected at 10:30), the movement determination unit 206 is based on the schedule information. It is determined that the movement that has not been performed has started.

Then, whether or not the registration determination unit 207 performs registration of the landing call or provisional registration of the landing call based on the determination result of whether or not it is based on the schedule information and the determination result by the VIP determination unit 203. To determine.

When the registration determination unit 207 determines that the movement is started based on the schedule information, it determines that the landing call is registered. In this embodiment, if it is determined that the movement is started based on the schedule information, it is determined that the platform call is registered. However, the present invention is not limited to such an example, and for example, even when it is determined that the movement is started based on the schedule information, the registration unit 208 is limited to the case where the user is determined to belong to the VIP. It is also possible to register for a landing call.

Then, the registration unit 208 sends a signal for performing the landing call registration or the temporary registration of the landing call based on the determination result of whether or not the landing call registration or the temporary registration of the landing call is performed by the registration determination unit 207. It is transmitted to the unit control device 12 of any one of 2A to 2C.

The call registration signal is a signal for registering a landing call. The call temporary registration signal is a signal for temporarily registering the landing call.

Specifically, the registration unit 208 of the present embodiment states that the user determined to belong to the VIP has started moving in the direction in which the elevators 2A to 2C are installed (elevator hall 101). If it is determined and it is determined that it is not the time when the user starts moving to another floor based on the schedule information, the elevators 2A to 2C are provisionally registered for the platform call.

When the unit control device 12 receives the temporary registration signal, it temporarily registers the landing call, but if it does not receive a signal from the registration unit 208 to change the temporary registration to the main registration within a predetermined time, the landing call is called. Cancel the temporary registration. Further, the unit control device 12 may start the control for moving the car 7 to the temporarily registered floor when the call temporary registration signal is received.

When the registration determination unit 207 determines that the temporary registration of the landing call is to be performed, the movement determination unit 206 causes the user 413 as shown in FIG. 4 based on the identification signal received by the position information detection device 15C. It is determined whether or not the vehicle has moved to a predetermined range in the vicinity of the elevator hall 101. Then, when the movement determination unit 206 determines that the movement has moved to a predetermined range in the vicinity of the elevator hall 101, the registration determination unit 207 determines that the provisional registration is changed to the main registration. Then, the registration unit 208 transmits a signal for changing the temporary registration of the landing call to the main registration to the unit control device 12 of any one of the elevators 2A to 2C based on the determination result.

Further, the registration unit 208 of the present embodiment is determined that the user who is determined not to belong to the VIP has started moving in the direction in which the elevators 2A to 2C are installed (elevator hall 101). In this case, the temporary registration of the elevator 2A to 2C platform call is not performed. As described above, for the user determined not to belong to the VIP, it is possible to prevent the efficiency of the operation control of the car from being reduced by not performing the temporary registration of the elevator 2A to 2C landing call. In the present embodiment, an example of performing the main registration of the landing call when the user determined not to belong to the VIP starts the movement according to the schedule information will be described, but the user belongs to the VIP. Even if the user who is determined not to have started moving according to the schedule information, it is not necessary to perform the main registration of the platform call.

Further, when the unit unit control device 12 receives a signal for provisionally registering the landing call, the unit performs registration in the same manner as a normal landing call, but does not control the lighting of the landing call button 4. Then, when the unit unit control device 12 receives a signal from the registration unit 208 to change the temporary registration to the main registration, the unit control device 12 starts lighting control of the call button 4 at the landing.

In addition, when there is an elevator 2 that has been abandoned on the floor where the user is present, the registration unit 208 of the present embodiment registers the abandoned elevator 2 for temporary registration of the landing call or main registration of the landing call. Assign as a target.

Next, a specific processing procedure will be described. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure when the elevator control device 6 of the present embodiment calls a landing.

The position information acquisition unit 201 acquires the identification signal transmitted by the communication terminal 14 and the signal strength when the identification signal is received from the position information detection devices 15A to 15Z (S501).

Next, the position information acquisition unit 201 identifies the position information of the user who has the communication terminal 14 based on the position information of the position information detection devices 15A to 15Z and the signal strength that received the identification signal. (S502).

Then, the movement determination unit 206 determines whether or not the user has started moving toward the elevator hall 101 based on the position information of the user (S503). When it is determined that the user has not started moving toward the elevator hall 101 (S503: No), the process is performed again from S501.

On the other hand, when the movement determination unit 206 determines that the user has started the movement toward the elevator hall 101 (S503: Yes), the registration determination unit 207 has started the movement from the schedule information storage unit 205. (S504). Then, the registration determination unit 207 determines whether or not the start of the movement of the user follows the schedule information (S505). When it is determined that the schedule information is being followed (S505: Yes), the registration determination unit 207 determines that the landing call registration is necessary, and the registration unit 208 sends a signal for performing the landing call registration to the elevators 2A to 2C. It is transmitted to any one of the unit control devices 12 (S506), and the process is terminated.

On the other hand, when the registration determination unit 207 determines that the start of the movement of the user does not follow the schedule information (S505: No), the VIP determination unit 203 is based on the identification information included in the received identification signal. , It is determined whether or not the user belongs to the VIP (S507). When the registration determination unit 207 determines that the user does not belong to the VIP (S507: No), the registration determination unit 207 ends without performing any particular processing.

On the other hand, when the VIP determination unit 203 determines that the user belongs to the VIP (S507: Yes), the registration determination unit 207 determines that provisional registration of the landing call is necessary, and the registration unit 208 determines that the landing call needs to be provisionally registered. The signal for performing the temporary registration of the above is transmitted to the unit control device 12 of any one of the elevators 2A to 2C (S508).

After that, the movement determination unit 206 determines whether or not the user has arrived at a predetermined range near the elevator hall 101 (S509). When it is determined that the unit has not arrived in the predetermined range (S509: No), it is determined whether or not the predetermined time has elapsed since the unit control device 12 performed the provisional registration (S510). When it is determined that the predetermined time has not elapsed (S510: No), the unit control device 12 performs the process again from S509. On the other hand, when it is determined that the unit control device 12 has elapsed the predetermined time (S510: Yes), the provisional registration of the landing call is canceled (S511), and the process ends.

Further, in S509, when the movement determination unit 206 determines that the user has arrived at a predetermined range near the elevator hall 101 (S509: Yes), the registration determination unit 207 makes a provisional registration of the landing call. When it is determined that the registration needs to be changed, the registration unit 208 transmits a signal for changing the temporary registration of the landing call to the main registration to the unit control device 12 (S512). Further, the elevator system 1 of the present embodiment controls based on the main registration (S513).

When performing temporary registration of the landing call, the registration unit 208 transmits a signal for temporary registration so that the moving direction of the car 7 is not registered and only the waiting of the car 7 is performed. As a result, the time required to get in the car 7 can be shortened regardless of the moving direction of the user. In addition, if there is a user's room, temporary registration may be performed to move in the direction in which the room exists.

In the present embodiment, the above-mentioned control is performed. Specifically, the registration unit 208 determines that the user who is determined to belong to the VIP has started the movement, and the user moves to another floor based on the schedule information. Even if it is determined that it is not the time to start, it was decided to temporarily register the platform call.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a control processing procedure based on the main registration of S513. First, the registration unit 208 sets the door opening time based on the moving speed until the user arrives at a predetermined range near the elevator hall 101, and controls the unit so that the door opening control is performed at the door opening time. It is transmitted to the device 12 (S601).

Then, when the elevator arrives at the elevator hall 101, the unit control device 12 performs door opening / closing control based on the set door opening time (S602).

After that, the position information acquisition unit 201 determines whether or not the user exists in the elevator hall 101 after controlling the door closing of the elevator 2 that has been waiting (S603). When it is determined that the user exists in the elevator hall 101 (S603: Yes), the registration determination unit 207 determines that the landing call registration for the user is necessary, and the registration unit 208 for performing the landing call registration. The signal is transmitted to the unit control device 12 (S604), and processing is performed again from S602.

On the other hand, when the position information acquisition unit 201 determines that the user does not exist in the elevator hall 101 (S603: No), the process ends.

In this way, when the user's position information satisfies the predetermined condition when the predetermined time elapses, the registration unit 208 switches the temporary registration of the elevator 2 platform call to the main registration of the platform call, and the user. The door opening standby time of the elevator is set based on the moving speed of the elevator.

When the registration unit 208 determines that the user did not get on the elevator 2 based on the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit 201 after moving after the elevator 2 is opened according to the main registration, the book for calling the platform I decided to register. As a result, the waiting time when the user does not get on the elevator 2 for some reason can be shortened.

(Modification example 1)
In the above-described embodiment, the case where the temporary registration of the landing call is always performed when the user belonging to the VIP starts the movement not based on the schedule information has been described. However, the method is not limited to the method of always performing the provisional registration of the landing call, and it may be switched whether or not the provisional call registration is performed according to the time zone.

The registration unit 208 of this modification is determined that the user who is determined to belong to the VIP has started moving in the direction in which the elevator 2 is installed, and is based on the schedule information. Even if it is determined that it is not the time to start moving to another floor, the signal for provisionally registering the elevator platform call is not transmitted in the predetermined time zone. As the predetermined time zone, for example, lunch time (12:00 to 13:00) can be considered. In such a busy time zone, it is possible to suppress a decrease in the efficiency of vehicle operation control by controlling so as not to perform temporary registration.

(Modification 2)
In the above-described embodiment, an example in which the unit control device 12 does not control the lighting of the call button 4 at the landing when the provisional call registration is performed has been described. However, the above-described embodiment is not limited to the case where the lighting control is not performed in the case of provisional call registration. Therefore, in the second modification, a case where lighting control is performed will be described.

When the unit control device 12 of this modified example receives a signal for temporarily registering the landing call, it is decided to perform flicker (blinking) control of the landing call button 4. Then, when the unit control device 12 of this modification receives a signal for changing the provisional registration to the main registration, the unit control device 12 controls the lighting of the call landing button 4. As a result, the user in the elevator hall 101 can be made aware of the current situation. Further, the method is not limited to the method of performing flicker control. For example, an indicator light such as "VIP operation is being prepared" provided in the elevator hall 101 is provided, and the unit control device 12 temporarily registers the landing call. When a signal is received, the indicator light may be turned on. Further, these lighting controls may be based on a request from the registration unit 208 of the elevator control device 6.

The above-described embodiment has described an example in which the provisional registration is canceled when the user has not moved to a predetermined range in the vicinity of the elevator hall 101 within a predetermined time. However, the above-described embodiment does not limit the condition for canceling the provisional registration when the user has not moved to a predetermined range in the vicinity of the elevator hall 101. For example, if the user continues to move toward the elevator 2 after a lapse of a predetermined time, the temporary registration may be changed to the main registration without being canceled. As described above, the above-described embodiment does not limit the conditions for canceling the provisional registration. In other words, the registration may be canceled when the user's location information does not meet the predetermined conditions determined based on the embodiment.

As described above, according to the embodiment and the modification, when the user belongs to VIP (specific rank), when the movement is started, the landing call is registered or the call is provisionally registered. It is possible to reduce the waiting time of the user. Further, when the user does not belong to VIP (specific rank), the efficiency of the operation control of the car can be reduced because the temporary registration of the landing call is not performed.

Further, according to the embodiment and the modified example, in the case of the movement according to the schedule information, the landing call is registered, so that the waiting time of the user can be shortened.

Although some embodiments of the present invention have been described, these embodiments are presented as examples and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These novel embodiments can be implemented in various other embodiments, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the gist of the invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are also included in the scope of the invention described in the claims and the equivalent scope thereof.

1 ... Elevator system, 2A-2C ... Elevator, 6 ... Elevator control device, 12A-12C ... Unit control device, 14 ... Communication terminal, 15A-15Z ... Position information detection device, 101 ... Elevator hall, 201 ... Position information acquisition unit , 202 ... VIP information storage unit, 203 ... VIP determination unit, 204 ... Schedule acquisition unit, 205 ... Schedule information storage unit, 206 ... Movement determination unit, 207 ... Registration determination unit, 208 ... Registration unit.

Claims (8)

A position acquisition process for acquiring the person's position information based on the identification signal transmitted from the communication terminal possessed by the person, and
A rank determination step of determining whether or not the person belongs to a specific rank based on an identification signal transmitted from the communication terminal.
A movement determination step of determining whether or not the person has started the movement based on the position information acquired by the position acquisition process, and
The schedule acquisition process for acquiring the schedule information of the person and
It is not the time when the person determined to belong to the specific rank is determined to have started the movement and the person starts moving to another floor based on the schedule information. If it is determined, a registration step of performing temporary registration of the landing call for the temperature disembarking,
A registration cancellation process for canceling the provisional registration when the location information of the person does not meet the predetermined conditions when the predetermined time has elapsed, and
Elevator control method with. The movement determination step determines whether or not the person has started moving in the direction in which the elevator is installed, based on the position information acquired by the position acquisition process.
In the registration step, it is determined that the person who is determined to belong to the specific rank has started moving in the direction in which the elevator is installed, and based on the schedule information, the person If it is determined that it is not the time to start to move to other floors, have a row the provisional registration of the hall call before Symbol elevator,
The registration cancellation step cancels the provisional registration when the position information of the person is not included in the predetermined range based on the elevator as the predetermined condition when the predetermined time elapses.
The elevator control method according to claim 1. In the registration step, when it is determined that the person who is determined not to belong to the specific rank has started moving in the direction in which the elevator is installed, the provisional registration of the landing call of the elevator is performed. Do not do,
The elevator control method according to claim 1 or 2. Further, the registration step does not temporarily register the platform call of the elevator in a predetermined time zone.
The elevator control method according to any one of claims 1 to 3. In the registration step, when the position information of the person satisfies the predetermined condition when the predetermined time elapses, the provisional registration of the landing call of the elevator is switched to the main registration of the landing call, and the person The door opening standby time of the elevator is set based on the moving speed.
The elevator control method according to any one of claims 1 to 4. In the registration step, when the position information of the person satisfies the predetermined condition when the predetermined time elapses, the provisional registration of the landing call of the elevator is switched to the main registration of the landing call, and according to the main registration. After the elevator moves after the door is opened, when it is determined that the person did not get on the elevator based on the position information, the main registration of the landing call is performed.
The elevator control method according to any one of claims 1 to 5. In the registration step, when the position information of the person satisfies the predetermined condition when the predetermined time elapses, the temporary registration of the landing call of the elevator is switched to the main registration of the landing call, and the person concerned Assign an elevator that was abandoned on an existing floor as a landing call
The elevator control method according to any one of claims 1 to 6. A position acquisition unit that acquires the position information of the person based on the identification signal transmitted from the communication terminal possessed by the person, and
A rank determination unit that determines whether or not the person belongs to a specific rank based on an identification signal transmitted from the communication terminal.
A movement determination unit that determines whether or not the person has started moving based on the position information acquired by the position acquisition unit.
The schedule acquisition unit that acquires the schedule information of the person,
The time when the person determined to belong to the specific rank is determined to be moving in the direction in which the elevator exists, and the person starts moving to another floor based on the schedule information. and without if it is determined, a registration unit that performs temporary registration of the landing call before Symbol elevator is,
A registration cancellation unit that cancels the provisional registration when the location information of the person does not meet the predetermined conditions when the predetermined time has passed.
Elevator control device.

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