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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a destination floor registration device for registering destination floors of elevator users installed in a building having facilities for the same use on multiple floors.

Patent Documents 1 to 3 relate to elevator destination floor registration, and based on keywords input by the user, user identification information, etc., narrow down the floor options presented to the user and allow the user to select. There is disclosed a technique for improving convenience by automatically registering a destination floor.

JP-A-11-139704 International Publication No. 2012/137337 Japanese Patent No. 6067196

As a facility in a building, there are facilities such as offices of a company that has introduced a free address system, where the same thing is installed on multiple floors. In such facilities, there is a demand to allocate users so that the usage conditions are desirable for administrators of buildings and facilities, managers of organizations using the facilities, and the like. The request includes, for example, equalization of the number of users of each facility, concentration of specific users in one facility, and the like. However, the techniques of Patent Documents 1 to 3 are not sufficient to meet this demand.

An object of one aspect of the present invention is to realize a destination floor registration device or the like that allocates users so that the usage conditions are desirable for administrators of buildings and facilities, managers of organizations that use the facilities, and the like.

In order to solve the above problems, a destination floor registration device according to aspect 1 of the present invention provides a control device for controlling an elevator installed in a building in which facilities for the same use are provided on a plurality of floors. A destination floor registration device for registering a destination floor of an elevator user, comprising: an input receiving unit for receiving an input from the user; a presenting unit that presents a part of the floors that satisfies the selection condition regarding the usage status.

According to the above configuration, some of the floors satisfying the selection condition are available to the user using the destination floor registration device according to the usage situation at the time when the elevator user registers the destination floor. Presented. As a result, users can be assigned to each facility so as to satisfy the selection condition according to the usage status of the facility, which changes from moment to moment. As a result, it is possible to allocate users so that the usage conditions are desirable for the manager of the building or facility, or the person in charge of the organization using the facility.

A system according to aspect 2 of the present invention is a system including the destination floor registration device according to aspect 1 and the control device, wherein the facility is a facility used simultaneously by a plurality of facility users, The control device includes an input information acquisition unit that acquires input information indicating the input from the destination floor registration device, a specification unit that specifies the usage status based on the acquisition of the input information, and the specified usage status. and an output unit for outputting information indicating the selected part of floors to the destination floor registration device. may

According to the above configuration, when a user of an elevator registers a destination floor, a part of floors satisfying the selection condition is selected, and information indicating the selected floor is transmitted to the destination floor registration device. As a result, users can be assigned to each facility so as to satisfy the selection condition according to the usage status of the facility, which changes from moment to moment. As a result, it is possible to allocate users so that the usage conditions are desirable for the manager of the building or facility, or the person in charge of the organization using the facility.

In the system according to aspect 3 of the present invention, in aspect 2 above, the facility is a facility that is used by a plurality of facility users at the same time, and the selection unit: (1) the facility user at the time of the input is Even if the floor having the facility that satisfies at least one of the conditions of being the most sparse and (2) that the degree of sparseness of the facility users at the time of the input is equal to or less than a threshold, the floor having the facility may be selected. good.

According to the above configuration, floors having facilities with fewer facility users than other facilities are presented to the user of the destination floor registration device. Thereby, facility users can be distributed to each of the facilities. As a result, congestion in a part of the facility can be suppressed.

In the system according to aspect 4 of the present invention, in aspect 2 above, the facility is a facility that is used by a plurality of facility users at the same time, and the selection unit: (1) the facility user at the time of the input is Even if the floor having the facility that satisfies at least one of the following conditions: (1) the density is the highest; good.

According to the above configuration, the user of the destination floor registration device is presented with floors having facilities with a higher density of facility users than other facilities. As a result, facility users can be concentrated in a part of the facility. As a result, the number of facilities used can be reduced, and energy saving can be achieved.

In the system according to aspect 5 of the present invention, in aspect 2 above, the facility is a facility that is used by a plurality of facility users at the same time, and further includes an acquisition device that acquires information indicating attributes of the users, The selection unit may select a floor having the facility that satisfies a condition that there is the facility user having an attribute that matches the attribute of the user.

According to the above configuration, users having the same attribute can be aggregated into one facility. Here, the "attribute" is, for example, the department or section to which the users and facility users belong in a company. By concentrating people in the same department or section in one facility, work efficiency can be improved.

The acquisition device may be integrated with the destination floor registration device.

In the system according to aspect 6 of the present invention, in any one of aspects 3 to 5, the facility user can use the facility with a person who is actually using the facility at the time of the input. , a person who is determined at the time of said input.

According to the above configuration, a floor that satisfies the selection condition is selected, taking into consideration those who are determined to use the facility at the time of input, even if they are not using the facility at the time of input. . Accordingly, even if a person who is determined to use the facility at the time of input starts using the facility, the condition of satisfying the selection condition can be maintained.

It should be noted that "a person who has decided to use the facility at the time of the input" is, for example, a person who has made a reservation to use the facility.

In the system according to aspect 7 of the present invention, in any one of aspects 2 to 6, the control device includes a registration unit that registers a destination floor, and if the facility is located on the registered destination floor, the facility and an updating unit that updates the usage status.

According to the above configuration, the usage status is updated with the registration of the destination floor as a trigger. For example, when a certain user registers a destination floor, it is assumed that the user uses the facility, and the number of users of the facility on the destination floor is incremented. As a result, the usage status can be updated quickly. This configuration is particularly useful, for example, when the facilities on each floor are the above-mentioned facilities only, that is, when getting off at the floor can be regarded as using the facility.

In the system according to aspect 8 of the present invention, in aspect 7 above, when the selection unit selects one floor as the partial floor, or when the selection unit selects the partial floor When the user selects one floor from a plurality of floors selected as floors, the usage status corresponding to the selected floor may be updated.

According to the above configuration, when the user of the destination floor registration device registers the destination floor in order to use the facility, the usage status is updated. As a result, it is possible to prevent people who get off at the floor of the facility but who do not use the facility from being regarded as users of the facility.

A system according to aspect 9 of the present invention, in any one of aspects 2 to 6, includes a detection device that detects a person entering the facility, and the control device acquires a detection result of the detection device. An acquisition unit and a second update unit that updates the usage status based on the detection result may be provided.

According to the above configuration, when a user of the facility is detected by the detection device, the usage status is updated. As a result, the user can be detected regardless of whether or not the elevator is used, so that the usage status can be made more accurate.

Further, the destination floor registration device according to aspect 10 of the present invention may be a terminal device that can be carried by the user in aspect 1 above.

According to the above configuration, the user can register the destination floor by using the terminal device that the user carries, which improves the convenience of the user.

The destination floor registration device and the control device according to each aspect of the present invention may be realized by a computer. In this case, the computer is operated as each part (software element) included in the destination floor registration device and the control device. A control program for a destination floor registration device or a control device for realizing the destination floor registration device and the control device by a computer, and a computer-readable recording medium recording it are also included in the scope of the present invention.

According to one aspect of the present invention, it is possible to allocate users in such a way that the usage conditions are desirable for administrators of buildings and facilities, managers of organizations that use the facilities, and the like.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a main configuration of a destination floor registration device and a group control device included in the system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention; 3 is a diagram showing a specific example of a usage database stored in the group management device shown in FIG. 1; FIG. FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing an example of the flow of destination floor registration processing executed by the destination floor registration device and the group control device shown in FIG. 1; FIG. It is a figure which shows one specific example of the utilization condition database during destination floor registration processing. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a specific example of a screen displayed on the destination floor registration device during destination floor registration processing; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a specific example of a usage database after updating; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a specific example of a screen displayed on the destination floor registration device 1 during destination floor registration processing; FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing an example of a main configuration of a destination floor registration device and a group control device included in the system according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a specific example of a screen displayed on the destination floor registration device during destination floor registration processing according to the second embodiment; FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing an example of the main configuration of a destination floor registration device and a group control device included in a system according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention; 11 is a flow chart showing an example of the flow of destination floor registration processing executed by the destination floor registration device and the group control device shown in FIG. 10;

[Embodiment 1]
An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a main configuration of a destination floor registration device 1 and a group control device 2 (control device) included in a system 100 according to this embodiment.

The system 100 includes a destination floor registration device 1 , a group control device 2 and an elevator control device 3 . In this embodiment, it is assumed that a building to which the system 100 is applied has a plurality of elevators. In addition, facilities for the same use are provided on a plurality of floors in the building. Henceforth, the said facility of the same use is only described as a "facility."

<Destination floor registration device 1>
A destination floor registration device 1 is provided at each elevator hall of a building, and registers the destination floor of the user in the group control device 2 based on the input of the user using the elevator. As a result, the elevator car moves to the floor where the user is located, and after the user boards the car, moves to the destination floor registered by the user.

The destination floor registration device 1 includes a control unit 10 , an operation reception unit 11 (input reception unit), a display unit 12 (presentation unit), and a communication unit 13 . The control unit 10 controls each unit of the destination floor registration device 1 in an integrated manner. Details of the control unit 10 will be described later. The operation reception unit 11 receives an operation of the user of the destination floor registration device 1 and outputs an operation signal indicating the operation to the control unit 10 . The display unit 12 displays images generated by the control unit 10 . The communication unit 13 transmits and receives information to and from the group control device 2 .

In this embodiment, an example in which the operation reception unit 11 and the display unit 12 are integrated with a touch screen will be described. However, the operation reception unit 11 and the display unit 12 are not limited to the touch screen, and they may be separate bodies.

<Group control device 2>
The group control device 2 is a device that controls the elevator based on the destination floor registration of the user using the destination floor registration device 1 . The group management device 2 may be a system (group management system) composed of a plurality of devices. In this case, each part of the group management device 2 shown in FIG. 1 may be provided in any one of the devices constituting the system. The system may also include an elevator controller 3 .

The group management device 2 includes a control section 20 , a storage section 21 and a communication section 22 . The control unit 20 controls each unit of the group management device 2 in an integrated manner. The storage unit 21 stores various programs executed by the group management device 2 and various data used by the group management device 2 . The communication unit 22 transmits and receives information to and from external devices and systems. The external devices and systems according to this embodiment are the destination floor registration device 1 and the elevator control device 3, but the devices and systems with which the communication unit 22 transmits and receives information are not limited to these.

The storage unit 21 stores at least the usage database 111 . FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a specific example of the usage database 111. As shown in FIG. The usage database 111 is a database that stores information indicating the current usage of facilities. In this embodiment, an example will be described in which the usage status is the current number of users of the facility.

The usage database 111 stores records in which pieces of information indicating floors, room names, and the number of users are associated with each other. The information indicating the floor indicates the floor on which the facility is provided. The information indicating the room name indicates the name of the facility. Information indicating the number of users indicates the number of people currently using the facility.

With reference to FIG. 1 again, the explanation of the main configuration of the group control device 2 will be resumed. The control unit 20 includes a communication control unit 201 (input information acquisition unit, output unit), a selection unit 202 (specification unit), an update unit 203, and an operation instruction unit 204 (registration unit).

The communication control unit 201 controls the communication unit 22 to transmit and receive information to and from external devices and systems. Specifically, the communication control unit 201 transmits information acquired from each unit of the control unit 20 to an external device or system via the communication unit 22 . Also, the communication control unit 201 outputs information received via the communication unit 22 to each unit of the control unit 20 .

The selection unit 202 selects at least part of the floors of the building in order to present floor options to the user of the destination floor registration device 1 . Specifically, the selection unit 202 selects at least part of the floors that satisfy the selection condition regarding the usage status indicated by the usage status database 111 . Details of the selection conditions will be described later.

The updating unit 203 updates the usage database 111 . Note that the update processing executed by the update unit 203 will be described later.

The operation instruction unit 204 transmits an instruction regarding elevator operation to the elevator control device 3 . As an example, when an elevator user registers a destination floor using the destination floor registration device 1, the operation instruction unit 204 determines the elevator car to move to the floor (departure floor) where the user is located. do. This elevator is the elevator that carries passengers from the departure floor to the destination floor. Then, the operation instruction unit 204 issues instructions for controlling the movement of the determined elevator to the departure floor and the movement from the departure floor to the destination floor after the user has boarded the elevator via the communication unit 22. Send to device 3.

<Elevator control device 3>
The elevator control device 3 is a device corresponding to each elevator car, and based on instructions from the group control device 2, controls the operation of the corresponding car. The elevator control device 3 is, for example, a control panel installed in each elevator car. As an example, the elevator control device 3 moves the elevator indicated by the instruction received from the group control device 2 to the departure floor indicated by the instruction. After arriving at the departure floor, the elevator control device 3 causes the door of the car to be opened and closed. Then, the elevator control device 3 moves the elevator to the destination floor indicated by the instruction.

<Destination floor registration process>
FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing an example of the flow of destination floor registration processing executed by the destination floor registration device 1 and the group control device 2. As shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a specific example of the usage database 111 during destination floor registration processing. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a specific example of a screen displayed on the destination floor registration device 1 during destination floor registration processing.

A destination floor registration device 1A shown in FIG. 5 is the destination floor registration device 1 displaying an initial screen. The initial screen is a screen displayed on the display unit 12 before the user's operation.

The initial screen includes mode selection buttons 121 and 122 . Mode selection buttons 121 and 122 are a graphical user interface (GUI) that accepts user's operation input. In this embodiment, an example in which the operation is a touch operation will be described, but the operation is not limited to this.

When the mode selection button 121 receives a touch operation, the destination floor registration device 1 presents floors having facilities to the user and starts a mode for selecting a destination floor. Henceforth, the said mode is called facility selection mode. The control unit 10 transmits a facility use start instruction indicating that the facility selection mode has started to the group control device 2 via the communication unit 13 .

When the mode selection button 122 receives a touch operation, the destination floor registration device 1 starts a mode of selecting a destination floor from all buildings. Henceforth, the said mode is called floor movement mode. When the floor movement mode is started, the control unit 10 transmits an instruction indicating that the floor movement mode has been started to the group control device 2 via the communication unit 13, and displays a GUI showing each floor of the building on the display unit 12. Let

The destination floor registration process will be described with reference to FIG. In step S1, the operation accepting unit 11 waits for an operation input by the user. When a facility use operation, that is, a touch operation on mode selection button 121 is accepted (YES in S1), control unit 10 accepts an operation signal for a facility use operation. Then, in step d1, the control section 10 transmits a facility use start instruction (input information) to the group control apparatus 2 via the communication section 13. FIG.

Note that the processing of the control unit 10 when a touch operation on the mode selection button 122 is accepted has already been described, and will not be repeated here.

The communication control unit 201 receives the instruction to start using the facility via the communication unit 22 . The communication control unit 201 outputs the instruction to start using the facility to the selection unit 202 .

In step S11, the selection unit 202 selects a facility that satisfies the selection condition based on the acquired instruction to start using the facility. Specifically, the selection unit 202 selects a record that satisfies the selection condition from the usage database 111 . Here, selection conditions will be described. An example of the selection condition is "the number of users is equal to or less than the threshold". In this embodiment, the threshold is determined based on the minimum number of users. For example, the threshold may be "minimum number of users + 5". Hereinafter, this selection condition is referred to as selection condition A.

Another example of the selection condition is "the number of users is greater than or equal to the threshold". In this embodiment, the threshold is determined based on the maximum number of users. For example, the threshold may be "maximum threshold minus 5". This selection condition is referred to as selection condition B hereinafter.

The usage database 111A in FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining selection based on the selection condition A. In FIG. First, the selection unit 202 refers to the usage database 111 and identifies the record with the smallest number of users. In the example of the usage database 111A, the selection unit 202 identifies record 91 . Subsequently, the selection unit 202 identifies a threshold based on the identified record 91 . In the example of the usage database 111A, the selection unit 202 specifies "8" as the threshold. Subsequently, the selection unit 202 selects records in which the number of users is equal to or less than the specified threshold. In the example of the usage database 111A, the selection unit 202 selects records 91, 92 and 93. FIG.

The usage database 111B in FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the selection based on the selection condition B. As shown in FIG. First, the selection unit 202 refers to the usage database 111 and identifies the record with the largest number of users. In the example of the usage database 111B, the selection unit 202 identifies record 94 . Subsequently, the selection unit 202 identifies a threshold value based on the identified record 94 . In the example of the usage database 111B, the selection unit 202 specifies "18" as the threshold. Subsequently, the selection unit 202 selects records with the number of users equal to or greater than the identified threshold. In the example of the usage database 111B, the selector 202 selects records 94, 95 and 96. FIG. The selection unit 202 outputs information included in the selected record to the communication control unit 201 . Hereinafter, the information included in the record may be referred to as "facility information".

The continuation of the destination floor registration process will be described with reference to FIG. 3 again. At step d11, the communication control section 201 controls the communication section 22 to transmit the facility information to the destination floor registration device 1. FIG.

The control unit 10 receives facility information via the communication unit 13 . In step S<b>3 , the control unit 10 displays on the display unit 12 floor options based on the facility information.

Destination floor registration devices 1B and 1C shown in FIG. 5 are destination floor registration devices 1 displaying selection screens including the options. The selection screen of the destination floor registration device 1B is a screen generated from the facility information based on the selection condition A. FIG. The selection screen of the destination floor registration device 1C is a screen generated from the facility information based on the selection condition B. FIG.

The selection screen of the destination floor registration device 1B includes option buttons 123 , 124 and 125 . The option buttons 123, 124, and 125 are GUIs generated based on the facility information, and include text indicating floors, room names, and the number of users. Choice buttons 123, 124 and 125 are based on facility information of records 91, 92 and 93 shown in FIG. 4, respectively.

The selection screen of the destination floor registration device 1C includes option buttons 126 , 127 and 128 . The option buttons 126, 127 and 128 are GUIs generated based on the facility information, and include text indicating floors, room names and the number of users. Choice buttons 126, 127 and 128 are based on the facility information of records 94, 95 and 96 shown in FIG. 4, respectively.

The continuation of the destination floor registration process will be described with reference to FIG. 3 again. In step S4, the operation reception unit 11 receives a floor selection operation. A floor selection operation is a touch operation to any of the option buttons. In the example of the destination floor registration device 1B, it is assumed that the user has input a touch operation on the option button 123 . In the example of the destination floor registration device 1C, it is assumed that the user has input a touch operation on the option button 126 (see FIG. 4).

The control unit 10 receives an operation signal for a floor selection operation. At step d2, the control section 10 transmits the selected floor information based on the operation signal to the group control apparatus 2 via the communication section 13. FIG. The selected floor information indicates the destination floor, which is the floor indicated by the option button selected by the floor selection operation, and the departure floor, which is the floor where the operated destination floor registration device 1 is installed. including information.

The communication control section 201 receives the selected floor information via the communication section 22 . The communication control unit 201 outputs the received selected floor information to the update unit 203 and the operation instruction unit 204 .

In step S12, the update unit 203 updates the usage database 111 based on the acquired selected floor information. Specifically, the updating unit 203 identifies the record to be updated based on the information indicating the destination floor included in the selected floor information. Then, the number of users included in the specified record is incremented.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a specific example of the usage database 111 after updating. Compared with the usage database 111A shown in FIG. 4, the number of users included in the record 91 of the usage database 111A shown in FIG. 6 is increased by one. That is, the update unit 203 increments the number of users in the record 91 based on the selected floor information including information indicating the fourth floor as the destination floor.

4, the number of users included in the record 94 of the usage database 111B shown in FIG. 6 is increased by one. That is, the updating unit 203 increments the number of users in the record 94 based on the selected floor information including the information indicating the fifth floor as the destination floor.

The continuation of the destination floor registration process will be described with reference to FIG. 3 again. In step S13, the operation instruction unit 204 determines the car to be moved to the floor indicated by the selected floor information. Specifically, the operation instruction unit 204 determines the car to move the car to the departure floor based on the information indicating the departure floor included in the selected floor information and the operation status of each car. Operation instruction unit 204 outputs the registration information to communication control unit 201 . The registration information includes information indicating the determined car number, departure floor, destination floor, and the facility name of the facility provided on the destination floor.

In step S14, the operation instruction unit 204 transmits a control instruction to the elevator control device 3 corresponding to the determined car. Specifically, the operation instruction unit 204 transmits a control instruction including information indicating the departure floor and the destination floor to the elevator control device 3 of the determined elevator car. As a result, the elevator control device 3 that has received the control instruction moves the car to the departure floor indicated by the received control instruction.

At step d12, the communication control section 201 transmits the acquired registration information to the destination floor registration device 1. FIG. Specifically, the communication control unit 201 transmits the registration information to the destination floor registration device 1 specified based on the information indicating the departure floor.

Although step S12 is executed before step S13 in the example of FIG. 3, the execution timing of step S12 is not limited to this example. Step S12 may be performed simultaneously with step S13 or S14, between steps S13 and S14, or after step S14.

The control unit 10 receives registration information via the communication unit 13 . In step S<b>5 , the control unit 10 displays a registration screen based on the received registration information on the display unit 12 . With this, the destination floor registration processing ends.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a specific example of a screen displayed on the destination floor registration device 1 during destination floor registration processing. Specifically, FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a specific example of a registration screen showing the result of destination floor registration.

A destination floor registration device 1B in FIG. 7 is the destination floor registration device 1 in which a selection based on the selection condition A is performed. The destination floor registration device 1B includes text indicating facility C on the 4th floor selected in step S4 (see destination floor registration device 1B in FIG. 5) and text indicating car A, which is the car in which the user rides. .

A destination floor registration device 1C in FIG. 7 is the destination floor registration device 1 in which a selection based on the selection condition B is performed. The destination floor registration device 1C includes text indicating facility D on the 5th floor selected in step S4 (see destination floor registration device 1C in FIG. 5) and text indicating car No. C, which is the car in which the user rides. .

By visually recognizing the registration screen, the user can re-recognize the destination floor and the facility to be used by the user, and can confirm the elevator car to be boarded by the user.

<Effect>
As described above, the operation accepting unit 11 of the destination floor registration device 1 according to this embodiment accepts the user's input operation. In addition, the display unit 12 displays option buttons indicating some floors satisfying the selection condition, which are selected according to the number of users of the facility at the time of input.

According to this configuration, according to the number of users of each facility at the time when elevator users register destination floors, users using the destination floor registration device 1 are notified of floors that satisfy the selection conditions. A choice button indicating is presented. As a result, users can be assigned to each facility so that the selection condition is satisfied according to the number of users of the facility, which changes from moment to moment. As a result, it is possible to allocate users so that the number of users is desirable for managers of buildings and facilities, managers of organizations that use the facilities, and the like.

The communication control unit 201 of the group management apparatus 2 included in the system 100 according to this embodiment acquires a facility use start instruction. The selection unit 202 identifies the number of users of each facility from the usage status database 111 based on the instruction to start using the facility, and selects a record that satisfies the selection condition according to the number of users. The communication control unit 201 transmits facility information based on the selected record to the destination floor registration device 1 .

According to this configuration, at the time of input by the user, the facility that satisfies the selection condition is specified, and the information indicating the floor on which the facility is provided is transmitted to the destination floor registration device 1 . As a result, users can be assigned to each facility so that the selection condition is satisfied according to the number of users of the facility, which changes from moment to moment. As a result, it is possible to allocate users so that the number of users is desirable for managers of buildings and facilities, managers of organizations that use the facilities, and the like.

As an example, the selection unit 202 selects facilities whose number of users is equal to or less than a threshold based on the minimum number of users of each facility. According to this configuration, floors having facilities with fewer users than other facilities are presented to the user of the destination floor registration device 1 . Thereby, facility users can be distributed to each of the facilities. As a result, congestion in a part of the facility can be suppressed.

As another example, the selection unit 202 selects facilities with a number of users equal to or greater than a threshold based on the maximum number of users of each facility. According to this configuration, the user of the destination floor registration device 1 is presented with floors having facilities with more users than other facilities. As a result, facility users can be concentrated in a part of the facility. As a result, the number of facilities used can be reduced, and energy savings can be achieved in lighting, air conditioning equipment, and the like.

When the user of the destination floor registration device 1 selects one floor from the plurality of floors selected by the selection unit 202, the updating unit 203 of the group control device 2 updates the usage status database 111 corresponding to the floor. Update the number of users of the record.

According to this configuration, when the user of the destination floor registration device 1 registers the destination floor in order to use the facility, the usage status is updated. For example, when a certain user registers a destination floor, it is assumed that the user uses the facility, and the number of users of the facility on the destination floor is incremented. As a result, the usage database 111 can be adapted to the current usage.

<Modification of Embodiment 1>
In this embodiment, the update unit 203 updates the usage database 111 based on the selected floor information when a floor selection operation is performed in the facility selection mode. On the other hand, the update unit 203 may update the usage database 111 based on the information transmitted from the destination floor registration device 1 even when an operation to select a destination floor is performed in the floor movement mode. In other words, the system 100 may update the usage database 111 when an operation for registering a destination floor is performed regardless of the mode of the destination floor registration device 1 .

In this modified example, there is a possibility that a person who moves to the floor where the facility is located by elevator and does not use the facility may be included in the number of users of the facility. The situation can be roughly matched with the actual usage situation. In this configuration, if there is only one facility on each floor, that is, if getting off on that floor can be regarded as using the facility, it is possible that a person who gets off on that floor does not use the facility. It is particularly useful because of its low volatility.

[Embodiment 2]
Other embodiments of the invention are described below. In the following embodiments, for convenience of description, members having the same functions as those of the members described in the above embodiments are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will not be repeated.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing an example of the main configuration of the destination floor registration device 1a and the group control device 2 included in the system 100a.

The system 100a according to the present embodiment selects a facility in which a person having attributes matching the user of the destination floor registration device 1a is present. Note that the facility according to the present embodiment is a facility that is used by a plurality of facility users at the same time. In this embodiment, the user of the destination floor registration device 1a is simply referred to as "user", and the person currently using the facility is referred to as "facility user".

The destination floor registration device 1a differs from the destination floor registration device 1 in that it newly includes a reading unit 14 (acquisition device). The reading unit 14 reads the user identification information from the user's terminal device (for example, card type terminal) in which the user identification information is stored. As an example, the reading unit 14 uses a short-range wireless communication function to read user identification information from a terminal device in close proximity or in contact. The user identification information includes information (such as an ID) that can identify the user and attribute information that indicates the attributes of the user. The attribute information is, for example, information indicating the user's affiliation at work, but is not limited to this.

When the control unit 10 acquires an operation signal indicating a facility use operation, the control unit 10 transmits user identification information together with a facility use start instruction.

The selection unit 202 acquires the facility use start instruction and the user identification information from the communication control unit 201 . Then, the selection unit 202 selects a record indicating a facility used by a facility user having attribute information that matches the attribute information included in the acquired user identification information.

Specifically, each record of the usage database 111 according to this embodiment includes user identification information and attribute information of facility users. The selection unit 202 refers to the usage status database 111 and selects a record indicating a facility used by a facility user having attribute information that matches the acquired attribute information.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a specific example of a screen displayed on the destination floor registration device 1a during the destination floor registration process according to the present embodiment. Specifically, it is a diagram showing one specific example of a selection screen displayed in 1a. The destination floor registration device 1D shown in FIG. 9 includes text indicating the user's affiliation and user name based on the user's attribute information and user identification information, and option buttons. The option buttons shown in FIG. 9 include text indicating the affiliation of the facility user who uses the selected facility.

As a result, the user of the destination floor registration device 1 can select a facility in which there is a colleague or boss who belongs to the same department as the user himself/herself.

As described above, the selection unit 202 of the system 100a according to the present embodiment selects a floor having a facility with a facility user who matches the attribute of the user of the destination floor registration device 1a. According to this configuration, users having the same attribute can be aggregated into one facility. If the attribute is the affiliation at the place of work, as described in the present embodiment, work efficiency can be improved by collecting people who have the same affiliation in one facility.

In this embodiment, the reading unit 14 is provided in the destination floor registration device 1a, but the reading unit 14 may be a separate device from the destination floor registration device 1a.

[Embodiment 3]
Further embodiments of the invention are described below. FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing an example of the main configuration of the group control device 2 included in the system 100b. In this embodiment, the user of the destination floor registration device 1 is simply referred to as "user", and the person currently using the facility is referred to as "facility user".

A system 100b according to this embodiment differs from the system 100 in that it includes a reading device 4 (detection device). The reading device 4 detects a person entering the facility. Specifically, the reading device 4 is provided at the entrance of each facility and reads the user identification information from the user's terminal device (for example, a card-type terminal) in which the user identification information is stored. As an example, the reading device 4 uses a short-range wireless communication function to read user identification information from a terminal device in close proximity or in contact. The reading device 4 transmits the read user identification information to the group control device 2 together with the facility identification information indicating the facility where the reading device 4 is installed. Hereinafter, the user identification information and facility identification information transmitted to the group control device 2 will be referred to as occupant information (detection results).

System 100b may include a security system (not shown) communicatively connected to reader 4 . In this example, the security system determines whether the user identification information read by the reading device 4 is a person who can use the facility where the reading device 4 is provided, and if it is determined that the facility is available , the facility may be entered (for example, the entrance is unlocked).

The communication control unit 201 (detection result acquisition unit) outputs the room occupant information received from the reader 4 via the communication unit 22 to the update unit 203 (second update unit). Then, the update unit 203 updates the usage status database 111 when the user identification information in the acquired room occupant information indicates a new room occupant.

Specifically, each record of the usage database 111 according to this embodiment includes user identification information of a facility user. The update unit 203 determines whether or not the acquired user identification information is stored in the record of the facility indicated by the acquired facility identification information in the usage database 111 . If stored, the user identification information does not update the usage database 111 . This is because the user identification information is the user identification information of a non-new room entrant, that is, the facility user, and for example, it is considered that the facility user who left the room once entered the room again.

If the acquired user identification information is not stored in the record of the facility indicated by the acquired facility identification information, the acquired user identification information is the user identification information of a new entrant. Increment the number of users of the record.

<Destination floor registration process>
FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of destination floor registration processing executed by the destination floor registration device 1 and the group control device 2 according to this embodiment. In the flowchart, the same step numbers as in the flowchart shown in FIG. 3 are given to the steps for executing the same processing as the destination floor registration processing explained in the first embodiment. Also, the description of this step will not be repeated here.

Note that in the destination floor registration process according to the present embodiment, the process of step S12 described in the first embodiment is not executed. In the destination floor registration process according to the present embodiment, steps S21 to S23 described below are executed instead of this process.

In step S<b>21 , the communication control unit 201 receives room entrant information from the reading device 4 . The communication control unit 201 outputs the received room entry person information to the updating unit 203 .

In step S22, the update unit 203 determines whether or not the occupant indicated by the acquired occupant information is a new occupant. Specifically, the updating unit 203 determines whether or not the acquired user identification information is stored in the record of the facility indicated by the acquired facility identification information.

If it is determined that the occupant indicated by the acquired occupant information is a new occupant (YES in step S22), the updating unit 203 updates the usage database 111 based on the occupant information in step S23. Specifically, when the updating unit 203 determines that the acquired user identification information is stored in the record of the facility indicated by the acquired facility identification information, the update unit 203 uses the record of the facility indicated by the acquired facility identification information. Increment the number of users. With this, the destination floor registration process ends.

If it is determined that the occupant indicated by the acquired occupant information is not a new occupant (NO in step S22), the update unit 203 does not execute the process of step S23, and the destination floor registration process ends. .

Although steps S21 to S23 are executed after step S14 in the example of FIG. 11, the execution timing of steps S21 to S23 is not limited to this example. Steps S21 to S23 may be executed at any timing as long as the destination floor registration process is being executed.

As described above, in the system 100b according to this embodiment, the communication control unit 201 receives the room entry information transmitted from the reading device 4 via the communication unit 22 . Further, when the room entry information indicates a new room entrant, the updating unit 203 updates the number of users of the facility to which the new room entrant has entered in the usage status database 111 .

According to this configuration, when there is a person entering the facility, the entry information is transmitted from the reading device 4, and if the person entering the room indicates a new person entering the room, the usage status database 111 indicates that the person entering the room is The number of users of the facility that entered the room is updated. As a result, the number of users is updated even if the new entrant does not use the elevator, so the number of users can be made more accurate.

Information used by the updating unit 203 to update the usage database 111 is not limited to room entry information. For example, the information may be information in which an image captured by a camera provided in each facility is associated with facility identification information. The camera is installed at a position capable of photographing the face of the person entering the room. The update unit 203 performs face recognition processing on the face in the received image, and determines whether or not the face matches the face of a person (facility user) who has already entered the room. If they do not match, the person with the face is a new entrant, so the updating unit 203 increments the number of users in the facility record indicated by the acquired facility identification information. If the face matches that of the person who has already entered the room, the updating unit 203 does not increment.

[Embodiment 4]
Further embodiments of the invention are described below. In this embodiment, the destination floor registration device 1 is not a device installed on each floor, but a terminal device that can be carried by the user. The terminal device is, for example, a smartphone or a tablet terminal possessed by the user in which a predetermined application is installed, but is not limited to this example. are communicably connected using, for example, Wifi (registered trademark).

As an example, when the operation reception unit 11 receives an application activation operation, the control unit 10 identifies the group control device 2 corresponding to the building used by the user. As an example, the control unit 10 may specify the building used by the user based on the location information of the destination floor registration device 1, and specify the group control device 2 corresponding to the building. As another example, the control unit 10 may use short-range wireless communication such as Bluetooth (registered trademark) to identify the group management device 2 capable of short-range wireless communication.

The control unit 10 acquires floor number information indicating the number of floors of the building from the identified group management device 2 . Based on the acquired floor number information, the control unit 10 causes the display unit 12 to display an input screen for allowing the user to input the departure floor. The input screen may be, for example, a screen including a GUI indicating each floor of the building (a plurality of GUIs with numbers indicating each floor).

When the operation reception unit 11 receives an operation to any GUI, the control unit 10 causes the display unit 12 to display an initial screen (see FIG. 5). When the mode selection button 121 receives a touch operation, the control unit 10 transmits a facility use start instruction to the group control device 2 . When mode selection button 122 receives a touch operation, control unit 20 transmits to group control device 2 an instruction indicating that the floor movement mode has started. Information indicating the selected departure floor is included in the instruction to start using the facility and the instruction indicating that the floor movement mode has been started.

Subsequent processes are the same as those described in the first embodiment, and thus description thereof will not be repeated. In this embodiment, the destination floor registration device is the destination floor registration device 1 described in the first embodiment, but may be the destination floor registration device 1a. Also, the input screen has been described as being displayed before the initial screen, but it may be displayed after the mode is selected on the initial screen, or it may be displayed after the destination floor is selected on the selection screen. may

[Modification]
The update unit 203 may update the usage database 111 based on images of users getting on and off the elevator. Specifically, the system 100 according to this modified example includes an imaging device installed at a position where an image of a user getting on and off can be captured in each elevator hall. The location may be, for example, inside the car or around the landing door of an elevator hall. The imaging device transmits the captured image to the group control device 2 . The transmitted image is associated with information indicating the floor on which the imaging device is installed.

The communication control unit 201 outputs the image received via the communication unit 22 to the updating unit 203 . The update unit 203 extracts the area of users who have exited the car from the acquired image, and specifies the number of people who have exited the car. Further, the updating unit 203 identifies a record to be updated from the usage status database 111 based on the information indicating the floor associated with the image. Then, the updating unit 203 adds the specified number of people getting off the vehicle to the number of users of the specified record.

According to the above configuration, even if there is a user of the elevator who has not registered the destination floor, it is possible to update the usage status in consideration of the user. Note that this configuration is particularly useful when each floor has only one facility, that is, when getting off at that floor can be regarded as using the facility.

Facility usage may be managed by an external system different from the systems 100, 100a, and 100b according to the present disclosure. In this example, the usage database 111 may be generated and updated by the external system and transmitted to the group control device 2 . In addition, the external system may have a function of accepting a user's reservation for use of the facility.

In this example, the number of users in each record of the usage database 111 may include the number of people who made reservations. In other words, the number of users referred to by the selection unit 202 when selecting a record is the number of people actually using the facility at that time and the number of people confirmed to use the facility at that time. include.

The information indicating the facility usage status included in each record of the usage status database 111 is not limited to the number of users. The information may be information indicating the degree of density of users in the facility, and may be, for example, a usage rate obtained by dividing the current number of users by the capacity of the facility.

In Embodiments 1 and 3, the selection unit 202 selects only records of facilities with the smallest number of users (most sparsely populated users) or facilities with the largest number of users (most densely populated users). may be selected.

If only one record is selected from the usage database 111, the selection unit 202 may determine the floor indicated by the record as the destination floor without presenting options to the user. In this example, the selection unit 202 outputs information indicating the floor to the update unit 203 and the operation instruction unit 204 .

In this example, the floor selected by the selection unit 202 is presented to the user of the destination floor registration device 1, 1a as the destination floor displayed on the registration screen.

The selection unit 202 may set the threshold for the number of users to a fixed value. In this example, the selection unit 202 selects all records including the number of users below or above a predetermined threshold.

[Example of realization by software]
The control blocks (especially the control unit 10 and the control unit 20) of the destination floor registration devices 1 and 1a and the group control device 2 may be realized by logic circuits (hardware) formed in an integrated circuit (IC chip) or the like. and may be implemented by software.

In the latter case, the destination floor registration devices 1, 1a and the group control device 2 are provided with computers that execute instructions of programs, which are software for realizing each function. This computer includes, for example, one or more processors, and a computer-readable recording medium storing the program. In the computer, the processor reads the program from the recording medium and executes it, thereby achieving the object of the present invention. As the processor, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) can be used. As the recording medium, a "non-temporary tangible medium" such as a ROM (Read Only Memory), a tape, a disk, a card, a semiconductor memory, a programmable logic circuit, or the like can be used. In addition, a RAM (Random Access Memory) for developing the above program may be further provided. Also, the program may be supplied to the computer via any transmission medium (communication network, broadcast wave, etc.) capable of transmitting the program. Note that one aspect of the present invention can also be implemented in the form of a data signal embedded in a carrier wave in which the program is embodied by electronic transmission.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but can be modified in various ways within the scope of the claims, and can be obtained by appropriately combining technical means disclosed in different embodiments. is also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

1, 1a Destination floor registration device 2 Group control device (control device)
4 reader (detector)
11 Operation reception unit (input reception unit)
12 display unit (presentation unit)
14 reading unit (acquisition device)
100, 100a, 100b System 201 Communication control unit (input information acquisition unit, output unit, detection result acquisition unit)
202 selection unit (specification unit)
203 update unit (second update unit)
204 operation instruction unit (registration unit)

Claims (5)

A control device for controlling an elevator installed in a building in which facilities for the same purpose and used by a plurality of facility users at the same time are provided on a plurality of floors; A system including a destination floor registration device for registration,
The destination floor registration device
an input reception unit that receives input from the user;
A part of the plurality of floors selected according to the usage status of the facility at the time of the input, and satisfying the selection condition regarding the usage status is presented. and a presentation unit for
The control device is
an input information acquisition unit that acquires input information indicating the input from the destination floor registration device;
a specifying unit that specifies the usage status based on the acquisition of the input information;
a selection unit that selects the partial floor that satisfies the selection condition according to the identified usage situation;
an output unit that outputs information indicating the selected floors to the destination floor registration device;
The selection unit satisfies (1) the density of the facility users at the time of the input and (2) the degree of density of the facility users at the time of the input being equal to or greater than a threshold. Select a floor having the facility that satisfies at least one of
system. The facility user includes a person who is actually using the facility at the time of the input and a person who is confirmed to use the facility at the time of the input.
The system of claim 1 . The control device is
a registration unit for registering a destination floor;
an update unit that updates the usage status of the facility when the facility is located on the registered destination floor;
3. A system according to claim 1 or 2 . When the selection unit selects one floor as the partial floor, or when the selection unit selects one floor from the plurality of floors selected as the partial floor, the update unit selects one when one floor is selected, updating the usage status corresponding to the selected floor;
4. The system of claim 3 . Including a detection device that detects a person entering the facility,
The control device is
A detection result acquisition unit that acquires a detection result of the detection device;
a second updating unit that updates the usage status based on the detection result;
3. A system according to claim 1 or 2 .

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