JP7159271B2 - Group management control device and group management control method - Google Patents

Description

The embodiments of the present invention relate to a group supervisory control device and a group supervisory control method.

2. Description of the Related Art Among elevator systems for group management of a plurality of elevators, there is a system provided with both a hall destination floor call registration device and an up-and-down call registration device as devices for user hall call registration. The hall destination floor call registration device is a device for each user to register the hall destination floor call to call the elevator car by designating the destination floor at the hall. This is a device for registering an up-and-down call to call an elevator car by designating .

In such an elevator system, the hall call registration method can be switched between a registration method using a call hall destination floor call and a registration method using an up-and-down call depending on the time zone and the number of users.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-302128 JP 2016-141558 A

On the other hand, in an elevator system that manages multiple elevators in a group, when a hall call is registered on a floor where the demand for elevators is expected to be high, such as the cafeteria floor in the latter half of the lunch hour of an office building, In some cases, multiple elevator allocation control is performed to forcibly allocate multiple elevators. By performing such control, it is possible to reduce the number of unloaded items and the waiting time of the user.

However, this multi-vehicle allocation control is effective only for hall calls registered by the up-and-down call registration method, and is useless when applied to hall calls registered by the destination floor call registration method. response occurs. Therefore, in an elevator system that switches between the destination floor call registration method and the up/down call registration method, it is difficult to operate efficiently using the multiple-unit allocation control.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and is an elevator system in which both a hall destination floor call registration device and an up/down call registration device are installed. It is an object of the present invention to provide a group management control device and a group management control method capable of efficiently applying car allocation control.

According to an embodiment for achieving the above object, a group supervisory control device group-manages a plurality of elevators, is connected to an up-and-down call registration device and a hall destination floor call registration device, and is connected to an up-and-down call allocation control unit and a hall destination. A floor call allocation control unit, a floor registration method determination unit, and an allocation control switching unit are provided. The up-and-down call allocation control unit allocates an elevator responding to the call registered by the up-and-down call registration device. The landing destination floor call allocation control unit allocates an elevator responding to the call registered by the landing destination floor call registration device. The floor registration method determination unit determines the current hall call registration method of the floor where both the up/down call registration device and the hall destination floor call registration device are installed. The assignment control switching unit is provided with both an up-and-down call registration device and the hall destination floor call registration device, determines that the current hall call registration method is a registration method based on up-and-down calls, and is during peak hours. For up-and-down calls registered on floors determined to correspond to the above, the control is switched to multiple-unit allocation control.

1 is an overall view of an elevator using group supervisory control devices according to first to fifth embodiments; FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a group supervisory control device according to a first embodiment; FIG. FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing the flow of determination processing of the content of response control to hall calls of each floor by the group supervisory control device according to the first embodiment; FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a group supervisory control device according to a second embodiment; FIG. 10 is a flow chart showing the flow of determination processing of response control details for hall calls of each floor by the group supervisory control device according to the second embodiment. FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a group supervisory control device according to a third embodiment; 14 is a flow chart showing the flow of determination processing of response control details for hall calls of each floor by the group supervisory control device according to the third embodiment. FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a group supervisory control device according to a fourth embodiment; FIG. FIG. 14 is a flow chart showing the flow of determination processing of the content of response control for hall calls of each floor by the group supervisory control device according to the fourth embodiment; FIG. FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a group supervisory control device according to a fifth embodiment;

<<1st Embodiment>>
<Configuration of Elevator System Using Group Supervisory Control Device According to First Embodiment>
A configuration of an elevator system according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The elevator system 1 according to the present embodiment includes a plurality of elevators (A-car elevator 10A, B-car elevator 10B, and C-car elevator 10C) installed in the building, and up/down call registration devices 20 and 30 installed in the hall. , a hall destination floor call registration device 40 , a registration method switching device 50 , and a group supervisory control device 61 .

In FIG. 1, as devices for registering hall calls, the vertical call registration devices 20 and 30 and the hall destination floor call registration device 40 installed on the first floor where the entrance of the building is located are shown. At least one of an up-and-down call registration device and a landing destination floor call registration device is also installed on each elevator service floor.

The A-car elevator 10A has a car 11A and an A-car controller 12A. The A car control device 12A has an elevator information output unit 121A, an allocation response control unit 122A, and a car call registration unit 123A.

The elevator information output unit 121A outputs the operating status information of the A elevator 10A, for example, the position information of the car 11A, the running status information, the door open/close status information, the load status information, etc., to the group supervisory control device 61 as elevator information. do. The assignment response control unit 122A responds to an assignment command from the group supervisory control device 61 so that the A elevator 10A responds to the landing destination floor call or the registered floor of the up/down call and opens the door. The car call registration unit 123A registers a car call for a destination floor based on a destination floor registration command from the group supervisory control device 61 .

Since the B elevator 10B and the C elevator 10C have the same configuration as the A elevator 10A, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The up-and-down call registering devices 20 and 30 are devices for registering an up-and-down call by a user of the hall to call one of the cars 11A to 11C by designating the direction of the destination floor. The hall destination floor call registration device 40 is a device for registering a hall destination floor call for calling an elevator car by designating a destination floor by a user of the hall.

The registration method switching device 50 is composed of, for example, a switch, and inputs information for switching the hall call registration method between a registration method based on up-and-down calls and a registration method based on hall destination floor calls.

The group management control device 61 group-manages the A-car elevator 10A, the B-car elevator 10B, and the C-car elevator 10C. As shown in FIG. 2, the group supervisory control device 61 includes a hall call reception/registration unit 601, an allocation control unit 602, an allocation command output unit 603, a peak hour determination unit 604, and a hall call registration method switching unit. 605 , a floor registration method determination unit 606 , and an allocation control switching unit 607 .

The hall call reception/registration unit 601 receives and registers the information of the up and down calls acquired from the up and down call registration devices 20 and 30, and also receives and registers the information of the destination floor call acquired from the destination floor call registration device 40. do.

The allocation control unit 602 has a hall destination floor call allocation control unit 602a and an up/down call allocation control unit 602b.

A hall destination floor call allocation control unit 602a selects each elevator based on the information of the hall destination floor call registered in the hall call reception/registration unit 601 and the elevator information obtained from the control devices 12A to 12C of the elevators 10A to 10C. Evaluate and determine the optimum platform destination floor call allocation machine. The up-and-down call allocation control unit 602b evaluates each elevator based on the up-and-down call information registered in the hall call reception/registration unit 601 and the elevator information acquired from the control devices 12A-12C of the elevators 10A-10C, and selects the optimum elevator. Determines the number of machines to be assigned for up and down calls.

The assignment command output unit 603 outputs an assignment command to the corresponding elevator based on the assigned elevator information determined by the hall destination floor call assignment control unit 602a or the assigned elevator information determined by the up/down call assignment control unit 602b. Also, when the assigned elevator car information is input from the hall destination floor call assignment control unit 602a, it outputs a destination floor registration command to the assigned elevator car.

The peak time zone determination unit 604 determines whether the current time is in a peak time zone, preset for each floor, during which there is a high demand for elevator use. As the peak time period, for example, the lunch time period on the cafeteria floor, the work time period on the first floor where the entrance is located, and the like are set.

The hall call registration method switching unit 605, as a software function of the computer, outputs a hall call registration method switching command based on the switching operation from the registration method switching device 50 or the demand of the elevators 10A to 10C.

The floor registration method determination unit 606 selects a floor for which both the up/down call registration devices 20 and 30 and the hall destination floor call registration device 40 are set based on the switching command output from the hall call registration method switching unit 605. Determine the floor's current hall call registration scheme.

When the hall call registration method switching unit 605 has switched the hall call registration method to a registration method based on vertical calls, the allocation control switching unit 607 controls the number of floors registered on the floor determined to correspond to the peak time zone. For calls, an instruction to switch to multiple elevator allocation control for allocating multiple elevators to one call is output to the up/down call allocation control unit 602b.

<Operation of Elevator System Using Group Supervisory Control Device According to First Embodiment>
Next, the operation of the elevator system 1 according to this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. FIG. 3 shows the flow of the process of judging the content of response control to hall calls for each floor, which is executed at predetermined timings in the group supervisory control device 61 while the elevator system 1 is in operation.

In this embodiment, the boarding point destination floor call allocation control unit 602a sends the boarding point call reception/registration unit 601 to the boarding point call reception/registration unit 601 for floors where the boarding point registration method is switched to the boarding point destination floor call, as the boarding point destination floor call allocation control during normal operation. It is set so as to determine one optimum assigned car for one registered hall call. In addition, the up-and-down call allocation control unit 602b performs the normal up-and-down call allocation control in advance for one hall call registered in the hall call reception/registration unit 601 for floors where the hall call registration method is switched to the up-and-down call. , is set to determine the most suitable single assigned car.

First, the floor registration method determination unit 606 of the group supervisory control device 61 selects a floor to be processed, for example, the "1st floor", and the "1st floor" is registered by the up/down call registration device and the hall destination floor call registration device. It is determined whether or not the floor is an adjacent floor (S1). Here, since these devices are installed on the "1st floor" ("YES" in S1), the process proceeds to step S2.

The floor registration method determination unit 606 further determines whether or not the current hall call registration method for the "1st floor" is the hall destination floor call registration method based on the switching command output from the hall call registration method switching unit 605. (S2).

When the floor registration method determining unit 606 determines that the current hall call registration method for the “1st floor” is the hall destination floor call registration method (“YES” in S2), the allocation control switching unit 607 switches “1 Floor", the hall destination floor call allocation control unit 602a determines to continue normal hall destination floor call allocation control (S3).

Further, when the floor registration method determination unit 606 determines in step S2 that the current hall call registration method for the “1st floor” is the up/down call registration method (“NO” in S2), the allocation control switching unit 607 , whether or not the peak time zone determination unit 604 determines that the current "1st floor" is in the peak time zone (S4).

Here, when it is not determined that the current "1st floor" is not in the peak time period ("NO" in S4), the allocation control switching unit 607 causes the up/down call allocation control unit 602b to switch the "1st floor" to normal (S5).

Further, when it is determined in step S4 that the "1st floor" is currently in the peak time zone ("YES" in S4), the allocation control switching unit 607 instructs the up/down call allocation control unit 602b to "1 For "floor", an instruction to switch to multiple-unit allocation control is output (S6).

In step S1, if the floor to be processed is not equipped with an up-and-down call registration device and a hall destination floor call registration device ("NO" in S1, response control for hall calls after step S2 Content judgment processing is not executed.

The group supervisory control device 61 executes the processes of steps S1 to S6 described above for all floors in the building. Then, the up-and-down call allocation control unit 602b forcibly determines a plurality of cars to be allocated to one hall call for a floor for which an instruction to switch to multiple car allocation control is acquired from the allocation control switching unit 607.

Then, the allocation command output unit 603 controls the corresponding elevator controller 12A to 12C to output an allocation command.

In the elevator control devices 12A to 12C that have acquired the allocation command, the allocation response control units 122A to 122C select the corresponding elevators 10A to 10C according to the allocation command from the allocation command output unit 603 as the registered floor for the landing destination floor call or up/down call. to answer and open the door.

In the above-described first embodiment, when the hall call registration method is the hall destination floor call, for the registered hall call, even during peak hours when high demand for the corresponding floor is expected, the If the hall call registration method is up-and-down call without executing the multiple-unit allocation process, forcible multiple-unit allocation is performed for the hall call registered on the floor during the peak hours. By controlling in this way, when the hall call registration method is the hall destination floor call method, it is possible to prevent wasteful responses from being generated and reduce the transport efficiency, and in the case of the up-and-down call registration method, unloading can be prevented. It is possible to prevent the user's waiting time from becoming longer due to the occurrence of

<<Second embodiment>>
<Configuration of Elevator System Using Group Supervisory Control Device According to Second Embodiment>
The elevator system 2 according to the second embodiment of the present invention has the same configuration as the elevator system 1 described in the first embodiment except that it has a group management control device 62 instead of the group management control device 61. A detailed description of the part having the function of is omitted.

The configuration of the group supervisory control device 62 in this embodiment is the same as the configuration of the group supervisory control device 61 described in the first embodiment, except that it has a passenger number difference calculator 608 as shown in FIG.

When the hall call registration method switching unit 605 has switched the hall call registration method to the hall destination floor call registration method, the passenger number difference calculation unit 608 calculates the registered hall destinations for each time period and for each floor. Cumulative value of the difference between the number of passengers from the registered floor at the destination floor call predicted from the number of floor calls and the number of passengers actually boarding the car that responded to the destination floor call (hereafter referred to as "total difference value). Then, the first table information storing the relevant accumulated difference value is generated and held for each time period and each floor. The number of passengers who actually boarded the cars 11A to 11C is, for example, the amount of load detected by a load detection device (not shown) installed in the relevant car 11A to 11C, or the amount of load installed in the car 11A to 11C. It is counted based on the analysis results of image information captured by the camera device.

When the hall call registration method is switched to the hall destination floor registration method by the hall call registration method switching unit 605, the allocation control switching unit 607 determines that the current time is "larger than the threshold value set in advance." For the landing destination floor call registered on the floor corresponding to the time period, an instruction to switch to the multi-vehicle allocation control is output to the landing destination floor call allocation control unit 602a.

<Operation of Elevator System Using Group Supervisory Control Device According to Second Embodiment>
Next, the operation of the elevator system 2 according to this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, when the floor registration method determination unit 606 selects a floor to be processed and determines that the floor is a floor on which an up/down call registration device and a hall destination floor call registration device are installed (S11). "YES"), it is determined whether or not the current hall call registration method for the floor in question is the hall destination floor call registration method (S12).

Here, when the floor registration method determination unit 606 determines that the current hall call registration method for the floor is the hall destination floor call registration method (“YES” in S12), the allocation control switching unit 607 is based on the information about the floor in the first table information held by the number of passengers calculation unit 608, whether or not the current time corresponds to the time period in which "the cumulative difference value is greater than a preset threshold value" (S13).

Here, when it is determined that the current time does not correspond to the relevant time period ("NO" in S13), the allocation control switching unit 607 causes the hall destination floor call allocation control unit 602a to control the normal hall call for the relevant floor. It is determined to continue the destination floor call allocation control (S14).

Further, when it is determined in step S13 that the current time corresponds to the relevant time zone ("YES" in S13), the allocation control switching unit 607 instructs the landing destination floor call allocation control unit 602a to An instruction to switch to multiple unit allocation control is output (S15).

Further, steps S16 to S18 are executed when the floor registration method determination unit 606 determines in step S12 that the current hall call registration method for the floor in question is the up/down call registration method ("NO" in S12). Since the processing of is the same as the processing of steps S4 to S6 described in the first embodiment, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The above-described processing is executed for all floors in the building, and allocation control is executed by the set method in the allocation control unit 602 .

According to the second embodiment described above, even if the hall call registration method is the hall destination floor call registration method, the number of passengers predicted from the number of registered hall destination floor calls is actually calculated from the corresponding floor. When the difference obtained by subtracting the number of passengers in the cars 11A to 11C from each other is large, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of unloaded cars by executing the multiple car allocation control.

<<Third embodiment>>
<Configuration of Elevator System Using Group Supervisory Control Device According to Third Embodiment>
The elevator system 3 according to the third embodiment of the present invention has the same configuration as the elevator system 2 described in the second embodiment except that it has a group management control device 63 instead of the group management control device 62. A detailed description of the part having the function of is omitted.

The configuration of the group supervisory control device 63 in this embodiment is the same as the configuration of the group supervisory control device 62 described in the second embodiment, except that it has a demand information generator 609 as shown in FIG.

When the hall call registration method switching unit 605 has switched the hall call registration method to the registration method by the hall call destination floor call, the demand information generation unit 609 registers the registered hall destination floor for each time period and for each floor. Demand information indicating the degree of demand for elevators is generated and held as second table information based on the number of registered calls and the actual number of passengers.

When the hall call registration method switching unit 605 has switched the hall call registration method to the hall destination floor call registration method, the allocation control switching unit 607 determines that the current time is the demand held in the demand information generation unit 609. For the landing destination floor call registered for the floor corresponding to the time zone where the information is "more than the predetermined value", an instruction to switch to the multi-vehicle allocation control is output to the landing destination floor call allocation control unit 602a.

Also, when the hall call registration method is switched by the hall call registration method switching unit 605 to a registration method based on up-and-down calls, the allocation control switching unit 607 determines that the current time is "the demand information held by the demand information generation unit 609 is For up-and-down calls registered on floors corresponding to the time zone of "predetermined value or more", an instruction to switch to multiple-unit allocation control is output to the up-and-down call allocation control unit 602b.

<Operation of Elevator System Using Group Supervisory Control Device According to Third Embodiment>
Next, the operation of the elevator system 3 according to this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In FIG. 7, the processes executed in steps S21 to S23 are the same as the processes in steps S11 to S13 described in the second embodiment, so detailed description thereof will be omitted.

When it is determined in step S23 that the current time does not correspond to the time period in which "the accumulated difference value is greater than the preset threshold value" during the processing by the platform destination floor call registration method ("NO" in S23), The allocation control switching unit 607 further determines whether the current time corresponds to the time period in which "the demand information is equal to or greater than a predetermined value" based on the information about the floor in the second table information held by the demand information generating unit 609. It is determined whether or not (S24).

Here, when it is determined that the current time does not correspond to the relevant time period ("NO" in S24), the allocation control switching unit 607 causes the hall destination floor call allocation control unit 602a to change the normal hall call allocation control unit 602a for the relevant floor. It is determined to continue the destination floor call assignment control (S25).

Further, when it is determined in step S24 that the current time corresponds to the relevant time period ("YES" in S24), the allocation control switching unit 607 instructs the hall destination floor call allocation control unit 602a to An instruction to switch to machine allocation control is output (S26).

Further, when the floor registration method determination unit 606 determines in step S22 that the current hall call registration method for the floor is the up/down call registration method (“NO” in S22), the allocation control switching unit 607 , the peak time zone determining unit 604 checks whether or not it is currently determined that the corresponding floor is in the peak time zone (S27).

Here, when it is determined that the applicable floor is not in the peak time period (“NO” in S27), the allocation control switching unit 607 further determines that the current time is “the demand information is greater than or equal to the predetermined value. (S28).

Here, when it is determined that the current time does not correspond to the relevant time period ("NO" in S28), the allocation control switching unit 607 causes the vertical call allocation control unit 602b to perform normal vertical call allocation for the relevant floor. It is determined to continue the control (S29).

Further, when it is determined in step S28 that the current time corresponds to the time zone ("YES" in S28), the allocation control switching unit 607 instructs the up/down call allocation control unit 602b to An instruction to switch to allocation control is output (S30).

The above-described processing is executed for all floors in the building, and allocation control is executed by the set method in the allocation control unit 602 .

According to the above-described third embodiment, when the hall call registration method is the hall destination floor call that can acquire the demand information of each floor with high accuracy, the demand information of each floor for each time period is stored at the hall. It learns by calculating and storing the number of registered calls and the number of passengers. Based on this learned information, it switches whether or not to perform multiple-vehicle allocation control, and implements multiple-vehicle allocation control according to demand. can do.

<<Fourth embodiment>>
<Configuration of Elevator System Using Group Supervisory Control Device According to Fourth Embodiment>
The elevator system 4 according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention has the same configuration as the elevator system 3 described in the third embodiment except that it has a group management control device 64 instead of the group management control device 63. A detailed description of the part having the function of is omitted.

The configuration of the group supervisory control device 64 in this embodiment is the same as the configuration of the group supervisory control device 63 described in the third embodiment, except that it has a multiple assignment number counting unit 610 as shown in FIG.

When the hall call registration method switching unit 605 has switched the hall call registration method to the hall destination floor call registration method, the multiple assignment number counting unit 610 counts one hall call for each time period and for each floor. In contrast, the number of times that a plurality of elevators are assigned is counted, and the third table information is generated and stored. When counting the number of times, for example, it is counted as "O times for allocation of 2 units, and △ times for allocation of 3 units".

When the hall call registration method switching unit 605 switches the hall call registration method to the hall destination floor call registration method, the allocation control switching unit 607 determines that the current time is "counted by the multiple allocation number counting unit 610. For a landing destination floor call registered on a floor corresponding to a time period in which the number of calls is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, an instruction to switch to multi-vehicle allocation control is output to the landing destination floor call allocation control unit 602a.

Also, when the hall call registration method switching unit 605 has switched the hall call registration method to a registration method based on up-and-down calls, the allocation control switching unit 607 sets the current time as "the number of times counted by the multiple allocation number counting unit 610 is For up-and-down calls registered on floors corresponding to the time zone of "predetermined value or more", an instruction to switch to multiple-unit allocation control is output to the up-and-down call allocation control unit 602b.

<Operation of Elevator System Using Group Supervisory Control Device According to Fourth Embodiment>
Next, the operation of the elevator system 4 according to this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In FIG. 9, the processes executed in steps S31 to S33 are the same as the processes in steps S11 to S13 described in the second embodiment, so detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In step S23, when it is determined that the current time does not correspond to the time period in which "the cumulative difference value is greater than the preset threshold value" during the processing by the hall destination floor call registration method ("NO" in S33) Further, based on the information about the floor in the third table held by the multiple assignment number counting section 610, the assignment control switching section 607 determines that the current time is "a predetermined number of times counted by the multiple assignment number counting section 610". It is determined whether or not it corresponds to the time zone of "value or more" (S34).

Here, when it is determined that the current time does not correspond to the relevant time period ("NO" in S34), the allocation control switching unit 607 causes the hall destination floor call allocation control unit 602a to change the normal hall call allocation control unit 602a for the relevant floor. It is determined to continue the destination floor call assignment control (S35).

Further, when it is determined in step S34 that the current time corresponds to the relevant time zone ("YES" in S34), the allocation control switching unit 607 instructs the landing destination floor call allocation control unit 602a to An instruction to switch to multiple unit allocation control is output (S36).

Further, when the floor registration method determination unit 606 determines in step S32 that the current hall call registration method for the floor is the up/down call registration method ("NO" in S32), the allocation control switching unit 607 , the peak time zone determining unit 604 checks whether or not it is currently determined that the corresponding floor is in the peak time zone (S37).

Here, when it is determined that the corresponding floor is not in the peak time period ("NO" in S37), the allocation control switching unit 607 further determines that the current time is "multiple allocation number counting unit 610 It is determined whether or not the number of times counted in step corresponds to a time period in which the number of times is equal to or greater than a predetermined value (S38).

Here, when it is determined that the current time does not correspond to the relevant time zone ("NO" in S38), the allocation control switching unit 607 causes the vertical call allocation control unit 602b to perform normal vertical call allocation for the relevant floor. It is determined to continue the control (S39).

Further, when it is determined in step S38 that the current time corresponds to the time zone ("YES" in S38), the allocation control switching unit 607 instructs the up/down call allocation control unit 602b to An instruction to switch to allocation control is output (S40).

The above-described processing is executed for all floors in the building, and allocation control is executed by the set method in the allocation control unit 602 .

According to the fourth embodiment described above, when the hall call registration method is a hall destination floor call that changes the number of vehicles allocated to the same floor according to demand, the number of occurrences of allocation of multiple vehicles for each time period is counted and stored. By switching whether or not to perform the multiple-unit allocation control based on the stored information, the multiple-unit allocation control can be accurately performed according to the actual demand.

<<Fifth Embodiment>>
<Configuration of Elevator System Using Group Supervisory Control Device According to Fifth Embodiment>
The elevator system 5 according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention has the same configuration as the elevator system 4 described in the fourth embodiment except that it has a group management control device 65 instead of the group management control device 64. A detailed description of the part having the function of is omitted.

The configuration of the group supervisory control device 65 in this embodiment is the same as the configuration of the group supervisory control device 64 described in the fourth embodiment, except that it has an allocation number determining unit 611 as shown in FIG.

Based on the past elevator usage records, for example, the number of times counted by the multiple allocation number counting unit 610, the allocation number determining unit 611 selects a plurality of elevators for one hall call for each time zone and floor. Determine the number of units to be allocated when allocating.

When the allocation control switching unit 607 outputs an instruction to switch to multiple vehicle allocation control to the hall destination floor call allocation control unit 602a or the up/down call allocation control unit 602b, the allocation control switching unit 607 outputs information on the number of vehicles determined by the allocation number determination unit 611. do.

<Operation of Elevator System Using Group Supervisory Control Device According to Fifth Embodiment>
Since the operation of the elevator system 5 according to this embodiment is the same as the operation of the elevator system 4 described in the fourth embodiment, detailed description of the same parts will be omitted. In this embodiment, the allocation control switching unit 607 outputs an instruction to switch to the hall destination floor call allocation control unit 602a in step S36, and outputs an instruction to switch to multiple car allocation control to the up/down call allocation control unit 602b in step S40. When doing so, it is output together with information on the number of units determined by the allocation number determination unit 611 .

According to the fifth embodiment described above, the number of elevators to be allocated when performing multiple elevator allocation control is determined based on past usage records of elevators, and by changing the number of elevators to be allocated to one hall call, the number of elevators to be allocated can be adjusted according to demand. Multiple units can be assigned.

The above-described processing is executed for all floors in the building, and allocation control is executed by the set method in the allocation control unit 602 .

In the fifth embodiment described above, a case was described in which the number of elevators to be allocated was determined using the number of times counted by the multiple allocation number counting unit 610 as the past elevator usage record. information, demand information generated by the demand information generation unit 609, or the like.

In the third embodiment described above, the group supervisory control device 63 in FIG. Only the demand information generation unit 609 may be provided. In this case, step S23 of FIG. 7 is omitted.

In the fourth embodiment described above, the group management control device 64 in FIG. The calculation unit 608 and the demand information generation unit 609 may be omitted, and only the multiple allocation count measurement unit 610 may be provided. In this case, step S33 of FIG. 9 is omitted.

In the fifth embodiment described above, the group management control device 64 in FIG. However, at least one of the demand information generation unit 609 and the multiple allocation count measurement unit 610 may be configured as the passenger number difference calculation unit 608 .

While several embodiments of the invention have been described, these embodiments have been presented by way of example and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These novel embodiments can be embodied in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. These embodiments and their modifications are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are included in the scope of the invention described in the claims and its equivalents.

Reference Signs List 1 to 5 Elevator system 10A, 10B, 10C Elevator 12A, 12B, 12C Control device 20, 30 Vertical call registration device 40 Platform destination floor call registration device 50 Registration method switching device 61 121A-121C elevator information output unit 122A-122C allocation response control unit 123A-123C car call registration unit 601 hall call reception/registration unit 602 allocation control unit 602a...Platform destination floor call assignment control section 602b...Upper and lower call assignment control section 603...Allocation command output section 604...Peak time zone determination section 605...Platform call registration method switching section 606...Floor registration method determination section , 607: Allocation control switching unit, 608: Number of passengers difference calculating unit, 609: Demand information generating unit, 610: Multiple allocation number counting unit, 611: Allocation number determining unit

Claims (6)

A vertical call registering device for group-controlling a plurality of elevators, specifying the direction of a destination floor at a landing and registering an up-and-down call to call the car of the elevator; Connected to a hall destination floor call registration device for registering floor calls,
a hall call registration method switching unit for switching a hall call registration method between a registration method by the above-mentioned up-and-down call and a registration method by the above-mentioned hall destination floor call;
an up-and-down call allocation control unit that allocates an elevator responding to the up-and-down call registered in the up-and-down call registration device when the hall call registration method is switched to the up-and-down call registration method by the above-mentioned up-and-down call registration method switching unit; ,
When the hall call registration method switching unit switches the hall call registration method to the registration method based on the hall destination floor call, an elevator is assigned to respond to the hall destination floor call registered by the hall destination floor call registration device. a landing destination floor call allocation control unit;
a peak time zone determination unit that determines whether the current time is a peak time zone with high demand for elevator use, which is preset for each floor;
a floor registration method determining unit for determining a current hall call registration method of a floor where both the up-and-down call registration device and the hall destination floor call registration device are installed;
Both the up-and-down call registration device and the landing destination floor call registration device are installed, and the floor registration method determination unit determines that the current hall call registration method is a registration method based on the up-and-down call, and For up-and-down calls registered on floors that are determined to fall under the peak hours, allocation control by the up-and-down call allocation control unit is changed to multiple elevator allocation control that allocates multiple elevators for one call. A group supervisory control device comprising: an allocation control switching unit for switching. A vertical call registering device for group-controlling a plurality of elevators, specifying the direction of a destination floor at a landing and registering an up-and-down call to call the car of the elevator; Connected to a hall destination floor call registration device for registering floor calls,
a hall call registration method switching unit for switching a hall call registration method between a registration method by the above-mentioned up-and-down call and a registration method by the above-mentioned hall destination floor call;
an up-and-down call allocation control unit that allocates an elevator responding to the up-and-down call registered in the up-and-down call registration device when the hall call registration method is switched to the up-and-down call registration method by the above-mentioned up-and-down call registration method switching unit; ,
When the hall call registration method switching unit switches the hall call registration method to the registration method based on the hall destination floor call, an elevator is assigned to respond to the hall destination floor call registered by the hall destination floor call registration device. a landing destination floor call allocation control unit;
a peak time zone determination unit that determines whether the current time is a peak time zone with high demand for elevator use, which is preset for each floor;
When the hall call registration method is switched to the registration method by the above-mentioned up-and-down calls by the above-mentioned hall call registration method switching unit, the up-and-down calls registered on the floors determined to fall under the above-mentioned peak hours are subject to the above-mentioned an allocation control switching unit that switches allocation control by the up/down call allocation control unit to multiple elevator allocation control that allocates multiple elevators for one call;
When the hall call registration method switching unit switches the hall call registration method to the registration method based on the hall destination floor call, prediction is made from the number of registered hall destination floor calls for each time zone and floor. a passenger number difference calculation unit for calculating the cumulative value of the difference between the number of passengers from the registered floor of the landing destination floor call and the number of passengers actually boarding the car responding to the landing destination floor call,
The allocation control switching unit, when the hall call registration method switching unit has switched the hall call registration method to the registration method based on the hall destination floor call, sets the current time to a preset threshold value of the cumulative value of the differences. Switching the allocation control by the landing destination floor call allocation control unit to the multiple car allocation control for the landing destination floor call registered at the floor determined to correspond to the time period greater than
A group supervisory control device characterized by: A vertical call registering device for group-controlling a plurality of elevators, specifying the direction of a destination floor at a landing and registering an up-and-down call to call the car of the elevator; Connected to a hall destination floor call registration device for registering floor calls,
a hall call registration method switching unit for switching a hall call registration method between a registration method by the above-mentioned up-and-down call and a registration method by the above-mentioned hall destination floor call;
an up-and-down call allocation control unit that allocates an elevator responding to the up-and-down call registered in the up-and-down call registration device when the hall call registration method is switched to the up-and-down call registration method by the above-mentioned up-and-down call registration method switching unit; ,
When the hall call registration method switching unit switches the hall call registration method to the registration method based on the hall destination floor call, an elevator is assigned to respond to the hall destination floor call registered by the hall destination floor call registration device. a landing destination floor call allocation control unit;
a peak time zone determination unit that determines whether the current time is a peak time zone with high demand for elevator use, which is preset for each floor;
When the hall call registration method is switched to the registration method by the above-mentioned up-and-down calls by the above-mentioned hall call registration method switching unit, the up-and-down calls registered on the floors determined to fall under the above-mentioned peak hours are subject to the above-mentioned an allocation control switching unit that switches allocation control by the up/down call allocation control unit to multiple elevator allocation control that allocates multiple elevators for one call;
When the hall call registration method switching unit switches the hall call registration method to the registration method based on the hall destination floor call, the number of registered hall destination floor calls and the actual number of hall call destination floor calls are registered for each time zone and floor. a demand information generation unit that generates demand information indicating the degree of demand for the elevator based on the number of passengers;
The allocation control switching unit, when the hall call registration method switching unit has switched the hall call registration method to the registration method based on the hall destination floor call, sets the current time to the demand generated by the demand information generation unit. switching the allocation control by the landing destination floor call allocation control unit to the multiple unit allocation control for the landing destination floor call registered for the floor whose information is determined to correspond to a time period equal to or greater than a predetermined value;
When the hall call registration method is switched to the registration method based on the up-and-down call by the hall call registration method switching unit, the current time is in a time zone in which the demand information generated by the demand information generation unit is equal to or greater than a predetermined value. For up-and-down calls registered on floors that are determined to be relevant, the allocation control by the up-and-down call allocation control unit is switched to the multiple-unit allocation control.
A group supervisory control device characterized by: A vertical call registering device for group-controlling a plurality of elevators, specifying the direction of a destination floor at a landing and registering an up-and-down call to call the car of the elevator; Connected to a hall destination floor call registration device for registering floor calls,
a hall call registration method switching unit for switching a hall call registration method between a registration method by the above-mentioned up-and-down call and a registration method by the above-mentioned hall destination floor call;
an up-and-down call allocation control unit that allocates an elevator responding to the up-and-down call registered in the up-and-down call registration device when the hall call registration method is switched to the up-and-down call registration method by the above-mentioned up-and-down call registration method switching unit; ,
When the hall call registration method switching unit switches the hall call registration method to the registration method based on the hall destination floor call, an elevator is assigned to respond to the hall destination floor call registered by the hall destination floor call registration device. a landing destination floor call allocation control unit;
a peak time zone determination unit that determines whether the current time is a peak time zone with high demand for elevator use, which is preset for each floor;
When the hall call registration method is switched to the registration method by the above-mentioned up-and-down calls by the above-mentioned hall call registration method switching unit, the up-and-down calls registered on the floors determined to fall under the above-mentioned peak hours are subject to the above-mentioned an allocation control switching unit that switches allocation control by the up/down call allocation control unit to multiple elevator allocation control that allocates multiple elevators for one call;
When the platform call registration method is switched to the registration method by the platform destination floor call by the platform call registration method switching unit, a plurality of elevators are operated for one platform call for each time period and floor. a multiple allocation number counting unit that counts the number of allocations,
The allocation control switching unit is configured such that, when the hall call registration method switching unit has switched the hall call registration method to the registration method based on the hall destination floor call, the current time is counted by the multiple allocation number counting unit. switching the allocation control by the landing destination floor call allocation control unit to the multiple vehicle allocation control for the landing destination floor call registered at the floor where the number of times is determined to correspond to a time period equal to or greater than a predetermined value;
When the hall call registration method is switched to the registration method based on the up-and-down call by the hall call registration method switching unit, the current time is in a time zone in which the number of times counted by the multiple allocation count unit is equal to or greater than a predetermined value. For up-and-down calls registered on floors that are determined to be relevant, the allocation control by the up-and-down call allocation control unit is switched to the multiple-unit allocation control.
A group supervisory control device characterized by: further comprising an allocation number determination unit that determines the allocation number of elevators when allocating a plurality of elevators to one hall call for each time zone and each floor based on past elevator usage records,
The up/down call allocation control unit and the hall destination floor call allocation control unit allocate the number of elevators determined by the allocation number determining unit when allocating a plurality of elevators to the registered hall call. The group supervisory control device according to any one of claims 2 to 4. A vertical call registering device for group-controlling a plurality of elevators, specifying the direction of a destination floor at a landing and registering an up-and-down call to call the car of the elevator; A group control device connected to a hall destination floor call registration device for registering floor calls,
a hall call registration method switching step of switching the hall call registration method between the registration method by the above-mentioned up-and-down call and the registration method by the above-mentioned hall destination floor call;
an up-and-down call assignment control step for allocating an elevator responding to the up-and-down call registered by the up-and-down call registration device when the hall call registration method is switched to the up-and-down call registration method by the above-mentioned hall call registration method switching step; ,
When the platform call registration method is switched to the registration method by the platform destination floor call by the platform call registration method switching step, an elevator is assigned to respond to the platform destination floor call registered by the platform destination floor call registration device. a landing destination floor call allocation control step;
a peak time zone determination step of determining whether the current time is a peak time zone with high demand for elevator use, which is preset for each floor;
a floor registration method determination step of determining a current hall call registration method of a floor where both the up-and-down call registration device and the hall destination floor call registration device are installed;
Both the up-and-down call registration device and the landing destination floor call registration device are installed, and it is determined by the floor registration method determination step that the current hall call registration method is a registration method based on the up-and-down call, and , for an up-and-down call registered on a floor that is determined to fall under the peak time period, the allocation control by the up-and-down call allocation control step is changed to a multiple-elevator allocation control that allocates a plurality of elevators to one call. and an allocation control switching step of switching to the group management control method.

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