JP7327456B2 - Elevator information providing device, elevator information providing method, terminal device and terminal control program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an elevator information providing device, an elevator information providing method, a terminal device that communicates with the elevator information providing device, and a terminal control program therefor.

For example, Patent Literature 1 shows an example in which guidance data for prompting the use of an elevator bank is displayed on a guidance device installed at the hall of the elevator bank. In this example, when the guidance device receives the guidance data for prompting the use of the elevator bank in which the guidance device is arranged, for example, a character string such as "This elevator is currently vacant, please use it." It is displayed on the display section of the guidance device. On the other hand, when the guidance device receives guidance data for prompting the use of another elevator bank, for example, the character string "This elevator is currently busy. Please use another elevator." is displayed on the display.

WO2019/058455

In the guidance display as described above, when a message prompting the use of another elevator bank is displayed, the user can grasp where the other elevator bank is and how far it is from the current location. I can't.

One aspect of the present invention is elevator information presenting the location and congestion status of each elevator area to a user in a building provided with a plurality of elevator areas each including one or more cars and waiting areas for passengers to board the cars. An object of the present invention is to provide a providing device and an elevator information providing method.

In order to solve the above problems, an elevator information providing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention is provided in a building provided with a plurality of elevator areas each including one or more cars and waiting areas for passengers to board the cars. An information acquisition unit that acquires congestion status information for each elevator area, location information regarding the position of each elevator area in the building, and notification of the congestion status information corresponding to each of the elevator areas to the user. and a notification unit.

According to the above configuration, a user can grasp the position and congestion status of each elevator area in a building provided with a plurality of elevator areas. Therefore, the user can determine which elevator area to use in consideration of the degree of congestion and location, thereby improving convenience.

In the elevator information providing device according to another aspect of the present invention, the notification unit may notify information indicating respective positions of the elevator areas on a floor plan of a predetermined floor in the building.

According to the above configuration, the user can grasp the congestion situation of the elevator area whose position is indicated in the plan view of the predetermined floor. Therefore, the user can more easily and accurately grasp the position of the elevator area.

In the elevator information providing apparatus according to another aspect of the present invention, the notifying unit determines the congestion status based on at least one of the degree of congestion of the cars included in the elevator area and the number of people waiting in the elevator area. Information may be calculated.

According to the above configuration, it is possible to present the user with congestion status information that accurately reflects the congestion status of each elevator area.

In the elevator information providing apparatus according to another aspect of the present invention, the notification unit includes boarding request information for the car requested by a terminal device operated by the user, and viewing of information by the terminal device. The congestion status information may be calculated based on at least one of the browsing information for the car for which the information is displayed.

According to the above configuration, the congestion information is calculated in consideration of the utilization status of the terminal device capable of requesting boarding of the car, so it is possible to predict the congestion with higher accuracy.

In the elevator information providing apparatus according to another aspect of the present invention, the notification unit includes congestion status information of each car in the elevator area, attribute information of each car, current position floor information of each car, At least one of the current driving direction information of each car and the congestion information of the boarding waiting area may be notified to the user.

According to the above configuration, the user can recognize the detailed information about the car and the boarding waiting area in the elevator area. Therefore, the user can obtain more helpful information in selecting an elevator area.

In order to solve the above-described problems, an elevator information providing method according to an aspect of the present invention provides a building having a plurality of elevator areas each including one or more cars and waiting areas for passengers to board the cars. An information acquisition step of acquiring congestion status information for each of the elevator areas, location information relating to the location of each of the elevator areas within the building, and notifying the user of the congestion status information corresponding to each of the elevator areas. and a notifying step.

According to the above method, a user can grasp the position and congestion status of each elevator area in a building having a plurality of elevator areas. Therefore, the user can determine which elevator area to use in consideration of the degree of congestion and location, thereby improving convenience.

In order to solve the above problems, a terminal device according to one aspect of the present invention is a terminal device that communicates with the elevator information providing device, and receives the location information and the congestion status information via a communication network. and a display control unit for controlling display of the position information and the congestion status information.

According to the above configuration, the user can check the location information and the congestion status information using the terminal device.

In the terminal device according to another aspect of the present invention, the communication control unit indicates boarding floor information indicating the number of floors that the user plans to board the car and indicates the number of floors that the user plans to get off the car. Destination floor boarding request information including destination floor information may be transmitted to the elevator information providing device.

According to the above configuration, the user can confirm the location information and the congestion status information on the terminal device, and transmit the destination floor boarding request information to the elevator information providing device through the confirmation screen. This makes it possible to perform call registration through the confirmation screen.

The elevator information providing device and the terminal device according to each aspect of the present invention may be realized by a computer. A control program for an apparatus realized 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, in a building provided with a plurality of elevator areas each including one or more cars and waiting areas for boarding the cars, the location and congestion status of each elevator area are presented to users. An elevator information providing device and an elevator information providing method can be provided.

1 is a functional block diagram of an elevator information providing system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention; FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen of the terminal device of the said elevator information provision system. It is a figure which shows the other example of the display screen of the said terminal device. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the elevator information providing device of the elevator information providing system; FIG. 9 is a flow chart showing the operation of the elevator information providing device of the elevator information providing system according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention;

[Embodiment 1]
<Overview of Elevator Information Providing System>
An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below. The elevator information providing system 1 is a system for presenting users with the location and congestion status of each elevator area in a building B having a plurality of elevator areas. Here, the elevator area is an area including one or more cars and a waiting area for boarding the cars. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the display screen of the terminal device 30 of the elevator information providing system 1, showing the position of each elevator area on the ground floor of the building B and corresponding to each elevator area. Displays congestion information. The congestion status information will be described later in detail. In this embodiment, it is assumed that elevator areas 60A, 60B, 60C, and 60D (hereinafter referred to as elevator areas 60A to 60D) are arranged in building B as shown in FIG. The elevator area 60A includes an area elevator group 51A and a boarding waiting area 55A. Like elevator area 60A, elevator areas 60B, 60C, and 60D include area elevator groups 51B, 51C, and 51D and waiting areas 55B, 55C, and 55D. In this embodiment, four elevator areas are described, but the number of elevator areas is not limited to the number described above and can be arranged as appropriate.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of an elevator information providing system 1 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1 , the elevator information providing system 1 includes an elevator information providing device 10 , a plurality of terminal devices 30 , a crowd detection device group 40 , and an elevator group 50 .

<Elevator group>
The elevator group 50 includes area elevator groups 51A, 51B, 51C, and 51D (hereinafter referred to as area elevator groups 51A to 51D), as shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing another example of the display screen of the terminal device 30, showing a state in which the operation information of each car of the area elevator group 51A included in the elevator area 60A is displayed in the elevator area 60A. show. Operation information will be described later in detail. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the area elevator group 51A includes elevators 511A, 521A, 531A, and 541A (hereinafter referred to as elevators 511A to 541A), elevator controllers 512A, 522A, 532A, and 542A (hereinafter referred to as elevator controllers). 512A to 542A). In this embodiment, the area elevator group 51A is described as having four elevators, but the number of elevators is not limited to the number described above and can be arranged as appropriate. Further, in this embodiment, the elevators 511A to 541A are described as having the same boarding and alighting floors, but the floors to which the elevators 511A to 541A can board and alight may differ. Elevators 511A to 541A have cars 516A, 526A, 536A, and 546A (hereinafter referred to as cars 516A to 546A), respectively.

As shown in FIG. 1, elevator controllers 512A-542A control corresponding elevators among elevators 511A-541A. Hereinafter, the elevator control device 512A will be described as a representative, but the elevator control devices 522A to 542A have the same configuration.

The elevator controller 512A has a controller 512A1. The control unit 512A1 comprehensively controls each unit of the elevator control device 512A. The functions of the control unit 512A1 may be implemented by a CPU (Central Processing Unit) executing a program stored in a memory (not shown). The control unit 512A1 includes a car information acquisition unit 513A, a communication control unit 514A, and an operation control unit 515A.

The car information acquisition unit 513A acquires operation information of the car 516A. The operation information of the car 516A includes attribute information of the car 516A, current position floor information, current driving direction information, and the like. The car attributes include, for example, sex-only (male-only, female-only), baggage-only, autonomous mobile robot-only, VIP-only, mobile bed-only, wheelchair-only, and facility-related person-only. Note that the attributes may be changeable depending on the situation, or may be preset and fixed.

The communication control unit 514A controls communication between the elevator information providing device 10 and the elevator control device 512A. Specifically, the communication control unit 514A transmits the operation information of the car 516A to the information acquisition unit 12 of the elevator information providing device 10 . In addition, the communication control unit 514A transmits from the elevator information providing apparatus 10, registration result information (call registration result information) of the user U, boarding request information including boarding floor information and destination floor information of the user U, receive. Details of the registration result information will be described later.

When the car 516A is called and registered for the user U in the registration result information, the operation control unit 515A uses the car 516A based on the boarding floor information and the destination floor information of the user U in the boarding request information. It is operated from the boarding floor of person U to the destination floor.

Although not shown, the area elevator group 51A may be provided with an area elevator group management device that controls the entire area elevator group 51A. The area elevator group management device performs vehicle allocation control within the area elevator group 51A and communication with the outside. Specifically, the area elevator group management device may be provided with a group management communication control section, and may collectively perform the roles of the communication control sections 514A to 544A.

The area elevator group 51B to 51D also have the same configuration as the area elevator group 51A. Also, the number of elevators provided in each elevator area group can be set as appropriate.

<Congestion detector>
The congestion detection device group 40 detects the congestion status of each car and each boarding waiting area. As shown in FIG. 1, the congestion detection device group 40 includes area detection device groups 40A, 40B, 40C, and 40D (hereinafter referred to as area detection device groups 40A to 40D). The area correspondence detection device group 40A will be described as a representative. The area detection device group 40A includes a car detection device group 41A and an area detection device 45A.

The car detection device group 41A includes car detection devices 411A, 421A, 431A, and 441A (hereinafter referred to as car detection devices 411A to 441A), and the car detection devices 411A to 441A are each: The congestion status of the cars 516A to 546A is detected.

The car detection device 411A includes a control section 411A1. The control unit 411A1 comprehensively controls each unit of the car detection device 411A. The functions of the control unit 411A1 may be implemented by the CPU executing a program stored in a memory (not shown). The controller 411A1 includes a congestion detector 412A and a transmitter 413A. The congestion detection unit 412A detects the congestion status of the car 516A. The transmission unit 413A transmits the congestion state detected by the congestion detection unit 412A to the information acquisition unit 12 of the elevator information providing device 10 as initial congestion state information.

The transmission unit 413A may transmit the congestion status detected by the congestion detection unit 412A to the information acquisition unit 12 via the communication control unit 514A of the elevator control device 512A.

The car detection devices 421A to 441A have the same configuration as the car detection device 411A.

The area detection device 45A detects the congestion status of the boarding waiting area 55A. The region detection device 45A includes a control section 45A1. The control unit 45A1 comprehensively controls each unit of the area detection device 45A. The functions of the control section 45A1 may be implemented by the CPU executing a program stored in a memory (not shown). The controller 45A1 includes a congestion detector 451A and a transmitter 452A. The congestion detection unit 451A detects the congestion status of the boarding waiting area 55A. The transmitting unit 452A transmits the detected congestion state to the information acquisition unit 12 of the elevator information providing apparatus 10 as initial congestion state information.

Further, similarly to the area detection device group 40A, the area detection device groups 40B, 40C, and 40D are provided with car detection device groups 41B, 41C, and 41D and area detection devices 45B, 45C, and 45D, respectively. there is In each car detection device group, a car detection device is provided for each car of an elevator provided in each corresponding elevator area. Also, a detection device for each area is provided for each elevator area on each floor.

The car detection device and area detection device are provided, for example, in the car or near the boarding waiting area, and transmit the image captured by the camera to the information acquisition unit 12 as the initial congestion state information. Further, the car detection device may transmit, for example, a value indicated by a load sensor of the car to the information acquiring unit 12 as the initial congestion state information.

<Elevator information providing device>
The elevator information providing device 10 provides the location and congestion status of each elevator area to the user based on the user U's request for information provision. The elevator information providing device 10 communicates with the terminal device 30 , the congestion detection device group 40 and the elevator group 50 . The elevator information providing device 10 includes a providing device control section 11 and a memory 15 .

The provision device control section 11 controls each section of the elevator information provision device 10 in an integrated manner. The functions of the providing device control unit 11 may be realized by the CPU executing a program stored in the memory 15 . The details of the providing device control unit 11 will be described later. The memory 15 stores various programs executed by the providing device control unit 11 and data used by the programs. The memory 15 also stores map information for each floor of the building B. FIG.

(Configuration of providing device control unit)
The provision device control unit 11 includes an information acquisition unit 12 , a notification unit 13 and a call registration unit 14 .

The information acquisition unit 12 acquires the boarding request information and the user's current location information from the terminal device 30 . The boarding request information will be described later in detail. The information acquisition unit 12 also acquires congestion status information for each elevator area from the congestion detection device group 40 . Specifically, the information acquisition unit 12 acquires the initial congestion status information of each car and the initial congestion status information of each boarding waiting area from the congestion detection device group 40 . The information acquisition unit 12 also acquires operation information of each car from the elevator group 50 .

The notification unit 13 calculates congestion status information based on at least one of the degree of congestion of cars included in each elevator area and the number of people waiting in each elevator area. In addition, the notification unit 13 notifies the user of location information regarding the location of each elevator area within the building B and congestion status information corresponding to each elevator area. The notification unit 13 will be specifically described below. The notification unit 13 includes a first congestion calculation unit 131, a second congestion calculation unit 132, a third congestion calculation unit 133, and an elevator information notification unit 134, as shown in FIG. . It should be noted that the third congestion state calculation unit 133 will be described in the second embodiment.

The first congestion condition calculation unit 131 calculates first congestion condition information including the degree of congestion of each car in each elevator area and the number of people waiting in the boarding waiting area of the elevator area based on the initial congestion condition information. First, in the elevator area 60A, the first congestion condition calculation unit 131 calculates the degree of congestion of the cars 516A to 546A based on the initial congestion condition information of the cars 516A to 546A detected by the car detection device group 41A. . The congestion degrees of the cars 516A to 546A are calculated, for example, based on the captured image obtained as the initial congestion state information from the car detection device group 41A. Alternatively, the congestion degree may be calculated by obtaining a value indicated by a load sensor of the car as the initial congestion status information and predicting the number of passengers in the car based on the value.

Further, the first congestion state calculation unit 131 calculates the number of people waiting in the boarding waiting area 55A based on the initial congestion state information of the boarding waiting area 55A detected by the area detection device 45A. The number of people waiting is calculated, for example, based on the captured image acquired as the initial congestion state information from the area detection device 45A. The first congestion calculating unit 131 calculates the degree of congestion of the waiting area 55A as the first congestion information based on the initial congestion information of the waiting area 55A detected by the detection device 45A.

The first congestion condition calculator 131 calculates the first congestion condition information for the elevator areas 60B to 60D as well as for the elevator area 60A.

The second congestion condition calculation unit 132 calculates second congestion condition information, which is the degree of congestion in each elevator area, based on the first congestion condition information. Specifically, the second congestion condition calculation unit 132 calculates the second congestion condition information based on at least one of the degree of congestion of cars included in each elevator area and the number of people waiting in each elevator area. In this embodiment, the second congestion calculating unit 132 comprehensively determines the degree of congestion of each car in each elevator area, the number of people waiting in the waiting area of the elevator area, the total number of cars in the elevator area, etc. and calculate the second congestion status information.

The elevator information notification unit 134 notifies the user of the location information regarding the location of each elevator area within the building B and the second congestion status information corresponding to each elevator area. More specifically, the elevator information notification unit 134 includes information indicating the position of each elevator area on the plan view of the floor (predetermined floor) specified by the boarding request information in the building B stored in the memory 15, and information indicating the position of each elevator area. Second congestion status information corresponding to each of the elevator areas is also notified to users. The elevator information notification unit 134 makes the notification by transmitting the information to the display control unit 313 via the communication control unit 312 of the terminal device 30 . As a result, the elevator information providing apparatus 10 can present congestion status information that accurately reflects the congestion status of each elevator area to the user.

Further, when an elevator area is selected by the terminal device 30, the elevator information notifying unit 134 provides congestion information of each car in the elevator area, congestion information of the waiting area (first congestion information), and The user U is notified of at least one of the operation information of the cars in the area (current position floor information, current driving direction information, and attribute information of each car). In this embodiment, the user U is notified of both the first congestion status information and the operation information of the car in the elevator area. The elevator information notification unit 134 makes the notification by transmitting the information to the display control unit 313 via the communication control unit 312 of the terminal device 30 .

The call registration unit 14 performs call registration according to the boarding request information of the user U when a request for call registration is received from the user U. In the present embodiment, call registration refers to the act of the user U making a reservation for the operation of the car from the boarding floor to the alighting floor. As shown in FIG. 1 , the call registration section 14 includes a registration setting section 141 and a registration result notification section 142 .

When the user U requests call registration, the registration setting unit 141 sets the car in which the user U rides based on the ride request information of the user U, and performs call registration. When the user U designates an elevator area, the registration setting unit 141 sets a car in which the user U rides in the car in the elevator area, and performs call registration. The registration setting unit 141 sets, for example, the car with the shortest waiting time among the cars in the elevator area as the car in which the user U rides, and performs call registration.

If each elevator area group is provided with an area elevator group management device that supervises the entire area elevator group, each area elevator group management device may perform call registration. Specifically, each area elevator group management device has a registration setting unit, and each registration setting unit receives boarding request information via the elevator information providing device 10 . If the elevator area designated by the user U is the elevator area of the area elevator group in charge, the registration setting unit of the area elevator group management device determines the elevator area in which the user U rides in the elevator area. may be set to perform call registration.

Further, if the user U does not designate an elevator area, the registration setting unit 141 sets the car in which the user U rides in the elevator group 50 as a whole, and performs call registration. The registration setting unit 141 sets, for example, the car with the shortest waiting time in the entire elevator group 50 in consideration of the moving distance as the car in which the user U rides, and performs call registration.

When the user U designates a car, the registration setting unit 141 sets the car specified by the user U based on the user U's boarding request as the car in which the user U rides. , may perform call registration.

The registration result notification unit 142 notifies the user U of the registration result information specifying the elevator area and the car registered by the registration setting unit 141 . The registration result notification unit 142 makes the notification by transmitting the information to the display control unit 313 via the communication control unit 312 of the terminal device 30 . Further, the registration result notification unit 142 transmits the registration result information and the boarding floor information and destination floor information of the user U in the boarding request information to the elevator group 50 .

<Terminal device>
The terminal device 30 communicates with the elevator information providing device 10, and the user U uses the terminal device 30 to transmit boarding request information, confirm position information and congestion status information, and confirm registration result information. The terminal device 30 is a mobile terminal device possessed by a user U who uses the elevator group 50, and is an information processing terminal such as a smart phone, for example. Communication between the terminal device 30 and the elevator information providing device 10 is performed by, for example, a mobile phone communication line, wireless LAN, Bluetooth (registered trademark), or the like. As shown in FIG. 1, the terminal device 30 includes a terminal device control section 31, a touch panel 32, a display section 33, and a memory .

The terminal device control unit 31 comprehensively controls each unit of the terminal device 30 . The functions of the terminal device control section 31 may be implemented by the CPU executing a program stored in the memory 34 . Details of the terminal device control unit 31 will be described later.

The touch panel 32 detects touch operations and slide operations by the user's U finger, for example. The touch panel 32 is superimposed on the display section 33 . The touch panel 32 supplies the detection result to the touch panel control section 311 .

The display unit 33 displays various information. The display unit 33 displays an image instructed by the display control unit 313 . The memory 34 stores various programs executed by the terminal device control unit 31 and data used by the programs.

(Configuration of terminal device control section)
The terminal device control section 31 includes a touch panel control section 311 , a communication control section 312 and a display control section 313 .

Touch panel control unit 311 receives information input from touch panel 32 . The touch panel control unit 311 receives boarding request information and a call registration request input from the touch panel 32, for example. Here, the boarding request information is information including the conditions for the car requested by the user U, including boarding floor information, destination floor information, and a request to provide elevator information. Elevator information is information including location information and congestion information (first congestion information and second congestion information) of each elevator area, and car operation information.

The boarding floor information is information indicating the number of floors that the user U plans to board the car, and the destination floor information is information indicating the number of floors that the user U plans to get off the car. The user U uses the touch panel 32 to input the number of floors the user U plans to get on and the number of floors the user U plans to get off.

The communication control unit 312 transmits boarding request information received from the user U to the information acquisition unit 12 of the elevator information providing device 10 . Communication control unit 312 also receives location information and congestion status information via the communication network. Specifically, the communication control unit 312 includes information indicating the position of each elevator area in the plan view of the floor specified by the boarding request information in building B, and congestion status information corresponding to each elevator area. , to receive elevator information. The elevator information is transmitted from the elevator information notification unit 134 of the elevator information providing device 10 . The communication control unit 312 also receives registration result information transmitted from the registration result notification unit 142 . The communication control section 312 outputs the information received from the elevator information providing device 10 to the display control section 313 .

The display control unit 313 controls display on the display unit 33 . The display control unit 313 displays, for example, position information and congestion information on the display unit 33 . Specifically, when elevator information is transmitted from the communication control unit 312, the display control unit 313 displays a display image as shown in FIG. 2 on the display unit 33, for example. In FIG. 2, each of the elevator areas 60A to 60D is displayed on the floor plan of the first floor of the building B, which is the floor specified by the boarding request information of the user U (the boarding floor of the user U). The current position UI 10 and congestion degrees 101A to 101D (second congestion status information) of each elevator area are displayed. The floor number display and each elevator area are user interfaces UI1, UI60A to 60D, which are operable. For example, by pressing the user interface UI1 displaying the number of floors and selecting another floor, the elevator information of the selected floor can be confirmed.

As a result, the user U can grasp the congestion status of the elevator area whose position is indicated on the plan view of the floor specified by the boarding request information, so that the user U can understand the location and congestion status of each elevator area. The situation can be grasped more easily and accurately. In addition, in the display image of FIG. 2, the floors that can be stopped in each elevator area, the number of installed elevators in each elevator area, the attribute information of each car, the presence or absence of a wheelchair elevator, and the like may be displayed.

Further, in FIG. 2, by selecting one of the user interfaces UI60A to 60D of each elevator area, the display control unit 313 causes the display unit 33 to display detailed information of the selected elevator area as shown in FIG. do.

For example, when elevator area 60A is selected on the screen of FIG. 33. Furthermore, on the display screen of FIG. 3, the congestion degrees 102 to 105 of each car and the congestion degree 106 of the waiting area 55A (first congestion status information) are displayed for the displayed cars 516A to 546A and the waiting area 55A. ) is displayed. Further, in FIG. 3, the current position floor information and current driving direction information (operation information) of each car are displayed for each car. In each car, the capacity of the car, the attribute of the car, or the predicted arrival time of each car may be displayed. This allows the user U to recognize detailed information about each car in the elevator area 60A and the boarding waiting area 55A. Therefore, the user U can acquire information that will be more helpful in selecting an elevator area.

Furthermore, on the screen of FIG. 3, the words "1F" (floor number) and "return to map" are user interfaces UI2 and UI3, which are operable. For example, by pressing the user interface UI2 of the floor number and selecting another floor, detailed information on the elevator area arranged at the same position as the plane elevator area 60A on the selected floor can be confirmed. Further, by pressing the user interface UI3 with the words "return to map", it is possible to return to the display screen of FIG. 2 again. Note that the image 107 will be described in the second embodiment.

Furthermore, the screens of FIGS. 2 and 3 may allow the user U to request call registration. For example, a call registration request user interface (not shown) is provided on the screen of FIG. may Further, for example, a call registration request user interface (not shown) is provided on the screen of FIG. can be anything.

The display control unit 313 also displays the registration result information transmitted from the registration result notification unit 142 on the display unit 33 .

As described above, the user U can transmit boarding request information (destination floor boarding request information) and a call registration request to the elevator information providing apparatus 10 by using the terminal device 30 owned by the user U, and the elevator information shown above can be transmitted. Various information transmitted from the providing device 10 can be confirmed.

In addition, in this embodiment, although the smart phone which the user U possesses is described as the terminal device 30, it is not limited to the above. The terminal device 30 may be a shared terminal device installed at any place such as a resting place in building B, a boarding waiting area, or near the entrance, for example.

<Example of process flow in elevator information providing device>
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the elevator information providing device 10 of the elevator information providing system 1. As shown in FIG. An example of the flow of processing in the elevator information providing device 10 will be described with reference to FIG.

When the elevator information providing device 10 receives boarding request information from the terminal device 30 (S11), the information acquisition unit 12 acquires initial congestion status information of each elevator area from the congestion detection device group 40 (S12: information acquisition step ). The first congestion condition calculation unit 131 calculates first congestion condition information based on the initial congestion condition information (S13), and the second congestion condition calculation unit 132 calculates second congestion condition information based on the first congestion condition information. is calculated (S14).

The elevator information notification unit 134 notifies the user U of the location information regarding the location of each elevator area within the building B and the second congestion status information corresponding to each elevator area (S15: notification step). . The information is displayed on the terminal device 30 (FIG. 2).

When an elevator area is selected by the user U who confirmed the information notified in step S15 (YES in S16), the elevator information notification unit 134 receives the first congestion status information and the car of the selected elevator area. to the user (S17). The information is displayed on the terminal device 30 (FIG. 3). If the user U does not select the elevator area in step S15 (NO in S16), the process proceeds to S18.

Next, the registration setting unit 141 determines whether or not there is a call registration request from the user U via the information acquisition unit 12 (S18). If the user U has requested call registration (YES in S18), the registration setting unit 141 further determines whether or not an elevator area has been designated (S19). If an elevator area is specified (YES in S19), the registration setting unit 141 sets a car in which the user U rides in the elevator area, and performs call registration (S20). If the elevator area is not designated (NO in S19), the registration setting unit 141 sets the car in which the user U rides in the entire elevator group 50, and performs call registration (S21). After that, the registration result notification unit 142 transmits the call registration result information to the terminal device 30 and the elevator group 50 (S22). If there is no call registration request from the user U (NO in S18), the process is terminated.

Through the above processing, the user U can grasp the position and congestion status of each elevator area in the building B in which a plurality of elevator areas are provided. Therefore, the user can determine which elevator area to use in consideration of the degree of congestion and location, thereby improving convenience.

[Embodiment 2]
Other embodiments of the invention are described below. 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.

In the second embodiment, the elevator information providing apparatus 10 provides boarding request information for the car requested by the terminal device 30 operated by the user U, and This differs from the first embodiment in that the third congestion information is calculated based on at least one of the browsing information. As a result, the congestion information is calculated in consideration of the usage status of the terminal device 30 capable of requesting boarding of the car, so that it is possible to predict the congestion with higher accuracy. Other configurations and procedures of the second embodiment are the same as those of the first embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 1, the elevator information providing apparatus 10 includes a third congestion state calculation section 133 in the notification section 13 . The third congestion state calculation unit 133 calculates third congestion state information based on at least one of the boarding request information and the browsing information. In the present embodiment, the third congestion condition calculation unit 133 calculates the third congestion condition information based on the first and second congestion condition information, boarding request information, and browsing information. That is, the third congestion information is information obtained by considering the boarding request information and the browsing information in addition to the first congestion information and the second congestion information. Here, the boarding request information also includes call registration information of other users.

More specifically, the congestion degrees 101A to 101D displayed on the display screen of FIG. 2 in the second embodiment are different from those in the first embodiment. A numerical value considering the information viewer or call registration is displayed. Also, the congestion degrees 102 to 106 displayed on the display screen of FIG. Further, in FIG. 3, an image of a mobile terminal is displayed as the image 107, and near the image 107, the number of people who browsed the information or requested the boarding request information within a predetermined time is displayed. An icon image representing the congestion situation with a pattern may be displayed near the image 107 instead of the numerical value. For example, an image that changes the facial expression of a person may be displayed according to the number of people who browsed the information within a predetermined period of time.

<Example of process flow in elevator information providing device>
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the elevator information providing device 10 of the elevator information providing system 1 according to the second embodiment. An example of the flow of processing in the elevator information providing device 10 will be described with reference to FIG.

The processing of S31-S34 in FIG. 5 is the same as the processing of S11-S14 in FIG. After calculating the second congestion status information in S34, the third congestion status calculation unit 133 acquires browsing information via the information acquisition unit 12 (S35). The third congestion calculating unit 133 calculates third congestion information based on the first and second congestion information, boarding request information, and browsing information (S36).

The elevator information notification unit 134 notifies the user U of the location information regarding the location of each elevator area within the building B and the third congestion status information corresponding to each elevator area (S37). The information is displayed on the terminal device 30 (FIG. 2).

If an elevator area is selected by the user U who has confirmed the information notified in step S37 (YES in S38), the elevator information notification unit 134 receives the third congestion status information of the selected elevator area, the terminal usage The information and the operating information of the car are notified to the user (S39). The information is displayed on the terminal device 30 (FIG. 3). When the elevator area is not selected by the user U who confirmed the information notified in step S37 (NO in S38), the process proceeds to S40.

Next, the registration setting unit 141 determines whether or not there is a call registration request from the user U via the information acquisition unit 12 (S40). If the user U has requested call registration (YES in S40), the registration setting unit 141 further determines whether or not an elevator area has been specified (S41). If an elevator area is designated (YES in S41), the registration setting unit 141 sets a car in which the user U rides in the elevator area, and performs call registration (S42). If the elevator area is not designated (NO in S41), the registration setting unit 141 sets the car in which the user U rides in the entire elevator group 50, and performs call registration (S43). After that, the registration result notification unit 142 transmits the call registration result information to the terminal device 30 and the elevator group 50 (S44). If there is no call registration request from the user U (NO in S40), the process is terminated.

According to the above configuration, the user U can easily grasp the congestion status information that accurately reflects the congestion status of each elevator area. The means of transportation can be selected accordingly.

[Example of realization by software]
The function of the elevator information providing device and terminal device (hereinafter referred to as "device") is a program for causing a computer to function as the device, and each control block of the device (especially each part included in the control unit) It can be realized by a program for operating a computer.

In this case, the device comprises a computer having at least one control device (eg processor) and at least one storage device (eg memory) as hardware for executing the program. Each function described in each of the above embodiments is realized by executing the program using the control device and the storage device.

The program may be recorded on one or more non-transitory computer-readable recording media. The recording medium may or may not be included in the device. In the latter case, the program may be supplied to the device via any transmission medium, wired or wireless.

Also, part or all of the functions of each control block can be realized by a logic circuit. For example, an integrated circuit in which logic circuits functioning as the respective control blocks are formed is also included in the scope of the present invention. In addition, it is also possible to implement the functions of the respective control blocks by, for example, a quantum computer.

Further, each process described in each of the above embodiments may be executed by AI (Artificial Intelligence). In this case, the AI may operate on the control device, or may operate on another device (for example, an edge computer or a cloud server).

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 Elevator information providing system 10 Elevator information providing device 30 Terminal device 12 Information acquisition unit 13 Notification unit 55A, 55B, 55C, 55D Boarding waiting area 60A, 60B, 60C, 60D Elevator area 131 First congestion situation calculation unit (notification unit)
132 Second congestion calculation unit (notification unit)
133 Third congestion calculation unit (notification unit)
134 elevator information notification unit (notification unit)
312 communication control unit 313 display control unit 516A, 526A, 536A, 546A car

Claims (6)

In a building provided with a plurality of elevator areas including one or more cars and waiting areas for boarding the cars, an information acquisition unit that acquires congestion status information for each of the elevator areas;
a notification unit that notifies users of location information about positions in the building of each of the elevator areas and the congestion information corresponding to each of the elevator areas;
The notification unit provides information about the viewed information about the car being viewed by the terminal device operated by the user, the degree of congestion of the cars included in the elevator area, and the number of people waiting in the elevator area. An elevator information providing apparatus that calculates the congestion status information based on at least one of the above. 2. The elevator information providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said notification unit notifies information indicating each position of said elevator area on a floor plan of a predetermined floor in said building. an information acquisition step of acquiring congestion status information for each of the elevator areas in a building provided with a plurality of elevator areas each including one or more cars and waiting areas for boarding the cars;
a notification step of notifying a user of location information relating to the location of each of the elevator areas within the building and the congestion status information corresponding to each of the elevator areas;
In the notification step, the viewing information of the car being viewed by the terminal device operated by the user, the degree of congestion of the car included in the elevator area, and the number of people waiting in the elevator area. The congestion status information is calculated based on at least one of
How to provide elevator information. A terminal device that communicates with the elevator information providing device according to claim 1 or 2 ,
a communication control unit that receives the location information and the congestion status information via a communication network;
A terminal device comprising a display control unit that controls display of the location information and the congestion status information. The communication control unit transmits destination floor boarding request information including boarding floor information indicating the number of floors the user plans to board the car and destination floor information indicating the number of floors the user plans to get off the car. 5. The terminal device according to claim 4 , which transmits to an elevator information providing device. 6. A terminal control program for causing a computer to function as the terminal device according to claim 4 or 5 , the terminal control program for causing the computer to function as the communication control section and the display control section.

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