JP7420304B1 - elevator control system - Google Patents

Abstract

[Problem] To create an environment in an elevator in which each user can board the car assigned to him/her by call registration without missing the car. [Solution] In each of the first elevator and the second elevator, the call registration processing section is selected by the selection processing section as the section in charge of registration for the target user, and the call registration processing section is selected by the selection processing section as the section in charge of registration for the target user, and the first face information of the target user and the destination floor. When the information is received from the transmission processing unit, the information is recorded in the information management data as information that is associated with each other. After that, when the call registration processing unit receives the second face information of each user from the second face information acquisition unit, the call registration processing unit combines the second face information of the first face information recorded in the information management data with the second face information of each user. If matching target face information is found and the target face information is found, use specified by the target face information using the destination floor that is associated with the target face information in the information management data. Perform call registration for the person. [Selection diagram] Figure 1A

Description

The present invention relates to a control technology that performs call registration for each user in an elevator.

As an elevator control technology, Patent Document 1 describes a technology that registers a call for each user when the user passes through a security gate using a destination floor that is previously associated with the user. is disclosed. In this technology, when passing through a security gate, information about the car assigned to each user through call registration is displayed on the display section of the security gate. Therefore, by checking the information displayed on the display unit, each user can head to the boarding area after recognizing which car he or she should ride.

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2013-67489

In Patent Document 1, a security gate is installed near a landing. Therefore, the user can reach the boarding area in a short time after passing through the security gate. Therefore, most users can board the car assigned to them without missing the car.

On the other hand, in buildings with large floor areas, security gates may be installed far from the landing area. Additionally, the boarding area may be located in a location that cannot be seen from the security gate. In such a building, users will need time to reach the boarding area after passing through the security gate. For this reason, any user is likely to be in a situation where he or she is unable to arrive in time for the departure of the car assigned to him/her and misses the ride.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an elevator that each user can assign to himself or herself by registering a call, even if the entrance point where a security gate etc. is installed is far from the landing and it takes time for the user to move. The aim is to create an environment in which passengers can board the car without missing the car.

The control system according to the present invention is applicable to the following elevator configurations. The configuration of the elevator includes a first elevator and a second elevator, and an entry point is provided on a specific floor for users to pass through in order to reach these landings, and the landing of the first elevator is located at the landing point of the first elevator. The configuration is such that it is provided midway along the route from the entry point to the second elevator landing.

The control system includes an information management data and call registration processing section, a first facial information acquisition section, a destination floor acquisition section, a second facial information acquisition section, a selection processing section, and a transmission processing section. One set of the information management data and call registration processing section is included in each of the first elevator and the second elevator. The first facial information acquisition unit acquires facial information of each user who has passed through the entrance point as first facial information. The destination floor acquisition unit acquires the destination floor of each user who has passed through the entry point. The second facial information acquisition unit acquires facial information of each user who passes through a passing point on the route from the entrance point to the first elevator landing, and transmits the facial information to the first elevator as second facial information. Send to the included call registration processing unit. Further, the second facial information acquisition unit acquires the facial information of each user who passes through a passing point on the route from the first elevator landing to the second elevator landing, and converts it into second facial information. The call registration processing unit included in the second elevator is sent to the call registration processing unit included in the second elevator. The selection processing unit selects each user who has passed through the entrance point as a target user, and selects the target user to be included in either the first elevator or the second elevator based on the destination floor of the target user acquired by the destination floor acquisition unit. The call registration processing unit selected is selected as the registration unit in charge of executing call registration for the target user. The transmission processing unit transmits the target user's first face information and destination floor to the registration department in charge of call registration for the target user.

Then, in each of the first elevator and the second elevator, the call registration processing section is selected by the selection processing section as the section in charge of registration for the target user, and transmits the first face information and destination floor of the target user. When received from the processing unit, these pieces of information are recorded in information management data in mutually correlated information. Thereafter, when the call registration processing unit receives the second face information of each user from the second face information acquisition unit, the call registration processing unit combines the second face information of the first face information recorded in the information management data with the second face information of each user. If matching target face information is found and the target face information is found, use specified by the target face information using the destination floor associated with the target face information in the information management data. Perform call registration for the person.

According to the above control system, when each user passes through the entrance point, information on the destination floor of that user can be obtained, so it is possible to register a call for that user. Regardless of whether the user is using the first elevator or the second elevator, the user does not register at that time, and the user must use a passing point near the elevator platform that the user is using. It becomes possible to perform a process such as registering a call for the first time when passing through. Specifically, the call registration for the user of the first elevator is performed when the user passes through a passing point on the route from the entry point to the landing of the first elevator, and the call registration for the user of the second elevator is performed. It becomes possible to carry out call registration for a user when the user passes through a passing point on the route from the first elevator landing to the second elevator landing. In other words, it becomes possible to perform call registration after each user approaches the elevator landing used by each user.

In the above control system, when performing call registration for a user identified by the target face information, the call registration processing unit calculates the actual measured walking time from the entry point to the passing point that the user has passed at that time. may be obtained, and based on the actual measurement value, a predicted value of the walking time of the user from the passing point to the landing area is estimated, and then the call registration may be performed in consideration of the predicted value.

Specifically, when acquiring the face information of each user at each of the entry points and passing points, the time at which the user passed through each point may also be acquired. Then, by using the time at the entry point and passing point obtained for each user, the walking time required to move from the entry point to the passing point is determined, and the walking time is calculated from the corresponding walking time from the entry point to the passing point. It may also be acquired as an actual measurement value of the user's walking time.

According to the above configuration, it is possible to estimate, for each user, the predicted value of the user's walking time from the passing point to the landing. In addition, when estimating the predicted value for each user, the actual measured value of the walking time obtained for that user immediately before is used, so the predicted value does not reflect the user's condition at that time. This makes it possible to obtain appropriate values with high precision. As a result, it becomes possible to allocate the most suitable car for each user.

In the above control system, when performing call registration for a user identified by the target face information, the call registration processing unit calculates the actual measured walking time from the entry point to the passing point that the user has passed at that time. Based on the measured value, the predicted walking time of the user from the passing point to the boarding point is estimated, and the call is registered after waiting for the predicted time to elapse. Good too.

According to the above configuration, call registration for each user is likely to be performed after the user approaches the hall as much as possible. Therefore, it becomes possible to more efficiently prevent each user from missing the train.

According to the present invention, even if the entry point is far from the boarding area and it takes time for users to move, each user can board the car assigned to him/her during call registration without missing the car. become.

1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating the overall configuration of an elevator to which a control system according to an embodiment is applied. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing the configuration of a security management device. FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram illustrating the configuration of an elevator at a specific floor in the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram illustrating examples of (A) first correspondence management data, (B) second correspondence management data, and (C) first device management data used in the embodiment. 2 is a flowchart showing control processing executed by the security management device in the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram illustrating examples of (A) information management data and (B) second device management data used in the embodiment. It is a flow chart showing call registration processing performed by a group management control device in an embodiment. FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram illustrating each display method on a second display unit used in the embodiment. It is a conceptual diagram which illustrated the information management data used in a 1st modification. It is a flowchart which showed the call registration process which a group management control device performs in a 1st modification. It is a conceptual diagram which each illustrated (A) information management data and (B) the display method on a 2nd display part used in the 2nd modification. It is a conceptual diagram which showed an example of the structure of the elevator at a specific floor in a 3rd modification. FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram showing another example of the configuration of an elevator at a specific floor in a third modification. FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram illustrating second device management data used in a third modification. It is a conceptual diagram which illustrated the whole structure of the elevator to which the control system based on the 5th modification was applied. It is a conceptual diagram which illustrated the 1st apparatus management data used in the 5th modification. It is a conceptual diagram which illustrated the information management data used in the 6th modification. It is a flowchart which showed the call registration process which a group management control device performs in a 7th modification. It is a conceptual diagram which illustrated the information management data used in the 7th modification. It is a conceptual diagram which illustrated the whole structure of the elevator to which the control system based on the 8th modification was applied. FIG. 12 is a conceptual diagram illustrating (A) first correspondence management data and (B) third device management data used in an eighth modification. 12 is a flowchart showing a control process executed by the security management device 4 in order to enable registration using the first registration method in an eighth modification. 12 is a flowchart showing a control process executed by the security management device 4 in order to enable registration using the second registration method in an eighth modification. 12 is a flowchart showing a control process executed by the security management device 4 in order to enable registration using the third registration method in an eighth modification.

[1] Embodiment FIG. 1A is a conceptual diagram illustrating the overall configuration of an elevator to which a control system according to an embodiment is applied. As shown in this figure, in this embodiment, a regulation device 1 (such as a security gate), an information acquisition device 2, a display device 3, a security management device 4, a first elevator EvA, and a second elevator EvB are used. and are included in the elevator configuration. Both the first elevator EvA and the second elevator EvB include a plurality of cars (see FIG. 2) and a group management control device 5 that centrally manages them. Note that each of the first elevator EvA and the second elevator EvB is sometimes called a "bank" in the technical field of elevators.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing the configuration of an elevator on a specific floor (such as a lobby floor) of a building. As shown in this figure, the specific floor is provided with an entry point Xs that users must pass through in order to get to the respective landings of the first elevator EvA and the second elevator EvB. In this embodiment, only one such entrance point Xs is provided on a specific floor, and the landing of the first elevator EvA is provided in the middle of the route from the entrance point Xs to the landing of the second elevator EvB. ing. In other words, the landing of the first elevator EvA is close to the entrance point Xs, and the landing of the second elevator EvB is far from the entrance point Xs.

By installing the restriction device 1 at the entrance point Xs, passage through the entrance point Xs is restricted. In the example of FIG. 2, three regulating devices 1 are installed at the entry point Xs. Note that the number of regulating devices 1 installed at the entry point Xs is not limited to three, but may be a plurality of devices, or may be one. Further, a plurality of entry points Xs may be provided on a specific floor, and the details of this case will be explained in the "Third Modified Example" described later.

Here, in a building with a large floor area, the entry point Xs may be provided at a location away from the landing, and the regulation device 1 may be installed there. Further, a landing may be provided in a place that cannot be seen from the regulating device 1. In such a building, it takes a long time for the user to reach the boarding hall after passing through the restriction device 1. Therefore, when each user passes through the restriction device 1 at the entry point Also, it is easy for people to miss the departure of the car assigned to them in time.

Therefore, in such an elevator configuration, even if the entry point In order to create an environment in which people can ride without having to worry about driving, a control system to make this possible is constructed using some or all of the configurations described in detail below.

In this embodiment, we will particularly consider a case where it takes time to move from the entry point Xs to either the first elevator EvA or the second elevator EvB.

In the following description, in order to simplify the explanation, it is assumed that the first elevator EvA and the second elevator EvB have different stop floors set as stop floors other than the specific floors that they each guide. In other words, it is assumed that the first elevator EvA and the second elevator EvB are set so that the stop floors other than the specific floor do not overlap. As a specific example, the first elevator EvA is set to have high floors (for example, 11th to 20th floors) as stopping floors other than the specific floor, and the second elevator EvB is set to lower floors (for example, the 11th to 20th floors) as stopping floors other than the specific floor. For example, a case may be considered in which 2nd to 10th floors) are set.

[1-1] Regulation device The regulation device 1 includes a reading unit 11 that reads information from a recording medium Q (such as an IC card or a magnetic card) owned by a user, and an opening/closing control unit 12 that controls opening and closing of the gate. (See Figure 1A). The reading section 11 is composed of a reading device such as a card reader, and the opening/closing control section 12 is composed of a processing device such as a CPU or MPU. Further, reader information Pxg and gate information Pwg for identifying each device from other devices are set in the reading section 11 and the opening/closing control section 12.

Identification information Pi (user ID, etc.) for identifying the user who owns the medium Q from other users is recorded on the recording medium Q, and the reading unit 11 detects when the recording medium Q is held up. Then, the identification information Pi is read from the recording medium Q. The opening/closing control unit 12 controls opening/closing of the gate in response to a command from the security management device 4.

The method of reading the recording medium Q by the reading unit 11 may be a contact type or a non-contact type in which information is read through short-range communication such as NFC (Near Field Communication). It is not limited. Further, the recording medium Q is not limited to a card-shaped one, but may be a stick-shaped one or a chip-shaped one. Further, as the recording medium Q, a terminal device such as a smartphone that is capable of short-range communication (NFC or the like) with the reading section 11 may be used.

The identification information Pi read by the reading unit 11 is used for control processing (authentication processing, acquisition processing, etc.) performed by the security management device 4, which will be described later. Therefore, when reading the identification information Pi, the reading unit 11 transmits the identification information Pi to the security management device 4 (see FIG. 1A). At this time, the reading unit 11 transmits its own reader information Pxg to the security management device 4 along with the identification information Pi in order to make the security management device 4 recognize which device is the source of the identification information Pi. .

[1-2] Information Acquisition Device The information acquisition device 2 is a device that acquires facial information (facial feature amounts, etc.) from each elevator user. In this embodiment, the information acquisition device 2 includes a first face information acquisition unit 21 and second face information acquisition units 22A and 22B (see FIG. 1A). These acquisition units are configured by an imaging device such as a camera. Camera information Py1 for identifying each device from other devices is set in the first face information acquisition section 21, and camera information Py1 for identifying each device from other devices is set in the second facial information acquisition sections 22A and 22B. Information Py2 is set.

<First face information acquisition unit>
The first facial information acquisition unit 21 acquires facial information of each user who has passed through the entrance point Xs (see FIG. 2) as first facial information Pf1. Specifically, the first facial information acquisition unit 21 acquires an image of each user's face by photographing the face of each user who has passed through the restriction device 1 . Then, the first face information acquisition unit 21 performs image processing on the acquired images (face images) of each user to extract the face information (facial features, etc.) of that user as the first face information Pf1. do. In this embodiment, the first face information acquisition unit 21 is provided in association with each of the three regulating devices 1 installed at the entrance point Xs (see FIG. 2), and each first face information acquisition unit The unit 21 acquires face information of each user who has passed through the corresponding regulating device 1 as first face information Pf1. In FIG. 1A, the fact that the first face information acquisition unit 21 has a one-to-one correspondence with the restriction device 1 is shown by the dashed-dotted frame surrounding them.

In the following, in order to simplify the explanation, it is assumed that the image acquired by the first face information acquisition unit 21 always includes the face of each user who has passed through the entrance point Xs, and that It is assumed that the user's first face information Pf1 is extracted.

The first face information Pf1 extracted from each user's image (face image) by the first face information acquisition unit 21 is used for information recording processing and call registration processing performed by the group management control device 5, which will be described later. In the present embodiment, the first face information Pf1 acquired by the first face information acquisition unit 21 is once transmitted to the security management device 4, and is sent to the first elevator EvA and the second elevator EvB via the security management device 4. It is selectively transmitted to one of the group management control devices 5. Therefore, when the first face information acquisition unit 21 acquires the first face information Pf1 of each user, it transmits the first face information Pf1 to the security management device 4 (see FIG. 1A). At this time, in order to make the security management device 4 recognize which device is the transmission source of the first face information Pf1, the first face information acquisition unit 21 acquires its own camera information Py1 along with the first face information Pf1. The information is also transmitted to the security management device 4.

Note that the extraction of the first face information Pf1 from the image may be executed by the security management device 4 or the group management control device 5. In that case, each time the first facial information acquisition unit 21 acquires an image (facial image) by photographing at the entrance point Xs, it will transmit the image to the security management device 4 together with its own camera information Py1. .

<Second face information acquisition unit>
At a passing point XtA (see FIG. 2) on the route from the entrance point Xs to the landing of the first elevator EvA, the second facial information acquisition unit 22A acquires facial information of each user who passes through the passing point XtA. The second face information Pf2 is acquired as second face information Pf2, and the second face information Pf2 is transmitted to the group management control device 5 of the first elevator EvA. Specifically, the second face information acquisition unit 22A acquires an image of the face of the user passing through the passing point XtA by photographing the passing point XtA. Then, the second facial information acquisition unit 22A performs image processing on the acquired image to extract facial information (facial feature amounts, etc.) of each user appearing in the image as second facial information Pf2, It is transmitted to the group management control device 5 of the first elevator EvA.

At a passing point XtB (see FIG. 2) on the route from the landing of the first elevator EvA to the landing of the second elevator EvB, the second face information acquisition unit 22B collects information about each user who passed through the passing point XtB. The face information is acquired as second face information Pf2, and the second face information Pf2 is transmitted to the group management control device 5 of the second elevator EvB. Specifically, the second face information acquisition unit 22B acquires an image of the face of the user passing through the passing point XtB by photographing the passing point XtB. Then, the second facial information acquisition unit 22B performs image processing on the acquired image to extract facial information (facial feature amounts, etc.) of each user in the image as second facial information Pf2, It is transmitted to the group management control device 5 of the second elevator EvB.

In the following, for the sake of brevity, the images acquired by the second face information acquisition units 22A and 22B always include the faces of the users who passed through the passing points XtA and XtB from the entrance point Xs side, respectively. In addition, it is assumed that the second face information Pf2 of the user is always extracted from the image.

Here, the passing point XtA is a point set such that the distance Le to the landing of the first elevator EvA is as follows. The distance is the distance that the user actually travels when registering a call at the first elevator EvA by taking into account the predicted walking time Te required to travel from the passing point XtA to the landing of the first elevator EvA. This distance is such that it is unlikely that the walking time at that time will deviate significantly from the predicted value Te, causing a delay in boarding. Further, the passing point XtB is a point set such that the distance Le to the landing of the second elevator EvB is as follows. The distance is the distance that the user actually travels when registering a call at the second elevator EvB in consideration of the predicted walking time Te required to travel from the passing point XtB to the landing of the second elevator EvB. This distance is such that it is unlikely that the walking time at that time will deviate significantly from the predicted value Te, causing a delay in boarding. In this embodiment, one fixed value common to all users, such as the average walking time, is used as these predicted values Te.

The second face information Pf2 of each user extracted from the image by the second face information acquisition unit 22A is used together with the above-mentioned first face information Pf1 in the call registration process performed by the group management control device 5 of the first elevator EvA. . In addition, the second face information Pf2 of each user extracted from the image by the second face information acquisition unit 22B is used in the call registration process performed by the group management control device 5 of the second elevator EvB, together with the first face information Pf1 described above. used. In this embodiment, the second face information Pf2 is directly transmitted to the group management control device 5 without going through the security management device 4.

Therefore, when the second face information acquisition unit 22A acquires the second face information Pf2 of each user, it transmits the second face information Pf2 to the group management control device 5 of the first elevator EvA (see FIG. 1A). . At this time, the second face information acquisition unit 22A collects the second face information Pf2 along with the second face information Pf2 in order to make the group management control device 5 of the first elevator EvA recognize which device is the transmission source of the second face information Pf2. , also transmits its own camera information Py2 to the group management control device 5 of the first elevator EvA. Further, when the second face information acquisition unit 22B acquires the second face information Pf2 of each user, it transmits the second face information Pf2 to the group management control device 5 of the second elevator EvB (see FIG. 1A). . At this time, the second face information acquisition unit 22B collects the second face information Pf2 along with the second face information Pf2 in order to make the group management control device 5 of the second elevator EvB recognize which device is the transmission source of the second face information Pf2. , also transmits its own camera information Py2 to the group management control device 5 of the second elevator EvB.

Note that the extraction of the second face information Pf2 from the image may be executed by the group management control device 5. In that case, each time the second face information acquisition units 22A and 22B acquire an image by photographing at passing points XtA and XtB, respectively, the second face information acquisition units 22A and 22B transmit the image to the group management control device 5 together with their own camera information Py2. become.

[1-3] Display device The display device 3 is a device that provides information to the user. In this embodiment, the display device 3 includes a first display section 31 and second display sections 32A and 32B (see FIG. 1A). These display units are composed of display devices such as liquid crystal monitors. Monitor information Pz1 for identifying each device from other devices is set on the first display section 31, and monitor information Pz2 for identifying each device from other devices is set on the second display sections 32A and 32B. has been done.

<First display section>
The first display section 31 provides information to each user at the entry point Xs. In this embodiment, each of the three regulating devices 1 installed at the entry point Information such as the authentication result for each user who holds the recording medium Q over the reading unit 11 is displayed. In addition, in FIG. 1A, the fact that the first display section 31 has a one-to-one correspondence with the regulating device 1 is shown by the dashed-dotted frame surrounding them.

<Second display section>
The second display section 32A is installed at a place that users always pass on the way from the passing point XtA to the landing of the first elevator EvA (see FIG. 2), and provides information to each user going to the landing. . In addition, the second display section 32B is installed at a place that users always pass on the way from the passing point XtB to the landing of the second elevator EvB (see Fig. 2), and provides information to each user going to the landing. provide. In this embodiment, the second display section 32A displays call registration information for the user of the first elevator EvA (information on the car allocated in the call registration, etc.), and the second display section 32B displays , call registration information for the user of the second elevator EvB is displayed.

[1-4] Security management device [1-4-1] Configuration of security management device The security management device 4 is a device that manages security in the building, and as one of the control processes, it While maintaining the security in the building by understanding the users, for each user who passes through the entrance point Xs, the group management control device 5 of the first elevator EvA or second elevator EvB used by that user, Send the information necessary for call registration. At this time, the security management device 4 acquires the destination floor Ft of each user who has passed through the entry point Xs, as one of the information necessary for call registration.

In the present embodiment, the security management device 4 performs authentication for each user who attempts to pass through the regulation device 1 using the user's identification information Pi acquired by the reading unit 11 (authentication processing), and if the authentication is successful. Only in this case, the user is permitted to pass through the restriction device 1. In addition, the security management device 4 controls the security management device 4 for each user who passes through the entry point Xs (in this embodiment, the user who passes through the regulation device 1 installed at the entry point Xs). Based on the destination floor Ft of the target user), the group management control device 5 of either the first elevator EvA or the second elevator EvB is controlled by the registration department in charge of executing call registration for the target user. Select as Jt (selection process). Then, the security management device 4 acquires information necessary for call registration for the target user (acquisition process), and transmits the information to the registration department Jt selected in the selection process (transmission process). Note that details of the control processing executed by the security management device 4 will be described later.

FIG. 1B is a conceptual diagram showing the configuration of the security management device 4. As shown in FIG. As a specific configuration, the security management device 4 includes a storage section 41 and a control section 42.

The storage unit 41 is a part where information necessary for control processing (authentication processing, etc.) performed by the security management device 4 is stored. In this embodiment, the storage unit 41 is configured with a storage device such as a ROM or a RAM, and the storage unit 41 stores first correspondence management data Dp1, second correspondence management data Dp2, and first device management data Dq1. and are preserved.

Here, the first correspondence management data Dp1 is data for managing the destination floor Ft of each user who is permitted to use the elevator. The second correspondence management data Dp2 is data for managing the stop floors that each of the first elevator EvA and the second elevator EvB can guide other than the specific floor, and is used for selection by the registration department Jt. The first device management data Dq1 is data for managing, for each regulating device 1, a plurality of pieces of information related to the regulating device 1 by linking them to each other.

FIG. 3A is a conceptual diagram illustrating the first correspondence management data Dp1 used in this embodiment. As shown in this figure, the first correspondence management data Dp1 includes the identification information Pi of each user, the default floor Ftd of the user (the destination floor Ft initially set as the alighting floor of the user), and the default floor Ftd of the user. It is recorded in an associated state.

FIG. 3(B) is a conceptual diagram illustrating the second correspondence management data Dp2 used in this embodiment. As shown in this figure, the second correspondence management data Dp2 is associated with person-in-charge information Pm for each destination floor Ft of the user. Here, the person-in-charge information Pm is information for specifying, for each destination floor Ft, whichever one of the first elevator EvA and the second elevator EvB can be in charge of guiding to the destination floor Ft. In the example of FIG. 3(B), as the person-in-charge information Pm, information specifying the first elevator EvA is shown as "EvA", and information specifying the second elevator EvB is shown as "EvB". Furthermore, "EvA" is associated with each destination floor Ft from the 11th floor to the 20th floor as the responsible information Pm, and "EvA" is associated with each destination floor Ft from the 2nd floor to the 10th floor as the responsible information Pm. There is. When one piece of information Pm in charge is extracted from the second correspondence management data Dp2, the group management control device 5 of the elevator specified by the information Pm in charge is selected as the registered department Jt.

FIG. 3C is a conceptual diagram illustrating the first device management data Dq1 used in this embodiment. As shown in this figure, the first device management data Dq1 includes, for each regulating device 1, reader information Pxg of the reading unit 11 included in the regulating device 1, the installation floor Fg of the reading unit 11, and the regulation information. The camera information Py1 of the first face information acquisition section 21 and the monitor information Pz1 of the first display section 31, which are in correspondence with the device 1, are associated with the gate information Pwg of the opening/closing control section 12 included in the regulating device 1. It is recorded in the same condition.

Here, the installation floor Fg is the floor where the reading unit 11 specified by the reader information Pxg is installed, in other words, the floor where the regulation device 1 including the reading unit 11 is installed. In this embodiment, the user needs to pass through the restriction device 1 when using the elevator from a specific floor. Therefore, the installation floor Fg of the reading unit 11 (that is, the installation floor Fg of the regulation device 1) is used as the departure floor Fs (boarding floor) of the user when the user uses the elevator from a specific floor.

The control unit 42 is a part that executes the control processing described above. In this embodiment, the control unit 42 is composed of a processing device such as a CPU or an MPU, and is responsible for executing the above-described authentication processing, selection processing, acquisition processing, and transmission processing.

As a more specific configuration, these processes are executed by an authentication processing section 421, a selection processing section 422, an acquisition processing section 423, and a transmission processing section 424 built within the control section 42 (see FIG. 1B). In this embodiment, these processing units are configured by software by causing the control unit 42 to execute a program. Such a program is stored in a readable state in a portable storage medium (for example, a flash memory, etc.), and the program read from the storage medium and installed is stored in the storage unit 41 of the security management device 4. , or may be downloadably saved in another server or the like, and the information downloaded and installed from the server may be saved in the storage unit 41 . Note that the above processing unit may be configured in hardware by constructing a circuit within the security management device 4.

[1-4-2] Control processing executed by the security management device FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the control processing executed by the security management device 4 in this embodiment. This control process is started in the following cases. In this case, the security management device 4 receives the identification information Pi and the reader information Pxg from the reading section 11 as a set of information about each user who holds the recording medium Q over the reading section 11. Further, this control process is executed every time the security management device 4 receives the above set of information. Hereinafter, the above-mentioned set of information (identification information Pi, reader information Pxg) will be collectively referred to as "reception information Pr1."

When the above control process is started, the control unit 42 first controls the use of the elevator by the user (the user who is about to pass through the regulation device 1 at the entry point Xs) identified by the identification information Pi in the received information Pr1. In order to determine whether or not the user is a user who is authorized to do so, authentication is performed on the identification information Pi (authentication process, step S100). Specifically, the control unit 42 determines whether the identification information Pi in the received information Pr1 matches any of the identification information Pi recorded in the first correspondence management data Dp1.

Then, when the authentication for the identification information Pi is "successful" in step S100, the control unit 42 controls the identification information Pi to allow the user identified by the identification information Pi to pass through the regulation device 1. A gate opening command Sg1 for controlling the opening of the gate is transmitted to the regulating device 1 including the reading section 11 that has transmitted the information Pi (step S110). Specifically, the control unit 42 uses the reader information Pxg in the received information Pr1 to acquire gate information Pwg associated with the reader information Pxg from the first device management data Dq1. Then, the control unit 42 transmits a gate opening command Sg1 to the opening/closing control unit 12 specified by the gate information Pwg. As a result, the opening/closing control section 12 executes control to open the gate.

After step S110, the control unit 42 performs call registration for the user (target user) identified by the successfully authenticated identification information Pi in either group management control device of the first elevator EvA or the second elevator EvB. In order to decide whether to execute the process in step 5, the following process is executed.

The control unit 42 first acquires the destination floor Ft of the target user in order to determine which elevator, the first elevator EvA or the second elevator EvB, the target user is a user of (acquisition process). Step S111). Specifically, the control unit 42 acquires the default floor Ftd associated with the identification information Pi (identification information Pi that has been successfully authenticated) in the received information Pr1 from the first correspondence management data Dp1, and Let the floor Ftd be the target user's destination floor Ft (Ft=Ftd). At this time, the control unit 42 functions as a destination floor acquisition unit that acquires the destination floor Ft of each user who has passed through the entry point Xs.

Next, the control unit 42 controls the group management control device 5 of either the first elevator EvA or the second elevator EvB for the target user based on the destination floor Ft of the target user acquired in step S111. is selected as the registration department Jt in charge of execution of call registration (selection process, step S112). In other words, the control unit 42 causes the group management control device 5 of the first elevator EvA to perform call registration for the target user based on the destination floor Ft of the target user, or the group management control device 5 of the second elevator EvB. Either the group management control device 5 of

Specifically, the control unit 42 extracts the person in charge information Pm (“EvA” or “EvB”) associated with the destination floor Ft acquired in step S111 from the second response management data Dp2, and The group management control device 5 of the elevator (first elevator EvA or second elevator EvB) specified by the information Pm is defined as the registration department Jt.

Thereafter, the control unit 42 selects the group management control device 5 of the first elevator EvA as the registration department Jt in step S112 (Jt1 = "group management A"), and the control unit 42 of the second elevator EvB in step S112. In either case, when the group management control device 5 is selected as the registration department Jt (Jt1 = "Group Management B"), the relevant information acquired in step S111 is used as the information necessary for call registration for the target user. In addition to the target user's destination floor Ft, the target user's departure floor Fs (boarding floor) is acquired (steps S113A and S113B). More specifically, the control unit 42 uses the reader information Pxg in the received information Pr1 to obtain the installation floor Fg associated with the reader information Pxg from the first device management data Dq1, and Let the floor Fg be the departure floor Fs (Fs=Fg).

In steps S113A and S113B, the control unit 42 further acquires the target user's first face information Pf1 as information necessary for call registration. Here, in the call registration process, the group management control device 5 uses the first face information Pf1 of the target user in order to recognize that the target user has passed through the passing point XtA (or XtB). Specifically, the group management control device 5 determines that the target user is at the passing point (or XtB). Therefore, in order to enable such recognition, the control unit 42 acquires the first face information Pf1 of the target user in order to provide it to the group management control device 5.

Specifically, the control unit 42 first uses the reader information Pxg in the received information Pr1 to identify the first face information acquisition unit 21 that has acquired the target user's face information. Camera information Py1 associated with the leader information Pxg is extracted in Dq1, and the camera information Py1 is set as target camera information Pyt. Next, the control unit 42 determines that camera information Py1 transmitted together with the first face information Pf1, out of the first face information Pf1 received from the first face information acquisition unit 21, matches the target camera information Pyt. is acquired as the first face information Pf1 of the target user.

After step S113A, the control unit 42 associates the information acquired in step S113A (departure floor Fs, destination floor Ft, first face information Pf1) with each other, and then selects the first elevator that is the registration department Jt. It is transmitted to the group management control device 5 of EvA (transmission process. Step S114A). The control unit 42 ends the control process after executing step S114A.

After step S113B, the control unit 42 associates the information acquired in step S113B (departure floor Fs, destination floor Ft, first face information Pf1) with each other, and then selects the second elevator that is the registration department Jt. It is transmitted to the group management control device 5 of EvB (transmission process. Step S114B). The control unit 42 ends the control process after executing step S114B.

On the other hand, if the authentication for the identification information Pi "failed" in step S100, the control unit 42 controls (prohibits) the user identified by the identification information Pi from passing through the restriction device 1. , transmits a gate closing command Sg2 for executing control to close the gate to the regulating device 1 including the reading section 11 that has transmitted the identification information Pi (step S120). Specifically, the control unit 42 uses the reader information Pxg in the received information Pr1 to acquire gate information Pwg associated with the reader information Pxg from the first device management data Dq1. Then, the control unit 42 issues a gate closing command Sg2 to the opening/closing control unit 12 specified by the gate information Pwg. As a result, the opening/closing control section 12 executes control to close the gate.

In addition, in order to notify the user that the authentication has failed (authentication failure), the control unit 42 sends a message to the first display unit 31 that corresponds to the regulation device 1 that the user attempted to pass through. A failure notification command Sx for executing a display for notifying is transmitted via the group management control device 5 of the first elevator EvA (step S121). Specifically, the control unit 42 uses the reader information Pxg in the received information Pr1 to acquire the monitor information Pz1 associated with the reader information Pxg from the first device management data Dq1. Then, the control unit 42 transmits the monitor information Pz1 and the failure notification command Sx to the group management control device 5 of the first elevator EvA. When the group management control device 5 receives this information, the group management control device 5 transfers the failure notification command Sx to the first display unit 31 specified by the received monitor information Pz1. As a result, a display for notifying the authentication failure is executed on the first display section 31. After executing step S121, the control unit 42 ends the control process. Note that in step S121, the failure notification command Sx may be transmitted to the first display unit 31 via the group management control device 5 of the second elevator EvB.

[1-5] Group management control device [1-5-1] Configuration of group management control device When the group management control device 5 of the first elevator EvA is selected as the registration department Jt for the target user, A call registration is performed for the target user at the first elevator EvA (call registration process). In addition, when the group management control device 5 of the second elevator EvB is selected as the registration department Jt for the target user, it performs call registration for the target user at the second elevator EvB (call registration process). In the present embodiment, the group management control device 5 does not immediately perform call registration for a target user upon receiving information necessary for the call registration from the security management device 4, but instead performs call registration for the target user. This is done after waiting for the person to pass through the passing point XtA (or XtB).

In order to enable such call registration processing, the group management control device 5 performs information recording processing as preprocessing before executing the call registration processing in both the first elevator EvA and the second elevator EvB. Execute. Specifically, when the group management control device 5 receives from the security management device 4 a set of information (departure floor Fs, destination floor Ft, first face information Pf1) necessary for call registration for the target user. Then, those pieces of information are recorded in the information management data Dr (see FIG. 5(A)) in a mutually correlated state.

The group management control device 5 executes the call registration process after performing such preprocessing (information recording process). Specifically, when the second face information acquisition section 22A acquires the second face information Pf2 of each user who has passed through the passage point XtA, the group management control device 5 of the first elevator EvA performs its own information management. Among the first face information Pf1 recorded in the data Dr, one that matches the second face information Pf2 (hereinafter referred to as "target face information Pft") is searched. Furthermore, when the second face information acquisition unit 22B acquires the second face information Pf2 of each user who has passed through the passage point XtB, the group management control device 5 of the second elevator EvB stores the information management data Dr in Among the first face information Pf1 recorded in the first face information Pf1, one that matches the second face information Pf2 (target face information Pft) is searched. When any group management control device 5 is able to find the target face information Pft, it uses the departure floor Fs and destination floor Ft that are associated with the target face information Pft in the information management data Dr. Then, call registration is performed for the user specified by the target face information Pft (call registration process).

The details of the control processing (information recording processing, call registration processing) executed by the group management control device 5 will be described later.

As a specific configuration, each of the group management control device 5 of the first elevator EvA and the group management control device 5 of the second elevator EvB includes a storage unit 51 and a control unit 52 (see FIG. 1A). .

The storage unit 51 is a part in which information necessary for control processing (call registration processing, etc.) performed by the group management control device 5 is stored. In this embodiment, the storage unit 51 is configured with a storage device such as a ROM or a RAM, and stores information management data Dr and second device management data Dq2.

Here, the information management data Dr is data for recording information necessary for call registration for the target user. Then, the target user's first face information Pf1 is recorded in the information management data Dr as one of such information. The second device management data Dq2 includes, for each route from the entrance point Xs to the landing, the second face information acquisition section 22A (or 22B) and the second display section 32A (or 32B) installed on the same route. This is data for linking and managing the

FIG. 5A is a conceptual diagram illustrating information management data Dr used in this embodiment. As shown in this figure, in the information management data Dr, the first face information Pf1 of the target user is recorded in a state where it is associated with the departure floor Fs and destination floor Ft of the target user. Specifically, when the group management control device 5 receives the departure floor Fs, destination floor Ft, and first face information Pf1 from the security management device 4 as a set of information necessary for call registration for the target user. Then, those pieces of information are recorded in the information management data Dr in a mutually correlated state.

FIG. 5(B) is a conceptual diagram illustrating the second device management data Dq2 used in this embodiment. As shown in this figure, the second device management data Dq2 includes a second face information acquisition section 22A and a second display section 32A installed on the same route from the entrance point Xs to the landing of the first elevator EvA. , the camera information Py2 of the second face information acquisition unit 22A and the monitor information Pz2 of the second display unit 32A are recorded in a state where they are associated with each other. Furthermore, the second device management data Dq2 includes information about the second face information acquisition section 22B and the second display section 32B installed on the same route from the entrance point Xs to the landing of the second elevator EvB. The camera information Py2 of the information acquisition unit 22B and the monitor information Pz2 of the second display unit 32B are recorded in a state where they are associated with each other.

The control unit 52 is a part that executes the control processing described above. In this embodiment, the control unit 52 is composed of a processing device such as a CPU or an MPU, and is responsible for executing the above-described information recording process and call registration process.

As a more specific configuration, these processes are executed by an information recording processing section 521 and a call registration processing section 522 constructed within the control section 52 (see FIG. 1A). In this embodiment, these processing units are configured by software by causing the control unit 52 to execute a program. Such a program is stored in a readable state in a portable storage medium (for example, a flash memory, etc.), and the program read from the storage medium and installed is stored in the storage unit of the group management control device 5. 51, or may be saved in a downloadable manner on another server or the like, and the information downloaded and installed from the server may be saved in the storage section 51. Note that the above-mentioned processing section may be configured by hardware by constructing a circuit within the group management control device 5.

[1-5-2] Control processing executed by the group management control device In this embodiment, the group management control device 5 performs the following control processing in both the first elevator EvA and the second elevator EvB. Executes information recording processing and call registration processing.

<Information recording processing>
Information recording processing is started in the following cases. In this case, the group management control device 5 receives the departure floor Fs, destination floor Ft, and first face information Pf1 from the security management device 4 as a set of information necessary for call registration. Further, this information recording process is executed each time the group management control device 5 receives the above set of information.

When the information recording process is started, the control unit 52 manages information in a state in which a set of information (departure floor Fs, destination floor Ft, first face information Pf1) received from the security management device 4 is associated with each other. The data is recorded in the data Dr (see FIG. 5(A)).

<Call registration process>
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the call registration process executed by the group management control device 5 in this embodiment. The call registration process is started in the following cases. In that case, in the group management control device 5 of the first elevator EvA, the group management control device 5 stores a set of information (second This is a case where face information Pf2 and camera information Py2) are received from the second face information acquisition unit 22A. Further, in the group management control device 5 of the second elevator EvB, the group management control device 5 stores a set of information (second face information Pf2 , camera information Py2) is received from the second face information acquisition unit 22B. In any of the group management control devices 5, the call registration process is executed each time the group management control device 5 receives the above set of information. Hereinafter, the above-mentioned set of information (second face information Pf2, camera information Py2) will be collectively referred to as "reception information Pr2."

When the call registration process is started, the control unit 52 first selects the first face information Pf1 recorded in the information management data Dr that matches the second face information Pf2 in the received information Pr2 (target face information). Pft) (step S201).

Specifically, in the group management control device 5 of the first elevator EvA, the control unit 52 determines that the user identified by the second face information Pf2 in the received information Pr2 is the user of the first elevator EvA. In order to determine whether or not, step S201 is executed. Then, if the control unit 52 is able to find the target face information Pft in step S201 (Yes), the control unit 52 determines that the user identified by the second face information Pf2 in the received information Pr2 is the first It can be determined that the person is a user of elevator EvA. On the other hand, if the control unit 52 is unable to find the target face information Pft in step S201 (No), the control unit 52 determines that the user identified by the second face information Pf2 in the received information Pr2 is 1 It can be determined that the person is not a user of elevator EvA.

Furthermore, in the group management control device 5 of the second elevator EvB, the control unit 52 determines whether the user identified by the second face information Pf2 in the received information Pr2 is a user of the second elevator EvB. In order to determine, step S201 is executed. Then, if the control unit 52 is able to find the target face information Pft in step S201 (Yes), the control unit 52 determines that the user identified by the second face information Pf2 in the received information Pr2 is It can be determined that the person is a user of elevator EvB. On the other hand, if the control unit 52 is unable to find the target face information Pft in step S201 (No), the control unit 52 determines that the user identified by the second face information Pf2 in the received information Pr2 is 2 It can be determined that the person is not a user of elevator EvB.

Therefore, if the control unit 52 is able to find the target face information Pft in step S201 (Yes), the control unit 52 acquires information necessary for call registration for the user specified by the target face information Pft. Therefore, the departure floor Fs and destination floor Ft associated with the target face information Pft are acquired from the information management data Dr (step S202). On the other hand, if the control unit 52 is unable to find the target face information Pft in step S201 (No), it ends the call registration process.

After step S202, the control unit 52 performs call registration for the user specified by the target face information Pft using the departure floor Fs and destination floor Ft acquired in step S202 (step S203). Specifically, the control unit 52 assigns the departure floor Fs and destination floor Ft acquired in step S202 to a car as one hall call.

More specifically, in the group management control device 5 of the first elevator EvA, the control unit 52 uses the departure floor Fs and destination floor Ft acquired in step S202 as one hall call, and assigns the departure floor Fs and the destination floor Ft acquired in step S202 to the boarding hall provided in the first elevator EvA. Make assignments to baskets. At this time, the control unit 52 performs the assignment to the car, taking into account the predicted value Te of the walking time required to travel from the passing point XtA to the landing of the first elevator EvA.

In addition, in the group management control device 5 of the second elevator EvB, the control unit 52 assigns the departure floor Fs and destination floor Ft acquired in step S202 as one hall call to the car provided in the second elevator EvB. I do. At this time, the control unit 52 performs the assignment to the car, taking into consideration the predicted value Te of the walking time required to travel from the passing point XtB to the landing of the second elevator EvB.

In this embodiment, one fixed value common to all users is used as the predicted value Te. As an example, the average value of past data obtained by measuring actual walking time is used as the predicted value Te. Note that, as the predicted value Te, a value estimated for each user can be used instead of one fixed value common to all users. The details will be specifically explained in "First Modification" below.

After step S203, the control unit 52 notifies the user identified by the target face information Pft of the car information (hereinafter referred to as "car information Pk") assigned in the call registration in step S203. First, the second display section 32A (or 32B) installed at a place that the user passes on the way to the boarding hall is specified (step S204). Specifically, the control unit 52 uses the camera information Py2 in the received information Pr2 to extract the monitor information Pz2 associated with the camera information Py2 in the second device management data Dq2, and extracts the monitor information Pz2 from the second device management data Dq2. The second display section 32A (or 32B) is specified using Pz2. In other words, the control unit 52 uses the second device management data Dq2 to obtain the second face information linked to the second face information acquisition unit 22A (or 22B) that has acquired the second face information Pf2 of the user. Specify the display section 32A (or 32B).

Next, the control unit 52 causes the second display unit 32A (or 32B) identified in step S204 to display the car information Pk of the car assigned in the call registration in step S203 (step S205). At this time, the control unit 52 also displays the destination floor Ft used for the call registration in step S203 in association with the car information Pk (see FIG. 7). Thereby, the user recognizes which car he/she should ride by checking the car information Pk associated with his or her destination floor Ft on the second display section 32A (or 32B). be able to. After executing step S205, the control unit 52 ends the call registration process.

According to such a control system and control processing, when each user passes through the entrance point Xs, information on the destination floor Ft of that user can be obtained, so it is possible to perform call registration for the user. However, regardless of whether the user uses the first elevator EvA or the second elevator EvB, the user does not register the call at that time, and the user uses the elevator (the first elevator) that the user uses. It becomes possible to perform a process in which call registration is performed for the first time when the user passes through the passing point XtA or XtB near the landing of the first elevator EvA or the second elevator EvB. Specifically, the call registration for the user of the first elevator EvA is performed when the user passes through a passing point XtA on the route from the entry point Xs to the landing of the first elevator EvA, A process of executing call registration for the user of the second elevator EvB when the user passes through a passing point XtB on the route from the landing of the first elevator EvA to the landing of the second elevator EvB. becomes possible. In other words, it becomes possible to perform call registration after each user approaches the elevator landing used by each user. Therefore, even if the entry point Xs is far from both the first elevator EvA and the second elevator EvB and it takes time for the target user to move, each target user can register for himself/herself by call registration. You will now be able to board your assigned car without missing it.

[2] Modified Examples [2-1] First Modified Example In step S203 (see FIG. 6) of the above-mentioned call registration process, the predicted value Te of walking time taken into consideration in call registration (assignment to a car) is , instead of one fixed value common to all users, a value estimated for each user may be used.

Specifically, when performing call registration for the user identified by the target face information Pft, the control unit 52 performs call registration from the entry point Xs to the passing point XtA (or XtB) that the user has passed through at that time. It is possible to obtain the actual measurement value Td of the walking time of , and estimate the predicted value Te of the walking time of the user from the passing point XtA (or XtB) to the landing area based on the actual measurement value Td. When performing call registration for each user, the control unit 52 may estimate the predicted value Te of the walking time of the user and then perform the call registration in consideration of the predicted value Te. can. More specifically, it is as follows.

When transmitting the first facial information Pf1 extracted from each user's image (facial image) to the security management device 4, the first facial information acquisition unit 21 captures the image (facial image) together with its own camera information Py1. The time t1 is also transmitted to the security management device 4 in a state where it is associated with the first face information Pf1. Then, when acquiring the first face information Pf1 in steps S113A and S113B (acquisition processing) in FIG. Py1 and photographing time t1 are also acquired. In this modification, the photographing time t1 is used as the time when each user passes through the entry point Xs when calculating the actual measurement value Td of each user's walking time from the entry point Xs to the passing point XtA (or XtB). . In addition, camera information Py1 is used as information to specify which point the entry point Xs is when acquiring the distance Ld along the route from the entry point Xs to the passing point XtA (or XtB). It will be done.

Thereafter, when transmitting a set of information (departure floor Fs, destination floor Ft, first face information Pf1) to the group management control device 5 in step S114A (transmission process) in FIG. The camera information Py1 and photographing time t1 acquired in step S113A are also included in the set of information and transmitted to the group management control device 5. Further, when transmitting a set of information (departure floor Fs, destination floor Ft, first face information Pf1) to the group management control device 5 in step S114B (transmission process) in FIG. The camera information Py1 and photographing time t1 acquired in step S113B are also included in the set of information and transmitted to the group management control device 5.

When the group management control device 5 receives the above set of information (departure floor Fs, destination floor Ft, first face information Pf1, camera information Py1, photographing time t1) from the security management device 4, the group management control device The control unit 52 of No. 5 records these pieces of information in the information management data Dr in a state where they are associated with each other (information recording process; see FIG. 8). Thereby, the control unit 52 can also obtain camera information Py1 and photographing time t1 as information necessary for call registration.

When the second face information acquisition units 22A and 22B transmit the second face information Pf2 of each user extracted from the image to the group management control device 5, the second face information acquisition units 22A and 22B also transmit the photographing time t2 of the image together with their own camera information Py2. , and transmits it to the group management control device 5 in association with the second face information Pf2. In this case, the group management control device 5 of the first elevator EvA receives a set of information (second face information Pf2, camera information Py2, photographing time t2) including the photographing time t2 from the second face information acquisition unit 22A. Then, the group management control device 5 of the second elevator EvB receives a set of information including the photographing time t2 (second face information Pf2, camera information Py2, photographing time t2) from the second face information acquisition unit 22B. It turns out. In this modification, the photographing time t2 is the time when the user passes through the passing point XtA (or XtB) when calculating the actual measurement value Td of each user's walking time from the entry point Xs to the passing point XtA (or XtB) Used as time. Furthermore, camera information Py2 is used when acquiring the distance Ld along the route from the entry point Xs to the passing point XtA (or XtB), and when acquiring the distance Ld along the route from the passing point XtA (or XtB) to the landing. is used as information for specifying which point the passing point XtA (or XtB) is. Then, the control unit 52 of the group management control device 5 starts call registration processing when receiving the above set of information. In the following, similar to the embodiment described above, the above-mentioned set of information (second face information Pf2, camera information Py2, and photographing time t2) will be collectively referred to as "reception information Pr2."

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a call registration process executed by the group management control device 5 in the first modification. When the call registration process is started, the control unit 52 first matches the first face information Pf1 recorded in the information management data Dr (see FIG. 8) with the second face information Pf2 in the received information Pr2. The object (target face information Pft) is searched for (step S211). Then, if the control unit 52 is able to find the target face information Pft in step S211 (Yes), the control unit 52 determines the departure floor Fs and destination that are associated with the target face information Pft from the information management data Dr. The floor Ft is acquired (step S212). At this time, the control unit 52 also acquires the camera information Py1 and the photographing time t1 associated with the target face information Pft.

Next, the control unit 52 uses the camera information Py1 and photographing time t1 acquired in step S212, and the camera information Py2 and photographing time t2 in the received information Pr2 to move from the passing point XtA (or XtB) to the landing. A predicted walking time Te is estimated (step S213).

Specifically, the control unit 52 first uses the photographing time t1 acquired in step S212 and the photographing time t2 in the received information Pr2 to calculate the elapsed time from the photographing time t1 to the photographing time t2 as the walking time. It is calculated as the actual measurement value Td (Td=t2-t1. Step S213x).

Next, the control unit 52 uses the camera information Py1 acquired in step S212 and the camera information Py2 in the received information Pr2 to determine the distance Ld along the route from the entry point Xs to the passing point XtA (or XtB). and the distance Le along the route from the passing point XtA (or XtB) to the landing area (step S213y).

As an example, the control unit 52 uses the camera information Py1 acquired in step S212 to identify which point is the entrance point Xs that the user passed through. Furthermore, the control unit 52 uses the camera information Py2 in the received information Pr2 to identify which point is the passing point XtA (or XtB) that the user passed through. Further, the storage unit 51 stores in advance landing information for specifying the landing area of the first elevator EvA and the landing area of the second elevator EvB, and the control unit 52 uses the landing area information. , a point where there is a landing near the passing point XtA (or a point where there is a landing near the passing point XtB) is specified. Then, the control unit 52 acquires the distances Ld and Le from the map information stored in advance in the storage unit 51 based on the three specified points.

As another example, the storage unit 51 stores, as distance data, two distances Ld and Le between points specified by these pieces of information, which are associated with each combination of camera information Py1 and Py2 and platform information. may be stored. In this case, the control unit 52 uses the camera information Py1 acquired in step S212, the camera information Py2 in the received information Pr2, and the landing information stored in the storage unit 51 to calculate the distance between them from the distance data. The distances Ld and Le associated with the combination of information can be acquired.

After executing steps S213x and 213y, the control unit 52 uses the actual measurement value Td of the walking time obtained in step S213x and the distances Ld and Le obtained in step S213y to travel from the passing point XtA (or XtB) to the landing area. A predicted walking time Te is estimated (step S213z).

As an example, the control unit 52 uses the actual measurement value Td of the walking time acquired in step S213x and the distance Ld acquired in step S213y, and divides the distance Ld by the actual measurement value Td, so that the The walking speed Vd to point XtA (or XtB) is calculated (Vd=Ld/Td). Then, the control unit 52 calculates the predicted value Te by dividing the distance Le acquired in step S213y by the walking speed Vd.

As another example, the control unit 52 may use the distances Ld and Le acquired in step S213y to calculate the ratio Rt of the distance Le to the distance Ld (Rt=Le/Ld). Then, the control unit 52 may calculate the predicted value Te by multiplying the actual value Td of the walking time acquired in step S213x by the ratio Rt. In other words, the control unit 52 can obtain the predicted value Te such that the ratio of the predicted value Te to the actual measured value Td is the same as the ratio Rt.

After step S213, the control unit 52 performs call registration using the departure floor Fs and destination floor Ft acquired in step S212, taking into account the predicted value Te of the walking time estimated in step S213 (step S214).

According to the first modification, it is possible to estimate the predicted value Te of the walking time of each user from the passing point XtA (or XtB) to the landing area. In addition, when estimating the predicted value Te for each user, the actual measured value Td of the walking time obtained for that user immediately before is used, so the predicted value Te can be used to estimate the state of the user at that time. It becomes possible to accurately obtain appropriate values that reflect the As a result, it becomes possible to allocate the most suitable car for each user.

[2-2] Second Modified Example In both the embodiment and modified example described above, in the information display on the second display section 32A (or 32B) in step S205 (see FIGS. 6 and 9), the car information Identification information Pi (which may be a user ID, user name, etc.) of the user who should board the car may be displayed in association with Pk. In this case, the security management device 4 and the group management control device 5 can execute the following control processing.

Specifically, in steps S114A and S114B (transmission processing; see FIG. 4), the control unit 42 of the security management device 4 collects information necessary for call registration (departure floor Fs, destination floor Ft, first face information Pf1, etc.). ), and the identification information Pi received from the reading section 11 is also transmitted to the group management control device 5, which is the registration section Jt. At this time, the control unit 42 may acquire the user ID, user name, etc. associated with the identification information Pi, and transmit it to the group management control device 5.

Then, in the information recording process, the control unit 52 of the group management control device 5 records the identification information Pi received from the security management device 4 in the information management data Dr along with other information (departure floor Fs, destination floor Ft). (See FIG. 10(A)). Thereafter, in step S202 (see FIG. 6) or S212 (see FIG. 9) of the call registration process, the control unit 52 extracts the identification information Pi from the information management data Dr and other information (departure floor Fs, destination floor Ft). Get with. Then, when causing the second display unit 32A (or 32B) to display information in step S205 (see FIGS. 6 and 9), the control unit 52 causes the identification information Pi to be displayed in association with the car information Pk ( (See FIG. 10(B)). At this time, the destination floor Ft may be displayed on the second display section 32A (or 32B) together with the identification information Pi in association with the car information Pk.

According to the second modification, the identification information Pi of each user is displayed on the second display section 32A (or 32B) in association with the car information Pk of the car assigned to that user. The user can easily recognize which car information Pk displayed on the second display section 32A (or 32B) is his/her own information.

[2-3] Third Modification The control systems described in the embodiment and the modification are not limited to the configuration of an elevator in which only one entry point Xs is provided on a specific floor as in the example of FIG. , it can also be applied to the configuration of an elevator in which a plurality of entry points Xs are provided on a specific floor.

FIG. 11 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of the configuration of an elevator at a specific floor in the third modification. In the example of FIG. 11, two entrance points Xs are provided on a specific floor, and two routes from these entrance points Xs to the landing of the second elevator EvB are used to reach the landing of the first elevator EvA. It becomes one in the middle, and continues as one from there to the landing of the second elevator EvB. The above-described control system can also be applied to such an elevator configuration as is.

FIG. 12 is a conceptual diagram showing another example of the configuration of the elevator at a specific floor in the third modification. In the example of FIG. 12, two entry points Xs are provided on the specific floor (point Z1 and point Z2). The Z1 point and the Z2 point are points that have the following positional relationship with the respective landings of the first elevator EvA and the second elevator EvB. The positional relationship with respect to the Z1 point is a positional relationship in which the landing of the first elevator EvA is provided in the middle of the route from the Z1 point to the landing of the second elevator EvB (same positional relationship as in FIG. 2). In other words, the landing of the first elevator EvA is close to the Z1 point, and the landing of the second elevator EvB is far from the Z1 point. The positional relationship regarding the Z2 point is a positional relationship such that the landing of the second elevator EvB is provided in the middle of the route from the Z2 point to the landing of the first elevator EvA. In other words, the landing of the first elevator EvA is far from point Z2, and the landing of second elevator EvB is close to point Z2. In this way, the positional relationship between the Z2 point and the landing is completely opposite to the positional relationship between the Z1 point and the landing.

In this case, the second face information acquisition section 22A and the second display section 32A are installed on each route from the Z1 point and the Z2 point to the landing of the first elevator EvA. Further, a second face information acquisition section 22B and a second display section 32B are installed on each route from the Z1 point and the Z2 point to the landing of the second elevator EvB. In the second device management data Dq2, the camera information Py2 of the second face information acquisition unit 22A (or 22B) and the monitor information Pz2 of the second display unit 32A (or 32B) are associated with each other for each route. The data is recorded in the same state as shown in FIG. 13. The above-described control system can also be applied to such an elevator configuration as is.

Further, in the second device management data Dq2, for each route, the second face information acquisition unit 22A (or 22B) and the second display unit 32A (or 32B) installed on the same route are linked to each other. Therefore, according to the call registration process using the second device management data Dq2, for each user, the second face information acquisition unit 22A (or 22B) that has acquired the second face information Pf2 of that user Call registration information for the user can be displayed on the second display section 32A (or 32B) installed on the same route as the installed route. As a result, car information Pk of the car that the user should ride is provided to each user through the second display section 32A (or 32B) installed on the route that the user takes. becomes possible.

[2-4] Fourth Modified Example In any of the embodiments and modified examples described above, the overall configuration of the elevator can be changed as appropriate to one that does not require authentication of the identification information Pi by the security management device 4. . In such a configuration, in order to obtain the destination floor Ft (default floor Ftd) from each user, the destination floor Ft is recorded on the recording medium Q owned by that user instead of the identification information Pi. Good too. In this case, the reading unit 11 reads the destination floor Ft from the recording medium Q instead of the identification information Pi, and transmits it to the security management device 4 together with its own reader information Pxg.

Further, a terminal device such as a smartphone may be used as the recording medium Q, and in that case, a code (QR code (registered trademark), two-dimensional barcode, etc.) containing information on the destination floor Ft is transmitted to the terminal device. The code can be displayed on the screen and read by the reading section 11.

According to the fourth modification, the security management device 4 does not require the first correspondence management data Dp1, and uses the destination floor Ft received from the reading unit 11 as it is in the selection process (step S111 in FIG. 4) and the transmission process ( It becomes possible to use it for steps S114A and 114B) in FIG.

[2-5] Fifth Modified Example In any of the embodiments and modified examples described above, when a terminal device such as a smartphone is used as the recording medium Q, the first face information acquisition unit 21 is replaced with the terminal device The device may be made to acquire the first face information Pf1. In this case, the terminal device and reading unit 11 can perform the following processing.

Specifically, an application program that allows facial information of a user to be acquired using a camera included in the terminal device is installed on a terminal device owned by each user. When the terminal device acquires face information from the user, the terminal device sets the face information as first face information Pf1 and includes the first face information Pf1 and other information (identification information Pi or destination floor Ft). Generates code. Thereafter, the code is read by the reading unit 11, and the first face information Pf1 is transmitted to the security management device 4 along with other information. Note that since the code includes the first facial information Pf1, which is personal information, the code may be encrypted when generated. As an example, SQRC (registered trademark) can be used as such a code.

According to the fifth modification, it becomes possible to acquire the first face information Pf1 without using the first face information acquisition unit 21. Further, the security management device 4 can manage the first face information Pf1 and other information (identification information Pi or destination floor Ft) received from the reading unit 11 in a state where they are directly associated with each other. Therefore, the first face information Pf1 of each user and the destination floor Ft can be associated with each other without using the camera information Py1 in the first device management data Dq1. Therefore, the first face information acquisition unit 21 is no longer necessary (see FIG. 14. FIG. 14 shows a case where the other information mentioned above is the identification information Pi), and the camera information Py1 is omitted from the first device management data Dq1. (See FIG. 15).

When the configuration of this modification is applied to the first modification, the reader information Pxg of the reading unit 11 is used in place of the camera information Py1 and the photographing time t1 to specify which point the entry point Xs is. By using the reading time of the first face information Pf1 by the reading unit 11 as the time when the first face information Pf1 is passed through the entrance point Xs, it is possible to calculate the actual measurement value Td and obtain the distance Ld. become.

[2-6] Sixth Modification In any of the embodiments and modifications described above, when a terminal device such as a smartphone is used as the recording medium Q, the terminal device Car information Pk may be displayed. In this case, each part of the terminal device etc. can perform the following processing.

Specifically, the terminal device generates a code that includes the IP address of the terminal device (which may be an e-mail address that can be received by the terminal device) and other information. Here, the other information includes at least one of the identification information Pi, the destination floor Ft, and the first face information Pf1. Thereafter, the code is read by the reading unit 11, and the IP address is transmitted to the security management device 4 along with other information.

When the control unit 42 of the security management device 4 receives information from the reading unit 11 and starts the control process (see FIG. 4), in steps S114A and S114B (transmission process), the control unit 42 transmits one of the pieces of information necessary for call registration. The IP address received from the reading unit 11 is also transmitted to the group management control device 5.

When the control unit 52 of the group management control device 5 receives information from the security management device 4 and starts information recording processing, the control section 52 of the group management control device 5 inputs the IP address received from the security management device 4 into other information (departure floor Fs, destination floor Ft, first face information Pf1, etc.) and are recorded in the information management data Dr (see FIG. 16). Thereafter, in the call registration process (see FIGS. 6 and 9), when notifying the user of the car information Pk of the car assigned in the call registration, the control unit 52 displays the second display parts 32A and 32B in step S205. Instead of displaying the information on the car information Pk, the terminal device specified by the IP address is caused to display the car information Pk using the IP address recorded in the information management data Dr.

Furthermore, after causing the terminal device to display the car information Pk of the car, the control unit 52 transmits a departure signal to the terminal device when the car departs from a specific floor. Here, the departure signal is a signal for notifying the terminal device that the car specified by the currently displayed car information Pk has departed. When the terminal device receives the departure signal, it ends the display of the car information Pk.

According to the sixth modification, since the car information Pk of the car that each user should board is displayed on the user's terminal device, the user can easily determine which car he or she should ride. can be recognized. In addition, if the car information Pk displayed on the user's own terminal device disappears before boarding the car, the user may have missed the car he/she was supposed to board due to the disappearance of the display. It becomes possible to notice.

[2-7] Seventh Modification In the call registration process of the first modification described above (see FIG. 9), the control unit 52 of the group management control device 5 considers the predicted value Te of the walking time estimated in step S213. Instead of performing the call registration, the call registration may be executed after waiting for the predicted value Te to elapse, and the call registration information may be displayed on a terminal device such as a smartphone owned by the user. . Here, the sixth modification can be applied to the process of displaying call registration information on the terminal device.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing a call registration process executed by the group management control device 5 in the seventh modification. In this modification, the control unit 52 first selects from the first face information Pf1 recorded in the information management data Dr (see FIG. 18) the one that matches the second face information Pf2 in the received information Pr2 (target face information Pft) (step S221). Then, if the control unit 52 is able to find the target face information Pft in step S221 (Yes), the control unit 52 determines the departure floor Fs and destination associated with the target face information Pft from the information management data Dr. Obtain the floor Ft (step S222). At this time, the control unit 52 also acquires the camera information Py1, the photographing time t1, and the IP address associated with the target face information Pft.

Next, the control unit 52 uses the camera information Py1 and the photographing time t1 acquired in step S222, and the camera information Py2 and the photographing time t2 in the received information Pr2, in the same manner as in step S213 of FIG. A predicted walking time Te from the passing point XtA (or XtB) to the landing is estimated (step S223).

After step S223, the control unit 52 does not immediately perform call registration, but waits for the time of the predicted value Te estimated in step S223 to elapse before performing call registration.

Specifically, after step S223, the control unit 52 determines whether the elapsed time Tx (=tx-t2) from the photographing time t2 to the current time tx in the received information Pr2 has reached the predicted value Te. A judgment is made (step S224). Then, the control unit 52 repeatedly executes step S224 until it is determined in step S224 that "it has been reached (Yes)". Thereafter, if the control unit 52 determines that the call has been reached (Yes) in step S224, it executes call registration (step S225).

After step S225, the control unit 52 causes the terminal device specified by the IP address acquired in step S222 to display the car information Pk of the car assigned in the call registration in step S225 (step S226).

According to the seventh modification, after each user passes through point XtA (or XtB), call registration is executed after the time of predicted value Te estimated for that user has elapsed. Call registration for a user is more likely to be performed after the user approaches the landing as much as possible. Therefore, it becomes possible to more efficiently prevent each user from missing the train.

[2-8] Eighth Modification The configuration of the elevator described above may include a destination floor registration device 6 installed at the landing of each floor. Even when the destination floor Ft is registered in the destination floor registration device 6, the security management device 4 may execute the selection process described above. Specifically, when each user registers a destination floor Ft in the destination floor registration device 6, the security management device 4 selects either the first elevator EvA or the second elevator EvB based on the destination floor Ft. One of the group management control devices 5 may be selected as the registration department Jt in charge of executing call registration for the user (selection process). This will be explained in more detail below.

FIG. 19 is a conceptual diagram illustrating the overall configuration of an elevator to which the control system according to the eighth modification is applied. In addition, in FIG. 19, illustration of the regulation device 1, information acquisition device 2, and display device 3 installed on a specific floor is omitted. As shown in this figure, the destination floor registration device 6 includes a reading unit 61 that reads information from a recording medium Q owned by the user, and a registration unit 62 that is used to manually register the destination floor Ft. Be prepared. The reading unit 61 is configured with a reading device such as a card reader, and the registration unit 62 is configured with an input device such as a touch panel. Further, reader information Pxh and panel information Pwh for identifying each device from other devices are set in the reading section 61 and the registration section 62, respectively.

When reading the identification information Pi from the recording medium Q of each user, the reading unit 61 transmits the identification information Pi to the security management device 4. At this time, the reading unit 61 transmits its own reader information Pxh to the security management device 4 along with the identification information Pi in order to make the security management device 4 recognize which device is the source of the identification information Pi. .

The registration unit 62 selectably displays available stop floors for guidance and alighting permitted floors Fte (described later) on the screen, and when any one of the stop floors is selected by the user, the registration unit 62 selects the stop floor as the user's destination. It is transmitted to the security management device 4 as the floor Ft. At this time, the registration unit 62 transmits its own panel information Pwh as well as the destination floor Ft to the security management device 4 in order to make the security management device 4 recognize which device is the source of the destination floor Ft. .

In the first corresponding management data Dp1 stored in the storage unit 41 of the security management device 4, each user's identification information Pi is set to the user's default floor Ftd and the user's alighting permission floor Fte ( It is also recorded in association with the destination floor (Ft) at which the user is permitted to get off (see FIG. 20(A)). Further, the storage unit 41 further stores third device management data Dq3. Here, the third device management data Dq3 is data for managing, for each destination floor registration device 6, a plurality of pieces of information related to the destination floor registration device 6 by linking them to each other.

FIG. 20(B) is a conceptual diagram illustrating the third device management data Dq3 used in the eighth modification. As shown in this figure, in the third device management data Dq3, for each destination floor registration device 6, the reader information Pxh of the reading unit 61 provided in the destination floor registration device 6 is set to the installation floor Fh of the reading unit 61. and the panel information Pwh of the registration unit 62 included in the destination floor registration device 6 are recorded in a state of being associated with each other.

Here, the installation floor Fh is the floor where the reading unit 61 specified by the reader information Pxh is installed, in other words, the floor where the destination floor registration device 6 equipped with the reading unit 61 is installed. be. In this embodiment, when the user enters the destination floor Ft in the destination floor registration device 6 and uses the elevator, the user boards the car from the installation floor Fh of the destination floor registration device 6. . Therefore, the installation floor Fh of the reading unit 61 (that is, the installation floor Fh of the destination floor registration device 6) is the installation floor Fh of the user when the user enters the destination floor Ft in the destination floor registration device 6 and uses the elevator. It is used as the departure floor Fs (boarding floor).

In such a configuration, as a method of registering the destination floor Ft in the destination floor registration device 6, a method of registering the destination floor Ft only by manual input in the registration section 62 (first registration method), and a method of registering the destination floor Ft by manual input in the registration section 62; By holding the recording medium Q over the reading unit 61 without inputting the destination floor Ft, the registration unit 62 displays selectable alighting permitted floors Fte, and then selects any one of them as the destination floor Ft. There are two possible methods: the second registration method, and the third registration method, which involves registering by holding the recording medium Q over the reading unit 61 after selecting the destination floor Ft in the registration unit 62. Below, control processing that enables registration using these registration methods will be explained in order.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing a control process executed by the security management device 4 in order to enable registration using the first registration method in the eighth modification. This control process is started in the following cases. In that case, the security management device 4 stores the destination floor Ft and panel information as a set of information for each user who has registered the destination floor Ft only by manual input (including selection) in the registration unit 62. This is a case where Pwh is received from the destination floor registration device 6. Further, this control process is executed every time the security management device 4 receives the above set of information. Hereinafter, the above-mentioned set of information (destination floor Ft, panel information Pwh) will be collectively referred to as "reception information Pr4."

When the control process is started, the control unit 42 uses the destination floor Ft in the reception information Pr6 to determine which elevator, the first elevator EvA or the second elevator EvB, the user is a user of. Based on this, the group management control device 5 of either the first elevator EvA or the second elevator EvB is selected as the registration department Jt in charge of executing call registration for the user (selection process. Step S401 ).

Specifically, the control unit 42 extracts the person in charge information Pm (“EvA” or “EvB”) associated with the destination floor Ft in the received information Pr4 from the second correspondence management data Dp2, and The group management control device 5 of the elevator (first elevator EvA or second elevator EvB) specified by the information Pm is defined as the registration department Jt.

Thereafter, in step S401, the control unit 42 selects the group management control device 5 of the first elevator EvA as the registration department Jt (Jt1=“group management A”), and in step S401, the control unit 42 of the second elevator EvB In either case, when the group management control device 5 is selected as the registration department Jt (Jt1 = "Group management B"), the destination in the reception information Pr4 is used as information necessary for call registration for the above user. In addition to the floor Ft and panel information Pwh, the departure floor Fs (boarding floor) of the user is acquired (steps S402A and S402B). More specifically, the control unit 42 uses the reader information Pxh in the received information Pr4 to obtain the installation floor Fh associated with the reader information Pxh from the third device management data Dq3, and Let the floor Fh be the departure floor Fs (Fs=Fh).

After step S402A, the control unit 42 associates the information acquired in step S402A (departure floor Fs, destination floor Ft, panel information Pwh) with each other and sends the information to the first elevator EvA, which is the registration department Jt. It is transmitted to the group management control device 5 (transmission process. Step S403A). After executing step S403A, the control unit 42 ends the control process.

After step S402B, the control unit 42 associates the information acquired in step S402B (departure floor Fs, destination floor Ft, panel information Pwh) with each other and sends the information to the second elevator EvB, which is the registration department Jt. It is transmitted to the group management control device 5 (transmission process. Step S403B). After executing step S403B, the control unit 42 ends the control process.

In both the first elevator EvA and the second elevator EvB, the group management control device 5 sends the departure floor Fs, destination floor Ft, and panel information Pwh to the security management device 4 as the above set of information necessary for call registration. If the call registration is received from , the call registration is performed immediately, and the information on the call registration (car information Pk) is displayed on the registration unit 62 specified by the panel information Pwh. Thereby, by checking the car information Pk displayed on the registration section 62, the user can recognize which car he/she should ride.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing a control process executed by the security management device 4 in order to enable registration using the second registration method in the eighth modification. This control process is started in the following cases. In this case, the security management device 4 registers the identification information Pi and the reader as a set of information about each user who holds the recording medium Q over the reading unit 61 without inputting the destination floor Ft in the registration unit 62. This is a case where information Pxh is received from the destination floor registration device 6. Further, this control process is executed every time the security management device 4 receives the above set of information. Hereinafter, the above-mentioned set of information (identification information Pi, reader information Pxh) will be collectively referred to as "reception information Pr5."

When the control process is started, the control unit 42 first uses the identification information Pi in the received information Pr5 to obtain the alighting permitted floor Fte on which the user is permitted to alight (step S501). Specifically, the control unit 42 acquires all the disembarkation permitted floors Fte associated with the identification information Pi in the received information Pr5 from the first correspondence management data Dp1.

Thereafter, the control unit 42 causes the user to select one of the alighting permitted floors Fte acquired in step S501 using the registration unit 62, so that the user can select the alighting permitted floor Fte by the user using the recording medium Q. It is transmitted via the group management control device 5 of the first elevator EvA to the registration section 62 of the destination floor registration device 6 equipped with the reading section 61 held over it (step S502). Specifically, the control unit 42 uses the reader information Pxh in the received information Pr5 to extract the panel information Pwh associated with the reader information Pxh in the third device management data Dq3, and extracts the panel information Pwh from the third device management data Dq3. The registration unit 62 is identified using Pwh. Then, the control unit 42 transmits the registration unit 62 and the exit permission floor Fte acquired in step S501 to the group management control device 5 of the first elevator EvA. When the group management control device 5 receives this information, the group management control device 5 transfers the disembarkation permission floor Fte to the registration unit 62 specified by the received panel information Pwh. Thereby, the alighting permitted floors Fte are displayed in a selectable manner in the registration section 62, and the user can select one destination floor Ft that he or she desires to go to at that time from among the alighting permitted floors Fte. After executing step S502, the control unit 42 ends the control process. In addition, in step S502, the alighting permission floor Fte may be transmitted to the registration unit 62 via the group management control device 5 of the second elevator EvB.

After that, when the user selects one destination floor Ft from the alighting permitted floors Fte in the registration unit 62, the destination floor Ft is transmitted from the registration unit 62 to the security management device 4, and the security management device 4 , the control process of FIG. 21 is started.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing a control process executed by the security management device 4 in order to enable registration using the third registration method in the eighth modification. This control process is started in the following cases. In that case, the security management device 4 selects the destination floor Ft in the registration unit 62 and then selects the destination floor Ft, panel information as a set of information for each user who holds the recording medium Q over the reading unit 61. This is a case where Pwh, identification information Pi, and leader information Pxh are received from the destination floor registration device 6. Further, this control process is executed every time the security management device 4 receives the above set of information. Hereinafter, the above-mentioned set of information (destination floor Ft, panel information Pwh, identification information Pi, and reader information Pxh) will be collectively referred to as "reception information Pr6."

When the above control process is started, the control unit 42 first determines whether the destination floor Ft in the received information Pr6 (the destination floor Ft input by the user in the registration unit 62) indicates that the user is permitted to get off the vehicle. In order to determine whether it is the destination floor Ft, the identification information Pi in the received information Pr6 is used to refer to the alighting permission floor Fte associated with the identification information Pi in the first correspondence management data Dp1. , searches for a floor Fte that matches the destination floor Ft in the received information Pr6 from among the floors Fte that are permitted to disembark (Step S601).

If the control unit 42 is able to find a match in step S601 (Yes), the control unit 42 determines which elevator, the first elevator EvA or the second elevator EvB, the user is a user of. In order to determine this, based on the destination floor Ft in the received information Pr6, the group management control device 5 of either the first elevator EvA or the second elevator EvB is in charge of executing call registration for the user. It is selected as the registration department Jt (selection process. Step S602).

Specifically, the control unit 42 extracts the person in charge information Pm (“EvA” or “EvB”) associated with the destination floor Ft in the received information Pr6 from the second correspondence management data Dp2, and The group management control device 5 of the elevator (first elevator EvA or second elevator EvB) specified by the information Pm is defined as the registration department Jt.

Thereafter, in step S602, the control unit 42 selects the group management control device 5 of the first elevator EvA as the registration department Jt (Jt1=“group management A”), and in step S602, the control unit 42 of the second elevator EvB In either case, when the group management control device 5 is selected as the registration department Jt (Jt1 = "Group management B"), the destination in the reception information Pr6 is used as information necessary for call registration for the above user. In addition to the floor Ft and panel information Pwh, the departure floor Fs (boarding floor) of the user is acquired (steps S603A and S603B). More specifically, the control unit 42 uses the reader information Pxh in the received information Pr6 to obtain the installation floor Fh associated with the reader information Pxh from the third device management data Dq3, and Let the floor Fh be the departure floor Fs (Fs=Fh).

After step S603A, the control unit 42 associates the information acquired in step S603A (departure floor Fs, destination floor Ft, panel information Pwh) with each other and sends the information to the first elevator EvA, which is the registration department Jt. It is transmitted to the group management control device 5 (transmission process. Step S604A). After executing step S604A, the control unit 42 ends the control process.

After step S603B, the control unit 42 associates the information acquired in step S603B (departure floor Fs, destination floor Ft, panel information Pwh) with each other and sends the information to the second elevator EvB, which is the registration department Jt. It is transmitted to the group management control device 5 (transmission process. Step S604B). After executing step S604B, the control unit 42 ends the control process.

In both the first elevator EvA and the second elevator EvB, the group management control device 5 sends the departure floor Fs, destination floor Ft, and panel information Pwh to the security management device 4 as the above set of information necessary for call registration. If the call registration is received from , the call registration is performed immediately, and the information on the call registration (car information Pk) is displayed on the registration unit 62 specified by the panel information Pwh. Thereby, by checking the car information Pk displayed on the registration section 62, the user can recognize which car he/she should ride.

On the other hand, if the control unit 42 is unable to find a match in step S601 (No), the control unit 42 instructs the user to notify the user that the registration of the destination floor Ft has failed. A failure notification command Sy for executing a display for notifying registration failure is transmitted to the registration unit 62 used for inputting the destination floor Ft via the group management control device 5 of the first elevator EvA (step S610 ). Specifically, the control unit 42 uses the panel information Pwh in the received information Pr6 to transmit the panel information Pwh and the failure notification command Sy to the group management control device 5 of the first elevator EvA. When the group management control device 5 receives this information, the group management control device 5 transfers the failure notification command Sy to the registration unit 62 specified by the received panel information Pwh. As a result, the registration unit 62 executes a display for notifying registration failure. After executing step S610, the control unit 42 ends the control process. Note that in step S610, the failure notification command Sy may be transmitted to the registration unit 62 via the group management control device 5 of the second elevator EvB.

[2-9] Other Modifications In the configurations including the first face information acquisition section 21 of the embodiments and modifications described above, the first face information acquisition section 21 may include a function of measuring body temperature. may also be used. According to this configuration, the number of users who try to bring their faces close to the first face information acquisition unit 21 increases in order to measure their body temperature. Therefore, the first facial information acquisition unit 21 can reliably acquire the first facial information Pf1 from each user.

In any of the embodiments and modifications described above, instead of the regulation device 1, another device (such as a destination floor registration device, etc., not limited to one having a gate) is provided at the entry point Xs. may be installed. In this case, the first face information acquisition unit 21 and the first display unit 31 are provided in association with each other device.

The above-described embodiments and modifications should be considered to be illustrative in all respects and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is indicated by the claims rather than the above-described embodiments and modifications. Furthermore, the scope of the present invention is intended to include all changes within the meaning and range of equivalence of the claims.

Furthermore, from the above-described embodiments and modifications, the subject matter of the invention is not limited to the elevator control system, but also devices constituting the control system, control processes and programs executed by the control system, etc. or some of them may be partially extracted. Further, part or all of the configuration of an elevator to which the control system is applied may be extracted as a subject of the invention.

1 Regulation device 2 Information acquisition device 3 Display device 4 Security management device 5 Group management control device 6 Destination floor registration device Q Recording medium 11 Reading section 12 Opening/closing control section 21 First face information acquisition section 22A, 22B Second face information acquisition section 31 First display section 32A, 32B Second display section 41, 51 Storage section 42, 52 Control section 61 Reading section 62 Registration section Dr Information management data Fg, Fh Installation floor Fs Departure floor Ft Destination floor Jt Registration department Ld, Le Distance Pi Identification information Pk Car information Pm Information in charge Rt Ratio Sx, Sy Failure notification command Td Actual value Te Predicted value Tx Elapsed time Vd Walking speed Xs Entry points t1, t2 Photographing time tx Current time 421 Authentication processing section 422 Selection processing section 423 Acquisition processing unit 424 Transmission processing unit 521 Information recording processing unit 522 Call registration processing unit Dp1 First correspondence management data Dp2 Second correspondence management data Dq1 First device management data Dq2 Second device management data Dq3 Third device management data EvA 1st Elevator EvB Second elevator Ftd Default floor Fte Alighting permitted floor Pf1 First face information Pf2 Second face information Pft Target face information Pr1, Pr2 Reception information Pr4, Pr5, Pr6 Reception information Pwg Gate information Pwh Panel information Pxg, Pxh Reader information Py1 , Py2 Camera information Pyt Target camera information Pz1, Pz2 Monitor information Sg1 Gate open command Sg2 Gate close command XtA, XtB Passing point

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Including a first elevator and a second elevator, an entrance point through which users pass to reach these landings is provided on a specific floor, and the landing of the first elevator is located from the entrance point to the second elevator. It is a control system that can be applied to the configuration of an elevator installed in the middle of the route to the elevator landing,
an information management data and call registration processing unit included in each of the first elevator and the second elevator;
a first facial information acquisition unit that acquires facial information of each user who has passed through the entrance point as first facial information;
a destination floor acquisition unit that acquires the destination floor of each user who passes through the entry point;
A call registration process that acquires facial information of each user who passes through a passing point on the route from the entry point to the landing of the first elevator, and uses it as second facial information to be included in the first elevator. and obtain facial information of each user who passed through a passing point on the route from the first elevator landing to the second elevator landing, and use it as second facial information. a second face information acquisition unit that transmits to a call registration processing unit included in the second elevator;
Included in either the first elevator or the second elevator based on the destination floor of the target user acquired by the destination floor acquisition unit, with each user passing through the entrance point as the target user. a selection processing unit that selects the call registration processing unit as a registration department in charge of executing call registration for the target user;
a transmission processing unit that transmits the first face information and the destination floor of the target user to the registration unit in charge of call registration for the target user;
Equipped with
In each of the first elevator and the second elevator, the call registration processing unit:
When selected by the selection processing unit as the registration department for the target user and receiving the first face information and the destination floor of the target user from the transmission processing unit, Recording in the information management data with mutually associated information,
After that, when the second face information of each user is received from the second face information acquisition unit, the second face information matches the second face information of the first face information recorded in the information management data. If the target face information is searched and the target face information is found, the use specified by the target face information is performed using the destination floor that is associated with the target face information in the information management data. An elevator control system that performs call registration for people. When performing call registration for the user identified by the target face information, the call registration processing unit calculates the actual measured value of the walking time from the entry point to the passing point that the user passed at that time. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein a predicted value of the walking time of the user from the passing point to the landing area is estimated based on the actual measured value, and the call registration is performed in consideration of the predicted value. Control system of the elevator described. When performing call registration for the user identified by the target face information, the call registration processing unit calculates the actual measured value of the walking time from the entry point to the passing point that the user passed at that time. Based on the measured value, a predicted value of the walking time of the user from the passing point to the platform is estimated, and the call registration is performed after waiting for the time of the predicted value to elapse. The elevator control system according to claim 1.

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