JPH0748076A - Group controller for elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To realize the fine service performance by installing a plurality of supposed individuallization control methods in correspondence with each traffic demand in a building or each time range and selecting the control method on the basis of the present state. CONSTITUTION:A group controller 10 receives the signal supplied from a landing call registering device 11 on each floor and the signal supplied from a building management device 12, and outputs the signals into the landing display device 13 of all elevators at the landing. Further, into the group controller 10, the instruction supplied from a set device 2 in the individual control method for each fundamental traffic demand or each time range is transmitted through a line 6. The group controller 10 possesses each program for operation control, traffic demand judgement, and communication, and selects the operation parameter corresponding to the traffic demand at present, and carries out the group control such as landing call allotment processing. The No. machine controllers 20-22 carry out the traveling control for the cars 30-32 of the respective elevators and the door opening/closing control according to the instruction of the group controller 10, and carries out the control for information devices 15 and 16.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an elevator group management control device, and more particularly, to an elevator group management control device for controlling an elevator by selecting a personalization control method according to traffic demand or time zone. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional technique relating to an elevator group management control device, for example, a technique described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-64583 is known.

This prior art possesses a plurality of control methods and selectively uses the control methods depending on the conditions. Predetermined parameters necessary for group management control are classified by building use and common by each building. According to the purpose of the building, which is separately owned and is used for the building to which the group management control elevator system is delivered, the parameters are retrieved, and the elevator is actually operated by the group management control using the parameters.

[0004]

As a control method in the elevator group management control device, it is desirable to use a method corresponding to the usage situation of the elevator in the building. Elevator usage status refers to the flow pattern of people using the elevator in the building, the probability of elevator stoppage on each floor, the door opening time, etc. It needs to be reflected.

A method of group management control according to the above-mentioned prior art is as follows.
Elevator group management control is performed using parameters according to the building application. Parameter selection is performed for each building application, and different elevator group management control is performed for each building application. .

For this reason, the above-mentioned conventional technique has a problem that the elevator control method cannot be determined if the control method cannot be uniquely determined from the use of the building. Since it is fixed by each building, it is not possible to meet the demand from the elevator administrator to use a special group management control method at a specific time, and there is a problem that the control flexibility is lacking. is doing.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and to change the elevator individualization control method according to the traffic demand or time zone in the building to realize a fine-tuned service. An object of the present invention is to provide a group management control device for elevators.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an elevator group management control device in which an elevator administrator or user can easily select an individualization control method by simply selecting only an individualization target. To provide.

[0009]

According to the present invention, the object is to provide a plurality of individualization control methods assumed in elevator group management control in advance in correspondence with each traffic demand or time zone in a building, This is achieved by selecting one of those control methods based on the determination result of the means for determining the current traffic demand or time zone.

[0010]

The present invention judges whether or not there is an individualization target set in the time zone judged from the current time, and if there is an individualization target set in the current time zone, An individualization control parameter group (hereinafter referred to as an operation parameter) group corresponding to the target setting belonging to the traffic demand is selected and the elevator group management control is executed. As a result, it is possible to realize unique elevator operation control that matches the purpose of the building and that matches the time zone and traffic demand of the building.

The present invention also provides an elevator administrator,
The user can be allowed to select only the individualization target, and thus the individualization control method can be easily selected.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of an elevator group management control device according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. In addition,
One embodiment of the present invention described below is an embodiment in which the individualization control method is selected for each traffic demand, but the present invention is similarly performed when the individualization control method is selected for each time zone. be able to.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a software configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a software table configuration. 4, FIG. 4 is a flow chart for explaining the overall processing operation of an embodiment of the present invention by the operation control program, FIG. 5 is a flow chart for explaining the processing operation when the control method is selected for each time zone, and FIG. 6 is for the control method. FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the processing operation when selecting in consideration of both the time zone and the traffic demand, FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the operation parameter selection processing, and FIG. 8 is for selecting the individualization control method. The figure which shows the structure of the data table used, FIG. 9 is a figure explaining an example of the data table which stores the operating parameter according to the individualization control method, and FIG. It is a flowchart for explaining the operation of Le call assignment process. 1 to 3, 1 is an elevator control device, 2 is a control method setting device, 10 is a group management control device, 11 is a hall call registration device on each floor, 12 is a building management device, 13 is a hall display device, and 15 and 16 are shown. Is an alarm device, 20 to 22 are unit control devices, 30 to 32 are cars, CP10 is an operation control program, CP20 is a traffic demand determination program, CP30 is a communication program, and CT1.
1 is an operation parameter table, CT 12 is an elevator control data table, CT 13 is a hall call table,
CT14 is an elevator specification table.

The elevator control device 1 to which the present invention is applied is composed of a group management control device 10 and number control devices 20 to 22 for controlling the elevators of each number, and is constituted by a known microcomputer control system. You can

The group management control device 10 receives a signal from the hall call registration device 11 on each floor, a signal from the building management device 12, and outputs a signal to the hall display device 13 of all elevators in the hall. Unit control device 2
Indicated by 0 to 22 are instructions 15 from the group management control device 10 that perform traveling control of the elevator cars 30 to 32 of each elevator and door opening / closing control, and provide various information in the car 15.
Also, the alarm 16 is controlled in the hall for each elevator such as hall lantern and chime.

Further, a command from the setting device 2 of the individualization control method for each basic traffic demand or each time zone is transmitted to the group management control device 10 through the line 6.

As shown in FIG. 2, the software of the group supervisory control device 10 comprises an operation control program CP10, a traffic demand determination program CP20, and a communication program CP30.

The operation control program CP10 selects an operation parameter corresponding to the current traffic demand from the operation parameter table CT11 based on the determination result of the traffic demand determination program CP20. Then, this program CP10 performs group management control such as hall call allocation processing according to the selected operation parameter. In addition, the operation control program CP10, as other input information, the elevator control data table CT12, such as the elevator position, direction, and car call floor, which are transmitted from the respective unit control devices 20 to 22, the hall call table CT13, and the elevator Information from the elevator specification table CT14 such as group management number is given.

The traffic demand judgment program CP20 judges the current traffic demand in the building based on the number of people getting on and off each floor, the opening time of the door, etc., and transmits the judgment result to the operation control program CP10.

In the present invention, by changing the traffic demand determination program CP20 described above to a time zone determination program, the individualization control method can be selected according to the time zone.

The communication program CP30 is a program for communicating with a control method setting device 2 provided outside the group management control device 10 in order to set a desired control method for each basic traffic demand. This communication program CP
30 is a control method setting device 2 operation control program CP
It may be unnecessary when it is configured to be integrated with 10 and the control method can be set in the group management control device 1.

The software table used in the group management controller 10 is, as described above,
Operation parameter table CT11, elevator control data table CT12, hall call table CT13,
These are tables of the elevator specification table CT14, and each of these tables is composed of each of the illustrated blocks, as shown in FIG.

In one embodiment of the present invention, different personalization control can be realized in elevator group management control by selecting different parameter combinations from the above-mentioned operation parameter table CT11. .

The variables K, J, and I in the blocks of each table shown in FIG. 3 indicate the elevator number, the hall call direction, and the hall floor floor, respectively.

In addition, the above-mentioned programs CP10 and CP
20, the CP 30 is divided into a plurality of tasks, and is managed under a system program that performs efficient control, that is, an operating system (OS). Therefore, these programs can be freely started by starting from the system timer or starting from another program.

Next, the overall operation of the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above will be described with reference to the flow for explaining the processing operation of the operation control program CP10 shown in FIG.

(1) The operation control program CP10 is started after power-on or restart, and first executes initial processing which is initial processing such as clear processing of the elevator control data table CT12 (step D).
CP10).

(2) Next, a hall call for all floors is input, the hall call table CT13 is set and reset, and an instruction to turn on / off the response lamp for the hall call is output (step). DCP20).

(3) The communication data from the control device of the No. 3 machine is stored in the elevator control data table CT12 (step DCP30).

(4) The current traffic demand is determined and the corresponding individualization control operating parameter is selected to determine the individualization control method for group management control (step DCP).
40, DCP50).

(5) Next, an actual hall call allocation process is performed by using the operation parameters selected in step DCP50 (step DCP60).

(6) Guidance notification processing such as current control contents, elevator services such as arrival guidance, and building guidance information from the building management device 12 is performed (step DCP).
70).

(7) Finally, other processing required for elevator control not directly related to the present invention is executed (step DCP80).

Steps DCP20 to DCP8 described above
The process of 0 is repeatedly executed until the power is down or a program abnormality occurs, and elevator group management control is executed.

Although the processing operation of the operation control program CP10 according to the embodiment of the present invention described above selects the control method according to the traffic demand, the present invention can select the control method for each time zone. .

The processing operation of the operation control program CP10 in this case is the flow chart shown in FIG. In this case, since the operating parameter is selected according to the time zone, as shown in FIG. 5, the step DCP40 for determining the traffic demand in FIG.
You can change it to 41.

Further, according to the present invention, the control method can be selected in consideration of the time zone and the traffic demand. The processing operation of the operation control program CP10 in this case is the flowchart shown in FIG.

In this process, an individualization target is selected for each time zone, and an individualization control method is selected from the individualization target and the current traffic demand. The difference from the case of FIG. 4 is as follows. It is a point.

That is, in this case, the step DCP 40
In the process of step DCP42 added after that, the individualization target is selected from the determination of the time zone and the determination result, and the step DCP50 is performed.
Selects the individualization control method from the traffic demand and individualization target.

Next, with reference to the flow chart shown in FIG. 7, the control method selection processing in step DCP50 shown in FIGS. 4 to 6 will be described. In the illustrated example, three methods are listed as the selection methods of the individualization control method. These methods are for each traffic demand, for each time zone, and for each combination of individualization target and traffic demand by time zone. The illustrated flow is configured so as to be able to handle all of these three cases.

(1) When this process is started, it is first checked whether or not the time zone is set, and if the time zone is not set, the above-mentioned step DCP40 is executed.
Individualization control is determined only from the traffic demand determined in (step DCP501, DCP505).

(2) If it is determined in step DCP 501 that the time zone has been set, it is checked whether or not the individualization target is set. Individualization control is determined only from the time zone determined in step DCP41 (step DCP5
02, DCP504).

(3) If the individualization target is set in the determination in step DCP502, the individualization is performed by the combination of the traffic demand determined in step DCP40 and the individualization target selected in step DCP42. The control is determined (step DCP503).

(4) Step DCP503, DCP50
4. The operation parameter is determined according to the individualization control method determined by the DCP 505 (step DCP 506).

Next, the above-mentioned step DCP503, D
The configuration of the data table used in the process of selecting the individualization control method for the CP 504 and DCP 505 will be described with reference to FIG. The tables shown in FIG. 8 may be provided in the operation control program CP10, or
It may be connected to the operation control program CP10 as another table.

FIG. 8A is an example of a data table used when selecting an individualization control method for each traffic demand. A traffic demand number and an individualization control method number corresponding to the number are paired. It is a stored table. When the traffic demand is determined, the personalization control method number corresponding to the traffic demand number can be obtained by referring to this table, and thus the personalization control method is selected.

FIG. 8B is an example of a data table used when selecting the individualization control method for each time zone, and the time zone number and the individualization control method number corresponding to the number are paired. It is a stored table. When the time zone is determined, the personalization control method number corresponding to the time zone number can be obtained by referring to this table, and the personalization control method is selected.

FIGS. 8 (c) and 8 (d) are examples of data tables used when selecting the individualization control method in consideration of the combination of the individualization target for each time zone and the traffic demand. Yes, FIG. 8C is a table in which time zone numbers and individualization target numbers corresponding to the numbers are stored as a pair. Further, FIG. 8D is a two-dimensional array format table in which individualization control method numbers are stored in association with combinations of individualization target numbers and traffic demand numbers.

When selecting an individualization control method using these tables, first, based on the determined time zone, the individualization target number set for each time zone according to FIG. 8C. Select. Next, the individualization control method is selected from the individualization target selected in FIG. 8C and the traffic demand determined in accordance with the two-dimensional array table in FIG. 8D. For example, when the individualization target number is 4 and the traffic demand number is 3, the method of number (4) is selected as the individualization control method.

Depending on the traffic demand, it may be impossible to select the individualization control from the characteristics, that is, it may be impossible to change the individualization control. In such a case, the individualization control method number is selected wholly or partially the same regardless of the individualization target. In addition, even if the same individualization target is selected, the individualization target may not be realized unless a different individualization control method is selected depending on traffic demand, so the individualization control method numbers may differ.

Specifically, the traffic demand numbers 1 to 8 are, for example, traffic demands when commuting to work, traffic demands when leaving work, traffic demands during the first half of lunch, traffic demands during the latter half of lunch, traffic demands during quiet hours, traffic demands during normal times, etc. Represents Further, the time zone numbers 1 to 8 are specifically, for example, the working hours, the first half of the lunch, the second half of the lunch, the off hours, the normal hours, etc., peculiar to the building to which the group management control device is delivered. Represents

Specifically, the individualization target is, for example, emphasis on hall call duration (waiting time), importance on car call duration, importance on congestion in the car, importance on passenger ratio, importance on transportation capacity, importance on energy saving effect, Reservation change rate is important, pass rate is important, immediate reservation rate is important, and a plurality of the above items are important at the same time.

Further, the individualization control method is specifically, hall call duration (waiting time) -oriented control, car call duration-oriented control, in-car congestion degree-oriented control, passenger ratio-oriented control, transportation capacity-oriented control. , Energy-saving effect-oriented control,
Reservation change rate priority control, passing rate priority control, immediate reservation rate priority control, standard control, and the like.

FIG. 9 shows an example of a data table that stores operating parameters corresponding to individualization control method numbers. Such a table corresponds to the individualization control method, is prepared in the number corresponding to the individualization control method, and is configured in the form of the table CT11 shown in FIG. 3 as a whole.
The contents of the table are a plurality of types of operation parameters and their specification values.

Therefore, the step DCP5 described with reference to FIG.
03, DCP504, DCP505, when the individualization control method number is determined, in step DCP506, the data table of the target number is selected from the plurality of data tables as shown in FIG. 9, and from the selected data table,
A plurality of operation parameter values required by the operation control program CP10 shown in FIG. 2 are selected.

Next, with reference to the flow shown in FIG. 10, the hall call allocation processing in the above-mentioned step DCP60 of FIGS. 4 to 6 will be described.

(1) First, in order to sequentially perform hall call allocation processing for all floors of ascent and descent, initialization of loop variables (direction Jn, floor In) between direction and floor is performed (step HCSP10). ).

(2) Next, it is determined whether or not there is an allocation request hall call in the loop. This determination may be a determination as to whether or not there is a newly generated hall call, or simply a determination as to whether or not a call has been registered (step HCSP20).

(3) If there is a call allocation request in the judgment of step HCSP20, a hall call allocation elevator selection process is performed (step HCSP30).

(4) After the processing of step HCSP30 is completed, or in the determination of step HCSP20, if there is no call allocation request, it is checked whether the processing for all floors is completed, and if it is completed, The process ends. If the processing is not completed, the loop variable (J
(n, In) is updated, the process returns to the processing of step HCSP20, and the determination of HCSP20 and the allocation processing of HCSP30 are repeatedly executed until the processing for all floors is completed (steps HCSP40, HCSP50).

The above-described one embodiment of the present invention has been described as automatically selecting the individualization control method for each traffic demand, each time zone, or each combination thereof. The user and the user can be made to select only the individualization target, and thus the individualization control method can be selected more easily.

According to the above-described embodiment of the present invention, since the elevator control method can be changed according to the traffic demand in the building or the time of day, a highly flexible and detailed service can be realized. Can

[0063]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to optimally select the individualization control according to the use of the building in accordance with the traffic demand or the time zone in the building, and to achieve flexibility. It is possible to provide highly detailed and detailed service.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a software configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a software table configuration.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating the overall processing operation of an embodiment of the present invention by an operation control program.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a processing operation when a control method is selected for each time zone.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a processing operation when a control method is selected in consideration of both a time zone and traffic demand.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of operation parameter selection processing.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration of a data table used for selecting an individualization control method.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data table storing operation parameters according to an individualization control method.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of hall call allocation processing.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Elevator control device 2 Control method setting device 10 Group management control device 11 Hall call registration device on each floor 12 Building management device 13 Landing display device 15, 16 Alarm device 20-22 Unit control device 30-32 Car cage CP10 Operation control program CP20 Traffic Demand judgment program CP30 Communication program CT11 Operation parameter table CT12 Elevator control data table CT13 Hall call table CT14 Elevator specification table

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An elevator group management control device for controlling the operation of a plurality of elevators working on a plurality of floors by a predetermined control method, and having a plurality of individualization control methods, and showing the current traffic demand situation. An elevator group management control device, which detects and selects one of the plurality of individualization control methods corresponding to the detected traffic demand, and controls the operation of the elevator using the control method. 2. An elevator group management control device for controlling the operation of a plurality of elevators working on a plurality of floors by a predetermined control method, having a plurality of individualization control methods and detecting a current time zone. An elevator group management control device, wherein one of the plurality of personalization control methods is selected in accordance with the detected time zone, and the elevator operation is controlled using the selected control method. 3. An elevator group management control device for controlling the operation of a plurality of elevators working on a plurality of floors by a predetermined control method, having a plurality of individualization targets and a plurality of individualization control methods. Detecting the current traffic demand situation and the current time zone, selecting one of the plurality of individualization targets corresponding to the detected current time zone, and selecting the selected individualization target and the detection. An elevator group management control device, wherein one of the plurality of individualization control methods is selected according to the traffic demand, and the elevator operation is controlled using the selected control method. 4. The elevator control method, wherein each of the plurality of personalization control methods is a control method of an elevator that realizes a control that emphasizes at least one of a plurality of evaluation items in a group management control device. The elevator group management control device according to 1, 2, or 3. 5. The individualization target according to claim 3, wherein each of the plurality of individualization targets represents a control target of control in which at least one of the plurality of evaluation items in the group management control device is emphasized. 4. The elevator group management control device according to 4. 6. Each of the plurality of evaluation items includes a hall call duration, a car call duration, a congestion degree in a car, a passenger rate, a maximum number of people in a car per elevator, a transportation capacity of an elevator, and a reservation change. 6. The elevator group management control device according to claim 4 or 5, which is a rate, a passing rate on a floor with a hall call, an immediate reservation rate, power consumption, or the like.