WO2021191981A1

WO2021191981A1 - Elevator system

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Publication number: WO2021191981A1
Application number: PCT/JP2020/012773
Authority: WO
Inventors: 堀　淳志; 健二谷山; 直彦鈴木
Original assignee: 三菱電機株式会社
Priority date: 2020-03-23
Filing date: 2020-03-23
Publication date: 2021-09-30

Abstract

Provided is an elevator system that can assign calls from users who are utilizing the elevator system in group, without requiring a user operation to specify the number of people in the group. The elevator system (1) comprises a travel trajectory acquisition unit (8), a group determination unit (9), a number-of-people determination unit (10), and an elevator control unit (5). The travel trajectory acquisition unit (8) obtains information about the travel trajectory of each user (3) on the basis of position information for each user (3). The group determination unit (9) determines a group that will travel to the destination floor with a user that has entered a destination floor from a boarding platform operation panel (2), on the basis of information about the travel trajectory of each user (3). The number-of-people determination unit (10) determines the number of people that will travel to the destination floor entered by the user, on the basis of the determined group. The elevator control unit (5) will assign a call from a user who has specified a destination floor to one of the cars (4), on the basis of the determination results from the number-of-people determination unit (10).

Description

Elevator system

This disclosure relates to an elevator system.

Patent Document 1 discloses an example of a system that assigns calls to users who use elevators in a group. In the system, the destination floor of the call of the group and the number of people in the group are specified by operating the button of the representative of the group. In the system, calls are assigned based on the number of people in the specified group.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2017-7794

However, in the system of Patent Document 1, there is a possibility that the representative of the group performs the calling operation without specifying the number of people in the group. In this case, a car that can be boarded by a group may not be assigned.

This disclosure relates to the solution of such problems. The present disclosure provides an elevator system to which the call of a user who uses a group can be assigned without the operation of a user who specifies the number of people in the group.

The elevator system according to the present disclosure includes a movement locus acquisition means for acquiring information on each movement locus of a plurality of users based on the position information of each of the plurality of users, and a first use among the plurality of users. Based on the destination floor input means that accepts the operation of inputting the first destination floor, which is the destination floor of the person, and the information of the movement locus of each of the plurality of users acquired by the movement locus acquisition means, the first user together with the first user. A group determination means for determining a group to move to the destination floor, a number determination means for determining the number of people moving to the first destination floor based on the group determined by the group determination means, and a plurality of people based on the determination result of the number determination means. It is provided with an allocation means for assigning a call that specifies the first destination floor to any of the cars.

The elevator system according to the present disclosure is a plurality of users based on the position information of each of a plurality of users including the first user who has performed an operation of inputting the first destination floor, which is the destination floor, from the destination floor input means. A group that moves to the first destination floor together with the first user based on the movement locus acquisition means for acquiring the information of each movement locus and the movement locus information of each of the plurality of users acquired by the movement locus acquisition means. A group determination means for determining the number of people to move to the first destination floor based on the group determined by the group determination means, and a plurality of cars based on the determination result of the number determination means. The first line is provided with an allocation means for assigning a designated call to the destination floor.

In the elevator system according to the present disclosure, the call of the user who uses the group can be assigned without the operation of the user who specifies the number of people in the group.

It is a block diagram of the elevator system which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the group determination by the group determination unit which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the group determination by the group determination unit which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the group determination by the group determination unit which concerns on the 1st modification of Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the operation of the elevator system which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the operation of the elevator system which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a hardware block diagram of the main part of the elevator system which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a block diagram of the elevator system which concerns on Embodiment 2. FIG. It is a block diagram of the elevator system which concerns on Embodiment 3.

The mode for carrying out this disclosure will be described with reference to the attached drawings. In each figure, the same or corresponding parts are designated by the same reference numerals, and duplicate description will be appropriately simplified or omitted.

Embodiment 1.
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an elevator system 1 according to the first embodiment.

The elevator system 1 is applied to, for example, a building having a plurality of floors. In the building, a hoistway (not shown in FIG. 1) is provided. The hoistway is a vertically long space that spans multiple floors. Each of the plurality of floors is provided with a landing (not shown in FIG. 1). A plurality of landing doors (not shown in FIG. 1) are provided at the landing on each floor. Each landing door is a door that separates the landing and hoistway. The landing operation panel 2 is a device that accepts the operation of the user 3 at the landing. The operation accepted by the landing operation panel 2 is, for example, a landing call operation for designating the destination floor. The landing operation panel 2 accepts an operation of inputting the destination floor of the user 3 using, for example, a touch panel. The landing operation panel 2 is an example of a destination floor input means.

The elevator system 1 includes a plurality of cages 4 and an elevator control unit 5. Each car 4 is provided in the hoistway. Each car 4 is a device for transporting a user 3 or the like between a plurality of floors by traveling in a vertical direction on a hoistway. Each car 4 corresponds to one of the landing doors at the landing on each floor. The car 4 includes a car door (not shown). The car door opens and closes in conjunction with the corresponding landing door at the landing on the floor so that the user 3 can get on and off the car 4 when the car 4 is stopped on any floor. It is a device to do. The elevator control unit 5 is a part that controls the operation of the elevator system 1. The elevator control unit 5 includes, for example, a plurality of control panels (not shown) that control the operation of each car 4. The elevator control unit 5 includes, for example, a group management device that assigns a call to each car 4. The elevator control unit 5 is an example of the allocation means.

The elevator system 1 includes a presentation unit 6. The presentation unit 6 is provided, for example, at the landing on each floor. The presentation unit 6 is a portion that presents information to the user 3. The presentation unit 6 includes, for example, a display that presents information by visual display. Alternatively, the presentation unit 6 may include, for example, a speaker that presents information by voice. The presentation unit 6 is an example of the presentation means.

The elevator system 1 includes a position information acquisition unit 7, a movement locus acquisition unit 8, a group determination unit 9, a number determination unit 10, and a storage unit 11. A part or all of the position information acquisition unit 7, the movement locus acquisition unit 8, the group determination unit 9, the number determination unit 10, and the storage unit 11 are provided, for example, in the control panel or group management device of the elevator control unit 5, or in the building. It may be installed in a server computer or the like.

The position information acquisition unit 7 is a part that acquires the position information of each of the plurality of users 3 who use the elevator system 1. The position information acquisition unit 7 includes, for example, a plurality of cameras (not shown). Multiple cameras are placed on each floor. The plurality of cameras include, for example, a camera that captures a landing on each floor. The plurality of cameras include, for example, a camera that captures a route leading to a landing on each floor. The plurality of cameras include, for example, a camera that photographs a room on each floor. The position information acquisition unit 7 acquires the position information of each user 3 by recognizing the image captured by each camera. The position information of the user 3 is acquired based on, for example, the position of the camera that captured the user 3. In this example, the position information acquisition unit 7 is equipped with a function of identifying each user 3 by, for example, face recognition.

The movement locus acquisition unit 8 is a part that acquires information on the movement locus of each user 3. The information on the movement locus of the user 3 is, for example, a plurality of continuously acquired position information of the user 3. The information on the movement locus of the user 3 may be, for example, time-series data including a plurality of position information of the user 3 acquired periodically at regular time intervals. The movement locus is acquired, for example, while the user 3 moves on the same floor. The movement locus acquisition unit 8 acquires the movement locus information based on the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit 7, for example. The movement locus acquisition unit 8 is an example of the movement locus acquisition means.

The group determination unit 9 is a part that determines a group of users 3 who move to a common destination floor. The group determination unit 9 determines whether or not each user 3 is a group, for example, based on the movement locus of each user 3 acquired by the movement locus acquisition unit 8. The group determination unit 9 is an example of a group determination means.

The number of people determination unit 10 is a part that determines the number of people to move to the same destination floor. The number of people determination unit 10 makes a determination based on the group determined by the group determination unit 9. The number of people determination unit 10 is an example of the number of people determination means. The number of people determined by the number-of-person determination means is used for assigning calls by the elevator control unit 5.

The storage unit 11 is a part that stores and stores information on the use of the elevator system 1 for each user 3. The storage unit 11 stores the position history DB 12, the group determination history DB 13, and the call history DB 14 (DB: DataBase). The position history DB 12 is a database that accumulates and stores a plurality of past position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit 7. The position history DB 12 may store the position information in association with the time when the position information is acquired. The position history DB 12 stores a plurality of continuously acquired position information of the user 3. The group determination history DB 13 is a database that accumulates and stores a plurality of past determination results regarding group determination by the group determination unit 9. The call history DB 14 is a database that accumulates and stores information on a plurality of past calls assigned by the elevator control unit 5. The call information stored in the call history DB 14 includes, for example, information such as the destination floor and the number of passengers. The storage unit 11 is an example of a storage means.

Subsequently, an example of group determination by the group determination unit 9 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4.
2 to 4 are diagrams showing an example of group determination by the group determination unit 9 according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 2 shows an example in which a group G1 including three users 3 uses the elevator system 1.

The location information acquisition unit 7 acquires the location information of each user 3. The position information acquisition unit 7 outputs the acquired position information to the storage unit 11. The storage unit 11 stores the input position information in the position history DB 12.

The movement locus acquisition unit 8 acquires the movement locus of each user 3 based on the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit 7. The movement locus acquisition unit 8 may acquire the movement locus by reading, for example, a plurality of continuously acquired position information from the position history DB 12. Alternatively, the movement locus acquisition unit 8 may acquire the movement locus by generating time-series data with reference to, for example, the position history DB 12.

The three users 3 of the group G1 move with them from the close position of the room or section to the landing. At this time, the movement loci of each of the three users 3 in the group G1 are similar to each other. Therefore, the group determination unit 9 can determine whether or not each user 3 is a group based on the information of the movement locus of each user 3.

Any user 3 of the group G1 performs a landing call operation to specify the destination floor by the landing operation panel 2. At this time, the user 3 does not have to input the number of people in the group G1.

The group determination unit 9 determines the group that acts together with the user 3. The group determination unit 9 performs, for example, while updating the determination of the group as needed. The group determination unit 9 moves a group that acts together with the user 3 to the destination floor of the user 3 together with the user 3, for example, when the landing call operation is performed by the user 3. Judge as. Alternatively, the group determination unit 9 may start determining a group that moves to the destination floor of the user 3 together with the user 3, for example, when a landing call operation is performed.

The group determination unit 9 determines the group based on the approach time between each user 3, for example. Here, the approach time between the users 3 is a time during which the users 3 are continuously approaching each other closer than a preset range. The approach time is calculated, for example, between two or more users 3. Since the users 3 of the group often move together, the users 3 who have a long approach time are often in a group. Therefore, the group determination unit 9 determines that the users 3 whose approach time is longer than the threshold value are a group, for example, based on the movement locus. Here, the threshold value may be a preset value. Alternatively, the threshold value may be a value that changes according to preset conditions. Alternatively, the threshold value may be a value that changes according to the result of learning based on the information accumulated and stored in the storage unit 11.

The group determination unit 9 calculates the number of people in the group that made the determination. The group determination unit 9 outputs the determination result to the storage unit 11. Here, the output determination result includes, for example, the calculated number of people in the group. The storage unit 11 stores the input determination result in the group determination history DB 13.

The number of people determination unit 10 determines the number of people to move to the destination floor specified in the landing call. The number of people determination unit 10 reads, for example, the number of people in the determined group from the group determination history DB 13. The number of people determination unit 10 determines, for example, that all the read-out number of people move to the same destination floor.

The elevator control unit 5 makes a landing call for which the destination floor is designated on the landing operation panel 2 based on the number of people determined by the number determination unit 10, and is one of a plurality of cars 4 as a call for the number of people to board the destination floor. Assign to.

FIG. 3 shows an example in which the group G2 including the other two users 3 arrives at the landing after the group G1 of FIG. 2 arrives at the landing.

The two users 3 of the group G2 move from distant positions in the room or section to the landing. The two users 3 of Group G2 meet when they arrive at the landing. At this time, the arrival times of the two users 3 of the group G2 at each landing are close to each other. Therefore, the group determination unit 9 can determine whether or not each user 3 is a group based on the information of the arrival time of each user 3 at the landing.

Any user 3 of the group G2 performs a landing call operation to specify the destination floor by the landing operation panel 2. At this time, the user 3 does not have to input the number of people in the group G2.

The group determination unit 9 determines that the users 3 whose arrival time intervals are shorter than the threshold value are groups, for example, based on the movement locus. Here, the threshold value may be a preset value. Alternatively, the threshold value may be a value that changes according to preset conditions. Alternatively, the threshold value may be a value that changes according to the result of learning based on the information accumulated and stored in the storage unit 11.

In this example, the group G1 and the group G2 are identified as separate groups in the group determination unit 9 by, for example, the approach time or the arrival time.

When the group determination unit 9 identifies the group G1 and the group G2 as separate groups, the number determination unit 10 determines the number of people to move to the destination floor of the group based on the determination result of each group.

On the other hand, multiple groups may accidentally arrive at the landing at the same time. In this case, the group determination unit 9 may determine a plurality of groups as the same group. At this time, the number of people determination unit 10 updates the destination floor and the number of people of each group based on, for example, the operation of the landing operation panel 2 performed by the representative of each group.

The elevator control unit 5 makes a landing call for which the destination floor is designated on the landing operation panel 2 based on the number of people determined by the number determination unit 10, and the elevator control unit 5 is one of a plurality of cars 4 as a call for the number of people to ride up to the destination floor. Assign to.

FIG. 4 shows an example in which a group G3 including three users 3 uses the elevator system 1.

The three users 3 of the group G3 move from a position such as around the same desk for a meeting to the landing. At this time, the positions of the starting points of the movement loci of the three users 3 of the group G3 are close to each other. Further, the departure times of the three users 3 of the group G3 are close to each other. Therefore, the group determination unit 9 can determine whether or not each user 3 is a group based on the position of the starting point and the departure time of the movement locus of each user 3. Here, the position of the starting point of the movement locus is, for example, a position where the user 3 has been stopped continuously for a longer time than a preset time. Further, the departure time of the user 3 is, for example, a time when the user 3 who has been stopped continuously for a longer time than a preset time starts moving.

Any user 3 of the group G3 performs a landing call operation for designating the destination floor using the landing operation panel 2. At this time, the user 3 does not have to input the number of people in the group G3.

The group determination unit 9 determines that the users 3 whose starting point position is closer to the threshold value and whose arrival time interval is shorter than the threshold value are groups, for example, based on the movement locus. Here, one or both of these threshold values may be preset values. Alternatively, one or both of these thresholds may be values that change according to preset conditions. Alternatively, one or both of these threshold values may be values that change according to the result of learning based on the information accumulated and stored in the storage unit 11.

Subsequently, an example of the operation of the elevator system 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6.
5 and 6 are flowcharts showing an example of the operation of the elevator system 1 according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 shows an example of the operation of the elevator system 1 related to the determination of the group.

In step S11, the position information acquisition unit 7 acquires the position information of each user 3. After that, the operation of the elevator system 1 related to the determination of the group proceeds to step S12.

In step S12, the position information acquisition unit 7 outputs the acquired position information to the storage unit 11. The storage unit 11 stores the input position information in the position history DB 12. After that, the operation of the elevator system 1 related to the determination of the group proceeds to step S13.

In step S13, the group determination unit 9 selects at least one of the plurality of users 3. For example, the group determination unit 9 may sequentially select each user 3. Alternatively, the group determination unit 9 may select the user 3 who has performed the landing call operation. The group determination unit 9 searches for a user 3 in the vicinity of the selected user 3 from among a plurality of users 3 based on, for example, position information. Here, the vicinity of the user 3 is, for example, a range in which the distance from the user 3 is shorter than the preset distance. When there is another user 3 in the vicinity of the selected user 3, the group determination unit 9 sets the selected user 3 and the other users 3 in the vicinity as the users 3 in the vicinity of each other. Extract. The group determination unit 9 may extract three or more users 3 as users 3 who are close to each other. The movement locus acquisition unit 8 acquires the movement loci of the users 3 who are close to each other. After that, the operation of the elevator system 1 related to the determination of the group proceeds to step S14.

In step S14, the group determination unit 9 determines the group of the users 3 extracted as being in the vicinity of each other. The determination by the group determination unit 9 is performed based on, for example, the position of the departure point, the departure time, the approach time, the arrival time, and the like. The group determination unit 9 may make a determination by combining a plurality of conditions. Alternatively, the group determination unit 9 may switch a plurality of conditions to make a determination. When the group determination unit 9 determines that a part or all of the extracted users 3 is a group, the operation of the elevator system 1 related to the determination of the group proceeds to step S15. On the other hand, when the group determination unit 9 determines that none of the extracted users 3 are in the group, the operation of the elevator system 1 related to the determination of the group proceeds to step S11.

In step S15, the group determination unit 9 calculates the number of groups determined based on the movement locus. After that, the operation of the elevator system 1 related to the determination of the group proceeds to step S16.

In step S16, the group determination outputs the determination result including the calculated number of people in the group to the storage unit 11. The storage unit 11 stores the input determination result in the group determination history DB 13. After that, the operation of the elevator system 1 related to the determination of the group proceeds to step S11.

FIG. 6 shows an example of the operation of the elevator system 1 related to the determination of the number of people for a call with any floor as the departure floor.

In step S21, the elevator control unit 5 determines whether or not it is within a preset time after the car door of any car 4 is closed on the departure floor. For example, when there is no car 4 that responds to the departure floor, none of the cars 4 is stopped at the departure floor, so the elevator control unit 5 sets the determination result to No. For example, when the car 4 responding to the departure floor has not arrived, the elevator control unit 5 sets the determination result to No. For example, when the car 4 stopped on the departure floor is open, the elevator control unit 5 sets the determination result to No. As described above, when the determination result is No, the operation of the elevator system 1 related to the determination of the number of people proceeds to step S22. On the other hand, when the determination result is Yes, the operation of the elevator system 1 related to the determination of the number of people proceeds to step S26.

In step S22, the elevator control unit 5 determines whether or not an operation for inputting the destination floor has been performed on the landing operation panel 2 or the like on the departure floor. When the determination result is No, the operation of the elevator system 1 related to the determination of the number of people proceeds to step S21. When the determination result is Yes, the operation of the elevator system 1 related to the determination of the number of people proceeds to step S23.

In step S23, the group determination unit 9 determines whether the user 3 who has performed the operation of inputting the destination floor is included in the group in which the destination floor has already been registered. When the determination result is No, the operation of the elevator system 1 related to the determination of the number of people proceeds to step S24. When the determination result is Yes, the operation of the elevator system 1 related to the determination of the number of people proceeds to step S25.

In step S24, the number of people determination unit 10 reads the determination result of the group determination unit 9 for the user 3 who has input the destination floor from the group determination history DB 13. The number of people determination unit 10 determines the number of people moving to the destination floor as all the number of people in the group of the user 3 based on the read determination result. The number of people determination unit 10 outputs the determined number of people to the elevator control unit 5. The elevator control unit 5 assigns the call of the user 3 to any of the plurality of cars 4 as a call for the input number of people to board the destination floor. After that, the operation of the elevator system 1 related to the determination of the number of people proceeds to step S21.

In step S25, the number of people determination unit 10 updates the number of people in the group including the user 3 who has performed the operation of inputting the destination floor. The number determination unit 10 divides, for example, the number of people in a group whose destination floor has already been registered into the number of people who move to the already registered destination floor and the number of people who move to the newly input destination floor. The number of people determination unit 10 divides, for example, only one of the users 3 who newly input the destination floor as the number of people to move to the destination floor. Alternatively, the number determination unit 10 may divide the number of people in the group in which the destination floor has already been registered, for example, into equal parts. Alternatively, the number determination unit 10 may divide the number of people in the group in which the destination floor has already been registered, for example, based on the result of learning based on the information accumulated and stored by the storage unit 11. The learning at this time is performed by a method such as machine learning. The number of people determination unit 10 outputs the information of the divided number of people to the elevator control unit 5. The elevator control unit 5 updates the number of people to move to the already registered destination floor based on the input number of people. Further, the elevator control unit 5 assigns the call of the user 3 who has newly input the destination floor to one of the plurality of cars 4 as a call for the divided number of people to board the destination floor. The elevator control unit 5 may assign the registered destination floor call and the newly input destination floor call to the same car 4. After that, the operation of the elevator system 1 related to the determination of the number of people proceeds to step S21.

In step S26, the number determination unit 10 determines whether the user 3 remains in the car 4 at the landing on the departure floor, for example, based on the information on the movement locus of the user 3 determined to be included in the group. To judge. When the determination result is No, the operation of the elevator system 1 related to the determination of the number of people proceeds to step S21. When the determination result is Yes, the operation of the elevator system 1 related to the determination of the number of people proceeds to step S27.

In step S27, the presentation unit 6 presents information prompting the user 3 remaining at the landing on the departure floor to input the destination floor by the landing operation panel 2 or the like. The presentation unit 6 presents information by, for example, characters or images displayed on a display, voice announcements by speakers, or the like. After that, the operation of the elevator system 1 related to the determination of the number of people proceeds to step S21.

In step S27, the elevator control unit 5 estimates the destination floor of the user 3 remaining at the landing on the departure floor, for example, based on the result of learning based on the information accumulated and stored by the storage unit 11. You may. For example, the elevator control unit 5 estimates the past destination floor as the destination floor of the user 3 when the destination floors used by the user 3 in the past are accumulated in the call history DB 14 or the like. At this time, the elevator control unit 5 assigns a landing call for designating the estimated destination floor to any of the plurality of cars 4. In addition, the presentation unit 6 may present to the user 3 information indicating that the call based on the estimation has been assigned to any of the cars 4.

Further, the location information of the user 3 may be acquired by the mobile terminal possessed by the user 3. The mobile terminal may be, for example, a portable information terminal such as a smartphone or a tablet computer, or a wireless tag. The mobile terminal acquires position information by a satellite navigation system such as GPS (Global Positioning System). Alternatively, the mobile terminal may acquire position information by autonomous navigation such as PDR (Pedestrian Dead Reckoning). Alternatively, the mobile terminal may acquire the position information by an indoor positioning system using a wireless sign according to a wireless standard such as IEEE802.5.1. The mobile terminal may acquire location information by combining a plurality of methods. The mobile terminal outputs the acquired position information to the elevator system 1 by wireless communication.

Further, the mobile terminal possessed by the user 3 may acquire the information of the movement locus of the user 3 based on the position information acquired by the mobile terminal itself. The mobile terminal outputs the acquired movement locus information to the elevator system 1 by wireless communication. At this time, the position information acquisition unit 7 acquires the information of the movement locus of the user 3 based on the input from the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal may periodically output information on the movement locus. The mobile terminal may output information on the movement locus when the user 3 enters the landing in the elevator system 1.

In addition, the user 3 may perform a call operation for designating the destination floor from his / her mobile terminal. At this time, the departure floor of the call of the user 3 may be estimated based on, for example, the position information of the user 3. Alternatively, the departure floor of the call of the user 3 may be input by the user 3 together with the destination floor. The mobile terminal outputs the input call information to the elevator system 1 by wireless communication. At this time, the mobile terminal is an example of the destination floor input means.

Further, the group determination unit 9 may determine the group based on the information accumulated and stored in the storage unit 11, for example. For example, in the group determination history DB 13 or the like, the determination results of determining several users 3 as a group may be accumulated. At this time, the group determination unit 9 again determines the users 3 whose movement loci have been acquired as a group when all or some of the movement loci of the several users 3 have been acquired.

Further, the elevator system 1 may be applied to an elevator outside the building. The elevator system 1 may be applied to an elevator provided outdoors.

As described above, the elevator system 1 according to the first embodiment includes a movement locus acquisition unit 8, a landing operation panel 2, a group determination unit 9, a number determination unit 10, and an elevator control unit 5. Be prepared. The movement locus acquisition unit 8 acquires the information on the movement locus of each user 3 based on the position information of each user 3. The landing operation panel 2 accepts an operation for inputting the first destination floor. The first destination floor is the destination floor of the first user. The first user is the user 3 who has performed an operation of inputting the first destination floor from the landing operation panel 2 among the plurality of users 3. The group determination unit 9 determines a group to move to the first destination floor together with the first user based on the information of the movement locus of each user 3 acquired by the movement locus acquisition unit 8. The number of people determination unit 10 determines the number of people to move to the first destination floor based on the group determined by the group determination unit 9. The elevator control unit 5 assigns a call of the first user who has designated the first destination floor to any of the plurality of cars 4 based on the determination result of the number of people determination unit 10.

As a result, the group including the user 3 who inputs the destination floor is determined based on the movement locus. The number of people moving to the destination floor is determined based on the determined group. Therefore, the call of the user 3 who uses the group can be assigned without the operation of the user 3 who specifies the number of people in the group. Further, since the determination of the group is performed based on the movement trajectories related to each other among the members of the group, the determination of the group is accurately determined.

Further, the group determination unit 9 determines a group to move to the first destination floor together with the first user based on the approach time between each user 3. Further, the group determination means determines a group to move to the first destination floor together with the first user based on the arrival time of each user 3 at the landing on the departure floor of the call.

Group members often move with each other, so the group can be judged by the approach time. Since the determination of the group is made based on the approach time between the members of the group, the determination of the group is made more accurately. Since the members of the group often join and move before arriving at the landing, the group can be judged by the arrival time at the landing. Since the judgment of the group is made based on the arrival times of each other among the members of the group, the judgment of the group is judged more accurately.

Further, the elevator system 1 includes a presentation unit 6. When the car 4 to which the call is assigned by the elevator control unit 5 closes on the departure floor of the call, the user 3 arrives at the landing on the departure floor of the call based on the information of the movement trajectory acquired by the movement locus acquisition unit 8. May be determined to remain. In this case, the presentation unit 6 prompts the user 3 remaining at the landing on the departure floor of the call to input to the landing operation panel 2.

In the elevator system 1, the user 3 who has not boarded the car 4 that has been opened and remains at the landing is detected based on the information of the movement locus. By prompting the user 3 remaining at the landing to input the destination floor, it is prevented that the destination floor of the user 3 is not input. As a result, the movement of the user 3 is performed more efficiently.

Further, the elevator system 1 includes a storage unit 11. The storage unit 11 accumulates and stores a plurality of position information for each user 3. The group determination unit 9 determines the group based on the information accumulated and stored by the storage unit 11. Further, the storage unit 11 accumulates and stores information on a plurality of determination results regarding the group determination by the group determination unit 9. In addition, the storage unit 11 accumulates and stores information on the destination floor in the past plurality of uses for each user 3. When the elevator control unit 5 assigns the call and the car 4 closes on the departure floor of the call, the user 3 remains at the landing on the departure floor of the call based on the information of the movement trajectory acquired by the movement locus acquisition unit 8. It may be determined that it is. In this case, the elevator control unit 5 estimates the destination floor of the user 3 remaining at the landing on the departure floor of the call as the second destination floor based on the information accumulated and stored by the storage unit 11. The elevator control unit 5 assigns a call with the second destination floor as the destination floor to any of the cars 4.

The operation of the elevator system 1 is performed based on the information accumulated and stored in the storage unit 11. The user 3 used in the group may move to the same destination floor in the same group. In such a case, since the group is determined or the call is assigned based on the past history, these operations are performed more accurately.

Subsequently, an example of the hardware configuration of the elevator system 1 will be described with reference to FIG. 7.
FIG. 7 is a hardware configuration diagram of a main part of the elevator system 1 according to the first embodiment.

Each function of the elevator system 1 can be realized by a processing circuit. The processing circuit includes at least one processor 100a and at least one memory 100b. The processing circuit may include at least one dedicated hardware 200 with or as a substitute for the processor 100a and the memory 100b.

When the processing circuit includes the processor 100a and the memory 100b, each function of the elevator system 1 is realized by software, firmware, or a combination of software and firmware. At least one of the software and firmware is written as a program. The program is stored in the memory 100b. The processor 100a realizes each function of the elevator system 1 by reading and executing the program stored in the memory 100b.

The processor 100a is also referred to as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a processing device, an arithmetic unit, a microprocessor, a microcomputer, and a DSP. The memory 100b is composed of, for example, a non-volatile or volatile semiconductor memory such as a RAM, a ROM, a flash memory, an EPROM, or an EEPROM.

When the processing circuit includes dedicated hardware 200, the processing circuit is realized by, for example, a single circuit, a composite circuit, a programmed processor, a parallel programmed processor, an ASIC, an FPGA, or a combination thereof.

Each function of the elevator system 1 can be realized by a processing circuit. Alternatively, each function of the elevator system 1 can be collectively realized by a processing circuit. For each function of the elevator system 1, a part may be realized by the dedicated hardware 200, and the other part may be realized by software or firmware. In this way, the processing circuit realizes each function of the elevator system 1 by the dedicated hardware 200, software, firmware, or a combination thereof.

Embodiment 2.
The differences between the second embodiment and the examples disclosed in the first embodiment will be described in particular detail. As for the features not described in the second embodiment, any of the features disclosed in the first embodiment may be adopted.

FIG. 8 is a configuration diagram of the elevator system 1 according to the second embodiment.

The elevator system 1 includes a storage device 15. The storage device 15 is a device that stores the information of each user 3. The storage device 15 is provided, for example, in a building to which the elevator system 1 is applied. The storage device 15 stores, for example, the attribute information of each user 3. The attributes of the user 3 include, for example, information such as the organization to which the user 3 belongs, the committee or project in which the user 3 participates, the position of the user 3, or the job title of the user 3. Further, the storage device 15 stores, for example, the schedule information of each user 3. The schedule of the user 3 includes, for example, the time of the meeting attended by the user 3, the visit time of the visitor corresponding to the user 3, and the like.

The elevator system 1 includes a communication unit 16. The communication unit 16 is a portion that communicates with the storage device 15. The communication unit 16 is an example of communication means. The communication unit 16 is connected to the group determination unit 9. The communication unit 16 may be provided, for example, in a control panel or group management device of the elevator control unit 5, a server computer provided in a building, or the like.

The group determination unit 9 determines the group based on the attributes of each user 3 or the schedule information acquired via the communication unit 16. The group determination unit 9 may determine that the users 3 having a common attribute are a group. For example, the group determination unit 9 determines that the user 3 is a group when the users 3 determined to be in the vicinity of each other belong to the same organization. Further, the group determination unit 9 may determine that the users 3 having a common schedule registered as a group. For example, the group determination unit 9 determines that the user 3 is a group when the users 3 who are determined to be in the vicinity of each other attend the same meeting.

As described above, the elevator system 1 according to the second embodiment includes a communication unit 16. The communication unit 16 communicates with the storage device 15. The storage device 15 stores the attribute information of each user 3. In addition, the storage device 15 stores the schedule of each user 3. The group determination unit 9 determines a group to move to the first destination floor together with the first user based on the attribute information of each user 3 acquired from the storage device 15 by the communication unit 16. Further, the group determination unit 9 determines a group to move to the first destination floor together with the first user based on the schedule information of each user 3 acquired from the storage device 15 by the communication unit 16.

Since the members of the group may have common attributes, the group can be judged by the attributes of user 3. Therefore, the group determination unit 9 can determine the group more accurately. Further, since the members of the group may follow a common schedule, the group can be determined by the schedule of the user 3. Therefore, the group determination unit 9 can determine the group more accurately.

The storage device 15 may be an external device of the elevator system 1. The storage device 15 may be, for example, a server computer that provides a directory service of the organization to which the user 3 belongs. The storage device 15 may be provided outside the building in which the elevator system 1 is provided. The storage device 15 may be, for example, a virtual storage area or a virtual machine on a cloud service. The communication unit 16 may communicate with the storage device 15 through a network such as the Internet.

Embodiment 3.
The differences between the third embodiment and the examples disclosed in the first embodiment or the second embodiment will be described in particular detail. As for the features not described in the third embodiment, any of the features disclosed in the first embodiment or the second embodiment may be adopted.

FIG. 9 is a configuration diagram of the elevator system 1 according to the third embodiment.

The elevator system 1 includes a speed information acquisition unit 17. The speed information acquisition unit 17 is a part that acquires information on the speed at which each user 3 moves. The speed information acquisition unit 17 is an example of the speed information acquisition means. The speed information acquisition unit 17 acquires the speed information of each user 3 by, for example, recognizing an image captured by each camera of the position information acquisition unit 7. In this example, the speed information acquisition unit 17 is equipped with a function of identifying each user 3 by, for example, face recognition. The speed information acquisition unit 17 may be provided, for example, in a control panel or group management device of the elevator control unit 5, a server computer provided in a building, or the like.

The group determination unit 9 determines the group based on the speed information of each user 3. For example, the group determination unit 9 determines that the user 3 is a group when the difference in speed of the users 3 determined to be in the vicinity of each other is smaller than a preset range. Alternatively, the group determination unit 9 may determine the user 3 as a group when there is a correlation between the speeds of the users 3 determined to be in the vicinity of each other.

As described above, the elevator system 1 according to the third embodiment includes a speed information acquisition unit 17. The speed information acquisition unit 17 acquires speed information of each user 3. The group determination unit 9 determines a group to move to the first destination floor together with the first user based on the speed information of each user 3 acquired by the speed information acquisition means.

When the members of the group move with each other, they often move at a speed close to each other. Therefore, the group can be determined by the information of the moving speed. The group determination unit 9 can determine the group more accurately.

The speed information acquisition unit 17 may acquire speed information based on the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit 7.

Further, the mobile terminal possessed by the user 3 may acquire the speed information of the user 3 based on the position information acquired by the mobile terminal itself. The mobile terminal outputs the acquired speed information to the elevator system 1 by wireless communication. At this time, the speed information acquisition unit 17 acquires the speed information of the user 3 based on the input from the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal may periodically output speed information. The mobile terminal may output speed information when the user 3 enters the landing in the elevator system 1. The mobile terminal may output speed information together with movement locus information.

The elevator system according to this disclosure can be applied to buildings with multiple floors.

1 elevator system, 2 landing operation panel, 3 users, 4 baskets, 5 elevator control unit, 6 presentation unit, 7 position information acquisition unit, 8 movement trajectory acquisition unit, 9 group judgment unit, 10 number of people judgment unit, 11 storage unit , 12 location history DB, 13 group judgment history DB, 14 call history DB, 15 storage device, 16 communication unit, 17 speed information acquisition unit, 100a processor, 100b memory, 200 dedicated hardware

Claims

A movement locus acquisition means for acquiring information on each movement locus of the plurality of users based on the position information of each of the plurality of users, and a movement locus acquisition means.
A destination floor input means that accepts an operation for inputting the first destination floor, which is the destination floor of the first user among the plurality of users.
A group determination means for determining a group to move to the first destination floor together with the first user based on the information of each movement locus of the plurality of users acquired by the movement locus acquisition means.
A number determination means for determining the number of people moving to the first destination floor based on the group determined by the group determination means, and
An allocation means that assigns a call that specifies the first destination floor to any of a plurality of cars based on the determination result of the number of people determination means, and
Elevator system with.
Information on the movement locus of each of the plurality of users based on the position information of each of the plurality of users including the first user who has performed the operation of inputting the first destination floor which is the destination floor from the destination floor input means. Movement trajectory acquisition means to acquire
A group determination means for determining a group to move to the first destination floor together with the first user based on the information of each movement locus of the plurality of users acquired by the movement locus acquisition means.
A number determination means for determining the number of people moving to the first destination floor based on the group determined by the group determination means, and
An allocation means that assigns a call that specifies the first destination floor to any of a plurality of cars based on the determination result of the number of people determination means, and
Elevator system with.
The elevator according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the group determination means determines a group moving to the first destination floor together with the first user based on the approach time between each of the plurality of users. system.
From claim 1, the group determination means determines a group that moves to the first destination floor together with the first user based on the arrival time of each of the plurality of users to the landing on the departure floor of the call. The elevator system according to any one of claims 3.
A speed information acquisition means for acquiring speed information of each of the plurality of users is provided.
From claim 1, the group determination means determines a group that moves to the first destination floor together with the first user based on the speed information of each of the plurality of users acquired by the speed information acquisition means. The elevator system according to any one of claims 4.
A communication means for communicating with a storage device that stores information on each attribute of the plurality of users is provided.
The claim that the group determination means determines a group that moves to the first destination floor together with the first user based on the information of each attribute of the plurality of users acquired by the communication means from the storage device. The elevator system according to any one of claims 1 to 5.
A communication means for communicating with a storage device that stores information on each schedule of the plurality of users is provided.
A claim that the group determination means determines a group that moves to the first destination floor together with the first user based on the schedule information of each of the plurality of users acquired by the communication means from the storage device. The elevator system according to any one of claims 1 to 5.
When the car to which the call is assigned by the allocation means closes on the departure floor of the call, the user enters the landing on the departure floor of the call based on the information of the movement locus acquired by the movement locus acquisition means. Any one of claims 1 to 7 provided with a presenting means for prompting the user remaining at the landing on the departure floor of the call to input to the destination floor input means when it is determined that the vehicle remains. Elevator system described in.
For each of the plurality of users, a storage means for accumulating and storing a plurality of position information is provided.
The elevator system according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the group determination means determines a group based on the information accumulated and stored by the storage means.
The elevator system according to any one of claims 9, wherein the storage means accumulates and stores information on a plurality of determination results for group determination by the group determination means.
The storage means accumulates and stores information on the destination floor in the past plurality of uses for each of the plurality of users.
In the allocation means, when the car to which the call is assigned closes on the departure floor of the call, the user enters the landing on the departure floor of the call based on the information of the movement locus acquired by the movement locus acquisition means. When it is determined that the vehicle remains, the destination floor of the user remaining at the landing on the departure floor of the call is estimated as the second destination floor based on the information accumulated and stored by the storage means, and the second destination floor is estimated. 2. The elevator system according to claim 9 or 10, wherein a call with the destination floor as the destination floor is assigned to any of the plurality of cars.