WO2021210040A1

WO2021210040A1 - Elevator group management control device and elevator guide device

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Publication number: WO2021210040A1
Application number: PCT/JP2020/016270
Authority: WO
Inventors: 光俊飯尾
Original assignee: 三菱電機株式会社
Priority date: 2020-04-13
Filing date: 2020-04-13
Publication date: 2021-10-21
Also published as: JPWO2021210040A1; JP7188642B2

Abstract

This elevator group management control device is for determining a car to be assigned on the basis of a passenger's call registration, managing travel of a plurality of elevators, and outputting a guiding image for guiding the passenger to an elevator car, the device comprising: an assigned car information storage unit that stores assigned car number information indicating assignment to the passenger; a boarding place state determination unit that determines, on the basis of the assigned car number information stored in the assigned car information storage unit and the call registration, boarding place state information indicating a state of an elevator boarding place where the passenger is waiting; an assigned car processing unit that assigns, to the passenger, an elevator car and that is capable of, on the basis of the boarding place state information determined by the boarding place state determination unit, guiding the passenger to the elevator car by projecting a guiding image in such a manner that the guiding image is not blocked by the passenger as viewed from a position of a destination registration board on which the passenger performs call registration; and a guiding image processing unit that outputs the guiding image for guiding the passenger to the elevator car assigned by the assigned car process unit.

Description

Elevator group management control device and elevator guidance device

This disclosure relates to an elevator group management control device and an elevator guidance device.

There is known an elevator guidance device that provides guidance by displaying an image on the landing in order to guide the elevator passengers to the elevator car (hereinafter, simply referred to as the car) to be boarded. Patent Document 1 discloses an elevator guidance device in which a projector is arranged at an elevator landing (hereinafter, simply referred to as a landing), and the projector guides passengers to a car to be boarded. This elevator guidance device displays an image of the standby position as a group of passengers who have registered their destinations on the same floor when guiding passengers to the car where they should ride. When the car arrives after that, the passengers corresponding to the floor that stops earlier after the car departs will be instructed to board later.

JP-A-2015-218015

However, the prior art has the following problems.
The elevator guidance device described in Patent Document 1 guides passengers to the car by projecting an image that guides the passenger on the floor of the landing. Since the relationship between the situation of the waiting passengers is not taken into consideration, for example, depending on the position of the assigned car, the guidance image is obstructed by the passengers who are already waiting for the car, and the guidance target person is guided to the car. There was a problem that it was difficult to see the image.

The present disclosure has been made in view of the above, and is projected so that the guidance image is not obstructed by passengers who are already waiting for the car, and is projected to guide the person to be guided to the car to the car. It is an object of the present invention to provide an elevator group management control device capable of assigning a car in consideration of the relationship between the guidance image and the situation of passengers waiting at the landing.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems and achieve the purpose, the elevator group management control device according to the present disclosure determines the allocation car based on the call registration by the passenger, manages the operation of a plurality of elevators, and makes the elevator car. An elevator group management control device that outputs a guidance image that guides passengers, and includes an allotted car information storage unit that stores allotted car number information assigned to passengers, and an allotted car number information stored in the allotted car information storage unit. A destination where passengers perform call registration based on the landing status determination unit that determines the landing status information indicating the status of the elevator landing where passengers are waiting based on the call registration, and the landing status information determined by the landing status determination unit. An elevator car that can guide passengers to the elevator car by projecting the guidance image so that it is not obstructed by the passengers when viewed from the position of the registration board, and an elevator car assigned by the allotted car processing unit. It is an elevator group management control device provided with a guidance image processing unit that outputs a guidance image for guiding passengers.

The elevator group management control device according to the present disclosure has an effect that when guiding a passenger to a car to be driven, the guidance information is effectively displayed so as not to be obstructed by the passenger, and the passenger can be guided to the car to be boarded. ..

Overall view of the elevator guidance device and the landing according to the first embodiment Enlarged view showing the destination registration board of FIG. Overall view of the elevator guide device according to the first embodiment A flowchart showing a series of operations until the elevator guidance device according to the first embodiment displays a guidance image to the car in response to a passenger's call registration. Overall view of the elevator guide device according to the second embodiment A flowchart showing a series of operations until the elevator guidance device according to the second embodiment displays a guidance image to the car in response to a passenger's call registration. Overall view of the elevator guide device according to the third embodiment A flowchart showing a series of operations until the elevator guidance device according to the third embodiment displays a guidance image to the car in response to a passenger's call registration. Overall view of the elevator guide device according to the fourth embodiment A flowchart showing a series of operations until the elevator guidance device according to the fourth embodiment displays a guidance image to the car in response to a passenger's call registration.

Hereinafter, the elevator group management control device according to the embodiment of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the elevator guidance device. In each figure, the same or corresponding parts are designated by the same reference numerals. Overlapping description will be simplified or omitted as appropriate. The present disclosure is not limited to the embodiments described below. Further, in the drawings shown below, the scale of each component may differ from the actual scale.

Embodiment 1.
The elevator group management control device according to the first embodiment will be described below.

FIG. 1 is an overall view showing the elevator guide device 100 and the landing 1 of the first embodiment. The elevator guidance device 100 of the first embodiment includes an elevator group management control device 10, an image output unit 20, and a passenger position acquisition unit 30. The elevator guide device 100 may include a destination registration board 2.

As the image output unit 20, for example, a projector can be used. In this example, one projector, which is the image output unit 20, is installed on the ceiling of the landing 1. The image output unit 20 may be installed on the wall of the landing 1, and the number of the image output unit 20 installed is not limited to one.

For example, a camera can be used as the passenger position acquisition unit 30. In addition to the camera, a microwave radar, a millimeter wave radar, or the like may be used. In this example, one camera, which is the passenger position acquisition unit 30, is installed on the ceiling of the landing 1. The passenger position acquisition unit 30 may be installed on the wall of the landing 1, and the number of installed passenger positions is not limited to one. In the elevator guide device 100, the passenger position acquisition unit 30 may be provided as necessary, and may not necessarily be provided.

As shown in FIG. 1, a destination registration board 2 that can be called and registered by passengers by setting a desired destination floor is installed at the landing 1. In the example of this figure, two destination registration boards 2 (2A and 2B, respectively) are installed. As for the

destination registration boards

2A and 2B, the destination registration board 2A is installed on the left hand side when viewed from the entrance side of the landing 1, and the destination registration board 2B is installed on the right hand side. In the present disclosure, the landing means a space including not only the floor surface in front of the elevator car but also the door, wall surface, and ceiling of the car.

Passenger 3 at platform 1 performs call registration by setting a desired destination floor on the

destination registration board

2A or 2B. The landing 1 is provided with a car A, a car B, a car C, a car D, a car E, and a car F as a car 1a. The destination floor is set by the

destination registration board

2A or 2B, and information about the destination floor is transmitted to the elevator group management control device 10. In FIG. 1, for convenience, the relationship between the

destination registration boards

2A and 2B and the elevator group management control device 10 is not shown.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view showing the destination registration board 2 of FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the destination registration board 2 has a destination acquisition unit 2a and a display unit 2b. The destination acquisition unit 2a is, for example, a numeric keypad button on which the passenger 3 can directly input the destination floor. Passenger 3 presses the button on the desired destination floor to perform call registration. The numeric keypad may be a push button type or a touch panel type. Further, when the destination of the passenger 3 is linked with the passenger information and registered in advance, the passenger information may be acquired.

The display unit 2b displays, for example, the destination floor number entered by passenger 3 and the car number information assigned to passenger 3. Passenger 3 can confirm on the display unit 2b whether the destination floor he has pressed is correct. The destination registration board 2 also includes a destination transmission unit 2c (not shown) that transmits the destination floor input by the passenger 3 to the elevator group management control device 10.

The elevator group management control device 10 manages the operation of a plurality of elevators. Further, the elevator group management control device 10 uses the destination floor set by the passenger 3 on the destination registration board 2 as a call registration, and based on the call registration, an appropriate car 1a on which the passenger 3 should ride from the operating states of a plurality of elevators. Is determined as the allocation car, and the vehicle is dispatched to the platform 1 where the call registration is made.

The elevator group management control device 10 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is an overall view of the elevator guide device 100 including the destination registration board 2. In addition, FIG. 1 will be described with reference to the appropriate reference.

The elevator group management control device 10 includes a destination receiving unit 11, an allocation car processing unit 12, an allocation car information storage unit 13, a landing state determination unit 14, a guidance image processing unit 15, and an elevator control unit 16. There is. The destination receiving unit 11 receives the call registration regarding the destination floor set by the passenger 3 from the destination acquisition unit 2a of the destination registration board 2 from the destination transmitting unit 2c. After receiving the call registration, the destination receiving unit 11 transmits the call registration to the allocation car processing unit 12.

The allocation car processing unit 12 determines the car to be assigned to the passenger 3. In the first embodiment, the allocation car processing unit 12 determines the allocation car based on the landing state information determined by the landing state determination unit 14. Further, the allocation car processing unit 12 stores the allocation car number information assigned to the passenger 3 in the allocation car information storage unit 13. That is, the allocation car information storage unit 13 stores all the allocation car number information including the currently assigned car and the car assigned in the past. The allocation car number stored in the allocation car information storage unit 13 is used when the allocation car processing unit 12 allocates a car according to a new call registration. The elevator control unit 16 controls the operation of a plurality of elevators, controls the operation of the allocation car determined by the allocation car processing unit 12, and dispatches the vehicle to the landing 1. The allocation car information storage unit 13 may delete the past allocation car number information after a certain period of time, and when the operation status changes due to the addition of elevators, failure, etc., the past allocation car number information is deleted. You may. The same applies to the following embodiments.

The landing state determination unit 14 determines the landing state information indicating the state of the landing 1 based on the allocation car number information stored in the allocation car information storage unit 13 and the call registration set by the passenger 3 on the destination registration board 2. In the present embodiment, the currently assigned car number information excluding the previously assigned car number information of the assigned car number information is used. The landing state information is information indicating the state of the landing 1 where the passenger 3 to which the car is assigned is waiting. Here, the state of the landing 1 is an estimation of the position where the passenger 3 waiting at the landing 1 is waiting. The position where the passenger 3 is waiting at the landing 1 is not the actual waiting position of the passenger 3 at the landing 1, but the passenger 3 who has been called and registered from the destination registration board 2 is estimated to be in front of which car. It is the position where it was done. For example, when there are two passengers 3 who have been called and registered by operating the destination registration board 2, one passenger 3 is assigned a car A and the other passenger 3 is assigned a car B. As for the state of the landing 1, it is estimated that one passenger 3 is in front of the car A and another passenger 3 is in front of the car B. In other words, the landing status information is information that one person is waiting in the car A and one person is waiting in the car B. Here, the landing state information does not include a specific positional relationship as to what position in front of the car A one person is waiting. The landing state information has at least the estimated position state of the passenger 3, but may include the number of people called and registered by the passenger 3 from the destination registration board 2.

The state of the landing will be explained based on FIG. At the landing 1, a plurality of passengers 3 whose destination floors have already been set by the destination registration board 2 are waiting in front of the assigned car. Six passengers 3 are waiting in the car B, three passengers 3 are waiting in the car D, and two passengers 3 are waiting in the car F. As described above, the allocation car information storage unit 13 stores the car number information assigned to the passengers 3 waiting at the landing 1. In the state of landing 1 in FIG. 1, car B is assigned to 6 passengers 3, car D is assigned to 3 passengers 3, and car F is assigned to 2 passengers. Is assigned.

As described above, the landing state determination unit 14 determines the landing state information from the car number information assigned to the passengers 3 waiting at the landing 1. That is, the landing state information is information indicating that 6 people are waiting in the car B, 3 people are waiting in the car D, and 2 people are waiting in the car F.

When there are a plurality of candidates for the car to be allocated, the allocation car processing unit 12 displays the guidance image 4 as viewed from the position of the destination registration board 2A that the passenger 3a calls and registers based on the landing state information determined by the landing state determination unit 14. It is determined which car 1a is assigned to the passenger as a car capable of guiding the passenger 3a to the car by projecting so as not to be obstructed by the passenger 3.

When the allocation car processing unit 12 determines which car 1a is to be assigned to the passenger 3a, the determination is made by setting a threshold value for the number of passengers waiting at the landing 1. For example, in the state of the landing 1 in FIG. 1, if one passenger 3 is waiting in front of the car B, even if the car A is assigned and the guidance image 4 is projected onto the car A, the car A is projected. It is also conceivable that the passenger 3 in front of B does not interfere with the guidance image 4.

In the present embodiment, the threshold value is set to 2, and the allocation car processing unit 12 determines that the car 1a having the landing state information of 2 or more is not assigned to the passenger 3a. The threshold value can be changed as appropriate, may be 1, or may be set to a number of 3 or more.

In the state of FIG. 1, the case where the car candidates to be assigned to the newly called and registered passenger 3a are car A, car C, and car E is taken as an example. From the landing status information, since all of the car B, the car D, and the car F are 2 or more, the values are equal to or higher than the set threshold value, and the car A is assigned to the passenger 3a and the guidance image 4 is projected. The guidance image 4 may be obstructed by passengers in front of the basket B. In this case, car A is no longer a candidate for the car to be assigned, and it is determined that car C and car E are candidates for being assigned. Here, the car E is assigned to the passenger 3a in consideration of the visibility seen from the destination registration board 2A.

After the car E is assigned to the passenger 3a, the elevator guidance device 100 creates a guidance image 4 for guiding the passenger 3a to the passenger 3a by the guidance image processing unit 15 and outputs the guidance image 4 to the image output unit 20. After that, the image output unit 20 projects the guided image 4 onto the landing 1. By allocating the car in this way, the elevator group management control device 10 has an effect that the guidance image 4 is not obstructed by other passengers 3.

In the situation of the landing 1 in FIG. 1, the allocation car processing unit 12 allocates the car C or the car E in consideration of the visibility seen from the destination registration board 2A. You may. The allocation car processing unit 12 may allocate a car in a state close to the landing 1 based on the position information of the car C and the car E heading to the landing 1, or the landing 1 from among a plurality of cars heading to the landing 1. The car may be allocated in consideration of the transportation efficiency of the passenger 3, such as selecting the car that can accommodate the largest number of passengers 3.

After allocating the car E, the allocation car processing unit 12 creates the allocation car guidance information for guiding the passenger 3a to the car to be boarded, and transmits it to the guidance image processing unit 15. Further, the allocation car processing unit 12 stores the allocation car number information in the allocation car information storage unit 13 based on the allocation car guidance information, and also transmits the allocation car number information to the display unit 2b of the destination registration board 2, and displays the display unit. It is displayed on 2b as the machine number information of the car on which the passenger 3a should ride. In FIG. 1, E is displayed on the destination registration board 2 as the machine number information of the car in which the passenger 3 should ride. By displaying the assigned car number information on the display unit 2b, the passenger 3a can easily grasp which car to ride. Here, the allocation car guidance information is information about the guidance image 4 that guides the passenger 3a to the assigned car E as viewed from the position of the destination registration board 2A called and registered. In FIG. 1, the allocation car guidance information is information for creating an image showing that the car E is projected onto the door of the car E.

Subsequently, the allocation car processing unit 12 transmits the created allocation car guidance information to the guidance image processing unit 15. The guidance image processing unit 15 receives the allocation car guidance information from the allocation car processing unit 12, and creates a guidance image 4 for guiding the passenger 3a to the car to be boarded based on the allocation car guidance information. After that, the guided image processing unit 15 transmits the created guided image 4 to the image output unit 20.

The image output unit 20 that has received the guidance image 4 projects the guidance image 4 toward the landing 1. In FIG. 1, the image output unit 20 projects the guided image 4 toward the door of the car E in the direction indicated by the arrow. As described above, the allocation car processing unit 12 allocates the car 1a to the passenger 3a so that the guidance image 4 is not obstructed by the passenger 3 when viewed from the position of the destination registration board 2A called and registered by the passenger 3a. The output unit 20 can project the guidance image 4 onto the landing 1 so as not to be obstructed by other passengers 3, and the passenger 3a can recognize the car to be boarded. Therefore, the elevator group management control device 10 can guide the passenger 3a to the car where the passenger 3a should be placed.

In this example, the guidance image 4 was projected onto the door of the car 1a, but the present invention is not limited to this. It may be projected on the floor near the car 1a to be ridden, may be projected on the wall surface near the car 1a to be ridden, or may be projected in combination. Further, the guidance image 4 may display an arrow indicating the route from the destination registration board 2 to the car to be boarded. That is, any image that can appropriately guide passengers to the car and is projected onto the landing 1 may be used. This also applies to other embodiments.

Next, the operation from the time when the passenger 3a performs the call registration to the time when the passenger 3a is guided to the car 1a (car E) to be boarded will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 4. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a series of operations by the elevator guide device 100.

As shown in FIG. 4, when the call registration operation is performed from the destination registration board 2A by the passenger 3a, the destination receiving unit 11 of the elevator group management control device 10 receives the call registration from the destination transmitting unit 2c and processes the allocation car. The call registration is transmitted to the unit 12 (step S101).

Subsequently, the landing state determination unit 14 acquires the allocation car number information, which is the currently assigned car number information, from the allocation car information storage unit 13, and obtains the landing state based on the allocation car number information. And the determined landing state information is transmitted to the allocation car processing unit 12 (step S102).

The allocation car processing unit 12 allocates the car to be boarded by the passenger 3a based on the landing state information received from the landing state determination unit 14, creates the allocation car guidance information for guiding the passenger 3a to the car to be boarded, and allocates the car. The car guidance information is transmitted to the guidance image processing unit 15 (step S103).

The allocation car processing unit 12 stores the allocation car number information in the allocation car information storage unit 13 based on the created allocation car guidance information (step S104).

The guidance image processing unit 15 creates a guidance image 4 that guides the passenger 3a to the car to be boarded based on the allocation car guidance information received from the allocation car processing unit 12, and transmits the guidance image 4 to the image output unit 20 (. Step S105).

The image output unit 20 projects the guidance image 4 received from the guidance image processing unit 15 toward the landing 1 (step S106).

Embodiment 2.
The second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 5 and 6. As shown in FIG. 5, the elevator group management control device 10 includes a car interior state determination unit 17 in addition to the elevator group management control device 10 of the first embodiment.

The car interior status determination unit 17 acquires operation status information regarding the operation status of a plurality of elevators from the elevator control unit 16. The operation status information is information on whether the elevator is operating or stopped, the direction of operation, the current position, the number of passengers in the elevator, the destination floor of the elevator, and the like.

In addition, the car in-car state determination unit 17 determines the car in-car state information regarding the car in-car state from the acquired operation state information. The car state information is, for example, the number of passengers 3 getting off at the landing 1 assumed from the destination floor set by the passengers at the landing on another floor. For example, if there are three passengers 3 who board a car 1a from a landing on another floor and the destination floor is landing 1, the car status information is 3. The car in-car state information is information that is appropriately selected or combined from the operation state information according to the purpose of allocating the car.

The car in-car state determination unit 17 determines the car in-car state information and transmits the car in-car state information to the allocation car processing unit 12. The allocation car processing unit 12 can determine the allocation car based on the landing state information and the car in-car state information. When the allocation car processing unit 12 determines the allocation car in consideration of the in-car state information, not only the state of the passenger 3 currently waiting at the landing 1 but also new passengers from the car arriving at the landing 1 are coming. It is possible to make a judgment based on the fact that the passenger will get off the train.

The description will be made based on the case where the state of the passenger 3 waiting at the landing 1 is the state shown in FIG. For example, suppose that six passengers 3 are waiting in front of the car B of the landing 1, and the car is heading from another floor to carry the six passengers 3. Here, if there are five passengers who have registered the destination of the landing 1 in the car (that is, the status information in the car is 5), five people will get off at the landing 1 when the car arrives at the landing 1. .. When the five passengers getting off move toward the entrance side of the landing 1, the front of the door of the car C becomes crowded when viewed from the passenger 3a.

On the other hand, the allocation car processing unit 12 determines from the landing status information that the allocation car candidates are car C and car E. Here, the allocation car processing unit 12 determines that the car C is excluded as a candidate for the allocation car and the car E is assigned by considering the state information in the car. Then, the passengers getting off at the landing 1 can be taken into consideration, and the passengers 3a can be guided more appropriately to the car to be boarded.

Subsequently, the operation from the time when the passenger 3a performs the call registration to the time when the passenger 3a is guided to the car 1a (car E) to be boarded will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 6. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a series of operations by the elevator guide device 100.

In FIG. 6, the flow from step S101 to step S102 is the same as that in FIG. 4, so the description thereof will be omitted.

The car in-car state determination unit 17 acquires the operation state information from the elevator control unit 16, determines the in-car state information based on the operation state information, and transmits it to the allocation car processing unit 12 (step S111).

The allocation car processing unit 12 allocates a car based on the landing state information and the car interior state information, determines the allocation car guidance information, and transmits it to the guidance image processing unit (step S112).

The allocation car processing unit 12 stores the allocation car number information in the allocation car information storage unit 13 based on the created allocation car guidance information (step S113). The process of step S111 may be performed in parallel with the process of step S102.

The guidance image processing unit 15 creates a guidance image 4 that guides the passenger 3a to the car 1a (car E) to which the passenger 3a should ride based on the allocation car guidance information received from the allocation car processing unit 12, and guides the passenger image to the image output unit 20. 4 is transmitted (step S114).

The image output unit 20 projects the guidance image 4 received from the guidance image processing unit 15 toward the landing 1 (step S115). By the above steps, the operation from the time when the passenger 3a performs the call registration to the time when the passenger 3a is guided to the car 1a (car E) to be boarded is completed.

Embodiment 3.
The third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 7 and 8. As shown in FIG. 7, the elevator group management control device 10 includes a passenger state determination unit 18 in addition to the elevator group management control device 10 of the first embodiment.

The passenger status determination unit 18 can determine the passenger status information which is the status of the passenger 3 in the landing 1. The passenger status information is, for example, information regarding the arrangement of passengers 3 such as the number of passengers 3 in the landing 1 and position information. The number of passengers 3 and the position information at the landing 1 can be acquired by the passenger position acquisition unit 30. That is, the passenger position acquisition unit 30 acquires the number of passengers 3 and the position information in the landing 1 as image information and transmits the image information to the passenger state determination unit 18. In addition, information on the area including the passengers 3 waiting in front of each car may be included, and the degree of spread of the passengers 3 waiting may be grasped.

When the passenger status determination unit 18 determines the passenger status information, the passenger status information is transmitted to the allocation car processing unit 12. For example, when the landing 1 is in the state shown in FIG. 1, the passenger state determination unit 18 has six passengers 3 waiting in front of the car B and three passengers 3 in front of the car D. Is waiting, and two passengers 3 are waiting in front of the car F, and it is judged that a total of 11 passengers 3 are waiting, and the passenger status information of the landing 1 is determined and assigned. It is transmitted to the car processing unit 12. As a result, the allocation car processing unit 12 can grasp the actual number of passengers 3 and the position information of the passenger 3 at the landing 1.

Four passengers 3 are waiting in front of the car B, three passengers are waiting in front of the car D, and three passengers are waiting in front of the car F. If it is known that two passengers are waiting, the allocation car processing unit 12 determines that the number of passengers waiting in front of the car B is exactly six, and determines the allocation car. That is, the allocation car processing unit 12 corrects the number of passengers waiting at the landing 1 based on the passenger status information and allocates the car.

As already explained, it is possible to grasp the estimated number of passengers 3 waiting at the landing 1 from the landing status information. In addition, the actual number of passengers 3 waiting at the landing 1 and their arrangement can be grasped from the passenger status information. From this information, it can be seen that there are two passengers 3 who have not called and registered the destination floor by the destination registration board 2. That is, in that case, two more people are waiting than the number of people who are supposed to be waiting in front of the car B.

For example, when a group of three people arrives at the landing 1, if one of the groups is called and registered by the destination registration board 2, the number of people grasped from the landing status information is one. , The number of passengers grasped from the passenger status information is 3, and the number of passengers 3 waiting at the landing 1 will be different. Also, if there is another person who has registered himself and came to talk to the passenger 3 who is waiting at the landing 1, the number of people and the passenger status information grasped from the landing status information will be used in the same manner as above. There will be a divergence in the number of people to be grasped.

The case where there is a discrepancy between the number of people grasped from such landing status information and the number of passengers grasped from passenger status information will be described. If there is a passenger 3 who has not called and registered the destination floor, the passenger 3 may try to board the adjacent car A or C instead of boarding the car B which seems to be waiting. If the guidance image 4 is projected onto the car C and a passenger 3 who has not registered the call tries to board the car C, the guidance image 4 may be hindered by the passenger 3. Therefore, it is necessary not to allocate a car adjacent to the car with the car in which the passenger 3 is waiting. In the state of the landing 1 shown in FIG. 1, the allocation car processing unit 12 determines that if the car C is assigned based on the landing state information and the passenger state information, the guidance image 4 may be hindered, and the car E is assigned. ..

Then, the allocation car processing unit 12 can create allocation car guidance information based on the landing state information and the passenger state information. The state of the passenger 3 in the landing 1 may include luggage owned by the passenger 3 by image processing the information acquired by the passenger position acquisition unit 30. Then, it is possible to grasp the arrangement in consideration of the size of the passenger 3 such as the area, and the allocation car processing unit 12 can create more appropriate allocation or guidance information. In addition, if there is a discrepancy between the landing status information and the passenger status information, the passenger status information may be prioritized to create the allocation or guidance information.

Subsequently, the operation from the time when the passenger 3a performs the call registration to the time when the passenger 3a is guided to the car 1a (car E) to be boarded will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 8. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a series of operations by the elevator guide device 100.

In FIG. 8, the flow from step S101 to step S102 is the same as that in FIG. 4, so the description thereof will be omitted.

The passenger status determination unit 18 acquires the passenger position information at the landing 1 from the passenger position acquisition unit 30, determines the passenger status information based on the passenger position information, and transmits the passenger status information to the allocation car processing unit 12 (step S121). ..

The allocation car processing unit 12 allocates a car based on the landing state information and the passenger state information, creates the allocation car guidance information, and transmits the allocation car guidance information to the guidance image processing unit 15 (step S122).

The allocation car processing unit 12 stores the allocation car number information in the allocation car information storage unit 13 based on the created allocation car guidance information (step S123). The process of step S121 may be performed in parallel with the process of step S102.

The guidance image processing unit 15 creates a guidance image 4 that guides the passenger 3a to the car 1a (car E) to which the passenger 3a should ride based on the allocation car guidance information received from the allocation car processing unit 12, and guides the passenger image to the image output unit 20. 4 is transmitted (step S124).

The image output unit 20 projects the guidance image 4 received from the guidance image processing unit 15 toward the landing 1 (step S125). By the above steps, the operation from the time when the passenger 3a performs the call registration to the time when the passenger 3a is guided to the car 1a (car E) to be boarded is completed.

Embodiment 4.
The fourth embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 9 and 10. As shown in FIG. 9, the elevator group management control device 10 includes an allocation status acquisition unit 19 in addition to the elevator group management control device 10 of the first embodiment.

The allocation status acquisition unit 19 can acquire past allocation car information from the allocation car unit information stored in the allocation car information storage unit 13. The past allotted car information is, for example, the allotted car number information in which the vehicle allocation is completed after being assigned in the car number information assigned in the past.

The allocation status acquisition unit 19 may acquire the past allocation car number information obtained by excluding the currently assigned machine information from the allocation car number storage stored in the allocation car information storage unit 13 as the past allocation car information. can. The assigned car information storage unit 13 may manage the previously assigned car number information and the current assigned car number information separately.

When the allocation status acquisition unit 19 acquires the past allocation car information, the allocation status acquisition unit 19 transmits the past allocation car information to the allocation car processing unit 12. The allocation car processing unit 12 can allocate a car based on the landing state information and the past allocation car information.

Explain in detail the past allocation car information. The car number information assigned in the past may have certain characteristics over time. This will be described based on the elevator group management control device 10 provided in a certain building in which the car 1a of the landing 1 shown in FIG. 1 is arranged. For example, the car of passengers 3 getting off at platform 1 in order to alleviate congestion of platform 1 due to an increase in passengers 3 trying to leave the building during lunch time after noon as the usage status of the elevator during the day. There is a tendency to dispatch more cars C and F than other cars. This is because by allocating the vehicle in this way, the passenger 3 who is about to leave the building can be quickly exited from the landing 1.

In this way, the past allocation car information that the number of times of dispatching the car C and the car F arriving at the landing 1 increases and the number of passengers 3 getting off from these cars increases in the predetermined time zone is taken into consideration. As a result, the allocation car processing unit 12 can allocate the car so that the guide image 4 is not obstructed by the passenger 3.

The allocation car processing unit 12 can create allocation car guidance information based on the landing status information and the past allocation car information. By doing so, the possibility that the guidance image 4 is obstructed by the passenger 3 can be reduced.

As described above, according to the fourth embodiment, the elevator group management capable of displaying the image in which the passenger 3a guides the passenger 3a to the car to be boarded so as not to be obstructed by the passenger and appropriately guiding the passenger 3a to the car to be boarded. An elevator guide device 100 including a control device 10 and an elevator group management control device 10 can be configured.

Subsequently, the operation from the time when the passenger 3a performs the call registration to the time when the passenger 3a is guided to the car 1a (car E) to be boarded will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 7. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a series of operations by the elevator guide device 100.

In FIG. 7, the flow from step S101 to step S102 is the same as that in FIG. 4, so the description thereof will be omitted.

The allocation status acquisition unit 19 acquires the past allocation car information from the allocation car information storage unit 13 and transmits it to the allocation car processing unit 12 (step S131).

The allocation car processing unit 12 allocates a car based on the landing state information and the past allocation car information, creates the allocation car guidance information, and transmits the allocation car guidance information to the guidance image processing unit 15 (step S132).

The allocation car processing unit 12 stores the allocation car number information in the allocation car information storage unit 13 based on the created allocation car guidance information (step S133). The process of step S131 may be performed in parallel with the process of step S103.

The guidance image processing unit 15 creates a guidance image 4 that guides the passenger 3a to the car 1a (car E) to which the passenger 3a should ride based on the allocation car guidance information received from the allocation car processing unit 12, and guides the passenger image to the image output unit 20. 4 is transmitted (step S134).

The image output unit 20 projects the guidance image 4 received from the guidance image processing unit 15 toward the landing 1 (step S135). By the above steps, the operation from the time when the passenger 3a performs the call registration to the time when the passenger 3a is guided to the car 1a (car E) to be boarded is completed.

Although the embodiments of the present disclosure have been described above, the configurations of any of the embodiments can be combined. That is, the landing state determination unit 14, the car interior state determination unit 17, the passenger state determination unit 18, and the allocation status acquisition unit 19 described in each embodiment may be combined. Further, the elevator group management control device and the elevator guidance device of the present disclosure are not limited to the forms of the elevator group management control device 10 and the elevator guidance device 100, and show a part of the contents of the present disclosure. It is also possible to combine with the above-mentioned technology, and to the extent that it does not deviate from the gist of the present disclosure, it is possible to combine it as appropriate, or to omit or change a part of the configuration.

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area 1a Car

2,2A, 2B Destination registration board 2a Destination acquisition unit 2b Display unit 2c Destination transmission unit 3 Passenger 3a Passenger 4 Guidance image 10 Elevator group management control device 11 Destination reception unit 12 Allocation car processing unit 13 Allocation car information storage Unit 14 Landing state determination unit 15 Guidance image processing unit 16 Elevator control unit 17 In-car state determination unit 18 Passenger status determination unit 19 Allocation status acquisition unit 20 Image output unit 30 Passenger position acquisition unit 100 Elevator guidance device

Claims

It is an elevator group management control device that determines the allocation car based on the call registration by the passengers, manages the operation of multiple elevators, and outputs a guidance image that guides the passengers to the elevator car.
An allocation car information storage unit that stores the allocation car number information assigned to the passengers,
Based on the allocation car number information stored in the allocation car information storage unit and the call registration, the landing state determination unit that determines the landing state information indicating the state of the elevator landing where the passenger is waiting, and the landing state determination unit.
Based on the landing state information determined by the landing state determination unit, the guidance image is projected so as not to be obstructed by the passenger when viewed from the position of the destination registration board on which the passenger performs call registration, and the passenger is placed in the elevator car. Allocation car processing unit that allocates elevator cars that can guide passengers to
An elevator group management control device including a guidance image processing unit that outputs the guidance image for guiding the passenger to the elevator car assigned by the allocation car processing unit.
A car that acquires operation status information indicating the operation status of the elevator from the elevator control unit that controls the operation of the elevator, and determines the car status information indicating the number of passengers getting off at the elevator landing based on the operation status information. Equipped with an internal state determination unit
The elevator group management control device according to claim 1, wherein the allocation car processing unit allocates an elevator car to the passengers based on the landing state information and the car in-car state information.
It is provided with a passenger state determination unit that determines passenger state information indicating the state of passengers waiting at the elevator landing from image information of passengers at the elevator landing.
The elevator group management control device according to claim 1, wherein the allocation car processing unit allocates an elevator car to the passengers based on the landing state information and the passenger state information.
Further equipped with an allocation status acquisition unit for acquiring past allocation car information for which vehicle allocation has been completed, which is stored in the allocation car information storage unit, is further provided.
The elevator group according to claim 1, wherein the allocation car processing unit allocates an elevator car to the passengers based on the landing state information determined by the landing state determination unit and the past allocation car information acquired by the allocation status acquisition unit. Management control device.
The elevator group management control device according to any one of claims 1 to 4.
An elevator guidance device including an image output unit that receives a guidance image created by the guidance image processing unit and projects the guidance image toward the elevator landing.
The elevator group management control device according to claim 3 and
A passenger position acquisition unit that acquires passenger position information at the elevator landing and transmits it to the passenger status determination unit, and a passenger position acquisition unit.
An elevator guidance device including an image output unit that receives a guidance image created by the guidance image processing unit and projects the guidance image toward the elevator landing.