WO2023132075A1 - エレベーターシステム及びエレベーターのかご割り当て方法 - Google Patents

エレベーターシステム及びエレベーターのかご割り当て方法 Download PDF

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WO2023132075A1
WO2023132075A1 PCT/JP2022/000415 JP2022000415W WO2023132075A1 WO 2023132075 A1 WO2023132075 A1 WO 2023132075A1 JP 2022000415 W JP2022000415 W JP 2022000415W WO 2023132075 A1 WO2023132075 A1 WO 2023132075A1
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  • the present disclosure relates to elevator systems and elevator car allocation methods.
  • Patent Document 1 discloses a technology related to the control of an elevator that allows sharing between an autonomous mobile robot and a user.
  • the call signal transmitted by the autonomous mobile robot is registered, and when the autonomous mobile robot gets into the car, if there is a call from a user in the same direction as the destination floor of the autonomous mobile robot, these users Give priority to calls made by After the call from the user is gone, the autonomous mobile robot is switched to the dedicated operation for the target floor, and when the autonomous mobile robot is confirmed to be getting off at the target floor, the normal operation is resumed.
  • Patent Document 1 a call for an autonomous mobile robot, which is an external device, is dispatched regardless of the operating state of the car. For this reason, there is a possibility that the space inside the car in the operating state will be occupied by the autonomous mobile robot that has already boarded, and in this case, there is a risk that the user's boarding efficiency will decrease.
  • the present disclosure has been made to solve the problems described above, and aims to provide a technology capable of allocating a car in response to a call from an external device without impairing the convenience of the user.
  • the present disclosure is an elevator system configured to accept an internal call made by a user operating a control panel of an elevator and an external call made using a communication network from an external device, wherein the internal call Alternatively, a car allocation unit configured to allocate a candidate car from among one or more cars to an external call, and whether one or more cars are in operation when an external call is received. and a car operating state determination unit configured to execute an operating state determination process for determining whether the car is in the non-operating state.
  • the car allocation unit is configured to receive the determination result of the operating state determination process and execute an external call allocation process in which non-operating cars are prioritized over operating cars as allocation candidates. .
  • an elevator system configured to accept an internal call made by a user operating a control panel of an elevator and an external call made using a communication network from an external device. It is applied to a car allocation method that allocates a candidate car from among one or a plurality of cars to each car.
  • the car assignment method is to receive an external call, determine whether one or more cars are in operation or not, and give priority to cars in non-operation over cars in operation as candidates for allocation. It is configured to execute external call allocation processing to allocate.
  • the elevator system and car assignment method of the present disclosure it is determined whether one or more cars are operational or non-operational, and the non-operational cages are prioritized over the active cages. Assigned as dispatch candidate. As a result, non-operating cars are preferentially assigned to external calls, making it possible to dispatch cars to calls from external devices without impairing the convenience of users making internal calls. becomes.
  • FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an elevator system 100 according to Embodiment 1.
  • FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of elevator system 100 of Embodiment 1.
  • FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an elevator management device in an elevator system according to Embodiment 1;
  • FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing a routine of processing executed in elevator management device 5 of Embodiment 1.
  • FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a modification of hardware resources of the elevator management device 5;
  • FIG. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of an elevator system 100 according to Embodiment 2;
  • FIG. 9 is a flow chart showing a routine of processing executed in elevator management device 5 of Embodiment 2.
  • FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of an elevator system 100 according to Embodiment 3;
  • FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of the relationship between a car allocation slot, the number of cars in operation, and whether or not a car can be allocated.
  • 10 is a flow chart showing a routine of processing executed in an elevator management device 5 of Embodiment 3;
  • FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of an elevator system 100 according to Embodiment 4;
  • FIG. FIG. 14 is a flow chart showing a routine of vehicle allocation calculation processing executed in the elevator management device 5 of the fourth embodiment;
  • FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of vehicle allocation information;
  • FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of vehicle allocation slots calculated for each time slot;
  • FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of an elevator system 100 according to Embodiment 5;
  • FIG. 14 is a flow chart showing a routine of external call canceling processing executed in elevator management device 5 of Embodiment
  • FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an elevator system 100 according to a first embodiment.
  • the elevator system 100 includes an elevator 10 and an external call registration device 8.
  • the elevator 10 is configured to accept not only calls from users 6 but also calls from external devices 7 .
  • the "external device 7" here is, for example, mobility such as a robot that can move autonomously or by remote control, building equipment such as an entrance/exit gate or smart lock, a surveillance camera, a human sensor, a positioning device, It includes a wide range of devices that make calls using communication networks such as
  • the elevator 10 is installed, for example, in a building with multiple floors.
  • a hoistway (not shown) for the elevator 10 is provided.
  • a hoistway is a vertically elongated space that spans multiple floors.
  • a landing 12 is provided adjacent to the hoistway.
  • the elevator 10 includes one or more cars 1, a car operating panel 2 installed in each car 1, a hall operating panel 3 installed in each hall 12, an elevator control device 4, an elevator management device 5, Prepare.
  • One or a plurality of cars 1 is a device that transports a user 6 of an elevator 10 and an external device 7 between a plurality of floors by traveling up and down a hoistway.
  • the elevator 10 of Embodiment 1 includes, for example, three cars 1 from No. 1 car to No. 3 car.
  • a car operating panel 2 is provided inside each car 1.
  • the car operating panel 2 is provided with various buttons for opening/closing the car door and specifying the destination floor.
  • the hall operation panel 3 is a device that receives the hall call operation of the user 6 .
  • Each of the plurality of hall operating panels 3 is installed on each wall surface of the plurality of halls 12 .
  • the elevator control device 4 is a device that controls the operation of the elevator 10 based on the call received by the car operating panel 2 or the hall operating panel 3.
  • a call received by the car operating panel 2 or the hall operating panel 3 is hereinafter referred to as an "internal call".
  • the elevator control device 4 selects both the operating car 1 and the non-operating car 1 as candidates for vehicle allocation, and selects from these candidates for vehicle allocation. Assign any one car.
  • the "operating state" of the car means a state in which the car is operating in response to an assigned call, and includes a state in which the door is open for boarding and alighting, a state in which the car is running, and the like.
  • the "non-operating state" of the car is a state in which no call is assigned to the car, and is exemplified by a state in which the car is waiting for the door to be closed. Note that a known allocation operation can be applied to the operation of allocating cars to internal calls, so a detailed description thereof will be omitted here.
  • the elevator control device 4 is arranged, for example, above or below the hoistway. For example, when the machine room of the elevator 10 is provided above the hoistway, the elevator control device 4 may be arranged in the machine room.
  • the elevator management device 5 is a device that controls the operation of the elevator 10 based on calls registered in the external call registration device 8 from the external device 7 .
  • a call registered in the external call registration device 8 from the external device 7 is hereinafter referred to as an "external call".
  • the elevator management device 5 is arranged, for example, above or below the hoistway. For example, when the machine room of the elevator 10 is provided above the hoistway, the elevator control device 4 may be arranged in the machine room. The details of the functions of the elevator management device 5 will be described later.
  • the external call registration device 8 is a device that registers an external call received from the external device 7 via the communication network and transmits the external call registration information to the elevator management device 5 .
  • the communication network system between the external call registration device 8 and the elevator management device 5 is not limited.
  • a general-purpose communication method such as the Internet or short-range wireless communication may be used.
  • the external call registration device 8 when it is arranged in the machine room of the elevator 10, it may be connected to the elevator management device 5 by wired communication.
  • FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the elevator system 100 of the first embodiment.
  • the elevator management device 5 includes, as its internal functional blocks, a car operating state determination unit 20, an elevator car allocation unit 22, and an external call communication unit 24.
  • the car operating state determination unit 20 executes an operating state determination process for determining whether one or a plurality of cars 1 are in an operating state or a non-operating state based on the information received from the elevator control device 4.
  • the car operating state determination unit 20 may be configured to constantly determine the operating state of the car 1 by operating state determination processing, or may execute the operating state determination processing when an external call communication unit 24 (to be described later) receives an external call. It may be configured to The car operating state determination unit 20 sends determination result information to the elevator car allocation unit 22 .
  • the car allocation unit 22 is a functional block for performing processing for allocating car 1 to an external call. This process is hereinafter referred to as "external call allocation process".
  • the elevator car allocation unit 22 prioritizes one or more non-operating cars over the operating cars as candidates for allocation based on the determination result information received from the car operating state determination unit 20. assign. More specifically, the elevator car allocation unit 22 excludes the cars in operation from among the one or more cars 1 and allocates only the cars in non-operation as candidates for allocation. Then, the car allocation unit 22 allocates a car corresponding to the external call from among the car allocation candidates composed only of non-operating cars.
  • the external call communication unit 24 is a functional block for transmitting and receiving information related to external calls to and from the external call registration device 8 .
  • the external call communication unit 24 receives external call registration information including, for example, that an external call has been registered from the external call registration device 8 . Further, the external call communication unit 24 transmits the allocation information of the car 1 for the external call to the external call registration device 8 .
  • FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of an elevator management device in the elevator system according to Embodiment 1.
  • the elevator management device 5 has a processor 52 and a storage device 54 .
  • the processor 52 executes various processes.
  • Processor 52 is, for example, a microcomputer.
  • Various types of information are stored in the storage device 54 .
  • a volatile memory, a nonvolatile memory, and the like are exemplified as the storage device 54 .
  • the storage device 54 stores an external call registration program. By executing the external call registration program by the processor 52, the operating state determination process and the external call allocation process in the elevator management device 5 are realized.
  • the storage device 54 also stores determination result information, external call registration information, and vehicle allocation information as various data.
  • FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing a routine of processing executed in the elevator management device 5 of Embodiment 1. As shown in FIG. The routine shown in FIG. 4 is executed by the processor 52 of the elevator management device 5 when the external call registration program is executed. This flow chart also represents part of a car assignment method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • step S2 of the routine shown in FIG. 4 it is determined whether an external call for the external device 7 has been registered.
  • the external call communication unit 24 has received the external call registration information from the external call registration device 8 .
  • the determination of step S2 is repeatedly executed.
  • the process proceeds to step S4.
  • step S4 it is determined whether or not one or a plurality of cars are in the operating state by the operating state determination processing executed in the car operating state determination unit 20. As a result, if all cars are in operation, the process proceeds to step S6, and if there is at least one car in the non-operation state, the process proceeds to step S8.
  • step S6 the elevator car allocation unit 22 suspends the allocation of the car to the external call because there is no non-operating car to be set as a vehicle allocation candidate.
  • the car allocation unit 22 transmits to the external call communication unit 24 information indicating that the allocation of the external call is on hold.
  • the external call communication unit 24 notifies the external device 7 to wait at the hall 12 .
  • step S8 the elevator car allocation unit 22 allocates a car corresponding to the external call from among the non-operating cars set as dispatch candidates.
  • the elevator car assignment unit 22 transmits information on the assigned elevator car assigned to the external call to the external call communication unit 24 .
  • the external call communication unit 24 notifies the external device 7 of the assigned car number.
  • Elevator system 100 of Embodiment 1 may be modified as follows. It should be noted that the following modified examples can also be applied to elevator systems of other embodiments described later.
  • the machine number allocation unit 22 may have a spooling function for external calls. In this case, as soon as the car operating state determination unit 20 determines that there is a non-operating car, the car allocation unit 22 may allocate the spooling external call to the non-operating car.
  • the notification from the external call communication unit 24 to the external device 7 may be displayed on an indicator installed at the hall 12 .
  • FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a modification of the hardware resources of the elevator management device 5.
  • the elevator management system 5 comprises processing circuitry 58 including, for example, a processor 52, a storage device 54, and dedicated hardware 56.
  • processing circuitry 58 including, for example, a processor 52, a storage device 54, and dedicated hardware 56.
  • FIG. 5 shows an example in which some of the functions of the elevator management device 5 are implemented by dedicated hardware 56.
  • All the functions of the elevator management device 5 may be implemented by dedicated hardware 56 .
  • Dedicated hardware 56 can be single circuits, multiple circuits, programmed processors, parallel programmed processors, ASICs, FPGAs, or combinations thereof.
  • FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the elevator system 100 of the second embodiment.
  • the elevator management device 5 of Embodiment 2 further includes an attribute determination section 26 in addition to the configuration of the elevator management device 5 of Embodiment 1.
  • FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the elevator system 100 of the second embodiment.
  • the elevator management device 5 of Embodiment 2 further includes an attribute determination section 26 in addition to the configuration of the elevator management device 5 of Embodiment 1.
  • the attribute determination unit 26 is a functional block for determining whether the attribute of an external call is a priority target.
  • Some external calls have the same level of urgency as internal calls of general users.
  • Such priority external calls are, for example, external calls for users registered from guidance robots accompanying users, delivery robots that provide room service, etc., personal mobility, smartphones, smart devices, etc. be.
  • the external call communication unit 24 transmits the external call registration information received from the external call registration device 8 to the attribute determination unit 26.
  • the external call registration information includes attribute information indicating whether the call is a priority external call.
  • the attribute determination unit 26 determines whether the attribute of the external call is a priority target from the received external call registration information. This process is hereinafter referred to as "attribute determination process”.
  • the car allocation unit 22 sets both the cars in the operating state and the non-operating state as allocation candidates. Then, the car allocation unit 22 allocates a car corresponding to the external call from among these car allocation candidates.
  • the car assignment unit 22 excludes the car in operation from among the one or a plurality of cars 1, and Only the 1st car is set as a dispatch candidate. Then, the car allocation unit 22 allocates a car corresponding to the external call from among the car allocation candidates composed only of non-operating cars.
  • FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing a routine of processing executed in the elevator management device 5 of the second embodiment.
  • the routine shown in FIG. 7 is executed by the processor 52 of the elevator management device 5 when the external call registration program is executed.
  • This flow chart also represents part of a car assignment method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • step S10 of the routine shown in FIG. 7 it is determined whether an external call for the external device 7 has been registered.
  • processing similar to that of step S2 of the routine shown in FIG. 4 is executed.
  • determination of step S10 is repeatedly performed.
  • the process proceeds to step S12.
  • step S12 it is determined whether or not the attribute of the external call registered in step S10 is a priority target by the attribute determination processing executed in the attribute determination unit 26.
  • the attribute determination unit 26 determines whether the attribute information included in the external call registration information is a priority target.
  • step S14 the elevator car allocation unit 22 sets both the operating car and the non-operating car as allocation candidates. Then, the car allocation unit 22 allocates a car corresponding to the external call from among the cars in the operating state and the non-operating state set as the allocation candidates. When the process of step S14 is completed, this routine ends.
  • step S16 it is determined whether or not one or more cars are in the operating state by the operating state determination processing executed in the car operating state determining unit 20. As a result, if all cars are in operation, the process proceeds to step S18, and if there is at least one car in the non-operation state, the process proceeds to step S20.
  • step S18 the elevator car allocation unit 22 suspends the allocation of the car to the external call because there is no non-operating car to be set as a vehicle allocation candidate.
  • the car allocation unit 22 transmits to the external call communication unit 24 information indicating that the allocation of the external call is on hold.
  • the external call communication unit 24 notifies the external device 7 to wait at the hall 12 .
  • the elevator car allocation unit 22 sets the non-operating car as a vehicle allocation candidate and allocates a car corresponding to the external call from among the vehicle allocation candidates.
  • the elevator car assignment unit 22 transmits information on the assigned elevator car assigned to the external call to the external call communication unit 24 .
  • the external call communication unit 24 notifies the external device 7 of the assigned car number.
  • the priority external call is assigned with the same priority as the internal call. As a result, it is possible to appropriately allocate vehicles according to the respective uses of the external devices 7 .
  • Elevator system 100 of Embodiment 2 may be modified as follows. It should be noted that the following modifications can also be applied to elevator systems of other embodiments.
  • the attribute determination process may not only determine whether the attribute of the external call is a priority target, but may also be configured to determine a more detailed priority among the priority targets.
  • the external device 7 is a device such as a personal mobility device, a wearable smart device, or a wheelchair owned or used by the user
  • the attributes are given the highest priority among priority targets.
  • the external device 7 is a robot
  • the attribute of the guide robot that accompanies the user and the delivery robot for food delivery is set to "high” priority
  • the priority of the delivery robot is set to "medium”.
  • the robot sets the priority to "low”.
  • the external device 7 is a security robot
  • the priority is set to "low” during normal security, and set to "high” in an emergency.
  • the car allocation unit 22 shifts the dispatch order and allocates cars in descending order of priority. According to such processing, it is possible to flexibly assign external calls according to their priority.
  • FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the elevator system 100 of the third embodiment.
  • the elevator management device 5 of the third embodiment further includes a vehicle allocation frame setting unit 28 in addition to the configuration of the elevator management device 5 of the second embodiment.
  • the vehicle allocation frame setting unit 28 is a functional block for executing vehicle allocation frame setting processing for setting the number of cars that can be operated simultaneously among one or more cars 1 provided in the elevator 10 .
  • FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the relationship between a vehicle allocation frame, the number of cars in operation, and whether or not a vehicle can be allocated. As shown in this figure, in an elevator with three cars, when the allocation frame is set to one car, the car can be dispatched if there are no cars in operation, but only one car is in operation. In the above cases, the vehicle cannot be dispatched. Similarly, when the vehicle allocation frame is set to two, the vehicle can be allocated when the number of cars in operation is one or less, but cannot be allocated when the number of cars in operation is two or more.
  • the vehicle allocation frame setting unit 28 sets, for example, a predetermined number of vehicle allocation frames.
  • the vehicle allocation frame setting unit 28 for example, sets the vehicle allocation frame to the number corresponding to a predetermined ratio to the total number of cars.
  • the car allocation unit 22 allocates a car corresponding to the external call within the vehicle allocation frame.
  • the allocation of cars to external calls is restricted within the range of the vehicle allocation frame, so it is possible to prevent loss of convenience for general users. .
  • FIG. 10 is a flow chart showing a routine of processing executed in the elevator management device 5 of the third embodiment.
  • the routine shown in FIG. 10 is executed by the processor 52 of the elevator management device 5 when the external call registration program is executed.
  • This flow chart also represents part of a car assignment method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • a vehicle allocation frame is set.
  • the vehicle allocation frame is set to the predetermined number of vehicles.
  • step S30 After the process of step S30 is executed, the process proceeds to step S32.
  • steps S32, S34, and S36 the same processes as steps S10, S12, and S14 of the routine shown in FIG. 7 are executed. If the determination is not established in the process of step S34, the process proceeds to step S38.
  • step S38 the car allocation unit 22 determines whether the set car allocation quota is greater than the number of cars in operation. As a result, if the determination is not established, it is determined that the vehicle cannot be dispatched to the external call, and the process proceeds to step S40. On the other hand, if the determination is accepted, it is determined that the vehicle can be dispatched for the external call, and the process proceeds to step S42.
  • the elevator car allocation unit 22 suspends the car allocation for the external call.
  • the car allocation unit 22 transmits to the external call communication unit 24 information indicating that the allocation of the external call is on hold.
  • the external call communication unit 24 notifies the external device 7 to wait at the hall 12 .
  • step S40 the process returns to the process of step S38.
  • the elevator car allocation unit 22 sets the non-operating car as a vehicle allocation candidate and allocates a car corresponding to the external call from among the vehicle allocation candidates.
  • the elevator car assignment unit 22 transmits information on the assigned elevator car assigned to the external call to the external call communication unit 24 .
  • the external call communication unit 24 notifies the external device 7 of the assigned car number.
  • the above processing it is also possible to change the setting of the vehicle allocation frame according to the usage status of the user or the time period. For example, it is possible to take measures such as reducing the allocation of vehicles during a specific time period that is considered to be congested. As a result, it becomes possible to perform appropriate vehicle allocation according to the usage situation of the user.
  • FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the elevator system 100 of the fourth embodiment.
  • An elevator management device 5 according to the fourth embodiment further includes an operation history storage unit 30 and a vehicle allocation calculation unit 32 in addition to the configuration of the elevator management device 5 according to the third embodiment.
  • the operation history storage unit 30 is a functional block for storing operation history information in which the operation history of each of one or more cars 1 is associated with time.
  • the operation history storage unit 30 is arranged, for example, in the storage device 54 of the elevator management device. Alternatively, the operation history storage unit 30 may be arranged in a remote server.
  • the vehicle allocation quota calculation unit 32 is a functional block for reading the operation history information from the storage device 54 and computing the vehicle allocation quota.
  • the vehicle allocation frame calculation unit 32 sets the vehicle allocation frame by executing the following vehicle allocation frame calculation process in the process of step S30 of the flowchart shown in FIG. 10, for example.
  • FIG. 12 is a flow chart showing a routine of vehicle allocation calculation processing executed in the elevator management device 5 of the fourth embodiment.
  • a routine shown in FIG. 12 is executed by the processor 52 of the elevator management device 5 .
  • the vehicle allocation frame calculation unit 32 sets the time interval when setting the vehicle allocation frame.
  • the time interval here is set, for example, between 5 minutes and 60 minutes.
  • step S52 the vehicle allocation calculation unit 32 sets a predetermined past reference period.
  • the reference period is, for example, a period between one week and one year.
  • step S54 the vehicle allocation calculation unit 32 reads the operation history information for the set reference period, and obtains the operation time for each time period at the set time interval.
  • step S56 the vehicle allocation quota calculation unit 32 calculates the vehicle allocation quota A for each time slot on each day of the reference period.
  • the vehicle allocation quota calculation unit 32 computes the vehicle allocation quota A using, for example, the following equation (1).
  • Vehicle allocation quota A total number of cars - (sum of car operation time / time interval) (1)
  • FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of vehicle allocation information.
  • each calculated vehicle allocation slot A is associated with a date and a time period and stored.
  • step S58 the vehicle allocation quota calculation unit 32 uses the vehicle allocation quota information to calculate the average value of the vehicle allocation quotas A for each time slot in the reference period as the final vehicle allocation quota.
  • FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of vehicle allocation slots calculated for each time period.
  • the vehicle allocation frame calculation unit 32 sets a different vehicle allocation frame for each time slot.
  • the elevator system 100 of Embodiment 4 it is possible to reflect the usage status of the user for each time slot in the allocation frame. As a result, the number of vehicle allocation slots is reduced during busy hours, so it is possible to appropriately allocate vehicles according to the usage situation without impairing the convenience of the user.
  • FIG. 15 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the elevator system 100 of the fifth embodiment.
  • the elevator management device 5 of the fifth embodiment further includes a reception history storage unit 34 and an external call cancellation unit 36 in addition to the configuration of the elevator management device 5 of the fourth embodiment.
  • the reception history storage unit 34 is a functional block for storing history information of external calls received by the external call communication unit 24 .
  • the reception history storage unit 34 is arranged in the storage device 54 of the elevator management device 5, for example. Alternatively, the reception history storage unit 34 may be arranged in a remote server.
  • the external call canceling unit 36 is a functional block for canceling redundant external calls using the history information stored in the reception history storage unit 34. This processing is hereinafter referred to as "external call cancellation processing". Specific processing of the external call cancel processing will be described below.
  • FIG. 16 is a flow chart showing a routine of external call cancel processing executed in the elevator management device 5 of the fifth embodiment.
  • a routine shown in FIG. 16 is executed by the processor 52 of the elevator management device 5 .
  • This flow chart also represents part of a car assignment method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • step S60 of the routine shown in FIG. 16 it is determined whether an external call for the external device 7 has been registered.
  • the external call communication unit 24 has received the external call registration information from the external call registration device 8 .
  • the determination of step S50 is repeatedly executed.
  • the process proceeds to step S62.
  • step S62 it is determined whether or not the external call for the same external device overlaps.
  • the external call canceling unit 36 determines whether or not a predetermined number of external calls or more have been continuously registered from the same external device based on the history information stored in the reception history storage unit 34. judge. Here, the fixed number of times is a judgment threshold for judging the device abnormality. As a result, if the determination is not established, the process proceeds to step S64. On the other hand, if the determination is not established, it is determined that an abnormality has occurred in some device, and the process proceeds to step S66.
  • step S64 the car allocation unit 22 allocates a car corresponding to the external call from among the non-operating cars set as dispatch candidates.
  • the elevator car assignment unit 22 transmits information on the assigned elevator car assigned to the external call to the external call communication unit 24 .
  • the external call communication unit 24 notifies the external device 7 of the assigned car number.
  • step S66 the external call canceling unit 36 cancels the external call and notifies the administrator of the elevator system 100. After the processing of step S66 is performed, this routine ends.
  • Elevator system 100 of Embodiment 5 may be modified as follows.
  • the elevator management device 5 of Embodiment 5 may further include a reception history storage unit 34 and an external call canceling unit 36. good.

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