JP2016141558A - Elevator group management system and registration mode switch controlling method for landing call - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an elevator group management system capable of switching landing call including destination floor registration and vertical direction according to crowded condition at a station.SOLUTION: An elevator group management system comprises destination floor landing call registering means, vertical landing call registering means, mode controlling means, landing call allocation controlling means and operation controlling means. The destination floor landing call registering means accepts input of destination floor landing call at a station. The vertical landing call registering means accepts input of vertical landing call at a station. The mode controlling means sets a landing call registration mode to any of a destination floor registration mode and a vertical direction registration mode on the basis of an operation condition of cages. The landing call allocation controlling means allocates destination floor landing call to any of a plurality of cages when the registration mode is under the destination floor registration mode and allocates vertical landing call to any of the plurality of cages under the vertical direction registration mode. The operation controlling means controls operation of the plurality of cages on the basis of allocated landing call.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

  TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an elevator group management system for managing a plurality of cars and a hall call registration mode switching method, and more specifically, an elevator group management system and a hall call registration mode that can reduce unloading and full passage. This relates to the switching method.

  As an elevator system that manages the operation of a car group composed of a plurality of cars, a landing destination floor registration system has been proposed in which an input of a destination floor is received by a destination floor registration device arranged at a landing such as an elevator hall (for example, Patent Document 1). In this landing destination floor registration system, when a user inputs a destination floor, the assigned car name to be boarded immediately is displayed to the user for guidance. In an elevator system, it is desirable that no “unloading” or “full passage” is caused at any landing. However, if a user exceeds the transportation capacity of the elevator system, a situation may occur in which it is unavoidable to leave an unloading and pass through a full capacity even if a new destination floor is assigned to any car (car).

  Even in such a situation where it is unavoidable to leave unloaded and full, the hall destination floor registration system immediately determines the assigned number and displays the guidance to the user.

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  When there is a situation where it is not possible to get into the car of the assigned assigned car, it is unclear what action the user will take at the landing. Depending on the situation, there is a possibility that the platform will be disordered due to the confusion of users.

  On the other hand, in the registration system that accepts the input of the hall call in the vertical direction at the landing, if there are users exceeding the transport capacity of the elevator system, the user must take a behavior to get on a regular basis by forming a line at the landing However, it has become clear from past field examples.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an elevator group management system and a landing call registration mode switching control method capable of switching between destination floor registration and vertical landing call according to the congestion situation of the landing.

The elevator group management system according to the present invention is:
An elevator group management system for operating and managing a single car group consisting of a plurality of cars,
A destination floor hall call registration means for receiving an input of a destination floor hall call at the hall;
Upper and lower landing call registration means for accepting input of the upper and lower landing call at the landing,
Based on the operation status of the car, mode control means for setting the registration mode of the hall call to either the destination floor registration mode and the vertical direction registration mode,
When the registration mode is the destination floor registration mode, the destination floor hall call is assigned to any of the plurality of cars, and when the registration mode is the vertical direction registration mode, the upper / lower hall call is assigned to any of the plurality of cars. Hall call assignment control means for assigning to
Operation control means for controlling the operation of the plurality of cars based on the assigned hall call;
With

An operation display means arranged on the landing and displaying an operation image on the display screen;
In the destination floor registration mode, an operation image for inputting a destination floor hall call is displayed on the operation display means, and in the vertical direction registration mode, an operation image for inputting an upper and lower hall call is displayed on the operation display means. Display control means for operation to be displayed;
Touch panel operation means that is disposed on the display screen and receives an input of a hall call by a touch operation on the operation image,
The destination floor hall call registration means and the upper and lower hall call registration means may be the touch panel operation means.

A plurality of car information display means for displaying information about the corresponding car, which is arranged in a hall corresponding to each of the plurality of cars;
In the destination floor registration mode, each of the plurality of car information display means displays the destination floor information assigned to the corresponding car, and in the vertical registration mode, each of the plurality of car information display means. And car information display control means for displaying the corresponding direction information of the car.

  When the hall call assignment control means is switched from the destination floor registration mode to the up / down direction registration mode, the destination floor hall call already assigned to the car is changed to the upper / lower hall call and assigned to the plurality of cars. Changes may be made.

  When the destination floor hall call placed at the hall and received by the destination floor hall call registration means of the hall is changed in allocation, the car information received from the allocation control means is received, and the car You may make it provide the guidance means which outputs this guidance.

  The mode control means switches from the destination floor registration mode to the up / down direction registration mode when it is determined that there is a possibility of exceeding the transport capacity of the plurality of cars based on the operation status of each of the plurality of cars. It may be.

  When the mode control means determines that the average occurrence interval of the hall call from the present to a predetermined time before is a predetermined time or more based on the operation status of each of the plurality of cars, the destination from the vertical direction registration mode You may make it switch to floor registration mode.

  The mode control means may store and manage the setting of the registration mode for each hall.

The hall call registration mode switching control method according to the present invention includes:
A registration mode switching control method for a hall call of an elevator group management system that manages a car group consisting of a plurality of cars,
Destination floor landing call registration reception step for receiving destination floor landing call input at the landing,
Upper and lower landing call registration reception step for receiving input of upper and lower landing call at the landing,
A mode control step for setting the registration mode of the hall call to either the destination floor registration mode or the vertical direction registration mode based on the operation status of the car;
When the registration mode is the destination floor registration mode, the destination floor hall call is assigned to any of the plurality of cars, and when the registration mode is the vertical direction registration mode, the upper / lower hall call is assigned to any of the plurality of cars. Assignment control step to assign to
An operation control step for controlling the operation of the plurality of cars based on the assigned hall call;
including.

  According to the present invention, the hall call registration mode can be set to either the destination floor registration mode or the up-down direction registration mode, based on the operation status of the car. And when operating in the destination floor registration mode, if the number of users at the landing increases and the transportation capacity of the elevator system is exceeded, the users waiting for boarding at the landing tend to get on regularly. By switching to the mode, it is possible to prevent the confusion at the landing.

FIG. 1 is an external view of an elevator hall according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of an elevator group management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is an example of the assigned destination floor hall call list stored in the assignment information storage unit according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display image displayed on the touch panel display according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display image displayed on the liquid crystal indicator according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a switching process from the destination floor registration mode to the vertical registration mode according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a switching process from the vertical registration mode to the destination floor registration mode according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  An elevator group management system 1 (group management system) and a hall call registration mode control method of the group management system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is an external view of an elevator hall according to an embodiment of the present invention. The group management system 1 manages a plurality of elevators (car 6: see FIG. 2) as one car group to guide the user to a desired destination floor. In the group management system 1 of the present embodiment, six elevators (cars 6) are operated and managed as one car group. At the landings on each floor, a liquid crystal indicator 320, a touch panel display 23, and the like are provided around the doors 61 of the six cars 6 with the names of the cars A to F. In FIG. 1, only the periphery of the door 61 of the car 6 of the No. A and No. B machines is illustrated. Of course, the number of elevators is not limited to six.

  There are as many liquid crystal indicators 320 as the number of cars 6 installed, and the liquid crystal indicators 320 are respectively arranged above the doors 61 of the cars 61 of each car. Each liquid crystal indicator 320 displays information on the car 6 associated with it (such as the name of the car and the stop floor (destination floor)). Four touch panel displays 23 are arranged between the car 6 and the car 6, etc., and display an operation image or the like to accept a touch operation input for a hall call.

  In the group management system 1 of the present embodiment, the hall call registration mode is set to either the destination floor registration mode or the vertical registration mode according to the operation status of the car 6. In the destination floor registration mode, input (registration) of a destination floor hall call is accepted at the hall. In the up / down direction registration mode, an input of a hall call (up / down hall call) in the target direction (ascending direction, descending direction) is accepted at the hall. Further, the operation image for inputting the destination floor hall call and the operation image for inputting the upper and lower hall calls are also displayed on the liquid crystal display 23 according to the type of the registration mode. Details will be described later.

  FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the group management system 1 according to the embodiment of this invention. The group management system 1 includes a hall call registration device 2, a car information display device 3, a group management control device 4, a car control device 5, a car 6, and the like that are connected by wire. Note that the hall call registration device 2 and the car information display device 3 are shown only for one hall, and the others are the same in configuration, and are omitted. Note that these are realized by a CPU, a memory, a buffer, various programs recorded in these, and in FIG. 2, among the functional blocks related to the representative functions realized by linking these, it relates to the present invention. Only functional blocks to be drawn are drawn. It should be understood that these functional blocks can be realized by hardware only, software only, or a combination thereof.

  The hall call registration device 2 is provided with a plurality (for example, 4) of halls on each floor and accepts an input of hall calls according to the registration mode. The hall call registration device 2 includes an operation display control unit 22, a communication unit 21, a touch panel display 23, and the like.

  The operation display control means 22 controls the operation of the entire apparatus. Specifically, in the destination floor registration mode, an operation image for inputting the destination floor hall call is displayed on the touch panel display 23 (operation display means 24), and in the vertical direction registration mode, an operation for inputting the upper and lower hall calls. An image is displayed on the touch panel display 23. Information on the registration mode is transmitted from the group management control device 4 (mode control means 42).

  Further, the operation display control means 22 transmits the hall call information received by the touch panel display 23 (touch panel operation means 25) to the group management control apparatus 4 (the hall call assignment control means 43) together with the device identification ID. The device identification ID is unique identification information given to each device, and is, for example, a MAC address. Communication between the devices can be performed using the device identification ID. The image data to be displayed on the operation display means 23 is stored in a storage unit (not shown).

  The communication means 21 controls data communication with the group management control device 4. The touch panel display 23 includes an operation display unit 24, a touch panel operation unit 25, and the like, and accepts an input of a hall call. The operation display means 24 is composed of a liquid crystal display or the like. The touch panel operation unit 25 is configured by a touch panel or the like, and is arranged on the display screen of the operation display unit 24. As described above, the touch panel operation unit 25 receives a user's touch operation input and functions as a destination floor hall call registration unit and an upper and lower hall call registration unit. Further, the touch panel operation unit 25 transmits a signal of the detected touch operation (contact position) to the operation display control unit 22. The operation display control means 22 specifies the touch operation content based on the received signal.

  The car information display device 3 is arranged in association with each car 6 at the landing on each floor. That is, only the number of cars 6 installed is arranged. The car information display device 3 displays information about the car 6 with the liquid crystal indicator 320 as described above. The car information display device 3 includes a communication unit 31, a car information display unit 32, and the like. The communication unit 31 controls data communication with the group management control device 4. The car information display means 32 includes a liquid crystal indicator 320 that is a liquid crystal display, and displays information related to the corresponding car 6 based on the image information received from the group management control device 4 (car information display control means 45). . Specifically, the destination floor information assigned to the corresponding car 6 is displayed during the destination floor registration mode, and the operation direction information of the corresponding car 6 is displayed like a hall lantern during the vertical direction registration mode.

  The group management control device 4 is provided in a machine room above the elevator shaft and manages the operation of the car 6 in an integrated manner. The group management control device 4 includes operation control means 40, communication means 41, mode control means 42, hall call assignment control means 43, assignment information storage unit 44, car information display control means 45, and the like.

  Although only one operation control means 40 is shown in the figure, only the number of cars 6 installed (six) is provided, and is associated with each car 6. The operation control means 40 drives a driving means such as a motor based on the assignment information received from the hall call assignment control means 43 and moves the corresponding car 6 up and down.

  The communication means 41 controls data communication with the hall call registration device 2, the car information display device 3, and the car control device 5. The mode control means 42 sets the registration mode to either the destination floor registration mode or the vertical registration mode based on the mode switching condition. The mode control means 42 determines whether the mode switching condition is satisfied for each landing based on the operation status of the car 6 received from the operation control means 40 or the car control device 5.

  The mode switching condition from the destination floor registration mode to the vertical direction registration mode is that when a new destination floor hall call is generated, the floor of the hall call is determined by assigning the destination floor hall call to any of the plurality of cars 6. There is a possibility that the car 6 may be left unloading or being full on the floor. That is, when it is predicted that a user exceeding the transportation capacity of the elevator system will be generated, the mode is switched to the vertical registration mode. The registration mode is determined for each landing (floor).

  More specifically, the possibility of occurrence of unloading or full passengers is determined by the number of destination floors registered and allocation status at the landing, image judgment of the landing by a camera, a load sensor (not shown) provided at the bottom of the car 6, etc. It can be judged from the load in each car 6 measured by. The mode switching condition from the up / down direction registration mode to the destination floor registration mode is that the average occurrence interval of up / down hall calls from the current time to a predetermined time before (for example, 5 minutes before) is a specified time (for example, 20 seconds) or more ( (First condition), and there is currently no allocation of a vertical hall call to the hall (second condition).

  Further, the mode control means 42 stores and manages the setting contents of the registration mode of each hall in the memory, and transmits registration mode information to the hall call registration device 2, the hall call assignment control means 43, the car information display control means 45, and the like. To do.

  The hall call assignment control means 43 assigns the received unassigned hall call to any of the plurality of cars 6 based on the current operation status (operation direction, etc.) of each car 6 and the registration mode. Specifically, during the destination floor registration mode, the hall (floor) where the unassigned destination floor hall call was made and the destination floor are assigned to any of the plurality of cars 6 as stop floors. Further, the allocation information (stop floor information) is transmitted to the operation control means 40 of the allocated car 6. Furthermore, the information of the assigned car name of the car 6 (No. A to No. F) is transmitted to the hall call registration device 2 that has received the input of the destination floor hall call.

  In addition, during the up / down direction registration mode, the floor where there is an unassigned up / down hall call is assigned to one of the plurality of cars 6 as a stop floor. Further, the allocation information (stop floor information) is transmitted to the operation control means 40 of the allocated car 6.

  Further, the hall call assignment control means 43 assigns each of the already assigned destination floor hall call (allocated destination floor hall call) and the upper / lower hall call (allocated upper / lower hall call) to the assigned car 6 in association information. The storage unit 44 performs storage management. FIG. 3 is an example of the assigned destination floor hall call list 80 stored in the assignment information storage unit 44. FIG. 3 shows the assigned destination floor hall call list 80 of the car 6 of the No. A machine. In the list 80, information on the floor of the destination floor hall call already assigned to the car 6 and the information on the destination floor are registered. In the list 80 shown in FIG. 3, four destination floor hall calls are registered. When a new destination floor hall call is assigned, it is added to the list 80 of the corresponding car 6 (unit), and is deleted when the car 6 arrives at the hall (floor) where the hall call was made.

  When the hall call assignment control means 43 switches from the destination floor registration mode to the up / down direction registration mode at a certain hall, the hall call allocation control means 43 refers to the list 80 and turns all the assigned destination floor hall calls of the hall into the upper / lower hall calls. Change the assignment.

  For example, when the hall on the first floor is switched to the vertical registration mode, the destination floor hall call (floor: 1, destination floor: 10) in the list 80 shown in FIG. First, allocation cancellation information (stop floor: 1, 10) is transmitted to the operation control means 40 of the Unit A. The cancellation information includes information on the stop floor to be canceled. Next, this destination floor hall call (floor: 1, destination floor: 10) is changed to an upper and lower hall call. Since the floor of this hall call is the first floor and the destination floor is the 10th floor, it is changed to the upper / lower hall call (floor: 1, destination direction: up). Moreover, it carries out similarly to the above-mentioned also in each of the list | wrist 80 of the other cage | basket | car 6 (B machine-F machine). After that, all the changed vertical hall calls are assigned to one car 6. The selection of one car 6 is, for example, the car 6 that arrives at this landing first.

  In addition, when the stop floor of cancellation information overlaps with the stop floor of the other hall call which is not canceled, the information of the stop floor is not included in cancellation information. For example, when the destination floor hall call (floor: 2, destination floor: 5) in the list 80 of FIG. 3 is reassigned to the upper and lower hall calls, the stop floors of the cancellation information are the second floor and the fifth floor, but are not canceled. Since the 5th floor is the stop floor in another destination floor hall call (floor: 5, destination floor: 15), the stop floor of the cancellation information is transmitted to the operation control means 40 of the Unit A as the 2nd floor.

  The car information display control means 45 transmits image information to each car information display means 32 based on the registration mode and the assigned destination floor hall call list 80 and the like. As described above, image information for displaying the destination floor information assigned to the corresponding car 6 is transmitted during the destination floor registration mode, and the operation direction information of the corresponding car 6 is displayed as a hall lantern during the vertical direction registration mode. Send image information to be displayed on the screen. The image information is stored in advance in an image information storage unit (not shown).

  Further, the car information display control means 45 receives the information on the destination floor hall call canceled when the above-mentioned assignment change is performed from the hall call assignment control means 43 and guides the car 6 whose assignment has been changed. Is transmitted to the car information display means 32 on the floor of the canceled destination floor hall call. The information of the canceled destination floor hall call includes the floor of the canceled destination floor hall call, the assigned car name of the car 6, and the assigned car name of the car 6. Details will be described later.

  The car control device 5 is provided in each car 6, and performs opening / closing of the door 61, adjustment of lighting and air conditioner, and the like based on information from the group management control device 4, particularly the corresponding operation control means 40.

  In the above-described embodiment, the unit (apparatus) has been described in a combination as shown in FIG. 2, but the configuration is not particularly limited as long as the group management system 1 is configured. For example, the group management control device 4 may include the operation display control means 22.

  Next, an operation image displayed on the touch panel display 23 of the hall call registration device 2 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4A is a diagram illustrating an example of a display image in the destination floor registration mode displayed on the touch panel display 23 according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4B is a diagram illustrating an example of a display image in the up / down direction registration mode. As shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, the display content of the touch panel display 23 is changed depending on the registration mode.

  In the destination floor registration mode, an image of the assigned machine name 90 and an operation image of the operation button (tenkey) 91 are displayed on the touch panel display 23. The assigned car name 90 is the car name of the car 6 assigned after the destination floor hall call is input. The operation button 91 is an icon image for inputting a destination floor (destination floor hall call). A user touches a numeric operation button 91 (icon image portion) corresponding to a desired destination floor to accept an input of a destination floor hall call.

  In the up / down direction registration mode, an operation image of the up / down direction button 92 is displayed on the touch panel display 23. The up / down direction button 92 is an icon image for inputting a target direction (up / down hall call). The user can input an up / down hall call by touching an up / down direction button 92 (icon image portion) corresponding to a desired direction.

  Next, an operation image displayed on the liquid crystal indicator 320 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5A is a diagram illustrating an example of a display image in the destination floor registration mode displayed on the liquid crystal indicator 320. FIGS. 5B and 5C are diagrams illustrating examples of display images when the above-described assignment change is performed by switching from the destination floor registration mode to the vertical registration mode. FIG. 5D is a diagram illustrating an example of a display image in the up / down direction registration mode.

  In the destination floor registration mode, the liquid crystal indicator 320 displays an image of the car name 95 of the corresponding car 6 and an image of the assigned destination floor (stop floor) 96. That is, it functions as a destination floor indicator.

  In addition, when the above-described assignment change is performed by switching from the destination floor registration mode to the up-down direction registration mode, as shown in FIGS. 5B and 5C, an image for guiding the machine name whose assignment has been changed. Is displayed. For example, if there are three assigned destination floors (destination floor landing calls) displayed in Fig. 5 (a) and the mode is switched to the vertical registration mode, these three destination floor landing calls are assigned to the upper and lower landing calls. Be changed. Then, a new car name to which the assigned hall call is assigned is shown. For example, when the new unit is the same (unit B), as shown in FIG. 5B, a message image of the guidance 97 waiting at the current location is displayed. On the other hand, when the new unit is another unit (unit C), as shown in FIG. 5C, a message image of a guidance 98 that displays the location of the assigned unit name is displayed.

  Then, after the display as shown in FIGS. 5 (b) and 5 (c) is performed for a certain period, as shown in FIG. 5 (d), an image simulating the hall lantern 99 indicating the direction of operation of the car 6 is obtained. Is displayed. The upper half of the liquid crystal indicator 320 is an area indicating the upward direction, and the lower half is an area indicating the downward direction. When the arrival of the car 6 corresponding to the liquid crystal indicator 320 is approaching, the color of the upper half of the liquid crystal indicator 320 which is the operation direction (up) side of the car 6 changes as shown in FIG. Thereafter, when the car 6 arrives, the operation direction side blinks. When the registration mode is switched from the vertical registration mode to the destination floor registration mode, the display content is switched from FIG. 5 (d) to FIG. 5 (a). It should be noted that the image may not be similar to the hall lantern 99 as shown in FIG. For example, you may make it display the image of the arrow which shows a driving direction.

  Next, switching processing from the destination floor registration mode to the vertical direction registration mode will be described in detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a switching process from the destination floor registration mode to the up-down direction registration mode. This process is executed by the group management control device 4 when a newly input destination floor hall call is assigned to the car 6. In the following description, it is assumed that a new destination floor hall call (floor: 1, destination floor 10, assigned number machine: B) has been assigned.

  First, the group management control device 4 displays the assigned car name on the touch panel display 23 to which a new destination floor hall call has been input (step S10). Next, the group management control device 4 determines whether or not a mode switching condition from the destination floor registration mode to the up / down direction registration mode is satisfied (step S11). As described above, it is determined whether or not there is a possibility that the car 6 will be left unloading or a full passage may occur on the first floor where the landing call has been made due to the assignment of a new destination floor landing call.

  If it is determined that the mode switching condition is not satisfied (NO in step S11), this process ends. On the other hand, when it is determined that the mode switching condition is satisfied (YES in step S11), the group management control device 4 changes the registration mode setting from the destination floor registration mode to the vertical registration mode (step S12). Thereby, the hall call allocation method in the hall call allocation control means 43 is switched to the allocation of the upper and lower hall calls.

  Next, the group management control device 4 starts the recording process of the number of occurrences of the upper and lower landing calls on the landing (first floor) and the call non-occurrence intervals (step S13). Thus, the recording process is performed in parallel in another routine (not shown) until the vertical registration mode is completed. Then, the group management control device 4 transmits registration mode information to each of the hall call registration devices 2 at the hall (first floor) (step S14). As a result, the display content on the touch panel display 23 is switched to the display content in the vertical direction registration mode as shown in FIG.

  Next, the group management control device 4 determines whether or not there is a car 6 that holds the assigned destination floor hall call of this hall (1st floor) in addition to the currently assigned car (No. B) (step S15). If it is determined that there is no car 6 to be held (NO in step S15), the group management control device 4 proceeds to the process in step S18. On the other hand, if it is determined that there is a car 6 to be held (YES in step S15), the group management control device 4 cancels all the assigned destination floor hall calls of this hall (first floor) as described above, and The allocation is changed (step S16). Then, an image for guiding the car name of the car 6 whose assignment has been changed is displayed on each liquid crystal indicator 320 on the landing (first floor) (step S17). That is, the guide images as shown in FIGS. 5B and 5C described above are displayed on the liquid crystal indicator 320 for a certain period.

  Thereafter, the group management control device 4 changes the display contents of all the liquid crystal indicators 320 of this hall (first floor) to an image imitating a hall lantern as shown in FIG. 5D (step S18).

  Next, switching processing from the vertical direction registration mode to the destination floor registration mode will be described in detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a switching process from the vertical direction registration mode to the destination floor registration mode. This process is executed by the group management control device 4 when a newly inputted up / down hall call is assigned to the car 6. In the following description, it is assumed that a new vertical hall call (floor: 1, destination direction: up, assigned number: B) is assigned.

  First, the group management control device 4 determines whether or not a registration mode switching condition (first condition) from the vertical direction registration mode to the destination floor registration mode is satisfied (step S30). As described above, it is determined whether or not the average occurrence interval of the hall calls on the hall (first floor) from the present to a predetermined time before (for example, 5 minutes before) is equal to or longer than a specified time (for example, 20 seconds). If it is determined that it is not established (NO in step S30), this process is terminated.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that it is satisfied (YES in step S30), the group management control device 4 determines whether or not the registration mode switching condition (second condition) is satisfied (step S31). As described above, it is determined that there is currently no vertical hall call assignment for this hall (first floor). That is, it is determined that there is no assignment including the above-mentioned assigned new vertical hall call (floor: 1, destination direction: up, assigned number: B). When it is determined that it is not established (NO in step S31), the group management control device 4 returns to the process in step S30 until there is no more allocation (YES in step S31).

  On the other hand, if it is determined that it is established (YES in step S31), the group management control device 4 changes the registration mode setting from the vertical direction registration mode to the destination floor registration mode (step S32). As a result, the hall call assignment method in the hall call assignment control means 43 is switched to destination floor hall call assignment. Next, the group management control device 4 transmits registration mode information to each of the hall call registration devices 2 at the hall (first floor) (step S33). Thereby, the display content of the touch panel display 23 is switched to the display content of the destination floor registration mode as shown in FIG. Then, the group management control device 4 changes the display contents of all the liquid crystal indicators 320 of this hall (the first floor) to the display contents of the destination floor indicators as shown in FIG. 5A (step S34).

  As described above, the landing call registration mode is set to either the destination floor registration mode or the vertical registration mode based on the operation status of the car. Therefore, in the elevator group management system 1, when there is a possibility that unloading or full passengers are likely to occur due to congestion that exceeds the car's transport capacity, vertical registration that tends to allow passengers waiting on boarding to get on regularly at the landing By switching to the mode, confusion at the landing can be prevented.

  The above description is for explaining the present invention, and should not be construed as limiting the invention described in the claims or limiting the scope thereof. Further, the configuration of each part of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made within the technical scope described in the claims.

  In the above-described embodiment, the registration mode is set in each hall. However, the registration mode may not be set in all halls. For example, the hall call registration device 2 is arranged only at the hall on the first floor where the entrance is located, and the hall call apparatus that accepts only the upper and lower hall calls is arranged at the halls other than the first floor. Then, the registration mode may be switched only on the first floor. At the hall with an entrance, users concentrate, so it is effective to apply only to such floors. In the above-described embodiment, the registration mode is set for each hall. However, one registration mode may be set for the entire group management system 1.

  Further, the mode switching condition of the registration mode is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, the operation time may be used. Specifically, in the group management system applied to an office building or the like, the mode switching condition may be set such that the morning commute time zone is set to the vertical registration mode.

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the touch panel operation unit 25 functions as the destination floor hall call registration unit and the upper and lower hall call registration unit. However, the present invention is not particularly limited thereto. For example, a keypad (ten-key) device may be used as the destination floor hall call registration means, and a button input device having buttons in the up and down directions may be used as the upper and lower hall call registration means. In this case, the button input device is turned off in the destination floor registration mode, and the button input device is turned off in the up / down direction registration mode. The group management control device may turn the power on and off.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, when switching from the destination floor registration mode to the vertical registration mode, the allocation change guidance is displayed on each liquid crystal indicator 320 in the hall, but the liquid crystal indicator 320 may not be used. For example, a liquid crystal display device or a voice output device having a speaker for voice guidance may be used separately. Further, the guide means may be single or not plural. When the guidance means of a single voice output device is used, for example, “the assignment has been changed, so please move to Unit B and wait in line.”

1 group management system 2 landing call registration device 3 car information display device 4 group management control device 40 operation control means 5 car control device 6 car 22 operation display control means 23 touch panel display 24 operation display means 25 touch panel operation means 32 car information Display means 42 Mode control means 43 Hall call assignment control means 45 Car information display control means 320 Liquid crystal indicator

Claims (9)

An elevator group management system for managing a car group consisting of a plurality of cars,
A destination floor hall call registration means for receiving an input of a destination floor hall call at the hall;
Upper and lower landing call registration means for accepting input of the upper and lower landing call at the landing,
Based on the operation status of the car, mode control means for setting the registration mode of the hall call to either the destination floor registration mode and the vertical direction registration mode,
When the registration mode is the destination floor registration mode, the destination floor hall call is assigned to any of the plurality of cars, and when the registration mode is the vertical direction registration mode, the upper / lower hall call is assigned to any of the plurality of cars. Hall call assignment control means for assigning to
Operation control means for controlling the operation of the plurality of cars based on the assigned hall call;
Elevator group management system characterized by comprising An operation display means arranged on the landing and displaying an operation image on the display screen;
In the destination floor registration mode, an operation image for inputting a destination floor hall call is displayed on the operation display means, and in the vertical direction registration mode, an operation image for inputting an upper and lower hall call is displayed on the operation display means. Display control means for operation to be displayed;
Touch panel operation means that is disposed on the display screen and receives an input of a hall call by a touch operation on the operation image,
The destination floor hall call registration means and the upper and lower hall call registration means are the touch panel operation means,
The elevator group management system according to claim 2. A plurality of car information display means for displaying information about the corresponding car, which is arranged in a hall corresponding to each of the plurality of cars;
In the destination floor registration mode, each of the plurality of car information display means displays the destination floor information assigned to the corresponding car, and in the vertical registration mode, each of the plurality of car information display means. Car information display control means for displaying the operation direction information of the corresponding car;
The elevator group management system of Claim 1 or Claim 2 provided. When the hall call assignment control means is switched from the destination floor registration mode to the up / down direction registration mode, the destination floor hall call already assigned to the car is changed to the upper / lower hall call and assigned to the plurality of cars. Make changes,
The elevator group management system according to any one of claims 1 to 3. When the destination floor hall call placed at the hall and received by the destination floor hall call registration device of the hall is changed in allocation, the car information received from the allocation control means is received, and the car Guidance means for outputting the guidance of
The elevator group management system according to claim 4 provided. The mode control means switches from the destination floor registration mode to the up / down direction registration mode when it is determined that there is a possibility of exceeding the transport capacity of the plurality of cars based on the operation status of each of the plurality of cars.
The elevator group management system according to any one of claims 1 to 5. When the mode control means determines that the average occurrence interval of the hall call from the present to a predetermined time before is a predetermined time or more based on the operation status of each of the plurality of cars, the destination from the vertical direction registration mode Switch to floor registration mode,
The elevator group management system according to any one of claims 1 to 6. The mode control means stores and manages the setting of the registration mode for each hall.
The elevator management system according to any one of claims 1 to 7. A registration mode switching control method for a hall call of an elevator group management system that manages a car group consisting of a plurality of cars,
Destination floor landing call registration reception step for receiving destination floor landing call input at the landing,
Upper and lower landing call registration reception step for receiving input of upper and lower landing call at the landing,
A mode control step for setting the registration mode of the hall call to either the destination floor registration mode or the vertical direction registration mode based on the operation status of the car;
When the registration mode is the destination floor registration mode, the destination floor hall call is assigned to any of the plurality of cars, and when the registration mode is the vertical direction registration mode, the upper / lower hall call is assigned to any of the plurality of cars. Assignment control step to assign to
An operation control step for controlling operations of the plurality of cars based on the assigned hall call;
A hall call registration mode switching control method.

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