JP7081644B2 - Elevator system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an elevator system or the like including a control device for controlling an elevator and a destination floor registration device for registering the destination floor of an elevator user with the control device.

Patent Document 1 discloses a technique relating to a device for registering a call for a system that manages and controls an elevator. Specifically, Cited Document 1 discloses a destination floor registration device that displays a screen including a numeric keypad that accepts input of numbers and a button that transitions to a search screen for searching a tenant name. The user may enter a number using the numeric keypad and register a call with the floor indicated by the number as the destination floor, or enter the tenant name on the search screen and set the floor where the tenant is located as the destination floor. You may register the call to be.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2017-114617

On the other hand, as facilities in the building, there are facilities where the same thing is installed on multiple floors, such as the office of a company that has introduced a free address. The technique of Patent Document 1 has room for improvement in the use of users who go to such facilities.

For example, when inputting a number indicating one of the floors on which the facility is installed using the numeric keypad, the user needs to decide in advance which floor to use the facility. When entering a facility name on the search screen, a plurality of floors are presented as search results. If there are many floors with facilities, the user may be confused as to which floor to select.

One aspect of the present invention is to realize an elevator system or the like that improves the convenience of destination floor registration for elevator users who use facilities provided on a plurality of floors.

In order to solve the above problems, the elevator system according to the first aspect of the present invention includes a control device for controlling the elevator and a destination floor registration device for registering the destination floor of the user of the elevator with respect to the control device. In the elevator system including, the destination floor registration device is a first mode for selecting a destination floor from the floors of the building in which the elevator is provided, and among the floors, the user will go. When the display unit for displaying one of the second modes for selecting the destination floor from the floors where the facilities are installed and the second mode are selected. The display unit includes an acquisition unit that acquires information indicating a part of the floors selected from the facility installation floor based on predetermined conditions from the control device, and the display unit is the acquisition unit. Based on the information, a display indicating the part of the floor is displayed.

According to the above configuration, the user of the elevator can properly select the destination floor in the first mode and the destination floor in the second mode according to the purpose. In particular, an elevator user who intends to use the facility automatically selects a part from all the floors where the facility is installed by selecting the second mode. When one floor is selected, the user does not have to select it. When a plurality of floors are selected, the number of choices is smaller than when selecting from all the facility installation floors, so that the time required for the user's selection can be reduced. As a result, it is possible to improve the convenience of destination floor registration for elevator users who use facilities provided on a plurality of floors of a building.

The facilities include, but are not limited to, offices in companies where free addresses have been introduced, classrooms and self-study rooms in preparatory schools, and the like.

In the elevator system according to the second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the destination floor registration device includes an operation reception unit that accepts a user's operation, and the acquisition unit is used as information indicating a part of the floor. , The operation reception unit receives information indicating a plurality of floors, and the operation reception unit receives a selection operation of selecting one floor from the plurality of floors indicated by the acquired information acquired by the acquisition unit, and the control device. May include a call execution unit that executes a call with the facility installation floor selected by the selection operation as the destination floor.

According to the above configuration, as a part of the floor where the facility is installed, the user is presented with and selected a plurality of floors. As a result, the number of choices is reduced as compared with the case of selecting from all the floors where the facilities are installed, so that the time required for the user's selection can be reduced. In addition, since the user has a choice, the user can select the floor that is desirable for him / herself. The user may select, for example, the floor closest to another floor to be visited on that day from among the plurality of presented floors.

In the elevator system according to the third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the acquisition unit acquires information indicating one floor as information indicating the partial floor, and the control device obtains the information indicating one floor. It may be provided with a call execution unit that executes a call with one floor as the destination floor.

According to the above configuration, if the user selects the second mode, one of the facility installation floors is automatically registered as the destination floor, so that the elevator user who is going to use the facility can use it. You can easily register the destination floor.

In the elevator system according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, in the second or third aspect, when the second mode is selected, the control device is a part of the control device from the facility installation floor based on the predetermined conditions. A selection unit for selecting a floor and an output unit for outputting information indicating the selected floor to the destination floor registration device may be provided.

According to the above configuration, since the elevator system selects a part of the floors from the floors where the facilities are installed, the elevators that use the facilities provided on multiple floors of the building only by introducing the elevator system. It is possible to improve the convenience of destination floor registration for users.

In the elevator system according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, in the fourth aspect, the facility is a facility used by a plurality of users at the same time, and the selection unit determines the degree of sparseness of the users at the present time of each facility. Based on this, the floor on which the facility where the user is most sparse may be installed may be selected from the floors where the facilities are installed.

According to the above configuration, the elevator system selects the floor on which the facility where the user is the least sparse at the present time is installed from the floors where the facilities are installed, so that the degree of sparseness of the users in each facility is high. Users can be sorted so that they are about the same. In other words, it is possible to prevent the users from becoming extremely dense in one facility. In addition, it is possible to reduce the risk of infection with viruses and the like among facility users.

The "sparsest facility" may be, for example, the facility with the smallest number of users, or the utilization rate obtained by dividing the number of users by the capacity of the facility.

In the elevator system according to the sixth aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect, the facility is a facility used by a plurality of users at the same time, and the control device is based on the selection of the second mode. The selection unit includes a selection unit that selects a part of the floors from the floors where the facilities are installed, and an output unit that outputs information indicating the selected floors to the destination floor registration device. The selection unit is of each facility. Based on the degree of sparseness of users at the present time, the difference between the floor where the facility with the sparsest users is installed and the degree of sparseness between the facility and the facility is less than or equal to the predetermined value. You may choose the floor on which is installed.

According to the above configuration, since the facilities with a small number of users and the utilization rate are presented as options to the users, the degree of sparseness of the users in each facility is kept to the same level, and the user's wishes are met. You can select the floor.

In any of the above aspects 2 to 6, the elevator system according to the seventh aspect of the present invention is a facility in which a user sits in one of a plurality of installed seats and uses the facility. , The seat information indicating the seat in which the user of the destination floor registration device is seated in the facility provided on the destination floor is acquired from the control device, and the display unit obtains the seat information based on the acquired seat information. A display indicating the seat on which the user of the floor registration device may be seated may be displayed.

According to the above configuration, since the display indicating the seat where the user is seated at the facility on the destination floor (that is, the facility used by the user) is displayed, the user can use the elevator for the seat to be seated after arriving at the facility. You can know before boarding. For example, if the facility is an office in a company where a free address is introduced, the user can also register the seat to be used on that day by registering the destination floor of the elevator.

In the elevator system according to the eighth aspect of the present invention, in the seventh aspect, the control device is the destination floor registration device based on the current determination status of the seated person in the facility provided on the destination floor. The user may include a determination unit for determining a seat to be seated, and a seat output unit for outputting information indicating the determined seat to the destination floor registration device.

According to the above configuration, since the elevator system determines the seat in which the user is seated in the facility, it is possible to realize the seat determination in the facility in the building where the facility is provided only by introducing the elevator system. be able to.

In the elevator system according to the ninth aspect of the present invention, in the eighth aspect, the determination unit uses the destination floor registration device so that the total value of the distances to each seat already determined by the seated person is maximized. You may decide which seat the person will be seated in.

According to the above configuration, users can be arranged in a well-balanced manner in the facility. In addition, it is possible to reduce the risk of infection with viruses and the like among facility users.

In the elevator system according to the tenth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to third aspects, the control device is the one with respect to the external device of the elevator system based on the selection of the second mode. A transmission unit that transmits a floor selection instruction, a second acquisition unit that acquires information indicating a part of the floor from the external device, and an output unit that outputs the information to the destination floor registration device. And may be provided.

According to the above configuration, since some floors are selected by an external device, facilities provided on multiple floors of the building are used without having the function of some floors in the elevator system. It is possible to improve the convenience of destination floor registration for elevator users.

Further, in order to solve the above problem, the destination floor registration device according to the eleventh aspect of the present invention is a destination floor registration device that registers the destination floor of the user of the elevator with respect to the control device for controlling the elevator. From the first mode in which the destination floor is selected from the floors of the building where the elevator is installed, and from the floors where the facilities installed by the user are provided among the floors. A display unit that displays any of the second modes for selecting the destination floor so that the user can select it, and when the second mode is selected, it is selected from the floor where the facility is installed based on a predetermined condition. It is equipped with an acquisition unit that acquires information indicating a part of the floor from the control device.
The display unit displays a part of the floor based on the information acquired by the acquisition unit.

According to the above configuration, the same function and effect as those of the elevator system according to the first aspect are obtained.

The destination floor registration device and the control device according to each aspect of the present invention may be realized by a computer, and in this case, the computer is operated as each part (software element) included in the destination floor registration device or the control device. Thereby, the control program of the destination floor registration device and the destination floor registration device that realizes the control device by a computer, the computer-readable recording medium on which the control device is recorded, the control program of the control device, and the control program thereof are recorded. Computer-readable recording media also fall within the scope of the present invention.

According to one aspect of the present invention, it is possible to improve the convenience of destination floor registration for elevator users who use facilities provided on a plurality of floors.

It is a block diagram which shows an example of the main part structure of the destination floor registration apparatus and the control apparatus included in the elevator system which concerns on Embodiments 1 to 3 of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the image displayed on the touch screen of the destination floor registration device. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the seat guidance processing executed by the elevator system which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the image displayed on the touch screen of the destination floor registration device. It is a figure explaining an example of the calculation process of the total value of a distance. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the seat guidance processing executed by the elevator system which concerns on Embodiment 2. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the seat guidance processing executed by the elevator system which concerns on Embodiment 3. It is a figure which shows an example of the image displayed on the touch screen of the destination floor registration device. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the main part structure of the destination floor registration device and the control device included in the elevator system which concerns on Embodiment 4 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the seat guidance processing executed by the elevator system which concerns on Embodiment 3. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the floor movement processing executed by the elevator system which concerns on Embodiments 1-4. It is a figure which shows an example of the image displayed on the touch screen of the destination floor registration device. It is a figure which shows the selection order of a seat.

[Embodiment 1]
Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a main configuration of a destination floor registration device 2 and a control device 3 included in the elevator system 1 according to the present embodiment. In each embodiment of the present disclosure, an example in which a company office is provided on a plurality of floors of a building in which an elevator controlled by an elevator system is provided will be described. In addition, it is assumed that the company has adopted a free address. In other words, the employees of the company concerned have different offices and seats to use depending on the day. Further, in the present embodiment, it is assumed that the number of seats in the plurality of offices is the same.

<Destination floor registration device 2>
The destination floor registration device 2 is provided at each elevator platform of the building, and registers the destination floor of the user in the control device 3 based on the input of the user who uses the elevator. As a result, the control device 3 moves the elevator car to the floor where the user is. Then, after boarding the user's car, the control device 3 moves the car to the destination floor registered by the user.

The destination floor registration device 2 includes a control unit 20, an input unit 21 (operation reception unit), a display unit 22, and a communication unit 23 (acquisition unit). The control unit 20 controls each unit of the destination floor registration device 2 in an integrated manner. The input unit 21 receives the user's operation input and outputs a signal indicating the operation to the control unit 20. The display unit 22 displays the image generated by the control unit 20. In this embodiment, an example in which the input unit 21 and the display unit 22 form a touch screen will be described, but specific examples of the input unit 21 and the display unit 22 are not limited to this. The communication unit 23 transmits / receives information to / from the control device 3.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of an image displayed on the touch screen of the destination floor registration device 2. Specifically, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an initial screen displayed on the touch screen of the destination floor registration device 2, that is, a screen before the user inputs an operation.

In the initial screen shown in FIG. 2, the image 221 and the image 222 are displayed on the touch screen. Image 221 and image 222 are graphical user interfaces (GUIs) that accept user operation inputs. In the present embodiment, an example in which the operation input is a touch operation input will be described, but the operation input is not limited to this.

When the image 221 accepts the touch operation, the elevator system 1 performs the process for determining the office where the user works today and the seat in which the user is seated, and the floor where the determined office is located. Performs the process for registering as the destination floor. Details of these processes will be described later.

When the image 222 accepts the touch operation, the elevator system 1 performs a process for registering the floor selected by the user as the destination floor. The details of this process will be described later.

<Control device 3>
The details of the control device 3 will be described with reference to FIG. 1 again. The control device 3 is a device that controls the elevator. As an example, the control device 3 controls the movement of the elevator car based on the registration of the destination floor from the destination floor registration device 2. The details of this control have already been described and will not be repeated here.

The control device 3 includes a control unit 30, a storage unit 31, and a communication unit 32 (output unit, seat output unit). The control unit 30 controls each unit of the control device 3 in an integrated manner. The storage unit 31 stores various programs executed by the control device 3 and various data used by the control device 3. The communication unit 32 transmits / receives information to / from the destination floor registration device 2.

The storage unit 31 stores at least the office database 311. The office database 311 is a database that stores at least the current number of employees and information indicating seats for each office provided in the building. Here, the seat information includes information indicating the arrangement of seats in the office, available seats and unavailable seats. "Available seats" are seats for which the person who will use them has not been determined at that time. Further, the "unusable seat" is a seat in which the person who uses the seat is fixed at that time. The "seat for which the person to use is confirmed" includes the case where there is a person who is using the seat at that time and the case where there is a person who has made a reservation to use the seat at that time. .. In addition, the current number of employees shall include the number of people who have reserved seats.

The office database 311 may further store information indicating a person working in the office.

The control unit 30 includes a communication control unit 301, a floor selection unit 302 (selection unit), a seat selection unit 303 (determination unit), and a call execution unit 304.

The communication control unit 301 controls the communication unit 32 to send and receive information to and from the destination floor registration device 2. Specifically, the communication control unit 301 outputs information to the communication unit 32 and causes the destination floor registration device 2 to transmit the information. Further, the communication control unit 301 acquires the information received by the communication unit 32 and outputs it to each unit of the control unit 30.

The floor selection unit 302 selects a floor to be presented to the user as an option based on the user inputting a touch operation to the image 221. The floor is selected from the floor where the office is located (floor where the facility is installed) based on predetermined conditions. In other words, the floor is part of the floor where the office is located.

The seat selection unit 303 selects one of the floors presented as an option by the user, and the seat selection unit 303 determines the seated person in the office of the floor at the present time. From an office, the user selects the seat to be seated today.

The call execution unit 304 determines the car (unit) to be controlled based on the registration of the destination floor, and moves the car according to the registered contents.

The control device 3 may be realized as a system including a plurality of devices. For example, the control device 3 may be a group management system including a control device (control panel) that controls each unit and a device or system that controls the control devices in an integrated manner.

<Seat guidance processing>
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of seat guidance processing executed by the elevator system 1 according to the present embodiment.

In step S1, the display unit 22 displays the mode options. Specifically, the control unit 20 causes the display unit 22 to display the screen shown in FIG.

In step S2, the input unit 21 receives the seat guidance operation. The seat guidance operation according to the present embodiment is a touch operation to the image 221 shown in FIG. The input unit 21 outputs an operation signal indicating the seat guidance operation to the control unit 20.

In step d1, the control unit 20 generates a seat guidance start instruction based on the acquisition of an operation signal indicating the seat guidance operation. Then, the control unit 20 controls the communication unit 23 to transmit the seat guidance start instruction to the control device 3. The seat guidance start instruction is an instruction to cause the control device 3 to execute a process for seat guidance, and includes device identification information for identifying the destination floor registration device 2.

The communication unit 32 of the control device 3 receives the seat guidance start instruction. The communication control unit 301 outputs the seat guidance start instruction acquired from the communication unit 32 to the floor selection unit 302.

In step S11, the floor selection unit 302 refers to the office database 311 to identify the office with the smallest number of employees at the present time. Here, let P be the number of employees in the specified office.

In step S12, the floor selection unit 302 specifies an office where the number of employees is P + C or less. Here, C is a predetermined value (a predetermined integer). The floor selection unit 302 outputs the office room information indicating the office room specified in steps S11 and S12 to the communication control unit 301. The office information includes floor information indicating the floor on which the identified office is located.

In step d11, the communication control unit 301 controls the communication unit 32 to transmit the acquired office information to the destination floor registration device 2. The destination floor registration device 2 to which the office information is transmitted is the destination floor registration device 2 indicated by the device identification information included in the received seat guidance start instruction.

The communication unit 23 of the destination floor registration device 2 receives the office information. In step S3, the control unit 20 causes the display unit 22 to display the floor options based on the office information acquired from the communication unit 23.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of an image displayed on the touch screen of the destination floor registration device 2. Specifically, the destination floor registration device 2A shown in FIG. 4 is a destination floor registration device 2 displaying a floor selection screen displayed based on office room information, that is, a screen for allowing the user to select a destination floor. Is.

The destination floor registration device 2A displays the image 223. Image 223 is a GUI displayed based on office information, and in this example, three GUIs including the texts "2", "4", and "10". Each of the three GUIs indicates a floor based on the floor information, that is, the floor where the office selected by the control device 3 is located. That is, in the example of the destination floor registration device 2A, the image 223 is a GUI showing the second floor, the fourth floor, and the tenth floor.

Further, in the present embodiment, an example in which the operation accepted by the image 223 is a touch operation will be described, but the operation is not limited to this. In the example of the destination floor registration device 2A, the user inputs a touch operation to the GUI indicating the second floor.

With reference to FIG. 3 again, the explanation of the seat guidance process is returned to. In step S4, the input unit 21 accepts a floor selection operation (selection operation). A specific example of the floor selection operation is a touch operation for the GUI indicating the second floor in the example of the destination floor registration device 2A shown in FIG. The input unit 21 outputs an operation signal indicating the floor selection operation to the control unit 20.

In step d2, the control unit 20 generates the selected floor information based on the acquisition of the operation signal indicating the floor selection operation. Then, the control unit 20 controls the communication unit 23 to transmit the selected floor information to the control device 3. The selected floor information is information indicating the floor selected by the floor selection operation, and is information indicating the second floor in the example of the destination floor registration device 2A shown in FIG. Further, the selected floor information includes device identification information.

The communication unit 32 receives the selected floor information. The communication control unit 301 outputs the selected floor information acquired from the communication unit 32 to the seat selection unit 303 and the call execution unit 304.

In step S13, the seat selection unit 303 identifies the office according to the selected floor information. That is, the seat selection unit 303 identifies the office on the floor indicated by the selected floor information.

In step S14, the seat selection unit 303 calculates the total value of the distances from the seats in use for each vacant seat in the specified office. Here, the vacant seat refers to a seat that is currently available, and the in-use seat refers to a seat that is not available at this time.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a process of calculating the total value of the distances. The solid squares shown in FIG. 5 indicate each seat in the office. Here, attention is paid to the seat 90, which is an empty seat. The seat group 91 outside the seat 90, that is, the seat in the area surrounded by the broken line and the dotted line in FIG. 5, has a distance from the seat 90 as "1". Further, the seat group 92 outside the seat group 91, that is, the seat in the area surrounded by the dotted line and the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. 5, has a distance from the seat 90 as “2”. In this way, the seat selection unit 303 specifies the distance from the seat in use for each of the vacant seats, and totals the specified distances to calculate the total value.

The process of calculating the total value is an example. For example, the seat selection unit 303 may specify the distance between the vacant seat and the in-use seat based on the actual distance of each seat, and add them up to calculate the total value.

With reference to FIG. 3 again, the explanation of the seat guidance process is returned to. In step S15, the seat selection unit 303 determines the vacant seat having the maximum calculated total value as the seat on which the user is seated. Then, the seat selection unit 303 updates the office database 311. Specifically, the seat selection unit 303 increments the number of employees in the specified office and changes the determined vacant seat to the in-use seat. Then, the seat selection unit 303 outputs the seat information indicating the determined seat to the communication control unit 301.

In step S16, the call execution unit 304 determines the car (unit) to be controlled based on the acquired selected floor information. Specifically, the call execution unit 304 determines the car to be controlled according to the destination floor of the user indicated by the selected floor information and the departure floor of the user based on the device identification information. Then, the call execution unit 304 outputs the car information indicating the determined car to the communication control unit 301.

Note that step S16 does not have to be configured to be executed after step S15. The execution timing of step S16 is not particularly limited as long as the selected floor information transmitted in step d2 is called and acquired by the execution unit 304. For example, step S16 may be executed during the execution of steps S13 to S15.

In step d12, the communication control unit 301 controls the communication unit 32 to transmit the acquired seat information and the car information to the destination floor registration device 2. The destination floor registration device 2 to which these information is transmitted is the destination floor registration device 2 indicated by the device identification information included in the received selected floor information.

The communication unit 23 receives seat information and car information. In step S5, the control unit 20 displays the registered contents based on these information acquired from the communication unit 23.

Here, a specific example of displaying the registered contents will be described with reference to FIG. The destination floor registration device 2B shown in FIG. 4 displays seat information and car information, and a registration content screen displayed based on the floor selection operation received in step S4, that is, a screen showing the registration content to the user. This is the destination floor registration device 2.

The destination floor registration device 2B displays a text indicating the elevator unit on which the user should ride, a text indicating the floor of the office where the user works and the position of the seat to be seated, and an image 224 indicating the position of the seat. it's shown. In image 224, a square painted with a dot pattern indicates the seat in which the user is seated. White squares indicate vacant seats, and black squares indicate in-use seats.

By visually recognizing the registration content screen, the user can recognize the elevator unit to which he / she should ride and the seat to sit in the office on that floor after arriving at the destination floor.

With reference to FIG. 3 again, the explanation of the seat guidance process is returned to. In step S17, the call execution unit 304 moves the car determined in step S16 to the departure floor. The execution timing of step S17 is not limited to the execution timing of step d12. For example, the call execution unit 304 may execute step S17 before executing step d12.

<Action effect>
As described above, in the elevator system 1 according to the present embodiment, the display unit 22 of the destination floor registration device 2 has either a seat guidance mode (second mode) or a floor movement mode (first mode). Is displayed so that the user can select it. Then, when the seat guidance mode is selected, the communication unit 23 acquires office room information indicating a part of the offices selected based on predetermined conditions from the control device 3 from all the offices. The display unit 22 displays an image 223 showing a part of the floor based on the office information. This office information can also be expressed as information indicating the floor on which the office is located. That is, selecting some offices from all offices is equivalent to selecting some floors from all floors where the offices are located.

According to this configuration, the elevator user can properly select the destination floor in the seat guidance mode and the destination floor selection in the floor movement mode according to the purpose. In particular, elevator users who are trying to use the office will be automatically selected from all floors where the office is located by selecting the seat guidance mode. As a result, the number of choices is reduced as compared with the case of selecting from all floors, so that the time required for the user to select the office can be reduced. As a result, it is possible to improve the convenience of destination floor registration for elevator users who use the offices provided on a plurality of floors of the building.

Further, in the elevator system 1 according to the present embodiment, the input unit 21 accepts a floor selection operation for selecting one floor from the image 223. The call execution unit 304 of the control device 3 executes a call with the floor selected by the floor selection operation as the destination floor.

According to this configuration, the user selects a floor from the presented options, so that the user can select a floor that is desirable for him / her.

Further, in the elevator system 1 according to the present embodiment, when the seat guidance mode is selected, the floor selection unit 302 selects a part of the offices from all the offices based on predetermined conditions. Further, the communication unit 32 transmits the office room information indicating the office room selected by the floor selection unit 302 to the destination floor registration device 2.

According to this configuration, the elevator system 1 selects the office, in other words, the floor is selected. Therefore, only by installing the elevator system 1, the offices provided on multiple floors of the building can be used. It is possible to improve the convenience of destination floor registration for elevator users.

Further, in the elevator system 1 according to the present embodiment, the floor selection unit 302 selects the office room having the smallest number of employees at present as the office room satisfying a predetermined condition.

As a result, users can be distributed so that the number of employees in each office is about the same. In other words, it is possible to prevent the users from becoming extremely dense in one office. This makes it possible to reduce the risk of infection with a virus or the like in the office, for example.

Further, in the elevator system 1 according to the present embodiment, the floor selection unit 302 is the office that satisfies the predetermined conditions, in addition to the office with the smallest number of employees at present, and the difference in the number of employees from the office. Further select an office where is less than or equal to a predetermined value.

As a result, the user can present multiple floors as options, so that the floor can be selected according to the user's wishes, and the number of employees in each office can be made the same. can.

Further, in the elevator system 1 according to the present embodiment, the communication unit 23 receives from the control device 3 seat information indicating the seat in which the user is seated in the office on the floor selected by the user. The display unit 22 displays a text and an image 224 indicating the seat in which the user is seated based on the seat information.

According to this configuration, the user can register the seat to be used for the work of the day by registering the destination floor of the elevator. In addition, the user can know the seat to be seated after arriving at the office before using the elevator.

Further, in the elevator system 1 according to the present embodiment, the seat selection unit 303 is a seat on which the user is seated based on the current determination status of the seated person in the office on the floor selected by the user. To decide. The communication unit 32 transmits the seat information to the destination floor registration device 2.

According to this configuration, since the elevator system 1 determines the seat in which the user is seated in the office, it is possible to realize the seat determination of the user in the office only by introducing the elevator system 1.

Further, in the elevator system 1 according to the present embodiment, the seat selection unit 303 determines the seat on which the user is seated so that the total value of the distances from the seat in use is maximized.

As a result, the users can be arranged in a well-balanced manner in the office, that is, the users can be arranged so as not to be dense in a part of the office. This makes it possible to reduce the risk of infection with a virus or the like in the office, for example.

[Embodiment 2]
Other embodiments of the present invention will be described below. In the second and subsequent embodiments, for convenience of explanation, the same reference numerals are given to the members having the same functions as the members described in the above-described embodiment, and the description thereof will not be repeated.

<Outline of this embodiment>
In the elevator system 1 according to the present embodiment, the control device 3 determines the office where the user works, that is, the destination floor of the user. That is, the user does not select his / her destination floor from the options.

<Seat guidance processing>
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of seat guidance processing executed by the elevator system 1 according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 6, the same step numbers as those in FIG. 3 are assigned to the steps for executing the same processing as the seat guidance processing described in the first embodiment, and the detailed description is not repeated here.

In step S21, the floor selection unit 302 selects one from the offices selected in steps S11 and S12. For example, the floor selection unit 302 randomly selects one from the selected offices. The floor selection unit 302 outputs floor information indicating the floor on which the selected office is located to the communication control unit 301 and the call execution unit 304. The call execution unit 304 executes steps S16 and S17 based on the acquired floor information.

In step d21, the communication control unit 301 controls the communication unit 32 to transmit the acquired floor information, seat information, and car information to the destination floor registration device 2. As a result, the destination floor registration device 2 displays the registration content screen described in the first embodiment in step S5.

<Action effect>
As described above, in the elevator system 1 according to the present embodiment, the communication unit 23 acquires floor information indicating one floor as information indicating a part of the floor where the office is located. The display unit 22 displays the registration screen based on the floor information. The call execution unit 304 executes a call with the floor indicated by the floor information as the destination floor.

According to this configuration, when the user selects the seat guidance mode, one of the floors where the facility is located is automatically registered as the destination floor. As a result, the user who is going to the office can easily register the destination floor.

<Modified Example of Embodiment 2>
The floor selection unit 302 may specify the office with the minimum number of employees and register the floor on which the office is located as the destination floor. That is, the floor selection unit 302 does not have to execute step S12 shown in FIG.

[Embodiment 3]
Yet another embodiment of the present invention will be described below.

<Outline of this embodiment>
In the elevator system 1 according to the present embodiment, the user inputs an operation to the destination floor registration device 2 to select a seat to be seated at work on that day.

<Seat guidance processing>
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of seat guidance processing executed by the elevator system 1 according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 7, the same step numbers as those in FIG. 3 are assigned to the steps for executing the same processing as the seat guidance processing described in the first embodiment, and the detailed description is not repeated here.

The seat selection unit 303 outputs to the communication control unit 301 seat candidate information which is information indicating the arrangement of seats in the office, vacant seats, and seats in use specified in step S13. The seat selection unit 303 generates seat candidate information with reference to the office database 311.

In step d31, the communication control unit 301 transmits the acquired seat candidate information to the destination floor registration device.

The communication unit 23 receives the seat candidate information. In step S31, the control unit 20 displays vacant seat options based on the seat candidate information acquired from the communication unit 23.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of an image displayed on the touch screen of the destination floor registration device 2. Specifically, the destination floor registration device 2C shown in FIG. 8 is a destination floor registration device 2 that displays a seat selection screen displayed based on seat candidate information, that is, a screen that allows the user to select a seat. ..

The destination floor registration device 2C displays the image 225. Image 225 is a GUI displayed based on the seat candidate information. White squares in image 225 indicate vacant seats, and black squares indicate in-use seats. Each of the white squares is a GUI, and as shown in FIG. 7, the user selects a seat by inputting an operation to any of the white squares.

Further, in the present embodiment, an example in which the operation accepted by the image 225 is a touch operation will be described, but the operation is not limited to this.

Refer to FIG. 7 again, and return to the explanation of the seat guidance process. In step S32, the input unit 21 accepts the seat selection operation. A specific example of the seat selection operation is a touch operation for a white square (GUI) in the lower left in the example shown in FIG. The input unit 21 outputs an operation signal indicating a seat selection operation to the control unit 20.

In step d32, the control unit 20 generates the selected seat information based on the acquisition of the operation signal indicating the seat selection operation. Then, the control unit 20 controls the communication unit 23 to transmit the selected seat information to the control device 3. The selected seat information is information indicating the seat selected by the seat selection operation. Further, the selected seat information includes device identification information.

The communication unit 32 receives the selected seat information. The communication control unit 301 outputs the selected seat information acquired from the communication unit 32 to the seat selection unit 303.

In step S33, the seat selection unit 303 updates the office database 311 based on the selected seat information. Specifically, the seat selection unit 303 sets the seat indicated by the selected seat information as the in-use seat. Further, the seat selection unit 303 increments the number of employees in the office where the seat indicated by the selected seat information is located. Then, the seat selection unit 303 calls a notification indicating that the process of step S33 is completed and outputs the notification to the execution unit 304. As a result, the call execution unit 304 executes step S16.

<Action effect>
As described above, in the elevator system 1 according to the present embodiment, the communication unit 23 acquires seat candidate information from the control device 3. The display unit 22 displays the image 225 based on the seat candidate information. The input unit 21 accepts a seat selection operation for selecting one seat from the image 225. The seat selection unit 303 determines the seat selected by the seat selection operation as the user's seat and makes it an in-use seat.

According to this configuration, the user selects a seat from the presented options, so that the user can select a seat desired by himself / herself.

<Modified example of embodiment 3>
The seat selection unit 303 may execute the process of step S14 shown in FIG. 3 to specify a seat whose total value is equal to or more than a predetermined value and a seat whose total value is less than a predetermined value for each vacant seat. That is, the seat candidate information transmitted in step d31 includes information indicating vacant seats whose total value is equal to or more than a predetermined value, vacant seats whose total value is less than a predetermined value, and seats in use. In step S31, the control unit 20 may display the image 225 as a seat that the user cannot select even for an empty seat whose total value is less than a predetermined value, like the seat in use. As a result, the users working in the office can be arranged so as not to be crowded.

[Embodiment 4]
Yet another embodiment of the present invention will be described below.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing an example of the main configuration of the destination floor registration device 2 and the control device 3a included in the elevator system 1a according to the present embodiment.

<Control device 3a>
The control device 3a according to the present embodiment is different from the control device 3 in that the control device 30a is provided and the storage unit 31 is not provided.

The difference between the control unit 30a and the control unit 30 is that the control unit 30a does not include the floor selection unit 302 and the seat selection unit 303.

Further, the communication unit 32 (transmission unit, second acquisition unit) according to the present embodiment transmits / receives information to / from the free address management system 4 (external device) in addition to the destination floor registration device 2.

<Free address management system 4>
The free address management system 4 executes various processes related to the free address and manages various information. Specifically, the free address management system 4 determines the office where the elevator user works on that day based on the request from the control device 3a, and also determines the seat where the user sits in the office. .. Further, the free address management system 4 stores the office database 311.

That is, the free address management system 4 executes the same processing as the floor selection unit 302 and the seat selection unit 303 described in the above embodiment. Therefore, the elevator system 1a according to the present embodiment causes the free address management system 4 to select an office in which the user works on that day and a seat in which the user sits.

<Seat guidance processing>
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of seat guidance processing executed by the elevator system 1a according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 10, the same step numbers as those in FIG. 3 are assigned to the steps for executing the same processing as the seat guidance processing described in the first embodiment, and the detailed description is not repeated here.

In step S41, the communication control unit 301 controls the communication unit 23 and transmits an office decision request (selection instruction) to the free address management system 4 based on the seat guidance start instruction received from the destination floor registration device 2. do. Here, the office office determination request is an instruction to cause the free address management system 4 to determine a candidate for the office office where the user works on that day.

In step S42, the communication control unit 301 receives the office room information indicating the candidate for the office room from the free address management system 4 via the communication unit 23. As a result, the communication control unit 301 can transmit the office information to the destination floor registration device 2.

In step S43, the communication control unit 301 controls the communication unit 23 to transmit a seat determination request to the free address management system 4 based on the selected floor information received from the destination floor registration device 2. Here, the seat determination request is an instruction to cause the free address management system 4 to determine the seat to be seated by the user in the office on the floor selected by the user.

In step S44, the communication control unit 301 receives the seat information indicating the seat on which the user is seated, which is determined by the free address management system 4, via the communication unit 23. As a result, the communication control unit 301 can transmit the seat information to the destination floor registration device.

<Action effect>
As described above, in the elevator system 1a according to the present embodiment, when the seat guidance mode is selected, the communication unit 23 transmits an office room decision request to the free address management system 4 and receives office room information. do. Here, the office decision request can be expressed as an instruction to select a part of the floor where the office is located, which is a candidate for the destination floor to be presented to the user. In addition, the office information can be expressed as information indicating a part of the floor. Further, the communication unit 23 transmits the received office information to the destination floor registration device 2.

According to this configuration, the free address management system 4 is made to select some of the above floors. Therefore, if the user cooperates with the existing free address management system 4, the office where the user works on that day is determined. The floor where the office is located can be registered as the destination floor.

<Variation example of claim 4>
In the present embodiment, based on the fact that the facility provided in the building is the office, the free address management system 4 determines the candidate for the office where the user works on that day and the seat where the user is seated. An example was explained. The system or device for determining the candidate of the facility to be used by the user and the seat to be seated by the user depends on the facility. Therefore, the system or device is not limited to the free address management system 4. For example, if the facility is a smoking room, the system or device may be a system or device that manages the smoking room.

Further, the communication control unit 301 may transmit the received seat guidance start instruction to the free address management system 4 as an office decision request. Further, the communication control unit 301 may transmit the received selected floor information to the free address management system 4 as a seat determination request.

Further, the control device 3a according to the present embodiment does not have a function of selecting a candidate for an office where the user works on that day and a function of selecting a seat in which the user sits. rice field. On the other hand, the control device 3a may have a configuration having either of the above two functions.

[Floor movement mode]
Next, the floor movement mode will be described. The mode is a mode in which only the destination floor registration of the elevator is performed, that is, a mode in which the user does not select the office where the user works on that day or the seat to be seated.

<Floor movement processing>
FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of the floor movement process executed by the elevator system 1 or 1a described above. In FIG. 11, the steps for executing the same processing as the seat guidance processing described in the first embodiment are assigned the same step numbers as those in FIG. 3, and the detailed description is not repeated here.

In step S51, the input unit 21 accepts the floor movement operation. The floor moving operation according to the present embodiment is a touch operation to the image 222 shown in FIG. The input unit 21 outputs an operation signal indicating the floor movement operation to the control unit 20.

In step S52, the control unit 20 causes the display unit 22 to display the floor options based on the acquisition of the operation signal indicating the floor movement operation.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of an image displayed on the touch screen of the destination floor registration device 2. Specifically, the destination floor registration device 2D shown in FIG. 12 is a destination floor registration device 2 that displays a floor selection screen including floor options displayed based on an operation signal indicating a floor movement operation. ..

The destination floor registration device 2D displays the image 226. Image 226 is a GUI displayed based on an operation signal indicating a floor movement operation, and in this example, nine GUIs including each of 2 to 10 texts. These GUIs are GUIs indicating the 2nd to 10th floors, respectively.

Further, here, an example in which the operation accepted by the image 226 is a touch operation will be described, but the operation is not limited to this. In the example of the destination floor registration device 2D, the user inputs a touch operation to the GUI indicating the 5th floor.

With reference to FIG. 10 again, the description of the floor movement process will be returned. In step S53, the input unit 21 accepts the floor selection operation. A specific example of the floor selection operation is a touch operation for the GUI showing the fifth floor in the example of the destination floor registration device 2D shown in FIG. The input unit 21 outputs an operation signal indicating the floor selection operation to the control unit 20. As a result, the control unit 20 controls the communication unit 23 to transmit the selected floor information to the control device 3 (or the control device 3a).

In step d51, the communication control unit 301 controls the communication unit 32 to transmit the car information indicating the elevator car (unit) determined by the call execution unit 304 based on the selected floor information to the destination floor registration device 2. .. The destination floor registration device 2 to which the car information is transmitted is the destination floor registration device 2 indicated by the device identification information included in the received selected floor information.

The communication unit 23 receives the car information. In step S54, the control unit 20 displays the registered contents based on the car information acquired from the communication unit 23.

Here, a specific example of displaying the registered contents will be described with reference to FIG. The destination floor registration device 2E shown in FIG. 11 displays a registration content screen displayed based on the car information and the floor selection operation received in step S53, that is, a screen showing the registration content to the user. Registration device 2.

The destination floor registration device 2E displays an image 226, a text indicating the elevator unit on which the user should ride, and a text indicating the destination floor of the user. By visually recognizing the registration content screen, the user can recognize the elevator unit to which he / she should ride.

[Modification example]
In each embodiment of the present disclosure, an example in which the facility provided in the building is an office is described, but the facility is not limited thereto. The facility may be, for example, a self-study room of a prep school or a vocational school. Further, the facility does not have to be a facility used by a plurality of users at the same time. In addition, the facility does not have to be a facility where the user sits in a seat and uses it. In the latter case, the elevator system 1 according to the present disclosure may not include the seat selection unit 303.

Further, even if the facility provided in the building is a facility where the user sits in a seat and uses it, the elevator system 1 and the free address management system 4 according to the present disclosure select the seat in which the user sits. It does not have to have a function.

The elevator system according to the present disclosure includes a configuration in which the plurality of embodiments described above are combined. For example, the elevator system according to the present disclosure may have a configuration in which embodiments 2 and 4 are combined. That is, the free address management system 4 may determine the office in which the user works on that day without presenting the user with options. Further, for example, the elevator system according to the present disclosure may have a configuration in which the third and fourth embodiments are combined. That is, the free address management system 4 may transmit the seat candidates to be seated to the destination floor registration device 2 via the control device 3a.

The floor selection unit 302 may select an office (floor) to be presented to the user as an option based on the degree of congestion of the office. Specifically, instead of the current number of employees in each office, the number of employees divided by the number of seats in each office, based on the current utilization rate of each office, is given to the user. You may select the office (floor) to be presented as an option. As an example, the floor selection unit 302 is the sparsest office, that is, the office with the lowest utilization rate and the office where the difference in the degree of sparseness between the office and the office is less than or equal to a predetermined value, that is, the smallest. When the value of the utilization rate is p, an office where the utilization rate is p + c or less may be selected. In addition, c is a predetermined integer.

By using the utilization rate, users can be arranged according to the purpose even if the number of seats in each office is different. For example, users can be arranged in each office in a well-balanced manner, and it is possible to prevent a specific office from becoming dense.

In the first and second embodiments, the seat selection unit 303 may determine the seat on which the user will be seated based on a predetermined selection order. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a seat selection order. In FIG. 13, the numbers in the squares indicating the seats indicate the order of seat selection. In this modification, it is assumed that seats that cannot be seated are set in advance so that the seated persons are not adjacent to each other. The black squares shown in FIG. 13 indicate the seats with a seating load. It should be noted that this is an example, and all seats may be seated.

When the seat selection unit 303 identifies an office on the floor indicated by the selected floor information, the seat is an empty seat or an in-use seat for the office whose selection order is "1". Is determined. If it is determined that the seat is vacant, the seat is determined as the seat on which the user is seated. If it is determined that the seat is in use, the same processing is executed for the seat in the next selection order, that is, the seat in the selection order "2". The seat selection unit 303 repeats this process until the user's seat is determined.

[Example of implementation by software]
The control blocks (particularly the control unit 20, the control unit 30 and the control unit 30a) of the destination floor registration device 2, the control device 3 and the control device 3a are formed by a logic circuit (hardware) formed in an integrated circuit (IC chip) or the like. It may be realized or it may be realized by software.

In the latter case, the destination floor registration device 2, the control device 3, and the control device 3a include a computer that executes an instruction of a program that is software that realizes each function. The computer includes, for example, one or more processors and a computer-readable recording medium that stores the program. Then, in the computer, the processor reads the program from the recording medium and executes it, thereby achieving the object of the present invention. As the processor, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) can be used. As the recording medium, a "non-temporary tangible medium", for example, a ROM (Read Only Memory) or the like, a tape, a disk, a card, a semiconductor memory, a programmable logic circuit, or the like can be used. Further, a RAM (Random Access Memory) for expanding the above program may be further provided. Further, the program may be supplied to the computer via any transmission medium (communication network, broadcast wave, etc.) capable of transmitting the program. It should be noted that one aspect of the present invention can also be realized in the form of a data signal embedded in a carrier wave, in which the above program is embodied by electronic transmission.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the claims, and the embodiments obtained by appropriately combining the technical means disclosed in the different embodiments. Is also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

1 Elevator system 2 Destination floor registration device 3, 3a Control device 4 Free address management system (external device)
21 Input section (operation reception section)
22 Display unit 23 Communication unit (acquisition unit)
32 Communication unit (output unit, seat output unit, transmission unit, second acquisition unit)
302 floor selection section (selection section)
303 Seat selection section (decision section)
304 Call execution unit

Claims (8)

An elevator system including a control device for controlling an elevator and a destination floor registration device for registering the destination floor of a user of the elevator with respect to the control device.
The destination floor registration device has a first mode for selecting a destination floor from the floors of the building where the elevator is provided, and a plurality of the floors provided with facilities that the user is going to go to. A display unit that allows the user to select any of the second modes for selecting the destination floor from the floor where the facility is installed, and a display unit.
When the second mode is selected, the facility includes an acquisition unit for acquiring information indicating a part of the floors selected from the facility installation floors based on predetermined conditions from the control device.
The display unit displays a part of the floors based on the information acquired by the acquisition unit .
The control device is
When the second mode is selected, the floor on which the facility where the user is sparsest is installed is selected from the floors where the facility is installed, based on the degree of congestion of the users at the present time of each facility. Department and
It includes an output unit that outputs information indicating the selected floor to the destination floor registration device.
Elevator system. The destination floor registration device is provided with an operation reception unit that accepts user operations.
The acquisition unit acquires information indicating a plurality of floors as information indicating a part of the floors.
The operation reception unit receives a selection operation for selecting one floor from the plurality of floors indicated by the information acquired by the acquisition unit.
The control device includes a call execution unit that executes a call with the facility installation floor selected by the selection operation as the destination floor.
The elevator system according to claim 1. The acquisition unit acquires information indicating one floor as information indicating a part of the floors, and obtains information indicating one floor.
The control device includes a call execution unit that executes a call with the one floor as the destination floor.
The elevator system according to claim 1. The facility is a facility used by a plurality of users at the same time.
Based on the degree of sparseness of users at the present time of each facility, the selection unit determines the degree of sparseness between the floor where the facility with the sparsest user is installed and the floor where the facility is installed. Select the floor where the facility where the difference is less than or equal to the specified value is installed.
The elevator system according to claim 2. The facility is a facility where a user sits in one of a plurality of installed seats and uses it.
The acquisition unit acquires seat information indicating a seat in which a user of the destination floor registration device is seated in the facility provided on the destination floor from the control device.
Based on the acquired seat information, the display unit displays a seat indicating the seat on which the user of the destination floor registration device is seated.
The elevator system according to any one of claims 2 to 4. The control device is
A determination unit that determines the seat to be seated by the user of the destination floor registration device based on the current determination status of the seated person in the facility provided on the destination floor.
A seat output unit that outputs information indicating a determined seat to the destination floor registration device is provided.
The elevator system according to claim 5. The determination unit determines the seat to be seated by the user of the destination floor registration device so that the total value of the distances to each seat already determined by the seated person is maximized.
The elevator system according to claim 6. The control device is
Based on the selection of the second mode, a transmission unit that transmits a selection instruction for a part of the floor to an external device of the elevator system, and a transmission unit.
A second acquisition unit that acquires information indicating a part of the floor from the external device is provided.
The output unit outputs the information to the destination floor registration device.
The elevator system according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

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