WO2019077646A1

WO2019077646A1 - Elevator control device and elevator control method

Info

Publication number: WO2019077646A1
Application number: PCT/JP2017/037356
Authority: WO
Inventors: 真央平田
Original assignee: 三菱電機株式会社
Priority date: 2017-10-16
Filing date: 2017-10-16
Publication date: 2019-04-25

Abstract

In this elevator control device, a general call button with no car passenger restrictions and a dedicated call button with car passenger restrictions are provided in a boarding area of each floor. The elevator control device is provided with a car passenger information collection unit which collects car passenger information about passengers in each car. In response to general calls from the boarding areas, a car is assigned regardless of the congestion rate in the car, which is determined from the car passenger information, and in response to dedicated calls, a car that has a congestion rate less than or equal to a set value is assigned. Car operation is controlled in accordance with this assignment result, and an operation type display unit, which is provided on each car landing door, makes an identification display indicating whether an assigned car is in response to a general call or a dedicated call.

Description

Elevator control device and elevator control method

The present invention relates to an elevator control apparatus and an elevator control method, and more particularly to an elevator apparatus and an elevator method in consideration of convenience when dedicatedly using a car in which electromagnetic waves are not detected.

BACKGROUND ART As a prior art, there is an elevator control device for avoiding a collision between a user wearing a pacemaker and a user carrying a device generating an electromagnetic wave such as a mobile phone or a portable computer (see, for example, Patent Document 1) ). In the conventional elevator control device according to Patent Document 1, a general landing button and a dedicated landing button operated by a user wearing a pacemaker are provided at the landing. Furthermore, the conventional elevator control device is provided with an electromagnetic wave sensing device in the car.

And, when the electromagnetic wave sensing device in the car does not sense the electromagnetic wave above a predetermined level, the conventional elevator control device assigns this car to the call registered by the dedicated landing button. . Furthermore, the conventional elevator control device causes the car assigned by the dedicated landing button to arrive at the floor operated by the dedicated landing button and opens the door. Then, the conventional elevator control device is controlled so as not to close the door and not leaving the car when the electromagnetic wave detecting device in the car detects an electromagnetic wave of a predetermined level or more in the state of opening the door. ing.

JP 2003-12244 A

However, the conventional techniques as described above have the following problems.
In recent years, it is conceivable that many elevator users carry mobile phones. For this reason, it is assumed that a user wearing a pacemaker and a user carrying a mobile phone generating an electromagnetic wave get into the same car from the same floor.

At that time, in the conventional elevator control device, the car assigned by the dedicated landing button senses an electromagnetic wave, the door does not close, and the car can not leave. As a result, the waiting time of the user is increased. In particular, at times when there are many users, such as rush hours at work, leaving work at regular hours, every time a user wearing a pacemaker is in a car assigned by the dedicated landing button, he holds a mobile phone etc. It is possible that the situation where the car can not leave occurs when the user rides on. Therefore, the conventional elevator control device as described in Patent Document 1 has a problem that the convenience of the elevator is impaired.

In addition, users who want to utilize the dedicated landing button are not limited to users who wear pacemakers. For the following users, by utilizing the dedicated landing button, it is possible to preferentially assign empty cars or empty cars or crowded cars without passengers.
-Users who are wheelchair users and need a larger area than ordinary users to get in the car.
・ Users who are disabled in the lower limbs who fall easily and want to use the handrail.
A user who is a visually impaired person who walks and walks with a white stick, and needs a larger area than a general user to get in the car.
・ A user who is a hearing impaired person who is hard to notice even if he is told "Please drop in because I want to get off" in the basket and I want to avoid the crowded basket.

However, even if an empty car or an uncongested car could be assigned corresponding to the dedicated landing button, a car arriving at the landing would be accompanied by a general user, resulting in congestion. May occur. And if it departs after taking down the general user who got on once, conveyance efficiency will deteriorate.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is possible to transport both a dedicated user who wants to get in a crowded car and a general user who is not particularly restricted for the passenger of the car. It is an object of the present invention to provide an elevator control device and an elevator control method that can be performed more smoothly.

The present invention is provided at a landing of each floor and is provided at a landing of each floor, a general call registration input unit for registering a general landing call having no restriction for the passenger of the car, and for the passenger of the car. A dedicated call registration input unit for registering a dedicated hall call having a restriction, and an appropriate one of a plurality of cars according to the general hall call and the special hall call from each hall; An in-car passenger information collection unit that collects the states of the passengers in the car as the in-car passenger information for each of the plurality of cars; In the landings of the respective floors, provided for each landing door corresponding to the plurality of cars, the appropriate car assigned is the general call car assigned according to the general landing call A driving type display unit for performing identification display indicating whether the vehicle is being operated or being operated as a car of a dedicated call assigned according to the dedicated hall call; A congestion rate determination unit that determines a congestion rate in the car for each of the plurality of cars based on the in-car passenger information collected by the in-car passenger information collection unit; and the general landing call from each hall For the above, regardless of the determination result of the congestion rate determination unit, an appropriate car is allocated from among the plurality of cars, and the determination of the congestion rate determination unit is performed for the dedicated landing call from each hall. Based on the result, the car allocation unit extracts the car whose congestion rate is equal to or less than the set value, and allocates a suitable car from the extracted cars, and controls the plurality of cars according to the allocation result by the car allocation unit. And the rolling control unit, assignment of the identification related to the appropriate cage made, configured to include a, a display control unit that performs to the driving type display unit, in the elevator control.

In the present invention, a car corresponding to the dedicated hall call is assigned, and the car assigned to the dedicated hall call is displayed on the hall. As a result, an elevator control apparatus and an elevator control method capable of smoothly carrying both a dedicated user who wants to get in a crowded car and a general user who is not particularly restricted for the passenger of the car. You can get

It is a figure which shows an example of the structure in each landing of the elevator control apparatus by this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of a control structure of the elevator control apparatus by this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of operation | movement of the elevator control apparatus by this invention.

Hereinafter, an elevator control device and an elevator control method according to the present invention will be described according to embodiments using drawings.

Embodiment 1
FIG. 1 is a view showing an example of the equipment configuration at each landing of the elevator control device according to the present invention. More specifically, FIG. 1 shows the configuration of the elevator control apparatus for controlling the operation of two cars at a single floor landing. In the vicinity of the landing door 1, a general call button 2 and a dedicated call button 3 are provided.

The general call button 2 is a button for a general landing call used by a user who registers a general landing call having no restriction on the passenger of the car. On the other hand, the dedicated call button 3 is limited for the passenger of the car, and is used exclusively by the user who registers a dedicated landing call for exclusive use of an empty car without passengers or a car not crowded. It is a button for landing call. The general call button 2 corresponds to a general call registration input unit, and the dedicated call button 3 corresponds to a dedicated call registration input unit.

In the following, in order to simplify the description, the operation control apparatus 100 controls to assign an empty car when the dedicated call button 3 is pressed. Further, in the elevator with a security function or the like, all the users must perform the registration operation or the getting-off operation, so that the operation control apparatus 100 can grasp the number of users to a certain extent. In such a case, if the operation control device 100 is a car having a congestion rate or less set in advance, the user who operated the dedicated call button 3 and the user who operated the general call button 2 are the same car It is also possible to control to assign.

Further, in the vicinity of the dedicated call button 3, a dedicated button nameplate 4 indicating that it is a dedicated call button is provided. Furthermore, in the vicinity of the general call button 2 and the dedicated call button 3, a guidance device 5 is provided which provides guidance at least one of voice and display at the landing.

Further, in the vicinity of each landing door 1, a directional light 6 is provided to indicate the driving direction of the arriving car, that is, whether it is going up or down. Furthermore, an operating light 7 is provided in the vicinity of the direction light 6 to indicate whether the arriving car is assigned and operated for either a general landing call or a dedicated landing call. The operation lamp 7 corresponds to the operation type display unit.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the elevator control device according to the present invention. FIG. 2 shows, for example, the case where the number of floors is N and the number of cars is M. The operation control apparatus 100 assigns an appropriate car to a hall call from each hall and a car call from a car, and performs operation control of a plurality of cars. In addition, the operation control device 100 performs display control at each landing according to the driving condition of the car.

The operation control apparatus 100 includes the above-mentioned general call button 2 for each floor, a dedicated call button 3, a guidance device 5, a directional light 6, various devices HM1-HMN of each floor including the operation light 7, and each car C1-CM It is connected to be able to send and receive The operation control apparatus 100 receives a car call signal according to the user's operation from the general call button 2 and the dedicated call button 3 for each landing. In addition, the operation control device 100 controls display and voice guidance for the guidance device 5, the direction light 6, and the operation light 7. Furthermore, the operation control apparatus 100 receives a car call signal from each car for each car. The various devices HM1-HMN in each floor exchange signals with the operation control system 100 via the hall control devices HC1-HCN provided in each floor. The landing control devices HC1-HCN may be omitted. Further, various devices (both not shown) including a car call button on the car side also exchange signals with the operation control device 100 via the car control device CC1-CCM. The car control unit CC1-CCM may be omitted.

The operation control apparatus 100 is also connected to the in-car passenger information collecting unit 50 that collects in-car passenger information, and receives in-car passenger information from the in-car passenger information collecting unit 50. The in-car passenger information collection unit 50 may generate in-car passenger information such as the presence or absence of an in-car passenger and the congestion rate of the in-car passenger.

For example, the in-car passenger information collecting unit 50 includes a television camera that captures an image in the car, a scale that measures the load weight in the car, and a car occupant measuring device that detects and counts the passengers getting on and off the car. . The in-car passenger information collection unit 50 is described symbolically as one block in FIG. 2, but in the case of a television camera, a scale, a car getting in / out measuring device, etc., it is actually provided for each car C1-CM. Be

In the operation control device 100 in FIG. 2, a configuration for realizing the main functions of the present invention is shown as a functional block. The operation control apparatus 100 is configured to include an operation control unit 101, a car allocation unit 102, a display control unit 103, a guidance control unit 104, a car congestion rate determination unit 105, and a storage unit 110.

The storage unit 110 stores a program for realizing the function of each of the units 101 to 105 indicated by the functional block of the operation control apparatus 100 and data necessary for control. On the other hand, a processor (not shown) controls the elevator according to the signal from each landing, each car and the like based on the program and data stored in the memory. The operation control apparatus 100 may be configured by a digital circuit that individually executes the functions of the illustrated functional blocks.

The car allocation unit 102 allocates an appropriate car to the general hall call from each hall and the car call from each car, regardless of the passengers in the car. On the other hand, the car assignment unit 102 assigns an appropriate car from among cars without passengers according to the in-car passenger information from the in-car passenger information collection unit 50 to the dedicated hall call from each hall. Thereafter, the car assignment unit 102 does not assign another call to the car assigned in response to the dedicated landing call until the transfer of the passenger by the dedicated landing call is finished.

The operation control unit 101 performs operation control of the car in accordance with the assignment by the car assignment unit 102.

The display control unit 103 causes the operation light 7 provided corresponding to the landing door of the car assigned to the dedicated landing call to display a message indicating that the car is being driven to the dedicated landing call. . The display control unit 103 may display the message on the corresponding operation light 7 of the floor where the dedicated hall call is registered, or may display the message on the corresponding operation light 7 of all the floors. .

The guidance control unit 104 instructs the guidance device 5 to guide the user of the landing to the appropriate car according to whether the car is being driven for the general landing call or for the dedicated landing call. Display. The guidance apparatus 5 of FIG. 1 exemplifies a display example to the user for the general call button 2.

The in-car congestion rate determination unit 105 obtains the in-car congestion rate of the passengers from the in-car passenger information. The in-car congestion rate determination unit 105 sets the congestion rate to the following formula (congestion rate = number of passengers / car capacity)
It can be determined by The in-car congestion rate determination unit 105 is the in-car passenger information from the in-car passenger information collection unit 50, based on the image in the car, the load weight in the car, the result of measurement of the number of people in and out of the car, the result of passenger registration, etc. The number of passengers can be determined.

When landing control devices HC1-HCN are provided on each floor, for example, the functions of the display control unit 103 and the guidance control unit 104 may be dispersedly provided in the landing control devices HC1-HCN of each floor. it can.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing an example of a series of operations of the elevator control device according to the present invention. The car allocation unit 102 allocates a car, ie, a car to the user each time the user operates the general call button 2 or the dedicated call button 3 and calls a car at the hall (steps S1 and S2).

The car allocation unit 102 allocates a car that allows the user to get on independently for the dedicated landing call by the dedicated call button 3. Specifically, in accordance with the in-car passenger information from the in-car passenger information collection unit 50, the car allocation unit 102 determines a car without a passenger. Further, the car allocating unit 102 does not allocate the car corresponding to another call to the car allocated corresponding to the dedicated hall call until the transfer of the passenger by the dedicated hall call is finished.

On the other hand, for the general landing call by the general call button 2, the car assignment unit 102 assigns a car without restriction to the passenger of the car.

The guidance control unit 104 notifies the user of the landing via the guidance device 5 of the information on the car assigned by the car assignment unit 102 for a predetermined time by display or voice. Specifically, when the guidance control unit 104 assigns a dedicated landing call, the guidance control unit 104 displays or voices a car assigned to the dedicated landing call. On the other hand, when the guidance control unit 104 assigns a general landing call, the guidance control unit 104 displays or voices a car that is not assigned by a dedicated landing call (steps S3 and S4).

In addition, when the assignment to the dedicated landing call is performed, the display control unit 103 performs the assignment to the dedicated landing call so that other users do not get on the same assigned assignment car. The operation lamp 7 displays the mark "dedicated".

The display control unit 103 may perform such display by the operation light 7 only on the floor where the dedicated hall call is registered, or on all floors. The display control unit 103 can display the mark “dedicated” in characters or pictograms. This display is performed, for example, from before a period in which the timing to get on the vehicle is set until the door is closed.

In addition, since the display for identifying "dedicated" is performed from the time when the car is assigned to the dedicated landing call until the door is closed, the user of the landing can use the dedicated landing call at an earlier timing. The assigned car can be known (step S5).

When the user checks the “dedicated” mark of the operation light 7 and the upward and downward operation directions of the direction light 6 and gets on the car, the operation control unit 101 closes the car. Furthermore, the operation control unit 101 controls the operation of the car according to the destination floor set by the user, and transports each passenger to the destination floor (step S6).

The general call button 2 and the dedicated call button 3 may be up and down buttons or destination floor registration buttons including a 10-key type. In addition, a dedicated call button 3 is an unrelated button for going up and down, and a user who wants to get in a car without a passenger operates a dedicated call button 3 to indicate that he wishes to get in a car without a passenger. The vertical direction and the destination floor may be designated by the button 2.

The in-car congestion rate determination unit 105 in the operation control apparatus 100 obtains the congestion rate of the passengers in the car from the in-car passenger information, and the car allocation unit 102 determines that the determined congestion rate is less than the set value. Also, dedicated landing calls may be assigned. In this case, the car assignment unit 102 can assign a non-empty car to the dedicated landing call, and the user who operated the general call button 2 and the user who operated the dedicated call button 3 are the same car. It can also be assigned to In this way, by carrying out the operation of permitting the passenger according to the congestion rate, the transportation efficiency of the elevator passengers can be further improved.

With the above configuration and control, for example, by allowing a user wearing a pacemaker to get on the elevator car alone, it is possible to prevent the pacemaker from malfunctioning due to the mobile phones of surrounding users and the like. be able to.

Mobile phone users often hold the mobile phone at a certain distance from their own body in order to use the mobile phone at a position where the screen can be easily viewed. Therefore, when there are multiple passengers in a small cab and you are operating a mobile phone, it is possible to bring the mobile phone closer to other users rather than yourself even if you are not so crowded is there. Therefore, there is an advantage that a user wearing a pacemaker can get on alone.

Also, by displaying "dedicated" or the like, it is possible to prevent another elevator user who comes later from riding with the user wearing the pacemaker without knowing that it is dedicated. Can. As a result, unlike the prior art, it is not necessary to install an electromagnetic wave sensing device in the car.

In addition, users such as wheelchair users, persons with disabilities in lower limbs and persons with hearing impairments can also get on the car alone, and have the merit of being able to get on in the car with peace of mind.

In the above embodiment, the number of cars, ie, the number of cars to be operated, is two. However, the present invention is similarly applicable to an elevator having three or more cars, and a considerable effect can be obtained.

1 landing door, 2 general call button (general call registration input unit), 3 dedicated call button (dedicated call registration input unit), 4 dedicated button name plate, 5 guidance device, 6 direction lights, 7 operation lights (operation type display unit) , HM1-HMN various devices, 50 in-car passenger information collection unit, 100 operation control apparatus, 101 operation control unit, 102 car assignment unit, 103 display control unit, 104 guidance control unit, 105 in-car congestion ratio determination unit, 110 memory Section, C1-CM Car, CC1-CCM Car Controller, HC1-HCN Ground Controller.

Claims

A general call registration input unit which is provided at the landing of each floor and registers a general landing call having no restriction for the passenger of the car;
A dedicated call registration input unit for registering a dedicated landing call provided at the landing of each floor and having a restriction for the passenger of the car;
An operation control device that assigns an appropriate car from a plurality of cars and controls the plurality of cars according to the general hall call from each hall and the dedicated hall call;
An elevator control device comprising:
An in-car passenger information collection unit that collects the state of the passenger in the car as the in-car passenger information for each of the plurality of cars;
The landing doors of the respective floors are provided for each landing door corresponding to the plurality of cars, and the appropriate assigned car is operated as a car of a general call assigned according to the general landing call. A driving type display unit for performing identification display indicating whether the vehicle is operating or as a dedicated call car assigned according to the dedicated hall call;
And further
The operation control device is
A congestion rate determination unit that determines a congestion rate in the car for each of the plurality of cars based on the in-car passenger information collected by the in-car passenger information collection unit;
With respect to the general hall call from each hall, an appropriate car is assigned out of the plurality of cars regardless of the determination result of the congestion rate judging unit, and for the dedicated hall call from each hall A car allocation unit for extracting a car whose congestion rate is equal to or less than a set value based on the determination result of the congestion rate determination unit and assigning an appropriate car from the extracted cars;
An operation control unit that controls the plurality of cars according to the allocation result by the car allocation unit;
A display control unit for performing the identification display on the appropriate car for which the assignment has been performed on the operation type display unit;
Comprising
Elevator controller.
The car allocator, from the general landing call from each landing and the each landing until the transportation to the destination floor of the passenger by the dedicated landing call is finished, is the car assigned to the dedicated landing call. The elevator control device according to claim 1, wherein no assignment is performed for the dedicated hall call of.
The car allocation unit extracts a car having no passengers with a congestion rate of zero based on the determination result of the congestion rate determination unit, and allocates an appropriate car from the extracted cars.
The elevator control device according to claim 1 or 2.
A guidance device provided at the landing of each floor and providing guidance by at least one of voice and display;
The operation control device guides the guidance for guiding the user of the landing to the appropriate car according to whether the car is being driven for the general landing call or the dedicated landing call. Further including a guidance control that is implemented via the device;
The elevator control device according to any one of claims 1 to 3.
A general call registration input unit for registering a general landing call with no restriction for the passenger of the car at the landing of each floor, and a landing for the above-mentioned each floor provided restriction for the passenger of the car A dedicated call registration input unit for registering a dedicated landing call, and a public call provided for each landing door corresponding to a plurality of cars, wherein an appropriate assigned car is assigned according to the general landing call A driving type display unit for performing identification display indicating whether the car is being operated as the car or the car is being operated as a dedicated call assigned according to the dedicated hall call;
And an in-car passenger information collection unit that collects the state of the passenger in the car as the in-car passenger information for each of the plurality of cars.
By the operation control device,
Determining an in-car congestion rate for each of the plurality of cars based on the collected in-car passenger information;
For the general landing call from each landing, an appropriate car is assigned out of the plurality of cars regardless of the determination result of the congestion rate, and for the dedicated landing call from each landing, the general landing call is assigned Extracting a car whose congestion rate is equal to or less than a set value based on the determination result of the congestion rate, and assigning an appropriate car from the extracted cars;
Operation control of the plurality of cars according to the assignment result;
Performing the identification display of the appropriate car assigned to the operation type display unit;
Elevator control method to do the