CN114436084B - Elevator system and elevator control method - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides an elevator system and an elevator control method, which can inform passengers of elevators allocated to remote calls to improve convenience. An elevator system of the present invention is capable of receiving a call from a terminal device of a passenger via wireless communication, and includes: a remote call receiving unit that receives a call from the terminal device as a remote call; a hall display conversion instruction unit that, when the remote call is received, transmits an instruction to a hall display provided at an elevator hall marked as being located at the location of the terminal device, to cause the hall display to display information on a single machine, the hall display displaying the identification information of the elevator in the single machine information display; and a transmitting unit that transmits identification information assigned to the remote call to the terminal device.

Description

Elevator system and elevator control method

Technical field

The present invention relates to an elevator system and an elevator control method that accept calls from a terminal device of a passenger via wireless communication.

Background technique

Conventionally, there is a technology described in Japanese Patent No. 6598892 (Patent Document 1) in order to allow passengers, who are users of elevators, to call for elevators using terminal devices they possess. In this publication, there is the following description: "It is provided with a registration control unit that allows the user to register a destination call using a terminal device capable of wireless communication with the DCS control device, and a device installed at the landing to wirelessly activate the above-mentioned terminal device. A wireless signaling device that transmits the floor information of the floor station using the application software for DCS pre-installed in it."

existing technical documents

patent documents

Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent No. 6598892

Contents of the invention

Invent the problem to be solved

In Patent Document 1, passengers can call for elevators using terminal devices such as smartphones they possess. When a call is made from a terminal device (remote call), convenience will be improved if the passenger can be notified which elevator is assigned. However, an existing elevator may not have the function of displaying a number to identify itself, and it is often difficult to add a new display unit or the like due to the design of the elevator. Therefore, even if a function corresponding to the remote call can be added, there may be a situation in which the elevator assigned to the remote call cannot be notified to the passengers.

Therefore, the present invention aims to improve convenience by notifying passengers of elevators assigned to remote calls.

Technical solutions to solve problems

In order to achieve the above object, one of the representative elevator systems and elevator control methods of the present invention is an elevator system capable of accepting calls from terminal devices of passengers via wireless communication, which is characterized by including: accepting calls from the terminal devices. The call of the device is a remote call accepting unit that serves as a remote call; the landing display conversion instruction unit sends an instruction to the landing display to cause the landing display to perform stand-alone information when the remote call is accepted. Display, wherein the landing display is set at the elevator landing marked as being located at the location of the terminal device, and the identification information of the elevator is displayed in the stand-alone information display; and the elevator hall allocated for the remote call is displayed. The identification information is sent to the sending unit of the terminal device.

Invention effect

According to the present invention, convenience can be improved by notifying passengers of elevators assigned to remote calls. Problems, structures, and effects other than those described above will be explained through the description of the following embodiments.

Description of the drawings

Figure 1 is a structural diagram of the elevator system of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a specific example of car position display.

Figure 3 is a specific example (Part 1) of stand-alone information display.

Figure 4 is a specific example (part 2) of stand-alone information display.

Fig. 5 is a specific example of display when the elevator is installed between two elevators.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the processing operations of the center's determination unit.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a specific example of the building DB.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of a specific example of the ID management DB.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a specific example of the user ID management DB.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the processing flow of starting the stand-alone information display.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the processing flow of ending the display of stand-alone information.

Detailed ways

Hereinafter, Examples will be described using the drawings.

[Example]

Figure 1 is a structural diagram of the elevator system of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1 , in the elevator system, the landing elevator service requesting device 20 , the building management system 30 , the center 40 and the elevator operation management system 50 are connected to the network 10 .

The landing elevator service requesting device 20 is a device that requests service from the elevator when a passenger, who is a user of the elevator, performs a predetermined operation. The service request to the elevator is referred to as a "call" below. The landing elevator service request device 20 includes a device fixedly installed at each landing on each floor and a terminal device held by a passenger. Here, the floor refers to the floor that constitutes a floor in a building where an elevator is installed. The elevator car moves up and down through the layered floor, and the current location and destination floor at this time are managed using the floor floor.

The terminal device held by the passenger is, for example, a smartphone. By installing a predetermined application and performing user registration in advance, the function of the landing elevator service requesting device 20 can be realized. Specifically, the landing elevator service requesting device 20 accepts the passenger's operation and sends location information and destination information to the center 40 together with the user ID. The location information is information indicating which floor of a building the terminal device serving as the landing elevator service requesting device 20 is located at, and is, for example, a combination of position information determined by GPS (Global Positioning System: Global Positioning System) and the passenger. Just enter the floor information. The destination information may at least indicate which of the upper and lower directions is the destination and specify the destination floor.

The hall elevator service requesting device 20, which is a device fixedly installed at each hall, is a device provided with buttons corresponding to the direction of the destination floor (upward direction and/or downward direction), for example.

In the following description, for convenience, a call from a terminal device held by a passenger is specifically called a remote call, and a call from a fixed device is specifically called a fixed call. In addition, when there is no need to distinguish which party it is, it is simply called a call.

The building management system 30 is a system that manages a building where elevators are installed.

The center 40 receives the remote call from the terminal device and sends it to the elevator operation management system 50 of the corresponding building.

Specifically, the center 40 includes a building DB 41 , an ID management DB 42 , a user ID management DB 43 , a reception unit 44 , an authentication unit 45 , an inquiry unit 46 , a judgment unit 47 and a transmission unit 48 . The building DB 41 is a database that manages a building in which an elevator is installed and the identification information of the building and the elevator in association with each other. The ID management DB 42 is a database that manages identification information for building management in association with identification information of the building for providing to users. The user ID management DB 43 is a database that manages users registered to use the remote call service.

The functions of the reception unit 44, the authentication unit 45, the inquiry unit 46, the judgment unit 47, and the transmission unit 48 are realized by, for example, a processor executing a predetermined program. The receiving unit 44 receives the service request from the terminal device. The service request includes user ID, location information, and destination information. That is, the receiving unit 44 operates as a remote call accepting unit that accepts a call from the terminal device as a remote call.

The authentication unit 45 refers to the user ID management DB 43 based on the user ID of the service request, and determines whether the request is from a registered user. If the request is from a registered user, the query unit 46 queries whether the location information and destination information are correct. If the location information and destination information are correct, the determination unit 47 determines that the remote call should be sent to the elevator operation management system 50 of the building. The transmitting unit 48 transmits the contents of the remote call to the determined elevator operation management system 50 .

The elevator operation management system 50 is installed in each building and manages the operation of one or more elevators installed in the building. In Figure 1, the elevator operation management system 50 manages the operation of N elevators. N elevators are managed by individual machine numbers, and an elevator control system 71 and a landing display 72 are provided for each individual machine. Among them, the landing display 72 is respectively set on the floor to be stopped.

The elevator operation management system 50 includes a receiving unit 51, a remote call detection unit 52, a landing display conversion command unit 53, an authentication unit 54, a call acceptance judgment unit 55, an input matching judgment unit 56, a call registration unit 57, and a notification unit. Data generation unit 58 and transmission unit 59. These functional units are realized, for example, by a processor executing a predetermined program. Therefore, it is possible to add without changing the hardware by updating the firmware.

The receiving unit 51 receives data indicating the contents of the remote call from the center 40 . The remote call detection unit 52 detects that the received data includes a remote call. The authentication unit 54 authenticates the received data. If the authentication is successful, the call acceptance judgment unit 55 detects and accepts the content of the call (destination floor, landing, etc.). The input matching determination unit 56 determines the matching of the content of the call. Then, if there is a match, the call registration unit 57 registers the call, and the notification data generation unit 58 generates notification data. This notification data includes a control request to the elevator control system 71 and a response to the center. In addition, the notification data generation unit 58 notifies the landing display conversion instruction unit 53 that notification data has been generated for the remote call.

When a remote call is detected and notification data is generated, the landing display conversion instruction unit 53 generates a command to request stand-alone information display of the elevator identification information for the landing display 72 .

The sending unit 59 sends the notification data to the elevator control system 71 and the center 40, and sends an instruction to display the stand-alone information to the landing display 72.

The elevator control system 71 controls the raising, lowering and stopping of the car and the opening and closing of the door based on the control request received as notification data.

Based on the response received as the notification data, the center 40 transmits the assigned stand or the like to the terminal device that is the request source of the remote call.

The terminal device of the request source displays which elevator is assigned to the request from the passenger by displaying the individual machine information received from the center 40 .

When receiving an instruction to display the individual machine information, the landing display 72 executes a single machine information display that displays the identification information of the corresponding elevator.

Next, a specific example of the display performed by the boarding point display 72 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 5 . Fig. 2 is a specific example of car position display. In FIG. 2 , the landing display 72 displays the current position (5th floor) and movement direction (upper) of the elevator car. The landing display 72 displays and outputs such a car position display when it does not receive an instruction to display stand-alone information.

Figures 3 and 4 are specific examples of stand-alone information display. The landing display 72 provided in one-to-one correspondence with the elevator displays and outputs individual machine information display indicating the positional relationship between the single machine of the elevator and the door of the elevator when receiving an instruction to display the single machine information.

Figure 3 shows the situation where the elevator on the left side of the front is a single machine A. Similarly, Figure 4 shows the situation where the elevator on the right side of the front is a single machine B.

In addition, when receiving an instruction to display the stand-alone information, the landing display 72 does not only display and output the stand-alone information display, but alternately switches the stand-alone information display and the car position display at predetermined time intervals.

FIG. 5 is a specific example of the landing display 72a provided between two elevators and shared by two elevators. The landing display 72a shared by the two elevators divides the display area into two vertical columns, and displays information about the elevator on one side corresponding to the left and right areas obtained by the division.

Specifically, the landing display 72a displays the current position and movement direction of the left and right elevators if it is a car position display, and displays the respective identification information together with arrows pointing to the left and right elevators if it is a stand-alone information display. The landing display 72a alternately switches the car position display and the stand-alone information display, and the switching is performed simultaneously in the left and right display areas. This is because when the car position display on one side and the stand-alone information display on the other side are performed at the same time, it may cause confusion among passengers.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the processing operation of the determination unit 47 of the center 40 . After the inquiry by the inquiry unit 46, the determination unit 47 of the center 40 first detects the user ID of the service request received from the terminal device from the user ID management DB 43 (step S101).

The determination unit 47 determines whether the user ID is set to be registration prohibited in the user ID management DB 43 (step S102). If registration is set to be prohibited (step S102; YES), the judgment unit 47 performs registration data processing (step S106), sends the message to the requesting terminal device (step S107), and ends the process. For example, a user ID that repeatedly makes inappropriate service requests is set to prohibit registration, and remote call registration is not allowed.

If registration is not set to be prohibited (step S102; No), the judgment unit 47 performs a process of selecting a building to which the remote call should be sent based on the location information and destination information of the service request received from the terminal device. Data transmission destination selection process of the elevator operation management system 50 (step S103).

Thereafter, the determination unit 47 executes output data processing processing for processing the service request received from the terminal device into a data format for transmission to the elevator operation management system 50 (step S104). The judgment unit 47 causes the transmission unit 48 to transmit the processed data, thereby executing the registration transmission process of registering the remote call (step S105), and ends the process.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a specific example of building DB41. As shown in FIG. 7 , the building DB 41 associates the “group ID” that is the identification information of the building with the “building name”, “floor” indicating the floor of the building, “object EV management number”, and “single machine name”. ".

As an example, in FIG. 7 , "Group ID: 000001" is associated with "Building Name: Building X" and "Floor: B1, 1, 2, 3". In addition, for this building, an elevator with "Target EV management No.: 000001" and "Individual machine name: A" and an elevator with "Target EV management No.: 000002" and "Individual machine name: B" are set.

Similarly, "Building Name: Y Building" and "Floor: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5" are associated with "Group ID: 000002", and for this building, "Object EV Management No.: 000003" is set " and "Unit name: A" elevator.

In this manner, the building DB 41 is a database that manages buildings in which elevators are installed and the identification information of the buildings and elevators in association with each other. In addition, by uniquely assigning target EV management numbers to all elevators subject to management and uniquely assigning individual machine names within the building, a plurality of pieces of identification information can be collectively managed and duplication can be prevented.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of a specific example of the ID management DB 42. As shown in FIG. 8 , the ID management DB 42 associates the “building ID for personal terminals” with the “group ID” that is the identification information of the building, and the “floor” indicating the floors of the building.

As an example, in FIG. 8 , "Group ID: 000001" is associated with "Building ID for personal terminals: 1000001" and "Floor: B1, 1, 2, 3". Similarly, "Group ID: 000002" is associated with "Building ID for individual terminals: 1000002" and "Floors: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5".

In this way, the ID management DB 42 can manage the identification information for building management in association with the identification information of the building for providing to the user.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a specific example of the user ID management DB 43. As shown in FIG. 9 , the user ID management DB 43 associates "building ID for personal terminals", "abnormal registration", and "registration prohibited" with "user ID" which is passenger identification information. The "building ID for personal terminals" associated with the "user ID" indicates which building the user can remotely call. Abnormal registration indicates the number of times the user has made inappropriate registrations. Registration prohibition is a setting used to prohibit the registration of calls from the user due to reasons such as too many abnormal registrations. The value "1" means registration is prohibited, and the value "0" means registration is allowed.

As an example, in FIG. 9 , "user ID: 000001" is associated with "building ID for personal terminals: 1000001", "abnormal registration: 0", and "registration prohibited: 0". In addition, "User ID: 000002" is associated with "Building ID for personal terminals: 1000001", "Exception registration: 2", and "Registration prohibited: 0". In addition, "User ID: 000001" is associated with "Building ID for personal terminals: 1000003", "Exception registration: 10", and "Registration prohibited: 1". In addition, "User ID: 000004" is associated with "Building ID for personal terminals: 1000001", "Exception registration: 2", and "Registration prohibited: 0".

Similarly, "User ID: 010001" is associated with "Building ID for personal terminals: 1000002", "Exception registration: 3", and "Registration prohibited: 0". "User ID: 000002" is associated with "Building ID for personal terminals: 1000002", "Exception registration: 4", and "Registration prohibited: 0".

In this way, the user ID management DB 43 can manage users who have registered to use the remote calling service.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the processing flow of starting the stand-alone information display. First, the receiving unit 51 receives data indicating the contents of the remote call from the center 40 (step S201). When the remote call detection unit 52 detects that the received data includes a remote call, the authentication unit 54 authenticates the received data (step S202).

If the authentication is successful (step S202: YES), the call acceptance judgment unit 55 detects the content of the call (destination floor, landing, type information) (step S204). The input matching determination unit 56 determines the matching of the content of the call. Specifically, the input matching determination unit 56 determines whether the floor information existing in the elevator is included (step S205) and whether the landing/destination floor is separated (step S206).

If the floor information existing in the elevator is included (step S205; YES) and the landing/destination floor is not separated (step S206; YES), the call registration unit 57 registers the call for the landing floor (step S207). The destination information is maintained (step S208).

In step S209 following step S208, the notification data generating unit 58 generates notification data that notifies the center 40 of the registered message. In addition, when the authentication result is NG (step S203; NO), when the floor information existing in the elevator is not included (step S205; NO), or when the landing/destination floor is separated (step S206; NO), transfer to In step S209, the notification data generation unit 58 generates notification data that notifies the center 40 of the reason why registration cannot be performed (non-stop, NG matching, etc.).

After step S209, the transmission unit 59 transmits notification data to the center 40 (step S210). In addition, when the call is registered, the landing display conversion instruction unit 53 generates and sends a stand-alone information display command requesting display of the identification information of the elevator to the landing display 72 (step S211), and ends the process.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the processing flow of ending the display of stand-alone information. First, the call registration unit 57 determines whether a remote call has been received from the passenger's personal terminal device (step S301). If no remote call is received (step S301; No), the process ends. If a remote call is received (step S301; Yes), the call registration unit 57 determines whether the car has arrived at the landing of the remote call. If it has not arrived yet (step S302; No), S302 enters a waiting state until it arrives. .

If the car has arrived at the landing for the remote call (step S302; Yes), the call registration unit 57 registers the previously held destination floor (step S303), and determines whether the elevator door has been closed (step S304). If the door is not closed (step S304; No), S304 enters the waiting state. If the door is closed (step S304; Yes), the process proceeds to step S305. In step S305, the call registration unit 57 determines whether boarding from the landing floor has been detected (step S305).

If boarding is detected in step S305 (step S305; YES), the notification data generating unit 58 generates notification data that notifies the center 40 of the destination registration of the remote call (step S306). When boarding is not detected (step S305; No), the notification data generation unit 58 generates notification data that notifies the center 40 that destination registration regarding the remote call cannot be performed (step S306).

After step S306, the transmission unit 59 transmits notification data to the center 40 (step S307). In addition, the landing display conversion instruction unit 53 generates and sends a command to end the stand-alone information display to the landing display 72 (step S308), and ends the process.

In this way, when detecting boarding from the landing of the elevator identified as being located at the location of the terminal device that made the remote call, the landing display conversion instruction unit 53 sends an instruction to end the stand-alone information display.

As described above, the elevator system of the embodiment is an elevator system capable of accepting a call from a terminal device of a passenger via wireless communication, and includes a remote call accepting unit that accepts a call from the terminal device as a remote call. The receiving unit 44; the landing display change instruction unit 53, when receiving a remote call, sends an instruction to the landing display 72 installed at the elevator landing marked as located at the location of the terminal device to cause the landing display to 72 performs a stand-alone information display that displays the identification information of the elevator; and transmits the identification information assigned to the remote call to the transmitting unit 59 of the above-mentioned terminal device.

Through this structure and operation, passengers can be notified of the elevator assigned to the remote call, thereby improving convenience.

In addition, when boarding from the elevator hall marked as the location of the terminal device is detected, the landing display conversion instruction unit 53 sends an instruction to end the stand-alone information display. Therefore, the stand-alone information display can be performed in accordance with the status of the elevator. of appropriate control.

In addition, in a structure in which the landing display 72 is provided in one-to-one correspondence with the elevator, the landing display conversion instruction unit 53 also displays the positional relationship between the landing display 72 and the door of the elevator in the stand-alone information display.

In addition, in a structure in which the landing display 72 is installed between two elevators and is shared by the two elevators, the landing display conversion command unit 53 combines the identification information of the two elevators and the identification information of the two elevators in the stand-alone information display. The positional relationships between doors are displayed together.

Through these display controls, passengers can easily learn the elevator's identification information.

In addition, when receiving an instruction to display stand-alone information, the landing display 72 alternately performs car position display indicating the position of the elevator car and stand-alone information display.

In addition, the building DB 41 realizes the function of unified management of a plurality of identification information used for single-machine information display to prevent duplication of the identification information management database.

Therefore, the identification information of the elevator can be accurately notified without affecting the notification of the car status.

In addition, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and includes various modifications. For example, the above-mentioned embodiments are described in detail in order to explain the present invention in an easy-to-understand manner, and are not necessarily limited to having all the described structures. In addition, it is not limited to deletion of relevant structures, but also replacement or addition of structures.

Explanation of reference signs

10: Network, 20: Floor elevator service request device, 30: Building management system, 40: Center, 41: Building DB, 42: ID management DB, 43: User ID management DB, 44: Receiving department, 45: Authentication department, 46: Inquiry department, 47: Judgment department, 48: Sending department, 50: Elevator operation management system, 52: Remote call detection department, 53: Floor display change command department, 54: Authentication department, 55: Call Elevator acceptance judgment part, 56: input matching judgment part, 57: call registration part, 58: notification data generation part, 59: sending part.

Claims (7)

1. An elevator system that can accept calls from passengers' terminal devices via wireless communication and is provided with a landing display for displaying the current position and movement direction of the car on each floor where it stops, characterized by: include: a remote call accepting unit that accepts a call from the terminal device as a remote call; When the remote call is accepted, the landing display conversion instruction unit sends an instruction to the landing display installed at the elevator landing marked as being located at the location of the terminal device to display stand-alone information, wherein , display the identification information of the elevator in the stand-alone information display; and sending the identification information assigned to the remote call to the transmitting unit of the terminal device, Among them, based on the number of times each passenger has made improper call registrations, it is prohibited to register calls from that passenger when the number of times is too high. 2. The elevator system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The landing display conversion instruction unit sends an instruction to end display of the stand-alone information when it is detected that boarding is from an elevator landing marked as being located at the location of the terminal device. 3. The elevator system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The landing display is arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the elevator, The landing display change command unit further displays the positional relationship between the landing display and the door of the elevator in the stand-alone information display. 4. The elevator system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The landing display is installed between the two elevators and is shared by the two elevators, The landing display conversion instruction unit displays the identification information of the two elevators together with the positional relationship between the doors of the two elevators in the stand-alone information display. 5. The elevator system according to claim 1, characterized in that: When receiving an instruction to display the stand-alone information, the landing display alternately performs car position display indicating the position of the elevator car and display of the stand-alone information. 6. The elevator system according to claim 1, characterized in that: It also has an identification information management database, which uniformly manages multiple identification information used for the stand-alone information display to prevent duplication. 7. An elevator control method for an elevator system capable of accepting calls from terminal devices of passengers via wireless communication, and the elevator system is provided with a display for displaying the current position and movement direction of the car on each floor where it stops. The landing display is characterized by including: A remote call accepting step of accepting the call from the terminal device as a remote call; The landing display changing instruction step is to, when the remote call is accepted, send an instruction to the landing display installed at the elevator landing marked as being located at the location of the terminal device so that it can display stand-alone information, wherein , display the identification information of the elevator in the stand-alone information display; and a sending step of sending the identification information allocated for the remote call to the terminal device, Among them, based on the number of times each passenger has made improper call registrations, it is prohibited to register calls from that passenger when the number of times is too high.