JP5856977B2 - Elevator system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an elevator system in which a user registers destination floor information before getting on an elevator.

  In recent years, as part of measures to improve the security of buildings such as restricting the floors accessible to elevator users, personal authentication is installed near the flapper gate and the landing area with a destination floor registration device with a personal identification device before boarding Send the destination floor read from the ID card or manually entered to the elevator and assign it to the elevator after personal authentication using an ID card, etc. by the destination floor registration device equipped with an identification device As elevators arrive, the number of elevator systems that perform automatic destination floor registration is increasing.

  In addition, an elevator system in which a desired destination floor is automatically transmitted to an elevator control device without being operated by the user by an information transmitter carried by the user or by recognition of the user's characteristics. In order to give access to only certain floors or to influence the pre-selection of destination floors according to their own personal requirements and within their access authority. The user can pre-select a fixed destination floor, specify the destination floor according to his / her wishes and within the authorized range, and make the fixed destination floor a user each time recognition of personal characteristics is completed. For example, it is described in Patent Document 1.

  Furthermore, in an elevator control device that determines the assigned car in conjunction with the security gate of the building, even if the user cannot get on the assigned car for some reason after passing through the security gate, It is known to automatically register a destination call based on destination floor information for an assigned car when it is detected that a user has boarded the determined assigned car at a predetermined floor to enable use. For example, it is described in Patent Document 2.

  Furthermore, when the user registers the destination floor on the hall side, the user is guided to the elevator hall at the gate in order to guide the flow of the user until getting into the elevator more smoothly and to prevent the congestion of the elevator user at the time of congestion. It is known that the destination floor can be registered at the entrance part of the gate and the elevator assigned to the exit part is displayed, for example, as described in Patent Document 3.

JP 2000-289943 A International Publication No. WO2010 / 023723 Pamphlet JP 2011-126690 A

  In the above-described prior art, the one described in Patent Document 1 notifies the user of the fixed destination floor every time the recognition of the personal characteristics is finished, so that the user can use a normal destination registered in advance such as an ID card. Compared to the case of going to the floor, there is not enough pressing pressure to accept key input, and operation mistakes due to rushed input are made after user authentication. In addition, when a user who goes to a normal destination floor registered in advance, a user who goes to a destination floor different from the registered destination floor, and an unfamiliar user are mixed, the destination floor can be automatically registered with an ID card or the like. In spite of this, the traffic congestion of the user will be caused and the operation efficiency of the elevator will be lowered. Therefore, useless destination floors are registered and the operation efficiency of the elevator is reduced, and it is difficult to eliminate queues even if crowded at the destination floor registration device, disordered queues, and aligned without being disturbed when crowded there were.

  The same applies to the one described in Patent Document 2, and if the user does not get on for some reason, the input of the destination floor to the destination floor registration device does not change even if the useless destination floor is not registered, There is a risk of traffic jam at the destination floor registration device.

  The thing of patent document 3 is guided when a user's flow is guided by a gate, but a user goes to a normal destination floor registered beforehand, such as an ID card, but in other cases, There is no change in the input of the destination floor to the destination floor registration device.

  The object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, prevent unnecessary registration of destination floors in advance, smooth the flow from entry of destination floors to boarding assigned cars, and improve operation efficiency. is there.

To solve the above problems, the present invention has a group control system for managing operation of a plurality of elevators, the elevator system which performs a destination floor registration before boarding the elevator, the movement start floor by the user There are a plurality of flapper gates including an authentication device for reading portable information, a display device capable of displaying an assigned elevator, and a destination floor input device for inputting destination floor information by a user, and the plurality of flapper gates. The group management control system that determines the elevator to be allocated based on the input information, and a determination processing unit that determines a traffic situation of a user, wherein the plurality of flapper gates are connected to the destination floor input device. After the floor information is input, the portable information is read by the authentication device, and the group management system is read. A manual registration function for transmitting the input destination floor information and the carried information to the system and displaying the elevator assigned by the group management control system on the display device; and reading the carried information And the two types of registration functions including an automatic registration function for transmitting the portable information to the group management control system and displaying the elevator assigned by the group management control system on the display device, When the part is determined to be congested, the number of flapper gates that do not operate the manual registration function among the plurality of flapper gates is increased. Increase the number of flapper gates that activate the registration function.

  According to the present invention, automatic registration for recognizing the destination floor from information read by the authentication device and manual registration for changing the recognized destination floor are determined according to traffic conditions. Even if it exists, the flow from the destination floor input to boarding the assigned car can be smoothed, the traffic of the user for inputting the destination floor can be prevented, and the operation efficiency of the elevator can be improved.

  Also, after the destination floor is input to the destination floor input device, if the elevator to be assigned is determined by reading the information carried by the authentication device, the assignment is performed after the final confirmation of the destination floor. Incorrect registration can be prevented.

  Further, if there are a plurality of authentication devices and the destination floor recognized from the information carried by the user can be changed or the destination floor can be input, the authentication device can be input. Regardless of the destination, the flow from the destination floor entry to the boarding of the assigned car can be smoothed, and the operation efficiency can be improved.

The whole elevator system block diagram by one Embodiment of this invention. The top view and slope view of a flapper gate used for one embodiment. The front view which shows the destination floor input device used for one Embodiment. The flowchart which shows the operation | movement in the case of going to other than the registered destination floor from the carried information by one Embodiment. The flowchart which shows the operation | movement in the case of heading to the registered destination floor from the information carried by the user by one Embodiment. The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the destination floor input apparatus for halls by one Embodiment. The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the destination floor input apparatus for halls by one Embodiment. The graph explaining the traffic condition of the user by one Embodiment. The perspective view which shows the state which provided the flapper gate by one Embodiment, or multiple recognition apparatuses.

  FIG. 1 shows an overall configuration diagram of an elevator system, and elevator control systems 210, 220, and 2n0 that individually control a plurality of elevators, and a group that controls the operation of each elevator so that the overall operation efficiency is optimized. And a management control system 100. A plurality of flapper gates 610, 620 and 630 are installed at the entrance of the elevator hall. The flapper gate may be a gate without the flap 613 that can be opened and closed. A gate serving as a wall having a predetermined depth dimension and restricting the direction in which the user should travel to the elevator hall is equipped with a touch screen type destination floor input device 611 equipped with a display function and a destination floor input function, elevator An authentication device 612 such as a card reader that reads information in a non-contact type card carried by a user or a biometric recognition device such as a fingerprint is provided in order from the entrance to the exit (the elevator hall side). In addition, a flap 613 that can be opened and closed is provided in the central portion of the gate, and a display device (assigned number display display) 614 that displays the assigned number is displayed at the exit. An authentication device 615 is included.

  Near the elevator hall on each floor, hall destination floor input devices 710, 720, 7n0 are installed, ten-key type destination floor input units 711, 721, 7n1, a display device 712 for displaying destination floor input information and assigned numbers, 722, 7n2.

  Further, in the vicinity of the elevator hall, hall destination floor input devices 710S, 720S, and 7n0S having authentication devices 713, 723, and 7n3 for reading the information in the card carried by the elevator user are provided. In other words, it enhances the security effect by using only specific users.

  The input / output main processing device 400 is connected to each recognition device, and exchanges data with the group management control system. The database 500 stores information related to elevator use, particularly information on a destination floor corresponding to the personal identification information in advance when the information in the card carried is personal identification information, and is referred to by the input / output main processing device 400. Is done.

  The flapper gate makes the flow of destination floor entry, personal authentication, and confirmation of assigned units smoother without causing users to stay in the elevator hall on congested floors such as the movement start floor, etc. In the case of receiving personal authentication with this security system, a gate without the flap 613 may be used.

  In addition, if the contactless card carried by the elevator user is not made personally identifiable and if the destination floor card stores only the destination floor information, the data size to be referred to can be reduced. What is necessary is just to prepare in a control system.

  The elevator control systems 210, 220,... 2n0 are operation controls that perform operations suitable for the elevator operation method such as automatic operation and manual operation under the control of the operation management control system 101 in the group management control system 100. The operation of each elevator is individually controlled by a system 212 and a speed control system 213 that performs motor control mainly for raising and lowering the cars 310C, 320C, and 3n0C. In addition, for each elevator, information on events such as car load and door opening / closing is transmitted to the operation management control system 101. During the group management operation, the operation management control system 211 in the elevator control system does not operate.

  In an elevator system in which an elevator user inputs destination floor information before boarding an elevator, input of destination floor buttons in the operation panels 311, 321, 3 n 1 in the car is invalid during normal driving.

  In the group management control system 100, operation data such as elevator information and destination floor information that change from time to time is transmitted to the learning system 102, and the learning system 102 learns the traffic situation based on the operation data, and at which point Determine whether such a driving program is suitable. The intelligent system 103 uses the learning results to generate a new feature mode and simulate an elevator operation, and automatically generate an optimal driving program corresponding to each traffic demand. The operation management control system 101 uses an operation program to perform allocation control for determining which elevator is to be assigned to each destination floor, and further issues an allocation command to the elevator control system for each destination floor.

  In a single elevator, a group management control system is unnecessary, and an operation management control system 211 in the elevator control system operates.

  FIG. 2 shows details of the flapper gate 610. The flapper gate 610 has a master gate and a slave gate as walls that have a predetermined depth dimension and restrict the direction in which the elevator user should travel to the direction of the elevator hall. . In FIG. 2, the right side is a destination floor input device 611 having a display function for manually confirming the destination floor and a destination floor input function, and an authentication device for reading the data in the non-contact type card carried by the elevator user. Reference numeral 612 denotes a master gate including a display device (display for assigned number machine display) 614 and an exit authentication device 615. The left side is a slave gate where they are not provided when entering.

  The location of the various devices is such that the destination floor input device 611 is in the same direction of travel of the flapper gate 610 in accordance with the corresponding operation procedure for both manual destination floor input and destination floor automatic input in order to eliminate the stop in the gate. It is provided at the entrance before the count. Subsequently, a flap 613 that restricts entrance by opening and closing with the authentication device 612 is installed in the approximate center of the direction of travel of the master gate, and a display device that displays the assigned car is installed near the exit side in the direction of travel. Yes. The exit authentication device 615 is used when leaving the building, and is installed at a position on the elevator hall side and the entrance side when leaving the building.

  Usually, when going to the registered destination floor from the information carried by the user, the user holds the ID card over the authentication device 612, and the carried information is read, and the destination floor is read from the read information. Recognize and determine an elevator to be assigned to the recognized destination floor. When changing from the registered destination floor, or when going to a destination other than the registered destination floor from the portable information, it is provided in the hall destination floor input device 710, 720, 7n0, 710S, 720S, 7n0S or the flapper gate 610 The destination floor is input using the destination floor input device 611 provided.

FIG. 3 shows a case where the user goes to a destination other than the registered destination floor from the portable information as an operation example of the security-enhanced destination floor input device 710 </ b> S installed near the elevator hall on each floor.
(A) is a standby state. When the user goes to the 10th floor from this state, 1 is input in (b) and 0 is input in (c). Next, the ID card is held over the authentication apparatus 713 in (d). (E) In the case of authentication OK, the group management control system 100 determines an optimal allocation car.

  In addition, by transmitting the destination floor information and the carried information together, that is, by reducing the number of data exchanges once, the operation time before the authentication device can be shortened compared to the past, so the response of the entire system is speeded up, As a result, the operation efficiency can be improved.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation in the case of going to a place other than the registered destination floor from the carried information. When the elevator user carrying the ID card arrives in front of the flapper gate 610 and inputs the destination floor using the destination floor input device 611, the destination floor is displayed on the display of the destination floor input device 611. The

S401: The destination floor is input by the destination floor input device 611.
S402: Destination floor display on the display of the destination floor input device 611.
After the user finally confirms the displayed destination floor, the user performs a predetermined operation on the authentication device 612 in order to pass through the flapper gate 610 (for example, hold an ID card such as an employee ID card).
S403: Hold the ID card over the authentication device 612.
S404: The authentication device 612 reads the personal identification code in the ID card and transmits the personal identification code and the destination floor information to the input / output main processing device 400.
S405: In the input / output main processing device 400, it is determined whether or not the received personal identification code is an admission authorized person, that is, authentication is OK.
S406: In the case of authentication OK, an optimal allocation car is determined in the group management control system 100, and an allocation signal is transmitted to the elevator control system of the allocated number machine.

S407: A door opening permission command is transmitted to the flapper gate 610 via the input / output main processing device 400, and the assigned number is displayed on the assigned number display 614. The door opening timing of the flap 613 may be performed on the flapper gate side by transmitting a door opening command, assigned machine information, and door opening timing conditions as a set from the group management control system.
S408: The assigned car arrives at the floor and opens.
S409: The corresponding destination floor is automatically registered in the in-car operation panel 311 (the destination floor button is lit).
If it is determined in S405 that the person is not an admission authorized person (authentication NG), the process proceeds to S410, the flap 613 is not opened, and the elevator user is not permitted to go to the elevator hall.

  According to the above, when going to a destination other than the registered destination floor from the carried information, the final confirmation of the destination floor is made before determining the destination floor input information, and then it is carried with personal authentication, Even an unfamiliar user can smooth the flow from entering the destination floor to getting on the assigned car, and can prevent erroneous registration.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation when heading to a registered destination floor from information carried by a user. That is, when the elevator user carries the authentication device 612 without inputting the destination floor information, for example, when holding the ID card, if the authentication is OK, the destination floor information is automatically obtained from the database 500 based on the personal identification code. To the group management control system.

S501: It is determined whether destination floor information is input from the destination floor input device in which the flapper gate 610 is installed.
S502: When destination floor information is input, the destination floor is displayed.
S503: Check whether the destination floor registration (automatic registration) is normal (whether the destination floor input device is not operated).
S504: In the case of normal destination floor registration, the ID card is held over the authentication device 612.
S505: The authentication device 612 reads the personal identification code in the ID card and transmits the personal identification code to the input / output main processing device 400. The process proceeds to S405 in FIG.
In addition, when it is not normal destination floor registration by S503, it becomes the same as that of FIG.
S506: Hold the ID card over the authentication device 612.
S507: The authentication device reads the personal identification code in the ID card and transmits the personal identification code and the destination floor information input in S501 to the input / output main processing device 400. The process proceeds to S405 in FIG.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing basic operations of the flapper gates 610, 620, 630 and the hall destination floor input devices 710S, 720S, 7n0S. In order to improve the security of the hall, the entry history is recorded when entering or leaving the building.

S601: It is confirmed whether or not the user has entered the floor (moving start floor) where the flapper gate 610 is installed.
S602: When entering on the movement start floor, the entry history is recorded in the database 500.
S603: When not entering the movement start floor, it is confirmed whether the movement start floor is closed.
S604: When leaving on the movement start floor, record in the database 500 as no entry history.
At the time of exit, the exit authentication device 615 for leaving the exit is assumed to have no entry history when the personal authentication is OK.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation for improving security by checking the presence / absence history information recorded on the movement start floor using the hall destination floor input devices 710S, 720S, and 7n0S even on the general floor. .

S701: In the input / output main processing device 400, it is confirmed whether the received personal identification code has a history of entry at the flapper gate 610.
S702: When there is no entry history, “entrance abnormality” is displayed on the display devices 712, 722, 7n2.
S703: A password is input from the hall destination floor input devices 710S, 720S, and 7n0S.
S704: Hold the ID card over the authentication devices 713, 723, 7n3 installed at the landings on each floor.
S705: The authentication devices 713, 723, 7n3 read the personal identification code in the ID card and transmit the personal identification code and password information to the input / output main processing device 400.
S706: The input / output main processing unit 400 checks whether the password in the received personal identification code is different from that in the database 500.
S707: If the password is different, “authentication NG” is displayed on the display devices 712, 722, and 7n2.
S708: If the passwords match, the entry history is recorded in the database 500. The process proceeds to S405 in FIG.

  The above is an “entrance abnormality” for some reason, for example, when the flapper gate 610 is being maintained or broken, or when the flapper gate 610 such as an entrance is not entered from an emergency exit.

In FIG. 8, a determination processing unit (not shown) for determining whether the traffic demand, that is, whether the user's traffic situation is busy or not is described. In FIG. 9, the operation of the flapper gate 610 will be described depending on whether it is busy or quiet.
(1) is the number of people getting on and off by floor showing the flow of people in the building. The numbers on the vertical axis are the floors on each floor, the right on the horizontal axis is the number of people getting on and off, It shows that there are many. The left side of the horizontal axis is the number of people going up, and this figure shows that the number of people getting on and off the first floor is the largest. The learning system 102 in the group management control system 100 learns the traffic situation based on the elevator information such as the car position and the number of passengers and the destination floor information, and determines which driving program is suitable at that time. Yes. Therefore, the number of passengers by floor showing the flow of people in the building, (1) in FIG. 8 is changed from online input information to any one of feature modes (M1 to M6) showing typical traffic information in the building. Identify whether it belongs.

  In the feature modes M1 to M6, as illustrated in FIG. 8 (2), the horizontal axis indicates the number of people getting on and off, and the vertical axis indicates the number of people getting on and off. It is shown. In the case of a normal office building, the area M1 with a small number of passengers both up and down is quiet, the area M3 with a large uphill condition is congested and up-peak, and the area with a large number of passengers is congested and is called a down-peak. The area is typically divided into areas as shown in the figure, but there are characteristics depending on the nature of the building, and new characteristics may be extracted from the collected traffic information. When a new feature is extracted, it is generated and registered as the feature mode Mn unique to the building, and the tendency of changes in the other feature modes M1 to M6 is learned. As described above, the determination processing unit can determine whether the traffic situation of the user is congested or quiet according to the traffic situation obtained by the learning system 102 and the feature modes M1 to M6.

  In addition to using the learning system 102, the determination processing unit may simply determine a time zone, for example, a busy hour in the morning, and a quiet daytime.

  It is desirable to provide a plurality of flapper gates 610 as shown in FIG. 9, and in a time zone in which an up peak is detected, it is impossible to manually register at least one of the plurality of flapper gates 610 as shown in FIG. That is, it is impossible to go to other than the registered destination floor from the information carried by the user. In the case of FIG. 9 (2), among the five flapper gates 610, the destination floor input devices 611 at the left and right ends are disabled, and “AUTO” is displayed, which allows only automatic registration. When severe congestion and strong up-peaks are expected (for example, when peak traffic demand occurs during a certain period of time and express operation is required in a specific floor range), the process shown in FIG. Thus, an elevator system having one flapper gate 610 that can be manually registered and a plurality of flapper gates 610 that can only be automatically registered is preferable.

  Further, a plurality of flapper gates 610 are provided, one of which can be manually registered at all times, and the other can be automatically registered. The flapper gate 610 can be manually registered and can be automatically registered. According to the traffic demand, the number of each may be, for example, two that can be manually registered and three that can only be automatically registered. That is, the number that can be automatically registered is increased in a place where traffic demand is high, and the number that can be manually registered is increased in a place where traffic demand is low.

  In addition, using the intelligent system 103 in the group management control system 100, for example, a simulation of elevator operation was performed from a learning result in a time zone when traffic demand is low, and an optimum combination of automatic and manually registerable flapper gates 610 was derived. Later, it is desirable to carry out a combination that matches each traffic demand.

  Further, even in an elevator system with one flapper gate 610, when it is determined that the traffic situation of the user is congested, the destination floor is recognized from the information carried by the user, and the recognized destination floor It is desirable to be able to change the recognized destination floor when it is determined that the elevator is to be assigned. Furthermore, when the destination floor recognized by the flapper gate 610 is changed, that is, when going to a destination other than the registered destination floor from the carried information, the hall destination floor input devices 710, 720, 7n0, 710S, 720S, 7n0S are used. You can go. However, in this case, since the change is made after the optimal allocation car is determined by the flapper gate 610, the previous destination floor registration becomes useless, and therefore, other than the destination floor registered from the information carried by the flapper gate 610. If the destination floor input device 611 is used for input, the assigned car is improved in operation efficiency.

  In the above description, the flapper gate 610 has been described, but at least the authentication device 612 may be provided. That is, one of the authentication devices 612 can always be manually registered, the other can only be automatically registered, and even in an elevator system with one authentication device 612, the traffic situation of the user is congested. When it is determined that the destination floor is recognized from the information carried by the user, the elevator to be assigned to the recognized destination floor is determined. It can be changed. Thereby, irrespective of a user's destination, the flow from the destination floor input to boarding the assigned car can be smoothed, and the operation efficiency can be improved.

  Furthermore, when it is difficult to see on the display in the destination floor input device, a large screen is installed on the flapper gate 610, and the current operation state of the flapper gate 610 is explained in the screen. For example, manual registration only in the middle From the viewpoint of serviceability, it is desirable that the left side is for the high-rise and the right side is for the low-rise.

100 group management control system 101 operation management control system 102 learning system 103 intelligent system 210, 220, 2n0 elevator control system 211 operation management control system 212 operation control system 213 speed control system 310C, 320C, 3n0C car 311, 321, 3n1 car Internal operation panel 400 Input / output main processing device 500 Database 610, 620, 630 Flapper gate 611 Destination floor input device 612 Authentication device 613 Flap 614 Display device (display for assigned number display)
615 Exit authentication device 710, 720, 7n0 Destination floor input device 711, 721, 7n1 Destination floor input unit 712, 722, 7n2 Display device

Claims (8)

In the elevator system that has a group management control system that manages the operation of multiple elevators and registers the destination floor before getting into the elevator,
At the movement start floor, an authentication device that is installed at the elevator hall or its entrance and reads the information carried by the user, a display device that can display the assigned elevator, and the destination floor where the destination floor information is input by the user Multiple flapper gates with input devices,
The group management control system for determining the elevator to be assigned based on information input to the plurality of flapper gates ;
A judgment processing unit for judging the traffic situation of the user,
The plurality of flapper gates are
After the destination floor information is input to the destination floor input device, the portable information is read by the authentication device, and the input destination floor information and the portable information are transmitted to the group management control system. A manual registration function for displaying the elevator assigned by the group management control system on the display device;
Two types of registration with an automatic registration function that reads the carried information, transmits the carried information to the group management control system, and displays the elevator assigned by the group management control system on the display device With functionality,
If the determination processing unit determines that it is congested, increase the number of flapper gates that do not operate the manual registration function among the plurality of flapper gates,
When the determination processing unit determines that it is quiet, increase the number of flapper gates that activate the manual registration function among the plurality of flapper gates.
Elevator system characterized by   The elevator system according to claim 1, further comprising a learning system that learns a traffic situation based on elevator information and destination floor information related to a car position and the number of passengers, and the judgment of the traffic situation is identified as a feature mode by the learning system. It is characterized by
Elevator system. The elevator system according to claim 1, wherein the determination of the traffic situation is determined by a time zone.   The elevator system according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of flapper gates include a display that displays that only automatic registration is possible when only the automatic registration is possible.
Elevator system characterized by   In the elevator system in any one of Claims 1 and 4,
Each of the plurality of flapper gates has a gate serving as a wall that restricts a direction in which a user should travel to a direction toward the elevator hall, the authentication device is provided at an entrance of the gate, and the display device An elevator system provided at the exit of the gate.   5. The elevator system according to claim 1, wherein the carried information information is a personal identification code, and includes a database storing data related to elevator use, and the information is read by the authentication device. In this case, the elevator system records that there is an entry history in the database.   5. The elevator system according to claim 1, wherein the carried information information is a personal identification code, and a database storing data related to use of the elevator and information carried by the user are removed. An elevator system, comprising: an exit authentication device that reads from time to time, and records the exit in the database.   In the elevator system in any one of Claims 1 and 4,
The elevator system according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of flapper gates records that the manual registration function is always operating.

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