JP2024005016A - Elevator management system and elevator management method - Google Patents

Abstract

To make a priority device preferentially use an elevator until arriving at all scheduled floors to be used while suppressing reduction in convenience for the other users.SOLUTION: An elevator management system (100) includes a priority device determination unit (101), a car decision unit (102), and a priority operation command unit (103). The priority device determination unit (101) determines that, when destination floor information included in a call registration request from an information processing device (2) indicates a plurality of destination floors, the information processing device (2) of a request origin of the call registration request is a priority device. In this case, the car decision unit (102) decides a car to be assigned for the priority device. The priority operation command unit (103) transmits a priority operation command to a car control device (3). The car control device (3) controls the car in accordance with the priority operation command.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to an elevator management system and an elevator management method.

In recent years, there have been an increasing number of cases in which, for example, robots that deliver packages are using elevators inside buildings. In such a case, the number of elevators that can be used by the robot is usually determined in advance, and the elevator number allows the robot to ride in the car and performs robot-only operation. If the setting is such that the robot and the user do not use the same car number at the same time, the user will not be able to use that car number during the period in which robot-only operation is performed.

Patent Document 1 discloses a method for easily realizing inter-layer movement of a robot.

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 5-210414

However, while an elevator unit available to the robot is occupied by a user, the robot must wait until that elevator unit is assigned, which increases the time it takes for the robot to reach its destination floor. There is a possibility that it will happen.

For example, if you increase the number of machines that can be operated exclusively by robots to shorten the time it takes for the robot to reach its destination floor, the number of machines that can be used by users may decrease, so elevator Convenience is lost.

In order to solve the above problems, an elevator management system according to one aspect of the present invention provides an elevator management system that identifies an information processing device that is transmitted from each of a plurality of information processing devices autonomously traveling in a building having multiple floors. whether the information processing device that is the source of the call registration request including information, departure floor information indicating a departure floor, and destination floor information indicating a destination floor is a priority device to which an elevator number is to be assigned preferentially; a priority device determination unit that determines whether or not the priority device is assigned, a vehicle number determination unit that determines a previous code vehicle to be assigned to the priority device, and a vehicle control device that controls the operation of the determined vehicle, the identification information of the priority device, the a priority operation command unit that transmits a priority operation command including departure floor information and the destination floor information, and when the destination floor information included in the call registration request indicates a plurality of destination floors, the priority device determination unit determines that the information processing device that is the source of the call registration request is the priority device, and the preceding symbol machine control device controls the preceding symbol machine in accordance with the priority operation command.

An elevator management method according to one aspect of the present invention includes identification information of the information processing device and departure floor information indicating the departure floor, which are transmitted from each of the plurality of information processing devices autonomously traveling in a building having multiple floors. , and destination floor information indicating the destination floor, a priority device determination step of determining whether the information processing device that is the source of the call registration request is a priority device to which an elevator number is preferentially allocated. a car number determination step of determining a pre-sign car to be assigned to the priority device; and a car control device that controls the operation of the determined car, the identification information, the departure floor information, and the destination floor information of the priority device. a priority operation command step of transmitting a priority operation command including a priority operation command, and a control step in which the preceding symbol machine control device controls the preceding symbol machine according to the priority operation command, and in the priority device determination step, If the destination floor information provided indicates a plurality of destination floors, it is determined that the information processing device that is the source of the call registration request is the priority device.

According to one aspect of the present invention, while reducing the time it takes for an information processing device to which an elevator number is preferentially assigned (i.e., a priority device) to arrive at a destination floor, Decrease in convenience can be suppressed.

1 is a block diagram showing an overview of an elevator management system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing details of an elevator management device in the elevator management system. It is a diagram showing an example of an elevator management database. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing details of an information processing device in the elevator management system. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing details of an elevator control device and an elevator in the elevator management system. It is a figure showing an example of a normal list and a priority list. It is a sequence diagram which shows an example of the process which an elevator management system performs. It is a flowchart showing details of processing performed by the machine control device. It is a block diagram showing an outline of an elevator management system concerning Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

[Embodiment 1]
<Overview of elevator management system 100>
Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overview of an elevator management system 100 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the elevator management system 100 includes an elevator management device 1, an information processing device 2, a car control device 3, and an elevator 4. In the elevator management system 100, the information processing device 2 is a device that can run autonomously, and moves to a designated destination and performs work. Furthermore, the information processing device 2 can move between floors using the elevator 4 by requesting the elevator management device 1 to register a call in order to move to a designated destination. .

Further, in the elevator management system 100, the information processing device 2 includes a priority device and a normal device. A priority device is an information processing device 2 to which the number 42 of the elevator 4 is preferentially assigned, and a normal device is an information processing device 2 other than the priority device. Although FIG. 1 shows a configuration including one information processing device 2, one car control device 3, and one elevator 4, the elevator management system 100 includes one information processing device 2, one car control device 3, and one elevator 4. A plurality of each may be provided.

In the elevator management system 100, when an information processing device 2 that uses an elevator 4 to move between floors makes a call registration request, the elevator management device 1 determines whether the information processing device 2 is a priority device or not. Determine. Further, when the information processing device 2 is a priority device, the elevator management device 1 allocates the car 42 of the elevator 4 to the priority device, and the car control device 3 assigns the assigned car 42 to the priority device. Operate in priority operation mode, which operates preferentially.

<Elevator management device 1>
Hereinafter, details of the elevator management device 1 will be explained using FIGS. 2 and 3. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing details of the elevator management device 1 in the elevator management system 100. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the elevator management database 112 included in the elevator management device 1.

As shown in FIG. 2, the elevator management device 1 includes a control section 10, a storage section 11, a first communication section 12, and a second communication section 13. The control unit 10 controls each process in the elevator management device 1. As shown in FIG. 2, the control unit 10 includes a priority device determination unit 101, a machine number determination unit 102, a priority operation command unit 103, and a normal operation command unit 104.

The priority device determination unit 101 receives, from the information processing device 2, identification information of the information processing device 2, the departure floor where the information processing device 2 rides, and the destination floor where the information processing device 2 moves using the elevator 4. A call registration request including information indicating the call registration request is received. When receiving a call registration request, the priority device determination unit 101 determines whether the information processing device 2 that has requested the call registration request is a priority device to which the elevator 4 is preferentially allocated. .

Specifically, when the destination floor information included in the call registration request indicates a plurality of destination floors, the priority device determination unit 101 determines that the information processing device 2 that is the source of the call registration request is the priority device. . On the other hand, when the destination floor information included in the call registration request indicates one destination floor, the priority device determination unit 101 determines that the information processing device 2 that is the source of the call registration request is a normal device. The priority device determination unit 101 outputs information indicating the result of the determination to the machine number determination unit 102.

When the machine number determination unit 102 acquires information indicating the result of the determination by the priority device determination unit 101, the machine number determination unit 102 determines the machine number 42 to be used by the information processing device 2 based on the result. Further, the car number determining unit 102 transmits information indicating the car number 42 assigned to the information processing device 2 to the information processing device 2 that has made the call registration request.

If it is determined that the information processing device 2 that is the source of the call registration request is a normal device, the car number determining unit 102 uses the same method as the conventional method of determining the car number 42 when the information processing device 2 uses the elevator 4. The machine number 42 to be assigned to the information processing device 2 is determined by the method described in the following. Further, the car number determining unit 102 outputs identification information indicating the information processing device 2 using the car number 42 and information indicating the destination floor of the information processing device 2 to the normal operation command unit 104. In addition, when determining the allocated car based on the call registration request received from the normal device, the car number determination unit 102 determines the allocated car from among the cars 42 operating in the normal operation mode.

If it is determined that the information processing device 2 that is the source of the call registration request is a priority device, the car number determination unit 102 determines the car number 42 to be assigned to the priority device using a method different from the method used for allocation to normal devices. Specifically, the machine determining unit 102 identifies candidate machines that are candidates for the machine 42 to be assigned to the priority device, and determines one of the candidate machines as the machine 42 to be assigned to the priority device.
Here, the candidates for the car 42 to which the priority device is to be assigned may be determined in advance to be the car 42 excluding the specific car. The specific car number is, for example, a car number 42 for the handicapped, which may cause great inconvenience to other users if the information processing device 2 uses it preferentially. The car number determining unit 102 identifies the car cars 42 excluding the specific car car as candidate cars.

The machine determining unit 102 determines any one of the identified candidate machines as the machine 42 to be allocated to the priority device, and outputs information indicating the determined machine 42 to the priority operation command unit 103. As an example, the car determining unit 102 refers to the elevator management database 112 and determines, among the candidate cars, a car 42 operating in the normal operation mode as the car 42 to be assigned to the priority device. Further, the machine determining unit 102 may determine, among the candidate machines, a machine 42 that is not being used by another user as the machine 42 to be assigned to the priority device. Furthermore, if all candidate cars are in use, the car determining unit 102 determines the car 42 with the least number of destination floors stored in the elevator management database 112 among the candidate cars as the car 42 to be assigned to the priority device. .

Further, the car number determination unit 102 may narrow down the car numbers to be allocated by combining the above-mentioned conditions. If there are a plurality of machines 42 that meet the condition, the machine determination unit 102 determines one of the machines 42 that meets the condition as the machine 42 to be assigned to the priority device.

Further, the car number determining unit 102 receives a call registration request based on a user's input to an input device (not shown) provided at the hall, and determines the car number 42 to be assigned to the user. Here, the car number determination unit 102 determines a car 42 other than the car 42 operating in the priority operation mode as the car 42 to be assigned to the user, and indicates the determined car 42 and the floor on which the user will board. The information is output to the normal operation command section 104.

When the priority operation command unit 103 acquires information indicating the machine 42 determined as the machine 42 to be assigned to the priority device from the machine determination unit 102, the priority operation command unit 103 instructs the machine control device 3 that controls the operation of the determined machine 42 to assign the priority device. A priority operation command including identification information, departure floor information, and destination floor information is transmitted. The priority operation command includes information that instructs the corresponding machine 42 to operate in the priority operation mode. Further, after transmitting the operation command to the machine control device 3, the priority operation command unit 103 updates the elevator management database 112 and changes the stored operation mode of the machine 42 to the priority operation mode.

The normal operation command unit 104 transmits a normal operation command to the machine control device 3 that controls the machine 42 determined by the machine determination unit 102, based on the information acquired from the machine determination unit 102. The normal operation command includes an instruction to operate the car 42 in the normal operation mode, information indicating the departure floor and destination floor of the car 42, and identification information of the normal device that uses the car 42. Alternatively, the normal operation command includes an instruction to operate the car 42 in the normal operation mode and information indicating the floor on which the user will board. The operation in the normal operation mode is an operation based on a conventional elevator control method.

The storage unit 11 stores various information used in the elevator management device 1. As shown in FIG. 2, the storage unit 11 stores a robot management database 111 (robot management DB) and an elevator management database 112 (elevator management DB).

The robot management database 111 includes identification information for identifying each of the information processing devices 2 included in the elevator management system 100 and information indicating the destination floor included in the call registration request received from each information processing device 2. A database containing associated data. In the robot management database 111, information indicating the machine number 42 assigned to each information processing device 2 may be further stored in association with each other.

As shown in FIG. 3, the elevator management database 112 includes identification information for identifying each of the cars 42 included in the elevator management system 100, information on whether each car 42 can be operated preferentially, and the operating status of each car 42. , are stored in association with each other. The operating status is information indicating, for example, whether or not the elevator cars 42 of the elevator 4 are operating in the priority operation mode, the current position of each elevator car 42, and the destination floor of each elevator car 42.

The first communication unit 12 is a communication module through which the elevator management device 1 and the information processing device 2 transmit and receive information by wireless communication.

The second communication unit 13 is a communication module through which the elevator management device 1 and the car control device 3 transmit and receive information through communication. The communication performed between the elevator management device 1 and the car control device 3 may be priority communication or wireless communication.

<Information processing device 2>
Hereinafter, details of the information processing device 2 will be explained using FIG. 4. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing details of the information processing device 2 in the elevator management system 100. The information processing device 2 is a device that can autonomously travel within a building having multiple floors. In the elevator management system 100, the information processing devices 2 include normal devices and priority devices. Normally, the device can make a call registration request with one floor as the destination floor. The priority device is the information processing device 2 that can use the elevator 4 preferentially. The priority device can make a call registration request with multiple floors as destination floors. Note that the information processing device 2, which is the priority device, may make a call registration request with one floor as the destination floor. In this case, the information processing device 2 is treated as a normal device.

When the priority device makes a call registration request with a plurality of floors as the destination floors, the operation mode of one of the elevators 4 becomes the priority operation mode and operates. The priority device can preferentially use the elevator 4 until it reaches all the destination floors for which call registration requests have been made.

Whether the information processing device 2 is a normal device or a priority device, in other words, whether the information processing device 2 can make a call registration request with multiple floors as destination floors is set as appropriate. good. For example, whether the information processing device 2 is a priority device or a normal device may be set based on the function of the information processing device 2. As an example, a delivery device that delivers packages may be set as a priority device, and a cleaning device that performs cleaning may be set as a normal device. In this case, the delivery device can make a call registration request with multiple floors as the destination floor, and the cleaning device can make a call registration request with only one floor as the destination floor. be.

Each of the information processing devices 2 may have the same configuration, except for whether or not it is possible to make a call registration request using a plurality of floors as destination floors. As shown in FIG. 4, the information processing device 2 includes a control section 21, a reception section 22, a first communication section 23, a second communication section 24, a storage section 25, a movement section 26, and an operation section 27.

The information processing device 2 receives work instruction information. As an example, the receiving unit 22 receives work instruction information from a terminal device or the like of a user who uses the information processing device 2 . Alternatively, the information processing device 2 may include an input unit (not shown) capable of receiving input from a user, and may receive direct input of work instruction information. The work instruction information is information for instructing the information processing device 2 about the work to be performed by the information processing device 2 and the location where the work is to be performed. As an example, if the information processing device 2 is a delivery device that delivers a package, the work instruction information specifies the point where the package is to be delivered, the floor where the point is located, and the package to be delivered at the point. Contains information. Note that the work instruction information includes only the point where the information processing device 2 should go and the work to be performed at the point, and even if the elevator management device 1 or the information processing device 2 specifies the floor where the point is located, good.

The control section 21 controls the operation of each section of the information processing device 2 . As shown in FIG. 4, the control section 21 includes a generation section 211, an operation determination section 212, and an operation control section 213.

When the generation unit 211 receives the work instruction information via the reception unit 22, it specifies the work content included in the work instruction, the point where the work is to be performed, and the floor on which the point is located. Further, the generation unit 211 generates a call registration request based on the specified information. Specifically, the generation unit 211 generates identification information of the information processing device 2, departure floor information indicating the departure floor (for example, the floor where the information processing device 2 that made the call registration request is located), and a destination floor indicating the destination floor. A call registration request including the information is generated and transmitted to the elevator management device 1. Note that when the information processing device 2 is a priority device, the generation unit 211 can generate a call registration request with a plurality of floors as destination floors based on the work instruction.

Furthermore, the generation unit 211 creates a work list regarding the identified work and stores it in the storage unit 25. The work list includes the work to be performed by the information processing device 2, the point where the work is performed, and the floor where the point is located.

The action determining unit 212 determines the next action that the information processing device 2 will perform, generates an action instruction indicating the determined action, and outputs it to the action control unit 213. Furthermore, when the action determining unit 212 outputs the action instruction to the action control unit 213, it deletes the action for which the instruction has been completed from the work list in the storage unit 25, and updates the work list.

When the operation determining unit 212 receives the information indicating the car 42 of the elevator 4 assigned to the information processing device 2, it stores the information indicating the car 42 in the storage unit 25, and instructs the movement of the car 42 to the landing. Generate action instructions to do so. Further, the operation determining unit 212 communicates with the car control device 3 via the second communication unit 24, and when receiving a boarding request from the car control device 3 instructing boarding to the car 42 of the elevator 4, the operation determining unit 212 42 is generated. Further, upon receiving a get-off request from the car control device 3 that instructs the elevator 4 to get off from the car 42, the operation determining unit 212 generates an operation instruction to instruct the elevator 4 to get off the car 42.

Thereafter, the action determining unit 212 refers to the storage unit 25, specifies the point on the floor where the relevant car 42 has arrived, where the information processing device 2 should go, and generates an action instruction instructing movement to that point. Further, when the information processing device 2 arrives at the point, the operation determining unit 212 generates an operation instruction that instructs the information processing device 2 to perform the work at the point. Further, the operation determining unit 212 refers to the storage unit 25 and generates an operation instruction for instructing the information processing device 2 to move to a landing if the information processing device 2 needs to move to another floor. If there is no work left in the storage unit 25 for the information processing device 2 to perform, that is, if the work of the information processing device 2 is completed, the operation determining unit 212 ends the processing of the information processing device 2.

The motion control section 213 controls the motion of the moving section 26 and the motion section 27 according to the motion instruction obtained from the motion determining section 212.

The first communication unit 23 is a communication module for communicating with the elevator management device 1. Further, the second communication unit 24 is a communication module for communicating with the machine control device 3. The storage unit 25 stores identification information of the information processing device 2, a work list, and the like.

The moving section 26 and the operation section 27 are members that operate according to instructions from the operation control section 213. The moving unit 26 is a moving member such as wheels for the information processing device 2 to run independently. The operating unit 27 is a member for the information processing device 2 to perform work. The operation section 27 is provided in accordance with the functions of the information processing device 2. For example, when the information processing device 2 is a device that delivers packages, the information processing device 2 is provided with a member as the operating section 27 for loading and unloading packages.

<Unit control device 3>
FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing details of the car control device 3 and elevator 4 in the elevator management system 100. The machine control device 3 is a device that controls the operation of the machine 42 determined by the machine determining unit 102. As shown in FIG. 5, the machine control device 3 includes a control section 31, a storage section 32, a first communication section 33, and a second communication section 34. The machine control device 3 controls the machine 42 according to the received priority operation command or normal operation command. As an example, the unit control device 3 that has received the priority operation command, after allowing the priority device to board the vehicle from the departure floor indicated by the departure floor information, issues the priority operation command until the vehicle reaches all the destination floors indicated by the destination floor information. The machine 42 is controlled according to the following.

As shown in FIG. 5, the control unit 31 includes an instruction acquisition unit 311, a determination unit 312, and an update unit 313. Upon receiving the operation command from the elevator management device 1, the instruction acquisition unit 311 switches the operation mode of the car 42 based on the operation command. The instruction acquisition unit 311 receives either a priority driving instruction or a normal driving instruction as a driving instruction. When receiving the priority operation instruction, the instruction acquisition unit 311 refers to the storage unit 32 and switches the operation mode of the car 42 to the priority operation mode, or maintains the priority operation mode. Further, when the instruction acquisition unit 311 receives a normal operation instruction, the instruction acquisition unit 311 maintains the operation mode of the machine 42 as the normal operation mode.

Further, the instruction acquisition unit 311 stores the departure floor and destination floor included in the operation instruction in either the normal list 322 or the priority list 323 of the storage unit 32, depending on the operation mode of the car 42. When the operation mode of the car 42 is the normal operation mode, the instruction acquisition unit 311 stores the departure floor and the destination floor in the normal list 322. Further, when the operation mode of the car 42 is the priority operation mode, the instruction acquisition unit 311 stores the departure floor and the destination floor in the priority list 323. When the instruction acquisition unit 311 completes the recording on the normal list 322 or the priority list 323, it outputs information indicating that the recording on the list has been completed to the determination unit 312.

Note that when the instruction acquisition unit 311 receives a normal operation command, it determines the stop order of the destination floors based on normal selective collective operation, and records the destination floors in the normal list 322 in the determined stop order. On the other hand, when the instruction acquisition unit 311 receives a priority driving command, it may record the priority driving command in the priority list 323 in the order recorded in the received information indicating the destination floor, not based on selective collective driving. Specifically, when the instruction acquisition unit 311 receives information indicating the 3rd, 7th, 8th, and 5th floors as the destination floors included in the operation instruction to operate the machine 42 located on the 1st floor, the instruction acquisition unit 311 determines that the operation instruction is If it is a normal operation command, the 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 8th floors are stored in the normal list 322 in this order. On the other hand, when the driving command is a priority driving command, the command acquisition unit 311 stores the 3rd, 7th, 8th, and 5th floors in the priority list 323 in this order. Thereby, it becomes possible to stop the number machines 42 in an order convenient for the information processing device 2 that uses the number machines 42.

The determining unit 312 determines the operation of the elevator 4 and transmits to the elevator 4 a signal instructing the determined operation. The determining unit 312 refers to the operation mode information 321, the normal list 322, and the priority list 323, and instructs the elevator 4 to operate according to the operation mode of the car 42 and the floors recorded in the list. Further, the determining unit 312 outputs information indicating that various instructions have been given to the elevator 4 to the updating unit 313.

When the car control device 3 receives a normal operation command from the elevator management device 1, in other words, when the instruction acquisition unit 311 records the departure floor and destination floor in the normal list 322, the determination unit 312 determines whether the car 42 of the elevator 4 operate in normal operation mode.

Specifically, the determining unit 312 refers to the storage unit 32 and, if a departure floor or a destination floor is input in the normal list 322, moves the car 42 of the elevator 4 to these floors. Specifically, upon acquiring information indicating that recording to the list has been completed, the determining unit 312 refers to the normal list 322. If a departure floor is entered in the normal list 322, the determining unit 312 transmits a signal to the elevator 4 instructing the elevator to move to the departure floor.

If the departure floor is not entered in the normal list 322 and the destination floor is entered in the normal list 322, the determining unit 312 moves the car 42 to the floor recorded at the beginning of the normal list 322. A signal instructing the elevator 4 is sent to the elevator 4.

When the elevator 4 arrives at the departure floor or destination floor, the determining unit 312 transmits a signal to the elevator 4 instructing to open the doors of the car 42 and the landing at the departure floor or destination floor. Thereafter, when a predetermined period of time has elapsed or a user using the car 42 inputs an instruction to close the door, the determining unit 312 sends a signal to the elevator to close the door of the car 42 and the landing. Send to 4. Thereby, operation based on the normal operation instruction from the elevator management device 1 is performed.

Further, when the operation mode of the machine 42 is the priority operation mode, the determining unit 312 causes the machine 42 to operate in the priority operation mode. Specifically, the determining unit 312 refers to the operation mode information 321, and first refers to the normal list 322 when the operation mode of the car 42 is the priority operation mode. When the destination floor is input in the normal list 322, the determining unit 312 moves the car 42 to the destination floor. Thereafter, when the normal list 322 becomes empty, the determining unit 312 operates the elevator 4 42 based on the priority list 323 . Specifically, the determining unit 312 refers to the normal list 322, and if the normal list 322 is empty, refers to the priority list 323 and moves the car 42 to the floor stored at the top of the priority list 323. The same process is repeated until the priority list 323 becomes empty.

Note that when the determining unit 312 determines the operation of the car 42 with reference to the priority list 323, in other words, when the car 42 is operated in the priority operation mode, the decision unit 312 determines whether the car 42 will get off the train at the floor where the information processing device 2 is located. After that, the car 42 is not moved to the next floor and is kept on standby until the information processing device 2 gets on board. Further, when the information processing device 2 returns to the landing, the determining unit 312 causes the information processing device 2 to board the car 42 and moves the car 42 to the floor stored at the top of the priority list 323. . Here, the door of the car 42 may be closed while the car 42 is on standby until the information processing device 2 gets on board. Thereby, it is possible to reduce the possibility that another user will board the car 42 by mistake.

As described above, when the machine 42 is operating in the normal operation mode, in other words, when the departure floor or the destination floor is stored only in the normal list 322, the determining unit 312 determines whether the machine 42 is on these floors. move. Here, if a normal operation instruction is further transmitted to the unit control device 3, the departure floor and destination floor included in the normal operation instruction are added to the normal list 322, and the determining unit 312 The car 42 is operated based on the normal list 322 including the floor and destination floor.

On the other hand, when the unit 42 is operated in the priority operation mode, in other words, when the departure floor or the destination floor is stored in the priority list 323, the determination unit 312 first determines the departure floor stored in the priority list 323. Move machine number 42 to . Thereafter, the determining unit 312 moves the car 42 to each floor stored in the priority list 323. Here, the car 42 operating in the priority operation mode is not determined as the car 42 to be allocated to a new call registration request. That is, no new operation instruction is sent from the elevator management device 1 to the machine control device 3 that controls the machine 42 operating in the priority operation mode. Therefore, when the machine 42 is operated in the priority operation mode, the determining unit 312 can operate the machine 42 so that the information processing device 2 to which the machine 42 is assigned can preferentially use the machine 42. . Further, after the information processing device 2 is disembarked at a certain destination floor, if there remains a destination floor to which the information processing device 2 is heading, the determining unit 312 causes the information processing device 2 to wait in the car 42. Thereby, the time during which the information processing device 2 waits for the car 42 at the landing can be shortened.

When the updating unit 313 obtains information indicating that the elevator 4 has been instructed to move to the destination floor from the determining unit 312, the updating unit 313 refers to the normal list 322 or the priority list 323 and selects the information stored at the top of the list. Delete the floor and update the list. As a result, the first floor stored in each list is updated to the next floor to which the user should go.

The storage unit 32 stores various information used for each process performed by the machine control device 3. As an example, as shown in FIG. 5, the storage unit 32 stores driving mode information 321, a normal list 322, and a priority list 323.

The operation mode information 321 is information indicating the operation mode of the elevator 4 controlled by the machine control device 3, that is, whether the elevator 4 is operating in the priority operation mode or the normal operation mode.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the normal list 322 and the priority list 323. As shown in FIG. 6, the destination floor recorded when the normal driving instruction was received is input into the normal list 322. Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the departure floor and destination floor that were recorded when the priority driving instruction was received are input into the priority list 323.

The first communication unit 33 is a communication module through which the machine control device 3 communicates with the information processing device 2 . Further, the second communication unit 34 is a communication module for the elevator control device 3 to communicate with the elevator management device 1 .

<Elevator 4>
As shown in FIG. 5, the elevator 4 includes an operating section 41, a machine 42, and an opening/closing section 43. The elevator 4 moves the car 42 between floors according to instructions from the car control device 3, and opens and closes the doors at the landing.

The operating unit 41 operates according to instructions received from the determining unit 312 of the car control device 3, and moves the car 42 between floors. The opening/closing unit 43 operates according to instructions received from the determining unit 312 of the car control device 3, and opens and closes the door of the car 42 and the door of the landing where the car 42 is stopped.

<Effects of the elevator management system 100>
As described above, the elevator management system 100 according to the present invention can identify the identification information of the information processing device 2 and the departure floor, which are transmitted from each of the plurality of information processing devices 2 autonomously traveling in a building having multiple floors. The information processing device 2 that is the source of the call registration request including departure floor information indicating the destination floor and destination floor information indicating the destination floor is a priority device to which the elevator 4 42 is preferentially allocated. A priority device determination unit 101 is provided. In addition, the elevator management system 100 sends the identification information of the priority device, departure floor information, and It includes a priority operation command section 103 that transmits a priority operation command including destination floor information.

Further, in the elevator management system 100, when the destination floor information included in the call registration request indicates a plurality of destination floors, the priority device determination unit 101 determines that the information processing device 2 that has requested the call registration request is the priority device. The machine control device 3 controls the machine 42 according to the priority operation command.

According to the above configuration, the priority device can preferentially use the elevator 4 until it reaches all floors scheduled to be used. Thereby, it is possible to avoid an undesirable situation such as a delay in the arrival of the priority device due to other users or information processing devices 2 other than the priority device using the elevator 4.

Furthermore, if a part of the elevator 4 is always dedicated to the priority device, other users or information processing devices 2 other than the priority device can always use only other elevators, which may reduce the convenience of the elevator 4. There is sex. In contrast, according to the above configuration, a certain number 42 is operated exclusively for the priority device only when the priority device requires it. Therefore, if the priority device is not using the elevator 4, other users can use more elevators 4, and it is possible to suppress a decrease in convenience for the users.

Furthermore, according to the above configuration, whether or not the information processing device 2 is a priority device is determined only by whether or not multiple floors are designated as destination floors in the call registration request. It is possible to specify.

Further, the elevator management system 100 includes a plurality of cars 42, and the candidates for the cars 42 to which the priority device is to be allocated are determined in advance to the cars 42 excluding the specific car. The plurality of cars may include cars provided for people with physical disabilities, cars for special purposes, and the like. For example, cars provided for people with physical disabilities, cars for special purposes, etc. may be predetermined so as not to be included in candidates for cars to be allocated to priority devices. As a result, it is possible to avoid a situation where users who require a car installed for the physically handicapped or a car for special purposes are unable to use these cars.

In addition, in the elevator management system 100, the machine control device 3 that has received the priority operation command causes the priority device to board the vehicle from the departure floor indicated by the departure floor information, and then arrives at all the destination floors indicated by the destination floor information. Until then, the machine with the previous symbol will be controlled according to the priority operation command.

According to the above configuration, it is possible to shorten the time during which the priority device waits for the car 42 at the landing, so that the priority device can arrive at the desired destination floor in the shortest possible time.

<An example of processing performed by the elevator management system 100>
Hereinafter, an example of the process (elevator management method) performed by the elevator management system 100 according to this embodiment will be described using FIG. 7. FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram showing an example of processing performed by the elevator management system 100. In the example below, the information processing device 2 that makes the call registration request is the priority device, and when the call registration request is made with multiple floors as destination floors, the normal list of assigned car control devices 3 is A case where 322 is empty will be explained.

First, when the generating unit 211 of the information processing device 2 receives work instruction information via the receiving unit 22 (S11), the generating unit 211 of the information processing device 2 receives the work instruction information included in the work instruction information, the location where the task is to be performed, and the location where the location exists. Identify the floor. Furthermore, the generation unit 211 generates a call registration request based on the specified information (S12), and transmits it to the elevator management device 1.

When the priority device determination unit 101 of the elevator management device 1 receives a call registration request from the information processing device 2 via the first communication unit 12, it determines whether the information processing device 2 that has made the call registration request is a priority device. (S1: Priority device determination step), and outputs the determination result to the machine determining unit 102. Specifically, when the call registration request has a plurality of floors as destination floors, the priority device determination unit 101 determines that the information processing device 2 that made the call registration request is the priority device. On the other hand, when the call registration request specifies one floor as the destination floor, the priority device determination unit 101 determines that the information processing device 2 that made the call registration request is a normal device.

If the information processing device 2 that made the call registration request is not a priority device (NO in S1), normal operation is performed in the elevator management system 100 (S2). That is, the machine determining unit 102 determines the machine 42 to be assigned to the information processing device 2 from among the machines 42 other than the machine 42 operating in the priority operation mode. Further, the car control device 3 that controls the car 42 operates the car 42 according to the decision of the car determining unit 102, and moves the information processing device 2 from the departure floor to the destination floor.

When the information processing device 2 that has made the call registration request is a priority device (YES in S1), the car number determination unit 102 that has acquired the determination result determines the car number 42 of the elevator 4 to be assigned to the priority device (S3). Specifically, the machine determining unit 102 identifies the machines 42 excluding the specific machine as candidate machines to be allocated to the priority device (S3). Furthermore, the machine determining unit 102 determines one of the identified candidate machines as the machine 42 to be assigned to the priority device (S4: machine determining step). The car number determining unit 102 outputs identification information indicating the information processing device 2 using the car number 42 and information indicating the destination floor of the information processing device 2 to the priority operation command unit 103.

Further, the car number determination unit 102 transmits information indicating the assigned car number 42 to the information processing device 2 that has made the call registration request. When the operation determining unit 212 of the information processing device 2 receives the information via the first communication unit 23, the operation determining unit 212 of the information processing device 2 determines that the next operation to be performed by the information processing device 2 is to move to the landing corresponding to the assigned car 42. Then, information indicating the determined motion is output to the motion control unit 213. Upon acquiring the information, the operation control unit 213 operates the moving unit 26 to move the information processing device 2 to the landing (S13).

When the priority operation command unit 103 acquires information indicating the car 42 determined as the car 42 to be assigned to the priority device from the car determination unit 102, the priority operation command unit 103 executes priority operation including identification information of the priority device, departure floor information, and destination floor information. A command is generated (S5). The priority operation command unit 103 communicates with the unit control device 3 that controls the operation of the determined unit 42 via the second communication unit 13, and transmits the priority operation command to the unit control device 3 (priority operation command step). After transmitting the priority operation command to the machine control device 3, the priority operation command unit 103 updates the elevator management database 112 (S6) and changes the stored operation mode of the machine 42 to the priority operation mode.

The instruction acquisition unit 311 of the car control device 3 communicates with the elevator management device 1 via the second communication unit 34 and receives the priority operation command. When the instruction acquisition unit 311 receives the priority operation command, it starts controlling the operation of the machine 42 in the priority operation mode (S21, control step). Specifically, upon receiving the priority operation command, the instruction acquisition unit 311 switches the operation mode of the machine 42 stored in the operation mode information 321 of the storage unit 32 to the priority operation mode. The instruction acquisition unit 311 causes the priority list 323 to store the departure floor and destination floor included in the priority operation command. When the instruction acquisition unit 311 completes the recording on the normal list 322 or the priority list 323, it outputs information indicating that the recording on the list has been completed to the determination unit 312.

Upon acquiring the information, the determining unit 312 refers to the priority list 323 and transmits a signal to the operating unit 41 of the elevator 4 indicating an instruction to move the car 42 to the departure floor. The operating unit 41 of the elevator 4 operates based on the signal and moves the car 42 to the departure floor. Thereafter, the determining unit 312 causes the car 42 to wait until the information processing device 2 arrives at the landing on the floor (S22).

When the information processing device 2 arrives at the landing, it communicates with the car control device 3 via the second communication unit 24, and transmits a boarding request requesting boarding to the car 42. Upon receiving the boarding request, the determining unit 312 of the car control device 3 transmits a signal instructing the opening/closing unit 43 of the elevator 4 to open the door. Upon receiving the signal, the opening/closing unit 43 opens the doors of the car 42 and the landing. When the door of the car No. 42 is opened, the determining unit 312 transmits a signal to the information processing device 2 indicating that the door opening has been completed. Upon receiving the signal, the operation determining unit 212 of the information processing device 2 determines the next operation to be boarding the car 42, and outputs information indicating the determined operation to the operation control unit 213. Upon acquiring the information, the operation control unit 213 operates the moving unit 26 and causes the information processing device 2 to board the car 42 (S14).

When the information processing device 2 gets on the car 42, the operation determining unit 212 transmits a signal to the car control device 3 indicating that the information processing device 2 has boarded the car. Upon receiving the signal, the determining unit 312 of the car control device 3 transmits a signal instructing the opening/closing unit 43 of the elevator 4 to close the door. When the opening/closing unit 43 receives the signal, it closes the doors of the car 42 and the landing. Thereafter, the determining unit 312 refers to the priority list 323 and transmits a signal to the operation unit 41 of the elevator 4 instructing the elevator 4 to move the car 42 to the destination floor stored at the top of the priority list 323. The operation unit 41 operates according to the signal and moves the car 42 to the destination floor. Further, the determining unit 312 outputs information indicating that an instruction has been given to move the car 42 to the updating unit 313. Upon acquiring the information, the updating unit 313 updates the priority list 323 and deletes the destination floor stored at the top of the list (S23).

When the car 42 arrives at the destination floor, the determining unit 312 transmits a signal instructing the opening/closing unit 43 of the elevator 4 to open the door. Upon receiving the signal, the opening/closing unit 43 opens the doors of the car 42 and the landing. When the door of the car No. 42 is opened, the determining unit 312 transmits a signal to the information processing device 2 indicating that the door opening has been completed. When the operation determining unit 212 of the information processing device 2 receives the signal, it determines that the next operation to be performed is to get off the car 42, and outputs information indicating the determined operation to the operation control unit 213. Upon acquiring the information, the operation control unit 213 operates the moving unit 26 to disembark the information processing device 2 from the car 42 (S15).

When the information processing device 2 gets off the car 42, the operation determining unit 212 transmits a signal to the car control device 3 indicating that the information processing device 2 has finished getting off the car. Upon receiving the signal, the determining unit 312 of the car control device 3 transmits a signal instructing the opening/closing unit 43 of the elevator 4 to close the door. Next, the determining unit 312 of the car control device 3 refers to the priority list 323 and determines whether the car 42 has arrived at all the destination floors specified by the call registration, in other words, whether the priority list 323 is empty. is determined (S24). If the car 42 has not arrived at all destination floors (NO in S24), the process returns to S22. In other words, the determining unit 312 causes the car 42 to wait on the floor where the information processing device 2 is disembarked, and repeats the process until the car 42 arrives at all destination floors.

On the other hand, if the machine 42 has arrived at all the destination floors (YES in S24), the determining unit 312 switches the operation mode of the machine 42 stored in the storage unit 32 to the normal operation mode (S25), and switches the operation mode to the priority operation mode. Information indicating that the process has been completed is transmitted to the elevator management device 1, and the process ends. Upon receiving the information, the elevator management device 1 updates the elevator management database 112 (S7) and changes the operation mode of the machine 42 whose operation has been completed to the normal operation mode. Each process performed in the car control device 3 will be explained later using a specific example using FIG.

After the information processing device 2 alights from the car 42, the operation determining section 212 refers to the storage section 25, determines the task to be performed on the current floor among the instructed tasks, and outputs it to the operation control section 213. The motion control unit 213 moves to the destination based on the information indicating the determined work and executes the specified work (S16).

When each task is completed, the operation determining unit 212 refers to the storage unit 25 and determines whether all destination floors included in the task instruction information have been reached (S17). If all the destination floors have been reached (YES in S17), the information processing device 2 finishes the process after completing the work to be done on the current floor. On the other hand, if the vehicle has not arrived at all the destination floors (NO in S17), the process returns to S13. As described above, a series of processes in the elevator management system 100 are performed.

<Details of processing of machine control device 3>
Next, details of the processing of the car control device 3 in the elevator management system 100 will be explained using FIG. 8. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing details of the processing performed by the machine control device 3.

First, the instruction acquisition unit 311 of the car control device 3 determines whether or not an operation command has been received from the elevator management device 1 via the second communication unit 34 (S31). Below, the process when a drive command is received (YES at S31) will be explained first, and the process when a drive command is not received (NO at S31) will be explained later.

When the instruction acquisition unit 311 receives a driving command (YES in S31), it determines whether the driving command is a priority driving command (S32). When the operation command is a normal operation command (NO in S32), in other words, when the operation command has only one floor as the destination floor, the instruction acquisition unit 311 retrieves the machine number stored in the storage unit 32. The operation mode of No. 42 is maintained as the normal operation mode (S33). Then, the instruction acquisition unit 311 inputs the departure floor and destination floor included in the received normal operation command into the normal list 322, and stores them in the storage unit 32 (S34). After the process of S34, the process proceeds to S48, which will be described later.

If the driving command is a priority driving command (YES in S32), in other words, if the driving command is a driving command with multiple floors as destination floors, the command acquisition unit 311 retrieves the car number 42 stored in the storage unit 32. Refer to the operating mode. When the operation mode of the machine 42 stored in the storage unit 32 is the normal operation mode (YES in S35), the instruction acquisition unit 311 switches the operation mode of the machine 42 to the priority operation mode (S36). When the operation mode of the machine 42 stored in the storage unit 32 is the priority operation mode (NO in S35), the instruction acquisition unit 311 maintains the operation mode of the machine 42 as the priority operation mode.

Subsequently, the instruction acquisition unit 311 inputs the departure floor and destination floor included in the received priority operation command into the priority list 323 and stores them (S37). Further, the instruction acquisition unit 311 outputs information indicating that input to the list has been completed to the determination unit 312.

The determining unit 312 refers to the normal list 322 and the priority list 323, moves the car 42 to the floor stored in the normal list 322, and then moves the car 42 to the floor stored in the priority list 323. move it. Specifically, the determining unit 312 refers to the normal list 322 and determines whether the normal list 322 is empty (S38). If the normal list 322 is not empty (NO in S38), in other words, if there are still destination floors stored in the normal list 322, the determining unit 312 determines that the first floor of the normal list 322 is the first floor of the elevator 4. A signal indicating an instruction to operate the machine 42 is transmitted to the operation section 41. As a result, the car 42 moves to the floor (S39). Further, the determining unit 312 outputs information indicating that the instruction to the elevator 4 has been given to the updating unit 313.

Upon acquiring the information, the updating unit 313 updates the normal list 322 (S40) and deletes the floor stored at the top of the normal list 322. Thereafter, the processing in S38 to S40 is repeated until YES in S38.

If the normal list 322 is empty (YES in S38), in other words, if there are no remaining destination floors stored in the normal list 322, the determining unit 312 refers to the priority list 323. The determining unit 312 transmits a signal to the operation unit 41 instructing to move the car 42 to the floor stored as the departure floor in the priority list 323, and moves the car 42 to the departure floor in the priority list (S41 ). Car 42 moves to the floor in question.

After S41, the determining unit 312 waits until the information processing device 2, which is the priority device, gets into the car of car 42 (S42, corresponding to S22 in FIG. 7). After that, when the information processing device 2 completes boarding the car 42 (YES in S42), the determining unit 312 refers to the priority list 323 and operates the car 42 of the elevator 4 on the first floor of the priority list 323. A signal indicating an instruction to do so is transmitted to the operation unit 41 (S43) (corresponding to S23 in FIG. 7). As a result, the car 42 moves to the floor in question. Further, the determining unit 312 outputs information indicating that the instruction to the elevator 4 has been given to the updating unit 313. Upon acquiring the information, the updating unit 313 updates the priority list 323 (S44) and deletes the floor stored at the beginning of the destination floor in the priority list 323.

After S44, the determining unit 312 refers to the priority list 323 and determines whether the priority list 323 is empty (S45) (corresponding to S24 in FIG. 7). If the priority list 323 is not empty (NO in S45), in other words, if there are still destination floors stored in the priority list 323, the processes from S42 onwards are repeated.

On the other hand, if the priority list 323 is empty (YES in S45), in other words, if there are no destination floors stored in the priority list 323, the determining unit 312 selects the The operation mode is changed from the priority operation mode to the normal operation mode (S46), and the process ends.

Returning to S31, in the process of S31, if the instruction acquisition unit 311 has not received the driving command (NO in S31), the instruction acquisition unit 311 outputs the result of the determination to the determination unit 312. Upon acquiring the determination result, the determining unit 312 refers to the normal list 322 and determines whether the normal list 322 is empty (S47). If the normal list 322 is empty, the machine control device 3 returns to the process of S31.

If NO in the process of S47, or after the process of S34, that is, if the floor is stored in the normal list 322, the determining unit 312 refers to the normal list 322 and operates the car 42. Specifically, if NO in the process of S47 or after the process of S34, the determining unit 312 sends a signal to the operating unit 41 indicating an instruction to operate the elevator 42 on the first floor of the normal list 322. Send to. As a result, the car 42 moves to the floor (S48). Further, the determining unit 312 outputs information indicating that the instruction to the elevator 4 has been given to the updating unit 313. Upon acquiring the information, the updating unit 313 updates the normal list 322 (S49) and deletes the floor stored at the top of the normal list 322. When the process of S49 is completed, the process returns to S31 and subsequent processes are performed.

<Modified example>
In the above-described embodiment, the car control device 3 performs all the operations related to the car 42 of the elevator 4, but the control of the car control device 3 may be partially or completely performed by the elevator management device 1 side. For example, the elevator management device 1 may manage the normal list 322 and the priority list 323 and instruct the car control device 3 which floor the car 42 should go to.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, in the priority operation mode, the machine control device 3 inputs the destination floor in the priority list 323 and moves the machine 42 in the order of floors specified in the operation command. , the method of determining the order of the stopping floors of car No. 42 is not limited to this. For example, even in the priority operation mode, the car control device 3 may determine the stopping floors in an order based on general selective collective operation. Further, in the priority operation mode, it may be possible to change whether or not the stop floors are determined in the order based on the selective collective operation.

Further, in the information processing device 2, whether or not the information processing device 2 is a priority device may change depending on the stage of work. For example, if the information processing device 2 is a delivery device, the information processing device 2 calls a plurality of floors specified as delivery destinations and requests registration. Thereby, the information processing device 2 can preferentially use the elevator 4 as a priority device to move to the target floor. On the other hand, when the information processing device 2 returns to the waiting place after the delivery is completed, it requests registration by calling only the floor where the waiting place is located as the destination floor. Thereby, the information processing device 2 can be moved to the waiting area using the elevator 4 as a normal device.

When the information processing device 2, which is the priority device, performs the instructed work, it is required to move to the destination floor as quickly as possible. On the other hand, even if the information processing device 2 is a priority device, it is not required to return quickly to, for example, a waiting area after finishing work. For example, the information processing device 2 that is working and needs to use the elevator 4 in a hurry uses the elevator 4 preferentially. On the other hand, the information processing device 2 that does not need to use the elevator 4 in a hurry after the work is completed uses the elevator 4 on a non-prioritized basis. As described above, whether or not the information processing device 2 is a priority device changes depending on the stage of work, so that the information processing device 2 that does not need to be in a hurry can preferentially use the elevator 4 and avoid other users. It is possible to reduce the possibility of impairing the convenience of

Further, in the above-described embodiment, when the elevator management device 1 receives a call registration request from the input section of the hall or a call registration request from the normal device, the car number determination unit 102 selects the number car 42 operating in the normal operation mode. They had decided on machine number 42 to be assigned. However, the method of allocating the car number 42 based on these call registration requests is not limited to this. For example, the machine determining unit 102 determines the machine 42 operating in priority operation mode as the machine 42 to be assigned to these call registration requests, and based on this determination, the normal operation command unit 104 issues a normal operation command. You can also send it.

In this case, in the car control device 3, upon receiving the normal operation command, the instruction acquisition unit 311 inputs the departure floor and the destination floor into the normal list 322. When the departure floor and destination floor are input to the normal list 322, the determining unit 312 refers to the driving mode information 321. Here, if the operation mode of the car 42 is the priority operation mode, the determining unit 312 completes the movement of the car 42 to all destination floors input in the priority list 323. After the No. 42 completes movement to all the destination floors input in the priority list 323 and the operation mode is switched to the normal operation mode, the determining unit 312 selects the departure and destination floors input in the normal list 322. 42 starts moving to.

Thereby, the car number determination unit 102 can decide which car number 42 to allocate from a larger number of car numbers 42. In particular, by assigning a machine 42 operating in priority operation mode to a normal device that does not need to move quickly, other machines 42 will be used by the normal device, impairing convenience for other users. The possibility can be reduced.

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

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an elevator management system 100A according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 9, the elevator management system 100A includes an elevator management device 1A, an information processing device 2A, and a car control device 3A instead of the elevator management device 1, information processing device 2, and car control device 3. This is different from the elevator management system 100. Further, as shown in FIG. 9, the elevator management system 100A includes an information processing device 2A that is a plurality of priority devices. In this embodiment, the information processing device 2A differs from the information processing device 2 in that a plurality of priority devices can share the same car 42.

The elevator management device 1A differs from the elevator management device 1A in that it includes a control section 10A including a car number determination section 102A. When the car number determination unit 102A receives a call registration request from the information processing device 2A, which is a priority device, the car number determination unit 102A refers to the elevator management database 112 and determines the car number 42 to be assigned. Here, the machine number determining unit 102A determines the machine number 42 regardless of the operating mode of the machine number 42 to be assigned. Alternatively, the machine determining unit 102A may preferentially select a machine 42 that is already operating in the priority operation mode and determine it as the machine 42 to be assigned to the priority device. The priority operation command unit 103 transmits a priority operation command to the machine control device 3A based on the determination by the machine determination unit 102A.

The car control device 3A differs from the car control device 3 in that it includes a control section 31A including an instruction acquisition section 311A and a determination section 312A. The instruction acquisition unit 311A refers to the priority list 323 upon receiving the priority operation command from the elevator management device 1A. Here, if the destination floor is already stored in the priority list 323, the instruction acquisition unit 311A selects a destination based on the newly received priority operation command following the destination floor already stored in the priority list 323. Memorize the floor. Specifically, when the 2nd, 5th, and 3rd floors are already stored as destination floors in the priority list 323, and a priority operation command indicating the 8th and 2nd floors as new destination floors is received, the instruction acquisition unit 311A: The destination floors are stored in the priority list 323 in the order of 2nd, 5th, 3rd, 8th, and 2nd floors.

Alternatively, when the instruction acquisition unit 311A receives a new priority operation command with the destination floor already stored in the priority list 323, the instruction acquisition unit 311A selects the destination floor of the new priority device from the destination floor already stored in the priority list 323. It may be inserted between destination floors. Specifically, when the 2nd, 5th, and 3rd floors are already stored as destination floors in the priority list 323, and a priority operation command indicating the 8th and 2nd floors as new destination floors is received, the instruction acquisition unit 311A: The destination floors may be stored in the priority list 323 in the order of 2nd, 5th, 8th, 3rd, and 2nd floors.

The determining unit 312A operates the machines 42 in the order stored in the priority list 323, and moves the information processing device 2A, which is a priority device, between floors. Here, the determining unit 312A may, after disembarking one priority device at a certain floor, move the car 42 to the destination floor of the other priority device and disembark the priority device without waiting for the priority device. . In this case, the car control device 3A may have the car 42 wait on the floor where the priority device from which the vehicle was disembarked first is located, or may have the car 42 wait at the floor where the priority device from which the vehicle was alighted later exists. Good too. Alternatively, the car control device 3A may make the car 42 standby until the priority device returns to the landing and boards the car 42 after disembarking one priority device on one floor.

According to the above configuration, the information processing devices 2A, which are a plurality of priority devices, can board the same car 42 and move between floors. Further, only the information processing device 2A, which is a priority device that can be shared, is shared in the same car 42. As a result, while reducing the possibility that the number of cars 42 available to other users becomes excessively small due to the priority device preferentially using many cars 42, The possibility of excessively late arrival can also be reduced.

[Example of implementation using software]
The function of the elevator management system 100, 100A (hereinafter referred to as "system") is a program for making a computer function as the system, and includes each control block of the device (in particular, the control units 10, 21, 31). It can be realized by a program for making a computer function as each part (parts).

In this case, the system includes a computer having at least one control device (for example, a processor) and at least one storage device (for example, a memory) as hardware for executing the program. By executing the above program using this control device and storage device, each function described in each of the above embodiments is realized.

The above program may be recorded on one or more computer-readable recording media instead of temporary. This recording medium may or may not be included in the system. In the latter case, the program may be supplied to the system via any transmission medium, wired or wireless.

Further, part or all of the functions of each of the control blocks described above can also be realized by a logic circuit. For example, an integrated circuit in which a logic circuit functioning as each of the control blocks described above is formed is also included in the scope of the present invention. In addition to this, it is also possible to realize the functions of each of the control blocks described above using, for example, a quantum computer.

Further, each process described in each of the above embodiments may be executed by AI (Artificial Intelligence). In this case, the AI may operate on the control device, or may operate on another device (for example, an edge computer or a cloud server).

〔summary〕
As is clear from the above description, the elevator management system according to one aspect of the present invention includes an elevator management system that identifies information processing apparatuses that are transmitted from each of a plurality of information processing apparatuses that autonomously travel within a building having multiple floors. whether the information processing device that is the source of the call registration request including information, departure floor information indicating a departure floor, and destination floor information indicating a destination floor is a priority device to which an elevator number is to be assigned preferentially; a priority device determination unit that determines whether or not the priority device is assigned, a vehicle number determination unit that determines a previous code vehicle to be assigned to the priority device, and a vehicle control device that controls the operation of the determined vehicle, the identification information of the priority device, the a priority operation command unit that transmits a priority operation command including departure floor information and the destination floor information, and when the destination floor information included in the call registration request indicates a plurality of destination floors, the priority device determination unit determines that the information processing device that is the source of the call registration request is the priority device, and the preceding symbol machine control device controls the preceding symbol machine in accordance with the priority operation command.

According to this configuration, the priority device can preferentially use the elevator until reaching all the floors scheduled to be used. This makes it possible to avoid undesirable situations such as delays in the arrival of the priority device due to other users or information processing devices other than the priority device using the elevator.

Furthermore, if a part of the elevator is always reserved for the priority device, other users or information processing devices other than the priority device can always use only other elevators, which may reduce the convenience of the elevator. . In contrast, according to the above configuration, a certain machine is operated exclusively for the priority device only when the priority device requires it. Therefore, if the priority device is not using the elevator, other users can use more elevators, and it is possible to suppress a decrease in the convenience of elevators for users.

The elevator management system according to aspect 2 of the present invention, in the above aspect 1, may include a plurality of front symbol machines, and the candidates for the front symbol machines to which the priority device is assigned may be determined in advance as machines excluding a specific machine number. .

The plurality of cars may include cars provided for people with physical disabilities, cars for special purposes, and the like. For example, cars provided for people with physical disabilities, cars for special purposes, etc. may be predetermined so as not to be included in candidates for cars to be allocated to priority devices. As a result, it is possible to avoid a situation where users who require a car installed for the physically handicapped or a car for special purposes are unable to use these cars.

In the elevator management system according to Aspect 3 of the present invention, in Aspect 1 or 2 above, the front symbol machine control device that has received the priority operation command is configured such that after the priority device is boarded from the departure floor indicated by the departure floor information, , the preceding symbol machine may be controlled according to the priority operation command until all the destination floors indicated by the destination floor information are reached.

According to this configuration, the priority device can arrive at the desired destination floor in the shortest possible time.

An elevator management method according to aspect 4 of the present invention includes identification information of the information processing device and departure floor information indicating the departure floor, which are transmitted from each of a plurality of information processing devices autonomously traveling in a building having multiple floors. , and destination floor information indicating the destination floor, a priority device determination step of determining whether the information processing device that is the source of the call registration request is a priority device to which an elevator number is preferentially allocated. a car number determination step of determining a pre-sign car to be assigned to the priority device; and a car control device that controls the operation of the determined car, the identification information, the departure floor information, and the destination floor information of the priority device. a priority operation command step of transmitting a priority operation command including a priority operation command, and a control step in which the preceding symbol machine control device controls the preceding symbol machine according to the priority operation command, and in the priority device determination step, If the destination floor information provided indicates a plurality of destination floors, it is determined that the information processing device that is the source of the call registration request is the priority device. According to the configuration, the same effects as in the first embodiment can be achieved.

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

1, 1A Elevator management device 2, 2A Information processing device 3, 3A Unit control device 4 Elevator 42 Unit 100, 100A Elevator management system 101 Priority device determination unit 102, 102A Unit determination unit 103 Priority operation command unit

Claims (4)

The information processing apparatus includes identification information of the information processing apparatus, departure floor information indicating a departure floor, and destination floor information indicating a destination floor, which are transmitted from each of a plurality of information processing apparatuses autonomously traveling in a building having multiple floors. a priority device determination unit that determines whether the information processing device that is the source of the call registration request is a priority device to which an elevator number is to be allocated preferentially;
a machine number determination unit that determines a previous symbol machine to be assigned to the priority device;
a priority operation command unit that transmits a priority operation command including the identification information of the priority device, the departure floor information, and the destination floor information to a car control device that controls the operation of the determined car;
When the destination floor information included in the call registration request indicates a plurality of destination floors, the priority device determination unit determines that the information processing device that has requested the call registration request is the priority device;
The front symbol machine control device controls the front symbol machine according to the priority operation command,
Elevator management system. Equipped with multiple front symbol machines,
2. The elevator management system according to claim 1, wherein the candidates for the preceding symbol machine to which the priority device is to be assigned are predetermined as machines excluding a specific machine number. After receiving the priority operation command, the front symbol machine control device allows the priority device to board the train from the departure floor indicated by the departure floor information, and then operates the priority device until the vehicle arrives at all of the destination floors indicated by the destination floor information. The elevator management system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the elevator management system controls the front symbol machine according to an operation command. The information processing apparatus includes identification information of the information processing apparatus, departure floor information indicating a departure floor, and destination floor information indicating a destination floor, which are transmitted from each of a plurality of information processing apparatuses autonomously traveling in a building having multiple floors. a priority device determination step of determining whether the information processing device that is the source of the call registration request is a priority device to which an elevator number is to be allocated preferentially;
a machine number determination step of determining a previous symbol machine to be assigned to the priority device;
a priority operation command step of transmitting a priority operation command including the identification information of the priority device, the departure floor information, and the destination floor information to a car control device that controls the operation of the determined car;
The front symbol machine control device includes a control step of controlling the front symbol machine according to the priority operation command,
In the priority device determining step, if the destination floor information included in the call registration request indicates a plurality of destination floors, determining the information processing device that is the source of the call registration request as the priority device;
Elevator management method.

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