JP7323016B1 - Elevator management system and elevator management method - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to allow a priority device to preferentially use an elevator until all floors to be used are reached, while suppressing a decrease in convenience for other users. An elevator management system (100) comprises a priority device determination section (101), an elevator determination section (102), and a priority operation command section (103). When the destination floor information included in the call registration request from the information processing device (2) indicates a plurality of destination floors, the priority device determination unit (101) selects the information processing device (2) that requested the call registration request. Determine that it is a priority device. In this case, the machine determination unit (102) determines the machine to be assigned to the priority device, the priority operation command unit (103) transmits the priority operation command to the control device (3), and the control device (3) controls the machine in accordance with the priority operation command. [Selection drawing] Fig. 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 where, for example, robots that deliver packages use elevators in buildings. In such a case, the number of elevators that can be used by the robot is usually determined in advance, and the elevator in question makes the robot ride in the car to perform the robot-dedicated operation. If the setting is such that the robot and the user do not use the same car at the same time, the user cannot use the car during the robot-only operation.

Patent Literature 1 discloses a method for easily realizing inter-floor movement of a robot.

JP-A-5-210414

However, while the elevator number available to the robot is being used by the user, the robot has to wait until the elevator number is assigned, and it takes a long time for the robot to reach the target floor. may become.

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

In order to solve the above problems, an elevator management system according to one aspect of the present invention provides information processing apparatus identification information transmitted from each of a plurality of information processing apparatus autonomously traveling in a building having multiple floors. information, departure floor information indicating the departure floor, and destination floor information indicating the destination floor, is the information processing device requesting the call registration request a priority device to which the elevator number is preferentially assigned? a priority device determination unit that determines whether or not the priority device is assigned to the priority device; a car determination unit that determines the car to be assigned to the priority device; 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 requested the call registration request is the priority device, and the elevator car control device controls the elevator car according to the priority operation command.

An elevator management method according to an aspect of the present invention includes identification information of an information processing device and departure floor information indicating a 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 car determination step of determining the car to be assigned to the priority device; and providing the identification information, the departure floor information, and the destination floor information of the priority device to the car control device for controlling the operation of the car determined. and a control step in which the elevator car control device controls the elevator car according to the priority operation command, and in the priority device determination step, included in the call registration request When the received destination floor information indicates a plurality of destination floors, it is determined that the information processing device that has requested the call registration request is the priority device.

According to one aspect of the present invention, an information processing device (that is, a priority device) to which an elevator number is to be preferentially assigned can shorten the time until it reaches a destination floor, and at the same time, the elevator can be used for other users. A decrease in convenience can be suppressed.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a block diagram which shows the outline|summary of the elevator management system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. 3 is a block diagram showing details of an elevator management device in the elevator management system; FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of an elevator management database. 3 is a block diagram showing details of an information processing device in the elevator management system; FIG. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing details of a car control device and elevators in the elevator management system; FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a normal list and a priority list; FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram showing an example of processing performed by the elevator management system; FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing details of processing performed by the elevator car control device; It is a block diagram which shows the outline|summary of the elevator management system which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention.

[Embodiment 1]
<Overview of Elevator Management System 100>
An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below. 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 controller 3 , and an elevator 4 . In the elevator management system 100, the information processing device 2 is a device capable of autonomous travel, and moves to an instructed destination to perform work. In addition, 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 the designated destination. .

In the elevator management system 100, the information processing device 2 includes a priority device and a normal device. The priority device is the information processing device 2 to which the car 42 of the elevator 4 is preferentially assigned, and the normal device is the information processing device 2 other than the priority device. Note that FIG. 1 shows a configuration in which one each of the information processing device 2, the elevator car control device 3, and the elevator 4 are included. may be provided in plurality.

In the elevator management system 100, when the information processing device 2 moving between floors using the elevator 4 makes a call registration request, the elevator management device 1 determines whether the information processing device 2 is a priority device. judge. Further, when the information processing device 2 is a priority device, the elevator management device 1 assigns the elevator car 42 of the elevator 4 to the priority device, and the elevator control device 3 assigns the assigned car 42 for the priority device. Operate in a priority operation mode that operates preferentially.

<Elevator management device 1>
Details of the elevator management device 1 will be described below with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. FIG. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing details of the elevator management device 1 in the elevator management system 100. As shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the elevator management database 112 provided in the elevator management device 1. As shown in FIG.

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 the identification information of the information processing device 2, the departure floor on which the information processing device 2 gets on, and the destination floor to which the information processing device 2 moves using the elevator 4. receives a call registration request containing information indicative of Upon receiving a call registration request, the priority device determination unit 101 determines whether or not the information processing device 2 that requested the call registration request is a priority device to which the elevator car 42 of the elevator 4 is preferentially assigned. .

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 requested 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 requested the call registration request is a normal device. Priority device determination section 101 outputs information indicating the result of the determination to elevator number determination section 102 .

When acquiring the information indicating the result of determination by the priority device determining unit 101, the elevator determining unit 102 determines the elevator 42 to be used by the information processing device 2 based on the result. In addition, the elevator car determining unit 102 transmits information indicating the elevator car 42 assigned to the information processing device 2 to which the call registration request has been made.

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

When it is determined that the information processing device 2 that requested the call registration request is a priority device, the car number determining unit 102 determines the car number 42 to be assigned to the priority device by a method different from the method of allocating to the normal device. Specifically, the elevator car determination unit 102 identifies candidate elevator cars that are candidates for the elevator car 42 to be assigned to the priority device, and determines one of the candidate elevator cars as the elevator car 42 to be assigned to the priority device.
Here, the candidates for the elevator car 42 to which the priority device is to be assigned may be determined in advance as the elevator car 42 excluding the specific elevator car. A specific elevator car is, for example, an elevator car 42 for disabled persons, which, if preferentially used by the information processing apparatus 2, may cause great inconvenience to other users. The car determination unit 102 identifies the car 42 other than the specific car as a candidate car.

The elevator determination unit 102 determines one of the specified candidate elevators 42 as the elevator 42 to be assigned to the priority apparatus, and outputs information indicating the determined elevator 42 to the priority operation command unit 103 . As an example, the elevator determination unit 102 refers to the elevator management database 112 and determines the elevator 42 operating in the normal operation mode among the candidate elevators as the elevator 42 to be assigned to the priority apparatus. Further, the elevator determination unit 102 may determine an elevator 42 that is not being used by another user among the candidate elevators as the elevator 42 to be assigned to the priority apparatus. Further, when all the candidate elevators are in use, the elevator determination unit 102 determines the elevator 42 having the lowest destination floor stored in the elevator management database 112 among the candidate elevators as the elevator 42 to be assigned to the priority device. .

Further, the car determination unit 102 may narrow down the cars to be allocated by combining the above-described conditions. If there are multiple elevators 42 that meet the conditions, the elevator determination unit 102 determines one of the elevators 42 that meets the conditions as the elevator 42 to be assigned to the priority device.

Further, the elevator car determination unit 102 receives a call registration request based on an input by the user to an input device (not shown) provided at the hall, and determines the elevator car 42 to be assigned to the user. Here, the elevator car determination unit 102 determines the elevator car 42 other than the elevator car 42 operating in the priority operation mode as the elevator car 42 to be assigned to the user, and indicates the determined elevator car 42 and the floor on which the user rides. Information is output to the normal operation command unit 104 .

When the priority operation command unit 103 acquires information indicating the elevator car 42 determined as the elevator car 42 to be assigned to the priority device from the elevator car determination unit 102, the priority operation command unit 103 instructs the elevator car control device 3 that controls the operation of the determined elevator car 42 to , the priority operation order including the identification information, departure floor information, and destination floor information. The priority operation command includes information instructing to operate the elevator car 42 in the priority operation mode. In addition, after transmitting the operation command to the elevator controller 3, the priority operation command unit 103 updates the elevator management database 112 and changes the stored operation mode of the elevator 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 car 42 determined by the car number determination unit 102 based on the information acquired from the car number determination unit 102 . The normal operation command includes an instruction to operate the elevator car 42 in the normal operation mode, information indicating the departure floor and destination floor of the elevator elevator 42 , and identification information of the normal apparatus using the elevator elevator 42 . Alternatively, the normal operation command includes an instruction to operate the elevator car 42 in the normal operation mode and information indicating the floor on which the user rides. 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 contains 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 number machine 42 assigned to each information processing device 2 may be further associated and stored.

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

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

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

<Information processing device 2>
Details of the information processing apparatus 2 will be described below with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing details of the information processing device 2 in the elevator management system 100. As shown in FIG. The information processing device 2 is a device capable of autonomously traveling in a building having multiple floors. In the elevator management system 100, the information processing device 2 includes a normal device and a priority device. A normal 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 preferentially use the elevator 4 . The priority device can make a call registration request with a plurality of 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 a priority device issues a call registration request with a plurality of floors as destination floors, one of the elevators 4 operates in the priority operation mode. The priority device can preferentially use the elevator 4 until it reaches all the destination floors for which the call registration request has been made.

Whether the information processing device 2 is a normal device or a priority device, in other words, whether or not the information processing device 2 can make a call registration request with a plurality of floors as destination floors is appropriately set. 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 a plurality of 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 whether or not it is possible to make a call registration request with 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 by the 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 to which the package should be delivered, the floor on which the point is located, and the package to be delivered at the point. Contains information. The work instruction information includes only the location to which the information processing device 2 should go and the work to be performed at the location. good.

The control unit 21 controls the operation of each unit of the information processing device 2 . As shown in FIG. 4 , the controller 21 includes a generator 211 , an action determiner 212 and an action controller 213 .

When the work instruction information is received via the reception unit 22, the generation unit 211 specifies the work content included in the work instruction, the location where the work is performed, and the floor on which the location is located. Moreover, the generation unit 211 generates a call registration request based on the specified information. Specifically, the generation unit 211 generates the identification information of the information processing device 2, the departure floor information indicating the departure floor (for example, the floor where the information processing device 2 that requested the call registration is located), and the destination floor indicating the destination floor. information, and transmits the call registration request 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.

The generation unit 211 also creates a work list related to the identified work, and stores the work list in the storage unit 25 . The work list includes the work performed by the information processing device 2, the location where the work is performed, and the floor on which the location is located.

The action determination unit 212 determines the next action to be performed by the information processing device 2 , generates an action instruction indicating the decided action, and outputs the instruction to the action control unit 213 . In addition, when the action determination unit 212 outputs the action instruction to the action control unit 213, the action for which the instruction has been completed is deleted from the work list in the storage unit 25, and the work list is updated.

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

After that, the operation determination unit 212 refers to the storage unit 25, specifies the point to which the information processing device 2 should go on the floor where the car 42 has arrived, and generates an operation instruction instructing movement to the point. Further, when the information processing device 2 arrives at the point, the action determining unit 212 generates an action instruction for instructing the work to be performed by the information processing device 2 at the point. Further, the action determination unit 212 refers to the storage unit 25 and generates an action instruction instructing movement to the hall when the information processing device 2 needs to move to another floor. When there is no work to be performed by the information processing device 2 in the storage unit 25 , that is, when the work of the information processing device 2 is completed, the operation determination unit 212 terminates 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 acquired from the motion determining section 212 .

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

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

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

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

In addition, 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 according to the operation mode of the elevator car 42 . When the operation mode of the elevator 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 elevator 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 . Upon completion of recording on the normal list 322 or the priority list 323, the instruction acquisition unit 311 outputs information indicating completion of recording on the list to the determination unit 312. FIG.

When receiving the normal operation command, the instruction acquisition unit 311 determines the stop order of the destination floors based on the 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 priority operation command is received, the instruction acquisition unit 311 may record the priority list 323 in the order recorded in the received information indicating the destination floor, not based on the selective collective operation. 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 for operating the elevator car 42 located on the first floor, when the operation instruction is If it is a normal operation command, it is stored in the normal list 322 in the order of the 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 8th floors. On the other hand, if the operation command is a priority operation command, the instruction acquisition unit 311 causes the priority list 323 to store the 3rd, 7th, 8th, and 5th floors in this order. As a result, the number machines 42 can be stopped in an order convenient for the information processing apparatus 2 using the number machines 42 .

The determination unit 312 determines the operation of the elevator 4 and transmits a signal instructing the determined operation to the elevator 4 . The determination 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 elevator car 42 and the floor recorded in the list. The determining unit 312 also outputs information indicating that various instructions have been given to the elevator 4 to the updating unit 313 .

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

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

When 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 top of the normal list 322. to the elevator 4.

When the elevator 4 arrives at the departure floor or the destination floor, the determination unit 312 transmits to the elevator 4 a signal to open the doors of the elevator car 42 and the landing at the departure floor or the destination floor. After that, when a predetermined period of time elapses, or when the user of the elevator car 42 inputs an instruction to close the door, the determination unit 312 sends a signal to the elevator car 42 and the door to close the hall. Send to 4. As a result, the operation based on the normal operation instruction from the elevator management device 1 is performed.

Further, when the operation mode of the elevator car 42 is the priority operation mode, the determination unit 312 causes the elevator car 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 machine 42 is the priority operation mode. When a destination floor is entered in the normal list 322, the determination unit 312 moves the elevator car 42 to the destination floor. After that, when the normal list 322 becomes empty, the determining unit 312 operates the car 42 of the elevator 4 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 elevator car 42 to the floor stored at the top of the priority list 323. , and the same processing is repeated until the priority list 323 becomes empty.

Note that when the decision unit 312 refers to the priority list 323 to determine the operation of the elevator car 42, in other words, when the elevator car 42 is operated in the priority operation mode, the decision unit 312 gets off the car on the floor where the information processing device 2 is located. After that, the elevator car 42 is not moved to the next floor and waits until the information processing device 2 gets on. Further, when the information processing device 2 returns to the hall, the determination 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 elevator car 42 may be closed while the elevator car 42 is waiting until the information processing device 2 gets on. This can reduce the possibility that other users get on the car 42 by mistake.

As described above, when the elevator car 42 is operated 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 determination unit 312 determines whether the elevator car 42 is stored in these floors. to move. Here, when a normal operation instruction is further transmitted to the elevator 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 determines whether the added departure The car 42 is operated based on the normal list 322 including floors and destination floors.

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

When the updating unit 313 acquires the 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 finds 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 go to.

The storage unit 32 stores various types of information used for each process performed by the car 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. FIG.

The operation mode information 321 is information indicating the operation mode of the elevator 4 controlled by the elevator 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. As shown in FIG. 6, the normal list 322 contains the destination floors recorded when the normal driving instruction was received. Also, as shown in FIG. 6, the priority list 323 is populated with the departure floor and destination floor recorded when the priority operation instruction was received.

The first communication unit 33 is a communication module for the machine control device 3 to communicate with the information processing device 2 . 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 , an elevator 42 , and an opening/closing section 43 . The elevator 4 moves the elevator 42 between floors according to the instruction of the elevator controller 3, and opens and closes the door at the hall.

The operation unit 41 operates according to the instruction received from the determination unit 312 of the elevator car control device 3 to move the elevator car 42 between floors. The opening/closing unit 43 operates according to the instruction received from the determination unit 312 of the elevator car control device 3, and opens and closes the door of the elevator car 42 and the door of the hall where the elevator car 42 is stopped.

<Effects of Elevator Management System 100>
As described above, in the elevator management system 100 according to the present invention, 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, Departure floor information indicating the destination floor and destination floor information indicating the destination floor. A priority device determination unit 101 for determination is provided. In addition, the elevator management system 100 sends the identification information of the priority device, the departure floor information, and and a priority operation command unit 103 that transmits a priority operation command including destination floor information.

Furthermore, 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 requested the call registration request is the priority device. , and the elevator car control device 3 controls the elevator car 42 according to the priority operation command.

According to the above configuration, the priority device can preferentially use the elevator 4 until reaching all the floors to be used. As a result, it is possible to avoid an undesirable situation such as a delay in the arrival of the priority device due to the use of the elevator 4 by another user or the information processing device 2 other than the priority device.

Further, if a part of the elevators 4 is always dedicated to priority devices, other users or information processing devices 2 other than the priority devices can always use only the other elevators, which may reduce the convenience of the elevators 4. have a nature. On the other hand, according to the above configuration, a given machine 42 is operated exclusively for the priority device only when the priority device requires it. Therefore, other users can use more elevators 4 if the priority device is not using them, and it is possible to suppress a decrease in convenience for users.

Furthermore, according to the above configuration, whether or not the information processing device 2 is the priority device is determined only by whether or not a plurality of floors are designated as destination floors in the call registration request. can be specified.

In addition, the elevator management system 100 includes a plurality of elevator cars 42, and candidates for elevator elevators 42 to which priority apparatuses are to be assigned are determined in advance as elevator elevators 42 excluding specific elevator elevators. The multiple units may include units provided for physically handicapped persons and units for special purposes. For example, elevators provided for physically handicapped persons and elevators for special purposes may be determined in advance so as not to be included in candidate elevators to which priority devices are assigned. As a result, it is possible to avoid a situation in which a user who needs a machine provided for a physically handicapped person or a machine for a special purpose cannot use these machines.

Also, in the elevator management system 100, the elevator control device 3 that has received the priority operation command causes the priority device to board 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 is controlled according to the priority operation command.

According to the above configuration, it is possible to shorten the time for the priority device to wait for the elevator car 42 at the hall, so that the priority device can be made to arrive at the desired destination floor in the shortest possible time.

<Example of Processing Performed by Elevator Management System 100>
An example of processing (elevator management method) performed by the elevator management system 100 according to the present embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram showing an example of processing performed by the elevator management system 100. As shown in FIG. In the following example, the information processing device 2 that makes the call registration request is a priority device, and a call registration request is made with a plurality of floors as destination floors. 322 is empty.

First, when the generation unit 211 of the information processing device 2 receives the work instruction information via the reception unit 22 (S11), the content of the work included in the work instruction information, the location where the work is performed, and the location where the location exists Identify floors. Further, the generation unit 211 generates a call registration request based on the identified information (S12) and transmits it to the elevator management device 1. FIG.

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

If the information processing device 2 that has 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 elevator car determination unit 102 determines the elevator car 42 to be assigned to the information processing device 2 from the elevator cars 42 other than the elevator cars 42 operating in the priority operation mode. In addition, the elevator car control device 3 that controls the elevator car 42 operates the elevator car 42 according to the determination of the elevator car determination unit 102 to move the information processing device 2 from the departure floor to the destination floor.

If the information processing device 2 that has made the call registration request is a priority device (YES in S1), the car determination unit 102 that has obtained the determination result determines the car 42 of the elevator 4 to be assigned to the priority device (S3). Specifically, the car determination unit 102 identifies the car 42 excluding the specific car as a candidate car to be assigned to the priority device (S3). Further, the elevator determination unit 102 determines one of the specified candidate elevators as the elevator 42 to be assigned to the priority device (S4: elevator determination step). The elevator car determining unit 102 outputs identification information indicating the information processing device 2 using the elevator car 42 and information indicating the destination floor of the information processing device 2 to the priority operation commanding unit 103 .

In addition, the elevator car determination unit 102 transmits information indicating the assigned elevator car 42 to the information processing device 2 that requested the call registration. Upon receiving the information via the first communication unit 23, the action determination unit 212 of the information processing device 2 determines that the next action to be performed by the information processing device 2 is to move to the hall corresponding to the assigned car 42. and outputs information indicating the determined motion to the motion control unit 213 . When acquiring the information, the operation control unit 213 operates the moving unit 26 to move the information processing device 2 to the hall (S13).

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

The command acquisition unit 311 of the elevator car control device 3 communicates with the elevator management device 1 via the second communication unit 34 and receives the priority operation command. Upon receiving the priority operation command, the instruction acquisition unit 311 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 elevator car 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 the destination floor included in the priority operation instruction. Upon completion of recording on the normal list 322 or the priority list 323, the instruction acquisition unit 311 outputs information indicating completion of recording on the list to the determination unit 312. FIG.

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

When the information processing device 2 arrives at the hall, the information processing device 2 communicates with the elevator car control device 3 via the second communication unit 24 and transmits a boarding request for boarding the elevator car 42 . Upon receiving the boarding request, the determination unit 312 of the elevator car control device 3 transmits a signal to 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 elevator car 42 is opened, the determination unit 312 transmits a signal indicating that the door has been opened to the information processing device 2 . Upon receiving the signal, the action determination unit 212 of the information processing device 2 decides that the next action is to get on the car 42 and outputs information indicating the decided action to the action control unit 213 . When acquiring the information, the operation control unit 213 operates the moving unit 26 to cause the information processing device 2 to board the car 42 (S14).

When the information processing device 2 boards the elevator car 42 , the operation determination unit 212 transmits a signal to the elevator car control device 3 indicating that the information processing device 2 has boarded the car. Upon receiving the signal, the determination unit 312 of the elevator car control device 3 transmits a signal instructing the opening/closing unit 43 of the elevator 4 to close the door. Upon receiving the signal, the opening/closing unit 43 closes the door of the car 42 and the landing. After that, the determination unit 312 refers to the priority list 323 and transmits a signal instructing the operation unit 41 of 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 to move the elevator car 42 to the destination floor. Further, the determination unit 312 outputs information indicating that an instruction to move the elevator car 42 has been issued to the updating unit 313 . Upon acquiring the information, the update unit 313 updates the priority list 323 and deletes the destination floor stored at the top of the list (S23).

When the elevator car 42 arrives at the destination floor, the determination unit 312 transmits a signal to 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 elevator car 42 is opened, the determination unit 312 transmits a signal indicating that the door has been opened to the information processing device 2 . Upon receiving the signal, the action determination unit 212 of the information processing device 2 decides that the next action is to get off the car 42 and outputs information indicating the decided action to the action control unit 213 . When acquiring the information, the operation control unit 213 operates the moving unit 26 to cause the information processing device 2 to get off the car 42 (S15).

When the information processing device 2 exits the elevator car 42 , the operation determining unit 212 transmits a signal indicating that the information processing device 2 has exited the elevator car 42 to the elevator car control device 3 . Upon receiving the signal, the determination unit 312 of the elevator car control device 3 transmits a signal instructing the opening/closing unit 43 of the elevator 4 to close the door. Next, the determination unit 312 of the elevator car control device 3 refers to the priority list 323 to determine whether the elevator 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 the destination floors (NO in S24), the process returns to S22. In other words, the determination unit 312 causes the elevator car 42 to stand by on the floor where the information processing device 2 got off, and repeats the process until the elevator car 42 reaches all the destination floors.

On the other hand, when the elevator car 42 has arrived at all the destination floors (YES in S24), the determination unit 312 switches the operation mode of the elevator car 42 stored in the storage unit 32 to the normal operation mode (S25), and selects the priority operation mode. is sent to the elevator management device 1, and the process is terminated. When receiving the information, the elevator management device 1 updates the elevator management database 112 (S7), and changes the operation mode of the elevator car 42 whose operation has been completed to the normal operation mode. Each processing performed in the elevator car control device 3 will be described later with a specific example using FIG. 8 .

After the information processing device 2 gets off the car 42 , the operation determination unit 212 refers to the storage unit 25 , determines the operation to be performed on the current floor among the instructed operations, and outputs the determination to the operation control unit 213 . The motion control unit 213 moves to the destination based on the information indicating the determined work and executes the designated work (S16).

When each work is completed, the operation determination unit 212 refers to the storage unit 25 and determines whether or not all the destination floors included in the work instruction information have been reached (S17). If all the destination floors have been reached (YES in S17), the information processing device 2 ends 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. A series of processes in the elevator management system 100 are performed as described above.

<Details of Processing by Unit Control Device 3>
Next, using FIG. 8, the details of the processing of the elevator control device 3 in the elevator management system 100 will be described. FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing the details of the process performed by the machine control device 3. As shown in FIG.

First, the instruction acquisition unit 311 of the elevator 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). In the following, first, the process when the drive command is received (YES in S31) will be described, and the process when the drive command is not received (NO in S31) will be described later.

Upon receiving a drive command (YES in S31), the command acquisition unit 311 determines whether or not the drive command is a priority drive command (S32). If the operation command is a normal operation command (NO in S32), in other words, if the operation command is for only one floor as the destination floor, the instruction acquisition unit 311 retrieves the elevator number stored in the storage unit 32. 42 is maintained in the normal operation mode (S33). Then, the instruction acquisition unit 311 inputs the departure floor and the destination floor included in the received normal operation instruction to the normal list 322, and stores them in the storage unit 32 (S34). After the process of S34, the process proceeds to the process of S48, which will be described later.

If the operation command is a priority operation command (YES in S32), in other words, if the operation command is for a plurality of floors as destination floors, the instruction acquisition unit 311 retrieves the data from the elevator car 42 stored in the storage unit 32. Refer to the operating mode of If the operation mode of the elevator car 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 elevator car 42 to the priority operation mode (S36). When the operation mode of the elevator car 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 elevator car 42 as the priority operation mode.

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

The determining unit 312 refers to the normal list 322 and the priority list 323, moves the elevator car 42 to the floor stored in the normal list 322, and then moves the elevator car 42 to the floor stored in the priority list 323. move. Specifically, the determination 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 selects the top floor of the normal list 322 for the elevator 4. A signal indicating an instruction to operate the machine 42 is transmitted to the operation unit 41 . As a result, the car 42 moves to the floor (S39). The determining unit 312 also outputs information indicating that the elevator 4 has been instructed to the updating unit 313 .

Upon acquiring the information, the update unit 313 updates the normal list 322 (S40), and deletes the floor stored at the head of the normal list 322. FIG. After that, the processing of 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 destination floors stored in the normal list 322, the determining unit 312 refers to the priority list 323. The determination unit 312 transmits to the operation unit 41 a signal instructing to move the car 42 to the floor stored in the departure floor of the priority list 323, and moves the car 42 to the departure floor of the priority list (S41 ). The car 42 moves to the floor concerned.

After S41, the determination unit 312 waits until the information processing device 2, which is the priority device, gets into the car of the car 42 (S42, corresponding to S22 in FIG. 7). Thereafter, when the information processing device 2 has boarded the elevator car 42 (YES in S42), the determination unit 312 refers to the priority list 323 and operates the elevator car 42 of the elevator 4 to the top floor of the priority list 323. A signal indicating an instruction to start is transmitted to the operation unit 41 (S43) (corresponding to S23 in FIG. 7). As a result, the car 42 moves to the floor. The determining unit 312 also outputs information indicating that the elevator 4 has been instructed to the updating unit 313 . Upon acquiring the information, the update unit 313 updates the priority list 323 (S44), and deletes the floor stored at the top of the destination floors in the priority list 323.

After S44, the determining unit 312 refers to the priority list 323 and determines whether or not 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 after S42 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 determination unit 312 is changed from the priority operation mode to the normal operation mode (S46) and the process is terminated.

Returning to S<b>31 , in the process of S<b>31 , when the instruction acquisition unit 311 has not received the driving instruction (NO in S<b>31 ), the instruction acquisition unit 311 outputs the determination result to the determination unit 312 . Upon obtaining the determination result, the determining unit 312 refers to the normal list 322 and determines whether or not the normal list 322 is empty (S47). If the normal list 322 is empty, the car control device 3 returns to the process of S31.

In the case of NO in the process of S47, or after the process of S34, that is, when the floor is stored in the normal list 322, the determination unit 312 refers to the normal list 322 to operate the car 42. Specifically, in the case of NO in the process of S47 or after the process of S34, the determination unit 312 causes the operation unit 41 to send a signal indicating an instruction to operate the elevator 42 of the elevator 4 to the first floor in the normal list 322. Send to As a result, the car 42 moves to the floor (S48). The determining unit 312 also outputs information indicating that the elevator 4 has been instructed to the updating unit 313 . When acquiring the information, the updating unit 313 updates the normal list 322 (S49), and deletes the floor stored at the head of the normal list 322. FIG. When the processing of S49 is completed, the processing returns to S31 and the subsequent processing is performed.

<Modification>
In the above-described embodiment, the elevator car control device 3 performs all the operations related to the car 42 of the elevator 4, but part or all of the control of the car control device 3 may be 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 elevator controller 3 which floor the elevator 42 should go to.

In the above-described embodiment, in the priority operation mode, the elevator car control device 3 inputs the destination floors to the priority list 323 and moves the elevator car 42 in the order of the floors specified by the operation command. , is not limited to this. For example, the elevator car control device 3 may determine the stop floors in order based on general selective-collective operation even in the priority operation mode. Further, in the priority operation mode, it may be possible to change whether or not the stop floors are determined in 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 according to the stage of work. For example, when the information processing device 2 is a delivery device, the information processing device 2 makes a call registration request for a plurality of floors designated as delivery destinations as destination floors. As a result, 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 delivery, the information processing device 2 makes a call registration request only for the floor where the waiting place is provided as the destination floor. As a result, the information processing device 2 can be moved to the waiting place 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 target 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 to the waiting place quickly after finishing the work. For example, an information processing device 2 that is working and needs to use the elevator 4 in a hurry preferentially uses the elevator 4 . 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 with non-priority. 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 preferentially uses the elevator 4 and 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 unit of the hall or a call registration request from the normal device, the elevator determination unit 102 selects the elevator 42 operating in the normal operation mode. The assigned machine number 42 was decided from among them. However, the method of allocating the car 42 based on these call registration requests is not limited to this. For example, the elevator car determination unit 102 determines the elevator car 42 operating in the priority operation mode as the elevator car 42 to be assigned to these call registration requests, and based on the determination, the normal operation command unit 104 issues a normal operation command. You may send.

In this case, in the elevator car control device 3 , the command acquisition unit 311 inputs the departure floor and the destination floor to the normal list 322 upon receiving the normal operation command. The determination unit 312 refers to the operation mode information 321 when the departure floor and the destination floor are input to the normal list 322 . Here, when the operation mode of the elevator car 42 is the priority operation mode, the determination unit 312 completes the movement of the elevator car 42 to all the destination floors input to the priority list 323 . After the car 42 has completed moving to all the destination floors input in the priority list 323 and the operation mode is switched to the normal operation mode, the determination unit 312 selects the departure floor and the destination floor input in the normal list 322. to start moving the car 42 to.

As a result, the elevator car determination unit 102 can determine the elevator car 42 to be allocated from a larger number of elevator cars 42 . In particular, by allocating the machine 42 operating in the priority operation mode to a normal machine that does not need to move in a hurry, another machine 42 is used by the normal machine, which impairs convenience for other users. Possibility can be reduced.

[Embodiment 2]
Other embodiments of the invention are described below. For convenience of description, members having the same functions as those of the members described in the above embodiments are denoted by the same reference numerals, and 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, the information processing device 2, and the car control device 3. It differs from elevator management system 100 . Further, as shown in FIG. 9, the elevator management system 100A includes information processing devices 2A that are 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 elevator car 42 .

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

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

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

The determining unit 312A operates the elevator 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 determination unit 312A may move the elevator car 42 to the destination floor of another priority device without waiting for the priority device after getting off one priority device on a certain floor and get off the priority device. . In this case, the elevator car control device 3A may cause the elevator car 42 to wait on the floor where the priority device disembarked earlier exists, or cause the elevator car 42 to wait on the floor where the priority device disembarked later exists. good too. Alternatively, after getting off one priority device on one floor, the elevator car control device 3A may cause the elevator car 42 to wait until the priority device returns to the hall and boards the elevator car 42 .

According to the above configuration, a plurality of information processing apparatuses 2A, which are priority apparatuses, can board the same elevator car 42 and move between floors. Also, only the information processing device 2A, which is a priority device that can ride together, rides in the same elevator car 42. - 特許庁As a result, it is possible to reduce the possibility that the number of elevator cars 42 available to other users will be excessively small due to the preferential use of many elevator cars 42 by the priority device, and the target floor of the priority device It can also reduce the likelihood of arriving too late.

[Example of realization by software]
The function of the elevator management system 100, 100A (hereinafter referred to as "system") is a program for causing a computer to function as the system. It can be realized by a program for causing a computer to function as each part that is installed).

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

The program may be recorded on one or more computer-readable recording media, not temporary. The 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.

Also, part or all of the functions of the above control blocks can be realized by logic circuits. For example, integrated circuits in which logic circuits functioning as the control blocks described above are formed are also included in the scope of the present invention. In addition, it is also possible to implement the functions of the control blocks described above by, 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 provides an identification of the information processing device transmitted from each of a plurality of information processing devices autonomously traveling in a building having a plurality of floors. information, departure floor information indicating the departure floor, and destination floor information indicating the destination floor, is the information processing device requesting the call registration request a priority device to which the elevator number is preferentially assigned? a priority device determination unit that determines whether or not the priority device is assigned to the priority device; a car determination unit that determines the car to be assigned to the priority device; 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 requested the call registration request is the priority device, and the elevator car control device controls the elevator car according to the priority operation command.

According to this configuration, the priority device can preferentially use elevators until all floors to be used are reached. As a result, it is possible to avoid an undesirable situation such as a delay in the arrival of the priority device due to the use of the elevator by other users or information processing devices other than the priority device.

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

In the elevator management system according to aspect 2 of the present invention, in aspect 1 above, a plurality of elevator cars may be provided, and candidates for the elevator cars to be assigned the priority apparatus may be determined in advance as elevator cars excluding specific elevator cars. .

The multiple units may include units provided for physically handicapped persons and units for special purposes. For example, elevators provided for physically handicapped persons and elevators for special purposes may be determined in advance so as not to be included in candidate elevators to which priority devices are assigned. As a result, it is possible to avoid a situation in which a user who needs a machine provided for a physically handicapped person or a machine for a special purpose cannot use these machines.

In the elevator management system according to aspect 3 of the present invention, in the above aspect 1 or 2, the elevator control device that has received the priority operation command causes the priority device to board from the departure floor indicated by the departure floor information. , the car may be controlled according to the priority operation command until reaching all the destination floors indicated by the destination floor information.

According to this configuration, the priority device can be made to 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 a plurality of information processing devices autonomously traveling in a building having a plurality of floors, and departure floor information indicating a departure floor, which are transmitted from each of the information processing devices. , and destination floor information indicating the destination floor. a car determination step of determining the car to be assigned to the priority device; and providing the identification information, the departure floor information, and the destination floor information of the priority device to the car control device for controlling the operation of the car determined. and a control step in which the elevator car control device controls the elevator car according to the priority operation command, and in the priority device determination step, included in the call registration request When the received destination floor information indicates a plurality of destination floors, it is determined that the information processing device that has requested the call registration request is the priority device. According to this configuration, the same effects as in the first aspect are obtained.

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

Reference Signs List 1, 1A elevator management device 2, 2A information processing device 3, 3A elevator control device 4 elevator 42nd elevator 100, 100A elevator management system 101 priority device determination unit 102, 102A elevator determination unit 103 priority operation command unit

Claims (4)

Includes identification information of the information processing device, departure floor information indicating the departure floor, and destination floor information indicating the destination floor, which are transmitted from each of a plurality of information processing devices autonomously traveling in a building having multiple floors. a priority device determination unit that determines whether or not the information processing device that has requested the call registration request is a priority device to which an elevator number is to be preferentially assigned;
a device number determination unit that determines the device number 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 the elevator car control device that controls the operation of the determined elevator 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 requested the call registration request is the priority device,
The elevator car control device controls the elevator car according to the priority operation command,
Elevator management system. Equipped with a plurality of the above-mentioned machines,
2. The elevator management system according to claim 1, wherein the candidates for the elevator car to which the priority device is to be assigned are determined in advance as elevator elevators excluding specific elevator elevators. After receiving the priority operation command, the elevator car control device causes the priority device to board from the departure floor indicated by the departure floor information, and then waits until the destination floor indicated by the destination floor information is reached. 3. The elevator management system according to claim 1, wherein said elevator car is controlled according to an operation command. Includes identification information of the information processing device, departure floor information indicating the departure floor, and destination floor information indicating the destination floor, which are transmitted from each of a plurality of information processing devices autonomously traveling in a building having multiple floors. a priority device determination step of determining whether or not the information processing device that has requested the call registration request is a priority device to which an elevator number is preferentially assigned;
a device number determination step of determining the device number 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 an elevator car control device that controls the operation of the determined elevator car;
a control step in which the elevator car control device controls the elevator car according to the priority operation command;
In the priority device determination step, if the destination floor information included in the call registration request indicates a plurality of destination floors, the information processing device that requested the call registration request is determined to be the priority device;
Elevator management method.

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