Elevator operation visualization system and elevator operation visualization method

Abstract

The invention provides an elevator operation visualization system and an elevator operation visualization method. The purpose of the present invention is to improve the convenience of a user living or staying in one of a plurality of rooms for living or staying in a building having a plurality of floors in which the plurality of rooms for living or staying are provided, respectively. The system acquires data related to the operation of the elevator, determines a riding floor which is a living floor or a staying floor of a user, determines a utilization time period of the elevator, calculates an operation index for each time step in the utilization time period, and provides information based on the calculated operation index to the user.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention generally relates to techniques for visualizing elevator operations. Background Art

[0002] Regarding visualization of elevator operation, for example, there is known a technique disclosed in Patent Document 1. The system disclosed in Patent Document 1 encourages users to use the elevator during a time period when the number of users is below a threshold.

[0003] Prior art literature

[0004] Patent Literature

[0005] Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2016-160079

[0006] Apartment residents often travel by elevator from their residential floor to the lobby level, then walk outside the apartment building to reach their destination before their target arrival time. However, if the time from arriving at the lobby level to the lobby level exceeds the user's expectations, it may be difficult to travel in a manner that allows them to reach their destination before their target arrival time.

[0007] Such a problem is not limited to apartments, but may also occur in other buildings having multiple floors each housing multiple rooms for living or staying, such as hotels. Summary of the Invention

[0008] The system obtains data related to the operation of the elevator, determines the boarding floor as the user's living floor or stopover floor, determines the elevator utilization time period, calculates the operation index for each time step in the utilization time period, and provides information based on the calculated operation index to the user.

[0009] -Effects of the Invention-

[0010] According to the present invention, in a building having multiple floors in which multiple rooms for living or staying are respectively provided, the convenience of a user who lives in or stays in any of the multiple rooms is improved. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0011] Figure 1 A functional configuration example of an elevator operation visualization system according to the embodiment is shown.

[0012] Figure 2 This is an example showing the user's boarding floor and floors other than the boarding floor.

[0013] Figure 3 This shows an example of the structure of data in the operation DB.

[0014] Figure 4 This shows an example of the structure of data in the setting DB.

[0015] Figure 5 This shows an example of the structure of data in the indicator DB.

[0016] Figure 6 An example of a visualization showing operational metrics.

[0017] Figure 7 An example of the process flow performed by the elevator operation visualization system is shown.

[0018] Figure 8 An example of the flow of calculation of the required time index is shown.

[0019] Figure 9 An example of the flow of calculation of the congestion index is shown.

[0020] Figure 10 This section shows an example of the process for determining whether a restaurant is fully occupied.

[0021] Figure 11 This section shows an example of the process of determining the boarding floor.

[0022] Figure 12 This section shows an example of the structure of data related to the index priority among the data in the setting DB.

[0023] Figure 13 This section shows an example of the flow of determining display target indicators.

[0024] -Description of Reference Numerals-

[0025] 100: Elevator operation visualization system. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0026] In the following description, an "interface device" may be one or more interface devices. The one or more interface devices may be at least one of the following.

[0027] One or more I / O (Input / Output) interface devices, or I / O interface apparatuses. An I / O (Input / Output) interface device is an interface device for at least one of an I / O device and a remote display computer. The I / O interface device for the display computer may be a communication interface device. At least one I / O device may be a user interface device, such as an input device such as a keyboard or pointing device, or an output device such as a display device.

[0028] One or more communication interface devices, i.e., communication interface apparatuses. The one or more communication interface devices can be one or more communication interface devices of the same type (e.g., one or more NICs (Network Interface Cards)) or two or more communication interface devices of different types (e.g., a NIC and an HBA (Host Bus Adapter)).

[0029] In the following description, "memory" is an example of one or more storage devices, that is, one or more storage devices, typically a main storage device. At least one storage device in the memory can be a volatile storage device or a non-volatile storage device.

[0030] In the following description, "persistent storage device" is an example of one or more storage devices, i.e., one or more persistent storage devices. Persistent storage devices are typically non-volatile storage devices (e.g., auxiliary storage devices), and specifically, may be HDDs (Hard Disk Drives), SSDs (Solid State Drives), NVME (Non-Volatile Memory Express) drives, or SCMs (Storage Class Memory).

[0031] Furthermore, in the following description, a "storage device" may be at least one of a memory and a permanent storage device.

[0032] In addition, in the following description, "processor" can be more than one processor device. The at least one processor device can typically be a microprocessor device such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), or it can be another type of processor device such as a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit). The at least one processor device can be a single-core or multi-core. The at least one processor device can be a processor core. The at least one processor device can also be a generalized processor device such as a circuit that performs part or all of the processing and is a collection of gate arrays through a hardware description language (for example, an FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array), a CPLD (Complex Programmable Logic Device), or an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit)).

[0033] In addition, in the following description, the expression "yyy part" is sometimes used to describe the function, but the function can be implemented by the processor executing one or more computer programs, or by one or more hardware circuits (such as FPGA or ASIC), or by a combination thereof. In the case where the function is implemented by the processor executing the program, the determined processing is appropriately performed using a storage device and / or an interface device, etc., so the function can also be set as at least a part of the processor. The processing described with the function as the subject can also be set as processing performed by the processor or a device having the processor. The program can be installed from a program source. The program source can be, for example, a program distribution computer or a computer-readable storage medium (such as a non-temporary storage medium). The description of each function is an example, and multiple functions can also be concentrated into one function, or one function can be divided into multiple functions.

[0034] In addition, in the following description, sometimes the expression "xxxDB" is used to describe data that is output for input, but this data can be data of any structure (for example, it can be structured data or unstructured data), or it can be a learning model such as a neural network, genetic algorithm, or random forest that generates output for input. Therefore, "xxxDB" can be referred to as "XXX data". In addition, in the following description, the structure of each DB is an example. A DB can be divided into two or more DBs, and all or part of two or more DBs can also be a single DB.

[0035] In the following description, when describing the same kind of elements without distinguishing them from each other, common reference numerals are used, and when distinguishing the same kind of elements, reference numerals may be used.

[0036] Hereinafter, one embodiment will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following embodiment, a building having multiple floors each containing multiple rooms for living or staying is an apartment or a hotel.

[0037] Figure 1 The following shows a configuration example of an elevator operation visualization system according to the embodiment.

[0038] The elevator operation visualization system 100 is a physical computer system, but is not limited thereto and may also be a logical computer system based on a physical computer system (e.g., a system in a cloud environment). The elevator operation visualization system 100 includes an interface device 51, a storage device 52, and a processor 53 connected to these devices 51 and 52.

[0039] Communication is performed via the interface device 51. Specifically, for example, the elevator group management system 110, the hall terminal 121, the car terminal 122, the user terminal 123, and the room terminal 124 are communicatively connected to the interface device 51 via, for example, a secure communication network 60 (an example of a communication network). The elevator operation visualization system 100 may be located inside or outside a building, and the communication network 60 may be located inside or outside a building.

[0040] The elevator group management system 110 manages multiple elevators 111-1 to 111-M in a building. For example, the elevator group management system 110 transmits elevator operation data for each elevator 111-1 to 111-M to the elevator operation visualization system 100 at each moment. The elevator operation data for each elevator 111 includes data indicating the operation of that elevator 111 and is transmitted to the elevator operation visualization system 100 periodically or irregularly. Furthermore, the present invention is also applicable to buildings having only one elevator 111. All or part of the functions of the elevator group management system 110 may be incorporated into the elevator operation visualization system 100, or the elevator group management system 110 may be omitted. Furthermore, the elevator group management system 110 may be communicatively connected to the elevator operation visualization system 100 without the communication network 60.

[0041] The lobby terminal 121 is an information processing terminal installed in the lobby (for example, a laptop or tablet-type personal computer). The in-car terminal 122 is an information processing terminal installed in the elevator car. The user terminal 123 is a user's mobile information processing terminal (typically a smartphone). The room terminal 124 is an information processing terminal installed in a room used for living or staying in the building. Figure 1 In the example shown, the communication performed by the hall terminal 121 and the in-car terminal 122 may be wired communication, and the communication performed by the user terminal 123 and the room terminal 124 may be wireless communication. Of the terminals 121 to 124, terminals 121, 122, and 124 may not be present, and the user may use any of the terminals 121, 122, and 124 instead of the user terminal 123.

[0042] The storage device 52 stores data and programs. Examples of the data stored in the storage device 52 include a building DB 131 , an operation DB 132 , a setting DB 133 , an index DB 134 , and a visualization history DB 135 .

[0043] The building DB1 31 has data related to the building. For example, the data may include data indicating how many rooms exist on which floor, and the number of people who can live or stay in each room (for example, the standard number of people).

[0044] Operation DB1 32 has data related to the operation of each elevator 111. For example, the data can include a time series of data representing the date and time, the position of the car, the moving direction, and the number of passengers (for example, an estimated value based on the load weight) for each elevator 111.

[0045] The setting DB 133 contains set data. For example, this data may include, for each user, data indicating the user's boarding floor, a target day for which the user requires visualization related to elevator operation, a utilization time period for which visualization is required on the target day, a time step for each of one or more time periods constituting the utilization time period, and an indicator item for displaying an expected elevator operation indicator. In this embodiment, for each user, a "boarding floor" is a floor with a room where the user resides or stays (i.e., a living floor or a lodging floor).

[0046] The index DB 134 has data representing an index. For example, the data may include data representing an operation index calculated for each of a plurality of (or a single) index items for each floor. Details of the "operation index" will be described later.

[0047] The visualization history DB 135 has data indicating the history of the operation visualization, for example, the data may include data indicating the operation index displayed and the date and time when the display was implemented for each user. Figure 6 In the case of the UI (User Interface) shown in the figure, the visualization history DB 135 can be updated. For example, the UI unit 144 can refer to the visualization history DB 135, prioritize conditions that are the same as those previously observed by the user, and perform visualization according to the selected conditions. This is expected to improve user convenience. For example, if a visualization was performed for a user at 7:30 in the morning under the condition of average required time, the next visualization for that user can be performed under the same conditions first.

[0048] The processor 53 executes the program in the storage device 52 , thereby realizing the functions of the acquisition unit 141 , the identification unit 142 , the calculation unit 143 , the UI unit 144 , and the determination unit 145 .

[0049] The acquisition unit 141 acquires the elevator operation data of each elevator 111 .

[0050] The specifying unit 142 specifies, for each user, the user's boarding floor, the target day as the day for using the elevator, and the time period for using the elevator, based on the setting DB 133 or other information.

[0051] The determination unit 145 determines the time step length for each of one or more time periods constituting the utilization time period for each user.

[0052] The calculation unit 143 calculates the operating index of each of a plurality of (or one) index items for each boarding floor, and stores the calculated operating index in the index DB 134 .

[0053] The UI unit 144 receives information input from at least one of the terminals 121-124 or outputs information to at least one of the terminals 121-124. For example, the received information may include at least one of the following: a target day, a usage time period, and a display item related to the expected elevator operation index. Furthermore, examples of output information include information indicating calculated operation indexes. Specifically, for example, the UI unit 144 provides a UI to the user terminal 123 or the room terminal 124 that visualizes the operation during the usage time period based on one or more operation indexes.

[0054] Figure 2 This is an example showing the user's boarding floor and floors other than the boarding floor.

[0055] like Figure 2 As shown, the boarding floor is the base point. If there is one or more floors above the boarding floor, these floors are referred to as upper floors. If there is one or more floors below the boarding floor, these floors are referred to as lower floors. Since the boarding floor differs depending on the room on which floor the user resides or stays, the corresponding correspondence between the boarding floor, upper floor, and lower floor varies depending on the user's boarding floor.

[0056] Furthermore, the calculation unit 143 can calculate the operating index for both movement in the direction from the lobby floor to the elevator floor (typically in the upward direction) and movement in the direction from the elevator floor to the lobby floor (typically in the upward direction). However, in this embodiment, the operating index is calculated for movement in the direction from the elevator floor to the lobby floor. The calculated operating index that can be displayed can be one, but in this embodiment, there are multiple operating indicators, such as the following operating indicators. At least one operating indicator from (A) to (F) below can be used as the calculation object or display object.

[0057] (A) An index of the average time required for an elevator to travel from the boarding floor to the lobby floor, i.e., an average required time index (an index of the sum of the waiting time at the lobby of the boarding floor and the time spent riding in the elevator car).

[0058] (B) The congestion index is an index of the congestion level of the elevator car when the elevator car arrives at the boarding floor.

[0059] (C) Average waiting time index which is an index of the average waiting time in the elevator floor.

[0060] (D) An indicator of the time it takes to travel from the elevator floor to the lobby floor (e.g., average elevator time) is called an elevator time indicator.

[0061] (E) A sharing index which is an index of the possibility of sharing a ride with another person in the car.

[0062] (F) A deemed full index that is an indicator of the number of times a building or floor is deemed full.

[0063] The presence of an upper layer affects, for example, (A) to (C), and (E). The presence of a lower layer affects, for example, (A), (D), and (E). Furthermore, regarding the deemed full indicator (F), "deemed full" can be a phenomenon where, even though the elevator car is not fully occupied, a user deems it full and temporarily stops boarding. This results in a useless stop in elevator operation (e.g., a loss of 20 to 60 seconds). Therefore, the deemed full indicator, which is the number of times this phenomenon occurs, is determined as an indicator of operational efficiency.

[0064] The operation index (A) can be calculated based on at least one of the following (a1) to (a3). All of (a1) to (a3) can be determined based on the data in the operation DB 132.

[0065] (a1) The sum of the average hall call duration on the boarding floor and the average elevator ride time from the boarding floor to the lobby floor. The "hall call duration" is the time from when a user presses the hall call button (the up / down elevator call button) to when the elevator car arrives. The average hall call duration on the boarding floor is an indicator of user waiting time.

[0066] (a2) The sum of the number of hall call stops (e.g., average value) and the number of car call stops (e.g., average value) for the entire building. The "number of hall call stops" for each floor is the number of times the car stopped at that floor due to a call being registered at the hall of that floor. The "number of car call stops" for each floor is the number of times the car stopped at that floor due to a car call being registered for stopping at that floor.

[0067] (a3) The sum of the number of hall calls (e.g., average value) and the number of car calls (e.g., average value) for the entire building. For each floor, the "number of hall calls" refers to the number of calls generated in the hallway of that floor. For each floor, the "number of car calls" refers to the number of car calls generated on that floor. Therefore, the number of hall calls (7:00-7:10) for the entire building = the number of hall calls (7:00-7:10) on the 1st floor + the number of hall calls (7:00-7:10) on the 2nd floor + the number of hall calls (7:00-7:10) on the 3rd floor, etc. Similarly, the number of car calls (7:00-7:10) for the entire building = the number of car calls (7:00-7:10) on the 1st floor + the number of car calls (7:00-7:10) on the 2nd floor + the number of car calls (7:00-7:10) on the 3rd floor, etc.

[0068] The operation index (B) can be calculated based on at least one of the following (b1) to (b4). (b1) to (b4) can all be determined based on data in the operation DB 132. In addition, the "elevator occupancy rate" is the ratio of the determined number of passengers to the maximum number of passengers in the car.

[0069] (b1) The occupancy rate of the car when arriving at the boarding floor (for example, average value).

[0070] (b2) Elevator usage of all upper floors (e.g., average value).

[0071] (b3) The occupancy rate (e.g., average) of the building when it is deemed to be fully occupied.

[0072] (b4) The boarding rate (e.g., average value) when the boarding floor is deemed to be fully occupied.

[0073] The operation index (C) can be calculated based on at least one of the following (c1) and (c2). Both (c1) and (c2) can be determined based on data in the operation DB 132.

[0074] (c1) Average hall call duration at the elevator floor.

[0075] (c2) The sum of the number of hall call stops (average value) and the number of car call stops (average value) for the entire building.

[0076] The operation index (D) can be calculated based on at least one of the following (d1) and (d2). Both (d1) and (d2) can be determined based on the data in the operation DB 132.

[0077] (d1) Average travel time from the elevator floor to the lobby floor (e.g., average value).

[0078] (d2) The sum of the number of hall call stops (e.g., average value) and the number of car call stops (e.g., average value) from the boarding floor to the lobby floor.

[0079] The operation index (E) can be calculated based on the following (e1). (e1) can be determined based on the data in the operation DB 132.

[0080] (e1) The occupancy rate of the car (e.g., average value).

[0081] Figure 3 An example of the structure of data in the operation DB 132 is shown.

[0082] Operation DB 132 may contain regularly acquired elevator operation data or data resulting from its aggregation. For example, the data in operation DB 132 represents values obtained for multiple operation items related to elevator operation, such as the average hall call duration for the target floor, the average ride time from the target floor to the lobby floor, the average number of hall call stops during the target time period, and the average number of car call stops during the target time period, by day, time period, and floor. The "target floor" and "target time period" mentioned in this paragraph refer to floors and time periods recorded in the same record. Furthermore, "hall call duration" represents the waiting time of the first user who presses the hall call. Hall call duration is useful as a proxy indicator for waiting time at the hall. This is because, without cameras, etc., it is difficult to accurately measure the waiting time of each user.

[0083] Figure 4 An example of the structure of data in the setting DB1 33 is shown.

[0084] The settings DB 133 contains, for example, data indicating, for each user, the user's name, the floor they boarded (the floor they live on or the floor they stayed at), the target day (the day on which the operation visualization is implemented), the time period of use (the time period for which the operation visualization is implemented), and indicators of the display targets. This data may also include a time step (the time step will be described later).

[0085] Figure 5 An example of the structure of data in the indicator DB 134 is shown.

[0086] The index DB 134 has data representing the operation index corresponding to each of the plurality of index items for each floor and for each time step, for example. Figure 5 As illustrated, for each index item, the "operation index" is an index of a value obtained for the index item. The operation index is a relative value (for example, a level value) in the utilization time period.

[0087] Figure 6 Indicates an example of running the visualized UI.

[0088] Typically, the UI for visualizing the operation is provided to the user terminal 123 or the room terminal 124 by the elevator operation visualization system 100 and displayed. Figure 5 The numerical values of the operating indicators shown, but preferably as Figure 6 As shown in the example UI, the operation index is displayed in a visually identifiable expression (such as a graph). Figure 6 The graph displayed on the UI as shown enables the user to easily understand the following aspects regarding the usage time period (07:45 to 08:15).

[0089] The time step is 5 minutes.

[0090] The average time required to get from the elevator floor to the lobby floor is 07:45-07:50 or 08:10-08:15.

[0091] The congestion index is the lowest between 07:45 and 07:50.

[0092] Therefore, the user who sees this display is likely to determine that it is most preferable to move from the boarding floor to the lobby floor between 07:45 and 07:50, when both the average required time index and the congestion level are minimized.

[0093] Alternatively, a non-graph expression, such as a heat map, may be used as a visually pleasing expression. In a heat map, each operating indicator may be displayed with a lighter color for smaller operating indicators and a darker color for larger operating indicators at each time step.

[0094] Figure 7 An example of the process flow of the elevator operation visualization system 100 is shown. Figure 7 It is a process for one user. In addition, the process is set to be performed at a given time (for example, 00:00) every day. In addition, the visualization implementation time can be set for each user in the setting DB133, and the process is performed at the implementation time. Figure 7 The processing shown.

[0095] The determination unit 142 refers to the settings DB 133 to determine whether the user has set a request for visualization of the operation indicators in the settings DB 133 (S701). If the determination result of S701 is true (S701: Yes), the process from S702 onwards is performed. Alternatively, instead of S701: Yes, the process from S702 onwards may be performed in response to the UI unit 144 receiving a request for operation visualization from the user terminal 123 (or another terminal).

[0096] The determination unit 142 obtains the operation status data from the operation DB 132 (S702). The "operation status data" may include all or part of the data in the operation DB 132, such as the elevator operation data of each elevator 111 for a certain period of time in the past (for example, the past week, month, or year), or statistical data including these elevator operation data (for example, Figure 3 Data of the structure illustrated in ).

[0097] The determination unit 142 determines the user's boarding floor (S703). The boarding floor can be determined based on data obtained from the setting DB 133 for the user (for example, data input from the user through the user terminal 123 or other terminals and set in the setting DB 133), or based on location information from the user terminal 123 (for example, information indicating the GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) position detected by the user terminal 123), or based on data from a device that is provided on each floor with a room for living or staying and that communicates with the user terminal 123 on that floor (including data indicating the user), or based on information input from the user via the UI provided by the UI unit 144, or based on the user's past actions or other historical records.

[0098] The determination unit 142 determines the user's usage time period (S704). The usage time period may be determined based on data obtained from the setting DB 133 for the user (e.g., data input by the user via the user terminal 123 or other terminal and set in the setting DB 133), based on information input by the user via a UI provided by the UI unit 144, or based on the user's past actions or other historical records.

[0099] The decision unit 145 determines the time step corresponding to the utilization time period determined in S704 (S705). For example, the decision unit 145 may determine the time step based on user data obtained from the settings DB 133 (e.g., data input from the user via the user terminal 123 or other terminal and set in the settings DB 133). Furthermore, for example, the decision unit 145 may determine the elevator usage volume during the utilization time period determined in S704 based on the operating status data obtained in S702, and determine the time step based on the determined elevator usage volume. Regarding the utilization time period, "elevator usage volume" is a value indicating the number of users, and for example, the utilization volume may be based on at least one of the number of elevator users, the number of hall calls generated, and the number of car calls generated.

[0100] The time step may be narrower as the elevator usage increases, and larger as the elevator usage decreases. For example, the decision unit 145 may calculate the number of users per time width for each of one or more time widths based on the elevator usage for the utilization time period, and use the narrowest unit time width among the unit time widths with a user number of X or more as the time step. Furthermore, for example, if the utilization time period overlaps with one or more time periods previously associated with a time step (e.g., overlaps by more than a certain percentage of the utilization time period), the decision unit 145 may determine the time step associated with the time period that overlaps with the utilization time period (e.g., a 5-minute step associated with a certain time period in the morning, or a 60-minute step associated with a certain time period in the evening) as the time step for the utilization time period.

[0101] For the utilization time period determined in S704, the calculation unit 143 calculates the operation index for each indicator item in each time step determined in S705 based on the operation status data obtained in S702 (S706). For example, the operation indexes (A) to (F) described above are calculated. Here, for each indicator item, the operation index for each time step in the utilization time period is a relative value compared with the utilization time period of the boarding floor determined in S703. This allows users to easily understand the optimal time to use the elevator within the utilization time period.

[0102] The UI unit 144 determines whether an indicator item to be displayed has been specified (S707). This determination may be based on whether the data obtained from the settings DB 133 for the user (e.g., data input from the user via the user terminal 123 or another terminal and set in the settings DB 133) specifies an indicator item to be displayed. Alternatively, the determination in S707 may be performed before S706, and the operating indicator may be calculated only for the indicator item to be displayed.

[0103] If the result of S707 is true (S707: YES), the UI unit 144 selects the designated index item (S708). The UI unit 144 displays the operating index of the index item selected in S708 among the operating indexes calculated in S706 on the user terminal 123 (or room terminal 124) (S710).

[0104] On the other hand, if the result of the determination in S707 is false (S708: No), the UI unit 144 selects a default indicator item (S709). The UI unit 144 displays the operating indicators of the indicator item selected in S709 among the operating indicators calculated in S706 on the user terminal 123 (or room terminal 124) (S710).

[0105] As the operation index, there are, for example, the above-mentioned operation indexes (A) and (B), namely, the following.

[0106] (A) The average time required for an elevator to move from the boarding floor to the lobby floor.

[0107] (B) The crowdedness index of the car when it arrives at the boarding floor.

[0108] Below, refer to Figure 8 as well as Figure 9 , a detailed example of calculation of the operating indicators (A) and (B) (detailed example of S706) is described.

[0109] Figure 8 An example of the flow of calculation of the required time index is shown.

[0110] The calculation unit 143 determines the following (P) or (Q) (S801) for the elevator floor determined in S703 and the utilization time period determined in S704, according to each time step determined in S705 and based on the data of a certain period of time in the past (for example, 5 days) in the operating status data obtained in S702.

[0111] (P)(p1) the average hall call duration at the hallway of the boarding floor and (p2) the average elevator ride time from the boarding floor to the lobby floor.

[0112] (Q)(q1) average number of hall call stops and (q2) average number of car call stops.

[0113] The calculation unit 143 calculates a provisional average required time index (S802) for each time step determined in S705 for the boarding floor determined in S703 and the utilization time period determined in S704, based on (P) or (Q) determined in S801. For example, the average required time index for each time step may be the sum of (p1) and (p2) determined in S801, or the sum of (q1) and (q2) determined in S801.

[0114] The calculation unit 143 calculates the average required time index (S803) as a relative value of the provisional average required time index calculated in S802 for each time step determined in S705 for the elevator floor determined in S703 and the utilization time period determined in S704.

[0115] Figure 9 An example of the flow of calculation of the congestion index is shown.

[0116] The calculation unit 143 performs the following (X) and (Y) for each time step determined in S705 for the boarding floor determined in S703 and the utilization time period determined in S704 ( S901 ).

[0117] (X) The calculation unit 143 determines the average value of the boarding rate at the time of car arrival based on the data of the past first period (for example, 5 days) in the operating status data acquired in S702.

[0118] (Y) The calculation unit 143 determines the average value of the riding rate when the elevator is considered to be full based on the data of the second period in the past (for example, one month) in the operating status data obtained in S702. In addition, the "second period" is preferably longer than the "first period". This is because it is believed that the frequency of being considered full is low, and it is preferable to obtain data for a period longer than the first period. In addition, the "riding rate when the elevator is considered to be full" can also be determined based on data in the entire building and / or all time periods, not limited to the elevator floors and / or utilization time periods (for example, when the number of data items is less than a certain number).

[0119] The calculation unit 143 calculates a provisional congestion index (S902) for each time step determined in S705 for the boarding floor determined in S703 and the utilization time period determined in S704, based on the boarding rate determined in S901 and the boarding rate when the car is deemed full. For example, for each time step, the congestion index may be the average value of the ratio of the boarding rate at the time of car arrival to the boarding rate when the car is deemed full.

[0120] The calculation unit 143 calculates the congestion index (S903) as a relative value of the provisional congestion index calculated in S902 for each time step determined in S705 for the elevator floor determined in S703 and the utilization time period determined in S704.

[0121] In addition, other elevator ride volumes such as the average number of people or the average load volume may be used instead of the "riding rate". In addition, the calculation unit 143 may also perform the following processing on the calculation of the congestion index. That is, the calculation unit 143 may usually determine the riding rate when the elevator is deemed to be full for the entire building or the elevator floor. When the utilization time period includes congestion (for example, when the riding rate exceeds a certain value based on past historical records), the calculation unit 143 may determine the riding rate when the elevator is deemed to be full within the utilization time period for the entire building or the elevator floor.

[0122] In addition, as an operation index, there is the above-mentioned operation index (F), that is, the level index of the building or elevator floor considered full (actually full). In addition, being considered full also involves the calculation of the operation index (congestion index) (B). Figure 10 , which explains an example of determining that a team is full.

[0123] Figure 10 This is an example of a process for determining whether a floor is considered full. This determination is performed for each floor. In addition, this determination is performed by a function of the elevator group management system 110 (an example of an elevator control system) or the elevator operation visualization system 100. When a floor is considered full during the determination, data indicating the floor and time of occurrence of the floor considered full are included in the elevator operation data. Figure 10 In the description, the time width may be a first time width (eg, a minimum time width), and the time step may be an integer multiple of the first time width.

[0124] The elevator group management system 110 determines whether a hall call has occurred at the floor and a car of any elevator has arrived at the floor ( S1001 ).

[0125] When the result of the determination in S1001 is true (S1001: Yes), the elevator group management system 110 determines whether the arrival of the car is detected (for example, whether an increase in the load sensor of the car occurs) (S1002).

[0126] When the determination result of S1002 is false (S1002: No), the elevator group management system 110 determines whether a hall call is generated again at the floor within a given time after the car departs from the floor (S1003).

[0127] When the judgment result of S1003 is true (S1002: Yes), the elevator group management system 110 detects the situation of S1003 being "Yes" as the floor being deemed full, and records the data indicating the occurrence of being deemed full, the occurrence floor (the floor), the occurrence time (for example, S1003: the time when "Yes" is obtained), and the occupancy rate of the car at the time of occurrence as part of the elevator operation data of the elevator having the car (S1004).

[0128] In addition, Figure 7 In S703, the determination of the elevator floor can also be as follows Figure 11 Proceed as shown. Figure 7 The elevator floor determined in S703 may be Figure 11 The elevator floor determined in S1106.

[0129] Figure 11 An example of the flow of determining the boarding floor is shown.

[0130] The determination unit 142 determines whether the user permits automatic identification of the boarding floor (S1101). This determination can be made, for example, based on the settings DB 133. If the determination result of S1101 is false (S1101: No), the UI unit 144 displays a UI on the user terminal 123 (or other terminal) requesting the user to enter the boarding floor (S1105). The determination unit 142 determines the boarding floor indicated by the information input in response to the request as the user's boarding floor (S1106).

[0131] If the result of the determination in S1101 is true (S1101: Yes), the determination unit 142 determines whether information for determining the user's boarding floor can be obtained from a given application (e.g., an application for providing a visual operation service for users residing or staying in a building) installed in the user terminal 123 (S1102). If the result of the determination in S1102 is true (S1102: Yes), the determination unit 142 determines the user's boarding floor based on the information obtained from the application (S1106).

[0132] If the determination result of S1102 is false (S1102: No), the determination unit 142 determines whether the boarding floor can be determined based on the GNSS signal received by the user terminal 123 (S1103). If the determination result of S1103 is true (S1103: Yes), the determination unit 142 determines the user's boarding floor based on the data indicating the GNSS signal and obtained from the user terminal 123 (S1106).

[0133] If the result of the determination in S1103 is false (S1103: No), the determination unit 142 determines whether the user's boarding floor can be determined from the elevator group management system 110 (S1104). For example, the elevator group management system 110 may determine the user boarding the car by comparing the user's facial image (or other identification information related to the user) with an image captured by a camera installed in the lobby or the car (or information obtained by a device such as an IC card reader installed in the lobby or the car), and transmit data representing the determined user to the elevator operation visualization system 100, for example, as part of the elevator operation data. If the result of the determination in S1104 is true (S1104: Yes), the determination unit 142 determines the user's boarding floor based on the data obtained from the elevator group management system 110 (S1106).

[0134] If the result of S1104 is false (S1104: No), the UI unit 144 displays a UI on the user terminal 123 (or other terminal) requesting the user to input a boarding floor (S1105). The determination unit 142 determines the boarding floor indicated by the information input in response to the request as the user's boarding floor (S1106).

[0135] However, the index items to be displayed may not be universal for all periods, but may vary depending on the day, time period, weather, type of event occurring in the building, etc. Weather data and calendar data recording occurring events or their types may be obtained (e.g., input) from outside the elevator operation visualization system 100 and stored in the storage device 52. Based on this data stored in the storage device 52, for example, the weather and event type during the utilization period may be determined.

[0136] Specifically, for example, Figure 12 as well as Figure 13 As illustrated, the index priority order according to the day and time period can be associated with the operation index, and visualization control according to the day, time period, and index priority order can be performed.

[0137] Figure 12 A structural example of data related to the index priority order among the data in the setting DB 133 is shown.

[0138] Figure 12 The data shown in the example may exist for each user, or may be common to all floors or the entire building. Figure 12 In the example shown, the priority order of the displayed index items varies depending on the day and time period.

[0139] For example, in time periods when it is easy to arrive at the destination before the target time (such as weekday mornings), the average time required from the elevator floor to the lobby floor (the above-mentioned indicator (A)) is given the highest priority, and then the congestion index (the above-mentioned indicator (B)) is given priority.

[0140] In addition, for example, in time periods when it is difficult to arrive at the destination before the target time (for example, outside of weekday mornings or weekends), the ride-sharing index (the above-mentioned index (E)) is given the highest priority, and then the average waiting time index (the above-mentioned index (C)) is given priority.

[0141] Figure 13 This is an example of a flow for determining display target items (index items to be displayed). Figure 12 In addition, the process can be Figure 7 is performed in S708 or S709.

[0142] The calculation unit 143 determines whether the target day (visualization day) is a weekday ( S1301 ). If the determination result of S1301 is true ( S1301 : Yes), the calculation unit 143 determines whether a given percentage or more of the usage time period overlaps with the morning time period ( S1302 ).

[0143] When the result of the determination in S1302 is true (S1302: Yes) and a plurality of index items are to be displayed (S1303: Yes), the calculation unit 143 determines the priority order of (1) the average required time index and (2) the car congestion index (S1304). Figure 7 In S710, in the UI displayed by the UI unit 144, as shown in FIG. Figure 6 As shown, the index items (operation index) are arranged in the order of the average required time index to the lobby floor and the car congestion index.

[0144] On the other hand, if the result of determination in S1302 is true ( S1302 : Yes) and one index item is to be displayed ( S1303 : No), the calculation unit 143 determines the highest priority average required time index for weekdays and mornings ( S1305 ).

[0145] If the result of S1301 or S1302 is false (S1301 or S1302: No) and multiple index items are to be displayed (S1306: Yes), the calculation unit 143 determines the priority order of (1) the co-passenger index and (2) the average waiting time index (S1307). Figure 7 In S710 , in the UI displayed by the UI unit 144 , the index items (operation index) are arranged in the order of the shared passenger index and the average waiting time index.

[0146] On the other hand, when the result of determination in S1301 or S1302 is false ( S1301 or S1302 : No) and one index item is to be displayed ( S1306 : No), the calculation unit 143 determines the ride-along index ( S1308 ).

[0147] About reference Figure 12 as well as Figure 13 For example, the following can be said.

[0148] Apartments are the users' daily living spaces, so users have a high awareness of privacy protection. Therefore, the desire to avoid sharing an elevator car with others tends to be higher than in public spaces such as office buildings.

[0149] For example, apartment residents may use elevators to go shopping during the day or at night, dispose of trash at a designated trash disposal site, or check mail at a mailbox on a specific floor, etc., without a specific arrival time. In such cases, users prefer to avoid sharing the elevator with others as much as possible.

[0150] Furthermore, elevator congestion in apartments is primarily due to the concentration of down-bound elevator use in the morning. Since residents from all floors use the elevators for commuting or going to school in the morning (e.g., between 7:00 and 9:00), elevator rides can be significantly lengthened due to waiting times in the lobby and elevators stopping at each floor after boarding.

[0151] In a hotel, since it is a temporary living space for the guests, there is a high demand to avoid sharing the car with other people, just like in an apartment. In addition, the situation in which the use of the down direction is concentrated for breakfast or check-out is also the same as in an apartment.

[0152] As mentioned above, in apartments and hotels, the mornings are particularly crowded, so the time required for an elevator, which combines the waiting time at the entrance lobby and the time it takes to get from the entrance lobby to the lobby, is considered important during this time. During other times, due to the high awareness of privacy, it is considered important to avoid sharing the elevator car as much as possible.

[0153] Therefore, the display target items differ depending on the date attribute and time period, such as whether it is a weekday or a holiday.

[0154] Weekday mornings (7:00-9:00): During this time period, average travel time and congestion are important indicators for users. Therefore, the UI unit 144 prioritizes displaying the average travel time indicator first, and then prioritizes displaying the congestion indicator if multiple travel indicators are displayed.

[0155] During the weekday morning hours, the user's desire to avoid sharing a car is paramount, followed by waiting time. Therefore, the UI unit 144 prioritizes displaying the car occupancy rate indicator. If multiple operating indicators are displayed, the average waiting time indicator for each floor is prioritized next.

[0156] Holidays: On holidays, the most important thing is to avoid the need to ride in the car, followed by waiting time. Therefore, the UI unit 144 prioritizes the display of the car's elevator rate index. When displaying multiple operation indicators, the average waiting time index of the elevator floor is displayed next.

[0157] While one embodiment has been described above, this is merely an illustration of the present invention and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention to this embodiment. The present invention can also be implemented in various other ways. For example, other statistical values such as a maximum value or a minimum value may be used in place of the at least one average value in the above description.

[0158] The above description can be summarized as follows: The following summary may include supplementary descriptions of the above description and descriptions of modified examples.

[0159] The elevator operation visualization system 100 includes an acquisition unit 141, a determination unit 142, a calculation unit 143, and a UI unit 144. The acquisition unit 141 acquires operation-related data, namely elevator operation data, for each of one or more elevators 111 installed in a building having multiple floors (e.g., multiple floors each containing multiple rooms for living or lodging). The acquired elevator operation data is stored, for example, in an operation database 132. The determination unit 142 determines the user's living or lodging floor, namely the boarding floor, and determines the date and time period during which the user can move from the boarding floor to the lobby floor, namely the target day and the usage time period. The calculation unit 143 calculates one or more operation indicators for each of the boarding floors for each time step in the usage time period, using values based on at least a portion of the elevator operation data for each of the one or more elevators, namely, the respective operation values of one or more operation items related to the operation indicators. The UI unit 144 outputs operation information for the usage time period (e.g., a UI that visualizes the operation) based on the one or more operation indicators. This improves the convenience for users living or staying in any of the multiple rooms in a building with multiple floors, each of which is provided with multiple rooms for living or staying. In the above-described embodiment, the UI unit 144 is located within the elevator operation visualization system 100. However, the elevator operation visualization system 100 itself does not need to provide a UI, and thus the UI unit 144 may exist outside the elevator operation visualization system 100. Specifically, the elevator operation visualization system 100 may include an output unit that outputs operation information for a utilization time period based on one or more operation indicators, instead of the UI unit 144, or in addition to the UI unit 144. The UI unit 144 can provide a UI that visualizes the operation information output by the output unit.

[0160] The one or more display target indicators as one or more operating indicators displayed on the UI may be one or more operating indicators from (A) to (F) below. This improves user convenience.

[0161] (A) A required time index that is an index of the time required for an elevator to move from the boarding floor to the lobby floor.

[0162] (B) The congestion index is an index of the congestion level of the elevator car when the elevator car arrives at the boarding floor.

[0163] (C) A waiting time index that is an indicator of the waiting time for the elevator floor.

[0164] (D) The indicator of the time it takes to travel from the elevator floor to the lobby floor is the elevator time indicator.

[0165] (E) A sharing index that is an index of the possibility of sharing a ride with another person in the car.

[0166] (F) A deemed full index that is an indicator of the number of times a building or floor is deemed full.

[0167] The one or more indicators to be displayed may include the indicator (A) and the indicator (B), or may include the indicator (E) and the indicator (C). Since an appropriate combination of indicators is displayed, user convenience is improved.

[0168] If the usage time period overlaps with a first time period (e.g., morning) during which arrival at the destination is often required before the target time, the one or more indicators to be displayed may include the indicator (A) and the indicator (B). If the usage time period overlaps with a second time period determined to be other than the first time period, the one or more indicators to be displayed may include the indicator (E) and the indicator (C). Appropriate combinations of indicators are displayed under appropriate circumstances, thereby improving user convenience.

[0169] For each time step in the target day and utilization time period, the operation value used to calculate each operation index may be a value (e.g., a statistical value) obtained based on past data for the same date attribute as the target day and the same time period as the utilization time period, in the elevator operation data for each of one or more elevators. Therefore, it is desirable to calculate accurate operation indexes based on past data.

[0170] The elevator operation visualization system 100 may also include a determination unit 145. The determination unit 145 may determine elevator usage based on at least a portion of elevator operation data for each of one or more elevators 111, based on at least one of the number of elevator users, the number of hall calls, and the number of car calls for a specified elevator floor and usage time period. Based on the determined elevator usage, the determination unit 145 may determine a time step length within the usage time period. A calculation unit may calculate one or more operation indicators for each floor for each of the determined time steps within the usage time period. This may result in a time step length of appropriate length.

[0171] The operation value of one or more operation items of the operation index of (A) may be at least one of the statistical value of the duration of the hall call of the boarding floor, the statistical value of the average riding time from the boarding floor to the lobby floor, the statistical value of the number of hall call stops of the entire building, the statistical value of the number of car call stops of the entire building, the statistical value of the number of hall call generation of the entire building, and the statistical value of the number of car call generation of the entire building. The number of hall call stops of the boarding floor is the number of times the car stops at that floor due to a call made at the hallway of the boarding floor. The number of car call stops of the boarding floor is the number of times the car stops at the boarding floor due to a call made to stop the car at the boarding floor. The number of hall call generation of the boarding floor is the number of calls made at the hallway of the boarding floor. The number of car call generation of the boarding floor is the number of car calls made at the boarding floor. The operation index of (A) may be any one of the following (a1) to (a3). Therefore, as the operation index of (A), an appropriate operation index is expected.

[0172] (a1) The sum of the statistical value of the lobby call duration at the boarding floor and the statistical value of the average elevator ride time from the boarding floor to the lobby floor.

[0173] (a2) The sum of the statistical values of the number of hall call stops and the statistical values of the number of car call stops in the entire building.

[0174] (a3) The sum of the statistical value of the number of hall calls generated in the entire building and the statistical value of the number of car calls generated.

[0175] The operating values of one or more operating items of the operating indicator (B) may be at least one of (b1) to (b4) described below. Therefore, an appropriate operating indicator is expected as the operating indicator (B). Furthermore, the elevator utilization for each upper floor may be based on at least one of the number of people using the elevator for that upper floor, the number of hall calls generated, and the number of car calls generated. Each floor may be deemed full if a hall call is generated for that floor, a car arrives, and then a hall call is generated again for that floor within a given period of time after the car departs.

[0176] (b1) Statistical value of the elevator car's boarding rate when it arrives at the boarding floor.

[0177] (b2) Statistics of the elevator usage of all floors above the boarding floor.

[0178] (b3) The statistical value of the elevator occupancy rate when the building is deemed to be full.

[0179] (b4) The statistical value of the boarding rate when the boarding floor is deemed to be full.

[0180] The data underlying the statistical values of (b1) and (b2) may be the amount of data from the first past period, and the data underlying the statistical values of (b3) and (b4) may be the amount of data from a second past period that is longer than the first period. The occupancy rate when a building is deemed fully occupied may be the occupancy rate within a car when a user does not board a car that stops at a floor where a hall call has been made. The occupancy rate at a boarding floor when deemed fully occupied may be the occupancy rate within a car when a hall call has been made at a boarding floor in the building and a car has stopped but a user does not board the car.

[0181] The operation value of one or more operation items of the operation index (C) can be a statistical value of the hall call duration of the boarding floor in the same time period as the utilization time period. Therefore, an appropriate operation index is expected as the operation index (C).

[0182] The operation value of one or more operation items of the operation index (D) can be a statistical value of the time taken to travel from the boarding floor to the lobby floor during the same time period as the utilization time period.

[0183] The operational values of one or more operational items of the operational index (E) may be a statistical value of the elevator occupancy rate, a statistical value of the number of hall calls, and a statistical value of the number of elevator users in the same time period as the utilization time period. Therefore, an appropriate operational index is desired as the operational index (E).

[0184] The determination unit 142 can determine the boarding floor based on any one of the data of the boarding floor recorded in advance for the user, the location information of the user terminal 123 (an example of a mobile terminal), and the input information from the user.

[0185] The UI can display one or more display target indicators of one or more operation indicators as display targets for each time step in the utilization time period for each floor, thereby being able to infer in which time step the user prefers to use the elevator.

[0186] Each of one or more operating indicators can be a relative level value of the operating indicator within the usage period. This allows users to estimate which time step is best for elevator use during the usage period. In particular, in multi-story buildings such as apartments and hotels, where each room has a standard number of people living or staying, the number of elevator users varies less daily than in office buildings or commercial buildings. Therefore, setting the operating indicator as a relative level value within the usage period makes it easier for users to determine when the elevator is best used within the usage period.

[0187] The display target index and its display priority can be different according to at least one of the time periods overlapping the date attribute and / or weather attribute of the target day and the utilization time period. This enables the display of appropriate operation indicators. For example, Figure 13 The example shown uses a date attribute, but a meteorological attribute (e.g., weather) may be used instead of or in addition to the date attribute. The operation DB 132 may store acquired weather data in addition to elevator operation data. The weather on the target day may be the forecasted weather.

Claims

1. An elevator operation visualization system, comprising: an acquisition unit that acquires elevator operation data, which is data related to operation, for each of one or more elevators installed in a building having a plurality of floors; A determination unit that determines a boarding floor as a user's residence floor or a stopover floor, and determines a date and time period during which the user can move from the boarding floor to the lobby floor, i.e., a target day and a usage time period; a calculation unit that calculates each of the one or more operation indicators for the boarding floor for each time step in the utilization time period using a value based on at least a portion of the elevator operation data for each of the one or more elevators, that is, an operation value of each of one or more operation items for the operation indicator; and The output unit outputs the operation information of the utilization time period based on the one or more operation indicators.

2. The elevator operation visualization system according to claim 1, wherein: One or more operating indicators, that is, one or more display target indicators, are displayed on a user interface UI that visualizes the operating information of the utilization time period based on the one or more operating indicators. The one or more display target indicators are one or more operating indicators from the following (A) to (F), (A) a required time index which is an index of the time required for the elevator to move from the boarding floor to the lobby floor, (B) a congestion index, which is an index of the congestion level of the car when the car arrives at the boarding floor, (C) a waiting time index as an index of the waiting time at the boarding floor, (D) an indicator of the time it takes to travel from the elevator floor to the lobby floor, i.e., an elevator time indicator, (E) a sharing index as an indicator of the possibility of sharing a ride with another person in the car, (F) A deemed full index that is an index of the number of times the building or floor is deemed full.

3. The elevator operation visualization system according to claim 2, wherein: The one or more display target indicators include the indicator (A) and the indicator (B), or include the indicator (E) and the indicator (C).

4. The elevator operation visualization system according to claim 3, wherein: When the utilization time period overlaps with a first time period determined as a time period in which arrival at the destination is often required before the target time, the one or more display target indicators include the indicator (A) and the indicator (B), When the utilization time period overlaps with a second time period determined among time periods other than the first time period, the one or more display target indicators include the indicator (E) and the indicator (C).

5. The elevator operation visualization system according to claim 1, wherein: For each time step in the target day and the utilization time period, for each operation index, an operation value used in calculating the operation index is a value obtained based on past data of the elevator operation data for each of the one or more elevators, having a date attribute identical to that of the target day and a time period identical to the utilization time period.

6. The elevator operation visualization system according to claim 1, wherein: The elevator operation visualization system further comprises: a decision unit that determines, based on at least a portion of the elevator operation data for each of the one or more elevators, an elevator utilization amount based on at least one of the number of elevator users, the number of hall calls generated, and the number of car calls generated for the determined elevator floors and utilization time periods, and determines a time step in the utilization time period based on the determined elevator utilization amount. The calculation unit calculates one or more operation indices for the boarding floor for each determined time step in the utilization time period.

7. The elevator operation visualization system according to claim 2, wherein: The operating values of one or more operating items of the operating index of (A) are at least one of the statistical value of the duration of the hall call of the boarding floor, the statistical value of the average riding time from the boarding floor to the lobby floor, the statistical value of the number of hall call stops of the entire building, the statistical value of the number of car call stops of the entire building, the statistical value of the number of hall call generation of the entire building, and the statistical value of the number of car call generation of the entire building, and the operating index of (A) is any one of the following (a1) to (a3), (a1) the sum of the statistical value of the hall call duration of the boarding floor and the statistical value of the average elevator ride time from the boarding floor to the lobby floor, (a2) the sum of the statistical value of the number of hall call stops and the statistical value of the number of car call stops in the entire building, (a3) the sum of the statistical value of the number of hall calls generated and the statistical value of the number of car calls generated in the entire building, The number of hall call stops on the boarding floor is the number of times the car stops at the floor due to a call at the hall of the boarding floor. The number of car call stops at the boarding floor is the number of times the car stops at the boarding floor due to a car call for stopping at the boarding floor. The number of hall call generation times of the boarding floor is the number of calls generated at the hallway of the boarding floor, The number of car call generation times of the boarding floor is the number of times a car call is generated on the boarding floor.

8. The elevator operation visualization system according to claim 2, wherein: The operating value of one or more operating items of the operating index (B) is at least one of the following (b1) to (b4), (b1) a statistical value of the elevator riding rate of the car when it arrives at the elevator boarding floor, (b2) statistics of elevator usage at all upper floors above the boarding floor, (b3) the statistical value of the elevator occupancy rate when the building is deemed to be fully occupied, (b4) the statistical value of the boarding rate at the boarding floor when it is deemed to be full, The elevator usage of each upper floor is based on at least one of the number of people using the elevator for the upper floor, the number of hall calls, and the number of car calls. For each floor, the occurrence of being considered full means that a hall call is generated at the floor and a car arrives, but a hall call is generated again at the floor within a given time after the departure of the car.

9. The elevator operation visualization system according to claim 8, wherein: The occupancy rate when the building is deemed to be full is the occupancy rate in the car when users do not board the car that stops at the floor where the hall call is made in the building. The occupancy rate at the boarding floor when the floor is deemed to be full is the occupancy rate in the car when a hall call is made at the boarding floor in the building and the car stops but no user gets on the car.

10. The elevator operation visualization system according to claim 2, wherein: The operation values of one or more operation items of the operation index (C) are statistical values of the hall call duration time of the boarding floor in the same time period as the utilization time period.

11. The elevator operation visualization system according to claim 2, wherein: The operation values of one or more operation items of the operation index (D) are statistical values of the riding time from the boarding floor to the lobby floor in the same time period as the utilization time period.

12. The elevator operation visualization system according to claim 2, wherein: The operation values of one or more operation items of the operation index (E) are the statistical value of the elevator occupancy rate, the statistical value of the number of hall calls generated, and the statistical value of the number of people using the elevator in the same time period as the utilization time period.

13. The elevator operation visualization system according to claim 1, wherein: The specifying unit specifies the boarding floor based on any one of data of the boarding floor recorded in advance for the user, position information of the user's mobile terminal, and input information from the user.

14. The elevator operation visualization system according to claim 1, wherein: The UI displays, for the boarding floor, one or more display target indicators of the one or more operation indicators as one or more operation indicators to be displayed, for each time step in the utilization time period.

15. The elevator operation visualization system according to claim 1, wherein: For each of the one or more operating indicators, the operating indicator is a relative ranking value of the operating indicator in the utilization time period.

16. The elevator operation visualization system according to claim 1, wherein: The priority order of the operating indicators of the display target is different from that of the operating indicators of the display target according to at least one of the attribute of the target day and the time period in which the utilization time period overlaps.

17. A method for visualizing elevator operation, comprising: performing the following processing by a computer: Acquiring elevator operation data, which is data related to operation, for each of one or more elevators installed in a building having multiple floors; Determine a boarding floor as a user's residence floor or a stopover floor, and determine a date and time period during which the user can move from the boarding floor to the lobby floor, i.e., a target day and a utilization time period; Calculating each of the one or more operation indicators for the boarding floor for each time step in the utilization time period using values based on at least a portion of the elevator operation data for each of the one or more elevators, that is, operation values of each of one or more operation items for the operation indicator; as well as The operation information of the utilization time period is output based on the one or more operation indicators.

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