Elevator control system and control method

Abstract

To further improve comfort when a user using a large riding space uses an elevator.SOLUTION: An elevator control system (100) specifies an attention elevator, which is an elevator capable of securing a riding space, on the basis of a congestion state in a car (41), and assigns the attention elevator in response to a car stop call by an attention user using a riding space of a predetermined space or more. The elevator control system does not assign the attention elevator in response to a car stop call received by a reception part (111) in a period from the assignment of the attention elevator in response to the car stop call by the attention user to the riding of the attention user in the car of the attention elevator.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to an elevator control system and a control method for an elevator control system. [Background technology]

[0002] Patent Document 1 discloses a configuration for providing advance notice of wheelchair users and people carrying large luggage when they use an elevator. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] JP 2007-045559 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] When wheelchair users and people with large luggage use elevators, they end up using a larger boarding space than other users. For example, when a wheelchair user uses an elevator, there are cases where the car that arrives is already occupied by other users and the wheelchair user is unable to board. In such cases, the wheelchair user must wait a long time until a car that is suitable for them arrives.

[0005] An object of one aspect of the present invention is to further improve the comfort of passengers using a large passenger space when using an elevator. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] In order to solve the above problems, an elevator control system according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a reception unit that accepts registration of hall calls by elevator users, a determination unit that determines whether the user is a noted user who will use a boarding space of a predetermined size or more in the cage of the elevator, a congestion information acquisition unit that acquires congestion information indicating the degree of congestion in the cage, and an allocation unit that assigns the elevator to the hall call, wherein the allocation unit identifies a noted elevator that is a elevator that can secure the boarding space based on the congestion information, assigns the noted elevator to the hall call by the noted user, and does not assign the noted elevator to a hall call received by the reception unit during the period from when the noted elevator is assigned to the hall call by the noted user until the noted user boards the cage of the noted elevator.

[0007] In addition, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a control method of an elevator control system according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a reception step of accepting registration of a hall call by an elevator user, a determination step of determining whether the user is a noted user who will use a boarding space of a predetermined size or more in the cage of the elevator, a congestion information acquisition step of acquiring congestion information indicating the degree of congestion in the cage, and an allocation step of assigning the elevator to the hall call, wherein in the allocation step, a noted elevator which is a elevator that can secure the boarding space based on the congestion information is identified, and the noted elevator is assigned to the hall call by the noted user, and the noted elevator is not assigned to the hall call received in the reception step during the period from when the noted elevator is assigned to the hall call by the noted user until the noted user boards the cage of the noted elevator.

[0008] The elevator control system according to each aspect of the present invention may be realized by a computer. In this case, the control program for the elevator control system that realizes the elevator control system on a computer by causing the computer to operate as each part (software element) of the elevator control system, and the computer-readable recording medium on which the control program is recorded, also fall within the scope of the present invention. Effect of the Invention

[0009] According to one aspect of the present invention, it is possible to further improve the comfort when passengers using a large boarding space use an elevator. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0010] [Figure 1] 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an elevator control system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. [Diagram 2] FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a hall call DB. [Diagram 3] FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a car number information DB. [Figure 4] FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a hall image, which is an image of a hall captured from above. [Diagram 5] FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the state when the inside of the car is viewed from above. [Figure 6] FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram for explaining control performed in the elevator control system. [Figure 7] 4 is a flowchart showing an example of a flow of a process (control method) performed by the elevator control system. [Figure 8] FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an elevator control system according to a second embodiment. [Figure 9] FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an elevator control system according to a third embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0011] [Embodiment 1] <Elevator control system 100> An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below. Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an elevator control system 100 according to a first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Fig. 1, the elevator control system 100 includes a group management control device 1, a hall registration device 2, an elevator control device 3, and an elevator 4. The hall registration device 2, the elevator control device 3, and the elevator 4 included in the elevator control system 100 may each be one, or multiple. In this embodiment, a configuration in which multiple hall registration devices 2, elevator control devices 3, and elevators 4 are provided will be described as an example.

[0012] The elevator control system 100 is a system that accepts hall calls registered by users of the elevator 4 and assigns car numbers to the hall calls. The elevator control system 100 also performs control so that a car number assigned to a hall call of a noted user who uses a large boarding space is used preferentially by the noted user. A noted user refers to a user who uses a boarding space larger than the average boarding space used by a general user. A noted user refers to, for example, the following people: Large people -People using wheelchairs, carts, strollers, or trolleys Those carrying large luggage such as carry-on bags Those accompanied by a guide dog or a caregiver Furthermore, the noted user does not have to be a human being. For example, the noted user may be a robot or the like that is capable of autonomous travel and can move between floors using the elevator 4.

[0013] The elevator control system 100 determines whether or not the user who has registered the hall call is a noted user who uses a boarding space of a predetermined size or more in the cage 41 of the elevator 4. If the user of the elevator 4 is a noted user, the elevator control system 100 acquires congestion information indicating the degree of congestion in the cage 41. The elevator control system 100 also identifies a noted car that is a car that can secure a boarding space based on the congestion information, and assigns the noted car to a hall call by the noted user. The elevator control system 100 also does not assign the noted car to a hall call received during the period from when the noted car is assigned to a hall call by the noted user until the noted user boards the cage 41 of the noted car.

[0014] According to the above configuration, from the time when the noted user makes a hall call until the noted user gets into the car 41, the car 41 does not respond to hall calls from other users, and the noted user can use the elevator 4 with priority. This reduces the occurrence of a situation where other users who are not the noted user get into the car 41 that the noted user plans to use, causing the boarding space in the car 41 to be exhausted, and the noted user cannot get on even when the car 41 arrives at the departure floor of the noted user. Therefore, the car waiting time of the noted user can be shortened, and the noted user can use the elevator 4 more comfortably to move between floors.

[0015] <Platform registration device 2> The platform registration device 2 is equipped with an input unit 21 that can accept input from users who wish to register a platform call, an imaging unit 22 that images the platform, a platform notification unit 23, and a control unit 24 that controls the operation of each unit of the platform registration device 2, and is provided at the platform of each floor.

[0016] The imaging unit 22 captures an image of the hall where the hall registration device 2 is installed. The imaging unit 22 captures an image of at least a range in which the size of the user operating the input unit 21 can be identified.

[0017] The landing notification unit 23 is a device that operates under the control of the control unit 24 and can notify a user present at the landing of the elevator 4. When the target car stops at a floor other than the target floor before arriving at the target floor where the target user boards, the landing notification unit 23 notifies a user present at the landing of the floor of the target car of a message instructing the user not to board the car 41 of the target car.

[0018] The platform notification unit 23 may be a device such as a display or a speaker that can notify a message in the form of, for example, voice, text, or the like. The platform notification unit 23 may be provided at a position in the platform where the message can be notified. The platform notification unit 23 does not have to be a device integrated with other members of the platform registration device 2.

[0019] The control unit 24 transmits information about the hall call input using the input unit 21 and an image of the hall captured by the imaging unit 22 to the group management control device 1. In addition, the control unit 24 controls the operation of the hall notification unit 23 based on the information received from the group management control device 1.

[0020] <Elevator control device 3 and elevator 4> The elevator control device 3 receives information about the hall call for which registration has been completed from the group management control device 1. The information about the hall call for which registration has been completed includes information indicating the car number, departure floor, and movement direction of the assigned elevator 4. The elevator control device 3 controls the operation of the elevator 4 based on the information.

[0021] The elevator control device 3 controls the operation of the elevator 4 based on car calls made in the elevator 4. The elevator control device 3 also transmits information related to the car calls to the group management control device 1. This allows the group management control device 1 to grasp the status of car calls in each elevator 4. The elevator control device 3 may control the operation of one elevator 4, or may control the operation of multiple elevators 4.

[0022] The elevator 4 moves the car 41 between floors and opens and closes the doors under the control of the elevator control device 3. As shown in Fig. 1, the elevator 4 includes a car 41, an input unit 42 that accepts input for making a car call, an imaging unit 43, and an in-car notification unit 44. The imaging unit 43 is a camera that captures images of the inside of the car 41. The elevator control device 3 transmits the images captured by the imaging unit 43 to the group management control device 1.

[0023] The car informing unit 44 is a device such as a display or a speaker that operates under the control of the elevator control device 3 and can notify a user in the car 41 of a message. For example, the car informing unit 44 notifies a user in the car 41 of a message indicating that the noted user is planning to board during the period from when the noted car is assigned to a hall call by the noted user until when the noted car arrives at the noted floor where the noted user is to board. The elevator control device 3 controls the car informing unit 44 to notify a message based on information received from the group management control device 1.

[0024] <Group management control device 1> The group management control device 1 is a device that manages the operation of the hall registration device 2 and the elevator 4 based on hall calls and car calls from users. The group management control device 1 assigns an appropriate car number to a hall call from a user, and causes the elevator control device 3 to control the elevator 4 based on the assignment result. Furthermore, when a noted user uses the elevator 4, the group management control device 1 causes the hall registration device 2 and the elevator 4 to give appropriate notifications to users other than the noted user based on the hall call and the car call made in the elevator 4. As shown in FIG. 1, the group management control device 1 includes a control unit 11, a memory unit 12, and an input / output interface 13.

[0025] The storage unit 12 stores information used in the group management control device 1. As shown in Fig. 1, the storage unit 12 stores at least a hall call DB (database) 121 and a car number information DB (database) 122.

[0026] (Platform call DB121) The hall call DB121 is a database in which information on hall calls received by the group management control device 1 is stored. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the hall call DB121. As shown in FIG. 2, the hall call DB121 stores information indicating a hall call floor, a moving direction of the car 41 specified by the hall call, whether or not the hall call is from the noted user, and an assigned car number in association with each hall call. The hall call floor is a floor on which the hall call is registered, and can also be rephrased as a departure floor of the user who registered the hall call. In the hall call DB121, a car number assigned to a hall call from a noted user is the noted car number. Specifically, in the example shown in FIG. 2, the hall call floor "1" in the first row indicates that the hall call floor is the first floor, the direction "↑" indicates an upward direction, the noted user "x" indicates that the hall call is not from the noted user, and the assigned car number "D" indicates that the assigned car is car number D. Similarly, in the second line of Figure 2, the platform call floor "4" indicates that the platform call floor is the 4th floor, the direction "↑" indicates an upward direction, the noted user "〇" indicates that the platform call is from the noted user, and the assigned car "B" indicates that the assigned car is car B. Similarly, in the fourth line of Figure 2, the platform call floor "5" indicates that the platform call floor is the 5th floor, the direction "↓" indicates a downward direction, the noted user "×" indicates that the platform call is not from the noted user, and the assigned car "A" indicates that the assigned car is car A.

[0027] (Unit information DB122) The car information DB122 is a database in which car information, which is information related to the car of the elevator 4, is stored for each car. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the car information DB122. As shown in FIG. 3, in the car information DB122, identification information (elevator ID), the current floor of the car, i.e., the floor (stop floor or passing floor) where the car 41 of the car is currently located, the current moving direction of the car 41 of the car, and information indicating the destination floor of the car 41 based on the car call are associated with each car of the elevator 4. Specifically, in the example shown in FIG. 3, the elevator ID "A" in the first row indicates that the car of the elevator 4 is the A car, the current floor "3" indicates that the current floor of the car is the third floor, the moving direction "↑" indicates that the moving direction of the car is upward, and the destination floor "4" indicates that the destination floor of the car is the fourth floor. The elevator ID "B" on the second line indicates that elevator 4 is elevator B, the current floor "1" indicates that the current floor of the unit is the first floor, the direction of movement "↑" indicates that the unit is moving upwards, and the destination floors "2, 3" indicate that the unit's destination floors are the second and third floors. The elevator ID "C" on the third line indicates that elevator 4 is elevator C, the current floor "4" indicates that the current floor of the unit is the fourth floor, the direction of movement "↓" indicates that the unit is moving downwards, and the destination floors "3, 1" indicate that the unit's destination floors are the third and first floors. The elevator ID "D" on the fourth line indicates that elevator 4 is elevator D, the current floor "1" indicates that the current floor of the unit is the first floor, the direction of movement "↑" indicates that the unit is moving upwards, and the destination floors "4, 5" indicate that the unit's destination floors are the fourth and fifth floors.

[0028] The control unit 11 executes each process in the group management control device 1. As shown in Fig. 1, the control unit 11 includes a reception unit 111, a determination unit 112, a congestion information acquisition unit 113, an allocation unit 114, a notification control unit 115, and a management unit 116. The control unit 11 also instructs the elevator control device 3 to move the car 41 of the elevator 4, based on the hall call DB 121 and the elevator information DB 122.

[0029] (Reception Department 111) The reception unit 111 receives registration of hall calls from users of the elevator 4.

[0030] For example, the reception unit 111 accepts the registration of a platform call by a user who operates the platform registration device 2. Specifically, when the input unit 21 of the platform registration device 2 is operated, the reception unit 111 receives information related to the platform call from the control unit 24 of the platform registration device 2. The information related to the platform call includes identification information indicating the operated platform registration device 2. Upon receiving the information, the reception unit 111 identifies the floor where the platform call was made based on the identification information of the platform registration device 2, and accepts the registration of the platform call with the identified floor as the departure floor. The reception unit 111 outputs the information related to the accepted platform call to each unit of the control unit 11.

[0031] The reception unit 111 also accepts the registration of a car call by a user who is in the car 41 of the elevator 4. Specifically, when the input unit 42 of the car 41 of the elevator 4 is operated, the reception unit 111 receives information related to the car call from the elevator control device 3 that controls the car that has the operated input unit 42. The information related to the car call includes car information on which the car call was made and information indicating the input floor. Upon receiving the information, the reception unit 111 accepts the registration of the car call. The reception unit 111 updates the car information DB 122 based on the received information related to the car call.

[0032] (Judgment unit 112) The determination unit 112 determines whether or not the user who has made the hall call is a noted user who uses a boarding space of a predetermined size or more in the car 41 of the elevator 4.

[0033] The determination unit 112 determines whether or not the user who has registered the hall call is the noted user, based on a hall image that is an image of the hall of the elevator 4.

[0034] Specifically, when the determination unit 112 obtains information indicating that the registration of the hall call has been received from the reception unit 111, the determination unit 112 obtains a hall image captured by the imaging unit 22 of the hall registration device 2 provided on the floor where the hall call was made. The hall image includes at least an image showing a user who operated the hall registration device 2 at the hall. The determination unit 112 identifies a user who is operating the hall registration device 2 or is located near the hall registration device 2, that is, a user who has registered the hall call, based on the hall image. For example, the determination unit 112 determines a user who is located closest to the input unit 21 of the hall registration device 2 as the user who has registered the hall call.

[0035] Furthermore, the determination unit 112 identifies the boarding space of the user who has registered the hall call. For example, the determination unit 112 identifies the boarding space of the user from the hall image. When the determination unit 112 determines whether the user is a noted user from the hall image, the boarding space of the user may be a range recognized in the image, or may be a range that is somewhat expanded from the range recognized in the image to provide a spacious area for the user to use.

[0036] When the determination unit 112 identifies the boarding space of the user, it compares the boarding space with the size of a reference range that is a preset range, and determines whether or not the user is a noted user based on the result. The reference range is a range that serves as a reference for determining whether or not a user is a noted user. The determination unit 112 determines a user who has a boarding space larger than the reference range to be a noted user.

[0037] Fig. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a hall image, which is an image of a hall captured from above. For example, when the boarding space of a user (the range indicated by reference symbol A1 in Fig. 4) is larger than the reference range (the range indicated by reference symbol B in Fig. 4) like that of user P1 in Fig. 4, the determination unit 112 determines that the user P1 who has registered the hall call is a noted user Q who uses a boarding space in the car 41 that is equal to or larger than a predetermined size.

[0038] On the other hand, when the boarding space of a user (the range indicated by symbol A2 in FIG. 4) is smaller than the reference range (the range indicated by symbol B in FIG. 4), as in the case of user P2 in FIG. 4, the judgment unit 112 judges that user P2 who has registered a hall call is not a noted user Q who uses a boarding space of a predetermined size or larger within the car 41.

[0039] As described above, the determination unit 112 can perform a determination based on the actual size of the user who has registered a hall call by using an image of the hall. This allows the determination unit 112 to accurately determine whether or not the user who has registered a hall call is a noted user.

[0040] (Congestion information acquisition unit 113) The congestion information acquisition unit 113 acquires congestion information indicating the degree of congestion in the car 41. The congestion information is information indicating the extent to which the car 41 of the car is used by users, and is, for example, information indicating the area of ​​the vacant space that is available for additional users to board in the car 41. When the congestion information acquisition unit 113 acquires a determination result indicating that the user is a noted user from the determination unit 112, it acquires congestion information for each car of the elevator 4.

[0041] The congestion information acquisition unit 113 acquires congestion information calculated based on an image captured inside the car 41 of the car. When the congestion information acquisition unit 113 acquires a determination result indicating that the user is the noted user from the determination unit 112, the congestion information acquisition unit 113 acquires an image captured inside the car 41 from the imaging unit 43 provided in the car 41 of the car. Based on the acquired image, the congestion information acquisition unit 113 specifies the size of an empty space, which is an area in the car 41 where no users are present and which is an area available when the noted user gets into the car 41.

[0042] Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the state when the inside of a car 41 of a certain car is viewed from above. The congestion information acquisition unit 113 specifies an area C (the area of ​​the range indicated by the diagonal lines in Fig. 5) obtained by subtracting the area of ​​the boarding space occupied by the users (reference characters R1 to R3 in Fig. 5) riding in the car 41 from the area of ​​the entire car 41 (the area indicated by reference characters A3 to A5 in Fig. 5). The method of specifying the area of ​​the empty space in the car 41 where no users are present is not limited to the above-mentioned one, and other methods may be used.

[0043] The congestion information acquisition unit 113 acquires congestion information in the car 41 of each elevator, and outputs the acquired congestion information to the allocation unit 114.

[0044] The congestion information acquisition unit 113 can acquire congestion information indicating an accurate degree of congestion in the car 41 by using an image captured inside the car 41 of the car. This enables the allocation unit 114 to appropriately allocate a car that the noted user can board to a hall call of the noted user.

[0045] (Allocation unit 114) When the allocation unit 114 acquires information about the hall call received from the reception unit 111, the allocation unit 114 allocates a car to the hall call. In addition, the allocation unit 114 performs allocation based on a determination result by the determination unit 112 indicating whether or not the user who registered the hall call is a noted user.

[0046] When the user who registered the hall call is the noted user, the allocation unit 114 allocates a car having a car 41 that the noted user can board to the hall call by the noted user. When the user who registered the hall call is the noted user, the allocation unit 114 acquires congestion information of each car of the elevator 4 from the congestion information acquisition unit 113. Based on the acquired congestion information, the allocation unit 114 identifies a car of interest that is capable of securing a boarding space for the noted user to use. Specifically, the allocation unit 114 refers to the congestion information, the hall call DB 121, and the car information DB 122, and identifies a car 41 of a car that has an available space larger than the boarding space of the noted user and can respond to a hall call by the noted user.

[0047] The allocation unit 114 allocates the specified car of interest to an optimal car for a hall call by the user of interest. In addition, when multiple cars correspond to the car of interest, the allocation unit 114 may allocate the car of interest that arrives earliest at the departure floor of the user of interest among the cars of interest.

[0048] If the user who has registered the hall call is not the noted user, the allocation unit 114 refers to the hall call DB 121 and the car information DB 122, and allocates to the hall call the car that will arrive earliest at the floor where the hall call was made.

[0049] Here, a case will be described in which the reception unit 111 receives a new hall call during the period from when the target car is allocated to the hall call by the target user until the target user boards the car 41 of the target car. The period from when the target car is allocated to the hall call by the target user until the target user boards the car 41 of the target car can be rephrased as the period during which information about the hall call by the target user is stored in the hall call DB 121. In this case, even if the target car is the car that arrives earliest or the optimal car at the floor where the new hall call is made, the allocation unit 114 does not allocate the target car to the hall call. The allocation unit 114 selects the optimal car from the cars excluding the target car and allocates it to the new hall call.

[0050] After performing the allocation, the allocation unit 114 updates the hall call DB 121 based on the allocation result. Specifically, the allocation unit 114 associates information indicating the allocated car of interest with information on the hall call from the user of interest in the hall call DB 121 and stores the information. The allocation unit 114 also outputs information indicating the allocation result to the notification control unit 115.

[0051] In addition, when the reception unit 111 receives the registration of a new platform call from a user other than the noted user during the period from when the noted car is assigned to a platform call by the noted user until the noted user boards the car of the noted car, the assignment may be performed based on congestion information. For example, when the size of the vacant space in the car 41 of the noted car is equal to or larger than the size of the boarding space required by the noted user and the user who has registered the new platform call, the assignment unit 114 may add the noted car to candidates for the noted car to be assigned to the new platform call.

[0052] As a result, if there is sufficient free space in the cage 41 of the car of interest, the allocation unit 114 can allocate the car of interest to a new hall call.

[0053] (Notification control unit 115) The notification control unit 115 determines the content to be notified to users in the car 41 or at the landing, and causes the car notification unit 44 or the landing notification unit 23 to make the notification.

[0054] When the target vehicle stops at a floor other than the target floor before arriving at the target floor where the target user boards, the notification control unit 115 notifies the platform notification unit 23 provided at the platform where the target vehicle stops of a message. For example, the notification control unit 115 notifies the platform notification unit 23 provided at the platform of the stopping floor of a message instructing users present at the platform of the floor not to board the cage 41 of the target vehicle.

[0055] When the notification control unit 115 acquires information indicating that the registration of the car call has been accepted from the reception unit 111, it refers to the car information DB 122. When the car of interest stops at a floor other than the floor of interest before arriving at the floor of interest where the user of interest boards, and a hall call in the same direction as the direction in which the car of interest moves has been registered at that floor, the notification control unit 115 causes the hall notification unit 23 to make a notification. Specifically, the notification control unit 115 identifies the hall registration device 2 provided at the floor specified by the car call, and transmits information to the identified hall registration device 2 instructing it to notify a message instructing not to board the car 41 of the car of interest.

[0056] As a result, the platform notification unit 23 of the floor where the target vehicle stops before the floor where the target user boards sends a message to users present at the platform of the floor where the platform notification unit 23 is installed, instructing them not to board the cage 41 of the target vehicle.

[0057] If there is a passenger already aboard the car of interest, the car of interest will stop at the floor designated by the car call of that passenger to allow that passenger to disembark. In this case, there is a possibility that a passenger who is not the attention user will board the car of interest before the attention user boards, resulting in no boarding space for the attention user.

[0058] According to the above configuration, the platform notification unit 23 notifies users at the floor where the target car stops before the target user boards, of a message instructing them not to board the target car's cage 41. This can reduce the possibility that the vacant space in the cage 41 of the target car where the target user is scheduled to board will be unintentionally exhausted.

[0059] The timing of the notification by the platform notification unit 23 may be any timing that can reduce the possibility that a user at the platform will board the target car. For example, the notification may be made after the car 41 of the target car arrives at the floor specified by the car call and the door of the car 41 opens. Also, the notification may be made before the door of the car 41 opens to more reliably prevent a user from boarding the car 41 of the target car.

[0060] As long as there is available space in the car 41 of the focused car to allow users other than the focused user to board, the notification control unit 115 may cause the platform notification unit 23 to notify another message. For example, the notification control unit 115 may cause the platform notification unit 23 to notify a message that allows other users to board.

[0061] Specifically, the notification control unit 115 may specify the number of users other than the noted user who can board the noted car, and notify a message that allows the specified number of users to board. For example, if there is free space in the noted car that can accommodate two users other than the noted user, the notification control unit 115 may notify the platform notification unit 23 of a message such as "Up to two people can board this car."

[0062] The notification control unit 115 may cause the in-car notification unit 44 to notify users in the car 41 of the noted car of a message indicating that the noted user is planning to board during the period from when the noted car is assigned to a hall call from the noted user until when the noted car arrives at the noted floor where the noted user is to board.

[0063] Specifically, when the notification control unit 115 acquires information indicating that allocation has been made to the hall call from the allocation unit 114, the notification control unit 115 instructs the elevator control device 3 that controls the target car to notify a message indicating that the target user is planning to board. As a result, the in-car notification unit 44 of the target car notifies a message indicating that the target user is planning to board.

[0064] According to the above configuration, a user in the cage 41 of the target car can recognize in advance that the target user plans to board. This can encourage users to make space in the target car so that the target user can board. In addition, by having a user in the cage 41 of the target car recognize in advance that the target user plans to board, it is possible to reduce the possibility of preventing the target user from boarding. Therefore, the target user can board the target car more smoothly.

[0065] (Management Department 116) The management unit 116 manages information relating to hall calls and car calls.

[0066] For example, the management unit 116 manages the registration status of hall calls by users of the elevator 4. Specifically, when the car 41 of a car assigned to a hall call by a user other than the noted user arrives at the departure floor specified by the hall call, the management unit 116 deletes the registration of the hall call in the hall call DB 121.

[0067] The management unit 116 also manages the registration status of car calls. When the car 41 of a car arrives at a destination floor specified by a car call, the management unit 116 erases information about the car call. Specifically, when the car 41 of a car arrives at a destination floor specified by a car call, the management unit 116 erases information in the car information DB 122 that indicates the floor at which the car 41 has arrived, among the destination floors of the car.

[0068] Furthermore, when it is detected that the noted user has boarded a noted car at the noted floor where the noted user is to board, the management unit 116 erases the registration of the hall call by the noted user.

[0069] When the target car arrives at the target floor, the management unit 116 acquires a hall image of the target floor captured by the imaging unit 22 of the target floor. The management unit 116 detects that the target user has boarded the target car based on the hall image.

[0070] Specifically, when the noted user is not shown in the hall image captured during the period from when the noted vehicle stops at the noted floor until the doors of the noted vehicle close, the management unit 116 determines that the noted user has boarded the noted vehicle. When the noted user is shown in the hall image captured at the timing when the doors of the noted vehicle start to close, the management unit 116 determines that the noted user has not boarded the noted vehicle.

[0071] Alternatively, the management unit 116 may obtain an image capturing the inside of the car 41 of the target car, and detect the boarding of the target user in the target car based on the image.

[0072] For example, if the noted user is captured in an image of the inside of the car 41 taken between the time when the car 41 arrives at the floor of interest and the time when the door of the car 41 closes, the management unit 116 determines that the noted user has boarded the car of interest. If the noted user is not captured in an image of the inside of the car 41 taken between the time when the car 41 arrives at the floor of interest and the time when the door of the car 41 closes, the management unit 116 determines that the noted user has not boarded the car of interest.

[0073] The management unit 116 manages the hall calls by the noted user based on the above-mentioned determination result. Specifically, when the management unit 116 determines that the noted user boards the noted car at the noted floor where the noted user boards, the management unit 116 erases the registration of the hall call by the noted user in the hall call DB 121. On the other hand, when the management unit 116 determines that the noted user was unable to board the car 41 after the car of the noted car arrived at the noted floor, the management unit 116 maintains the registration of the hall call of the noted user.

[0074] When the target car stops at an intermediate floor before arriving at the target floor, even if an announcement is made at the stop floor, another user may board the target car, or another user may board the target car after the target car arrives at the target floor and before the target user boards. In this case, even if the target car arrives at the target floor, the target user may not actually be able to board the target car.

[0075] According to the above configuration, the hall call by the noted user is deleted only when the noted user is actually able to board the noted car, and the hall call is maintained when the noted user is not actually able to board the noted car. This makes it possible to have another car 41 respond to the hall call of the noted user when the noted user is not actually able to board the noted car, eliminating the need for the noted user to make a hall call again and shortening the waiting time of the noted user.

[0076] In addition, by maintaining the hall call even if the noted user is unable to board the noted car, the waiting time of the noted user from the time of registering the hall call is continued. This makes it possible to preferentially allocate an empty car to the noted user's hall call, assuming that the waiting time for the noted user's hall call is longer than the waiting time for hall calls in the entire elevator 4.

[0077] The management unit 116 may manage the hall call of the noted user in the same manner as for general users. Specifically, when the car 41 of the noted car arrives at the departure floor of the noted user, the management unit 116 may erase the registration of the hall call of the noted user regardless of whether the noted user actually boarded the car or not. In this case, when the noted user is not actually able to board the car 41, the noted user registers a hall call again.

[0078] <Examples of allocation and notification> A specific example of control regarding assignment and notification performed in the elevator control system 100 will be described below with reference to Fig. 6. Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram for explaining the control performed in the elevator control system 100.

[0079] Figure 6 shows an example in which a noted user (symbol Q in Figure 6) whose departure floor is the 4th floor has registered an upward hall call, and the cage 41 of the noted car assigned to the noted user's hall call is located on the 1st floor and is scheduled to move upward.

[0080] When the hall call of the noted user is registered, the notification control unit 115 instructs the elevator control device 3 controlling the noted car to send a notification to the inside of the car 41. As a result, the car in-notification unit 44 of the noted car notifies the users in the car 41 of a message indicating that the noted user is planning to board. Note that at this time, the message notified by the car in-notification unit 44 may include information indicating the floor at which the noted user is planning to board, in addition to the fact that the noted user is planning to board.

[0081] A case will be described where a hall call for an upward direction is registered by a user (reference symbol P3 in FIG. 6) present on the second floor before the target car arrives at the target floor, which is the fourth floor. In this case, even if the target car is the car that will arrive at the second floor earliest or is the optimal car, the allocation unit 114 does not allocate the target car to the hall call. Therefore, unless a car call with the second floor as the destination floor is registered, the car 41 of the target car will not stop at the second floor.

[0082] When a user (reference symbol R4 in FIG. 6) in the cage 41 of the target vehicle registers a cage call with the 3rd floor as the destination floor, the target vehicle stops at the 3rd floor before the target user boards the target vehicle at the 4th floor. Here, when there is a user (reference symbol P4 in FIG. 6) who has registered an upward platform call on the 3rd floor, the platform notification unit 23 on the 3rd floor notifies a message instructing the user present at the platform not to board the cage 41 of the target vehicle.

[0083] If there is sufficient free space in the car of interest, the platform notification unit 23 may notify a message that allows passengers other than the car of interest to board. For example, if there is free space in the car 41 of the car of interest that can accommodate two passengers in addition to the car of interest, the platform notification unit 23 may notify a message such as "This car can accommodate up to two passengers."

[0084] By performing the operations and notifications as described above, it is possible to increase the possibility that the cage 41 of the target car will arrive at the target floor with available space available for the target user to board.

[0085] <An example of a process flow performed in the elevator control system 100> 7 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of processing (control method) performed by elevator control system 100. Hereinafter, an example of the flow of processing performed by elevator control system 100 will be described with reference to FIG.

[0086] First, when an operation to make a hall call is performed by a user of the elevator 4 in the hall registration device 2 of any floor (YES in S1), the control unit 24 of the hall registration device 2 transmits information about the hall call to the group management control device 1 based on the input contents to the input unit 21. When the reception unit 111 of the group management control device 1 receives the information about the hall call, it accepts the hall call (S2: reception step) and outputs information indicating that the hall call has been accepted to each unit of the control unit 11.

[0087] When the determination unit 112 acquires information indicating that a hall call has been accepted, it acquires a hall image captured by the imaging unit 22 of the floor where the hall call was made. Based on the hall image, the determination unit 112 determines whether or not the user who registered the hall call is a noted user who uses a boarding space of a predetermined size or more in the car 41 of the elevator 4 (S3: determination step). When the determination unit 112 determines that the user is a noted user (YES in S3), it outputs the determination result to the congestion information acquisition unit 113 and the allocation unit 114.

[0088] When the congestion information acquisition unit 113 acquires the judgment result from the judgment unit 112, it acquires congestion information indicating the congestion state inside the cage 41 of each elevator 4 (S4: congestion information acquisition step). Specifically, the congestion information acquisition unit 113 specifies the size of the empty space available for users to board based on the image indicating the state inside the cage 41 of each elevator 4 captured by the imaging unit 43 of each elevator 4, and sets the information indicating the size of the empty space as congestion information. The congestion information acquisition unit 113 outputs the acquired congestion information of each elevator to the allocation unit 114.

[0089] The allocation unit 114 performs allocation based on the determination result by the determination unit 112. When a determination result indicating that the user is a noted user is acquired, the allocation unit 114 performs allocation to hall calls from the noted user.

[0090] Specifically, the allocation unit 114 refers to the hall call DB 121 and the car information DB 122 to identify a car that can respond to the hall call of the noted user. The allocation unit 114 also acquires congestion information of each car from the congestion information acquisition unit 113. The allocation unit 114 compares the boarding space of the noted user with the available space in the car 41 of each car, and identifies a car that can secure a boarding space to be used by the noted user.

[0091] If there is a car that can respond to the hall call of the noted user and can secure a boarding space for the noted user (YES in S5), the allocation unit 114 allocates the car as the noted car to the hall call of the noted user if there is only one car, and allocates the most suitable car from among the cars as the noted car to the hall call of the noted user if there are multiple cars (S6: allocation step). After step S6, the allocation unit 114 updates the hall call DB 121 and outputs information indicating the allocation result to the notification control unit 115.

[0092] If there is no car that can respond to the hall call of the noted user and can reserve a boarding space for the noted user (NO in S5), the processing of steps S4 to S5 is repeated until a car that meets the conditions appears.

[0093] When the notification control unit 115 acquires the information indicating the allocation result, it transmits information to the elevator control device 3 that controls the car assigned to the hall call of the noted user, instructing it to notify a message in the car 41. Under the control of the elevator control device 3, the in-car notification unit 44 provided in the car 41 of the noted car notifies users in the car 41 of the noted car of a message indicating that the noted user plans to board (S7).

[0094] After the process of step S7, if the results are NO in step S8 and NO in step S9, that is, if the car 41 of the target car has not arrived at the target floor, which is the departure floor of the target user, and has not arrived at any other floor by a car call, the group management control device 1 waits until the car 41 of the target car arrives at any floor (until YES in S8 or S9). If the car 41 arrives at any floor and the floor is not the target floor, which is the departure floor of the target user (NO in S8), but is a floor where the car stopped based on a car call by a user in the car (YES in S9), the notification control unit 115 refers to the hall call DB 121. Based on the hall call DB 121, the notification control unit 115 determines whether or not a hall call is registered at the floor where the car 41 stopped, in the same direction as the direction in which the car 41 is scheduled to move (S10).

[0095] In the case of YES in step S10, that is, in the case where a platform call in the same direction as the moving direction of the car 41 has been registered at the floor where the car 41 of the target car stopped based on the car call, the notification control unit 115 causes the platform notification unit 23 of the floor to perform notification. Specifically, the notification control unit 115 instructs the platform registration device 2 of the floor where the car 41 of the target car stopped to notify a message to users present at the platform of the floor not to board the car 41 of the target car. As a result, the platform notification unit 23 of the floor notifies a message to instruct users not to board the car 41 of the target car (S11). In addition, in the case of NO in step S10 and after step S11, the process returns to step S8.

[0096] When the car 41 of the target car arrives at any floor and the floor is the target floor which is the departure floor of the target user (YES in S8), the management unit 116 judges whether the target user has actually boarded the car 41 (S12). When it is not possible to detect that the target user has boarded the car 41 during the period from when the car 41 of the target car arrives at the target floor until the door closes (NO in S12), the management unit 116 maintains the hall call of the target user. As a result, the elevator control system 100 performs the processing from step S4 onwards again. When it is possible to detect that the target user has boarded the car 41 (YES in S12), the management unit 116 erases the hall call of the target user (S13).

[0097] When a determination result indicating that the user is not the noted user is acquired (NO in S3), the allocation unit 114 performs allocation to the hall call by the user. Note that, when the hall call by the user is a hall call accepted during the period from when the noted car is allocated to the hall call by the noted user until the noted user boards the car 41 of the noted car, the allocation unit 114 excludes the noted car from candidates for cars to be allocated to the user. The allocation unit 114 refers to the hall call DB 121 and the car information DB 122, and identifies the most suitable car from the cars excluding the noted car, and allocates it to the hall call (S14).

[0098] After the processing of step S14, if the car assigned to the hall call by the user has not arrived at the departure floor of the user (NO in S15), the management unit 116 waits for processing. When the car assigned to the hall call by the user arrives at the departure floor of the user (YES in S15), the management unit 116 erases the registration of the hall call (S13).

[0099] The processing in the elevator control system 100 is carried out as described above.

[0100] [Embodiment 2] Other embodiments of the present invention will be described below. For ease of explanation, the same reference numerals are given to members having the same functions as those described in the above embodiment, and the description thereof will not be repeated.

[0101] Fig. 8 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an elevator control system 100A according to embodiment 2. As shown in Fig. 8, the elevator control system 100A includes a group management control device 1A, a hall registration device 2, an elevator control device 3, and an elevator 4A.

[0102] The elevator 4A differs from the elevator 4 in that it is provided with an in-car notification unit 44A. When it is determined that boarding space for the noted user cannot be secured in the car 41 of the noted car during the period from when the noted car is assigned to a hall call by the noted user until when the noted car arrives at the noted floor where the noted user boards, the in-car notification unit 44A notifies the user in the car 41 of the noted car of a message instructing them to get off from the car 41 of the noted car.

[0103] The group management control device 1A differs from the group management control device 1 in that it includes a control unit 11A instead of the control unit 11. The control unit 11A differs from the control unit 11 in that it includes a congestion information acquisition unit 113A and a notification control unit 115A instead of the congestion information acquisition unit 113 and the notification control unit 115, and further includes a boarding space determination unit 117.

[0104] When the cage 41 of the target car stops at any floor, the congestion information acquisition unit 113A acquires congestion information indicating the available space in the cage 41 and outputs the congestion information to the boarding space determination unit 117.

[0105] The boarding space determination unit 117 determines whether or not a boarding space for the noted user can be secured in the cage 41 of the noted car based on the congestion information. If the available space in a cage 41 stopped at any floor is less than the boarding space for the noted user, the boarding space determination unit 117 determines that a boarding space for the noted user cannot be secured. If it determines that a boarding space for the noted user cannot be secured, the boarding space determination unit 117 outputs the determination result to the notification control unit 115A.

[0106] When the notification control unit 115A acquires a determination result indicating that a boarding space cannot be secured, it transmits an instruction to the elevator control device 3 that controls the target car to notify a message instructing passengers to disembark from the car 41 of the target car. This enables the elevator control device 3 to cause the in-car notification unit 44A of the target car to notify a message instructing passengers to disembark from the car 41 of the target car.

[0107] According to the above configuration, if another user boards the car of interest before the noted user boards the car of interest, the user can be made to disembark from the car of the noted car to ensure boarding space for the noted user.

[0108] [Embodiment 3] Other embodiments of the present invention will be described below. For ease of explanation, the same reference numerals are given to members having the same functions as those described in the above embodiment, and the description thereof will not be repeated.

[0109] Fig. 9 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an elevator control system 100B according to embodiment 3. As shown in Fig. 9, the elevator control system 100B includes a group management control device 1B, a hall registration device 2B, an elevator control device 3B, and an elevator 4.

[0110] The platform registration device 2B includes an input unit 21, an imaging unit 22, a platform notification unit 23, and a control unit 24B. The control unit 24B differs from the control unit 24 in that it includes a determination unit 25. The determination unit 25 determines whether or not the user who has operated the platform registration device 2B is a noted user based on the platform image captured by the imaging unit 22. The determination unit 25 transmits the result of the determination to the group management control device 1B. The determination unit 25 may also transmit information indicating the size of the boarding space of the user to the group management control device 1B.

[0111] The elevator control device 3B includes a control unit 31. The control unit 31 is a processing control unit that executes various processes in the elevator control device 3B, and includes a congestion information acquisition unit 32. The congestion information acquisition unit 32 acquires congestion information based on an image of the inside of the car 41 captured by the imaging unit 43 of the elevator 4. The congestion information acquisition unit 32 transmits the acquired congestion information to the group management control device 1B.

[0112] The group management control device 1B includes a control unit 11B, a storage unit 12, and an input / output interface 13. The control unit 11B differs from the control unit 11 in that it does not include a determination unit 112 and a congestion information acquisition unit 113, and in that it includes an allocation unit 114B and a notification control unit 115B instead of the allocation unit 114 and the notification control unit 115.

[0113] In the group management control device 1B, when the reception unit 111 receives the registration of a hall call, the allocation unit 114B acquires a determination result indicating whether or not the user is a noted user from the hall registration device 2B of the floor where the operation for the hall call was performed. If the user is a noted user, the allocation unit 114B acquires congestion information of the car 41 from the elevator control device 3B that controls each elevator 4. The allocation unit 114B performs allocation to the registered hall call based on the acquired determination result and congestion information. The method of allocation by the allocation unit 114B is the same as the method described in the first embodiment, and therefore the description here will be omitted.

[0114] Upon acquiring the information indicating the allocation result from the allocation unit 114B, the notification control unit 115B performs notification control based on the allocation result and the determination result indicating whether or not the user acquired from the hall registration device 2B is a noted user.

[0115] If the user is the noted user, the notification control unit 115B performs notification control based on the allocation result by the allocation unit 114B. Specifically, when the notification control unit 115B acquires information indicating that allocation has been made to the hall call from the allocation unit 114B, the notification control unit 115B instructs the elevator control device 3B that controls the noted car to notify a message indicating that the noted user is planning to board. As a result, during the period from when the noted car is allocated to the hall call by the noted user until the noted car arrives at the noted floor where the noted user is to board, the in-car notification unit 44 of the noted car notifies a message indicating that the noted user is planning to board.

[0116] In addition, when the user is a noted user and the cage 41 of the noted vehicle stops at a floor other than the noted floor before arriving at the noted floor where the noted user boards, the notification control unit 115B notifies a message to the boarding platform notification unit 23 provided at the boarding platform of the floor where the cage 41 of the noted vehicle stops.

[0117] As described above, in the elevator control system 100B according to the third embodiment, image-related processing, such as judging whether a user is a noted user and obtaining congestion information, is performed on the terminal device side, such as the hall registration device 2B and the elevator control device 3B. This eliminates the need for image-related processing in the group management control device 1B, and control related to allocation and notification is performed using the processed information. Therefore, in the elevator control system 100B, it is possible to reduce the processing load performed in the group management control device 1B.

[0118] [Software implementation example] The functions of elevator control systems 100, 100A, 100B (hereinafter referred to as the "system") can be realized by a program for causing a computer to function as the system, and a program for causing a computer to function as each control block of the system (particularly each part included in control units 11, 11A, 24, 24B, 31).

[0119] In this case, the system includes a computer having at least one control device (e.g., a processor) and at least one storage device (e.g., a memory) as hardware for executing the program. The control device and storage device execute the program to realize each function described in each of the above embodiments.

[0120] The program may be non-transitory and may be recorded in one or more computer-readable recording media. The recording media may or may not be included in the device. In the latter case, the program may be provided to the device via any wired or wireless transmission medium.

[0121] In addition, some or all of the functions of each of the control blocks can be realized by a logic circuit. For example, an integrated circuit in which a logic circuit that functions as each of the control blocks is formed is also included in the scope of the present invention. In addition, the functions of each of the control blocks can be realized by, for example, a quantum computer.

[0122] Furthermore, each process described in each of the above embodiments may be executed by AI (Artificial Intelligence). In this case, the AI ​​may be executed by the control device or another device (for example, an edge computer or a cloud server).

[0123] The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible within the scope of the claims. Embodiments obtained by appropriately combining the technical means disclosed in different embodiments are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

[0124] 〔summary〕 The elevator control system according to aspect 1 of the present invention comprises a reception unit that accepts registration of hall calls by elevator users, a determination unit that determines whether the user is a noted user who will use a boarding space of a predetermined size or more in the cage of the elevator, a congestion information acquisition unit that acquires congestion information indicating the degree of congestion in the cage, and an allocation unit that assigns the elevator to the hall call, wherein the allocation unit identifies a noted elevator which is a elevator that can secure the boarding space based on the congestion information, assigns the noted elevator to the hall call by the noted user, and does not assign the noted elevator to a hall call received by the reception unit during the period from when the noted elevator is assigned to the hall call by the noted user until the noted user boards the cage of the noted elevator.

[0125] In an elevator control system according to aspect 2 of the present invention, in the above-mentioned aspect 1, the judgment unit may determine whether the user who registered the elevator hall call is the noted user based on an image captured of the elevator hall.

[0126] An elevator control system according to a third aspect of the present invention is configured in such a manner that, in the first or second aspect described above, the congestion information acquisition unit acquires the congestion information calculated based on an image captured of the inside of the car of the elevator.

[0127] An elevator control system according to aspect 4 of the present invention, in any of aspects 1 to 3 above, is provided with a platform notification unit capable of notifying a message to the user present at the elevator platform, and the platform notification unit may, when the target elevator stops at a floor other than the target floor before arriving at the target floor where the target user boards, notify the user present at the platform of the floor of interest of a message instructing them not to board the car of the target elevator.

[0128] An elevator control system according to aspect 5 of the present invention, in any of aspects 1 to 4 above, is provided with an in-cage notification unit capable of notifying the user in the cage of the elevator of a message, and the in-cage notification unit may notify the user in the cage of the elevator of a message indicating that the user of interest is planning to board during the period from when the elevator of interest is assigned to the hall call by the user of interest to when the elevator of interest arrives at the floor of interest where the user of interest is to board.

[0129] An elevator control system according to aspect 6 of the present invention, in any of aspects 1 to 5 above, further includes a management unit that manages the registration status of the hall calls by the elevator users, and the management unit may erase the registration of the hall calls by the noted user when it is detected that the noted user has boarded the noted elevator car at the noted floor where the noted user boards.

[0130] An elevator control system according to aspect 7 of the present invention, in any of aspects 1 to 6 above, comprises an in-cage notification unit capable of notifying the user present in the cage of the elevator, and a boarding space determination unit that determines whether boarding space for the noted user can be secured in the cage of the elevator of the target elevator based on the congestion information, and if it is determined that boarding space for the noted user cannot be secured in the cage of the elevator of the target elevator during the period from when the noted elevator is assigned to the hall call by the noted user to when the noted elevator arrives at the noted floor where the noted user is to board, the in-cage notification unit may notify the user in the cage of the noted elevator of a message instructing them to exit the cage of the noted elevator.

[0131] An elevator control system according to an eighth aspect of the present invention is, in any of the above-mentioned first to seventh aspects, when the reception unit receives registration of a new hall call from a user other than the noted user during the period from when the noted car is assigned to the hall call by the noted user until the noted user boards the car of the noted car, and when the size of the boarding space in the car of the noted car is equal to or larger than the size of the boarding space required by the noted user and the user who has registered the new hall call, the allocation unit may add the noted car to candidates for the noted car to be assigned to the new hall call.

[0132] A control method of an elevator control system according to aspect 9 of the present invention includes a reception step of accepting registration of a hall call by an elevator user, a determination step of determining whether the user is a noted user who will use a boarding space of a predetermined size or more in the cage of the elevator, a congestion information acquisition step of acquiring congestion information indicating the degree of congestion in the cage, and an allocation step of assigning the elevator to the hall call, wherein in the allocation step, a noted elevator which is the elevator that can secure the boarding space based on the congestion information is identified, and the noted elevator is assigned to the hall call by the noted user, and the noted elevator is not assigned to the hall call received in the reception step during the period from when the noted elevator is assigned to the hall call by the noted user until the noted user boards the cage of the noted elevator. [Explanation of symbols]

[0133] 4. 4A Elevator 21, 42 Input section 22, 43 Imaging unit 23 Boarding area notification section 41 Basket 44, 44A In-car notification unit 100, 100A, 100B Elevator Control System 111 Reception 25, 112 Judgment section 32, 113, 113A Congestion information acquisition unit 114, 114B allocation section 115, 115A, 115B Notification control section 116 Management Department 117 Boarding Space Judgment Unit

Claims

1. a reception unit that receives registrations of hall calls from elevator users; a determination unit that determines whether the user is a noted user who uses a boarding space of a predetermined size or more in the car of the elevator; a congestion information acquisition unit that acquires congestion information indicating a degree of congestion in the car; an allocation unit that allocates the elevator to the hall call; Equipped with The allocation unit, Identifying a target car, which is a car capable of securing the boarding space, based on the congestion information, and allocating the target car to the hall call from the target user; not allocating the car of interest to the hall call accepted by the acceptance unit during a period from when the car of interest is allocated to the hall call by the user of interest until the user of interest gets into the car of the car of interest; Elevator control system.

2. The elevator control system according to claim 1 , wherein the determination unit determines whether or not the user who has registered the hall call is the noted user based on an image of the elevator hall.

3. The congestion information acquisition unit, acquiring the congestion information calculated based on an image of the inside of the car of the elevator; 2. The elevator control device according to claim 1.

4. a landing notification unit capable of notifying a message to the user present at the elevator landing, The boarding area notification unit, When the target vehicle stops at a floor other than the target floor before arriving at the target floor where the target user boards, a message is sent to the user present at the boarding area of ​​the target floor, instructing the user not to board the car of the target vehicle.

2. The elevator control device according to claim 1.

5. a car informing unit capable of notifying a message to the user in the car of the car; The car informing unit, during a period from when the target car is assigned to the hall call by the target user until when the target car arrives at the target floor where the target user is to board, notifying the user in the car of the target car of a message indicating that the target user is planning to board; 2. The elevator control device according to claim 1.

6. A management unit that manages a registration status of the hall call by the elevator user, The management unit When it is detected that the noted user has boarded the noted car at the noted floor where the noted user is to board, the registration of the hall call by the noted user is deleted.

2. The elevator control device according to claim 1.

7. a car in-notification unit capable of notifying a message to the user present in the car of the car; a boarding space determination unit that determines whether or not a boarding space for the noted user can be secured in the car of the noted car based on the congestion information; Equipped with The car informing unit, during the period from when the target car is assigned to the hall call by the target user until when the target car arrives at the target floor where the target user is to board, if it is determined that a boarding space for the target user cannot be secured in the car of the target car, a message is sent to the user in the car of the target car instructing him or her to disembark from the car of the target car.

10. The elevator control system of claim 1.

8. When the reception unit receives a registration of a new hall call from a user other than the noted user during a period from when the noted car is assigned to the hall call by the noted user until the noted user boards the car of the noted car, and when the size of the boarding space in the car of the noted car is equal to or larger than the size of the boarding space required by the noted user and the user who has registered the new hall call, The allocation unit, Add the target vehicle to candidates for the target vehicle to be assigned to the new hall call.

10. The elevator control system of claim 1.

9. a reception step of receiving a hall call registration from an elevator user; a determination step of determining whether or not the user is a noted user who uses a boarding space of a predetermined size or more in the car of the elevator; a congestion information acquisition step of acquiring congestion information indicating a degree of congestion in the car; an allocation step of allocating the elevator to the hall call; Including, In the allocation step, Identifying a target car, which is a car capable of securing the boarding space, based on the congestion information, and allocating the target car to the hall call from the target user; not allocating the car of interest to the hall call accepted in the accepting step during a period from when the car of interest is allocated to the hall call by the user of interest until the user of interest gets on the car of the car of interest; A method for controlling an elevator control system.

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