Elevator cooperation device, autonomous moving body, elevator cooperation system, elevator cooperation method, and elevator cooperation program

Abstract

To provide information on a destination floor to an autonomous moving body.SOLUTION: Provided is an elevator cooperation device including a user information acquisition unit 104 that acquires, as user information, information on a user staying on each floor of a building in which an autonomous moving body moves by an elevator, a destination floor selection unit 105 that selects one or more floors of the building as a recommended destination floor based on the user information acquired by the user information acquisition unit 104, and a transmission unit 107 that provides the recommended destination floor selected by the destination floor selection unit 105 to the autonomous moving body.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present disclosure relates to an elevator coordination device, an autonomous moving body, an elevator coordination system, an elevator coordination method, and an elevator coordination program. [Background technology]

[0002] Patent Document 1 discloses a movement control system in which a moving object uses an elevator to move between floors in a building. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 6-282329 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] The mobility control system described in Patent Document 1 is designed to allow a moving object to move along a predetermined route, and the moving object visits each floor in sequence. Therefore, there is a problem in that the moving object cannot change its destination floor depending on the situation on each floor.

[0005] Therefore, an object of the present disclosure is to make it possible to provide information regarding the destination floor to an autonomous moving body. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] The elevator linkage device according to the present disclosure includes a user information acquisition unit that acquires, as user information, information about users staying on each floor of a building to which an autonomous mobile body moves by elevator; a destination floor selection unit that selects one or more floors of the building as recommended destination floors based on the user information acquired by the user information acquisition unit; and a transmission unit that provides the autonomous mobile body with the recommended destination floors selected by the destination floor selection unit. [Effects of the Invention]

[0007] According to the present disclosure, it is possible to select a recommended destination floor for an autonomous moving body from information about users staying on each floor of a building, and to provide information about the selected recommended destination floor to the autonomous moving body. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0008] [Figure 1] 1 is a functional configuration diagram of an elevator linkage system according to a first embodiment. [Figure 2] 1 is a functional configuration diagram of an elevator linkage device according to a first embodiment. [Figure 3] 10 is an example of genre information corresponding to attributes stored in a storage unit according to the first embodiment. [Figure 4] 10 is an example of genre information corresponding to attributes stored in a storage unit according to the first embodiment. [Figure 5] 4 is an example of an estimation result estimated by a visitor number estimation unit according to the first embodiment. [Figure 6] 4 is an example of an estimation result estimated by a visitor number estimation unit according to the first embodiment. [Figure 7] 10 is an example of an estimation result estimated by an attribute-specific visitor number estimation unit according to the first embodiment. [Figure 8] 10 is an example of an estimation result estimated by an attribute-specific visitor number estimation unit according to the first embodiment. [Figure 9] 4 is a flowchart showing an example of processing performed by the elevator cooperation device according to the first embodiment. [Figure 10] 1 is a hardware configuration diagram of an elevator linkage device according to a first embodiment. [Figure 11] FIG. 10 is a functional configuration diagram of an elevator linkage system according to a second embodiment. [Figure 12] FIG. 10 is a functional configuration diagram of an elevator linkage device according to a second embodiment. [Figure 13] 10 is a flowchart showing an example of processing performed by the elevator cooperation device according to the second embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0009] Embodiment 1 First, the present embodiment will be outlined functionally. When an autonomous mobile body 500 equipped with a notification unit such as a digital signage robot uses an elevator 11 (makes a hall call), the elevator linkage device 100 selects a floor with many people (a floor where a notification effect is expected) as the recommended destination floor based on information about users in the building collected by the elevator system 10, etc. The elevator linkage device 100 then performs a process of providing information regarding the recommended destination floor to the autonomous moving body 500 and a process of registering a hall call or a car call in the control unit 13 of the elevator 11 with the recommended destination floor as the destination floor. In addition, the destination floor of the autonomous moving body 500 is also provided with the genre of notification content that is effective for that floor based on information about the attributes of the user who gets off at that floor, such as age, hobbies, and tastes. Note that the movement of the autonomous moving body 500 may be restricted on floors or during times when there are an extremely large number of users.

[0010] Next, details of the elevator linkage device 100 according to this embodiment will be described. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a functional configuration of an elevator cooperation system 1000 according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, an elevator linkage device 100 of an elevator linkage system 1000 is communicably connected to an elevator system 10 including an elevator 11 and a plurality of autonomous moving bodies 500, respectively.

[0011] The elevator system 10 includes an elevator 11, a measuring device 12, and a control unit 13. The elevator 11 has a car (not shown). Users and the autonomous moving body 500 can get on and off the car. The building in which the elevator 11 is installed has the same number of elevator shafts (not shown) as the elevators 11, and the car moves up and down in the shafts to transport either or both of the passengers and autonomous moving bodies 500 who board or disembark in the car to each floor of the building. Here, the user refers to a person who uses the building in which the autonomous moving body 500 moves by the elevator 11.

[0012] The measuring device 12 is installed in the elevator 11 or at the elevator hall of the elevator 11, and measures user information, which broadly means information about the user. Specifically, measuring devices 12 such as a weight sensor that measures the weight inside the elevator 11 car, a camera, an ID card reader that reads ID information from an ID card carried by a user, and a biometric authentication reader measure user information such as information about the number of users and information about the users' attributes such as gender, age, and other physical characteristics.

[0013] The control unit 13 controls the overall operation of the elevator 11. The control unit 13 may also be configured to control the measurement device 12.

[0014] The autonomous moving body 500 includes a notification unit 501 , a calling unit 502 , a receiving unit 503 , a communication unit 504 , and a destination floor determination unit 505 . The autonomous moving body 500 is, for example, a notification robot that notifies a user of notification information, but is not limited to this and may be a cleaning robot, a security robot, a transport robot, or the like. The autonomous moving body 500 moves to one of one or more floors included in the recommended destination floors acquired by the receiving unit 503 from the elevator linkage device 100, and performs reporting, cleaning, security, or transportation. Although not shown, the autonomous moving body 500 has a notification information storage unit that stores notification information. The storage unit stores a plurality of types of information by genre as notification information.

[0015] The notification unit 501 notifies the user of notification information such as advertising information, guidance information, etc. visually or audibly. The notification unit 501 is, for example, a display screen, a projection device, a speaker, or the like.

[0016] The calling unit 502 transmits a hall call signal to the reception unit 102 of the elevator linkage device 100. The hall call signal is transmitted so that the autonomous moving body 500 can notify the elevator linkage device 100 of a request to use the elevator 11 . The receiving unit 503 receives information about recommended destination floors including one or more floors of the building from the elevator linkage device 100. The information about the recommended destination floors may include information about the number of users staying at the recommended destination floors.

[0017] The communication unit 504 is capable of communicating with other autonomous moving bodies 500 . The communication unit 504 can also communicate with devices other than the autonomous moving body 500 . The communication unit 504 acquires information regarding the number of autonomous mobile bodies 500 staying on each floor of the building (hereinafter, number information) from the elevator linkage device 100, other autonomous mobile bodies 500, a system that manages the operation status of the autonomous mobile bodies 500, etc.

[0018] When there are two or more recommended destination floors provided by the elevator linkage device 100, the destination floor determination unit 505 determines one of the recommended destination floors as the destination floor and transmits a signal specifying the destination floor to the elevator linkage device 100. Specifically, the destination floor determination unit 505 determines, as the destination floor, the floor on which the largest number of users are staying among the provided recommended destination floors. Alternatively, the destination floor determination unit 505 determines, as the destination floor, any floor among the recommended destination floors excluding a floor on which the autonomous moving body 500 has stayed within a predetermined time before making a request to use the elevator. The predetermined time may be set arbitrarily. Alternatively, the destination floor determination unit 505 determines, as the destination floor, a floor among the recommended destination floors excluding the current floor. Alternatively, the destination floor determination unit 505 determines the floor closest to the current floor among the recommended destination floors as the destination floor. Alternatively, the destination floor determination unit 505 determines, as the destination floor, a floor that does not exceed a threshold value among the recommended destination floors. The threshold value is set to restrict users from moving to floors that are too crowded, and can be set arbitrarily. Alternatively, the destination floor determination unit 505 determines, based on the number information acquired by the communication unit 504, a floor among the recommended destination floors where no other autonomous moving bodies 500 are staying or where a small number of autonomous moving bodies 500 are staying, as the destination floor.

[0019] Since the elevator linkage device 100 may provide the same recommended destination floor to multiple autonomous moving bodies 500, the destination floor determination unit 505 may determine the destination floor so that the destination floors of the autonomous moving bodies 500 do not overlap. The destination floor is determined using the number information acquired by the communication unit 504. The number information includes information that allows the autonomous moving bodies 500 staying on each floor to be individually identified, and information on whether the individually identifiable autonomous moving bodies 500 have requested the elevator linked device 100 to use the elevator 11. Specifically, the destination floor determination unit 505 checks, based on the number information, the floors where other autonomous moving bodies 500 that have been provided with the same recommended destination floor are staying, and then determines the floor closest to the autonomous moving body 500 as the destination floor.

[0020] When multiple autonomous moving bodies 500 that have been provided with the same recommended destination floor are staying on the same floor, one autonomous moving body 500 may remain on its own floor, and the other autonomous moving body 500 may move to a destination floor from among the recommended destination floors. Specifically, the autonomous moving bodies 500 communicate with each other via the communication units 504, and each destination floor determination unit 505 determines whether to remain on the own floor or to determine a destination floor from among the recommended destination floors. Alternatively, the process of remaining at the current floor or determining a destination floor from among recommended destination floors may be selected based on the vehicle number information. The vehicle number information includes GPS (Global Positioning System) information on each floor of the individually identifiable autonomous moving body 500, or information on the time when the individually identifiable autonomous moving body 500 requests the elevator linked device 100 to use the elevator 11. Specifically, the destination floor determination unit 505 determines a destination floor from among recommended destination floors based on the number information if the autonomous moving body 500 is located closer to the elevator 11 than other autonomous moving bodies 500. If the autonomous moving body 500 is located farther away, the processing in the destination floor determination unit 505 ends, and the autonomous moving body 500 remains on the own floor. Alternatively, the destination floor determination unit 505 determines the destination floor from among the recommended destination floors if the autonomous moving body 500 has requested the elevator linked device 100 to use the elevator 11 earlier than the other autonomous moving bodies 500 based on the vehicle number information. If the use request is late, the processing in the destination floor determination unit 505 is terminated, and the autonomous moving body 500 remains on the own floor.

[0021] The elevator linkage device 100 includes a detection unit 103, a reception unit 102, a user information acquisition unit 104, a storage unit 101, a destination floor selection unit 105, a first identification unit 106, a transmission unit 107, and a registration unit 108. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing in detail the functional configuration of the elevator cooperation device 100 according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the destination floor selection unit 105 includes a visitor number estimation unit 105a, an attribute-specific visitor number estimation unit 105b, and a selection unit 105c.

[0022] The detection unit 103 detects that the autonomous moving body 500 has approached the elevator 11. The detection unit 103 detects that the autonomous moving body 500 has entered a predetermined area near the elevator 11, for example, from information obtained from a camera or a sensor installed in the building. Furthermore, the detection unit 103 may acquire GPS (Global Positioning System) information of the autonomous moving body 500, and detect that the autonomous moving body 500 has approached the elevator 11 based on that information.

[0023] The reception unit 102 receives a request to use the elevator 11 from the autonomous moving body 500. Specifically, the reception unit 102 receives the hall call signal transmitted from the call unit 502 of the autonomous moving body 500 . Furthermore, the reception unit 102 may regard the detection by the detection unit 103 as a request from the autonomous moving body 500 to the elevator 11 to use the elevator. When the detection unit 103 detects the autonomous moving body 500, the process of the reception unit 102 receiving a hall call signal from the autonomous moving body 500 may be omitted.

[0024] The user information acquisition unit 104 acquires, as user information, information about users staying on each floor of the building to which the autonomous moving body 500 moves by the elevator 11. Specifically, the user information acquisition unit 104 performs a process of acquiring user information from the elevator system 10 periodically and / or non-periodically. The user information acquisition unit 104 may acquire user information from the elevator system 10 at any timing, or may acquire user information at a timing designated by the visitor count estimation unit 105a, which will be described later. The user information acquisition unit 104 may acquire the user information periodically.

[0025] The storage unit 101 stores genre information corresponding to attributes. The attribute refers to the attribute of the user. In the present embodiment, the genre information is assumed to be notification type information indicating the genre of the notification information, but is not limited to this. By referring to the genre information corresponding to an attribute, it is possible to estimate genre information related to a user for a certain attribute. FIG. 3 shows an example of genre information corresponding to attributes stored in the storage unit 101. In FIG. Figure 3 shows the genres corresponding to each age group, as follows: "Teens: Genre A, 20s: Genre A, 30s: Genre A, 40s: Genre B, 50s: Genre B, 60s and above: Genre C." The attribute corresponding to the genre information may be a combination of multiple attributes. For example, as shown in an example of genre information corresponding to attributes stored in the storage unit 101 in FIG. 4, information may be provided that corresponds to genre information for each age group according to gender.

[0026] The destination floor selection unit 105 selects one or more floors of the building as recommended destination floors based on the user information acquired by the user information acquisition unit 104. Specifically, the number of visitors estimation unit 105a estimates the number of visitors on each floor of the building based on user information, the number of visitors by attribute estimation unit 105b estimates the number of visitors by attribute on each floor of the building, and the selection unit 105c selects one or more floors of the building as recommended destination floors based on the number of visitors or the number of visitors by attribute. Here, the number of visitors is an example of an index indicating the current status, congestion level, popularity level, or environmental state of each floor of the building. Hereinafter, the number of visitors refers to the number of users staying on each floor of the building, or the cumulative number of users who moved to each floor within a predetermined time before the reception unit 102 receives a request to use the elevator 11 from the autonomous moving body 500. The predetermined time can be set arbitrarily, such as lunch time, event time, sale time, a fixed unit time, or the like.

[0027] The visitor number estimation unit 105a estimates the number of people visiting each floor based on information about the number of people measured by the measuring device 12 installed in the elevator 11 or the elevator 11 landing, etc., which is included in the user information. Specifically, the visitor count estimation unit 105a calculates the number of visitors on each floor as the cumulative number of people who got off the elevator 11 on each floor minus the cumulative number of people who got on the elevator 11 on each floor during business hours from the building opening time to the current time. The number of people staying on the first floor is estimated by subtracting the cumulative number of people who got off elevator 11 at each floor except the first floor from the cumulative number of visitors to the building, which is included in the user information and obtained by a sensor installed near the building entrance on the first floor. Alternatively, the number of visitors estimation unit 105a calculates the number of visitors on each floor as the number of people who have boarded the elevator 11 on each floor minus the cumulative number of people who have disembarked from the elevator 11 on each floor within a specified time period. Alternatively, the visitor count estimation unit 105a may estimate only the cumulative number of people who get off the elevator 11 on each floor of the building within a predetermined time period, and may regard this as the visitor count on each floor. FIG. 5 shows an example of the estimation result estimated by the visitor number estimation unit 105a. Figure 5 shows the cumulative number of people getting off (number of people staying) at each floor per hour: 1st floor: 100 people, 2nd floor: 20 people, 3rd floor: 50 people, 4th floor: 70 people, 5th floor: 120 people. The number-of-visitors estimation unit 105a may also use the user information to estimate the standard stay time of users on each floor shown in Fig. 6 and use the estimated time to correct the number of visitors. The user information is assumed to include the alighting time. The number-of-visitors estimation unit 105a stores the alighting time along with the number of people alighting on each floor based on the user information, and corrects the number of visitors by subtracting the alighting number from the number of visitors when the standard stay time has elapsed.

[0028] The attribute-specific visitor number estimation unit 105b estimates the number of visitors on each floor by attribute based on the information on the number of people and attributes included in the user information. Specifically, the number of users staying on each floor of the building during business hours or within a predetermined time before the reception unit 102 receives a request to use the elevator 11 from the autonomous moving body 500 is estimated by attribute. FIG. 7 shows an example of the estimation result estimated by the attribute-specific visitor number estimation unit 105b. Figure 7 shows the number of people staying on each floor per hour by age group. As shown in FIG. 7, the number of visitors by age group can be summed for each floor to calculate the number of visitors on each floor, and this can be used as the same as the estimation result for each floor estimated by the visitor number estimation unit 105a. The attribute-specific visitor count estimation unit 105b may estimate the number of visitors by attribute by combining a plurality of attributes. For example, the attribute-specific visitor count estimation unit 105b may estimate the number of visitors on each floor by dividing the number of visitors by age group and gender. Furthermore, the attribute-specific visitor count estimation unit 105b may use the user information to estimate the standard stay time of users on each floor for each attribute, and use this to correct the attribute-specific visitor count. FIG. 8 shows the standard stay time for different users on a certain floor. The attribute-specific number-of-stayers estimation unit 105b stores the number of people getting off by attribute on each floor along with the time of getting off by attribute based on user information, and corrects the number of people staying by attribute by subtracting the number of people getting off by attribute from the number of people staying by attribute when the standard stay time by attribute has elapsed.

[0029] The selection unit 105c selects one or more floors of the building as recommended destination floors based on the number of visitors estimated by the visitor number estimation unit 105a. Specifically, the selection unit 105c selects, as the recommended destination floor for the autonomous moving body 500, one or more floors including the floor with the largest number of visitors estimated by the visitor number estimation unit 105a. A case where the selection unit 105c selects a recommended destination floor based on the number of people staying on each floor shown in FIG. 5 will be described. The selection unit 105c selects one or more floors including the floor with the largest number of disembarking passengers (number of passengers staying). In this case, based on the criteria "floor: 5th floor, number of people getting off (number of people staying): 120", floors that include at least the 5th floor are selected as the recommended destination floors. The selection unit 105c may select a plurality of recommended destination floors in descending order of the number of people staying on each floor. The selection unit 105c may select recommended destination floors excluding the own floor where the autonomous moving body 500 is located. The selection unit 105c may also select, as the recommended destination floors, one or more floors including the floor with the largest number of visitors from among floors where the number of visitors does not exceed a threshold. The threshold is provided to limit the movement of passengers to floors that are too crowded, and can be set arbitrarily.

[0030] The first specifying unit 106 specifies, from the storage unit, genre information corresponding to the attributes of users staying on the floor selected as the recommended destination floor. Specifically, based on the number of visitors by attribute estimated by the attribute-specific visitor number estimation unit 105b and the genre information corresponding to the attributes stored in the memory unit 101, one or more attributes are extracted in descending order of the number of visitors by attribute at the recommended destination floor, and genre information related to the extracted attributes is identified. We will explain the case where the recommended destination floor is selected as the 5th floor, and attributes that are common among users at the recommended destination floor are extracted based on the number of people staying by attribute shown in Figure 7 and the genre information corresponding to the attributes shown in Figure 3, and genre information related to the extracted attributes is identified. According to the number of guests by attribute in Figure 7, the attributes of users staying on the 5th floor are "Teens: 0 people, 20s: 10 people, 30s: 20 people, 40s: 10 people, 50s: 30 people, 60s and above: 50 people," which shows that the 5th floor has the largest number of users aged 60 and over. Next, according to the genre information corresponding to the attributes in Figure 3, "Teens: Genre A, 20s: Genre A, 30s: Genre A, 40s: Genre B, 50s: Genre B, 60s and above: Genre C," which shows that the genre associated with users aged 60 and above, who are the most numerous on the recommended destination floor, 5th floor, is Genre C.

[0031] The transmission unit 107 provides the reception unit 503 of the autonomous moving body 500 with genre information related to the recommended destination floor selected by the destination floor selection unit 105 and attributes common to users staying on the recommended destination floor. Furthermore, if the current floor is the only recommended destination floor, the transmitting unit 107 may send a current floor notification to the receiving unit 503 of the autonomous moving body 500 to notify that the current floor is the recommended destination floor.

[0032] The registration unit 108 registers the recommended destination floor selected by the destination floor selection unit 105 as the destination floor of the autonomous moving body 500 in the control unit 13 of the elevator 11 system. By the registration unit 108 registering a hall call or car call for the destination floor in the control unit 13, the elevator system 10 can dispatch a car for the autonomous mobile body 500 to board the elevator 11 and stop the car at the destination floor. In addition, if there are two or more recommended destination floors, the registration unit 108 may receive a signal from the autonomous moving body 500 specifying one of the recommended destination floors as the destination floor, and register the destination floor specified by the signal in the control unit 13 of the elevator 11.

[0033] Next, an example of processing performed by the elevator linkage device 100 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, the user information acquisition unit 104 acquires user information from the elevator system 10 (step S11). Next, when the reception unit 102 receives a request to use the elevator 11 from the autonomous moving body 500, or when the detection unit 103 detects that the autonomous moving body 500 has approached the elevator 11, the processing of the next step S13 is performed (step S12). If the reception unit 102 has not received a request from the autonomous moving body 500, or if the detection unit 103 has not detected it, the process returns to step S11, and the user information acquisition unit 104 acquires the latest user information from the elevator system 10. In step S13, the visitor number estimation unit 105a estimates the number of visitors on each floor based on the user information (step S13). The attribute-specific visitor number estimation unit 105b estimates the attribute-specific visitor number on each floor based on the user information (step S14). Next, the selection unit 105c selects a recommended destination floor for the autonomous moving body 500 based on the number of visitors on each floor estimated by the visitor number estimation unit 105a (step S15). If the recommended destination floors selected by the selection unit 105c include floors other than the current floor, the process of step S18 is performed (step S16). If the recommended destination floors selected by the selection unit 105c do not include floors other than the current floor, that is, if the recommended destination floors selected by the selection unit 105c include only the current floor, the process of step S17 is performed. If the current floor is the only recommended destination floor selected by the selection unit 105c, the transmission unit 107 notifies the autonomous moving body 500 of the current floor, and the process returns to step S11 (step S17). Next, the first identification unit 106 extracts attributes that have a large number of visitors by attribute at the recommended destination floor based on the number of visitors by attribute estimated by the attribute-specific visitor number estimation unit 105b and the genre information corresponding to the attributes stored in the memory unit 101, and identifies genre information related to the extracted attributes (step S18). The transmitting unit 107 provides the autonomous moving body 500 with the recommended destination floor selected by the selecting unit 105c and the genre information identified by the first identifying unit 106 (step S19). Next, the registration unit 108 registers the recommended destination floor as a destination floor of the autonomous moving body 500 in the control unit 13 of the elevator 11 (step S20). When there is only one recommended destination floor, the registration unit 108 registers the recommended destination floor as a destination floor in the control unit 13. When there are two or more recommended destination floors, the registration unit 108 receives a signal from the autonomous moving body 500 specifying one of the recommended destination floors as a destination floor, and registers the destination floor specified by the signal in the control unit 13. Then, the process returns to step S11.

[0034] Each component of the elevator linkage device 100 is configured by a computer including a processor 901, a memory 902, and a signal input / output unit 903, as shown in FIG. The functions of the detection unit 103, the reception unit 102, the user information acquisition unit 104, the destination floor selection unit 105, the first identification unit 106, the transmission unit 107, and the registration unit 108 are realized by this computer. That is, the computer's memory 902 stores programs (elevator linkage programs) for realizing the functions of the detection unit 103, reception unit 102, user information acquisition unit 104, destination floor selection unit 105, first identification unit 106, transmission unit 107, and registration unit 108. The information stored in the storage unit 101 is stored in the memory 902 . The processor 901 executes calculations for controlling the operation of the elevator linkage device 100 based on a program stored in the memory 902 .

[0035] As described above, the elevator linkage device 100 of embodiment 1 includes a user information acquisition unit 104 that acquires, as user information, information about users staying on each floor of the building to which the autonomous moving body 500 moves by the elevator 11; a destination floor selection unit 105 that selects one or more floors of the building as recommended destination floors based on the user information acquired by the user information acquisition unit 104; and a transmission unit 107 that provides the recommended destination floors selected by the destination floor selection unit 105 to the autonomous moving body 500. This makes it possible to select a recommended destination floor for the autonomous moving body 500 from information about users staying on each floor of the building, and to provide the autonomous moving body 500 with information about the selected recommended destination floor.

[0036] The elevator linkage device 100 is equipped with one or both of a detection unit 103 and a reception unit 102, and receives a request to use the elevator 11 from the autonomous moving body 500, and upon receiving the request, processing by the destination floor selection unit 105 is started.

[0037] The elevator linkage device 100 further includes a registration unit 108, which allows the registration unit 108 to register the recommended destination floor in the control unit 13 of the elevator system 10 as the destination floor of the autonomous moving body 500, thereby enabling the autonomous moving body 500 to be delivered to the recommended destination floor.

[0038] The elevator linkage device 100 further includes a memory unit 101 that stores attributes corresponding to genre information, and a first identification unit 106 that identifies, from the memory unit 101, genre information that corresponds to the attributes of a user staying at a floor selected as a recommended destination floor, so that genre information related to the attributes of a user staying at the recommended destination floor can be provided to the autonomous moving body 500. The autonomous moving body 500 can select notification information that is effective for the user at the destination floor based on the provided genre information.

[0039] In the above embodiment, the destination floor selection unit 105 has been described as having a number-of-visitors estimation unit 105a and a number-of-visitors-by-attribute estimation unit 105b as functions for estimating the number of visitors on each floor, but the configuration may be such that it has only one of these functions as needed. Furthermore, if the destination floor selection unit 105 has only the number-of-visitors estimation unit 105a as a function for estimating the number of visitors on each floor, the process using information related to user attributes (step S14) may be omitted.

[0040] In the above embodiment, the case where the transmission unit 107 provides the autonomous moving body 500 with the recommended destination floor selected by the selection unit 105c and the genre information identified by the first identification unit 106 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. The selection unit 105c may provide the autonomous moving body 500 with only the recommended destination floor.

[0041] In the above embodiment, the case where the user information acquisition unit 104 acquires user information from the elevator system 10 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. If information about building users can be acquired from facilities such as gates and security cameras installed in the building, the user information acquisition unit 104 may acquire that information as user information.

[0042] Embodiment 2 First, the present embodiment will be outlined functionally. When the genre of notification information to be notified is obtained from an autonomous mobile body 600 such as a digital signage robot, the elevator linkage device 200 selects a floor where many users who are related to (highly interested in) that genre stay or where many users get off as the recommended destination floor.

[0043] Next, details of the elevator linkage device 200 according to this embodiment will be described. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a functional configuration of an elevator cooperation system 2000 according to the second embodiment. As shown in FIG. 11, in the second embodiment, the elevator linkage device 200 includes a genre information acquisition unit 209 that acquires genre information from the autonomous moving body 600, and a second identification unit 210 that identifies, from the memory unit 101, an attribute corresponding to the genre information acquired by the genre information acquisition unit 209, and the selection unit 205c included in the destination floor selection unit 205 selects a recommended destination floor based on the attribute identified by the second identification unit 210 and the number of visitors by attribute, which is different from the first embodiment. Furthermore, embodiment 2 differs from embodiment 1 in that, if the genre information identified by the first identification unit 206 matches the genre information acquired by the genre information acquisition unit 209, other genre information is further identified. In addition, embodiment 2 differs from embodiment 1 in that the transmitting unit 207 provides the recommended destination floor selected by the selecting unit 205c, the genre information acquired by the genre information acquiring unit 209, and the genre information identified by the first identifying unit 206 to the receiving unit 603 of the autonomous moving body 600. The second embodiment also differs from the first embodiment in that the autonomous moving body 600 includes a genre information transmitting unit 606 that transmits, to the elevator linked device 200, genre information corresponding to the notification information to be notified. In the following explanation, the differences will be mainly described, and the same components as those in the first embodiment will be given the same reference numerals and detailed explanations will be omitted.

[0044] The autonomous moving body 600 further includes a genre information transmitting unit 606 . The genre information transmitting unit 606 transmits, to the elevator linkage device 200, genre information corresponding to the notification information to be notified. This genre information may be genre information stored in advance in the notification information storage unit of the autonomous moving body 600, or may be genre information received from a system that manages the autonomous moving body 600 or the like.

[0045] FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating in detail the functional configuration of the elevator cooperation device 200 according to the second embodiment. As shown in FIG. 12, the elevator cooperation device 200 further includes a genre information acquisition unit 209 and a second identification unit 210. Also, the selection unit 205c, the first specification unit 206, and the transmission unit 207 are different from those in the first embodiment.

[0046] The genre information acquisition unit 209 acquires, from the genre information transmission unit 606 of the autonomous moving body 600, genre information corresponding to the notification information that the autonomous moving body 600 is scheduled to notify.

[0047] The second specifying unit 210 specifies the attribute corresponding to the genre information acquired by the genre information acquiring unit 209 based on the attribute corresponding to the genre information stored in the storage unit 101 . Specifically, if the genre of the notification information scheduled to be notified by the autonomous moving body 600 is "genre C," the genre information acquisition unit 209 acquires the genre information "genre C," and the second identification unit 210 identifies the attribute corresponding to "genre C." According to the genre information (equivalent to the attributes corresponding to the genre information) corresponding to the attributes shown in Figure 3 stored in the memory unit 101, it can be seen that "Genre C" is associated with users whose attribute is "60s and above."

[0048] The selection unit 205c selects a recommended destination floor based on the attribute identified by the second identification unit 210 and the number of visitors by attribute estimated by the number-of-visitors-by-attribute estimation unit 105b. Specifically, a case will be described in which the attribute related to the age group identified by the second identification unit 210 is "60s and above" and the selection unit 205c selects a recommended destination floor using the number of visitors by attribute on each floor shown in Figure 7. Looking at the number of visitors by attribute shown in Figure 7, looking at the number of visitors on each floor with the attribute "60s and up," the results are "1st floor: 0 people, 2nd floor: 0 people, 3rd floor: 10 people, 4th floor: 0 people, 5th floor: 50 people." The selection unit 205c sets floors including at least the fifth floor, which is estimated to be where many users with the attribute "age 60 and over" identified by the second identification unit 210 are staying, as recommended destination floors.

[0049] The first specifying unit 206 specifies, from the storage unit, genre information corresponding to the attributes of users staying on the floor selected as the recommended destination floor. Specifically, based on the number of visitors by attribute estimated by the attribute-specific visitor number estimation unit 105b and the genre information corresponding to the attributes stored in the memory unit 101, one or more attributes are extracted in descending order of the number of visitors by attribute at the recommended destination floor, and genre information related to the extracted attributes is identified. If the identified genre information matches the genre information acquired by the genre information acquisition unit 209, other genre information is further identified. Specifically, attributes are extracted in descending order of the number of people staying by attribute at the recommended destination floor, and the process of identifying genre information related to the extracted attributes is repeated until genre information other than the genre information acquired by the genre information acquisition unit 209 can be identified.

[0050] The transmitting unit 207 provides the receiving unit 603 of the autonomous mobile body 600 with the recommended destination floor selected by the selecting unit 205c, the genre information acquired by the genre information acquiring unit 209, and the genre information related to attributes common to users staying at the recommended destination floor identified by the first identifying unit 206.

[0051] Next, an example of processing performed by the elevator linkage device 200 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. The processing contents shown in FIG. 13 differ from those in embodiment 1 in the processing by the genre information acquisition unit 209, the second identification unit 210, and the selection unit 205c that is performed after the processing by the visitor count estimation unit 105a (step S13) and the processing by the attribute-based visitor count estimation unit 105b (step S14). The visitor count estimation unit 105a estimates the number of visitors on each floor (step S13), and the attribute-specific visitor count estimation unit 105b estimates the attribute-specific visitor count on each floor (step S13). After that, the genre information acquisition unit 209 acquires genre information from the autonomous moving body 600, and the process proceeds to the next step S22 (step S21). If the genre information acquisition unit 209 has not acquired genre information, the process proceeds to the processing of step S23. Next, the second specifying unit 210 specifies the attribute corresponding to the genre information acquired by the genre information acquiring unit 209, based on the attribute corresponding to the genre information stored in the storage unit 101 (step S22). Next, the selection unit 205c selects a recommended destination floor based on the attribute identified by the second identification unit 210 and the number of visitors by attribute estimated by the number-of-visitors-by-attribute estimation unit 105b (step S23). Note that if the genre information acquisition unit 209 has not acquired genre information, the selection unit 205c selects a recommended destination floor based on the number of visitors on each floor estimated by the number-of-visitors estimation unit 105a. Next, the first identification unit 206 identifies, from the storage unit 101, genre information corresponding to the attributes of users staying at the floor selected as the recommended destination floor (step S24). If the extracted genre information matches the genre information acquired by the genre information acquisition unit 209, other genre information is further identified. The transmitting unit 207 provides the receiving unit 603 of the autonomous moving body 600 with the recommended destination floor selected by the selecting unit 205c, the genre information acquired by the genre information acquiring unit 209, and the genre information related to attributes common to users staying at the recommended destination floor identified by the first identifying unit 206 (step S25). Other processing basically conforms to the explanation in the first embodiment.

[0052] As described above, the elevator linkage device 200 of embodiment 2 includes a user information acquisition unit 104 that acquires, as user information, information about users staying on each floor of the building to which the autonomous moving body 600 moves by the elevator 11; a destination floor selection unit 205 that selects one or more floors of the building as recommended destination floors based on the user information acquired by the user information acquisition unit 104; and a transmission unit 207 that provides the recommended destination floors selected by the destination floor selection unit 205 to the autonomous moving body 600. This makes it possible to select a recommended destination floor for the autonomous moving body 600 from information about users staying on each floor of the building, and to provide the autonomous moving body 600 with information about the selected recommended destination floor.

[0053] In addition, the elevator linkage device 200 of embodiment 2 includes a memory unit 101 that stores attributes corresponding to genre information, a genre information acquisition unit 209 that acquires genre information from the autonomous moving body 600, and a second identification unit 210 that identifies attributes corresponding to the genre information acquired by the genre information acquisition unit 209 from the memory unit 101. This allows the autonomous moving body 600 to select, as a recommended destination floor, a floor where many users who are related to the genre of the notification information to be notified are staying, and provide information on the selected recommended destination floor to the autonomous moving body 600. The autonomous moving body 600 can move to a floor where many users who are highly interested in the notification information to be notified are staying.

[0054] In the above embodiment, the case where the transmitting unit 207 provides the autonomous moving body 600 with the recommended destination floor selected by the selection unit 205c, the genre information acquired by the genre information acquisition unit 209, and the genre information identified by the first identification unit 206 has been described, but this is not limited to this. The transmitting unit 207 may provide only the recommended destination floors to the autonomous moving body 600. In this case, the process by the first identifying unit 206 (step S24) may be omitted. Alternatively, the transmitting unit 207 may provide the autonomous moving body 600 with the recommended destination floor and information obtained by excluding the genre information acquired by the genre information acquiring unit 209 from the genre information identified by the first identifying unit 206. When the autonomous moving body 600 receives a plurality of genre information, the autonomous moving body 600 may alternately notify the plurality of genre information.

[0055] Various aspects of the present disclosure are summarized below as appendices. (Appendix 1) a user information acquisition unit that acquires, as user information, information about users staying on each floor of a building to which the autonomous moving body moves by elevator; a destination floor selection unit that selects one or more floors of the building as recommended destination floors based on the user information acquired by the user information acquisition unit; a transmission unit that provides the autonomous moving body with the recommended destination floor selected by the destination floor selection unit; An elevator linkage device comprising: (Appendix 2) The destination floor selection unit, a visitor number estimation unit that estimates the number of visitors on each floor of the building based on the user information acquired by the user information acquisition unit; A selection unit that selects one or more floors of the building as the recommended destination floor based on the number of visitors estimated by the visitor number estimation unit; 2. The elevator linkage device according to claim 1, (Appendix 3) 3. The elevator linkage device according to claim 1, wherein the selection unit selects the recommended destination floor from among floors where the number of people staying does not exceed a threshold. (Appendix 4) 4. The elevator linkage device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the user information acquisition unit acquires, as the user information, information including at least one of the number of people measured by a measuring device installed in the elevator and the number of people measured by a measuring device installed in the landing. (Appendix 5) The elevator linkage device according to any one of appendixes 1 to 4, wherein the destination floor selection unit estimates the number of people getting off the elevator at each floor of the building based on the user information acquired by the user information acquisition unit, and selects one or more floors of the building as recommended destination floors based on the number of people getting off. (Appendix 6) the user information acquisition unit acquires information regarding the number and attributes of the users as the user information; The destination floor selection unit, The building further includes an attribute-specific visitor number estimation unit that estimates the number of visitors by attribute on each floor of the building based on the user information acquired by the user information acquisition unit, 6. The elevator linkage device according to claim 1, wherein the selection unit selects the recommended destination floor based on the number of visitors by attribute estimated by the number-of-visitors-by-attribute estimation unit. (Appendix 7) a storage unit that stores genre information corresponding to the attribute; a first identification unit that identifies, from the storage unit, genre information corresponding to the attributes of the user staying at the floor selected as the recommended destination floor; Equipped with 7. The elevator linkage device according to claim 1, wherein the transmission unit provides the genre information identified by the first identification unit to the autonomous moving body. (Appendix 8) a storage unit that stores attributes corresponding to genre information; a genre information acquisition unit that acquires genre information from the autonomous moving body; a second specifying unit that specifies, from the storage unit, an attribute corresponding to the genre information acquired by the genre information acquiring unit; Equipped with 8. The elevator linkage device according to claim 1, wherein the selection unit selects the recommended destination floor based on the attribute identified by the second identification unit and the number of visitors by attribute. (Appendix 9) a reception unit that receives a request to use the elevator from the autonomous moving body, 9. The elevator linkage device according to claim 1, wherein the destination floor selection unit selects the recommended destination floor in response to the reception unit receiving the utilization request. (Appendix 10) a detection unit that detects that the autonomous moving body has approached the elevator, The elevator linkage device according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the reception unit considers the detection by the detection unit to be the request for use. (Appendix 11) a registration unit that registers the recommended destination floor selected by the destination floor selection unit in the elevator as a destination floor of the autonomous moving body, 11. The elevator linkage device according to claim 1, wherein, when there are two or more recommended destination floors, the registration unit receives a signal from the autonomous moving body specifying one of the recommended destination floors as a destination floor, and registers the destination floor specified by the signal in the elevator. (Appendix 12) An elevator linkage device according to any one of appendixes 1 to 11; The elevator; An elevator linkage system equipped with: (Appendix 13) An elevator linkage device according to any one of appendixes 1 to 11; The elevator; the autonomous moving body; An elevator linkage system equipped with: (Appendix 14) a receiving unit for obtaining information regarding a recommended destination floor including one or more floors of a building; An autonomous moving body that moves to any one of the one or more floors included in the recommended destination floors acquired by the receiving unit. (Appendix 15) a destination floor determination unit that determines one of the recommended destination floors as a destination floor when there are two or more recommended destination floors; 15. The autonomous moving body according to claim 14, wherein the destination floor determination unit transmits a signal specifying the destination floor. (Appendix 16) a notification unit that notifies users of the building of notification information; a genre information transmitting unit that transmits genre information of the notification information to be notified by the notification unit; 16. The autonomous moving body according to claim 14, wherein the receiving unit acquires information about a recommended destination floor identified from the genre information. (Appendix 17) acquiring, as user information, information about users staying on each floor of a building to which the autonomous moving body moves by elevator; selecting one or more floors of the building as recommended destination floors based on the user information; providing the recommended destination floor to the autonomous moving body; An elevator linkage method comprising: (Appendix 18) acquiring, as user information, information about users staying on each floor of a building to which the autonomous moving body moves by elevator; selecting one or more floors of the building as recommended destination floors based on the user information; providing the recommended destination floor to the autonomous moving body; An elevator linkage program that causes a computer to execute the above. [Explanation of symbols]

[0056] 10. Elevator System 11 Elevator 12 Measuring equipment 13 Control Unit 100 Elevator linkage device 101 Storage section 102 Reception 103 Detection unit 104 User information acquisition department 105 Destination Floor Selection Section 105a Estimation of the number of visitors 105b Estimation of number of visitors by attribute 105c Selection Department 106 First Specific Part 107 Transmitter 108 Registration Department 200 Elevator Linkage Device 205 Destination Floor Selection Section 205c Selection Department 206 First Specific Part 207 Transmitter 209 Genre Information Acquisition Unit 210 Second Specific Part 500 Autonomous Mobile Vehicles 501 Information Department 502 Caller 503 Receiving Unit 504 Communications Department 505 Destination Floor Determination Unit 600 Autonomous Mobile Vehicles 603 Receiving unit 606 Genre Information Transmission Unit 901 processor 902 memory 903 Signal Input / Output Section 1000 Elevator Linkage System 2000 Elevator Linkage System

Claims

1. a user information acquisition unit that acquires, as user information, information about users staying on each floor of a building to which the autonomous moving body moves by elevator; a destination floor selection unit that selects one or more floors of the building as recommended destination floors based on the user information acquired by the user information acquisition unit; a transmission unit that provides the autonomous moving body with the recommended destination floor selected by the destination floor selection unit; An elevator linkage device comprising:

2. The destination floor selection unit, a visitor number estimation unit that estimates the number of visitors on each floor of the building based on the user information acquired by the user information acquisition unit; A selection unit that selects one or more floors of the building as the recommended destination floor based on the number of visitors estimated by the visitor number estimation unit; The elevator linkage device according to claim 1 ,

3. The elevator cooperation device according to claim 2 , wherein the selection unit selects the recommended destination floor from among floors where the number of people staying does not exceed a threshold value.

4. 2. The elevator linkage device according to claim 1, wherein the user information acquisition unit acquires, as the user information, information including at least one of a number of people measured by a measuring device installed in the elevator and a number of people measured by a measuring device installed in a landing.

5. 5. The elevator linkage device according to claim 4, wherein the destination floor selection unit estimates the number of people getting off the elevator at each floor of the building based on the user information acquired by the user information acquisition unit, and selects one or more floors of the building as recommended destination floors based on the number of people getting off.

6. the user information acquisition unit acquires information regarding the number and attributes of the users as the user information; The destination floor selection unit further includes an attribute-specific visitor number estimation unit that estimates the number of visitors by attribute on each floor of the building based on the user information acquired by the user information acquisition unit, The elevator cooperation device according to claim 2 , wherein the selection unit selects the recommended destination floor based on the attribute-specific visitor numbers estimated by the attribute-specific visitor number estimation unit.

7. a storage unit that stores genre information corresponding to the attribute; a first identification unit that identifies, from the storage unit, genre information corresponding to the attributes of the user staying at the floor selected as the recommended destination floor; Equipped with The elevator linkage device according to claim 6 , wherein the transmission unit provides the genre information identified by the first identification unit to the autonomous moving body.

8. a storage unit that stores attributes corresponding to genre information; a genre information acquisition unit that acquires genre information from the autonomous moving body; a second specifying unit that specifies, from the storage unit, an attribute corresponding to the genre information acquired by the genre information acquiring unit; Equipped with The elevator cooperation device according to claim 6 , wherein the selection unit selects the recommended destination floor based on the attribute identified by the second identification unit and the number of visitors by attribute.

9. a reception unit that receives a request to use the elevator from the autonomous moving body, The elevator cooperation device according to claim 1 , wherein the destination floor selection unit selects the recommended destination floor in response to the reception unit receiving the utilization request.

10. a detection unit that detects that the autonomous moving body has approached the elevator, The elevator linkage device according to claim 9, wherein the reception unit regards the detection by the detection unit as the use request.

11. a registration unit that registers the recommended destination floor selected by the destination floor selection unit in the elevator as a destination floor of the autonomous moving body, 10. The elevator linkage device according to claim 9, wherein, when there are two or more recommended destination floors, the registration unit receives a signal from the autonomous moving body specifying one of the recommended destination floors as a destination floor, and registers the destination floor specified by the signal in the elevator.

12. The elevator linkage device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, The elevator; An elevator linkage system equipped with:

13. The elevator linkage device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, The elevator; the autonomous moving body; An elevator linkage system equipped with:

14. a receiving unit for obtaining information regarding a recommended destination floor including one or more floors of a building; An autonomous moving body that moves to any one of the one or more floors included in the recommended destination floors acquired by the receiving unit.

15. a destination floor determination unit that, when there are two or more recommended destination floors, determines one of the recommended destination floors as a destination floor; The autonomous moving body according to claim 14 , wherein the destination floor determination unit transmits a signal specifying the destination floor.

16. a notification unit that notifies users of the building of notification information; a genre information transmitting unit that transmits genre information of the notification information to be notified by the notification unit; The autonomous moving body according to claim 14 or 15, wherein the receiving unit acquires information relating to a recommended destination floor identified from the genre information.

17. acquiring, as user information, information about users staying on each floor of a building to which the autonomous moving body moves by elevator; selecting one or more floors of the building as recommended destination floors based on the user information; providing the recommended destination floor to the autonomous moving body; An elevator linkage method comprising:

18. acquiring, as user information, information about users staying on each floor of a building to which the autonomous moving body moves by elevator; selecting one or more floors of the building as recommended destination floors based on the user information; providing the recommended destination floor to the autonomous moving body; An elevator linkage program that causes a computer to execute the above.

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