Elevator control system and control method for elevator control system

Abstract

To enable an attention user to get on and off an elevator smoothly by notifying users in a car in advance that considerations are needed for securing a space for an attention user to get on and off the elevator and avoiding collision with the attention user.SOLUTION: An elevator control system (100) includes: a reception part (111) for receiving registration of a car stop destination floor call; a determination part (112) for determining whether a user is an attention user using a riding space of a predetermined space or more; a congestion information acquisition part (113) for acquiring congestion information indicating a degree of congestion in a car (61); an assignment part (114) for assigning an attention elevator, which is an elevator capable of securing a riding space, in response to the car stop destination floor call by the attention user; and a presentation control part (115) for causing information on the attention user's getting on and off plan to be presented in the car (61) 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] Conventionally, elevators may be used by users who occupy a space larger than that of a single person. Patent Document 1 discloses a configuration for allowing a wheelchair, a baby stroller, a shopping cart, or the like to board an elevator. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] JP 2020-109039 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] There is room for further improvement in the comfort of passengers who occupy a large space when using an elevator. [Means for solving the problem]

[0005] In order to solve the above problems, an elevator control system according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a reception unit that receives registrations of hall destination floor calls by users of the elevator, a determination unit that determines whether the user is a noted user who will be using 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, an allocation unit that identifies a noted elevator that is a elevator that can secure the boarding space based on the congestion information and assigns the noted elevator to the hall destination floor call by the noted user, and a presentation control unit that causes information regarding the boarding and disembarking plans of the noted user to be presented in the cage of the noted elevator.

[0006] In addition, a control method of an elevator control system according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a reception step of receiving a registration of a hall destination floor call by a user using the elevator, a determination step of determining whether the user is a noted user who will be using 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, an allocation step of identifying a noted elevator which is a elevator that can secure the boarding space based on the congestion information and assigning the noted elevator to the hall destination floor call by the noted user, and a presentation control step of presenting information regarding the boarding and alighting plans of the noted user in the cage of the noted elevator.

[0007] 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

[0008] According to one aspect of the present invention, passengers in the elevator can be informed in advance that they need to take care to ensure space for the noted user to board and disembark and to avoid collisions with the noted user, thereby enabling the noted user to board and disembark smoothly. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0009] [Figure 1] 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an elevator control system according to a first embodiment. [Diagram 2] FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of an allocation information DB. [Diagram 3] FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of presentation information in a certain car. [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 inside a car of a certain car as viewed from above. [Figure 6] 1 is a schematic diagram for explaining an example of a situation in which information regarding the boarding and alighting schedule of a noted user is presented in an elevator control system. FIG. [Figure 7] FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of the state inside the car of a target car. [Figure 8] 13 is a diagram showing an example of a presentation made by a platform presentation device of a floor included in the boarding section of a noted user. FIG. [Figure 9] 13 is an example of a screen to be presented on a display unit of the destination floor registration device. [Figure 10] 3 is a sequence diagram showing an example of a flow of processing (control method) performed by the elevator control system. FIG. [Figure 11] 4 is a flowchart showing an example of a flow of a process (control method) performed by the elevator control system. [Figure 12] FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an elevator control system according to a second embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0010] [Embodiment] <Elevator control system 100> An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below. Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an elevator control system 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Fig. 1, the elevator control system 100 includes a group management control device 1, a destination floor registration device 2, an imaging device 3, a hall presentation device 4, an elevator control device 5, and an elevator 6.

[0011] The elevator control system 100 is a system that notifies passengers in the car 61 that the noted user is scheduled to use of the elevator. In this specification, the noted user refers to a user who uses a boarding space larger than the boarding space used by a general user on average. The 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

[0012] 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 uses a large boarding space and can move between floors using the elevator 6.

[0013] The elevator control system 100 may include one or more of each of the devices. As shown in FIG. 1, the destination floor registration device 2, the imaging device 3, and the hall presentation device 4 may be provided on each floor of the building where the elevator 6 is provided, or a plurality of devices may be provided on one floor. In this embodiment, a configuration in which a plurality of destination floor registration devices 2, imaging devices 3, hall presentation devices 4, elevator control devices 5, and elevators 6 are provided will be described as an example. In particular, in this embodiment, a configuration in which at least one destination floor registration device 2, imaging device 3, and hall presentation device 4 are provided on each floor from the first floor to the Xth floor, which is the top floor, of the building where the elevator 6 is provided will be described as an example.

[0014] The elevator control system 100 accepts registration of a hall destination floor call by a user using the elevator 6, and determines whether or not the user is a noted user who uses a boarding space of a predetermined size or more in the cage 61 of the elevator 6. If the user is a noted user, the elevator control system 100 acquires congestion information indicating the degree of congestion in the cage 61, identifies the noted car which is a car that can secure boarding space based on the congestion information, and assigns the noted car to the hall destination floor call by the noted user. The elevator control system 100 also presents information regarding the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user in the cage 61 of the noted car.

[0015] According to the above configuration, the passengers already in the car 61 of the car in which the noted user is to board can know the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user, who is a large user who requires a certain amount of boarding space or more. This makes it possible to inform the passengers in the car 61 in advance that they need to take care to secure space for the noted user to board and alight and to avoid collisions with the noted user, thereby enabling the noted user to board and alight smoothly.

[0016] <Destination floor registration device 2> The destination floor registration device 2 is a device used by a user to register a landing destination floor call. The destination floor registration device 2 may be provided at the landing of each floor. Also, multiple destination floor registration devices 2 may be provided on one floor. Also, a terminal device such as a smartphone carried by a user may have the function of the destination floor registration device 2.

[0017] As shown in Fig. 1, the destination floor registration device 2 includes an input unit 21 and a display unit 22. The input unit 21 may be a device such as a touch panel, and accepts an operation by a user to register a landing destination floor call, for example, an operation to input a destination floor. The destination floor registration device 2 transmits a signal indicating the operation accepted by the input unit 21 to the group management control device 1. The display unit 22 may be a display device such as a display provided in the destination floor registration device 2 used by the user to make a landing destination floor call, or may be a touch panel that also functions as the input unit 21.

[0018] When a user performs an input operation on the input unit 21, the destination floor registration device 2 identifies information related to the landing destination floor call based on the input operation, and transmits it to the group management control device 1. For example, the destination floor registration device 2 transmits information indicating the destination floor input by the user to the group management control device 1. Each destination floor registration device 2 is assigned identification information for identifying each destination floor registration device 2. The destination floor registration device 2 transmits the identification information of the destination floor registration device 2 to the group management control device 1, in addition to the information indicating the destination floor.

[0019] The destination floor registration device 2 transmits the identification information of the destination floor registration device 2 in addition to the information indicating the destination floor, so that the group management control device 1 can identify the destination floor registration device 2 on which the operation for calling the hall destination floor has been performed based on the identification information. Also, the departure floor of the user is identified based on the floor on which the destination floor registration device 2 is installed.

[0020] When the destination floor registration device 2 is a terminal device of the user, the destination floor registration device 2 also transmits to the group management control device 1 information indicating the departure floor of the user.

[0021] Furthermore, the destination floor registration device 2 may identify attributes of the user, such as whether the user is a wheelchair user or a cart user, and transmit information indicating the identified attributes to the group management control device 1.

[0022] The display unit 22 displays the elevator number assigned to the landing destination floor call to the user who registered the landing destination floor call. Specifically, when the display unit 22 receives information indicating the allocation result for the landing destination floor call from the group management control device 1, the display unit 22 displays the information. When the information received from the group management control device 1 includes information indicating the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user, the display unit 22 displays the information indicating the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user in addition to the information indicating the allocation result.

[0023] The following describes the processing that is performed when a target elevator is assigned to a new platform destination floor call that includes at least a departure floor or a destination floor in the boarding section of the target user and that is accepted by the reception unit 111 after the target elevator call by the target user is registered and before the target elevator is used by the target elevator. "The target elevator uses the target elevator" refers to the period from when the target elevator boards the car 61 of the target elevator until when the target elevator disembarks. Also, "after the target elevator call by the target elevator is registered and before the target elevator is used by the target elevator" refers to the period from when the target elevator is assigned to the target elevator call by the target elevator until when the target elevator completes disembarking from the car 61.

[0024] If a new hall / destination floor call by another user is registered between the time when a noted elevator is assigned to the hall / destination floor call by the noted user and the time when the noted user completes disembarking from the car 61, the display unit 22 displays information indicating the boarding / disembarking schedule of the noted user. The information indicating the boarding / disembarking schedule of the noted user includes the departure floor of the noted user and the destination floor of the noted user.

[0025] According to the above configuration, a user who plans to use the same car 61 as the noted user can be notified in advance of the boarding and alighting plans of the noted user in the car 61 of the car that the user plans to board.

[0026] Furthermore, the information indicating the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user may include information indicating the attributes of the noted user, such as a wheelchair user, a cart user, or a stroller user, for example, a mark indicating the attributes of the noted user. This makes it possible to inform users who plan to use the same car 61 as the noted user of the type of noted user who plans to use the car 61 in advance.

[0027] <Imaging device 3> The imaging device 3 is a device such as a camera that captures an image of the platform. The imaging device 3 may be provided at the platform of each floor. Furthermore, multiple imaging devices 3 may be provided on one floor. For example, one imaging device 3 may be provided for one destination floor registration device 2. The imaging device 3 captures an image of at least a range that allows the size of a user operating the input unit 21 of the destination floor registration device 2 to be identified. The imaging device 3 transmits a platform image, which is an image of the captured platform, to the group management control device 1.

[0028] <Platform display device 4> The platform presentation device 4 is a device such as a display capable of presenting information to users at the platform of the elevator 6, and performs display based on information received from the group management control device 1. The platform presentation device 4 may be provided at the platform of each floor. Also, multiple platform presentation devices 4 may be provided on one floor. For example, one platform presentation device 4 may be provided on one floor, or one platform presentation device 4 may be provided for one elevator 6. When one platform presentation device 4 is provided for one elevator 6, for example, the platform presentation device 4 may be provided above the door of each elevator 6.

[0029] In the elevator control system 100, when a landing destination floor call by the noted user is registered, the landing presentation device 4 provided at a floor included in the boarding section of the noted user displays information indicating the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user. The information indicating the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user includes information indicating that the noted user plans to board, the departure floor of the noted user, and the destination floor of the noted user. With this configuration, the car 61 can notify in advance users present at a landing at a floor included in the boarding section of the noted user of the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user.

[0030] Furthermore, the platform presentation device 4 provided at a floor included in the boarding section of the noted user may further display attribute information indicating the attributes of the noted user. Specifically, the platform presentation device 4 may display a mark indicating the attributes of the noted user, such as a wheelchair user, a cart user, or a stroller user. With this configuration, it is possible to inform users present at the platform at the destination floor of the noted user of the attributes of the noted user who will use car 61 of the noted car in advance.

[0031] When a hall destination floor call by a user is registered in the elevator control system 100 and information indicating the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user is displayed on the display unit 22 of the destination floor registration device 2, the information may also be displayed on the hall presentation device 4. In addition, when a hall destination floor call by a noted user is registered, the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user may be displayed on the display unit 22 of the destination floor registration device 2 as well as the hall presentation device 4.

[0032] <Elevator control device 5 and elevator 6> The elevator control device 5 receives information about the hall / destination floor call for which registration has been completed from the group management control device 1. The information about the hall / destination floor call for which registration has been completed includes information indicating the number of the assigned elevator 6, the departure floor, and the destination floor. The elevator control device 5 controls the operation of the elevator 6 based on the information.

[0033] The elevator 6 moves the car 61 between floors and opens and closes the doors under the control of the elevator control device 5. As shown in Fig. 1, the elevator 6 includes a display unit 62 capable of displaying information such as the current position and moving direction of the car 61, an imaging unit 63, and an in-car display device 64. The imaging unit 63 is a camera that captures images of the inside of the car 61. The imaging unit 63 may capture images of the inside of the car 61 from the ceiling of the car 61, for example. The elevator control device 5 transmits the images captured by the imaging unit 63 to the group management control device 1.

[0034] The in-car presentation device 64 is a device such as a display or a speaker that operates under the control of the elevator control device 5 and can notify a user in the car 61 of a car number of a message. For example, the in-car presentation device 64 presents information indicating the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user to the user in the car 61 during the period from when the noted user completes registration of a hall destination floor call by the noted user to when the noted user completes use of the elevator 6. The information indicating the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user includes information indicating the departure floor and destination floor of the noted user. Note that the information indicating the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user may include a mark indicating the attributes of the noted user. The elevator control device 5 controls the in-car presentation device 64 to notify a message based on the information received from the group management control device 1.

[0035] <Group management control device 1> The group management control device 1 receives hall destination floor calls, assigns elevators based on the received hall destination floor calls, and based on the assignment results, instructs the elevator control device 5 to control the movement of the elevator 6. The group management control device 1 also acquires the operating status of the elevator 6, and manages the registered hall destination floor calls based on the operating status.

[0036] The group management control device 1 causes information regarding the boarding and alighting plans of the noted user to be presented in the cage 61 of the noted vehicle, at the platform presentation device 4 of a floor included in the boarding section of the noted user, and at the destination floor registration device 2 operated by a user who has registered a new platform destination floor call to which the noted vehicle is assigned.

[0037] As shown in FIG. 1, the group management control device 1 includes a control unit 11, a storage unit 12, and an input / output interface 13.

[0038] The storage unit 12 stores various information used in the group management control device 1. As shown in Fig. 1, the storage unit 12 stores an allocation information DB (database) 121 and presentation information 122. The allocation information DB 121 stores information related to hall / destination floor calls that have been registered.

[0039] FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the allocation information DB 121. As shown in FIG. 2, the allocation information DB 121 stores information indicating an assigned elevator, a boarding type, a departure floor, and a destination floor in association with each other as information related to a hall-destination floor call for which registration has been completed. The boarding type is information indicating whether a person using the elevator 6 is a general user who is not a noted user, or a noted user. The boarding type may further include information indicating attributes of the noted user. In the example shown in FIG. 2, information indicated by reference numeral 201 is information related to a hall-destination floor call by a noted user.

[0040] Fig. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the presentation information 122 in a car having an elevator 6. The presentation information 122 is information showing a presentation status of information related to the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user in the elevator 6 and at the landing. As shown in Fig. 3, the presentation information 122 is stored in association with information showing the boarding status of the noted user in the car 61 of the car, information showing a presentation status of information related to the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user in the car 61, and information showing a floor where the landing presentation device 4 is installed on which the information related to the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user is presented. The storage unit 12 stores the presentation information 122 of each car of the elevators 6 included in the elevator control system 100.

[0041] The memory unit 12 may also store information indicating the status of each elevator 6, for example, information indicating the floor (stopping floor or passing floor) on which the car 61 of each elevator is located and the current direction of movement.

[0042] The input / output interface 13 is a communication module for transmitting and receiving information between the group management control device 1 and each device included in the elevator control system 100.

[0043] The control unit 11 executes each process performed 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, and a presentation control unit 115. Each processing unit included in the control unit 11 will be described in detail below.

[0044] (Reception Department 111) The reception unit 111 accepts the registration of a landing destination floor call by a user who uses the elevator 6. When the user operates the destination floor registration device 2, the reception unit 111 receives information including the destination floor and identification information of the destination floor registration device 2 from the destination floor registration device 2. Upon receiving this information, the reception unit 111 accepts the registration of the landing destination floor call. Specifically, upon receiving the information, the reception unit 111 identifies the operated destination floor registration device 2 based on the identification information, and further identifies the departure floor of the user based on the floor on which the identified destination floor registration device 2 is located. In addition, the reception unit 111 outputs information related to the received landing destination floor call to each unit of the control unit 11.

[0045] (Judgment unit 112) The determination unit 112 determines whether or not the user who has made the hall destination floor call is a noted user who uses a boarding space of a predetermined size or more in the car 61 of the elevator 6. For example, the determination unit 112 determines whether or not the user who has registered the hall destination floor call is a noted user based on a hall image, which is an image obtained by capturing the hall of the elevator 6.

[0046] Specifically, when the determination unit 112 obtains information indicating that the registration of the landing destination floor call has been received from the reception unit 111, the determination unit 112 obtains a landing image captured by the imaging device 3 provided on the floor where the landing destination floor call was made. The landing image includes at least an image showing a user who operated the destination floor registration device 2 at the landing. The determination unit 112 identifies a user who is operating the destination floor registration device 2 or is located near the destination floor registration device 2, that is, a user who has registered the landing destination floor call, based on the landing image. For example, the determination unit 112 determines a user who is located closest to the input unit 21 of the destination floor registration device 2 as the user who has registered the landing call.

[0047] Furthermore, the determination unit 112 identifies the boarding space of the user who has registered the hall destination floor call. For example, the determination unit 112 identifies the boarding space of the user from a hall image. When the determination unit 112 determines whether the user is a noted user from a hall image, the boarding space of the user may be a range indicating the area of ​​the user recognized based on the image, or may be a range that is somewhat expanded from the range recognized based on the image in order to provide a spacious area for the user to use.

[0048] 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.

[0049] 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 user P1 in Fig. 4, the determination unit 112 determines that the user P1 who has registered the hall destination floor call is a noted user Q who uses a boarding space of a predetermined size or larger in the car 41.

[0050] 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 boarding hall destination floor call is not a noted user Q who uses a boarding space of a predetermined size or larger within the cage 41.

[0051] According to the above configuration, the determination unit 112 can more reliably identify that the landing-destination floor call has been made by the noted user. This reduces the possibility that a landing-destination floor call of a user who is not actually the noted user is registered as the noted user, and an unnecessary notification is sent to the user in the car 61.

[0052] (Congestion information acquisition unit 113) The congestion information acquisition unit 113 acquires congestion information indicating the degree of congestion in the car 61. The congestion information is information indicating the extent to which the car 61 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 61. 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 6.

[0053] The congestion information acquisition unit 113 acquires congestion information calculated based on an image captured inside the car 61 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 61 from the imaging unit 63 provided in the car 61 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 61 where no users are present and which is an area available when the noted user gets into the car 61.

[0054] Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the state when the inside of a car 61 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 61 from the area of ​​the entire car 61 (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 61 where no users are present is not limited to the above-mentioned one, and other methods may be used.

[0055] The congestion information acquisition unit 113 acquires congestion information in the car 61 of each elevator, and outputs the acquired congestion information to the allocation unit 114 .

[0056] The congestion information acquisition unit 113 can acquire congestion information indicating an accurate degree of congestion in the car 61 by using an image captured inside the car 61 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.

[0057] (Allocation unit 114) When the allocation unit 114 acquires information related to the hall / destination floor call received from the reception unit 111, the allocation unit 114 allocates a car to the hall / destination floor 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 has registered the hall / destination floor call is a noted user.

[0058] When the user who has registered the hall destination floor call is the noted user, the allocation unit 114 identifies a car of interest that can secure a boarding space based on the congestion information, and allocates the car of interest to the hall destination floor call by the noted user. When the user who has registered the hall destination floor call is the noted user, the allocation unit 114 acquires congestion information of each car of the elevator 6 from the congestion information acquisition unit 113. The allocation unit 114 identifies a car of interest that can secure a boarding space to be used by the noted user, based on the acquired congestion information. Specifically, the allocation unit 114 refers to the congestion information of each car, the allocation information DB 121, and the operating status of each car, and selects 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 as the noted car.

[0059] The allocation unit 114 allocates the identified target car to the hall / destination floor call by the target user. When multiple cars correspond to the target car, the allocation unit 114 allocates the optimal car among the target cars.

[0060] If the user who registered the hall destination floor call is not the noted user, the allocation unit 114 performs allocation based on the allocation information DB 121 and the operation status of each car. For the allocation at this time, an allocation method based on the commonly used selective collective operation may be used.

[0061] After performing the allocation, the allocation unit 114 updates the allocation information DB 121 based on the allocation result. In addition, the allocation unit 114 outputs information indicating the allocation result to the presentation control unit 115.

[0062] (Presentation control unit 115) The presentation control unit 115 controls each unit of the elevator control system 100 to present appropriate information. The presentation control unit 115 also controls each unit of the elevator control system 100 to erase the information presented by the unit.

[0063] For example, when a hall destination floor call by the noted user is registered, the presentation control unit 115 acquires information indicating the allocation result for the hall destination floor call of the noted user from the allocation unit 114. Upon acquiring the information, the presentation control unit 115 selects information regarding the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user as information to be presented in the car 61 of the noted car assigned to the hall destination floor call. The presentation control unit 115 transmits the selected information to the elevator control device 5 that controls the noted car. As a result, the in-car presentation device 64 in the car 61 of the noted car presents information regarding the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user to the users in the car 61.

[0064] The information regarding boarding and alighting plans may include information indicating that the noted user plans to board the car 61 of the noted car, and information indicating the floor on which the noted user plans to board. In addition, the presentation control unit 115 may display attribute information indicating the attributes of the noted user, for example, a mark indicating the attributes of the noted user, in the car 61 of the noted car.

[0065] In addition, when the noted user has completed use of the elevator 6, the presentation control unit 115 may erase the information presented in the car 61. Specifically, when the car 61 of the noted car in which the noted user is riding stops at any floor, the presentation control unit 115 judges whether or not the floor is the destination floor of the noted user. If the floor is the destination floor of the noted user, the presentation control unit 115 refers to the presentation information 122 and judges whether or not the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user is presented in the car 61. If the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user is presented, the presentation control unit 115 transmits information to the elevator control device 5 that controls the noted car to instruct the erasure of information related to the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user. As a result, the presentation device 64 in the car of the noted car ends the presentation of information related to the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user.

[0066] Furthermore, when a hall destination floor call by the noted user is registered, the presentation control unit 115 may cause the hall presentation device 4 of a floor included in the boarding section of the noted user to present the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user. Specifically, when a hall destination floor call by the noted user is registered, the presentation control unit 115 acquires information indicating the allocation result for the hall destination floor call of the noted user from the allocation unit 114.

[0067] When the presentation control unit 115 acquires the information, it selects the information regarding the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user as information to be presented by the platform presentation devices 4 of the floors included in the boarding section of the noted user. The presentation control unit 115 transmits the selected information to each of the platform presentation devices 4 of the floors included in the boarding section of the noted user. As a result, the platform presentation devices 4 of the floors included in the boarding section of the noted user present information regarding the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user to users in the car 61. According to this configuration, the elevator control system 100 can notify users present at the platform in the boarding section of the noted user of the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user who will use the noted car in advance.

[0068] The presentation control unit 115 may cause information to be presented only to the hall presentation device 4 provided at a floor where a user waiting for the focused vehicle exists among floors included in the boarding section of the focused user. Specifically, when the presentation control unit 115 acquires information indicating the allocation result for the hall destination floor call of the focused user from the allocation unit 114, the presentation control unit 115 refers to the allocation information DB 121 and identifies a hall destination floor call to which the focused vehicle is allocated and which is scheduled to move in the same direction as the focused user. If the departure floor or destination floor of the focused user is a reverse floor, the presentation control unit 115 may also identify a hall destination floor call to which the focused vehicle is allocated, which is moving in the opposite direction to that of the focused user, and which has the reverse floor as the departure floor or destination floor.

[0069] The presentation control unit 115 instructs the platform presentation device 4 provided on the floor of the departure floor for the specified platform destination floor call to present information on the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user. This makes it possible to present information on the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user only on floors where users waiting for the noted elevator are present.

[0070] The presentation control unit 115 may also cause the hall presentation device 4 provided on a floor included in the boarding section of the noted user to display attribute information indicating the attributes of the noted user, for example, a mark indicating the attributes of the noted user. This allows the elevator control system 100 to inform users present at the hall of the destination floor of the noted user of the attributes of the noted user who will use the noted car in advance.

[0071] Furthermore, when the noted user has completed use of the elevator 6, the presentation control unit 115 may erase the information presented in the car 61. Specifically, when the car 61 of the noted car in which the noted user is riding stops at any floor, the presentation control unit 115 determines whether or not the floor is the destination floor of the noted user. If the floor is not the destination floor of the noted user, the presentation control unit 115 refers to the presentation information 122 and determines whether or not the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user is presented to the hall presentation device 4 of the floor.

[0072] When the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user is being presented on the platform presentation device 4 of the floor where the car 61 is stopped, the presentation control unit 115 transmits information to the platform presentation device 4 of that floor instructing it to erase information related to the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user. As a result, the platform presentation device 4 of that floor ends the presentation of information related to the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user. This process is repeated until the car 61 of the noted car arrives at the destination floor of the noted user. As a result, when the car 61 of the noted car arrives at the destination floor of the noted user, all the platform presentation devices 4 that had been presenting information related to the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user have ended presentation.

[0073] Furthermore, the presentation control unit 115 presents the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user to a user who has registered a new hall destination floor call to which the noted car is assigned.

[0074] For example, when a focused elevator is assigned to a new boarding / destination floor call, which was accepted by the reception unit 111 before the focused user used the focused elevator and in which the boarding section of the focused user includes at least either the departure floor or the destination floor, the presentation control unit 115 causes the display unit 22 of the destination floor registration device 2 to display information indicating the focused user's boarding and disembarking plans at the focused elevator.

[0075] Specifically, when the presentation control unit 115 acquires information indicating the allocation result for the hall-destination floor call of the noted user from the allocation unit 114, it selects information regarding the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user as information to be presented in the car 61 of the noted car assigned to the hall-destination floor call. The presentation control unit 115 transmits the selected information to the elevator control device 5 that controls the noted car.

[0076] This allows a user who has registered a new platform destination floor call to be presented with information indicating the boarding and alighting plans of the noted user in the car that the user is planning to board. This allows a user who has registered a new platform destination floor call to be informed in advance that the noted user is also planning to use or is currently using car 61 of the car that the user is planning to board.

[0077] <Examples of situations where the presentation is given> Examples of various presentations in the elevator control system 100 will be described in more detail below with reference to Figs. 6 to 9. Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram for explaining an example of a situation in which information on boarding and alighting plans of a noted user Q is presented in the elevator control system 100. In Fig. 6, the arrows of users (references P3 to P5, R4, and Q in Fig. 6) indicate the moving direction, departure floor, and destination floor based on the landing destination floor call by the user. Fig. 7 is a diagram showing the inside of the car 61 of the noted elevator. Fig. 8 is a diagram showing an example of presentation made by the landing presentation device 4 of a floor included in the boarding section of the noted user Q. Fig. 9 is an example of a screen to be presented on the display unit 22 of the destination floor registration device 2.

[0078] In the following, as shown in Fig. 6, an example will be described in which a car 61 is scheduled to move upward from the first floor in a five-story building, and a hall destination floor call by a user (reference symbol R4 in Fig. 6) in the car 61 with the first floor as the departure floor and the fifth floor as the destination floor has already been registered. Also, as shown in Fig. 6, an example will be described in which a car of interest is assigned to hall destination floor calls by users (reference symbols P3 to P4 in Fig. 6) other than the user of interest Q who is present at the hall, and users P3 to P4 are waiting for the car 61 to arrive at the halls of their respective departure floors.

[0079] When a hall destination floor call by the noted user Q with the second floor as the departure floor and the fourth floor as the destination floor is registered, information regarding the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user Q is presented to the user in the car 61. Specifically, when a noted car is assigned to the hall destination floor call of the noted user Q, the presentation control unit 115 selects information to be presented to the user in the car 61 and transmits it to the elevator control device 5 that controls the noted car. The presentation control unit 115 selects information regarding the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user Q, i.e., information indicating a mark indicating the attribute of the noted user Q, the departure floor of the noted user Q, and the destination floor of the noted user Q, as information to be presented to the user in the car 61.

[0080] As a result, the in-car display device 64 in the car 61 of the noted car displays information regarding the boarding and disembarking plans of the noted user Q to the user in the car 61 (reference symbol R4 in Fig. 6). Specifically, as shown in Fig. 7, the in-car display device 64 provided in the car 61 of the noted car displays information including a mark indicating the attributes of the noted user Q, the departure floor of the noted user Q, and the destination floor of the noted user Q (information shown by reference symbol 701 in Fig. 7).

[0081] In addition, when a boarding / destination floor call by noted user Q is registered with the second floor as the departure floor and the fourth floor as the destination floor, information regarding the boarding / destination plans of noted user Q is presented by a boarding / destination floor presentation device 4 installed on a floor included in the boarding section of noted user Q.

[0082] Specifically, when a noted elevator is assigned to the landing destination floor call of the noted user Q, the presentation control unit 115 selects information to be presented to users at the landing. The presentation control unit 115 selects information related to the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user Q, that is, information indicating the departure floor of the noted user Q, the destination floor of the noted user Q, and a mark indicating the attribute of the noted user Q, as information to be presented to users waiting for the noted elevator at the landing. The presentation control unit 115 transmits the selected information to the landing presentation device 4 provided at the departure floor of the landing destination floor call to which the noted elevator is assigned. In the example shown in FIG. 6, the presentation control unit 115 transmits the selected information to each of the landing presentation devices 4 on the 2nd to 4th floors. As a result, each of the landing presentation devices 4 on the 2nd to 4th floors presents information related to the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user Q. For example, as shown in Fig. 8, a platform presentation device 4 provided near a noted elevator presents information (information indicated by reference numeral 801 in Fig. 8) including a mark indicating the attributes of the noted user Q, the departure floor of the noted user Q, and the destination floor of the noted user Q. This allows users P3 to P4 waiting for the noted elevator at the platform to know the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user Q.

[0083] In addition, a presentation will be described in a case where the reception unit 111 accepts the registration of a new landing destination floor call after the landing destination floor call by the noted user Q is registered and before the noted user Q uses the noted elevator, and the noted elevator is assigned to the landing destination floor call. After the landing destination floor call of the noted user Q is registered, and before the noted user Q gets off the car 61, a new landing destination floor call by another user (reference symbol P5 in FIG. 6) is registered and the noted elevator A is assigned, the display unit 22 of the destination floor registration device 2 operated by the user displays information on the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user together with the assignment result.

[0084] For example, as shown in Fig. 6, when a focused elevator is assigned to a new hall destination floor call by user P5 with the fourth floor as the departure floor and the fifth floor as the destination floor, the presentation control unit 115 selects information to be presented to user P5 who registered the new hall destination floor call. The presentation control unit 115 selects information related to the boarding and alighting schedule of the focused user, i.e., information indicating the departure floor and destination floor of user P5, and information indicating the allocation result, as information to be presented to user P5. The presentation control unit 115 transmits the selected information to the destination floor registration device 2 operated by user P5.

[0085] As shown in Figure 9, the display unit 22 of the destination floor registration device 2 operated by user P5 presents to user P5 information regarding the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user (symbol 903 in Figure 9), along with the user's destination floor (symbol 901 in Figure 9) and assigned elevator (symbol 902 in Figure 9).

[0086] The presentation control unit 115 may also cause the platform presentation device 4 at the platform where the user P5 is waiting to present information about the boarding and alighting schedule of the user. In this way, even if the user P5 misses the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user when checking the allocation result, the user P5 can find out the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user by checking the platform presentation device 4.

[0087] <An example of a process flow performed in the elevator control system 100> Fig. 10 is a sequence diagram showing an example of the flow of processing (control method) performed by elevator control system 100. Also, Fig. 11 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 Figs. 10 and 11.

[0088] (Process flow when presenting) Fig. 10 is a diagram showing an example of the flow of processing performed when a hall destination floor call is registered, among the processing performed by the elevator control system 100. Hereinafter, the flow of processing performed when a hall destination floor call is registered will be described with reference to Fig. 10.

[0089] First, when a destination floor is input into the input unit 21 of the destination floor registration device 2 of any floor (YES in S1), the destination floor registration device 2 transmits information regarding the hall destination floor call, i.e., the identification information (ID) of the destination floor registration device 2 and information indicating the inputted destination floor (S2).

[0090] When the reception unit 111 of the group management control device 1 receives the identification information (ID) and the information indicating the destination floor from the destination floor registration device 2 (YES in S11), it identifies the departure floor of the user based on the identification information of the destination floor registration device 2 and accepts the registration of the hall destination floor call (S12: reception step). The reception unit 111 outputs information related to the accepted hall destination floor call to each unit of the control unit 11.

[0091] When the determination unit 112 acquires information indicating that the hall destination floor call has been accepted, the determination unit 112 acquires a hall image captured by the imaging device 3 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 destination floor call is a noted user who uses a boarding space of a predetermined size or more in the car 61 of the elevator 6 (S13: determination step). If the user is not a noted user (NO in S13), the determination unit 112 outputs the determination result to the allocation unit 114. If the user is a noted user (YES in S13), the determination unit 112 outputs the determination result to the congestion information acquisition unit 113 and the allocation unit 114. Note that the determination unit 112 may determine not only whether or not the user is a noted user, but also the attributes of the user, and output the result.

[0092] When the allocation unit 114 acquires a determination result indicating that the user is not the noted user (NO in S13), it selects a car to be allocated to the hall destination floor call from among all the cars of the elevator 6 (S14).

[0093] On the other hand, when the congestion information acquisition unit 113 acquires a determination result indicating that the user is a noted user from the determination unit 112 (YES in S13), it acquires congestion information indicating the congestion state in the cage 61 of each elevator 6 (S15: congestion information acquisition step). Specifically, the congestion information acquisition unit 113 specifies the size of the empty space available for the user to board based on an image indicating the state inside the cage 61 of each elevator 6 captured by the imaging unit 63 of each elevator 6, and sets 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.

[0094] When the allocation unit 114 acquires the congestion information from the congestion information acquisition unit 113, it selects a car to be allocated to the hall / destination floor call by the noted user. Specifically, the allocation unit 114 refers to the memory unit 12 and the operation status of the elevators 6, and identifies a car that can respond to the hall / destination floor call of the noted user. The allocation unit 114 also compares the boarding space of the noted user with the available space in the car 61 of each car, and identifies a car that can secure the boarding space used by the noted user (S16).

[0095] If there is a vehicle that can respond to the hall call of the noted user and can reserve a boarding space to be used by the noted user (YES in S16), the allocation unit 114 selects the vehicle as a vehicle of interest that can be allocated to the hall call of the noted user. If there is one vehicle that can be allocated to the hall call of the noted user, the allocation unit 114 selects the vehicle as a vehicle of interest, and if there are multiple vehicles that can be allocated to the hall call of the noted user, selects the most suitable vehicle from among the vehicles as the vehicle of interest. Note that if there is no vehicle that can respond to the hall call of the noted user and can reserve a boarding space to be used by the noted user (NO in S16), the processing of steps S15 to S16 is repeated until a vehicle that meets the conditions appears.

[0096] After step S14 or S16, the allocation unit 114 allocates the selected elevator to the hall / destination floor call (S17: allocation step). The allocation unit 114 outputs information indicating the allocation result to the presentation control unit 115.

[0097] When the presentation control unit 115 acquires the information indicating the allocation result, the presentation control unit 115 selects information to be presented by each unit of the elevator control system 100 and performs presentation control.

[0098] First, the presentation control unit 115 selects information to be presented to a user who has registered a hall destination floor call. Specifically, the presentation control unit 115 determines whether or not the boarding section of the user who has registered the hall destination floor call includes a scheduled use of the assigned elevator by a noted user (S18). In other words, the presentation control unit 115 determines whether or not at least one of the departure floor or destination floor in a newly registered hall destination floor call is included in the boarding section of the registered hall destination floor call by the noted user.

[0099] If the answer is YES in step S18, the presentation control unit 115 causes the user who has registered a new hall destination floor call to be presented with information on the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user together with the allocation result. Specifically, the presentation control unit 115 selects a mark (passenger mark) indicating the attributes of the noted user (S19). The mark indicating the attributes of the noted user may be, for example, any one of a mark indicating that the noted user is a wheelchair user, a mark indicating that a cart (stroller) user, a mark indicating that a bicycle user, or a mark indicating that a large robot.

[0100] The presentation control unit 115 transmits information on the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user together with information indicating the allocation result to the destination floor registration device 2 operated to register a new hall destination floor call (S20). The information on the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user includes a mark indicating the attributes of the noted user, the departure floor of the noted user, and information indicating the destination floor of the noted user, and the information indicating the allocation result includes information indicating the destination floor and assigned elevator of the user who registered the new hall destination floor call.

[0101] On the other hand, if the result is NO in step S18, the presentation control unit 115 presents only the allocation result to the user who has registered a new hall / destination floor call. Specifically, the presentation control unit 115 transmits information indicating the allocation result to the destination floor registration device 2 operated to register the new hall / destination floor call (S21).

[0102] When the destination floor registration device 2 operated by the user receives data from the group management control device 1 (YES in S3), it displays the received data on the display unit 22. Specifically, if the received data includes a passenger mark (YES in S4), the destination floor registration device 2 displays a mark indicating the attributes of the noted user, the departure floor of the noted user, information indicating the destination floor of the noted user, and information indicating the destination floor and assigned elevator of the user on the display unit 22 (S5).

[0103] On the other hand, if the received data does not include a passenger mark (NO in S4), the destination floor registration device 2 causes the display unit 22 to display information indicating the destination floor and assigned elevator of the user (S6).

[0104] After the process of step S20, the presentation control unit 115 continues to perform presentation control. When the user who made the hall destination floor call is the noted user (YES in S22), the presentation control unit 115 controls the presentation in the car 61 and at the hall.

[0105] If the answer is YES in step S22, the presentation control unit 115 causes the car in-car presentation device 64 in the car 61 of the attention car assigned to the hall destination floor call of the attention user to present information indicating the boarding and alighting schedule of the attention user. Specifically, the presentation control unit 115 selects a mark indicating the attributes of the attention user. Next, the presentation control unit 115 transmits the mark indicating the attributes of the attention user, the departure floor of the attention user, and the destination floor of the attention user to the elevator control device 5 that controls the car in-car presentation device 64 of the attention car, and instructs the presentation of this information (S23: presentation control step). As a result, the car in-car presentation device 64 of the attention car presents the mark indicating the attributes of the attention user, the departure floor of the attention user, and the information indicating the destination floor of the attention user, so that the passengers in the car 61 can grasp the boarding and alighting schedule of the attention user.

[0106] After step S23, the presentation control unit 115 refers to the allocation information DB 121 and determines whether or not there is a user waiting for the focused vehicle in the same direction on a floor included in the boarding section of the focused user (S24). That is, the presentation control unit 115 determines whether or not a hall destination floor call is registered that is in the same moving direction as the focused user and to which the focused vehicle is assigned.

[0107] If the answer is YES in step S24, the presentation control unit 115 identifies a floor indicating the departure floor in the relevant hall destination floor call. The presentation control unit 115 transmits a mark indicating the attribute of the noted user, the departure floor of the noted user, and information indicating the destination floor of the noted user to the hall presentation device 4 installed on the identified floor, and instructs the presentation of this information (S25). As a result, the hall presentation device 4 of the hall where there is a user who is scheduled to move in the same direction as the noted user and is waiting for the noted elevator presents information indicating the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user. On the other hand, if the user who made the hall destination floor call is not the noted user (NO in S22) or if the answer is NO in step S24, the group management control device 1 ends the control.

[0108] (Process flow when deleting a presentation) Hereinafter, the flow of processing for deleting information on the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user after the information is presented in the car 61 and at the landing will be described with reference to Fig. 11. Note that the same control as that shown in Fig. 11 is performed for each elevator 6.

[0109] 11 is performed when the noted user is aboard a certain elevator 6 (YES in S31). If YES in step S31 and the car 61 of the noted elevator has arrived at any floor (YES in S32), the presentation control unit 115 refers to the allocation information DB 121 and determines whether or not the floor is the destination floor of the noted user (S33).

[0110] If the answer is YES in step S33, the presentation control unit 115 transmits information to the elevator control device 5 that controls the noted car to instruct it to erase the presentation. As a result, the elevator control device 5 that controls the noted car controls the in-car presentation device 64 to erase the display that it has been causing the in-car presentation device 64 to present (S34). As a result, after the noted user gets off, the information about the noted user's boarding and alighting schedule that was displayed in the car 61 is erased. In addition, the presentation control unit 115 transmits information to the hall presentation device 4 of the floor at which the car 61 has arrived, to instruct it to erase the presentation. As a result, the hall presentation device 4 of the floor at which the car 61 has arrived erases the information that it has been displaying (S35).

[0111] If the answer is NO in step S33, that is, if the noted user is in the car 61 of the noted car and the car 61 arrives at a floor other than the destination floor of the noted user, the presentation control unit 115 judges whether the hall presentation device 4 of the floor where the car 61 arrives is displaying information about the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user (S36). If the answer is NO in step S36, the process returns to step S32.

[0112] If the answer is YES in step S36, the presentation control unit 115 transmits information to the platform presentation device 4 of the floor where the car 61 has arrived, instructing it to erase the presentation. As a result, the platform presentation device 4 of the floor where the car 61 has arrived erases the information it had displayed (S37). As a result, after the car 61 of the focused car has arrived, the information regarding the boarding and alighting schedule of the focused user that was displayed on the platform presentation device 4 is erased. After step S37, the process returns to step S32.

[0113] [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.

[0114] Fig. 12 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an elevator control system 100A according to embodiment 2. As shown in Fig. 12, the elevator control system 100A includes a group management control device 1A, a destination floor registration device 2, an imaging device 3A, a hall presentation device 4, an elevator control device 5A, and an elevator 6.

[0115] As shown in FIG. 12, the imaging device 3A includes an imaging unit 31 that captures an image of a landing, and a control unit 32. The control unit 32 is a processing control unit that executes various processes in the imaging device 3A, and includes a determination unit 33. The determination unit 33 performs the same process as the determination unit 112 described in the first embodiment. That is, the determination unit 33 determines whether or not the user who operated the destination floor registration device 2 is a noted user based on the landing image captured by the imaging unit 31. The determination unit 33 transmits the result of the determination to the group management control device 1A. If the user is a noted user, the determination unit 33 may identify attributes of the noted user and transmit information indicating the identified attributes to the group management control device 1A. The determination unit 33 may also transmit information indicating the size of the boarding space of the user to the group management control device 1A.

[0116] 12, the elevator control device 5A includes a control unit 51. The control unit 51 is a processing control unit that executes various processes in the elevator control device 5A, and includes a congestion information acquisition unit 52. The congestion information acquisition unit 52 acquires congestion information based on an image of the inside of the car 61 captured by an imaging unit 63 of the elevator 6. The congestion information acquisition unit 52 transmits the acquired congestion information to the group management control device 1A.

[0117] 12, the group management control device 1A includes a control unit 11A, a storage unit 12, and an input / output interface. The control unit 11A 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 114A and a presentation control unit 115A instead of the allocation unit 114 and the presentation control unit 115.

[0118] In the group management control device 1A, when the reception unit 111 receives a registration of a hall destination floor call, the allocation unit 114A acquires a determination result indicating whether or not the user is a noted user from the imaging device 3A of the floor where the operation for the hall destination floor call was performed. If the user is a noted user, the allocation unit 114A acquires congestion information of the car 61 from the elevator control device 5A. The allocation unit 114A performs allocation to the registered hall destination floor call based on the acquired information.

[0119] When the presentation control unit 115A acquires information indicating the allocation result from the allocation unit 114A, the presentation control unit 115A performs presentation control based on the allocation result and the information on the user acquired from the imaging device 3A. The information on the user refers to information indicating whether the user is a noted user or not, and information indicating the attributes of the noted user.

[0120] Specifically, the presentation control unit 115A causes the destination floor registration device 2 operated by the user who has registered the landing destination floor call to present the allocation result of the user. In addition, when the elevator assigned to the landing destination floor call of the user is an elevator of interest that is being used or is scheduled to be used by the noted user, the presentation control unit 115A causes the destination floor registration device 2 to present information regarding the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user together with the allocation result of the user.

[0121] Furthermore, when a user who has registered a boarding / destination floor call is a noted user, the presentation control unit 115A causes the car in-car presentation device 64 in the car 61 of the noted car assigned to the boarding / destination floor call of the noted user to present information regarding the boarding / destination schedule of the noted user. The presentation control unit 115A also causes the boarding / destination device 4 provided on a floor included in the boarding section of the noted user to present information regarding the boarding / destination schedule of the noted user.

[0122] As described above, in the elevator control system 100A according to the second embodiment, image-related processing such as user identification and congestion information acquisition is performed on the terminal device side, such as the imaging device 3A and the elevator control device 5A. This eliminates the need for image-related processing in the group management control device 1A, and control related to allocation and presentation is performed using the processed information. This makes it possible to reduce the processing load performed in the group management control device 1A.

[0123] [Software implementation example] The functions of elevator control systems 100, 100A (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, 32, 51).

[0124] 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.

[0125] 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.

[0126] 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.

[0127] 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).

[0128] 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.

[0129] 〔summary〕 The elevator control system according to aspect 1 of the present invention includes a reception unit that receives registrations of hall destination floor calls by users of the elevator, a determination unit that determines whether the user is a noted user who will be using 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, an allocation unit that identifies a noted elevator that is a elevator that can secure the boarding space based on the congestion information and assigns the noted elevator to the hall destination floor call by the noted user, and a presentation control unit that causes information regarding the boarding and disembarking plans of the noted user to be presented in the cage of the noted elevator.

[0130] In an elevator control system according to aspect 2 of the present invention, in the above aspect 1, the information regarding boarding and alighting plans may include information indicating that the noted user plans to board the cage of the noted elevator, and information indicating the floor on which the noted user plans to board.

[0131] In an elevator control system according to aspect 3 of the present invention, in aspect 1 or 2 above, the judgment unit may determine whether or not a user who has registered the elevator hall destination floor call is the noted user based on an image captured of the elevator hall.

[0132] An elevator control system according to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the above first to third aspects, includes a display unit capable of displaying the elevator assigned to the hall destination floor call to the user who registered the hall destination floor call, and the display unit may display information indicating the boarding and alighting plans of the noted user to the user who registered the new hall destination floor call when the noted elevator is assigned to a new hall destination floor call, the boarding section of the noted user including at least a departure floor or a destination floor, which is received by the reception unit after the hall destination floor call by the noted user is registered and before the noted user uses the noted elevator.

[0133] An elevator control system according to aspect 5 of the present invention, in any of aspects 1 to 4 above, is provided with a display device capable of displaying information to the user at the elevator hall, and the display device provided on a floor included in the boarding section of the noted user may display information indicating the boarding and disembarking plans of the noted user.

[0134] In an elevator control system according to aspect 6 of the present invention, in aspect 5 above, the display device provided on a floor included in the boarding section of the noted user may further display attribute information indicating attributes of the noted user.

[0135] A control method for an elevator control system according to aspect 7 of the present invention includes a reception step of receiving a registration of a hall destination floor call by a user using an elevator; a determination step of determining whether the user is a noted user who will be using 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; an allocation step of identifying a noted elevator which is a elevator that can secure the boarding space based on the congestion information and assigning the noted elevator to the hall destination floor call by the noted user; and a presentation control step of displaying information regarding the boarding and alighting plans of the noted user in the cage of the noted elevator. [Explanation of symbols]

[0136] 1, 1A Group Management Control Device 2. Destination floor registration device 4. Platform display device (display device) 6. Elevator 22 Display section 61 Basket 64 In-car display device 111 Reception 33, 112 Judgment section 52, 113 Congestion information acquisition unit 114, 114A allocation section 115, 115A Presentation control unit S12 Reception step S13 Judgment step S17 Allocation step S23 Presentation control step

Claims

1. A reception unit that receives registration of a hall destination floor call by a user who uses the elevator; 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 identifies a target elevator that is a elevator capable of securing the boarding space based on the congestion information, and allocates the target elevator to the hall / destination floor call by the target user; a display control unit that displays information regarding the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user in the car of the noted car; Equipped with An elevator control system, wherein the information regarding boarding and alighting plans includes information indicating that the noted user plans to board the cage of the noted elevator, and information indicating the floor at which the noted user plans to board.

2. A reception unit that receives registration of a hall destination floor call by a user who uses the elevator; 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 identifies a target elevator that is a elevator capable of securing the boarding space based on the congestion information, and allocates the target elevator to the hall / destination floor call by the target user; a display control unit that displays information regarding the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user in the car of the noted car; Equipped with a display unit capable of displaying the elevator assigned to the landing destination floor call to the user who has registered the landing destination floor call, The display unit is The elevator control system displays information indicating the boarding and alighting plans of the noted user to the user who registered the new hall destination floor call when the noted elevator is assigned to a new hall destination floor call, the new hall destination floor call being received by the reception unit before the noted user uses the noted elevator, and the new hall destination floor call includes at least one of a departure floor or a destination floor in the noted user's boarding section.

3. A reception unit that receives registration of a hall destination floor call by a user who uses the elevator; 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 identifies a target elevator that is a elevator capable of securing the boarding space based on the congestion information, and allocates the target elevator to the hall / destination floor call by the target user; a display control unit that displays information regarding the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user in the car of the noted car; Equipped with An elevator control system comprising a display device capable of displaying information to the user at the elevator hall, the display device provided at a floor included in the boarding section of the noted user displays information indicating the boarding and disembarking schedule of the noted user.

4. The determination unit determines whether or not a user who has registered the elevator hall destination floor call is the noted user based on an image of the elevator hall. An elevator control system according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

5. The display device provided at the floor included in the boarding section of the noted user further displays attribute information indicating attributes of the noted user.

4. The elevator control system of claim 3.

6. A reception step of receiving a registration of a landing destination floor call by a user who uses the elevator; 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; Identifying a target car that can secure the boarding space based on the congestion information an allocation step of allocating the target elevator to the hall destination floor call by the target user; a presentation control step of presenting information regarding the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user in the car of the noted car; Including, A control method for an elevator control system, wherein the information regarding boarding and alighting plans includes information indicating that the noted user plans to board the cage of the noted elevator, and information indicating the floor at which the noted user plans to board.

7. A reception step of receiving a registration of a landing destination floor call by a user who uses the elevator; 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; Identifying a target car that can secure the boarding space based on the congestion information an allocation step of allocating the target elevator to the hall destination floor call by the target user; a presentation control step of presenting information regarding the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user in the car of the noted car; a display step of displaying the elevator assigned to the landing destination floor call to the user who has registered the landing destination floor call, In the display step, A control method for an elevator control system, in which, after the notable user has registered the landing destination floor call, when the notable elevator is assigned to a new landing destination floor call, the notable user's boarding section of which includes at least one of a departure floor or a destination floor, and which was accepted in the reception step before the notable user uses the notable elevator, information indicating the notable user's boarding and alighting plans is displayed to the user who registered the new landing destination floor call.

8. A reception step of receiving a registration of a landing destination floor call by a user who uses the elevator; 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; Identifying a target car that can secure the boarding space based on the congestion information an allocation step of allocating the target elevator to the hall destination floor call by the target user; a presentation control step of presenting information regarding the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user in the car of the noted car; Including, A control method for an elevator control system, comprising: a display device capable of displaying information to the user at the elevator hall; and the display device provided at a floor included in the boarding section of the noted user displays information indicating the boarding and alighting schedule of the noted user.

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