Elevator linkage device, autonomous mobile body, elevator linkage system, elevator linkage method, and elevator linkage program

Abstract

To provide information regarding a destination floor to an autonomous mobile body. [Solution] An elevator linkage device is provided that includes a user information acquisition unit 104 that acquires, as user information, information on users staying on each floor of a building to which an autonomous mobile body moves by elevator, 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 autonomous mobile body with the recommended destination floors selected by the destination floor selection unit 105.

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 assumes that the mobile object moves along a predetermined route, and the mobile object travels around each floor in sequence. Therefore, there is a problem that the mobile object cannot change the 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 on users staying on each floor of a building to which an 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, and a transmission unit that provides the autonomous moving body with the recommended destination floors selected by the destination floor selection unit. Effect of the Invention

[0007] According to the present disclosure, a recommended destination floor for an autonomous moving body can be selected from information about users staying on each floor of a building, and information about the selected recommended destination floor can be provided to the autonomous moving body. [Brief description of the drawings]

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

[0009] Embodiment 1 First, the present embodiment will be outlined functionally. When an autonomous mobile body 500 equipped with an alarm 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 an alarm effect is expected) as a recommended destination floor based on information about users in the building collected by the elevator system 10 or the like. Then, the elevator coordination device 100 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, for the destination floor of the autonomous mobile body 500, the genre of effective notification content for that floor is also provided based on information on attributes such as age, hobbies, and tastes of the user who gets off at that floor. 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 cooperation device 100 according to the present 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 coordination device 100 of an elevator coordination system 1000 is communicatively 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 elevator 11, and the car rises and falls in the shafts to transport either or both of the users who have boarded or alighted in the car and the autonomous moving body 500 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 landing 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, a biometric authentication reader, etc., measure user information such as information regarding the number of users and information regarding 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, as an example, a notification robot that notifies a user of notification information, but is not limited thereto, and may be a cleaning robot, a security robot, a transport robot, or the like. The autonomous moving body 500 moves to any 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. In the storage unit, a plurality of types of information are stored as notification information by genre.

[0015] The notification unit 501 notifies the user of notification information such as advertisement 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 call 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 cooperation 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 a 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 is capable of communicating with devices other than the autonomous moving body 500 . The communication unit 504 acquires information regarding the number of autonomous moving bodies 500 staying on each floor of the building (hereinafter, number information) from the elevator linkage device 100, other autonomous moving bodies 500, a system that manages the operation status of the autonomous moving 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 to the elevator linkage device 100 specifying the destination floor. Specifically, the destination floor determination unit 505 determines, as the destination floor, the floor on which the largest number of users are staying, from among the provided recommended destination floors. Alternatively, the destination floor determination unit 505 determines, as the destination floor, a 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 own floor. Alternatively, the destination floor determination unit 505 determines, as the destination floor, the floor closest to the own floor among the recommended destination floors. Alternatively, the destination floor determination unit 505 determines, as the destination floor, a floor that does not exceed a threshold among the recommended destination floors. The threshold is provided to restrict users from moving to floors where the number of users is too high, and can be set arbitrarily. Alternatively, based on the number of autonomous moving bodies 500 information acquired by the communication unit 504, the destination floor determination unit 505 determines, among the recommended destination floors, a floor where no other autonomous moving bodies 500 are present or a floor where a small number of autonomous moving bodies 500 are present, as the destination floor.

[0019] Since the elevator cooperation 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 of vehicles information acquired by the communication unit 504. The number of vehicles information includes information that allows individual identification of the autonomous moving bodies 500 staying on each floor, and information on whether the individually identifiable autonomous moving bodies 500 have requested the elevator linkage 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 the 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 recommended destination floors. Alternatively, a process of remaining at the own floor or determining a destination floor from among recommended destination floors may be selected based on the number of vehicles information. The number of vehicles 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 linkage device 100 to use the elevator 11. Specifically, the destination floor determination unit 505 determines a destination floor from among the recommended destination floors when the autonomous moving body 500 is located closer to the elevator 11 than the other autonomous moving bodies 500 based on the vehicle number information. When 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 a destination floor from among the recommended destination floors when the autonomous moving body 500 has requested the elevator linkage device 100 to use the elevator 11 earlier than the other autonomous moving bodies 500 based on the vehicle number information. When the use request is late, the destination floor determination unit 505 ends the processing, 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 a functional configuration diagram 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 preset 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 the 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 a hall call signal transmitted from the call unit 502 of the autonomous moving body 500 . In addition, the reception unit 102 may regard the detection by the detection unit 103 as a utilization request from the autonomous moving body 500 to the elevator 11. When the detection unit 103 detects the autonomous moving body 500, the process in which the reception unit 102 receives 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 on users staying on each floor of a 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 acquiring 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 estimating unit 105a described later, for example. The user information acquiring 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 is an example of genre information corresponding to attributes stored in the storage unit 101. In FIG. Figure 3 shows the genres that correspond to each age group, such as "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 FIG. 4, an example of genre information corresponding to attributes stored in the storage unit 101 may be used, in which age groups are classified according to gender and genre information is associated with the age groups.

[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 visitor number estimation unit 105a estimates the number of visitors on each floor of the building based on user information, the visitor number 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 showing the current situation, congestion, popularity, or environmental condition 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 a lunch time, an event time, a sale time, a certain unit time, or the like.

[0027] The visitor number estimation unit 105a estimates the number of people on 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 or the like, which is included in the user information. Specifically, the visitor count estimation unit 105a calculates the number of visitors on each floor by subtracting the cumulative number of people who boarded the elevator 11 on each floor from the cumulative number of people who disembarked from 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 by subtracting the cumulative number of people who get off the elevator 11 on each floor from the cumulative number of people who get on the elevator 11 on each floor within a specified time period. Alternatively, the visitor number 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 regard this as the visitor number on each floor. FIG. 5 shows an example of the estimation result estimated by the visitor number-of-visitors estimation unit 105a. Figure 5 shows the cumulative number of people getting off (number of people staying) on ​​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 visitor number estimation unit 105a may estimate the standard stay time of users at each floor shown in Fig. 6 using the user information, and use the estimated time to correct the visitor number. The user information includes the alighting time. The visitor number estimation unit 105a stores the alighting time together with the number of alighting people at each floor based on the user information, and corrects the visitor number by subtracting the alighting people from the visitor number 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, 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, the number of users staying on each floor of the building is estimated by attribute. FIG. 7 shows an example of the estimation result estimated by the attribute-specific visitor number-of-visitors estimation unit 105b. Figure 7 shows the number of people per hour on each floor 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-based visitor number estimation unit 105b may estimate the number of visitors by attribute by a combination of multiple attributes. The attribute-based visitor number estimation unit 105b may estimate the number of visitors on each floor by dividing the number of visitors by age group and gender, for example. Furthermore, the attribute-specific visitor number estimation unit 105b may estimate the standard stay time of users on each floor for each attribute using the user information, and use the estimated time to correct the attribute-specific visitor numbers. FIG. 8 shows the standard stay time for different attributes of users on a certain floor. The attribute-specific visitor number estimation unit 105b stores the attribute-specific disembarking time along with the number of people disembarking on each floor based on user information, and corrects the attribute-specific visitor number by subtracting the attribute-specific disembarking number from the attribute-specific visitor number when the attribute-specific standard visit time 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 one or more floors including the floor with the largest number of visitors estimated by the visitor number estimation unit 105a as the recommended destination floor for the autonomous moving body 500. 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 "floor: 5th floor, number of people getting off (number of people staying): 120", a floor that includes at least the 5th floor is selected as the recommended destination floor. 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 a recommended destination floor excluding the own floor where the autonomous moving body 500 is located. The selection unit 105c may select, as the recommended destination floors, one or more floors including the floor with the largest number of visitors from among floors on which the number of visitors does not exceed a threshold. The threshold is provided to limit passenger movement 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 attribute-specific visitor number estimation unit 105b and the genre information corresponding to the attribute stored in 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 attribute 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 over: 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 over: genre C," it can be seen that the genre associated with users aged 60 and over, who are the most numerous on the recommended destination floor, floor 5, is genre C.

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

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

[0033] Next, an example of a process performed by the elevator cooperation device 100 will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG. First, the user information acquiring 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 process of the next step S13 is performed (step S12). If the reception unit 102 has not received a request for 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). When the recommended destination floors selected by the selection unit 105c include floors other than the own floor, the process of step S18 is performed (step S16). When the recommended destination floors selected by the selection unit 105c do not include floors other than the own floor, that is, when the recommended destination floors selected by the selection unit 105c include only the own floor, the process of step S17 is performed. When 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-by-attribute number-of-visitors estimation unit 105b and the genre information corresponding to the attributes stored in the memory unit 101, and identifies the genre information related to the extracted attributes (step S18). The transmission unit 107 provides the recommended destination floor selected by the selection unit 105c and the genre information identified by the first identification unit 106 to the autonomous moving body 500 (step S19). Next, the registration unit 108 registers the recommended destination floor in the control unit 13 of the elevator 11 as a destination floor of the autonomous moving body 500 (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 designating one of the recommended destination floors as a destination floor, and registers the destination floor designated by the signal in the control unit 13. Then, return to step S11.

[0034] Each component of the elevator cooperation 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 each function 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. Moreover, 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 cooperation 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 on 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 autonomous moving body 500 with the recommended destination floors selected by the destination floor selection unit 105. 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] By having the elevator linkage device 100 equipped with one or both of a detection unit 103 and a reception unit 102, it receives a utilization request for the elevator 11 from the autonomous moving body 500, and upon receipt of the utilization request, processing of the destination floor selection unit 105 is started.

[0037] The elevator linkage device 100 further includes a registration unit 108, which enables the registration unit 108 to register the recommended destination floor in the control unit 13 of the elevator system 10 as a destination floor for 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 corresponding 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 a function for estimating the number of visitors on each floor, which is a visitor number estimation unit 105a and a visitor number by attribute estimation unit 105b. However, the configuration may have only one of these functions as needed. In addition, if the destination floor selection unit 105 has only the visitor number estimation unit 105a as a function for estimating the number of people visiting each floor, the process of using information related to the attributes of users (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 is not limited thereto. The selection unit 105c may provide only the recommended destination floor to the autonomous moving body 500.

[0041] In the above embodiment, the user information acquisition unit 104 acquires user information from the elevator system 10, but this is not limiting. 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 the 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 as the recommended destination floor a floor where many users who are related to (highly interested in) that genre are staying or a floor where many users have disembarked.

[0043] Next, the elevator cooperation device 200 according to the present embodiment will be described in detail. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a functional configuration of an elevator cooperation system 2000 according to the second embodiment. As shown in FIG. 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 an attribute corresponding to the genre information acquired by the genre information acquisition unit 209 from the memory unit 101, and the selection unit 205c included in the destination floor selection unit 205 differs from the first embodiment in that it selects a recommended destination floor based on the attribute identified by the second identification unit 210 and the number of visitors by attribute. In addition, embodiment 2 differs from embodiment 1 in that, when the genre information identified by first identification unit 206 matches the genre information acquired by 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 cooperative device 200, genre information corresponding to the notification information to be notified. In the following description, these differences will be mainly described, and the same components as those in the first embodiment will be given the same reference numerals and detailed description 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 cooperation 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 a functional configuration diagram 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. Moreover, 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 an 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 an 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 FIG. 3 stored in the memory unit 101, it can be seen that “genre C” is associated with users whose attribute is “60s or older”.

[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 identifying unit 210 is "60s and above" and the selecting unit 205c selects a recommended destination floor using the numbers of visitors by attribute on each floor shown in FIG. Looking at the number of visitors by attribute shown in Figure 7, focusing on the number of visitors on each floor with the attribute "60s and over," 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 where it is estimated that 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 identification unit 206 identifies, 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 attribute-specific visitor number estimation unit 105b and the genre information corresponding to the attribute stored in 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 attribute 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 order of the number of visitors 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 to the receiving unit 603 of the autonomous moving body 600 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 related to attributes that are common among users staying at the recommended destination floor identified by the first identification unit 206.

[0051] Next, an example of a process performed by the elevator cooperation device 200 will be described with reference to a 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 are 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 number estimation unit 105a estimates the number of visitors on each floor (step S13), and the attribute-based visitor number estimation unit 105b estimates the attribute-based visitor number 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 process 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). If the genre information acquisition unit 209 does not acquire 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 the user 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 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 (step S25). Other processing is basically similar to that described 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 on 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 autonomous moving body 600 with the recommended destination floors selected by the destination floor selection unit 205. 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 mobile body 600 to select a floor where many users who are related to the genre of the notification information to be notified are staying as a recommended destination floor, and provide information on the selected recommended destination floor to the autonomous mobile body 600. The autonomous mobile 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, a case has been described in which 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, but this is not limited to the above. The transmitting unit 207 may provide only the recommended destination floor to the autonomous moving body 600. In this case, the process by the first identifying unit 206 (step S24) may be omitted. Alternatively, the transmission 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 acquisition unit 209 from the genre information identified by the first identification unit 206. When the autonomous moving body 600 receives a plurality of genres of information, the autonomous moving body 600 may report the plurality of genres of information in turn.

[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 of users staying on each floor of a building in which the autonomous moving body moves by an elevator; a destination floor selection unit 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; 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 number of visitors estimation unit; 2. The elevator linkage device according to claim 1, (Appendix 3) The elevator linkage device according to any one of Supplementary Note 1 and Supplementary Note 2, wherein the selection unit selects the recommended destination floor from among floors where the number of users does not exceed a threshold value. (Appendix 4) The elevator linkage device according to any one of appendices 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 Appendices 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 method further includes a number-of-visitors-by-attribute 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 linkage device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, 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 The elevator linkage device according to any one of appendixes 1 to 6, 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 identification unit that identifies, from the storage unit, an attribute corresponding to the genre information acquired by the genre information acquisition 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 any one of claims 1 to 8, 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 is approaching 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 mean that a request for use has been made. (Appendix 11) a registration unit that registers the recommended destination floor selected by the destination floor selection unit as a destination floor of the autonomous moving body in the elevator; 11. The elevator linkage device according to claim 1, wherein the registration unit receives a signal from the autonomous moving body specifying one of the recommended destination floors as a destination floor when there are two or more recommended destination floors, and registers the destination floor specified by the signal in the elevator. (Appendix 12) An elevator linkage device according to any one of appendix 1 to 11, The elevator; An elevator linkage system equipped with: (Appendix 13) An elevator linkage device according to any one of appendix 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, 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 designating the destination floor. (Appendix 16) A notification unit that notifies users of the building of notification information; a genre information transmission unit that transmits genre information of the notification information to be notified by the notification unit; The autonomous moving body according to any one of appendix 14 and 15, wherein the receiving unit acquires information regarding a recommended destination floor identified from the genre information. (Appendix 17) acquiring, as user information, information of users staying on each floor of a building to which the autonomous moving body moves by an 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 of users staying on each floor of a building to which the autonomous moving body moves by an 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 section 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 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 Department 205c Selection Department 206 First Specific Part 207 Transmitter 209 Genre Information Acquisition Unit 210 Second Specific Part 500 Autonomous Mobile Vehicles 501 Notification 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 of users staying on each floor of a building in which the autonomous moving body moves by an elevator; a destination floor selection unit 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; 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 number of visitors estimation unit; The elevator coordination 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.

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. 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 cooperation 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 identification unit that identifies, from the storage unit, an attribute corresponding to the genre information acquired by the genre information acquisition 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 utilization request being accepted by the acceptance unit.

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

11. a registration unit that registers the recommended destination floor selected by the destination floor selection unit as a destination floor of the autonomous moving body in the elevator; 10. The elevator cooperation 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 designating one of the recommended destination floors as a destination floor, and registers the destination floor designated by the signal in the elevator.

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

13. An 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 notification unit that notifies notification information to users of the building; a genre information transmission unit that transmits genre information of the notification information to be notified by the notification unit; A receiving unit that acquires information regarding a recommended destination floor including one or more floors of the building, The receiving unit acquires information regarding a recommended destination floor identified from the genre information, 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 designating the destination floor.

16. acquiring, as user information, information of users staying on each floor of a building to which the autonomous moving body moves by an 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:

17. acquiring, as user information, information of users staying on each floor of a building to which the autonomous moving body moves by an 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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