Control system for station building elevator

JPWO2024053090A5Active Publication Date: 2025-05-16MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC BUILDING SOLUTIONS CORP
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Application Number
JP2024545399
Authority / Receiving Office
JP · JP
Patent Type
Applications
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-03-06
Publication Date
2025-05-16
Estimated Expiration
2042-09-09

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Technical Problem

Conventional station building elevator systems face inconvenience when there is a discrepancy between scheduled and actual train arrival times, leading to misalignment of elevator calls and reduced user convenience.

Method used

A control system that includes an operation control device and a mobile terminal to acquire boarding schedule information, allowing the elevator to wait at the designated boarding floor and prioritize users based on their proximity and urgency, using beacon signals and terminal status information to optimize car positioning and notification.

Benefits of technology

Enhances user convenience by ensuring the elevator is available at the correct floor at the right time, improving the alignment of elevator calls with train arrivals and reducing waiting times.

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Abstract

This control system for a station building elevator comprises an operation control device that controls operation of a car of an elevator body provided in a station building. The operation control device includes: a schedule information acquisition unit that acquires, from a mobile terminal carried by a user located within a set distance from the station building, boarding schedule information indicating that the user is scheduled to board the car; and a waiting control unit that selects a boarding floor on which the user is scheduled to board the car on the basis of the boarding schedule information, and causes the car to wait on the boarding floor.
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Description

Station elevator control system

[0001] The present disclosure relates to a control system for a station elevator.

[0002] A conventional station elevator system controls elevators that transport passengers between the platform floor and the ticket gate floor of a station building. The station elevator system also registers elevator calls based on train arrival time data. The train arrival time data is either pre-stored in the station elevator system or acquired from an external control device (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

[0003] JP 2007-84233 A

[0004] In conventional station elevator systems such as those described above, if there is a discrepancy between the train arrival time data and the actual train arrival time, call registration will not be linked to train departures and arrivals, which may result in reduced convenience for elevator users.

[0005] The present disclosure has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and aims to provide a control system for station elevators that can further improve convenience for users.

[0006] The control system for a station elevator according to the present disclosure includes an operation control device that controls the operation of the elevator car installed in the station building, and the operation control device includes a boarding plan information acquisition unit that acquires boarding plan information, which is information that a user located within a set distance from the station building plans to board the car, from a mobile terminal carried by the user, and a standby control unit that selects a boarding floor at which the user plans to board the car based on the boarding plan information and causes the car to wait at the boarding floor.

[0007] According to the station elevator control system of the present disclosure, convenience for users can be further improved.

[0008] 1 is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration in embodiment 1. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the mobile terminal shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the operation control device shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the processing of the mobile terminal shown in FIG. 2. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the standby processing of the operation control device shown in FIG. 3. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the departure control processing of the operation control device shown in FIG. 3. FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram showing a first example of a processing circuit that realizes the operation control device of embodiment 1. FIG. 8 is a configuration diagram showing a second example of a processing circuit that realizes the operation control device of embodiment 1.

[0009] Hereinafter, embodiments will be described with reference to the drawings.

[0010] Embodiment 1 Fig. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration in embodiment 1. In Fig. 1, a station elevator 100 is provided in a station building, and includes a control system 1 and an elevator main body 120.

[0011] The elevator body 120 includes a car 140, a hoist (not shown), a suspension body (not shown), a counterweight (not shown), a ticket gate floor landing panel 130, and a platform floor landing panel 150.

[0012] The hoist has a drive sheave, a hoist motor, and a hoist brake. The hoist motor rotates the drive sheave. The hoist brake holds the drive sheave stationary. The hoist brake also brakes the rotation of the drive sheave.

[0013] The suspension body is wound around the drive sheave. The suspension body is made of multiple ropes or multiple belts. The car 140 and the counterweight are suspended by the suspension body, and are raised and lowered in the hoistway by the rotation of the drive sheave.

[0014] The car 140 moves between the ticket gate floor and the platform floor to transport passengers inside the car 140. The car 140 is equipped with a car body 140a, an in-car beacon transmitter 141, an in-car destination designation button 142, a speaker 143, a monitor 144, and a photoelectric sensor 145.

[0015] The in-car destination designation button 142 is a button operated by a user inside the car 140. The in-car destination designation button 142 includes an operation button for designating a destination floor. The in-car destination designation button 142 also includes an open button for keeping the door open and a close button for closing the door.

[0016] The speaker 143 and the monitor 144 are notification devices that notify the user in the car 140. The speaker 143 notifies the user in the car 140 by voice. The monitor 144 notifies the user in the car 140 by displaying an image.

[0017] The in-car beacon transmitter 141 transmits a beacon signal using BLE (Bluetooth (registered trademark) Low Energy) wireless technology. The radio wave strength of the in-car beacon transmitter 141 is adjusted to such an extent that the beacon signal is not output outside the car 140.

[0018] The photoelectric sensor 145 is a transmission type sensor provided on the door of the car 140. The photoelectric sensor 145 detects whether or not a person has passed through the door of the car 140.

[0019] The ticket gate floor platform panel 130 is provided at the ticket gate floor platform, and includes a ticket gate floor beacon transmitter 131 and a ticket gate floor call button 132.

[0020] The ticket gate floor beacon transmitter 131 transmits a beacon signal within the output range of the ticket gate floor platform. The ticket gate floor call button 132 is an operation button for calling the car 140 to the ticket gate floor.

[0021] The platform floor landing panel 150 is provided at the platform floor landing, and is equipped with a platform floor beacon transmitter 151 and a platform floor call button 152.

[0022] The platform floor beacon transmitter 151 transmits a beacon signal within the platform floor landing area. The platform floor call button 152 is an operation button for calling the car 140 to the platform floor.

[0023] The control system 1 includes an operation control device 110 .

[0024] The operation control device 110 controls the operation of the car 140. The operation control device 110 controls the operation of the car 140 in response to the operation of the ticket gate floor call button 132, the in-car destination designation button 142, and the platform floor call button 152, respectively.

[0025] The operation control device 110 also controls the speaker 143 and the monitor 144 to notify users in the car 140 .

[0026] The operation control device 110 also controls the ticket gate floor beacon transmitter 131, the car beacon transmitter 141, and the platform floor beacon transmitter 151 to transmit beacon signals.

[0027] Furthermore, a detection signal from a photoelectric sensor 145 is input to the operation control device 110. Based on the detection signal from the photoelectric sensor 145, the operation control device 110 determines whether or not a person has boarded the car 140.

[0028] The operation control device 110 is also connected to the data server 300 via the Internet. The control system 1 may be provided with a dedicated device for communicating with the data server 300.

[0029] The data server 300 is installed in, for example, a control center. The data server 300 relays data transmission and reception between the operation control device 110 and the mobile terminal 200 via the Internet network.

[0030] The mobile terminal 200 is, for example, a smartphone carried by a user, and is connected to the data server 300 via the Internet.

[0031] FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the mobile terminal 200 shown in FIG.

[0032] The mobile terminal 200 includes a beacon receiving unit 210, a GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) information receiving unit 220, an acceleration detecting unit 230, a departure command creating unit 240, a boarding schedule information creating unit 250, a communication control unit 260, and a terminal status information creating unit 270.

[0033] The beacon receiving unit 210 receives a beacon signal transmitted from the ticket gate floor beacon transmitter 131 , the car beacon transmitter 141 , or the platform floor beacon transmitter 151 .

[0034] The GNSS information receiving unit 220 receives signals transmitted from a plurality of GNSS satellites and detects the current position of the mobile terminal 200 .

[0035] The acceleration detection unit 230 is an inertial sensor that detects acceleration in three axial directions, and detects the acceleration of the mobile terminal 200 .

[0036] The boarding plan information creating unit 250 creates boarding plan information. The boarding plan information is information indicating that a user who is located within a set distance from the station building is planning to board the car 140.

[0037] Furthermore, the boarding schedule information creation unit 250 pre-stores position information of the elevator main body 120 as information indicating the position of the station building. The boarding schedule information creation unit 250 creates boarding schedule information when the distance between the position of the elevator main body 120 and the current position is within a set distance.

[0038] The boarding plan information includes a communication identifier, boarding floor information, disembarking floor information, and departure time information.

[0039] The communication identifier is a unique value for distinguishing communications.

[0040] The boarding floor information is information indicating the floor at which a user carrying the mobile terminal 200 plans to board the car 140. The disembarking floor information is information indicating the floor at which a user carrying the mobile terminal 200 plans to disembark from the car 140.

[0041] When a user arrives at a station on foot and plans to board a train, the boarding floor is the ticket gate floor and the disembarking floor is the platform floor. On the other hand, when a train carrying the user is about to arrive at a station, the boarding floor is the platform floor and the disembarking floor is the ticket gate floor. The boarding floor information and the disembarking floor information are set in advance in the mobile terminal 200 by the user's operation.

[0042] The departure time information is information relating to the departure time of the train that the user is planning to board. The departure time information is set in advance in the mobile terminal 200 by an operation of the user.

[0043] The terminal state information creating unit 270 creates terminal state information. The terminal state information is information for determining whether the user is running. The terminal state information includes at least one piece of information about the moving speed of the mobile terminal 200 and the vibration amount of the mobile terminal 200.

[0044] The terminal state information creation unit 270 calculates the moving speed based on the current position at each time detected by the GNSS information receiving unit 220. The terminal state information creation unit 270 also calculates the vibration amount based on the acceleration detected by the acceleration detecting unit 230.

[0045] The departure command generation unit 240 generates a departure command. The departure command is a command for causing the car 140 to depart after a user has boarded the car 140. The departure command is generated when the beacon receiving unit 210 receives a beacon signal from the in-car beacon transmitter 141.

[0046] The departure command includes a communication identifier, the value of which is the same as the communication identifier included in the boarding schedule information.

[0047] The communication control unit 260 controls communication with the data server 300. The communication control unit 260 transmits boarding plan information, terminal status information, and departure commands to the operation control device 110 via the data server 300.

[0048] Fig. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the operation control device 110 shown in Fig. 1. The operation control device 110 includes a boarding schedule information acquisition unit 111, a departure time information acquisition unit 112, a status information acquisition unit 113, and a standby control unit 114.

[0049] The boarding plan information acquisition unit 111 acquires boarding plan information from the mobile terminal 200 via the data server 300 .

[0050] The departure time information acquisition unit 112 extracts and acquires departure time information from the boarding schedule information.

[0051] The state information acquisition unit 113 acquires the terminal state information from the mobile terminal 200 via the data server 300 .

[0052] Based on the boarding plan information, the standby control unit 114 selects a boarding floor where the user plans to board the car 140. The standby control unit 114 also causes the car 140 to wait at the selected boarding floor.

[0053] When the car 140 is not at the boarding floor, the standby control unit 114 moves the car 140 to the boarding floor and then causes the car 140 to wait. When the car 140 is at the boarding floor, the standby control unit 114 causes the car 140 to wait as is.

[0054] Furthermore, when boarding plan information is received from a plurality of mobile terminals 200, the standby control unit 114 determines a top priority terminal that is the mobile terminal 200 that should be given the highest priority. The top priority terminal is determined based on the terminal status information transmitted from each mobile terminal 200.

[0055] Furthermore, when the boarding floor is the ticket gate floor and the car is waiting at the ticket gate floor, the standby control unit 114 calculates the standby time of the car 140 based on the departure time information. This standby time is referred to as the ticket gate floor standby time. When the ticket gate floor standby time has elapsed, the standby control unit 114 releases the standby state of the car 140.

[0056] Fig. 4 is a flowchart showing the processing of the mobile terminal 200 shown in Fig. 2. The flowchart of Fig. 4 is repeatedly executed.

[0057] In step S101, the mobile terminal 200 determines whether the mobile terminal 200 is located within a set distance from the station building based on the position information of the mobile terminal 200 and the position information of the station building. If the mobile terminal 200 is not located within the set distance from the station building, the mobile terminal 200 ends the processing of Fig. 4. On the other hand, if the mobile terminal 200 is located within the set distance from the station building, the processing proceeds to step S102.

[0058] In step S102, the mobile terminal 200 creates boarding schedule information. In step S103, the mobile terminal 200 creates terminal status information including a moving speed. Note that the mobile terminal 200 may create terminal status information including a vibration amount.

[0059] In step S104, the mobile terminal 200 transmits the boarding plan information and the terminal status information.

[0060] After step S104, the mobile terminal 200 ends the process of FIG.

[0061] FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the standby process of the operation control device 110 shown in FIG.

[0062] In step S201, the boarding plan information acquisition unit 111 determines whether boarding plan information has been acquired. If the boarding plan information acquisition unit 111 has not acquired boarding plan information, the processing in Fig. 5 is terminated. In this case, the flowchart in Fig. 5 is executed again.

[0063] If the boarding plan information acquisition unit 111 acquires the boarding plan information, the processing proceeds to step S202.

[0064] In step S202, the standby control unit 114 determines whether or not the boarding plan information acquisition unit 111 has acquired two or more pieces of boarding plan information. This step S202 is a step for determining whether or not boarding plan information has been transmitted from a plurality of mobile terminals 200 at the same time.

[0065] If the boarding plan information acquisition unit 111 has not acquired two or more pieces of boarding plan information, the standby control unit 114 proceeds to step S204. On the other hand, if the boarding plan information acquisition unit 111 has acquired two or more pieces of boarding plan information, the standby control unit 114 proceeds to step S203.

[0066] In step S203, the standby control unit 114 determines a highest priority terminal from among the plurality of mobile terminals 200 based on the terminal status information sent together with the boarding plan information.

[0067] If the user is running, the standby control unit 114 determines that the user is in a hurry. Also, the moving speed of the user when running is faster than when walking. Therefore, the standby control unit 114 determines the mobile terminal 200 with the fastest moving speed as the highest priority terminal.

[0068] The same applies when the terminal status information includes the vibration amount. The vibration amount when the user is running is greater than when the user is walking. Therefore, the standby control unit 114 determines the mobile terminal 200 with the greatest vibration amount as the highest priority terminal.

[0069] When the terminal state information includes both the moving speed and the vibration amount, the standby control unit 114 determines the highest priority terminal by giving priority to the moving speed.

[0070] Furthermore, users on a moving train are moving at a speed faster than the normal running speed of a person. On the other hand, it is difficult to determine whether a user on a moving train is in a hurry. For this reason, the standby control unit 114 excludes a mobile terminal 200 on a moving train if the moving speed is equal to or greater than a set threshold. This set threshold is determined in advance based on the normal running speed of a person.

[0071] After determining the highest priority terminal in step S203, the standby control unit 114 stops processing the other mobile terminals 200. Then, the standby control unit 114 performs the subsequent processing assuming that the highest priority terminal is the only mobile terminal 200 that has transmitted boarding plan information.

[0072] In step S204, the standby control unit 114 compares the current floor of the car 140 with the boarding floor included in the boarding schedule information. Then, the standby control unit 114 determines whether or not it is necessary to move the car 140.

[0073] If the current floor of the car 140 is different from the boarding floor included in the boarding schedule information, the standby control unit 114 determines that it is necessary to move the car 140 to the boarding floor. In this case, the standby control unit 114 advances the process to step S205.

[0074] On the other hand, if the current floor of the car 140 and the boarding floor are the same, the standby control unit 114 determines that there is no need to move the car 140, and proceeds to step S207.

[0075] In step S205, the standby control unit 114 notifies the inside of the car 140 of information that the car 140 will be moved to the boarding floor using the speaker 143 and the monitor 144. Then, in step S206, the standby control unit 114 moves the car 140 to the boarding floor.

[0076] In step S207, the standby control unit 114 notifies the user's mobile terminal 200 that the car 140 is waiting at the boarding floor. When the standby control unit 114 receives boarding plan information from two or more mobile terminals 200, the standby control unit 114 may notify only the highest priority terminal or may notify all mobile terminals 200.

[0077] After step S207, the standby control unit 114 ends the process of FIG. 5 and executes the process of the flowchart of FIG.

[0078] Fig. 6 is a flowchart showing the departure control process of the operation control device 110 shown in Fig. 3. The flowchart of Fig. 6 is executed after the flowchart of Fig. 5 is executed.

[0079] In step S301, the standby control unit 114 determines whether or not a person has boarded the car 140 based on the detection signal from the photoelectric sensor 145. If a person has boarded, the standby control unit 114 proceeds to step S302. If a person has not boarded, the standby control unit 114 proceeds to step S306.

[0080] In step S302, the standby control unit 114 determines whether a departure command has been received from the mobile terminal 200.

[0081] Here, the operation of the mobile terminal 200 in step S302 will be described. When the mobile terminal 200 receives a beacon signal from the in-car beacon transmitter 141, it determines that a user has boarded the car 140. Then, the mobile terminal 200 transmits a departure command to the operation control device 110 via the data server 300.

[0082] When the standby control unit 114 receives the departure command from the mobile terminal 200, it determines that the person who has boarded the car 140 is a user who is carrying the mobile terminal 200, and proceeds to step S303.

[0083] On the other hand, if the standby control unit 114 does not receive a departure command from the mobile terminal 200, it determines that the person who has boarded the car 140 is not a user carrying the mobile terminal 200, and proceeds to step S306.

[0084] In step S303, the standby control unit 114 notifies the inside of the car 140 of information that the car 140 is to be moved using the speaker 143 and the monitor 144.

[0085] In step S304, the standby control unit 114 moves the car 140 to the disembarking floor included in the boarding schedule information. After step S304, the standby control unit 114 ends the processing in Fig. 6. In this case, the standby control unit 114 returns the processing to the flowchart in Fig. 5.

[0086] On the other hand, the standby control unit 114 determines whether the standby time has elapsed in S306. Here, the method for calculating the standby time differs depending on whether the boarding floor is the ticket gate floor or the platform floor.

[0087] When the boarding floor of the passenger is the ticket gate floor, the standby control unit 114 calculates the waiting time at the ticket gate floor based on the departure time information. The standby control unit 114 also calculates the waiting time at the ticket gate floor by taking into consideration the time required for the car 140 door to close, the time it takes for the car 140 to move, the speed at which passengers are moving to the train, etc.

[0088] If the waiting time for the ticket gate floor has not elapsed, the waiting control unit 114 proceeds to step S307. On the other hand, if the waiting time for the ticket gate floor has elapsed before the user boards the car 140, the waiting control unit 114 proceeds to step S308.

[0089] In step S306, if the boarding floor is a platform floor, the standby control unit 114 determines whether the platform floor standby time has elapsed. The platform floor standby time is set in the standby control unit 114 in advance.

[0090] If the platform floor waiting time has not elapsed, the standby control unit 114 proceeds to step S307. On the other hand, if the platform floor waiting time has elapsed before the user boards the car 140, the standby control unit 114 proceeds to step S308.

[0091] In step S307, the standby control unit 114 notifies the inside of the car 140 of information that the car 140 is waiting to wait for a user, using the speaker 143 and the monitor 144. After step S307, the standby control unit 114 returns the process to step S301.

[0092] In step S308, the standby control unit 114 releases the standby state of the car 140 and cancels control caused by the mobile terminal 200. After step S308, the standby control unit 114 ends the processing of the flowchart in Fig. 6. In this case, the standby control unit 114 returns the processing to the flowchart in Fig. 5.

[0093] The operation control device 110 in the first embodiment includes a boarding plan information acquisition unit 111 and a standby control unit 114. The boarding plan information acquisition unit 111 acquires boarding plan information from a mobile terminal 200 carried by a user. The boarding plan information is information indicating that a user located within a set distance from the station building plans to board the car 140. The standby control unit 114 selects a boarding floor at which the user plans to board the car 140, based on the boarding plan information. Then, the standby control unit 114 causes the car 140 to wait at the boarding floor.

[0094] Therefore, the control system 1 for the station elevator 100 can further improve convenience for users.

[0095] Furthermore, when the waiting control unit 114 makes the car 140 wait at the boarding floor, the waiting control unit 114 notifies the inside of the car 140 by the speaker 143 and the monitor 144 that the car 140 is waiting to wait for a user. Therefore, anyone aboard the car 140 other than the user can understand the reason for waiting.

[0096] Furthermore, when it is necessary to move the car 140 to the boarding floor before making the car 140 wait at the boarding floor, the standby control unit 114 notifies the inside of the car 140 of the information that the car 140 will be moved to the boarding floor by the speaker 143 and the monitor 144. Therefore, anyone aboard the car 140 other than the user can understand the reason for the movement.

[0097] Furthermore, when the wait control unit 114 makes the car 140 wait at the ticket gate floor, it calculates a ticket gate floor waiting time based on the departure time information. Furthermore, the wait control unit 114 releases the wait state of the car 140 at the ticket gate floor when the ticket gate floor waiting time has elapsed before the passenger boards the car 140. This allows the car 140 to wait until the passenger inside the car 140 can make it in time for the train's departure time.

[0098] Furthermore, a platform floor waiting time is set in the waiting control unit 114. When the waiting control unit 114 makes the car 140 wait on the platform floor, the waiting control unit 114 cancels the waiting state of the car 140 on the platform floor if the platform floor waiting time has elapsed before a user boards the car 140. This makes it possible to prevent the car 140 from continuing to wait on the platform floor.

[0099] The operation control device 110 also includes a status information acquisition unit 113. The status information acquisition unit 113 acquires, from the mobile terminal 200, terminal status information including at least one of the moving speed of the mobile terminal 200 and the vibration amount of the mobile terminal 200. When the boarding plan information acquisition unit 111 acquires two or more pieces of boarding plan information before selecting a boarding floor, the standby control unit 114 selects a boarding floor based on the terminal status information. Therefore, even when two or more pieces of boarding plan information are acquired, it is possible to select only one boarding floor.

[0100] If there is another floor within the section between the ticket gate floor and the platform floor, the elevator main body 120 also moves the car 140 to this other floor. If there is another floor outside the section between the ticket gate floor and the platform floor, the elevator main body 120 also moves the car 140 to this other floor.

[0101] Furthermore, the boarding plan information creation unit 250 creates the boarding plan information based on the distance between the current location of the mobile terminal 200 and the location of the station building. On the other hand, the boarding plan information creation unit 250 may create the boarding plan information when the beacon receiving unit 210 receives a beacon signal from the ticket gate floor beacon transmitter 131 or the platform floor beacon transmitter 151.

[0102] Furthermore, the departure time information acquisition unit 112 of the operation control device 110 may estimate the departure time of the train based on the time when the boarding plan information is received. In this case, the departure time information does not need to be transmitted from the mobile terminal 200.

[0103] Each function of the operation control device 110 according to the first embodiment is realized by a processing circuit. Fig. 7 is a configuration diagram showing a first example of a processing circuit that realizes each function of the operation control device 110 according to the first embodiment. The processing circuit 600 in the first example is dedicated hardware.

[0104] The processing circuit 600 may be, for example, a single circuit, a composite circuit, a programmed processor, a parallel programmed processor, an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), or a combination thereof. Each function of the operation control device 110 may be realized by a separate processing circuit 600. Alternatively, the functions of the operation control device 110 may be realized collectively by the processing circuit 600.

[0105] 8 is a diagram showing a second example of a processing circuit that realizes each function of the operation control device 110 according to the first embodiment. The processing circuit 700 of the second example includes a processor 710 and a memory 720.

[0106] In the processing circuit 700, each function of the operation control device 110 is realized by software, firmware, or a combination of software and firmware. The software and firmware are written as programs. The software and firmware are stored in the memory 720. The processor 710 realizes the function of each unit by reading and executing the programs stored in the memory 720.

[0107] The programs stored in memory 720 can be said to cause the computer to execute the procedures or methods of the above-mentioned sections. Here, memory 720 refers to non-volatile or volatile semiconductor memory such as RAM (Random Access Memory), ROM (Read Only Memory), flash memory, EPROM (Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory), and EEPROM (Electrically Erasable and Programmable Read Only Memory). Also included in memory 720 are magnetic disks, flexible disks, optical disks, compact disks, minidisks, DVDs, and the like.

[0108] The functions of the above-described units may be partially realized by dedicated hardware and partially realized by software or firmware.

[0109] In this way, the processing circuit can realize the functions of each of the above-mentioned units by hardware, software, firmware, or a combination of these.

[0110] The processing circuits 600 and 700 can be applied to the mobile terminal 200 and the data server 300 in addition to the operation control device 110 .

[0111] 1 Control system, 100 Station elevator, 110 Operation control device, 111 Boarding schedule information acquisition unit, 112 Departure time information acquisition unit, 113 Status information acquisition unit, 114 Waiting control unit, 120 Elevator body, 140 Cage, 143 Speaker (notification device), 144 Monitor (notification device), 200 Portable terminal.

Claims

1. An elevator operation control device that controls the operation of the elevator car installed in the station building Equipped with The operation control device includes: a boarding schedule information acquisition unit that acquires boarding schedule information, which is information indicating that a user located within a set distance from the station building plans to board the elevator, from a mobile terminal carried by the user; a standby control unit that selects a boarding floor where the user plans to board the elevator based on the boarding plan information and causes the elevator to wait at the boarding floor; A station elevator control system having the above-mentioned features.

2. 2. The station elevator control system according to claim 1, wherein the standby control unit, when causing the elevator to wait at the boarding floor, notifies inside the elevator by a notification device provided in the elevator that the elevator is waiting to wait for the user.

3. The control system for a station elevator as described in claim 2, wherein the waiting control unit, when it is necessary to move the elevator to the boarding floor before having the elevator wait at the boarding floor, notifies the inside of the elevator by the notification device of information that the elevator will be moved to the boarding floor.

4. The operation control device includes: A departure time information acquisition unit that acquires departure time information, which is information regarding train departure times. and 4. A station elevator control system as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein when the boarding floor is a ticket gate floor and the car is made to wait at the ticket gate floor, the waiting control unit calculates a ticket gate floor waiting time, which is the time for which the car will wait, based on the departure time information, and when the ticket gate floor waiting time has elapsed before the user boards the car, releases the waiting state of the car at the ticket gate floor.

5. The waiting control unit has a platform floor waiting time set therein, 4. A station elevator control system as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein when the boarding floor is a platform floor and the car is made to wait on the platform floor, the waiting control unit cancels the waiting state of the car on the platform floor when the platform floor waiting time has elapsed before the user boards the car.

6. The operation control device includes: a state information acquisition unit that acquires, from the mobile terminal, terminal state information including at least one of information on a moving speed of the mobile terminal and an amount of vibration of the mobile terminal; and A control system for a station elevator as described in any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the waiting control unit selects the boarding floor based on the terminal status information when the boarding plan information acquisition unit acquires two or more pieces of boarding plan information before selecting the boarding floor.