Elevator Notification Control for Autonomous Robot Boarding
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Solution Overview
Problem
In elevator systems that cooperate with autonomous moving bodies, there is a risk of contact between users and autonomous moving bodies boarding or disembarking, which is not effectively addressed by existing technologies.
Innovation Solution
An elevator control device and an autonomous moving body control device are implemented, which provide notifications through various equipment such as displays, lamps, and speakers to indicate when an autonomous moving body is boarding or disembarking, ensuring users are aware of the presence and movement of these entities within the elevator.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If an autonomous moving body boards or disembarks from an elevator car, then the functionality and versatility of the elevator system is improved, but the risk of contact between users and autonomous moving bodies increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary notification actions before the autonomous moving body boards or disembarks from the elevator car. Notification equipment (displays, lamps, speakers) is activated in advance to inform users of the upcoming boarding or disembarking event, allowing users to take preventive actions such as moving to different locations within the hall or car.
Solution Approach 2:
The notification equipment serves as an intermediary between the autonomous moving body system and the user. Instead of direct interaction between the autonomous moving body and user, the notification system mediates by conveying information about boarding/disembarking events, enabling indirect awareness and preventive behavior.
2Reliability
If notification equipment is installed in the hall and car to alert users, then user awareness and safety is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The notification equipment (displays, lamps, speakers) installed in the elevator system serves multiple functions: it notifies users about autonomous moving body boarding/disembarking events, provides general elevator status information, and can convey various alerts and announcements. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate dedicated notification devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The existing notification equipment in the elevator system is utilized for the additional function of alerting users about autonomous moving bodies. The system leverages already-installed infrastructure (displays, lamps, speakers) rather than requiring entirely new dedicated notification devices, thereby reducing overall system complexity.
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AI summary
Provided is an elevator control device capable of calling attention to contact between a user and an autonomous moving body in an elevator shared by the user and the autonomous moving body. The elevator control device includes an elevator notification control unit configured to causes, based on a call for an elevator from an autonomous moving body, equipment provided in a hall of the elevator of a floor on which the autonomous moving body is present or equipment provided in a car of the elevator to provide notification of information indicating that the autonomous moving body boards or disembarks from the car.