JP6668520B1 - Elevator control device and elevator operating method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an elevator control device and an elevator operating method capable of ensuring security without reducing convenience for a user. An elevator control device in an elevator in which an autonomous moving body and a user are allowed to ride each other, and the destination floor when the autonomous moving body calls a car from inside the elevator car is only for a specific user. When a carpool with a user occurs on the security floor used by the If you do not have permission, you can stop and open the security floor, and if you do not have permission, give priority to calling the user to the destination floor. And an operation control unit that responds to the call to the security floor after the user gets off at the destination floor. [Selection diagram] FIG.

Description

  Embodiments of the present invention relate to an elevator control device and an elevator operating method.

  A robot that moves autonomously (also referred to as an “autonomous mobile object” or an “autonomous mobile robot”) may use an elevator when moving between floors. When an autonomous mobile robot uses an elevator, it is desirable to use a car where no user is on board or a time zone where no user is present.

  When a robot moves to a security floor used only by a specific user as a destination floor, security cannot be ensured if unspecified users ride together. For this reason, conventionally, when a robot moves to a security floor, a method of changing to a robot-only operation in which only the robot can ride is known.

Japanese Patent No. 4655566 WO2018 / 066057A1

  However, even when the operation is changed to a robot-only operation or the like, it is difficult to completely avoid the sharing of users, and security may not be ensured.

  In addition, when a vehicle other than a robot gets on the vehicle, it is conceivable that the vehicle does not close or the vehicle does not start even if the door is closed, but there is a problem that convenience for the user is reduced.

  An object of the embodiments of the present invention is to provide an elevator control device and an elevator operating method that can ensure security without lowering the convenience for the user.

  An embodiment of the present invention is an elevator control device in an elevator in which a ride between an autonomous moving body and a user is allowed, and a destination floor when the autonomous moving body calls a car from within the elevator car is specified. When the security floor is used only by the user, if a carpooling with the user occurs, the security information acquisition unit that acquires the security information of the user and the authority that the user uses the security floor If it has, or if it is not possible to confirm the presence or absence of the authority, stop and open the security floor is allowed.If you do not have the authority, call the user to the destination floor. An operation control unit that responds with priority and responds to a call to the security floor after the user gets off at the destination floor.

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram illustrating an entire elevator system according to an embodiment. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the elevator system according to the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a first partial diagram of a flowchart illustrating the operation of the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a second partial diagram of the flowchart illustrating the operation of the embodiment.

<Configuration of the embodiment>
As shown in FIG. 1, an elevator system 1 to which the elevator control device and the elevator operating method of the embodiment are applied includes an elevator control device 100 and an autonomous mobile robot 200.

  The elevator control device 100 controls the operation of the car 3 that moves up and down the hoistway 2. The car 3 is connected to a counterweight 5 by a main rope 4, and is raised and lowered by a hoisting machine 7 installed in a machine room 6. The car 3 and the elevator control device 100 are electrically connected by a tail cord 8.

  The car 3 includes a car operation panel 31 that performs processing such as registering a destination floor from the car 3, a car camera 32 that captures an image of the car in order to grasp the situation inside the car 3, and a car. It has a load sensor 33 for measuring a load in the inside.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the in-car operation panel 31 includes a wireless communication unit 311 and a car call output unit 312. The wireless communication unit 311 receives a car call wirelessly transmitted from the autonomous mobile robot 220 and outputs the car call to the elevator control device 100. The car call output unit 312 outputs the car call to the elevator control device 100 when the user has registered the car call from within the car.

  A landing operation panel 20 is set at each landing. The hall operating panel 20 receives a hall call from the user 10 or the autonomous mobile body 200, and includes a wireless communication unit 21 and a hall call output unit 22. The wireless communication unit 21 receives a hall call signal wirelessly transmitted from the autonomous mobile robot 200. The hall call output unit 22 outputs a hall call from the user or the autonomous mobile robot 200 to the elevator control device 100.

  In addition, a user recognition device 11 for identifying a user is installed in, for example, a landing on the first floor serving as a reference floor. Note that the user recognition device 11 may be installed on the in-car operation panel 31.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the elevator control device 100 includes a call registration unit 101, a user recognition unit 102, a robot information reception unit 103, an in-car recognition unit 104, an operation control unit 105, and a monitoring information output unit. 106.

  The call registration unit 101 inputs and registers a car call from the in-car operation panel 31 in the car 3 and a hall call from the hall call (hall call) output unit 22 of the hall operation panel 20.

  The user recognition unit 102 recognizes the elevator user 10 and registers security information indicating whether the user 10 has the right to use the security floor.

  The robot information receiving unit 103 receives the robot information wirelessly transmitted from the autonomous mobile robot 200 via the wireless communication unit 21 of the hall operation panel 20.

  The in-car recognition unit 104 inputs detection information from the in-car camera 32 and the load sensor 33, and determines whether the user 10 is in the car, whether the autonomous mobile robot 200 is in the car, and the like. Recognize the situation.

  The operation control unit 105 performs overall control of the operation of the car 3.

The monitoring information output unit 106 is connected to a management center 300 such as a building that manages the elevator, and outputs monitoring information of the elevator. In particular, in the present embodiment, when the user 10 who does not have the authority to use the security floor is sharing with the autonomous mobile robot 200, the suspicious individual information is displayed on the monitoring panel or the like of the management center 300. Is issued.
<Operation of Embodiment>
Next, a processing procedure of the elevator control device 100 according to the embodiment will be described with reference to flowcharts of FIGS. 3A and 3B.

  The call registration unit 101 of the elevator control device 100 monitors whether or not a hall call has been registered from the autonomous mobile robot 200 (step S1). If there is no hall call, the normal service is continued (step S2). When there is a hall call, the corresponding unit is switched to the robot-only operation (steps S1YES, S3). Thereafter, the new hall call is prohibited, and after all of the already registered car calls are answered, the autonomous mobile robot 200 responds to the registered hall call.

  When the corresponding car arrives at the departure floor of the autonomous mobile robot 200, the autonomous mobile robot 200 gets into the car 3, and the destination floor is registered (robot call registration) (step S4). It is closed (steps S5YES, S6). At this time, it is determined whether or not there is a user sharing the car in the car (step S7).

  If there is no user in the car (NO in step S7), new registration is allowed only for the hall call on the destination floor of the robot call (step S8), and the car is turned to the destination floor in response to the robot call. The vehicle is driven (step S9).

  After the response to the robot call, the robot dedicated operation is terminated, and the operation returns to the normal service (step S10).

  On the other hand, when the users are sharing the car (step S7 YES), it is determined whether or not the destination floor of the robot call is the security floor (step S11). If it is a security floor, the security information of the fellow passenger is acquired via the user recognition unit 102 (steps S11YES and S12).

  When the security information of the fellow passenger has been acquired (step S13YES), it is determined whether or not the fellow passenger has the right to get off on the security floor (step S14). If the user has the authority, new registration is permitted only for the hall call on the destination floor of the robot call (steps S14YES, S15). Then, a response is made to the robot call and the user's call by the normal celery control (step S16). Here, the selective collective (selective collective) control is a control that gives priority to maintaining the driving direction and allows only users who move in the same direction as the driving direction to share. It does not respond to a call in the opposite direction to the driving direction (reverse call) (passes through as it is), and when there are no more calls in the same direction, reverses the driving direction and responds to the reverse call.

  After responding to the robot call, the robot-specific operation is terminated and the operation returns to the normal service (steps S17 and S10).

  On the other hand, if the passenger does not have the right to descend on the security floor or cannot confirm the presence or absence of the right, but if the user call has been registered (NO in steps S14 and S18), after responding to the user call, the robot call (Steps S19 and S20).

  If the passenger does not have the authority to get off on the security floor or cannot confirm the authority, and if the user call is not registered (NO in steps S14 and S18), the user is regarded as a suspicious individual. Considering this, the reciprocating operation is started with the terminal floor (step S21). If a car call is registered by the user during the reciprocating operation, the reciprocating operation is interrupted and responds to the user call, and then responds to the robot call (steps S22 NO, S23 to S25). When the reciprocating operation has been completed without the car call from the user being registered (step S22 YES), the door is opened at the stop floor and the suspicious individual information is issued to the monitoring panel or the like (steps S26 and S27). ). If the user is confirmed to get off, the process returns to step S5 and closes the door (step S28 YES).

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, security can be ensured without lowering the convenience for the user.

  Although some embodiments of the present invention have been described above, these embodiments are presented as examples and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These new embodiments can be implemented in other various forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. These embodiments and their modifications are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are also included in the invention described in the claims and their equivalents.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Elevator system, 2 ... Hoistway, 3 ... Car, 4 ... Main rope, 5 ... Balance weight, 6 ... Machine room, 7 ... Hoisting machine, 8 ... Tail cord, 10 ... User, 11 ... User Recognition device, 20: hall operation panel, 21: wireless communication unit, 22: hall call output unit, 31: in-car operation panel, 32: in-car camera, 33: load sensor, 100: elevator control device, 101: call registration Unit, 102: user recognition unit (security information acquisition unit), 103: robot information reception unit, 104: in-car recognition unit, 105: operation control unit, 106: monitoring information output unit, 200: autonomous mobile robot (autonomous movement) Body), 300 ... management center.

Claims (5)

An elevator control device in an elevator in which a ride between an autonomous moving body and a user is allowed,
If the destination floor when the autonomous mobile body makes a car call from within the elevator car is a security floor used only by a specific user, if the car sharing with the user occurs, the user A security information acquisition unit for acquiring security information of
If the user has the authority to use the security floor, stop and open the security floor is allowed, and if the user does not have the authority, or if the authority cannot be confirmed, An operation control unit that responds by giving priority to the call to the destination floor of the user, and responds to the call to the security floor after the user gets off at the destination floor,
An elevator control device comprising: The operation control unit performs a predetermined number of reciprocating operations between the boarding floor of the autonomous mobile body and the terminal floor in the direction of the destination floor when the user has not registered for a call. If the car call is registered by the user in the meantime, stop the reciprocating operation and respond to the call of the user,
The elevator control device according to claim 1, wherein: The system according to claim 2, further comprising: a notification unit that, when the car call is not registered by the user during the predetermined number of round-trip operations, registers the user as a suspicious person and notifies the user of the suspicious person. Elevator control device.   The method according to claim 1, wherein registration of a new hall call is prohibited during a period from when the autonomous mobile body gets on the boarding floor to when it gets off at the destination floor, except for a hall call at the destination floor. The elevator control device according to any one of claims 3 to 7. A method of operating an elevator in an elevator in which a ride between an autonomous mobile body and a user is allowed,
If the destination floor when the autonomous mobile body makes a car call from within the elevator car is a security floor used only by a specific user, if the car sharing with the user occurs, the user Get security information for
If the user has the authority to use the security floor, stop and open the security floor,
If the user does not have the authority or cannot confirm the authority, give priority to the call to the destination floor of the user and respond.
The user answers the call to the security floor after getting off at the destination floor,
A method for operating an elevator, comprising:

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