CN116113590A - Destination registering device and destination registering method - Google Patents
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Abstract
A destination registering device (40) for registering a destination floor by receiving an operation performed by a passenger of an elevator is provided with: a congestion degree determination unit (44) as a determination unit that determines the degree of congestion of the car of the elevator; an operation detection unit (42) that detects, in a noncontact manner, an operation for designating the destination floor; a threshold changing unit (45) that changes a threshold value relating to a distance according to the degree of congestion for the detection under the non-contact condition; and a registration unit (46) that registers the destination floor when a detection result satisfying a threshold value related to the distance is obtained. With this configuration and operation, it is possible to perform a separate destination registration operation while preventing erroneous operation.
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Technical Field
The present invention relates to a destination registering apparatus and management of a destination registering method.
Background
In order to accept a non-contact operation by a passenger of an elevator, a destination floor is registered, and there is a technique described in japanese patent application laid-open No. 2015-151253 (patent document 1). This publication describes that "an operation panel device for an elevator according to the present invention includes: an operation button provided on an operation panel provided in a hall or a car of an elevator; a sensor for detecting the presence or absence of an object on the linear detection shaft in a non-contact manner, wherein the sensor is provided with 2 or more predetermined numbers corresponding to the 1 operation buttons; and a determination unit configured to determine that the operation button is in an operation detection state when the predetermined number of sensors corresponding to 1 operation button detect an object on the detection axes at the same time, wherein the detection axes of the predetermined number of sensors corresponding to 1 operation button are disposed so as to intersect each other at 1 point on a space inside the operation surface portion of the operation button when viewed from the front.
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Patent document 1: japanese patent application laid-open No. 2015-151253
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Problems to be solved by the invention
In patent document 1, a configuration is adopted in which detection is performed at a point where detection axes intersect, and a distance from an operation panel to a point where detection of an operation is established is fixed. The distance in this case is set near the operation panel to prevent erroneous operation, and contact with the operation panel is also allowed. However, in recent years, from the viewpoint of measures against infectious diseases, in order to reduce the risk of contact, it has been demanded to establish a destination registration operation at a position sufficiently distant from the operation panel surface, and in this case, it is also demanded to suppress erroneous operation.
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a technique capable of performing a separated destination registration operation while preventing an erroneous operation.
Means for solving the problems
In order to solve the above-described problems, one of the destination registration device and the destination registration method according to the present invention typically receives an operation performed by a passenger of an elevator to register a destination floor, determines a degree of congestion of a car of the elevator, detects an operation to designate the destination floor in a non-contact manner, changes a threshold value related to a distance according to the degree of congestion for detection in the non-contact manner, and registers the destination floor when a detection result satisfying the threshold value related to the distance is obtained.
Effects of the invention
According to the present invention, it is possible to perform a separated destination registration operation while preventing a malfunction.
Other problems, configurations and effects than those described above will become apparent from the following description of the embodiments.
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Fig. 1 is an explanatory diagram about destination registration in one embodiment.
Fig. 2 is a block diagram of an elevator management system in one embodiment.
Fig. 3 is a block diagram of the destination registering apparatus 40 in one embodiment.
Fig. 4 is a specific example of an operation panel surface of the destination registering apparatus 40 in one embodiment.
Fig. 5 is a flowchart showing the processing steps of the destination registering apparatus 40 in one embodiment.
Fig. 6 is a configuration example in the case where the output of the operation detection unit in one embodiment is used for congestion degree determination.
Fig. 7 is an explanatory diagram of operation detection in a modification of one embodiment.
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Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
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Fig. 1 is an explanatory diagram concerning destination registration in the embodiment. As shown in fig. 1, a passenger riding an elevator car can operate the destination registering device 40 in a noncontact manner to designate a desired destination floor. The destination registration device 40 includes an infrared sensor and a capacitance sensor as operation detection units, and detects an operation of a passenger using a distance threshold value and a time threshold value. That is, when the operation detection unit detects an object at a time equal to or longer than the short-distance duration threshold value, the operation detection unit registers the destination floor as an operation to register the destination floor.
Here, the destination registration device 40 determines the degree of congestion of the car, and changes the distance threshold value and the time threshold value. Specifically, if the car is idle, the destination registering device 40 increases the distance threshold and decreases the time threshold. As a result, the passenger can establish the destination registration operation at a position sufficiently distant from the destination registration device 40, and the risk of infection due to contact can be reduced.
On the other hand, if the distance threshold is large and the time threshold is small, there is a possibility that an erroneous operation occurs. In particular, if the car is crowded, the body or the cargo of the passenger unintentionally approaches the operation detection unit, and the possibility of erroneous recognition of the operation as the registered destination floor increases. Therefore, in the case of car congestion, the destination registering device 40 prevents erroneous operation by decreasing the distance threshold value and increasing the time threshold value.
In this way, the destination registration device 40 changes the distance threshold and the time threshold related to the operation detection according to the degree of congestion of the car, thereby preventing an erroneous operation and realizing a separate destination registration operation.
Fig. 2 is a block diagram of an elevator management system. As shown in fig. 1, the elevator management system includes an operation management device 10, a lifting control device 30, a destination registration device 40, and a service request device 50.
The elevation control device 30 and the destination registration device 40 are provided for each elevator car. The elevation control device 30 is a device that receives an instruction from the operation management device 10 to control elevation of the car. The destination registration device 40 accepts a destination registration operation in the car.
The service request device 50 is provided for each hall of each floor (floor). Here, the floor refers to a floor that identifies a building in which an elevator is installed. The elevator car moves in the vertical direction on the layered floor, and the current floor and the destination floor at that time are identified by the floor. The service request device 50 includes a button corresponding to the direction (upward direction and/or downward direction) of the destination floor. The operation of this button is a request for service from the passenger to the elevator, i.e. "call". When receiving the button operation, the service request device 50 notifies the operation management device 10 of the reception of the service request. The notification of the receipt of the service request includes the direction of the floor and the destination floor of the hall that accepted the service request.
When receiving a notification of receipt of a service request from the service request device 50, the operation management device 10 refers to the current position of each elevator, the destination floor, and the like, and allocates an elevator to the service request. The assigned elevator registers a floor of a service request source as a destination floor and takes a passenger waiting in a hall.
Fig. 3 is a block diagram of the destination registering apparatus 40. As shown in fig. 3, the destination registration device includes a load sensor 41, an operation detection unit 42, a destination floor display unit 43, a congestion degree determination unit 44, a threshold value change unit 45, and a registration unit 46.
The load sensor 41 is a sensor that detects a load applied to the car. The operation detecting unit 42 is an infrared sensor, a capacitance sensor, or the like, and detects an operation of specifying a destination floor by a passenger in a noncontact manner. The destination floor indication unit 43 indicates a floor to be a candidate of the destination floor, that is, a floor at which the car can stop.
The destination floor indication unit 43 is provided for each floor that is a candidate for a destination floor, and lights up a floor registered as a destination floor, or the like. Further, since the operation detection unit 42 is also provided for each destination floor indication unit 43, it corresponds to each floor that is a candidate for a destination floor.
The congestion degree determination unit 44 is a processing unit that determines the congestion degree of the car. The congestion degree determination unit 44 determines the congestion degree based on the output of the load sensor 41. The more passengers in the car, the greater the output of the load sensor 41, and the higher the degree of congestion. If the degree of congestion increases, the passenger's standing position and physical activity are restricted, and therefore, it is considered that the possibility that the passenger is in the vicinity of the operation detection unit 42 increases, and false detection increases.
The threshold changing unit 45 changes the distance threshold and the time threshold related to the detection of the operation based on the determination result of the congestion degree determining unit 44. Specifically, the threshold changing unit 45 sets the distance threshold value when the congestion level is equal to or higher than the predetermined threshold value to be smaller than the distance threshold value when the congestion level is lower than the predetermined threshold value. The threshold changing unit 45 sets a time threshold when the congestion level is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold to be smaller than a time threshold when the congestion level is lower than the predetermined threshold.
The registration unit 46 compares the distance threshold value and the time threshold value set by the threshold value changing unit 45 with the output of the operation detecting unit 42, and thereby identifies whether or not the operation is the operation of registering the destination floor. As a result, when the identification result is obtained as an operation to register the destination floor, the destination floor is registered.
Specifically, when any one of the operation detection units 42 detects an object closer than the distance threshold, and the state continues for a time threshold or more, the registration unit 46 registers a floor corresponding to the operation detection unit as the destination floor.
Further, in a case where the passenger is in the vicinity of the operation detection unit 42, or the like, there is a possibility that the destination floor is registered in opposition to the intention of the passenger. Therefore, when the operation detecting unit 42 detects a state of an object closer than the distance threshold value for a predetermined time or longer after the registration of the destination floor, the registering unit 46 releases the registration of the destination floor. For convenience, the predetermined time at this time is referred to as a release threshold. The release threshold is sufficiently larger than the time threshold set by the threshold changing unit 45. For example, the time threshold is changed to a range of 1 second or less, and the release threshold is set to about 10 seconds.
Fig. 4 is a specific example of the operation panel surface of the destination registering device 40. In fig. 4, a destination floor display unit 43 and an operation detection unit 42 are provided for each of the floors "B1" to "5F". In fig. 4, "4F" is registered as a destination floor, and the destination floor display unit 43 of "4F" is turned on.
Fig. 5 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the destination registering apparatus 40. In fig. 5, N1, N2, N3 are used as thresholds with respect to the degree of congestion, N1 < N2 < N3. Further, DS, DM, and DL are used as distance threshold values, and DS < DM < DL. In addition, TS, TM, TL are used as time thresholds, TS < TM < TL. The destination registering device 40 repeatedly executes the processing steps shown in fig. 5 for a predetermined time.
First, the congestion degree determination unit 44 of the destination registration device 40 determines the congestion degree based on the output of the load sensor 41 (step S101). If the congestion level is smaller than N1 (step S102: yes), the threshold changing unit 45 sets the distance threshold to DL and the time threshold to TS (step S103).
If the congestion level is not less than N1 and less than N2 (no in step S102, yes in step S104), the threshold changing unit 45 sets the distance threshold to DM and the time threshold to TM (step S105). If the congestion level is not less than N2 and less than N3 (no in step S104, yes in step S106), the threshold changing unit 45 sets the distance threshold to DS and the time threshold to TL (step S107). Further, if the degree of congestion is N3 or more, the process is directly ended.
After step S103, step S105, or step S107, the registration unit 46 determines for each operation detection unit 42 whether or not the detected distance, which is the distance from the nearest object detected by the operation detection unit 42, is smaller than a distance threshold (step S108).
If the detected distance is smaller than the distance threshold (step S108: yes), the registration section 46 adds the detected times (step S110). If the detected distance is equal to or greater than the distance threshold (step S108: NO), the registration unit 46 clears the detection time added up to this point (step S109), and ends the process.
After step S110, the registration unit 46 determines whether or not the detection time is equal to or greater than a time threshold (step S111). If the detection time is less than the time threshold (step S111: no), the registration unit 46 directly ends the processing.
When the detection time is equal to or greater than the time threshold (yes in step S111), the registration unit 46 determines whether or not the detection time is equal to or greater than the release threshold (step S112). When the detection time is equal to or longer than the time threshold (yes in step S112), the registration unit 46 registers the destination floor (step S113), and the process ends. If the detection time is less than the time threshold (step S112: no), the registration unit 46 releases the registration of the destination floor (step S114), and the process ends.
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In the foregoing description, the output of the load sensor 41 was used for determination of the degree of congestion, but the degree of congestion indicates the degree to which the standing position and physical activity of the passenger in the car are limited, and the determination can be performed using any index, not limited to the load. For example, the inside of the car may be photographed and determined. In this case, even if the number of passengers is small, if the passenger is in a state where the standing position or physical activity of the passenger is restricted due to the placement of a large cargo or the like, it is determined that the degree of congestion is high. The outputs of the plurality of operation detecting units 42 may be used for determining the degree of congestion.
Fig. 6 is a configuration example in the case where the output of the operation detection unit 42 is used for determining the degree of congestion. In the configuration shown in fig. 6, the output of the operation detection unit 42 is input to both the congestion degree determination unit 44 and the registration unit 46. The congestion degree determination unit 44 determines the congestion degree based on the outputs of the plurality of operation detection units 42, and sets the threshold value of the threshold value change unit 45 based on the congestion degree. Therefore, the registration unit 46 compares the detection output of each of the plurality of operation detection units 42 with the detection output of the other plurality of operation detection units 42 to identify a destination floor registration operation.
Fig. 7 is an explanatory diagram of operation detection in the modification. In fig. 7, the operation detecting units 42a, 42b, and 42c output the detection distances, which are the distances from the closest object, respectively. Since the passenger operates the destination floor display unit 43b corresponding to the operation detection unit 42b, the detection distance output by the operation detection unit 42b is significantly smaller than the detection distances output by the operation detection unit 42a and the operation detection unit 42 c. Further, it is considered that the detection distances outputted from the operation detection units 42a and 42c become smaller in the crowded car.
Therefore, if the congestion degree determination unit 44 determines the congestion degree by using the outputs of the plurality of operation detection units 42 (the operation detection unit 42a, the operation detection unit 42b, the operation detection unit 42c, and the like) and sets the distance threshold value, the destination floor registration operation of the passenger can be appropriately detected.
As described above, according to the present invention, the destination floor registration device 40 for registering a destination floor by receiving an operation performed by a passenger of an elevator includes: a congestion degree determination unit 44 as a determination unit that determines the degree of congestion of the car of the elevator; an operation detection unit 42 that detects an operation of designating the destination floor in a noncontact manner; a threshold changing unit 45 that changes a threshold value related to a distance according to the degree of congestion for the detection under the non-contact condition; and a registration unit 46 that registers the destination floor when a detection result satisfying a threshold value regarding the distance is obtained. With this configuration and operation, it is possible to perform a separate destination registration operation while preventing erroneous operation.
Further, since the threshold changing unit 45 sets the threshold value related to the distance when the congestion degree is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value to be smaller than the threshold value related to the distance when the congestion degree is smaller than the predetermined threshold value, erroneous operation can be prevented during congestion, and operation can be detected sufficiently separately from the operation panel during idling.
Further, the threshold changing unit 45 further changes the threshold value related to the time for the detection under the non-contact condition according to the degree of congestion, and thus can prevent erroneous operation with higher accuracy.
Further, since the determination unit determines the degree of congestion based on the output of the load sensor 41 provided to the car, the degree of congestion can be determined by effectively using existing equipment of the car.
The determination unit may determine the degree of congestion based on an image captured in the car. The shooting in the car can be performed by a camera provided for the purpose of theft prevention, for example.
Further, the operation detection unit 42 is provided for each floor that is a candidate for the destination floor, and when any one of the operation detection units 42 detects an object located closer than the threshold value related to the distance, the registration unit 46 registers the floor associated with the operation detection unit as the destination floor, so that the operation on the destination floor can be detected easily and reliably.
Further, even when the state of the object located at a position closer than the threshold value related to the distance is detected by the operation detecting unit for a predetermined time or longer after the registration of the destination floor, the registration unit releases the registration of the destination floor, and thus, it is possible to cancel the undesired registration of the passenger due to leaning or the like.
Further, the determination unit may determine the degree of congestion based on the detection results of the operation detection units 42 provided for each floor, thereby making it possible to determine the degree of congestion more easily.
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but includes various modifications. For example, the above-described embodiments are examples described in detail for easily explaining the present invention, and are not limited to the configuration in which all the components described are necessarily provided. The present invention is not limited to deletion of the related structure, and substitution or addition of the structure may be performed.
For example, a physical button for registering a destination floor may be further provided, and when the degree of congestion is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the non-contact detection may be stopped, and the destination floor registration operation may be performed by the physical button.
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10: operation management device, 30: lifting control device, 40: destination registration device, 41: load sensor, 42: operation detection unit 43: destination floor display unit, 44: congestion degree determination unit 45: threshold changing unit, 46: registration unit, 50: service requesting means.
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1. A destination registering device for registering a destination floor by receiving an operation performed by a passenger of an elevator, characterized in that,
the destination registration device includes:
a determination unit that determines a degree of congestion of a car of the elevator;
an operation detection unit that contactlessly detects an operation to designate the destination floor;
a threshold changing unit that changes a threshold value related to a distance according to the degree of congestion with respect to the non-contact detection; and
and a registration unit that registers the destination floor when a detection result satisfying a threshold value related to the distance is obtained.
2. The destination registering device as recited in claim 1, wherein,
the threshold changing unit sets a threshold value related to the distance when the congestion degree is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value to be smaller than a threshold value related to the distance when the congestion degree is smaller than the predetermined threshold value.
3. The destination registering device as recited in claim 2, wherein,
the threshold changing unit further changes a threshold value related to the time for detection under the non-contact condition according to the congestion level.
4. The destination registering device as recited in claim 3, wherein,
the determination unit determines the degree of congestion based on an output of a load sensor provided to the car.
5. The destination registering device as recited in claim 3, wherein,
the determination unit determines the degree of congestion based on an image captured in the car.
6. The destination registering device as recited in claim 3, wherein,
the operation detecting section is provided corresponding to each floor that is a candidate for the destination floor,
when any one of the operation detection units detects an object located closer than a threshold value related to the distance, the registration unit registers a floor corresponding to the operation detection unit as the destination floor.
7. The destination registering device as recited in claim 6, wherein,
the registration unit releases the registration of the destination floor when the operation detection unit detects that an object is located closer than a threshold value related to the distance is located after the registration of the destination floor for a predetermined time or longer.
8. The destination registering device as recited in claim 6, wherein,
the determination unit determines the degree of congestion based on detection results of the operation detection units provided for each floor.
9. A destination registering method for registering a destination floor by receiving an operation performed by a passenger of an elevator, characterized in that,
the destination registering method includes:
a step of determining the degree of congestion of the car of the elevator;
an operation detection step of contactlessly detecting an operation of designating the destination floor;
a threshold changing step of changing a threshold related to a distance according to the degree of congestion for the detection under the non-contact condition; and
a registration step of registering the destination floor when a detection result satisfying a threshold value related to the distance is obtained.
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