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EP-3521230-B1 - TRAVELER TRAVEL CONDITION OUTPUT DEVICE AND METHOD

EP3521230B1EP 3521230 B1EP3521230 B1EP 3521230B1EP-3521230-B1

Inventors

  • FUJIWARA MASAYASU
  • YOSHIKAWA TOSHIFUMI
  • HOSHINO TAKAMICHI
  • TORIYABE SATORU
  • HATORI Takahiro

Dates

Publication Date
20260506
Application Date
20170808

Claims (9)

  1. A traveler travel condition output device (100) comprising: a travel time calculation unit (101, 102, 103) that obtains, for each user, a first travel time taken for the user to move from entering the building to arriving at the elevator hall, a waiting time in the elevator hall from when the user arrives at the elevator hall to when the user gets on an elevator, and a second travel time taken for the user to move from getting on the elevator to arriving at the destination floor, and collects the information of the first travel time, the waiting time, and the second travel time to calculate travel time statistical information of the user from entering the building to arriving at the destination floor; a display unit (105) for displaying the travel time statistical information, and a travel flow output unit (104) that draws a travel flow showing the travel time statistical information of the user from entering the building to arriving at the destination floor, wherein the travel time calculation unit (101, 102, 103) calculates travel time statistical information in a first elevator structure, as well as travel time statistical information in a second elevator structure, wherein the display unit (105) displays the travel flow in the first elevator structure and the travel flow in the second elevator structure, which are drawn by the travel flow output unit (104), together, wherein, in the travel time calculation unit (101, 102, 103), the second travel time is calculated based on operation record data, and the operation record data uses one or both of the record data of physical operation of the elevator and the record data of virtual operation such as computer simulation of the elevator, wherein the traveler travel condition output device is adapted to compare the travel flow calculated from the operation record data of the elevator structures installed in the building with the travel flow calculated from the operation record data of the elevator by simulating the movement of the elevator under the same and different conditions by using computer simulation, wherein the traveler travel condition output device is adapted to evaluate the accuracy in estimating the travel in the building by using computer simulation, by comparing the travel flow calculated from the operation record data of the elevator structures with the travel flow calculated under the same conditions by using computer simulation, wherein the traveler travel condition output device is adapted to evaluate the reproducibility by the computer simulation by comparing the travel flow obtained by calculation in computer simulation with the travel flow obtained by calculation in actual elevator operation, and wherein the travel flow comparison display unit (105) is arranged to output the result of the comparison of the travel flow obtained by calculation in computer simulation with the travel flow obtained by calculation in actual elevator operation for evaluating the reproducibility by the computer simulation.
  2. The traveler travel condition output device (100) according to claim 1, wherein the travel time calculation unit (101, 102, 103) calculates the maximum value, average, or dispersion of the time obtained by summing up the information of the first travel time of the user, the waiting time, and the second travel time, as the travel time statistical information.
  3. The traveler travel condition output device (100) according to claim 2, wherein the display unit (105) displays the first travel time, the waiting time, and the second travel time by giving a weight to each of the times based on the number of users.
  4. The traveler travel condition output device (100) according to claim 3, wherein the first elevator structure means that the elevator directly goes from a reference floor to a destination floor, and wherein the second elevator structure means that the elevator stops at intermediate floors, in addition to the destination floor, in the operation of going from the reference floor to the destination floor.
  5. The traveler travel condition output device (100) according to claim 4, wherein the travel time calculation unit (101, 102, 103) calculates the average of the time taken for a traveler to move from a reference floor to a destination floor by obtaining the weighted average of the travel time from the reference floor to the destination floor in such a way that the sum of the value weighted by multiplying the operation time of the elevator from the reference floor straight up to the destination floor by the number of users, and the value weighted by multiplying the travel time of the elevator operating from the reference floor to the destination floor while also stopping at intermediate floors by the number of users who moved through each of the intermediate floors, is divided by the total number of users directly going from each of the intermediate floors and the reference floor to the destination floor.
  6. The traveler travel condition output device (100) according to claim 4, wherein the display unit (105) displays the travel flows of traveler elevator waiting time, elevator travel time between each of the floors, and door opening time at each floor, by changing one or both color and line type so that the travel flows can be identified according to their types.
  7. The traveler travel condition output device (100) according to claim 3, wherein the second elevator structure is defined such that any one or more of the elevator layout, the number of elevators, the layout specification, and the traveler travel demand are changed with respect to the first elevator structure.
  8. The traveler travel condition output device (100) according to claim 3, wherein the display unit (105) sets one or more reference values in advance for the required time to transfer between any two points and states, checks the required time of the travel flow against the reference value, and displays the travel flow by changing one or both of color and line type.
  9. The traveler travel condition output device (100) according to claim 3, wherein the first elevator structure and the second elevator structure include either a sky-lobby type building in which travelers are expected to transfer elevators, or a multi-bank type building in which the elevator bank to be used varies depending on the destination floor.

Description

Technical Field The present invention relates to a device and method for evaluating the traveler travel condition. Background Art The carrying capacity required for elevators increases with the increasing number of high-rise and large scale buildings. The carrying capacity can be maintained by increasing the number of elevators, while causing a compression of the floor area. For this reason, the elevator structure has become diverse, such as a multi-bank system designed to operate elevators by classifying destinations into a plurality of groups such as lower floors and higher floors, a sky-lobby system designed to change elevators at middle floors by using shuttle elevators, and a combination of the sky-lobby system and the multi-bank system. From the perspective of travelers using increasingly diverse elevators, it is important that each traveler can smoothly move from the building entrance until arriving at the destination. Patent Literature 1 discloses a technique that simulates the flow of people horizontally and vertically in a consistent manner within a building, by combining a floor travel flow simulator that simulates the movement of people within the floor, an elevator movement simulator that simulates the movement of elevators, and an elevator boarding simulator that simulates the boarding of travelers onto elevators, and then displays the flow of people within the floor as well as the elevator operation condition. US2012/160612A1 discloses an intelligent destination elevator control system. The system monitors a building's population and predicts elevator traffic conditions. The system may monitor attributes of the destination elevators. Based on the monitored data, the system may generate a data structure that renders time-tables and target elevator service quality parameters that may control the destination elevators. JPH04209175A discloses an elevator control device wherein a desired bank or a bank corresponding to the destination floor is registered from a button in a place of a reception or information which is near the inlet to an elevator hall. Before going to the elevator hall, a bank-interlocking control device allocates an appropriate elevator cage while the moving time to the bank place is taken into consideration. Citation List Patent Literature Patent Literature 1: Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2009-096612 Summary of Invention Technical Problem However, the technique described in Patent Literature 1 does not take into account the change in the elevator structure. The time when travelers move within the building may be affected by the elevator structure and possibly vary depending on the elevator structure. However, it is difficult to evaluate this point by the technique described in Patent Literature 1. Solution to Problem According to a first aspect of the present invention there is provided a traveler travel condition output device as specified in claim 1. Advantageous Effects of Invention According to the present invention, it is possible to evaluate how the time when travelers move within the building changes depending on the elevator structure. Brief Description of Drawings Figure 1 is an example diagram showing the structure of a traveler travel condition output device in Example 1.Figure 2 is an example diagram showing the method of calculating the average travel time of inter-floor movement in Example 1.Figure 3 is an example diagram showing the outline of the process flow of the traveler travel condition output device in Example 1.Figure 4 is a diagram showing an example of the elevator operation record data in Example 1.Figure 5 is a diagram showing an example of the temporary data of waiting time calculation in Example 1.Figure 6 is a diagram showing an example of the temporary data of floor to floor travel time calculation in Example 1.Figure 7 is a diagram showing an example of the data in a multi-bank system as traveler travel line data in Example 1.Figure 8 is a diagram showing an example of the data in a sky-lobby system as traveler travel line data in Example 3.Figure 9 is a diagram showing an example of the travel flow of travelers moving from the entrance to each floor in Example 1.Figure 10 is a diagram showing an example of the travel flow of travelers moving from the building entrance to each floor in Example 1.Figure 11 is a diagram showing an example of the travel flow of travelers moving from the building entrance to each floor in Example 1.Figure 12 is a diagram showing an example of the operation record data of destination floor reservation elevator in Example 2.Figure 13 is a diagram showing an example of the travel flow of travelers moving from each floor to the building entrance in Example 1.Figure 14 is a diagram showing an example of the data of floor to floor travel of travelers calculated by the traveler travel condition output device in Example 1.Figure 15 is a diagram showing an example of the data of elevator waiting time of travelers