JPH0780640B2 - Passenger transportation system - Google Patents

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Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an unmanned and automated passenger transportation system, and in particular, to a passenger capable of optimizing transportation capacity and improving serviceability for passengers. Regarding transportation system.

[Prior Art] As a conventional technology relating to a new transportation system for automatically and automatically driving passengers to transport passengers, for example, the Journal of the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan No. 102 (1982).
(January 1) The techniques described on pages 17-18 are known.

This conventional technology operates a train according to a preset timetable.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In the prior art, the transportation demand is patterned in advance, and the cage is operated according to the schedule along the pattern. Therefore, when the transportation demand does not match the pattern, the transportation demand is increased. If there is a short-term fluctuation in the transportation capacity, the transportation capacity may not be able to meet the transportation demand, and the waiting time for passengers will be long, which will significantly reduce the serviceability to passengers. In addition, it also has the following problems.

Since it is not possible to set the transportation capacity independently for each station, even if there is only a large demand for transportation between some stations, the entire transportation capacity must be increased, and there is much waste as a system. .

Since the cage does not have a function of registering the destination station, the cage is wastefully stopped at a station where passengers do not get on and off, resulting in a long transportation time.

Fully loaded cages also stop at each station, causing frustration to passengers who cannot board.

When connecting to another transportation system, the waiting time at the connecting station is very long because it does not have a function to adjust the operation of the cage so that the waiting time for connecting to another transportation system with the connection liquid is short There are cases.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, optimize transportation capacity, shorten the waiting time of passengers, and make it possible to register the destination station in advance, thereby significantly improving the serviceability for passengers. It is to provide a passenger transportation system capable of

[Means for Solving the Problems] According to the present invention, the above object is to provide a first passenger transportation system in which a plurality of cages are automatically guided by unmanned vehicles on the same horizontal traveling path, and passengers are transported by side. A second transportation system, which is connected to each other so as to be able to transfer to each other and transports passengers in the vertical direction, and a destination station in the first transportation system, which is arranged at the transfer station. An operating means for registering and a call registering operating means for registering a call of the second transportation system;
By providing call registration means provided in the cage of the transportation system for registering a call of the second transportation system, and means for transporting the registration information to the control device of the corresponding transportation system. To be achieved.

[Operation] By registering the call of the second transportation system and the destination station of the first transportation system at the transfer station,
The detailed transportation demand data of the second transportation system can be grasped, and by this, the transportation capacity between arbitrary stations of the first transportation system can be temporarily adjusted, so that the transportation is always carried out. Since the timetable can be changed so that the cage can be operated according to the demand, the waiting time of passengers can be shortened.

Further, by transferring the transit data from the first transportation system to the second transportation system, it becomes possible to perform the linked operation of the first and second transportation systems.
It is possible to reduce the waiting time when transferring.

Embodiment An embodiment of the passenger transportation system according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the system configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 are diagrams for explaining the contents of each station management table, and FIGS. 4 and 5 are the contents of the cage management table. FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the contents of the timetable, FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the contents of the traveling speed pattern table, FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining the contents of the transit data table, and FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the transportation capacity management system, FIG. 11 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the station management system, and FIG. 12 is a cage operation management system. FIG. 13 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of FIG. 13, and FIG. 13 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the transit management system. 1 and 9, 1 is a transportation capacity management system, 2 is a station management system, 3 is a cage operation management system, 4 is a cage automatic operation system, 5 is a transit management system, 31 is a station, and 33 is a cage call. Button, 34, 35, 44,
45 is a destination station registration button, 36 is a cage arrival time forecasting device, 37 is a central operation control room, 39 is a cage, 46 is an exit button, 47 is a guide display device, 49 is an elevator, and 50 is a group management device.

As shown in the configuration of FIG. 1, the system of one embodiment of the present invention has information such as call of each station, destination registration, etc. under the transportation capacity management system 1 for controlling the number of cages on the rail and the cage interval. Each station management system 2 that creates and operates stations, and cage operation management system 3 that creates information such as call and destination registration of each cage, and creates and modifies cage operation schedules.
A cage automatic driving system 4 for automatically driving each cage and a transit management system 5 for exchanging destination station registration information are connected between the second transportation system.

The structures of various data tables necessary for operating the system according to the embodiment of the present invention as described above are shown in FIGS.
It is shown in the figures and is explained below.

The station management table 6 shown in FIG. 2 is a table that is set for each station for each station and includes station No. 7, station call 8, assigned cage No. 9 corresponding to station call 8, waiting time 10a, Average call interval 10b based on the frequency of occurrence of station calls 8, operating interval 11 of cages calculated from the number of cages between the preceding station, and the difference between the required transport capacity and the current transport capacity determined based on the above table data. Accordingly, a transportation capacity management flag 12 for instructing increase / decrease of transportation capacity is stored.

As shown in FIG. 3, the station call 8 is accompanied by a table for registering a destination station 8a in the first transportation system and a destination station 8b in the second transportation system. These destination stations are registered when the passenger instructs the destination using the registration button of the using station.

The cage management table 13 shown in FIG. 4 is set for each cage. The cage No. 14, cage position 15, cage speed 16, cage loading capacity 16, and destination stations registered in the cage are set. A cage management flag 18 that stores the cage call 18 to be stored and the necessity or unnecessaryness of the cage thereafter, and the speed increase / decrease.
Equipped with 19.

The cage call 18 is the destination station 18a in the first transportation system and the second transportation system in the first transportation system as shown in FIG. It is equipped with a table for registering the destination station 18b.

The diagram table 20 shown in FIG. 6 registers the operation status of each cage set for each cage. The cage No. 14, arrival time at each station 21, departure time from each station 2
2 and the traveling speed pattern 23 between each station. This traveling speed pattern 23 is represented by a pattern No., and the actual pattern is the traveling speed pattern table shown in FIG.
Stored in 24. This running speed pattern table 24
Cage No. 14, acceleration 25, maximum speed 26, deceleration 27
The traveling speed pattern for each cage is stored.

The transit data table 28 shown in FIG. 8 is set for each station to which the second transportation system is connected,
It stores the cage No. 14 and the estimated arrival time 29 of the cage, and the destination station 18b in the second transportation system registered in the cage management table 13 as the cage call 18 in the cage.

In the hardware configuration of one embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 9, the first transportation system is a system in which a cage 39 having a motor 41 and wheels automatically travels on a traveling path 43, and a second transportation system. Is an elevator system including a group management device and an elevator. The first and second transportation systems are not limited to the above-mentioned systems, and may be any type of system as long as it is an automatically operated transportation system, such as a bank elevator.

At the station 31 of the first transportation system, a cage call button 33 beside the hall side door 32, a destination station registration button 34 which is an operation means for registering a destination station in the first transportation system, and a second station. The destination station registration button 35 and the cage arrival time forecasting device 36 in the second transportation system, which are the call registration means for registering the call of the transportation system of the above, are provided. These and the central operation control room 37 are the data transmission circuit.
38 connected.

Further, the cage 39 receives a control signal from the control signal cable 40 by inductive radio or the like, and based on the control signal, the motor 41 mounted on the cage 39 drives the wheels 42 to drive the traveling path 43.
Automatically drive over. In the cage 39, a destination station registration button 44 of the cage, a destination station registration button 45 of the second transportation system, which is a call registration means for registering a call of the second transportation system, an exit button 46, and a guidance display. A device 47 is provided, which is connected to the central operation management room 37 via a data communication line 48 such as a guide radio to transmit destination station registration information and the like.

The central operation management room 37, together with the group management device of the elevator 49 in the building connected to the station 31 of the first transportation system,
They are connected by a data communication line 51 and exchange transfer data with each other. The above-mentioned data communication lines 38, 48, 51 constitute means for transporting the registration information to the corresponding control device of the transport system.

Next, the operation of each system constituting one embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 will be described according to the flow of FIGS.

First, the operation of the transportation capacity management system 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

(1) When the system is activated, first, one cage is initially assigned to each station, and each station management system 2, cage operation management system 3, and cage automatic operation system 4 are activated (steps 52, 53).

(2) Whether or not the transport capacity shortage is detected in each station management system 2, that is, the transport capacity management flag 12
It is detected whether or not "1" has been set (step 54).

(3) In step 54, if "1" is set in the management flag 12, it is checked whether or not it is only one section, and if it is only one section, a cage operation interval change simulation is performed and that section The waiting time of passengers at all other stations is calculated when the driving interval of the cages inside is shortened and the driving intervals of the cages in other sections are extended (steps 55 and 56).

(4) It is checked whether the waiting times obtained in step 56 are all within the allowable value. If the waiting time is within the allowable value, a command to change the operation interval of the cage is issued, that is, the cage of the cage within the corresponding section is instructed. The cage management flag in the management table 13 is set to "2" (steps 57 and 58).

(5) In step 55, if insufficient transport capacity is detected in multiple sections, and in step 57 if the town time exceeds the allowable value, it is determined that the number of cages is insufficient and the number of cages in that section is insufficient. Set the cage management flag to "3" (step 6)
1).

(6) After completion of steps 58 and 61, the waiting time and the operation interval in the station management table of all stations are rewritten, and each station management system 2 and cage entrainment management system 3 are caused to perform the required processing based on these ( Step 59).

(7) On the other hand, if "1" is not set in the transportation capacity management flag 12 in step 54, it is checked whether or not "-1" is set in the management flag, which indicates that the transportation capacity has surplus capacity (step). 62).

(8) In step 62, if the flag of "-1" is set, it is 1/3 or more of the whole section. If it is 1/3 or more, the number of cages on the road exceeds the minimum set number. It is checked whether or not (steps 63 and 64).

(9) In step 64, when the number of cages on the traveling road exceeds the minimum set number, the cage management flag of the callless cage close to the garage is set to "-1", and the warehousing process of the cage is instructed (step 65). ).

(10) After that, the above-described processing is repeatedly executed to manage the operation of the cage, and at the end of the work, each cage is returned to the initial state and each system is stopped (steps 66 to 68).

Next, the operation of each station management system will be described with reference to the flow shown in FIG.

(1) When the system is started, it is first checked whether or not there is a station call, and if there is no call for a certain period of time, the transport capacity management flag is changed to "-1" because the transport capacity has surplus. This management flag is used by the transportation capacity management system 1 as described above (steps 69, 82, 83).

(2) When there is a station call, the nearest cage that is not full is searched and the destination stations 8a and 8b registered in the station call 8 of the station management table 6 are searched for the cage call 18 of the cage management table 13 of the cage. Transfer registration to the destination station 18a, 18b (steps 70, 71).

(3) Calculate the time until the cage arrives at the station from the cage position 15 and cage speed 16 in the cage management table 13 of the cage, calculate the passenger waiting time t _w, and allow the waiting time. It is determined whether the value is within the range (steps 72, 7).
3).

(4) In step 73, when the passenger waiting time t _w is within the allowable value, the arrival time of the cage is displayed at the station, and when the cage arrives, the door handling operation of the station is performed (steps 74 and 75).

(5) In step 73, when the passenger waiting time t _w exceeds the allowable value, the average call interval of station calls in the management table 6
It is checked whether or not the time t _{c of} 10b exceeds α times the operation interval value t _s within the cage operation interval 11 (step 76).

(6) In step 76, if t _c exceeds α times t _s , it is determined that the transport capacity is not insufficient, and the cage management flag 19 in the cage management table 13 of the cage is set to “1”, Waiting time t _w
And move to step 74 (steps 77, 7
8).

(7) If t _c is less than α times t _{s in} step 76, it is determined that the transport capacity at the station is insufficient, and the station management table 6
The transportation capacity management flag 12 of is set to "1" to cause the transportation capacity management system 1 to perform transportation capacity adjustment (step 7).
9).

The above process is repeatedly executed until the end of work. The coefficient α in the above process is a value preset for each station.

Next, the operation of the cage operation management system 3 will be described with reference to the flow shown in FIG.

(1) When the system is started, first, the timetable
Initially set the diamond for each cage to 20, call inside the cage,
Destination registration, or station call, destination registration is registered in the cage management table 13 of the relevant cage (step 85,
86).

(2) When the disembarkation button is pressed in the cage, the next station is registered as the destination station, and the contents of the timetable 20 are corrected by the data of the destination station 18a of this cage (step
87, 88).

(3) Check whether or not the flag "3" has occurred in the cage management flag 19, and if so, shorten the operation interval of the relevant cage and insert an additional cage into another cage group. Then, the diamond table 20 is modified and the additional cage is put out. Incidentally, if the operating interval has already been shortened so that it is impossible to shorten the operating interval of the cage group, it is determined that the transportation capacity has reached the limit, and an operating schedule according to a fixed operating interval schedule, for example, It is assumed that one cage is assigned to each station (steps 81 to 91).

(4) After the end of step 91, or when the cage management flag 19 does not have the flag “3” in step 89,
It is checked whether or not the flag "2" is generated in the cage management flag 19. If it is, the operation interval of the relevant gauge group is shortened and the operation interval of other cage groups is lengthened. Is corrected (steps 92 and 93).

(5) After the step 93 is completed, or when the cage management flag 19 does not have the flag “2” in the step 92,
It is checked whether or not the flag "1" is generated in the cage management flag 19, and if so, the diamond table 20 is modified so that only the relevant cage arrives early at the next station (step
94, 95).

(6) When the cage management flag 19 does not have the flag “1” after the end of step 95 or in step 94,
It is checked whether or not a flag “−1” is generated in the cage management flag 19. If the flag is generated, the cage is stored and the operation schedule of the remaining cage groups is made equal so that the diamond management table 20 Is corrected (steps 96 to 98).

The above-described processing is repeatedly executed until the end of work.

In the description of the flow shown in FIGS. 10 to 12 described above, the entire process of the flow shown in FIGS. 10 and 11 constitutes means for controlling the number of cages or the cage operation intervals, and
The processing of switching 61 and 59 in FIG. 10 constitutes means for performing a schedule operation with a fixed number of cages or cage operation intervals, and means for allocating one cage to each station. Further, the entire processing of the flow shown in FIG. 12 constitutes means for automatically creating and modifying the cage flight schedule.

Next, the operation of the transit management system will be described with reference to the flow shown in FIG.

(1) When the system is started, first, it is checked whether registration at the destination station in the second transportation system occurs in the station management table 6 and the cage management table 13, and if there is, , A transit data table 28 is created (steps 100 and 101).

(2) It is checked whether or not the timetable 20 is corrected, and if the timetable is corrected, the estimated arrival time in the transit data table 28 is corrected accordingly (step
102, 103).

(3) After the end of step 103, or in step 102,
If the timetable is not corrected, the contents of the transit data table 28 are transferred to the second transportation system, in the case of the example shown in FIG. 9, to the elevator group management device. On the side of the second transportation system, that is, on the side of the elevator group management device, the operation of the elevator is managed based on the transferred data so that the waiting time is shortened, but this method is known. Not detailed (step 104).

(4) If there is a destination station registration in the first transportation system from the second transportation system side, the transit data table is read, the cage is called, and the destination station is registered (steps 105 and 106).

(5) Based on the information from the second transportation system, the cage that minimizes the waiting time is assigned according to the estimated arrival time of the second transportation system, and the timetable is modified to further reduce the waiting time ( Steps 107, 108).

The cage automatic operation system 4 controls the automatic operation of each cage based on the contents of the diamond table 20 and the traveling speed pattern table 24. This control method is well known in the prior art new transportation system. Therefore, the description is omitted here.

According to the above-described embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to constantly respond to the transportation demand by constantly changing the transportation capacity of an arbitrary operating section based on the station call, thereby waiting for passengers and waiting for transit. The time can be shortened.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, the transportation capacity of an arbitrary operating section can be changed at any time, so that it is possible to immediately respond to changes in transportation demand and reduce passenger waiting time. be able to.

In addition, since it is possible to register the destination station at each station, it is possible to predict an appropriate transportation demand at all times,
The transportation capacity can be optimized easily.

Further, since the transit system of the transfer destination can be registered, the waiting time for the transit can be shortened, and the serviceability for passengers can be greatly improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the system configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 are diagrams for explaining the contents of each station management table, and FIGS. 4 and 5 are the contents of the cage management table. FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the contents of the timetable, FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the contents of the traveling speed pattern table, FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining the contents of the transit data table, and FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 10 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the transportation capacity management system, FIG. 11 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the station management system, and FIG. 12 is a cage operation management. FIG. 13 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the system, and FIG. 13 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the transit management system. 1 …… Transport capacity management system, 2 …… Station management system, 3 …… Cage operation management system, 4 …… Cage automatic operation system, 5 …… Transit management system, 31 ……
Station, 33 …… Cage call button, 34, 35, 44, 45 …… Destination station registration button, 36 …… Cage arrival time forecasting device, 37…
… Central operation control room, 39 …… Cage, 46 …… Get off button,
47 ... Guide display device, 49 ... Elevator, 50 ... Group management device.

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A first passenger transportation system, in which a plurality of cages are automatically guided by unmanned automatic traveling on the same horizontal travel route, to carry passengers in a shared manner, and at least one station in the first transportation system transfers mutually. A second transportation system that is connected as much as possible and that transports passengers in the vertical direction; an operating means that is arranged at the transfer station and that registers a destination station in the first transportation system; and a second transportation system. Call registration operation means for registering a call, call registration means for registering a call for the second transportation system, which is provided in the cage of the first transportation system, and the registration information corresponding to these, respectively. And a means for transferring to a control device of the transportation system. 2. A means for independently controlling the number of cages or a cage operation interval at each of a plurality of stations in the first transportation system, wherein the means is independently provided. Passenger transportation system. 3. A means for performing a schedule operation with a fixed number of cages or a cage operation interval in response to the transportation capacity of the first transportation system reaching a predetermined value. The passenger transportation system according to claim 1 or 2. 4. The passenger transportation system according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising means for automatically creating and modifying a cage operation diagram of the first transportation system. 5. The passenger transportation system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising means for allocating one cage in the first transportation system to each station. 6. The passenger transportation system according to claim 1, wherein the arrival time of the cage is displayed at each station.