摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an elevator control device for accurately detecting the existence of passengers waiting for an elevator and the number of the passengers from image data for an elevator hall or an elevator car interior acquired by using an image input device. SOLUTION: The elevator control device comprises image input means arranged on a ceiling or a wall of an elevator hall for detecting the number of waiting passengers in the elevator hall and controlling the operation of the elevator car, the image input means being constructed of a wide angle lens and an image sensor for forming the image obtained via the wide angle lens. A first area where the waiting passengers in front of a door corresponding to each elevator in the elevator hall are held ready and a second area where walkers apart from the door is freely movable are set up so that the number of the waiting passengers in the first area corresponding to each elevator is detected by using image sensor data in each area on the image sensor corresponding to the first area.
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