JP2012188179A - Elevator system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To further improve the conventional technique, for example, in terms of convenience.SOLUTION: An elevator system includes a registration device and a guiding device. The registration device is disposed outside a car of the elevator and enables a usual user to register a destiny floor in a building in which the elevator is installed. The guiding device is disposed outside the car and guides the user to the car in which the user gets in accordance with the registered destiny floor when the destiny floor is registered by the registration device. Further, the registration device enables an unusual user to register a target place in the building. When the target place is registered by the registration device, the guiding device guides the user to the car in which the user gets in accordance with the registered target place and guides the user to the registered target place after getting down from the car.

Description

  Embodiments described herein relate generally to an elevator system.

  Conventionally, an elevator moves a car to an arbitrary floor by moving the car in the hoistway. In such an elevator, the destination floor is registered in advance at the landing before entering the car. There is something.

JP 2006-282308 A

  By the way, in the prior art, for example, there is room for further improvement in terms of convenience.

  The elevator system of the embodiment includes a registration device and a guide device. The registration device is provided outside the elevator car, and a normal user can register a destination floor in the building where the elevator is installed. The guidance device is provided outside the car and guides the car to be boarded according to the registered destination floor when the destination floor is registered by the registration device. And the registration apparatus can register the destination in the said building by the non-normal user. When the destination is registered by the registration device, the guidance device provides guidance to the car to get on according to the registered destination, and the registered destination after getting off the car Guidance until.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration example of an elevator system according to the first embodiment. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a schematic configuration example of a hall according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a front view of the landing destination floor registration device according to the first embodiment. FIG. 4 is a front view of the hall destination floor display device according to the first embodiment. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating a schematic configuration example in the elevator car of the elevator system according to the first embodiment. FIG. 6 is a front view of the car destination floor display device according to the first embodiment. FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating switching of screen display in the display unit of the hall destination floor registration device according to the first embodiment. FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram illustrating guidance display on the display unit of the landing destination floor registration device according to the first embodiment. FIG. 9 is a partial front view illustrating voice guidance in the hall destination floor registration device according to the first embodiment. FIG. 10 is a perspective view illustrating a schematic configuration example of a destination floor registration device of the elevator system according to the second embodiment. FIG. 11 is a front view of a car destination floor display device according to the second embodiment.

[Embodiment 1]
1 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration example of an elevator system according to the first embodiment, FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a schematic configuration example of a landing according to the first embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a landing destination according to the first embodiment. FIG. 4 is a front view of the hall destination floor display device according to the first embodiment, and FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating a schematic configuration example in the elevator car of the elevator system according to the first embodiment. 6 is a front view of the car destination floor display device according to the first embodiment, FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating switching of screen display in the display unit of the hall destination floor registration device according to the first embodiment, and FIG. FIG. 9 is a partial front view for explaining voice guidance in the landing destination floor registration apparatus according to the first embodiment. FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram for explaining guidance display in the display unit of the landing destination floor registration apparatus according to the first embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the elevator system 1 according to the present embodiment includes a group management control device 2, and performs group operation on the elevator group 3 to perform an efficient operation service. Here, the elevator group 3 includes a plurality of elevators 4 from No. A to No. D, and a plurality of passenger cars 5 perform operation services by moving up and down the hoistway. In the following description, the elevator group 3 is described as including four elevators 4 from Unit A to Unit D. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the elevator group 3 may include two or three. Five or more may be provided. Moreover, in the following description, the four elevators 4 from No. A to No. D will be simply described as elevators 4 unless otherwise specified.

  Each elevator 4 includes a car 5, a counter weight 6, a main rope 7, a hoisting machine 8, a single control device 9, and the like. Each elevator 4 is a so-called lift type elevator in which a main rope 7 connects a passenger car 5 capable of moving up and down a hoistway provided in a building and a counterweight 6 as a counterweight. Here, the main rope 7 is hung on a main sheave 8a or a deflecting sheave (not shown) of the hoisting machine 8 provided at the upper part of the hoistway, and the car 5 is connected to one end and the counter is connected to the other end. A weight 6 is connected. The hoisting machine 8 includes, for example, an electric motor (motor) 8b that generates power. When the electric motor 8b is driven, the main sheave 8a connected to the electric motor 8b is rotationally driven, and the main sheave 8a and the main rope are driven. The main rope 7 is electrically wound up using the friction force generated between the main rope 7 and the main rope 7. Each elevator 4 is controlled by the single control device 9 to control each part in an integrated manner, and the car 5 moves up and down in the hoistway to move to the landing 10 on any desired floor (see also FIG. 2 etc.). be able to.

  The single controller 9 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) interconnected by a bidirectional common bus of a normal format, a ROM (Read Only Memory) pre-stored with a predetermined control program, etc. A RAM (Random Access Memory) for temporarily storing results, a backup RAM for storing information such as map data prepared in advance, specifications of the elevator 4, and a microcomputer and a drive circuit are provided. The single control device 9 is electrically connected to various parts of the elevator 4 such as various sensors, detectors and the hoisting machine 8, and controls the operation of each part of the single elevator 4 in an integrated manner.

  Here, in the elevator system 1 of the present embodiment, for example, a user registers a destination floor via a landing destination floor registration device 11 as a registration device arranged at a landing 10 outside the car 3, and Accordingly, it is a system called a so-called DCS (Destination Control System), which is a landing destination floor registration system that manages the elevator group 3 to improve the operation efficiency.

  The elevator system 1 includes a landing destination floor registration device 11, a car identification sign device 12, a landing destination floor display device 13, and a car destination floor display device 14. The landing destination floor registration device 11 and the landing destination floor display device 13 are each connected to the group management control device 2, and each car destination floor display device 14 is connected to the corresponding single control device 9.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the landing destination floor registration device 11, the car identification mark device 12, and the landing destination floor display device 13 are provided outside the car 5, typically in the landing 10.

  The landing destination floor registration device 11 outputs a call registration signal to the group management control device 2 in response to an operation input by the user to perform so-called landing call registration. The landing destination floor registration device 11 of the present embodiment is for a user to specify a destination floor at the landing 10, and registers the destination floor as landing call registration. One or more landing destination floor registration devices 11 are preferably provided at the landing 10 of each floor. Here, a plurality of landing destination floor registration devices 11 are provided beside the doors of the car entrances / exits at each landing 10.

  Some of the plurality of landing destination floor registration devices 11 may be provided in a gate shape in front of the landing 10. If the landing destination floor registration device 11 is not provided on all floors, a normal calling device (upward movement or downward movement is registered on a floor where the landing destination floor registration device 11 is not provided. Calling device).

  More specifically, the landing destination floor registration device 11 includes a plurality of input switches (input devices) 15 to which the number of the floor at which the car 5 can be stopped, characters, figures, etc., as shown in FIG. The display unit 16 that can display various information as images and also has a function as a touch panel is included. The user registers the destination floor by inputting the desired destination floor to the landing destination floor registration device 11 using the input switch 15.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the number identification device 12 is a sign for allowing the user to identify the elevator number so that the user can distinguish and recognize the number of the vehicle to be boarded. The unit identification mark device 12 is provided on the door corresponding to each unit in the hall 10 so as to correspond to each unit. Here, four machine identification marking devices 12 are provided corresponding to the elevators 4 from the A car to the D car, and “A”, “B”, “C” are provided so that each car can be identified. , “D” and the like are displayed.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the hall destination floor display device 13 can display various information such as characters and figures as images. The landing destination floor display device 13 is provided on the door side upper portion corresponding to each unit in the landing 10 corresponding to each unit. Here, four landing destination floor display devices 13 are provided corresponding to the elevators 4 from No. A to No. D. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, each landing destination floor display device 13 displays the destination floor where each unit is scheduled to stop for each user of the landing 10.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the car destination floor display device 14 can display various information such as characters and figures as images. The in-car destination floor display device 14 is provided on the upper side of the door in each car 5. Here, the car destination floor display device 14 is provided as a pair on each side of the door with respect to each car 5. As shown in FIG. 6, the in-car destination floor display device 14 displays the destination floor where each car is scheduled to stop for the users in the car 5.

  The group management control device 2 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) connected to each other by a normal type bidirectional common bus, a ROM (Read Only Memory) pre-stored with a predetermined control program, A RAM (Random Access Memory) that temporarily stores CPU calculation results, a backup RAM that stores information such as map data prepared in advance, the specifications of the elevator 4, and a microcomputer having an input / output port device and a drive circuit are provided. . The group management control device 2 communicates and exchanges information such as detection signals, drive signals, and control commands with each single control device 9 of the plurality of elevators 4 to manage the elevator group 3 as a group.

  In the elevator group 3 configured as described above, when a landing call registration operation is performed by the user via the landing destination floor registration device 11, the landing destination floor registration device 11 sends it to the group management control device 2. A corresponding call registration signal is input, and the group management control device 2 performs hall call registration of the car 5 in response to the call registration signal. The group management control device 2 then selects, for example, an optimum car 5 that responds to a hall call registration from the hall 10 of the elevator 4 according to the state of each car 5 from a plurality of cars 5 of each elevator 4. The group management control to be assigned is executed.

  The group management control device 2, for example, the total number of calls (total number of users) of the elevator group 3 based on the call registration signal, the number of calls to each destination floor, the output from various sensors and detectors, the car 5 Current call and direction of movement (lifting / lowering direction), landing call, car call predicted to be generated in the future, each call 4 based on the state of each elevator 4 and each car 5 such as the predicted destination floor A predetermined evaluation operation is performed. Then, the group management control device 2 determines the order of landing of the cars 5 so that each car 5 responds optimally to each call while rationally moving, according to the predetermined evaluation calculation. Allocating a car 5 that responds to each call and performing an assignment process for determining the answering car 5, efficiently allocating the operation of a plurality of cars 5, and providing efficient operation services for the entire elevator group 3 .

  The group management control device 2 then assigns the car 5 of the car 5 that is allocated and responds to the destination floor registered via the landing destination floor registration device 11 as the dispatch information. While displaying on the display part 16 of the destination floor registration apparatus 11, the destination floor planned to be stopped is displayed on the landing destination floor display apparatus 13 and the car destination floor display apparatus 14 of each unit. As a result, the user is prompted to move to the front of the door corresponding to the car displayed on the display unit 16 and wait there, and can smoothly get on the corresponding car 5.

  Then, the single control device 9 controls the hoisting machine 8 according to the assignment from the group management control device 2, and moves the car 5 to the target floor. Thereby, in each elevator 4, the car 5 moves up and down in the vertical direction in the hoistway and moves to the landing 10 on an arbitrary destination floor. In each elevator 4, when it is detected that the car 5 has landed on the landing 10 on the destination floor and has landed at a predetermined landing position, the single control device 9 then opens the door. As a result, a user waiting at the landing 10 can get into the car 5, and a user within the car 5 can get off at the landing 10.

  Here, the landing destination floor registration device 11 of the present embodiment is a registration device capable of registering the destination floor in the building where the elevator 4 is provided by a normal user, and also serves as a guide device as described above. When the destination floor is registered by the landing destination floor registration device 11, guidance is given to the car 5 to be boarded according to the registered destination floor.

  In addition, although this elevator system 1 is demonstrated as what the hall destination floor registration apparatus 11 serves as a registration apparatus and a guidance apparatus, it is not restricted to this. In the elevator system 1, for example, the input switch 15 and the display unit 16 may be configured separately, and the registration device and the guide device may be configured separately.

  The hall destination floor registration device 11 according to the present embodiment is different from a normal user who normally uses a building where the elevator system 1 is installed, and a visitor who is not familiar with the elevator system 1 It is configured such that a non-normal user such as a novice user can register a destination in a building. Further, when the destination is registered by the landing destination floor registration device 11, the landing destination floor registration device 11 provides guidance to the passenger car 5 to be boarded according to the registered destination, and the passenger car 5. The convenience is improved by providing guidance to the registered destination after getting off the train. That is, when the non-normal user designates a destination via the landing destination floor registration device 11, the elevator system 1 not only guides the car 5 to be boarded but also the landing destination floor registration device 11. A display that allows guidance to the destination after getting off the car 5 is performed.

  More specifically, the landing destination floor registration device 11 can display on the display unit 16 by switching between a normal registration screen for registering a destination floor and an abnormal registration screen for registering a destination. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 7, the landing destination floor registration device 11 is switched to a switching button 17 such as a visitor button or a beginner button displayed on the normal registration screen on the display unit 16 that also functions as a touch panel. When the user inputs an operation, the display of the screen is switched by using the group management control device 2 as a trigger under the control of the group management control device 2. In this case, the landing destination floor registration device 11 touches the display unit 16 from the normal registration screen for registering the destination floor via the input switch 15 under the control of the group management control device 2. Switch to the non-regular registration screen to register the destination.

  The landing destination floor registration device 11 displays, for example, a floor map of each floor of the building where the elevator 4 is installed on the non-regular registration screen, and a user (typically a non-normal user) displays the display unit 16. By touching an arbitrary position on the floor map display, a call registration signal corresponding to the touched position is output to the group management control device 2 and registered as a destination.

  The landing destination floor registration device 11 displays the destination display destination name in place of the floor map display on the non-regular registration screen, and the user touches an arbitrary destination display destination name on the display unit 16, thereby A call registration signal corresponding to the touched destination display destination name may be output to the group management control device 2 and registered as the destination. In addition, the landing destination floor registration device 11 may perform a display for explaining the system in an easy-to-understand manner as a beginner mode on the non-regular registration screen.

  Then, as illustrated in FIG. 8, the group management control device 2 assigns and responds to the destination registered via the landing destination floor registration device 11 in the same manner as described above. (Here, as an example, No. A machine) is displayed as guidance on the display unit 16 of the corresponding hall destination floor registration device 11 as the dispatch information 18. Subsequent to this, the group management control device 2 displays an arrow or the like in the direction where the destination is registered after getting off from the car 5 as the guidance information 19 after getting off the display unit of the corresponding landing destination floor registration device 11. 16 is displayed as a guide.

  In other words, the landing destination floor registration device 11 displays on the display unit 16 dispatch information 18 as guidance to the car 5 to get on, and getting off as guidance to the registered destination after getting off the car 5. Post guidance information 19 is displayed. In this case, the landing destination floor registration device 11 further gets off from the car 5 via a speaker (not shown) or the like almost simultaneously with the display of the dispatch information 18 and the after-get-off guidance information 19 as illustrated in FIG. After that, guidance to a registered destination may be guided by voice. Further, the landing destination floor registration device 11 changes the destination information after getting off on the floor map display as the guide information 19 after getting off, instead of an arrow or the like in the direction where the destination is registered after getting off from the car 5. A route to the ground may be displayed as guidance.

  The elevator system 1 configured as described above is provided, for example, when a non-normal user such as a visitor or a novice user who is not familiar with the elevator system 1 operates the landing destination floor registration device 11. By registering the destination instead of registering the destination, and providing the dispatch information and guidance information after getting off the vehicle, even users who are unfamiliar with this system, for example, get on at what floor It is possible to easily grasp which direction to go to, and thus it is possible to smoothly move to the destination. Thereby, since the elevator system 1 can make the user clearly recognize which unit to get on and on which floor to go to which direction, the inexperienced user may get lost. When you try to go to your destination after getting off, you can suppress the trouble of searching for a floor map to find the destination after getting off, and can guide and guide the user appropriately And convenience can be improved. At this time, the elevator system 1 is registered after the landing destination floor registration device 11 gets off from the car 5 via a speaker (not shown) or the like almost simultaneously with the display of the dispatch information 18 and the after-get-off guidance information 19. By providing guidance to the ground by voice, it is possible to provide clearer guidance to the user.

  The elevator system 1 described above is provided outside the elevator car 5 of the elevator 4, and a registration device capable of registering a destination floor in the building where the elevator 4 is provided by a normal user, and an outside of the elevator car 5. And a landing destination floor registration device 11 that is also used as a guidance device for guiding the car 5 that rides in accordance with the registered destination floor when the destination floor is registered by the registration device. The floor registration device 11 can register a destination in a building by a non-normal user. Further, when the destination is registered by the landing destination floor registration device 11, the floor registration device 11 gets on according to the registered destination. Guidance to the car 5 and guidance to the registered destination after getting off the car 5. Therefore, the elevator system 1 can smoothly move to a destination even for a user who is not familiar with the system, and can improve convenience.

[Embodiment 2]
FIG. 10 is a perspective view illustrating a schematic configuration example of the destination floor registration device of the elevator system according to the second embodiment, and FIG. 11 is a front view of the car destination floor display device according to the second embodiment. The elevator system according to the second embodiment is different from the first embodiment in the configuration of the registration device and the guide device. In addition, about the structure, operation | movement, and effect which are common in embodiment mentioned above, the overlapping description is abbreviate | omitted as much as possible.

  The elevator system 201 of this embodiment shown in FIG. 10 includes a destination floor registration device 211 that is also used as a registration device and a guidance device. The destination floor registration device 211 of this embodiment is incorporated in the security gate 220 and configured integrally. The security gate 220 of the present embodiment is a so-called flapper gate, and is installed at, for example, an entrance / exit of a building to which the elevator system 201 is applied.

  The destination floor registration device 211 incorporated in the security gate 220 includes a display unit 216 that can display various information such as characters and graphics as an image, a reading unit 221 that reads identification information, and the like. The destination floor registration device 211 uses the reading unit 221 to read identification information stored in an ID card 222 serving as a medium in which an RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) tag or the like is incorporated, and based on the read identification information. , To register the destination floor or destination.

  In the elevator system 201, the user causes the reading unit 221 of the destination floor registration device 211 to read the identification information stored in the ID card 222 at the security gate 220, so that the operation input by the user is performed. The destination floor or destination call registration signal set in advance corresponding to the identification information read by the destination floor registration device 211 is output to the group management control device 2 to call the destination floor or destination. sign up.

  For example, a normal user who normally uses a building in which the elevator system 201 is installed is a normal user who is usually carried by the reading unit 221 of the destination floor registration device 211 at the security gate 220. By reading the identification information of the ID card 222 for use, the destination floor set in advance corresponding to the identification information by the destination floor registration device 211 is called and registered in conjunction with the operation of the security gate 220. And the destination floor registration apparatus 211 displays the dispatch information 18 (refer FIG. 8 etc.) as guidance to the car 5 to board on the display part 216 by control of the group management control apparatus 2. FIG.

  On the other hand, a non-normal user such as a visiting user receives a loan of an ID card 222 for the visiting user at a reception in front of the security gate 220, for example. The non-normal user causes the security gate 220 to read the identification information of the rented visitor ID card 222 by the reading unit 221 of the destination floor registration device 211, so that the operation of the security gate 220 is performed. In conjunction with this, the destination set in advance corresponding to the identification information of the visitor ID card 222 lent by the destination floor registration device 211 is called and registered. Then, the destination floor registration device 211 is controlled by the group management control device 2, and on the display unit 216, dispatch information 18 (see FIG. 8 and the like) as a guide to the car 5 to get on, and getting off from the car 5. After that, guidance information 19 (see FIG. 8, etc.) after getting off as a guide to the registered destination is displayed.

  Further, the elevator system 201 includes the in-car destination floor display device 14 in each car 5 as described above. The in-car destination floor display device 14 of the present embodiment is also used as an in-car guide device, and is stored in the ID card 222 in the car 5 that responds to the destination registration in the ID card 222. Based on the information, the group management control device 2 controls to display guidance before the car 5 arrives at the destination floor. As illustrated in FIG. 11, the car destination floor display device 14, for example, displays the car 5 on the floor map display of the corresponding floor as a guide to the registered destination after getting off the car 5. After getting off the vehicle, guidance information 223 after getting off is displayed for displaying the guidance to the registered destination.

  The elevator system 201 described above can be moved smoothly to a destination even by a user who is not familiar with the system, for example, and convenience can be improved. Further, the elevator system 201 is registered after the car destination floor display device 14 gets off the car 5 on the floor map display of the corresponding floor before the car 5 reaches the destination floor. After getting off the vehicle, the guidance information 223 for displaying the route to the destination is displayed, so that it is possible to display the guidance to the destination again in the car 5 immediately before getting off the vehicle. This can be further improved.

  In addition, the elevator system which concerns on embodiment mentioned above is not limited to embodiment mentioned above, A various change is possible in the range described in the claim.

  According to the elevator system according to the embodiment and the modification described above, the user can be smoothly moved to the destination, and convenience can be improved.

  Although several embodiments of the present invention have been described, these embodiments are presented by way of example and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These embodiments can be implemented in various other 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 the equivalents thereof.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1,201 Elevator system 2 Group management control apparatus 3 Elevator group 4 Elevator 5 Car 6 Counterweight 7 Main rope 8 Hoisting machine 9 Single-unit control apparatus 10 Landing place 11 Destination destination floor registration apparatus (registration apparatus, guidance apparatus)
No. 12 identification sign device 13 Platform destination floor display device 14 Car destination floor display device (car guide device)
15 Input switch 16, 216 Display unit 17 Switching button 18 Vehicle allocation information 19, 223 Guide information after getting off 211 Destination floor registration device (registration device, guidance device)
220 Security gate 221 Reading unit 222 ID card (medium)

Claims (7)

A registration device provided outside the elevator car and capable of registering a destination floor in a building where the elevator is normally installed by a user;
A guidance device that is provided outside the car and that guides the car to board according to the registered destination floor when the destination floor is registered by the registration device;
The registration device can register a destination in the building by a non-normal user,
When the destination is registered by the registration device, the guide device guides the car to get on according to the registered destination, and the registered purpose after getting off the car It is characterized by providing guidance to the ground,
Elevator system. The registration device can switch and display a normal registration screen for registering the destination floor and a non-normal registration screen for registering the destination on the display unit.
The elevator system according to claim 1. The guidance device can display on the display unit guidance to the car to be boarded and guidance from the getting off the car to the registered destination.
The elevator system according to claim 1 or 2. The guidance device can provide voice guidance for getting to the registered destination after getting off the car.
The elevator system according to any one of claims 1 to 3. The registration device reads identification information stored in a medium, and registers the destination floor or the destination based on the read identification information.
The elevator system according to any one of claims 1 to 4. The registration device is incorporated in a security gate,
The elevator system according to claim 5. Based on the identification information stored in the medium in the car that responded to the destination registration, the car on the floor map display before the car landing on the floor of the destination. A car guide device is provided for displaying guidance from the car to the registered destination after getting off the car.
The elevator system according to any one of claims 1 to 6.

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