JP5274386B2 - Elevator equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a piece of elevator equipment which can reduce the number of elevator taking action monitoring apparatuses equipped thereon to the maximum. When the elevator cabin stops at a desired floor and when the cabin door and the elevator hall door are opened, the monitoring apparatuses start to monitor the elevator taking state of takers heading to the elevator hall and also takerswaiting to take the elevator and have the state reflected on an on/off control unit arranged on the elevator cabin door and the elevator hall door; an off elevator monitoring apparatus and an on elevator monitoring apparatus are respectively provided in the elevator cabin; the off elevator monitoring apparatus monitors and follows the positions of passengers in the elevator cabin while the off elevator monitoring apparatus monitors and follows the positions of passengers at the elevator hall door.

Description

  The present invention relates to an elevator apparatus that detects each passenger and gets reflected in the opening / closing control of a car door and a landing door.

  In order to improve the driving efficiency of the elevator, there is an elevator apparatus that detects each passenger getting off the car from the car and waiting passengers who get on the car from the car, and reflects them in the opening and closing control of the car door, 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a boarding operation detecting means for detecting the state of a passenger who rides in a car from a boarding has been configured to be installed at each floor boarding (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP-A-2005-126184 (paragraph numbers 0020 to 0024, FIG. 3)

  However, in the above-described conventional elevator apparatus, it is necessary to install the boarding motion detection means at the landing of each floor. Therefore, when the number of floors of the building where the equipment is installed increases, the boarding motion detection means increases accordingly. As the number of boarding motion detection means increases, it is necessary to increase the scale of the control means for integrating information from a plurality of boarding motion detection means. Accordingly, such a device is installed in a multi-storey building. When it is provided, there is a problem that the cost becomes high.

  In addition, the detection of the waiting operation of the waiting passengers necessary for the control of opening and closing of the car doors and the landing doors is required at the target floor where the car stops and In the meantime, the installed boarding motion detection means is in a dormant state, and there is a problem that the operation rate per boarding motion detection means is low and wasteful.

  The present invention has been made from the above-described prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide an elevator apparatus in which the boarding motion detection means can be configured with a minimum number of installed units.

To achieve the above object, the present onset Ming, when the car is stopped on the purpose floor, car door, and after the landing doors of the door opening, the passenger gets off the landing from said car, and said from the landing Detection of getting on and off of an elevator device that detects the status of passengers getting on and off in a car and reflects the results in the opening and closing control of the car doors and landing doors to detect and continuously track the position of passengers in the car And a boarding motion detection means for detecting and continuously tracking the position of a waiting passenger at the hall in the car, the getting-off motion detection means and the boarding motion detection means are provided with a single viewing angle. The elevator has a wide detection body and is provided with a car door on the front side and the back side in one car, and includes rotary sliding means that can change the detection range of the detection body, The detection object is a front car door and a landing door. When it is opened, the passengers in the car continuously image the getting-off operation to get off the landing, and the passengers in the hall continuously take the moving operation to get on the car, When the landing door is opened, the passengers in the rear-side car continuously image the getting-off operation to get off the landing, and the passengers in the hall continuously take the getting-off operation to get on the car. Then, the exit operation imaged by the detection body and the ride operation information are transmitted to the image processing means, the opening / closing control means is operated based on this information, and when the presence of a passenger is detected, the door opening control is performed, It is characterized in that door closing control is performed when no passenger is detected .

In thus constituted present onset bright, exit movement detection means, and ride motion detection means to track and continuously detecting the position of waiting customers landing track and continuously detecting the position of a passenger in the car Since the car is installed in the car, it is not necessary to provide the boarding motion detection means for each landing on each floor, and thus the boarding motion detection means can be configured with the minimum number of installed cars. In addition, by providing a rotary sliding means that can change the detection range of the detection object, even in an elevator equipped with a plurality of car doors in one car, while reducing the number of equipment, from within the car Completion of getting on and off of passengers getting off at the landing and waiting passengers getting into the car from the landing can be detected.

  According to the present invention, it is not necessary to install a boarding motion detection means for each landing on each floor, and regardless of the number of floors in the building, the number of installed units and the overall scale of the system can be suppressed and the cost can be suppressed. The operating rate of the boarding motion detecting means can be improved and waste can be reduced.

1 is an overall configuration diagram illustrating a first embodiment of an elevator apparatus according to the present invention. It is a whole block diagram which shows the 2nd Example of the elevator apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a whole block diagram which shows the 3rd Example of the elevator apparatus which concerns on this invention. In a 3rd Example, it is a whole block diagram which shows a state when a cage | basket | car stops on another floor. It is a whole block diagram which shows the 4th Example of the elevator apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a whole block diagram which shows a state in the 4th Example, when a cage | basket | car stops on another floor.

  Embodiments of an elevator apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  In FIG. 1, a car door 2 is provided at the entrance of the car 1, a landing door 4 is provided at the entrance of the hall 3, and when the car 1 is landed on a destination floor with a call, the car door 2 is Open, and in conjunction with this, the landing door 4 is also opened.

  A passenger 5 is in the car 1, and a first camera 6 </ b> A and a second camera 6 </ b> B are installed in the car 1 and are connected to the image processing means 7. The image processing means 7 is connected to the door opening / closing control means 10. A waiting customer 8 is waiting at the hall 3.

  As shown in the figure, the first camera 6A is installed at a position where the inside of the car 1 can be imaged, for example, behind the car 1, and the car 1 is landed on the called destination floor and the car door. 2 and when the landing door 4 is opened, the passenger 5 in the car 1 continuously captures the getting-off operation to get off at the landing 3 and transmits it to the image processing means 7.

  As shown in the figure, the second camera 6B is installed at a location where the outside of the car 1 can be imaged, for example, in front of the car 1, and the car 1 is landed on a destination floor where the car is called. When the door 2 and the landing door 4 are opened, the waiting operation 8 of the landing 3 continuously captures the boarding operation to get on the car 1 and transmits it to the image processing means 7.

  Passenger presence / absence information 9 detected by the first camera 6A and the boarding motion detection means comprising the image processing means 7 and the boarding motion detection means comprising the second camera 6B and the image processing means 7 Is transmitted to the door opening / closing control means 10. The door opening / closing control means 10 is also connected to a door opening / closing button (not shown) provided in the car 1 and a car call button (not shown) provided at the hall 3.

  In the first embodiment, the door opening / closing control means 10 is connected to the car door 2 and the landing door 4 when the presence / absence information is transmitted by the passenger presence / absence information 9 from the image processing means 7. Perform door opening control. At this time, if a door closing control command (not shown) is sent from a door closing button (not shown) in the car 1, the door closing control command from the door closing button is canceled, and the door by passenger recognition Open control has priority. On the other hand, the door opening / closing control means 10 performs door closing control on the car door 2 when the information on no passenger is transmitted by the passenger presence / absence information 9 from the image processing means 7, and the landing door 4 is interlocked therewith. Is also closed. At this time, when a door opening control command (not shown) from the door opening button (not shown) in the car 1 or a call command (not shown) from the call button of the hall 3 is sent, the door closing control is performed. Canceled, the door opening / closing control means 10 performs door opening control. In this way, the door opening / closing control means 10 has a getting-off operation detecting means constituted by the first camera 6A and the image processing means 7, a boarding action constituted by the second camera 6B and the image processing means 7. The door opening / closing control of the car door 2 and the landing door 4 is performed based on the passenger presence / absence information 9 sent from the detection means.

  According to the first embodiment, the second camera 6B constituting the boarding motion detecting means is installed in the car 1, and the car stop floor is picked up from the car 1 so that the number of floors is affected. Therefore, it is not necessary to increase the number of cameras installed, and the cost can be reduced. In addition, it is possible to improve the operating rate of the boarding motion detection means and reduce waste.

  Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the thing equivalent to what was mentioned above.

  In FIG. 2, a camera 11 is installed in the elevator car 1. The camera 11 includes a lens with a wide viewing angle such as a fisheye lens. Then, as shown in FIG. 2, by installing the camera 11 in front of the car door 2 side of the car 1, when the car door 2 and the landing door 4 are opened, the car 1 and the landing 3 are simultaneously opened. Imaging can be performed. That is, the passenger 5 in the car 1 continuously images the getting-off operation of getting off the hall 3, and the waiting operation 8 of the hall 3 continuously taking the boarding action of getting on the car 1. Therefore, in the second embodiment, the camera 11 and the image processing means 7 constitute a getting-off operation detecting means and a boarding operation detecting means. The camera 11 is also the above-described detector.

  In the second embodiment, when the car 1 is landed on the called destination floor, the car door 2 is opened, and the landing door 4 is also opened in conjunction therewith, the camera 11 is placed in the car 1. At the same time, the passengers 5 at the hall 3 take images of the getting-off operation of getting on the hall 3, and at the same time, the passengers 8 at the hall 3 also take an image of the getting-on motion of getting on the car 1. Alighting operation and boarding operation information captured by the camera 11 are transmitted to the image processing means 7. The operation performed by the door opening / closing control means 10 based on the information from the image processing means 7 is the same as that in the first embodiment described above, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted. In this way, the door opening / closing control means 10 is based on the boarding / exiting presence / absence information 9 sent from the boarding motion detection means and the boarding motion detection means comprised of the camera 11 and the image processing means 7, and Door opening / closing control of the landing door 4 is performed.

  According to the second embodiment, the camera 11 is provided with a lens having a wide viewing angle, and is installed in front of the car door 2 in the car 1, so that the camera 1 and the hall 3 can be connected by the single camera 11. Since it is possible to capture images at the same time, the number of installed cameras can be reduced and the cost can be reduced. In addition, it is possible to improve the operating rate of the boarding motion detection means and reduce waste.

  Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the thing equivalent to what was mentioned above.

  3 and 4, the elevator car 1 is provided with two car doors, a front car door 12 and a rear car door 13, and the front car door 12 is a front door opening / closing control means 15A. In addition, the rear car door 13 is controlled by the rear door opening / closing control device 15B, and the first camera 14A, the second camera 14B, and the third camera 14C are installed in the car 1. . The first camera 14 </ b> A is installed at a location where the inside of the car 1 can be photographed. The passenger 5 in the car 1 gets off to the landing 16, and the passenger 20 in the car 1 tries to get off to the landing 18. The image of the getting-off operation is continuously captured. The second camera 14 </ b> B is installed at a place where the outside of the car 1 on the front door side can be photographed, for example, the front car door 12 side on the car 1, and the waiting person 8 at the hall 16 gets on the car 1. Continuously image the riding action to be attempted. Further, the third camera 14 </ b> C is installed at a location where the outside of the car 1 on the back door side can be photographed, for example, the back side car door 13 side on the car 1, and the waiting passenger 21 at the hall 18 gets on the car 1. Continuously image the riding action to be attempted. Therefore, in the third embodiment, the first camera 14A and the image processing means 7 constitute a getting-off operation detecting means, and the second camera 14B and the image processing means 7 constitute a front-side boarding operation detecting means. Further, the third camera 14 </ b> C and the image processing means 7 constitute back side riding operation detection means.

  In the third embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, when the car 1 reaches the landing 16 on the floor where the passenger gets on and off from the front car door 12, the front car door 12 opens and interlocks with this. Then the landing door 17 is also opened. At this time, the first camera 14 </ b> A continuously captures the getting-off operation of the passenger 5 in the car 1 trying to get off at the landing 16, and this getting-off operation information is transmitted to the image processing means 7. On the other hand, the second camera 14 </ b> B continuously captures the boarding operation of the waiting customer 8 at the hall 16 trying to get on the car 1, and this boarding operation information is transmitted to the image processing means 7. The operation performed by the front door opening / closing control means 15A based on the information from the image processing means 7 is the same as that in the first embodiment described above, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 4, when the car 1 reaches the landing 18 on the floor where the passenger gets on and off from the rear side car door 13, the rear side car door 13 is opened, and the landing door 19 is also opened in conjunction therewith. At this time, the first camera 14 </ b> A continuously captures the getting-off operation of the passenger 20 in the car 1 trying to get off at the landing 18, and this getting-off operation information is transmitted to the image processing means 7. On the other hand, the third camera 14 </ b> C continuously shoots the boarding motion of the waiting passenger 21 at the hall 18 trying to get on the car 1, and this boarding motion information is transmitted to the image processing means 7. The operation performed by the back door opening / closing control means 15B based on the information from the image processing means 7 is the same as that in the first embodiment, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted. Thus, in the elevator in which the front car door 12 and the rear car door 13 are installed in the car 1, the front door opening / closing control means 15A includes the first camera 14A and the image processing means 7. Of the car door 12 and the landing door 17 on the basis of the passenger presence / absence information 9 sent from the getting-off action detecting means, the second camera 14B, and the front-side boarding action detecting means composed of the image processing means 7. While performing door opening / closing control, the back door opening / closing control means 15B is constituted by a first camera 14A and a getting-off operation detecting means constituted by the image processing means 7, a third camera 14C, and the image processing means 7. The door opening / closing control of the car door 13 and the landing door 19 is performed based on the passenger presence / absence information 9 sent from the rear-side boarding operation detecting means.

  According to the third embodiment, in an elevator provided with a plurality of car doors 12 and 13 in one car 1, by installing a getting-off operation detecting means and a boarding operation detecting means for each car door, It is possible to detect the completion of boarding / exiting of passengers getting off to the landings 16 and 18 from the car 1 and waiting passengers getting into the car 1 from the landings 16 and 18 with certainty. In addition, the second camera 14B and the third camera 14C constituting the boarding motion detection means are installed in the car 1, and the platform stop floor is imaged from the car 1, so that the number of floors is increased. Therefore, it is not necessary to increase the number of cameras installed, and the cost can be reduced. In addition, it is possible to improve the operating rate of the boarding motion detection means and reduce waste.

  In the third embodiment, an example in which entrances are installed on the front side and the back side in the car 1 is given as an example. However, if the cameras 14B and 14C are installed at locations where each car door side can be imaged, the same effect can be obtained.

  Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the thing equivalent to what was mentioned above.

  5 and 6, the elevator car 1 is provided with two car doors, a front car door 12 and a rear car door 13, and the front car door 12 is a front door opening / closing control means 15A. Moreover, the rear side car door 13 is controlled by the rear door opening / closing control device 15B. A camera 22 is installed in the car 1. The camera 22 includes, for example, a lens with a wide viewing angle such as a fish-eye lens, and a rotating sliding means 23 that can change the photographing range. As a result, as shown in FIG. 5, when the front car door 12 and the landing door 17 are opened, the camera 22 can simultaneously image the car 1 and the landing 16. That is, the passenger 5 in the car 1 continuously images the getting-off operation of getting off at the landing 16 and the waiting operation 8 of the passenger 16 at the landing 16 continuously picks up the riding action of getting on the car 1. Moreover, as shown in FIG. 6, when the back side car door 13 and the landing door 19 are opened, it becomes possible to image the inside of the car 1 and the landing 18 at the same time. That is, the passenger 20 in the car 1 continuously images the getting-off operation of getting off the hall 18, and the waiting operation 21 of the hall 18 continuously taking the boarding action of getting on the car 1. Therefore, in the fourth embodiment, the camera 22 and the image processing means 7 constitute a getting-off operation detecting means and a boarding operation detecting means. The camera 22 is also the above-described detector.

  In the fourth embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, when the car 1 reaches the landing 16 on the floor where the passenger gets on and off from the front car door 12, before the car 1 reaches the landing 16. In addition, the camera 22 slides in the front door side camera sliding direction 24 and rotates in the front side camera rotation direction 25 to move to a position where the front door side can be photographed. When the front-side car door 12 is opened and the landing door 17 is also opened in conjunction with the opening, the camera 22 images the inside of the car 1 and the landing 16 at the same time. That is, the camera 22 continuously shoots the getting-off operation of the passenger 5 in the car 1 trying to get off at the landing 16, and at the same time, the waiting operation 8 for the passenger 8 at the landing 16 to get on the car 1 continuously. Take a picture. Then, the getting-off operation and the boarding operation information captured by the camera 22 are transmitted to the image processing means 7. The operation performed by the front door opening / closing control means 15A based on the information from the image processing means 7 is the same as that in the first embodiment described above, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 6, when the car 1 reaches the landing 18 on the floor where the passenger gets on and off from the rear side car door 13, the camera 22 is connected to the rear door side before the car 1 reaches the landing 18. While sliding to the camera sliding direction 26, it rotates to the rear door side camera rotation direction 27, and moves to the position which can image | photograph a rear door side. When the rear-side car door 13 is opened and the landing door 19 is also opened in conjunction with this, the camera 22 takes an image of the car 1 and the landing 20 simultaneously. That is, the camera 22 continuously shoots the getting-off operation of the passenger 20 in the car 1 trying to get off at the landing 18, and at the same time, the waiting operation 21 of the passenger 18 at the landing 18 continuously takes on the riding operation of the car 1. Take a picture. Then, the getting-off operation and the boarding operation information captured by the camera 22 are transmitted to the image processing means 7. The operation performed by the back door opening / closing control means 15B based on the information from the image processing means 7 is the same as that in the first embodiment, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted. In this way, in the elevator in which the front car door 12 and the rear car door 13 are installed in the car 1, the front door opening / closing control means 15 </ b> A is a getting-off operation composed of the camera 22 and the image processing means 7. On the basis of the passenger presence / absence information 9 sent from the detection means and the boarding motion detection means, the door opening / closing control of the car door 12 and the landing door 17 is performed, and the rear door opening / closing control means 15B includes the camera 22 and image processing. The door opening / closing control of the car door 13 and the landing door 19 is performed based on the getting-on / off person presence information 9 sent from the getting-off action detecting means and the getting-on action detecting means constituted by the means 7.

  According to the fourth embodiment, the camera 22 is provided with a lens having a wide viewing angle, and is provided with the rotation sliding means 23 that can change the imaging range. Since the hall 16 can be photographed at the same time, or the car 1 and the rear hall 18 can be photographed at the same time, the number of installed cameras can be reduced and the cost can be reduced. In addition, it is possible to improve the operating rate of the boarding motion detection means and reduce waste.

  In the fourth embodiment, an example in which entrances are installed on the front side and the back side in the car 1 is given as an example. In addition, the same effect can be obtained by allowing the camera 22 to be slid to a position where each car door side can be photographed.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Car 2 Car door 3 Platform 4 Platform door 6A 1st camera 6B 2nd camera 7 Image processing means 10 Door opening / closing control means 11 Camera 12 Front side cage door 13 Back side cage door 14A 1st camera 14B 2nd Camera 14C Third camera 15A Front door opening / closing control means 15B Rear door opening / closing control device 16 Platform 18 Platform 19 Platform door 22 Camera 23 Rotating sliding device

Claims (1)

When the car stops on the target floor, after the car door and the landing door are opened, the passengers getting off the car from the car and the waiting state of the passengers getting into the car from the car are detected. And in the elevator apparatus reflected in the opening and closing control of the car door and the landing door,
Alighting operation detecting means for detecting and continuously tracking the position of passengers in the car, and a boarding operation detecting means for detecting and continuously tracking the position of waiting passengers at the hall are installed in the car, The motion detection means and the boarding motion detection means comprise a single detector having a wide viewing angle, and are provided in an elevator provided with a car door on the front side and the back side in one car, Rotating / sliding means that can change the detection range of the detection body is provided, and the detection body continues a getting-off operation for passengers in the car to get off to the landing when the front car door and the landing door are opened. The passengers in the backside car will get off to the landing when the backside car door and the landing door are opened. When we get a picture of getting off In addition, the waiting passengers at the hall continuously take a picture of the boarding action to get on the car, and the getting-off action imaged by the detection body and the boarding action information are transmitted to the image processing means, and based on this information An elevator apparatus characterized by operating an opening / closing control means to perform door opening control when detecting the presence of a passenger and performing door closing control when detecting the absence of a passenger .

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