JP6545851B1 - Two-way elevator and control method for two-way elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

A two-way elevator and a two-way elevator control method that enable as many users as possible to board the vehicle. A two-way elevator provided with doors in two directions of a car 10 has a waiting user information acquisition unit 23, a congestion degree calculation unit 24A, B, a speaker device 14 installed in the car 10, and an announcement information output. And an instruction unit 25A, B. The waiting user information acquisition unit 23 detects a waiting user at the landing on the floor where the one-way door of the car 10 is opened. The congestion degree calculators 24A and 24B calculate the degree of congestion in the car. Announcement information output instruction units 25A and 25B are used when the waiting user information acquisition unit 23 detects a waiting user at the landing after the car has landed on the floor and the landing door has been opened. If the degree of in-car congestion calculated by the degree-of-congestion calculation unit is equal to or less than a predetermined value, the speaker device 14 outputs announcement information for prompting the user in the car to stop in the car. [Selected figure] Figure 1

Description

  Embodiments of the present invention relate to a two-way elevator and a control method for a two-way elevator.

  Conventionally, in a two-way elevator, a user who gets into a car from a door in one direction on a predetermined floor moves to another floor and gets off from the door in the other direction. Therefore, the user is facing the direction of getting in, that is, the direction of the door to get off, between getting in the car and getting off.

JP 7-25550 A

  As described above, if the user stays in the direction of the boarding direction after getting into the two-way elevator car and getting off, the user does not notice the user who is going to board the vehicle later. There is. Therefore, even if the back side of the car, i.e., the vicinity of the getting-off door, is not clear, it may stay near the open door without moving to that side, and new users may not be able to board. There was a problem.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and a control method of a two-way elevator and a two-way elevator which enables as many users as possible to get into a car in which doors are installed in two directions. The purpose is to provide.

According to an embodiment for achieving the above object, a two-way elevator in which doors are installed in two directions of a car is a camera device installed at an upper portion of a door in one direction of the car ; A speaker apparatus installed in a car and an announcement information output instructing unit are provided. The camera device takes an image of the landing of the floor when the door is opened, and analyzes the imaging information to detect a waiting user at the landing. The congestion degree calculation unit calculates the in-car congestion degree. The announcement information output instructing unit is configured to calculate the degree of congestion when the camera apparatus detects a waiting user at the landing after the landing of the car on the floor and the door on the landing side is opened. If the degree of in-car congestion calculated in the above is equal to or less than a predetermined value, the speaker device outputs announcement information for prompting the user in the car to stay behind.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The block diagram which shows the structure of the two-way elevator by 1st Embodiment. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the two-way elevator according to the first embodiment. The external appearance perspective view which shows the state which looked at the open door of the two-way elevator by 2nd Embodiment from the landing side. The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the two-way elevator by 2nd Embodiment.

First Embodiment
<Configuration of Two-Way Elevator According to First Embodiment>
The configuration of a two-way elevator according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In the two-way elevator 1A according to the present embodiment, a car 10 moving up and down in the hoistway 2 in a building and an elevator control device 20A installed above the hoistway 2 are connected by a tail cord (not shown) Is configured. On the first floor in the building, the first floor landing is installed on the building front side of the hoistway 2, and on the second floor, the second floor landing is installed on the building back side of the hoistway 2.

  The car 10 has a first car door 11-1 corresponding to the front side of the building, a second car door 11-2 corresponding to the back side of the building, and a first installed on top of the first car door 11-1. A camera device 12-1, a second camera device 12-2 installed in the upper part of the second car door, a load detection device 13A installed under the floor, and a speaker device 14 installed in the upper part in the car 10 And.

  When the first car door opens at the landing on the first floor, the first camera device 12-1 takes a picture of the landing on the first floor and analyzes the imaging information to obtain a waiting user at the landing on the first floor. To detect When the second car door 11-2 opens at the second floor landing, the second camera device 12-2 takes a picture of the second floor landing and analyzes the imaging information to stay at the second landing Detect waiting users. That is, the first camera device 12-1 and the second camera device 12-2 each function as a waiting user detection device for detecting a waiting user at the corresponding landing. The load detection device 13A detects the amount of load applied to the car 10. The speaker device 14 outputs the announcement information instructed from the elevator control device 20A.

  The elevator control device 20A has a driving condition information acquisition unit 21, an operation control unit 22, a waiting user information acquisition unit 23, a congestion degree calculation unit 24A, and an announcement information output instruction unit 25A. The operating condition information acquisition unit 21 acquires operating condition information of the two-way elevator 1A. The operation control unit 22 controls the operation of each device in the two-way elevator 1A based on the driving condition information acquired by the driving condition information acquiring unit 21. Further, the operation control unit 22 outputs predetermined announcement information into the car 10 based on an instruction from the announcement information output instruction unit 25A described later. The waiting user information acquisition unit 23 acquires information on waiting users at the first floor detected by the first camera device 12-1, and waits at the second floor detected by the second camera device 12-2. Get user's information.

  The congestion degree calculating unit 24A calculates the in-car congestion degree indicating the congestion degree of the car 10 based on the load amount applied to the car 10 detected by the load detection device 13A. The announcement information output instructing unit 25A is congested when the waiting user at the landing is detected after the landing door is opened by the car 10 landing on any floor. If the degree of in-car congestion calculated by the degree calculator 24A is equal to or less than a predetermined value, it is determined that the waiting user can get in the car 10. Then, when it is determined that the waiting user can get in the car 10, an output instruction for outputting announcement information for urging the user in the car 10 to back in the car 10 is operated. It is sent to the control unit 22.

<Operation of Two-Way Elevator According to First Embodiment>
Next, the operation of the two-way elevator 1A according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, when a landing call operation is performed by the user at the ground floor, information on the operation is acquired by the operation status information acquisition unit 21 of the elevator control device 20A, and based on this, the operation control unit 22 performs the winding machine (shown in FIG. Operation is controlled, and the car 10 is landed on the first floor landing. When the car 10 lands on the first floor and the first car door 11-1 opens ("YES" in S1), the information on the operation is acquired by the driving status information acquisition unit 21.

  In addition, when the first car door 11-1 of the car 10 is opened at the first floor landing, the first camera apparatus 12-1 starts photographing the first floor landing, and the photographed imaging information is analyzed. Then, the waiting users at the first landing are detected. At this time, a person moving toward the car 10 in the imaging information is detected as a waiting user trying to get into the car 10, and a person moving across the landing is trying to get into the car It is not detected as a waiting user. When the first camera device 12-1 detects a waiting user, waiting user detection information is generated and transmitted to the elevator control device 20A. The waiting user detection information transmitted from the first camera device 12-1 is acquired by the waiting user information acquisition unit 23 of the elevator control device 20A.

  Moreover, while the door of the car 10 is open, the load amount applied to the car 10 is acquired at predetermined time intervals by the load detection device 13A, and is transmitted to the elevator control device 20A. Information of the load amount transmitted from the load detection device 13A is acquired by the congestion degree calculation unit 24A of the elevator control device 20A. In the congestion degree calculation unit 24A, the in-car congestion degree of the car 10 is calculated based on the acquired load amount of the car 10. The in-car congestion degree is calculated, for example, by the ratio of the acquired load amount to the preset maximum load weight of the car 10.

  Then, when the operation status information acquiring unit 21 acquires operation information indicating that the car 10 has landed on the first floor landing and the first car door 11-1 is opened, the announcement information output instructing unit 25A The waiting user information acquisition unit 23 determines whether the waiting user detection information is acquired from the first camera device 12-1. Here, when waiting user detection information is acquired from the first camera device 12-1, it is determined that there is a waiting user at the landing on the first floor ("YES" in S2), and the announcement information output instructing unit 25A further The information on the degree of in-car congestion in the car 10 calculated by the degree-of-congestion calculation unit 24A is acquired.

  Here, when the degree of in-car congestion is equal to or less than the predetermined value ("YES" in S3), it is determined by the announcement information output instructing unit 25A that the waiting user at the first floor can ride in the car 10. Ru. When it is determined that the waiting user at the landing on the first floor can get in the car 10, the announcement information output instructing unit 25A causes the announcement information for prompting the user in the car 10 to go deeper. An output instruction is generated. The output instruction of the generated announcement information is transmitted from the operation control unit 22 to the car 10 (S4). In the car 10, when the output instruction of the announcement information is acquired from the elevator control device 20A, the corresponding announcement information, for example, "Please pack a little more because there are passengers who have not yet got into the elevator." It is output repeatedly from.

  After the output of the announcement information is started, when the waiting user information acquisition unit 23 no longer acquires the waiting user detection information from the first camera device 12-1, the announcement information output instructing unit 25A is on the first floor in the landing. It is determined that the waiting user has got out of the landing because the waiting user got in the car 10 or left the landing ("YES" in S5). When it is determined in the announcement information output instructing unit 25A that the waiting user is not present from the landing on the first floor, an output stop instruction of the announcement information for stopping the announcement information being output is generated. The output stop instruction of the generated announcement information is transmitted from the operation control unit 22 to the car 10 (S6). In the car 10, when an instruction to stop the output of the announcement information is acquired from the elevator control device 20A, the output of the announcement information from the speaker device 14 is stopped.

  After that, when the door opening time passes the predetermined time or when the information on the door closing button operated by the user in the car 10 is acquired by the driving status information acquiring unit 21, the door closing timing is set in the operation control unit 22. Is determined to have arrived ("YES" in S7). When it is determined that the door closing timing has arrived, the first car door 11-1 of the car 10 is closed by an instruction of the operation control unit 22, and the destination floor designated by the user in the car 10 (the second floor The elevator is started to move to step S8).

  Further, after the output of the announcement information is started in step S5, when a predetermined time elapses in a state where there are waiting users at the first floor landing ("NO" in S5, "YES" in S9), the announcement information output In the instruction unit 25A, an output stop instruction of the announcement information being output is generated. The output stop instruction of the generated announcement information is transmitted from the operation control unit 22 to the car 10. In the car 10, when an instruction to stop the output of the announcement information is acquired from the elevator control device 20A, the output of the announcement information from the speaker device 14 is stopped.

  After the output of the announcement information into the car 10 is stopped, the first car door 11-1 of the car 10 is closed by the instruction of the operation control unit 22, and the destination specified by the user in the car 10 Ascent to the floor is started (S10).

  After that, when the car 10 is landed on the second floor and the door is opened, the processes of steps S1 to S10 are similarly performed.

  According to the above-described first embodiment, when the two-way elevator opens, even when the user who got in the car stays in the direction in which the user got in, there is a waiting user who tries to get in later In addition, the presence of the waiting user can be notified to the user in the car. As a result, the users in the car move to the back of the car and the waiting users in the hall can easily get on the board, so many users can get on and operate the two-way elevator efficiently. be able to.

  In the first embodiment described above, although the case of calculating the degree of congestion in the car 10 based on the detection information by the load detection device 13A installed in the car 10 has been described, it is installed in the car 10 The degree of congestion in the car may be calculated based on analysis information of imaging information captured by the surveillance camera device (not shown).

  In the embodiment described above, when the first camera device 12-1 and the second camera device 12-2 detect a waiting user from the captured imaging information, the number of people is also detected and transmitted to the elevator control device 20A. You may do it. In this case, in the announcement information output instructing unit 25A of the elevator control device 20A, whether all the waiting users at the landing can ride on the basis of the threshold value of the in-car congestion degree preset for each number of the waiting users It is judged whether or not. Then, when it is determined that all the waiting users at the landing are able to get in, announcement information for prompting the user in the car 10 to go deep is output.

Second Embodiment
<Configuration of Two-Way Elevator According to Second Embodiment>
The configuration of the two-direction elevator 1B according to the second embodiment of the present invention is the same as the configuration of the two-direction elevator 1A described in the first embodiment, and thus the detailed description of the portions having the same function is omitted.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the load detection device 13 B is a first area load detection device that detects the load amount applied to the first car door side half surface (first area X 1) under the floor surface of the car 10. 13-1B, and a second area load detection device 13-2B that detects a load amount applied to a half surface (second area X2) on the second car door side.

  The congestion degree calculation unit 24B of the elevator control device 20B is a first area congestion degree that indicates the congestion degree of the first area X1 in the car 10 based on the load amount detected by the first area load detection device 13-1B. Calculate The congestion degree calculation unit 24B also calculates a second area congestion degree indicating the degree of congestion of the second area X2 in the car 10 based on the load amount detected by the second area load detection device 13-2B. The congestion degree calculation unit 24B also sets the inside of the car 10 based on the sum of the load amount detected by the first area load detection device 13-1B and the load amount detected by the second area load detection device 13-2B. The in-car congestion degree indicating the overall congestion degree is calculated.

  The announcement information output instructing unit 25B of the elevator control device 20B has the congestion degree in the entire car 10 calculated by the congestion degree calculating unit 24B equal to or less than a predetermined value, and the congestion degree of the door side area open When it is higher than the congestion degree of the door side area which is closed, an output instruction of the announcement information is transmitted.

<Operation of Two-Way Elevator According to Second Embodiment>
Next, the operation of the two-way elevator 1B according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In the present embodiment, when the hall call operation is performed by the user at the first floor hall, and the car 10 lands on the first floor hall and the first car door 11-1 opens (“YES” in S1), The information on the operation is acquired by the operating condition information acquiring unit 21 of the elevator control device 20B. In addition, when the first car door 11-1 of the car 10 is opened, the first camera device 12-1 starts photographing the first floor landing, and the photographed imaging information is analyzed, thereby the first Waiting users at the landing are detected. When the first camera device 12-1 detects a waiting user, waiting user detection information is generated and transmitted to the elevator control device 20A. The waiting user detection information transmitted from the first camera device 12-1 is acquired by the waiting user information acquisition unit 23.

  Moreover, while the door 10 of the car 10 is open, the load amount (first area load amount) applied to the first area X1 in the car 10 is acquired at predetermined time intervals by the first area load detection device 13-1B, The load amount (second area load amount) applied to the second area X2 is acquired at predetermined time intervals by the second area load detection device 13-2B, and transmitted to the elevator control device 20B. The information of the first area load amount transmitted from the first area load detection device 13-1B and the information of the second area load amount transmitted from the second area load detection device 13-2B are congestion of the elevator control device 20B. It is acquired by the degree calculator 24B. The congestion degree calculation unit 24B calculates the first area congestion degree related to the first area X1 in the car 10 based on the acquired first area load amount, and based on the acquired second area load amount. Then, the second area congestion degree related to the second area X2 in the car 10 is calculated. The congestion degree calculator 24B calculates an in-car congestion degree indicating the degree of congestion in the entire car 10 based on the total value of the acquired first area load amount and second area load amount.

  Then, operation information indicating that the car 10 lands on the first floor and the first car door 11-1 is opened is acquired by the driving status information acquiring unit 21, and the announcement information output instructing unit 25A performs the first operation. If it is determined that there is a waiting user at the first floor landing based on the waiting user detection information acquired from the camera device 12-1 ("YES" in S2), the first calculated by the congestion degree calculating unit 24B The area congestion degree, the second area congestion degree, and the in-car congestion degree are acquired.

  Here, the degree of in-car congestion of the entire inside of the car 10 calculated by the degree-of-congestion calculation unit 24B is equal to or less than a predetermined value, and the degree of first area congestion on the side of the first car door 11-1 opened is When it is higher than the second area congestion degree on the side of the second car door 11-2 which is closed, it is determined that the back (second area) of the car 10 is squeezed, and the announcement information output instructing unit 25B An output instruction of the announcement information is generated. The output instruction of the generated announcement information is transmitted from the operation control unit 22 to the car 10 (S4). In the car 10, when the output instruction of the announcement information transmitted from the elevator control device 20A is acquired, the corresponding announcement information is repeatedly output from the speaker device 14.

  The processes of steps S5 to S10 executed after the output of the announcement information is started are the same as the processes described in the first embodiment, and thus detailed description will be omitted.

  According to the above-described second embodiment, when the two-way elevator opens, the user who got in the car stays near the door where he got in while facing the direction in which the user got in. When a waiting user is present, the presence of the waiting user can be notified to the users in the car. As a result, the user in the car moves to the back where the user is in the car and the waiting user in the hall can easily get in, so many users can get on the board, and the two-way elevator can be efficiently performed. It can be driven.

  In the second embodiment described above, the first area congestion degree, based on detection information by the first area load detection device 13-1B installed in the car 10 and detection information by the second area load detection device 13-2B, Although the second area congestion degree and the case of calculating the in-car congestion degree of the entire car 10 have been described, analysis of imaging information captured by a monitoring camera device (not shown) installed in the car 10 The first area congestion degree, the second area congestion degree, and the in-car congestion degree may be calculated based on the information.

  While certain embodiments of the present invention have been described, these embodiments have been presented by way of example only, and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These novel embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, substitutions, and modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope and the gist of the invention, and are included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalents thereof.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1A, 1B ... Direction elevator, 2 ... A hoistway, 10 ... Car, 11-1 ... 1st car door, 11-2 ... 2nd car door, 12-1 ... 1st camera apparatus, 12-2 ... 2nd Camera device, 13A, 13B: load detection device, 13-1B: first area load detection device, 13-2B: second area load detection device, 14: speaker device, 20A, 20B: elevator control device, 21: operating condition Information acquisition unit 22 Operation control unit 23 Waiting user information acquisition unit 24A, 24B Congestion degree calculation unit 25A, 25B Announcement information output instruction unit

Claims (5)

In a two-way elevator with doors installed in the two directions of the car,
It is installed at the upper part of the door in one direction of the car, and when the door is opened, the landing of the corresponding floor is photographed, and the imaging information is analyzed to detect the waiting users at the landing. A camera device ,
A congestion degree calculation unit that calculates an in-car congestion degree indicating the congestion degree in the car;
A speaker device installed in the car;
When the waiting user at the landing is detected by the camera device after the landing of the car on the floor and the door on the landing side is opened, the congestion degree calculation unit calculates An announcement information output instructing unit for outputting, from the speaker device, announcement information for prompting a user in the car to go deep if the in-car congestion degree is equal to or less than a predetermined value. Two-way elevator with. The congestion degree calculation unit calculates the degree of congestion in the car based on detection information detected by the load detection device for the car, or an image captured by a monitoring camera device installed in the car The two-way elevator according to claim 1, wherein the in-car congestion degree is calculated based on analysis information of information . A first area load detection device for detecting a load amount applied to a first area which is a half surface on the door side of the one direction of the car, and a second area which is a half surface on the door side of the other direction of the car The apparatus further comprises a second area load detection device for detecting a load amount,
The congestion degree calculation unit calculates a first area congestion degree indicating a congestion degree of the first area in the car based on a load amount detected by the first area load detection device, and A second area congestion degree indicating the congestion degree of the second area in the car is calculated based on the amount of load detected by the two area load detection device, and further detected by the first area load detection device Calculating a degree of in-car congestion indicating a degree of congestion in the entire car, based on the determined amount of load and the amount of load detected by the second area load detection device;
The announcement information output instructing unit is configured such that, after the door in the one direction of the car is opened, the camera apparatus installed at the upper part of the door detects a waiting user at the corresponding landing. The degree of in-car congestion of the entire inside of the car calculated by the degree-of-congestion calculation unit is equal to or less than a predetermined value, and the first area degree of congestion on the open door side is the closed door side When it is higher than the second area congestion degree, it is judged that the car is deep and announcement information for prompting the user in the car to be deep is output from the speaker device The two-way elevator according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that: The camera device installed in the upper part of the door detects the number of waiting users at the landing,
When the announcement information output instructing unit determines that all the waiting users of the number detected by the camera device can get on the basis of the threshold value of the degree of congestion in the car preset for each number of the waiting users The two-way elevator according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein announcement information for prompting a user in the car to go deep is output . Doors are installed in two directions of the car,
It is installed at the upper part of the door in one direction of the car, and when the door is opened, the landing of the corresponding floor is photographed, and the imaging information is analyzed to detect the waiting users at the landing. A camera device,
A congestion degree calculation unit that calculates an in-car congestion degree indicating the congestion degree in the car;
A two-way elevator comprising a speaker device installed in the car;
When the waiting user at the landing is detected by the camera device after the landing of the car on the floor and the door on the landing side is opened, the congestion degree calculation unit calculates If the degree of in-car congestion is equal to or less than a predetermined value, the speaker device is made to output announcement information for prompting a user in the car to stay behind. Control method of elevator.

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