JPH0543154A - Elevator hall annunciator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve elevator service for a waiting user and operation efficiency of an elevator by providing a load detecting means, a judging means for number of acceptable persons and a next stop floor determining means, and announcing the number of acceptable persons to the determined next stop floor. CONSTITUTION:When a door open/close condition signal from a door open/close condition detecting part 15 indicates that the door is closed, a judging part 17 for number of acceptable persons detects the loaded load which is obtained from the signal of an elevator car inside load detecting part 13, obtains a difference between the loaded load and the elevator car inside maximum load, which is divided by average load per person to obtain acceptable number of persons. Besides, a guide signal control part 21 for number of acceptable persons detects respective signals of the number of acceptable persons judging part 17 and the next stop floor determining part 19 at the time of door closure, and the address of an output part 25 for number of acceptable persons on a floor to be announced from the next stop floor is computed and outputted to a transmission 23. A transmission control part 24 outputs the index of voice data corresponding to the number of acceptable persons to a voice synthesizing device 25 to output the voice signal to a speaker 27.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an elevator hall informing device for informing passengers waiting in a hall of the number of people who can get on and off an elevator.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, as buildings have become taller and larger, elevators have been used everywhere. In such elevators, not only safety, operability and design but also serviceability are required. . And as one of its serviceability, there is a function of informing the passengers waiting in the hall at the time of boarding from the car of the number of people who can board.

In the past, the exact load in the car was unknown to the passenger who was about to board the vehicle, and he / she was wondering whether or not he / she could board the vehicle. Therefore, the passenger was given a careful announcement from inside the car.

[0004]

As described above, the passengers waiting in the hall can understand the congestion level of the elevator when getting on the elevator. As a result, all passengers waiting in the hall could not board the elevator that arrived when it was crowded, etc., and it was necessary to wait again, and the service declined, and the passengers who could not board were called again in the hall. Since it will be registered, the operation efficiency of the elevator will be reduced.

The present invention has been made in view of the above, and an object thereof is to provide a service to users by installing a conventional in-car notification device in each hall and notifying the waiting passengers in the hall in advance of the number of passengers available for boarding. It is an object of the present invention to provide a hall notification device that can contribute to improving the driving efficiency and improving the operation efficiency of elevators due to the expectation that passengers who are unable to board due to the limited number of passengers can use the stairs.

[0006]

As a means for solving the above problems, the present invention is a load detecting means for detecting a load in a car of an elevator, and a possible passenger number for determining a possible passenger number based on the detection result. Means, means for determining the next stop floor of the elevator when the elevator door is closed, and means for notifying the next stop floor to be determined of the number of people who can board are available.

[0007]

In the hall notification device according to the present invention, the number of people who can board is calculated from the load in the car of the elevator, and the number of people who can board the elevator is notified to the hall on the next stop floor.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a view showing the schematic arrangement of a hall notification device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is an elevator car and 3 is a door. 5 is a load detector that detects the load in the car 1 and converts this load value into an electric signal corresponding to it, and outputs it. 7 is a car call button that inputs the destination floor of passengers. 8 is the destination of hall waiting passengers. A hall call button for turning on and a contact 9 for detecting the open / closed state of the door 3 of the car 1. In addition, the unit controller 11 is the load detector 5
An in-car load detection unit 13 that detects an electric signal from the vehicle as a load value corresponding thereto, a door open / closed state detection unit 15 that detects that the door 3 has changed from a door open state to a door closed state, and a boardable passenger number determination unit 17 Next stop floor determination section 19 and passenger capacity information section 2
1, 23 is a transmission path for transmitting the electric signal of the passenger boarding section 21, and 24 is a transmission control section for receiving the electric signal from the transmission path 23 and outputting an index in which voice data corresponding to the signal is stored. , 25 is a voice synthesizer that receives an index from the transmission control unit 24 and outputs a voice signal,
27 is a speaker for converting the signal into voice.

The passenger capacity determination unit 17 receives the load detection signal from the in-car load detection unit 13 at regular time intervals (for example, 10
Input at 0 ms intervals), and the signal from the door open / closed state detection unit 15 performs a calculation process on the condition that the door 3 of the car 1 has changed from the closed state to the fully closed state. The predetermined load value per person (for example, 60 kg) is converted into the number of passengers, and the difference is output to the boardable passenger number guidance signal controller 21 as an electric signal.

The next stop floor deciding section 19 uses the car call button 7 mentioned above.
The destination floor signal from is input at a fixed time interval, and the door open / closed state detection unit 15 uses this signal to change the door 3 of the car 1 from the door open state to the all door closed state. Among them, the shortest call in the traveling direction of the car 1 is determined as the next stop floor, and is output as an electric signal to the boardable passengers guidance signal control unit 21.

The passenger capacity guidance signal control unit 21 inputs two signals of the passenger capacity determination unit 17 and the next stop floor determination unit 19 at the door closing completion timing, to the transmission control unit 24 of the next stop floor.
A request signal is output to the transmission 23 via the voice synthesizer 25 so as to notify the number of people who can board the vehicle. Then, the transmission control unit 24 installed on each floor inputs the request signal of the transmission 23 at fixed time intervals asynchronously with the single unit control unit 11, and if the request is his / her own, inputs the number of passengers who can board. Then, calculate the stored index of voice data corresponding to the number of people,
The signal is output to the voice synthesizer 25, and the voice synthesizer 25 receiving the signal extracts the voice data of the index corresponding to the signal, converts the voice data into the voice signal, and outputs the voice signal to the speaker 27.

Next, the operation of FIG. 1 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. As shown in FIG. 2, the flow chart of the elevator unit control unit is such that the boarding capacity determination unit 17 inputs the door open / closed state signal from the door open / closed state detection unit 15 at a constant time interval, and the signal is the door closed. At the completion timing (step S1), the in-car load detection unit 13
The number of passengers who can board is calculated from the load signal from (step S2), and it is output to the guidance signal controller for boardable passengers 21.

The next stop floor determination unit 19 also determines the floor at which the elevator will stop next when the door is closed (step S3), and outputs it to the boardable passenger number guidance signal control unit 21. Then, the passenger capacity guidance signal control unit 21 receives the signal from the passenger capacity determination unit 17 and the signal from the next stop floor determination unit 19 at the door closing completion timing and outputs a request signal to the transmission 23 (step S4). .

The schematic flow chart of FIG. 2 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. First, when the door open / closed state signal from the door open / closed state detection unit 15 indicates that the door is closed, the passenger capacity determination unit 17 detects the riding load Wg obtained from the signal from the in-car load detection unit 13 (step 21). ), The difference between the preset maximum load Wmax in the car is calculated, and the difference is immediately divided by the preset average load Wacv per person to obtain the number N of passengers (step 22).
Next, the indeterminate routine N for the next stop floor will be omitted because it is an equivalent algorithm because it is realized in the current elevator.

Finally, as shown in FIG. 4, in the announcement processing routine, the boardable passenger number guidance signal control section 21 sends two signals of the boardable passenger number judging section 17 and the next stop floor deciding section 19 at the door closing completion timing. The address of the passenger capacity output unit (RS) 25 installed on the floor that is detected and notified from the next stop floor is calculated (step 41), and the address and the passenger capacity N are output to the transmission 23 (step S42). ).

On the other hand, the detailed processing of the transmission control unit 25 installed on each floor is such that each transmission control unit 25 inputs the signal from the transmission 23 at a constant time interval as shown in the flowchart of FIG. It is checked whether or not the data matches the own address (step S6), and if they match, the number N of passengers allowed to board is detected (step S7), and the number N of people allowed to board
The index of the voice data stored in the voice synthesizer 25 corresponding to is output to the voice synthesizer 25. Speech synthesizer
25 extracts the audio data corresponding to the index by the index signal of the transmission control unit 25 and outputs the audio signal to the speaker. The detailed processing of the voice synthesizer 25 is the same as that applied to the current elevator system, and therefore the description is omitted here.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, at the timing when the elevator is closed, the number of people who can board is calculated,
Since the number of passengers on the next stop floor is informed of the number of passengers, as in the past, after the elevator came, we could understand the congestion situation and only a few people could get on the elevator, so there was no fear of waiting in the hall again. Since the number of passengers that can be boarded is known, the service can be improved. In addition, depending on the number of passengers that can be boarded, it can be expected that passengers who can not board can use the stairs, so that hall call re-registration can be eliminated, which can contribute to the improvement of elevator operation efficiency.

[0019]

As described above, according to the present invention, the number of passengers who can board the elevator is notified to the waiting passengers on the next stop floor of the elevator in advance, so that the serviceability for the waiting passengers is improved. There is no need to re-register hall calls because the waiting passengers, who have determined that it is not possible to board depending on the number of passengers available, can be expected to use the stairs to improve the efficiency of elevator operation.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an elevator hall notification device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing a single-side control unit side process of the hall notification device shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing details of calculation of the number of people who can board a vehicle shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing details of the announcement process shown in FIG.

5 is a detailed flowchart showing a process of an available passenger number output unit of the hall notification device shown in FIG. 4;

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Car 3 ... Door 5 ... Load detector 7 ... Car call button 8 ... Hall call button 9 ... Door opening / closing contact 11 ... Single control unit 13 ... Cage load detection unit 15 ... Door open / closed state detection unit 17 ... Possible passengers Discrimination unit 19 ... Next stop floor determination unit 21 ... Each passenger guidance signal control unit 23 ... Transmission 24 ... Transmission control unit 25 ... Speech synthesizer 27 ... Speaker

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A load detecting means for detecting a load inside a car of an elevator, a boarding possible passenger judging means for judging a boarding possible number of people based on the detection result, and a next stop floor of the elevator when the elevator door is completely closed. A notifying device for an elevator hall, comprising: means for determining a next stop floor to perform; and means for notifying the determined next stop floor of the number of people who can board.