WO2006120909A1

WO2006120909A1 - Elevator for both ordinary and disabled persons and its operating method

Info

Publication number: WO2006120909A1
Application number: PCT/JP2006/308752
Authority: WO
Inventors: Masaharu Eto
Original assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
Priority date: 2005-05-09
Filing date: 2006-04-26
Publication date: 2006-11-16
Also published as: JP2006312526A; KR20070065346A; CN101039861A; EP1880965A1; EP1880965A4; JP4847714B2

Abstract

An elevator for both ordinary and disabled persons characterized by comprising car call registration inhibition canceling means for canceling inhibition of car call registering by car call registration inhibiting means for all the floors or canceling inhibition for all the floors and for the cars for disabled persons through the operation of a disabled person landing call register.

Description

Specification

Elevator device for disabled people and driving method thereof

Technical field

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a disabled-function elevator apparatus that is shared by disabled persons such as wheelchair users and general users, and a method for operating the same. The present invention relates to an elevator device for disabled persons provided with a call registration device and an operation method thereof.

Background art

[0002] Some conventional elevator devices are provided with a landing destination floor registration device that identifies the destination floor desired by the user at the landing of the elevator device. Input to this landing destination floor registration device is 'registration'. There is a car destination floor call registration prohibition means that assigns a car to each destination floor and prohibits car call registration on floors other than the destination floor registered with the landing destination floor registration device by the car destination floor registration device in the car There is.

[0003] In this elevator apparatus, after a user whose destination floor is a floor other than the assigned destination floor gets on the car that is arriving, he / she calls a power at the power destination floor registration device in the power ladder. Registration prevents the inefficiency of operation efficiency, but users within Rikigo use the destination floor registration device to enter a destination floor that is different from the registered destination floor! For example, if you accidentally get in the car, there is no way to register the car call in the force cage, so if you do not change the force, you will reach the destination floor. There is a problem that it cannot be done.

[0004] Therefore, even when the user's destination floor is different from the destination floor registered with the landing destination floor registration device! /, Even under certain conditions, for example, the car destination in the car is open. An elevator device that improves the service efficiency and user service by enabling the above-mentioned car destination floor registration device to register a car call on the target floor when the floor registration device is released. It has been proposed (for example, see Patent Document 1).

[0005] On the other hand, there is a group management elevator device in which a disabled / combination elevator device shared by a disabled user such as a wheelchair user and a general user and a general elevator device are arranged in parallel. In the management elevator device, for the disabled / elevator device equipped with a destination button for the disabled, after the destination floor is registered, the direction of movement of the force of the disabled / elevator device is one floor before the registered destination floor. In the floor zone up to this point, there has been proposed a means for limiting allocation to newly generated landing calls (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-292256 (paragraphs 0002 to 0005, 01)

Patent Document 2: Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-109276 (paragraph 0005, FIG. 1)

Disclosure of the invention

Problems to be solved by the invention

[0007] In order to use the elevator device disclosed in Patent Document 1 as a disabled / elevator device for disabled people, the elevator device platform is separated from a general user's landing destination floor registration device. It is necessary to install a landing call registration device for disabled persons. This landing call registration device for disabled persons is normally UPZDOWN button type and cannot register the destination floor at the landing. As a device, it cannot be used by people with disabilities, and the use of people with disabilities must be prohibited.

[0008] Further, in Patent Document 2, group management control is performed in which a disabled person elevator device and a general elevator device, which are shared by disabled persons such as wheelchair users and general users, are arranged in parallel. Although the elevator device is disclosed, the elevator device for disabled people of the group management elevator device disclosed here is operated by the destination button for disabled people installed in the car to control the elevator device for disabled people from the group management control. In the floor zone from the current position of the car to the floor immediately before the destination floor, the means for restricting the allocation to newly generated landing calls is provided for the force. Therefore, it is not possible to register the car calls for all service floors, and there is a problem that the serviceability is lacking.

[0009] The present invention has been made to solve the problems of the elevator apparatus disclosed in each of the above-mentioned documents, and is shared by disabled persons such as wheelchair users and general users, and registration of landing destination floors. A disabled person who prohibits car call registration on floors other than the destination floor registered on the device By using the elevator device and its driving method, the disabled-use elevator registration device that releases the prohibition of car call registration and enables the registration of strong calls by operating the disabled hall call registration device, and its operation method. It is to provide.

Means for solving the problem

[0010] The elevator device for disabled persons according to the present invention is an elevator apparatus for disabled persons shared by disabled persons and general users, and is installed at a landing area of the elevator apparatus and registers a destination floor registration apparatus. Assigned to the disabled hall call registration device installed at the elevator platform, force allocation means for allocating force to each destination floor registered in the landing destination floor registration device, and the car allocation means. In the elevator device for disabled persons equipped with a car call registration prohibition means that prohibits the car call registration and the floor other than the destination floor! Car call registration prohibition canceling means for canceling car call registration prohibition by the above-mentioned car call registration prohibition means on all floors by operating the equipment. Is

[0011] In addition, a disabled / elevator device according to another invention of the present invention is a disabled / elevator device shared by a disabled person and a general user, and is installed at a place where the elevator device is installed, and has a destination floor. A landing destination floor registration device to be registered, a disabled hall call registration device installed at a landing of the elevator device, a car assignment means for assigning a car to each destination floor registered in the landing destination floor registration device, and the car In the elevator device for disabled persons equipped with a force call registration prohibiting means for prohibiting car call registration for floors other than the destination floor that is assigned to the assigned car assigned by the assigning means. To cancel the car call registration prohibition by the above car call registration prohibition means only for disabled persons on all floors. It is those with a prohibition release means.

[0012] Further, the operation method of the disabled / elevator device according to the present invention is an operating method of the disabled / elevator device shared by the disabled and general users, and is a landing destination installed at a landing of the elevator device. In the operation method of the elevator device for disabled persons that prohibits car call registration on floors other than the destination floor registered with the floor registration apparatus, Based on the operation of the landing call registration device for disabled persons installed in the landing, the force call registration prohibition canceling means cancels the prohibition of the force call registration and operates the elevator device for disabled persons.

The invention's effect

[0013] According to the present invention, car call registration on floors other than the destination floor registered by the landing destination floor registration device is prohibited, and driving efficiency is improved by sharing, and the disabled person can also use the landing call registration device for the disabled. Since it can be used by operation, it has the effect of improving serviceability.

Brief Description of Drawings

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a control configuration of a wheelchair elevator apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a part of the platform of the wheelchair elevator device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing a part of the car in the elevator device for a wheelchair according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the wheelchair elevator apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the wheelchair elevator apparatus according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing the operation of the wheelchair elevator apparatus according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

[0015] Embodiment 1.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of an elevator apparatus for both handicapped and an operating method thereof according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. For convenience of explanation, in the following explanation, a wheelchair user will be described as an example of a disabled person.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a control configuration of a wheelchair / elevator apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In Fig. 1, the elevator platform is located at the line desired by the user. Along with the landing destination floor registration device 1 that identifies the previous floor, a wheelchair landing call registration device 2 is installed, and a power destination floor registration device 3 is installed in the heel. Then, by operating the landing destination floor registration device 1, the wheelchair landing call registration device 2, and the car destination floor registration device 3, the respective signals are input to the elevator control device 4 to drive the car as described later.

The elevator control device 4 includes the following means. In other words, the elevator control device 4 has a destination assigned to the assigned power assigned by the car assigning means 4A and the force assigning means 4A according to the destination call registered in the landing destination floor registration device 1. Car call registration prohibition means 4B, wheelchair landing call registration device 2 for canceling car call registration prohibition cancellation means 4C, quota power The car call registration prohibition means 4B on the destination floor registered by the operation of the car destination floor registration device 3 for registering as a car call when the force arrives for the destination floor that is handled by Banned in the floor

The car call registration means 4E for registering the car call and the elevator control means 4F for controlling the car are provided.

[0017] FIG. 2 is a front view showing a part of the platform of the wheelchair / elevator device according to the first embodiment. In FIG. 2, the platform destination floor registration device 1 for registering the destination floor and the wheelchair are shown. A landing call registration device 2 is installed in parallel with the elevator landing. The landing destination registration device 1 is composed of a button 1A for each destination floor and a force indicator 1B that displays the assigned force for the registered destination floor, and the wheelchair landing call registration device 2 is an example. For example, it is composed of a known call registration device 2A such as an UPZDOWN button that can be operated by a wheelchair user. Fig. 2 shows an embodiment in which Unit A elevator 20 and Unit B elevator 21 are arranged side by side, and the arrival of force is indicated in each of Unit A elevator 20 and Unit B elevator 21. Hall lanterns 22 and 23 are installed to inform users waiting at the landing!

[0018] FIG. 3 is a front view showing a part of the elevator-equipped elevator apparatus according to the first embodiment, in which the destination floor registration devices 3A and 3B for registering the destination floor are registered. Is installed. Power destination floor registration device 3A is for general users. Device 3B is for wheelchair users and is installed at a lower height than the power destination floor registration device 3A. The car door 30 opens and closes when a force arrives at the destination floor to get on and off the user.

[0019] The elevator apparatus for disabled people according to the first embodiment is configured as described above. Next, an operation method thereof will be described with reference to a flowchart of FIG.

[0020] In FIG. 4, first, the determination as to whether the destination floor is registered by the landing destination floor registration device 1 is repeated (step S1), and the destination floor registration device 1 is operated to register the destination floor. In this case, the force responding to the registered destination floor is allocated by the force allocation means 4A, and the allocated power is traveled to the registered destination floor landing (step S2).

Next, it is determined whether the allocated power has arrived at the landing and the car door 30 has been opened (step S3). When the car door 30 is opened, it is determined whether or not the wheelchair call is registered by the wheelchair landing call registration device 2 (step S4), and if it is not registered, the assigned car can be assigned by the car call registration prohibition means 4B. Car call registration is prohibited for the floors other than the destination floor (step S5). If registered, the car call registration prohibition cancellation procedure 4C is used to cancel the car call registration prohibition for all floors ( Step S6).

[0022] In the operation of step S5, after the car call registration is prohibited for the floor other than the destination floor that the assigned car is responsible for, or the operation of step S6, the prohibition of the car call registration is canceled for all floors. Later, it is detected whether the user has boarded the assigned car (step S7), and if the user boarded, the car call automatic registration means 4D automatically uses the destination floor that is assigned to the car as the car call. After registration (step S8), it is determined whether the car destination floor registration device 3 in the force has been operated (step S9). If the user does not get on in the determination at step S7, the determination at step S9 is performed without automatically registering the destination floor, which is handled by the allocation force as the operation at step S8, as a car call.

[0023] If the car destination floor registration device 3 in the car is operated in the determination in step S9, the floor power for which the registered floor force call registration is prohibited is determined (step S10). If call registration is prohibited, register the floor operated by the car destination floor registration device 3 by the car call registration means 4E as a car call (step 11). [0024] In the operation of Step 11, after registering the floor operated by the car destination registration device 3 in the car as a car call, or in the determination of Step S9, the car destination floor registration device 3 in the car is If it is not operated, or if the floor operated by the car destination floor registration device 3 in the car is prohibited from force call registration in the judgment of step 10, the assigned car car door 30 is closed. When the assigned car is judged (Step S12) and the assigned car door 30 is closed, the assigned car is controlled to travel to the registered car call floor by the elevator control means 4F (Step S13). If the assigned car door 30 is not closed, the process returns to the determination in step S4, and the operations in the subsequent steps are repeated.

[0025] Next, it is determined whether the assigned car has arrived at the car call registration floor (step S14), and if it has arrived, the prohibition of force call registration is canceled (step S15) — If it does not arrive, the determination in step S14 is repeated until it arrives.

[0026] As described above, according to the first embodiment, in order to improve driving efficiency by sharing, car call registration on floors other than the destination floor registered by the landing destination floor registration device is prohibited, A wheelchair elevator device that can be used by wheelchair users by canceling the prohibition of car call registration by operating the wheelchair landing call registration device and enabling registration of car calls on all service floors. Can be provided.

Embodiment 2.

Next, Embodiment 2 will be described. In the second embodiment, the car call registration prohibition by the car call registration prohibition means is canceled only for disabled persons on all floors by operating the wheelchair landing call registration device.

[0028] In the second embodiment, as in the first embodiment, a wheelchair user will be described as an example of a disabled person. The block diagram showing the control configuration of the wheelchair / elevator device according to the second embodiment, the front view showing a part of the platform of the wheelchair / elevator device, and the front view showing a part of the elevator device in the car are shown in FIG. Since this is the same as FIG. 1, FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, its detailed explanation is omitted.

[0029] Next, the operation method of the elevator apparatus for disabled people in Embodiment 2 will be described.

This will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6.

In FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, first, was the destination floor registered by the landing destination floor registration device 1? If the destination destination floor registration device 1 is operated and the destination floor is registered, the force that responds to the registered destination floor is assigned by the car assigning means 4A and assigned power Move the vehicle to the landing (step S52).

[0031] Next, it is determined whether the assigned power has arrived at the landing and the car door 30 has been opened (step S53). When the car door 30 is opened, it is determined whether the wheelchair call is registered by the wheelchair landing call registration device 2 (step S54) .If the car door call is not registered, the car call registration prohibition means 4B assigns it. Car floor registration is prohibited for floors other than the destination floor that the car is responsible for, for both general and wheelchair use (step S55). Cancel the prohibition on registration of the service call (step S56).

[0032] After the car call registration is prohibited for both the general and wheelchair floors for the floors other than the destination floor that is assigned to the assigned car in the operation of Step S55, or in the operation of Step S56, only the wheelchair power call is requested. After the prohibition of registration has been lifted, it is detected whether the user has boarded the quota (step S57), and if the user has boarded, the car call automatic registration means 4D is responsible for the destination of the quota. The floor is automatically registered as a general power call (step S58), and then it is determined whether the general power destination floor registration device 3A in the power has been operated (step S59). In step S57, if the user does not get on the vehicle, the determination in step S59 is performed without automatically registering the destination floor, which is assigned to the assigned car, which is the operation in step S58, as a general car call.

[0033] In the determination in step S59, it is determined whether or not the general power destination floor registration device 3A in the force has been operated. If operated, the general car call registration is prohibited for the operated floor. If the car call registration is not prohibited, the floor operated by the general car destination registration device 3A is registered as a general car call by the car call registration means 4E (step S61). Then, it is determined whether or not the wheelchair power destination floor registration device 3B in the power wheel has been operated (step S62). If the general car destination floor registration device 3A in the cage is not operated in the determination in step S59, or if the car call registration is prohibited in the determination in step 60, the operated floor which is the operation in step S61. The determination in step S62 is performed without registering as a general utility call. [0034] In the determination of step S62, if the wheelchair power destination floor registration device 3B is operated in the force wheel, the floor operated by the wheelchair car destination registration device 3B is prohibited from registration for wheelchair car calls. If the power call registration is not prohibited, the floor operated by the wheelchair power destination registration device 3B is registered as a wheelchair car call by force call registration means 4E. (Step S64).

[0035] After registering the floor operated by the wheelchair car destination registration device 3B as a wheelchair force call in the operation of step S64, or by the determination of step S62, the wheelchair car destination floor registration device 3B operates. If the floor operated by the wheelchair car destination registration device 3B is a floor where wheelchair power call registration is prohibited, as determined in step S63, the assigned car door 30 is closed. If the car door 30 of the assigned car is closed (step S65), the elevator control means 4F controls the assigned car to travel to the car call registration floor (step S66). If the car door 30 of the car is not closed, the process returns to the determination in step S54, and the subsequent operations in the above steps are repeated.

[0036] Next, it is determined whether the assigned car has arrived at the car call registration floor (step S67). If it has arrived, the car call registration prohibition is canceled (step S68) —the series of operations is terminated. If it does not arrive, repeat the determination in step S67 until it arrives.

[0037] As described above, according to the second embodiment, in order to improve driving efficiency by sharing, a car call of a general user on a floor other than the destination floor registered by the landing destination floor registration device is performed. It is possible to provide a wheelchair / elevator device that can be used only by disabled persons on all floors and that can be used by wheelchair users, and its driving method.

[0038] In each of the above embodiments, the landing destination floor registration device and the car destination floor registration device may be of any method such as a button type or a touch panel type as long as the purpose is to register the destination floor. The wheelchair landing call registration device may be of any kind for visually impaired persons as long as it is intended for landing call registration for non-general users, and there are various types that do not depart from the gist of the present invention. It includes design changes. Industrial applicability

[0039] As described above, the elevator for both disabled people according to the present invention and the operation method thereof are as follows: In order to improve driving efficiency by sharing, car call registration on floors other than the destination floor registered by the landing destination floor registration device is prohibited, and the car call registration prohibition is canceled by operating the disabled call registration device. Registration is possible, and it can be used by people with disabilities such as wheelchair users. Industrial applicability is great.

Claims

The scope of the claims

[1] Elevator device for disabled people that is shared by disabled people and general users, installed at the landing of the elevator device, and installed at the landing destination floor registration device for registering the destination floor, and at the landing of the elevator device. Other than the destination floor that is assigned to the landing call registration device for disabled persons, the car allocating means for allocating the car to each destination floor registered in the landing destination floor registration apparatus, and the allocating power assigned by the car allocating means. About the floor In the elevator device for disabled persons equipped with a car call registration prohibition means for prohibiting car call registration,

It is equipped with a car call registration prohibition canceling means that cancels the car call registration prohibition by the car call registration prohibition means on all floors by operating the disabled person call registration device. Elevator device.

[2] Elevator device for disabled people that is shared by disabled people and general users, installed at the landing of the elevator device, and installed at the landing destination floor registration device for registering the destination floor, and at the landing of the elevator device Other than the destination floor that is assigned to the landing call registration device for disabled persons, the car allocating means for allocating the car to each destination floor registered in the landing destination floor registration apparatus, and the allocating power assigned by the car allocating means. About the floor In the elevator device for disabled persons equipped with a car call registration prohibition means for prohibiting car call registration,

Combined with disabled persons, which is equipped with a car call registration prohibition canceling means that cancels the prohibition of car call registration by the car call registration prohibition means only for disabled persons by operating the above-mentioned handicapped landing call registration device Elevator device.

[3] A method for operating a disabled / elevator device shared by disabled and general users, and calling a car on a floor other than the destination floor registered with the landing destination floor registration device installed at the elevator device platform. In the operation method of the elevator device for disabled people who prohibits registration,

The elevator device for disabled persons, wherein the car call registration prohibition canceling means cancels the prohibition of the car call registration and operates the elevator apparatus based on the operation of the disabled hall call registration apparatus installed at the landing. Driving method.