CN116963981A

CN116963981A - Control system and safety system for elevator

Info

Publication number: CN116963981A
Application number: CN202180089922.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 小出和谅
Original assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corp
Current assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corp
Priority date: 2021-03-26
Filing date: 2021-03-26
Publication date: 2023-10-27
Also published as: JPWO2022201508A1; WO2022201508A1; JP7416329B2

Abstract

Provided is a control system and a safety system which are not likely to reduce the safety of an elevator. The control system (16) is provided with a landing call registration unit (24), a boarding detection unit (22), and a car call registration unit (26). A landing call registration unit (24) registers a landing call at a departure floor based on authentication information of a user located at the departure floor. A boarding detection unit (22) detects that a user boards the car (14). A car call registration unit (26) restricts registration of a car call from a car operation panel (20) at normal times. When a car (14) arrives at a departure floor and then a user gets on the car (14) is detected, a car call registration unit (26) registers a car call of the user to the car (14) or releases a registration restriction of the car call from a car operation panel (20) in the car (14).

Description

Control system and safety system for elevator

Technical Field

The present invention relates to an elevator control system and a safety system.

Background

Patent document 1 discloses an example of a security system. The safety system comprises an elevator. In an elevator, registration of a car call from a car operation panel provided to a car is not effective at normal times. When a visitor to use an elevator is authenticated by an resident through a intercom, a landing call of a lobby floor is registered in the elevator. In a car responding to a landing call of a hall floor, invalidation of registration of a car call from a car operating panel is temporarily released.

Prior art literature

Patent literature

Patent document 1: japanese patent laid-open publication No. 2005-212940

Disclosure of Invention

Problems to be solved by the invention

However, in the safety system of patent document 1, the invalidation of the car call registration is released regardless of the situation of the visitor using the elevator. Therefore, there are the following cases: when another user rides on a car that responds to a landing call at a lobby floor, the operation of car call registration by the other user is also effective. Thereby, the safety of the elevator may be lowered.

The present invention has been made to solve such problems. The invention provides a control system and a safety system which are not easy to reduce the safety of an elevator.

Means for solving the problems

The elevator control system of the invention comprises: a landing call registration unit that registers a landing call at a departure floor based on authentication information of a user located at the departure floor; a boarding detection unit that detects boarding of the car by the user; and a car call registration unit that normally restricts registration of a car call from a car operation panel provided to the car, wherein the car call registration unit registers a car call of the user with the car when the car detects that the user gets on the car after the car reaches the departure floor in response to the landing call registered by the landing call registration unit.

The safety system of the present invention comprises: the control system of the elevator; and a reading device that reads information specifying a user located at the departure floor, and outputs authentication information of the user to the control system when the read information is registered in advance as information that can be authenticated.

The safety system of the present invention comprises: the control system of the elevator; a reception device that transmits an authentication request by an operation of a user located at the departure floor; and an authentication operation panel provided on the user's destination floor, and configured to output authentication information of the user to the control system when an authentication operation of an authenticator with respect to the user's authentication request received from the reception device is received.

Effects of the invention

According to the control system or the safety system of the invention, the safety of the elevator is not easily reduced.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a structural diagram of a security system according to embodiment 1.

Fig. 2 is a structural diagram of a safety system according to a modification of embodiment 1.

Fig. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the security system according to embodiment 1.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the security system according to embodiment 1.

Fig. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the security system according to embodiment 1.

Fig. 6 is a hardware configuration diagram of a main part of the security system according to embodiment 1.

Detailed Description

The manner in which the objects of the present invention are implemented will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the drawings, the same or corresponding portions are denoted by the same reference numerals, and repetitive description thereof will be appropriately simplified or omitted. The object of the present invention is not limited to the following embodiments, and modifications of any of the components of the embodiments or omission of any of the components of the embodiments can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

Embodiment 1

Fig. 1 is a structural diagram of a security system 1 according to embodiment 1.

The security system 1 is applied to a building or the like having a plurality of floors. In a building, a floor is a lobby floor that leads to the outside of the building. In this example, the lobby floor is the lowest floor. The building is, for example, a house group having a plurality of households. At this time, at least one floor of the building is a living floor where a resident is located.

The security system 1 comprises an electronic lock 2, a reading device 3 and a lock control device 4.

The electronic lock 2 is provided at a hall door 5 of a building. The hall door 5 is a door that divides the interior and exterior of a building at a hall floor. The electronic lock 2 is locked at normal times.

The reader 3 is disposed outside the building with respect to the hall door 5 at the hall floor. The reading device 3 is a device that reads information and the like for specifying a user of a building. The users of the building are, for example, occupants, visitors, etc. The information identifying the user is read from, for example, a key such as a hardware key or a card key held by the user, a wireless tag, or a portable terminal. The reading device 3 reads information specifying a user in a noncontact manner by, for example, short-range wireless communication or the like. Alternatively, the information specifying the user may be biological information of the user. The biometric information includes, for example, information such as iris, fingerprint, vein, or face image. When reading information specifying a user, the reader 3 checks the information and information that can be authenticated and registered in advance. The reading device 3 determines whether or not the read information is included in the information which is registered in advance and can be authenticated. The reader 3 authenticates the user when it is determined that the information of the user that is read is included in the information that can be authenticated. When the user is authenticated, the reader 3 outputs authentication information of the user.

The lock control device 4 is a device that controls the locking and unlocking of the electronic lock 2. For example, the lock control device 4 receives authentication information of the user output from the reader device 3. When receiving the authentication information of the user, the lock control device 4 unlocks the electronic lock 2. Thereby, a user of the building can enter the building.

The security system 1 includes a hall intercom 6 and an authentication operation panel 7. The hall intercom 6 and the authentication operation panel 7 are devices such as a security intercom. The hall intercom 6 is disposed on the hall floor outside the building with respect to the hall door 5. The hall intercom 6 is a device capable of performing a voice call with an occupant or the like located in a building by designating the occupant of the building by, for example, a room number or the like. The hall intercom 6 is an example of a reception device. The building resident designation of the hall intercom 6 is an example of an authentication request. The authentication operation panel 7 is provided for each resident. The authentication operation panel 7 includes a resident intercom 8 and an unlock button 9. The resident intercom 8 is a device capable of performing a voice call with a visitor or the like located in a hall when specified by the hall intercom 6. The unlock button 9 is a button for instructing the lock control device 4 to unlock the electronic lock 2. The unlock button 9 is operated when the resident authenticates the visitor who has made the voice call as a visitor who can enter the building. When the resident located in the resident operates the unlock button 9, the authentication operation panel 7 outputs authentication information that the visitor located in the hall is a user of the building. The operation of the unlock button 9 is an example of an authentication operation performed by the resident as an authenticator.

The lock control device 4 receives, for example, authentication information of the user output from the authentication operation panel 7. When receiving the authentication information of the user, the lock control device 4 unlocks the electronic lock 2. Thereby, a user of the building can enter the building.

The safety system 1 is provided with an elevator 10. A hoistway 11 of the elevator 10 is provided in a building. The hoistway 11 is a space spanning a plurality of floors. A landing 12 is provided at each floor of the building. The landing 12 is a location adjacent to the hoistway 11. The elevator 10 is provided with one or more elevator units 13. Each elevator unit 13 is a device for transporting a user of a building or the like between a plurality of floors of the building. Each elevator unit 13 includes a car 14 and a unit control panel 15.

A space for a user of a building or the like to sit is provided inside the car 14. The car 14 is a device for transporting a user or the like riding in the interior space by traveling in the vertical direction in the hoistway 11 in a building.

The unit control panel 15 is a device for controlling the operation of the elevator unit 13. The operation of the elevator unit 13 controlled by the unit control panel 15 includes, for example, starting, accelerating, constant-speed running, decelerating, stopping, and the like of the car 14 running in the up-down direction.

A control system 16 is applied in the elevator 10. The control system 16 is a system that controls the operation of the elevator 10. The control system 16 comprises a unit control panel 15 of each elevator unit 13.

The landing 12 at each floor is provided with an indicator 17 of the control system 16. The indicator 17 is a device for displaying information to a user of the building located at the landing 12. For example, a plurality of indicators 17 may be provided so as to correspond to the elevator units 13. In normal times, the indicator 17 displays the floor on which the corresponding car 14 is currently located, the traveling direction of the corresponding car 14, and the like. The indicator 17 displays information by a light such as a lamp or a liquid crystal display.

A landing 12 of each floor is provided with a landing control panel 18 of the control system 16. The hall operation panel 18 is a device that receives a registration operation of a hall call. Here, the landing call is a call for running the car 14 of any elevator 10 to the departure floor of the user of the elevator 10. The hall call may be a call registered by a device or the like other than the hall operation panel 18, which is not provided in the hall 12. In this example, the landing call is registered by selecting the direction of travel from the departure floor from either the upper direction or the lower direction. The hall operation panel 18 is provided with a direction button 19 corresponding to the hall call direction. The direction button 19 is a button for registering a hall call in a corresponding direction when operated by a user. The direction button 19 has a lamp built therein. The direction button 19 displays that the hall call is registered by emitting light from a built-in lamp when the hall call in the corresponding direction is registered. In addition, in normal times, registration of a hall call by the hall operation panel 18 provided on a hall floor or the like is limited by invalidation or the like.

A car operating panel 20 of the control system 16 is provided in the car 14 of each elevator unit 13. The car operation panel 20 is a device that receives a registration operation of a car call. Here, the car call is a call for the car 14 on which the user sits to travel to the destination floor of the user of the building. The car call may be a call registered by a device or the like not provided in the car 14 other than the car operating panel 20. In this example, a car call is registered with a destination floor designated. A floor button 21 for designating a destination floor is provided on the car operating panel 20. The floor button 21 is a button for registering a car call having a corresponding floor as a target floor when operated by a user. The floor button 21 has a lamp built therein. When a car call is registered, which is a target floor of a corresponding floor, the floor button 21 displays that the car call is registered by emitting light from a built-in lamp. In addition, in normal operation, registration of a car call by the car operating panel 20 is limited by invalidation or the like.

The car 14 of each elevator unit 13 is provided with a boarding detection unit 22 of the control system 16. The boarding detection unit 22 provided in the car 14 is a unit for detecting boarding of the car 14 by a user. The boarding detection unit 22 includes, for example, a photoelectric sensor or the like provided in an opening that opens from the outside to the inside of the car 14. The boarding detection unit 22 detects the boarding of the user when the user passes through the opening toward the inside of the car 14, for example. The boarding detection unit 22 may detect the boarding of the user by a weighing device, an imaging device, or other sensors provided in the car 14, for example.

The control system 16 of the elevator 10 is provided with a group control disk 23. The group control disk 23 is a device that controls the operation of the elevator 10. The group control disk 23 performs, for example, call management of the elevator 10. The calls of the elevator 10 include, for example, landing calls, car calls, and the like. The group control disk 23 includes a hall call registration unit 24, an assignment unit 25, and a car call registration unit 26. The hall call registration unit 24 is a part that performs hall call registration processing. The assignment unit 25 is a unit that assigns the registered hall call to one of the cars 14. The car call registration unit 26 is a part that performs registration processing of car calls. In normal times, the hall call registration unit 24 invalidates the registration of the hall call by the hall operation panel 18. In normal operation, the car call registration unit 26 disables the registration of the car call by the car operating panel 20.

The control system 16 of the elevator 10 cooperates with the reading device 3 or the like of the safety system 1, and operates as follows, for example.

When a user of a building such as a resident returns to the resident from outside the building, information specifying the user is read by the reading device 3. At this time, the reader 3 authenticates the user based on the read information. The reader 3 outputs the authentication information of the user to the lock control device 4 and the group control panel 23 of the elevator 10. The authentication information of the user outputted here includes, for example, information specifying the user, a time at which the user is authenticated, and the like.

When receiving the authentication information of the user, the lock control device 4 unlocks the electronic lock 2 provided in the hall door 5. The user enters the building through the opened hall door 5.

When receiving the authentication information of the user, the hall call registration unit 24 of the group control disk 23 registers a hall call having a hall floor as the departure floor of the user. The assignment unit 25 assigns the hall call registered by the hall call registration unit 24 to a certain car 14 based on an evaluation value or the like of the operation efficiency of the elevator 10. At this time, the registered hall call is a call for causing the car 14 to travel upward from the hall floor that is the lowest floor. The group control panel 23 outputs a light emission instruction of the built-in lamp to the direction button 19 provided above the hall operation panel 18.

The unit control panel 15 corresponding to the car 14 to which the hall call is assigned causes the car 14 to travel to the hall floor as the departure floor in response to the hall call. At this time, the indicator 17 displays the current floor of the car 14, the traveling direction of the car 14, and the like. During this time, the user moves inside the building to landing 12 at the lobby floor.

The user then rides on car 14 which arrives at the lobby floor in response to the landing call. At this time, the boarding detection unit 22 provided in the car 14 detects the boarding of the user. The boarding detection unit 22 outputs detection result information to the group control disk 23.

The car call registration unit 26 of the group control panel 23 operates to register the car call of the user when the elevator detection result of the user is received from the elevator detection unit 22. For example, when the group control panel 23 identifies that the information of the user has been stored in advance in association with a target floor such as a resident floor of the user, the car call registration unit 26 automatically registers a car call of the user. That is, the car call registration unit 26 registers, with respect to the car 14 provided with the boarding detection unit 22 that detects the boarding of the user, a car call that is directed to the target floor corresponding to the information specifying the user included in the user authentication information. Alternatively, the car call registration unit 26 may temporarily cancel the registration restriction of the car call by the car operation panel 20. At this time, the user who has landed on the car 14 registers a car call via the car operating panel 20. The user registers a car call with the floor as a destination floor by, for example, operating the floor button 21 designating the resident floor. The release of the registration restriction of the car call is terminated when the car call is registered, for example. The group control panel 23 outputs a lighting instruction of a built-in lamp to a floor button 21 corresponding to a target floor of a car call provided on a car operation panel 20 of the car 14 in which the car call is registered.

A unit control panel 15 corresponding to the car 14 to which the car call is assigned causes the car 14 to travel to the destination floor by the riding user in response to the car call. At this time, the indicator 17 displays the current floor of the car 14, the traveling direction of the car 14, and the like.

Thereafter, the user gets off the car 14 having reached the destination floor in response to the car call.

The control system 16 of the elevator 10 cooperates with the hall intercom 6 and the authentication operation panel 7 of the security system 1, and operates as follows, for example.

When a user of a building such as a visitor visits an occupant of the building, the hall intercom 6 designates a room number or the like of the occupant's resident. A user located at a hall floor makes a voice call with an resident to be visited through the hall intercom 6, the resident intercom 8, and the like. When the resident authenticates the visitor by talking, the unlock button 9 is operated. At this time, the authentication operation panel 7 outputs authentication information of the user located at the lobby floor to the lock control device 4 and the group control panel 23 of the elevator 10. The authentication information of the user outputted here includes, for example, a target floor of the user, that is, a living floor where the resident where the user specified the room number is located, a time when the user is authenticated by the operation of the unlock button 9 of the resident, and the like.

When receiving the authentication information of the user, the hall call registration unit 24 of the group control disk 23 registers a hall call having a hall floor as the departure floor of the user. The assigning unit 25 assigns the hall call registered by the hall call registration unit 24 to one of the cars 14.

The unit control panel 15 corresponding to the car 14 to which the hall call is assigned causes the car 14 to travel to the hall floor as the departure floor in response to the hall call. During this time, the user moves inside the building to landing 12 at the lobby floor. At this time, the indicator 17 displays the current floor of the car 14, the traveling direction of the car 14, and the like.

Thereafter, the user gets on the car 14 that arrives at the lobby floor in response to the landing call. At this time, the boarding detection unit 22 provided in the car 14 detects the boarding of the user. The boarding detection unit 22 outputs detection result information to the group control disk 23.

The car call registration unit 26 of the group control panel 23 operates to register the car call of the user when the elevator detection result of the user is received from the elevator detection unit 22. For example, the car call registration unit 26 registers a car call to the destination floor of the user included in the user authentication information with respect to the car 14 provided with the boarding detection unit 22 that detects the boarding of the user.

The unit control panel 15 corresponding to the car 14 to which the car call is assigned causes the car 14 to travel to the destination floor while riding on the user, so as to respond to the car call. At this time, the indicator 17 displays the current floor of the car 14, the traveling direction of the car 14, and the like.

Here, the user a and the user B sometimes enter the building one after the other. In this example, user a is a user authenticated after user B enters. User a is not co-located with user B. In this case, while the authenticated user a is moving to the landing 12 of the lobby floor, there is a possibility that the other user B who has first performed the building rides on the car 14 allocated to the landing call of the user a. At this time, since the user B sits on the car 14, a car call to the destination floor of the user a may be registered in the car 14. Alternatively, the user B may take the car 14 to release the car call registration restriction for the user a. In such a case, the user a may not get on the car 14. At this time, the user a performs a cancel operation on the landing operation panel 18. The cancel operation is a preset operation to cancel the automatic registration of the car call that has just been performed or cancel the release of the car call registration restriction.

In this example, the user a operates the direction button 19 located above the landing operation panel 18 provided on the hall floor and corresponding to the light emission of the built-in lamp. The direction button 19 corresponds to the direction of the hall call of the user a registered by the hall call registration unit 24. In this example, the lamp incorporated in the direction button 19 is turned on until the car 14 responding to the hall call starts from the departure floor. An operation of the direction button 19 corresponding to the direction of the hall call in the period before the car 14 responding to the hall call starts from the departure floor is an example of a cancel operation. When the user a performs a cancel operation via the landing operation panel 18, the car call registration unit 26 cancels the automatic registration of the car call or the release of the car call registration restriction immediately after the user B has carried out the elevator. As a result, the car call or the like by the user a to the destination floor is canceled, and therefore the user a can temporarily get away from the car 14.

In addition, for example, when a moving operation is performed, an operator who moves the elevator 10 may frequently use the elevator. In such a case, if the authentication of the operator is required by the hall intercom 6 or the like every time the elevator 10 is used, the operation efficiency of the operator may be impaired. If an authentication operation by the resident through the unlock button 9 is required every time the operator uses the elevator 10, the resident may feel troublesome. Therefore, when the preset continuous release operation is performed, the group control panel 23 continuously releases the registration restriction of calls passing through the hall operation panel 18 and the car operation panel 20.

The continuous release operation is performed, for example, on a hall floor which is a departure floor of an operator using the elevator 10, and on a living floor which is a destination floor of the operator and is a resident.

The operator who performs the continuous releasing operation holds a specific key. The specific key is, for example, a key managed by a manager of a building. In this example, the operator is allowed by the manager to accept the lending of the particular key during the operation. Here, the specific key stores specific information indicating that the specific key is a specific key. In this example, the hall intercom 6 has a function of reading specific information from a specific key. The hall intercom 6 may read specific information from a specific key by the reading device 3. An operator located in the hall makes a voice call with an resident to be visited through the hall intercom 6, the resident intercom 8, and the like. At this time, the worker causes the hall intercom 6 to read specific information of the specific key. Reading specific information of a specific key at a hall floor is an example of a continuous release operation on the user side.

The resident located in the resident performs a voice call with the operator located in the hall through the resident interphone 8, the hall interphone 6, and the like. When the resident makes the hall intercom 6 read specific information of a specific key, the resident operates the unlock button 9. The operation of the unlock button 9 on the resident floor is an example of the continuous release operation on the authenticator side. At this time, for example, by voice communication or the like, the resident performs the continuous release operation on the authenticator side in accordance with the timing of the continuous release operation on the user side.

When the continuous release operation on the user side and the continuous release operation on the authenticator side are performed successively, the group control panel 23 continuously releases the restriction of call registration by the hall operation panel 18 and the car operation panel 20. In this example, when the user-side continuous release operation and the authenticator-side continuous release operation are performed during the first time period, the group control panel 23 continuously releases the restriction of call registration by the hall operation panel 18 and the car operation panel 20 during the second time period. Wherein the first time and the second time are preset times. The first time is, for example, a time on the order of seconds, etc. The first time is set by a parameter in seconds, for example. The second time is, for example, a time on the order of hours or the like. The second time is set in the group management disk 23 by a variable parameter in units of hours. The parameter is, for example, an integer or a real value. The second time may be set by the hall intercom 6, the authentication operation panel 7, or the like before the release operation is continued.

While the group control panel 23 continuously releases the call registration restriction, the hall call registration section 24 releases the registration restriction of the hall call by the hall operation panel 18 of the hall floor. While the group control panel 23 is continuously releasing the call registration restriction, the car call registration unit 26 releases the registration restriction of the hall call targeted for the hall floor or the resident floor by the car operation panel 20. Thus, while the group control dial 23 is continuously releasing the call registration restriction, the operator can use the elevator 10 in the movement between the hall floor and the destination floor without authentication. In addition, the resident no longer needs to perform the authentication operation by the unlock button 9 every time the operator uses the elevator 10.

Here, while the group control panel 23 continues to release the call registration restriction, the indicator 17 does not display the current floor of the car 14 for the car 14 traveling in response to the car call registered by the car operation panel 20. At this time, the indicator 17 displays, for example, the traveling direction of the car 14.

In addition, while the group control dial 23 continues to cancel the call registration restriction, when the floor button 21 corresponding to a floor other than the resident floor on which the continued cancel operation on the authenticator side is performed is operated, the group control dial 23 does not register the car call to that floor. In this case, the car operating panel 20 may emit a warning sound such as a beep sound, for example.

In addition, while the group control dial 23 continues to release the call registration restriction, the indicator 17 may display the current floor of the car 14, the traveling direction of the car 14, and the like for the car 14 that responds to calls of other users who utilize the elevator 10 through the normal authentication step in the reader 3 or the like. At this time, the group control disk 23 performs call registration for the hall call at the departure floor and the car call to the destination floor of the other user in the same manner as in the normal case.

The group control disk 23 may accept an operation of canceling the continuous release of the call registration restriction by the group control disk 23. In this example, the group control dial 23 determines that the cancellation operation is performed when the continuous cancellation operation on the user side and the continuous cancellation operation on the authenticator side are continuously performed during the continuous cancellation of the call registration restriction. In this example, when the user-side continuous release operation and the authenticator-side continuous release operation are performed during the first time period, the group control disk 23 cancels the continuous release of the call registration restriction. That is, the registration of the hall call by the hall operation panel 18 and the registration of the car call by the car operation panel 20 are limited by invalidation and the like as in the normal case.

The user may also receive authentication as a user who can enter the building through a mobile terminal such as a smart phone held by the user. For example, when the voice call between the resident intercom 8 of the authentication operation panel 7 and the mobile terminal is enabled, the user who is the visitor may perform the voice call with the resident through the mobile terminal and the resident intercom 8. The authenticator may authenticate the user who can enter the building by using a mobile terminal such as a smart phone held by the authenticator. For example, when voice communication between the hall intercom 6 and the mobile terminal is enabled, the authenticator may perform voice communication with the user who is a visitor through the mobile terminal and the hall intercom 6. At this time, the authenticator can also operate the unlock button 9 by operating the portable terminal.

The departure floor of the user is not limited to the hall floor. For example, when an resident visits an resident on another floor, the resident floor of the resident as a visitor may be the departure floor. In this case, for example, the resident who is the visitor may perform a voice call with the resident who is the visitor through the resident intercom 8 of the resident and the resident intercom 8 of the resident who is the visitor. At this time, the resident intercom 8 as the resident of the visitor is another example of the reception device.

Fig. 2 is a block diagram of a safety system 1 according to a modification of embodiment 1.

The building to which the security system 1 is applied may be an office building or the like, for example. The hall door 5 may be a gate-like device in a building, for example.

Landing operation panel 18 provided on a floor such as a hall floor receives a registration operation of a landing call designating a destination floor. The landing operation panel 18 is provided with an input panel 27 for inputting floors. The input panel 27 is, for example, a numeric keypad or a touch panel. In the landing operation panel 18, the destination floor of the user is designated by the input panel 27. In addition, in normal times, registration of a hall call by the hall operation panel 18 is limited by invalidation or the like.

The security system 1 has a plurality of landing readers 28. Each of the landing reading devices 28 corresponds to an arbitrary floor. Each landing reading device 28 is provided to a landing 12 of a corresponding floor. The hall reading devices 28 are devices for reading information specifying users, for example, in the same manner as the hall reading device 3. For example, when the hall reader 28 of the hall 12 provided at each floor authenticates a user, the restriction of registration of the hall call by the hall operation panel 18 of the hall 12 is temporarily released.

In this example, the user who performs the cancel operation performs, for example, the following operation. The user manually inputs information for specifying the user through the input panel 27 of the landing operation panel 18 of the lobby floor. In this case, the information specifying the user is a readable identifier such as an employee number. The identifier is information read in the reading device 3 of the hall. An operation of manually inputting the identifier read by the hall reading device 3 in the input panel 27 of the hall operating panel 18 of the hall floor is an example of the cancel operation. Alternatively, the user may perform the cancel operation by causing the hall reading device 28 to read the identifier.

When the user performs a cancel operation via the landing operation panel 18, the car call registration unit 26 cancels the automatic registration of the car call or the release of the restriction of the car call registration that has just been performed by the boarding of another user. Since the identifier of the user is input during the cancellation operation, erroneous cancellation of calls or the like of other users can be prevented.

Next, an example of the operation of the security system 1 will be described with reference to fig. 3 to 5.

Fig. 3 to 5 are flowcharts showing an example of the operation of the security system 1 according to embodiment 1.

Fig. 3 shows an example of the operation of the security system 1 related to the detection of an event such as the authentication of a user or the cancellation operation.

In step S101, the security system 1 determines whether the user has been authenticated. For example, when the reader 3 authenticates a user, the security system 1 determines that the user is authenticated. Alternatively, the security system 1 determines that the user has been authenticated when the unlock button 9 is operated on the authentication operation panel 7, for example. If the determination result is no, the security system 1 proceeds again to the process of step S101. If the determination result is yes, the security system 1 proceeds to the process of step S102.

In step S102, the reader 3, the authentication operation panel 7, or the like, which determines authentication of the user, transmits the authentication information of the user to the group control panel 23. After that, the security system 1 advances to the process of step S103.

In step S103, the security system 1 determines whether or not the direction button 19 in which the lamp built in the landing operation panel 18 is in the lighted state has been operated. The direction button 19 is a button corresponding to the direction of the hall call until the car 14 responding to the hall call starts from the departure floor. If the determination result is yes, the security system 1 proceeds to the process of step S104. If the determination result is no, the security system 1 proceeds to the process of step S108.

In step S104, the security system 1 determines whether or not the user who has operated the landing operation panel 18 is a user different from the user authenticated in step S101. Here, the security system 1 identifies the user who has operated the hall operation panel 18, for example, based on information or the like read by the hall reading device 28. In addition, in a case where the hall operation panel 18 of the hall 12 where the hall reading device 28 is not provided is operated, it may not be possible to determine whether or not the user who has operated the hall operation panel 18 is a different user from the authenticated user. In this case, the security system 1 may determine that the user who has operated the hall operation panel 18 is regarded as an authenticated user. If the determination result in step S104 is yes, the security system 1 proceeds to the process in step S105. On the other hand, if the determination result is no, the security system 1 proceeds to the process of step S106.

In step S105, the security system 1 transmits authentication information of the user who has operated the hall operation panel 18 to the group management panel 23. After that, the security system 1 advances to the process of step S101.

In step S106, the security system 1 transmits information of the cancel operation to the group management disk 23. After that, the security system 1 advances to the process of step S107.

In step S107, the group management disk 23 performs cancel processing. For example, when the car call registration unit 26 detects that the car 14 on which the car is loaded is automatically registered, the car call registration unit as a cancel process cancels the automatic registration that has just been performed. When the elevator car detection unit 22 detects that the elevator car 14 is free from the registration restriction of the elevator car call, the elevator car call registration unit 26 cancels the cancellation of the registration restriction immediately before as the cancellation process. In addition, the hall call registration unit 24 may cancel the hall call registration based on the authentication information as the cancel processing when the boarding detection unit 22 does not detect the boarding. After that, the security system 1 advances to the process of step S101.

In step S108, the security system 1 determines whether or not the identifier of the user authenticated in step S101 is input to the input panel 27 of the landing operation panel 18. When it is determined that the user identifier is not input, the security system 1 sets the determination result to no. When it is determined that the inputted identifier of the user is different from the identifier of the authenticated user, the security system 1 sets the determination result to no. The security system 1 may set the determination result to no in a case where the input panel 27 is not provided in the landing operation panel 18 at the departure floor of the authenticated user. If the determination result is no, the security system 1 proceeds to the process of step S101. If the determination result is yes, the security system 1 proceeds to the process of step S106.

Fig. 4 shows an example of the operation of the control system 16 related to call registration and the like.

The group control disk 23 starts the operation in fig. 4 when, for example, receiving the authentication information transmitted in fig. 3 or the like.

When receiving the authentication information of the user, the group control disk 23 starts the process of step S201.

In step S201, the hall call registration unit 24 registers a hall call at the departure floor of the user based on the authentication information of the user. After that, the security system 1 advances to the process of step S202.

In step S202, the allocation unit 25 allocates a hall call of the user. After that, the security system 1 advances to the process of step S203.

In step S203, the group control panel 23 outputs a light emission instruction of the built-in lamp to the direction button 19 corresponding to the direction of the assigned hall call in the hall operation panel 18 provided at the departure floor of the user. After that, the security system 1 advances to the process of step S204.

In step S204, the unit control panel 15 corresponding to the car 14 to which the hall call is assigned moves the car 14 to the departure floor. After that, the security system 1 advances to the process of step S205.

In step S205, the boarding detection unit 22 of the car 14 to which the hall call is assigned determines whether or not the boarding of the user is detected from the time when the car 14 stops at the departure floor. If the determination result is yes, the security system 1 proceeds to the process of step S206. On the other hand, when the elevator taking of the user is not detected within the preset time period for the car 14 to stop, the elevator taking detection unit 22 sets the determination result to no. In this case, the security system 1 advances to the process of step S208.

In step S206, the car call registration unit 26 automatically registers a car call to the destination floor based on the authentication information of the user with respect to the car 14 on which the user is detected. Alternatively, in a case where the destination floor of the user cannot be obtained, or the like, the car call registration unit 26 releases the registration restriction of the car call by the car operation panel 20 of the car 14 on which the user is detected. After that, the security system 1 advances to the process of step S207.

When the registration restriction of the car call is released, the car call registration unit 26 resumes the registration restriction of the car call by the car operation panel 20 after detecting the operation of the car operation panel 20 in step S207. Thereafter, the operation of the security system 1 relating to call registration is completed.

In step S208, as the timeout processing, the car call registration unit 26 discards information stored based on the authentication information of the user, such as the car call. Thereafter, the operation of the security system 1 relating to call registration is completed.

Fig. 5 shows an example of the operation of the security system 1 related to the continuous release of call registration restriction.

In step S301, the safety system 1 determines whether or not a continuous release operation on the user side has been performed. The security system 1 determines that the user-side continuous release operation is performed when the hall intercom 6, the reader 3, or the like reads out the specific information from the specific key, for example. If the determination result in step S301 is no, the security system 1 proceeds again to the process in step S301. If the determination result is yes, the security system 1 proceeds to the process of step S302.

In step S302, the security system 1 determines whether or not there is a continued release operation on the authenticator side after the continued release operation on the user side. The security system 1 sets the determination result to yes when, for example, there is a continued release operation on the authenticator side before the first time has elapsed from the continued release operation on the user side. If the determination result is yes, the security system 1 proceeds to the process of step S303. If the determination result is no, the security system 1 proceeds to the process of step S304.

In step S303, the group control panel 23 continuously releases the restriction of call registration by the hall operating panel 18 and the car operating panel 20 during the second time. The hall call registration unit 24 releases the restriction of the registration of the hall call by the hall operation panel 18 of the floor on which the continuous release operation on the user side is performed. The car call registration unit 26 releases the registration restriction of the car call by the car operation panel 20 with the floor on which the continuous release operation on the user side is performed and the floor on which the continuous release operation on the authenticator side is performed as the destination floor. After that, the security system 1 advances to the process of step S301.

In step S304, the group control panel 23 continuously releases the registration restriction of calls made through the hall operation panel 18 and the car operation panel 20 during the second time. The hall call registration unit 24 releases the restriction of the hall call registration on the hall operation panel 18 of the floor on which the user-side continuous release operation is performed. The car call registration unit 26 releases the registration restriction of the car call with all floors as destination floors by the car operation panel 20. After that, the security system 1 advances to the process of step S301.

The security system 1 may be configured to proceed to the process of step S302, for example, when there is a continuous release operation on the user side before the first time elapses from the continuous release operation on the authenticator side.

As described above, the control system 16 of the elevator 10 according to embodiment 1 includes the hall call registration unit 24, the boarding detection unit 22, and the car call registration unit 26. The hall call registration unit 24 registers a hall call at a departure floor based on authentication information of a user located at the departure floor. The boarding detection unit 22 detects a boarding of the car 14 by a user. The car call registration unit 26 restricts registration of a car call from the car operation panel 20 provided to the car 14 in normal operation. When the elevator car 14 arrives at the departure floor in response to the hall call registered by the hall call registration unit 24, and the elevator car detection unit 22 detects that the user gets on the elevator car 14, the car call registration unit 26 registers the elevator car call of the user to the elevator car 14. Alternatively, the car call registration unit 26 releases the restriction of registration of the car call from the car operation panel 20 in the car 14 when the car detection unit 22 detects that the user gets on the car 14 after the car 14 arrives at the departure floor in response to the hall call registered by the hall call registration unit 24.

The safety system 1 of embodiment 1 includes a control system 16 of the elevator 10 and a reading device 3. The reader 3 reads information specifying a user located at the departure floor. When the read information is registered in advance as information that can be authenticated, the reader 3 outputs the authentication information of the user to the control system 16.

The safety system 1 of embodiment 1 includes a control system 16 of the elevator 10, the hall intercom 6, and the authentication operation panel 7. The hall intercom 6 transmits an authentication request by an operation of a user located at the departure floor. The authentication operation panel 7 is provided on the destination floor of the user. When receiving an authentication operation of an authentication user with respect to an authentication request of the user received from the hall intercom 6, the authentication operation panel 7 outputs authentication information of the user to the control system 16.

With such a configuration, the timing of automatic registration of the car call or the timing of release of the restriction of registration of the car call is separated from the registration timing of the hall call. The car call processing is performed based on detection of the user getting on the car 14. Therefore, it is possible to suppress a decrease in safety due to the addition of another user during the period from when the user is authenticated to when the car 14 is mounted.

When a cancel operation is performed on the hall operation panel 18 of the hall 12 provided at the departure floor after the registration of the car call of the user to the car 14, the car call registration unit 26 cancels the registration of the car call immediately before the registration of the car call of the car 14.

When a cancel operation is performed on the hall operation panel 18 of the hall 12 provided at the departure floor after the car call of the user is registered in the car 14, the car call registration unit 26 cancels the cancellation of the car call registration restriction immediately after the car call of the car 14.

With this configuration, when another user gets on the car 14 from the time when the user is authenticated until the car 14 is mounted, for example, the process of calling the car can be canceled in the hall operation panel 18. This makes it possible for the user to temporarily get on the car 14, and thus to suppress a decrease in safety due to co-riding with other users who are not desired.

In addition, a direction button 19 corresponding to the hall call direction may be provided on the hall operation panel 18. In this case, the car call registration unit 26 determines that the cancel operation is performed when the direction button 19 corresponding to the direction of the hall call registered by the hall call registration unit 24 is operated.

With such a configuration, even when the hall 12 is not provided with a device or the like for identifying the user, the user can easily cancel the process of the car call so as to leave the car 14.

In addition, an input panel 27 for inputting floors may be provided in the landing operation panel 18. In this case, the car call registration unit 26 determines that the cancel operation is performed when the user manually inputs information identifying the user through the input panel 27.

With this configuration, even when the device for reading the identifier, such as the hall reader 28, is not provided in the hall 12, cancellation of the car call process for temporarily leaving the car 14 can be performed in addition to the recognition of the user. This can prevent erroneous cancellation of calls and the like from other users.

In addition, in some cases, the authentication operator performs authentication operation on the authentication operation panel 7 in response to an authentication request transmitted from the user through the hall intercom 6. In this case, the car call registration unit 26 determines whether or not the user-side continuous release operation by the user through the hall intercom 6 and the authenticator-side continuous release operation by the authenticator through the authentication operation panel 7 are performed during the first time period. When these operations are performed during the first time period, the car call registration unit 26 continuously releases the registration restriction of the car call to the departure floor or the destination floor from the car operation panel 20 in the car 14 during the second time period.

In the car call registration unit 26, the second time is set by a variable parameter in hours.

With such a configuration, even when the elevator 10 is frequently used in a moving operation or the like, the work efficiency of the worker is not easily impaired, and the resident is not easily inconvenienced by the operation of the authentication operation panel 7. Further, since such continuous release operation is performed at both the departure floor and the destination floor, a decrease in safety in the building can be suppressed.

The car call registration unit 26 determines whether or not the user-side continuous release operation and the authenticator-side continuous release operation have been performed during the first time period while the registration restriction on the car call is continuously released. When these operations are performed during the first time period, the car call registration unit 26 cancels the continuous release of the registration restriction on the car call.

With this configuration, the continuous release of the call registration restriction is promptly canceled when the job is completed, and therefore, the decrease in safety in the building can be suppressed.

In addition, in the building, an indicator 17 for displaying the position of the car 14 at normal times is sometimes provided. In this case, the car call registration unit 26 causes the indicator 17 not to display the position of the car 14 when the car is traveling by a car call to the departure floor or the destination floor from the car operation panel 20 while the registration restriction of the car call is continuously released.

With such a configuration, it is difficult for other users of the building to know floor information such as the resident floor while continuing to release the registration restriction of the call. This can suppress a decrease in safety in a building.

Next, an example of the hardware configuration of the security system 1 will be described with reference to fig. 6.

Fig. 6 is a hardware configuration diagram of a main part of the security system 1 according to embodiment 1.

The functions of the security system 1 can be implemented by a processing circuit. The processing circuit is provided with at least one processor 100a and at least one memory 100b. The processing circuit may also include the processor 100a, the memory 100b, and at least one dedicated hardware 200, or may include at least one dedicated hardware 200 in place of the processor 100a and the memory 100b.

In the case where the processing circuit includes the processor 100a and the memory 100b, each function of the security system 1 is realized by software, firmware, or a combination of software and firmware. At least one of the software and the firmware is described as a program. The program is stored in the memory 100b. The processor 100a realizes the functions of the security system 1 by reading out and executing a program stored in the memory 100b.

The processor 100a is also referred to as CPU (Central Processing Unit), a processing device, an arithmetic device, a microprocessor, a microcomputer, a DSP. The memory 100b is constituted by a nonvolatile or volatile semiconductor memory such as RAM, ROM, flash memory, EPROM, EEPROM, or the like, for example.

In the case of processing circuitry provided with dedicated hardware 200, the processing circuitry is implemented, for example, as a single circuit, a composite circuit, a programmed processor, a parallel programmed processor, an ASIC, an FPGA, or a combination thereof.

The functions of the security system 1 can be implemented by a processing circuit, respectively. Alternatively, the functions of the security system 1 can be realized by a processing circuit. Regarding the functions of the security system 1, a part may be implemented by the dedicated hardware 200, and the other part may be implemented by software or firmware. Thus, the processing circuitry implements the functions of the security system 1 by dedicated hardware 200, software, firmware, or a combination thereof.

Industrial applicability

The safety system of the invention can be applied to a building provided with an elevator. The control system of the invention can be applied to this elevator.

Description of the reference numerals

1: a security system; 2: an electronic lock; 3: a reading device; 4: a lock control device; 5: a hall door; 6: hall interphone; 7: an authentication operation panel; 8: a resident intercom; 9: an unlocking button; 10: an elevator; 11: a hoistway; 12: a landing; 13: an elevator unit; 14: a car; 15: a unit control panel; 16: a control system; 17: an indicator; 18: a landing operation panel; 19: a direction button; 20: a car operating panel; 21: floor buttons; 22: a step-up detection unit; 23: a group management disk; 24: a landing call registration unit; 25: a distribution unit; 26: a car call registration unit; 27: an input panel; 28: landing reading means; 100a: a processor; 100b: a memory; 200: dedicated hardware.

Claims

1. An elevator control system, wherein the elevator control system comprises:

a landing call registration unit that registers a landing call at a departure floor based on authentication information of a user located at the departure floor;

a boarding detection unit that detects boarding of the car by the user; and

and a car call registration unit that normally restricts registration of a car call from a car operation panel provided to the car, wherein the car call registration unit registers a car call of the user to the car when the car detects that the user gets on the car after the car reaches the departure floor in response to the landing call registered by the landing call registration unit.

2. The control system of an elevator according to claim 1, wherein,

the car call registration unit cancels registration of a car call to the car immediately before, when a cancel operation is performed on a hall operation panel for receiving hall call registration of a hall provided at the departure floor after registering the car call of the user to the car.

3. The control system of an elevator according to claim 1 or 2, wherein,

The car call registration unit releases, in the car, a registration restriction of the car call from the car operation panel when the elevator detection unit detects that the user gets on the car after the car reaches the departure floor in response to the landing call registered by the landing call registration unit.

4. An elevator control system, wherein the elevator control system comprises:

a boarding detection unit that detects boarding of the car by the user; and

and a car call registration unit that normally restricts registration of a car call from a car operation panel provided to the car, wherein when the elevator detection unit detects that the user gets on the car after the car arrives at the departure floor in response to the landing call registered by the landing call registration unit, the registration restriction of the car call from the car operation panel is released in the car.

5. The control system of an elevator according to claim 3 or 4, wherein,

6. The control system of an elevator according to claim 2 or 5, wherein,

when a direction button corresponding to the direction of a hall call is provided in the hall operation panel, the car call registration unit determines that the cancel operation is performed when the direction button corresponding to the direction of the hall call registered by the hall call registration unit is operated.

7. The control system of an elevator according to claim 2 or 5, wherein,

when an input panel for inputting floors is provided on the landing operation panel, the car call registration unit determines that the cancel operation is performed when the user manually inputs information for identifying the user through the input panel.

8. The control system of an elevator according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein,

when an authenticator authenticates the user by performing an authentication operation on an authentication request transmitted from an reception device provided at the departure floor by an authentication operation panel provided at the destination floor of the user, the car call registration unit performs a continuous cancel operation on the user side by the reception device and a continuous cancel operation on the authenticator side by the authenticator by the authentication operation panel for a predetermined first period of time, and continuously cancels a registration restriction of a car call to the departure floor or the destination floor from the car operation panel in the car for a predetermined second period of time.

9. The control system of an elevator according to claim 8, wherein,

in the car call registration unit, the second time is set by a variable parameter in hours.

10. The control system of an elevator according to claim 8 or 9, wherein,

the car call registration unit cancels the continuous cancellation of the registration restriction for the car call when the continuous cancellation operation on the user side by the reception device and the continuous cancellation operation on the authenticator side by the authenticator by the authentication operation panel are performed during the first time period while the registration restriction for the car call is continuously cancelled.

11. The control system of an elevator according to any one of claims 8 to 10, wherein,

when an indicator is provided that indicates the position of the car at normal times, the car call registration unit causes the indicator not to indicate the position of the car when the car is traveling due to a car call from the car operating panel to the departure floor or the destination floor while the registration restriction of the car call is continuously released.

12. A security system, wherein the security system comprises:

The control system of an elevator of any one of claims 1 to 7; and

and a reading device that reads information specifying a user located at the departure floor, and outputs authentication information of the user to the control system when the read information is registered in advance as information that can be authenticated.

13. A security system, wherein the security system comprises:

the control system of an elevator of any one of claims 1 to 11;

a reception device that transmits an authentication request by an operation of a user located at the departure floor; and

and an authentication operation panel provided on the user's destination floor, and configured to output authentication information of the user to the control system when an authentication operation of an authenticator with respect to the user's authentication request received from the reception device is received.