EP2617671A1 - Elevator landing destination floor registering apparatus - Google Patents

Elevator landing destination floor registering apparatus Download PDF

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EP2617671A1
EP2617671A1 EP10857234.8A EP10857234A EP2617671A1 EP 2617671 A1 EP2617671 A1 EP 2617671A1 EP 10857234 A EP10857234 A EP 10857234A EP 2617671 A1 EP2617671 A1 EP 2617671A1
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Akinori Kumazaki
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66B—ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS
    • B66B1/00—Control systems of elevators in general
    • B66B1/02—Control systems without regulation, i.e. without retroactive action
    • B66B1/06—Control systems without regulation, i.e. without retroactive action electric
    • B66B1/14—Control systems without regulation, i.e. without retroactive action electric with devices, e.g. push-buttons, for indirect control of movements
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66B—ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS
    • B66B1/00—Control systems of elevators in general
    • B66B1/34—Details, e.g. call counting devices, data transmission from car to control system, devices giving information to the control system
    • B66B1/46—Adaptations of switches or switchgear
    • B66B1/468—Call registering systems
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66B—ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS
    • B66B3/00—Applications of devices for indicating or signalling operating conditions of elevators
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66B—ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS
    • B66B2201/00—Aspects of control systems of elevators
    • B66B2201/40—Details of the change of control mode
    • B66B2201/46—Switches or switchgear
    • B66B2201/4607—Call registering systems
    • B66B2201/4615—Wherein the destination is registered before boarding
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66B—ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS
    • B66B2201/00—Aspects of control systems of elevators
    • B66B2201/40—Details of the change of control mode
    • B66B2201/46—Switches or switchgear
    • B66B2201/4607—Call registering systems
    • B66B2201/463—Wherein the call is registered through physical contact with the elevator system

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  • the present invention relates to a landing destination-floor registering apparatus for an elevator.
  • a landing destination-floor registering apparatus for inputting a destination desired by a user is provided to a landing at each of floors at which an elevator stops.
  • Call-registration buttons corresponding to the respective floors , at which the elevator stops, are generally provided to the apparatus in many cases.
  • the number of apparatus of a type for inputting a destination floor with a numerical keypad has increased so as to avoid an array of a large number of call-registration buttons.
  • Patent Literature 1 discloses an apparatus including a numerical keypad for inputting a destination floor, and an indicator for indicating the destination floor input by a user in association with an elevator number of an elevator which is assigned to carry out transportation to the destination floor. According to the apparatus described above, there is an advantage in that, after inputting the destination floor with the numerical keypad, the user needs not be confused about which elevator of a plurality of elevators is assigned to actually travel to the desired destination floor.
  • Patent Literature 2 discloses an apparatus which provides support to the user for an input operation by storing, through learning, a floor which is frequently registered in a specific time period and flashing a button lamp for a button which has a high probability of being subsequently operated by the user.
  • Patent Literature 3 discloses an apparatus which includes a numerical keypad and preset destination-floor buttons for specific floors, which are provided independently of the numerical keypad, and is configured so that destination floors to be assigned to the destination-floor buttons for the specific floors are automatically determined, through learning, to be floors for which the number of call registrations is large.
  • the destination-floor registering apparatus using the numerical keypad input method is frequently used for the high-rise buildings having a large number of destination floors because of the characteristics thereof. Moreover, due to the characteristics of the high-rise buildings, the number of users who board and exit the elevators and the number of installed elevators are large. Therefore, the elevators move at a relatively high speed, and therefore the relationship between the positions of the plurality of elevators which are being raised and lowered is relatively complex as well in many cases. Therefore, when it takes time to determine an input content desired by the user, there may arise a situation in which the elevator cannot be assigned efficiently and timely.
  • the present invention has been made in view of the problem described above, and therefore has an object to provide a landing destination-floor registering apparatus for an elevator, which enables an input content desired by a user to be quickly determined.
  • a landing destination-floor registering apparatus for an elevator, which registers a multi-digit destination floor number by an input performed in a landing of the elevator
  • the landing destination-floor registering apparatus including: an input section capable of inputting the multi-digit destination floor number by sequentially. performing one input corresponding to a single floor; an indication section for indicating at least a content input from the input section; and a determination/registration section for determining, when the one input is performed on the input section as a long-press input, the content sequentially input thus far, which includes the long-press input, as a destination floor, and for registering the destination floor.
  • the input content desired by a user can be quickly determined. Moreover, the occurrence of erroneous inputs and unnecessary call registrations can be reduced. As a result, convenience for the user and a travel efficiency of the elevator can be improved.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic view illustrating a landing destination-floor registering apparatus for an elevator according to this embodiment.
  • a landing destination-floor registering apparatus 1 is an apparatus for registering amulti-digit destination floor number by an input performed in a landing of the elevator, and includes an input section 3, an indication section 5, and a determination/registration section 7, as illustrated in FIG. 1 .
  • an operating panel 9 to which a user inputs a call operation for the elevator, is provided.
  • Each of the operating panels 9 includes an indicator panel for indicating a content described below and an input panel including a plurality of so-called numerical keypad type input buttons.
  • the input section 3 is formed of the input panel, whereas the indication section 5 is formed of the indicator panel.
  • the input section 3 has a configuration in which a plurality of push buttons to be operated with small spatial movement such as a press and a return are arranged in a numerical keypad-like pattern.
  • a multi-digit destination floor number can be input by sequentially performing inputs each corresponding to a single floor. Specifically, for example, when the user is to input the 12th floor as a destination floor, a button "1" corresponding to the first floor (single floor) (one input) and a button "2" corresponding to the second floor (single floor) (one input) are sequentially pressed. In this manner, the 12th floor can be input as the destination floor number corresponding to a two-digit destination floor number.
  • the indication section 5 can indicate at least a content input from the input section 3. For example, when the button “1” is pressed on the input section 3, a number “1” is immediately indicated. Further, when the button “2" is subsequently pressed, a number “2” is immediately indicated behind the number "1". As a whole, a number "12" is indicated. It is apparent that the indication section 5 may be configured so as to be able to indicate a content other than that input from the input section 3. For example, indication for informing the user of an elevator number of an elevator which is assigned to carry out transportation to the destination floor input by the user may be performed.
  • the input section 3 and the indication section 5 are connected to the determination/registration section 7.
  • the determination/registration section 7 of this embodiment has the following two functions. First, as a first function, when a long-press input (a long button press) is performed as one input on the input section 3, the determination/registration section 7 determines the contents sequentially input thus far, which include the long-press input, as the destination floor number to register the destination floor. The function is more specifically described below.
  • the determination/registration section immediately determines, as the destination, the 11th floor corresponding to "1" and "1" which are the contents sequentially input thus far, which include the second long-press input for "1".
  • the registration of the destination floor in a building with a two-digit number of floors is performed in the same manner.
  • Situations, in which the user is to input, for example, the 56th floor as the destination floor in a building having, for example, 60 floors as the destination floors are described.
  • the determination/registration section suspends the determination of the destination floor at this point of time.
  • the candidate destination floors are narrowed down to one floor. Therefore, the determination/registration section determines the 56th floor as the destination floor.
  • situations, in which the user inputs, for example, the 5th floor as the destination floor are described.
  • the determination/registration section When a long-press input for "5" is performed in the landing of the first floor, the determination/registration section immediately determines, as the destination floor, the 5th floor corresponding to the content sequentially input thus far, which includes the long-press input for "5", specifically, "5" which is the only sequential input in this example.
  • the determination/registration section 7 compares the content sequentially input thus far, which includes the one input, and a previously prepared data table for a floor, at which the elevator stops, with each other.
  • the candidate is determined as the destination floor so that the destination floor is registered.
  • the data table for the floor, at which the elevator stops may be stored in the determination/registration section 7 as information or may be stored in a component different from the determination/registration section 7 so as to be used at appropriate time.
  • the second function is specifically described.
  • the number of prepared digits to be input as the destination floor is two.
  • an indication "B1" is assigned to the first basement floor.
  • the determination/registration section 7 compares the content sequentially input thus far ("B" is first input, and therefore only "B” in this example) and the data table with each other.
  • the determination/registration section 7 can narrow down the candidates to one by the comparison described above. Therefore, the 56th floor and the 20th basement floor are respectively immediately determined as the destination floor even without a long-press input.
  • Step S1 of FIG. 2 in a state in which the landing destination-floor registering apparatus 1 is waiting for a button input performed by the user, the user enters "1" with a numerical-keypad button on the input section 3 as described in Step S2. Then, the processing proceeds to branch-condition processing in Step S3.
  • Step S3 First, when the destination floor for the user is the 1st floor, the user performs a long press on the button "1" in Step S2.
  • Step S4 through the processing in Step S3, the determination/registration section 7 immediately registers a call for the "1"st floor as the destination floor.
  • Step S5 the determination/registration section 7 compares the input one-digit number and selectable floors among the above-mentioned floors, at which the elevator can actually stop at the point of time, with each other to determine whether or not the candidate destination floors can be narrowed down to one floor.
  • the number "1" is input. Therefore, the number of floors selectable by the input is two, that is, "1st floor” and "10th floor”. Therefore, the candidate destination floors cannot be narrowed down to one floor.
  • the processing by the determination/registration section 7 proceeds to Step S7.
  • Step S7 the determination/registration section 7 ensures a predetermined input waiting time. After the elapse of the waiting time, the destination floor is determined in Step S8. For example, the determination/registration section 7 maintains an input waiting state for about one to three seconds in Step S7. After the confirmation of absence of an input of a second digit number, the "1st floor” is determined as the destination floor in Step S8. When a button "0" is pressed for input during the waiting time in Step S7, the "10th floor” is determined as the destination floor.
  • the input waiting time which is inevitably always generated after the input of the first digit in a configuration without the present invention, is not generated unless the processing proceeds to Step S7 in the present invention. Therefore, the input content desired by the user can be immediately determined.
  • Step S5 the determination/registration section 7 can narrow the candidate destination floors down to one floor, that is, "B1". Therefore, in Step S6, the determination/registration section 7 automatically inputs "1" subsequently to the input with the button "B".
  • Step S5 the number of button inputs performed by the user can be reduced from that during a conventional input operation by at least one.
  • Step S6 the waiting time in Step S7 is not generated as in the case where the destination floor is determined in Step S4 as described above. Therefore, a period of time to the call registration can be shortened.
  • the landing destination-floor registering apparatus for an elevator of this embodiment as described above, the following advantages are obtained.
  • a number having two or more digits is input to determine the destination floor because the apparatus is frequently installed in high-rise buildings.
  • the processing is suspended until a predetermined time elapses or the processing does not proceed unless a determination button having a function of determining the destination floor is pressed by the user himself/herself.
  • the waiting time and the amount of operation of the user correspondingly increase.
  • the button "1" is required to be subsequently pressed even though it is apparent that the destination floor for the user is the "B1"st floor at the point of time at which the user presses the button "B".
  • the mode described above has a problem in that the user is forced to perform a needless operation.
  • the content sequentially input thus far which includes the long-press input, is determined as the destination floor to register the destination floor. Therefore, the destination floor can be registered without waiting for an input operation dedicated for the determination, such as an input operation performed with a determination button, and without waiting for the elapse of a predetermined non-input time. Therefore, the amount of operation (the number of times of operation) and the operation time of the user can be reduced to quickly determine the input content desired by the user.
  • the content sequentially input thus far which includes the one input
  • the previously prepared data table for the floor, at which the elevator stops are compared with each other.
  • the candidate is determined as the destination floor so that the destination floor is registered. Therefore, a needless operation can be eliminated. Also by the elimination of the needless operation, the amount of operation (the number of times of operation) and the operation time of the user are reduced. As a result, the input content desired by the user can be quickly determined.
  • FIG. 3 is a view illustrating an operating panel according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
  • the second embodiment is the same as the first embodiment described above except for a part described below.
  • the determination/registration section 7 of the second embodiment has a third function described below in addition to the first and second functions described in the first embodiment.
  • the determination/registration section 7 additionally has the following function. That is, when one input is performed on the input section 3 without a long press, the determination/registration section 7 compares the content sequentially input thus far, which includes the one input, and the previously prepared data table for the floor, at which the elevator stops, with each other. The determination/registration section 7 indicates a plurality of candidate destination floors on the indication section 5 when there is a plurality of candidate destination floors which correspond to the content sequentially input thus far, which includes the one input, as a result of the comparison.
  • the plurality of candidates are indicated on the indication section 5 for guidance.
  • the determination/registration section 7 recognizes that there exist a plurality of candidate destination floors in Step S5.
  • "20", "21", “22”, “23”, “25”, “26", "27”, and “28” are indicated on the indication section 5, as floor numbers containing the input "2". In this manner, the user can know which button is to be subsequently pressed for input.
  • the effects of reducing the amount of operation (the number of times of operation) and the operation time of the user and quickly determining the input content desired by the user can be obtained as in the first embodiment.
  • the second embodiment besides the above-mentioned effects, the following advantage is also obtained.
  • the number of floors which can be input is large. Therefore, there are problems in that the user is confused and that a travel efficiency of the elevator is lowered when a floor number is erroneously input.
  • the user can know the content to be subsequently input by referring to the indication of the candidates, which can contribute to the resolution of the problems described above.
  • the input section includes input means having a configuration which is not currently referred to as the numerical keypad as long as the means allows the user to designate the array of a multi-digit character by sequentially performing a plurality of inputs each corresponding to a single floor.
  • the input mode for the input section is not limited to the mode with the buttons to be operated with the spatial movement such as a press and a return. Therefore, as an example, the present invention can be carried out by using an input mode through a numerical-keypad image displayed on a touch screen or an input mode with a handwriting input on the touch screen.

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