FI115963B - Lift system - Google Patents

Description

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to calling in an elevator system.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The basis of the elevator system's elevators operation is the call output and the associated elevator flow control. Invitation delivery is traditionally arranged by placing 10 clubs on each floor of a building with up-down buttons that allow an incoming elevator customer to indicate the desired direction of travel. In addition, a control panel tailored to the location of the elevator system is required in the elevator car, in which the elevator passenger presses a button corresponding to their desired koh-15 deck. In addition, there are other keys on the elevator car control panel, such as the alarm button, the emergency stop button, and possibly the elevator door closure and unlock buttons. Thus, in the traditional calling method, the elevator customer 20 has to give two invitations. First, the elevator must be called to the customer's location floor with a single press of the call button • i '·· **. In addition, a second press of the call V 'button on the elevator car is required.

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: 25 Because buildings are unique in number of floors, ·; * and in their floor designation or designation, each building's elevator car requires a custom-made basket oh. jauspaneeli. The abundance of alternatives and the physical nature of the panel on the other hand, i.e. much of • · ·; nicks and threads, such an invitation control panel is an expensive component.

'. The call method in which the elevator passenger selects his target floor already in the elevator lobby outside the elevator is called target allocation. In this way, the aforementioned high cost problem of 2 115963 is exacerbated because each floor of the building then requires its own "basket panel", which contains all call buttons corresponding to the service floors of the building. The number of service-specific invitation panels in tall buildings is high and the costs can be very high.

One alternative to the floor-facing call-10 Lille is the keypad, which is similar to a telephone keypad with zero to nine keys. The disadvantage of this solution is that in this case the building cannot have layers named by letters, such as K (basement). Jul-15 in US 2003/0111299 discloses an invitation panel in which the panel includes numeric buttons from one to a top-level button. In addition, in the call panel of said publication, the buttons from zero to nine are separated into their own keypad 20, which can alternatively enter, for example, a two-digit layer call one digit at a time.

In addition, JP 2002-128397 discloses an invitation device for wheelchair users.

: 25 Another publication, JP 2002-234678, discloses the elevation position of the elevator car in the building at address J.J. Display and call device for tall buildings. US 5,679,934 discloses a touch screen paging device for display. , 30 lift-related information such as direction of movement ··· · and floors.

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I «1 * · One option is to use two buttons to enter the desired call, one of which can be used to scroll forward one layer at a time and» i% ϊ t the other way back. In addition, such a paging system requires an accept button to send 115963 3 the desired paging information to the control system. However, such a method is impractical in tall buildings. For example, if an elevator customer, for example, is on the ground floor and wants to have 30 on the floor, he / she must press the scroll button 30 times and then the accept button. On the other hand, this method can be improved so that when the elevator client arrives at the invitation panel, the default layer on the display is a floor number whose average distance to the destination random number of the incoming random user at that time can be minimized by looking at outgoing traffic statistics. However, in tall buildings, a large number of clients still have to press the paging number scroll buttons impractically many times.

PURPOSE OF THE INVENTION

It is an object of the present invention to eliminate or alleviate the aforementioned drawbacks of the prior art in the provision of a call with respect to an elevator system. Specifically, the purpose is to present a solution to use !!! is simple and therefore also suitable for use by different, 1 special groups. Blind or wheelchair-accessible elevator users may be mentioned as special groups.

: [[[: SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Features of the present invention; 30 with reference to the claims.

The method, apparatus and system according to the invention. the system is characterized by what is claimed by *; 1, 13 and 24 of the inks are shown.

Other embodiments of the invention are characterized by what is stated in the other claims.

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Inventive embodiments are also disclosed in the specification and drawings of this application. The inventive content of the application may also be defined otherwise than as claimed in the claims below. The inventive content may also consist of several separate inventions, particularly if the invention is considered in the light of the express or implied subtasks or the benefits or classes of benefits achieved. In this case, some of the attributes contained in the claims below may be redundant for individual inventive ideas. Aspects of various embodiments of the invention may be applied in conjunction with other embodiments within the scope of the inventive concept.

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The paging device according to the present invention includes a floor marking display and a floor marking relative display in the building, as well as a rotatable calling wheel, which can also act as a push-button for accepting the invitation. A customer arriving at the elevator selects their target floor already in the elevator lobby outside the car before entering the elevator. Call delivery is done by rotating or '.h * scrolling the call wheel. The layer marking display changes • · * * 'at a faster rate the faster you call | 2 5 wheels are rotated. This allows the user of the paging device to move quickly in the direction of the desired end of the building with a quick spin motion, and then fine-tune the floor selection to exactly the desired small movement of the wheel. Layer color displayed on screen. . The 30 bins are selected by pressing the rotary dial, "* which thus acts as a push button. Alternatively, a separate push button can be used to accept the selection;

*> • # 35 As an additional feature of the present invention, instant feedback can be provided to the user whenever the layer marker changes on the display. Feedback can be provided by the rotation of the user, for example in the form of an acoustic signal. Another additional feature is to display the default target layer when the paging wheel has been intact for a predetermined period of time 5. The default target layer can be selected so that it is, on average, the shortest distance from the next presumably selected layer. This can be assisted by traffic statistics that show the magnitudes of the traffic components across the different layers at the time of the tar-10 irrigation. On the other hand, for example, the location layer of the paging device can be selected as the default destination layer.

For blind elevator users, the present invention 15 may be equipped with a speech machine. This unit detects the layer on the screen through the loudspeaker when the dial wheel stops moving or when the dial wheel has been stopped for a short period of time. In this way, the blind user receives feedback on the layer he or she chooses.

An advantage of the present invention is the advantageousness of the device, > > 1 *, over a complete conventional call panel, particularly in tall buildings. In addition, the inviting • t '·· 25 devices increase the comfort of the travel because the paging devices:: can be accommodated in the elevator lobby and the queues on the inviting device are shortened. In addition, the customer no longer has to make a new invitation in the elevator car, since one invitation in the lobby is sufficient in the present invention. 30 in one day. In the case of multiple pagers, the location of each paging device may be taken into account when determining the location of the elevators and, in large elevator systems, prefer the elevator that is closest to the large paging device in use.

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The present invention permits a wide variety of layered '··' labels and thus does not limit its use to numeric designations only. The dial wheel, due to its modifiability, is also more usable than, for example, a zero-to-nine dial pad. As the elevator system changes, for example, with the addition of a new floor 5, updates can be easily made by simply modifying the software and the paging device itself remains the same. The paging device can be placed in the same way in all buildings without having to make different versions of different height buildings. 10 The user interface of the paging device is, in itself, familiar with other environments, such as the connection between the selection and volume of hi-fi devices and the scroll wheel of a computer, for example. In addition, the paging device is also suitable for use by special groups, such as the disabled.

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1 illustrates an embodiment of an impeller wheel in accordance with the present invention, and Figure 2 illustrates an embodiment of the present invention. . ·. lift system, which is part of the call wheel.

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

···, 25 The present invention provides a novel type of paging device as an improvement on prior art solutions. This is a paging device including a paging wheel 10, a display 11 and an accept button 12. Figure 1 illustrates an exemplary embodiment of the paging device according to the present invention.

The callwheel 10 is a freely rotatable adjustment - ''. 1 ^ a wheel by which the lift traveler can select '1' as desired target layer. The user interface may also be, for example, a finger-sized compact: roll or a palm-sized larger 7115963 roll. The rollers may be rotatable either horizontally or vertically. The display 11 shows a layer marker 13 and changes this as the wheel is rotated. The display layer designation 13 can contain both numbers 5 and letters, so in principle the system allows all types of layer names that are available in use.

To illustrate the selection of the target layer, the paging device display 11 10 of the present invention may be associated with a relative display 14 of the desired layer relative to the building. This can be accomplished, for example, by a direct light beam 14 in which the light point moves by rotating the dial 10. The ends of the beam represent the 15 floors of the building which can be reached by the lowest and highest elevators. With the relative display 14, the customer can easily see where the selection is going at any given time and combine this information with their own perception of the location of the target floor in the building.

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In the present invention, the selection accept button 12 is integrated with the dial wheel 10 for simplicity and 'h' ease of use. Thus, a separate button V * is not required. When a customer has found by rotating j '·. 25 desired target layer, he presses the impeller 10, 12: and the selection is then directed to the elevator control system.

The sensitivity of the pulley 10 can be adjusted to be adaptive.

That is, the magnitude of the rotation, i.e., more precisely the amount of angular velocity of the wheel and the acceleration of the angular '·· *', is directly proportional to the change rate of the screen floor number 13. What no-; the more the wheel is spun, the faster it is flattened. 35 meros change continuously, one at a time. Rapid wheel rotation can also be used to change the floor number of the display in larger increments, such as pre-115963 8, if desired, in steps of five storeys if the elevator is located in a high skyscraper. Sudden short wheel spin allows you to move across the screen from one building to another. By rotating the wheel counter-5 slowly, it is possible to fine-tune the layer number, since this changes the numbers on the screen at a slow speed one by one. Thus, with fast movements, the customer can move quickly to the desired part of the building and then, with small and slow rotational movements, he can precisely position the target layer as he wishes, since there is more choice accuracy.

The impeller 10 may be mechanically equipped with a rotor-15-braking resistor that makes the wheel rotation feel "pounding" and, to a suitable degree, "sticky". The resistor mimics the knowledge gained by rotating a conventional rotary switch, but this is accomplished much more smoothly.

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An exemplary system of the present invention is shown in Figure 2. Elevator 21 passes through the building shaft 20 of the building. Consider one floor of the building and only one elevator in this example. Consider- j '·. 25 sa floor of the elevator door 22, above which is expressed in an arrow-shaped light monitors 23 lift * · · flow as it leaves the moving layer. His-. · *. affixed to the wall of the floor under consideration near the elevator door aperture in the hallway, is a paging device 24 according to the present invention for issuing an invitation. This paging device 24 is in accordance with the embodiment shown in FIG. The call information from the calling device ·: * is transmitted to the elevator controller 25, which contains the actual intelligence for performing the elevator allocation based on the call information, 35, and the location and business information * 'of the elevators. In the immediate vicinity of the paging device 24, in this example, loudspeaker 26 is provided which, through 115963 9, both gives the user an acoustic signal (e.g., a click) each time the floor number changes according to call wheel spin. In Figure 2, the size of the paging device 24 and the speaker 26, for example relative to the elevator door 22, is exaggerated for clarity.

As mentioned, a small speaker 26 can be connected to the present invention 10 to generate an acoustic signal whenever the layer identifier changes on the display 13 of the device. The acoustic signal may be an example of a small click or a "click" type sound. Sound can also be generated mechanically without a speaker. For example, at these levels, the user also receives hearing feedback by rotation of the pulley 10.

If the dial wheel 10 has not been touched for a set time, a default target layer is placed on the display 11. 20 This default target layer can be selected as a so-called. Based on the traffic situation based on the traffic statistics of the Traffic Fo-recaster, the appropriately defined mean V-layer of the most probable target layers is selected for display. This is to minimize the amount of rotation required when the next customer finally arrives at the elevator. In this case, the eh-layer provided by the system is in the direction of the prevailing traffic component, * ··, and thus probably in the same area as the passenger. In an office building, during an outage rush at the end of 30 business days, 'it is logical to select the floor of the main lobby i * * ···' as the default target layer. On the other hand, during lunch hour, a wise choice is: · · The default target floor is the building's on-site restaurant, if the restaurant is busy, • 35. The default destination layer can also be selected, for example, the layer where the paging device is located, i.e. the customer's location layer upon arrival at 115963 10 elevators. This can be used to concretely illustrate the customer's starting layer and, starting from this starting value, in some cases the selection of the target layer is most natural.

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The paging device of the present invention enables the correct display of floor markings in a building without being limited to numerical markings. For example, lettered layers such as basement-10 layer 'K' can preferably be correctly represented by the device of the invention. Further, when changing the elevator system (for example, adding a new layer to the system), the paging hardware itself can be retained, since the system can be upgraded for 15 paging hardware simply by changing the software.

For blind elevator users, the device of the present invention may be equipped with a speech machine. Whenever the movement of the 20 scroll wheels stops or is slow enough, the speech machine can tell the currently selected layer. In this way, the blind user receives a feedback from their layer selection. The function must be activated in some appropriate way when a blind customer enters the inverter 25. If the elevator system is located in an office building where elevator access requires access .j. upon presentation of the card, information about activation of the speech machine may be included in the card data of the blind user.

The advantage of the paging device according to the present invention * ·· * is that the device is inexpensive in cost. The * * »fuser has the same structure regardless of the building in which it is located. There is a clear difference with the prior art conventional basket control panel, • which has to be customized according to the height and floor names of the building for each building '' individually. Due to the relative cost-effectiveness of the paging device, they can be located at various locations around the elevator lobby without undue cost. This avoids queues that are naturally more sensitive if there is only one invitation panel per layer 5. At the same time, making the invitation easier for passengers arriving from different directions to the elevator. In addition, the location of each paging device may be taken into account when allocating calls. Thus, in large elevator systems, his-10, which is close to the client-handled paging device, may be favored when picking up an external call.

In principle, the paging device can also be placed inside the elevator car as a replacement for a conventional control panel. If the elevator car is large in size, it is possible, if desired, to place more than one invitation device in one elevator car due to the low cost of the invitation device. Note that the device display may not be able to display all valid basket-20 calls. During elevator movement, it is wise to display, for example, the next following stop layers.

115963 12 for floor number, floor number 13 is added to the list.

A problem may arise where the elevator 5 is initially located on the floor where the customer is about to enter the elevator. Based on the usual calling principle, the client does not necessarily remember to give the desired target layer outside the elevator, but begins to search the control panel inside the elevator car 10 after having directly walked into the elevator without being invited. This problem is also solved by placing the paging device inside the basket. In this way, the elevator customer is, in principle, given the opportunity to enter an external invitation either in the elevator lobby or in the elevator car 15 depending on which customer feels more comfortable.

It will be apparent to one skilled in the art that the invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, in which the invention is described by way of example, but many modifications and various embodiments of the invention are possible within the inventive idea defined in the claims below.

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Claims (24)

A method by which calls are made in a lift system, characterized in that the method comprises the steps of: a weaning designation is displayed on a display; The weighing designation is changed by a rotatable dial; as well. the weave shown by the habitation designation is chosen for the thawed weaving. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that **; the method further comprises the step of: ···· 'the weaving shown by the habitation designation is selected for the thawed habitation by pressing a selection button. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that: the method further comprises the step of: "the weaving shown by the weighing designation is selected for destination weighing when the weighing designation is not changed; for a desired period of time. 'F: 35 115963 19 Method according to any of claims 1-3, characterized in that the method further comprises the step: the relative position of the selected irrigation in the housing is shown. 5 Method according to any of claims 1-4, characterized in that the method further comprises the step: the destination weights are selected on the weights plane outside the lift basket. Method according to any of claims 1-5, characterized in that the method further comprises the step: the destination swing is selected inside the elevator car. Method according to any of claims 1-6, characterized in that the dial button is integrated into the call record. Method according to any of claims 1-7, characterized in that the selection button is a button outside. call disc. The velocity is selected proportional to the angular acceleration and angular velocity of the calling disc as the disc is rotated. Method according to any of claims 1-10, characterized in that the method further comprises the steps of: the weighing designation is changed to a predefined weighing when the calling disc has been immobile for a certain period of time; and the predefined habitation is determined by the information in traffic statistics. Method according to any one of claims 1-11, characterized in that the method further comprises the step of: the weighing designation is indicated by an audible signal when the movement of the call disc stops. Calling device with which calls are given in an elevator system, characterized in that the calling device comprises:. a display box (11) for displaying the weighing designation h. (13) and for instructing the selected elevator; and a rotatable call dial (10) for changing the weighing designation. Calling device according to claim 13, characterized in that: the calling device further comprises: a selection button (12) with which it of:. The designation shown for the design is selected for the destination design. Calling device according to any one of claims 13-14, characterized in that the calling device further comprises: ....: 35 a relative weighing designation (14) for displaying, ···. the habitation choice (13) in relation to the house. 21 Calling device according to any of claims 13-15, characterized in that the calling device is located on the weighing plane outside the lift basket (21). 5 Calling device according to any of claims 13-16, characterized in that the calling device is located inside the elevator car (21). Calling device according to any of claims 13-17, characterized in that the dialing button (12) is integrated in the calling disk (10). Calling device according to any of claims 13-18, characterized in that the selection button (12) is a button outside the calling disk (10). Calling device according to any of claims 13-19, characterized in that the calling device further comprises:, ·. a connection to a loudspeaker (26) which produces an audible signal when the weighing designation (13, 14) changes on the display. Calling device according to any of claims 13-20, characterized in that: the weighing designation (13, 14) is arranged to be changed at variable speed; and::: that the speed is arranged proportional to the angular acceleration and angular velocity of the calling disk (10) as the disk is rotated. Calling device according to any one of claims 13-21, characterized in that the calling device (13, 14) is arranged to change to a predefined weaning when the calling disk (10) has been immobile for a certain time; and the predefined habitation is arranged to be obstructed by the information in traffic statistics. Calling device according to any of claims 13-22, characterized in that the loudspeaker (26) is arranged to indicate, with an audible signal, the watering designation (13, 14) selected with the calling disk (10) when the movement of the calling disk (10) ceases. A system by which calls are made in an elevator system, the system comprising: at least one elevator (21); a guide (25) to the elevator system, which allocates and controls the elevators according to the current call; characterized in that the system further comprises a calling device (24) provided with: a display box (11) for displaying the watering designation (13) and for instructing the selected elevator; and a rotatable dial (10) for changing the watering designation. The system according to claim 24, characterized in that the system further comprises: *. a selection button (12) by which the weaving shown by the watering designation is selected for the destination weaving. ; 30; 26. System according to any of claims 24-25, characterized in that the system further comprises: '; a relative weevil designation (14) for displaying the weevil selection (13) in relation to the housing. 35 23 1 15963 System according to any of claims 24-26, characterized in that the system further comprises: said calling device (24), located on the plane of the plane outside the elevator car (21). 5 System according to any of claims 24-27, characterized in that the system further comprises: said calling device (24) located inside the elevator car (21). 10 System according to any one of claims 24-28, characterized in that: the selection button (12) is integrated into the calling disk (10). 15 System according to any one of claims 24-29, characterized in that: the selection button (12) is a button outside the calling disk (10). 20 System according to any of claims 24-30, characterized in that the system further comprises: a loudspeaker (26) which produces an audible signal when. the weights are changed on the display. : ... "25 • System according to any of claims 24-31," * · ..d characterized in that the system further comprises: · ,,, 'control equipment (25) for controlling the rate of change of the designation so that it::: 30 changes at a variable rate; and said control equipment (25) for setting the speed so that it is proportional to; ; the angular acceleration of the call disc and the angular velocity as the disc rotates. , · 35 24 115563 System according to any one of claims 24-32, characterized in that the system further comprises: equipment (25) for setting the predefined weight as a weighting designation when the call disk has been immobile for a certain period of time; and said equipment (25) for adjusting the predefined weights using the information in traffic statistics. System according to any of claims 24-33, characterized in that the system further comprises: said loudspeaker (26) for indicating the weighing designation with an audible signal when the movement of the call disc stops. 15 • 1 • 1 »•« · • I • · t ^,