JP2002096978A - Landing display device for group supervised elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a minimum of guidance to waiting passengers even in the event of a failure of a group supervisory device for group supervised elevators with destination buttons installed at landings. SOLUTION: A landing destination floor button board 6 with a destination button 6A, a destination button light 6B having the destination button 6A built in, and an allotted car indicator light 6C for indicating the car allotted to a destination call is installed at a landing (for example, first floor). In the event of a failure of the group supervisory device, indications as shown in (A) to (F) are provided: in (A) and (D), all the destination button lights 6B are turned on and all the allotted car indicator lights 6C indicate arrows for up; in (B) and (E), the destination button light 6B operated and the corresponding allotted car indicator light 6C indicate arrows for up; in (C) and (F), indications are given which are used if a basement or basements exist.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for displaying, on a landing, a car assigned to a group management elevator having a destination button installed at the landing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a group management device for controlling a plurality of cars has become capable of realizing arithmetic processing of a large amount of information and advanced control by employing a microcomputer.

[0003] In a large-scale office building, various proposals have been made to efficiently transport a large number of generated passengers to a destination floor. In particular, when traffic is crowded with passengers from a specific floor, such as during morning work hours or during lunch hours, it is common practice to allocate multiple cars to alleviate the congestion. I have. In such a case, if a destination button is installed at the landing, the destination floor can be registered in advance, so that information necessary for group management can be input in advance.

In the group management control, the estimated arrival time of each car is calculated, and the assigned car is determined based on the result. Therefore, by installing a destination button at the landing, the destination floor can be known at an early stage. The prediction accuracy is improved, and the allocation accuracy of hall calls is improved. At the same time, when a waiter gets into the car,
Automatic registration of car calls saves the trouble of passenger operation and is one of the effective means for improving transportation efficiency.

Here, it is necessary to operate a destination button at the landing to register a destination call and display a car responding to the destination call. For example, in Japanese Patent Application No. 11-82233, an assigned car indicator light is provided adjacent to the destination button, and when the assigned car is determined, this is indicated by the assigned car indicator light adjacent to the operated destination button. Has been proposed.

[0006]

In the above-described conventional landing display device of the group control elevator, the assigned car is displayed by lighting the assigned car indicator light adjacent to the destination button. However, it is not clear what kind of backup operation will be performed if the group management device breaks down or a communication error occurs between the group management device and the landing. There is a problem that it is inevitable that a trouble will occur in the guidance.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems. Even if a group management device breaks down or a communication error with the group management device occurs, a minimum guidance is provided to a hall waiting person. It is an object of the present invention to provide a landing display device of a group management elevator capable of performing the following.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, a landing display device for a group control elevator is provided with a destination button and an assigned car indicator light on a landing destination floor button panel, so that a failure of the group management device or a failure of the group. When an abnormality in communication with the management device is detected, a display different from normal is displayed on the assigned car indicator lamp.

Further, the landing display apparatus for a group control elevator according to the second invention is the one according to the first invention, wherein when an abnormality is detected, the destination button lights of all the destination buttons are turned on and all the assigned cars are turned on. The indicator light displays an arrow indicating which direction the floor indicated by the destination button is located with respect to the floor on which the landing destination floor button panel is installed.

[0010] In the third aspect of the present invention, the hall display device for a group control elevator according to the first aspect of the present invention is configured such that when an abnormality is detected, the operated destination button light is turned on and the operated destination button is operated. In the assigned car indicator light,
An arrow indicating the direction in which the floor indicated by the destination button is located with respect to the floor on which the landing destination floor button panel is installed is displayed.

[0011] In the fourth aspect of the present invention, the hall display device for a group control elevator according to the first aspect, wherein when a destination button on the basement floor of the landing destination floor button panel is operated and an abnormality is detected, , The destination button lights on the basement floor are turned on, and an arrow indicating downward is displayed on the assigned car indicator lights for the destination buttons on all basement floors.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiment 1 1 to 6 show one embodiment of the first to fourth inventions of the present invention.
2 is an overall configuration diagram, FIG. 2 is a front view of the landing destination floor button panel of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is an operation explanatory diagram of the landing destination floor button panel in normal times,
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the landing destination floor button panel when the group management device fails, FIG. 5 is a flowchart of an assigned car display operation in normal times, and FIG. 6 is a flowchart of an assigned car display operation when the group management device fails. The same reference numerals indicate the same parts.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a group management device installed in a machine room, 1A denotes operation control means for controlling the operation of the entire elevator, and 1B denotes a landing destination for registering a destination call corresponding to a pressed destination button. Call registering means, 1C is a landing destination button light lighting means for illuminating a destination button light incorporated in a registered destination button, 1D is an assigned car selecting means for selecting an assigned car for the registered destination call, and 1E is an assigned car selecting means. A car destination call automatic registration means 1F for automatically registering a destination call is a communication means which is connected to the network transmission line 2 and performs network communication between the group management device 1 and each unit control device 3 (described later).

Reference numeral 3 denotes each car control device for controlling the operation of each elevator. 3A is each car control means for controlling the operation of each car. 3B is a call registration for registering a hall call when the group management device 1 fails. Means, 3C is a button light lighting means for turning on the landing destination button light when the group management device 1 fails, and 3D is connected to the network transmission line 2 and communicates with each unit control device 3 and the network transmission line 2. Communication means.

Communication means 4 is connected to the network transmission path 2 and communicates with the landing destination floor button panel 6 (described later) and the network transmission path 2. Reference numeral 5 is connected to the communication means 4 and is connected to the landing destination floor button panel 6. Each hall control means for performing communication and control of the hall, 6 is a hall destination floor button panel installed in the hall, 7 is connected to the communication means 3D, and a hall button, hall lantern, and unit number display ( These are landing stations that communicate with each of the unit control devices 3.

A landing button 8 is connected to the landing station 7, is installed on a general floor where the landing destination floor button panel 6 is not installed, and has a landing button having up and down buttons. 9 is connected to the landing station 7 and predicts and arrives of the car. The hall lanterns 10 and 10 are installed below the hall lanterns 9 and are car number indicators that display the car number of the car in conjunction with the hall lantern 9 when a corresponding car is assigned.

The landing destination floor button panel 6 may be installed on a specific crowded floor or on all floors. The units 1A to 1F in the group management device 1 and the units 3A to 3D in the unit control devices 3 are all configured by software in a microcomputer.

FIG. 2 shows a landing destination floor button panel 6 installed on the first floor. Here, it is assumed that a building with nine stops from the first floor to the ninth floor (the main floor is the first floor), and on the first floor, destination calls from the second floor to the ninth floor can be registered from the landing. In the figure, 6A is a destination button for registering a destination call at the landing, 6B is a destination button light which is built in the destination button 6A and displays the registration of the destination call, and 6C displays an assigned car for each registered destination call. It is an assigned car indicator light. The assigned car indicator light 6C is constituted by a display such as a dot type LED or a liquid crystal display.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. Prior to that, an outline of the overall operation will be described. When the destination button 6A is pressed at the landing, the destination call is registered,
Destination button light 6B built in pressed destination button 6A
Lights up. The group management device 1 immediately selects the best car to respond to the destination call, turns on the hall lantern 9 of the corresponding car as a forecast light, and sets the destination button 6
The assigned car indicator light 6C adjacent to A is displayed. The lighting of the destination button light 6B may be shared by the display of the assigned car indicator light 6C.

Next, the operation of the landing destination floor button panel 6 will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG. A Normal Operation (FIG. 3) FIG. 3A shows an initial state in which no hall call is registered on any floor. The destination button 6 on the fourth floor in FIG.
When A is pressed and the destination call is registered, the destination button 6
The destination button light 6B built in A turns on. Further, assuming that the car A is assigned to the destination call, "A" is displayed on the assigned car indicator light 6C next to the destination button 6A.

Next, assuming that the destination call on the sixth floor is registered in FIG. 3C and that the car A is further assigned, FIG.
As in (B), "A" is displayed on the assigned car indicator lamp 6C beside it. Then, assuming that the destination call on the ninth floor is registered in FIG.
This time, "B" is displayed on the assigned car indicator lamp 6C. Further, in FIG. 3 (E), when Unit A arrives at the fourth and sixth floors,
The destination calls on the 4th and 6th floors assigned to the car A are released, the corresponding assigned car indicator lights 6C are also turned off, and only the registration of the destination call on the 9th floor assigned to the car B continues.

Finally, when the car B arrives at the ninth floor in FIG. 3F, the destination call on the ninth floor assigned to the car B is released, and the assigned car indicator light 6C is also turned off. In this way, the waiting passenger at the landing can always check the car to respond to by looking at the landing destination floor button panel 6. FIG.
In the above description, the destination button light 6B is turned on when a call is first registered. However, when the destination button 6A is pressed, the destination button light 6B may be turned on after blinking for a predetermined time.

B. Operation at the time of group management failure (FIG. 4) The group management device 1 is out of order, the communication means 1F is in a state where it does not interfere with the network transmission line 2, and the communication means 3D is the group management device 1 A plurality of examples of the operation of the landing destination floor button panel 6 when a communication abnormality with the terminal is detected will be described.

In FIG. 4A, when any one of the destination buttons 6A on the second to ninth floors is pressed, all of the buttons on the second to ninth floors are higher than the first floor. The destination button light 6B is turned on, and an arrow “↑” indicating the upward direction is displayed on the assigned car indicator light 6C. Thus, if one of the waiters operates the destination button 6A, the waiter who arrives at the landing later does not need to press the destination button, which can be convenient.

In FIG. 4B, when the destination buttons 6A of the fifth and seventh floors are pressed among the destination buttons 6A of the second to ninth floors, the destination button lights of the pressed destination buttons 6A are pressed. 6B is illuminated, and only the assigned car indicator light 6C corresponding thereto displays an arrow “↑”. In this way, even in the event of a failure, the display mode is close to normal, and it is possible to provide kind guidance to the waiting customers.

In FIG. 4 (C), if there is a basement floor, if one of the B2 floors and the B1 floor is pressed in the destination button 6A, the destination button lights on the B2 floor and the B1 floor are pressed. 6B is turned on, and an arrow "↓" indicating a downward direction is displayed on the assigned car indicator lamp 6C. In this way, if one of the waiters to the basement operates the destination button 6A, the waiter who arrives at the landing later does not need to press the destination button 6A.
It can be convenient.

FIGS. 4D to 4F show an example in which an arrow “▲” (or “▼”) is displayed instead of the arrow “↑” (or “↓”). In this way, even if the group management device 1 breaks down, an unusual display is made on the landing assigned car indicator light 6C, and confusion for the waiting customers is greatly reduced.

Next, during normal times, the destination button 6A pressed
The procedure for selecting and displaying the assigned car for each is described with reference to FIG. When the destination button 6A of the landing destination floor button panel 6 is pressed in step S1, the destination call is registered by the landing destination call registration means 1B in step S2, and the destination button light 6C is turned on by the landing destination button lighting means 1C.
In step S3, the optimal car responding to the destination call is selected by the assigned car selecting means 1D.

In this case, depending on the situation, one car may be selected, or a plurality of cars may be selected. Further, it goes without saying that the car assigned to each registered destination button 6A is variable according to the call occurrence situation. Next, in step S4, the assigned car number is displayed on the assigned car indicator lamp 6C adjacent to the destination button 6A. In step S5, it is determined whether the assigned car has arrived. If not, the process returns to step S1 and repeats steps S1 to S5. During this time, the destination button light 6B and the assigned car indicator light 6C continue to light.

When the assigned car arrives, the process proceeds to step S6, where the corresponding destination button light 6B and assigned car indicator light 6C are turned off. Finally, in step S7, the boarding of the waiting customer is detected, and the destination call is automatically registered in the car by the automatic car destination call registration means 1E.

Next, a backup operation when the group management device 1 fails will be described with reference to FIG. Step S1
In step S1, it is determined whether the communication with the group management device 1 is normal. If the communication with the group management device 1 is abnormal, the process proceeds to step S13, and each unit control unit 3A starts the backup operation.

When the landing destination button 6A is pressed in step S14, the landing control means 5 of the destination button 6A converts the landing destination button 6A into an up / down button signal and transmits it to the network transmission line 2 in step S15. The button light lighting means 3C transmits a button light lighting command to each hall control means 5, and upon receiving this lighting command in step S16, the destination button 6A pressed in step S14 by each hall control means 5 in step S17. It is determined whether the floor is higher than the floor (here, the first floor) where the landing destination button panel 6 is installed.

If it is on the upper floor, the corresponding destination button light 6B is turned on in step S18, and an arrow "↑" is displayed on the assigned car display light 6C. If it is a lower floor, step S
At 19, the corresponding destination button light 6B is turned on, and an arrow "↓" is displayed on the assigned car indicator light 6C. When the destination button 6A is pressed, the destination button light 6 in the corresponding direction is pressed.
B and the assigned car indicator lights 6C are all turned on. However, the destination button light 6B and the assigned car indicator lights 6C can be turned on only for the pushed destination button 6A.

Here, step S11 constitutes abnormality detection means, and S14 to S19 constitute abnormality display means. This embodiment can be applied only to a busy time period, such as a morning work time period. Also, 1
It is also possible to apply throughout the day.

[0035]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a destination button and an assigned car indicator light are provided on the landing destination floor button panel to detect a failure of the group management device or an abnormal communication with the group management device. When it is done, the assigned car indicator light is displayed differently than usual, so even if the group management device breaks down, minimum guidance can be provided, greatly reducing confusion for waiting customers can do.

In the second invention, when an abnormality is detected, the destination button lights of all destination buttons are turned on, and the floor indicated by the destination button is displayed on all assigned car indicator lights on the landing destination floor button panel. An arrow indicating the direction of the installation floor is displayed, so if one of the waiters operates the destination button, the waiter who arrives at the landing later needs to press the destination button. Can be convenient.

In the third aspect, when an abnormality is detected, the destination button light of the operated destination button is turned on, and the floor indicated by the destination button is displayed on the assigned car indicator light for the operated destination button. Since an arrow indicating the direction of the floor on which the destination floor button panel is installed is displayed, the display mode is almost normal even in the event of a failure, and kind guidance to waiting customers can be provided.

In the fourth invention, when the destination button on the basement floor of the landing destination floor button panel is operated and an abnormality is detected, the destination button lights on all basements are turned on and all basement floors are turned on. An arrow indicating the downward direction is displayed on the assigned car indicator light for the destination button, so that if one of the waiters on the basement floor operates the destination button, the waiter who arrives at the landing later will have the destination button. There is no need to press, which can be convenient.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the landing destination floor button panel of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of the operation of the landing destination floor button panel in normal times showing the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the landing destination floor button floor when the group management device fails according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation of displaying an assigned car in a normal state according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation of displaying the assigned car when the group management device fails according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Group management device, 2 network transmission line, 3 each unit control device, 4 communication means, 5 each landing control means, 6 landing destination floor button panel, 6A destination button, 6B destination button light, 6C assigned car indicator light. S11 abnormality detection means, S14 to S19 abnormality display means.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A group management device for managing a plurality of cars as a group, a landing destination floor button panel comprising a destination button and an assigned car indicator light is installed at a landing, and a destination call is made by operating the destination button. When registered, the destination button light incorporated in the destination button is turned on, an assigned car responsive to the button is determined, and the assigned car is displayed on the assigned car indicator light. Or an abnormality detecting means that operates when detecting a communication abnormality with the group management device, and abnormality displaying means that performs an abnormal display on the assigned car indicator when the abnormality detecting means operates. Hall display device of the group management elevator. When the abnormality detecting means is operated, the destination button lights of all destination buttons are turned on, and the floor indicated by the destination button is displayed on all assigned car indicator lights on the landing destination floor button panel. 2. The hall display device for a group management elevator according to claim 1, wherein an arrow indicating which direction the installation floor is located is displayed. 3. The abnormality display means, when the abnormality detection means operates, turns on the destination button light of the operated destination button, and displays the floor indication indicated by the destination button on the assigned car indicator light for the operated destination button. 2. The hall display device for a group-managed elevator according to claim 1, wherein an arrow indicating the direction of the floor with respect to the floor where the hall destination floor button panel is installed is displayed. 4. A landing destination floor button panel is installed on the first floor, and abnormality display means is displayed on all basement floors when the destination button on the basement floor of the landing destination floor button panel is operated and the abnormality detection means is operated. 2. The landing display of the group management elevator according to claim 1, wherein the destination button lights are turned on, and an arrow indicating a downward direction is displayed on the assigned car indicator lights for the destination buttons on all the basements. apparatus.