JP2002179349A - Car illumination device life informing device for elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a car illumination device life informing device for an elevator capable of judging a remaining life before bulb burn-out of the car illumination device of the elevator is generated and efficiently changing it in advance. SOLUTION: The car illumination device life informing device is provided with an operation means (calculation means 9) for integrating a lighting-on time based on a lighting-on command and a lighting-off command of the car illumination device of the elevator and expecting a remaining life corresponding to a kind of the illumination device and alighting-on system; an indication means (indication part 8) for indicating the remaining life when the remaining life expected by the operation means reaches to a predetermined time. Individual remaining life of a plurality of illumination devices is operated by the operation means and is indicated by the indication means. The informing device is further provided with an informing means for informing to an external monitor device when the remaining life expected by the operation means reaches to the predetermined time.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an elevator car lighting life informing device for notifying the remaining life of elevator car lighting.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a conventional elevator car lighting life informing device. In FIG. 5, 1 is
A control panel control unit for controlling the elevator,
In addition to a ROM, a RAM (not shown), and the like, a fluorescent light bulb burnout detection device 16 and an alarm device 12 are provided. Also, 3
In an elevator cab, a fluorescent lamp 4 serving as a car illuminator is attached to a ceiling thereof. Further, reference numeral 13 denotes a management office for workers and the like. The management office 13 includes a monitoring device 14 and a data output device 15.

Next, the operation will be described. The fluorescent lamp 4 provided in the car room 3 is monitored by a fluorescent lamp bulb disconnection detecting device 16 of the control panel control section 1 for the presence or absence of a bulb failure.
When the fluorescent light bulb out detecting device 16 detects that the fluorescent light 4 is out of light, the CPU 10 notifies the monitoring device 14 in the management office 13 via the alarm device 12 that the light is out of light.
The data output device 15 of the monitoring device 14 outputs that the ball has run out. Therefore, the worker can use the data output device 1
By checking the data of No. 5 and confirming that the ball has run out, it is possible to go to the site and replace the fluorescent lamp 4.

[0004]

However, the above-mentioned conventional elevator car lighting life informing device has the following problems and needs to be improved. 1) Since the worker goes out after detecting that the fluorescent lamp 4 of the car lighting has run out of the ball, there is a loss to be dispatched and replaced. 2) The fluorescent lamp 4 remains off until the worker arrives at the site. 3) Once the fluorescent lamp 4 is cut off, the other fluorescent lamps 4 tend to be replaced at the same time, assuming that the other fluorescent lamps 4 may be cut out. 4) In many cases, all the fluorescent lamps 4 are replaced before the fluorescent lamps 4 are burned out, and all the fluorescent lamps 4 are replaced very early, with a margin, in order to prevent the fire due to the running out of the ball, which is uneconomical and adversely affects the environment.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems of the prior art, and it is possible to efficiently determine the remaining life of the elevator and determine whether the remaining life is sufficient before the car lighting of the elevator car runs out. An object of the present invention is to obtain an elevator car lighting life notification device.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An elevator car lighting life informing device according to the present invention accumulates lighting times based on a lighting command and a turning-off command for elevator car lighting, and according to the type of lighting and the lighting method. It has a calculating means for predicting the remaining life and a display means for displaying the remaining life when the remaining life predicted by the calculating means reaches a predetermined time.

The arithmetic means calculates the remaining life of each of the plurality of lights, and the display means displays each remaining life of the plurality of lights.

[0008] The present invention is further characterized by further comprising an alarm means for issuing an alarm to an external monitoring device when the remaining life estimated by the arithmetic means has reached a predetermined time.

[0009]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The life of a fluorescent lamp used for car lighting can be predicted by the lighting time depending on the type and lighting method of the fluorescent lamp. The present invention utilizes this to input the type, lighting method, and replacement date of the fluorescent lamp in advance in the control panel of the elevator, and measures the lighting time of the fluorescent lamp to predict the remaining life. Then, a message is displayed when the remaining life reaches the predetermined time and the replacement date approaches. Therefore, the operator judges the display data and replaces the fluorescent lamp by the replacement date according to the remaining life calculation, whereby the fluorescent lamp can be replaced optimally and before the bulb runs out. Hereinafter, specific embodiments will be described.

Embodiment 1 FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an elevator car lighting life notification device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. 1, the same parts as those of the conventional example shown in FIG. 5 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted. As a new code, reference numeral 2 denotes a fluorescent lamp control unit that controls lighting and extinguishing based on a lighting command and a turning-off command of the fluorescent lamp 4 and measures a total lighting time, and 5 denotes a fluorescent light input from the data input device 6. Light 4 type, lighting method, fluorescent light 4
The external data processing unit for storing the replacement date of the fluorescent lamp 4
Is a calculator for calculating the remaining life of the fluorescent lamp 4, and these components are provided in the control panel controller 1 for controlling the elevator. I have.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, the operator inputs the type and lighting method of the fluorescent lamp 4 from the data input device 6. When the fluorescent lamp 4 has been replaced, the replacement date of the fluorescent lamp 4 is input from the data input device 6. Data input from the data input device 6 is transmitted to the calculation unit 9 via the external data processing unit 5. The calculation unit 9 calculates the remaining life time of the fluorescent lamp of the unit from the data.

In the state where the above conditions are set, when there is an instruction to turn on the fluorescent lamp 4 from the elevator control panel side (step S1), the fluorescent lamp control unit 2 turns on the fluorescent lamp 4 in the car room 3 and (Step S2) The fluorescent lamp controller 2 integrates the lighting time of the fluorescent lamp (Step S3).

When an instruction to turn off the fluorescent lamp 4 is issued from the elevator control panel (step S4), the fluorescent lamp controller 2
Turns off the fluorescent lamp 4 in the car room 3 (step S5), and stops the integration of the lighting time in the fluorescent lamp controller 2 (step S6).

When the integration of the lighting time of the fluorescent lamp control unit 2 has elapsed for a predetermined time (step S7), the signal is transmitted to the calculation unit 9 and the calculation unit 9 calculates the remaining life (step S7).
8). Here, the lapse of the predetermined time means that the measurement time is, for example, 2
There are two types of cases, e.g., every four hours, and, for example, every 24 hours.

The calculation of the remaining life by the calculation unit 9 is performed as follows. Table 1 shows the lifetime lighting time of the fluorescent lamp 4 set by the combination of the type (model name) of the fluorescent lamp 4 and the lighting method. For example, in the case of a 30 W long-life fluorescent lamp and the lighting method is an electronic starter, the lifetime lighting time is 1
2000 Hr. The external data processing unit 5 receives and stores these data together with the replacement date of the fluorescent lamp 4 from the data input device 6. The calculation unit 9 inputs the cumulative lighting time from the fluorescent lamp control unit 2 in units of days, and accumulates each time.
The total cumulative time for each fluorescent lamp from the replacement date is obtained, and the average lighting time per day is calculated, for example, every 15 days or 30 days. Then, the remaining lighting time is obtained by comparing the life lighting time of the corresponding fluorescent lamp stored in the external data processing unit 5 with the total accumulated time, and the obtained remaining life time is divided by the average lighting time for each day to obtain the remaining life. Calculate as the replacement month or number of days and the expected life date.

[0016]

[Table 1]

When the result of the remaining life calculation by the calculation unit 9 reaches a predetermined time (for example, within one month) (step S
9), the calculation unit 9 sends a signal to the display unit 8 and displays the remaining life data (replacement month or days, expected life date) on the display 8 (step S10). Here, the predetermined time in step S9 may be set by default, but may be input from the data input device 6 because it depends on the inspection cycle at the site.

Therefore, the worker who has come to the site can determine the replacement date by looking at the remaining life data of the display 7 (step S11), arrange the fluorescent lamp 4, and change the fluorescent lamp 4 by the expected life date. The replacement of the lamp 4 is performed (step S12). When the operator replaces the fluorescent lamp 4, the data input device 6
Then, a replacement date is input (step S13). Thus, the calculation unit 9 performs the initial setting of the remaining life time calculation (step S14).

As described above, according to the first embodiment,
The operator can replace the fluorescent lamps 4 at an appropriate timing before the fluorescent lamps 4 run out, so that the number of dispatches due to the burnout of the fluorescent lamps 4 is reduced, and all the fluorescent lamps 4 are considerably early with a margin. It is economical and does not adversely affect the environment.

Embodiment 2 FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an elevator car lighting life notification device according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. 3, the same parts as those in the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted. As a new code, reference numeral 11 denotes an individual memory for each fluorescent lamp provided in the external data processing unit 5. In the individual memory 11, an individual memory of the plurality of fluorescent lamps 4 input from the data input device 6 is provided. The replacement date is stored. The calculation unit 9 calculates the remaining life of each of the plurality of fluorescent lamps 4, and the display unit 8 displays the remaining life of each of the plurality of fluorescent lamps 4.

That is, in the second embodiment,
When replacing the fluorescent lamps 4 by the remaining life calculation, it is necessary to replace all the fluorescent lamps. However, since the fluorescent lamps 4 vary, an external memory 11 is provided in the external data processing unit 5, and the replacement date is set for each fluorescent lamp. Can be input. Thus, by calculating the remaining life of each of the fluorescent lamps 4 in the calculating section 9, individual scheduled replacement of each of the fluorescent lamps 4 is enabled. Thus, even if one of the fluorescent lamps 4 is cut off, it is not necessary to replace the other fluorescent lamps 4 at the same time, which is more economical than in the first embodiment, and can prevent adverse effects on the environment.

Embodiment 3 FIG. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an elevator car lighting life notification device according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention. 4, the same components as those of the second embodiment shown in FIG. 3 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted. As a new code, reference numeral 12 denotes an alarm device that issues an alarm to the external monitoring device 14 when the result of the remaining life calculation by the calculation unit 9 reaches a predetermined time. Reference numeral 13 denotes a management office in which the data output device 15 is provided together with the alarm device 12.

Embodiment 1 or Embodiment 2 described above
Although the remaining life of the fluorescent lamp could not be confirmed unless the worker went to the site, in the third embodiment, when the remaining life calculation result by the calculation unit 9 reaches a predetermined time, the alarm device 12 For example, the management office 1 via a public line
By issuing an alarm to the third monitoring device 14, the remaining life can be confirmed even in a remote place.

That is, in the third embodiment, the alarm device 12 is attached to the configuration of the second embodiment, and when the remaining life calculation result by the calculation unit 9 reaches a predetermined time, the calculation unit 9 sends a signal to the display unit 8, and the display 7
In addition to displaying the remaining life time (or the number of days and the estimated life time), the remaining life time is reported to the monitoring device 14 of the management office 13 via the alarm device 12. Thereby, the monitoring device 1
4 outputs this data to the data output device 15.

Therefore, the worker can arrange the fluorescent lamps 4 by looking at the data of the data output device 15 and replace the fluorescent lamps 4 by the life expectancy date. Is replaced, the replacement date is input from the data input device 6. Thereby, the worker can set the scheduled replacement date of the fluorescent lamp without going to the site, and the efficiency and accuracy are further improved.

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention, the operation for accumulating the lighting time based on the lighting command and the turning-off command of the elevator car lighting and estimating the remaining life according to the type of lighting and the lighting method is performed. Means, and a display means for displaying the remaining life when the remaining life predicted by the arithmetic means reaches a predetermined time, so that the remaining life is determined before the car lighting of the elevator car is out of ball. Can be efficiently replaced in advance.

The calculating means calculates the remaining life of each of the plurality of lights, and the display means displays the remaining life of each of the plurality of lights. Calculating the lifetime can allow for individual planned replacements.

Further, the apparatus further comprises an alarm means for issuing an alarm to an external monitoring device when the remaining life estimated by the arithmetic means reaches a predetermined time, so that the remaining life of the lighting can be confirmed at a remote place. The lighting can be changed more efficiently.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an elevator car lighting life notification device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining an operation according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an elevator car lighting life notification device according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an elevator car illumination life notification device according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram showing a conventional elevator car lighting life notification device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 control panel control unit, 2 fluorescent lamp control unit, 3 cab room, 4
Fluorescent lamp, 5 external data processing unit, 6 data input device, 8 display unit, 9 calculation unit, 10 CPU, 11 individual memory, 12 alarm device, 13 management office, 14
Monitoring device, 15 data output devices.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An arithmetic unit for accumulating a lighting time based on a lighting instruction and an extinguishing instruction of a car illumination of an elevator, and estimating a remaining life according to a type of the illumination and a lighting method, and a remaining time estimated by the arithmetic means. A display device for displaying the remaining life when the life has reached a predetermined time. 2. The elevator car lighting life informing device according to claim 1, wherein the calculating means calculates each remaining life of the plurality of lights, and the display means calculates each remaining life of the plurality of lights. The elevator car lighting life informing device characterized by displaying. 3. An elevator car lighting life informing device according to claim 1, wherein said remaining time estimated by said computing means reaches a predetermined time, and is issued to an external monitoring device. An elevator car lighting life informing device, further comprising: