JP2002208063A - Elevator system and rental method for elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the workload of an elevator user or a manager. SOLUTION: Elements constituting an elevator system are divided into removable elements and unremovable elements, and the removable elements are defined as rental elements, and the operation time of them is measured. Then, the measured time data are transmitted to a monitor center by using a network so that the data be managed by the monitor center. The monitor center notifies and charges an elevator user or a building manager of the use charge according to the operation time.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a removable elevator, and more particularly, to a method of managing a use time and a usage fee.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There is a method of renting various devices to make it easy to change the specifications of devices and to reduce the use of assets for facilities. Based on the same idea as for elevators, a system has been proposed in which the manufacturer bears the installation cost and the user pays for each use, such as a bus fee. An example of this is LSHilford et.al .: The Paylift
Concept: IAEE, Elevator Technology 10, Proceedings
of Elevcon 2000 (May 2000, pp305-313)
There is "The Paylift Concept" (May 2000, pp.305-313).

[0003]

The prior art describes that a user pays for each use. However, the service is still insufficient for the elevator user or the elevator manager, and the burden of installing, remodeling, maintaining, and other such elevators is large.

An object of the present invention is to further reduce the burden on an elevator user or an elevator administrator.

[0005]

The main feature of the present invention is to measure the operating status of a rental element such as a removable control device constituting an elevator system, and to connect the remote control device to the elevator control device via a network. The measurement result is transmitted to the monitoring center, and based on the management data by the management means of this center, the user of the elevator or the building manager is notified of the rental fee of the rental element.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, a car 2 and a counterweight 3 move up and down in a hoistway 1. The car 2 and the counterweight 3 move up and down along the rails 4 and 5, respectively. In the lower part of the hoistway 1, buffers 6, 7 for protecting the car 2 and the counterweight 3 from going too far are installed. A machine room 8 is provided above the hoistway 1. The machine room 8 includes a driving device 9 including a sheave, a pulley, a driving motor, and the like, a control device 10 for controlling the driving device 9 and the like, and a governor (not shown) for protecting the car 2 from an excessive speed. Are installed. The car 2 and the counterweight 3 are connected by a rope 11 via a driving device 9. The driving device 9 and the control device 10 were installed in the machine room 8;
There is an elevator without a machine room installed inside. The present invention can be applied to an elevator having such a configuration.

In the hoistway 1, there are elevator halls 12,
There are openings 14 and 15 toward 13, where a three-sided frame,
A hold door is provided, and a button for calling an elevator, a display device for guiding arrival of the car 2 and the like are further provided near the hold door.

The information of the control device 10 is transmitted to the network 16
Is sent to the monitoring device 18 of the monitoring center 17 which manages and monitors the operation status of a plurality of elevators and the maintenance status of the devices. The monitoring center 17 is usually located at a place apart from the elevator, and information is sent via the network 16. The monitoring device 18 in the monitoring center 17 individually manages various types of information on a plurality of elevators. The network 16 connecting the control device 10 and the monitoring device 18 may be a public line or a dedicated line, and may be a wired line or a wireless line.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. The car 2, the counterweight 3 and the rope 11 are movable and can be removed as a matter of course. In addition, the drive device 9, the control device 10, the buffers 6 and 7, and the rails 4 and 5 can be removed. To be installed. That is, it is detachably attached with a screw bolt or the like while avoiding adhesion such as welding. These are removable elements,
The control device 10 manages the operation time. At this time, if the three-sided frame, the holder, and the like are removed, there is a safety problem. In addition, parts for mounting elements of the elevator in the building, for example, fixing devices for the rails 4 and 5 and fixing devices for the driving device 9 are also non-removable elements.

[0011] The operating condition may be an operation time during which the car is operated or a use time during which the user is in the car. The operation time is obtained by accumulating the duration of the car 2 depending on whether or not the car 2 is operating, and the use time is determined by whether the car 2 has a passenger. The presence or absence of a passenger in the car 2 can be determined by a load sensor (described later) of the car 2 or the like.

[0012] These detachable elements are managed by the owner, for example, the maker or the manager, for example, a maintenance company of these rental elements, with some or all of them as rental elements according to a contract.

The operating time is calculated via the network 16
It is managed by the monitoring device 18 in the monitoring center 17.
The operation time is automatically transmitted from the control device 10 to the monitoring device 18 at a predetermined timing, or is transmitted by a request from the monitoring device 18. As described above, the operation time can be measured by the control device 10 of each elevator. However, the operation status is sent from the control device 10 to the monitoring device 18 via the network 16, and the operation time is measured by the monitoring device 18. It can also be measured and managed.

The monitoring device 18 individually manages the operation time of each elevator, and calculates the usage fee according to the operation time by a predetermined calculation method. The result is notified by the owner or manager of the detachable rental element to the user of the respective elevator or the building manager provided with the elevator and charged. The usage fee can be calculated as the equipment usage amount from the depreciation of the detachable rental element. Further, in addition to the fee, a running cost such as a power fee required for operation and a maintenance fee required for maintenance and maintenance can be added. At this time, regarding running costs,
In order to clarify the power rate required for the elevator operation, a dedicated watt hour meter 19 for measuring the amount of electric power for the elevator operation may be installed. The used electric energy is managed by the monitoring device 18 via the network 16 similarly to the operation status data such as the operation time.

FIG. 2 shows an example of a processing flow relating to a portion for calculating the usage fee for the operating status. A process 200 is an example of a process in the control device 10, and a process 210 is an example of a process in the monitoring device 18. In the process 200, in step 201, when a passenger gets on the vehicle and driving is started in step 202, measurement of driving time is started in step 203. In step 204, when there is no passenger and the driving is completed, the measurement of the driving time is terminated. In step 205, the total accumulated operation time is stored in the memory. In addition, this process is repeated to measure the total operation time, that is, the total operation time,
Remember. Next, the control device 10 transmits the cumulative operation time to the monitoring device 18 via the network 16 at a predetermined time in step 206.

On the other hand, in the process 210, the accumulated operation time is stored for each elevator managed in the step 211, and then in the step 212, the fee is calculated periodically by a predetermined calculation method. so,
The above-mentioned customer, that is, the user of each elevator or the building manager equipped with the elevator is notified of the operation status and usage fee of the elevator or rental element.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the detachable rental elements 2 to 7 and 9 to 11 constituting the elevator system and the elevator control device 10 are provided to measure the operation status of the rental elements. Means (203) provided at a remote monitoring center 17 connected to the elevator control device 10 via a network 16 for receiving the measurement result by the measuring means and managing received data; Means (212, 213) for notifying the user of the elevator and / or the building manager of the usage fee of the rental element based on the management data according to (1).

With such a configuration, the building owner or the manager who has installed the elevator does not directly pay the installation cost of the entire elevator, and can reduce the construction cost. In addition, there is an advantage that an elevator maker, an elevator maintenance company, and the like perform appropriate maintenance and monitoring, and the elevator can be used safely.

In the above description, the usage fee is calculated with respect to the operating time. However, the calculation method may be determined such that the fee is calculated with respect to the number of times of operation of the elevator.

FIG. 3 shows another embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the entire hoistway 31 is of a self-standing type, and is characterized in that the entire hoistway 31 is an element detachable from the building 32. In addition, the configuration is such that there is no machine room. The hoistway 31 is self-supporting, and all the elements therein can be transported with the entire hoistway 31, that is, can be removed. The car 33 and the counterweight 34 are suspended by a rope 35 so as to be able to move up and down. The driving device 36 is disposed below the hoistway 31, and drives the car 33 and the counterweight 34 up and down via the rope 35. As before, buffers 37, 38
Is provided. The control device 39 is miniaturized so as to be accommodated in the hoistway 31 and is attached to one surface of a lower wall.
The rails and the watt-hour meter are not shown.

In the building 32, openings 40 and 41 are provided facing the hoistway, in which a three-sided frame, a landing door, a hall call button and display devices are provided in the same manner as in the above-described embodiment. ing. The monitoring center 42, the monitoring device 43, and the network 44 are the same as described above.

If the self-supporting hoistway 31 is taken out as shown in FIG. 3, if the self-supporting hoistway 31 is taken out, the elevator components inside the self-supporting hoistway 31 can be easily removed from the building 32. Rental becomes easier.

In the above embodiment, an elevator system having a counterweight has been described, but it goes without saying that a system without a counterweight or a hydraulic elevator can also be realized.

The operating status for charging for the operation of the elevator can be grasped and measured as follows. That is, the operation state of the elevator during a certain period is measured as follows.

FIG. 4 shows an embodiment of a configuration in which the operating status of the passengers of the elevator is stored and billed accordingly.
1 denote the same components. A weighing device 45 for measuring the number of passengers in the car is installed under the floor of the car 2 to measure the number of people on the car 2. The measurement signal is guided to the control device 10 through the signal cable 46. The signal cable 46 is typically connected to the car 2 along with the other signals of the car 2.
And a tail cord connecting the control device 10 to the control unit 10 is used. The control device 10 calculates the number of actually boarded persons from the signal of the weighing device 45. The control device 10 performs the personnel calculation each time the car 2 is activated, and sends the signal to the total personnel storage device 47. The total personnel storage device 47 adds the current personnel data sent to the total personnel data stored so far and stores the new total personnel data. The storage device 47 stores the accumulated personnel data as the operation status for a predetermined period. Based on this value, the usage fee can be calculated by a predetermined method.

In this way, the operating status of the elevator during a certain period can be stored, and the usage fee can be calculated and charged by a predetermined calculation method based on this.

In the above description, the total number of personnel for each activation is stored. However, the total number of passengers for every certain period of time may be totaled. In addition, the measurement of the number of people can be performed by an image sensor provided in the car. Further, it may be calculated from the input power to the motor.

Further, the operation status can be grasped by the number of times of operation of the car, the operation time, or the total amount of electric power used.

According to the above embodiment, the components of the elevator are separated into removable and non-removable components, and the operating time of the removable components can be managed by using a network, so that the elevator can be easily managed. With such a configuration, it is possible to provide an easily rentable elevator system.

[0030]

According to the present invention, it is possible to improve the service to the elevator user or the elevator manager, and to reduce the installation cost, the remodeling cost, the maintenance cost and other burdens of the elevator.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of an elevator system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of an operation flow of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an overall configuration diagram of an elevator system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an overall configuration diagram of an elevator system according to still another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... hoistway, 2, 33 ... car, 3, 34 ... counterweight, 4, 5 ... rail, 6, 7, 37, 38 ... buffer,
9, 36 drive, 10, 39 elevator control, 11, 35 rope, 12, 13 elevator hall, 14, 15, 40, 41 opening, 16, 44 ...
Network, 17, 42 ... monitoring center, 18, 43 ...
Monitoring device, 19: Dedicated watt hour meter, 31: Independent hoistway, 3
2: Building, 45: Scale device, 46: Signal cable, 47:
Cumulative personnel storage.

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Yoshinori Takahashi 1-6-6 Kanda Nishikicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Inside Hitachi Building Systems Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Hideaki Seki 4-6-1 Kanda Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Hitachi, Ltd. (72) Inventor Atsushi Fujino 1070 Ma, Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki F-term in Mito Building System Division, Hitachi, Ltd. Building Systems Group F-term (reference) 3E048 AA10 3F303 BA01 DC34 EA03 EA06

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. An elevator system including an elevator car for ascending and descending in a hoistway, a driving device for driving the car up and down, and an elevator control device for controlling the driving device, wherein the elevator system is detachable. A rental element, a means for measuring the operating status of the rental element provided in the elevator control device, and a remote monitoring center connected to the elevator control device via a network, for receiving a measurement result by the measuring means. Means for managing received data, and means for notifying a user of the elevator and / or a building manager of a fee for using the rental element based on the management data by the management means. system. 2. An elevator system including an elevator car for ascending and descending in a hoistway, a driving device for driving the car up and down, and an elevator control device for controlling the driving device. Means for measuring the operating status of the elevator, means provided at a remote monitoring center connected to the elevator control device via a network, receiving the measurement result by the measuring means, and managing received data, An elevator system comprising means for notifying a user of the elevator and / or a building manager of a fee for using the car, a driving device, or a control device, which is a component of the elevator, based on management data. . 3. An elevator system comprising an elevator car for ascending and descending in a hoistway, a driving device for driving the car up and down, and an elevator control device for controlling the driving device, wherein the elevator system is provided in the elevator control device. Means for measuring the operation status of the elevator, means provided at a remote monitoring center connected to the elevator control device through a network, for receiving and managing the measurement results by the measuring means, An elevator system comprising means for notifying a user of the elevator and / or a building manager of the usage fee of the elevator based on the information. 4. An elevator system comprising an elevator car for raising and lowering in a hoistway, a driving device for driving the car up and down, and a control device for controlling the driving device, wherein the elevator system comprises a removable system. An elevator system comprising means for managing the operation status of a rental element. 5. A rented elevator car and rail in an elevator system including an elevator car that moves up and down the hoistway, a drive device that drives the car up and down, and a control device that controls the drive device. , A buffer, a driving device, or a control device; a means provided in the control device of the elevator for measuring an operating state of the elevator; and a user of the elevator based on a measurement result by the measuring means. And / or a means for notifying a building manager of a usage fee of at least one of the car, the rail, the buffer, the driving device, and the control device. 6. An elevator system including an elevator car for ascending and descending in a hoistway, a driving device for driving the car up and down, and a control device for controlling the driving device, comprising: A self-supporting hoistway containing the car, the driving device and the control device, a means for measuring the operating status of the elevator, and based on the measurement result, a user of the elevator and / or a building manager An elevator system comprising means for notifying an elevator usage fee. 7. An elevator system including an elevator car that moves up and down the hoistway, a drive device that drives the car up and down, and a control device that controls the drive device, measures the operating status of the elevator. Means, means for measuring the amount of passengers in the car, and means for notifying a user of the elevator and / or a building manager of a fee for use of the elevator based on an output of the measuring and measuring means. An elevator system characterized by that. 8. The elevator system according to claim 1, wherein the usage fee includes an electric power fee required for operating the elevator and / or a maintenance fee for the elevator. 9. An elevator according to claim 8, further comprising a watt hour meter dedicated to the elevator and a remote monitoring center for the elevator.
An elevator system comprising means for managing power consumption indicated by the watt-hour meter. 10. A rental method for an elevator system including an elevator car for ascending and descending in a hoistway, a driving device for driving the car up and down, and a control device for controlling the driving device. Measuring the operating status of the rental element to be configured; managing the measurement result; and notifying a user of the elevator and / or a building manager of the usage fee of the rental element based on the management data. An elevator rental method comprising: