JP2002284456A - Elevator control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an elevator control system using a portable mobile device for giving control commands to an operation control device for the elevator control system, and providing information from the operation control device. SOLUTION: This elevator control system is provided with the portable mobile device 13, a group control part 1 to control operation of an elevator car 6, the operation control part 4, and a drive control part 5. To the group control part 1, a reading part 2 and a transmitting/receiving part 3 are connected. Between the group control part 1 and the portable mobile device 13, signals are transmitted and received through the reading part 2 and the transmitting/receiving part 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an elevator control system, and more particularly to an elevator control system capable of easily and reliably controlling an elevator.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 4 shows an overall configuration diagram of a conventional elevator control system. In FIG. 4, the elevator car 6 is balanced with a suspended weight 7 by a suspension rope 10 via a traction sheave 8 and a deflecting sheave 9, and the traction sheave 8 drives the car 6 up and down. Is

In the elevator platform 11, a platform button 12 and, if necessary, a PAK key 15 are installed at the entrance of the elevator car 6, and a car call button 14 or A dedicated key (not shown) is provided as needed.

[0004] Further, in the elevator management room 16,
A dedicated key (not shown) is provided as needed.

The operation of the elevator car 6 is controlled by the operation control unit 4 via the drive control unit 5, and each operation control unit 4 is controlled by the group control unit 1.
The group control unit 1 is connected to the management room 16.

Conventionally, communication between the car 6 and the outside has been carried out regarding registration of elevator calls, input of various types of information, waiting time for various types of operation of the elevators, information on the degree of congestion in the car, or information on confinement. Is performed as follows.

First, when information is input to the elevator car 6, (1) For registration of a hall call, the UP (up) or DN (down) button of the hall button 12 installed in the hall 11 must be pressed. Press or stop button 12
Press the destination call button.

(2) For registration of a car call,
The car call button 14 installed in the car 6 is pressed.

(3) For the designation of parking, the PAK key 15 installed at the landing 11 is operated.

(4) For the service floor separation designation, a key provided in the manager room 16 is operated.

(5) The specification of the owner specification (call VIP elevator) is specified by a key installed in the car 6 or in the living room.

(6) Various operation patterns are changed by sending a signal to the group control unit 1 from a terminal such as a personal computer.

(7) Regarding the change of the service reservation,
Group control unit 1 by terminal such as personal computer
Send a signal to to change.

Next, when providing various kinds of information from the elevator control system, (1) At the landing 11, the waiting time until the elevator car 6 arrives, the congestion degree in the elevator car, the elevator riding It is difficult to display the state of the car door or the speed of the elevator car. The position and direction of the elevator car 6 are indicated by a hall indicator or hall lantern provided at the landing 11.

(2) Communication with the outside performed when confinement occurs is performed with the management room 16 by an interphone in the car 6.

(3) Status information and maintenance information at the time of failure are displayed on a dedicated terminal.

[0017]

The above-mentioned communication method between the elevator car 6 and the outside has the following problems.

First, when inputting information to the elevator car 6, (1) In the registration of the hall call and the registration of the car call, U
A dedicated button such as a button in the P (up) or DN (down) direction or a destination call button is required.

(2) A dedicated key or switch is required for each of the parking designation, the service floor separation designation, and the owner specification designation.

(3) A terminal such as a personal computer is required for changing various operation patterns and changing service reservations.

Next, when various kinds of information are provided from the elevator control system, the display in the hall or the car has a small amount of information, and most displays other than basic ones are impossible. Has a problem that it needs to be displayed on a dedicated terminal.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and has as its object to provide an elevator control system that can easily and surely control an elevator.

[0023]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a portable mobile device, an operation control device for controlling the operation of an elevator car, and transmission and reception of signals between the portable mobile device and an operation control unit. And a transmission / reception device, wherein signals are transmitted / received between the portable mobile device and the operation control device via the transmission / reception device.

According to the present invention, a portable mobile device transmits information about registration of a hall call, registration of a car call, designation of parking, designation of service floor separation, designation of owner specifications, various driving patterns, or service reservation via a transmitting / receiving device. An elevator control system characterized in that the elevator is sent to an operation control device.

According to the present invention, the operation control device transmits, via a transmission / reception device, information on the waiting time of the elevator car or the congestion degree of the elevator car to the landing where the portable mobile device is arranged. The elevator control system is characterized in that the elevator control system sends the information to a mobile device and displays the information on the mobile device.

According to the present invention, there is provided an elevator control system in which an interphone is installed in a car of an elevator, and information is exchanged between the interphone and a portable mobile device via a transmission / reception device.

The present invention further comprises an information storage unit for storing status information or maintenance data at the time of failure of the elevator car, and information from the information storage unit is sent to the portable mobile device and displayed. An elevator control system characterized in that:

[0028]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 1 to 3 show an embodiment of an elevator control system according to the present invention.

The elevator control system controls the entire elevator having a plurality of elevator cars 6. As shown in FIG. 1, a car 6 of each elevator is balanced with a suspended weight 7 by a suspended rope 10 via a traction sheave 8 and a deflecting sheave 9. And traction sheave 8
, The car 6 is moved up and down.

In this case, each traction sheave 8 is driven by a drive drive 5, and the drive drive unit 5 is controlled by an operation control unit 4. Each operation control unit 4 is controlled by the group control unit 1.

The group control unit 1 includes a decryption unit 2 and a transmission / reception unit 3
The transmitting / receiving unit 3 is connected to the portable mobile device 13.
(FIG. 2).

Among the above components, the group control unit 1, the drive driving unit 5, and the operation control unit 4 constitute operation control devices 1, 4, and 5, which control the operation of the elevator car 6. The decoding unit 2 and the transmission / reception unit 3 constitute transmission / reception devices 2 and 3.

The elevator control system according to the present invention includes at least a portable mobile device 13, operation control devices 1, 4, and 5, and transmission and reception devices 2 and 3.

As shown in FIG. 2, the elevator platform 11 has a platform button 12 at the entrance of the elevator car 6 and a PAK key 15 if necessary.
A car call button 14 or a dedicated key (not shown) is provided inside the elevator car 6 as required.

Further, the group control section 1 is connected to a manager room 16 of the elevator, and a switch 17 or a personal computer (not shown) is installed in the manager room 16.

The elevator user, manager, or maintenance worker can use the landing button 12 and the PAK key 1 described above.
5, instead of the car call button 14, switch 17 or personal computer, a portable mobile device 13
Can be used to transmit and receive signals to and from the transmission / reception unit 3.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment having the above configuration will be described.

First, the following information can be sent to the operation control devices 1, 4, 5 via the transmitting / receiving devices 2, 3 using the portable mobile device 13, for example, a mobile phone.

(1) Registration of a hall call Instead of the hall button 12 having an UP or DN button and a destination call button installed at the hall 11,
The destination floor is designated using the button of the mobile phone 13.

(2) Registration of car call In place of the car call button 14 installed in the car 6, the destination floor is designated by using a button of the mobile phone 13.

(3) Parking Instead of operating the PAK key 15 installed at the landing 11, the designation is made using the key of the mobile phone 13.

(4) Separation of the service floor Instead of operating the switch 17 installed in the manager room 16, the service floor is designated using the key of the mobile phone 13.

(5) Owner Specification (Call VIP Elevator) Instead of operating the keys installed in the hall or car 6 or in the living room, the specification is made using the keys of the mobile phone 13.

(6) Patterns related to various operation patterns Instead of being changed by a terminal such as a personal computer, the patterns are designated using keys of the mobile phone 13.

(7) Service Reservation Instead of using a terminal such as a personal computer, the service is designated using the key of the mobile phone 13.

Next, the following information can be sent to the portable mobile device 13.

(1) Platform When the mobile phone 13 is located at a platform 11,
That is, when the user of a certain landing 11 has the mobile phone 13, the operation control devices 1, 4, 5
To the service car No. 6 of the car 6, the waiting time of the car 6 to the landing 11 and the congestion degree of the car 6, and instead of displaying the information with the hall indicator and the hall lantern, the mobile phone 13 (FIG. 3).

It is to be noted that information relating to the speed of the car 6 may be sent from the operation control devices 1, 4 and 5 to the portable telephone 13, and information relating to the state of the door of the car 6 is detected by a sensor (not shown). Information from sensor to mobile phone 1
3 may be sent.

(2) In the event of confinement in the car, the intercom 19 directly communicates with the worker's mobile phone 13 via the intercom 19.

(3) Others Error status information and maintenance data at the time of failure are stored in an information storage section 18 connected to the group control section 1.
The information in the information storage unit 18 is sent to the mobile phone 13 for display instead of being displayed on the dedicated terminal.

In the example of FIG. 3, the service machine, the waiting time,
Although the current position and the congestion degree of the car 6 are displayed, in this embodiment, information on the elevator car to be boarded is provided in any case.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the elevator user, the manager or the maintenance worker can issue a control command to the operation control device of the elevator control system using the mobile phone 13. In addition, information from the operation control device can be output to the mobile phone 13 and displayed.

[0054]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to easily and reliably provide a control command to an operation control device of an elevator control system and provide information from the operation control device using a portable mobile device. it can.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is an external view showing an elevator platform.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display example of a mobile phone of the elevator control system.

FIG. 4 is an overall configuration diagram illustrating a conventional elevator control system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 group control unit 2 decoding unit 3 transmission / reception unit 4 operation control unit 5 drive control unit 6 car 7 hanging weight 8 traction sheave 9 deflecting sheave 10 hanging rope 11 landing 12 landing button 13 portable mobile device 14 call button 15 PAK Key 16 Management room 17 Switch 18 Information storage unit

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A portable mobile device, an operation control device for controlling operation of an elevator car, and a transmission / reception device for transmitting and receiving signals between the portable mobile device and an operation control unit. An elevator control system for transmitting and receiving signals between a mobile device for use and an operation control device via a transmission / reception device. 2. A portable mobile device operates, via a transmitting / receiving device, information on registration of a hall call, registration of a car call, parking designation, service floor separation designation, owner specification designation, various driving patterns, or service reservation. The elevator control system according to claim 1, wherein the control signal is sent to a control device. 3. An operation control device according to claim 1, wherein the information on the waiting time of the elevator car or the congestion degree of the elevator car to the landing where the portable mobile device is arranged is transmitted to the portable mobile device via the transmission / reception device. 2. The elevator control system according to claim 1, wherein the elevator control system sends the information to a device and displays it on a portable mobile device. 4. An elevator control system according to claim 1, wherein an interphone is installed in a car of the elevator, and information is exchanged between the interphone and the portable mobile device via a transmission / reception device. . 5. An information storage unit for storing status information or maintenance data when a failure occurs in a car of an elevator, wherein information from the information storage unit is sent to a portable mobile device and displayed. The elevator control system according to claim 1, wherein