JP2003012249A - Landing display device for elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a landing display device for an elevator in which, when allotment is changed to a car 1 after a landing destination floor call is once allotted to another car 1, the allotment-changed landing destination floor call and the newly allotted car 1 can be easily discriminated. SOLUTION: A landing destination floor call buttons 11 is provided on a landing 5 of an elevator in which plural cars 1 are controlled under group supervisory operation. When a landing destination floor call is generated by operation to the landing destination floor call button 11, an allotted car 1 allotted for the landing destination floor call is displayed in an allotted car display means 16 provided on the landing 5. When allotment for the landing destination floor call is changed to another car 1, a display mode in the allotted car display means 16 is changed, and it is displayed in such a mode that the newly allotted car 1 can be discriminated.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an elevator hall display device for displaying assigned cars at an elevator hall where a plurality of cars are group-managed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional elevator hall display device, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-272850 discloses
When an assigned car display panel is installed in the hall and the assigned car is determined, the assigned car is displayed on the assigned car display panel until the car arrives, and when the car becomes full on the way, the assignment is changed and another car is assigned. It is disclosed that an allocation car is used and a chime is sounded to call attention to the waiting passengers at the landing to know the allocation change.

[0003]

Since the conventional elevator hall display device is constructed as described above, when a call is newly assigned to a car, it is not initially displayed on the assigned car display panel. By displaying the car number of the car newly, it is possible to inform the waiting passengers of the allocated car.

However, when a call is once assigned to a car and then reassigned to another car, the above-mentioned prior art merely calls a chime to call attention. The chime is offensive to those who are not passengers in the elevator, so it is customary to turn down the volume. For this reason, the chime ringing noise cannot be heard, and the waiting customer may not be able to know the allocation change.
There was a problem. Further, even if the chime ringing sound is heard, it is not easy to specify the call whose assignment has been changed and the new assigned car after the assignment change only by using the ringing sound.

The present invention solves the above problems, and when a call is once assigned to a car and then reassigned to another car, the reassigned call and a new assigned car can be easily specified. An object is to obtain a hall display device for an elevator.

[0006]

An elevator hall display device according to a first aspect of the present invention is provided with a hall destination floor call button at an elevator hall in which a plurality of cars are group-managed and operated. When the hall destination floor call is generated by the operation, the assigned car assigned to this hall destination floor call is displayed on the assigned car display means provided in the hall, and when the hall destination floor call is assigned to another car. The display form of the assigned car display means is changed so that the assigned car whose assignment has been changed can be displayed in a form that can be identified.

An elevator hall display device according to a second aspect of the present invention is an elevator car display means according to the first aspect, wherein when the hall destination floor call button is operated to generate a hall destination floor call, an assigned car display means is provided. Is a separate call answering lamp that is turned on.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiment 1. 1 to 3 show
Embodiment 1 of this invention is shown. In the first embodiment, it is assumed that the two elevators of the No. A and No. B are in service from the first floor to the ninth floor. Where "A" at the end of the code
And "B" indicate the machine names of the machine Nos. A and B, and will be described below in common for each machine, based on the reference numerals omitting the machine name portion, unless particularly necessary.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the present invention. 1 is a car for an elevator, 2 is a hoist that drives the car 1 up and down, and 3 is a control for controlling each elevator. A device 4 is a group management control device for performing group management operation of each car 1, 5 is a common landing where each car 1 stops in response to a call, 6 is a landing door provided in the landing 5, and 7 is a machine name The number indicator is written and attached to the upper part of the landing door 6, and also functions as a hall lantern that lights up when the car 1 decelerates to stop at the landing 5.

Reference numeral 11 is a hall destination floor call button provided in common to each car 1, 14 is a hall destination floor call registration means for registering a hall destination floor call generated by operating the hall destination floor call button 11, and 15 is a hall. The assigned car determining means for allocating the destination floor call to any one of the cars 1, 16 is an assigned car display means for displaying the assigned car 1 provided in the hall 5, specifically, is composed of a liquid crystal plate or the like and has a machine name. Is displayed. 17 is a different car 1 according to the car deciding means 15 to which the hall destination floor call is assigned
Is an allocation change detecting means for detecting that the allocation has been changed.

When the allocation change detecting means 17 detects an allocation change, reference numeral 18 indicates a display form up to that point, for example, a form in which the assigned car 1 whose allocation has been changed by changing the steady lighting can be identified, for example, blinking lighting. It is a display mode control means for controlling the assigned car display means 16.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a control circuit of an elevator hall display device. The same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1 denote the same parts, and 10 is a hall operation panel provided at the hall 5, which is a hall destination floor call button. 11 and an assigned car display means 16 are incorporated. Reference numeral 12 is also incorporated in the hall operation panel 10, and a call response lamp for displaying that the hall destination floor call button 11 has been operated to register the hall destination floor call, and 13 is also provided in the hall 5 for changing the allocation. It is a chime that sounds when it is detected.

Reference numeral 21 is a CPU of each control device 3, 22 is a ROM in which an operation program is also written, 23 is a RAM in which temporary data is also written, and 24 is a signal exchange with the group management control device 4. A transmitting device for performing the signal conversion, a converting device 25 for converting the signal level to exchange signals with an external device such as the car 1, and a converting device 2 for converting the signal.
5 and the hoist 2 based on the above operation program.
Is a motor control circuit for controlling.

Reference numeral 31 is a CPU of the group management control device 4, 32 is a ROM in which an operation program is similarly written, 33 is a RAM in which temporary data is also written, and 34 is a signal transmission / reception with each unit control device 3. Similarly, a transmission device 35 for converting the signal level is a conversion device for converting the level of the signal and transmitting / receiving the signal to / from an external device such as the car 1.

Next, the operation of the hall display device having the above structure will be described with reference to FIG. In step S11, the hall destination floor call button 11 is pressed to wait for the hall destination floor call to occur.
When a hall destination floor call is generated, the hall destination floor call is registered in step S12, and the corresponding call response lamp 12 is turned on in step S13. In step S14, the hall destination floor call is assigned to the car 1 by the assigned car determination means 15. In step S15, the name of the assigned car 1 is displayed on the assigned car display means 16.

In the hall operating panel 10 of FIG. 2, when the hall destination floor call buttons 11 to the third and eighth floors are pressed to generate hall destination floor calls, the respective call response lamps 12 light up and the third floor. No. A is assigned to the landing destination floor call of
The number B of the halls and the destination floors on the 8th floor are assigned to each other.

In step S16, when the car 1 responds to the landing 5 to which the hall destination floor call button 11 is pressed to start deceleration, the car display 7 blinks in step S17, and the car 1 approaches the landing 5. Notify the waiter. Car 1 arrives in step S18,
When the door is closed after the door is opened, the call response lamp 12 and the assigned car display means 16 are turned off. That is, in FIG.
When the car arrives, the call response lamp 12 on the third floor is turned off, and the assigned car display means 16 indicating the car A is also turned off. When the door is closed, the car 1 departs toward the destination floor in step S19.

In step S16, if the car 1 does not respond to the landing destination floor call, the process proceeds to step S20 and the assigned car 1
To see if was changed. If it has not been changed, the process returns to step S16. If the assigned car 1 is changed in step S20, the chime 13 is sounded in step S21, and the procedure S
At 22, the car number of the assigned car 1 after the assignment change is displayed in blinking on the assigned car display means 16 for a predetermined time and then is displayed steadily,
Go to step S16. Hereinafter, the above process is repeated.

According to the first embodiment, when a hall destination floor call is generated by operating the hall destination floor call button 11 provided in the hall of the elevator, the assigned car 1 assigned to the hall destination floor call is assigned. The name is displayed on the assigned car display means 16 provided in the hall 5 by steady lighting, and
When the call to the landing destination floor is reassigned to another car 1, the chime 13 is sounded and the display form of the assigned car display means 16 is changed to blink the display of the assigned car 1's machine name for a predetermined time. Since this is done, it is possible to easily obtain the hall destination floor call whose assignment has been changed and the new assigned car 1.

Further, as a cause of the allocation change, it is conceivable that the car 1 becomes full and cannot respond to the landing destination floor call. By the way, the call is assigned to the car 1 which is expected to be the most desirable at that time. For this reason, if the hall destination floor call is assigned early and it takes time for the assigned car 1 to respond,
In the meantime, there is a high possibility that the allocation car 1 will be full and the allocation will be changed without responding to the landing destination floor call. Therefore, in order to suppress the occurrence of the allocation change, there is also a group management control device 4 that allocates to the car 1 some time after the hall destination floor call is generated.

As described above, according to the first embodiment, even if the group management control device 4 assigns the hall destination floor call to the car 1 at a certain time, the assigned car display means 16 is When a separate call response lamp 12 is provided and the hall destination floor call button 11 is operated to generate a hall destination floor call, the call response lamp 12 is first turned on, and when assigned, the assigned car 1 is displayed on the assigned car display means 16. Displayed, and when the call to the destination floor is reassigned to another car 1,
Sounding the chime 13 and displaying the assigned car 1
Since the car number of the allocated car 1 whose allocation has been changed to 6 is displayed in a blinking manner for a predetermined time, it is possible to accurately know each event change such as registration, allocation, and allocation change of the hall destination floor call.

In the first embodiment, the assigned car display means 16 and the call response lamp 12 are separate bodies, but in the case of the group management control device 4 which is assigned to the car 1 immediately when a landing destination floor call is generated. The function of the call response lamp 12 may be shared by displaying the assigned car 1 by the assigned car display means 16. By also using this function, the call response lamp 12 can be omitted.

Further, the display form control means 18 controls the assigned car display means 16 so that the name of the assigned car 1 after the assignment change is displayed in a blinking manner for a predetermined time, and then is constantly displayed so that the assignment change can be identified. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the lighting color may be changed and displayed for a predetermined time. Further, when the assigned car 1 approaches the landing 5, the car display 7 is made to blink, but the assigned car display means 16
The color may be changed to notify the waiting customer to that effect.

[0024]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects. The elevator hall display device according to claim 1 is provided with a hall destination floor call button at an elevator hall where a plurality of cars are group-managed, and when the hall destination floor call button is operated by operating the hall destination floor call button. , The assigned car assigned to this hall destination floor call is displayed on the assigned car display means provided in the hall, and the display form of the assigned car display means is changed when the hall destination floor call is assigned to another car. The assigned cars whose assignments have been changed are displayed in a form in which they can be identified. Therefore, it is possible to easily obtain the call whose assignment has been changed and the new assigned car.

An elevator hall display device according to a second aspect of the present invention is an elevator car display means according to the first aspect, wherein when the hall destination floor call button is operated to generate a hall destination floor call, an assigned car display means is provided. Is a separate call answering lamp that is turned on. Therefore, when a hall destination floor call occurs, the call response lamp is first turned on, the assigned car is displayed on the assigned car display means when the call is assigned, and the display form of the assigned car display means is changed when the assignment is changed. It is possible to display the changed allocation car in a form that can be identified, and to make it possible for the waiting passengers at the hall to know accurately the event changes of registration, allocation, and allocation change of the hall destination floor call. Produce an effect.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of an elevator hall display device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a control circuit of the elevator hall display device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the elevator hall display device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 car, 2 hoisting machines, 3 control units for each machine, 4
Group management control device, 5 halls, 6 hall doors, No. 7 display, 11 landing destination floor call buttons, 12 call answer lamps, 13 chimes, 16 assigned car display means.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A hall destination floor call button common to the above cars is provided in an elevator hall where a plurality of cars are group-managed, and when the hall destination floor call is generated by the operation of the hall destination floor call button, the hall destination is called. While registering in the floor call registration means, the hall destination floor call is assigned to one of the cars by the assigned car determination means, and the assigned car is displayed on the assigned car display means provided in the hall. In the hall display device, an allocation change detection means for detecting that the allocation destination floor call has been changed to another car by the allocation car determination means, and the allocation car if the allocation change detection means detects an allocation change. A display form system for controlling the assigned car display means so that the assigned car whose assignment has been changed can be identified by changing the display form of the display means. An elevator hall display device, which is provided with a control means. 2. The elevator hall according to claim 1, further comprising a call response lamp that is separate from the assigned car display means and that indicates that the hall destination floor call button is operated to generate a hall destination floor call. Display device.