JP2003204398A - Mobile telephone relay system in elevator cage - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mobile telephone relay system in an elevator cage which can make a message to any destination by a mobile telephone in the cage when a trouble occurs which shuts up a person in a elevator cage. <P>SOLUTION: The system provides an interphone control device which sends an abnormal notification signal, a failure detector which sends a shutting up failure signal, a Bluetooth key station which sends called number information originated by a mobile telephone via a control cable, and an elevator supervisory device which switches and connects the control signal to a public line network, calls a call center or a destination via the public line network, and sends/ receives the voice information. The elevator supervisory device connects the Bluetooth key station to the public line network when it receives the shutting up failure signal and sending/receiving of voice signal between the interphone in the elevator cage and the call center finishes, and it calls the destination based on the received called number information, and sends/receives voice information between the destination and the mobile telephone. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mobile telephone relay system in an elevator car, and more particularly to a mobile telephone in the elevator car to a free external partner in the event of a passenger trapping failure in the elevator car. The present invention relates to a mobile phone relay system in an elevator car that enables the following calls.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a conventional communication system between the inside of an elevator car and the outside. In FIG. 7, 1 is an elevator car, 2 is an elevator car operation panel, an abnormality notification push button 3 for calling the operator of the call center 12, a microphone 4 and a speaker 5 (microphone) for interacting with the operator of the call center 12 who called. 4, the speaker 5 has an intercom housed in the same housing.

Reference numerals 6 and 6a are control cables for connecting the elevator car 1 and the elevator control panel 8 via the connection box 7. The elevator control panel 8 is connected to an elevator monitoring device 10 via a communication cable 9, and the elevator monitoring device 10 is connected to a public line network 11 to enable communication with a call center 12 in a remote place. .

FIG. 8 is a connection diagram of a conventional elevator operation panel and an elevator monitoring device.
Reference numeral 4 is an intercom control device provided with the abnormality notification push button 3, microphone 4 and speaker 5, and 11 is a public line network. Figure 9
Is a block diagram of a conventional elevator monitoring device 10, 15 is a CPU for controlling the elevator monitoring device 10, 16 is an input / output circuit for receiving inputs from the intercom control device 14 and the elevator control panel 8, and 17 Is a public network 11 that outputs the signal output from the input / output circuit 16.
A modem for converting into data for transmission by, a memory 18 and a network control circuit 19 connected to the public line network 11 for telephone connection to an arbitrary destination.

Further, FIG. 10 shows a conventional call center 1
2 is a block diagram of the operator console 13 in 2, wherein 20 is an intercom control device, 21 is a CPU, 22 is an input / output circuit, 23 is a modem, 24 is a memory, and 25 is a network control circuit.

Next, the operation of the conventional elevator communication system having the above-mentioned structure when a passenger confinement failure occurs in the elevator car will be described. Elevator car 1
If a confinement failure occurs during use of the elevator, the passenger inside the vehicle pushes the abnormality notification push button 3 of the elevator car operation panel 2 to report the abnormality. When the abnormality notification push button 3 is pressed, the abnormality notification signal 27 is transmitted from within the elevator car 1 to the elevator control panel 8 via the control cables 6 and 6a, and further to the elevator monitoring device 10 via the communication cable 9.

Further, the elevator control panel 8 detects that there are passengers in the elevator car 1, detects that a confinement failure has occurred when the car door has not been opened and closed for a certain period of time, and the elevator monitoring device 10 Send a confinement failure signal to.

In the elevator monitoring apparatus 10, when both the abnormality notification signal 27 from the elevator operation panel 2 and the confinement failure signal from the elevator control panel 8 are received,
A telephone number (here, the telephone number of the call center 12) stored in advance is called to establish a communication path between the elevator control panel 2 and the call center 12. Therefore, the passenger trapped in the elevator car 1 directly talks with the operator of the call center 12 via the microphone 4 and the speaker 5 (the microphone 4 and the speaker 5 in the elevator car 1).
Call with the operator of the call center).

[0009]

As described above, in the conventional elevator communication system, by using the microphone 4 and the speaker 5 of the elevator, the passengers in the car can be in a remote location when an abnormality such as a car trap failure occurs. Although a direct conversation with the operator of the call center 12 was possible, the call destination was fixed. In addition, passengers in the car can use mobile phones 2
Even when trying to contact the outside with 6, the elevator car 1 is generally surrounded by a metal plate,
Since the metal plate blocks high frequencies, passengers in the car cannot freely communicate with the outside using the mobile phone 26.

Further, as a method for solving such a problem,
The elevator car 1 is a radio master station that receives radio waves from the mobile phone 26 and transmits this signal to the control cables 6 and 6a.
It can be considered to be installed inside. In such an elevator communication system, the mobile phone 26 is accessed via the wireless master station.
The elevator monitoring device 10 that has received the callee number information of (1) makes a call based on the callee number information by the public line network 11 to which the elevator monitoring device 10 is connected in advance. Therefore, there is a problem on the elevator management side that passengers can talk for free in the elevator car 1 at any time.

Further, since the specifications of the mobile phone 26 are not always standardized, the radio master station must be installed in the elevator car 1 for each mobile phone company, which causes a problem of cost increase.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, and it is possible to freely use the mobile phone 26 from the inside of the car when an elevator confinement failure occurs without incurring the cost of installing the radio master station. It is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile phone relay system in an elevator that can make a call to various destinations.

[0013]

A mobile telephone relay system in an elevator car according to the present invention is mounted in an elevator car, has an intercom and an abnormality notification push button, and outputs an abnormality notification signal 27 from the abnormality notification push button. Based on the intercom control device that transmits to the elevator monitoring device, the presence or absence of passengers in the elevator car, and the presence / absence of operation of the opening / closing door within a predetermined time, the occurrence of a car confinement fault is detected, and the confinement fault signal is monitored by the elevator A failure detector that sends to the device and a Bluetooth parent that receives the called party number information sent from a mobile phone installed in the elevator car and brought into the elevator car, and sends it to the elevator monitoring device via a control cable. Station, the elevator car intercom, or the Bluetooth master station is switched to the public network The switching means, and an elevator monitoring device having a network control means for making a call to the call center or the other party via the public line network based on the received signal and transmitting and receiving voice information, the switching means, When the abnormality notification signal 27 and the confinement failure signal are received, the intercom of the elevator car is connected to the public line network, and at the time of receiving the confinement failure signal, the intercom in the elevator car and the call center. When the transmission / reception of voice information between the two is completed, the Bluetooth master station is connected to the public line network, and the network control means connects the intercom of the elevator car to the public line network by the switching means. In this case, the confinement failure signal is transmitted to the call center and the elevator car Voice information between the call center and the call center, and when the Bluetooth master station is connected to the public line network by the switching means, calls the other party based on the received telephone number information. And the voice information between the other party and the mobile phone is transmitted and received, and when the transmission and reception of the voice information between the mobile phone and any other party is completed, the elevator monitoring device uses the network control means to send and receive the two. It disconnects the connection.

Further, an intercom control device mounted in the elevator car, having an intercom and an abnormality notification push button, transmitting an abnormality notification signal 27 from the abnormality notification push button to the elevator monitoring device, and a passenger in the elevator car. A failure detector that detects the occurrence of a confinement fault in the car based on the presence or absence and the presence or absence of the opening and closing door operation within a predetermined time, and sends a confinement fault signal to the elevator monitoring device; and an elevator car mounted on the elevator car. It received the callee number information sent from the mobile phone brought in and received the Bluetooth master station which sends it to the elevator monitoring device through the control cable, the abnormality notification signal 27 and the confinement failure signal. In this case, while transmitting the above confinement failure signal to the call center via the public line network,
When transmitting and receiving voice information between the intercom in the elevator car and the call center, when receiving the confinement failure signal, and when the transmission and reception of voice information between the intercom in the elevator car and the call center is completed, An elevator monitoring device that connects the Bluetooth master station to the public line network, and the Bluetooth master station is connected to the public line network by the elevator monitoring device, and the callee number information from the mobile phone is sent to the public line network. When receiving via the mobile phone, the mobile phone has network control means for making a call to an arbitrary destination based on the received call destination number information and transmitting and receiving voice information between the destination and the mobile phone. And a call center for disconnecting the connection between the two by the network control means when the transmission and reception of the voice information with the other party are completed. It is.

[0015]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiment 1. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a mobile phone communication system in an elevator car according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 7 indicate the same parts, and the description thereof will be omitted. As a new code, 26 is a mobile phone carried by the passenger, 28 is a caller of the passenger in the car, and 29 is a phone of the callee 28.

FIG. 2 is a connection diagram showing the connection with another system of the Bluetooth master station provided in the elevator control panel 2, and 30 is an antenna 31 for receiving the radio waves of the mobile phone 26, a receiving section 32, A / It is a Bluetooth master station including a D converter 33.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the elevator monitoring device 10 corresponding to the Bluetooth master station 30 of the mobile telephone communication system in the elevator car according to the first embodiment. In the figure, 30 is a Bluetooth master station, 34 is provided inside the elevator monitoring device 10, and the Bluetooth master station 30 or the intercom control device 1 is provided.
4 via the network controller 19 to the public network 11
It is a switch to connect with.

The first embodiment having the above-mentioned configuration
The operation of the mobile telephone relay system in the elevator car according to the present invention will be described below with a focus on the operation flowchart of the elevator monitoring device 10 shown in FIG.

First, when an elevator confinement failure occurs, an abnormality notification signal 27 from the elevator operation panel 2 and a confinement failure signal from the elevator control panel 8 are sent to the elevator monitoring device 10 in the same manner as in the above-mentioned conventional technique. Sent. In the elevator monitoring device 10, these input signals are received by the input / output circuit 16, and the received signals are read by the CPU 15. When the CPU 15 reads the abnormality notification signal 27 and the confinement fault signal, the CPU 15 determines that the confinement fault has occurred (step S1), switches the switch 34 to the intercom control device 14 side, and intercom control device 14
Is connected to the public line network 11 via the network line control means 19.

Therefore, the elevator controller 8
Is connected to the public line network 11 via the input / output circuit 16 and the network control means 19, and the network control means 19 connects to the call center 12, which is a predetermined contact point. in this way,
Communication between the passengers trapped in the elevator car 1 and the operator of the call center 12 by the intercom is realized.

Here, the CPU 15 determines whether there is an intercom call, that is, whether voice information is transmitted and received between the intercom in the elevator car 1 and the call center (step S2 (Yes)), and if there is a call. The call is permitted (step S3). Also, voice information is transmitted and received until the call ends, and when the call is judged to be terminated (step S4), the voice information transmission and reception is terminated, and the intercom call is terminated.

Next, when the confinement signal is received from the elevator control device 8 and the fact that the passenger who is confined in the elevator car 1 and the operator of the call center 12 have completed the call using the intercom, When the CPU 15 of the drive unit 10 detects (step S2 (No)), the switching unit 34 connects the Bluetooth master station 30 and the public line network 11 via the network control unit 19.

Therefore, the passenger trapped in the elevator car 1 who has finished the call with the operator of the call center 12 by the intercom transmits the called number to any destination by the portable telephone 26 he / she has (step In step S5, the Bluetooth master station 30 receives the callee number and is connected to the public line network 11 by the network line control device 19 via the switching means 34 (step S).
6). Here, the network line control means 19 makes a call to the other party by the public line network 11 based on the callee number, and maintains the connection until the call by the mobile phone 26 ends (step S7).

Further, the CPU in the elevator monitoring device 10
When it is determined that the call in step S7 is finished, the fifteen ends the transmission / reception of voice information and ends the intercom call.

As described above, according to the mobile telephone relay system in the elevator car according to the first embodiment, only when the elevator car confinement failure occurs, and only after the call with the operator of the call center 12 by the intercom is completed, It is possible to realize a free call with the other party 15 by the mobile phone 26 in the elevator car 1.

By using the Bluetooth master station 30 as the radio master station for receiving the signal of the mobile phone 26, it is possible to cope with the difference between mobile phone service companies without providing a plurality of master stations.

Embodiment 2. The mobile telephone relay system in the elevator car according to the second embodiment is the call center 1
2 is a system configuration for relaying telephone calls. Figure 5
It is the system block diagram of the mobile telephone relay system in the elevator car which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention.
6 shows the operator console 13 of the call center.
2 is a block diagram of FIG.

The operation of the mobile telephone relay system in the elevator car according to the second embodiment will be described below.
Compared to the first embodiment, the elevator monitoring device 10 according to the second embodiment does not include the switching means 34, and the abnormality notification signal 27 from the elevator operation panel 2 is provided.
When the confinement failure signal from the elevator control panel 8 is received, the network control device 19 connects the public line network and the intercom control device 14, and the operator of the call center 12 and the inside of the car through the public line network 11. It realizes the intercom call with passengers.

Next, at the time of receiving the confinement failure signal and when the intercom call ends, the elevator monitoring device 10 sends the Bluetooth master station 30 from the mobile phone 26 to the call center 12 via the public network 11. Send the called party number information. That is, the network control device 1 of the elevator monitoring device 10 according to the second embodiment.
9 always calls only the call center 12.

Therefore, the call center 12 receives the callee number information transmitted from the mobile phone 26 and transmitted via the elevator monitoring device 10, and based on the callee number information, via the public line network 11a. A network control device 40 for establishing a communication path with a partner is provided.

As described above, according to the mobile telephone relay system in the elevator car according to the second embodiment, the call charge of the mobile telephone 26 is not charged to the telephone line side of the building, and the telephone on the call center side is not charged. You will be charged for the line and will not inconvenience the owner of the building's telephone line. Elevator buildings and call centers are usually
Calls between the elevator (building) and the call center are cheaper than long-distance calls because they are installed in close proximity. Therefore, even if the other party 2 of the mobile phone 26
Even if 8 is overseas, it does not affect the burden on the owner of the building.

[0032]

According to the mobile telephone relay system in the elevator car according to the present invention, the elevator monitoring device finishes the transmission / reception of the voice information at the time of receiving the confinement failure signal and between the intercom in the elevator car and the call center. In case of the above, the Bluetooth master station is connected to the public line network, and an arbitrary destination is called based on the destination number information received from the mobile phone, and voice information between the destination and the mobile phone. In addition, by disconnecting the connection between the mobile phone and the other party when the transmission and reception of voice information with the other party is completed, when the elevator confinement failure occurs,
You can make a call to any other party from your car by using your mobile phone.

In the call center, the Bluetooth master station is connected to the public network by the elevator monitoring device,
When the called party number information from the mobile phone is received through the public line network, a call is made to an arbitrary called party based on the received called party number information and the voice between the called party and the mobile phone By sending and receiving information, and disconnecting the connection between the mobile phone and the other party when the voice information has been sent and received, the call charge of the mobile phone is not on the building's telephone line side but on the call center side. The line will be charged and will not be a burden to the owner of the building's telephone line.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a mobile phone relay system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a connection relationship of the mobile phone relay system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an elevator monitoring device in the mobile phone relay system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an operation flowchart of the elevator monitoring device in the mobile phone relay system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a system configuration diagram of a mobile phone relay system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a call center in the mobile phone relay system according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a system configuration diagram of a conventional communication system in an elevator car.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a connection relationship of a conventional elevator car communication system.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram of an elevator monitor in a conventional communication system in an elevator car.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram of a call center in the conventional communication system in an elevator car.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 elevator car 2 elevator car control panel 3
Mobile phone, 4 microphones, 5 speakers, 6,6a control cable, 7 connection box, 8 elevator control panel, 9 communication cable, 10 elevator monitoring device, 11 public line network, 12 call center, 13 operator console, 14 intercom control device, 15 CPU, 16
Input / output circuit, 17 modem, 18 memory, 19 network control means, 20 intercom control device, 21 CPU,
22 input / output circuit, 23 modem, 24 memory, 25
Network control circuit, 26 mobile phone, 27 abnormal notification signal,
28 destination, 29 telephone, 30 Bluetooth master station, 31 antenna, 32 receiving section, 33 A / D converter, 34 switching section, 35 intercom control device,
36 CPU, 37 I / O circuit, 38 Modem, 39
Memory, 40 network control circuit.

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An intercom control device mounted in an elevator car, having an intercom and an abnormality notification push button, transmitting an abnormality notification signal from the abnormality notification push button to an elevator monitoring device, and presence / absence of passengers in the elevator car. And a failure detector that detects the occurrence of a confinement fault in the car based on whether or not the opening / closing door has operated within a predetermined time, and sends a confinement fault signal to the elevator monitoring device; and an elevator car mounted in the elevator car. One of the Bluetooth master station, which receives the called party number information transmitted from the mobile phone brought into the and is transmitted to the elevator monitoring device via the control cable, and the intercom of the elevator car and the Bluetooth master station. Switching means for switching connection to a public line network, and a call center via the public line network based on a received signal Or an elevator monitoring device having a network control means for sending and receiving voice information to the other party, wherein the switching means receives the abnormality notification signal and the confinement failure signal, the elevator car. Connected to the public line network, and when the transmission and reception of voice information between the intercom in the elevator car and the call center is completed when the confinement failure signal is received, the Bluetooth master station is set to the public station. When the intercom of the elevator car is connected to the public line network by the switching means, the network control means transmits the confinement failure signal to the call center and the inside of the elevator car. Voice information is transmitted and received between the intercom and the call center, and the blue information is transmitted by the switching means. When the tooth master station is connected to the public line network, a telephone call is made to any other party based on the received callee number information, and voice information is transmitted and received between the other party and the mobile phone. An elevator car mobile telephone relay system, characterized in that the elevator monitoring device disconnects the connection between the mobile telephone and the other party by means of the network control means when transmission / reception of voice information between the mobile telephone and an arbitrary destination is completed. 2. An intercom control device mounted in an elevator car, having an intercom and an abnormality notification push button, transmitting an abnormality notification signal from the abnormality notification push button to an elevator monitoring device, and the presence / absence of passengers in the elevator car. And a failure detector that detects the occurrence of a confinement fault in the car based on the presence or absence of the operation of the opening / closing door within a predetermined time and sends a confinement fault signal to the elevator monitoring device, and is installed in the elevator car and When the Bluetooth master station that receives the called party number information sent from the mobile phone brought into the and is sent to the elevator monitoring device via the control cable, the abnormality notification signal and the confinement failure signal are received. , The confinement failure signal is transmitted to the call center via the public line network, and the The Bluetooth master station when the voice information is transmitted and received between the call center and the call center, and when the confinement failure signal is received and the voice information is transmitted and received between the intercom in the elevator car and the call center. When an elevator monitoring device connected to the public line network and the Bluetooth master station are connected to the public line network by the elevator monitoring device and the callee number information from the mobile phone is received via the public line network Further includes network control means for making a call to an arbitrary destination based on the received telephone number information and transmitting and receiving voice information between the destination and the mobile telephone, and the mobile telephone and the arbitrary destination. An elevator including a call center for disconnecting the connection between the two by the network control means when transmission and reception of voice information to and from The inner mobile phone relay system.