JP2003267641A - Elevator operational information monitoring system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an operational information data monitoring system to reduce the data capacity of operational information data of an elevator. <P>SOLUTION: In the elevator operational information data monitoring system, the operational information data and the time information data are recorded in the time series in a recording means to record the operational information data of the elevator and the time information data to indicate the time which are transmitted from a control device of the elevator. In addition, a part of the time information is included in the operational information data. <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 an elevator operation information monitor system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional elevator system that collects operation information and further displays it on a monitor for controlling and monitoring an elevator, it is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. Hei 11 (1999).
As described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 322215-, for monitoring an elevator, a data communication cycle is set for each building group or each elevator, and a communication cycle of a less important one is set to be longer, so that network traffic is increased. There is a technology to protect. Further, as described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-153971, there is a system that determines whether a weekday or a holiday is based on traffic volume information, displays statistics of expected traffic volume on the day, and provides congestion information to users. There is.

[0003]

However, the prior art has not paid much attention to the reduction of the data capacity for displaying the operation information on the monitor.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above problems.

[0005]

In the elevator operation information monitor system according to the present invention, operation information data and time information data indicating time are recorded in the recording means.

Preferably, the operation information data and the time information data are recorded in time series. Alternatively, the operation information data may include a part of the time information.

[0007]

1 is a block diagram showing the construction of an elevator operation information monitor system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the group management control device 501 and 701, a group management control device 501, and 502 and 503 are information system boards and operation system boards, respectively. 506 (A ~
C) and 706 (A to B) are machine control devices, 20 is a car, 30 is a car call button, 601, 602 and 609 are hall call buttons, 10 and C0 are speakers, 11 and C1 are display devices, and 12 is Whole lantern. L1 is a general office system network, L2 is an elevator monitoring system lower network, L3 is an elevator monitoring system upper network, L4
Is an information network, L5 and L7 are driving networks, and L6 is a hall call network. 505
Is a monitor control device that transmits a monitor signal of an elevator from each group management control device 501, 701, and displays each elevator 506 (A to C) and 706 (A to B) as a monitor display on the personal computer 1 (41A). The alarm signal
When it occurs, you can substitute the alarm buzzer by using the voice function of the personal computer. Further, 505 is also a temporary recording device for temporarily recording operation information data for transmitting data to the operation information monitoring device 504. PC101-PC
Reference numeral 103 is an office personal computer (hereinafter referred to as OA personal computer).

In FIG. 1, the elevator control device is
A group management control device 501 and a plurality of elevator machine control devices 506 (A to C) are included. The group management control device 501 includes an information system board 502 and an operation system board 503. The elevator car 20 is provided with a car call button 30, and its signal is sent to the elevator controller 506 (A
~ C). The information system board 502 can be omitted.

A hall call button 601 is provided on the hall on each floor, for example, on the first floor, and here, the group management control device 5 is provided.
Although 01 is directly input, it can be configured to input / output a signal to / from the group management control device 501 via the machine control device 506 as in the case of the hall lantern 12. In some cases, wheelchair-only hall calls, trolley-use hall calls, and underground parking lot hall calls are installed on the same floor. The group management control device 501 is a newly generated hall in consideration of the elevator position, direction, car call situation, congestion degree in the car, etc. sent from each unit control device 506 (A to C) by communication. The call is assigned to one elevator, and the reservation light signal or the assignment signal is sent to the machine control device 506 (A to C). The unit control device 506 (A to C) performs the traveling control of the elevator and the door opening / closing control, and the group management control device 501.
The hall lantern 12 is controlled to be lit by a reservation light signal from the car and the driving schedule of the destination floor and the car position are displayed. The guide device including the display device 11 and the speaker 10 is controlled by the information system board and the operation system board, and provides guidance to the hall waiting customers regarding the operation plan and the waiting time instructed by the group management control device 501. The information system network L4 and the driving system network L5 can have the same configuration, but here they are provided independently to increase the transmission amount and reliability.

On the other hand, the elevator control system centered on the group management control device 501 and office personal computers PC101 to PC
103 is connected via an operation information monitor device 504, and by making the operation information monitor device 504 Web-compatible, it is possible to display a monitor of elevator operation data from the office personal computers PC101 to PC103. Further, the information is displayed on the guide device 11, C1 via the lower L3 and L4 transmission lines. In addition, the machine controller 506
Hall call, car call, sent from (AC),
Information such as a car position and an abnormality is transmitted via an L5 transmission line, an elevator monitoring system upper network L3, an elevator monitoring system lower network L2, an operation information monitoring device 504, a general office network L1, and an office personal computer PC.
101 to the PC 103, and the current congestion status can be displayed by, for example, an operation monitor display or a waiting time display.
In addition, it is possible to remotely call a hall on the floor where an office computer is installed, set a special operation call command, and set a schedule.

Further, in FIG. 1, the general office network L
Even if 1 breaks down, since the monitor display device PC 41A is connected to the elevator monitoring system lower network L2, using this PC 41A, the parking command is released, the service floor is selected according to the number of units, and the non-stop floor is used. Operation schedule can be reset.

FIG. 2 shows an embodiment in which the operation information monitor device is Web-compatible although the elevator machine controller in FIG. 1 is omitted. Elevator monitor 55
0 is the group management control devices 1 to 3 (501, 701, 90
Depending on the occurrence of the alarm signal, from 1) through individual wiring
A buzzer ringing signal is output to reset the device to generate and stop a buzzer, key switches to manually control fire control and self-control of the elevator, and talk to the intercom (slave) in the elevator car It is provided with an intercom (master device) 505A and a monitor display device 41A for displaying a failure or an operation state of an elevator. The operation information monitoring device (504, 504A) is a workstation or a server personal computer that functions as an HTTP server (Web server), creates an HTML file, and lifts to an OA personal computer (PC101 to 103) connected to the HUB504Z. Display the operation information of the monitor. Further, a configuration in which each elevator machine is directly connected to the monitoring control device and the temporary storage device 505 is also possible.

3 omits the description of the elevator machine controller in FIG. 1, the elevator monitor 55 is shown.
0, an operation information monitor device 504 and a modem 504A connected thereto, and a telephone line 504B, an antenna 504C, and a portable terminal CTEL1 are used to send an alarm mail.

4 to 7, in each embodiment, time information indicating the time is recorded in time series on a minute-by-minute basis, and the elevator operation information data generated during that time is added to the operation service status data in seconds of the time information. The following is a data structure in which a data capacity that can be additionally recorded and can be recorded in the temporary storage device 505 in the form of a data table can be recorded for about one week even when it is used as a monitoring panel control device.

A change in the data type list 803 (FIG. 6), which is an operation service event of an elevator, is detected, and operation service status data (with a part (second) of time information) 801
Record the time (seconds) in the format of (Fig. 4). Then, when the time is a fixed time (00 seconds), the time information data 802 (FIG. 5) is recorded in a time series, so that the data with the elevator time information is recorded in units of one day on the operation information data table 804 (FIG. 7). The operation information monitoring device 504 collects the operation information data 804 when it is activated, so that it is not necessary to keep the power on for 24 hours.

FIG. 8 is a warning mail transmission flow. When the power of the operation information monitoring device is turned on, P100 starts and the warning mail transmission control in step P110 is enabled / disabled.
Set invalid setting information and setting information of whether or not to send an e-mail with an alarm (type). When the valid / invalid setting of the warning mail transmission control in the next step P120 is invalid, the warning mail is not transmitted. When valid is set, it is judged in step P130 whether a new alarm has occurred. If it is generated, the alarm signal is judged in step 140 as to whether or not the mail has been sent for the alarm type.

If it is set to send a mail, step P15
The mail transmission data of 0 is created, and the connection processing of the mail transmission destination is executed. In the next step P160, it is determined whether or not the e-mail transmission destination can be connected. If the e-mail transmission destination cannot be connected, the process is retried three times. When the connection is established, the transmission history log is saved in step P170, and the warning mail is sent in step P180. Further, in addition to or instead of the warning mail in this embodiment, the result of the operation information service can be transmitted to the server PC of the customer's center building, or the data can be stored in the server PC of the maintenance company.

9 to 12 show examples of displaying operation information data.

The GR 100 in FIG. 9 shows an example of the display of the number of operating elevators of EV Nos. 1 to 5. GR11
0 is an example of the display of the result of the hall call duration by direction of EVs Nos. 1 to 5.

GR 130 in FIG. 10 is a display example of the result of the distribution of the hall calls by direction of EVs Nos. 1 to 5. G
R140 is a display example of an EV1 car call generation distribution map.

GR 150 in FIG. 11 is a display example of the result of the hall call duration by direction of EVs 1 to 5 similar to GR 110. Since 38 seconds is set as the confirmation level for GR151 and GR152, the average hall call duration in the UP direction on the first floor is 45 seconds, which is larger than the confirmation level. Is output to notify that it is determined that the confirmation level is exceeded.

FIG. 12 is an elevator operation / reproduction monitor diagram M100. It can be reproduced from the operation information data and the reproduction speed can be changed.

In each of the above embodiments, a part of the time information and the operation information data are recorded in time series, so that the data capacity of the elevator operation information data can be increased as compared with the case where all the time information is recorded. It can be reduced and stored.

The symbol "T" is added to the head of the operation information data section.
In addition, when operating information data that changes during a fixed period such as 5 seconds is recorded in time series, it is possible to take measures against the time shift due to data corruption due to power failure or momentary power failure. Also, the display of the elevator service service can be reproduced by shifting the time for a certain period of time based on the change data of the service state with the time information.

[0025]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The data volume of elevator operation information data can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram of an elevator operation information monitor system that is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an embodiment in which the operation information monitor device is Web-enabled.

FIG. 3 is an embodiment capable of transmitting an alarm mail.

[Fig. 4] Operation service status data.

FIG. 5 is time information data.

FIG. 6 is a list of data types.

FIG. 7 is an operation information data table.

FIG. 8 is an alarm mail transmission flow.

FIG. 9 is a display example of operation information data.

FIG. 10 is a display example of operation information data.

FIG. 11 is a display example of operation information data.

FIG. 12 is a display example of operation information data.

[Explanation of symbols]

10, C0 ... speaker, 11 ... display device, 12 ... hall lantern, 20 ... car, 30 ... car call button, 50
1, 701 ... Group management control device, 502 ... Information system board,
503 ... Driving system board, 506 (A to C), 706 (A
~ B) ... Unit control device, 601, 602, 609 ... Hall call button.

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Kenji Yoneda             2 days at 832 Horiguchi, Hitachinaka City, Ibaraki Prefecture             Tachimito Engineering Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Hidenori Sekine             1070 Ichimo, Hitachinaka City, Ibaraki Prefecture Stock Association             Hitachi Building Co., Ltd. Mito Bi             Le System Headquarters F term (reference) 3F303 BA01 EA02 EA03 EA04 EA05                       EA08 FA12 FA14                 3F304 BA26 EB00 ED11 ED16

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An elevator, a control device for controlling the elevator, a recording means for recording operation information data of the elevator and time information data indicating the time transmitted from the control device, and the recording means recorded in the recording means. An operation information monitor system for an elevator, comprising: operation information data and means for reading and displaying the time information data. 2. The elevator operation information monitor system according to claim 1, wherein the operation information data and the time information data are recorded in time series. 3. The elevator operation information monitor system according to claim 1, wherein the operation information data includes a part of the time information. 4. The elevator operation information monitor system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the means for reading and displaying the operation information data and the time information data is web-compatible.