JP2003292256A - Elevator system and control device therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an elevator system capable of improving operation efficiency and passenger service by enabling registration of car call of a target floor by a destination floor registration device in a car under a fixed condition, even when the target floor of the passenger is different from the destination floor registered in a landing hall destination floor registration device. <P>SOLUTION: The elevator system comprises a landing hall destination floor registration device 1 registering the destination floor at an elevator landing hall, a car destination floor registration device 3 having a destination button 9 disposed in the car and specifying the destination floor, a destination call allocating means 4C allocating the car to the destination floor call registered in the landing hall destination registration device 1, a car call registration prohibiting means 4G prohibiting registration by the destination button after the allocated car arrives at a floor wherein the destination floor call is registered by the landing hall destination floor registration device 1, and a car call registration prohibition releasing means 4H releasing the prohibition of the registration by the destination button 9 of the allocated car. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an elevator system in which an elevator hall is equipped with a destination floor registration device, and more particularly to cancellation of prohibition of registration of a destination call by a destination button in a car of the elevator system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Some conventional elevator systems are provided with a hall / floor destination floor registration device for identifying a destination floor desired by a passenger at an elevator hall. Then, a car is assigned to each destination floor that has been input / registered in this hall / floor destination floor registration device, and after this assigned car arrives at a specific floor, the destination call that is assigned to the assigned car is automatically registered as a car call. A group management system for elevators provided with a car destination floor call registration prohibition unit for prohibiting car call registration by a destination button in a car other than the destination floor in charge
It is disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 209443.

According to this elevator system, in a system for allocating assigned cars according to destination floors registered in the hall destination floor registration device, passengers whose destination floors are floors other than the assigned destination floors get on the arriving car. After that, it is possible to prevent the deterioration of the operation efficiency of the elevator by registering the car call with the car destination floor registration device in the car.

[0004]

However, in the elevator system as described above, when the passenger in the car has the destination floor different from the destination floor input / registered by the hall destination floor registration device, Since there is no means to register a car call in the car, there was a problem that the car could not reach the destination floor without changing the car.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and in a system for allocating cars based on the destination floor registered in the hall destination floor registration device, the destination floor of the passenger is the hall destination floor registration device. Even if it is different from the registered destination floor, it is possible to register the car call of the destination floor with the destination floor registration device in the car under certain conditions,
It is an object of the present invention to provide an elevator system that improves operation efficiency and passenger service, and a control device for the elevator system.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is a landing floor registration device for registering a destination floor in an elevator hall, and a car floor registration device having a destination button arranged in a car for specifying a destination floor, Destination call assigning means for assigning a car to the destination floor call registered by the hall destination floor registration device,
Car call registration prohibiting means for prohibiting registration by the destination button after the assigned car arrives at the floor where the destination floor call is registered by the hall destination floor registration device, and registration of the assigned car by the destination button And a car call registration prohibition canceling means for canceling the prohibition.

Further, according to the present invention, the car call registration prohibition canceling means cancels the prohibition of registration only while the assigned car is open after the arrival.

Further, in the present invention, the car call registration prohibition canceling means is arranged to open the door after the assigned car has arrived,
It operates based on the operation of the release button provided in the car destination floor registration device.

Further, the present invention is to change the lighting state of the destination button in the car depending on whether the car is open or closed.

Also, the present invention is a destination call assigning means for assigning a car to a destination floor call registered by a hall destination floor registration device for registering a destination floor at an elevator hall, and the assigned car is the hall destination. The car call registration prohibition means for prohibiting registration by the destination button in the car after arriving at the floor where the destination floor call is registered by the floor registration device and the prohibition for registration by the destination button in the car of the assigned car are released. The car call registration prohibition releasing means is provided.

Further, the present invention is to change the lighting state of the destination button in the car depending on whether the car is open or closed.

[0012]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiment 1. One embodiment of the elevator system of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. Here, FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an elevator system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a hall destination floor registration device for a passenger to input / register a floor of a destination in an elevator hall, 2A and 2B are cars for transporting passengers, and 3 is a car 2
Cars placed in A and 2B to input / register (specify) the destination floor from within the car Destination floor registration device, 4 is a plurality of cars 2
It is an elevator control device that controls the operation of A and 2B.
Further, 5A and 5B are car control devices that are provided corresponding to the cars of the cars 2A and 2B and that control each car according to a control command from the elevator control device 4.

The elevator control device 4 includes means 4A to 4H constituted by a CPU or the like, and each means will be described below. 4A is a car control device 5A,
5B is a communication means for performing communication or data transmission, for example, when a destination floor call is registered by the hall destination floor registration device 1, the registration information is received via the car control devices 5A and 5B. Interface. Reference numeral 4B is a destination call registration detecting means for detecting whether or not input / registration is performed to the hall destination floor registration device 1 or the car destination floor registration device 3 via the communication means 4A. 4C is a detection of the destination call registration detection means 4B. Destination call assigning means for allocating the cars 2A and 2B to the destination floor calls registered according to the result, and 4D are car arrival detecting means for detecting that the cars 2A and 2B have arrived at each floor.

4E is a car call automatic registration means for automatically registering a car call from the hall destination floor registration device 1 based on the car allocation result of the destination call allocation means 4C and the detection result of the car arrival detection means 4D. is there. 4F is basket 2A, 2
It is an elevator control means for controlling the operation and the like of B. 4G
Is a car call registration prohibition means for prohibiting the car call from the car destination floor registration device 3 based on the car allocation result of the destination call allocation means 4C and the detection result of the car arrival detection means 4D. 4H is a car call registration prohibition canceling means for canceling the car call prohibition from the car destination floor registration device 3 by the car call registration prohibiting means 4G.

As described above, the elevator control device 4 is
Communication means 4A, destination call registration detection means 4B, destination call allocation means 4C, car arrival detection means 4D, car call automatic registration means 4E, elevator control means 4F, car call registration prohibition means 4G, and car Call registration prohibition release means 4
And H. In the present embodiment, the basket 2
Although an elevator system having two cars A and 2B will be described, the present invention can be applied to a single car or a plurality of cars of three or more.

Next, an elevator hall forming a part of the elevator system of this embodiment shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing an elevator hall which constitutes a part of the elevator system of the present embodiment. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a hall destination floor registration device for a passenger to input and register a destination floor in an elevator hall. This hall destination floor registration device 1 is a destination floor input for a passenger at the hall to input a destination floor call. It comprises a landing-destination-floor registration button 1A which is a means and a display panel 1B which is a display section for displaying the car name of the car assigned corresponding to the destination floor call.

The display panel 1B displays the assigned car number corresponding to the destination floor call input by the hall destination floor registration button 1A, directly above the input destination floor. That is, the passenger at the hall knows the car name of the car that he / she is going to board from the display panel 1B that displays the car name of the car assigned to the destination floor call, and the car arrives in front of the corresponding car display board. stand by.

Next, the car destination floor registration device in the car that constitutes a part of the elevator system of this embodiment shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing the elevator system of the present embodiment. In FIG. 3, the elevator control device 4 is shown in a block circuit diagram. In FIG. 3, 6 is a central processing unit (CPU),
Reference numeral 7 is a storage device for storing programs and data, and 8 is a conversion device for converting input / output signal levels. A hall destination floor registration device 1 and a car destination floor registration device 3 are connected to the conversion device 8 via a car control device 5A and the like. The car destination floor registration device 3 is provided with a destination button 9 for specifying a destination floor, a door close button 10, a door open button 11, and a release button 12 for releasing registration prohibition of a car call from inside the car.

Next, the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 will be described.
A method for canceling the car call prohibition of the elevator system in FIG. 4 will be described with reference to FIG. Here, FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a procedure for canceling the car call prohibition in the elevator system of the present embodiment. In FIG. 4, first, the elevator control means 4F deletes (clears) the memory of the car call automatic registration floor based on the detection of the car arrival by the car arrival detection means 4D (step 101). Hereinafter, “step” is abbreviated as “S”. Then, the passenger presses the destination floor registration button 1A of the hall destination floor registration device 1 at the elevator hall (S1).
02 YES). Then, a destination floor call is generated based on the pressed destination floor registration button 1A. This destination floor call is transmitted to the communication means 4A of the elevator control device 4 via the car control devices 5A and 5B. When the destination call registration detection means 4B detects the destination floor call from the hall destination floor registration device 1 via the communication means 4A, the destination call allocation means 4C responds to the destination floor call registered in the hall destination floor registration device 1. Basket 2A,
One of 2B is assigned (S103).

Next, the elevator control means 4F stores the car call automatic registration floor and one of the allocated cars 2A and 2B (S104). The car arrival detecting means 4D detects whether or not the car assigned by the destination call assigning means 4C arrives at the floor on which the passenger input / registered in the hall / destination floor registration device 1 is waiting and opens (S105). ). When it is detected by the destination call assigning means 4C that the car has arrived at the floor where passengers are waiting and has opened the door (YES in S105), the car call registration prohibiting means 4G inputs to the destination button 9 in the car.
Registration, that is, car call from the car destination floor registration device 3 is prohibited (S106).

Thereafter, the assigned cars 2A and 2B whose doors are open detect whether or not the passengers waiting at the elevator hall have boarded (S107). When the assigned cars 2A and 2B which are open doors detect the passengers getting on (YES in S107), the car call automatic registration means 4E automatically registers the stored car call of the stored car call automatic registration floor (S108). The car call registration prohibition releasing means 4H detects whether or not the release button 12 of the car destination floor registration device 3 is operated while the door is open (S109). When the release button 12 of the car destination floor registration device 3 is operated while the door is open, the car call registration prohibition releasing means 4H inputs / registers to the destination button 9 in the car, that is, from the car destination floor registration device 3. The prohibition of the car call is released (S110).

Then, the elevator control means 4F determines whether or not the car assigned by the destination call assigning means 4C is closed (S111). When the assigned car is closed (YES in S111), when the car call registration prohibition means 4G operates the release button 12, the car button registration / input to the destination button 9 in the car, that is, car destination floor registration The car call from the device 3 is again prohibited, and the elevator control means 4F runs the assigned car on the destination floor registered / registered by the hall destination floor registration device 1 or the car destination floor registration device 3 to operate the elevator (S112). ).

That is, in the system for allocating cars based on the destination floors registered in the hall / floor destination floor registration device 1,
If the destination floor of the passenger is different from the destination floor registered in the hall destination floor registration device 1, for example, even if the passenger gets into the car by mistake, the car destination floor registration device 3 while the car is open. When the release button 12 of is operated, the input / registration to the destination button 9 in the car, that is, the prohibition of the car call from the car destination floor registration device 3 is released, and the destination floor registration device in the car is used to confirm the destination floor. The car call can be registered. Therefore, the service of passengers can be improved while the operation efficiency of the entire elevator system is increased above a certain level.

Embodiment 2. In the first embodiment, the prohibition of the car call from the car destination floor registration device 3 is released, and the car call of the destination floor can be registered by the destination floor registration device in the car. In the present embodiment, means for informing passengers that such a car call is possible will be described below. One embodiment of the elevator system of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. Here, FIG. 5 shows the second embodiment of the present invention.
It is a schematic diagram showing a car destination floor registration device of the elevator system according to.

In FIG. 5, 3 is a car destination floor registration device for inputting / registering a destination floor from the inside of the car, 9 is a destination button for specifying the destination floor of passengers from the 1st floor to the 8th floor from the inside of the car, 10
Door close button 1 for instructing to close the doors of the baskets 2A and 2B
Reference numerals 0 and 11 denote door open buttons for instructing to open the doors of the cars 2A and 2B, and reference numeral 12 denotes a release button for canceling prohibition of registration of car calls from inside the car.

FIG. 5 (a) shows the car destination floor registration device 3 with the cars 2A and 2B being open. Here, only the destination button (for example, the fourth floor) of the destination buttons 9 on the first floor to the eighth floor, which has been called, is lit, and the destination buttons 9 on the other floors are made to blink. On the other hand, FIG.
Shows the car destination floor registration device 3 in a state where the cars 2A and 2B are closed. Here, only the destination buttons (for example, the fourth floor) of the destination buttons 9 on the first to eighth floors that have been called are turned on, and the destination buttons not called are turned off.

Therefore, while the cars 2A and 2B are open, it is possible to easily recognize that the passenger can perform input / registration to the destination button 9 of the car destination floor registration device 3 by blinking the destination button 9. It will be easier. Also, after the cars 2A and 2B are closed,
Since only the destination button of the destination button 9 on the first floor to the eighth floor that has been called by the destination is lit, it is easy for passengers to input / register to the destination button 9 of the car destination floor registration device 3. It becomes easier to recognize. In other words, the destination button 9 is lit (lit / blinking / extinguished) when the cars 2A and 2B are open and closed.
Since it is changed, it becomes easier for the passenger to recognize whether or not the destination button 9 of the car destination floor registration device 3 can be input / registered, that is, the validity / invalidity of the input / registration. A highly convenient elevator system can be provided.

In the present embodiment, the destination button 9 which has no destination call blinks while the door is open, and the destination button 9 which has no destination call is turned off after the door is closed. The lighting state (lighting / blinking / lighting off) is not limited to this, and it is possible to change the lighting state (lighting / blinking / lighting off) of the destination button 9 depending on whether the car 2A, 2B is open or closed. However, other combinations may be used.

In addition to changing the lighting state (lighting / blinking / lighting off) of the destination button 9 depending on whether the car 2A or 2B is open or closed, the destination button 9 of the car destination floor registration device 3 is changed. A display means for displaying whether or not the input / registration can be performed, that is, the validity / invalidity of the input / registration can be separately provided in the car destination floor registration device 3.

[0031]

As is apparent from the above-described invention, the elevator system according to the present invention is a car under a certain condition even when the destination floor of the passenger is different from the destination floor registered in the hall destination floor registration device. The destination floor registration device can register the car call on the destination floor to improve the operation efficiency and the passenger service.

In the elevator system according to the present invention, the lighting state (lighting / blinking / lighting off) of the destination button is changed depending on whether the car is open or closed. It becomes easier to recognize the validity / invalidity of the input / registration of the destination button of the device, and the convenience of the user can be further enhanced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an elevator system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing an elevator hall that constitutes a part of the elevator system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing an elevator system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a car call prohibition canceling procedure in the elevator system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a car destination floor registration device of the elevator system according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 hall destination floor registration device, 1A hall destination floor registration button,
1B display panel, 2A, 2B car, 3 car destination floor registration device, 4 elevator control device, 4A communication means, 4B destination call registration detection means, 4C destination call allocation means, 4D car arrival detection means, 4E car call automatic registration means , 4F Elevator control means, 4
G car call registration prohibition means, 4H car call registration prohibition release means, 5A, 5B car control device, 6 central processing unit (CPU), 7 storage device, 8 conversion device, 9 destination button, 10 door close button, 11 doors Open button,
12 Release button.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A landing floor registration device for registering a destination floor in an elevator hall, a car destination floor registration device having a destination button arranged in a car for specifying a destination floor, and registered by the landing destination floor registration device. Destination call assigning means for assigning a car to the designated destination floor call, and a car for prohibiting registration by the destination button after the assigned car reaches the floor where the destination floor call is registered by the hall destination floor registration device An elevator system comprising: call registration prohibition means; and car call registration prohibition cancellation means for canceling prohibition of registration of the assigned car by the destination button. 2. The elevator system according to claim 1, wherein the car call registration prohibition canceling means cancels the prohibition of registration only while the assigned car is open after the arrival. 3. The car call registration prohibition releasing means is operated based on an operation of a release button provided in the car destination floor registration device while the assigned car is open after the arrival. The elevator system according to claim 2. 4. The elevator system according to claim 1, wherein a lighting state of the destination button in the car is changed depending on whether the car is open or closed. 5. A destination call assigning means for assigning a car to a destination floor call registered by a hall destination floor registration device that registers a destination floor at an elevator hall, and the assigned car is the hall destination floor registration device. Car call registration prohibition means for prohibiting registration by the destination button in the car after arriving at the floor where the destination floor call is registered, and car call registration prohibition for canceling the prohibition for registration by the destination button in the car of the assigned car An elevator system control device comprising: a release unit. 6. The elevator system control apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the lighting state of the destination button in the car is changed depending on whether the car is open or closed.