JP2003321172A - Malfunction condition acquiring device of elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a device capable of checking a condition of a control action of an elevator even if the elevator is recovered before a maintenance worker arrives at a site, capable of specifying a user, and capable of performing a quick recovery operation with a simple check of a using condition at the time of failure and confinement. <P>SOLUTION: This device comprises a data processing means 3b2 registering calling and a destination floor of the elevator from an identification number designating an individual identification transmitted from a portable calling registration weak wireless transmitter 2; a revision description data storing means 3b4 for storing the identification number; a first ring buffer type storage means 41 for storing a condition data showing the action of the elevator; a malfunction detecting means 42 for detecting a plurality of malfunction conditions; a data fetching means 43 for fetching the identification number from a plurality of the condition data and the revision description data, and storing it in a second storage means 44; and the second storage means 44 for accumulating a plurality of times of the data of the first storage means. <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 abnormal condition capturing device for detecting and displaying an operating condition of the device when the elevator is out of order or abnormal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Elevators are used for apartment houses, public buildings,
It is an indispensable facility such as a hospital, and a terminal monitoring device connected to the elevator control device is provided as a device for quickly recovering from a failure, and this terminal monitoring device connects the telephone line. It is connected to the control center via. Then, the terminal monitoring device always takes in and stores the elevator operating condition data from the control device, judges whether there is an abnormality based on the captured operating condition data, and if a serious abnormality occurs, the elevator operating condition at that time. The data is stored separately and the abnormality is reported to the control center via the telephone line.

On the other hand, when the control center and each business office receive such a notification of an abnormality, a maintenance worker is dispatched to the site to repair the abnormality, if necessary, and is arranged at each business office. Using a personal computer, read out the operating condition data at the time of abnormality stored in the terminal monitoring device via the telephone line, analyze the cause of the abnormality based on the data at the time of abnormality, and prevent the occurrence of future abnormality. Refer to. For example, in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 6-278964, when an elevator abnormality is detected, the operation status and control data for a certain time before and after the abnormality detection are stored, and those data are read out through a communication line. , In addition to the speed curve of the car when an abnormality is detected and the operating state of various switches, various signal data for controlling the elevator (not shown) are plotted over a certain period of time. The analysis made it possible to identify the cause of the failure and to determine the failed part.

[0004]

However, in the conventional example as disclosed in the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-278964, failure or confinement occurs due to bad riding, etc., but it is restored before the maintenance worker arrives at the site. If it happens, the cause may be unknown because the detailed situation at the time of occurrence is unknown.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and the status of elevator control operation can be confirmed even if the maintenance worker has recovered before the arrival at the site, and the user The purpose is to obtain an elevator abnormal condition capturing device with a weak radio call registration device that enables quick identification of the usage status when a failure or confinement occurs and quick recovery work can be performed.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a call registration device installed at each landing, a destination floor registration device installed in a car, and a plurality of portable devices. A call registration weak radio transmission device which has individual buttons and transmits a button number and an individual ID number, and a hall provided on each floor or an elevator car to receive a transmission signal from the call registration weak radio transmission device And a destination call-up signal for calling the car to the platform or a destination for registering the destination floor, which is provided with an ID number set in advance and an ID number destination floor storage means for storing the destination floor corresponding to the ID number. A weak radio reception device that outputs a floor registration signal, and a car in response to a call signal from the call registration device or the destination floor registration device and the weak radio reception device. Each part of an elevator system including an elevator having a car operation control device to be operated, a diagnostic device for monitoring and diagnosing the elevator, and a personal computer connected to the diagnostic device via a communication line when the elevator fails or is abnormal In the abnormal state capturing device in the diagnostic device capable of detecting and displaying the operating status of in time series, in addition to the operating status of the elevator control device, the operating status of the weak radio receiving device is detected to detect the weak radio receiving device. The configuration is such that an abnormality can be captured.

In this way, by storing the ID number when the operation of the weak radio receiving apparatus and the abnormality are detected, the operation status of the apparatus and the user when the abnormality occurs can be specified, and the user can confirm the status when the abnormality occurs. It will be easy.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of an elevator abnormal condition capturing apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an abnormal condition capturing apparatus for an elevator according to the present invention.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an elevator control device, which controls the operation of an elevator and has various data representing an operation state and control information. Reference numeral 2 denotes a portable call registration weak radio transmission device, which operates the input means 21 to change from the radio transmission means 23 to the ID number storage means 2
The ID number indicating the individual identification stored in 4 is transmitted. 3a is a landing weak radio receiving device, 3b is a car weak radio receiving device, and the data processing means 3a2 for discriminating received signals generated and received by the receiving means 3a1, 3b1 and for registering elevator calls and destination floors from the ID number, 3b2
And the data registration means 3a3 and 3a3 in which the ID number and the destination floor for the data processing means to make a judgment are stored in advance.
b3 and a history data storage means 3a4 for storing the used ID number for a certain period of time. Reference numeral 4 denotes an abnormal state capturing device in a diagnostic device for monitoring and diagnosing an elevator, which constantly captures and stores operation data in the elevator control device 1 and state data of the landing weak radio receiving device 3a and the car weak radio receiving device 3b. 1 storage means 41, operation data of the elevator control device 1 and status data of the landing feeble wireless reception device 3a and the car weak radio reception device 3b, and anomaly detection means 4 for detecting anomaly by monitoring specific data
2. When the abnormality detecting means 42 detects an abnormality, the predetermined data based on the type of the abnormality is selected from the operation data in the first storage means, and the history data is stored in the weak radio reception device 3. The data collecting means 43 for reading the ID number from the means 34 and transferring it to the second storing means, the second storing means 44 having an area for storing the abnormal data for a plurality of times, and the communicating means 45 are provided. Reference numeral 5 is a personal computer installed in each business office for collecting and editing data, which is connected to the abnormal state capturing device 4 via a communication line 6.

The first storage means 41 reads the operation status and control information of the elevator control apparatus 1 and the status data of the landing weak radio receiving apparatus 3a and the car weak radio apparatus 3b at all times or periodically at a short cycle and stores them. Is what
It has a storage capacity for storing the data of the elevator for a certain time, and a storage system for always keeping the latest data for a certain time by continuously storing the data in the ring buffer system indefinitely. In this embodiment, for convenience,
The first storage means 41 is assumed to constantly read and store 100 types of elevator data.

The abnormality detecting means 42 constantly monitors some specific data in the control information of the elevator control device 1 and the state data of the landing weak radio receiving device 3a and the car weak radio device 3b, and combines them. Data collection of a function to detect multiple types of abnormalities by means of data collection, an abnormality detection signal that indicates that an abnormality has been detected when an abnormality is detected, and data that indicates the type of abnormality detected among multiple types of abnormalities. And a function of transmitting to the means 43.

The data collecting means 43 is an abnormality detecting means 42.
When the abnormality detection signal transmitted from the second storage unit 4 is received, the operation of reading and storing the elevator data in the first storage unit 41 is stopped, and the second storage unit 4 is received.
The oldest data among the data stored in No. 4 stored up to the previous abnormality is discarded and the remaining data is shifted by one.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, necessary elevator data is preset in the data collection means 43 depending on the type of abnormality, and the data is transferred from the first storage means 41 to the second storage means 44. At this time, it has a function of selecting and transferring only necessary data corresponding to the abnormality based on the data representing the type of the abnormality transmitted from the abnormality detecting means 42.

Further, at this time, the landing weak radio receiver 3
The ID number is read from the history data storage means 3a4 in a and stored in the second storage means 44.

Here, the elevator data necessary for each abnormality is set in advance, which is examined by a specialist engineer such as an elevator design department or a quality assurance department. In this embodiment,
There are 10 types of abnormality detected by the abnormality detecting means 42, and data 1 necessary for investigating the cause of each abnormality
The data collection unit 43 is set in advance in the number of 0.

If an abnormality occurs in the elevator for some reason and the abnormality is the abnormality form corresponding to abnormality 1 out of the 10 types of abnormality shown in FIG. 2, the abnormality detecting means 42 indicates that the abnormality is detected. The data “abnormality 1” is transmitted to the data collection means 43 as the abnormality detection signal representing the above and the data representing the type of abnormality.

The data collecting means 43 is an abnormality detecting means 42.
When the abnormality detection signal is received from, first, the operation of reading and storing the elevator data in the first storage means 41 is stopped, and the abnormality detection means 42 is stopped.

Next, the data collecting means 43 performs the work of discarding the oldest data stored in the second storage means 44 due to the abnormality up to the previous time and shifting by one. That is, assuming that the storage area in the second storage means 44 is divided into four areas 441 to 444, the data stored in the areas 441 to 443 is stored in the areas 442 to 444. By copying the data to the area of No. 4, the area 444 in which the oldest data was stored is overwritten by the data of the area 443 one time before, and instead, the data at the time of the latest abnormality occurring this time is stored in the area 441. Will be able to.

Next, the data collecting means 43 indicates the type of abnormality received from the abnormality detecting means 42, "abnormality 1".
2 and the setting of FIG. 2, the first storage means 4
While selecting data from 1, the ID number is read from the history data storage means 3a4 in the hall weak radio reception device 3a and transferred to the storage area 441 of the second storage means 44. That is, here, since the type of abnormality is "abnormality 1", the data corresponding to abnormality 1 is "data 1",
"Data 2", ... "Data 10" and so on
The ID number is selected from the storage means 41, and the ID number is read from the history data storage means 3a4 in the hall weak radio reception device 3a and copied to the storage area 441 of the second storage means 44.

When the data copying is completed, the data collecting means 43 restarts the operation of reading and storing the elevator data in the first storage means 41, and the abnormality detecting means 42 detects the abnormality. Also restart.

The data at the time of abnormality accumulated in the second storage means 44 can be read out at any time from the personal computer 5 installed in the sales office and performing data collection and editing through the communication line 6 and the communication means 45, so that it can be read out. When the data is plotted on a time chart, the name corresponding to the ID number registered in the personal computer and the ID number read from the name list is detected and written. As a result, the user can be identified and the usage status at the time of failure can be confirmed.

[0023]

According to the present invention, a call registration wireless transmission device for transmitting a call registration signal of an elevator having a registered ID code performs call registration with respect to a hall wireless reception device provided at a landing and operates. In a system in which an abnormal condition capturing device is attached to an elevator that provides services, even if a maintenance worker has recovered from a malfunction or abnormality before arriving on site, the user can be identified and the usage status can be confirmed when it occurs. It will be easier and quicker recovery work will be possible.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a table configuration diagram used for explaining the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Elevator control device 2 Call registration wireless transmitter 21 Input means 22 Computing means 23 Transmission means 24 ID number storage means 3a Platform wireless receiver 3a1 receiving means 3a2 data processing means 3a3 ID number / destination floor registration means 3a4 History data storage means 3b In-car wireless receiver 3b1 receiving means 3b2 data processing means 3b3 ID number / destination floor registration means 3b4 History data storage means 4 Elevator abnormal condition capture device 41 First Storage Means 42 Abnormality detection means 43 Data collection means 44 Second storage means 45 Communication means 5 office PC 6 communication lines 441 storage area 1 442 storage area 2 Storage area 3 444 storage area 4

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A call registration device installed at each landing, a destination floor registration device installed in a car, and a plurality of portable buttons having a button number and an individual ID number. A weak radio transmitter for call registration and an ID number set in advance at a landing or an elevator car on each floor for receiving a transmission signal from the weak radio transmitter for call registration, which corresponds to the preset ID number and the ID number. An ID number for storing the destination floor and destination floor storage means, and a weak radio reception device for outputting a landing place call signal for calling the car to the landing place or a destination floor registration signal for registering the destination floor, and the call registration device. Or an elevator having a car operation control device for operating a car in response to a call signal from the destination floor registration device and the weak radio reception device, and In an elevator system consisting of a diagnostic device for monitoring and diagnosing an elevator and a personal computer connected to the diagnostic device via a communication line, the operating status of each component can be detected and displayed in time series when the elevator is out of order or abnormal. In the abnormal state capturing device in the diagnostic device, in addition to the operating state of the elevator control device, it is possible to detect the operating state of the weak radio receiving device and capture the abnormality of the weak radio receiving device. Elevator abnormal condition capture device. 2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the abnormal condition capturing device detects and records the ID number of the individual transmitted from the call registration feeble wireless device that can be specified by the user, and uses the recorded data through a communication line. When collecting and displaying on a personal computer, the name corresponding to the ID number in the collected data is detected from the ID number and name list registered in advance inside the personal computer, and the ID number and name are displayed. Abnormal condition capture device for elevator.