JP2003335471A - Elevator device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an elevator device eliminating possibility for people at any elevator hall to acknowledge the current position of the elevator car while the car is moving. <P>SOLUTION: Each elevator hall is equipped with an at-hall operating device 20 furnished with a call button to call the car to the hall and an at-hall car position display 22 to allow the people at the hall to acknowledge the current position of the elevator car, while the car is equipped internally with an in- the-car operating device 30 furnished with a destination selecting button 31 to specify the destination floor of the car and an in-the-car car position display 34 to allow the passengers in the car to acknowledge the current position of the car, wherein the in-the-car operating device is furnished with a confidentiality keeping operation selecting button 37 to change over the displaying condition of the at-hall car position display 22 from the normal operation displaying condition corresponding to the current position of the car to the confidentiality keeping operation displaying condition not corresponding to the current position of the 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 a call button installed at an elevator hall to call at least an elevator car to the elevator hall and a hall side for allowing a user on the elevator hall to recognize the current position of the elevator car. A landing-side operation device having a car position indicator, a destination selection button installed in the elevator car for designating at least the destination floor of the elevator car, and the current position of the elevator car being used in the elevator car. The present invention relates to an elevator apparatus including a car-side operation device that is provided with a car-position indicator on the car side that allows a person to recognize it.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an elevator system has been provided with a hall-side operating device installed in each elevator hall and a car-side operating device installed in an elevator car.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing an example of a hall-side operating device. In FIG. 6, reference numeral 1 is a call button for calling an elevator car (not shown) to the boarding floor.
It is provided with a and a down call button 1b. Incidentally, the landing-side operation device installed on the top floor of the building is not provided with the ascending call button 1a, and similarly, the landing-side operation device installed on the bottom floor of the building is provided with the descending call button 1b. Absent. Reference numeral 2 is a car position indicator on the hall side for allowing the user at the elevator hall to recognize the current position of the elevator car by a numeral.

As a result, the user at the elevator hall can recognize that he / she is near the 6th floor when the elevator car is in operation and is moving up or down (in the case of FIG. 6). In the stopped state, it can be recognized that it is stopped on the 6th floor.

FIG. 7 is a front view showing an example of the car-side operating device. In FIG. 7, 3 is a destination selection button for designating the number of floors to be used when getting in the elevator car,
A plurality of floors are provided in accordance with a predetermined number of floors according to the building. Reference numeral 4 denotes an open button that is pressed when the door (not shown) for opening / closing the entrance / exit of the elevator car is forcibly opened (open extension) after the number of floors of the destination selection button 3 is specified,
5 is a closing button that is pressed when the door (not shown) for opening and closing the entrance / exit of the elevator car is forcibly closed after designating the number of floors of the destination selection button 3, and 6 is the current position of the elevator car. It is a car position indicator on the car side for making the user recognize the number by the number in the elevator car. In addition, 7
Is an emergency button that is used when the elevator car is stopped halfway (e.g., an emergency stop due to an earthquake) to let the outside know that there is a user in the elevator car. By operating the communication unit 8, it is possible to listen to external voices and output voices to the outside.

FIG. 8 is a system block diagram of such an elevator apparatus. In FIG. 8, when the destination selection button 3 is pressed, its output signal is input to the destination button input section 10.

The destination button input unit 10 outputs a command signal corresponding to the destination (the number of floors used) to the normal operation calculation unit 11.

The normal operation calculator 11 recognizes the current position of the elevator car from an elevator control panel (not shown) and calculates how much the elevator car should be raised or lowered with respect to the destination. After that, the calculation result is used as the normal operation command section (drive driver, etc.)
In addition to outputting the current car position display command to the car position display output unit (display driver, etc.) 13, the current car position display command is output to each car position indicator 2, 6.

The normal operation command unit 12 outputs a drive command to the drive unit 14 while moving up or down the elevator car while considering the current position of the elevator car.

In FIG. 8, reference numeral 15 is a hall side operation device (operation panel), 16 is a car side operation device (car operation panel), 1
Reference numeral 7 is a calculation unit, and 18 is a drive command unit. This calculation unit 17
The drive command unit 18 and the drive unit 14 are provided on an elevator control panel or the like.

FIG. 9 is a flow chart of a normal operation routine in such an elevator system.

(Step 1) In Step 1, for example,
A user who came home from the place where the elevator was
By pressing the call button 1 on the (floor), the door of the elevator car is opened at the elevator hall at that number of floors, and whether the destination selection button 3 has been pressed after getting in the elevator car, the destination button input The determination is made by the destination registration in the section 10. If the destination is registered, the process proceeds to step 2. If the destination is not registered, step 1 is continuously monitored.

If the destination is not registered for a predetermined time, a publicly known waiting (notifying) means such as automatically closing the door to turn off the interior light in the elevator car is taken.

(Step 2) In step 2, the elevator car moves up or down based on the destination registration in step 1, and the process proceeds to step 3.

(Step 3) In step 3, the current position of the elevator car is displayed as a number on each of the indicators 2 and 6, and the process proceeds to step 4.

(Step 4) In Step 4, it is judged whether or not the elevator car has arrived at the destination floor (the number of floors used) for which the destination has been registered. If it has arrived, the process proceeds to Step 5 and has not arrived. In this case, the process loops to step 2 to continue the operation of the elevator car until the vehicle arrives at the destination floor, and displays the numbers corresponding to the current position of the elevator car on the respective displays 2 and 6.

(Step 5) In Step 5, since the elevator car has arrived at the destination floor, the numbers displayed on the display devices 2 and 6 are stopped at the destination floor, and the process proceeds to Step 6.

(Step 6) In step 6, since the elevator car has arrived at the destination floor, the operation of the elevator car is stopped and the door is opened to enable the user to get off the elevator car.

In the routine after step 6, the door is closed after a lapse of a predetermined time and the current position, that is, the target floor is kept, and the call button 1 installed on any of the floors is called next. The operation of the elevator car or the like is stopped until a certain time, or the elevator car is automatically operated from the bottom floor or the current position to the floor closest to the top floor or the bottom floor, and then the operation is stopped.

[0020]

By the way, in the elevator apparatus configured as described above, when the user is in the elevator car, it is used by a third party or the like in another elevator hall. There was a problem that the floor was known and it was not possible to secure private.

Considering recent stalker problems, etc., in particular, when the building is a residential condominium or the like, when the user returns to the living floor and moves to the living floor by an elevator car, the user is placed in the elevator car. When there is another user in the same elevator hall immediately after getting on and closing the door, the car position indicator 2 on the hall side will tell which floor the person who was using earlier got off. There was a problem in that mental pain was forced because it could be done.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention can prevent the user on the side of the elevator hall from recognizing the current position of the elevator car when moving using the elevator car. The purpose is to provide.

[0023]

In order to achieve the object, an elevator apparatus according to the present invention has a call button installed at an elevator hall to call at least an elevator car to the elevator hall and a current position of the elevator car. A hall-side operation device having a car-position indicator on the hall side to be recognized by the user on the elevator hall, and a destination selection button for designating at least a destination floor of the elevator car installed in the elevator car and the above-mentioned An elevator apparatus including a car-side operating device that includes a car-side car position indicator that causes a user in the elevator car to recognize the current position of the elevator car, and the car-side operating device that is installed in the car-side operating device. Whether the display status of the car position indicator on the hall side is the normal operation display status corresponding to the current position of the elevator car. Characterized in that it comprises a confidentiality operation selection button to switch to the confidentiality driving display state does not correspond to the current position of the elevator car.

In such an elevator apparatus, at least a call button for calling the elevator car to the elevator hall and a car position indicator on the hall side for allowing the user on the elevator hall to recognize the current position of the elevator car A hall-side operation device is installed in the elevator hall, and at least a destination selection button for designating the destination floor of the elevator car and a car position indicator on the car side that makes the user inside the elevator car recognize the current position of the elevator car. The equipped car operation device is installed in the elevator car, and the display status of the car position indicator on the landing side is changed from the normal operation display status corresponding to the current position of the elevator car to the confidential operation display status not corresponding to the current position of the elevator car. A confidential operation selection button for switching to is installed on the car side operation device.

Thus, the user in the elevator car can prevent other users from recognizing their own floors when there are other users in the elevator hall.

Further, the elevator apparatus of the present invention is installed in each of the hall-side operation devices on each floor of the building, and at least the display state of the hall-side car position indicator corresponds to the current position of the elevator car. It is characterized by further comprising a secrecy operation selection button for switching from the operation display state to the secrecy operation display state which does not correspond to the current position of the elevator car.

In such an elevator apparatus, at least the display state of the car position indicator on the hall side is changed from the normal operation display state corresponding to the current position of the elevator car to the confidential operation display state not corresponding to the current position of the elevator car. Confidential operation selection button for switching to is installed in each hall side operation device on each floor of the building.

As a result, when an elevator car is called from the living floor or the like, and there is another user at the elevator hall of another floor, from which floor the passenger gets into the elevator car with respect to the other user. It is possible not to let them know.

Further, the elevator apparatus according to the present invention is characterized in that the hall-side operation device is provided with an informing device for informing that the confidential operation selection button has been operated.

In such an elevator apparatus, the hall-side operation device is provided with an alarm for informing that the confidential operation selection button has been operated.

Thus, it can be easily recognized that the display on the car position indicator on the elevator hall side is not a malfunction.

Further, in the elevator apparatus of the present invention, when the confidential operation selection button is operated, the car position indicator on the landing side scrolls the number of the floor display regardless of the current position of the elevator car. It is characterized by

In such an elevator system, when the confidential operation selection button is operated, the car position indicator on the hall side scrolls through the numbers displayed on the floor regardless of the current position of the elevator car.

This makes it impossible to easily recognize where the current position of the elevator car is.

Further, in the elevator apparatus of the present invention, when the confidential operation selection button is operated, the car position indicator on the hall side displays the floor number when the elevator car is raised regardless of the current position of the elevator car. Is scrolled in the ascending direction and the number displayed on the floor is scrolled in the descending direction when the elevator car is descending.

In such an elevator system, when the confidential operation selection button is operated, the car position indicator on the landing side raises the number on the floor when the elevator car is moving up regardless of the current position of the elevator car. Scroll to
When the elevator car is descending, the number displayed on the floor is scrolled in the descending direction.

With this, other users at the elevator hall can easily recognize whether the elevator car is rising or falling, and for example, another user can find the elevator car on the bottom floor of the building. If you are in the elevator hall, you can easily recognize that the elevator car is moving away from you if the elevator car is rising, and conversely if another user is in the elevator hall on the bottom floor of the building. If the elevator car is descending, it can be easily recognized that the elevator car is approaching itself.

Further, in the elevator apparatus according to the present invention, the car position indicator on the side of the landing may call the original boarding floor or the next boarding floor after the user gets off at the destination floor designated by the destination selection button. It is characterized in that scroll display is performed until the elevator car is raised or lowered to the floor where the button is operated.

In such an elevator apparatus, after the elevator car arrives at the destination floor designated by the destination selection button and the user gets off, the original boarding floor or the floor on which the call button is operated next The car position indicator on the hall side scrolls until the elevator car goes up or down.

As a result, it is possible to prevent the previous user from surely recognizing which floor has been used.

[0041]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Next, an embodiment of an elevator apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a system block diagram at the time of confidential operation,
2 is a system block diagram during normal operation, FIG. 3 is a front view showing an example of a car-side operation device, FIG. 4 is a front view showing an example of a hall-side operation device, and FIG. 5 is a flow of a confidential operation routine in an elevator device. It is a figure.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, 20 is a hall side operation device (operation panel) installed in each elevator hall (not shown), and 30 is a car side operation device installed in an elevator car (not shown). (Car operation panel), 40 is a calculation unit installed in an elevator control panel (not shown), 50 is a drive command unit similarly installed in an elevator control panel, and 60 is a drive command unit 50 for raising the elevator car. A drive unit that is driven and controlled to descend, stop, etc.

As shown in FIG. 3, the hall side operation device 20 is a call button 2 for calling the elevator car to the boarding floor.
1. A car position indicator 22 on the hall side for making the user in the elevator hall recognize the current position of the elevator car by numbers, and a notification for making the user in the elevator hall recognize that the car is in confidential operation. A confidential operation indicator light 23 as a container is provided.

The call button 21 includes an ascending call button 21a and a descending call button 21b. It should be noted that the hall operation device 20 installed on the top floor of the building is not provided with the ascending call button 21a, and the hall operation device 20 installed on the bottom floor of the building is provided with the descend call button 21b. Is not provided.

As a result, the user at the elevator hall can recognize that he / she is near the 6th floor when the elevator car is in operation and is moving up or down (in the case of FIG. 3). It can be recognized that the car is stopped on the 6th floor when the car is stopped.

As shown in FIG. 4, the car-side operation device 30 has a destination selection button 31 for designating the number of floors to be used when the passenger gets in the elevator car, and after designating the number of floors to be used by the destination selection button 31. Opening and closing the door of the elevator car after specifying the number of floors of the open button 32 and the destination selection button 31 that are pressed when the door (not shown) for opening and closing the elevator car is forcibly opened (open extension) The closing button 33 that is pressed when the door is forcibly closed, the car position indicator 34 on the car side for making the user in the elevator car recognize the current position of the elevator car by numbers, the elevator car When the emergency stop button 35 is pressed halfway through (e.g., an emergency stop due to an earthquake), the emergency button 35 is used to externally recognize that there is a user in the elevator car, and the emergency button 35 is pressed. A call section 36 for conversation with the outside, a confidential operation selection button 37 that is pressed when a confidential operation is desired, and a confidential operation that lights up when the confidential operation selection button 37 is pressed and recognizes it. Selection indicator 3
Eight.

A plurality of destination selection buttons 31 are provided so as to correspond to a predetermined number of floors corresponding to the building. In FIG. 4, 1
It is illustrated as a building where an elevator car moves from the 10th floor to the 10th floor.

The arithmetic unit 40 includes a destination button input unit 41, a normal operation arithmetic unit 42, a car position display output unit 43, a confidential operation input unit 44, a confidential operation arithmetic unit 45, and a confidential operation display output unit 4.
6. A display selection unit 47 is provided. In addition, the drive command unit 5
0 has a normal operation command section 51 and a confidential operation command section 52.

During normal operation, as shown in FIG. 2, when the destination selection button 31 is pressed, its output signal is input to the destination button input section 41.

The destination button input section 41 outputs a command signal corresponding to the destination (number of floors used) to the normal operation computing section 42.

The normal operation calculating unit 42 recognizes the current position of the elevator car from an elevator control panel (not shown) and calculates how much the elevator car should be raised or lowered with respect to the destination. After that, the calculation result is used as the normal operation command section (drive driver, etc.)
The current car position display command is output to the display selection unit 47 and the car position indicator 34 via the car position display output unit (display driver etc.) 43.

The normal operation command section 51 outputs a drive command to the driving section 60 while taking the current position of the elevator car into consideration to raise or lower the elevator car.

The display selection unit 47 also outputs a normal display command to the car position indicator 22.

On the other hand, during the confidential operation when the confidential operation selection button 37 is pressed, the output signal from the confidential operation selection button 37 is input to the confidential operation input section 44. When the destination selection button 31 is pressed in this state, the output signal is input to the destination button input section 41.

The confidential operation input unit 44 and the destination button input unit 41 output to the confidential operation calculation unit 45 a command signal that indicates the confidential operation and the destination (the number of floors used).

The confidential operation calculating unit 45 recognizes the current position of the elevator car from an elevator control panel (not shown) and calculates how much the elevator car should be raised or lowered with respect to the destination. After that, the operation result is protected by the confidential operation command section (drive driver, etc.)
The current car position display command is output to the display selection unit 47 and the car position indicator 34 via the car position display output unit 43.

The confidential operation command unit 52 outputs a drive command to the drive unit 60 while taking the current position of the elevator car into consideration to raise or lower the elevator car.

Further, the display selection section 41 outputs a confidential display command such as scrolling to the car position indicator 22.
At the same time, the confidential operation display output unit 46 outputs a lighting command to the confidential operation selection indicators 23 and 38.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart of a confidential operation routine in such an elevator system.

(Step 11) In step 11, for example, a user who has returned home from an outside place presses the call button 21 at the elevator hall (usually the first floor), so that the elevator hall at that floor has the elevator hall. It is determined whether or not the confidential operation selection button 37 is pressed after the car door is opened and the passenger enters the elevator car. When the confidential operation selection button 37 is pressed, the process proceeds to step 12, and the confidential operation is performed. If the selection button 37 has not been pressed, the routine proceeds to a normal operation routine (see, for example, FIG. 9).

(Step 12) In Step 12, since the confidential operation selection is made in Step 11, the confidential operation indicator lamp 38 in the elevator car and the confidential operation indicator lamp 23 in the elevator hall are turned on, and the elevator hall indicator is turned on. The car position indicator 22 is switched to a confidential operation state display such as scrolling, and the process proceeds to step 13.

(Step 13) In Step 13, it is judged whether or not the destination selection button 31 is pressed by the destination registration in the destination button input section 41. If the destination is registered, the process proceeds to Step 15. If the destination is not registered, the process proceeds to step 14, and the progress of a predetermined time (for example, 10 seconds) is monitored in step 14, and if the destination is registered within the predetermined time, the process proceeds to step 15. If the destination is not registered even after a lapse of a predetermined time, the process proceeds to step 20.

(Step 15) In step 15, the elevator car moves up or down based on the destination registration in step 13, and the process proceeds to step 16.

(Step 16) In Step 16, it is judged whether or not the elevator car has arrived at the destination floor (the number of floors used) registered in the destination, and if it has arrived, Step 1
7 and if it has not arrived, it loops to step 15 to continue driving the elevator car until it arrives at the destination floor, and displays a confidentiality indication not corresponding to the current position of the elevator car on the elevator hall side. It is displayed on the car position indicator 22.

(Step 17) In Step 17, since the elevator car has arrived at the destination floor, the number displayed on the car position display 34 on the elevator car side is stopped at the destination floor, and the process proceeds to Step 18. At this time, the car position indicator 34 on the elevator hall side maintains the continuous confidential operation display state, and in which floor the elevator car has stopped, or whether the elevator car is in operation. It is difficult to recognize if it is stopped.

(Step 18) In Step 18, since the elevator car has arrived at the destination floor, the operation of the elevator car is stopped and the door is opened to enable the user to get off the elevator car, and the process proceeds to Step 19. To do.

(Step 19) In Step 19, after the elapse of a predetermined time or after the user closes the door by pressing the close button 33, the elevator car automatically restarts to operate at the boarding floor or the elevator hall. The elevator car is moved up or down to the floor where the call is made, and the process proceeds to step 20 and thereafter.

(Step 20) In Step 20, the elevator car automatically resumes operation, and the elevator car is lifted or lowered to the boarding floor or the floor called at the elevator hall to stop the operation. The operation is canceled and the various display controls in step 12 are canceled.

In the above embodiment, the security operation selection button 37 is provided only on the elevator car side, but the security operation selection button (for example, the security operation indicator lamp 23 is also used on the elevator hall side. ) May be provided so that it is not possible to recognize from which floor the passenger boarded.

[0071]

The elevator apparatus of the present invention is configured as described above, so that the current position of the elevator car to the user at the elevator hall side when moving using the elevator car. Can be made unrecognizable.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system block diagram at the time of confidential operation in an elevator apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a system block diagram during normal operation of the elevator apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing an example of a car-side operating device in the elevator apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing an example of a hall-side operating device in the elevator apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart of a confidential operation routine in the elevator apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing an example of a hall side operation device in a conventional elevator device.

FIG. 7 is a front view showing an example of a car-side operating device in a conventional elevator device.

FIG. 8 is a system block diagram of an elevator apparatus in a conventional elevator apparatus.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a normal operation routine in a conventional elevator device.

[Explanation of symbols]

20 hall operation device, 21 call button, 22 car position indicator, 23 car operation indicator (alarm), 30 car operation device, 31 destination selection button, 34 car position indicator, 37 car operation selection button, 38 Confidential operation indicator light (alarm).

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A call button installed at an elevator hall to call at least an elevator car to the elevator hall and a car position indicator on the hall side for allowing a user on the elevator hall to recognize the current position of the elevator car. A landing-side operation device, a destination selection button installed in the elevator car for designating at least a destination floor of the elevator car, and a car side for making the user in the elevator car recognize the current position of the elevator car. In the elevator device provided with a car side operating device equipped with a car position indicator, the display state of the car position indicator on the landing side is set to the current position of the elevator car while being installed in the car operating device. Switch from the corresponding normal operation display status to the confidential operation display status that does not correspond to the current position of the elevator car. Elevator apparatus characterized by comprising a confidentiality operation selection button changing. 2. The elevator car installed on each of the hall-side operation devices on each floor of the building and at least the display state of the car-position indicator on the hall side is changed from the normal operation display state corresponding to the current position of the elevator car to the elevator car. The elevator apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a secrecy operation selection button for switching to a secrecy operation display state that does not correspond to the current position of. 3. The elevator apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the hall-side operation device is provided with a notification device that notifies that the confidential operation selection button has been operated. . 4. The car position indicator on the hall side scrolls through the numbers displayed on the floor regardless of the current position of the elevator car when the confidential operation selection button is operated. The elevator apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3. 5. When the confidential operation selection button is operated, the car position indicator on the landing side scrolls the number of floors displayed in the ascending direction when the elevator car is raised regardless of the current position of the elevator car. The elevator apparatus according to claim 4, wherein when the elevator car descends, the numbers displayed on the floor are scrolled in the descending direction. 6. The car position indicator on the side of the landing is located on the original boarding floor or the floor on which the call button is operated next after the user arrives at the destination floor specified by the destination selection button and the user gets off. The elevator apparatus according to claim 4 or 5, wherein scroll display is performed until the elevator car moves up or down.