JP2005119847A - Elevator control device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an elevator control device storing a parking floor on an information storable parking stub and allowing arrival to the objective floor without getting a wrong floor when a user goes back to a motor park floor, and to obtain the elevator control device automatically registering landing calls and car calls and enhancing convenience to users. <P>SOLUTION: A passenger elevator installed in a building comprising a plurality of floors is equipped with readout means 3 provided at elevator halls of all floors or predetermined specific floors and capable of reading information on cards devised to be information storable, and a landing call registration means 6 by which the user going from a floor with the readout means installed to an objective floor such as a building entrance floor gets the card issued beforehand to be read by the readout means and registers a landing call from the floor. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an elevator control device having a function of automatically registering elevator hall calls and car calls.

Some large supermarket parking lots and special parking lots have parking spaces across multiple floors so that as many cars as possible can be parked in a limited space. . In the case of a self-propelled parking lot, the car on which the passenger rides received a parking ticket in which the date and time of warehousing was written at the parking lot entrance, self-propelled to the vacant floor of the parking space, and parked the car The rear passengers will go to the exit floor using lifting equipment such as an elevator. When the elevator is an elevator, the user remembers the floor when boarding, and when returning to the parking lot, board the elevator at the entrance floor and register the call for the destination floor. And return to the floor where the car was parked.
As a conventional technique related to a parking lot having such a multi-story parking space, for example, when a car is stored, a floor having an empty space is searched in advance and the car is guided to the floor (for example, , See Patent Document 1).

JP 2001-329710 A

  In the above conventional technique, after being guided to a floor with a vacant space and stopping, it is necessary to store the parking lot floor in order to return to the same floor when leaving the parking lot floor. However, if you forget the floor, there is a problem that you are forced to search for a car across multiple floors. In particular, parking lots with a large number of floors are inconvenient.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems. By storing the parking floor in a parking ticket that can store information, the vehicle arrives at the destination floor without making a mistake when returning to the parking lot floor. The present invention provides an elevator control device that can be used.
Furthermore, the purpose is to improve convenience for users by automatically registering hall calls and car calls.

  The elevator control device according to the present invention is a passenger elevator installed in a building composed of a plurality of floors, and is provided in an elevator hall of all floors or a predetermined specific floor and can store information. Reading means that can read the information of the card possessed, and a customer who goes to the destination floor such as the entrance floor of the building from the floor where the reading means is installed causes the reading means to read the card issued in advance, so that the reading means A hall call registration means for registering a hall call is provided.

  The present invention reads information on a card having a mechanism capable of storing information in a passenger elevator installed in a building composed of a plurality of floors, provided on all floors or on an elevator landing on a specific floor determined in advance. Visitors heading to the target floor such as the entrance floor of the building from the floor where the reading means are installed, and allowing the reading means to read the pre-issued card into the reading means to register the hall call of the corresponding floor Since it has a call registration means, security is used when only parking lot users want to use an elevator by automatically registering a hall call by causing the reader to detect a parking ticket issued to the user. Can improve the service to users in operations that require

Embodiment 1 FIG.
An elevator control apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an elevator control device.
In the figure, 1 is card information processing means, 2 is card information detection means, 3 is card reading device, 4 is card writing information creation means, 5 is card writing device, 6 is hall call registration means, and 7 is car call registration means. , 8 indicates output information creation means, and 9 indicates an information output device. A portion surrounded by a broken line in the figure is an elevator control device, and the other portions are external devices to which the elevator control device and the information transmission path are connected.

  As an example to which the present invention is applied, an elevator system installed in a self-propelled parking lot building composed of a plurality of floors will be described. In the case of the building, when the user enters the parking lot building by car, the user receives a parking ticket at the gate and drives the vehicle to a vacant parking space or a predesignated parking space. Since it is a parking lot consisting of a plurality of floors, there are cases where the vehicle is driven to the floors above the second floor. The parking ticket is provided with means capable of storing information such as a magnetic tape and an IC chip. When a car is parked in a parking space on the second floor or higher and the elevator is used from the parking floor to the exit floor, the user causes the card reader 3 installed on the parking floor to read the parking ticket. The information is transmitted to the card information detection means 2, and the control panel recognizes the information detection. The detected information is transmitted to the card information processing means 1, and processing corresponding to the application is performed. In this case, in order to automatically register the hall call to the corresponding floor according to the reading of the parking ticket, the hall call registration means 6 is instructed to register the hall call in the direction of the exit floor for the corresponding floor, and the hall call registration The means 6 automatically registers the hall call according to the instruction. Furthermore, after transmitting the information of the corresponding floor to the card writing information creating means 4 and creating the information of the form to be written on the parking ticket, the information is transmitted to the card writing device 5 to thereby store the floor on the actual parking ticket. Remember information.

Further, when an elevator is used to return from the parking lot entrance floor to the parking lot floor, the card reading device 3 and the card information detecting means 2 similarly read the parking ticket information, and the information is the card information processing. When it is sent to the means 1, the hall call for the direction from the entrance floor to the parking lot floor stored in the parking ticket is automatically registered by the hall call registration means 6, and after detecting that the passenger has boarded after the elevator response, The car call registration means 7 automatically registers the car call on the parking lot floor stored in the parking ticket.
Further, the read parking ticket information is transmitted to the output information creating means 8, the guidance information to be output to the information output device 9 is created, the information is transmitted to the information output device 9 installed at the entrance floor landing, Destination floor guidance will be provided to customers.

  Further, there is a method in which the parking lot floor information created by the card writing information creating means 4 is written into the memory by the card information storage means 10 instead of being written into the parking ticket by the card writing device 5.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating the process of reading parking ticket information on the parking floor with a reader and automatically registering hall calls and car calls to the exit floor.
In FIG. 2, the parking ticket information is read by the card reader 3 in step S1. Here, the card reader 3 can be read by attaching a porcelain tape and bringing it into contact. Moreover, you may implement the system made to read non-contact with the parking ticket which mounted IC chip instead of a magnetic tape. Next, it progresses to step S2 and it is judged whether the read parking ticket is valid. There is also a method of inquiring the validity / invalidity of the parking ticket information in the database 11 when the parking ticket is read in step S1. In this case, if the ID information registered in the parking ticket is registered in the database 11, it is determined to be valid, otherwise it is determined to be invalid. This makes it possible to block invalid parking tickets. If the parking ticket information read in step S2 is invalid, the process ends. If valid, the process proceeds to step S3. In step S3, the floor information on which the card reader 3 that has read the parking ticket is installed is written into the parking ticket by the same device. Next, proceeding to step S4, the hall call in the direction of the parking lot exit floor at the floor where the parking ticket is read is automatically registered. For example, if the parking lot floor is the fifth floor and the parking lot exit floor is the first floor, the downward hall call on the fifth floor is automatically registered. In step S5, it is detected that the car responding to the corresponding floor hall call has arrived. In step S6, when it is detected that the user has boarded the corresponding car, the process proceeds to step S7, and the car call at the exit floor is automatically registered. To do. Taking the above example, the car call on the first floor, which is the exit floor, is automatically registered.
As described above, when the elevator responds to the hall call registration, the car call to the exit floor is automatically registered, so if the exit floor is limited to the first floor in advance, the car call to the passenger There is no need to make a registration button, and convenience for the user can be improved.

  In the first embodiment, only car calls are automatically registered. However, by controlling that registration to floors other than the floor to be automatically registered is impossible, it is possible to prevent accidental going to other floors. For security reasons, it may be possible to provide a mechanism for preventing entry into another floor.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
FIG. 3 shows an elevator control apparatus according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. By loading a parking ticket into a reader at the parking floor entrance floor, a hall call in the parking floor direction is automatically registered and the corresponding floor is reached. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a process for automatically registering a car call.
In FIG. 3, a parking ticket is read by the card reader 3 in S11, and it is determined whether the information read in step S12 is valid or invalid. At that time, a method of storing the valid parking ticket ID in the database 11 and inquiring the parking ticket ID read into the database 11 is also conceivable. If it is determined that the parking ticket is valid, a hall call in the parking lot floor direction is automatically registered in step S13. For example, when the parking lot floor is recorded as the fifth floor, if the parking lot entrance floor is the first floor, a hall call in the upper direction of the first floor is automatically registered. Further, in step S14, the parking lot floor information is output to the screen by the information output device 9 installed at the parking lot entrance floor landing. This is an effective means when there are a plurality of elevator users and when the car call automatic registration does not indicate the destination floor. For example, a method of outputting a message on the screen such as “Your parking floor is the fifth floor” can be considered. Next, in step S15, the car that responds to the hall call arrives at the parking lot entrance floor, and when the passenger gets into the car in step S16, the car call on the parking lot floor is automatically registered in step S17.
As described above, when registering a hall call from the parking lot floor, the floor information entered into the parking ticket is stored, and when returning to the parking floor, the parking ticket is read by the reader on the entrance floor. By automatically performing the car call registration of the parking floor, even if the parking floor is forgotten, the parking floor can be obtained by referring to the parking ticket stored in advance.
In addition, the parking ticket storing the parking floor information is read by a reading device provided at the entrance floor hall, and a passenger hair announcement is made from the information output device installed at the parking floor, so that a plurality of customers can enter the entrance floor. When using an elevator, it is possible to prevent the destination floor from being lost by automatically registering car calls on multiple floors.

  As described in the first embodiment, this second embodiment only describes the automatic registration of a car call. However, by controlling that registration to a floor other than the floor to be automatically registered is impossible, the other floor is mistakenly displayed. It may be possible to provide a mechanism for preventing the user from going to another floor or from entering another floor for security reasons.

Embodiment 3 FIG.
FIG. 4 shows an elevator control apparatus according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention, and describes a process of automatically registering a hall call and a car call to an exit floor by reading parking ticket information on a parking floor floor with a reader. It is a flow chart.
In FIG. 4, the parking ticket is read by the card reader 3 in step S21. Then, it is determined whether the parking ticket read in step S22 is valid or invalid. If it is valid, the process proceeds to step S23. In step S23, the floor information on which the card reader 3 that has read the parking ticket is installed is written in the database 12. In the flowchart of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the processing here is written in the parking ticket. However, in the third embodiment, the processing is recorded in the database 12 provided in the control panel instead of the parking ticket. Since the subsequent processing flow from step S24 to step S27 is the same as the processing from step S4 to step S7 in the first embodiment described with reference to FIG.
As described above, the parking floor information stored in the parking ticket is stored in the database provided in the control device instead of the parking ticket, so that the parking floor information can be stored without providing a capacity for storing the corresponding floor information in the parking ticket. Can be held.

Embodiment 4 FIG.
FIG. 5 shows an elevator control apparatus according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention, in which a parking ticket is read at a parking lot entrance floor, a hall call automatic registration in a direction toward the parking lot floor, and a car call automatic on the parking lot floor. It is a flowchart explaining registration, and is a method of storing parking lot floor information not in a parking ticket but in a database provided in a control panel.
In FIG. 5, the parking ticket is read by the card reader 3 installed at the parking lot entrance hall. Based on the read parking ticket ID, the database 12 is inquired and acquired for the parking lot floor information corresponding to the corresponding ID. If the parking ticket is valid in step S32 and the parking lot floor information is correct, the process proceeds to step S33 to automatically register a hall call in the direction of the parking lot floor. Since the subsequent processing flow from step S34 to step S37 is the same as the processing from step S14 to step S17 in the second embodiment described with reference to FIG.

Moreover, although the parking lot building is used as the explanation of the embodiment of the present invention, it may be applied to security measures for general office buildings for purposes other than the parking lot.
Thereby, the service to a user can be improved in the operation which requires security, such as when only the parking lot user wants to use the elevator.

It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the control apparatus of the elevator in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is the flowchart explaining the process which reads parking ticket information in the parking floor of the elevator control apparatus in Embodiment 1 of this invention, and automatically registers a hall call and a car call. It is the flowchart explaining the process which reads a parking ticket in the parking lot entrance floor of the elevator control apparatus in Embodiment 2 of this invention, registers a hall call automatically, and automatically registers the car call to an applicable floor. It is the flowchart explaining the process which reads parking ticket information in the parking floor of the elevator control apparatus in Embodiment 3 of this invention, and automatically registers a hall call and a car call. It is a flowchart explaining the parking call automatic registration of the direction which reads a parking ticket in the parking lot entrance floor of the elevator control apparatus in Embodiment 4 of this invention, and goes to a parking lot floor, and the car call automatic registration of a parking lot floor. .

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Card information processing means 2 Card information detection means 3 Card reader (means)
4 Card writing information creation means 5 Card writing device (means)
6 landing call registration means 7 car call registration means 8 output information creation means 9 information output means
10 Card information storage means 11, 12 Database

Claims (5)

In a passenger elevator installed in a building consisting of multiple floors,
A reading means provided on the elevator hall of all floors or a predetermined specific floor and capable of reading information on a card having a mechanism capable of storing information;
Passenger call registration means for a passenger heading to a destination floor such as a building entrance floor from the floor where the reading means is installed to register the hall call of the corresponding floor by causing the reading means to read the card issued in advance. When,
An elevator control device comprising:   2. The elevator control device according to claim 1, further comprising means for automatically registering a car call to a preset destination floor when detecting that a passenger has entered the elevator responding to the hall call. .   When the card is read by the reading means, the writing means for writing the floor information of the corresponding floor to the card is provided, and the reading means for reading the information of the card is provided on a specific floor such as a building entrance floor. When the user causes the reading means to read the card at the landing on the specific floor, the call to the landing in the corresponding floor direction on the usage floor and the corresponding floor according to the information on the specific floor previously stored in the card 3. The elevator control device according to claim 1, further comprising means for automatically registering a car call to the floor.   An information output device is provided on a specific floor such as a building entrance floor, and when the card is read by a reader installed on a specific floor, means for outputting information on the target floor from the information output device is provided. The elevator control device according to claim 3. 4. The elevator control device according to claim 3, further comprising card information storage means for storing floor information of the corresponding floor in a database provided in the control device, not inside the card.

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