JP2005239301A - Elevator control system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an elevator control system having a means for guiding a user so that the user can easily return to a parking position in a multistory parking space even when the user does not remember the parking floor and the vehicle parking position of the multistory parking space. <P>SOLUTION: The elevator control system comprises a ticket issuing machine 501 for issuing a parking ticket 101 having recorded peculiar issuing information discriminating from others, a parking information reader 102 which reads information on the parking ticket 101 and outputs the parking position information near the parking position of each floor, an information server 201 for correlating the issuing information with the position information to store the same, a destination floor determining means 304 for reading the position information from the information server 201 in response to the issuing information of the parking ticket, determining the destination of the elevator, and guiding the user to the destination floor and the parking position when the user returns to the parking position, and an elevator control means 305 for driving the car to the destination floor. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an elevator control system for a multi-story parking lot or an elevator control system for a building provided with a multi-story parking lot, and more particularly to an elevator control device that guides a user so that the user can easily return to a parking position in a multi-story parking lot.

  Conventionally, to return to the parking position using an elevator for a multi-level parking lot or an elevator of a building with a multi-level parking lot, remember the parking floor of the multi-level parking lot and the parking position of the vehicle, I had to press the destination floor button.

  However, if you are obsessed with shopping, you may forget the parking floor of the multistory parking lot. In addition, there are few parking lots that are devised so that the floors can be distinguished at the moment when the elevator doors open, and since all the floors look the same, it is difficult to remember the parking floors.

  As for the flat parking lot, a parking position confirmation device for easily knowing where the vehicle is parked has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-116399 (pages 3 to 4, FIGS. 1 to 3)

  In the method of Patent Document 1 described above, in order to detect and determine the parking position and store the parking information, a camera or the like is installed as a vehicle detection unit. An automatic parking detection means is required, and installation cost is high.

  Also, a special parking ticket equipped with a liquid crystal display panel is adopted. If this parking ticket is broken or lost by the user, it must be replenished, and the operating cost cannot be ignored.

  If possible, it is required to have the same operating cost as a conventional parking ticket.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an elevator control system including means for guiding a user so that the user can easily return to the parking position in the multi-story parking lot even if the parking floor of the multi-story parking lot and the parking position of the vehicle are not remembered. It is to be.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a ticketing machine that issues a parking ticket that records unique ticketing information that can be distinguished from others, reads parking ticket information near the parking position on each floor, and displays the parking position information. A parking information reader to be output, an information server for storing ticket issue information and position information in association with each other, and when returning to the parking position, position information is read from the information server according to the ticket issue information of the parking ticket, and an elevator destination is determined. In addition, an elevator control system comprising a destination floor determining means for guiding a destination floor and a parking position to a user and an elevator control means for driving a car on the destination floor is proposed.

  Furthermore, the cash register which records the usage condition in a building and the payment machine which settles a parking fee according to a usage condition can be provided.

  You may provide the collation confirmation means which discriminate | determines whether the parking ticket shown when returning to a parking position is a parking ticket of the said parking lot.

  In any elevator control system, it is possible to provide guidance information output processing means for guiding the destination floor and the parking position to the user again immediately before arrival at the destination floor.

  According to the elevator control system of the present invention, the user can park without memorizing the parking floor of the three-dimensional parking lot and the parking position of the vehicle, and there is no psychological burden during shopping.

  For the store, since the customer does not have to hesitate to go to the destination, the floor stop time of the car can be shortened, the transportation capacity can be increased, the dissatisfaction of the customer can be eliminated, and the use efficiency can be improved.

  Next, an embodiment of an elevator control system for a multilevel parking lot or an elevator control system for a building with a multilevel parking lot according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of an elevator control system according to the present invention.

  The elevator control system of this embodiment includes a ticket issuing machine 501 that issues a parking ticket 101, a parking information reader 102 that reads information from the parking ticket 101, a database information server 201, an elevator control device 300, video display means 401, 402, 403, voice announcement means 404, 405, 406, a cash register 502 such as a store, and a parking fee settlement machine 503.

  The elevator control device 300 includes a pre-allocation processing unit 301, an input processing unit 302, a collation confirmation unit (determination unit) 303, a destination floor determination unit 304, an original elevator control unit 305, and a guidance information output processing unit 306. Including.

  A user takes the parking ticket 101 from the ticket-issuing machine 501 at the time of entering a multistory parking lot. The parking ticket 101 holds unique information in, for example, an IC tag, a magnetic body, a barcode, and the like. The user causes the parking information reader 102 installed on the wall or pillar close to the parking position to read the unique information of the parking ticket 101 and causes the database information server 201 to register the parking space number and the parked floor.

  When the customer finishes shopping and returns to the parking lot, the database information server 201 displays the destination floor on the elevator control device 300 when the input processing means near the elevator push button, that is, the parking ticket reader 302 reads the parking ticket 101. And provide elevator service to customers.

  When the parking ticket 101 does not correspond to an elevator service target, for example, when the parking ticket 101 is a parking ticket of another store or a parking lot in the same building, In the case of a parking ticket of another three-dimensional parking lot such as the third, it is displayed on the video display means 401 that it is not a service target of this elevator and / or the voice announcement means 404 guides it.

  When the parking ticket 101 is a service target of this elevator, the destination floor data is extracted from the database information server 201 and sent to the destination floor determination means 304.

  The destination floor determination unit 304 determines the destination floor based on the destination floor data, instructs the elevator control unit 305 to display the destination floor, displays the video on the video display unit 402, and / or guides the voice announcement unit 404.

  The guidance information output processing means 306 allows the video display means 403 to display the user before the car arrives at the destination floor even if the user does not store the floor number of the parking lot or the parking position in the parking lot. The number of floors to be lowered and the parking position are displayed, and / or the voice announcement means 406 is made to announce the number of floors and the parking position to be used by the passenger.

  When the elevator control means 305 arrives at the target floor, it opens and closes the door.

  In order for a customer who does not return to the parking lot and moves to another floor to move to another floor, the destination floor button of the elevator may be pushed as usual.

  When the cashier 502 of the store and the parking fee settlement machine 503 are linked, the fact that shopping is done in the store is recorded on the tag of the parking ticket 101, the parking fee is free, or the parking fee is set according to the amount of shopping. It can also have a discount function.

  According to the elevator control system of the present embodiment, the user can park without storing the parking floor of the multi-story parking lot and the parking position of the vehicle, and the psychological burden during shopping and the like is eliminated.

  For the store, since the customer does not have to hesitate to go to the destination, the floor stop time of the car can be shortened, the transportation capacity can be increased, the dissatisfaction of the customer can be eliminated, and the use efficiency can be improved.

  In order to shorten the elevator waiting time, a pre-allocation processing unit 301 that calls an elevator at the same time as data registration may be adopted to provide a pre-allocation processing service.

It is a block diagram which shows the function structure of the elevator control system by this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 101 Parking ticket 102 Parking information reader 201 Database information server 300 Elevator control apparatus 301 Prior vehicle allocation processing means 302 Input processing means 303 Verification checking means (discriminating means)
304 Destination floor determining means 305 Elevator control means 306 Guidance information output processing means 401 Video display means 402 Video display means 403 Video display means 404 Voice announcement means 405 Voice announcement means 406 Voice announcement means 501 Ticket issuing machine 502 Cash register 503 Checkout machine

Claims (4)

A ticketing machine that issues a parking ticket that records unique ticketing information that can be distinguished from others,
A parking information reader that reads the information of the parking ticket near the parking position on each floor and outputs the parking position information;
An information server for storing the ticketing information and the location information in association with each other;
When returning to the parking position, the location information is read from the information server according to the ticketing information of the parking ticket, the destination of the elevator is determined and the destination floor and the parking position are guided to the user,
An elevator control system comprising elevator control means for driving a car on the destination floor. The elevator control system according to claim 1,
A cash register to record usage in the building,
An elevator control system, comprising: a settlement machine that settles a parking fee according to the use situation. The elevator control system according to claim 1 or 2,
An elevator control system comprising: a verification check unit that determines whether or not a parking ticket presented when returning to a parking position is a parking ticket for the parking lot. In the elevator control system according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
An elevator control system comprising: guidance information output processing means for guiding the destination floor and the parking position to the user again immediately before arrival at the destination floor.

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