JP2005263364A - Control device of automobile elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem that in confirming a contract automobile using an elevator, merely a number plate of the automobile is read, and the number is detected, and collated with the previously registered automobile number, and an elevator is not automatically operated to the floor to park the automobile. <P>SOLUTION: This control device of an automobile elevator includes: a number register device for transmitting parking information such as the number of an automobile to an operation control device by contractor's operation and registering the same in a contractor number list; and a number reader for transmitting the number of an automobile stopped in a predetermined position of a reference floor landing floor to the operation control device, wherein the read number is collated with the number of registered automobile in the contractor list and an elevator car call is registered in the operation control device, and the elevator car is automatically operated to the floor to park the automobile. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a control device for an elevator installed in a hoistway having a multi-story parking lot.

The elevator control apparatus for exclusive use of a contractor described in Patent Document 1 automatically recognizes the number of a car parked on the reference floor landing floor of the multilevel parking garage, and is one of contract cars registered in advance. If it matches the number, the use permission is granted and the hall call registration is performed to bring the empty car to the standard floor landing floor, and if it does not match, the elevator use is prohibited. Thus, the contracted vehicle and the non-contracted vehicle are automatically identified without bothering the vehicle so that only the contractor can use them.
Further, in Patent Document 2, a destination landing detector corresponding to the number of landings is installed on the floor in the car, and the destination landing is detected by stopping the wheel at a position above the target destination landing detector. Alternatively, there is disclosed a method in which a passenger can register a car call on a destination floor without getting off the vehicle by detecting a destination stop by flashing a lighting lamp of the vehicle a predetermined number of times.

JP-A-8-209968 (paragraph numbers 0067 to 0077) JP 2002-68612 A (paragraph numbers 0012 to 0014)

However, Patent Document 1 only shows that the number plate of a car is read and the car number used by the elevator is registered in advance and the registered number is detected. It was necessary to call the hall at the station, and it did not automatically run to the floor to be parked.
Further, in Patent Document 2, there is a drawback that it is necessary for the passenger (driver) to stop the vehicle at a predetermined position or to operate the illumination lamp, and the operation is troublesome.

A control device for an automobile elevator according to the present invention includes an operation control device that controls operation of an elevator car that moves up and down between a reference floor landing floor and a floor to be parked in a parking lot having a plurality of parking floors. In the control device for an automobile elevator,
Parking information such as the number of the car that uses the parking lot, the floor to be parked, and the parking lot number is sent to the driving control device by the operation of the parking lot contractor (hereinafter referred to as “contractor”), and the driving A number registration device registered in the contractor number list provided in the control device, and a number for automatically reading the number of a car parked at a predetermined position on the reference floor landing floor and transmitting the read number to the operation control device Equipped with a reader,
In the operation control device, the reading number transmitted from the number reading device is compared with the number of the registered car in the contractor number list, and if the number exists, the elevator car call is registered. And a control means for automatically operating the elevator car carrying the registered car to the floor where the car should be parked.

According to the control device for an automobile elevator according to the present invention, the driver of the car can go to the destination floor without special operation or getting off the car just by stopping the contracted vehicle at a predetermined position on the reference floor landing floor. Is possible.
In this way, the driver can move the elevator to the destination floor without any troublesome operations / procedures. Since the elevator does not operate unless a registration operation is performed, the convenience of use can be improved and the entry can be prohibited and security can be maintained.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
In addition, the same code | symbol shows the same or an equivalent part between each figure.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
The vehicle elevator control apparatus according to Embodiment 1 is a parking lot having a plurality of parking floors. When a car stops at a predetermined position on a reference floor landing floor, the number of the car is automatically read and operation control is performed. When the device 8 matches the number of the contracted car and recognizes it as a registered car, the car is allowed to be installed in the elevator car. When the car is placed in the elevator car, this is automatically detected and the destination floor is also automatically registered. Automatic operation is carried out to the floor to be parked without any trouble of the driver.

1 to 3 show Embodiment 1 of the present invention, FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a control device for an automobile elevator, and FIG. 2 is a list of contractor number lists stored in the operation control device 8. In one example, a car number, a floor to be parked, a parking lot number, and the like are registered.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining an operation related to call registration of the operation control device 8.

The configuration will be described below.
The control device for an automobile elevator includes an automobile number reading device 6, an automobile number registration device 7, an operation control device 8, and the like.
When the automobile stops at a predetermined position on the reference floor landing floor 4, the number reading device 6 provided with the camera 5 on the reference floor landing floor 4 shoots the vicinity of the number plate of the automobile with the camera 5 and obtains the number by the input video. The reading is automatically performed, and this reading number is transmitted to the operation control device 8. Note that the number reading device 6 can be an existing image processing device such as that used in speed monitoring equipment. The number plate portion of an automobile is imaged by a CCD camera, and the number is recognized by image processing. .

The number registration device 7 is composed of a keyboard, a display (not shown), etc., and when the contractor operates these devices, the car number using the parking lot, the floor to be parked, the parking lot number, etc. The parking information is transmitted to the driving control device 8 and registered in the driving control device 8 as a contractor number list shown in FIG.
The operation control device 8 in which the contractor number list is registered is an elevator operation control device originally composed of the elevator car 1, the hoisting motor 2 that lifts and lowers the car, the weight 3, and the like. The control device 8 includes the following control means.
In other words, the operation control device 8 has a function of determining whether or not a reading number is transmitted from the number reading device 7, and when the reading number is transmitted, the number of the car registered in the contractor number list and Match. In this verification operation, if there is a corresponding number in the contractor number list, a command to register the elevator car call is issued, the elevator car is called to the reference floor, and this is automatically detected when the car is placed on the elevator car. The destination floor is automatically registered, and the elevator car with the registered car is automatically operated to the floor where it should be parked.
These series of processes are executed according to an arithmetic processing program registered in advance in the operation control device 8.

Next, the operation of the control device for an automobile elevator having the above-described configuration will be described based on the flowchart shown in FIG.
First, when the car stops at a predetermined position on the reference floor landing floor 4, the camera 5 takes a picture of the vicinity of the number plate of the car, and the taken image is sent to the number reading device 6, where the number is extracted and the operation control device is extracted. 8 is transmitted. Next, the operation control device 8 determines whether a number has been transmitted from the number reading device 6 (step S11). If it is transmitted (in the case of YES), it is verified whether the transmitted number corresponds to the contractor number list shown in FIG. 2 (step S12).
In step S12, if there is a number that matches (corresponds) the transmitted number in the contractor number list (in the case of YES), the process proceeds to step S13. If there is no matching (corresponding) number (in the case of NO), the elevator does not operate.
In step S13, the elevator car 1 issues a car call instruction to the reference floor landing floor 4, and the floor to be parked (corresponding floor) of the car of the corresponding number is extracted from the contractor number list, and the car is called. Register as As a result, just by stopping the car at a predetermined position on the reference floor landing floor 4, the car call is automatically registered, the elevator car is called to the reference floor landing floor 4, and the elevator car carrying the registered car is parked. Automatic operation to the floor.
In addition, since the operation | movement which leaves a parking lot is the same as the operation | movement currently performed normally, description is abbreviate | omitted.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
In the elevator elevator control apparatus according to the second embodiment, when a contractor has a visitor, the contractor operates the number registration device 7 to set the visitor's car number plate in advance so that the visitor's car number Control means for temporarily registering passenger car information such as floors to be parked, parking lot numbers, etc. in the temporary registration list for visitors so that the passenger's car can be parked in the visitor space Is provided in the operation control device 8.

4 and 5 show a second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 shows a temporary registration list for temporarily registering passenger car information such as a car number of a visitor, a floor to be parked, and a parking lot number. Is stored in a part different from the contractor's automobile number list shown in FIG.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing processing in temporary registration of a visitor's car license plate.
The number registration device 7 in the second embodiment has a function of displaying the temporary registration list shown in FIG. 4 on the screen. In addition, description of the same components and operations as those of the first embodiment is omitted.

Next, the process in the temporary registration of a visitor's car license plate is demonstrated based on the flowchart shown in FIG.
When there is a visitor or the like and the customer's car number is registered in order to secure a parking space, it is first determined whether or not there is an input from the number registration device 7 (step S21).
If there is an input (in the case of YES), a temporary registration list as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the number registration device 7 (step S22). In the next step S23, the contractor confirms the displayed temporary registration list, and confirms that there is a parking location registration instruction.
If there is a registration instruction (in the case of YES), the process proceeds to the next step S24, and the passenger car information such as the car number is registered at the designated place in the temporary registration list.

If the number of the passenger car is registered as described above, the visitor can park the car in the visitor space set by the contractor only by stopping the car at a predetermined position on the reference floor landing floor 4. Can do.
Thus, since the contractor can operate the number registration device 7 to register an arbitrary car number, it is possible to park a car other than the contractor when there is a visitor. Also, the date and time can be registered in the temporary registration list. For this reason, the contractor can reserve the parking space from several days ago and can manage it finely.

Embodiment 3 FIG.
The control device for an automobile elevator according to the third embodiment is an improvement of the second embodiment, and the parking situation information is constantly received from the vehicle detector provided in the visitor space of the parking lot, and the passenger car leaves the visitor space. In this case, the operation control device 8 is provided with a control means that automatically deletes the passenger vehicle information from the temporary registration list.

  6 and 7 show the third embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing the arrangement of the floor of the parking lot and the car detector, and FIG. 7 shows the temporarily registered passenger car number. It is a flowchart figure which shows a registration deletion process.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the vehicle detectors 9a and 9b for detecting a visitor vehicle are mounted on the ceiling of the visitor space and turn on when the vehicle is parked, and turn off when the vehicle is empty. It is transmitted to the operation control device 8, and the process of deregistration is performed as follows.

Hereinafter, the registration cancellation process of the passenger car information such as the passenger car number will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.
For example, when the visitor has finished the business and the passenger car leaves the parking space “visitor A”, the car detector 9a is turned from ON to OFF, and the operation control device 8 determines that the car sensor is turned from ON to OFF ( Step S31). As a result of this determination (YES), the hall call of the floor where the vehicle detector 9a is turned off is registered, and the elevator car 1 is called to the boarding floor (step S32). Next, the process proceeds to step S33, and the number and the like registered in “customer A” in the temporary registration list shown in FIG. 4 are deleted. Thereafter, the operation of leaving the passenger car from the parking lot is the same as the operation that is normally performed, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

  As a result, the contractor does not need to instruct deletion from the temporary registration list, so that the parking space is not continuously reserved. In addition, it is not necessary for the contractor to delete the temporary registration list, and forgetting the deletion process can be prevented.

It is a whole block diagram of the elevator control apparatus for motor vehicles in Embodiment 1. 3 is an automobile number list showing an example of a contractor number list stored inside the operation control device 8; It is a flowchart figure for demonstrating the operation | movement which concerns on the call registration of the operation control apparatus 8. FIG. 10 is an automobile number list showing an example of a temporary registration list in the second embodiment. It is a flowchart figure which shows the process in temporary registration of a visitor's automobile license plate. It is explanatory drawing which shows the arrangement | positioning state of the floor surface of a parking lot, and a vehicle detector in Embodiment 3. It is a flowchart figure which shows the registration deletion process of the passenger vehicle number registered temporarily.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Elevator car 2 Electric motor for hoisting machine 3 Weight 4 Reference floor landing floor 5 Camera 6 Number reading device 7 Car number registration device 8 Operation control device 9a, 9b Car detector

Claims (3)

In a parking lot having a plurality of parking floors, in a control device for an automobile elevator equipped with an operation control device for controlling the operation of an elevator car that moves up and down between the reference floor landing floor and the floor to be parked,
Parking information such as the number of cars using the parking lot, the floor to be parked, and the parking lot number is transmitted to the operation control device by the contractor's operation, and it is entered into the contractor number list provided in the operation control device. A number registration device for registration, and a number reading device for automatically reading the number of a car parked at a predetermined position on the reference floor landing floor, and transmitting this reading number to the operation control device,
In the operation control device, the reading number transmitted from the number reading device is compared with the number of the registered car in the contractor number list, and if the number exists, the elevator car call is registered. And a control means for automatically operating the elevator car carrying the registered car to the floor where the registered car should be parked.   When the visitor visits the operation control device, the visitor vehicle information such as the visitor vehicle number, the floor to be parked, and the parking lot number transmitted from the number registration device by the operation of the contractor is the contractor number list. 2. The control device for an automobile elevator according to claim 1, further comprising control means for temporarily registering in a separate temporary registration list.   The operation control device always receives the parking status information from the vehicle detector provided in the visitor space of the parking lot, and when the visitor exits the visitor space, the visitor vehicle information is automatically obtained from the temporary registration list. 3. The control device for an automobile elevator according to claim 2, further comprising control means for deleting the vehicle.

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