JP2006143451A - Elevator operation device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an elevator operation device capable of discriminating and registering a general call and an exclusive call by a common one push-button switch, without arranging a wheelchair detecting device. <P>SOLUTION: This elevator operation device operates an elevator in response to respective calls by discriminating and registering the exclusive call by a wheelchair user and a physically disabled person and the general call by a general user; and comprises a determining means for discriminating and registering the fact by recognizing the fact as the general call or the exclusive call when the call is not registered again, by recognizing the fact as the exclusive call or the general call when the call is registered again, by confirming whether or not the call is registered again within predetermined time, after the call is registered to a call button, by respectively arranging the call button for up and down by one in a floor landing or a car. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an elevator driving device, and more particularly to an elevator driving device capable of identifying and registering a dedicated call by a wheelchair user or a disabled person and a general call by a general user with a common operation button.

  Normally, wheelchair-type elevators used by wheelchair users and persons with physical disabilities require more time to get on and off the wheelchair users than normal users. It is set longer than the case of the user.

  For this reason, it is necessary to identify and register exclusive calls by wheelchair users and general users and general calls by general users. Therefore, a dedicated call pushbutton switch and a general call pushbutton switch are provided in each floor platform and car. When separately provided or shared by one pushbutton switch, a wheelchair detection device is installed separately, and the call when the wheelchair detection device operates is recognized as a dedicated call, and the wheelchair detection device does not operate The call was recognized as a general call (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP-A-10-330052 (paragraphs 0002-0015)

  Since the conventional elevator operation apparatus is configured as described above, if a dedicated call pushbutton switch and a general call pushbutton switch are provided separately, a general user mistakenly presses the dedicated call pushbutton switch. In this case, since the door opening time is extended, there is a problem that the operation efficiency of the elevator deteriorates.

  In addition, when a single pushbutton switch is shared, whether or not the call is a dedicated call is determined depending on whether or not the wheelchair detection device is operated. There were problems such as inability to apply.

  Furthermore, since there was no announcement to elevator users or means for improving services, it was difficult to determine the registration status of calls, and there was a problem that the users might be worried.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems. A common push button switch (up and down call buttons) can be used for a dedicated call and a general call without installing a wheelchair detection device or the like. It is an object of the present invention to provide an elevator driving apparatus that can identify and register each one), can apply a dedicated call to calls other than wheelchairs, and can easily recognize the registration status of calls.

  The elevator driving apparatus according to the present invention is an elevator that identifies and registers a dedicated call by a wheelchair user, a disabled person, etc. and a general call by a general user, and operates the elevator in response to each call. In the driving device, one up / down call button is provided in each floor landing or car, and after the call registration is performed for the call button, the call registration is performed again within a predetermined time. If the call registration is performed again, it is recognized as a dedicated call or general call. If the call registration is not performed again, it is recognized as a general call or dedicated call and registered for identification. It is provided with the determination means to do.

  The elevator operation apparatus according to the present invention is configured as described above, and can identify and register a dedicated call and a general call with a single pushbutton switch, and does not require a wheelchair detection device. Can be provided at low cost.

  In addition, when a general call and a dedicated call are registered, an announcement corresponding to the announcement is made easy to understand the call registration status, and there is no mischievous call such as a general user deliberately selecting a dedicated call. In addition, since the general call and the dedicated call can be easily confirmed by the lighting means, and the switching registration and deregistration between the general call and the dedicated call are easy, the user can use the elevator with peace of mind.

  In addition, an LED is incorporated around the registration lamp provided in or near the call button, and this LED has a dedicated call display function. Can be eliminated.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a front layout in a floor landing, and illustrates a group management system in which two elevators, a general car and a wheelchair car, are installed. FIG. 2 is an enlarged schematic view showing the configuration of the floor landing button provided between two elevators.

  In FIG. 1, the elevator is composed of a first car 1 as a general car and a second car 2 as a wheelchair car, and is provided with a common floor landing button 3 for a general call and a dedicated call at an intermediate part thereof. .

  FIG. 2 shows the detailed structure of the floor landing button 3. The up button 4, the up button registration lamp 5 provided in the up button 4 that flickers or lights when the up button 4 is registered, and the up button registration lamp 5 are shown. An up push button device is configured with an up dedicated button registration lamp 6 that is configured by incorporating LEDs around and is turned on when a dedicated call is registered. A down button 7 and a flicker or The down button registration lamp 8 that is turned on and the down button registration lamp 9 that is configured by incorporating an LED around the down button registration lamp 8 and that is turned on when a dedicated call is registered constitute a down push button device.

  Next, the call registration operation of the up button in the first embodiment will be described based on the flowchart shown in FIG. Note that the call registration operation of the down button is the same as that of the up button, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

  First, in step S1, it is checked whether or not the user has registered by pressing the up button 4 common to general and dedicated calls installed at the floor landing. If the call is registered, the up button registration lamp 5 is flickered in step S2. At the same time, an announcement is made in step S3 to inform the user of call registration of the up button 4. Announcement is made with the following contents, for example. “For wheelchair users, press the button again. For general users, please wait.”

Next, in step S4, it is checked whether or not the up button 4 is pressed again within a predetermined time from the start of flicker of the up button registration lamp 5, for example, within X seconds, and the call is re-registered.
If the up button 4 is pressed again within X seconds, it is registered as a dedicated call in step S5. As for the setting of X seconds, an appropriate time can be fixedly set or freely changed according to the parameters of the elevator control device. It is also possible to automatically adjust to an appropriate time in real time according to the congestion status of the elevator and the service status.

When the dedicated call is registered in step S5, the flicker of the up button registration lamp 5 is turned on in step S6, and the up dedicated button registration lamp 6 is lit in step S7.
For example, the up button registration lamp 5 is lit in orange, and the up dedicated button registration lamp 6 is lit in blue. The reason for changing the lighting color between the up button registration lamp 5 and the up dedicated button registration lamp 6 is to enable the wheelchair user to easily identify and determine that the dedicated call has been registered.

  At the same time as the up-only button registration lamp 6 is turned on, an announcement is made in step S8 to inform the user of the registration status and the elevator service status. Announcement is made with the following contents, for example. “Now we have registered for the wheelchair call for the upward direction. The wheelchair elevator on the right side will arrive. Please wait for a while.”

  If the up button 4 is not pressed again within X seconds in step S4, it is registered as a general call in step S9. Note that the judgment of general calls and dedicated calls can be changed according to the building usage status and customer request. For example, when the up button 4 is pressed again within X seconds after the flicker of the up button registration lamp 5 starts. It is also possible to register as a general call and register as a dedicated call when the up button 4 is not pressed again within X seconds.

When a general call is registered in step S9, the flicker of the up button registration lamp 5 changes to lighting in step S10. At this time, the up dedicated button registration lamp 6 is not lit.
At the same time as the up button registration lamp 5 is turned on, an announcement is made in step S11 to notify the user of the registration status. Announcement is made with the following contents, for example.
“Now we ’ve accepted the call registration in the upward direction.

  When a wheelchair user tries to register a dedicated call, if a general call has already been registered, for example, if an upward general call has already been registered in steps S9 to S11, the up button is pressed once again. By pressing 4, the general call can be switched to the registration of a dedicated call. For this reason, it is checked in step S12 whether or not the up button 4 has been pressed once after the general call is registered. If pressed, the general call registration is switched to the dedicated call registration in step S13.

In this embodiment, since the two elevators consisting of No. 1 and No. 2 are in multi-car operation, existing general calls are assigned to No. 1 and new calls are newly assigned to No. 2 in step S14. In step S15, the first machine 1 is divided into a general operation and the second machine 2 is divided into a wheelchair operation.
By carrying out such a driving division by switching, not only wheelchair calls but also other calls such as VIP can be widely applied.

If it is necessary to cancel the registered up call once, it can be canceled by pressing the up button 4 twice in succession.
For this reason, after the up call registration in step S16, it is checked whether or not the up button 4 has been pressed twice more. If the button is pressed twice in succession, the call is canceled in step S17. If the up button registration lamp 5 and the up dedicated button registration lamp 6 are lit, the call is turned off in step S18.

In step S19, it is announced that the call has been canceled.
Announcement is made with the following contents, for example.
“Now we have unregistered the call.”

  After that, the general call is registered, and when either the first car 1 or the second car 2 arrives at the registration floor, a general user operation is performed in step S20, and the wheelchair-only call is registered, and the second car 2 When the wheelchair-only car arrives at the registration floor, wheelchair-specific driving is performed in step S20.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a general call dedicated call invalid switch installed in a form added to the elevator monitoring panel in the second embodiment. Since the basic configuration of the elevator and the configuration of the landing buttons in the floor landing are the same as those in the first embodiment, illustration and description are omitted.

  The general call dedicated call invalid switch 10 shown in FIG. 3 is a three-point changeover switch for switching the OFF position 11, the general call invalid position 12 and the dedicated call invalid position 13, and signals corresponding to OFF, general call invalid and dedicated call invalid are displayed. It is set not to turn on at the same time.

  Hereinafter, the operation of the apparatus in which the general call exclusive call invalid switch 10 is added to the monitoring panel will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. The flowchart of FIG. 5 is obtained by adding steps S21 to S27 to the flowchart of the first embodiment shown in FIG.

  In step S21, it is checked whether or not the general call dedicated call invalid switch 10 is installed on the monitoring panel. If it is not installed, the process proceeds to step S1 and operates according to the flowchart of the first embodiment shown in FIG. If it is installed, it is checked in step S22 whether the switch position is the OFF position 11 or not.

  If it is the OFF position 11, the process proceeds to step S1, and if it is not the OFF position 11, it is checked in step S23 whether it is the general call invalid position 12. In the case of the general call invalid position 12, since the registration of the general call in steps S1 to S20 is invalidated in step S24, the up button 4 and the down button among the floor landing buttons 3 shown in FIG. 7 temporarily functions as a dedicated call button, and when a dedicated call is registered by these buttons, the dedicated button registration lamp 6 or 9 is lit.

  If the switch position is the dedicated call invalid position 13 in step S23, the registration of the dedicated call in steps S1 to S20 is invalidated in steps S25 and S26, so the floor landing button shown in FIG. 3, the up button 4 and the down button 7 temporarily function as general call buttons. Corresponding to these, in the determination of general calls and dedicated calls and announcements, in step S27, one of the functions is disabled and only the other function is operated.

It is a front view which shows the layout of the floor landing in Embodiment 1 of this invention. FIG. 2 is an enlarged schematic diagram illustrating a configuration of a floor landing button in the landing of FIG. 1. It is the schematic which shows the structure of the general call exclusive call invalid switch in Embodiment 2 of this invention. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the first embodiment. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the second embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

  1 Unit 1, 2 Unit 2, 3rd floor landing button, 4 Up button, 5 Up button registration light, 6 Up dedicated button registration light, 7 Down button, 8 Down button registration light, 9 Down dedicated button registration light, 10 General Dedicated call invalid switch, 11 OFF position, 12 General call invalid position, 13 Dedicated call invalid position.

Claims (12)

  In an elevator driving device that identifies and registers exclusive calls by wheelchair users and persons with physical disabilities and general calls by general users, and operates the elevators in response to each call, the floor landing or car One call button for up / down is arranged in each, and after the call registration is performed for the call button, it is confirmed whether the call registration is performed again within a predetermined time. It is provided with a judging means for recognizing a special call or a general call when a call registration is made and recognizing and registering a general call or a special call when a call is not registered again. Elevator operation device.   The elevator operation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined time is set as a fixed time or a time that can be adjusted in accordance with a driving situation.   When call registration is performed on the call button, the disabled person or the general user or the general user presses the call button again, and the general user or the disabled person or the like makes an announcement to wait. The elevator driving device according to claim 1 or 2.   When call registration is performed on the call button, the registration lamp provided in the call button is flickered. When the call type is identified after a predetermined time has elapsed, the flicker of the registration lamp is changed to lighting. The elevator operation device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the elevator operation device is configured as described above.   The elevator driving apparatus according to claim 4, wherein an LED is incorporated around the registration lamp, the registration lamp is turned on for a general call, and the LED is turned on for a dedicated call.   6. The elevator operation apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the registration lamp and the LED have different lighting colors.   The elevator operation apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein after the call identification and registration, an announcement corresponding to the registered content is performed.   The elevator operation apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein after the call identification and registration, the call registration is canceled by pressing the call button twice.   9. The elevator operation apparatus according to claim 8, wherein when the call registration is canceled, the registration lamp or the LED is turned off and a registration cancellation announcement is made.   10. A switch registration means for switching and registering a general call to a dedicated call when the call button is pressed once when a general call is registered is provided. The elevator operation device according to item.   11. The elevator monitoring panel is provided with a switch for disabling a general call or a dedicated call so that the call button can be used as a dedicated call only or a general call only. The elevator driving device according to claim 1.   The elevator operation apparatus according to claim 11, wherein when the general call or the dedicated call is invalidated by the switch, the switching registration means is invalidated.

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