JP2006151630A - Landing call registration device for elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve problems in conventional landing call registration devices for elevators, that they need key switches, ten key devices, card readers, touch panels, etc., to make a large restriction to design of a landing, that the ten key devices and card readers are expensive, and that keys or cards need be carried to cause a hassle. <P>SOLUTION: This device is provided with a first control means to set landing button operation time for selection by a landing button, and recognition of a specific user without making a landing call registration in initial pressing operation to the landing button, and a second control means for recognition of the specific user by pressing operation to the landing button, or sequential pressing operation to a plurality of landing buttons in a prescribed combination within set landing button operation time. After recognition of the specific user by the control means, the landing button selected by the first control means is registered as a landing call. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a hall call registration device that allows only a specific person to use an elevator on a specific floor.

As a conventional hall call registration device that only a specific person can use an elevator on a specific floor, for example, on the specific person's boarding floor, an external device dedicated to the specific person (so that a general user cannot use the elevator) A numeric keypad password registration device) is provided, and a hall call registration of a specific person is performed by inputting a password.
In addition, the hall call registration has been made possible by providing external devices such as a key switch, a numeric keypad device, and a card reader device (see Patent Document 1).
In addition, in the present age of aging, consideration for demented elderly people is indispensable, and in conjunction with a security device installed at the landing on the corresponding floor so that it is not possible to go out alone using the elevator alone at night, Devices that cannot register a hall call simply by pressing the hall button once, for example, a device that registers the call by changing the display position of the hall button displayed on the touch panel of the hall and operating the hall button at multiple positions are proposed. (See Patent Document 2).

JP-A-5-132244 JP 2000-128444 A

In the conventional elevator hall call registration device,
Key switch, ten-key device, card reader device, touch panel, etc. are required, which is a great restriction on the hall design, the ten-key device and card reader device are expensive, and carry keys or cards There are problems such as annoyance.
In addition, it may be possible to restrict the use of elevators from specific floors at specific times, such as at night, using a timer, but in this case, specific persons can no longer use the elevators, which is a means of transportation between floors. The convenience of the elevator will be reduced.
The present invention has been made to solve the above problems.

The elevator hall call registration device according to the present invention is:
□ In an elevator hall call registration device in which a hall button having a UP hall call button and / or a DOWN hall call button is installed at a specific elevator hall,
By selecting the UP or DOWN direction hall call with the hall call button, the hall button operation time is set to recognize the specific user without registering the hall call in the first operation of this hall call button. First control means for
Recognizing that the user is a specific user by operating the hall button a plurality of times or sequentially operating the hall buttons in a predetermined combination within the hall button operation time set by the first control means. Second control means for
After the specific user is recognized by the second control means, the direction of the hall call selected by the first control means is registered as a hall call.

  According to the elevator call registration device of the present invention, the elevator can be used only by a specific passenger who is aware of the hall call registration method by a simple visual operation, and a special device is installed at the hall. Since there is no need for installation, the hall call registration device can be realized at low cost without being restricted by the hall design.

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.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an outline of an elevator hall call registration device according to each embodiment of the present invention. In this hall call registration device, a hall call for registering an UP hall call for a general person in the elevator hall. Button 2, a hall call button 3 for registering a DOWN hall call for general persons, a hall call button 4 for registering an UP hall call for wheelchairs, and a hall call button 5 for registering a DOWN hall call for wheelchairs Is installed. The signals of these buttons are transmitted to the elevator control device 1 that controls the raising and lowering of the elevator cab, and the response lights of the hall call buttons are lit as described later with the electric power from the control device.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a hall call registration operation procedure according to the first embodiment of the present invention (note that FIG. 2 shows the wheelchair UP hall call button 4 and wheelchair DOWN shown in FIG. 1 at the hall). This is a case where the hall call button 5 is not installed).
The call registration in the UP direction of the elevator car by a specific passenger who can use the elevator on a specific floor and pressing the UP hall call registration button for general users will be described below with reference to FIGS.
When a specific passenger who can use the elevator presses the general passenger UP hall call button 2 on the boarding floor (S1), the response lamp of the general public UP hall call button 2 flickers for a predetermined time (S2). While the response light of the general user UP hall call button 2 is flickering, the same general person hall call button 2 is pressed three times, for example, to recognize that it is a specific user (S3). The response lamp of the UP hall call button 2 for the passenger changes from flicker to lighting (S4), and the UP registration call for the general person is registered (S5) and the call registration is displayed. In this way, only a specific person can use the elevator on the specific floor.
If the same general hall call button cannot be pressed three times while the response light of the general UP call button is flickering, the response light flicker is turned off (S6).
If call registration is necessary, the above operation may be performed again.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a hall call registration operation procedure according to the second embodiment of the present invention. (FIG. 3 shows the case where the wheelchair UP hall call button 4 and the wheelchair DOWN hall call button 5 shown in FIG. 1 are not installed at the hall, and the operation is performed at the hall on the intermediate floor.) .
Hereinafter, based on FIG. 1 and FIG. 3, a general-use UP hall call registration operation by a specific passenger who can use an elevator on an intermediate floor will be described.

When a specific passenger who can use the elevator presses the general hall UP hall call button 2 on the intermediate floor boarding floor (S1), the response lamp of the general public UP hall call button 2 flickers for a predetermined time (S2). ). While the response light of the general user UP hall call button is flickering, press the general person DOWN hall call button 3 (S6), and then press the general user UP hall call button 2 (S7). When the general-purpose DOWN hall call button 3 is pressed again to recognize that it is a specific user (S8), the response light of the general-purpose UP hall call button 2 changes from flicker to lighting (S4), and the general-purpose UP When the hall call is registered (S5), the fact that the call is registered is displayed. In this way, only a specific person can use the elevator on the specific floor.
That is, in this case, first press the UP hall call button 2 for the general public in the desired UP direction, press the landing button in sequence, and finally press the DOWN hall call button 3 for the general public. The hall call of the UP hall call button is registered.
If the hall button cannot be pressed in the above order while the response light of the general person UP hall call button 2 is flickering, the answer light flicker is turned off (S6).

Embodiment 3 FIG.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a hall call registration operation procedure according to the third embodiment of the present invention.
A wheelchair UP hall call registration operation by a specific passenger who can use an elevator will be described below with reference to FIGS.
When a specific passenger who can use the elevator presses the wheelchair UP hall call button 4 on the boarding floor (S9), the response light of the wheelchair UP hall call button 4 flickers for a predetermined time (S10). While the answering light of the wheelchair UP hall call button 4 is flickering, the general person UP hall call button 2 is pushed (S11), and then the wheelchair DOWN hall call button 5 is pushed (S12), Finally, when the general person DOWN hall call button 3 is pressed to recognize that the user is a specific user (S8), the response light of the wheelchair UP hall call button 4 changes from flicker to lighting (S13), and the wheelchair UP A landing call is registered (S14), and the fact that the call is registered is lit up. In this way, only a specific person can use the elevator on the specific floor.
That is, in this case, the user presses the UP hall call button 4 for the wheelchair in the desired UP direction first, then the general person UP hall call button 2, the wheel chair DOWN hall call button 5, and the general person DOWN hall call button By pushing in the order of 3, the wheelchair UP hall call that was pushed first is registered.
If the hall button cannot be pressed in the above order while the answer light of the wheelchair UP hall call button 4 is flickering, the answer light flicker is turned off (15).
In addition, regarding the order of pressing the landing buttons on the specific boarding floor, the combination call can be freely revised by pressing the landing call button to be registered first and, for example, by predetermining that the landing button operation is three times. Is possible.

It is a block diagram which shows the outline of the elevator hall call registration apparatus in each embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the hall call registration operation procedure which is Embodiment 1 by this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the hall call registration operation procedure which is Embodiment 2 by this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the hall call registration operation procedure which is Embodiment 3 by this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Elevator control apparatus 2 UP hall call button for general people 3 DOWN hall call button for general people 4 UP hall call button for wheelchairs 5 DOWN hall call button for wheelchairs

Claims (4)

In an elevator hall call registration device in which a hall button having an UP hall call button and / or a DOWN hall call button is installed at a specific elevator hall,
By selecting the UP or DOWN direction hall call with the hall call button, the hall button operation time is set to recognize the specific user without registering the hall call in the first operation of this hall call button. First control means for
Recognizing that the user is a specific user by operating the hall button a plurality of times or sequentially operating the hall buttons in a predetermined combination within the hall button operation time set by the first control means. Second control means for
An elevator hall call registration device for registering a direction of a hall call selected by the first control means as a hall call after recognition of a specific user by the second control means. In an elevator hall call registration device in which a hall button having an UP hall call button and a DOWN hall call button is installed at a specific elevator hall on the intermediate floor,
By selecting the UP or DOWN direction hall call with the hall call button, the hall button operation time is set to recognize the specific user without registering the hall call in the first operation of this hall call button. First control means for
Recognizing that the user is a specific user by operating the hall button a plurality of times or sequentially operating the hall buttons in a predetermined combination within the hall button operation time set by the first control means. Second control means for
An elevator hall call registration device for registering a direction of a hall call operated first as a hall call after recognition of a specific user by the second control means. Elevator hall with a specific elevator hall equipped with a hall button with a general UP hall call button, a wheelchair UP hall call button, and / or a general person DOWN hall call button, and a wheelchair DOWN hall call button In the call registration device,
By selecting the UP or DOWN direction hall call with the wheelchair hall call button, the hall for recognizing that the user is a specific user without registering the hall call by operating this wheelchair hall call button First control means for setting a button operation time;
Recognizing that the user is a specific user by operating the hall button a plurality of times or sequentially operating the hall buttons in a predetermined combination within the hall button operation time set by the first control means. Second control means for
An elevator hall call registration device for registering a direction of a hall call selected by the first control means as a hall call after recognition of a specific user by the second control means. Elevator halls with specific elevator halls on the middle floor, with hall buttons for general users, UP hall call buttons for wheelchairs, UP hall call buttons for wheelchairs, DOWN hall call buttons for general people, and DOWN hall call buttons for wheelchairs In the call registration device,
By selecting the UP or DOWN direction hall call with the wheelchair hall call button, the hall for recognizing that the user is a specific user without registering the hall call by operating this wheelchair hall call button First control means for setting a button operation time;
Recognizing that the user is a specific user by operating the hall button a plurality of times or sequentially operating the hall buttons in a predetermined combination within the hall button operation time set by the first control means. Second control means for
An elevator hall call registration device for registering the direction of a hall call operated first after the recognition of a specific user by the second control means as a hall call.

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