JP2006176312A - Elevator device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an elevator device capable of providing the crime preventive function at low cost. <P>SOLUTION: When a crime preventive operational button 8 is operated, a control device 19 moves a car 1 to a target floor through a direct operation, and picks up an image of a landing place of the target floor by a camera 11 for picking up the image of the landing place after the car 1 arrives at the target floor. When the crime preventive operational button 8 is operated, the control device 19 validates an in-car alarm button 9 and invalidates the in-car alarm button 9 after the car 1 arrives at the target floor. In addition, when the crime preventive operational button 8 is operated and the target floor is registered, the control device 19 validates a landing place alarm button 16 of the target floor, and invalidates the landing place alarm button 16 after the car 1 arrives at the target floor. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an elevator apparatus having a crime prevention function.

  In the conventional elevator apparatus, infrared sensors and TV cameras are provided at the halls on all floors. When a person is detected by the infrared sensors, the halls are photographed by the TV cameras, and the halls are monitored by monitor devices in the car. A video is displayed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-209016

  In the conventional elevator apparatus as described above, since it is necessary to install infrared sensors and television cameras at the landings of all floors, the cost increases.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object thereof is to obtain an elevator apparatus that can be provided with a crime prevention function at low cost.

  An elevator apparatus according to the present invention includes a car, a crime prevention operation button provided in at least one of the car, the hall, and the hall, a hall photography camera that is provided in the car and photographs the hall through the car entrance and the hall entrance, and It is equipped with a control device that controls the camera for driving the car and shooting the hall, and when the crime prevention operation button is operated, the control device moves the car to the destination floor by direct driving, and shooting the hall after the car arrives at the destination floor. Take a picture of the landing on the destination floor with a camera.

  The elevator apparatus of the present invention is provided with a crime prevention operation button in at least one of the inside of the car and the hall, and a car for shooting the hall through the car entrance and the hall entrance and exit is provided in the car, and the crime prevention operation button is operated. Then, the car is moved to the destination floor by direct operation, and after the car arrives at the destination floor, the landing floor shooting camera is used to photograph the landing on the destination floor. A security function can be provided at a cost.

The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a main part of an elevator apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In the figure, the car 1 is provided with a car doorway 1a. The car entrance 1 a is opened and closed by a car door 2. A car operation panel 3 is provided in the car 1. The car operation panel 3 is provided with a plurality of destination floor buttons 4, a door opening button 5, a door closing button 6, a display 7, a crime prevention operation button 8, and an in-car alarm button 9.

  Also, on the ceiling of the car 1, there are an in-car shooting camera 10 for shooting the inside of the car 1, and a landing shooting camera 11 for shooting the hall through the car doorway 1 a and the landing doorway 12 when the car 1 is landed. Is provided.

  The hall entrance 12 on each floor is opened and closed by a hall door 13. A landing button device 14 is provided at the landing on each floor. The hall button device 14 is provided with a call button 15, a hall warning button 16 and an indicator lamp 17. At the hall on the entrance floor, there is provided a monitor device 18 for displaying images shot by the car shooting camera 10 and the hall shooting camera 11. Moreover, the monitor apparatus 18 can be installed in other places, such as a manager's room, for example.

  The operation of the car 1 is controlled by the control device 19. The control device 19 also controls the car shooting camera 10, the hall shooting camera 11, the indicator lamp 17, and the monitor device 18. The in-car photographing camera 10, the landing photographing camera 11, and the control device 19 are electrically connected to devices in the car 1, that is, the car operation panel 3, via a control cable 20. The hall button device 14 and the monitor device 18 are also electrically connected to the control device 19.

  When the crime prevention operation button 8 is operated, the control device 19 moves the car 1 to the destination floor by direct operation, and after the car 1 arrives at the destination floor, the hall photographing camera 11 photographs the hall on the destination floor. Further, when the crime prevention operation button 8 is operated, the control device 19 validates the in-car alarm button 9 and invalidates the in-car alarm button 9 after the car 1 arrives at the destination floor. Further, when the crime prevention operation button 8 is operated and the destination floor is registered, the control device 19 enables the landing warning button 16 on the destination floor, and disables the landing warning button 16 after the car 1 arrives at the destination floor. To do.

  The in-car alarm button 9 and the landing alarm button 16 are connected to an alarm device (not shown) provided in the car 1, the manager room, and other places in the building. As the alarm device, an alarm, an automatic notification device, or the like is used. When these alarm buttons 9 and 16 are operated when the alarm buttons 9 and 16 are activated, the alarm device is activated, and an abnormal situation occurs in the passengers in the car 1, the manager, the people in the building, etc. Can be informed.

  The car photographing camera 10 always photographs the car 1. On the other hand, the hall photographing camera 11 is normally in an OFF state, and is turned on only when necessary by a command from the control device 19 to photograph the hall. Images taken by the cameras 10 and 11 can be recorded and saved by a recording device (not shown) such as a video recording device.

  Next, the operation will be described. When the call button 15 is operated at the landing and a call is registered in the control device 19, the car 1 is moved to the floor where the operated call button 15 is located, that is, the departure floor. When the floor on which the monitor device 18 is provided is the departure floor, the video in the car 1 is displayed on the monitor device 18, so the user can confirm in advance that there is no suspicious person in the car 1. it can. When the car 1 arrives at the departure floor, the car door 2 and the landing door 13 are opened. Accordingly, the user gets into the car 1 and selects and operates the destination floor button 4 on the destination floor.

  At this time, if the crime prevention operation button 8 is not operated, the operation mode of the car 1 by the control device 19 remains in the normal operation mode, and the car 1 is moved to the destination floor in the normal operation mode. In the normal operation mode, if a call is registered on the floor between the departure floor and the destination floor, the car 1 is moved to the destination floor while the car 1 is stopped on all of the registered floors.

  On the other hand, when the destination floor button 4 is operated after the crime prevention operation button 8 is operated, the operation mode of the car 1 by the control device 19 is switched to the crime prevention operation mode.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the control device 19 of FIG. 1 in the crime prevention operation mode. In FIG. 2, illustrations of operations (door opening and closing, etc.) similar to those in the normal operation mode are omitted. In the crime prevention operation mode, first, the in-car alarm button 9 is activated (step S1), and the landing alarm button 16 on the destination floor is activated (step S2). Then, after the car door 2 and the landing door 13 are closed, the car 1 is directly operated to the destination floor (step S3). That is, in the crime prevention operation mode, even if a call is registered on the floor between the departure floor and the destination floor, the car 1 is not stopped on the intermediate floor.

  Thereafter, the control device 19 monitors whether the car 1 arrives at the destination floor and the door opening operation is started (step S4). Then, when the door opening operation is started on the destination floor, the hall shooting camera 11 is turned on and the hall shooting is started (step S5). When the landing shooting camera 11 is in the ON state, the shooting indicator lamp 17 is turned on to inform the person at the landing that the landing is being shot.

  The car door 2 and the landing door 13 are closed after a predetermined time since all the doors are opened. The control device 19 monitors whether or not the door closing operations of the car door 2 and the landing door 13 have been completed (step S6). When the door closing operation is completed, it is determined that the passenger in the car 1 has got off, the car alarm button 9 is invalidated (step S7), and the landing alarm button 16 on the destination floor is invalidated (step S8). The hall shooting camera 11 is turned off (step S9).

  In such an elevator apparatus, a crime prevention operation button 8 is provided in the car 1 and a hall photographing camera 11 for photographing the hall through the car entrance 1a and the hall entrance 12 is provided in the car 1, and the crime prevention operation button 8 is operated. Then, the car 1 is moved to the destination floor by direct driving, and after the car 1 arrives at the destination floor, the landing shooting camera 11 is used to photograph the landing on the destination floor. Therefore, it is necessary to provide the landing shooting camera 11 for each landing. No crime prevention function can be provided at low cost.

  That is, in the crime prevention operation mode, the hall on the destination floor can be photographed by the hall photography camera 11 in the car 1, so that crimes at the hall after the user gets out of the car 1 can be suppressed. Here, since the camera 11 for hall | photography can image | photograph a hall only when the door is opened, it is suitable to set the all-doors open holding time in the destination floor longer than usual in a crime prevention driving mode. As a result, the hall can be photographed for a longer period of time, and crime prevention can be improved. The all-doors open holding time in the crime prevention operation mode may be a time sufficient for the user to move from the landing to the living room or a time sufficient for leaving the landing.

In addition, since the in-car alarm button 9 is activated by operating the crime prevention operation button 8, when the passenger is attacked in the car 1 by the passenger, the in-car alarm button 9 causes the outside of the car 1 to move outside. Can inform people of abnormalities and ask for help.
Furthermore, since the in-car alarm button 9 is disabled after the door is closed on the destination floor, the alarm device does not operate even if it is operated by mistake or mischief during normal operation, and annoyance and confusion can be avoided. .

Furthermore, in the crime prevention driving mode, the landing warning button 16 on the destination floor is validated, so that when an abnormality occurs at the landing on the destination floor, it is possible to notify other people of the abnormality and seek help.
In addition, the landing warning button 16 is only for the target floor during the crime prevention operation and is invalidated during the normal operation, so that the alarm device does not operate even if it is operated by a misoperation or mischief during the normal operation. Can avoid confusion.

  Furthermore, since the indicator lamp 17 is lit during shooting by the hall shooting camera 11, crimes at the hall can be more effectively suppressed.

In the above example, the car alarm button 9 and the destination hall alarm button 16 are invalidated together with the door closing on the destination floor, but are invalidated after a set time has elapsed regardless of the door closing. You may do it.
In the above example, the crime prevention operation button 8 is provided only in the car 1, but a crime prevention operation button may be provided at the landing. That is, the operation mode may be switched to the crime prevention operation mode by operating the crime prevention operation button at the time of registration of the call at the landing.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the second embodiment, in addition to the configuration of FIG. 1, the hall button device 14 is also provided with a crime prevention operation button (not shown). And the control apparatus 19 performs driving | operation by a crime prevention driving mode also at the time of the movement of the cage | basket | car 1 to a departure floor.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the control device 19 according to the second embodiment of the present invention in the crime prevention operation mode. When operating the hall button 15, when the security driving button of the hall is operated, the driving mode is switched to the security driving mode, and the car 1 is moved to the departure floor where the hall where the security driving button was operated is moved. The departure floor hall warning button 16 is activated (step S11).

  Thereafter, the control device 19 monitors whether the car 1 has arrived at the departure floor and the door opening operation has been started (step S12). Then, when the door opening operation is started on the departure floor, the landing shooting camera 11 is turned on, and shooting of the departure floor landing is started (step S13). When the hall shooting camera 11 is in the ON state, the hall indicator 17 on the departure floor is turned on.

  Next, the control device 19 monitors whether or not the destination floor has been registered (step S14). When the destination floor is registered, it is determined that the user waiting on the departure floor has entered the car 1 and the departure floor hall warning button 16 is invalidated (step S15).

  Subsequently, the control device 19 monitors whether or not the door closing operation has been completed (step S16). When the door closing operation on the departure floor is completed, the hall shooting camera 11 is turned off and the shooting of the departure floor hall is terminated (step S17).

  The operation from when the destination floor is registered to when the car 2 moves to the destination floor and leaves the destination floor can be the same as in the first embodiment (FIG. 2).

In such an elevator apparatus, since the hall where the user is waiting for the car 1 can be taken by the hall shooting camera 11, it is not necessary to provide the hall shooting camera 11 for each hall, and the security function can be provided at low cost. Can be given.
In addition, since the hall warning button 16 on the departure floor is activated by operating the crime prevention operation button, when a user waiting for the car 1 is attacked at the hall, the hall warning button 16 You can inform the manager and the manager of the abnormality and ask for help.

In the above example, the hall photography camera 11 is arranged on the ceiling in the car 1, but may be arranged at other positions such as a car room wall facing the car entrance.
In the above example, the car shooting camera 10 and the hall shooting camera 11 are provided separately. However, by moving the shooting range of one camera, the car shooting camera is moved to the hall shooting camera. May also be used.
Furthermore, in the above example, only one hall shooting camera 11 is provided, but a plurality of hall shooting cameras may be provided in the car.

Furthermore, in the above example, the operation of the car 1 and the camera 11 for shooting the hall are controlled by one controller 19, but the controller may be divided into a plurality of controllers for each function. For example, the control unit of the hall shooting camera may be mounted on a car.
In the above example, the operation mode can be switched to the crime prevention operation mode by operating the destination floor button or the landing button after operating the crime prevention operation button. The operation mode may be switched to the crime prevention operation mode by operating the operation button. For example, even after the operation of the destination floor button or the landing button, it may be possible to switch to the crime prevention operation mode by the crime prevention operation button within a predetermined time. Further, for example, after the operation of the destination floor button, it is possible to switch to the crime prevention operation mode by the crime prevention operation button until all the doors are closed.
Furthermore, in the above example, the hall shooting camera was turned off at the same time as all the doors were closed, but there is a possibility that it will be opened again for some reason. It may be turned off.

It is a block diagram which shows the principal part of the elevator apparatus by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement in the crime prevention operation mode of the control apparatus of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement in the crime prevention operation mode of the control apparatus by Embodiment 2 of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Car, 1a Car entrance / exit, 8 Crime prevention operation button, 9 Car inside alarm button, 11 Landing camera, 12 Landing entrance / exit, 16 Landing alarm button, 19 Control device.

Claims (5)

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Crime prevention operation button provided in at least one of the above car and hall,
A camera for taking a picture of the hall through the car entrance and the hall entrance provided in the car, and a control device for controlling the operation of the car and the camera for taking the hall,
When the crime prevention operation button is operated, the control device moves the car to the destination floor by direct operation, and after the car arrives at the destination floor, photographs the hall on the destination floor with the hall shooting camera. The elevator apparatus characterized by this. The car further includes a car alarm button provided in the car,
2. The control device according to claim 1, wherein when the crime prevention operation button is operated, the in-car alarm button is validated and the in-car alarm button is invalidated after the car has arrived at a destination floor. The elevator apparatus as described. A hall warning button provided at the hall is further provided,
When the crime prevention operation button is operated and the destination floor is registered, the control device enables the landing warning button on the destination floor and disables the landing warning button after the car arrives at the destination floor. The elevator apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized by the above. Basket,
Crime prevention operation button provided at the landing,
A camera for taking a picture of the hall through the car entrance and the hall entrance provided in the car, and a control device for controlling the operation of the car and the camera for taking the hall,
When the crime prevention operation button is operated, the control device moves the car to the departure floor where the landing where the crime prevention operation button was operated is, and after the arrival of the car at the departure floor, the landing photographing camera An elevator apparatus characterized by taking a picture of a landing on the departure floor. A hall warning button provided at the hall is further provided,
The elevator apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the control device activates the hall warning button on the departure floor when the crime prevention operation button is operated.

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