JP2007290851A - Announcing device of elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an announcing device of an elevator capable of coping with change of message easily. <P>SOLUTION: Announcing management devices 3, 7 issue messages based on message issuing orders when detecting the message issuing orders from an elevator controller 11. The announcing management devices 3, 7 input message issuing situation of message into the elevator controller 11 through a transmission controller 12. The elevator controller 11 controls message issuing start timing of the announcing management devices 3, 7 by controlling outputting of the message issuing orders into the announcing management devices 3, 7 based on the message issuing situation of message. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an elevator announcement device that issues a message to an elevator user.

  In the conventional apparatus, in order to prevent different messages from being issued at the same time at the hall or the like, the elevator control device determines whether the broadcast device is on the car or the hall based on a preset priority. On the other hand, a notification command is input with priority, and a notification command is input to the other broadcasting device after detecting that the notification of the message has been completed. When the elevator control device outputs a notification command, the elevator control device acquires a notification time for each message stored in the memory, and whether or not the message has been issued based on the elapsed time since the notification command was issued. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

JP-A-11-209002

  In the conventional apparatus as described above, since it is determined whether or not the message has been issued based on the elapsed time since the issue of the notification command, it is necessary to set the notification time every time the message is changed. Yes, the work is troublesome.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an elevator announcement device that can more easily cope with a message change.

  The elevator announcement device according to the present invention detects an alarm control function for outputting an alarm command and an alarm command from the alarm control function, and detects an elevator user based on the alarm command. The alerting function inputs the alerting status of the message to the alerting control function, and the alerting control function is based on the alerting status of the message. By controlling the output of the alarm command to the alarm, the alarm start timing of the alarm function is controlled.

  According to the elevator announcement device of the present invention, the alerting function inputs the alerting status of the message to the alerting control function, and the alerting control function provides the alerting function to the alerting function based on the alerting status of the message. By controlling the output of the notification command, the notification start timing of the notification function is controlled, so it is possible to prevent different messages from being issued at the same time without setting the message notification time. , More easily respond to message changes.

The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
Embodiment 1 FIG.
1 is a block diagram showing an elevator announcement apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In the figure, the car 1 is provided with car reporting means 2 for issuing a message to elevator users in the car 1. The car notification means 2 includes a car announcement management device 3 and a car acoustic speaker 4 for issuing a message.

  At the halls on each floor, hall reporting means 6 for sending messages to elevator users at the halls are arranged. The hall reporting means 6 includes a hall announcement management device 7 arranged at each hall hall and a hall acoustic speaker 8 for sending a message.

  An elevator control panel 10 is disposed in the hoistway (or the machine room above the hoistway). The elevator control panel 10 is provided with an elevator control device 11 that controls the operation of the entire elevator, and a transmission control device 12. The elevator control device 11 and the transmission control device 12 are connected to the car announcement management device 3 via a car signal transmission path 13. The elevator control device 11 and the transmission control device 12 are connected to the hall announcement management device 7 on each floor via a hall signal transmission path 14.

  The elevator control device 11 outputs a notification command to the transmission control device 12. The transmission control device 12 detects which announcement management device 3 or 7 is the notification command input from the elevator control device 11. Further, the transmission control device 12 selects the signal transmission paths 13 and 14 based on the detection result, and issues a notification command to the predetermined announcement management apparatuses 3 and 7 via the signal transmission paths 13 and 14. Output. When the announcement management devices 3 and 7 detect the notification command from the elevator control device 11, the announcement management devices 3 and 7 issue a message based on the notification command. That is, the elevator control device 11 and the transmission control device 12 control the operation of the announcement management devices 3 and 7 by outputting a notification command to the announcement management devices 3 and 7.

  Next, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the elevator control device 11 of FIG. In the figure, the elevator control device 11 is provided with a control device main body 15 and a control device memory 16. The control device main body 15 includes an operation control unit 20, a notification command creation unit 21, an output availability determination unit 22, a control device communication control unit 23, and a notification status monitor unit 24. The control device memory 16 includes a notification condition storage unit 25 and a notification command temporary storage unit 26. The control device main body 15 includes a computer having an information storage unit (RAM and ROM) that stores information such as a program, and an arithmetic unit (CPU) that performs arithmetic processing based on the information stored in the information storage unit. It is.

  The operation control unit 20 controls the operation of the car 1. The notification command creating unit 21 detects the driving status of the car 1 based on the driving status information from the driving control unit 20. Which notification message storage unit 25 is to be notified in which driving situation, for example, when a car 1 is landed on the first floor, a message at the time of landing on the first floor is issued. Information (hereinafter referred to as a notification condition) is stored.

  The reporting command creation unit 21 compares the detected driving condition of the car with the reporting conditions in the reporting condition storage unit 25. In addition, when a predetermined reporting condition is satisfied, the reporting command creating unit 21 creates a reporting command corresponding to the reporting condition. Note that the notification command includes a group number, which is message identification information, and a notification start command. The message group number will be described in detail later.

  The output permission determination unit 22 temporarily stores the notification command generated by the notification command generation unit 21 in the notification command temporary storage unit 26. Further, the output availability determination unit 22 outputs the notification command to the transmission control device 12 via the control device communication control unit 23. The transmission control device 12 inputs the notification command to the predetermined announcement management devices 3 and 7. The announcement management devices 3 and 7 input to the elevator control device 11 a monitoring signal indicating the state of message notification, which will be described in detail later. The reporting status monitor unit 24 monitors the reporting status of messages based on monitoring signals from the announcement management devices 3 and 7.

  Based on the monitoring signal from the announcement management devices 3 and 7, the reporting status monitor unit 24 determines whether or not there are announcement management devices 3 and 7 that issue a message. When the notification status monitoring unit 24 determines that there is the announcement management device 3 or 7 that issues a message, the output availability determination unit 22 indicates that the notification of the message has been completed, and the notification status monitoring unit 24. Suppresses the output of the alert command until it is determined by. In other words, the output availability determination unit 22 controls the output timing of the notification command based on the notification status of the message, thereby controlling the start timing of the message notification of the announcement management devices 3 and 7.

  Here, when the notification command transmitted from the elevator control device 11 to the announcement management devices 3 and 7 passes through the transmission control device 12 and the signal transmission paths 13 and 14, the contents change due to the influence of noise or the like. Sometimes. Specifically, for example, a warning command when landing on the first floor may be changed to a warning command when landing on the second floor.

  The reporting status monitor unit 24 detects which message is being reported based on the monitoring signal from the announcement management devices 3 and 7. The output permission determination unit 22 determines whether a message based on the notification command has been issued after outputting the notification command. Further, when it is determined that there is an abnormality in the message notification based on the output notification command, the output propriety determination unit 22 acquires the notification command from the notification command temporary storage unit 26 and also outputs the notification command. The information command is output again. In this embodiment, the announcement device includes a notification control function (transmission control device 12, notification command creation unit 21, output availability determination unit 22, control device communication control unit 23, notification status monitoring unit 24, notification status A reporting condition storage unit 25 and a reporting command temporary storage unit 26) and a reporting function (car reporting unit 2 and landing reporting unit 6).

  Next, FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the car announcement management device 3 and the hall announcement management device 7 of FIG. In the figure, the announcement management devices 3 and 7 are provided with a management device main body 30, a management device memory 31, a speech synthesizer 32, and an amplifier 33. The management device main body 30 includes a management device communication control unit 35, a message selection unit 36, and a notification status detection unit 37. The management apparatus main body 30 is a computer having an information storage unit (RAM and ROM) that stores information such as programs and a calculation unit (CPU) that performs arithmetic processing based on information stored in the information storage unit. (One-chip microprocessor).

  The management device memory 31 includes an audio data storage unit 39. The voice data storage unit 39 stores voice data of messages. Specifically, the voice data storage unit 39 stores voice data delimited by one or two or more clauses such as “Be careful” and “Get off”. That is, a message is formed by combining a plurality of audio data. The group number of the message included in the notification command indicates a set of each voice data.

  The management device communication control unit 35 inputs a notification command from the elevator control device 11 to the message selection unit 36. The message selection unit 36 inputs information indicating each voice data to the voice synthesizer 32 based on the notification command. The voice synthesizer 32 obtains voice data from the voice data storage unit 39 in a predetermined order based on the information from the message selection unit 36. The voice synthesizer 32 synthesizes voice based on the voice data acquired from the voice data storage unit 39. The amplifier 33 amplifies the voice synthesized by the voice synthesizer 32. The acoustic speakers 4 and 8 issue the sound synthesized by the amplifier 33.

  Further, the message selection unit 36 inputs the group number of the message included in the notification command and information indicating the voice data included in the group to the notification status detection unit 37. The voice synthesizer 32 inputs information indicating the voice data acquired from the voice data storage unit 39 to the reporting status detection unit 37. The alert status detector 37 compares the information from the message selector 36 with the information from the speech synthesizer 32 to detect the alert status of the message. Specifically, the notification status detection unit 37 detects which message is issued based on the group number from the message selection unit 36 and detects information indicating voice data from the message selection unit 36 and detection. The voice data is compared to detect whether the message has been issued or not. That is, the notification status of the message includes information on whether or not the message has been issued and identification information indicating which message has been issued.

  Furthermore, the notification status detection unit 37 inputs the notification status of the detected message to the elevator control device 11 via the management device communication control unit 35 and the transmission control device 12 as a monitoring signal. The elevator control device 11 determines whether or not a message has been issued based on the monitoring signal from the notification status detection unit 37 and whether or not a message has been issued based on the output notification command. Determine.

  Next, the operation will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the temporary storage control operation of the notification command by the output availability determination unit 22 of FIG. In the figure, when the elevator control device 11 is powered on, it is determined whether or not the notification command generating unit 21 has generated a notification command (step S1). At this time, when the reporting command is created by determining that the driving status of the car 1 satisfies a predetermined reporting condition by the reporting command creating unit 21, the reporting command is stored in the reporting command temporary storage unit. 26 is temporarily stored (step S2). The temporary storage control operation of the notification command is repeatedly performed while the elevator control device 11 is powered on.

  Next, FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an output control operation of a warning command by the output availability determination unit 22 of FIG. In the figure, when the elevator control device 11 is powered on, it is determined whether or not a notification command is temporarily stored in the notification command temporary storage unit 26 (step S10). At this time, if it is determined that there is no temporarily stored notification command, the output control operation of this notification command is terminated.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that there is a temporarily stored notification command, it is determined whether there is an announcement management device 3 or 7 that issues a message at that time (step S11). .

  At this time, if it is determined that there are announcement management devices 3 and 7 that issue a message, the output of the issue command is suppressed until the issue of the message is completed (step S12).

  On the other hand, when it is determined that there is no announcement management device 3 or 7 that has issued a message, or when it is determined that the message has been issued, a notification command is issued to the transmission control device 12. Is output (step S13), and the notification command is transmitted to the transmission control device 12 to the predetermined announcement management devices 3 and 7.

  Next, whether or not the message based on the notification command has been normally issued (without error) is determined based on the information from the notification status monitoring unit 24 (step S14), and based on the notification command. When it is determined that there is an abnormality in the message notification, it is determined again whether or not there are the announcement management devices 3 and 7 that issue the message, and then the notification command is output again. . On the other hand, when it is determined that the message based on the notification command has been normally issued, the temporary storage of the notification command is deleted (step S15), and the output control operation of this notification command is completed. Is done. The output control operation of the notification command is repeatedly performed in parallel with the temporary storage control operation of the notification command while the elevator control device 11 is powered on.

  In such an elevator announcement device, the announcement management devices 3 and 7 input the message notification status to the elevator control device 11 via the transmission control device 12, and the elevator control device 11 issues the message notification. Based on the situation, the output start timing of the notification function is controlled by controlling the output of the notification command to the announcement management devices 3 and 7, so that different messages can be set without setting the message notification time. Can be prevented from being issued at the same time, and the change of the message can be handled more easily.

  Further, the elevator control device 11 determines whether or not the announcement management devices 3 and 7 issue function is issuing a message based on the message issue status, and the issue function issues the message. If it is determined that the message has been issued, the output of the notification command to the notification function is suppressed until the notification of the message is completed, so that it is possible to more reliably prevent different messages from being issued simultaneously.

  Furthermore, the elevator control device 11 determines whether or not a message based on the output notification command has been issued based on the notification status of the message, and an abnormality occurs in the notification of the message based on the notification command. If it is determined that the notification command is output to the announcement management devices 3 and 7 again, even if an abnormality occurs in the notification command during transmission, the desired message can be issued more reliably. it can.

  Furthermore, since the elevator control device 11 generates a notification command based on the driving status of the car 1, a message corresponding to the driving status of the car 1 can be issued, improving the convenience for the elevator user. Can be made.

  In addition, since the elevator control device 11 prevents the car reporting means 2 and the landing reporting means 6 from issuing messages at the same time, it is possible to make it easy to hear messages issued from them, User convenience can be improved.

It is a block diagram which shows the announcement apparatus of the elevator by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the elevator control apparatus of FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the car announcement management apparatus and hall announcement management apparatus of FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a temporary storage control operation of a notification command by an output propriety determination unit in FIG. 2. 3 is a flowchart showing an output control operation of a notification command by an output propriety determination unit in FIG. 2.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Car, 2 car reporting means, 6 landing reporting means, 11 elevator control apparatus, 12 transmission control apparatus, 20 operation control part, 21 alerting command preparation part, 22 output availability determination part, 23 control apparatus communication control part, 24 alerting status monitor unit, 25 alerting condition storage unit, 26 alerting command temporary storage unit.

Claims (5)

An alarm control function for outputting an alarm command;
A warning function for issuing a message to an elevator user based on the warning command when a warning command from the warning control function is detected;
The alert function inputs the alert status of the message to the alert control function,
The reporting control function controls the reporting start timing of the reporting function by controlling the output of a reporting command to the reporting function based on the reporting status of the message. An elevator announcement device.   The alert control function determines whether the alert function is issuing a message based on the alert status of the message, and determines that the alert function is issuing a message. 2. The elevator announcement device according to claim 1, wherein output of a notification command to the notification function is suppressed until the notification of the message is completed. The notification status of the message input by the notification function to the notification control function includes identification information indicating which message is being issued,
The alert control function determines whether or not a message based on the issued alert command has been issued based on the alert status of the message, and an error occurs in the alert of the message based on the alert command. 3. The elevator announcement device according to claim 1, wherein when it is determined that the notification has been made, the notification command is re-outputted to the notification function.   The notification control function is characterized in that the operation status of the car is detected based on information from an operation control unit that controls the operation of the car, and the notification command is generated based on the operation status of the car. The elevator announcement device according to any one of claims 1 to 3.   5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the reporting function includes a car reporting unit disposed on the car and a landing reporting unit disposed on the landing. An elevator announcement device according to Item.

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