JP2007302469A - Destination floor display system for multi-way doorway elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a destination floor display system for a multi-way doorway elevator facilitating destination floor registering operation in the multi-way doorway elevator. <P>SOLUTION: The destination floor display system for the multi-way doorway elevator comprises a landing operation panel 1 installed at an elevator landing and comprising landing call registration buttons 10UP, 10DN, 11UP, 11DN distinguishing both a lifting direction and a plurality of doorway directions; a car operation panel 3 installed in a car 2 and comprising destination floor registration buttons 3C for specifying doorway directions together with the destination floors; and a destination floor display control means 4 blinking the destination floor button to be a registration candidate out of the destination floor registration buttons when the car arrives at a call generation floor in response to a landing call through the landing call registration button and a door is put in opening operation. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a destination floor display system of a multi-directional entrance / exit elevator having entrances / exits in a plurality of directions.

  Conventionally, a destination floor registration operation for a multi-way entrance elevator having entrances and exits in a plurality of directions will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7. A hall call registration operation panel 101 is installed in the elevator hall on each floor, and a car operation panel 102 is installed in the elevator car 100.

  The elevator hall landing call registration operation panel 101 shown in FIG. 6 includes an upward direction hall call registration button 101UP, a downward direction hall call registration button 101DN, and a surface plate 104. A car operation panel 102 in the elevator car 100 shown in FIG. 7 includes name plates 102A and 102B for identifying a front exit and a rear exit, a destination floor registration button 102C, and a surface plate 105.

  Therefore, when an elevator user tries to move to a destination floor using an elevator from a certain floor, the elevator call registration button 101UP on the landing call registration operation panel 101 or the downward direction hall call registration at the elevator hall on that floor. Press the button 101DN to register the hall call. When the elevator car 100 arrives and the door opens and gets into the elevator car 100, the name of the destination floor registration button 102C is clicked from the destination floor registration button 102C while looking at the nameplates 102A and 102B indicating the direction of the entrance and exit of the destination floor on the car operation panel 102. Press to register the direction of destination and destination floor.

  In this way, in the conventional multi-way entrance elevator, when an elevator car is called on a certain floor and moved to the destination floor using the elevator, and it is going to exit from the entrance on the appropriate side, it gets into the elevator car that has arrived. Immediately, it is required to instantly judge the destination floor and the entrance / exit of the user to use and select and operate the appropriate destination floor registration button 102C on the car operation panel 102. It was difficult to use.

  The present invention has been made in view of such conventional technical problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a destination floor display system for a multi-way entrance / exit elevator that facilitates a destination floor registration operation in the multi-direction entrance / exit elevator. To do.

  The present invention designates a hall operation panel having a hall call registration button installed in an elevator hall and having a hall call registration button for distinguishing both the direction of ascending and descending and a plurality of doorway directions, and the direction of the doorway along with the destination floor installed in the car. Registration of the destination floor registration button when the car arrives at the call generation floor in response to the hall call by the hall call registration button and the hall call registration button with the destination floor registration button to be opened. A destination floor display system for a multi-way entrance / exit elevator, characterized by comprising destination floor display control means for blinking candidate destination floor buttons.

  In the destination floor display control system for a multi-way entrance / exit of the above invention, when the destination floor display control means responds to the hall call by the hall call registration button, the car arrives at the call generation floor and opens the door In addition, instead of blinking the destination floor button as a registration candidate among the destination floor registration buttons, the light is continuously lit in the emission color or emission luminance different from the emission color or emission luminance for normal destination floor registration display. can do.

  Further, in the destination floor display system for a multi-directional elevator according to the above invention, the hall operation panel instructs the elevating direction for each of the plurality of entrance directions instead of the hall call registration button for distinguishing both the elevating direction and the plurality of entrance directions. It can be provided with a toggle switch.

  Furthermore, in the destination floor display system for a multi-directional entrance / exit elevator according to the above invention, the hall operation panel is arranged in the ascending / descending direction for each of the plurality of entrance / exit directions instead of the hall call registration button for distinguishing both the ascending / descending direction and the plurality of entrance / exit directions. A waveform switch for indicating may be provided.

  According to the present invention, the elevator user can be designated to use the hall operation panel by specifying the ascending / descending direction and the entrance / exit direction, and can enter the elevator car that has arrived and set the destination floor and the entrance / exit direction. When designating, it is possible to check the display of the car operation panel and to confirm the destination registration available floor for each entrance and exit, so that the registration operation of the desired destination floor and the entrance / exit direction can be performed easily and correctly.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  (First Embodiment) FIG. 1 shows a destination floor display system for a multi-directional doorway elevator according to one embodiment of the present invention. This embodiment is installed in the hall call registration operation panel 1 installed in the elevator hall on each floor (both elevator halls on the floor where both the front side entrance and the back side entrance are present) and in the elevator car 2. The car operation panel 3 and a destination floor display control device 4 that receives operation inputs to the operation panels 1 and 3 and controls lighting of the button lamps are configured.

  The hall call registration operation panel 1 has a nameplate 1A for the hall name, a front side ascending direction registration button 10UP, a front side down direction registration button 10DN, a back side ascending direction registration button 11UP, and a back side down direction registration button 11DN on the display board 6. Is a configuration in which is installed.

  The car operation panel 3 installed in the elevator car 2 has a structure in which nameplates 3A and 3B for identifying a front exit and a rear exit and a destination floor registration button 3C are installed on a display board 7. In the present embodiment, as in the conventional example, only buttons having the floor on which the entrance is actually set on the front side and the back side as the destination floor are installed.

  For the operation buttons of the hall call registration operation panel 1 and the car operation panel 3, a lamp is arranged on the back side thereof, the lamp of the button that accepted the call registration is turned on, and the button that becomes the destination candidate floor The lamp can be blinked.

  These hall call registration operation panel 1 and car operation panel 3 are connected to a destination floor display control device 4. The destination floor display control device 4 receives a hall call registration operation signal from the hall call registration operation panel 1 and a destination floor registration operation signal from the car operation panel 3 on each floor, and sends them to an elevator control device (not shown). Transfer the signal. The destination floor display control device 4 also receives a hall call registration and destination floor registration completion signal from the elevator control device, lights up the corresponding hall call button to notify the completion of the hall call registration, and the car operation panel 3 Destination floor display control is performed in which the destination floor button of the destination-designated floor is blinked and lit, and the destination floor registration completion signal is received and the corresponding destination floor button is lit.

  Next, the destination floor display operation by the destination floor display control system of the multi-directional entrance / exit elevator with the above configuration will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Here, the destination floor display control of the multi-way entrance elevator according to the present embodiment will be described by taking as an example a case where the user goes up to the 4th floor at the elevator landing on the 2nd floor front side and tries to get off using the back side entrance. The operation of the system will be described.

  Since the user is going up to the 4th floor using the elevator at the elevator hall on the front side of the second floor and is going to get off from the rear entrance, the user presses the rear ascending direction hall call button 11UP on the hall operation panel 1 (step) S1). On the other hand, the destination floor display control device 4 determines that a rear ascending direction hall call has occurred at the second floor front hall, and notifies the elevator call device (not shown) of the hall call signal (step S2). When this hall call registration completion signal is received from the elevator control device, the rear ascending direction hall call button 11UP of the hall operation panel 1 on the second floor is turned on to notify the completion of acceptance (steps S3 and S4).

  Subsequently, the elevator car 2 is dispatched to the second floor by the elevator control device, and the elevator door at the front side entrance is opened (step S5). At this time, the destination floor display control device 4 causes the car operation panel 3 in the car 2 to blink a destination floor button that can be used from the current stop floor (step S6). In this example, since the elevator car 2 is stopped on the second floor and the hall call registration is the rear ascending direction hall call, the only available destination floor button 3C is the back side destination floor button on the fourth floor. Therefore, the destination floor display control device 4 blinks to inform the car operation panel 3 that the destination floor button on the back side 4th floor is an effective operation button.

  As a result, in this case, the user operates the rear ascending direction hall call button 11UP at the front hall on the second floor, and waits for the elevator car 2 to arrive. It can be seen that only the destination floor button 11UP on the floor is flashing, and by operating this, the car call registration for the back four floors can be performed. When the registration of the destination floor is completed, the destination floor button of the corresponding floor is continuously lit to inform the user of the registered destination floor (steps S7 to S10).

  Thereafter, if the destination floor is reached, the destination registration button lamp is turned off (steps S11 and S12).

  Further, as an example, when a user who is also in the second floor front hall uses an elevator to move to the fourth floor front side, the user presses the front ascending direction button 110UP on the hall operation panel 1 of the second floor front hall. Will be operated. In that case, when the elevator car 2 stops on the second floor, the front doorway opens, and the user gets into the elevator car 2, the car operation panel 3 has the destination floors on the third floor and the fourth floor as effective operation buttons. The button 10UP blinks simultaneously, and the user can know that the third floor or the fourth floor can be selected as the destination floor.

  According to the present embodiment, when a user calls and registers at the elevator landing floor, it is possible to register the use entrance side and the ascending / descending direction of the multi-directional entrance, and the elevator car arrives and gets on the destination floor. When registering, it is possible to inform the user at a glance that the destination floor registration is valid on the entrance / exit side registered at the landing call, giving convenience to the multi-way entrance elevator users Can do.

  In the above embodiment, the destination floor registration button of the effective floor is flashed and displayed in order to notify the destination registration effective floor. Instead, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. The lighting may be performed continuously with a lighting color different from the continuous lighting color for displaying the registered destination floor (step S6A), or the lighting color may be changed and blinked. In the flowchart of FIG. 3, processing steps common to the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals.

  (Second Embodiment) FIG. 4 shows a hall operating panel 1-1 employed in a destination floor display control apparatus for a multi-directional doorway elevator according to a second embodiment of the present invention. This hall operation panel 1-1 has a nameplate 1A for the hall name, a front side hall call registration toggle switch 12, a rear side hall call registration toggle switch 13, and the roles of these toggle switches 12, 13 on the display board 6-1. Is provided with a front side display nameplate 14 and a back side display nameplate 15. And each of the front side display nameplate 14 and the back side display nameplate 15 is provided with ascending direction arrows 16UP, 17UP and down direction arrows 16DN, 17DN, which are individually lit by a lamp. The configurations of the car operation panel 3 and the destination floor display control device 4 in this embodiment are the same as those in the first embodiment.

  In the present embodiment, in the case similar to the first embodiment, the user moves the rear side hall call registration toggle switch 13 of the hall operation panel 1-1 in the upward direction at the elevator hall on the second floor front side. Manipulate. On the other hand, the destination floor display control device 4 determines that the rear ascending direction hall call is generated at the second floor front hall, and notifies the elevator controller of the hall call signal. When this hall call registration completion signal is received from the elevator control device, the rear ascending direction arrow 17UP of the rear side display nameplate 15 of the hall operation panel 1-1 on the second floor is turned on to notify the completion of acceptance.

  Subsequently, the elevator car 2 is dispatched to the second floor by the elevator control device, and the elevator door at the front side entrance is opened. Then, the destination floor display control device 4 causes the car operation panel 3 in the car 2 to light up a destination floor button that can be used from the current stop floor as in the first embodiment. In this example, since the elevator car 2 is stopped on the second floor and the hall call registration is the rear ascending direction hall call, the only available destination floor button 3C is the back side destination floor button on the fourth floor. Therefore, the destination floor display control device 4 blinks to inform the car operation panel 3 that the destination floor button on the back side 4th floor is an effective operation button. As a result, in this case, the user operates the rear ascending direction hall call button 11UP at the front floor on the second floor, and waits for the elevator car 2 to arrive. Only the destination floor button on the 4th floor can be seen blinking, and by operating this, the car call registration for the 4th floor on the back side can be performed. When the registration of the destination floor is completed, the destination floor button of the corresponding floor is continuously lit to notify the user of the registered destination floor.

  According to the present embodiment, as in the first embodiment, when the user calls and registers at the elevator landing floor, the use entrance side and the elevating direction of the multi-direction entrance can be registered. When a car arrives and gets in and registers a destination floor, it is possible to inform the user in a manner that makes it possible to understand at a glance the floor on which the destination floor registration is valid on the entrance / exit side registered at the landing call, and a multi-way entrance elevator Convenience can be given to users.

  (Third Embodiment) FIG. 5 shows a hall operation panel 1-2 employed in a destination floor display control apparatus for a multi-directional entrance / exit elevator according to a third embodiment of the present invention. The hall operation panel 1-2 has a hall name name plate 1A, a front side hall call registration waveform switch 18, a rear side hall call registration waveform switch 19, and the roles of these waveform switches 18 and 19 on the display board 6-2. Is provided with a front side display nameplate 20 and a back side display nameplate 21. Each of the front display nameplate 20 and the rear display nameplate 21 is provided with ascending arrows 22UP and 23UP and descending arrows 22DN and 23DN, which are individually lit by a lamp. The configurations of the car operation panel 3 and the destination floor display control device 4 in this embodiment are the same as those in the first embodiment.

  In the present embodiment, in the case similar to the first embodiment, the user sets the rear side hall call registration waveform switch 18 of the hall operation panel 1-2 in the ascending direction at the elevator hall on the second floor front side. Manipulate. On the other hand, the destination floor display control device 4 determines that the rear ascending direction hall call is generated at the second floor front hall, and notifies the elevator controller of the hall call signal. When this hall call registration completion signal is received from the elevator control device, the rear ascending direction arrow 23UP of the rear side display nameplate 21 of the hall operation panel 1-2 on the second floor is turned on to notify the completion of acceptance.

  Subsequently, the elevator car 2 is dispatched to the second floor by the elevator control device, and the elevator door at the front side entrance is opened. And the destination floor display control apparatus 4 is the destination side button of the 4th floor which is a destination floor button which can be used from the present stop floor with respect to the car operation panel 3 in the car 2 as in the first embodiment. The floor button is flashed to indicate that it is an effective operation button. As a result, when the user waits for the elevator car 2 to arrive at the second floor, the user can see only the destination floor button on the fourth floor on the back side of the car operation panel 3 flashing. By operating this, it is possible to perform car call registration on the back side 4th floor. When the registration of the destination floor is completed, the destination floor button of the corresponding floor is continuously lit to notify the user of the registered destination floor.

  According to the present embodiment, as in the first embodiment, when the user calls and registers at the elevator landing floor, the use entrance side and the elevating direction of the multi-direction entrance can be registered. When a car arrives and gets in and registers a destination floor, it is possible to inform the user in a manner that makes it possible to understand at a glance the floor on which the destination floor registration is valid on the entrance / exit side registered at the time of the hall call. Convenience can be given to users.

The block diagram of the destination floor display control system of the multi-directional doorway elevator of the 1st Embodiment of this invention. The flowchart of the processing operation by the destination floor display control apparatus in the said embodiment. The flowchart of another processing operation by the destination floor display control apparatus in the said embodiment. The front view of the hall operating panel in the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. The front view of the hall operating panel in the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. The front view of the conventional hall call registration operation panel. The front view of the conventional car operation panel.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1,1-1,1-2 Board operation panel 1A Board display nameplate 2 Elevator car 3 Car operation panel 3A Front side display nameplate 3B Rear side display nameplate 3C Destination floor button 4 Destination floor display control device 6,6-1,6 -2 Display board 7 Display board 10UP Front-facing direction landing call button 10DN Front-facing direction landing call button 11UP Back-facing direction landing call button 11DN Back-down direction landing call button 12 Front landing call toggle switch 13 Rear landing call toggle switch 14 Front side Display nameplate 15 Rear side display nameplate 16UP Front side up arrow 16DN Front side down arrow 17UP Back side up arrow 17DN Back side down arrow 18 Front landing nominal waveform switch 19 Rear landing nominal waveform switch 20 Front side display nameplate 21 Rear Side display nameplate 22UP Front side up arrow 22DN Front side down Direction arrow 23UP Back side up arrow 23DN Back side down arrow

Claims (4)

A hall operation panel with a hall call registration button that is installed at the elevator hall and distinguishes both the direction of ascending and descending and a plurality of doorway directions;
A car operation panel provided with a destination floor registration button for designating an entrance / exit direction along with the destination floor installed in the car,
Destination floor display control for blinking a destination floor button as a registration candidate among the destination floor registration buttons when the car arrives at the call generation floor in response to the hall call by the hall call registration button and the door is opened. And a destination floor display system for a multi-directional entrance / exit elevator.   The destination floor display control means responds to the hall call by the hall call registration button, and when the car arrives at the call generation floor and opens the door, the destination floor registration button among the destination floor registration buttons is a registration candidate. The destination of the multi-directional entrance / exit elevator according to claim 1, wherein instead of flashing the button, the destination is continuously lit in a light emission color or light emission luminance different from the light emission color or light emission luminance for normal destination floor registration display. Floor display system.   2. The hall operation panel includes a toggle switch for instructing a plurality of entrance directions in the up / down direction instead of the hall call registration button for distinguishing both the up / down direction and the plurality of entrance / exit directions. Or the destination floor display system of the multi-directional doorway elevator of 2. 2. The hall operation panel is provided with a waveform switch for instructing in the up / down direction for each of the plurality of entrance / exit directions instead of the hall call registration button for distinguishing both the up / down direction and the plurality of entrance / exit directions. Or the destination floor display system of the multi-directional doorway elevator of 2.

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