JP2007326442A - Closed carrier of circulating cableway - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a closed carrier enabling easy recognition of the presence or absence of passengers in the closed carrier in a circulating cableway using the closed carrier. <P>SOLUTION: In this circulating cableway performing an operation by suspending a plurality of closed carriers in a cable circulating between anchoring places, a human body detecting sensor for detecting the presence or absence of boarding of passengers is provided in a passenger vehicle of each of the carriers. A display device is provided at the outside of the carrier to display the presence or absence of the passengers in the passenger vehicle based on signals of the human body detecting sensor. The carrier is provided with a transmitter for transmitting the presence or absence of the passengers in the passenger vehicle by signals based on the signals of the human body detecting sensor and a RFID tag storing identification information of the carriers. Electric power is supplied or shut off to electric equipment provided in the passenger vehicle based on the signals of the human body detecting sensor. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a carrier used in a circulating cableway that circulates and stretches a rope between stops and suspends a plurality of carriers on the rope and circulates between both stops. In particular, the present invention relates to a closed type carrier used for a gondola lift or the like.

  A recirculating cableway hangs a rope endlessly on pulleys pivoted at stops at both ends, and suspends a plurality of carriers on the rope at regular intervals to circulate and drive, It is a transport facility that transports cargo between each stop. In such a circulation type cableway, it may be necessary to communicate information on passengers and cargoes carried on a carrier between staffs at each stop. For example, in a circular cableway platform using a chair-type transporter represented by a ski lift, assistance or deceleration operation by an attendant is performed so that a child or a beginner or the like does not fall over or sit down when entering the transporter. Similarly, when the transporter arrives at the landing, it is necessary to assist in getting off the vehicle and to perform a deceleration operation. Therefore, in such a case, the staff at the landing station communicates information such as the carrier number and passenger status to the staff at the landing through the communication line of the facility, and the staff at the landing stops based on this information. The necessary measures are taken upon arrival of the corresponding carrier.

  Conventionally, the following techniques have been proposed in order to reliably communicate such transporter information between stops. First, the stop is provided with detection means for detecting the amount of movement of the rope as a pulse signal and counter means for counting the pulse signal, and the movement amount of the rope is determined by counting the pulse signal by the control means. measure. The staff at the boarding station contacts the communication line via the communication line and starts counting the pulse signal when the carrier to be contacted with the other stop starts. When the control means detects the count number indicating that the carrier has approached the arrival-side stop, it automatically sounds an alarm sound at the arrival-side stop and informs the attendant or automatically sets the operation speed of the carrier. The vehicle is decelerated (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Registered Utility Model No. 3044295

  On the other hand, in a circulating cableway using a closed type carrier such as a gondola lift, the carrier moves at a low speed or stops at the time of getting on and off, so that there are few problems as described above when getting on and off passengers. However, the circulation type cableway using such a closed type carrier has the following problems.

  When operation becomes impossible due to equipment failure or power outage in cableway facilities, as a normal response, operation is resumed at a low speed by using a spare drive unit composed of a diesel engine, etc. Are to be accommodated at each stop. On the other hand, if the spare drive device cannot be operated due to troubles such as unplugging the rope or pulley driving the rope, rescue must be performed by directly lowering the passenger from each carrier stopped on the track. I must.

  It is difficult to visually confirm passengers in a carrier that has stopped in the air because passengers are in the passenger car, and in the case of a rescue, a closed flag or radio device is installed in the passenger car. It is ensured that all passengers are confirmed by using these. However, if the passenger is a child or a handicapped person, it is assumed that the flag or radio cannot be used, so in any case it takes a considerable amount of time to check the boarding status of each carrier. is there.

  In addition to this problem, as described above, electric equipment such as radio equipment is mounted in the passenger car of the closed type transporter, and these electric equipment is also powered by a battery mounted in the passenger car. Is supplied. The use of such a battery has a demand for saving the power used in the transporter and using the battery for as long as possible for reasons such as complicated charging and deterioration of the battery due to repeated charging.

  The subject of this invention is made | formed in view of such a situation, Comprising: It is providing the closed type portable device of the circulation type cableway which can know easily the presence or absence of the passenger in a portable device. It is another object of the present invention to provide a closed type carrying device for a circulating cableway that can save electric power used by the carrying device.

  A closed cable carrier for a circulating cableway according to a first aspect of the present invention is a circulating cableway that operates by suspending a plurality of closed vehicle carriers between ropes circulating between stops. A human body detection sensor for detection is provided.

  The closed cable carrier of the circulation type cableway of the second invention is characterized in that an external display is provided and the presence or absence of passengers in the passenger car is displayed on the display based on the signal of the human body detection sensor of the first invention. It is said.

  The closed cable carrier of the recirculating cableway of the third invention stores the transmitter for transmitting the presence / absence of passengers in the passenger car as a signal based on the signal of the human body detection sensor of the first invention, and the identification information of the closed card carrier An RFID tag is provided.

  A closed cable carrier for a circulating cableway according to a fourth aspect of the invention is characterized in that electric power is supplied to or cut off from an electric device provided in the passenger car based on a signal from the human body detection sensor of the first aspect of the invention.

  According to the present invention, since the human body detection sensor is provided in the passenger car, it is possible to select and operate the devices provided in the carrier depending on whether or not the passenger is on board, and in particular, the display device is provided outside the carrier. In this case, it is possible to easily check whether a passenger is boarding from the outside. In addition, since the transmitter and the RFID tag are provided in the carrier, the presence / absence of the passenger and the identification information of the carrier can be transmitted from these, and the position of the carrier can be displayed in the cab or monitoring room. The position of the carrier on which the passenger has boarded can be confirmed. Furthermore, the power supply to the electric equipment provided in the transporter can be turned on or off depending on the presence or absence of passengers in the passenger car, so that the power consumption of the battery can be saved.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a closed type carrying device for a circulating cableway showing a first embodiment of the present invention. The carrying device 10 includes a gripping device 11 that can grip and release the rope 12, a suspension device 13 that is pivotably attached to the traveling direction of the gripping device 11, and a suspension device 13. It consists of a passenger car 14 suspended below.

  The rope 12 is wound in an endless manner between pulleys pivoted at both ends of the bus stop, and is supported and elevated by support columns provided at appropriate positions between the bus stops. The transporter 10 grips the rope 12 with the grinder 11 and is suspended from the rope 12, and a plurality of transporters 10 are arranged at regular intervals in the cable track. And by operating the rope 12 in a circulating manner between the stops, the transporter 10 is moved between the stops. In the circulation type cableway, an automatic circulation type cableway in which the carrier 10 unloads the cable 12 and is separated from the cable 12 in the stop, and is routed on a traveling rail provided in the stop. There is a fixed-circulation cableway that is folded by a pulley while the carrier 10 grips the rope 12 and is suspended, but the carrier 10 of the present invention may be used in any system. Passengers get in and out of the passenger car 14 at both stops at the transporter 10.

  Inside the passenger car 14, a human body detection sensor 15 is attached to the ceiling, and a battery 16 is provided on the floor. This human body detection sensor 15 is a sensor that responds to passengers inside the passenger car 14 and transmits an ON / OFF signal or opens and closes an electric circuit. Can be selected. Various sensors can be used as the human body detection sensor 15, and in particular, an infrared sensor that reacts to the body temperature of the human body is suitable.

  Next, a display device 17 is attached to the side surface or the lower surface of the passenger car 14. Electric power is supplied to the display device 17 and the human body detection sensor 15 from a battery 16 provided in the passenger car 14. The display device 17 is a colored lamp that is turned on and off, for example, and is turned on or off when the human body detection sensor 15 is turned on or off.

  In such a configuration of the transporter 10, when a passenger gets into the passenger car 14, the human body detection sensor 15 is turned on and the display device 17 is lit, and the stop is departed in this state. On the other hand, when a passenger does not board the passenger car 14, the human body detection sensor 15 is OFF, and the display device 17 is turned off and leaves the stop. In this way, the presence or absence of passengers can be displayed on the display device 17 provided outside the passenger car 14 for all the transporters 10 that operate. Therefore, even when the cableway equipment is stopped and the passenger is to be rescued, the presence or absence of the passenger can be easily identified from the outside, and a quick rescue operation can be performed.

  Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 2, the main configuration of the transporter 10 is the same as that of the first embodiment. However, in this embodiment, the transporter 10 includes a transmitter 18 inside the passenger car 14 instead of the display device 17, and a suspension device. 13 includes an RFID tag 19. The transmitter 18 identifies the ON / OFF signal of the human body detection sensor 15 and transmits it by radio or infrared rays. Here, the human body detection sensor 15 detects the presence or absence of a passenger in the passenger car 14 and generates an ON / OFF signal, as in the first embodiment. Next, the RFID tag 19 stores a carrier number or the like as identification information unique to each carrier 10, and this identification information is read by the RFID reader 20 fixed in the stop when the carrier 10 departs. .

  On the other hand, the driving cab or monitoring room of the cableway is provided with an operation monitor device 21 that can display the position of the transporter 10 and is configured as follows. The operation monitor device 21 includes a receiver 22, a controller 24, and a display unit 25, and a signal emitted from the transmitter 18 is received by the receiver 22 of the operation monitor device 21 and input to the controller 24. In addition, a signal from the RFID reader 20 is also input to the controller 24. Further, a signal from the rope movement amount detector 23 is also input to the controller 24. The rope movement amount detector 23 is, for example, a pulse transmitter that generates a pulse according to the rotation of the pulley around which the rope 12 is wound. The controller 24 counts the number of pulses to determine the movement amount of the rope 12. Can be calculated.

  Next, the controller 24 performs an operation based on each input signal and transmits an output to the display unit 25. The display unit 25 is configured to display the position of the transporter 10 in the cableway. For example, the entire length of the cableway is scaled down, and LEDs corresponding to the interval of the transporter 10 are arranged accordingly. The LED blinks in synchronism with the amount of movement of the rope 12 under the control of the controller 24. The display unit 25 may display animation of the movement of the transporter 10 using a CRT, a liquid crystal screen, or the like.

  The operation according to the above configuration is performed as follows. When a passenger gets into the passenger car 14 at the stop, the human body detection sensor 15 detects this and turns ON, and in response to this, the transmitter 18 transmits a signal. Next, when the carrier 10 leaves the stop, the identification information of the carrier 10 stored in the RFID tag 19 is read and transmitted to the controller 24 when passing the RFID reader 20. The controller 24 receives the signal from the RFID reader 20, receives the signal from the transmitter 18, identifies the passenger's boarding, and stores it together with the identification information of the carrier 10 from the RFID reader 20.

  Next, the controller 24 turns on the LED corresponding to the starting position of the transporter 10 on the display unit 25 and starts counting pulses in response to a signal from the rope movement amount detector 23. Thereafter, the controller 24 continues counting pulses, and sequentially moves the lighting of the corresponding LEDs of the display unit 25 as the transporter 10 moves to display them. When the controller 24 counts the number of pulses that the transporter 10 moves to the other stop, the passenger boarding information and the identification information of the transporter 10 stored in the controller 24 are deleted.

  In response to this operation, when the passenger is an empty vehicle that does not board the passenger car 14, the human body detection sensor 15 is OFF, and the controller 24 receives this signal so that the corresponding LED of the display unit 25 is turned off. As described above, the LED is turned off, and the display unit 25 is moved in accordance with the movement of the cable 12, that is, the movement of the transporter 10.

  In this way, the operation monitoring device 21 displays the presence / absence of passengers on each carriage 10 in the cableway line in a timely manner, so that when performing rescue operations due to equipment failure, etc. It is easy to confirm in which position the carrier 10 to be rescued is, and a quick rescue operation can be performed. Further, in this case, the controller 24 stores the identification information of the carry device 10 on which the passenger is boarded, and if this can be displayed or printed, a more reliable rescue operation can be performed. Can do.

  Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 3, the basic configuration of the portable device 10 including the human body detection sensor 15 and the battery 16 is the same as that of the first and second embodiments. In the third embodiment, in addition to this basic configuration, a room lamp 31 as illumination in the passenger car 14, a broadcasting device 32 that broadcasts tourist information, a wireless device 33 for contacting in an emergency, etc. Electric devices are provided in the passenger car 14, and these electric devices are supplied with electric power from the battery 16 and operate. And when the passenger is boarding in the passenger car 14, this is detected, the human body detection sensor 15 is set to ON, and it is made to supply with electricity to the said electric equipment. Further, when the passenger is not in the passenger car 14, the human body detection sensor 15 is turned off and the power supply to the electric device is cut off. In this way, since the electrical equipment used in the passenger car 14 is energized only when the passenger is on the vehicle, it is possible to save battery power consumption.

The front view of the closed type carrier which shows 1st Embodiment in this invention The front view of the closed type carrier which shows the 2nd Embodiment in this invention. The front view of the closed type carrier which shows the 3rd Embodiment in this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Carriage 11 Grasping machine 12 Line 13 Suspension machine 14 Passenger car 15 Human body detection sensor 16 Battery 17 Display apparatus 18 Transmitter 19 RFID tag 20 RFID reader 21 Operation monitor apparatus 22 Receiver 23 Rope movement amount detector 24 Controller 25 Display part 31 Indoor light 32 Broadcast equipment 33 Wireless equipment

Claims (4)

  In a recirculating cableway that operates by suspending a plurality of closed type carriers on a rope that circulates between stops, the passenger car of the closed type carrier is provided with a human body detection sensor that detects whether passengers are on board. A closed-type transporter for a circulating cableway.   The circulation system according to claim 1, wherein a display device is provided outside the closed-type carrier, and the presence or absence of passengers in the passenger vehicle is displayed on the display device based on a signal from the human body detection sensor. Cable-carrying closed carrier.   The closed-type carrier is provided with a transmitter that transmits a signal indicating the presence or absence of a passenger in the passenger car based on a signal from the human body detection sensor, and an RFID tag that stores identification information of the closed-type carrier. The closed type carrying device for the circulating cableway according to claim 1 or 2.   The closed type of a circulating cableway according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein power is supplied to or cut off from an electric device provided in the passenger car based on a signal from the human body detection sensor. Carryer.

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