JP2008068933A - Display device for elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display device for an elevator for providing confinement occurring status and rescue status including other building situations to a passenger in real time when the passenger is confined in a car in a plurality of buildings when a large-scale earthquake or the like occurs. <P>SOLUTION: The display device is provided with an in-car display unit 3 for displaying a rescue priority building list when the confinement occurs, a communication control means 6 connected to an elevator control panel 4, a remote monitoring center 7 connected to the communication control means through a communication network 8 for intensively and remotely monitoring the elevators arranged in the plurality of the buildings, a mobile terminal 9 for transmitting position information of a maintenance worker 11, and a remote monitoring system for creating the rescue priority building list while determining a rescue priority in the building where the confinement occurs from confinement information, the position information of the maintenance worker, and various information of the plurality of the buildings, and transmitting the created rescue priority building list through the communication network to the in-car display unit. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  This invention relates to the situation of confinement occurrence, including the situation of other buildings with respect to passengers in the elevator car, when passengers are confined in the elevator car in a plurality of buildings due to a large-scale earthquake, etc. It is related with the display apparatus of the elevator which provides in real time.

  Conventionally, in the event of an elevator failure where passengers are trapped in the car, the passengers who are trapped in the car are visually informed of the movement of the maintenance staff by using GPS information carried by the maintenance staff heading to the building. There is known an emergency guide system for an elevator that relieves feeling and agitation (for example, see Patent Document 1).

  In addition, for the passengers in the car at the time of confinement, the current position of the maintenance staff and the expected arrival time or time of the site based on the GPS position information and the VICS traffic jam information by the transmission / reception device carried by the maintenance staff An elevator remote monitoring system that monitors a car in a car is known (for example, see Patent Document 2).

  Also, an elevator restoration support system is known that displays an optimum restoration schedule on a portable terminal of a maintenance staff when some elevators are brought into an operation stop state at the same time due to an earthquake (see, for example, Patent Document 3).

JP 2002-284457 A JP-A-2005-272101 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-7337

  In the conventional technology as described above, when a large-scale earthquake or the like occurs, a plurality of elevators are shut down at the same time, and in many buildings, passengers are confined in the car. Passengers confined in the car are unsure of what order maintenance personnel will arrive at the elevator building where they are confined, and the progress of the rescue is completely unknown. There is no problem.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems. When a passenger is trapped in an elevator car in a plurality of buildings due to a large-scale earthquake or the like, the building is in another building with respect to the passengers in the elevator car. Therefore, the present invention provides an elevator display device that can provide a confinement occurrence situation and a confinement rescue situation in real time.

  An elevator display device according to the present invention includes an emergency call button provided in an elevator car, an in-car display provided in the elevator car for displaying a rescue order building list when confinement occurs, and an emergency call button. And communication control means connected to the display in the car via the elevator control panel, and connected to the communication control means via a communication network such as a telephone line to centrally monitor the elevators installed in a plurality of buildings. Remote monitoring centers, portable terminals that maintenance personnel carry and transmit the location information of maintenance personnel, and when the confinement occurs in elevators installed in multiple buildings in the remote monitoring center, containment information and maintenance The rescue order in the building where the confinement occurred is determined and the rescue order building list is created based on the position information of the workers and various information on the multiple buildings being managed. And, in which a remote monitoring system transmits to the in-car display via the communication network rescue rank building list created.

  In addition, the rescue order building list displayed on the display in the car displays the rescue target buildings in the planned rescue order, and displays the rescue status of each rescue target building, which is updated and displayed in real time. Is.

  In addition, the rescue status display of the rescue order building list shows that the rescue order is being rescued, moving, waiting in order, and when the rescue is completed, the first order building disappears from the rescue order list, and the second order building is the first. When the rank is advanced, the rescue state is moving, and when the maintenance staff arrives at the building, the rescue state is being rescued.

  In addition, the remote monitoring system includes a database that stores various information on buildings under management, an input terminal that can input confinement information on buildings that are not remotely monitored, and information on confinement information, various building information, and maintenance personnel. A confinement-occurring building list creation means for creating a confinement-occurring building list from location information, arrival information of maintenance personnel, etc., and a maintenance personnel location information management means for creating a maintenance personnel location information management table from the maintenance personnel location information And a rescue order building list creating means for creating a rescue order building list from the confinement occurrence building list and the position information management table of the maintenance staff.

  Further, the confinement occurrence building list creation means, when new confinement information is received from the communication network or the input terminal, adds the newly received rescue target building to the confinement occurrence building list and updates it.

  The maintenance staff position information management means compares the current position information of the maintenance staff with the position information of the rescue target building, and transmits the building arrival information of the maintenance staff if the position information of the both overlaps.

  The rescue order building list creation means updates the rescue order building list when there is additional information on the rescue target building, rescue completion information, and maintenance staff building arrival information.

  According to the present invention, an in-car display that displays a rescue order building list when confinement occurs in an elevator car is provided. When confinement occurs in elevators installed in a plurality of buildings, the confinement information, the position of maintenance personnel Based on the information and various information of multiple buildings being managed, the rescue order in the building where the confinement has occurred is determined and a rescue order building list is created, and the rescue order building list thus created is displayed in the car via the communication network. Since the remote monitoring system that transmits to the station is installed, the display in the elevator car being confined displays the rescue order building list showing the rescue schedule order sent from the remote monitoring center and the rescue status. Passengers can understand well and can wait for rescue with hope.

  In order to explain the present invention in more detail, it will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, in each figure, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the part which is the same or it corresponds, The duplication description is simplified or abbreviate | omitted suitably.

Embodiment 1.
FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing the overall configuration of an elevator display device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows an example of a display screen of a display in a car of the elevator display device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a front view, FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a remote monitoring system installed on the remote monitoring center side of the elevator display device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation flow of the maintenance staff location information management means, FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation flow of the rescue order building list creation means, and FIG. 7 is a display in the car. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the operation | movement flow of a container.

  In FIG. 1, 1 is an elevator car, 2 is an emergency call button provided in the car 1, and 3 is an in-car indicator provided in the car 1. Display a list. 4 is an elevator control panel, 5 is an earthquake detector, 6 is a communication control device connected to the elevator control panel 1, and 7 is a remote monitor connected to the communication control device 6 via a communication network 8 such as a telephone line or the Internet. The center centrally manages elevators installed in multiple buildings. Reference numeral 9 denotes a portable terminal with a GPS function that can be connected to the communication control device 6 and the remote monitoring center 7 via the portable terminal base station 10 and the communication network 8, and is carried by the maintenance staff 11. A terminal 12 is provided in a building or the like that is not remotely monitored, and includes a telephone, a personal computer, and the like that can transmit elevator confinement information.

  FIG. 2 shows an example of a display screen of the car display 3. For example, in the left column of the screen, the names of the actual buildings to be rescued (in this example, the first building, the second building, the third building, etc.) are displayed in real time in the order of the rescue from the top to the bottom. The The name of the rescuer is displayed in the center column of the screen. In the right column of the screen, the rescue status of the corresponding building in the left column is displayed in real time. Here, FIG. 2A shows that the state of “first building” in the first rescue order is “rescuing”, “second building” in the second rescue order, and “third” in the third rescue order. It is displayed that the state of the building including “3 buildings” is “waiting for turn”. FIG. 2 (b) shows that the rescue operation of “first building” in the first rescue order is completed, and “second building” in the second rescue order is moved up to the first rescue order, Rescue maintenance worker is in the state of “moving” toward the second building, “third building” which was third in the rescue order moves up to the second rescue order, and the state is “waiting for turn” It shows that there is. FIG. 2C shows that the rescue maintenance staff arrived at the second building, the state of “second building” has changed to “rescuing”, and the state of “third building” is “waiting for turn”. Is displayed.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a remote monitoring system installed in the remote monitoring center 7. The remote monitoring system 13 includes a database 14 that stores various information on buildings under management, an input terminal 15 that can input confinement information on buildings that are not remotely monitored, a confinement occurrence building list creation means 16, A rescue order building list creation means 17 and maintenance staff position information management means 18 are provided. The confinement occurrence building list creation means 16 receives building confinement information via a communication network 8 such as a telephone line or the Internet, and receives confinement information of a building that is not remotely monitored from the input terminal 15. 14 receives various information on the building being managed, and maintenance staff position information management means 18 inputs the position information and building arrival information from the portable terminal 9 with a GPS function held by the maintenance staff. The building list 16 a that is confined is originally created and sent to the rescue order building list creation means 17. The maintenance staff position information management means 18 receives maintenance staff position information via a communication network 8 such as a telephone line or the Internet, and receives various pieces of information on the building being managed from the database 14. The maintenance staff position information management table 18 a is created based on the original information and sent to the rescue order building list creation means 17. The maintenance staff location information management means 18 sends the building arrival information of the maintenance staff to the building list creation means 16 that is confined, but the system may automatically determine the arrival of the maintenance staff at the building. The rescue order building list creation means 17 creates the rescue order building list 17a from the congested building list 16a and the maintenance staff position information management table 18a, and confinement occurs via the communication network 8 such as a telephone line or the Internet. It transmits to the elevator car display 3. The car display 3 displays a screen as shown in FIG.

Next, the operation flow of the confinement occurrence building list creation means 16 will be described with reference to FIG.
First, when new confinement information is received from the communication network 8 or the input terminal 15 in step S1, the newly received rescue target building is added to the confinement occurrence building list 16a (step S2). Next, when new confinement information is not received in step S1, the process proceeds to step S3, where it is confirmed whether there is rescue status information from the maintenance staff. If there is rescue information from the maintenance staff, the process proceeds to step S4. Then, the rescue status of the corresponding building in the confinement occurring list 16a is updated.

Next, the operation flow of the maintenance staff position information management means 18 will be described with reference to FIG.
First, the position information of the maintenance staff is received in step S11, and the position information management table 18a of the maintenance staff is updated in step S12. Next, in step S13, the current position information of the maintenance staff is compared with the position information of the building to be rescued. If the position information overlaps, the process proceeds to step S14, and the maintenance staff is informed to the building list creation means 16 in the confinement occurrence. Send building arrival information.

Next, the operation flow of the rescue order building list creation means 17 will be described with reference to FIG.
First, in steps S21 to S23, the confinement occurrence building list is updated, the rescue target building is added, and maintenance personnel are assigned. Next, in step S24, the rescue order in the building where confinement has occurred is determined, and the rescue order building list 17a is created. The rescue order building list 17a to be created is updated whenever there is an update of the confinement occurrence building list (step S21) or addition of a rescue target building (step S22). Next, it is determined whether or not the rescue status has been updated (step S25). If the rescue status has been updated, it is determined whether or not the rescue status has arrived (step S26). The rescue status of the building is being rescued, and the rescue order building list 17a is transmitted to buildings and maintenance personnel whose rescue status is not complete (step S27). If the rescue state has not arrived at step S26, the rescue state is completed (step S28). Next, in step S29, it is determined whether there is a rescue target building whose rescue status is not complete. If there is a rescue target building, the rescue status of the corresponding building is completed, and the rescue status of the next rescued building is set. The rescue order building list 17a is transmitted to buildings and maintenance personnel whose rescue status is not complete (step S30). If there is no rescue target building whose rescue status is not complete in step S29, the rescue status of the relevant building is completed, and the rescue order building list 17a is transmitted to the relevant building and maintenance personnel (step S31). If the rescue state is not updated in step S25, the process proceeds to step S32 to determine whether the rescue state is moving. If the rescue state is moving, the rescue order building list 17a is transmitted to a building whose rescue state is not complete (step S33). If the rescue state is not moving, the rescue state of the next building to be rescued is determined to be moving, and the rescue order building list 17a is transmitted to buildings and maintenance personnel whose rescue state is not complete (step S34).

Next, the operation flow of the in-car display 3 will be described with reference to FIG.
First, when a confinement state occurs in step S41, the rescue order building list 17a is received via the communication network 8 by the remote monitoring system 13 of the remote monitoring center 7 (step S42). Next, in step S43, it is determined whether or not a rescue target building is added. If there is an addition, the added building is additionally displayed on the screen (step S44). Next, it is determined whether or not the rescue status has been changed (step S45). If the rescue status has been changed, it is determined whether or not the rescue status has been completed (step S46). Is deleted (step S47). If the rescue state is not completed in step S46, it is determined whether or not the rescue state has arrived (step S48). Next, if the rescue status has arrived in step S48, the status display of the building on the display screen is being rescued (step S49). If the rescue state is not arrived at step S48, the status display of the corresponding building on the display screen is put on standby (step S50). If the confinement state does not occur in step S41, the in-car display 3 becomes normal display (step S51), and if the confinement state is recovered in step S52, the in-car display 3 becomes normal display. (Step S51).

  According to the first embodiment of the present invention, the remote monitoring center 7 receives the arrival information and the rescue completion information from the maintenance staff at the rescue target building, and the elevator car in which the building information is confined in real time is received. It can be transmitted to the internal display 3. In addition, if the content of the building list that has been confined has changed due to a new confinement report, the rescue order building list has also been updated as appropriate and updated to the portable terminal of the maintenance staff in charge and the display in the elevator car that is being confined The rescue order building list and rescue status can be transmitted and displayed.

Embodiment 2.
In the first embodiment, the names of the buildings to be rescued are displayed in the rescue order from the top to the bottom on the display screen example of the display 3 in the car. However, the actual building name is used as the name of the building. Displaying it as it is is convenient because it can be well understood by passengers who are trapped in the building to be rescued. However, on the other hand, it is considered that the trapped passengers may be dissatisfied and disappointed without knowing why the priority of other rescued buildings is higher than their own.
Therefore, in the second embodiment, the car building display 3 displays the actual building name, displays only the first building, the second building, and the third building in the order of rescue order. It may be possible to distinguish only by lighting up, blinking, color display or the like so that the corresponding building in which the is confined can be seen. Alternatively, the actual building name may be displayed only for the building, and the names of other rescue target buildings may be displayed face down. At this time, the reason for ranking the rescue (the ratio of the weak, the distance to the maintenance staff, etc.) may be communicated by an announcement or the like.

1 is a system configuration diagram showing an overall configuration of an elevator display device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. It is a front view which shows the example of a display screen of the display in a car of the elevator display apparatus in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the remote monitoring system installed in the remote monitoring center side of the elevator display apparatus in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the operation | movement flow of the building list preparation means during confinement generation | occurrence | production. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the operation | movement flow of the positional information management means of a maintenance worker. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the operation | movement flow of a rescue order building list creation means. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the operation | movement flow of a display in a cage.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Elevator car 2 Emergency call button 3 In-car display 4 Elevator control panel 5 Earthquake detector 6 Communication control device 7 Remote monitoring center 8 Communication network 9 Mobile terminal 10 Mobile terminal base station 11 Maintenance staff 12 Terminal 13 Remote monitoring system 14 Database 15 Input terminal 16 Contained building list creation means 17 Rescue rank building list creation means 18 Maintenance staff position information management means

Claims (8)

An emergency call button provided in the elevator car,
An in-car indicator that is provided in the elevator car and displays a rescue order building list when confinement occurs;
Communication control means connected to the emergency call button and the in-car display via an elevator control panel;
A remote monitoring center that is connected to the communication control means via a communication network such as a telephone line and centrally monitors the elevators installed in a plurality of buildings;
A portable terminal that a maintenance person carries and transmits the location information of the maintenance person;
At the remote monitoring center, when confinement occurs in elevators installed in a plurality of buildings, the confinement information, the position information of maintenance personnel, and various information on the plurality of managed buildings A remote monitoring system for determining a rescue order, creating a rescue order building list, and transmitting the created rescue order building list to the display in the car via a communication network;
An elevator display device comprising:   The rescue order building list displayed on the in-car display shows that the buildings to be rescued are displayed in the planned rescue order, the rescue status of each rescue target building is displayed, and it is updated and displayed in real time. The elevator display device according to claim 1.   The rescue status display in the rescue order building list shows that the rescue order is being rescued, moving, waiting in order, and when the rescue is completed, the first order building disappears from the rescue order list, and the second order building becomes the first order. 3. The elevator display device according to claim 2, wherein the rescue state is moving, and when the maintenance staff arrives at the building, the rescue state is being rescued.   The remote monitoring system has a database that stores various information on the buildings under management, an input terminal that can input the confinement information for buildings that are not remotely monitored, the confinement information, various information on the buildings, and the location information of maintenance personnel. And a confinement occurrence building list creation means for creating a confinement occurrence building list from arrival information of maintenance personnel, maintenance personnel location information management means for creating a maintenance personnel location information management table from location information of maintenance personnel, 2. The elevator display device according to claim 1, further comprising: a rescue order building list creating means for creating a rescue order building list from the confined building list and the maintenance staff position information management table.   5. The confinement occurrence building list creation means, when new confinement information is received from a communication network or an input terminal, adds the newly received rescue target building to the confinement occurrence building list and updates it. The elevator display device described.   The maintenance staff position information management means compares the current position information of the maintenance staff with the position information of the building to be rescued, and transmits the building arrival information of the maintenance staff if the position information of the both overlaps. The elevator display device according to claim 4 or 5.   7. The elevator display according to claim 6, wherein the rescue order building list creation means updates the rescue order building list when there is additional information of rescue target buildings, rescue completion information, and maintenance staff building arrival information. apparatus.   8. The elevator according to claim 1, wherein the remote monitoring system transmits and displays the created rescue order building list to a portable terminal carried by a maintenance person via a communication network. Display device.

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