JP2008114961A - Earthquake emergency operation system of elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an earthquake emergency operation device of an elevator capable of securing the safety of passengers and minimizing damage to hoistway devices before an earthquake reaches the elevator if the earthquake occurs. <P>SOLUTION: This earthquake emergency operation system comprises an earthquake information receiving means 14 for receiving emergent earthquake advance announcement 13, an earthquake information prediction means 15 for predicting the predicted preliminary tremor arrival time and a predicted main motion arrival time at any point from the information involved in the emergent earthquake advance announcement, an elevator control means 17 for operating the elevator by the earthquake emergency mode according to the predicted main movement arrival time predicted by the earthquake information prediction means, a P-wave earthquake sensor 21 installed in the elevator and detecting the preliminary tremor of the earthquake, and an earthquake information correction means 22 for comparing the time when the P-wave earthquake sensor detects the preliminary tremor with the expected preliminary tremor arrival time from the earthquake information prediction means and correcting the expected main motion arrival time predicted by the earthquake information prediction means according to the predicted time error. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a seismic control operation system for an elevator that ensures the safety of passengers and minimizes damage to hoistway equipment and the like before the earthquake reaches the elevator.

  In a conventional elevator seismic control operation system, a P-wave seismic detector that detects the occurrence of initial tremors of an earthquake or an S-wave seismic detector that detects the main motion of an earthquake is installed, and when the seismic sensor operates, When the elevator is stopped at the nearest floor, or when an earthquake with a large seismic intensity is detected by the S-wave seismic detector, the earthquake control operation is performed such that the elevator stops suddenly.

  In such a seismic control operation system, the seismic detector operation information is transferred from the building to the management base, and the control instruction is delivered from the management base, thereby causing the elevator to perform the control operation. There is known a system capable of reliably executing a device for reducing the number of devices and a seismic control operation (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  In addition, in the seismic control operation system, seismic waves are analyzed by seismometers installed at various locations throughout the country, not after the seismic detectors installed in the building are operating, and the obtained information is transmitted via the Internet. There is also known an elevator seismic control operation system that distributes and obtains earthquake information in advance so that passengers are taken off from the car at the evacuation floor or the nearest floor before the earthquake wave arrives (see, for example, Patent Document 2) ).

JP 2002-46953 A JP 2004-284758 A

  In the conventional elevator seismic control operation system, since seismic control operation is performed after the operation of the seismic detector, there is a seismic motion, the equipment in the hoistway collides, and the rope vibrates violently. Even had to move the elevator. Therefore, there is a risk of causing damage to the rails and the equipment in the hoistway.

  In addition, the seismic control operation system using the Internet distribution of earthquake information controls the elevator control operation based on the predicted arrival time of the seismic wave included in the earthquake information when the earthquake information is received. The accuracy of the arrived arrival time may be reduced in transmission line delays, large-scale earthquakes, earthquakes with deep epicenters, etc., and it is not always guaranteed that the information is accurate. For example, if the actual arrival time of the seismic wave is earlier than the expected arrival time, the elevator determines that there is a margin until the earthquake arrival time and continues operation. However, if the seismic wave arrives at that time, the above-described problems may occur.

  The present invention was made to solve the above-described problems. When an earthquake occurs, the safety of passengers is ensured before the earthquake reaches the elevator, and damage to hoistway equipment and the like is prevented. The present invention provides an elevator seismic control operation device that can be minimized.

  In the elevator seismic control operation system according to the present invention, the earthquake information receiving means for receiving the emergency earthquake warning distributed via the communication means, and the information included in the emergency earthquake warning received by the earthquake information receiving means can be arbitrarily selected. An earthquake information predicting means for predicting an initial microtremor arrival predicted time and a main motion estimated arrival time at the point, and an elevator control means for controlling the elevator during an earthquake based on the predicted predicted main motion arrival time by the earthquake information predicting means, Compared with the P-wave seismic detector installed in the elevator that detects the initial tremor of the earthquake, the time when the P-wave seismic detector detected the initial tremor and the expected initial tremor arrival time from the earthquake information prediction means, And an earthquake information correcting unit that corrects the predicted arrival time of the main motion predicted by the earthquake information predicting unit based on the prediction error.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to improve the accuracy of the arrival time of the main motion required from the earthquake early warning, and more accurately determine the surplus time until the arrival time of the seismic wave, thereby realizing a more appropriate and reliable elevator operation during earthquakes. It is possible to reduce elevator safety and damage to hoistway equipment and the like.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view for explaining the inside of an elevator car, FIG. 2 is a schematic view for explaining the inside of an elevator hoistway, and FIG. 3 is the entire seismic control operation system for an elevator according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a block configuration diagram for explaining the configuration of the elevator control device in FIG. 3, FIG. 5 is a block configuration diagram for explaining the configuration of the transmission interface in FIG. 3, and FIG. FIG. 7 is a block diagram for explaining the configuration of the car call registration device in FIG. 3, and FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the seismic control operation system for elevators in Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

  In FIG. 1, 1 is an elevator car, 2 is a car door that opens and closes the entrance of the car 1, 3 is a car operation panel provided in the car 1, and 4-1 to 4-6 are provided on the car operation panel 3. In FIG. 1, six car buttons are arranged from the first floor to the sixth floor, and the call buttons 4-5 on the fifth floor are registered in a bold display. Yes. Reference numeral 5 denotes an in-car indicator provided at the upper part of the car operation panel 3. The car traveling direction is indicated by an arrow and the current floor is indicated by a number. In FIG. 1, the car indicates the second floor. It indicates that the vehicle is traveling upward. Reference numeral 6 denotes a door opening button provided on the car operation panel 3. By pressing the door opening button, the car door 2 is opened only when the car 1 is stopped. Reference numeral 7 denotes a door closing button provided on the car operation panel 3. By pressing the door closing button, the door 2 is closed only when the car door 2 is open.

  In FIG. 2, the elevator car 1 is suspended by a main rope 8, and moves up and down in the hoistway 10 by the rotation of the hoisting machine 9. Further, a counterweight 11 is suspended on the other end side of the main rope 8, and the load on the hoisting machine 9 is reduced by balancing with the elevator car 1. Reference numerals 12-1 to 12-7 denote halls on each floor, and FIG. 2 shows halls on the first floor to the seventh floor. For example, when the car 1 is traveling up the second floor, the nearest stop floor of the elevator car 1 is the fourth floor 12-4, and the nearest stop floor is indicated by a bold line. Further, for example, the evacuation floor of the building is the first floor 12-1, and the evacuation floor is represented by a double line.

  Next, the overall configuration of the elevator seismic control operation system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The earthquake early warning 13 including information such as the epicenter of the earthquake, the magnitude, and the depth of the earthquake distributed from the Japan Meteorological Agency via communication means such as the Internet is received by the earthquake information receiver 14. The earthquake early warning 13 received by the earthquake information receiving device 14 is transmitted to the earthquake information predicting device 15, and the earthquake information predicting device 15 is based on the information included in the emergency earthquake early warning 13 and the position of any registered point. The initial tremor arrival time, which is the time at which the initial tremor wave reaches the point, the main motion arrival time, at which the main motion wave arrives at the point, and the predicted seismic intensity of the seismic wave. Is obtained by predictive calculation.

  The elevator control panel 16 that controls the elevator is composed of an elevator control device 17 and a transmission interface 18, and the elevator control device 17 performs an earthquake control operation of the elevator based on the predicted main movement arrival time received from the earthquake information prediction device 15. A control signal is generated and transmitted to the elevator car 1 via the transmission interface 18. The transmission interface 18 performs smooth transmission of data between the elevator control device 17 and the elevator car 1 or the input / output device 19.

  Further, in the elevator car 1, the car call buttons 4-1 to 4-6, the door open button 6, and the door close button 7 provided on the car operation panel 3 in FIG. The button information is transmitted to the elevator control panel 16.

  The elevator control panel 16 also receives a signal from the P-wave earthquake detector 21 that detects the initial tremor of the earthquake and transmits a signal via the input / output device 19 and performs control operation by the earthquake detector.

  The earthquake information correction device 22 receives the initial fine motion detection signal when the P-wave earthquake detector 21 detects the initial fine motion, and receives the initial fine motion detection signal and the initial fine motion predicted by the earthquake information prediction device 15. The predicted predicted arrival time is compared with the estimated arrival time, and the predicted predicted main motion arrival time is corrected based on the error information and is predicted by the earthquake information prediction device 15 to obtain the corrected predicted predicted main motion arrival time.

Next, details of the elevator control device 17 shown in FIG. 3 will be described with reference to FIG.
The software code serving as means for controlling the elevator according to the present invention is stored in the ROM 23, and parameters for performing control are stored in the RAM 24. In the elevator control device 17, control data is generated by performing calculations with the microcomputer 25, and a control signal is transmitted to the elevator car 1 via the transmission interface 18. In addition, at the input port 26, the predicted measured seismic intensity of the seismic wave transmitted from the earthquake information prediction device 15 and the predicted arrival time of the main motion are input and stored in the RAM 24, and the control operation is determined based on this.

Next, details of the transmission interface 18 shown in FIG. 3 will be described with reference to FIG.
The transmission interface 18 is operated by a microcomputer 27 that controls data transmission, reads communication program codes from the ROM 28, takes out data such as parameters from the RAM 29, and performs data transmission processing.
The control signal transmitted from the elevator control device 17 of FIG. 3 is temporarily stored in the 2-port RAM 30 and sequentially extracted. Then, the data is converted by the serial interface 31 and transmitted to the elevator car 1 of FIG. The data transmitted from the elevator car 1 is received by the receiver 33 and transmitted to the elevator control device 17 via the serial interface 31 and the 2-port RAM 30. 3 is received by the receiver 34 via the input / output device 19 and transmitted to the elevator control device 17 via the serial interface 35 and the 2-port RAM 30.

Next, details of the car call registration device 20 shown in FIG. 3 will be described with reference to FIG.
The car call registration device 20 is operated by the microcomputer 36, reads the program code from the ROM 37, takes out data such as parameters from the RAM 38, and performs transmission processing. A signal of the car call registration button operated on the car operation panel 3 is transmitted to the transmission interface 18 via the input port 39.

Next, the operation of the elevator seismic control operation system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
The elevator performing normal operation in step S1 receives the earthquake early warning 13 distributed from the Japan Meteorological Agency in step S2 by the earthquake information receiving device 14. The elevator control device 17 constantly monitors the reception status of the earthquake early warning 13 transmitted from the earthquake information receiving device 14 transmitted via the earthquake information prediction device 15 and shows the step S3 while not receiving the earthquake early warning 13. Thus, control is performed so as to continue the normal operation that is the current elevator operation.
When the elevator receives the earthquake early warning 13 in step S2, the earthquake information receiving device 14 transmits the received emergency earthquake early warning 13 to the earthquake information predicting device 15, and the earthquake information predicting device 15 detects the earthquake in step S4. Estimate the initial fine movement arrival time and the main movement arrival time by predictive calculation.
Next, in step S5, when the P-wave earthquake detector 21 installed in the elevator is not operating, the elevator control device 17 determines from the predicted main motion arrival time of the earthquake transmitted from the earthquake information prediction device 15, Elevator using the expected time of arrival of the main motion that calculates the surplus time until the main motion occurs at the current location and selects the stop to the nearest floor or the stop operation to the evacuation floor according to the surplus time in step S6 Perform control operation.
While the elevator control operation using the predicted arrival time of the main motion is selected, the elevator control device 17 stores the current elevator operation in step S3 as the control operation by the main motion, and the earthquake early warning 13 in step S2. Is not received, the elevator control operation operation according to the expected main movement arrival time is continued.
If the P-wave earthquake detector 21 is activated in step S5, the earthquake information correcting device 22 immediately records the P-wave earthquake detector operation time, and the earthquake information predicting device 15 stores it in step S7 as shown in step S7. The predicted initial tremor arrival time calculated in advance and the P-wave earthquake detector operating time are compared, and the difference is stored as a time prediction error of the received emergency earthquake bulletin 13.
In step S 8, the time prediction error calculated by the earthquake information correction device 22 is transmitted to the earthquake information prediction device 15, the corrected main motion arrival prediction time is calculated by the earthquake information prediction device 15, and the elevator control device 17. To transmit. Here, the corrected predicted main motion arrival time is obtained by the sum of the predicted main motion (S wave) arrival time and the time prediction error.
In step S9, a surplus time to the main motion arrival time is calculated based on the corrected predicted main motion arrival time transmitted from the earthquake information prediction device 15, and the stop operation to the nearest floor or the stop operation to the evacuation floor is performed. Elevator seismic control operation is performed using the corrected predicted predicted main motion arrival time selected according to the spare time.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
FIG. 8 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the elevator seismic control operation system according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
In the second embodiment, in addition to the operation of the first embodiment, an operation for performing seismic control operation based on the measured seismic intensity of the emergency earthquake bulletin 13 is added. That is, when the earthquake early warning 13 is received in step S10, if the measured seismic intensity is smaller than a predetermined value (for example, a small seismic intensity that does not hinder the operation of the elevator), normal operation is continued and the predetermined value If it is larger, the control operation is performed as in the first embodiment.

  According to the second embodiment, control operation is not performed for all reception of the earthquake early warning 13, and normal operation can be performed when there is no problem in operation of the elevator, so that it is possible to prevent a decrease in service to passengers. it can.

It is a perspective view for demonstrating the inside of the elevator car. It is the schematic for demonstrating the inside of the elevator hoistway. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an overall configuration of an elevator seismic control operation system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. It is a block block diagram for demonstrating the structure of the elevator control apparatus in FIG. It is a block block diagram for demonstrating the structure of the transmission interface in FIG. It is a block block diagram for demonstrating the structure of the car call registration apparatus in FIG. It is a flowchart for demonstrating operation | movement of the earthquake-controlled operation system of the elevator in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating operation | movement of the earthquake-controlled operation system of the elevator in Embodiment 2 of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Elevator car 2 Car door 3 Car operation panel 4-1 to 4-6 Car call button 5 Car indicator 6 Door open button 7 Door close button 8 Main rope 9 Hoisting machine 10 Hoistway 11 Counterweight 12- 1-12-7 Each floor hall 13 Earthquake early warning 14 Earthquake information receiving device 15 Earthquake information prediction device 16 Elevator control panel 17 Elevator control device 18 Transmission interface 19 Input / output device 20 Car call registration device 21 P wave earthquake detector 22 Earthquake information Correction device 23, 28, 37 ROM
24, 29, 38 RAM
25, 27, 36 Microcomputer 26, 39 Input port 30 2-port RAM
31, 35 Serial interface 32 Driver 33, 34 Receiver

Claims (3)

An earthquake information receiving means for receiving an earthquake early warning distributed via a communication means;
An earthquake information prediction means for predicting an initial microtremor arrival expected time and a main motion arrival expected time at an arbitrary point from information included in the emergency earthquake early warning received by the earthquake information receiving means;
Elevator control means for controlling the elevator during an earthquake based on the predicted predicted main motion arrival time predicted by the earthquake information prediction means;
A P-wave seismic detector installed in the elevator to detect the initial tremor of the earthquake;
The time at which the P-wave earthquake detector detects initial tremor is compared with the expected initial tremor arrival time from the earthquake information prediction means, and the arrival of the main motion predicted by the earthquake information prediction means based on the time prediction error. An earthquake information correction means for correcting the predicted time;
A seismic control operation system for elevators. An earthquake information receiving means for receiving an earthquake early warning distributed via a communication means;
From the information included in the emergency earthquake warning received by the earthquake information receiving means, the earthquake information prediction means for predicting the initial tremor arrival expected time, the main movement arrival expected time and the measured seismic intensity at an arbitrary point;
Elevator control means for controlling the elevator during an earthquake based on the predicted main motion arrival time and the measured seismic intensity predicted by the earthquake information prediction means;
A P-wave seismic detector installed in the elevator to detect the initial tremor of the earthquake;
The time at which the P-wave earthquake detector detects initial tremor is compared with the expected initial tremor arrival time from the earthquake information prediction means, and the arrival of the main motion predicted by the earthquake information prediction means based on the time prediction error. An earthquake information correction means for correcting the predicted time;
A seismic control operation system for elevators.   When the P-wave seismic detector is not operating, the seismic control operation is performed using the predicted arrival time of the main motion predicted by the earthquake information predicting means. 3. An elevator earthquake control operation system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein an earthquake control operation is performed using the corrected predicted predicted main motion arrival time corrected by the correction means.

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