JP2010247908A - Call registering device of elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve operabilty in inputting a destination floor and, in addition, significantly reduce mis-pushing an input button, in a call registering device provided with ten-key type input buttons. <P>SOLUTION: The call registering device of the elevator equipped in a car or landing of the elevator includes: ten-key type input buttons 3; button lamps 9 each equipped corresponding to each of the input buttons 3; controlled floor information recording means 10 recording controlled floor information of the elevator; registrable floor converting means 11 converting controlled floor information of the controlled floor information recording means 10 to registrable floor information; and button operation information converting means 12 converting operation information on the input button 3 to the controlled floor information described above. Each processing for the validation and invalidation of each input button 3 and for the lighting on and lighting off of each button lamp 9 is controlled based on the registrable floor information converted by the registrable floor converting means 11. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a call registration device provided in an elevator car or a landing.

  A call registration device is installed in an elevator car or landing to allow a user to enter a destination floor and register a call (destination call). In general, this call registration device is well known with a destination button for each stop floor of an elevator. When a call registration device having such a configuration is provided in an elevator, a user inputs a destination floor by pressing a destination button on which the desired floor name is displayed.

On the other hand, in an elevator installed in a high-rise building or an elevator with many stop floors, a call registration device having a numeric keypad type input button may be installed in a car or a landing.
As a prior art of such a call registration device, for example, every time an input button is pressed so that the operator (elevator user) can check which input button has been pressed, it corresponds. A device that blinks a destination call registration lamp has been proposed (see Patent Document 1).

JP 2006-182489 A

  A call registration device having a numeric keypad type input button includes, for example, numeric buttons 0 to 9 and a basement floor button indicating a basement floor as input buttons for a user to input a destination floor. . In such a call registration device, it is possible to input all floors that can be expressed by the combination of each number button and the basement floor button, so that there is a problem that operability is poor for an unfamiliar user. there were.

  Further, in a call registration device having a numeric keypad type input button, a user may have to press a plurality of input buttons to input his / her destination floor. Further, from such a call registration device, the floor where the elevator does not stop can be input as the destination floor. For this reason, it is easy for a user to make a mistake in pressing, and there is a possibility that the user may take time to re-input, or an excessive destination call may occur and the operation efficiency of the elevator may be reduced.

  The one described in Patent Document 1 simply has a function of notifying which input button has been pressed, and cannot solve the above-described problem.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide excellent operability when inputting a destination floor in a call registration device having a numeric keypad type input button. It is an object to provide an elevator call registration device that can greatly reduce mistakes in pressing.

  An elevator call registration device according to the present invention is an elevator call registration device having a numeric keypad input button provided in an elevator car or a landing, and includes a button light provided corresponding to each input button, The control floor information recording means for recording the control floor information for the elevator control device to perform floor management, and the control floor information recorded in the management floor information recording means, the user in the actual building Registerable floor conversion means for converting into registerable floor information, which is information of floors that can be registered, and button operation for converting operation information for the input button into management floor information in accordance with the recorded contents of the management floor information recording means Information converting means and control means for controlling each processing of valid / invalid for each input button and lighting / extinguishing of each button light based on the registerable floor information converted by the registerable floor converting means , It is those with a.

  According to the present invention, in a call registration device having a numeric keypad type input button, it is possible to improve the operability when inputting a destination floor, and to greatly reduce the mistake of pressing the input button. .

It is a block diagram which shows the call registration apparatus of the elevator in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a front view of the operating panel provided with the operating device shown in FIG. It is a front view of the input button shown in FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating operation | movement of the call registration apparatus of the elevator in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating operation | movement of the call registration apparatus of the elevator in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating operation | movement of the call registration apparatus of the elevator in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating operation | movement of the call registration apparatus of the elevator in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating operation | movement of the call registration apparatus of the elevator in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating operation | movement of the call registration apparatus of the elevator in Embodiment 1 of this invention.

  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 block diagram showing an elevator call registration device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is a control apparatus which controls the whole operation of an elevator. The control device 1 performs elevator operation control using predetermined management floor information. The management floor information is information for performing floor management of the building on the elevator side, and is set to facilitate the operation control of the elevator.
Table 1 below shows an example of the management floor information.

  As described above, the management floor information is, for example, whether the floor of the actual building, the management floor recognized by the control device 1 for controlling the elevator operation, and whether each floor can be registered. It consists of information that correlates heels. That is, the floor (the floor of the actual building) recognized by the elevator user and the floor (management floor) used by the control device 1 for control are not necessarily the same.

  In addition, a call registration device is installed in the elevator car and each landing for the elevator user to input a destination floor and register a call (destination call). This call registration device is provided with an operating device 2 that performs various control functions and a numeric keypad type input button 3. 2 is a front view of an operation panel provided with the operation device shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a front view of the input button shown in FIG. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the operating device 2 and the input button 3 are mounted on, for example, an operation panel 4 provided in a car or a landing together with a car position display device 5 and the like.

  The input button 3 includes, for example, ten number buttons 6 (“0” button to “9” button) for inputting numbers 0 to 9, and a predetermined M button 7 (“M” button). And a basement floor button 8 ("-" button) for inputting the basement floor. Each of the input buttons 3 includes a button lamp 9 corresponding to each of the input buttons 3. When the button lamp 9 is turned on, the corresponding input button 3 ("0" button to "9" button, "M") is displayed. Button, “−” button) is illuminated.

  On the other hand, the operating device 2 has a function of controlling the input button 3 and the button lamp 9 in accordance with the actual operation of the elevator, and a function of transmitting the content of the operation of the input button 3 by the user to the control device 1. I have. And in order to implement | achieve the said function, the operating device 2 is provided with the management floor information recording means 10, the registration possible floor conversion means 11, the button operation information conversion means 12, and the control means 13, for example.

  The management floor information recording means 10 has a function of acquiring management floor information from the elevator control device 1 and recording the management floor information in the operating device 2. The management floor information recording means 10 is composed of, for example, a nonvolatile memory. For this reason, once the management floor information is recorded in the management floor information recording means 10, the recorded contents are retained even if the power of the operation device 2 is turned off. In the control device 1, the same management floor information is not always used, and the contents may be changed due to a change in building specifications, a time zone, or the like. For example, when a floor that could not be registered before can be registered, old management floor information is not used from that point. Further, when there is a floor that cannot be registered except for a predetermined time zone (for example, lunch break time), different management floor information is used in the time zone and other time zones. For this reason, the management floor information recording means 10 acquires the management floor information at that time from the control device 1 under a predetermined condition, and updates the recorded management floor information to the latest one.

  The registerable floor conversion means 11 has a function of converting the management floor information recorded in the management floor information recording means 10 into registerable floor information. Here, the registrable floor means a floor that a user can register as a destination floor in an actual building where an elevator is installed.

  The button operation information conversion means 12 has a function of converting operation information for the input button 3 performed by the user into management floor information used by the control device 1 and transmitting it to the control device 1. Specifically, the button operation information conversion means 12 converts the operation information into the latest management floor information in accordance with the recorded contents of the management floor information recording means 10. For example, when the registerable floor conversion means 11 receives the management floor information having the contents shown in Table 1 from the management floor information recording means 10, the button operation information conversion means 12 is based on the correspondence table as shown in Table 2 below. The input operation information is converted into management floor information.

  On the other hand, the control means 13 performs processing for validating and invalidating each input button 3 (“0” button to “9” button, “M” button, “−” button) and processing for turning on / off each button light 9. And has a function to control. Specifically, the control unit 13 performs control based on the registerable floor information converted by the registerable floor conversion unit 11 and the operation information for the input button 3 performed by the user. For example, the user inputs the destination floor For this purpose, only the input button 3 that can be operated is validated, and only the button lamp 9 corresponding to the validated input button 3 is turned on.

  Hereinafter, the function of the control means 13 will be specifically described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 9 are diagrams for explaining the operation of the elevator call registration device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In the following, in a building having floors from the 5th floor to the 50th floor, the elevators are "5th floor (-5th floor)-2nd floor (-2nd floor)", "1st floor-5th floor" A case will be described in which it is possible to stop at each floor of “23rd floor to 32nd floor” and “50th floor” (that is, each floor is a registerable floor).

  FIG. 4 shows a state of each input button 3 when the operation by the elevator user is not performed. In FIG. 4 to FIG. 9, the input button 3 whose numbers and symbols are visible on the operation surface represents that which is enabled by the function of the control means 13 and the corresponding button light 9 is lit. An input button 3 whose numbers and symbols are not visible on the operation surface represents that the button is disabled by the function of the control means 13 and the corresponding button light 9 is turned off. Further, when the input button 3 is “valid”, when the input button 3 is pressed, the pressing information is detected (recognized) by the operating device 2, and when the input button 3 is “invalid”, the input button 3 is This means that the pressed information is not detected (recognized) by the operating device 2 even if it is pressed.

  At the time of the first input shown in FIG. 4, the control means 13 validates each of the numeric buttons 1 to 5 and the basement floor button 8 among the input buttons 3, and each button lamp incorporated in the valid input button 3. 9 is lit. On the other hand, the control means 13 invalidates the input buttons 3 (numbered buttons 6 and 9 of 6 to 9 and 0 and the M button 7) that the user cannot input as the destination floor, and each button built in the invalid input button 3 The light 9 is turned off. In other words, the input button 3 that can be operated by the user to perform the destination floor input at the time of the first input (the input button 3 enabled by the control means 13) is "-" ”Button,“ 1 ”button for inputting the first floor,“ 2 ”button for inputting the second and 23rd to 29th floors, and inputting the third and 30th to 32nd floors. "3" button, "4" button for inputting the fourth floor, and "5" button for inputting the fifth and 50th floors.

  Then, when the user presses the “−” button in the first input, the control means 13 to which the pressing information is input invalidates the “1” button and the “−” button from the state shown in FIG. The button lights 9 are turned off (see FIG. 5). That is, the control means 13 validates the number buttons 6 of numbers (2, 3, 4, 5) that the user can input after the “−” button, and inputs the numbers after the “−” button. It is invalid for the numeric buttons 6 that cannot be used. Then, lighting and extinguishing of each button light 9 are controlled in accordance with the valid and invalid processes.

  FIG. 6 shows a state when the user presses the “4” button after the “−” button. In this case, since there is no input button 3 that can be operated after “4”, the control means 13 invalidates all the input buttons 3 and turns off the button lights 9.

  On the other hand, when the user presses the “2” button in the first input, the control means 13 invalidates the “1” button, the “2” button, and the “−” button from the state shown in FIG. The button, the “7” button, the “8” button, and the “9” button are made effective (see FIG. 7). Further, the lighting and extinguishing of each button light 9 are controlled in accordance with the above-described valid and invalid processes. In other words, the control means 13 allows the user to input the number (2 in this case) of the operated number button 6 as the number one place higher than the number (2). Enable the numeric button 6 for numbers. In addition, the control means 13 invalidates the numeric button 6 that the user cannot input following the numeral (2).

  Similarly, FIG. 8 shows the state of the input button 3 when the user presses the “3” button in the first input, and FIG. 9 shows the state of the input button 3 when the user presses the “5” button in the first input. It shows the state.

  According to the first embodiment of the present invention, in the call registration device provided with the numeric keypad type input button 3, only the input button 3 that can be operated by the user to perform the destination floor input is enabled, and the effective input is performed. Since only the button light 9 corresponding to the button 3 is lit, the operability when inputting the destination floor can be improved, and further, the erroneous pressing of the input button 3 can be greatly reduced.

  That is, the user can visually recognize the input button 3 that can be operated when inputting the destination floor. For this reason, even a user who is unfamiliar with the operation of the numeric keypad type input button 3 can easily input a desired destination floor. Further, the input button 3 which is not necessary for inputting the destination floor is invalidated at any time by the user's operation. For this reason, the user does not enter the floor where the elevator does not stop as the destination floor. There is no fear of lowering.

  Further, by updating the management floor information recorded in the management floor information recording means 10 as needed, it is possible to change the registerable floor without changing the hardware or software in the operation device 2, It is possible to cope with various environments.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Control apparatus 2 Operation apparatus 3 Input button 4 Operation panel 5 Car position display apparatus 6 Number button 7 M button 8 Basement floor button 9 Button light 10 Management floor information recording means 11 Registrable floor conversion means 12 Button operation information conversion means 13 Control means

Claims (5)

An elevator call registration device having a numeric keypad input button provided in an elevator car or a landing,
A button light provided corresponding to each input button;
Management floor information recording means for recording management floor information for the elevator control device to perform floor management;
Registrable floor conversion means for converting the management floor information recorded in the management floor information recording means into registrable floor information, which is floor information that a user can register as a destination floor in an actual building;
Button operation information converting means for converting operation information for the input button into management floor information in accordance with the recorded contents of the management floor information recording means;
Based on the registerable floor information converted by the registerable floor conversion means, control means for controlling each process of valid and invalid for each input button and lighting and extinguishing of each button light,
An elevator call registration device characterized by comprising:   The control means validates only the input buttons that can be operated by the user for performing destination floor input based on the registrable floor information converted by the registrable floor conversion means, The elevator call registration device according to claim 1, wherein only the button light is turned on. The input button includes a number button for inputting each number from 0 to 9,
When any of the valid number buttons is operated, the control means can input the number of the operated number button as the number one place higher, and the user can input the number after the number. 3. The elevator call registration device according to claim 2, wherein the number button of a number is enabled and the number button of a number that a user cannot input following the number is disabled. The input button includes a basement button for inputting a basement floor,
The control means, when operated when the basement button is enabled, enables the number button of a number that a user can input subsequently to the basement button, and the user selects the basement button 4. The elevator call registration device according to claim 3, wherein the number buttons for numbers that cannot be continuously input are invalidated. The management floor information recording means acquires the management floor information from the control device under a predetermined condition, updates the recorded management floor information,
5. The registerable floor conversion means and the button operation information conversion means perform each control based on the latest management floor information recorded in the management floor information recording means. The elevator call registration device according to any one of the above.

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