JP2011037537A - Control device of elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control device of an elevator which is properly adaptable to a pseudo confined state and which can reduce notifications to a maintenance company or the like when the pseudo confined state occurs. <P>SOLUTION: This control device of an elevator includes a pseudo confinement detection means 2b for detecting the occurrence of a pseudo confinement when detecting that any defect is not detected for the elevator and passengers board in the car 1 of the elevator after the door of the car 1 is closed and the car is stopped and a notification means (2c, 2d, 3, 4) for notifying the users in the car 1 of the information for prompting the users for getting down the car 1 or a call registration operation to the other story when the pseudo confinement detection means 2b detects the occurrence of a pseudo confinement. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an elevator control device.

  In the conventional elevator control system, when the elevator operation is unsuccessful and the user is confined in the car, the user can feel at ease without being worried until he can contact the monitoring center. Elevator control panel for controlling the operation of the elevator car and monitoring whether the car is operating normally based on signals from this elevator control panel as a means of waiting for rescue Surveillance means, an emergency call button provided inside the car for reporting outside the car, an intercom provided inside the car for calling outside the car, and the emergency call button being pressed As soon as it is determined by the monitoring means that the passenger is trapped in the car, the user in the car is notified that the intercom is reporting. Those with a speech synthesis means for Nsu, a is known (e.g., see Patent Document 1).

  In addition, a monitoring control means having an identification means for identifying the state of confinement of the elevator is provided to the monitoring center as a means to rescue the user from the elevator by remote operation safely and reliably while reducing the anxiety of the user confined to the elevator. In addition to the operation control means having an abnormality detection means for detecting a confinement abnormality that stops operation while the user is confined in the elevator car, and when a confinement abnormality detected by the operation control means occurs Presenting means such as a speaker or a monitor that presents predetermined information in the car, and the elevator car, the presenting means notifies the user confined in the car, for example, the timing of the rescue start. What was comprised is known (for example, refer patent document 2).

  In addition, in order to quickly rescue users who are trapped in the car, a rescue button is provided in the car and an indicator light and audio output device are provided at the landing, and the control means responds to the operation of the rescue button. It is also known to control the lighting of the indicator light and drive a sound output measure in conjunction with this indicator light to output a warning sound, etc., to inform the landing of the situation where the user is confined in the car (For example, see Patent Document 3).

JP 05-338934 A JP 2005-047667 A JP 2007-246230 A

Conventionally, in the technical field of elevators, various functions have been implemented in consideration of convenience and safety.
For example, in a conventional elevator, when a user presses the destination button in the car, the destination call of the corresponding floor is registered, and when it arrives at the target floor, the user opens and the user gets off. It is normal.
Also, especially in elevators with group management functions, in order to improve driving efficiency, after the door is closed in response to the final call, the car is automatically moved to the specified floor even if there is no call on another floor. And a function for performing an operation for making the vehicle stand by with the door closed (hereinafter referred to as a “standby operation”).

On the other hand, in recent years, there have been many opportunities to disclose information related to morbidity and confinement during use of elevators, and users have become more sensitive to elevator safety and risk management.
For this reason, for example, the user gets on without knowing that it is the above-mentioned standby operation, the car runs without registering the destination floor in the car, and after arrival at the standby floor, the car When the vehicle does not travel (pseudo confinement state), the user assumes that the user is confined, and a situation has occurred in which the user is notified to a maintenance company or a monitoring center.

  However, in the conventional elevator control devices shown in Patent Document 1 to Patent Document 3, when the emergency call button or the rescue button is not operated, or when an abnormality such as a failure is not detected in the elevator, the user or Since there is no notification or display for the monitoring center or the landing, there is a problem that the above-described pseudo confinement state cannot be dealt with.

  And when the pseudo confinement state occurs, the user can cancel this pseudo confinement state by simply pressing the door open button or the destination button to another floor, but a notification is made to the maintenance company, etc. There is also a problem that maintenance workers have to deal with the situation such as going to the site, which requires extra effort and cost.

  The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and can appropriately cope with the pseudo confinement state as described above, and can reduce notification to a maintenance company or the like due to the occurrence of the pseudo confinement state. It is possible to obtain an elevator control device that is capable of this.

  In the elevator control device according to the present invention, after the elevator car is closed and stopped, no failure is detected in the elevator, and the user is still in the car. A pseudo-confinement detection means for detecting the occurrence of pseudo-confinement, and when the pseudo-confinement detection means detects the occurrence of a pseudo-confinement, the user in the car is notified to the car And informing means for informing information for prompting the user to get off or call registration to another floor.

  The present invention relates to an elevator control device in a state in which no failure is detected in the elevator after the elevator car is closed and stopped, and a user is still in the elevator car. A pseudo confinement detection means for detecting the occurrence of pseudo confinement, and when the pseudo confinement detection means detects a pseudo confinement occurrence, the user in the car is It is possible to respond appropriately to the pseudo confinement state by having a notification means for notifying information that prompts the user to get off or call registration to another floor, and a maintenance company or the like due to the occurrence of the pseudo confinement state There is an effect that it is possible to reduce the number of notifications.

1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of an elevator control device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of operation | movement of the control apparatus of the elevator which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
1 and 2 relate to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of an elevator control device, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation flow of the elevator control device. is there.
In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a car that is disposed in a hoistway (not shown) of an elevator so as to freely move up and down and moves up and down in the hoistway with a user, luggage, and the like.
Reference numeral 2 denotes a control device main body that controls the operation management of the elevator as a whole, and the overall operation of the car 1 is controlled by an operation control means 2 a included in the control device main body 2.

The control device main body 2 is provided with pseudo confinement detection means 2b for detecting the above-described pseudo confinement state.
This pseudo confinement detection means 2b is in a state in which no functional failure is detected after the elevator 1 is not registered to another floor and the car 1 is closed and stopped. When it is detected that the user is still in the car 1, it is detected that a pseudo confinement state has occurred.

Here, the detection that the user is still in the car 1 is detected in a car (not shown) provided to determine whether the user is in the car 1 or not. It is performed using a person presence / absence determining means.
The in-car user presence / absence judging means is specifically provided in the car 1, for example, a scale device for detecting the load in the car 1, and an image taken by the car camera provided in the car 1. Image recognition apparatus using a car, a human sensor using infrared rays or heat provided in the car 1, a personal authentication apparatus using an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), a non-contact card, or the like.

  In the car 1, a voice notification device 3 including a speaker for notifying a user in the car 1 of predetermined voice information, and a predetermined image for the user in the car 1. An image display device 4 including a liquid crystal display (LCD) for displaying information is installed.

The voice notification device 3 notifies a user in the car 1 of a predetermined voice under the control of the voice notification control means 2c provided in the control device main body 2.
When the pseudo-confinement detection means 2b detects the occurrence of the pseudo confinement state, the voice notification control means 2c causes the voice notification device 3 to get out of the car 1 from the car 1 or others to the user in the car 1. A signal is transmitted so as to notify a predetermined voice prompting a call registration operation to the floor.
Here, as an example of a predetermined voice message that prompts the user in the car 1 to get out of the car 1, “Please press the door open button” is used. On the other hand, as an example of a predetermined voice message prompting a call registration operation to another floor, “Please press the destination button” can be considered.

The image display device 4 displays predetermined image information to the users in the car 1 under the control of the image display control means 2d provided in the control device main body 2.
When the pseudo confinement state occurrence is detected by the pseudo confinement detection means 2b, the image display control means 2d gets out of the car 1 from the car 1 to the user in the car 1 or others. A signal is transmitted to display predetermined image information that prompts a call registration operation to the floor.
Here, as the predetermined image information to be displayed on the image display device 4, character information expressing a predetermined voice message notified by the voice notification device 3 in characters, or a so-called pictogram in which the same contents as the predetermined voice message are designed Etc. can be considered.

Note that the voice notification means including the voice notification device 3 and the voice notification control means 2 c and the image display means including the image display device 4 and the image display control means 2 d are provided to the car 1 in the car 1. An informing means for informing predetermined information that prompts the user to get off or call registration to another floor is configured.
In addition, here, both voice notification means (voice notification device 3 and voice notification control means 2c) and image display means (image display device 4 and image display control means 2d) are provided. Only one of the means may be provided as the notification means.

The elevator control apparatus configured as described above operates according to a series of flows shown in FIG.
First, in step S1, the pseudo confinement detection means 2b of the control device main body 2 checks whether or not the car 1 is closed and there is no call registration to another floor. In this confirmation, when the car 1 is closed and it is not confirmed that there is no call registration to another floor, the process proceeds to step S8 and the operation flow is finished.
On the other hand, if it is confirmed in step S1 that the car 1 is closed and there is no call registration for another floor, the process proceeds to step S2.

In step S2, the pseudo confinement detection means 2b confirms whether any failure has been detected for the elevator. In this confirmation, when it is not confirmed that no failure is detected for the elevator, the process proceeds to step S8 and the operation flow ends.
On the other hand, if it is confirmed in step S2 that no failure has been detected for the elevator, the process proceeds to step S3.

In step S <b> 3, the pseudo confinement detection unit 2 b confirms whether or not the user is in the car 1 using the in-car user presence / absence determination unit. In this confirmation, when it is not confirmed that the user is in the car 1, the process proceeds to step S8 and the operation flow ends.
On the other hand, if it is confirmed in step S3 that the user is in the car 1, the pseudo confinement detection means 2b detects that a pseudo confinement state has occurred, and step S4. Proceed to

  In step S4, in response to the detection of the pseudo confinement state by the pseudo confinement detection means 2b, the voice notification control means 2c transmits a signal to the voice notification apparatus 3, and a predetermined voice is given to the voice notification apparatus 3. The user in 1 is notified, and the user gets out of the car 1 or calls for registration to another floor.

  In subsequent step S5, in response to the detection of the pseudo confinement state by the pseudo confinement detecting means 2b, the image display control means 2d transmits a signal to the image display apparatus 4, and predetermined image information is transmitted to the image display apparatus 4. Display the user and prompt the user in the car 1 to get out of the car 1 or call registration to another floor.

After this step S5, the process proceeds to step S6, where it is confirmed whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed since the time when the car 1 confirmed in the previous step S1 was closed, and the car 1 was closed. From step S6, the confirmation in step S6 is repeated until a predetermined time or more elapses.
If it is confirmed in step S6 that a predetermined time has elapsed since the car 1 was closed, the process proceeds to step S7, and the door of the car 1 is automatically opened. Thus, a user in the car 1 in the pseudo confinement state can go out of the car 1.

  In the elevator control apparatus configured as described above, after the elevator car is closed and stopped by the pseudo confinement detection means, no trouble is detected in the elevator and the car is detected. When a pseudo confinement occurrence is detected when it is detected that the user is still in the vehicle, and when the pseudo confinement detection means detects a pseudo confinement occurrence, the notification means informs the user in the car Pseudo-confinement in which the elevator is in a normal state and the user is in the car and is in a door-to-door waiting state by notifying the user of information that prompts the user to get off the car or to register for a call to another floor It is possible to appropriately cope with the situation, and it is possible to reduce the notification to the maintenance company or the like due to the occurrence of the pseudo confinement state.

  Moreover, when the pseudo confinement detection means detects the occurrence of pseudo confinement, the notification means prompts the user to get off or call registration by opening the car after a predetermined time has elapsed since the car was closed. However, it is possible to further encourage the user who does not get off the vehicle to get off the vehicle and more reliably eliminate the pseudo confinement state.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Passenger car 2 Control apparatus main body 2a Operation control means 2b Pseudo confinement detection means 2c Voice notification control means 2d Image display control means 3 Voice notification apparatus 4 Image display apparatus

Claims (4)

After the elevator car is closed and stopped, when no failure is detected for the elevator and when it is detected that the user is still in the car, A pseudo-confinement detection means for detecting a pseudo-confinement occurrence;
Informing means for notifying the user in the car of getting off the car or calling registration operation to another floor when the pseudo confinement detecting means detects the occurrence of pseudo confinement. An elevator control device characterized by that.   The said alerting | reporting means has a voice alerting | reporting means which alert | reports the voice which prompts the user in the said passenger car to get off from the said passenger car, or the call registration operation to another floor, The Claim 1 characterized by the above-mentioned. Elevator control device.   The said notification means has an image display means to display the image which prompts the user in the said car to get off from the said car or call registration operation to another floor, The claim 1 or Claim characterized by the above-mentioned. The elevator control device according to any one of 2.   4. The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein when the pseudo confinement detecting means detects the occurrence of pseudo confinement, the car is opened after a predetermined time has elapsed since the car was closed. The elevator control apparatus according to claim 1.

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