JP2012126561A - Device and method for informing elevator cage of disaster-occurred floor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device or method for informing a cage of an elevator of a floor where a disaster breaks out without adding a dedicated display device for informing the occurrence of the fire.SOLUTION: A cage control board 108 installed in the cage 104 of the elevator receives the information of the disaster-occurred floor in a building when the disaster occurs inside the building where the elevator is installed. Upon receiving the information of the disaster-occurred floor, the cage control board 108 outputs instructions for notifying the information of the disaster-occurred floor to an annunciation device mounted in an operation panel 110 provided in the cage 104.

Description

  Embodiments described herein relate generally to an apparatus and a method for notifying a disaster occurrence floor in an elevator car.

  In a conventional elevator system installed in a building, when a fire occurs in the building, the passengers in the car are notified of the occurrence of the fire and the passenger is evacuated by running the car to the evacuation floor. . However, simply notifying the occurrence of a fire is not enough information for the passengers in the car, which may cause anxiety to the passengers in the car, resulting in confusion in the evacuation of the passengers in the event of a fire. It was.

  One countermeasure for solving this problem is disclosed in Patent Document 1. That is, in Patent Document 1, a display device is provided in a car, and when a signal is received from a fire detector installed in a building, a fire occurrence place and an evacuation route are displayed on the display device in the car. The invention is disclosed. In this prior art, since it is necessary to install a dedicated display device for reporting the occurrence of a fire in the car, it is necessary to add dedicated members and processing, which is costly and troublesome. In addition, even in a normal state that is not at the time of the occurrence of a fire, there is a problem that the appearance is impaired because a display device dedicated to fire occurrence notification is always installed.

JP-A-4-159985

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and is a device for notifying a disaster occurrence floor in an elevator car without adding a dedicated display device for fire occurrence notification to an existing configuration. Or to provide a method.

  An apparatus for notifying a disaster occurrence floor in an elevator car according to an embodiment of the present invention is installed in an elevator car, and when a disaster occurs in a building where the elevator is installed, information on the disaster occurrence floor information in the building is provided. Receiving control means; In addition, the present apparatus includes an operation panel provided in the car, and an informing unit that is provided in the operation panel and notifies the information on the disaster occurrence floor according to the output of the control unit.

It is a figure showing the outline | summary of the function structure of the whole elevator system for demonstrating the function structure of one Embodiment. It is the figure which looked at the inside of the car in one Embodiment to the car door direction. It is a figure showing the operation panel in the passenger car by one Embodiment. It is a figure showing the change of the external appearance of the car call registration button by embodiment. It is a flowchart showing the basic process sequence of the car control panel in embodiment.

  Hereinafter, an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described as appropriate with reference to the drawings. The present invention is applicable to emergency situations due to disasters such as fire, smoke caused by fire, smoke not caused by fire, leakage of harmful gas, and power failure. The configuration of one embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3 as appropriate. In the description related to FIG. 1 and FIG. 1, the number of elevator landing floors is described as four as an example, but this embodiment is also implemented when there are two or more arbitrary positive floors. Is possible. In FIG. 1, the figure showing the outline | summary of the function structure of the whole elevator system for demonstrating the function structure of one Embodiment is shown. This diagram shows the functional elements related to the present embodiment and their relations, and does not show the physical arrangement or physical configuration of the constituent elements. Moreover, although it is a component of a normal elevator system, the functional element which is not directly related to this embodiment is not shown in the figure. The main control panel 102 that controls the operation of the elevator system is installed in the elevator machine room or the hoistway, and controls the hoisting machine 106 that moves the car 104 up and down. The main control panel 102 is installed in the car 104 and transmits instruction data, monitoring data, and other necessary data to the car control panel 108 that controls equipment in the car 104. The car 104 is provided with an operation panel 110 which will be described in detail later. A passenger of the car 104 designates a destination floor of the car 104 via the operation panel 110. The designated destination floor of the car 104 is transmitted from the operation panel 110 to the main control board 102 via the car control board 108, and car call registration is performed.

  In the building where the elevator is installed, disaster detectors 112a to 112d are installed for disaster prevention. As the disaster detector 112, a detector according to the type of disaster is used. For example, when detecting a fire, the fire detector is appropriate when detecting smoke that may adversely affect the human body. A toxic gas detector is used when the smoke detector detects leakage of harmful gas. In the figure, one disaster detector is installed on each floor, but this is an example, and in practice, an appropriate number of disaster detectors are installed at appropriate locations. Each of the disaster detectors 112a to 112d is connected to a disaster prevention monitoring panel 114 installed in a disaster prevention center or the like in the building.

  When any of the disaster detectors 112a to 112d detects a disaster, the disaster detector that has detected the disaster transmits a disaster detection signal to the monitoring panel 114 for disaster prevention. When the disaster prevention monitoring panel 114 receives the disaster detection signal, it specifies which disaster detector 112a to 112d has sent the received disaster detection signal. Since the disaster monitoring board 114 stores all the position data of the disaster detectors 112a to 112d, the disaster occurrence location in the building is identified by specifying the disaster detector that has transmitted the disaster detection signal. The fact that the disaster prevention monitoring panel 114 identifies a disaster occurrence place in a building naturally means that the disaster occurrence floor can be identified. In the present embodiment, the disaster prevention monitoring panel 114 transmits data representing a disaster occurrence floor to the elevator monitoring panel 116.

  When multiple types of disaster detectors are installed to handle multiple types of disasters, for example, fire and toxic gas leaks, the disaster prevention monitoring panel 114 identifies the disaster detector that sent the disaster detection signal. To identify the type of disaster that occurred. In this case, the disaster prevention monitoring panel 114 transmits data representing the type of disaster that has occurred to the elevator monitoring panel 116 together with data representing the disaster occurrence floor.

  The elevator monitoring panel 116 transmits data representing the disaster occurrence floor to the main control panel 102 in an appropriate format. When a plurality of types of disaster detectors corresponding to a plurality of types of disasters are installed, the elevator monitoring panel 116 sends data representing the type of disaster that has occurred to the main control panel 102 together with data representing the disaster occurrence floor. Communicate in the appropriate format. In another embodiment, the disaster prevention monitoring panel 114 directly transmits the data indicating the disaster occurrence floor to the main control panel 102 or the data indicating the disaster occurrence floor and the type of the disaster that has occurred without using the elevator monitoring board 116. Communicate the data you represent in the appropriate format.

  The main control panel 102 transfers data representing the disaster occurrence floor, or data representing the disaster occurrence floor and data representing the type of disaster that occurred to the car control panel 108.

  When the car control panel 108 receives data representing a disaster floor or data representing a disaster floor and data representing the type of disaster that has occurred from the main control panel 102, an operation panel 110 provided in the car 104. Start controlling.

  FIG. 2 shows a view of the inside of the car 104 in the embodiment as viewed in the direction of the car door. In the car 104, an operation panel 110 for a passenger to drive the car 104 is provided.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the operation panel 110 according to an embodiment includes a car call registration button 302 for a passenger to specify a destination floor, and a car when the car 104 is stopped on the landing floor. A door opening / closing button 304 for opening and closing the door, a speaker 306 for informing the passenger of the car 104 by voice, and the like are provided. The operation panel 110 shown in FIG. 3 is an example in which the passenger car 104 is landed on the first floor to the sixth floor. In the figure, when the car call registration button 302 is displayed in black, the car call registration button 302 is not pressed. The numbers written in the car call registration button 302 represent the destination floor designated by the passenger.

  FIG. 4 shows an embodiment in which the appearance of the car call registration button 302 changes. FIG. 4A shows a bright state in which the car call registration button 302 for designating the fourth floor is illuminated by the car button light. That is, the fourth floor is designated as the destination floor and the car call registration is performed.

  In this state, when the car control panel 108 receives data indicating that the disaster occurrence floor is the second floor from the main control panel 102, it corresponds to the car call registration button 302 on the second floor provided on the operation panel 110. The instruction to blink the car button light to be output is output. FIG. 4B shows a state in which the car button light corresponding to the car call registration button 302 on the second floor is blinking in response to an instruction from the car control panel 108. In this way, the passenger on the car 104 is notified that some kind of disaster has occurred on the second floor by flashing the car call registration button 302 on the second floor.

  The car button light of the car call registration button 302 has a color that emits light when the car call registration button 302 is pressed and the destination floor is designated, and a color different from that when the destination floor is designated. When it has a function of emitting a color that reminds humans of the occurrence of an accident, it is possible to notify the passenger of the car 104 that a disaster has occurred in a different form. The color that reminds humans that an emergency has occurred is usually red in Japan. In some countries, colors such as blue remind people of an emergency. When the car control panel 108 receives data indicating that the disaster occurrence floor is the second floor from the main control board 102, the car button corresponding to the car call registration button 302 on the second floor provided on the operation panel 110. An instruction is issued to make the lamp emit light in a color that reminds humans that an emergency has occurred, for example, red. FIG. 4 (c) shows the color of the car button light corresponding to the car call registration button 302 on the second floor in response to an instruction from the car control panel 108 to remind a human being that an emergency has occurred. It represents the state of light emission. In this way, the passenger of the car 104 is notified that some disaster has occurred on the second floor due to the change in the illumination color of the car call registration button 302 on the second floor.

  The form shown in FIG. 4B and the form shown in FIG. 4C can be used in combination. When the car control panel 108 receives data indicating that the disaster occurrence floor is the second floor from the main control board 102, the car button corresponding to the car call registration button 302 on the second floor provided on the operation panel 110. An instruction is output to cause the lamp to flash in a color that reminds humans that an emergency has occurred, for example, red. FIG. 4 (d) shows the color of the car button light corresponding to the car call registration button 302 on the second floor, in response to an instruction from the car control panel 108, to remind humans that an emergency has occurred. Indicates a blinking state. In this way, the passenger of the car 104 is notified that some disaster has occurred on the second floor by changing and blinking the illumination color of the car call registration button 302 on the second floor.

  According to the embodiment described above, a dedicated fire alarm is provided by changing the lighting state of a car call registration button with a car button light provided in a recent normal elevator car. Thus, there is provided an apparatus for visually notifying a disaster occurrence floor in an elevator car without adding the display device to the existing configuration.

  In the above embodiment, the flashing of the car call registration button 302 or the change in the illumination color of the car call registration button 302 makes a notice in the car 104 indicating that a specific disaster, for example, a fire has occurred. If so, the passenger can know the type of disaster that occurred.

  Further, in a different embodiment, the passenger on the car 104 is notified of the disaster occurrence floor by a speaker 306 provided on the operation panel 110. When the car control panel 108 receives data indicating that the disaster occurrence floor is, for example, the second floor from the main control board 102, the car control panel 108, for example, “A disaster has occurred on the second floor”. An audio signal indicating the disaster occurrence floor is output to the speaker 306.

  According to this embodiment, there is provided an apparatus for audibly notifying a disaster occurrence floor in an elevator car without adding a dedicated display device for fire occurrence notification to an existing configuration. Therefore, it is possible to notify a passenger who is blind to the disaster occurrence floor.

  In this embodiment, the car button light corresponding to the car call registration button 302 described above blinks, the light emission color of the car button light is changed, or the car button light whose light emission color is changed blinks. Can be used together with the embodiment. In this way, it is possible to notify a passenger who has one of the eyes or ears to the disaster occurrence floor.

  When the car control panel 108 receives from the main control panel 102 data representing the type of disaster that has occurred in addition to the data representing the level at which the disaster occurred, the speaker 306 displays the type of disaster and the level at which the disaster occurred. To the passengers. When the car control panel 108 receives, from the main control panel 102, data indicating that the disaster occurrence floor is, for example, the second floor and data indicating that the disaster occurred is a fire, the car control panel 108 For example, an audio signal indicating the disaster type and the disaster occurrence floor such as “a fire has occurred on the second floor” is output to the speaker 306.

  According to this embodiment, it is possible to notify the type of disaster in the elevator car in addition to the disaster occurrence floor. Also in this embodiment, the car button light corresponding to the car call registration button 302 described above blinks, the light emission color of the car button light is changed, or the car button light whose light emission color is changed. Can be used together with the embodiment of blinking.

  Next, a basic operation of the car control panel 108 in the above-described embodiment will be described with reference to a flowchart. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a basic processing procedure of the car control panel in the embodiment. When a disaster occurs in the building where the elevator is installed, the car control panel 108 receives disaster occurrence floor information from the main control panel 102 (S502). In one embodiment, the main control panel 102 receives disaster occurrence floor information from the elevator monitoring board 116, and the elevator monitoring board 116 receives disaster occurrence floor information from the disaster prevention monitoring board 114 that performs disaster prevention monitoring of the entire building. As described above, the disaster detector 112 installed at an appropriate number in an appropriate place in the building is connected to the disaster prevention monitoring panel 114, and a disaster detection signal is issued from the disaster detector 112. The disaster prevention monitoring panel 114 identifies the disaster occurrence floor from the installation position of the disaster detector 112 that issued the disaster detection signal. In a further embodiment, the type of disaster is identified from the type of disaster detected by the disaster detector 112 that has issued the disaster detection signal.

  In step S504, the car control panel 108 that has received the disaster occurrence floor information in S502 reports the disaster floor to the notification device provided in the operation panel 110 in the elevator car 104 based on the disaster floor information. Output instructions. As described above, the notification device provided on the operation panel 110 is at least one of a car button light having a function of illuminating the car call registration button 302 and the speaker 306 in the operation panel 110.

  When the notification device is the car button light of the car call registration button 302, the car control panel 108 blinks the car button light, changes the light emission color of the car button light, or emits light. The car button light with the changed color blinks.

  When the notification device is the speaker 306, the car control panel 108 outputs an audio signal indicating the disaster occurrence floor to the speaker 306. When the car control panel 108 receives data representing the type of disaster that occurred in addition to the data representing the disaster occurrence floor, the car control panel 108 sends an audio signal representing the type of disaster and the disaster occurrence floor. Output to the speaker 306.

  Next, in S506, it is determined whether the disaster occurrence floor information is continuously received from the main control panel 102 or not. When the disaster occurrence floor information is continuously received, the process returns to S504, and the output of the instruction to notify the disaster floor to the notification device provided on the operation panel 110 in the elevator car 104 is continued.

  If it is determined in S506 that the disaster occurrence floor information has not been received, the process proceeds to S508, where the instruction to notify the disaster floor to the notification device is stopped, and the process ends.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments as they are, and can be embodied by modifying the disclosed components without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. Moreover, various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of constituent elements disclosed in the above embodiments. For example, some components may be deleted from all the components shown in the embodiment. Furthermore, constituent elements over different embodiments may be appropriately combined.

102 ... Main control panel, 104 ... Ride car,
106 ... hoisting machine, 108 ... car control panel,
110 ... Operation panel, 112a to 112d ... Disaster detector,
114 ... Disaster prevention monitoring panel, 116 ... Elevator monitoring panel,
302 ... Ride car registration button,
304: Car door opening / closing button, 306 ... Speaker,

Claims (8)

Control means installed in an elevator car and receiving disaster floor information in the building when a disaster occurs in the building in which the elevator is installed;
An operation panel provided in the car;
An apparatus for notifying a disaster occurrence floor in an elevator car, provided on the operation panel, and notifying means for informing information on a disaster occurrence floor according to an output of the control means. The notification means is a car button light having a function of illuminating a car call registration button in the operation panel,
2. The elevator car according to claim 1, wherein the control means outputs an instruction to blink the car button light corresponding to the disaster occurrence floor when a disaster occurs in the building. A device to notify the disaster floor. The notification means illuminates a car call registration button in the operation panel, and indicates that an emergency has occurred because the color when the car call registration button is pressed is different from this color. It is a car button light that has the function of emitting the color reminiscent of
The control means, when a disaster occurs in the building, outputs an instruction for causing the car button light corresponding to the disaster occurrence floor to emit light in a color that reminds a human being that the emergency has occurred. The apparatus which alert | reports a disaster occurrence floor in the elevator passenger car of Claim 1 characterized by the above-mentioned.   The control means, when a disaster occurs in the building, outputs an instruction to blink the car button light corresponding to the disaster occurrence floor in a color that reminds the person that the emergency has occurred. The apparatus which alert | reports a disaster occurrence floor in the elevator passenger car of Claim 3 characterized by the above-mentioned. The notification means is a speaker in the operation panel,
The said control means outputs the audio | voice signal showing a disaster occurrence floor to the said speaker when a disaster occurs in the said building, The disaster occurrence floor is alert | reported in the elevator car of Claim 1 characterized by the above-mentioned. Device to do. The notification means further includes a speaker in the operation panel,
3. The disaster occurrence floor in the elevator car according to claim 2, wherein, when a disaster occurs in the building, the control means further outputs an audio signal representing the disaster occurrence floor to the speaker. A device for informing the user.   The control means, when a disaster occurs in the building, further receives information indicating the type of disaster that has occurred, and outputs an audio signal indicating the disaster occurrence floor and the type of disaster to the speaker. The apparatus which alert | reports a disaster occurrence floor in the elevator car of Claim 5 or Claim 6 characterized by the above-mentioned. Receiving disaster occurrence floor information in the building when a disaster occurs in the building where the elevator is installed;
Based on the received disaster floor information, outputting an instruction to notify the disaster floor to a notification device provided on the operation panel in the elevator car;
A method of notifying a disaster occurrence floor in an elevator car characterized by comprising:

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