JP2013124144A - Elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an elevator capable of eliminating labor of a passenger staying before a car operation device.SOLUTION: This elevator 10 includes a car 20 having a car door 26 for automatically opening a door when landing on a floor and closing the door after a predetermined time passes, and a control board 18 for holding a door opening state of the car door 26 even after the predetermined time passes while detecting the passenger of trying to get in and out of the car 20.

Description

  The present invention relates to an elevator.

  The elevator user needs to operate the operation buttons of the car operating device. As a technique related to the present invention, for example, in Patent Document 1, an operation in a car that does not affect an elevator operation in a state where a car arrives at a destination floor and stops, and a door is opened on the stop floor. There is disclosed an elevator control device comprising door opening time extension means for extending the opening time of the door on the stop floor by operating a button.

JP 2004-18130 A

  By the way, in a situation where a plurality of passengers get out of the car, the passenger in front of the car operating device in the car needs to play a role of pushing the door open button when another passenger gets out of the car. . In particular, the passenger is troublesome because it is necessary to keep pressing the door open button for a long time in a crowded state.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an elevator that can save the time and effort of a passenger in front of a car operating device.

  The elevator according to the present invention is a passenger having a car door that is automatically opened when landing and automatically closed after a predetermined time, and a passenger who is about to get on and off the car And a control unit that holds the door open state of the car door while the car door is being detected.

  The elevator according to the present invention may further include a landing detection unit that detects that there is a passenger at the landing on the landing floor, and the control unit detects that the passenger is at the landing by the landing detection unit. It is preferable to keep the door open state of the car door while it is being operated.

  The elevator according to the present invention further includes a car detection unit that detects that there is a passenger heading toward the landing side from within the car, and the control unit heads toward the landing side by the car detection unit. While the presence of the passenger is detected, it is preferable to maintain the door open state of the car door.

  In the elevator according to the present invention, it is preferable that the elevator further includes a door closing operation button provided in the car, and the control unit prioritizes the door closing operation when the door closing operation button is operated. .

  In the elevator according to the present invention, it is preferable that at least one of the hall detection unit and the car detection unit is an infrared sensor that detects infrared rays emitted from the passenger.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to save the trouble of the passenger in front of the car operating device.

In embodiment which concerns on this invention, it is a figure which shows an elevator. In embodiment which concerns on this invention, it is a figure which shows the mode in a passenger car. In embodiment which concerns on this invention, it is a figure which shows the mode of the surroundings of the landing door of the landing of each floor. In embodiment which concerns on this invention, it is a figure which shows each element of a control panel. In embodiment which concerns on this invention, in an elevator, it is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the door opening / closing control of the car door by a control panel, and a landing door.

  Embodiments according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. Also, in the following, in all the drawings, the same symbols are attached to the same elements, and the duplicate description is omitted. In the description in the text, the symbols described before are used as necessary.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an elevator 10. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a state in the car 20. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a situation around the landing door 28 of the landing 27 on each floor. The elevator 10 includes a main rope 12, a counterweight 14, a hoisting machine 16, a control panel 18, a car 20, a landing door 28, and a hoistway 30. Moreover, the elevator 10 moves a passenger by moving up and down between the landings 27 on each floor of the car 20.

  The main rope 12 is a rope for suspending the car 20 and is wound around the hoisting machine 16. The main rope 12 has one end connected to the car 20 and the other end connected to a counterweight 14.

  The counterweight 14 is connected to the other end of the main rope 12, and a weight necessary for balancing with the car 20 connected to one end of the main rope 12 is set.

  The hoisting machine 16 is a device for raising and lowering the car 20 by driving the main rope 12 wound by the control panel 18. The hoisting machine 16 is disposed in the machine room 8.

  The car 20 is a structure for ascending and descending the hoistway 30 when the hoisting machine 16 is operated under the control of the control panel 18 to carry passengers. The interior space of the car 20 is a space that is large enough to accommodate a predetermined number of people. The car 20 includes a car operating device 24 and a car door 26.

  The car operating device 24 includes a push button 242 for a passenger who has entered the car 20 to select a destination floor and open / close the car door 26, a floor where the car 20 is located, and other information. It is an operation panel provided with an indicator 244 for displaying. The car operating device 24 is attached to the sleeve wall 20 a adjacent to the car door 26 on the side wall of the car 20. Here, among the push buttons 242, when the car 20 is landing, a button for forcibly opening the car door 26 is referred to as a door open button 242a, and the car door 26 is forcibly opened. The button for closing is a door closing button 242b.

  The car-side sensor 25 is an infrared sensor that is attached near the center of the ceiling portion 20 c in the car 20 and detects passengers in the car 20. The car-side sensor 25 has a function of detecting the presence of a passenger by receiving infrared rays emitted from the passenger. For example, a thermal infrared sensor or a quantum infrared sensor is used as the car-side sensor 25. Of course, a sensor other than the infrared sensor may be used. For example, a sensor using ultrasonic waves or visible light can be used.

  The car door 26 is a door provided in the car 20, and when the car 20 reaches the landing 27 on the destination floor, both the landing doors 28 of the landing 27 open. Thereby, the passenger can get on and off the car 20.

  The landing doors 28 are doors provided at the landings 27 and open together with the passenger doors 26 when the passenger cars 20 land. Thereby, the passenger can get on and off the car 20.

  The hall 27 on each floor is provided with a hall three-way frame 32 composed of vertical frames 32a, 32b and a horizontal frame 32c, a hall operating device 34, and a hall door 28.

  The landing operating device 34 is an operation panel that displays a call button 342 for calling the car 20 and an indicator 344 for displaying a floor where the car 20 is located and other information. The landing operating device 34 is attached to a landing wall 35 adjacent to the landing door 28.

  The landing side sensor 36 is an infrared sensor that is attached to the landing wall 35 above the landing door 28 and detects passengers at the landing 27. The landing side sensor 36 has a function of detecting the presence of a passenger by receiving infrared rays emitted from the passenger. As the landing side sensor 36, for example, a thermal infrared sensor or a quantum infrared sensor is used. Of course, a sensor other than the infrared sensor may be used. For example, a sensor using ultrasonic waves or visible light can be used.

  The landing door 28 is a single-open door that can open and close an opening area 37 defined by the vertical frames 32 a and 32 b and the horizontal frame 32 c of the landing three-way frame 32. Of course, the landing door 28 may be a double door.

  The vertical frames 32 a and 32 b and the horizontal frame 32 c of the landing three-way frame 32 are members provided at the landing 27 on each floor in order to define an opening area 37 that serves as an entrance for passengers to get on and off the car 20. is there. The vertical frames 32a and 32b and the horizontal frame 32c are composed of members having appropriate strength and ferromagnetism. For example, it can be configured using iron.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing each element of the control panel 18. The control panel 18 includes an automatic opening / closing control processing unit 182, a lifting / lowering operation control processing unit 184, and a forced opening / closing control processing unit 186.

  The automatic opening / closing control processing unit 182 automatically opens the car door 26 and the landing door 28 when the car 20 reaches the landing 27 on the destination floor, and then for a predetermined time (for example, 10 seconds). ) After the passage, the car door 26 and the landing door 28 are automatically closed. The door opening / closing by the automatic opening / closing control processing unit 182 is referred to as an automatic door opening / closing process. Although the predetermined time has been described here as 10 seconds, it can of course be changed as appropriate.

  The lifting operation control processing unit 184 has a function of operating the hoist 16 so that the car 20 moves up and down in the hoistway 30 based on a call from the destination floor and the landing 27 set by the passenger.

  The forced opening / closing control processing unit 186 has a function of forcibly performing opening / closing control according to the state of the car side sensor 25, the landing side sensor 36, and the door closing button 242b of the car operating device 24 during the automatic door opening / closing process. Have. Specifically, the forced opening / closing control processing unit 186 does not perform the door closing during the automatic door opening / closing process while it is detected by the hall-side sensor 36 that the passenger is on the hall 27 while the door is open. Forcibly, keep the door open. Further, the forced opening / closing control processing unit 186 performs door closing during the automatic door opening / closing process while the car-side sensor 25 detects that there is a passenger heading from the car 20 toward the landing 27 while the door is open. Forcibly keep the door open without doing it. Here, based on the information from the car-side sensor 25, the forced opening / closing control processing unit 186 determines that “there is a passenger heading to the landing 27 side” when the moving direction of the passenger in the car 20 is toward the landing 27 side. " In addition, when the door closing button 242b of the car operating device 24 is pressed, the forced opening / closing control processing unit 186 gives priority to the door closing operation over the holding of the door open state, so that the car door 26, the landing door 28 is forcibly closed.

  Then, the effect | action of the elevator 10 of the said structure is demonstrated. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a procedure of door opening / closing control of the car door 26 and the landing door 28 by the control panel 18 in the elevator 10.

  First, in the control panel 18, it is determined whether or not the car 20 has landed on the landing 27 on the destination floor (S2). This process is executed by the function of the automatic opening / closing control processing unit 182 of the control panel 18. If it is determined in step S2 that the car 20 has not landed, the process returns to step S2.

  When it is determined in S2 that the car 20 is landing, the car door 26 and the landing door 28 are automatically opened (S4). This process is executed by the function of the automatic opening / closing control processing unit 182 of the control panel 18.

  After the step S4, it is determined whether there are passengers at the landing 27 based on information from the landing-side sensor 36 (S6). This process is executed by the function of the forced opening / closing control processing unit 186 of the control panel 18.

  If it is determined in step S6 that there are passengers at the landing 27, the doors 26 and 26 are kept open (S9). This process is executed by the function of the forced opening / closing control processing unit 186 of the control panel 18. After step S9, the process proceeds to step S11.

  In the step S11, it is determined whether or not the door closing button 242b is pressed in the car 20 (S11). This process is executed by the function of the forced opening / closing control processing unit 186 of the control panel 18. If it is determined in step S11 that the door close button 242b has not been pressed, the process returns to step S6 again.

  When it is determined in the step S11 that the door closing button 242b is pressed, the car door 26 and the landing door 28 are forcibly closed (S13). This process is executed by the function of the forced opening / closing control processing unit 186 of the control panel 18.

  If it is determined in step S6 that there are no passengers at the landing 27, it is determined whether there are passengers heading toward the landing 27 in the car 20 (S8). This process is executed by the function of the forced opening / closing control processing unit 186 of the control panel 18. If it is determined in step S8 that there is a passenger heading toward the landing 27, the process proceeds to step S9.

  If it is determined in step S8 that there is no passenger heading toward the landing 27, it is determined whether or not 10 seconds or more have elapsed since the door was automatically opened in step S4 (S10). This process is executed by the function of the automatic opening / closing control processing unit 182 of the control panel 18. If it is determined in step S10 that 10 seconds or more have not elapsed, the process returns to step S6 again.

  When it is determined in step S10 that 10 seconds or more have elapsed, the car door 26 and the landing door 28 are automatically closed (S12). This process is executed by the function of the automatic opening / closing control processing unit 182 of the control panel 18.

  After the steps S12 and S13, the process proceeds to the END process, and the car 20 is ready to be moved up and down to the next destination floor. Thus, according to the elevator 10, as long as the passenger is about to get on and off the car 20, the open state of the car door 26 and the landing door 28 is maintained. It is not necessary for the passenger in the station to keep pressing the door open button 242a until another passenger gets off. That is, it is possible to save the time and effort of passengers who use the elevator 10. According to the elevator 10, the passenger in front of the car operating device 24 does not need to press the door open button 242a until another passenger gets off, so it is preferable to notify the passenger by voice or video. .

  8 Machine room, 10 Elevator, 12 Main rope, 14 Counterweight, 16 Hoisting machine, 18 Control panel, 20 Car, 20a Sleeve wall, 20c Ceiling, 24 Car operating device, 25 Car side sensor, 26 Car Door, 27 landing, 28 landing door, 30 hoistway, 32 landing three-way frame, 32a, 32b vertical frame, 32c horizontal frame, 34 landing operating device, 36 landing side sensor, 37 opening area, 182 automatic opening / closing control processing unit, 184 Lifting operation control processing unit, 186 forced opening / closing control processing unit, 242 push button, 242a door open button, 242b door close button, 244 indicator, 342 call button, 344 indicator.

Claims (5)

A car with a car door that is automatically opened when landing and automatically closed after a predetermined time,
While a passenger trying to get on and off the car is detected, a control unit that holds the door open state of the car door;
An elevator characterized by comprising: The elevator according to claim 1,
Further comprising a hall detector for detecting that passengers are on the landing floor hall,
The controller is
The elevator that maintains the door open state of the car door while the passenger is detected by the landing detection unit. The elevator according to claim 1 or 2,
Further comprising a car detector for detecting that there are passengers heading from the car to the landing side,
The controller is
The elevator that maintains the door open state of the car door while the passenger detecting unit detects that the passenger heading toward the landing is present. The elevator according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
A door closing operation button provided in the car;
The controller is
An elevator characterized by giving priority to a door closing operation when the door closing operation button is operated. The elevator according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
At least one of the hall detection unit and the car detection unit is an infrared sensor that detects infrared rays emitted from the passenger.

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