JP2014015288A - Control device of elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To notify a passenger waiting at an entrance, by using an existing system, that an elevator is not available because the elevator performs an exclusive operation.SOLUTION: When it is detected that an exclusive operation instruction for changing an elevator operation from a normal operation to an exclusive operation is input, a control device of an elevator notifies a passenger waiting at an entrance that the elevator is not available, by disabling a hall calling button for hall calling of the elevator where the elevator operation is changed to the exclusive operation and blinking the hall calling button.

Description

  Embodiments described herein relate generally to an elevator control device.

  In addition to normal operation that provides services to an unspecified number of passengers while responding to hall calls and car calls, the elevator has a dedicated operation function that provides services to specific passengers only in response to car calls. There is an elevator. This type of dedicated operation is often performed by VIP passengers or for carrying goods.

  When multiple elevators are installed, if one of them switches from normal operation to dedicated operation, the hall call button can no longer be used for the corresponding car. Therefore, the elevator control device assigns hall calls to other units that are in normal operation to respond.

  In this conventional way of dealing, passengers who wait for boarding at the landing often wait in front of the corresponding unit that cannot be serviced without knowing that it has switched to dedicated driving, and it is quite easy to get into the elevator I often felt inconvenience. In addition, when all elevator units were switched to dedicated operation, there was a situation where passengers kept waiting at the landing even though the elevator could not be used.

  Therefore, conventionally, it has been proposed to provide a notification device that informs passengers waiting for an elevator at the landing that the operation is dedicated with an indicator light or the like when the operation of the elevator is switched to a dedicated operation. (For example, Patent Document 1).

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  However, it is not always preferable to separately provide an indicator light or the like that informs passengers that the vehicle is operating exclusively from the viewpoint of design.

  Furthermore, the function of the exclusive operation is not limited to the case where it is provided from the beginning of installation of the elevator, and is often added later after the installation of the elevator. In this case, it is necessary to perform a construction for installing an indicator lamp to notify that the exclusive operation is being performed.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to notify passengers waiting at the landing that the elevator cannot be used because the elevator is operating exclusively without using a separate notification device, without using a separate notification device. It is an object of the present invention to provide an elevator control device that can perform the above.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides:
In an elevator control device having a function of switching the operation mode between normal operation in which the car responds to both the hall call and the car call and dedicated operation in which the car responds only to the car call,
Means for detecting that a dedicated operation command for switching the operation of the elevator from the normal operation to the dedicated operation is input;
Means for making the hall call button of the elevator switched to the dedicated operation unavailable for hall call;
Lamp blinking means for notifying the passengers at the landing that the elevator is not available by blinking the hall call button;
It is characterized by comprising.

It is the figure which represented the elevator to which this invention is applied from the hall side. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the elevator control apparatus by 1st Embodiment of this invention. In FIG. 1, it is the figure showing a mode that the hall call button blinks during exclusive driving | operation. In FIG. 1, it is the figure showing a mode that the hall call button, the indicator, and the hall lantern are blinking during the exclusive operation. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the elevator control apparatus by 2nd Embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of an elevator control apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
First embodiment
FIG. 1 is a view of an elevator to which the present invention is applied as seen from the hall side. In this embodiment, a case where two elevators of No. 1 and No. 2 are provided in the same building will be described as an example.

  In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 indicates an elevator door of each floor. Next to the elevator doors 1 of the No. 1 and No. 2 units, hall call buttons 2 are respectively provided. The hall call button 2 includes an ascending direction button 2a on the first floor, and an ascending direction button 2a and a descending direction button 2b on an intermediate floor. On the top floor, only the down direction button 2b is provided.

  On the elevator doors 1 of the No. 1 and No. 2 units, an indicator 3 indicating the floor on which the car is located is installed. The indicator 3 includes a floor display unit that displays numbers representing floors.

  On each floor, there is a hall lantern 5 indicating the moving direction of the car for each of Units 1 and 2. The hole lantern 5 includes a lantern 6a indicating an ascending direction and a lantern 6b indicating a descending direction.

  Next, in FIG. 1, reference numeral 8 indicates a dedicated operation button for performing an operation of switching the operation mode of the elevator from the normal operation to the dedicated operation and returning from the dedicated operation to the normal operation. Normal operation is a normal elevator operation that responds to the hall call when the hall call button 2 is pressed and responds to a car call from the passenger car. The dedicated operation is a hall call. It is the operation of an elevator that disappears and responds only to car calls.

  Reference numeral 10 indicates an elevator control device that controls operation of each of the first and second units. The hall call button 2, the indicator 3, the hall lantern 5, and the voice guidance device 9 are connected to the elevator control device 10 via a wiring cable 12. The elevator control device 10 is provided with a lamp control circuit that causes the hall call button 2, the indicator 3, and the hall lantern 5 to blink in addition to turning on and off.

The elevator control apparatus according to the present embodiment is configured as described above. Next, its operation and effects will be described.
When this elevator is responding to hall calls from the hall and performing normal operation in response to car calls from the car, for example, passengers at the landing on the first floor go to the fourth floor, so The hall call button 2 is pressed. In this case, the ascending button 2a is lit. And if the car of No. 2 that has been waiting on the upper floor responds to the hall call, the lantern 6b that displays the moving direction of No. 2 lights up. During this time, in the floor display section of the indicator 3, a number indicating the floor where the car is located lights up. When the car arrives at the first floor where passengers wait, the hall call button 2 and the lantern 6b are turned off and the lantern 6a is turned on. Then, the elevator door 1 opens and the passenger gets into the car. In this way, in normal operation, the hall call can be made using the hall call button 2.

  Next, if the dedicated operation button 8 is pressed and the elevator operation of the second unit is switched from the normal operation to the dedicated operation, the elevator control device 10 operates according to the flowchart shown in FIG. The button 2 cannot be used and the hall call button 2 blinks.

  First, when the elevator control device 10 detects that the dedicated operation button 8 has been pressed and switched to the dedicated operation (yes in step S10), it determines whether or not a hall call has already been registered at this point ( Step S11).

  If the hall call is registered (yes in step S11), the process proceeds to step S12, and the hall call registration is deleted. In this way, during the exclusive operation, the hall call button 2 cannot be used for hall calls. If the hall call is not registered in step S11, step S12 is skipped and the process proceeds to step S13.

In step S13, the elevator controller 10 causes the hall call button 2 to blink at a constant cycle, as shown in FIG. This blinking is continued while the dedicated operation continues.
In this way, while the dedicated operation is performed in the elevator, the hall call button 2 continues to flash and cannot be used for the hall call, so the dedicated lamp 20 is turned on like the conventional indicator shown in FIG. There is no need to provide it, and it is possible to reliably notify the passengers that the elevator cannot be used due to the dedicated operation using the existing equipment such as the hall call button 2.

  On the other hand, the hall call button 2 is not flashing in the first unit in normal operation, and the passenger who sees the hall call button 2 in the second unit is flashing is the hall call button in the first unit. You know that you need to press, you can move to the destination floor using the first unit.

  When the dedicated operation is finished and the elevator operation is switched to the normal operation (yes in step S14), the blinking of the hall call button 2 is finished (step S15).

  In step S13 described above, only the hall call button is blinked to notify that the elevator is in a dedicated operation. However, in order to enhance the notification effect to the passengers, as shown in FIG. The indicator 3 and the hall lantern 5 may be blinked simultaneously with the call button 2.

  When the hall lantern 5 is felt to be misleading to the landing of the car, the hall lantern 5 may be turned off simultaneously with the hall call button 2 blinking.

Second embodiment
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
In the first embodiment described above, when the operation of the elevator is switched to a dedicated operation, the hall call button 2 is blinked to notify the passenger that the operation is a dedicated operation. In the second embodiment, when the dedicated operation is switched, the hall call button 2 is not only blinked but also guided by voice.

  First, when the elevator control device 10 detects that the dedicated operation button 8 is turned on and switches to the dedicated operation (yes in step S10), it determines whether or not a hall call has already been registered at this point ( Step S11).

  If the hall call is registered (yes in step S11), the process proceeds to step S12, and the hall call registration is deleted. In this way, during the dedicated operation, the hall call button 2 cannot be used for hall calls. If the hall call is not registered in step S11, step S12 is skipped and the process proceeds to step S13.

  In step S13, the elevator control device 10 causes the hall call button 2 to blink at a constant cycle. This blinking is continued while the dedicated operation continues. During this time, the elevator control device 10 monitors whether or not the hall call button 2 is being pressed (step S16).

  Here, it is assumed that even if the hall call button 2 where the passenger is flashing is seen, the hall call button 2 is pressed without noticing that it cannot be used due to the dedicated operation (step S16yes). The elevator control device 10 detects this and activates the voice guidance device 9 at the hall where the hall call button 2 is pressed. For example, “Currently dedicated driving is not available. Please use the next elevator. "Sound guidance is performed (step S17).

  As described above, when the elevator operation is switched to the dedicated operation, in addition to the blinking of the hall call button 2, when the hall call button 2 is pressed, voice guidance is also provided, so the operation is dedicated. The passengers can be surely notified that they are not available.

  When the dedicated operation is finished and the elevator operation is switched to the normal operation (yes in step S14), the blinking of the hall call button 2 is finished (step S15).

  In addition, although both 1st Embodiment and 2nd Embodiment gave and demonstrated the example in which two elevators were installed, this invention is applicable also to two or more elevators. Of course, it can also be applied to an elevator installed in a building.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, these embodiment was mentioned as an illustration and does not intend the restriction | limiting of the range of invention. Of course, the novel apparatus, method and system described in the specification can be implemented in various forms, and various omissions, substitutions and changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. is there. The claims and their equivalents are intended to cover the embodiments or improvements thereof within the spirit of the invention.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Elevator door, 2 ... Hall call button, 3 ... Indicator, 5 ... Lantern, 8 ... Dedicated operation button, 9 ... Voice guidance device, 10 ... Elevator control device

Claims (5)

In an elevator control device having a function of switching the operation mode between normal operation in which the car responds to both the hall call and the car call and dedicated operation in which the car responds only to the car call,
Means for detecting that a dedicated operation command for switching the operation of the elevator from the normal operation to the dedicated operation is input;
Means for making the hall call button of the elevator switched to the dedicated operation unavailable for hall call;
Lamp blinking means for notifying the passengers at the landing that the elevator is not available by blinking the hall call button;
An elevator control device comprising:   2. The elevator control device according to claim 1, wherein the lamp blinking means blinks a hall indicator that displays a floor on which a car is located simultaneously with blinking of the hall call button.   The elevator control device according to claim 1, wherein the lamp blinking means blinks the hall indicator and the lantern simultaneously with the blinking of the hall call button.   2. The elevator control device according to claim 1, wherein the lamp blinking unit turns off the hall indicator simultaneously with blinking of the hall call button.   5. The voice guidance device according to claim 1, further comprising voice guidance means for voice guidance that the hall call button cannot be used when the hall call button is pressed during a dedicated operation. Elevator control device.

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