JP2014136624A - Elevator operation control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To exert an operation control over elevator car start or standby by grasping in advance the intention of a user present on an elevator hall as to whether the user intends to enter the elevator car.SOLUTION: An entrance-side control device 10 includes sensing means for acquiring a signal (entry intention signal) output from a terminal 4 owned by a user and indicating that a user intends to enter an elevator car. If the elevator car arrives on a certain floor and the sensing means detects the entry intention signal within certain time, then a first control unit indicates an elevator control device 3 to continue controlling the elevator car to stand by, and a second control unit indicates a voice guidance device 23 to give a guidance that the elevator car is on standby. If the sensing means detects that the user operates a destination button 22 within certain time while the elevator car is on standby, the second control unit indicates the elevator control device 3 to control the elevator car to start.

Description

  The present invention relates to an elevator operation control system, and more particularly to an elevator operation control that efficiently controls the operation of a car by determining whether a person on the elevator board is on or off the car.

  When elevator users are concentrated, such as when working in an office building, passengers already in the car are opening and closing the doors in anticipation of the movement of the users heading to the landing. However, it is the user who is heading to the landing who decides whether to ride or not, and there are many cases where the prediction of passengers in the car and the behavior of the user at the landing do not match. If the passenger in the car keeps pressing the open button to open the door and waiting to open the door, but the user does not get in the car, the passenger in the car is in vain The user at the boarding place is left unwilling to wait in vain. In addition, the operation efficiency of the elevator is also lowered. Conversely, if the passenger in the car presses the close button to stop riding anymore, if the door closes in front of the user trying to get on, the passenger in the car feels awkward and uses the platform People feel uncomfortable.

  For this reason, it is important to improve the operation efficiency of the elevator by accurately grasping the user trying to get on the car without causing discomfort to the user. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses an elevator system that, when a passenger registers a destination floor at a landing, grasps the congestion status of each unit in advance and selects the number to prevent boarding refusal on arrival as much as possible. Has been. Patent Document 2 discloses an elevator control device that displays the degree of congestion in an elevator car at a landing and allows a passenger to select a car according to the degree of congestion of the car.

JP 2012-056797 A JP 2000-229769 A

  It is an object of the present invention to provide an elevator operation control system capable of performing a start or standby operation control of a car by grasping in advance whether a user at a landing gets on or off the car. It is in.

The elevator operation control system according to the present invention is preferably an elevator operation control system having a landing side control device that issues an instruction to raise and lower the car to the elevator control device, and an elevator car side control device,
When the boarding side control device senses a boarding intention signal by a sensing means for acquiring a signal (a boarding intention signal) transmitted from a terminal possessed by a user and indicating a car's intention to ride, A first controller that instructs the elevator controller to stop the car;
The car-side control device has a destination button, a voice guidance device, a weighing device for detecting the load mass of the car, and a second control unit for controlling them,
When the car arrives at a certain floor and the sensing means detects the boarding intention signal within a predetermined time, the first control unit instructs the elevator control device to continue waiting for the car. The second control unit instructs the voice guidance device to provide guidance indicating that the car is waiting;
When the car is in a standby state and the user performs an operation or detection for the departure of the car within a predetermined time, the second control unit instructs the elevator control device to start the car. It is configured as a featured elevator operation control system.

The elevator operation control system according to another example of the present invention is preferably an elevator operation control system having a landing side control device that gives instructions for raising and lowering and stopping the car to the elevator control device, and an elevator car side control device. There,
When the boarding side control device senses a boarding intention signal obtained by a sensing means for obtaining a signal (a boarding intention signal) indicating a car's intention to get on a car, obtained from a gate through which a user passes, A first controller that instructs the elevator controller to stop the car;
The car-side control device has a destination button, a voice guidance device, a weighing device for detecting the load mass of the car, and a second control unit for controlling them,
When the car arrives at a certain floor and the sensing means detects the boarding intention signal within a predetermined time, the first control unit instructs the elevator control device to continue waiting for the car. The second control unit instructs the voice guidance device to provide guidance indicating that the car is waiting;
When the car is in a standby state and the user performs an operation or detection for the departure of the car within a predetermined time, the second control unit instructs the elevator control device to start the car. It is configured as a featured elevator operation control system.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to know in advance whether the user at the landing is on the car or not, and to control the departure or standby of the car. Thereby, useless waiting of a car and opening / closing operation of a door can be prevented, and efficient elevator operation control can be performed.

The figure which shows the structure of the hall of an elevator. The block diagram which shows the structure of the elevator operation control system of Example 1. FIG. The flowchart which shows the control action of the elevator operation control system of Example 1. FIG. The figure which shows the structure of the landing of the elevator of Example 2. FIG.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of the elevator hall. FIG. 2 shows the configuration of the elevator operation control system.
As shown in the figure, three elevators are installed, and an entrance door 12, a display 13 for forecasting and guiding the arrival of a car, and a car call registration button 14 are installed at the hall 1. In addition, the elevator user possesses the terminal 3 and operates this terminal to communicate wirelessly with his / her intention to get on the car to the car arriving at the landing 1 or waiting for departure. can do.

  In FIG. 2, the elevator operation control system is connected to the landing side control device 10 on the landing side 1, the car side control device 20 on the car side 2, and both control devices 10, 20 to control the elevator lift and stop. And the terminal 4 wirelessly connected to the landing side control device 10.

  The hall control device 10 includes a display 13, a call registration button 14, and a receiver 15. The receiver 15 performs wireless communication with a transmitter 41 included in the terminal 4. The landing side control device 10 includes a CPU (processor) 16, detects a call signal from the call registration button 14 by executing a program, and displays arrival and departure of the car on the display 13. Further, it has a function of detecting a signal from a transmitter 41 of the terminal 4 to be described later, recognizing that there is a user who wants to get on the car, and instructing the elevator control device 3 to wait for the car.

  The terminal 4 is a portable terminal device having a display unit, an input unit, a CPU (not shown), and a wireless transmitter 41, and wirelessly transmits a signal that tells the user to board the car by operating the input unit by the user. As a communication method between the transmitter 41 and the receiver 15, for example, infrared communication or the like is used. The receiver 15 is preferably installed in the vicinity of the display 13, for example. When the display unit 13 indicates that the car is arriving or waiting for a ride, the user aims at the vicinity of the display unit 13 and transmits a signal from the terminal 4 so that the receiver 15 receives the signal. Can receive.

  The car-side control device 20 includes a destination button 22, a voice guidance device 23 that provides voice guidance to the user, a display 24 that displays the destination floor, and a weighing device 25 that weighs the car. The car-side control device 20 includes a CPU (processor) 21, and by executing a program, voice output to the voice guidance device 23, display of the display 24, measurement of the weight of the car by the scale device 25, destination button 22 Controls such as detection of pressing.

Next, the control operation of the elevator operation control system will be described with reference to FIG.
When the elevator car arrives at the landing on the floor where the elevator car is located and stops (S311), the CPU 11 of the hall-side control device 10 detects the arrival signal of the car and lights up the display 13 (S313). At this time, the car is waiting for passengers.

  The user P1 heading for the hall 1 sees the lighting of the display 13 and operates the input unit of the terminal 3 that he / she owns to aim at the vicinity of the display 13 and issue a signal indicating the intention to “ride”. A signal indicating an intention to “ride” (referred to as a boarding intention signal) is emitted from the transmitter 41 and received by the receiver 15 (S321, S314). The CPU 16 starts the timer count after detecting the arrival signal (S315), and if it does not detect the boarding intention signal within the predetermined time (n seconds) (S316: N), the CPU 16 The control device 3 is instructed to leave the car (S317). That is, the car is normally operated. At this time, the CPU 16 may close the elevator door 12 by giving a voice guidance to the CPU 21 to the voice guidance device “The person waiting at the landing will not get on, so the door will be closed.”

  On the other hand, when the boarding intention signal is detected within the predetermined time (n seconds) of the timer (S316: Y), the CPU 16 determines that the user boarding the car is in the vicinity of the boarding area. The guidance device 23 is controlled so as to provide voice guidance "Since there is a person getting on, the door is open" (waiting state) (S301). At this time, the car continues to stop with the door 12 of the elevator at the hall open (S318).

  Then, the CPU 21 of the car-side control device 20 starts a timer count from when the voice guidance device 23 receives the voice guidance signal from the CPU 16 (S319), and within a predetermined time (m seconds) of the timer, When it is detected that the destination floor button 22 in the car has been pressed, the elevator control device 3 is instructed to leave the car (S3121). On the other hand, if the CPU 21 does not detect the pressing of the destination button 22 within m seconds, the voice guidance device 23 is instructed to “close the door because the waiting person will not get on (S302)”. The elevator control device 3 is instructed to leave the car (S3122).

  Note that the control of waiting for a car by a passenger in the vicinity in the above embodiment is when the car load detected by the scale device 25 is within the allowable range, and the car load detected by the scale apparatus 25. When the value exceeds the allowable value range, the CPU 21 instructs the elevator control device 3 to pass the car.

  Moreover, in the said Example 1, although the guidance with respect to the passenger in a car is performed with the audio guidance apparatus 23, you may make it display a guidance sentence on the display 24 instead. Further, the voice guidance device 23 and the display 24 may be used in combination.

FIG. 4 shows a plan view of the elevator car 11 and the configuration of the landing.
Two gates 17 and 18 are installed in the area where the display 13 of the elevator hall 1 can be seen. The gate 17 has a guidance display in front of the gate 17 so that a user who intends to get on the elevator car passes. On the other hand, there is a guidance display in front of the gate 18 so that a person who does not intend to get on the gate 18 passes. The gates 17 and 18 are provided with optical sensors, and detect that the persons P1 and P2 pass through the gates 17 and 18. These detection signals are signals similar to the signals received by the receiver 15 (FIG. 2) of the landing-side control device 10 (the above-mentioned boarding intention signal).

  When the user heading to the hall 1 passes through the gate 17, the receiver 15 receives the signal that has detected the passage, and the CPU 16 detects a boarding intention signal “get on”. On the other hand, when a person passes through the gate 18, the receiver 15 receives a signal that detects the passage, and the CPU 16 detects a signal of intention of “not riding”. When detecting the boarding intention signal “get on”, the CPU 16 stands by with the door 12 of the elevator opened. Since other elevator controls are the same as those in the first embodiment, a description thereof will be omitted.

As mentioned above, although Example 1 and 2 was demonstrated, this invention is not limited to the said Example, It can implement in various deformation | transformation.
For example, in the first embodiment, the communication method by the terminal 4 is infrared communication, but is not limited thereto. Known near field communication technology can be applied.

  Further, in the first and second embodiments, when it is detected that the user has operated the destination button within a certain time as a condition for leaving the car in the standby state, the CPU 21 instructs the elevator control device to leave the car. Then, it is not limited to this. For example, an optical sensor that detects opening / closing of a car door may be installed, and the car may be started by detecting the closing of the door by this sensor. Furthermore, it is good also as conditions for a car departure that the user got in the car and operated the door closing button.

1: landing 10: landing side control device 12: door 13: indicator 14: call registration button 15: receiver 16: CPU 2: car side 20: car side control device 21: CPU 22: call button
23: Voice guidance device 24: Display device 25: Scale device 3: Elevator control device 4: Terminal
41: Transmitter

Claims (4)

An elevator operation control system having a landing side control device that gives instructions for raising and lowering the car to the elevator control device and stopping, and an elevator car side control device,
When the boarding side control device senses a boarding intention signal by a sensing means for acquiring a signal (a boarding intention signal) transmitted from a terminal possessed by a user and indicating a car's intention to ride, A first controller that instructs the elevator controller to stop the car;
The car-side control device has a destination button, a voice guidance device, a weighing device for detecting the load mass of the car, and a second control unit for controlling them,
When the car arrives at a certain floor and the sensing means detects the boarding intention signal within a predetermined time, the first control unit instructs the elevator control device to continue waiting for the car. The second control unit instructs the voice guidance device to provide guidance indicating that the car is waiting;
When the car is in a standby state and the user performs an operation or detection for the departure of the car within a predetermined time, the second control unit instructs the elevator control device to start the car. A featured elevator operation control system. An elevator operation control system having a landing side control device that gives instructions for raising and lowering the car to the elevator control device and stopping, and an elevator car side control device,
When the boarding side control device senses a boarding intention signal obtained by a sensing means for obtaining a signal (a boarding intention signal) indicating a car's intention to get on a car, obtained from a gate through which a user passes, A first controller that instructs the elevator controller to stop the car;
The car-side control device has a destination button, a voice guidance device, a weighing device for detecting the load mass of the car, and a second control unit for controlling them,
When the car arrives at a certain floor and the sensing means detects the boarding intention signal within a predetermined time, the first control unit instructs the elevator control device to continue waiting for the car. The second control unit instructs the voice guidance device to provide guidance indicating that the car is waiting;
When the car is in a standby state and the user performs an operation or detection for the departure of the car within a predetermined time, the second control unit instructs the elevator control device to start the car. A featured elevator operation control system.   3. The elevator operation control system according to claim 1, wherein the second control unit guides with a display instead of or with the guidance by the voice guidance device.   The second control unit instructs the elevator control device to start the car when it is detected that the user has operated the destination button within a predetermined time when the car is in a standby state. The elevator operation control system according to any one of items 1 to 3.

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