JP2014148418A - Elevator and elevator hall operation device thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To lighten the load of elevator use when an elevator user such as an aged person, a child, or a wheelchair user who has difficulty in using an elevator alone or many users move to a specified floor, and to allow the user(s) to move in safe and at ease to the destination floor.SOLUTION: There are provided an elevator and an elevator hall operation device thereof such that the elevator includes an authentication device and a destination-floor registration device, a communication apparatus, and the elevator hall operation device provided with a display device for confirming the state in a cage, and while the elevator hall operation device allows users in an elevator hall and the cage to communicate with each other, an image of the inside of the cage from a monitor camera can be viewed on the display device, the elevator being operated exclusively by the elevator hall operation device. The users can move by the elevator without operating the cage of the elevator.

Description

  The present invention relates to an elevator provided with a hall operating device capable of operating and operating the elevator at an elevator hall, and particularly to the hall operating device.

  Conventionally, in a normal elevator, a landing call registration device is installed at an elevator landing, and an upward call registration button and a downward call registration button are provided. The operation panel of the car call registration device (also called the destination floor registration device) in the elevator car is provided with a destination floor registration button, a door opening / closing button, an emergency contact button, a microphone and a speaker, and the like. . The elevator user performs elevator hall call registration using the hall call registration device at the elevator hall, and performs car call registration (also referred to as destination floor registration) by operating a destination floor registration button in the elevator car.

  In order to smoothly and preferentially use and drive an elevator for a specific person, Patent Literature 1 below discloses an elevator control device that can improve security in using the elevator. In the device disclosed in Patent Document 1, predetermined destination floor information is registered in a card, and the elevator user holds the card information over the reading device at the elevator hall in order to register the destination floor at the elevator hall. Thus, the elevator user can perform destination registration and go to the target destination floor. Such a destination floor registration device is economical because it improves security and does not require a VIP dedicated hall call registration button or the like at the elevator hall as in the prior art.

  Patent Document 2 below provides an elevator door driving method that enables individual persons to receive necessary services by identifying passengers and enables efficient driving. Is disclosed. In the method disclosed in Patent Document 2, the first step of receiving a signal from a transmitter held by a specific person near the elevator landing or in the car and detecting use of the elevator by the specific person, And a second step of switching the operation control of the elevator door to the operation control suitable for the specific person by detecting the use of the elevator by the specific person in the first step. According to this method, it is possible to obtain an elevator door driving service simply by handing an identification card to a specific person without being openly or aware of it.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 3-272777 JP-A-2-255487

  However, the elevators disclosed in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 can provide a smooth service for a specific elevator user. However, the invention described in either patent document has the following problems. There is.

  If the elevator user is an elderly person, child, wheelchair user, etc. who is difficult to operate alone, the person who assists or instructs the operator (operator) to move the elevator user to a specific floor Had to get in with the user and ride to the destination floor for operation and guidance. For example, in elderly facilities, etc., there are many cases where unintended operations occur due to leaning on call registration devices, and elevators are often used to move wheelchair users. I had to.

  Like the elevators disclosed in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2, the elevator user holds the device over the device that reads the information on the card at the elevator landing and goes to the target destination floor. In order to safely move the elevator user to the destination floor, it is necessary to watch over by the passengers, and the hall call button, destination floor registration button, emergency There remains a risk of incorrect operation of the call button.

  In addition, when a large number of users are moved to a specific floor, there is a possibility that a button on a floor different from the target floor is accidentally pressed or mischief occurs. Therefore, when moving a large number of elevator users to a specific floor, the person who assists or moves the operator (operator) gets into the elevator car together with the elevator user and enters the operation panel in the elevator car. It was necessary to register the destination floor and board the destination floor for operation and guidance. For example, when an attendee is guided to an event venue, an elevator may be used to move to a specific floor of the event venue, and an operator may be guided in the elevator car. In such a case, like the elevators disclosed in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2, the elevator user holds a device that reads the information on the card at the elevator landing and registers the destination, and goes to the target destination floor. In addition, it is not possible to use a method in which a specific person has an identification card for transmitting a signal.

  The object of the present invention is to improve the problems of the prior art and reduce the burden on the operator by allowing the operator to operate the elevator car without having to ride in the elevator. It is to provide an elevator and a landing operation device that can ensure the safety of the user and allow the user to use the elevator with peace of mind.

  Although the present invention can be grasped from a plurality of viewpoints, typical elevators and their landing operation devices according to the present invention are as follows. Further, the elevator of the present invention and its landing operation device captured from other viewpoints will be further clarified by the description of the embodiment for carrying out the invention described below.

That is, the elevator of the present invention includes an elevator car that moves up and down in the hoistway, a drive device that raises and lowers the elevator car, a control device that controls the drive device, and landing call registration for the control device. In an elevator equipped with a call registration device consisting of a hall call registration device provided on each floor where call registration is performed and a car call registration device provided in the elevator car,
A surveillance camera and a communication device provided in the elevator car;
The hall operating device is provided with a hall operating device that can be used exclusively by the operator at the hall, and the hall operating device is
An authentication device that allows an operation by the operator and enables the hall operating device;
A destination floor registration section and an elevator door opening / closing instruction section;
A call device capable of making a call with the call device in the elevator car;
A display device that displays the video from the surveillance camera in the elevator car and can check the situation in the elevator car;
It is a hall operation device that exchanges information data and signals with the elevator control device, and exclusively performs elevator hall call registration, destination floor registration, and door opening and closing during elevator car operation. It is an elevator characterized by.

The elevator hall operating device according to the present invention includes an elevator car that moves up and down in a hoistway, a drive device that raises and lowers the elevator car, a control device that controls the drive device, and the control device. In an elevator hall operating device equipped with a call registration device that performs hall call registration and car call registration,
The hall operating device is
An authentication device that allows an operation by the operator and enables the hall operating device;
A destination floor registration section and an elevator door opening / closing instruction section;
A call device capable of making a call with a call device in the elevator car;
It has a display device that can display the video from the surveillance camera in the elevator car and check the situation in the elevator car,
An elevator that exchanges information data and signals with the elevator control device, and exclusively performs elevator hall call registration, destination floor registration, and door opening / closing during the elevator car operation. It is a hall operating device.

  According to the present invention, even if the operator does not ride in the elevator, it is possible to move a person who is originally difficult to use the elevator alone to the destination floor, preventing misregistration of the destination floor and confusion caused by riding together. And the anxiety caused by riding alone can be resolved. In addition, in a situation where many elevator users are moved to the destination floor, even if the operator is on board, there is a possibility that a floor button different from the target floor may be accidentally pressed or mischief may occur. However, by restricting the operation functions for the operation panel in the elevator car, a large number of elevator users can be moved smoothly to the destination floor. Even in this case, even if the operator does not ride along with the movement of the elevator user, the elevator user does not need to perform an operation and can move smoothly to the destination floor.

It is the whole elevator explanatory drawing concerning the Example of this invention. It is a top view which shows an example of the operation surface of the hall operating device of the elevator concerning the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the operation flow of the hall operating device of the elevator concerning the Example of this invention.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. The following description shows embodiments of the contents of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to these embodiments. Those skilled in the art within the scope of the technical idea disclosed in this specification. Various changes and modifications can be made.

  The elevator and the landing operation device thereof according to the present invention include a landing operation device capable of operating the elevator at the landing. The hall operating device is operated by an ID card that permits operation or an authentication device such as key verification, and upon completion of this authentication or if a hall call registration button is provided, the hall call registration is performed by the operation. Is called. Also, the elevator destination floor registration is performed by the operation of the operator. The operator can confirm that the elevator user has boarded, and can close the elevator door from the landing outside the elevator car by the landing operating device. A camera is installed in the elevator car, and the video is displayed on the display device of the hall operating device so that the operator can watch and monitor the user.

  This driving operation function by the hall operation device is registered with the elevator hall call, the elevator car arrives at the floor where the hall call registration is registered, the door opens, the user gets on the elevator car and the door closes, It is a function that operates the elevator exclusively until the elevator car arrives at the destination floor and the door opens, the elevator user gets off and the elevator car door closes. Therefore, during the operation of the elevator car that is called and registered by the hall operating device, do not respond to hall calls on other floors or destination floor registration in the elevator car, It is possible to avoid confusion caused by an erroneous operation of a user in the car and to improve safety.

  Users who are in the elevator car cannot operate the destination floor registration button on the destination floor registration device (preventing mischief / malfunction), but the operator and the elevator user may need to operate the operation device. Even if it is configured, it is possible to have a conversation using communication equipment at any time, or to see the face through a display device, and use the elevator to the destination floor without worrying about the rider The person can be moved.

  The elevator users mentioned here are those who are difficult to use by one person, such as elderly people, children, and people with disabilities, or many passengers, and the operator is the person who assists the user or instructs to move It points to the person who does.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In all the drawings for explaining the following embodiments, parts having the same function are denoted by the same reference numerals, and repeated description thereof may be omitted.

Example 1
FIG. 1 is an overall explanatory view of an elevator according to an embodiment of the present invention.
In FIG. 1, an elevator hall 101, an operator 1 at the elevator hall, a hall operating device 2, an elevator car 103, a user 3 in the elevator car 103, a surveillance camera 4, and a call in the elevator car. The main rope 102 driven by the hoisting machine and pulling the elevator car 103, the elevator control device 104, and the elevator control device 104, which are controlled by the main rope hoisting machine, braking brake and driving (not shown) Although an elevator drive device 105 having a motor or the like is shown, other known components of the elevator are omitted.

  A detailed view of the operation surface of the hall operating device 2 is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the hall operating device 2 includes an authentication device 6, a release button 7 for driving operation by the hall operating device, a button 8 for opening and closing a door that is an instruction unit for opening and closing the elevator door, and a button 9 for closing the door. 1st to 6th floor registration buttons (numeric buttons) 10, emergency call buttons 11, call equipment (microphone / speaker) 12 in the hall and car, and elevator car A display device 13 that can confirm the lift position and the state in the car is provided, and exchanges information data and signals with the elevator control device. Note that the telephone device 12 and the display device 13 may be always operated or an ON / OFF switch may be provided.

  The hall operating device 2 may be a fixed device fixed to the wall of the hall or a portable handy terminal. A handy terminal is convenient for guiding and guiding elevator users at the landing. In the case of a handy terminal, equipment is installed so that signals can be transmitted to the elevator control device 20 via wireless communication. In the case of a handy terminal, wireless communication may be performed with a hall call registration device installed at a hall, and signals may be transmitted to an elevator control device via the hall call registration device. On the other hand, in the case where the hall operating device 2 is a fixed device fixed to the wall of the hall, the hall operating device 2 is always provided at the hall, so that it is simple and there is no fear of being lost or missing.

  Hereinafter, an example of the operation flow of the elevator hall operating device according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

  In step 301, the operator 1 at the elevator hall makes the hall operating device 2 usable by the authentication device 6 of the hall operating device 2 using an ID card or an authentication key.

  In step 302, the floor operated by the hall operating device 2 is recognized by the elevator control device, and the hall call is registered. The hall operating device 2 may be provided with a power switch, and an authentication operation may be performed after the power switch is turned on, or the power may be turned on in conjunction with the authentication device 6 as described above. In addition to the authentication operation, a hall call registration button may be provided to perform elevator hall call registration. When the elevator group management device performs operation control, an appropriate elevator car is selected and the elevator car moves up and down toward the calling floor.

  The elevator car moves up and down toward the floor where the hall call is registered. In step 303, the elevator car arrives at the calling floor. In step 304, after the user 3 gets on board, the operator 1 moves the user 3. The desired floor is selected and registered with the destination floor registration button 10. Next, in step 305, when the operator 1 pushes the door closing button 9 of the hall operating device 2, the door of the elevator is closed and starts to move up and down toward the destination floor. In the hall operating device 2, if the operator 1 does not select and register the floor to which the user 3 is to be moved with the destination floor registration button 10, the door closing button of the hall operating device 2 remains locked and cannot be operated. By keeping the state, it is possible to prevent the user from being confined.

  When the elevator arrives at the calling floor and the user gets into the elevator car and the elevator is moving up and down, the image taken by the monitoring camera 4 in the elevator car is displayed on the display device of the driving operation device as in step 306. 13, the operator 1 can check the situation in the elevator car, and the user 3 and the operator 1 always have a conversation using the in-car call device 5 and the call device 12 of the hall operating device 2. Can be used safely and safely. Further, if the hall operating device 2 is provided with a small built-in camera and a car display device capable of displaying a video image taken by the small built-in camera is provided in the elevator car, the user 3 in the elevator car can also face the operator 1. You will be able to see and increase your sense of security.

  In addition, the operation of the elevator is restricted by the elevator control device so that the operator 1 can only operate the hall operation device 2 as the exclusive use of the hall operation device 2 when the hall operation device 2 is operated. The user 3 can perform erroneous operations and mischief, and can prevent the confusion of riding with other users.

  In addition, even when there are a plurality of elevator users and the user gets on the elevator car on multiple floors or the user gets off the elevator car on multiple floors, the destination floor of the hall operating device 2 by the operator 1 It is assumed that the user can get on or off the elevator car by operating the elevator using the registration button.

  However, as described above, during the driving operation by the hall operating device 2, the hall call registration at the hall or the destination floor registration device in the elevator car cannot be used to register the hall call registration or destination floor registration at the elevator. In addition, the elevator controller limits. In addition, it will be restricted so that it will not respond to hall calls from other floors.

  In step 307, when the operator 1 sees the image of the display device 13 taken by the monitoring camera 4 and feels an abnormality in the car, the operator 1 immediately selects the cancel button 7 or the emergency call button 11. To be able to respond by pressing.

  For example, if the release button 7 is pressed in step 308, the elevator car immediately stops at the nearest floor and opens the door. If the elevator car is then returned to the normal mode, the elevator can continue to operate. On the other hand, by stopping the elevator while the operation is stopped, the assistance on the stop floor can be smoothly performed.

  Further, when the emergency button 11 is pressed as in step 309, it leads to the elevator monitoring center (or manager's room) and makes a call on the abnormal situation.

  In step 310, when the elevator car arrives at the destination floor, the door automatically opens, announces the arrival at the destination floor in the elevator car, and guides the users in the elevator car to get out of the elevator car. .

  In step 311, when the door is closed when the monitoring camera 4 or sensor senses that the user has exited, or when the operator 1 presses the close button 9 to close the door, the driving operation by the driving operation device 2 is The above-mentioned functional restrictions (operating the elevator only by the hall operating device 2, stopping the operation of the hall calling device and the destination floor registration device in the elevator car, and not responding to hall calls from other floors) are released. However, the elevator door and the landing door are equipped with sensors to prevent the elevator door from being caught.

  As explained in the above embodiments, the elevator and the hall operating device thereof according to the present invention can operate the elevator by an operation using a dedicated hall operating device.

  In other words, the operation by the dedicated landing device allows the elevator user to safely move to the destination floor without the operator having to ride in the elevator car. In addition, since the elevator user can be guided, the user can also feel secure.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and includes various modifications. For example, the above-described embodiments have been described in detail for easy understanding of the present invention, and are not necessarily limited to those having all the configurations described. Further, a part of the configuration of a certain embodiment can be replaced with another configuration, and another configuration can be added to the configuration of the embodiment. Further, it is possible to add, delete, and replace other configurations for a part of the configuration of each embodiment.

  In addition, each of the above-described configurations, functions, processing units, processing means, and the like may be realized by hardware by designing a part or all of them with, for example, an integrated circuit. Each of the above-described configurations, functions, and the like may be realized by software by interpreting and executing a program that realizes each function by the processor. Information such as programs, tables, and files for realizing each function can be stored in a memory, a hard disk, a recording device such as an SSD (Solid State Drvie), or a recording medium such as an IC card, an SD card, or a DVD.

  In addition, the control lines and information lines and their connections are those that are considered necessary for the explanation, and not all control lines and information lines and their connections on the product are necessarily shown. In practice, it may be considered that almost all or many configurations are related and connected to each other.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Elevator operator 2 Landing control device 3 Elevator user 4 Elevator car monitoring camera 5 Elevator car communication device 6 Driving device authentication device 7 Driving device release button 8 Driving device elevator car door Open button 9 Button for closing elevator car door of driving operation device Number button 11 for registration of destination floor of driving operation device Emergency call button 12 for driving operation device Calling device (microphone and speaker) of driving operation device
13 Display device 101 of operation device Elevator hall 102 Elevator main rope 103 Elevator car 104 Elevator control device 105 Elevator drive device

Claims (14)

Each elevator car that moves up and down in the hoistway, a drive device that raises and lowers the elevator car, a control device that controls the drive device, and each floor that performs landing call registration and car call registration for the control device In an elevator comprising a call registration device comprising a hall call registration device provided and a car call registration device provided in the elevator car,
A surveillance camera and a communication device provided in the elevator car;
The hall operating device is provided with a hall operating device that can be used exclusively by the operator at the hall, and the hall operating device is
An authentication device that allows an operation by the operator and enables the hall operating device;
A destination floor registration section and an elevator door opening / closing instruction section;
A call device capable of making a call with the call device in the elevator car;
A display device that displays the video from the surveillance camera in the elevator car and can check the situation in the elevator car;
It is a hall operation device that exchanges information data and signals with the elevator control device, and exclusively performs elevator hall call registration, destination floor registration, and door opening and closing during elevator car operation. Elevator characterized by.   2. The elevator control device according to claim 1, wherein during the operation of the elevator car called by the hall operating device, the elevator car called for landing is registered by calling the hall call registration device provided on each floor. An elevator characterized by control that is not performed.   3. The control device according to claim 1, wherein the elevator control device is not registered by the destination floor registration device in the elevator car called at the landing during the driving operation of the elevator car called by the landing operation device. Elevator characterized by performing.   4. The elevator door opening / closing operation unit according to claim 1, wherein the elevator car destination floor registration called by the landing operation device is not registered by the landing operation device. An elevator characterized by the fact that it cannot be operated to close the door.   5. The hall operating device according to claim 1, wherein the hall operating device includes a small camera, an elevator car is provided in an elevator car, and an image captured by the small camera is displayed on the car display device. Elevator characterized by being displayed.   The elevator according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the hall operating device is a fixed hall operating device fixed to a wall of the hall.   6. The elevator according to claim 1, wherein the hall operating device is a portable handy terminal hall operating device. An elevator car that moves up and down in the hoistway, a drive device that raises and lowers the elevator car, a control device that controls the drive device, and a call registration device that performs landing call registration and car call registration for the control device In an elevator hall operating device comprising:
The hall operating device is
An authentication device that allows an operation by the operator and enables the hall operating device;
A destination floor registration section and an elevator door opening / closing instruction section;
A call device capable of making a call with a call device in the elevator car;
It has a display device that can display the video from the surveillance camera in the elevator car and check the situation in the elevator car,
An elevator that exchanges information data and signals with the elevator control device, and exclusively performs elevator hall call registration, destination floor registration, and door opening / closing during the elevator car operation. Hall operating device.   In claim 8, during the operation of the elevator car called by the hall operating device, the hall call registration cannot be performed by the hall call registration device provided on each floor. Elevator hall operating device to do.   10. The elevator hall according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the destination floor cannot be registered by the destination floor registration device in the elevator car called by the hall during the operation of the elevator car called by the hall operating device. Operating device.   11. The elevator door opening / closing operation part cannot be operated to close the door unless the destination floor registration of the elevator car called by the landing operation device is registered by the landing operation device. An elevator hall operating device characterized by that.   12. The elevator hall according to claim 8, wherein the hall operating device incorporates a small camera, and an image taken by the small camera is displayed on an elevator car display device. Operating device.   The elevator hall operating device according to any one of claims 8 to 12, wherein the hall operating device is a fixed hall operating device fixed to a wall of the hall.   The elevator hall operating device according to any one of claims 8 to 12, wherein the hall operating device is a portable handy terminal hall operating device.

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