JP2015009940A - Entrance call registration device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an entrance call registration device which allows a door to be opened again when a passenger desires reopen of a door of a landing car and which allows car call registration reservation of a car starting next when a passenger desires car call registration of a car which is arriving next the landing car.SOLUTION: The entrance call registration device comprises: a call registration button disposed on an entrance of an elevator for registering call of a car, and when it is pushed during close operation of a door, instructing open operation of the door; and a call registration reservation button for performing call registration reservation of a car arriving next a car which is starting first.

Description

  The present invention relates to a hall call registration device in which elevator hall users register calls.

  The up and down direction buttons provided in the elevator hall call registration device are registered so that the car call can be registered when the button is pressed, and the door that is being closed and the door of the car are opened again. Combined with open function. For this reason, if there are many passengers in the car that is stopped at the hall, the passenger of the hall trying to register the call of the car that will arrive next will have a button in the same direction as the car traveling direction before the door closing operation ends. The door was reopened by pushing, causing discomfort to the passengers in the car and reducing the elevator operation efficiency.

  On the other hand, in Patent Document 1, for example, when a landing button in the same direction as the traveling direction of the car is operated on the floor where any of the plurality of cars is in the landing state, There is a hall button judging means for judging whether or not the car corresponds to the inside car, and if it is judged that the operated hall button corresponds to the car that is landing, no hall call is registered. The door is re-opened, and when it is determined that the operated landing button is separated from the landing car and does not correspond to the landing car, a landing call registration is proposed.

JP 2009-234786 A

  However, in the conventional hall call registration device, when the landing button of the hall call registration device in the vicinity of the landing car is operated, the hall call is not registered even for a customer waiting for the next arrival car. Will reopen the door. In addition, when the landing button of the landing call registration device located at a position away from the car that is landing is operated, the door cannot be reopened even for a user who wants to ride quickly. As described above, it has been found that the conventional hall call registration device may not perform the operation expected by the user.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and allows a user who wishes to reopen a door of a car to be reopened. The present invention provides a call registration device for a hall that enables a call registration reservation for the next car to a customer who wishes to register a call that arrives next to the car.

  The hall call registration device of the present invention is provided at the elevator hall, registers a car call, and calls registration means for instructing the opening operation of the door when operated during the closing operation of the door. Call registration reservation means for making a call registration reservation for the next first car or the second car that arrives next to the first car.

  The elevator call registration device configured as described above allows a customer who wishes to reopen the car door to operate the call registration means to reopen the door. For customers who wish to call registration of the first or second car arriving next to the first car, the first or second car of the next car can be operated by operating the call registration reservation means. Call registration reservation can be made possible.

It is a block diagram of the elevator hall provided with the hall call registration device of Embodiment 1 of the present invention. It is a control block diagram of the elevator apparatus provided with the hall call registration apparatus of Embodiment 1 of the present invention. It is an operation | movement flowchart of the hall call registration apparatus of Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a block diagram of the elevator hall provided with the hall call registration apparatus of Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a control block diagram of the elevator apparatus provided with the hall call registration apparatus of Embodiment 2 of this invention.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
Hereinafter, Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an elevator hall provided with a hall call registration device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. The elevator hall 1 includes a three-way frame 2 that forms an entrance, a landing door 3 that is opened and closed by engaging with a car door, and a use of the hall 1 when a car (not shown) is landing (stopped). A hall operation panel 4 on which a customer registers a car call and an imaging device 5 as a hall detection means for detecting the presence or absence of a person on the hall 1 are provided.

  The hall operation panel 4 includes an upward call registration button 41U and a downward call registration button 41D as call registration buttons 41 (call registration means) for registering a car call in a direction desired by the passenger of the hall 1. ing. Also, in the vicinity of the call registration button 41, a call registration reservation button for making a call registration reservation for the next first or second car that arrives after the first car that the passenger at the hall 1 arrives first. 42 (call registration reservation means) includes an upward call registration reservation button 42U for designating an upward direction and a downward call registration reservation button 42D for designating a downward direction. The call registration button 41 is square and displays an up arrow or down arrow on the inside, whereas the call registration reservation button 42 is round and displays a triangle indicating the up or down direction on the inside, and below Is displayed next to indicate that it is for the next car call registration reservation.

  FIG. 2 is a control block diagram of the elevator apparatus provided with the hall call registration apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. As a control unit, a car-side car control unit 6 and a landing-side hall control unit 44 are provided. The car control unit 6 outputs an operation command to the car drive unit 7 that raises and lowers the car and the car door drive unit 8 that opens and closes the car door when the car is landing on the landing 1 to control the operation of the car. Also, the current car position information is transmitted as an operation signal of the car from the car control unit 6 to the hall control unit 44, and the hall control unit 44 displays the floor on the floor display unit 43 based on the car position information. Outputs a command.

  The upward call registration button 41U, the downward call registration button 41D, the upward call registration reservation button 42U, and the downward call registration reservation button 42D are respectively pressed and turned on switches 41U (S), 41D (S), 42U. (S), 42D (S) and lamps 41U (L), 41D (L), 42U (L), 42D (L) that are turned on or off in response to commands are built in and individually connected to the landing control unit 44. Yes. Here, the lamps 42U (L) and 42D (L) serve as notification means for notifying the passengers at the hall 1 that the next car dispatch command has been issued.

  When the ON signals of the switches 41U (S), 41D (S), 42U (S), and 42D (S) are input to the landing control unit 44, the landing control unit 44 sends the signals to the car control unit 6, When the signal is received by the control unit 6, the car control unit 6 returns the signal to the hall control unit 44, and the hall control unit 44 responds to the return result from the car control unit 6, and the lamps 41U (L) and 41D (L). , 42U (L), 42D (L), a turn-on command or a turn-off command is issued.

  The operation of the hall call registration device configured as described above will be described. When the elevator call button 41U on the hall operation panel 4 is pressed by a passenger at the hall 1 while the car is not landing on the hall 1, the ON signal of the switch 41U (S) of the upward call registration button 41U Is input to the hall control unit 44, and the hall control unit 44 sends the signal to the car control unit 6. When the car control unit 6 accepts an upward call signal, the car control unit 6 returns a permission signal to the hall control unit 44, and the hall control unit 44 issues a lighting instruction for the lamp 41U (L). As a result, the lamp 41U (L) of the upward call registration button 41U is turned on, and the passenger at the hall 1 can confirm that the upward call has been registered.

  The lighting of the lamp 41U (L) is continued until the car arrives at the landing 1, and when a landing arrival signal is input from the car control unit 6 to the landing control unit 44 as a car operation signal, the landing control unit 44 A command to turn off the lamp 41U (L) is issued to turn off the lamp 41U (L). Thereafter, the car control unit 6 issues a car door opening command to the car door driving unit 8, issues a car door closing command after a time considering the passenger boarding / alighting time, and after the car door closing operation is completed, the car driving unit An upward traveling command is issued to 7 to raise the car. After the car starts running, a new upward call registration button 41U can be accepted.

  Here, the car control unit 6 issues a car door closing command to the car door driving unit 8, and the hall 1 that the user wants to ride in the car between the start of the door closing operation and the completion of the door closing operation. When the up direction call registration button 41U of the hall operation panel 4 is pressed by a customer, an on signal of the switch 41U (S) of the up direction call registration button 41U is input to the hall control unit 44, and the hall control unit 44 The signal is sent to the car control unit 6. When the signal is received by the car control unit 6, the car control unit 6 issues a car door opening command to the car door driving unit 8 to reopen the car door and the landing door 3. Thereafter, if the upward call registration button 41U of the hall operation panel 4 is pressed between the start of the door closing operation and the completion of the door closing operation, the reopening is repeated.

  Here, an example in which the passenger on the hall 1 presses the upward call registration button 41U of the hall operation panel 4 has been described. However, even when the downward call registration button 41D is pressed, the traveling direction of the car The operation including reopening is the same except that changes from upward to downward.

  Next, the operation of the hall call registration device when the call registration reservation button 42 is pressed will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In the following description, the case where the upward call registration reservation button 42U is pressed is taken as an example. When the upward call registration reservation button 42U is pressed and an ON signal of the switch 42U (S) is input to the landing control unit 44 (step S100), the landing control unit 44 receives the car input from the car control unit 6. It is determined whether or not the car is landing on hall 1 based on the hall arrival signal as the operation signal (step S101). If the car is landing, it is determined whether or not the departure direction of the starting car that is landing is upward (step S102). If the car is upward, a dispatch command is issued for the next car. The lamp 42U (L) of the upward call registration reservation button 42U is turned on (step S103).

  Thereafter, the landing control unit 44 inputs an operation signal from the car control unit 6 and waits until the car departs (step S104). After the car departs, the lamp 42U (L) of the upward call registration reservation button 42U is turned off. At the same time, the lamp 41U (L) of the upward call registration button 41U is turned on to notify the passengers at the hall 1 that the next car call has been registered.

  When the car is not landing at step S101 or when the departure direction of the car is not upward but downward at step S102, the landing control unit 44 indicates whether or not the upward call has been registered by the lamp 41U ( L) is checked based on the lighting command status to L), and if registered, the process is terminated. On the other hand, when the upward call is not registered, information on the switch 41U (S) of the upward call registration button 41U is sent to the car control unit 6 by communication. When the car control unit 6 accepts an upward call, the car control unit 6 returns a permission signal to the hall control unit 44, and the hall control unit 44 issues a lamp 41U (L) lighting command for the upward call registration button 41U. Do.

  As a result, even if the passenger at hall 1 intends to press the upward call registration button 41U but accidentally presses the upward call registration reservation button 42U, nothing is done when the upward call has been registered. If the upward call is not registered, the convenience of the user can be improved by registering the upward call.

  Next, a method of canceling the upward call registration reservation after pressing the upward call registration reservation button 42U will be described. While waiting for the car to depart in step S104, the hall control unit 44 outputs a car dispatch cancel command for the next car to the car control unit 6 when a signal indicating that there is no person at the hall 1 is input from the imaging device 5. When the car controller 6 accepts cancellation of the next car, the car controller 6 returns a signal to the hall controller 44, and the hall controller 44 uses the ramp 42U (L) of the upward call registration reservation button 42U. Is turned off, and cancellation of the upward call registration reservation is completed.

  In addition, while waiting for the departure of the car in step S104, the hall control unit 44 detects that the upward call registration reservation button 42U has been pressed a plurality of times within a predetermined time of, for example, 2 seconds. A car canceling command is output to the car control unit 6. When the car controller 6 accepts cancellation of the next car, the car controller 6 returns a signal to the hall controller 44, and the hall controller 44 uses the ramp 42U (L) of the upward call registration reservation button 42U. Is turned off, and cancellation of the upward call registration reservation is completed.

  Here, an example has been described in which the passenger of the hall 1 presses the upward call registration reservation button 42U of the hall operation panel 4, but the direction of the call also when the downward call registration reservation button 42D is pressed. The process flow is the same except for the difference.

  In addition, here, the hall control unit 44 and the car control unit 6 are described as separate configurations, but the present invention is not limited to this configuration, and the car control unit 6 has a part or all of the functions of the hall control unit 44. May be configured to execute.

  In the above description, an example of one elevator is shown. In this case, the next car arriving next to the first car is the same first car. On the other hand, the case where the next car becomes the second car will be described. The present invention is not limited to the configuration of one elevator, and can be applied even when a plurality of elevators are group-controlled. When a plurality of elevators are installed, one or more hall operation panels 4 are installed according to the number of elevators.

  When a call registration reservation button 42 is pressed on any landing operation panel 4 when the first car is landing on the landing after a call is registered on any landing operation panel 4, An appropriate car is selected in the group management control, and the next car dispatch command is issued to the second car. However, even in this case, when a group other than the first car cannot be selected in the group management control, a car dispatch command for the next car may be issued to the first car. In this group management control, by providing some functions of the car control unit 6 and the hall control unit 44 on the group management control device side, the same operation as in the case of one elevator can be performed by a plurality of elevators.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
Hereinafter, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The hall call registration device of the second embodiment is obtained by changing the call registration reservation button 42 as call registration reservation means to the voice recognition device 45 with respect to the hall call registration device of the first embodiment. The configuration is the same as in the first embodiment. FIG. 4 is a block diagram of an elevator hall provided with a hall call registration device according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. The same parts as those in FIG. Is omitted.

  In FIG. 4, the hall operation panel 40 has a voice recognition device 45 for recognizing a destination direction from voices generated as an upward call registration button 41U, a downward call registration button 41D, a floor display unit 43, and call registration reservation means. It has. Here, the voice recognition device 45 has a microphone 45a for inputting a voice uttered by a passenger at the hall 1 and a notification means for notifying the hall 1 that a next car dispatch command has been issued. Lamps 45U (L) and 45D (L) that are turned on or off are provided.

  FIG. 5 is a control block diagram of an elevator equipped with the hall call registration device according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The same reference numerals are given to the same parts as in FIG. Description is omitted. The voice recognition device 45 includes a voice control unit 45b that stores voice data registered in advance. When the voice signal input from the microphone 45a is recognized to match the registered voice data, voice recognition is performed. The result signal 45 b (X) is transmitted to the hall control unit 44. In addition, the voice control unit 45b issues a turn-on command or a turn-off command to the lamps 45U (L) and 45D (L) in response to the reservation response signal 45b (Y) from the hall control unit 44.

  The operation of the voice recognition device 45 replaces the operation of pressing the call registration reservation button 42 of the first embodiment. For example, when the user of the hall 1 speaks “up” to the microphone 45a, the microphone When the voice signal input from 45a is compared with the voice data registered in the voice control unit 45b and is recognized as "up", the voice control unit 45b sends a voice recognition result signal indicating an upward call registration reservation. 45b (X) is transmitted to the hall control unit 44.

  In the first embodiment, the next car is dispatched in step S103, and the lamp 42U (L) of the upward call registration reservation button 42U is lit. In the second embodiment, the lamp 42U (L Instead of L), the lamp 45U (L) is turned on.

  Further, when the passenger in hall 1 utters “up cancel” to the microphone 45a while waiting for departure of the car in step S104, the voice signal input from the microphone 45a is sent to the voice control unit 45b. The voice control unit 45b receives a voice recognition result signal 45b (X) indicating an instruction for canceling the next car dispatch to the landing control unit 44. Send to. A reservation response signal 45b (Y) for canceling the upward call registration reservation is transmitted from the hall control unit 44 to the voice control unit 45b, and the voice control unit 45b turns off the lamp 45U (L).

  In addition, although the words uttered by passengers at hall 1 are described as examples of “up” and “up cancel”, these words are only examples, and other “up”, “up cancel”, etc. Another word in which voice data is registered in the voice control unit 45b in advance may be used.

  In addition, the example of call registration reservation and reservation cancellation in the upward direction has been explained here. However, if the words spoken by the passengers at the hall 1 are “Done” and “Done Cancel”, the call registration in the downward direction It goes without saying that reservations and reservation cancellations can be made.

  In addition to lamps 45U (L) and 45D (L) for confirming call registration reservation, a speaker is provided, and the announcement is output to the speaker from the voice control unit 45b in which announcement data is registered in advance. It is possible to make the status of the call registration reservation easier for the person.

  The hall call registration device configured as described above is provided in the elevator hall 1 and registers a car call, and also calls a door registration button 41 for instructing an opening operation of the door when pressed during the door closing operation. And call registration reservation means for making a call registration reservation for the next first or second car that arrives next to the first car on the same floor.

  As a result, passengers in hall 1 who wish to reopen the car door can reopen the door by pressing the call registration button 41 and arrive after the first car that is landing. For passengers in hall 1 who wants to register a car call, it is possible to make a call registration reservation for the first or second car by operating the call registration reservation means.

  The control unit further includes a control unit that inputs signals of the call registration button 41 and the call registration reservation unit and controls the raising / lowering of the car. The control unit receives a signal from the call registration reservation unit after the first car arrives at the landing. Is input, a next car dispatch command for the first or second car is issued. As a result, the next car dispatch command can be made after the arrival of the first car at the landing, so that an unnecessary next car dispatch command is not issued, and a decrease in the operation efficiency of the elevator can be suppressed.

  In addition, there is provided an informing means for informing the hall 1 that the next or first car dispatch command has been issued. Thereby, the passengers at the hall 1 can confirm that the call registration reservation for the next first or second car has been made.

  In addition, the image pickup device 5 that detects the presence or absence of a person at the hall 1 is provided, and the control unit issues a dispatch command for the next first or second car, and then there is no person at the hall 1 from the image pickup apparatus 5. When the signal is input, the next or first car allocation cancellation command is issued. As a result, if the passenger who made the call registration reservation for the next car is in the first car, or if there is no one in the hall 1, Canceling the call of the next car can suppress a decrease in operating efficiency.

  In addition, when a call registration reservation means signal is input in a state where a car call is not registered with the call registration button 41, the control unit issues a car dispatch command. As a result, even when the passenger at the hall 1 mistakes the call registration button 41 and operates the call registration reservation means, the convenience of the user can be improved by performing normal call registration.

  The call registration reservation means has a call registration reservation button 42, and the call registration reservation button 42 and the call registration button 41 have different shapes. As a result, the passengers at the hall 1 can visually distinguish the call registration reservation button 42 and the call registration button 41 and can suppress operation errors.

  In addition, when the control unit detects that the call registration reservation button 42 is pressed a plurality of times within a predetermined time after issuing the next first or second car dispatch command, This is a command to cancel the dispatch of the first or second car. This makes it possible to cancel the next car call by the customer when the passenger who made the call registration reservation for the next car has lost his / her intention, so that the useless next car call can be canceled. Can be eliminated.

  The call registration reservation means is a voice recognition device 45 that recognizes the destination direction from the emitted voice. As a result, even if the hand is closed with luggage, for example, the call registration reservation for the next car can be made by voice.

  In addition, when the controller recognizes the cancellation voice by the voice recognition device 45 after issuing the next first or second car dispatch command, the controller dispatches the next first or second car. A cancellation command is issued. This makes it possible to cancel the next car call made by the person who made the reservation registration for the next car call by voice and cancels the next car call by the person. The call of the cage can be eliminated.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 landing, 3 landing door, 5 imaging device, 6 car control part, 41 call registration button, 42 call registration reservation button, 44 landing control part, 45 voice recognition apparatus

Claims (9)

Call registration means provided at the elevator hall, for registering a car call, and for instructing an opening operation of the door when operated during the closing operation of the door;
Call registration reservation means comprising call registration reservation means for making a call registration reservation for the first or second car that arrives next to the first car on the same floor. Registration device. Comprising a control unit for inputting signals of the call registration means and the call registration reservation means and controlling the raising and lowering of the car;
When the signal of the call registration reservation means is input after the first car arrives at the landing, the control unit issues a dispatch command for the first car or the second car. The hall call registration device according to claim 1, wherein   3. The hall call registration device according to claim 2, further comprising notifying means for notifying the hall that a next car dispatch command has been issued. Comprising hall detection means for detecting the presence or absence of a person at the hall,
When the control unit inputs a signal indicating that there is no person on the landing from the landing detection means after issuing the next first or second car dispatch command, the first first 4. The hall call registration device according to claim 2 or 3, wherein a dispatching cancellation command for the second car is issued.   When the call registration reservation means is input in a state in which the call of the first first car is not registered by the call registration means, the control unit, when the signal of the call registration reservation means is input, The hall call registration device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a dispatching command is issued. The call registration reservation means has a call registration reservation button,
The call registration means has a call registration button,
The hall call registration device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the call registration reservation button and the call registration button have different shapes.   If the controller detects that the call registration reservation button has been pressed a plurality of times within a predetermined time after issuing a next car dispatch command for the first or second car, 7. The hall call registration device according to claim 6, wherein a dispatch cancellation command for the first or second car is issued.   The hall call registration device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the call registration reservation means is a voice recognition device that recognizes a destination direction from a generated voice.   When the controller recognizes a canceling voice by the voice recognition device after issuing the next first or second car dispatch command, the next first car or the second car 9. The hall call registration device according to claim 8, wherein a vehicle dispatch cancellation command is issued.

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