JP2015020852A - Elevator control device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable an elevator user to be call-registered with a secured security by a simple operation and a non-contact movement.SOLUTION: An elevator control device comprises: an elevator control panel for controlling elevation of an elevator car and opening/closing of a door; car call registration means for a car call registration that is connected to the control panel and provided in the elevator car; and landing-hall call registration means for a landing-hall call registration that is connected to the control panel and provided at the landing-hall side. The car call registration means and the landing-hall call means are composed to be sensor panels. In at least either one of the control panel, the car call registration means and the landing-hall call registration means is provided with memorizing means for registration pattern to be inputted from the car call registration means and the landing-hall call registration means. The call registration pattern can be optically inputted to the car call registration means and the landing-hall call registration means from a remote controller carried by an elevator user.

Description

  The present invention relates to an elevator control device that controls call registration on a destination floor of an elevator, and more particularly to an elevator control device that is suitable for call registration without contact.

  Conventionally, call registration in an elevator is performed by a user directly contacting or approaching a proximity position with an up / down direction instruction button that is an input means on the landing side and a button that displays a destination floor that is an input means within the car. It is executed by operating. Then, the elevator control device quickly drives the elevator to the floor that the user wants to go to based on the input from the input means on the landing side or the input means in the car.

  There is no problem in the operation using the elevator call registration system in a multi-tenant building that does not particularly require security or an office building in which a plurality of companies occupy as tenants. However, even if it is an office building and has a floor that can only be accessed by a key person, so-called VIP floor, etc., it is necessary to prevent access to the VIP floor without performing a specific operation from the security aspect. Yes.

  Examples of an elevator system considering such security are described in Patent Documents 1 to 4. For example, in Patent Documents 1 and 3, a specific person is recognized by a touch panel, and in Patent Documents 2 and 4, an individual is recognized using a personal ID card.

JP-A-10-167596 Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 58-60662 JP 2007-238232 A JP 2007-169030 A

  In the elevator system described in the above prior art, for example, in the ones described in Patent Documents 2 and 4, an elevator user possesses a medium for identifying an individual such as a card, and the card reader installed in the operation panel in the elevator car Personal authentication is done by holding or inserting. After that, the call registration on the specific floor can be performed by pressing the call button on the destination floor. If the methods described in these publications are used, the elevator user needs to possess a card. First, if the card is forgotten, call registration to a specific floor cannot be performed. Secondly, when a card is lost, there is a risk that the lost card may be used by another person, which poses a security risk. Even if the user has a card, it is necessary to press the destination floor button by holding the card or inserting the card. If you have a baggage or other luggage, simply press the button. Convenience is reduced compared to the case.

  On the other hand, in the elevator systems described in Patent Documents 1 and 3, it is necessary to perform the same operation as a pre-registered pattern or an operation having the same degree to recognize an individual on a touch panel type operation panel. In this method, possession of a medium such as a card for identifying the user is not necessary, but it is necessary to draw a sign holding the identity that can recognize an individual by touching the touch panel, and the operation itself In addition, convenience is reduced if you have a bag or other luggage.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems of the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to enable call registration of an elevator that ensures security with simple operation and non-contact operation.

  A feature of the present invention that achieves the above object is that an elevator control panel that controls the raising and lowering of the car and the opening and closing of the door, and a car call registration means that is connected to the control board and can be registered in the car. And a landing call registration means connected to the control panel and provided at the landing side, wherein the car call registration means and the landing call registration means are sensor panels, and the control At least one of the board and car call registration means and the landing call registration means is provided with storage means for call registration patterns inputted from the car call registration means and the landing call registration means, and is carried by the elevator user. It is possible to optically input a call registration pattern from the remote controller to the car call registration means and the landing call registration means. It lies in the fact was.

  According to the present invention, a sensor panel that operates in a non-contact manner is provided on the elevator platform or the operation panel in the car, and the sensor panel can be accessed by a pointer or the like from a location away from the user. Contact operation enables elevator call registration with security.

It is a schematic diagram of one Example of the elevator which concerns on this invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view around a hall of the elevator shown in FIG. 1. It is a perspective view which shows the passenger car part which the elevator shown in FIG. 1 has. It is a perspective view of one Example of the remote control which concerns on this invention. It is an operation | movement flowchart which shows an example of the call registration in the elevator shown in FIG. It is an operation | movement flowchart which shows the other example of call registration.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of an elevator according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the elevator 50. In the elevator 50, a passenger car 201 disposed in the hoistway 1 is attached to one end of the rope 4, and the other end of the rope 4 is attached to the counterweight 3. The rope 4 is wound around a sheave 6 and a sheave 5 at an intermediate portion. The sheave 5 is connected to an electric motor (not shown), and the car 201 moves up and down by driving the electric motor. In order to control the raising and lowering of the car 201, a control panel 7 for controlling the elevator 50 is disposed at an appropriate location in the hoistway 1.

  Car position indicators 202 and 203, which will be described in detail later, are attached to the upper part in the car 201, and a sensor panel 206 is attached to the middle part in the vertical direction in the car 201. On the other hand, on the floor 101 side of each floor, a position display indicator 102 and a lantern 103 are attached at the top, and a sensor panel 106 is attached at the middle in the vertical direction.

  Next, how the elevator 104 configured as described above registers a hall call and a car call using the remote controller 105 according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the landing 101 of the elevator 50. Similarly, FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the inside of the car 201 of the elevator 50.

  A user 104 approaching the landing 101 to use the elevator 50 registers a landing call using the remote controller 105 that he carries. Here, a sensor panel 106 is provided on the wall surface of the landing 101 and in the vicinity of the landing-side door. The sensor panel 106 receives laser light emitted from a laser pointer type remote controller 105 carried by the user 104. An indicator 102 indicating the position and direction of the car 201 is provided above the landing-side door of the landing 101, and a lantern is provided on the side of the landing-side door and indicating the arrival at the time of the group management system. Yes.

  FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an example of the remote controller 105 carried by the user 104. An output unit 303 for irradiating the laser generated by the remote controller 105 is provided at one place in the circumferential direction of the disc-shaped remote controller main body 301 provided with a push button 302 at the center. Therefore, by operating the push button 302 of the remote controller 105, the user 104 can freely draw numbers, symbols, and the like on the sensor panel 106 with a laser beam.

  When a user registers a call from the landing 101 side, a landing call pattern registered in advance on the sensor panel 106 or the control panel 7 is drawn 107 on the sensor panel 106 using the remote controller 105. Here, the hall call pattern registered in advance may be determined for each user 104 or may be a common pattern. If different for each user, since the pattern is not known to others other than the user 104, security can be improved. If it is a common pattern, it can be used in the same way as an ordinary elevator, increasing convenience.

  In the case of a hall call, since there is only ascending or descending, a common pattern is generally used. FIG. 2 shows a case where a common pattern is used. In this case, it is an upward call for raising the car 201, and an operation pattern 107 from bottom to top is registered in advance. While operating the push button 302 of the remote controller 105, the user 104 raises his arm from the bottom to the top, moves the output light of the laser pointer 105 from the bottom to the top on the surface of the sensor panel 106, and draws the pattern 107. The sensor panel 106 receives the output light from the laser pointer 105 and compares the patterns registered in advance. If the two patterns match, the hall call registration is permitted and the hall call is registered. If they do not match, the input is prompted again or the input from the sensor panel 106 is invalidated.

  Next, how a car call is registered using the remote controller 205 after the user 204 of the elevator 50 gets into the car 201 will be described with reference to FIG. A car position indicator 203 is attached to the upper side of the car door. The car position indicator 203 shown in FIG. 3 displays the moving direction of the car 201 and the current position. A car position indicator 202 is attached above the car door, and a stop position of the car 201 is displayed. Further, a sensor panel 206 that can draw a pattern with a remote controller carried by the user 204 is provided on the side of the car door.

  The user 204 registers the destination floor as a car call by drawing on the sensor panel 206 a destination call pattern registered in the control panel 7 of the elevator 50 in advance. The destination call pattern registered in advance is preferably determined for each user 204 in consideration of security. In this way, for example, a pattern having nothing to do with the destination floor number can be registered so that the destination floor is not known to users other than the user 204. This can be used when accessing a room such as an executive room (VIP room) that refuses entry by outsiders.

  In the example of FIG. 3, since the destination call pattern registered in advance is in the form of numbers, the user 204 operates the push button 302 of the remote controller 205 while using the laser pointer 205 on the surface of the sensor panel 206 to display the number “3”. "Is drawn. The sensor panel 206 receives the laser beam from the laser pointer 205 and recognizes the destination floor of the user 204. The sensor panel 206 outputs the floor signal input by the user 204 to the control panel 7 of the elevator 50. The sensor panel 206 compares the destination floor pattern registered in the control panel 7 of the sensor panel 206 or the elevator 50 with the output of the sensor panel 206, and if it matches, permits the car call registration and registers the destination floor. To do. If the destination floor pattern registered in advance does not match the output of the sensor panel 206, the sensor panel 206 prompts the input again or invalidates the output of the sensor panel 206.

  Next, the hall call registration and car call registration procedures will be described again with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5 shows a hall call registration procedure, and FIG. 6 shows a car call registration procedure. First, the user 104 approaching the landing 101 draws on the sensor panel 106 by swinging up or down the remote controller 105 (step S51). Next, the sensor panel 106, which is a display, distinguishes and recognizes whether the drawing direction is the upward direction or the downward direction (step S52). Then, the sensor panel 106 compares the pattern registered in advance with the data input to the sensor panel 106, and if they match, the sensor panel 106 outputs a signal indicating the drawing direction to the control panel 7 of the elevator 50 (step S53). The control panel 7 of the elevator 50 permits hall call registration based on the input from the sensor panel 106 (step S54). The hall call is registered, and the hall lantern 103 that is an indicator of the landing 101 is turned on (step S55).

  Next, the procedure for car call registration will be described. The user 204 who has entered the car 201 operates the portable remote controller 205 to draw a pattern of numbers and characters (step S61). The sensor panel 206 in the car 201 that is a display recognizes the drawing (step S62). The sensor panel 206 compares the recognized pattern with a pre-registered pattern, and if it matches, the drawn pattern (character) is converted into a floor name (step S63). The sensor panel 206 outputs a floor signal to the control panel 7 of the elevator 50 (step S64). The control panel 7 of the elevator 50 permits the car call registration based on the input from the sensor panel 206 (step S65), and registers the car call. Then, the destination floor display 202 as an indicator is turned on (step S66).

  According to the present embodiment described above, the pattern registered in advance in the elevator control panel by the user is reproduced on the sensor panel in the landing side or the car, so that the elevator side is a specific user. It is possible to recognize that there is a security measure and to recognize VIP calls only by executives. In addition, it is possible to operate from a distant place and only a specific user can use it.

  In the above embodiment, a non-contact type sensor panel is used instead of a button installed in a hall or a car, and a simple remote control such as a laser pointer is drawn on the sensor panel surface. The button can be substituted when registering the elevator call. Conventionally, one button is required for each of the upper and lower platforms, but in the present invention, only one center panel is required.

  In addition, since the operation panel in the car is provided with a sensor panel, the sensor panel can be used for destination registration to a specific floor. The user can specify the user by registering the operation pattern in advance and reproducing the same pattern on the sensor panel. In the elevator shown in the above embodiment, if the same operation as the previously registered pattern is not performed, call registration to a specific floor cannot be performed. Therefore, even if the remote control is lost, the risk in terms of security can be reduced.

  Moreover, in the said Example, although the output of a remote control is made into a laser beam, the output of a remote control is not restricted to a laser beam, Various light can be utilized. However, when light other than visible light is used, it is preferable to be able to display the drawing content on the remote control side in order to recognize the drawing. Further, although the car side sensor panel is provided on the side of the car door, the car side sensor panel may be provided on the ceiling surface and the landing side sensor panel may be provided on the landing ceiling surface. In this case, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of problems such as the output light of the laser pointer being blocked by many people riding in the same car.

  Furthermore, when a pattern is input from a remote controller in the car, a number for personal recognition may be input simultaneously with the destination floor. In other words, it is possible to change the input pattern of the destination floor according to the user who inputs, so that the security is further improved.

  In the above embodiment, the pattern is registered on the landing side and the sensor panel in the car. However, the pattern may be registered on the control panel. In either case, it is preferable to store a plurality of registered patterns. For example, it is better to prepare a pattern that clearly indicates that the user is a wheelchair user. As a result, the passengers in the car can be informed in advance of the destination floor of the wheelchair user, and the elevator can be operated smoothly. Further, when a specific pattern is input, it is possible to prioritize the call of that pattern and invalidate other calls or not accept other calls. For example, if a VIP call pattern is input, the user cannot enter from other floors to increase security.

  When a pattern is registered in advance, a pre-pattern registration mode is provided in the sensor panel so that registration can be performed from the sensor panel. In the pre-registration pattern mode, it is needless to say that registration contents can be changed. By using this pre-registration pattern mode, the personal ID and the pattern are registered at the same time, thereby making it possible to restrict access to restricted areas other than those concerned. In order to notify the user on the landing side that the elevator is being used in the restricted access area, a plurality of registration patterns such as VIP calls are stored in the sensor panel installed at the landing, and VIP call registration is being executed. This may be displayed by a position display indicator or the like.

  In the above embodiment, only the input from the sensor panel is shown. However, it is also possible to use the remote control only when necessary, using both elevator access restriction and normal elevator operation. For example, a sensor panel and a normal push button are provided side by side, and when there is an input from the sensor panel, this input is given priority and normal operation is excluded. As a result, it is possible to increase the operation efficiency of the elevator as a normal operation in a case where priority is given to the VIP call by a VIP call for a specific time.

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the user for a specific purpose has been described. However, the present invention can be applied to baggage transportation used for business purposes. For example, when using a forklift in a warehouse or the like to load and unload luggage, install a sensor panel near the ceiling of the landing. Users can call and register by operating the remote control attached to the front of the fork from the forklift. Thereby, the user who is the operator of the forklift can easily register the elevator call without getting off the forklift.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Hoistway, 3 ... Counterweight, 4 ... Rope, 5 ... Sheave, 6 ... Sheave, 7 ... Control device, 50 ... Elevator, 101 ... (Elevator) landing, 102 ... Position display indicator, 103 ... (Hall) Lantern, 104 ... user, 105 ... remote control (laser pointer), 106 ... sensor panel, 107 ... drawing, 201 ... car, 202, 203 ... car position indicator, 204 ... user, 205 ... remote control (laser pointer) , 206 ... sensor panel, 301 ... remote control main body, 302 ... push button, 303 ... output unit.

Claims (5)

An elevator control panel that controls the raising and lowering of the car and the opening and closing of the doors, a car call registration means that is connected to the control board and can be registered in the car, and connected to the control board to the landing side In the elevator control device provided with the provided landing call registration means capable of landing call registration,
The car call registration means and the landing call registration means are sensor panels, and are input from the car call registration means and the landing call registration means to at least one of the control panel, the car call registration means, and the landing call registration means. The elevator control apparatus is characterized in that a call registration pattern storage means is provided, and a call registration pattern can be optically input to the car call registration means and the landing call registration means from a remote controller carried by the elevator user. .   The landing call registration means compares the pattern stored in the storage means with the pattern newly inputted by the elevator user using the remote controller and optically enters the registration pattern. The elevator control device according to claim 1, wherein the elevator control device is registered.   The said hall call registration means can memorize | store a several pattern, and when a specific pattern is input from these several patterns, it invalidates another call. Elevator control device.   The car call registration means compares the pattern stored in the storage means with the pattern newly input by the elevator user using the remote controller and enters the registered registration pattern. The elevator control device according to claim 1, wherein the elevator control device is registered.   The car call registration means can store a plurality of patterns, and when a specific pattern is input from among the plurality of patterns, the other call is invalidated or the specific pattern is set more than other calls. The elevator control device according to claim 4, wherein priority is given to a call.

Images