JP2015044650A - Elevator control device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an elevator control device that performs processing so as to cause no inconvenience to a user waiting for an elevator at an elevator landing when changing the display of a display device at the elevator landing to the display showing that the elevator is being inspected.SOLUTION: An elevator control device connected to a landing button and a landing display device installed on each floor of a building includes a landing call registration part and a display control part. When any of the landing buttons is operated, the landing call registration part registers a landing call including operation floor information of the landing button. When the display control part detects that an inspection display switch installed in a car of an elevator is operated, it causes the landing display device on the operation floor of the landing call already registered in the landing call registration part to display car operation status information, and causes landing display devices of other floors to display text characters "under inspection."

Description

  Embodiments described herein relate generally to an elevator control device.

  Conventionally, in order to inform the user that the elevator cannot be used during the elevator inspection work, an operator has placed a “inspection” tag at the elevator hall on each floor.

  In order to reduce the labor of this work, when it is detected that a predetermined switch (inspection display switch) installed in the elevator is operated, a system that displays a text character “inspection” on the display device of the elevator hall on each floor There is.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-165154

  When displaying the text characters “under inspection” on the display device at the elevator hall by the above-described system, the display is automatically switched when the inspection display switch is operated regardless of the operation status of the elevator. Therefore, after the landing button is operated by the user, if the check display switch is operated before the arrival of the car in response to this, the operation responding to the call by the landing button operation is continued, There has been a problem that the display on the display device is switched to a text character of “inspection”, which may cause inconvenience for a user waiting for an elevator.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and there is inconvenience for a user who is waiting for an elevator at the elevator hall when switching the display of the elevator hall display device to a display indicating that the elevator hall is being inspected. An object of the present invention is to provide an elevator control device that performs processing so as not to occur.

  According to the embodiment for achieving the above object, a hall button installed on each floor in a building and an elevator control device connected to the hall display device include a hall call registration unit and a display control unit. When any one of the landing buttons is operated, the landing call registration unit registers the landing call including the floor information on which the operation is performed. When the display control unit detects that the inspection display switch installed in the elevator car is operated, the display control unit displays the floor display device corresponding to the floor information included in the hall call registered in the hall call registration unit. Displays the operation status information of the car, and displays the text characters “under inspection” on the hall display device on the other floor.

1 is an overall view showing a configuration of an elevator system using an elevator control device according to an embodiment. The block diagram which shows the structure of the elevator control apparatus by one Embodiment. The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the elevator control apparatus by one Embodiment.

<Configuration of Elevator System Using Elevator Control Device According to One Embodiment>
The structure of the elevator system 1 using the elevator control apparatus by one Embodiment of this invention is demonstrated with reference to FIG.

  The elevator system 1 according to the present embodiment manages elevators in a three-story building, and is installed in a landing plate 21-1 installed in the first-floor hall 2-1 and in the second-floor hall 2-2. Are connected to the landing plate 21-2, the landing plate 21-3 installed in the landing 2-3 on the third floor, the car 3, and the landing plates 21-1 to 21-3 via the cable 4. And an elevator control device 6 connected to the car 3 via a cable 5.

  The first floor hall plate 21-1 has a hall display device 22-1 and an upward hall call button 23-1 a for the user to call the car 3. The second floor hall plate 21-2 includes a hall display device 22-2, an upper hall call button 23-2a, and a lower hall call button 23-2b. The third floor hall plate 21-3 includes a hall display device 22-3 and a downward hall call button 23-3b.

  The car 3 includes an in-car call button 31 for the user to perform an operation of designating a destination floor, an in-car display device 32, and an in-car switch box 33. In the car switch box 33, there is an inspection display switch 34 for displaying the text characters “under inspection” on the hall display devices 22-1 to 22-3 of the halls 2-1 to 2-3.

  The elevator control device 6 includes an in-car operation information acquisition unit 61, a hall call registration unit 62, an operation control unit 63, and a display control unit 64.

  The in-car operation information acquisition unit 61 acquires the operation information of the in-car call button 31 in the car 3 and the switch in the in-car switch box 33.

  When any one of the hall call buttons 23-1a, 23-2a, 23-2b, and 23-3b is operated, the hall call registration unit 62 registers the hall call including the floor information on which the operation is performed. .

  The operation control unit 63 determines the operation content of the elevator based on the operation content of the hall call buttons 23-1 a, 23-2 a, 23-2 b, and 23-3 b and the car call button 31. Elevating control is performed.

  When the display control unit 64 controls the display contents of the hall display devices 22-1 to 22-3 and the car display device 32 and detects that the inspection display switch 34 installed in the car 3 is operated, The hall display device on the operation floor of the hall call that has already been registered in the hall call registration unit 62 continues to display the operation status information of the car 3, and the hall display device on the other floor displays “under inspection”. Display text characters. After that, when it is detected that the car 3 has landed on the operation floor for the hall call and has opened the door, the platform display device on the operation floor for the hall call is switched to display the text character “inspection”.

<Operation of Elevator System Using Elevator Control Device According to One Embodiment>
Next, the operation of the elevator system according to the present embodiment will be described.

  First, the inspection display switch 34 in the in-car switch box 33 of the car 3 is operated at the start of the inspection work by an elevator maintenance inspection worker.

  Processing executed by the elevator control device 6 when the inspection display switch 34 is operated will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  When the normal operation is being executed by the operation control unit 63 of the elevator control device 6 (S1), when the inspection display switch 34 is turned ON by the worker (“YES” in S2), subsequent calls are not registered. (S3). Further, the operation of the inspection display switch 34 is detected by the display control unit 64, and it is determined whether or not there is a hall call already registered in the hall call registration unit 62 (S4).

  Here, by operating the first-floor upward hall call button 23-1a, the information of “floor hall call from the first floor upward” has already been registered in the hall call registration unit 62 (“S4” YES ”), it is assumed that the information is acquired by the display control unit 64.

  In the display control unit 64, the operation status information of the car 3 (for example, the current position information “3rd floor” of the car 3 and the like) is displayed in the hall display device 22-1 on the operation floor “1st floor” of the registered hall call. , The display of the driving direction “down arrow”, etc. is continued, and the text display “under inspection” is displayed on the hall display devices 22-1 and 22-3 on the other floors (S5).

  Thereafter, the operation control unit 63 performs an operation in response to the landing call “a landing call from the first floor upward”, and the car 3 is moved to the first floor.

  When the car 3 reaches the operation floor “first floor” of the hall call and opens the door, the display control unit 64 detects this, and the text character “under inspection” is also displayed on the hall display device 22-1 on the first floor. It is switched so as to be displayed (S6).

  Then, when the car 3 is landed on the destination floor designated by the in-car call button 31 and the door is opened, it is determined that the operation in response to the in-car call registration has been completed (“YES” in S7), and the elevator Is ready to start inspection work (S8).

  If it is determined in step S4 that there is no hall call already registered in the hall call registration unit 62 ("NO" in S4), the display control unit 64 causes the hall display devices 22-1, 22-22 on each floor. 2 and 22-3 are switched so that the text characters “inspection” are displayed (S9), and if it is determined that the operation in response to the car call registration is completed, the elevator is ready to start the inspection work. (S7, S8).

  The inspection work start state is continued until the inspection display switch 34 is turned off (“NO” in S10), and when it is turned off (“YES” in S10), the normal operation of step S1 is resumed.

  According to the present embodiment described above, when the operator operates the switch for displaying the text characters “under inspection” on the hall display device, if there is a hall call already registered, Since the text character of “inspection” is displayed on the display device at the hall after responding, the display contents can be switched so as not to inconvenience the user who performed the call registration operation at the hall.

  Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described, this embodiment is presented as an example and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. The novel embodiment can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. This embodiment and its modifications are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalents thereof.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Elevator system 2-1 to 2-3 ... Platform 3 ... Car 4, 5 ... Cable 6 ... Elevator control device 21-1 to 21-3 ... Platform plate 22-1 to 22-3 ... Platform display device 23- 1a, 23-2a, 23-2b, 23-3b ... landing call button 31 ... in-car call button 32 ... in-car display device 33 ... in-car switch box 34 ... inspection display switch 61 ... in-car operation information acquisition unit 62 ... Landing call registration unit 63 ... Operation control unit 64 ... Display control unit

According to the embodiment for achieving the above object, a hall button installed on each floor in a building and an elevator control device connected to the hall display device include a hall call registration unit and a display control unit. When any one of the landing buttons is operated, the landing call registration unit registers the landing call including the floor information on which the operation is performed. When the display control unit detects that the inspection display switch installed in the elevator car has been operated, the hall display device on the operation floor of the hall call that has already been registered in the hall call registration unit has a normal operation time. to continue the display of the current location information and driving direction information of the car from, to the hall display device of the floor other than the operation floor of the hall call, switching to so that to display the text characters "in the inspection", the car When it is detected that the user has landed on the operation floor of the hall call and has opened the door, the hall display device on the operation floor is switched to display the text character “under inspection” .

Claims (2)

In the elevator control device connected to the hall button and the hall display device on each floor in the building where the elevator is installed,
When any one of the landing buttons is operated, a hall call registration unit for registering a hall call including operation floor information of the hall button,
When it is detected that the inspection display switch installed in the elevator car has been operated, the floor display device on the floor other than the operation floor of the hall call that has already been registered in the hall call registration unit will be "inspection". An elevator control device comprising a display control unit for displaying the text characters. When the display control unit detects that the car has landed on the operation floor of the hall call and has opened the door, the display control unit switches to display the text character “inspection” on the hall display device of the operation floor. The elevator control device according to claim 1.

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