JP2015101432A - Elevator apparatus and operating method therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent erroneous operation of buttons and mischief, by using an existing hall buttons without specially installing an emergency call button, even for emergency as in a hospital, and to resume service after normal operation return without cancelling all calls.SOLUTION: In order to solve the foregoing problems, in an operating method for an elevator apparatus, according to the invention, by continuously pressing a hall button for a specific floor for a fixed length of time, emergency call operation having priority over a hall button call for another floor and/or a button call for selected floor is performed. Additionally, the hall button call for another floor and/or the button call for selected floor is registered and held. After normal operation is returned from the emergency call operation by the hall button for the specific floor, the registered and held hall button call for another floor and/or the button call for the selected floor are resumed in order.

Description

  The present invention relates to an elevator apparatus and an operation method thereof, and more particularly to an elevator apparatus suitable for an emergency call back operation of the elevator apparatus and an operation method thereof.

  With the arrival of a super-aged society, there is a growing demand for larger elevator devices at critical care centers and acute care sites. Therefore, there is an urgent need to commercialize a large bed elevator device that collects opinions from medical personnel and design offices and can simultaneously load ICU-compatible beds and medical equipment.

  In addition, as the domestic new construction market shrinks due to the recent economic recession, there is also a boost in subsidies by the reinforcement of hospital earthquake resistance, and the hospital market is one of the few growth fields.

  As an example of the background art in such a technical field, Patent Document 1 describes an emergency response type elevator. In this Patent Document 1, when a hall call is generated by a hall button other than the hall button after a hall call is generated by a hall button or a car call is generated by a destination floor button, it is generated first. A configuration is described in which a landing call in an emergency situation is given priority over a landing call or car call.

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  By the way, functions that are frequently requested by medical personnel include a function for supporting the transportation of a bed carrying an emergency patient and the emergency movement of a staff member. However, in the above-described conventional technology, it is necessary to install an “emergency call back button” for getting on board in an emergency, and there is a problem that the elevator apparatus cannot be used in an emergency due to a malfunction or mischief of the button. is there.

  In Patent Document 1, all calls (cage call and hall call) are canceled during emergency call back operation, and the car call and hall call remain canceled after returning to normal operation (after emergency call back operation). It is a problem in terms of service against.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and the object of the present invention is, for example, a button that uses an existing hall button without installing a new emergency recall button even in an emergency such as a hospital. It is intended to provide an elevator apparatus capable of resuming the service after returning to normal operation without canceling all calls and an operation method thereof.

  In order to achieve the above object, an elevator apparatus operation method according to the present invention includes a hall button installed in a hall on each floor, a destination floor button installed in a car, and a control device. In the method of driving the emergency floor, the hall button on a specific floor is kept pressed for a certain period of time, thereby performing an emergency call back operation prior to the call of the hall button and / or the destination floor button on another floor. The hall button and / or the destination floor button is registered and held, and after returning to the normal operation from the emergency call back operation by the hall button on the specific floor, the hall button and / or the destination on the other floor that has been registered and held It is characterized by resuming the call of the floor button sequentially.

  In order to achieve the above object, the elevator apparatus of the present invention is an elevator apparatus that includes a hall button installed in a hall on each floor, a destination floor button installed in a car, and a control device. The control device performs an emergency call back operation that has priority over the call of the hall button and / or the destination floor button of another floor by pressing the hall button of a specific floor for a certain period of time, and the other The hall button of the floor and / or the call of the destination floor button is registered and held, and after returning to the normal operation from the emergency call back operation by the hall button of the specific floor, the hall button of the other floor and / or the It is characterized by performing control to sequentially resume calling the destination floor buttons.

  According to the present invention, for example, even in an emergency such as a hospital, an existing hall button can be used to prevent button malfunction and mischief, without canceling all calls. Without having to do so, there is an effect that the service can be resumed after returning to normal operation.

It is a schematic block diagram which shows Example 1 of the elevator apparatus of this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating emergency call back operation in Example 1 of the elevator apparatus of this invention.

  Hereinafter, the elevator apparatus of the present invention and the operation method thereof will be described based on the illustrated embodiments.

  FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of the elevator apparatus of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the elevator apparatus according to this embodiment includes a car 6, a destination floor button 2 installed in the car 6, a hall button 1 installed in a hall on each floor, and a control device 7. It is roughly structured.

  On each floor, a landing display 4 and a voice guidance device 5A are respectively installed. On the other hand, a car 6 has a car guidance display 3 and a voice guidance device 5B. Further, the hall button 1, the hall indicator 4 and the voice guidance device 5A are connected to the control device 7 via signal lines 9A, 9B and 9C, respectively. Further, the control device 7 is connected to the signal line 10 extending from the control device 7 to the instrument box 8, and the instrument box 8 is connected to the destination floor button 2 in the car 6, the car guidance display 3, and the voice. The guide device 5B is branched and connected to signal lines 11A, 11B, and 11C, respectively.

  In this embodiment, the control device 7 keeps pressing the hall button 1 on a specific floor for a certain time (for example, 3 seconds or more), thereby calling the hall button 1 and / or the destination floor button 2 on another floor. Register and hold the control of priority emergency call back operation and the call of hall button 1 and / or destination floor button 2 on the other floor, and return to normal operation from the emergency call back operation by hall button 1 on the specific floor Control is performed to sequentially resume the calls of the hall buttons 1 and / or destination floor buttons 2 of the other floors that are held.

  Hereinafter, the operation method of the elevator apparatus in the present embodiment, that is, an example of the emergency call back operation method by long-pressing the hall button of the elevator apparatus will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In FIG. 2, when an emergency occurs (step S1), it is determined in step S2 whether or not the hall button 1 on the specific floor has been pressed for a certain period of time (for example, 3 seconds or more). If the button is not pressed for 3 seconds or more, normal operation (step S11) is performed. If the hall button 1 on the specific floor is pressed for 3 seconds or more, the hall button 1 and / or the destination floor on the other floor is pressed. The emergency call back operation prior to the call of the button 2 is performed, and the direct call is made to the call back floor where the hall button 1 on the specific floor is pressed (step S3).

In this step S3, all calls (calls of hall buttons 1 and / or destination floor buttons 2 on other floors) are not canceled but the registration is held in the control device 7. However, all calls can be registered without being canceled and new calls can be registered, but services during emergency call back operation are not performed. For calls that have been registered (calls for hall buttons 1 and / or destination floor buttons 2 on other floors), the service is resumed sequentially after returning to normal operation from emergency call back operation.
Furthermore, if the hall button 1 on a specific floor is kept pressed for a certain time (for example, 3 seconds or more), guidance for emergency call back operation is performed to passengers on each floor and passengers in the car 6. That is, for the passengers on each floor, guidance is given during emergency call back operation by the indicator lamp by the landing indicator 4 and voice by the voice guidance device 5A, while for passengers in the car 6, guidance in the car The guidance during the emergency call back operation is performed by the indicator lamp by the indicator 3 and the voice by the voice guidance device 5B.

  Next, if it goes straight to the recalling floor where the hall button 1 on the specific floor is pressed, it automatically reaches the recalling floor (step S4) and waits with the door open on the recalling floor (step S5).

  Thereafter, in step S6, it is determined whether the destination floor button 2 has been pressed. In step S7, it is determined whether the destination floor button 2 has not been pressed and the door has been opened, and three minutes have elapsed, and the door is opened. If 3 minutes have not passed since the standby, the process returns to step S5, and if 3 minutes have elapsed, normal operation (step S11) is performed. When the destination floor button 2 is pressed in step S6, the door immediately closes and goes straight to the destination floor (step S8), and automatically landing on the destination floor (step S9), the door is opened on the destination floor (step S10), and normal operation is performed. Return to (Step S11).

  Note that the flow of the emergency call back operation method by long-pressing the hall button of the elevator apparatus shown in FIG.

  By adopting such a present embodiment, for example, even in an emergency such as a hospital, it is possible to prevent button malfunction and mischief by using an existing hall button without installing a new emergency call back button. At the same time, by generating a landing call that has priority over other calls, the elevator device in emergency call back operation can be used immediately, and all calls are registered without being canceled, so that the services after returning to normal operation are sequentially There is an effect that can be resumed.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to an above-described Example, Various modifications are included. 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 one embodiment can be replaced with the configuration of another embodiment, and the configuration of another embodiment can be added to the configuration of one embodiment. Further, it is possible to add, delete, and replace other configurations for a part of the configuration of each embodiment.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Hall button, 2 ... Destination floor button, 3 ... In-car indicator, 4 ... Platform indicator, 5A, 5B ... Voice guidance device, 6 ... Car, 7 ... Control device, 8 ... Instrument box, 9A, 9B, 9C, 10, 11A, 11B, 11C ... signal lines.

Claims (7)

In a method of operating an elevator device provided with a hall button installed in a hall on each floor, a destination floor button installed in a car, and a control device,
By pressing the hall button on a specific floor for a certain period of time, an emergency call back operation prior to calling the hall button and / or the destination floor button on another floor is performed, and the hall button and / or on the other floor Register and hold the call of the destination floor button, and after returning to normal operation from the emergency call back operation by the hall button of the specific floor, sequentially call the hall button of the other floor and / or the call of the destination floor button held by the registration A method of operating an elevator apparatus, characterized by restarting. In the operating method of the elevator apparatus according to claim 1,
An operation method of an elevator apparatus, wherein when a hall button on the specific floor is kept pressed for a certain period of time, guidance for emergency call back operation is performed to passengers on each floor and passengers in the car. In the operating method of the elevator apparatus according to claim 1,
When the hall button and / or the destination floor button is pressed during the emergency call back operation, the elevator performs guidance for the emergency call back operation for passengers in each floor and passengers in the car. How to operate the device. In the operating method of the elevator apparatus of Claim 2 or 3,
Guidance that is an emergency call back operation for passengers in each floor and passengers in the car is a landing indicator and / or voice guidance device installed in each floor and a car guide indicator installed in the car and / or Or the operation method of the elevator apparatus characterized by performing with a voice guidance apparatus. In the operating method of the elevator apparatus of any one of Claims 1 thru | or 4,
By pressing the hall button on the specific floor for a certain period of time, performing emergency call back operation prior to the call of the hall button and / or the destination floor button on the other floor and the hall button and / or on the other floor Register and hold the call of the destination floor button, and after returning to normal operation from the emergency call back operation by the hall button of the specific floor, sequentially call the hall button of the other floor and / or the call of the destination floor button held by the registration A method for operating an elevator apparatus, characterized in that guidance during emergency call back operation for restarting passengers and passengers in each car is performed based on a command from the control device. In an elevator apparatus equipped with a hall button installed in a hall on each floor, a destination floor button installed in a car, and a control device,
The control device performs a control for performing an emergency call-back operation having priority over the call of the hall button and / or the destination floor button of another floor by continuously pressing the hall button of a specific floor, and the other floor. The hall button and / or the destination floor button is registered and held, and after returning to the normal operation from the emergency call back operation by the hall button on the specific floor, the hall button and / or the destination on the other floor that has been registered and held An elevator apparatus that performs control to sequentially resume calling of floor buttons. In the elevator apparatus according to claim 6,
A landing display and / or voice guidance device is installed on each floor, and a car guidance display and / or voice guidance device is installed on the car, and the landing display and / or voice guidance is installed on the car. The device performs guidance for emergency call back operation for passengers on each floor, and performs guidance for emergency call return operation for passengers in the car by means of the in-car guidance display and / or voice guidance device. Elevator device characterized by.

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