JP2015101442A - Elevator system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a handicapped person to smoothly ride on an allocated elevator unit even when a car stop is crowded.SOLUTION: An elevator system having a destination floor registration device 2 for managing the operation of a plurality of elevator units and registering a destination floor of an elevator user at a car stop includes: a destination floor registration device having a handicapped person notice button 7 pressed when a user is a handicapped person, and an output part 5 performing character display output or voice output; and an output device 4 installed in every elevator unit, and performing voice guide or character display to a user who rides on. When the handicapped person notice button 7 is pressed, and a destination floor is registered, an elevator unit allocated by determining that the destination floor registration is by a handicapped person is displayed by characters or voice output on the output part 5, and a guidance of promoting priority riding to the output device 4 is performed after a prescribed time passes.

Description

  The present invention relates to an elevator system in which a plurality of elevators are installed and a destination floor is registered at a landing.

  In an elevator system where the destination floor is input at the landing and the car is allocated according to the input destination floor, when wheelchair users etc. use the elevator, other users cannot know and the disabled are In order to save time, it is known to provide a handicapped button on the hall input device, and to display special indications such as an international rehabilitation mark on the corresponding elevator.

International Publication No. 2010/032305 Pamphlet

  In the above-mentioned prior art, it is simply displayed that the disabled person uses the corresponding elevator, so if it is crowded with other users who are trying to get into the assigned elevator, the disabled person will not be fully communicated. It is hard to say that priority is given to the boarding of passengers, and in the end, there were many situations where disabled people could not enter the elevator smoothly.

  The object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, so that even if the hall is congested, a disabled person can smoothly get into the assigned elevator and does not hinder the efficient operation of the elevator apparatus. Is to make it.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention manages an operation of a plurality of elevators and registers a destination floor of an elevator user at a landing, so that the user is disabled. The destination floor registration device having a handicapped person notification button that is pressed in case and an output unit that performs character display output or voice output, and voice guidance or character display that is installed for each elevator that is installed in each elevator When the disabled person notification button is pressed and the destination floor is registered, the elevator number assigned by determining that the destination floor registration is by the disabled person is displayed on the output unit or displayed on the output unit. A voice is output, and after a predetermined time has elapsed, guidance is given to the output device to prompt priority boarding.

  According to the present invention, when the disabled person notification button is pressed and the destination floor is registered, it is determined that the destination floor registration is due to the disabled person, and guidance is provided to prompt the priority boarding to the output device installed for each elevator. Therefore, even if the hall is congested, disabled persons can smoothly get into the elevator machine to which the disabled person is assigned, and the efficient operation of the elevator apparatus is not hindered.

1 is a perspective view showing a hall of an elevator system according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a front view which shows the destination floor registration apparatus of the elevator system shown in FIG. It is a front view which shows the other use condition of the destination floor registration apparatus shown in FIG. It is a front view which shows the vicinity of the elevator number allocated in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the processing operation of destination floor registration in the elevator system shown in FIG.

  FIG. 1 shows a hall of an elevator system and is a group management elevator that manages a plurality of elevators. The destination floor registration device 1 arranged on the wall of the landing performs the destination floor input as the landing call registration, and the destination floor registration device 2 installed at the entrance of the landing is the destination desired by the user before boarding. Enter the floor and register the destination floor. In addition, for each elevator, an arrival lamp 3 that informs which elevator is arriving in response to a landing call according to the direction, and an output device 4 that provides voice guidance or character display to a boarding user are arranged. ing.

A case where destination floor registration is performed using the destination floor registration apparatus 2 will be described.
2 and 3 are front views showing the destination floor registration device 2 in an enlarged manner. The destination floor registration device 2 includes an output unit 5 that performs character display output or voice output, a plurality of floor buttons 6 that are pressed when registering the destination floor, and a user who registers the destination floor is disabled. There are handicapped person notification buttons 7 which are assigned to be pressed in some cases and clearly indicated to be pressed when the user is a handicapped person.

  After the disabled person presses the disabled person notification button 7, the disabled person inputs the destination floor by using any one or combination of the floor buttons 6. The group management device of the elevator system assigns elevators from a plurality of elevators corresponding to the input destination floor. At this time, the destination floor registration is determined to be due to a disabled person by pressing the disabled person notification button 7. The output unit 5 performs display output or sound output corresponding to when each operation is performed, and also performs display output or sound output for notifying the assigned elevator.

  When the user registers the destination floor and presses the floor button 6 on the fifth floor, the character output “5” of the destination floor is displayed on the output unit 5 as shown in FIG. When the output unit 5 is a voice output, it may be notified by voice output instead of this character display, or both outputs may be performed. On the other hand, when the floor button 6 corresponding to the destination floor is pressed, the group management control device (not shown) receives this signal and assigns the elevator number, and the result is given to the output unit 5 as, for example, “C number”. indicate. When the output unit 5 is a voice output, it may be notified by voice output instead of this character display, or both outputs may be performed.

Next, the destination floor registration processing operation in the elevator system shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.
The control device monitors the destination floor registration device 2 on the landing floor. When the handicapped person notification button 7 of the destination floor registration device 1 is pressed in step S1, it is determined that the user is a handicapped person and a program for handicapped persons. Operates. Next, when the floor button 6 of the destination floor registration device 2 is pressed in step S2, the control device accepts the destination floor signal in step S3, assigns an elevator car with a short waiting time and a low boarding rate, In S4, a signal indicating the result is transmitted to the destination floor registration device 2.

  Receiving this signal, the destination floor registration device 2 outputs the number assigned to the output unit 5 provided in the destination floor registration device 2 in step S4 by text display or voice. The display allows the user to immediately know the elevator assigned to his / her destination floor registration. So we start moving in front of the elevator.

  Thereafter, the control device is a time required for the disabled person to move from the installation location of the destination floor registration device 2 to the assigned elevator in step S5, and a predetermined time which is longer than that required by a healthy person has elapsed. After confirming this, the output device 4 is operated and guided before the landing door opens before the elevator car assigned in step S6 arrives at the landing.

  For example, the output device 4 provides voice guidance for prompting priority rides such as “You can get on the priority ride. Please open and wait in front of the door”, and other users who were in front of the landing door As an opportunity to avoid left and right for the handicapped, at least the front of the door should be clearly indicated. When it is thought that the disabled person himself feels uncomfortable because he can hear such voice guidance, the output device 4 is used as a display device and the same contents are displayed as characters. At this time, when crowded, a large number of users 8 are already waiting in front of the landing door, so that it becomes difficult for disabled persons who have arrived at this elevator later to get into the car.

  However, if the guidance broadcast or display in step S6 has passed a predetermined time after the determination of this timing and assignment, other users who were in front of the landing doors should be used by disabled people. Then, knowing that the handicapped person has arrived at the location of the elevator, as shown in FIG. In addition, if voice guidance clearly indicates that at least the front of the door is opened, it is different from simply displaying characters that the disabled person uses the corresponding elevator. Recognizing that it will come, it will be a more reliable and friendly response for people with disabilities to enter the car.

  Further, instead of or in combination with the disabled person notification button 7 of the destination floor registration device 2, information from the IC card possessed by the user is read from the destination floor registration device 2, and the disabled person, that is, a wheelchair or crutch user, If attribute information indicating that a visually handicapped person is different from a normal user is added to the IC card, it can be determined that the user is a handicapped person or the like when the destination floor is input. Further, the same applies to the case where the destination floor registration of the disabled is determined using the image analysis data from the camera. In any case, the destination floor registration of the disabled person may be determined by any one or combination of the disabled person notification button 7 of the destination floor registration apparatus 1, the IC card reader, the camera, the image analysis apparatus, and the like.

  As described above, if it is determined that the destination floor is registered for the handicapped and the output device 4 provides output guidance that prompts priority boarding, other users who are healthy can know the boarding of the handicapped person, It can be expected that people with disabilities will move forward with ease by opening the front. For this reason, the handicapped person can be boarded smoothly even during congestion, and as a result, the elevator apparatus can be operated efficiently.

1, 2 Destination floor registration device 4 Output device 5 Output unit 6 Floor button 7 Handicap notification button

Claims (5)

In an elevator system having a destination floor registration device that manages the operation of multiple elevator units and registers the destination floor of the elevator user at the landing,
The destination floor registration device having a disabled person notification button that is pressed when the user is a disabled person, and an output unit that performs character display output or voice output,
An output device that is installed for each elevator and performs voice guidance or character display to a user who rides;
With
If the disabled person notification button is pressed and the destination floor is registered, the destination floor registration is determined to be caused by the disabled person, and the assigned elevator is displayed in text on the output unit or voice output, after a predetermined time has elapsed An elevator system that performs guidance for urging a priority ride to the output device.   2. The elevator system according to claim 1, wherein the guidance that prompts priority boarding is voice guidance that clearly indicates that the front of the door is opened. 3.   2. The elevator system according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined time is longer than a time required for a healthy person to move from the installation location of the destination floor registration device to the assigned elevator. Elevator system.   2. The elevator system according to claim 1, wherein the guidance for encouraging priority boarding is performed before a time when the assigned car of the elevator car arrives at a landing.   The elevator system according to claim 1, wherein an IC card possessed by a user and storing attribute information indicating that the user is disabled is provided, the IC card information is read from the destination floor registration device, and the destination floor registration is performed by the disabled person. Elevator system characterized by distinguishing from things.