JP2015129026A - Elevator device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an elevator device capable of preventing unnecessary call register due to erroneous operation of a destination floor input device such as a destination floor button without damaging convenience and operability of a passenger.SOLUTION: In an elevator provided with a unit control device 1 which registers a destination floor inputted by a passenger by means of a destination floor button 51 as a call, the unit control device 1 includes a unit control part 14 which compares a destination floor input time to the destination floor button 51 with a prescribed input discrimination time and determines whether the inputted destination floor is registered as a call or not in accordance with the comparison result, a jamming circumstance judging part 12 which detects jamming degree in a car 3 provided with the destination floor button 51 and an output changing part 13 which sets the value of the input discrimination time in accordance with the jamming degree detected by the jamming circumstance judging part 12.

Description

  The present invention relates to an elevator apparatus including a destination floor input device.

  An elevator passenger presses a destination floor button provided on an operation panel arranged in the car, and registers a destination floor call. For this reason, in the event of congestion, regardless of the passenger's intention, if an operation error occurs that causes a part of the passenger's body or the passenger's belongings to touch the destination floor button, the destination floor other than the original destination floor Will be registered.

  On the other hand, a technique for preventing an erroneous operation by installing a cover or a bag on an operation button such as a destination floor button provided in a car is known (for example, see Patent Documents 1 to 3).

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 4-100173 JP 2008-37515 A JP 2013-168275 A

  When the above-mentioned conventional technology is applied to a destination floor button, an operation such as opening a cover or avoiding a trap is required to press the destination floor button when registering a call on a normal destination floor. Usability is reduced.

  Therefore, the present invention provides an elevator apparatus that can prevent unnecessary call registration due to an erroneous operation of a destination floor input device such as a destination floor button without impairing passenger convenience or operability.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, an elevator apparatus according to the present invention includes a machine control device that registers a destination floor input by a passenger using a destination floor input device as a call, and the machine control device is a destination floor input device. A destination control unit that compares a destination floor input time to a predetermined input identification time and determines whether or not to register the input destination floor as a call according to the comparison result, and an area including a destination floor input device A congestion status determination unit that detects a congestion level in the computer, and an output change unit that sets a value of an input identification time according to the congestion level detected by the congestion status determination unit.

  According to the present invention, the operation time of the destination floor input device required for call registration of the destination floor can be changed by setting the value of the input identification time according to the degree of congestion of passengers. As a result, the operation time required for call registration can be set outside the range of the input time due to erroneous operation, and unnecessary call registration due to erroneous operation can be prevented. Therefore, it is possible to provide an operation service with improved elevator operation efficiency without impairing passenger convenience and operability.

  Problems, configurations, and effects other than those described above will be clarified by the following description of embodiments.

It is a block block diagram of the elevator apparatus which is one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block block diagram which shows the principal part function of the elevator apparatus in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the process which a number machine control apparatus performs. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the "destination floor button input identification time setting process" in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the "destination floor button input process" in FIG.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an elevator apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  In general, in an apartment or office building, an elevator apparatus having a plurality of elevators is installed. Each unit elevator is controlled by a unit control device. This figure has shown the elevator apparatus containing one of several unit control apparatuses. The number control device controls the speed and position of the car, the opening and closing of the door, and the display guide device and voice guide device provided in the car or at the landing.

  In the present embodiment, the machine control device 1 is connected to a car terminal device 4 installed on a car 3 of a car 3 via a multiplex transmission path 2. The multiplex transmission path 2 is included in a tail code (not shown). Connected to the car terminal device 4 are an operation panel 5 that is installed in the car 3 and includes a destination floor button 51 that is a destination floor input device, a load detection device 6 that detects a load on the car 3, and the like. Yes.

  When the passenger presses the destination floor button 51, a destination floor registration request signal is transmitted from the car terminal device 4 to the machine control device 1. When receiving the destination floor registration request signal via the multiplex transmission line 2, the machine control device 1 determines the time when the destination floor button 51 indicated by the destination floor registration request signal is pressed, that is, the press input time, as will be described later. If it is determined that the passenger has intentionally pressed the destination floor button 51, a call for the destination floor is registered, and an operation control command for causing the car 3 to travel to the destination floor is created. The machine control device 1 transmits a display command signal indicating that the destination floor call has been registered to the car terminal device 4. When the car terminal device 4 receives the display command signal via the multiplex transmission line 2, a light emitting device such as a lamp or LED built in the destination floor button to which the call is registered lights up and the destination floor is registered. Is displayed.

  Here, as will be described later, when it is determined that the pressing input time of the destination floor button 51 indicated by the destination floor registration request signal is equal to or longer than a predetermined time, the machine control device 1 intentionally presses the destination floor button 51. Judge that The value of the predetermined time is changed according to the congestion situation in the car. Thereby, it can be accurately determined that the passenger has intentionally pressed the destination floor button 51. In the present embodiment, the machine control device 1 determines the congestion status in the car 3 based on the load signal indicating the load data of the car 3 detected by the load detection device 6. The load signal is transmitted from the car terminal device 4 to the machine control device 1 through the multiple transmission path 2. Here, as the load detection device 6, a load cell, a pressure sensor, or the like is used.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the main functions of the elevator apparatus in FIG.

  The number control device 1 in this embodiment includes a congestion status determination unit 12 that determines the congestion status in the car 3 from the load data of the car 3 acquired by the load detection device 6, and a destination floor intended by the passenger. A predetermined input identification time as a reference of the pressing input time of the destination floor button 51 for determining whether or not the button 51 is pressed is output, and the input identification time to be output is output according to the congestion state in the car. It has the output change part 13 which changes a value, and the number machine control part 14 which controls these each part. The car controller 14 also has a function of creating a control command for controlling the speed and position of the car, the opening and closing of the door, and the display guide device and the voice guide device provided in the car or at the landing.

  When the communication unit 20 of the machine control device 1 receives the destination floor registration request signal transmitted from the car terminal device 4 via the multiplex transmission line 2, the machine control unit 14 detects the destination floor registration request signal based on the received destination registration request signal. The pressing input time, that is, the input detection time is compared with the input identification time output by the output changing unit. As a result of the comparison, if the input detection time is equal to or longer than the input identification time, the machine control unit 14 registers the destination floor as a call and creates an operation control command for dispatching a car to the destination floor where the call is registered. Here, when the load signal transmitted from the car terminal device 4 is received by the communication unit 20 via the multiplex transmission path 2, the machine control unit 14 loads the load data in the car 3 from the received load signal. And the degree of congestion in the car is detected based on the extracted load data. The output changing unit 13 outputs the value of the input identification time according to the detected degree of congestion. Then, the machine control unit 14 compares the input detection time with the input identification time output from the output change unit 13 as described above, and determines whether or not to register the destination floor as a call.

  Note that the machine control unit 14, the output change unit 13, and the congestion state determination unit 12 are configured by a single or individual arithmetic processing device such as a microcomputer, and operate when the arithmetic processing device executes a program corresponding to each function. To do. Although not shown, the elevator control device drives the hoisting machine on which the rope for hanging the car is wound in accordance with the operation control command from the above-described unit control device, so that the destination where the call is registered A car is dispatched to the floor.

  When the car terminal device control unit 14 in the car terminal device 4 detects that the destination floor button 51 is pressed, a destination floor registration request signal corresponding to the pressed time is transmitted from the communication unit 21 via the multiplex transmission path 2. Transmit to the machine control device 1. Further, the car terminal device control unit 15 similarly transmits a load signal corresponding to the load data in the car detected by the load detection device 6 to the car control device 1. Moreover, the number machine control part 14 in the number machine control apparatus 1 transmits a display command signal from the communication part 20 to the car terminal device 4 through the multiple transmission path 2 when a call is registered. When the display command signal is received by the communication unit 21 of the car terminal device 4, the car terminal device control unit 15 controls the lighting of the light emitting device built in the destination floor button 51.

  Such a car terminal device control unit 15 includes an arithmetic processing device such as a microcomputer, and the arithmetic processing device corresponds to the function of the car terminal device control unit 15 described above, which is stored in the storage unit 16. It works by executing the program. In addition, the car terminal device control unit 15 has a function of controlling opening / closing of a door in response to a command from the machine control device 1, and a function of controlling a display guide device and a voice guide device provided in the car.

  Further, the car terminal device control unit 15 outputs an output change signal indicating that the input identification time value output from the output change unit 13 of the number control device 1 has been changed to a value corresponding to the congestion state, or the number control unit 14. In response to the determination result signal of the congestion status in the vehicle, according to the program stored in the storage unit 16, the output device such as a display device or a voice guidance device provided in the car is controlled to notify the congestion status May be.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing executed by the machine control device 1.

  The machine control device 1 takes in input signals from various I / Os (step SA10), then executes destination floor button input detection time processing (step SA20), and further executes destination floor button input processing (step SA30). ). Thereafter, the machine control device 1 determines the service floor according to the captured I / O status (step SA40), and further provides the speed and position of the car, the opening and closing of the door, and in the car or at the landing. An operation control command for controlling the display guidance device, voice guidance device, and the like is created (step SA50). The number control device 1 repeatedly executes the processing of these steps SA10 to 50 at a constant cycle by an operating system (OS) in the number control device.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing details of the “destination floor button input identification time setting process” (SA20) in FIG.

  The machine control device 1 periodically acquires and reads the load data detected by the in-car load detection device 6 indicated by the load signal transmitted from the car terminal device 4 (step SB10). Next, the machine control device 1 determines whether or not the inside of the car 3 is congested based on the loaded load data that has been read (step SB20). In the present embodiment, the ratio of the load load value to the maximum load capacity value, that is, the ratio of the load load value indicated by the load load data is “congestion degree”, and the congestion degree is equal to or greater than a predetermined value (80% in this embodiment). By determining whether or not the inside of the car 3 is in a congested state, it is determined. In the determination of the degree of congestion in step SB20, the ratio of the load load value to the maximum load capacity value may be calculated to determine whether the calculation result is 80% or more. May be directly compared with a value of 80% of the maximum load capacity to determine whether the load capacity is 80% or more of the maximum load capacity. Here, the determination value of the degree of congestion of “80%” is an example of the value of the degree of congestion that increases the possibility that the passenger will unintentionally touch the destination floor button. It is set as appropriate according to the location, maximum load capacity, passenger capacity, actual conditions of congestion, etc.

  Next, when it is determined that the degree of congestion is a predetermined value, that is, less than 80% (step SB20, “NO”), the machine control device 1 uses the input identification time of the destination floor button used in step SA30 of FIG. 3 as a standard. Data is set (step SB30). In addition, when it is determined that the congestion degree is 80% or more (Step SB20, “YES”), the machine control device 1 sets the input identification time of the destination floor button to special data having a time value longer than the standard data. Set (step SB40). After executing step SB30 or SB40, the machine controller 14 advances the process to step SA30 in FIG.

  In this way, in the congestion situation, the input identification time is set to a time value longer than that in the case where the congestion situation is not, so that the destination floor button pressing input time required for call registration is lengthened. Thereby, a passenger's intentional operation and erroneous operation can be identified reliably.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing details of the “destination floor button input process” (SA30) in FIG.

  The unit control apparatus 1 uses the destination floor button input identification time in which the value of the destination floor button input detection time indicated by the destination floor registration request signal is set by the “destination floor button input identification time setting process” shown in FIG. It is determined whether or not the value is greater than or equal to (step SC10). When it is determined that the value of the input detection time of the destination floor button is shorter than the value of the input identification time (“NO” in step SC10), the number control device 1 ends the process according to the flow of FIG. The process proceeds to step SA40. If it is determined that the value of the input detection time of the destination floor button is greater than or equal to the value of the input identification time (“YES” in step SC10), the number control device 1 determines the destination floor indicated by the destination floor registration request signal, In other words, the destination floor entered by the passenger by the destination floor button is registered as a call (step SC20). After completing this step SC20, the machine control device 1 advances the process to step SA40 in FIG.

  In this embodiment, the standard data of the input identification time is the frequency of erroneous operation not intended by the passenger, such as when the passenger's body or baggage touches the destination floor button when not in a crowded state, or pressing of the destination floor button at the time of erroneous operation Based on the time or the like, the value is set so that the destination floor is not registered as a call due to an erroneous operation. Furthermore, the special data of the input identification time is standard data because the frequency of erroneous operation is higher in the congested state and the pressing input time of the destination floor button at the time of the erroneous operation is longer on average than in the case of not being congested. Set to a longer value. Thereby, in the congested state, the time required for call registration is longer than in the case where the call is not congested, but it is possible to prevent the destination floor from being registered as a call due to an erroneous operation. Note that, when it is not in a congested state, the time required for call registration only needs to be a standard data value, so that a decrease in passenger convenience is suppressed. Further, in this embodiment, since the passenger's special operation or special equipment operation is not required for registering the destination floor, the convenience in operation of the destination floor button is not lowered.

  According to the present embodiment, the congestion state in the car is determined based on the loaded load data detected by the load detection device, and when it is determined that the inside of the car is in the congestion state, the car is provided in the car. The operation time of the destination floor button required for call registration of the destination floor is changed by changing the input identification time as a reference for identifying whether or not the operation is erroneous from the input detection time of the destination floor button. Thereby, even when an erroneous operation occurs such that a passenger or a baggage touches the destination floor button without intention of the passenger at the time of congestion, unnecessary destination floor call registration can be prevented. In the present embodiment, the destination floor button is operated in the same manner as the conventional pressing operation. Therefore, it is possible to provide an elevator operation service that improves the operation efficiency of the elevator without impairing passenger convenience and operability.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to embodiment mentioned above, 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. Furthermore, it is possible to add, delete, and replace other configurations for a part of the configuration of the embodiment.

  For example, the degree of congestion in the car may be detected based on a camera image in the car. In this case, the degree of congestion can be detected by obtaining the occupancy rate and the number of passengers in the passenger car space by image processing. Alternatively, the load distribution may be measured, and the degree of congestion may be detected from the area where the load is applied.

  Moreover, this embodiment is applicable also to the elevator apparatus with which a destination floor input device is provided in a landing. In this case, the degree of congestion of the area where the destination floor input device is provided at the landing is detected.

  In the present embodiment, the criterion for determining the degree of congestion is two stages, “less than 80%” and “80% or more”, but is not limited thereto, and may be a plurality of stages including three or more stages.

  The signal transmission in the multiplex transmission path 2 may be either wired transmission or wireless transmission.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Unit control apparatus 2 ... Multiple transmission path 3 ... Car 4 ... Car terminal device 5 ... Control panel 6 ... Load detection device 12 ... Congestion condition judgment part 13 ... Output change part 14 ... Unit control part 15 ... Car terminal apparatus control Unit 16 ... Storage unit 20, 21 ... Communication unit 51 ... Destination floor button

Claims (5)

In an elevator apparatus provided with a machine control device that registers a destination floor that a passenger inputs with a destination floor input device as a call,
The unit controller is
A machine control unit that compares a destination floor input time to the destination floor input device with a predetermined input identification time, and determines whether to register the input destination floor as a call according to the comparison result;
A congestion situation determination unit for detecting the degree of congestion in the area including the destination floor input device;
An output changing unit that sets a value of the input identification time according to the degree of congestion detected by the congestion state determination unit;
An elevator apparatus comprising:   In Claim 1, the said output change part is not a congestion condition based on the said congestion degree among the predetermined 1st value and the predetermined 2nd value longer than the said 1st value as said input identification time. The elevator apparatus is configured to set the first value when it is determined, and to set the second value when it is determined based on the degree of congestion that the congestion state is present.   In Claim 1 or Claim 2, the load detection device which detects the load in the above-mentioned field is provided, and the above-mentioned congestion situation judgment part detects the above-mentioned congestion degree based on the above-mentioned load detected by the above-mentioned load detection device. Elevator device characterized.   The elevator apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the destination floor input device is provided in a car, and the degree of congestion is a degree of congestion in the car.   5. The car terminal device according to claim 4, further comprising a car terminal device provided in the car and connected to the destination floor input device, wherein the car terminal device controls the number of vehicles according to a destination floor input from the destination floor input device. An elevator apparatus that transmits a destination floor registration request signal to the apparatus, and the unit control unit detects the destination floor input time based on the received destination floor registration request signal.

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