JP2016016976A - Elevator system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an elevator system which can reduce a car waiting time of a user and improve car operation efficiency.SOLUTION: An elevator system comprises: a call registration button 5 for calling a car 7; a person sensing sensor 1 disposed on a hall for detecting a user 6 who waits at the hall; a door-closing sensor 4 for detecting a state that a door 8 of an entrance of the car 7 is going to be closed; and a control device 2 for controlling the car 7, the call registration button 5, the person sensing sensor 1 and the door-closing sensor 4. The control device 2 operates the person sensing sensor 1 when the user 6 pushes the call registration button 5. When a user 6 waiting at the hall is detected by the person sensing sensor 1 at the time the state that the door 8 is going to be closed is detected by the door-closing sensor 4, after other users 6 get on the car 7, the control device 2 performs automatic operation for moving the car 7 to a target floor and then moving the car 7 to a floor where the user waits at the hall.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an elevator system, and more specifically, to an elevator system having an automatic call registration function for automatically moving a passenger car to a floor where a user waiting for a car is present when there is a user waiting in a hall.

  As a technique related to elevator call registration, there is, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-016709 (Patent Document 1). Patent Document 1 discloses an elevator call registration in an elevator call registration device that provides a sound collecting device in an elevator landing or in a car, recognizes the sound collected by the sound collecting device, and registers an elevator call. Elevator call registration, characterized in that a voice sound generator that emits a machine synthesized voice is provided, and the machine synthesized voice that is collected by the sound collecting device is recognized to perform elevator call registration An apparatus is disclosed. According to Patent Document 1, an elevator call registration device that performs elevator call registration uses a voice sound generator or a mobile phone that emits a machine-synthesized voice for performing elevator call registration, and the sound collector collects the machine. Since the synthesized voice is collected and recognized to perform elevator call registration, the voice can be reliably recognized and stable elevator call registration can be performed.

  Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-240317 (Patent Document 2) provides a call registration command signal that is output when a call registration unit such as a landing call button or a destination floor button is provided at an elevator landing and the call registration unit is operated. In the elevator call registration device that registers the hall call and the destination floor via the elevator network, a remote call registration means for remotely registering the hall call or the destination floor is provided separately from the call registration means. The remote call registration means is provided at a position away from the landing and outputs a call registration command signal for performing call registration a plurality of times at predetermined time intervals to the elevator network during a call registration operation. A call registration device is disclosed. According to Patent Document 2, since the call registration is performed a plurality of times at predetermined time intervals, the elevator that arrived in the first registration has started in response to another call before the VIP or the like arrives. Even if there is a variation in the time it takes for the VIP to reach the landing, the waiting time is small because the call has already been registered if it can arrive during the second and third and subsequent multiple call registrations. In the meantime, since the general user can use the elevator as usual, the service of the general user is hardly deteriorated and the operation efficiency is hardly deteriorated, and the operation status of the elevator is displayed at the time of remote call registration. By this, it is said that VIP etc. can be guided to the hall at the optimal timing.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-016709 JP 2001-240317 A

  However, in the above conventional technology, after the door is closed and the elevator starts, the call registration button provided in the hall is reset and changes to the normal operation mode (button is not lit). To get on, you need to operate the call registration button again. That is, in the normal operation mode, even when the user is waiting in the hall, the car does not perform the service directly on the floor where the user waits unless the user presses the call registration button (stops). Without), it will go to the floor set by default (initial setting) or the floor where the hall call button is already pressed.

  For this reason, for example, when there are many users waiting for the arrival of the car in the hall, the user who gets in the car after the car arrives, leaves the hall, and the user who has not been able to get into the hall is in the hall. In this case, this user will push the call registration button in the hall again, and the car will go to the floor where the user is, and both the user and the elevator will consume extra time and energy. .

  In view of the above circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide an elevator system that can shorten the elevator waiting time for the user and further improve the operation efficiency of the elevator.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention
A call registration button for calling the car, provided in a hall on the floor where the car stops, a human sensor provided in the hall for detecting a user waiting in the hall, and an entrance / exit of the car In an elevator system including a door closing sensor that detects a state in which the door is about to close, and a control device that controls the car, the call registration button, the human sensor, and the door closing sensor, the control device includes: The human sensor is activated when the call registration button is pressed by the user, and the door is detected by the door closing sensor after the user enters the car. When a user waiting in the hall is detected by the motion sensor, the car is moved to the target floor and then moved forward again. The car provides elevator system characterized by performing the automatic operation of moving into floor there are users waiting in the hall.

  According to the present invention, even if there are many users waiting for the arrival of the car in the hall and it is impossible to get on the car at one time, the user who has not got on does not need to press the call registration button of the hall again. However, since it automatically goes to the floor where the user waits, the elevator waiting time of the user can be shortened and the operation efficiency of the elevator can be further improved.

It is a mimetic diagram showing an example of an elevator system concerning the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the call registration of the passenger car of the elevator system which concerns on this invention.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of an elevator system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an example of an elevator system according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the elevator system 100 according to the present invention is provided in a hall on the floor where the car 7 stops, a call registration button 5 for calling the car 7, and provided in the hall, waiting in the hall. A human sensor 1 for detecting a user 6 to be detected, and a door closing sensor 4 for detecting a state in which the door 8 at the entrance / exit of the car 7 is about to close. The car 7 is connected to a counterweight 11 via a rope 9, and the rope 9 is wound around a hoisting machine 10. In addition, a destination floor button for designating a destination floor of the car 7 is provided in the car 7 (not shown), the car 7, the call registration button 5, the human sensor 1, the door closing sensor 4, and the hoisting The machine 10 and the destination floor button are each connected to the control panel (control device) 2 via the communication line 13 (the communication line of the destination floor button is not shown), and the microcomputer 3 provided in the control panel 2 And can exchange each information. In the present invention, the hall means a space on the floor where the car 7 stops and the user 6 waits for the car 7 to arrive. In FIG. 1, the configuration other than the human sensor 1, the door closing sensor 4, the call registration button 5, the car 7, and the door 8 is located in a place where the user 6 cannot see normally, such as in the hoistway of the car 7. In FIG. 1, these configurations are also drawn with a solid line for easy understanding.

  When the user 6 presses the call registration button 5 provided in the hall, the human sensor 1 is activated. The call registration signal registered by the call registration button 5 is communicated to the microcomputer 3 via the communication line 13. Based on the call registration signal, the microcomputer 3 directs the car 7 to the floor where the call is registered. The human sensor 1 detects the user 6 waiting for the arrival of the car 7 in the hall, and communicates the information (the presence or absence of the user 6 waiting in the hall) to the microcomputer 3. The door closing sensor 4 detects a state in which the door 8 at the entrance / exit of the car 7 is about to close, and communicates the information to the microcomputer 3 via the communication line 13.

  The microcomputer 3 detects the signal information from the door closing sensor 4 and the presence / absence of the user 6 waiting in the hall from the human sensor 1 before the car 7 carries the user 6 and departs to the target floor. Together with the signal information of the result, it is determined whether or not to perform automatic operation (automatic call registration) of the car 7 according to the presence or absence of a user waiting in the hall when the door 8 is about to close. The operation of this automatic operation will be described in detail below.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an example of a call registration procedure for a car in the elevator system according to the present invention. Hereinafter, the flow of call registration of the elevator system according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

  When the user 6 presses the call registration button 5 (S1: hall call registration (manual)), the call registration button 5 is lit and the car 7 is called (S2: call registration button lit, call registration). In addition, the human sensor 1 operates (S2: human sensor operation). After the car 7 arrives and the door 8 opens and the user 6 gets in (S3: door open, boarding the car), the door closing sensor 4 detects that the door 8 is about to close. The presence / absence of the user 6 waiting in the hall is detected by the human sensor 1 (when the door is closed) (S4). At this time, if the detection result of the motion sensor 1 is “manned”, the call registration button 5 is automatically turned on again, and the car 7 is automatically operated (automatic call registration) (S5: automatic car call registration). ). Returning to S <b> 2 again, steps S <b> 2 to S <b> 6 (S <b> 6 will be described later) are repeated until the detection result of the human sensor 1 becomes “nobody”. When the detection result of the human sensor 1 is “unmanned”, the call registration button 5 is not lit, and the car is in the normal operation mode (S7: manual car operation). At this time, the human sensor 1 stops. Here, the normal operation mode is a manual operation (the registration button or the car of another floor or the car that stops the car 7 at the floor designated by the call registration button 5 and / or the floor specified by the destination floor button. This is an operation in which the stop floor of the car is determined by pressing the destination floor button.

  As described above, the elevator system 100 according to the present invention detects the presence or absence of the user 6 waiting for the car 7 in the hall before the car 7 departs, and determines the stop floor. Is to do. More specifically, if the result of measurement by the human sensor 1 is “manned”, automatic call registration is performed even if the hall call registration button 5 is not pressed. On the other hand, when it is recognized as “unattended”, the state is set to the manual operation (normal operation mode) by the call registration button 5. The determination of “manned” and “unmanned” of the user waiting in the hall by the human sensor 1 may be performed in a state in which the user gets on the car (a state in which no more users get in). In the above configuration, when the door closing sensor 4 detects “the state where the door 8 is about to close”, it is regarded as “a state where the user has gone through the car”, and the human sensor 1 indicates “manned” and “unmanned”. Although it is determined, the state (when determining) of the “manned” and “unmanned” of the user waiting in the hall by the human sensor 1 is, for example, “the state where the door 8 is closed” or “the door 8 It is possible to appropriately change in order to perform detection with higher reliability, such as “several seconds after closing”.

  According to the above configuration, by installing the human sensor 1 on the floor where there are many continuous users, when the user 6 is in the hall after the car 7 departs, the call registration button 5 is not pressed again. Automatic call registration can be performed to shorten the waiting time of the car 7. In particular, when users are concentrated on the floor where events are held, immediately after the event ends, the waiting time of the car 7 can be shortened by the car 7 performing a continuous service on that floor by automatic call registration. Will grow. In addition, such elevator operation saves the user 6 from having to operate the elevator, and is particularly effective for people with physical disabilities. As an aging society develops in the future, Demand is expected to increase.

  In the above configuration, when the detection result of the human sensor 1 is “manned”, the call registration button 5 is automatically turned on again so that the user 6 can recognize that it is in automatic driving. The guidance device that allows the user 6 to recognize that the vehicle is in automatic driving is not limited to this. For example, as shown in FIG. 1, a speaker 12 is further provided in the hall, and a voice guidance for automatic call registration is broadcast (S6 in FIG. 2) so that the user 6 can recognize that automatic driving is in progress. Also good. As an example of the contents of the audio guidance broadcast, “We are currently performing automatic elevator registration. Please wait without pressing the button.” By having the device that makes the user 6 recognize that the vehicle is in automatic driving in this way, the user 6 can understand that it is not necessary to press the call registration button 5 again.

  In the case of a conventional group management elevator that performs group management of a plurality of cars 7, it cannot be predicted which unit (car 7) will arrive. If there is a user 6 who cannot complete the car 7 once and waits for the arrival of the car 7 again, the user 6 arrives if the next car 7 that arrives is not the car that he was trying to get on. It has been necessary to move to the car 7, and it may be inconvenient for people who are handicapped or have a lot of luggage. On the other hand, in the present invention, when there is a user 6 who can not get through the car 7 at a time, the car 7 on which the user 6 waits is automatically moved to the floor where the user 6 is located. 6 can ride the car 7 without moving around the place.

  In addition, when a group of several friends cannot complete the car 7 and waits for the next arrival of the car 7, the user is absorbed in the conversation and forgets to press the call registration button 5. However, the car 7 can arrive by automatic call registration by the operation of the motion sensor 1.

  Furthermore, after the door of the door 8 is opened, it looks like a person in the car 7 wants to stop getting into the car 7 and waits until the next car 7 comes. In this case, even if the user does not press the call registration button 5 again after a while, if the user 6 is waiting in front of the car 7, the presence sensor 1 determines that the person is manned. Call registration is performed.

  Further, according to the elevator system 100 according to the present invention, as described above, not only the efficiency of movement and transportation on the user side is increased, but the car 7 is stopped on the floor where the user 6 is located. Therefore, there is no useless stop of the car 7 (stop to the floor where the user 6 is not present), the power consumption of the stop electric power can be reduced, and energy saving from the society of energy saving (reduction of power consumption) It will be possible to respond to requests, and as a result, it will be a material that actively promotes social contribution, and is expected to produce many benefits.

  The human sensor 1 and the door opening sensor 4 described above are not particularly limited, and conventional ones can be used. Whether the person in the hall is not a passerby or a user 6 waiting for the car 7 is determined by, for example, whether or not the detected person is stationary in the human sensor 1 for several seconds. You may make it measure and judge based on this result.

  As described above, according to the present invention, even if there are a large number of users waiting for the arrival of the car in the hall and it is not possible to get into the car, there is no need for the user who could not get in again to press the call registration button of the hall. It was shown that since the car goes automatically to the floor where the user waits, the elevator waiting time of the user can be shortened and the operation efficiency of the elevator can be further improved.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the Example 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. In the present invention, part of the configurations of the embodiments and examples of this specification can be deleted, replaced with other configurations, or added with other configurations.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Human sensor, 2 ... Elevator control panel, 3 ... Microcomputer, 4 ... Door closing sensor, 5 ... Call registration button, 6 ... User, 7 ... Car, 8 ... Door, 9 ... Rope, 10 ... Hoisting machine, 11 ... counterweight, 12 ... speaker, 13 ... communication line, 100 ... elevator system.

Claims (7)

A call registration button that is provided in a hall on the floor where the car stops and calls the car;
A human sensor provided in the hall for detecting a user waiting in the hall;
A door closing sensor for detecting a state in which the door of the entrance of the car is about to close;
In an elevator system comprising the control device for controlling the car, the call registration button, the human sensor and the door closing sensor,
The control device operates the human sensor when the call registration button is pressed by a user,
After the user gets into the car, when the state of the door being detected is detected by the door closing sensor, a user waiting in the hall is detected by the human sensor, An elevator system characterized in that after the car is moved to a target floor, automatic operation is performed in which the car is moved again to the floor where a user waiting in the hall is located. A call registration button that is provided in a hall on the floor where the car stops and calls the car;
A human sensor provided in the hall for detecting a user waiting in the hall;
A door closing sensor for detecting a state in which the door of the entrance of the car is about to close;
A destination floor button provided inside the car for designating a destination floor of the car;
In the elevator system comprising the control device for controlling the car, the call registration button, the human sensor, the door closing sensor and the destination floor button,
The control device operates the human sensor when the call registration button is pressed by a user,
After the user gets into the car, when the state of the door being detected is detected by the door closing sensor, a user waiting in the hall is detected by the human sensor, After moving the car to the target floor, automatic operation is performed to move the car to the floor where there is a user waiting in the hall again,
When the door closing sensor detects that the door is about to be closed, if the human sensor does not detect a user waiting in the hall, the car is registered for calling another floor. An elevator system characterized by performing manual operation for stopping at a floor called by a button and / or a floor designated by the destination floor button.   The elevator system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the control device operates the human sensor until a user waiting in the hall is not detected by the human sensor.   The elevator system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a guide device that allows a user waiting in the hall to recognize that the car is operating automatically. The guidance device is the call registration button,
The elevator system according to claim 4, wherein the control device continuously lights the call registration button during the automatic operation. The hall further includes a speaker,
The guidance device is the speaker;
5. The elevator system according to claim 4, wherein the control device broadcasts a voice guidance informing the user that the automatic driving is in progress from the speaker.   The controller stops the human sensor when the human sensor does not detect a user waiting in a hall when the door closing sensor detects that the door is about to close. The elevator system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized by:

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