JP2016183044A - Elevator system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an elevator system that allows a passenger to transit from one elevator to another elevator to go to a destination floor by call registration by inputting a destination floor one time.SOLUTION: The elevator system comprises: a lower story elevator group having a plurality of lower story elevators which are operated below a transit floor; an upper story elevator group having a plurality of upper story elevators which are operated above the transit floor; a destination floor input device to which destination floor information is input; a lower story elevator control device that allocates elevator cars out of the lower story elevator group on the basis of the destination floor information; and an upper story elevator control device that allocates elevator cars out of the upper story elevator group on the basis of the destination floor information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an elevator system.

  Some elevator system building structures are provided with a connecting floor at an intermediate position, and a lower elevator operated below the connecting floor and an upper elevator operated above the connecting floor.

  In such an elevator system, Patent Document 1 discloses that the operation of a plurality of elevator cars is controlled and transited to each other at a predetermined transit floor as an improvement in transportation efficiency and enabling quick transit. In a possible elevator system, calculate the ratio of the number of passengers going upward and the number of passengers going down on the transfer floor, and control the arrival time of the elevator car at the transfer floor based on the calculated value Is described.

JP 2010-241666 A

  However, what has been described above is not particularly considered for elevators that perform call registration via the destination floor input device. As a result, if the destination floor entered on the lobby floor is a floor serviced by the transited elevator, it is necessary to enter the destination floor again on the transit floor and register the call for the next elevator.

  Destination floor information is input, and a lower elevator group having a plurality of lower elevators operated below the transfer floor, an upper elevator group having a plurality of control apparatus upper elevators operated above the control apparatus transfer floor, and destination floor information. Destination floor input device, lower elevator control device that assigns a car from the control device lower floor group based on control device destination floor information, and upper stage that assigns a car from the upper elevator group of control device based on control device destination floor information And an elevator control device.

  According to the present invention, an elevator can be transferred to a destination floor by call registration by one destination floor input.

It is a schematic structure figure showing one embodiment of the elevator system concerning the present invention. It is a block diagram explaining the structure of the elevator system in this embodiment.

  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 configuration diagram illustrating an embodiment of an elevator system. The elevator system of the embodiment includes a lower elevator group indicated as A in FIG. 1 having lower elevators 1 and 2, and an upper elevator group indicated as B in FIG. 1 having upper elevators 3 and 4. Here, the upper elevator group is more useful in the case where one or more local elevators that can be stopped are included in each floor. The lower elevator group may be composed of only shuttle elevators that stop only at the lobby floor 5 and the transfer floor 6.

  The lower elevator group includes a lobby floor 5 serving as an entrance floor of the building by a car 1a of the lower elevator 1 and a car 2a of the lower elevator 2, and a service floor (not shown) between the lobby floor 5 and the next floor 6. And the connecting floor 6 is connected. The upper elevator group connects the transfer floor 6, the service floor (not shown) between the transfer floor 6 and the uppermost floor 7, and the uppermost floor 7 by the car 3 a of the upper elevator 3 and the car 4 a of the upper elevator 4. ing. The lobby floor 5 communicates with hall call buttons 1b and 2b for hall calls of the lower elevators 1 and 2 and an authentication body possessed by the user, for example, a tag carried by the user, and hands-free destination floor information is provided. A personal authentication device 8 capable of detecting user information including it is installed. In FIG. 1, the personal authentication device 8 is installed on the wall and automatically communicates with a tag carried by the user. However, a touch-type personal authentication device installed in the form of a gate or the like may be used. In addition, it is not always necessary to perform personal authentication, and any destination floor input device that can input the destination floor is sufficient. Further, a display device 18 capable of displaying the transfer destination elevator information in which the call is registered by the personal authentication device 8 is installed. The display device 18 is not necessarily displayed on the lobby floor, and may be displayed on the screen of a terminal carried by the user.

  The transfer floor 6 has hall call buttons 1c and 2c for making hall calls for the lower elevators 1 and 2; hall call buttons 3b and 4b for making hall calls for the upper elevators 3 and 4; A personal authentication device 9 that can communicate with a tag carried by the user and can detect user information including destination floor information in a hands-free manner, and can display connection destination elevator information in which a call is registered by the personal authentication device 8 A display device 10 is installed. The display device 10 may be displayed on the screen of a terminal carried by the user, like the display device 18.

  On the top floor 7, hall call buttons 3c and 4c for performing hall calls of the upper elevators 3 and 4 are installed.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an elevator system according to an embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the cars 1a and 2a in the lower elevator group are connected to and controlled by the number control devices 1d and 2d. The lower elevator control device 11 manages the lower elevators 1 and 2 as a group. The lower elevator control device 11 transmits a control command to each of the machine control devices 1d and 2d, and the cars 1a and 2a of the two lower elevators 1 and 2 are controlled as a group. The in-car operation panel 1e installed in the car 1a is connected to the number control device 1d. The in-car operation panel 2e installed in the car 2a is connected to the number control device 2d.

  The personal authentication device 8 installed on the lobby floor 5 is connected to the lower destination floor management device 12, and the lower destination floor management device 12 analyzes the detected user information and sends it to the lower elevator control device 11.

  The machine control devices 3d and 4d control the cars 3a and 4a in the upper elevator group. The upper elevator control device 13 manages the upper elevators 3 and 4 as a group. The upper elevator control device 13 transmits a control command to each of the machine control devices 3d and 4d, and the cars 3a and 4a of the two upper elevators 3 and 4 are controlled to operate as a group. The in-car operation panel 3e installed in the car 3a is connected to the number control device 3d. The in-car operation panel 4e installed in the car 4a is connected to the number control device 4d.

  Personal authentication devices 14 and 15 are installed in the cars 3a and 4a of the upper elevator B. The personal authentication devices 14 and 15 may be hands-free and can be authenticated or may be touch-type.

  The personal authentication device 9 installed on the transfer floor 6 and the other personal authentication devices 14 and 15 installed in the cars 3a and 4a are connected to the upper destination floor management device 16, and this upper destination floor management device 16 Sends the detected destination floor information to the upper elevator control device 13 after analyzing the user information.

The lower elevator control device 11 and the upper elevator control device 13 are connected to the overall control device 17. The overall control device 17 performs overall control of the entire lower elevator group and the upper elevator group. Further, the overall control device 17 transmits a display command to the display device 10 and the display device 18. In this embodiment, for example, a user whose destination floor is a floor above the transfer floor 6 comes to the lobby floor 5. Then, the personal authentication device 8 installed on the lobby floor 5 detects the user information of the user including the destination floor information. In this embodiment, the user carries a tag in which user information is stored in advance, and the tag and the personal authentication device 8 communicate with each other to perform hands-free personal authentication. The lower destination floor management device 12 connected to the personal authentication device 8 analyzes the obtained user information and sends it to the lower elevator control device 11. The lower elevator control device 11 performs call registration based on the user information, and assigns one of the lower elevators 1 and 2 of the lower elevator group, for example, the lower elevator 1. Here, if the destination floor information exceeds the service range of the lower elevator and the service floor of the upper elevator is the destination floor, the lower elevator control device registers the transit floor as the destination floor of the lower elevator, Call registration is performed based on this information.

  Further, when the lower elevator control device 11 exceeds the service range of the lower elevator as the destination floor information and the service floor in the upper elevator is the destination floor, the lower elevator control device 11 identifies the user information and the assigned elevator. The information and the estimated arrival time of the assigned elevator at the transfer floor are transmitted to the overall control device 17. The destination floor overall control device 17 transmits to the display device 18 a display command for display so as to get on, for example, the lower elevator 1 based on the information specifying the assigned elevator.

  The overall control device 17 transmits to the upper elevator control device 13 the user information and the estimated arrival time at the transit floor of the assigned lower elevator. The upper elevator control device 13 performs call registration based on the user information and the estimated arrival time of the assigned elevator to the transit floor, and assigns one of the upper elevators 3 and 4 of the upper elevator group, for example, the upper elevator 3 . The overall control device 17 receives the allocation information of the upper elevator from the upper elevator control device 13, and is installed on the transfer floor 6 at the timing when the lower elevator on which the user boarded arrives at the transfer floor based on the user information. A display command is transmitted to the display device 10. Specifically, it may be displayed on the display device 10 when the passenger gets off, such as transmitting a display command in synchronization with the timing at which the floor side door is released after the lower elevator arrives.

  Next, the user information is detected by the personal authentication device 14 installed in the car 3a in the upper elevator. User information is analyzed by the upper destination floor management device 16 and sent to the upper elevator control device 13. The upper elevator control device 13 compares the user information detected in the car 3a with the user information detected in the lobby floor 5 transmitted from the overall control device, and the use detected in the lobby floor 5 When the person is in the car 3a, the departure of the car 3a as the transfer destination is permitted. When this processing is performed, the authentication device 8 set on the lobby floor needs to receive not only the destination floor information but also an ID for identifying an individual as user information. Even if not all of the users are on board, departure may be permitted when a certain time elapses from the time when the lower elevator on which the user is scheduled to arrive arrives at the transfer floor. This is a measure for preventing the car from being stopped for a long time when the user suddenly uses a meal, shopping, or the like on the transfer floor.

  From the user's perspective: The user communicates with the authentication device 8 on the lobby floor 5 and grasps through the display device 18 that the assigned elevator car is the car 1a. The user gets into the car 1a and moves to the transfer floor 6. At the transfer floor 6, the user who gets off confirms the display device 10. At this time, the display device 10 displays the transfer destination elevator information, for example, “Please transfer to the elevator of Unit 3”. The user sees this display and gets into the elevator car 3a. The upper elevator control device 13 suppresses the departure of the car 3a until the user information detected in the car 3a matches the user information detected in the lobby floor 5 and sent in advance. depart. With this car 3a, the user moves to the intended destination floor.

  According to the present embodiment, the call registered based on the user information detected by the personal authentication device 8 on the lobby floor 5 is shared by the lower elevator group and the upper elevator group, so that the elevator can be transferred by one call registration. You can go to the destination floor. Thereby, the convenience can be improved. In addition, by considering the arrival time of the lower elevator at the connection source and assigning elevators from the upper elevator group at the connection destination, group management of the upper elevator group at the connection destination can be performed more efficiently.

  In addition, by providing the transfer floor 6 with the display device 10 for displaying the transfer destination elevator information in which the call is registered based on the destination floor information, the user can easily recognize the transfer destination elevator and smoothly connect to the transfer floor. It can be carried out.

  Furthermore, when the passenger cars 3a and 4a are provided with other personal authentication devices 14 and 15 and the user information detected in the passenger cars 3a and 4a boarded at the time of the transfer coincides with the previously detected user information. In addition, by allowing the departure of the cars 3a and 4a, it is possible to prevent the car in which the call is registered from leaving before the target user gets in, and to improve convenience and driving efficiency. be able to.

  The above-described embodiment has been described in detail for easy understanding of the present invention, and is not necessarily limited to one having all the configurations described. Further, it is possible to add, delete, and replace other configurations for a part of the configuration of the above-described embodiment. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the elevator call registration by personal authentication is performed for a user who goes from the lobby floor 5 to the upper floor of the building using the elevator, but the present invention is not limited to this. An elevator call registration by personal authentication may be performed for a user who goes from the upper floor to the lower floor of the building.

  In addition, a personal authentication device 9 is also provided on the transfer floor 6, which is assumed when the user carrying the tag uses the upper floor elevator group for the first time after having used food or shopping on the transfer floor 6. It is provided. In this case, the upper elevator control device 13 determines that the number of user information detected in the car 3a is the sum of the number of user information detected on the lobby floor 5 and the number of user information detected on the personal authentication device 9. Suppress the departure until it matches.

  In addition, this time, the display device 18 is provided on the lobby floor and the display device 10 is provided on the connecting floor so as to display the elevator to be boarded. However, the display device 18 on the lobby floor displays “Elevator 1 on the lobby floor, You can also display the elevator car of the transfer destination and display the display device 10 on the transfer floor 6 as in the case of “Get on the elevator 3 at the transfer floor”. Further, when the lobby floor 5 to the transfer floor 6 are all shuttle elevators, and the lower elevator may be in any elevator, the display device 18 may be omitted. Further, as described above, these display devices may be display devices of portable terminals provided by users.

  Further, the personal authentication devices 8, 14, 15 communicate with tags carried by the user and detect user information in a hands-free manner. However, a more general touch-type personal authentication device is used. Also good.

1, 2 Lower elevator 3, 4 Upper elevator 5 Lobby floor 6 Transit floor 7 Top floor 8, 9 Personal authentication device 10 Display device 11 Lower elevator control device 12 Lower destination floor management device 13 Upper elevator control device 14, 15 Personal authentication device 16 Upper Destination Floor Management Device 17 Overall Control Device A Lower Elevator Group B Upper Elevator Group

Claims (6)

A lower elevator group having a plurality of lower elevators operated below the transit floor, and an upper elevator group having a plurality of upper elevators operated above the transit floor;
A destination floor input device for inputting destination floor information;
A lower elevator control device for allocating a car from the lower elevator group based on the destination floor information;
An upper elevator control device for allocating a car from the upper elevator group based on the destination floor information;
Elevator system with The elevator system according to claim 1,
The destination floor input device is installed on a floor below the transfer floor,
The upper elevator control device assigns a car from the upper elevator group based on the destination floor information and a predicted arrival time of the car to the transit floor of the lower elevator assigned by the lower elevator control device. Elevator system. The elevator system according to claim 2,
Provided on the connecting floor is a display device that displays a car assigned from the upper elevator group,
An elevator system characterized by that. The elevator system according to claim 3,
The display device displays a car assigned from the upper elevator group after the car assigned from the lower elevator group arrives at the transit floor.
An elevator system characterized by that. The elevator system according to claim 2,
A display device for displaying a car assigned from the lower elevator group and a car assigned from the upper elevator group is provided on the floor where the destination floor input device is installed.
An elevator system characterized by that. The elevator system according to any one of claims 2 to 6,
The destination floor input device is a first personal authentication device that receives destination floor information and information identifying a user,
A second personal authentication device for receiving information identifying a user is provided in the upper elevator car,
In the upper elevator control device, the information identifying the user received by the second personal authentication device is assigned the upper elevator among the information identifying the user received by the first personal authentication device. The elevator system according to claim 1, wherein when the information specifying the user matches, the departure of the upper elevator car is permitted.

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