JP2018111590A - Elevator, elevator system, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To cope with a hall call from a nonstop floor while ensuring security.SOLUTION: In an elevator including a control device 200 that controls elevating/lowering operation of an elevator car and opening/closing of a door, the control device 200 includes a call reception part 201 receiving and registering a hall call and a car call for the elevator and an operation control part 202 performing operation control for operating the elevator car in response to the registered hall call and car call. When a nonstop floor call which is a hall call from the predetermined nonstop floor is registered, the operation control part 202 completes the operation control for a normal call including the hall call from a stop floor or a car call aiming at a stop floor that are registered prior to starting the operation control for the nonstop floor call before the operation control for the nonstop floor call.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to elevator operation control technology, and more particularly to operation control technology when a call operation is performed on a non-stop floor.

  As a prior art of operation control when a hall button is operated by a person left on a non-stop floor or an intruder, there is a technique disclosed in Patent Document 1. In Patent Document 1, “a person who is left on a non-stop floor or an intruder is detected, the presence of the person is notified to a manager, and after the manager confirms the notification, the person who is on the non-stop floor” Is an elevator operation method (summary excerpt) that guides the person to the floor where the manager's room is located.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-216773

  However, when a hall call from a non-stop floor is registered, a car call to another service floor and / or a hall call from another service floor may be registered before that. . In the technology disclosed in Patent Document 1, in such a case, operation control is performed so as to service a car call to another service floor and a hall call. This makes it possible for a person or an intruder left behind on a non-stop floor and a passenger on another service floor to enter a cage with a general hall call registered before the non-stop-floor hall call. There is sex.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an elevator operation control technology capable of ensuring sufficient security under various conditions for hall calls from non-stop floors.

  In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, in an elevator provided with a control device that controls the elevator car's elevator operation and door opening / closing, the control device accepts and registers hall calls and car calls to the elevator. A call reception unit, and an operation control unit that performs an operation control for operating the elevator car in response to the registered hall call and car call, and the operation control unit includes a predetermined non-stop floor. When a non-stop floor call that is a hall call is registered, the hall call from the stop floor or the car call to the stop floor registered before starting operation control for the non-stop floor call is usually included. There is provided an elevator characterized in that operation control for a call is completed before operation control for the non-stop floor call.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the elevator operation control technique which can ensure sufficient security on various conditions with respect to the hall call from a non-stop floor can be provided. Problems, configurations, and effects other than those described above will be clarified by the following description of embodiments.

It is a lineblock diagram of an elevator system concerning an embodiment of the present invention. (A) is a functional block diagram of the control apparatus of the elevator which concerns on embodiment of this invention, (b) is a functional block diagram of the management terminal which concerns on embodiment of this invention, (c) is this It is a hardware block diagram of the control apparatus and management terminal which concern on embodiment of invention. It is a flowchart of non-stop floor call control of the embodiment of the present invention. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the non-stop floor call control of embodiment of this invention.

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

  In the elevator system of this embodiment, when a hall call from a non-stop floor (hereinafter referred to as a non-stop floor call) is received, a normal car call or non-stop registered prior to the non-stop floor call. Services for hall calls from other than the floor (hereinafter referred to as normal calls) are completed before services for non-stop floor calls. Then, after all passengers in the car get off the car, a service for non-stop floor call (hereinafter referred to as non-stop floor call control) is performed. In the non-stop floor call control, the car is made to go straight to the non-stop floor where the non-stop floor call is made, and after the passenger gets on the floor, the car goes straight to a predetermined floor.

  Hereinafter, an elevator system 400 that performs the above control will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an elevator system 400 according to the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, the elevator system 400 of this embodiment includes an elevator 100 and a management terminal 300.

  First, a schematic configuration of the elevator 100 will be described with reference to FIG. Here, an elevator 100 installed in a five-story building is shown as an example.

  The elevator 100 according to this embodiment includes a car 101, a motor 102 for driving a sheave (not shown), a warp wheel 103, a main rope 104, a suspension weight 105, and a communication line (not shown). The control apparatus 200 which controls operation | movement and the communication apparatus 107 which transmits / receives information via the communication line which is not shown between the elevator 100 and an external apparatus are provided. The control device 200 according to the present embodiment controls the raising / lowering operation of the car 101 and the opening / closing of the door of the car 101.

  In addition, a passenger detection device 121 that detects the presence or absence of passengers in the car 101, a camera 122 that captures an image of the car 101, and an in-car call button (hereinafter referred to as a car button) installed in the car 101. 123). Passengers in the car 101 make a car call by instructing a desired floor with the car button 123.

  The video (image) captured by the camera 122 is transmitted to the management terminal 300 via the communication device 107. The passenger detection device 121 is, for example, a load detection device, a human sensor, or the like. Note that the load detection device is a device that detects the load of the car 101 in order to prevent the elevator 100 from being loaded with a load higher than the rated load, for example. In this embodiment, for example, the presence or absence of a passenger is detected by monitoring a change in output from the load detection device. The detection result of the passenger detection device 121 is output to the control device 200. Note that the image captured by the camera 122 may be processed to determine the presence or absence of a passenger. In this case, the passenger detection device 121 may not be provided.

  In addition, the elevator 100 includes a hall button 110 at a landing (hall) on each floor. The passenger 130 in the hall makes a hall call with the hall button 110. Here, for example, the fifth floor hall button 115 installed at the fifth floor hall, the fourth floor hall button 114 installed at the fourth floor hall, the third floor hall button 113 installed at the third floor hall, and the second floor hall The second floor hall button 112 installed at the first floor and the first floor hall button 111 installed at the first floor hall.

  The communication line between the control device 200 and each part of the elevator 100 and the communication line between the communication device 107 and the external device may be wired or wireless. Communication with an external device may be via a network.

  In the present embodiment, as described above, when a non-stop floor call is made, non-stop floor call control is performed as special operation control. This non-stop floor call control is realized mainly by the control device 200. Hereinafter, the configuration of the control device 200 that realizes non-stop floor call control will be described.

  FIG. 2A is a functional block diagram for explaining functions related to non-stop floor call control of the control device 200. As shown in the figure, the control device 200 includes a call reception unit 201, an operation control unit 202, and a passenger presence / absence determination unit 203.

  The call reception unit 201 receives registration of hall calls and car calls for the elevator 100. As described above, the hall call is made via the hall button 110, and the car call is made via the car button 123. For example, the call reception unit 201 lists the received hall calls and car calls in the order of reception and holds them as a call list.

  The passenger presence / absence determination unit 203 detects the presence / absence of passengers in the car 101 of the elevator 100. In the present embodiment, the determination is made according to the output of the passenger detection device 121. For example, when using the camera 122 instead of the passenger detection apparatus 121, the passenger presence determination part 203 processes the image which the camera 122 acquired, and determines the presence or absence of a passenger.

  The operation control unit 202 instructs the motor 102 to operate the car 101 in response to the accepted hall call and / or car call. In the present embodiment, the operation of the car 101 is controlled so that the service is realized with a predetermined algorithm according to the registered call list. Hereinafter, controlling the operation of the car 101 so that a predetermined service is realized according to the hall call and / or the car call is referred to as operation control of the car 101.

  The operation control unit 202 of the present embodiment performs predetermined non-stop floor call control when receiving a non-stop floor call. Moreover, when the non-stop floor call is registered, the operation control unit 202 notifies the management terminal 300 to that effect.

  As described above, the operation control unit 202 performs the operation control for the normal call in preference to the operation control for the non-stop floor call as the non-stop floor call control. In addition, the operation control unit 202 controls the operation so that the car 101 goes straight to a predetermined floor for a non-stop floor call. This floor may be determined in advance, for example, the floor where the manager room 310 is located. In addition, designation may be received from the manager 311 via the management terminal 300.

  In the non-stop floor call control, the operation control unit 202 receives the non-stop floor call, and after a person left on the non-stop floor or an intruder gets on the car 101 from the non-stop floor, The car button 123 and the hall button 110 may be disabled. Therefore, in this case, the call reception unit 201 does not receive a car call or a hall call.

  Furthermore, the door opening / closing of the car 101 may be controlled differently than usual for a non-stop floor call. For example, at the time of non-stop floor call control, the opening and closing of the door after the passenger 130 gets on the car 101 from the non-stop floor may be configured to be performed according to an instruction from the management terminal 300.

  Details of non-stop floor call control by the operation control unit 202 will be described later.

  Next, a schematic configuration of the management terminal 300 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2B. For example, the management terminal 300 is disposed in a manager room 310 provided separately from the elevator 100. The management terminal 300 is a general information processing apparatus or a portable terminal. In the case of a portable terminal, the manager 311 possesses it.

  When the management terminal 300 receives a notification from the elevator 100 that a non-stop floor call has been made, it notifies the manager 311. The manager 311 receives the notification and designates, for example, the floor on which the car 101 is to go straight. In addition, after receiving notification that there has been a non-stop floor call, the received camera image (video) in the car 101 is displayed on a display or the like, and the manager 311 displays the video (image) in the car 101. Present. The manager 311 looks at the video (image) in the car 101 and determines whether the passenger 130 who has called the non-stop floor is a left-over passenger, an intruder, or a suspicious person. The door is opened and closed.

  In order to realize the above function, the management terminal 300 according to the present embodiment includes an instruction receiving unit 301 that receives an instruction from the administrator 311 that is a user, a communication interface (I / F) 302 that performs communication with the outside, a communication An output control unit 303 that processes information received via the I / F 302 and outputs the information to an output device, and a terminal control unit 304 that controls the entire management terminal 300 are provided. The output device is, for example, a display, a speaker, a light, or the like.

  In this embodiment, for example, the instruction receiving unit 301 receives the designation of the arrival floor from the manager 311 as the floor on which the car 101 goes straight. Also, an instruction to open and close the door of the car 101 is received. The instruction is received through an operation device such as a touch panel, a keyboard, and a mouse. The instruction received by the instruction receiving unit 301 is transmitted to the elevator 100 via the communication I / F 302. In the elevator 100, the instruction is received via the communication device 107 and processed by the control device 200.

  When the output control unit 303 receives, for example, a notification that there has been a non-stop floor call via the communication I / F 302, the output control unit 303 outputs the notification to the output device and the manager 311 has received a non-stop floor call. To be notified. In this case, for example, sound is output to a speaker, displayed on a display, or a light is blinked. For example, when a camera image is received, it is displayed on a display.

  For example, as illustrated in FIG. 2C, the control device 200 and the management terminal 300 are realized by an information processing device including a CPU 501, a memory 502, a storage device 503, and a communication I / F 504. Each of the above functions is realized by the CPU 501 loading a program stored in advance in the storage device 503 into the memory 502. Each data necessary for the process and each data generated by the process are stored in the memory 502 or the storage device 503. Furthermore, each function may be realized by hardware such as a circuit.

  Next, an example of the flow of non-stop floor call control by the control device 200 of the present embodiment will be described according to the processing flow of FIG. It is assumed that the camera image in the car 101 is always transmitted to the management terminal 300.

  The operation control unit 202 monitors the presence or absence of a non-stop floor call while performing normal control (step S1101). Here, at a predetermined time interval, the call reception unit 201 receives a non-stop floor call and monitors whether it is registered in the call list.

  When there is a non-stop floor call, the operation control unit 202 determines whether there is a normal call (step S1102). Here, for example, it is determined whether or not an unprocessed normal call is registered in the call list.

  When there is an unprocessed normal call (S1102 / Yes), the operation control unit 202 performs operation control on the unprocessed normal call (step S1103). At this time, the operation control unit 202 does not perform operation control for the non-stop floor call.

  When all the processes for the normal calls registered in the call list are completed (S1102 / No), the operation control unit 202 determines whether or not there are passengers in the car 101 (step S1104). The determination is performed using the output of the passenger detection device 121.

  When it is determined that there are passengers in the car (S1104 / Yes), the process proceeds to step S1103 and operation control is performed. That is, normal operation control is performed when there is no passenger registration but there are passengers in the car 101. This is the case, for example, when a plurality of passengers get on the car 101 and there are passengers who have forgotten to call. In the operation control performed in this case, for example, the car 101 is traveled to the floor where the manager 311 is located, the door of the car 101 is opened, and the passengers in the car 101 are instructed to call the car. Etc. When a car call is made, it is accepted and control is performed to carry the remaining passengers to the destination floor.

  As described above, the operation control unit 202 receives only a normal car call after receiving a non-stop floor call and starts operation control for the non-stop floor call. Prioritize operation control. During this time, hall calls will not be accepted.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that there is no passenger in the car (S1104 / No), the non-stop floor operation control from S1105 to S1110 is performed. In other words, the operation control unit 202 first notifies the management terminal 300 that there has been a non-stop floor call via the communication device 107 (step S1105).

  The operation control unit 202 determines whether or not designation of an arrival floor has been received from the management terminal 300 (step S1106). As described above, when the management terminal 300 receives a notification that there has been a non-stop floor call, the output control unit 303 notifies the manager 311 that the notification has been received. In response to this, the manager 311 designates the arrival floor as necessary.

  If the operation control unit 202 receives designation of the arrival floor within a predetermined time (S1106 / Yes), the operation control unit 202 causes the car 101 to go straight to the arrival floor that has received the designation (step S1107).

  On the other hand, if not received (S1106 / No), the operation control unit 202 causes the car 101 to go straight to a predetermined floor (step S1108).

  Next, the operation control unit 202 determines whether or not an instruction to open the door has been received (step S1109). If an instruction to open the door is received, the door is opened (step S1110), and the non-stop floor call control process is terminated. Thereafter, the operation control unit 202 returns to step S1101 and monitors the presence or absence of a non-stop floor call while continuing normal control.

  In the above embodiment, during non-stop floor call control, when the car 101 arrives at the arrival floor, it is assumed that the door of the car 101 is not opened as an initial setting and is opened only when an instruction is accepted. ing. However, the control is not limited to this. For example, as an initial setting, the door may be opened on arrival at the arrival floor, and the door may not be opened only when an instruction not to open the door is accepted. Further, it may be configured to always receive an instruction to open or close and to open or close the door accordingly.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, when a non-stop floor call that is a hall call from a predetermined non-stop floor is registered, the operation control unit 202 performs operation control for the non-stop floor call. The operation control for the normal call including the hall call from the stop floor or the car call to the stop floor registered before the start is completed before the operation control for the non-stop floor call.

  For this reason, according to the present embodiment, a person left on the stop floor or an intruder (hereinafter referred to as a non-stop floor person) is not dropped to another service floor (stop floor). . In addition, the non-stop floor person and the passenger on the stop floor do not come together. Accordingly, non-stop floor call control capable of ensuring high security can be realized regardless of the order of hall calls and car calls.

  At this time, according to the present embodiment, when the non-stop floor call is registered, the operation control unit 202 causes the car 101 to go straight to a predetermined floor such as the floor where the manager room 310 is located. May be. For this reason, it can prevent more reliably that a non-stop floor person falls to another service floor (stop floor).

  Moreover, according to this embodiment, the passenger presence determination part 203 which determines the presence or absence of the passenger in the passenger car 101 is further provided, and the operation control part 202 is the passenger presence determination part 203 after the operation control to a normal call. After determining that there is none, non-stop floor call control is performed. For this reason, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to more reliably avoid the matching between the non-stop floor person and the passenger on the stop floor.

  The car control unit 202 may disable the car button 123 during non-stop floor control. That is, the call reception unit 201 may be configured not to receive a car call while the operation control unit 202 is in non-stop floor call control. Alternatively, control may be performed such that the lamp of the car button 123 is attached but the service is not performed, or the service to the floor received after the non-stop floor control is performed. As a result, it is possible to more reliably prevent the non-stop floor person from being lowered to another service floor (stop floor).

  When a non-stop floor call is registered, a notification indicating that the non-stop floor call is registered may be transmitted to the management terminal 300 via the communication device 107. On the management terminal 300 side, the notification may be received and notified to the manager 311. Then, the management terminal 300 may receive an instruction of a stop floor from the manager 311 and transmit it to the elevator 100. And the elevator 100 side receives the instruction | indication of a stop floor, and the operation control part 202 may make the passenger car 101 go directly to the designated floor.

  For example, the manager is not always in the manager's room. Accordingly, when the car 101 is always guided to the floor where the manager room 310 is located during the non-stop floor control, the manager may not be able to meet the person boarding from the non-stop floor. In this case, there is a possibility that the intruder is taken down from the elevator without the administrator confirming it.

  However, according to the present embodiment, by having the above configuration, the manager 311 can direct the car 101 to the nearest floor by designating the nearest floor where the manager 311 is present at the time of receiving the notification. . For example, as shown in FIG. 4, when the fifth floor is set as a non-stop floor, the manager 311 goes out to look around, and the manager is in a different floor (second floor in FIG. 4) from the manager room 310. The car 101 can be made to go straight to the second floor where 311 is located. As a result, the manager 311 can reliably meet the non-stop floor person.

  In addition, during non-stop floor control, a video image taken by the camera 122 in the car 101 may be transmitted to the management terminal 300 and displayed on the management terminal 300 side. Further, the manager 311 who has viewed the video may instruct the opening / closing of the door of the car 101 and transmit it to the elevator 100 on the management terminal 300 side. And in the operation control part 202, you may open and close the door of the car 101 according to the instruction | indication from the management terminal 300 at the time of non-stop floor control.

  By providing the management terminal 300 with the video in the car 101, the manager 311 can assist in determining whether the non-stop floor person is left behind or an intruder. Since the manager 311 instructs opening and closing of the door based on the video information, the manager 311 can be secured.

  Further, when the manager 311 determines that the door is not opened, that is, the non-stop floor call is made and the passenger on the car 101 is a suspicious person, the manager 311 calls the police or the management company. You can report. Thereby, stronger security can be constructed.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to cope with hall calls from non-stop floors while ensuring high security. In addition, this correspondence can be realized without adding a new hardware configuration.

  In addition, the elevator and elevator system of this invention are not limited to the indication in the said embodiment. For example, in the above embodiment, the hall button 110 is also invalidated after receiving a call to a non-stop floor and a passenger gets on the car 101 from the non-stop floor, but this is not a limitation. For example, only registration may be accepted, and operation control may be performed according to the hall button 110 after completion of non-stop floor call control.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 ... Elevator, 101 ... Car, 102 ... Motor, 103 ... Car, 104 ... Main rope, 105 ... Suspension weight, 107 ... Communication device, 110 ... Hall button, 121 ... Passenger detection device, 122 ... Camera, 123 ... Car button, 130 ... passengers,
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 200 ... Control apparatus, 201 ... Call reception part, 202 ... Operation control part, 203 ... Passenger presence determination part,
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 300 ... Management terminal, 301 ... Instruction reception part, 302 ... Communication I / F, 303 ... Output control part, 304 ... Terminal control part, 310 ... Manager room, 311 ... Manager,
400 ... Elevator system, 501 ... CPU, 502 ... Memory, 503 ... Storage device, 504 ... Communication I / F

Claims (8)

In an elevator provided with a control device for controlling the elevator car's elevator operation and door opening and closing,
The controller is
A call reception unit that receives and registers hall calls and car calls for elevators;
An operation control unit that performs operation control to operate the elevator car according to the registered hall call and car call, and
When the non-stop floor call, which is a hall call from a predetermined non-stop floor, is registered, the operation control unit is registered before starting the operation control for the non-stop floor call. An elevator characterized in that operation control for a normal call including the car call to a hall call or a stopped floor is completed prior to the operation control for the non-stop floor call. In the elevator according to claim 1,
The said operation control part makes an elevator direct to a predetermined floor after performing the operation control with respect to the said non-stop floor call. The elevator characterized by the above-mentioned. In the elevator according to claim 1 or 2,
The control device further includes a passenger presence / absence determining unit that determines the presence / absence of a passenger in a car,
The said operation control part performs the operation control with respect to the said non-stop floor call after the said passenger presence determination part discriminate | determines that there is no passenger after the operation control with respect to the said normal call. In the elevator according to claim 3,
The operation control unit receives only the car call out of the normal calls until the operation control for the non-stop floor call is started after receiving the non-stop floor call. An elevator characterized by operation control for calls. In the elevator according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The said call reception part does not receive the said car call while the said operation control part is performing the operation control according to the said non-stop floor call. The elevator characterized by these. The elevator according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
An information processing device,
The elevator further includes a communication device that transmits and receives information to and from the information processing device,
The information processing apparatus includes:
An instruction receiving unit for receiving an instruction of an arrival floor from a user;
A communication interface for transmitting and receiving information to and from the elevator,
When the non-stop floor call is registered, the communication device transmits a notification indicating that the non-stop floor call is registered to the information processing device, and receives an instruction of the arrival floor,
The communication interface receives the notification and transmits the accepted arrival floor to the elevator,
In the operation control for the non-stop floor call, the operation control unit causes the elevator car to go straight to the arrival floor received by the communication device. In the elevator system according to claim 6,
The elevator further includes a camera for photographing the inside of the car,
The information processing apparatus further includes an output control unit that outputs video to an output device,
The instruction receiving unit further receives an instruction to open and close the door of the car,
The communication device transmits video captured by the camera to the information processing device,
Receiving the opening / closing instruction from the information processing apparatus;
The communication interface receives the video and transmits an instruction to open and close the car to the elevator,
The output control unit outputs the video received via the communication interface to the output device;
The said operation control part controls opening / closing of the door of the elevator car according to the said opening / closing instruction | indication which the said communication apparatus received. The elevator system characterized by these. Computer
When a non-stop floor call, which is a hall call from a predetermined non-stop floor, is registered, it usually includes a hall call from the stop floor or a car call to the stop floor registered before the non-stop floor call. A program for functioning as operation control means for completing operation control of a car for a call prior to operation control of the car for the non-stop floor call.