JP2019018987A - Elevator report control system and elevator report control method - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an elevator report control system and an elevator report control method capable of enhancing convenience and maintainability.SOLUTION: In an elevator system 10, a control board 12 comprises: an elevator state storage part 123 for storing predetermined information regarding an elevator 11 as report information when a predetermined state occurs in the elevator 11; and a report control part 125. A radio device 13 comprises: a radio device communication part 131 for retrieving a terminal (a maintenance worker terminal 14, a user terminal 15) present in the surrounding of the elevator 11; and a terminal determination part 133 for determining an attribute of the terminal retrieved by the radio device communication part 131. The report control part 125 controls and reports the report information stored in the elevator state storage part 123 according to the attribute determined by the terminal determination part 133 for the terminal retrieved by the radio device communication part 131.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to an elevator notification control system and an elevator notification control method, and an elevator notification control for notifying information to an elevator user or a maintenance staff when a predetermined state (for example, failure or stoppage due to inspection) occurs in the elevator. It is suitable for application to a system and an elevator notification control method.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a technique for notifying an elevator user or maintenance staff of information related to an elevator state is known. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a technology of an operation operation system that transmits elevator operation information and evacuation instruction information to portable communication devices possessed by evacuees who have come to an elevator landing in an emergency such as an earthquake or a fire. According to this technique, an appropriate evacuation method can be informed to evacuees who have come to the elevator platform, and safe evacuation can be promoted.

JP2012-020824A

  By the way, the operation operation system disclosed in Patent Document 1 specializes in emergency evacuation methods due to disasters, but elevators can stop not only in disasters but also in sudden failures and maintenance inspections. is there. As for the elevator that can stop due to various factors as described above, according to the technique of Patent Document 1 and other conventional techniques, there is a problem that the user cannot know whether or not the elevator can be used unless he / she goes to the elevator landing. . That is, in order to know that the elevator is stopped, the user has to go to the elevator platform, which may cause inconvenience to the user.

  In addition, when the elevator stops, maintenance workers need to know not only the presence or absence of the elevator stop, but also the detailed stop position of which floor it is stopping in order to perform the restoration work. With the known technology, if the maintenance terminal is not connected to the control panel of the elevator or the hoistway is not looked into, the detailed stop position of the elevator cannot be known, which is a troublesome maintenance work.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and an elevator notification control system capable of improving convenience and maintainability by notifying an elevator user or maintenance staff of information necessary for each, and An elevator notification control method is proposed.

  In order to solve such a problem, in the present invention, when a predetermined state occurs in the elevator, an elevator state storage unit that stores predetermined information related to the elevator as notification information and a terminal existing around the elevator are searched. Radio communication unit, terminal determination unit for determining the attribute of the terminal searched by the radio communication unit, and notification information stored in the elevator state storage unit for the terminal searched by the radio communication unit There is provided an elevator notification control system comprising: a notification control unit that controls and notifies the notification content according to the attribute determined by the terminal determination unit.

  Further, in order to solve such a problem, in the present invention, when a predetermined state occurs in the elevator, an elevator state storage step for storing predetermined information related to the elevator as notification information, and around the elevator by wireless communication The terminal search step for searching for a terminal existing in the terminal, the terminal determination step for determining the attribute of the terminal searched in the terminal search step, and the terminal searched in the terminal search step are stored in the elevator state storage step There is provided an elevator notification control method comprising: a notification control step of controlling notification content according to the attribute determined in the terminal determination step.

  According to the present invention, convenience and maintainability of an elevator can be improved.

It is a figure explaining the elevator system which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the function structural example of the elevator system shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the process sequence of the alerting | reporting control process in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure explaining the elevator system which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the function structural example of the elevator system shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the process sequence of the alerting | reporting control process in 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of a function structure of the elevator system which concerns on this invention.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the present invention, notification is given when the elevator is in a predetermined state. In the following description, as an example of the “predetermined state”, the elevator stops due to a failure, disaster, inspection, or the like. The abnormal state will be described.

(1) 1st Embodiment (1-1) Elevator system FIG. 1: is a figure explaining the elevator system which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. In the elevator system 10 according to the first embodiment, a case where one elevator 11 is installed in a building is taken as an example.

  As illustrated in FIG. 1, the elevator system 10 includes an elevator 11, a control panel 12, and a radio device 13. Further, FIG. 1 illustrates a maintenance staff terminal 14 held by a maintenance staff 1 who performs maintenance work on the elevator 11 and a user terminal 15 held by a general user 2 who uses the elevator 11.

  The elevator 11 is an elevator installed in a hoistway of a building, and in the case of FIG.

  The control board 12 is arrange | positioned, for example in a hoistway. The control panel 12 has a function of controlling the operating state of the elevator 11 and a function of storing the operating state.

  The radio device 13 is provided, for example, at the elevator 11 landing. The wireless device 13 transmits predetermined information related to the elevator 11 to terminals (maintenance personnel terminal 14 and user terminal 15) within a communicable range. The radio transmitted by the wireless device 13 can identify a unique ID of a communication partner (for example, a MAC address of Bluetooth (registered trademark) or an IEEE 64 bit address of ZigBee (registered trademark), which is a well-known technology), and the wireless device Any wireless standard capable of transmitting a beacon from 13 is acceptable, and the wireless standard is not limited to a specific wireless standard.

  The maintenance staff terminal 14 is a terminal such as a smartphone that can communicate with the wireless device 13, and is held by the maintenance staff 1. The user terminal 15 is a terminal such as a smartphone that can communicate with the wireless device 13 and is held by the user 2. The maintenance staff terminal 14 and the user terminal 15 may be terminals that can use the wireless standard used by the wireless device 13 and can detect and respond to beacons. It may be a tablet or a notebook computer.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration example of the elevator system illustrated in FIG. 1. The functional configuration of the elevator system 10 will be described with reference to FIG.

  The elevator 11 includes an elevator communication unit 111 that communicates with the control panel 12 and a floor measurement unit 112 that measures a current stop position of the elevator 11. The elevator 11 can transmit information on the current stop position to the control panel 12 via the elevator communication unit 111.

  The control panel 12 includes a control panel communication unit 121 that performs communication between the elevator 11 and the wireless device 13, a control unit 122 that performs operation control of the elevator 11, and an operating state of the elevator 11 (for example, normal / Elevator state storage unit 123 that stores a resting state, a current stop position, and the like, and information related to maintenance staff 1 in charge of maintenance work of elevator 11 (for example, ID (maintenance staff) of maintenance staff terminal 14 held by maintenance staff 1 ID)), and control of transmission to the maintenance staff terminal 14 and the user terminal 15 performed via the wireless device 13 (not only control of transmission itself, but also control of information to be transmitted) And a notification control unit 125 that performs (including).

  The wireless device 13 includes a wireless device communication unit 131 that communicates with the control panel 12, the maintenance staff terminal 14, and the user terminal 15, a beacon transmission unit 132 that transmits a beacon, and a beacon response. A terminal determination unit 133 that performs the determination.

  More specifically, when the elevator 11 stops, the beacon transmission unit 132 transmits a beacon for searching for a terminal (for example, the maintenance staff terminal 14 or the user terminal 15) in the vicinity. The terminal determination unit 133 acquires a unique ID of the terminal by a beacon response from a surrounding terminal, and compares the ID with the maintenance staff information (maintenance staff ID) stored in the maintenance staff information storage section 124. Thus, it is determined whether the terminal that acquired the ID is the maintenance staff terminal 14 for the maintenance staff 1 or the user terminal 15 for the user 2 (terminal owner judgment). 1 illustrates one wireless device 13, the number of wireless devices 13 is not limited in the present embodiment, and for example, the wireless devices 13 may be arranged on each floor.

  The maintenance staff terminal 14 includes a terminal communication unit 141 that communicates with the wireless device 13, a beacon detection unit 142 that detects a beacon transmitted from the wireless device 13, and a beacon from the wireless device 13 in the beacon detection unit 142. Beacon response unit 143 that returns its own terminal information (maintenance personnel ID) to the wireless device 13 when it is detected, and information on the normal rest state and stop position of the elevator 11 received from the control panel 12 via the wireless device 13 And a display unit 144 that displays and the like.

  The user terminal 15 can be realized by the same configuration as the maintenance staff terminal 14 in terms of internal configuration, and includes a terminal communication unit 151, a beacon detection unit 152, a beacon response unit 153, and a display unit 154. However, since the user terminal 15 is a user terminal held by the user 2, the beacon response unit 153 returns an ID (user ID) of a type different from the maintenance staff ID. The user terminal 15 receives information for the user 2 from the control panel 12 and displays it on the display unit 154.

  In the elevator system 10 configured as described above, the control panel 12 and the wireless device 13 correspond to an elevator notification control system according to the present invention. And according to this elevator alert control system, the control panel 12 is made into the maintenance staff terminal based on the determination result of the owner determination of the terminal by the terminal determination part 133 of the radio | wireless machine 13 by performing the alert control process mentioned later. 14 and the user terminal 15 can be notified of appropriate information related to the elevator 11. Specifically, for example, the control panel 12 notifies the current stop position of the elevator 11 to the maintenance staff terminal 14 determined to be the maintenance staff 1 terminal, and the usage determined to be the user 2 terminal. The person terminal 15 can be notified that the elevator 11 is stopped and cannot be used. As a result, the maintenance staff 1 holding the maintenance staff terminal 14 can smoothly start the restoration work of the elevator 11, and the user 2 holding the user terminal 15 indicates that the elevator 11 cannot be used. You can know without going to.

(1-2) Notification Control Processing FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing procedure of notification control processing according to the first embodiment. With reference to FIG. 3, the notification control process by the elevator system 10 (strictly, the elevator notification control system) according to the present embodiment will be described in detail.

  First, the notification control process is started when the elevator 11 stops due to a failure, disaster, inspection, or the like (step S101).

  When the elevator 11 stops in step S101, the elevator communication unit 111 of the elevator 11 communicates with the control panel communication unit 121 to notify the control panel 12 of the stop of the elevator 11 (step S102).

  Next, in the control panel 12 that has received the stop of the elevator 11, the control unit 122 instructs the floor measurement unit 112 of the elevator 11 to measure the current stop position via the control panel communication unit 121 and the elevator communication unit 111. To do. Upon receiving the instruction, the floor measurement unit 112 measures the current stop position, and notifies the control panel 12 of the measurement result via the elevator communication unit 111 (step S103).

  In step S104, the elevator state storage unit 123 of the control panel 12 stores the information notified in steps S102 and S103, thereby storing the stop state and stop position of the elevator 11.

  Next, the control unit 122 of the control panel 12 instructs the wireless device 13 to detect surrounding terminals via the control panel communication unit 121. Then, in the wireless device 13 that has received the instruction, the beacon transmission unit 132 transmits a beacon via the wireless device communication unit 131 (step S105).

  In step S106, the beacon transmitted in step S105 is received by terminals existing around the wireless device 13. For example, when the maintenance staff terminal 14 receives a beacon, the beacon detection unit 142 detects the beacon via the terminal communication unit 141.

  Then, the terminal that detected the beacon in step S106 returns its terminal information (ID) to the wireless device 13 in response to the beacon (step S107). For example, when the maintenance staff terminal 14 receives a beacon in step S106, in step S107, the beacon response unit 143 responds to the beacon and notifies the maintenance staff ID assigned to the maintenance staff terminal 14 as its own terminal information. . The beacon response transmitted from the terminal in step S107 is detected by the wireless device 13, and the wireless device 13 receives the terminal information (ID) from the beacon response (step S108).

  In step S109, the terminal determination unit 133 of the wireless device 13 uses the terminal information (ID) detected in step S108 and the maintenance staff information (maintenance staff ID) stored in the maintenance staff information storage section 124 of the control panel 12. By comparing, the owner of the terminal that has responded to the beacon is determined (terminal owner determination). More specifically, if the ID detected in step S108 matches the maintenance staff ID stored in the maintenance staff information storage unit 124, it is determined that the owner of the terminal that has made a beacon response is a maintenance staff, and step S110. Proceed to On the other hand, if the ID detected in step S108 does not match the maintenance staff ID, it is determined that the owner of the terminal is not a maintenance staff, that is, a user, and the process proceeds to step S111.

  In step S110, the wireless device 13 notifies the control panel 12 that the terminal that has made a beacon response is the maintenance staff terminal 14. In the control panel 12 that has received the notification, the notification control unit 125 reads the current stop position of the elevator 11 from the elevator state storage unit 123 as notification information for the maintenance worker terminal 14, and the maintenance worker terminal via the wireless device 13. 14 to send. And the maintenance worker terminal 14 displays the present stop position of the elevator 11 on the display part 144 based on the received alerting | reporting information.

  On the other hand, in step S111, the wireless device 13 notifies the control panel 12 that the terminal that has made a beacon response is not the maintenance staff terminal 14 (that is, the user terminal 15). In the control panel 12 that has received the notification, the notification control unit 125 reads out from the elevator state storage unit 123 that the elevator 11 is stopped as notification information for the user terminal 15, and the user via the wireless device 13. Transmit to terminal 15. Then, the user terminal 15 displays on the display unit 154 that the elevator 11 is stopped based on the received notification information.

  In the notification control process illustrated in FIG. 3, it is confirmed whether the restoration of the elevator 11 is completed after the process of step S110 or step S111 (step S112). Specifically, for example, if the recovery state of the elevator 11 is stored in the elevator state storage unit 123, the notification control unit 125 reads the elevator state storage unit 123 to determine the recovery state of the elevator 11. it can. If the recovery is not completed in step S112 (NO in step S112), the processes in and after step S105 are repeated until the recovery is completed.

  Due to the processing in step S112, not only the owner of the terminal existing around the elevator 11 immediately after the elevator 11 stops, but also the maintenance staff and users who have visited the building after that stop position of the elevator 11 (For maintenance personnel) and the fact that the elevator 11 is stopped (for users) can be notified.

  As described above, according to the notification control process according to the first embodiment, when the elevator 11 is in a predetermined state (stopped), the owner is a maintenance person for a terminal that is in a range that can be communicated from the wireless device 23. Appropriate information required by each can be notified after distinguishing between 1 and user 2. More specifically, the maintenance staff 1 can be notified of the stop position of the elevator 11, while the user 2 can be notified that the elevator 11 is stopped. Here, since the maintenance staff 1 can grasp the stop position, it becomes easy to identify the work position particularly when the door is broken, so that, for example, when the confinement occurs, the rescue work can be started promptly. It can be expected to improve the maintainability of elevator maintenance. The user 2 does not need detailed stop information unlike the maintenance staff 1, but information that the elevator 11 cannot be used is useful. Therefore, it can be expected that the convenience of using the elevator is improved by grasping that the elevator 11 is stopped.

(2) Second Embodiment In the second embodiment of the present invention, as a difference from the first embodiment, for example, for a terminal that has made a notification regarding the stop of an elevator many times. Control that prevents the notification from being repeated is performed. Further, notification control is performed in which the characteristic difference between the maintenance staff and the user is identified. In the description of the second embodiment to be described below, the description of the configuration and processing common to the first embodiment is omitted.

(2-1) Elevator System FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an elevator system according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In the elevator system 20 according to the second embodiment, a case where a plurality of elevators 21 (individually, elevators 21A and 21B) are installed in a building is taken as an example.

  As illustrated in FIG. 4, the elevator system 20 includes two elevators 21A and 21B installed in a hoistway in the same building, control panels 22A and 22B corresponding to the elevators, and these elevators 21A. , 21B and a wireless device 23 for transmitting information related to 21B. In the case of FIG. 4, it is assumed that the elevator 21 </ b> A is stopped due to failure or inspection, and the elevator 21 </ b> B is in operation. FIG. 4 illustrates a maintenance staff terminal 24 held by the maintenance staff 1 who performs maintenance work on the elevator 21 and a user terminal 25 held by a general user 2 who uses the elevator 21.

  Each of the elevators 21A and 21B is equipped with a camera 214 (individually, cameras 214A and 214B) that captures the situation inside the elevator. Images captured by the cameras 214 are transmitted to the control boards 22A and 22B. A repeater may be provided between the camera 214 and the control panels 22A and 22B.

  The wireless device 23 has two types of radio wave output: a maintenance worker search range for searching for the presence of the maintenance worker 1 and a user search range for searching for the presence of the user 2. More specifically, for example, the maintenance worker search range is a range up to the elevator landing, the user search range is a range up to the entrance of the building, and the radio wave intensity that can be output in each range is set. Moreover, it is good also as a predetermined short distance range and a predetermined long distance range irrespective of the magnitude | size of a building. In any case, the maintenance person search range is set narrower than the user search range.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration example of the elevator system illustrated in FIG. 4. The functional configuration of the elevator system 20 will be described with reference to FIG. Of the components illustrated in FIG. 5, those that are common to the functional configuration of the elevator system 10 according to the first embodiment illustrated in FIG. 2 indicate the corresponding relationship, and a detailed description thereof is omitted. .

  The elevator 21A includes an elevator communication unit 211A, a floor measurement unit 212A, a maintenance setting unit 213A, and a camera 214A. Among these, the elevator communication unit 211A and the floor measurement unit 212A correspond to the elevator communication unit 111 and the floor measurement unit 112 in the first embodiment.

  Maintenance setting unit 213A performs control to switch the operation mode (for example, normal mode / maintenance mode) in elevator 21A. The maintenance mode is an operation mode set at the time of maintenance work. For example, when the elevator 21A is stopped between floors or the power is shut down for maintenance work, an unnecessary abnormality signal is communicated to the control panel 22A. Do not. Although the above actions (stopping between floors, powering off, etc.) correspond to abnormal states in normal mode, they are general work contents in maintenance work, so by preventing maintenance personnel from communicating abnormal signals, Annoyance can be reduced. As another operation in the maintenance mode, for example, when a monitoring device is provided in the control panel 22A corresponding to the elevator 21A and an abnormal state is detected in the elevator 21A, a monitoring center located remotely from the monitoring device It is also possible to prevent the abnormal state from being communicated toward the terminal.

  The camera 214A takes a picture of the situation inside the elevator 21A as described above. An image captured by the camera 214A is transmitted to the control panel 22A via the elevator communication unit 211A.

  The elevator 21B includes an elevator communication unit 211B, a floor measurement unit 212B, a maintenance setting unit 213B, and a camera 214B. Since the elevator 21B can have the same configuration as the elevator 21A, description of each configuration is omitted.

  The control panel 22A is a control panel provided to control the elevator 21A, and includes a control panel communication unit 221A, a control unit 222A, an elevator state storage unit 223A, a maintenance staff information storage unit 224A, a notification control unit 225A, and others. A machine elevator state storage unit 226A is provided. Among these, each part other than other machine elevator state memory | storage part 226A respond | corresponds to each part of the same name of the control panel 12 in 1st Embodiment.

  In the control panel 22A, the other machine elevator state storage unit 226A has the operating state (for example, normal) of the elevators 21B other than the elevator 21A controlled by its own control panel 22A among the plurality of elevators 21 installed in the same building. / Pause state, current stop position, etc.) The other machine elevator state storage unit 226A may also store the operating state of the elevator 21A controlled by its own control panel 22A, but in this case, it can be integrated with the elevator state storage unit 223A.

  The control panel 22B is a control panel provided for controlling the elevator 21B, and includes a control panel communication unit 221B, a control unit 222B, an elevator state storage unit 223B, a maintenance staff information storage unit 224B, a notification control unit 225B, and others. A unit elevator state storage unit 226B is provided. Since the control panel 22B can have the same configuration as the control panel 22A, description of each configuration is omitted, but communication between the control panel 22A and the control panel 22B is possible via the control panel communication units 221A and 221B. Connected to.

  The wireless device 23 includes a wireless device communication unit 231, a beacon transmission unit 232, a terminal determination unit 233, a notification terminal storage unit 234, and a radio wave intensity control unit 235. Among these, the radio communication unit 231, the beacon transmission unit 232, and the terminal determination unit 233 respectively correspond to the radio communication unit 131, the beacon transmission unit 132, and the terminal determination unit 133 in the first embodiment. .

  In the wireless device 23, the notification terminal storage unit 234 stores the ID of the notified terminal (notified terminal ID) in order to prevent repeated transmission of information to the terminal that has once notified the information related to the stopped elevator 21. To do. In addition, the radio wave intensity control unit 235 performs control for outputting radio waves with two types of radio wave intensity, that is, a maintenance staff search range and a user search range.

  The maintenance staff terminal 24 includes a terminal communication unit 241, a beacon detection unit 242, a beacon response unit 243, and a display unit 244. Each part of the maintenance staff terminal 24 corresponds to each part of the same name of the maintenance staff terminal 14 in the first embodiment.

  The user terminal 25 includes a terminal communication unit 251, a beacon detection unit 252, a beacon response unit 253, and a display unit 254. Each part of the user terminal 25 corresponds to each part of the same name of the user terminal 15 in the first embodiment.

  In the elevator system 20 configured as described above, the control panels 22A and 22B and the wireless device 23 correspond to the elevator notification control system according to the present invention. Details of the notification control process executed by the elevator notification control system will be described in the next section.

(2-2) Notification Control Processing FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing procedure of notification control processing according to the second embodiment. Below, taking as an example the situation (see FIG. 4) that the elevator 21A is stopped for inspection and the elevator 21B is in normal operation, the elevator system 20 according to the present embodiment (strictly, elevator notification control). The notification control processing by the system will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

  First, the processes of steps S201 to S203 are the same as the processes of steps S101 to S103 of the notification control process (FIG. 3) in the first embodiment.

  In step S204, the elevator state control unit 223A of the control panel 22A stores the information notified from the elevator 21A in steps S202 and S203, thereby storing the stop state and stop position of the elevator 21A. Furthermore, the control panel 22A communicates the stop state and stop position of the elevator 21A to the control panel 22B. Based on the communication, the other machine elevator state storage unit 226B causes the elevator 21A to stop and stop. Remember the position.

  Next, the control unit 222A of the control panel 22A instructs the wireless device 23 to detect surrounding terminals via the control panel communication unit 221A. In the wireless device 23 that has received the instruction, the beacon transmission unit 232 transmits a beacon via the wireless device communication unit 231 (step S205). At this time, the wireless device 23 transmits a beacon with the radio field intensity within the maintenance staff search range and the user search range set in advance by the radio field intensity control unit 235.

  Next, in steps S206 to S208, as in steps S106 to S108 of FIG. 3, the terminal (maintenance staff terminal 24 or user terminal 25) receives the beacon, responds to the beacon, and receives terminal information (ID) of the terminal itself. To the wireless device 23. When the wireless device 23 receives the terminal information, the wireless device 23 communicates to that effect to the control panels 22A and 22B.

  In step S209, for example, the notification control unit 225A compares the terminal information (ID) detected in step S208 with the notified terminal ID stored in the notification terminal storage unit 234, and the terminal that detected the beacon response It is determined whether the terminal is an unreported terminal. If the ID detected in step S208 does not match the notified terminal ID, it is determined that the terminal has not been notified (YES in step S209), and the process proceeds to step S210. If the ID detected in step S208 matches the notified terminal ID, it is determined that the terminal has been notified (NO in step S209), and the process proceeds to step S218 described later.

  In step S210, a process of notifying the terminal from which the beacon response is detected is started. Specifically, similarly to the notification control process in the first embodiment (see step S109 in FIG. 3), the terminal determination unit 233 of the wireless device 23 determines “the terminal owner” based on the terminal information (ID). Make a decision.

  If it is determined in step S210 “terminal owner determination” that the owner of the terminal is a maintenance person, as in the notification control processing in the first embodiment (see step S110 in FIG. 3), wireless communication is performed. The machine 23 notifies the control panels 22A and 22B that the terminal that has made a beacon response is the maintenance staff terminal 24. Then, for example, the control panel 22A transmits the stop position of the elevator 21A to the maintenance staff terminal 24 as notification information for the maintenance staff terminal 24 (step S211). The maintenance staff terminal 24 displays the current stop position of the elevator 21A on the display unit 244 based on the received notification information.

  Here, in the notification control process of this description, in addition to the process of step S211, the notification control unit 225A of the control panel 22A instructs the maintenance setting unit 213A of the elevator 21A to switch to the maintenance mode (step S212). ).

  Furthermore, the notification control unit 225 </ b> A transmits an image in the elevator 21 </ b> A captured by the camera 214 </ b> A to the maintenance worker terminal 24 via the wireless device 23 as notification information for the maintenance worker terminal 24. And the maintenance worker terminal 24 displays the captured image in the elevator 21A on the display unit 244 based on the received notification information (step S213).

  On the other hand, if it is determined in the “terminal owner determination” in step S210 that the terminal owner is not a maintenance worker (that is, a user), as in the notification control processing in the first embodiment ( The wireless device 23 notifies the control panels 22A and 22B that the terminal that has made a beacon response is not the maintenance staff terminal 24 (that is, the user terminal 25). Then, for example, the control panel 22A transmits to the user terminal 25 that the elevator 21A is stopped as notification information for the user terminal 25 (step S214). The user terminal 25 displays on the display unit 254 that the elevator 21A is stopped based on the received notification information.

  Further, in the notification control process of this description, in addition to the process of step S214, the notification control unit 225A of the control panel 22A determines the presence or absence of an elevator that is normally operating in the same building (step S215). More specifically, the notification control unit 225A can determine the presence or absence of a normally operating elevator 21B by reading the information stored in the other machine elevator state storage unit 226A.

  When it is determined in step S215 that there is an elevator 21B that is operating normally in the same building (YES in step S215), the notification control unit 225A uses the elevator 21B that is operating normally. The notification information to the effect is transmitted to the user terminal 25 (step S216). Then, by displaying the notification information received by the user terminal 25 on the display unit 254, the content of guidance to the elevator 21B operating normally is notified to the user 2 as an alternative to the stopped elevator 21A.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S215 that there is no elevator 21B operating normally in the same building (NO in step S215), the process in step S217 is performed. This is determined when there is only one elevator 21 in the same building or when all of the plurality of elevators 21 are stopped.

  In step S217, the notification control unit 225A transmits notification information to the effect that the staircase is used to the user terminal 25 because there is no alternative elevator 21 available in the same building. When the user terminal 25 displays this notification information on the display unit 254, the user 2 is notified of the contents of guidance to the stairs as an alternative to the stopped elevator 21A.

  Through the processes up to step S213, S216, or S217 described above, notification information regarding the stopped elevator 21A is notified to the terminal whose beacon response is detected in step S208. After these processes are performed, the process of step S218 is performed.

  In step S218, the notification control unit 225A stores the terminal information (ID) of the terminal that has performed the notification in the notification terminal storage unit 234 of the wireless device 23 as post-processing for notification to the terminal, so that the notification terminal storage unit The notified terminal ID stored in 234 is updated.

  Next, in step S219, it is confirmed whether or not the restoration of the elevator 21A that has been stopped has been completed. The process of step S219 is the same process as step S112 in the first embodiment. Specifically, for example, the notification control unit 225A can determine the recovery state of the elevator 21A by reading the elevator state storage unit 223A. If the recovery is not completed in step S219 (NO in step S219), the processes in and after step S205 are repeated until the recovery is completed.

  If the completion of restoration of the elevator 21A is confirmed in step S219 (YES in step S219), the terminal information (notified terminal ID) stored in the notification terminal storage unit 234 is cleared (step S220), and notification control is performed. End the process. By performing the process of step S220, the elevator system 20 can notify the surrounding terminals again without omission when the next stop of the elevator 21 occurs.

  As described above, according to the notification control process according to the second embodiment, when the elevator 21A is stopped, the maintenance staff 1 can be notified of the stop position of the elevator 21A and the captured image in the elevator 21A by the camera 214A. . Also, switching to the maintenance mode can be controlled and notified. By providing the notification information, the maintenance staff 1 can obtain more useful information than the notification control process according to the first embodiment, and the maintainability can be further improved. Specifically, for example, the automatic switching to the maintenance mode that is required at the time of recovery work contributes to improving work efficiency and smoothing the recovery work. In addition, the fact that the situation in the car can be grasped by the camera image enables confirmation of confinement by visual observation, so that maintainability can be greatly improved.

  Further, according to the notification control process according to the second embodiment, when the elevator 21A is stopped, the user 2 informs the user that the elevator 21A is stopped or other moving means in the building. Guidance and the like can be notified. By providing the notification information, the user 2 can obtain more useful information than the notification control process according to the first embodiment, and the convenience can be further improved.

  As described above, the notification control process according to the second embodiment can distinguish between the maintenance staff 1 and the user 2 and notify appropriate information to each of them, as in the first embodiment.

  Furthermore, according to the notification control processing according to the second embodiment, the radio wave intensity control unit 235 causes the search range of the maintenance worker 1 (maintenance worker search range) and the search range of the user 2 (users) to be different in different radio field strengths. By controlling the search range, it is possible to change the search distance according to the purpose, and to realize notification control in which the characteristic difference between the maintenance staff 1 and the user 2 is identified.

  Specifically, first, by controlling the user search range to be wider than the maintenance worker search range, the user 2 at a location relatively distant from the elevator 21 (in the case of FIG. 4, for example, near the entrance of a building). (User terminal 25) can be detected. As a result, since it is possible to notify the user 2 that the elevator 21 </ b> A is stopped at an early stage from a remote location, convenience can be improved so that the user 2 cannot be wasted. In addition, the user 2 can efficiently move to the guidance destination by notifying the alternative guidance content at an early stage.

  On the other hand, the maintenance personnel search range is narrower than the user search range and is controlled in the vicinity of the stopped elevator 21A, so that the maintenance personnel 1 can be searched within an appropriate search range. When the elevator 21A stops, the maintenance staff 1 must always approach the vicinity of the elevator 21A for restoration work. In other words, since it is not necessary to provide the maintenance information to the maintenance staff 1 from an excessively remote location, the maintenance staff 1 (maintenance staff terminal 24) is detected within a relatively narrow search range. By incorporating control for transmitting radio waves in the maintenance staff search range in the notification control process in this manner, it is possible to suppress the transmission of radio waves in the user search range, so that it is possible to save power energy.

  Furthermore, according to the notification control process according to the second embodiment, the same notification information is notified to the already notified terminal many times by performing the process of determining the notified terminal (step S209). You can avoid that. As a result, it is possible not only to save unnecessary energy, but also to prevent an increase in stress and complaints of the user 2 due to multiple notifications.

(3) Other Embodiments So far, the first embodiment and the second embodiment of the present invention have been described, but the present invention is not limited to these embodiments. Hereinafter, some examples of other embodiments of the present invention will be described.

(3-1) First Example As another embodiment, for example, it is conceivable to add a monitoring function for monitoring the state of the elevator to the elevator system according to the first or second embodiment described above.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the elevator system according to the present invention. The elevator system 30 illustrated in FIG. 7 is a modification of the elevator system 20 illustrated in the second embodiment, and includes monitoring devices 326A and 326B that monitor the states of the elevators 31A and 31B, and the elevators 31A and 31A. A monitoring center 36 for managing the monitoring information of 31B is added. Hereinafter, the elevator system 30 in FIG. 7 will be described in detail while comparing with the elevator system 20.

  First, as a common configuration with the elevator system 20, an elevator system 30 in FIG. 7 includes two elevators 31 (individually, elevators 31A and 31B) installed in a building, and a control panel 32A corresponding to each elevator. , 32B and a radio 33. In FIG. 7, the elevators 31A and 31B, the wireless device 33, the maintenance worker terminal 34, and the user terminal 35 are respectively the elevators 21A and 21B, the wireless device 23, the maintenance worker terminal 24, and the user terminal 25 shown in FIG. However, for the sake of simplicity, these are not shown.

  Next, as a configuration different from the elevator system 20, a detailed configuration of the control panel 32A is given. Specifically, the control panel 32A includes a control unit 322A and a notification control unit 325A as well as the control panel 22A of FIG. 5, but newly includes a monitoring device 326A that monitors the state of the elevator 31A. On the other hand, a configuration corresponding to various information storage units (elevator state storage unit, maintenance staff information storage unit, and other unit elevator state storage unit) is not provided. However, in the elevator system 30, the monitoring center 36 installed outside has a system configuration (elevator state storage unit 363, maintenance staff information storage unit 362, and other unit elevator state storage unit 364) as an alternative to these information storage units. ). Since the configuration of the control panel 32B is the same as that of the control panel 32A, repeated description is omitted.

  In addition, a monitoring center 36 connected to the monitoring devices 326A and 326B via the monitoring line 37 is added to the elevator system 30 of FIG. The monitoring center 36 includes a monitoring center communication unit 361 that performs communication with the outside, and further stores information on maintenance personnel (for example, maintenance personnel ID) as an alternative to the configuration excluded from the control panels 32A and 32B. A maintenance staff information storage unit 362, an elevator state storage unit 363 that stores the operating states of the elevators 31A and 31B, and another machine elevator state storage unit 364 are provided.

  Such an elevator system 30 can be configured such that when the monitoring devices 326A, 326B detect an abnormal state (such as a stop state) of the elevators 31A, 31B, a notification is sent to the monitoring center 36 via the monitoring line 37. The maintainability of the elevator system 30 can be further improved.

  In addition, when comprised like said elevator system 30, the function per unit of monitoring apparatus 326A, 326B can also be increased, but in that case, it should implement in consideration of a cost side and an installation environment. preferable.

  In the configuration of the elevator system 30, maintenance staff information, elevator status information, and the like are read from the monitoring center 36 via the monitoring line 37, so that a predetermined process (for example, step of FIG. 6) of the notification control process is performed. It is preferable to implement in consideration of the possibility that the execution time may increase in “determination of terminal owner” in S210).

(3-2) Second Example Further, as another example of the other embodiment, a part of the processing flow of the notification control processing illustrated in FIGS. 3 and 6 is replaced with or added to other processing procedures. Etc. may be used.

  For example, in the notification control process shown in FIG. 3, in step S112, the completion of restoration of the elevator that has been stopped is confirmed, and if the restoration has not been completed, the process returns to step S105, and immediately the next beacon. The processing flow is such that outgoing calls are made (the same applies to FIG. 6). However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the system may wait until a predetermined time elapses and then perform the next beacon transmission so as not to repeat the beacon transmission excessively.

  Further, for example, in steps S219 to S220 in FIG. 6, the process of clearing the terminal information (notified terminal ID) in the notification terminal storage unit 234 when the restoration completion of the elevator 21A is confirmed is shown. You may make it alert | report to a terminal (for example, user terminal 25) that recovery was carried out. Specifically, for example, when the notification control unit 225 </ b> A detects the recovery of the elevator 21 </ b> A, a notification of cancellation is transmitted from the wireless device 23. At this time, since the user terminal 25 in the user search range can receive the release notification by broadcasting the release notification with the radio wave intensity within the user search range, the user knows the restoration of the elevator 21A in real time. Can improve convenience.

(3-3) Third Example In the above-described first embodiment, the notification information transmitted from the control panel 12 (notification control unit 125) is transmitted to the terminal side (maintenance personnel terminal 14 or user terminal 15). However, these display units are not limited to a specific method (the same applies to the second embodiment).

  Specifically, for example, a display screen of dedicated application software may be used, or a Bluetooth radio wave search screen may be used, for example. As a specific use example of the radio wave search screen, changing the beacon name to the notification content such as “Stopped”, etc., and sending it, the above notification content is displayed in the display column of the device name that received the beacon. Can be considered. If it does in this way, the state of an elevator can be reported using the basic function of beacon communication, without installing exclusive application software on the terminal side.

(3-4) Fourth Example In the above-described second embodiment, as a service for the maintenance staff terminal 24 by the notification control process when the elevator 21A stops, the stop position of the elevator 21A and the notification of the captured image Switching to the maintenance mode is provided (see FIG. 6). However, the service that can be provided to the maintenance staff terminal 24 according to the present invention is information that is useful for the smooth recovery work of the maintenance staff 1 as described above. It is not limited to the form (the same applies to the first embodiment).

  Specifically, physical information related to the elevator 21A may be notified, for example, by detecting the load of the stopped elevator 21 and informing it, or unique information (manufacturing number, model name, model) of the elevator 21. Etc.) may be notified. In addition, in order to detect the loading load of the elevator 21, it is good to install the scale apparatus etc. which are generally used for an elevator system. Since various information useful for the recovery work can be notified to the maintenance staff 1 by enabling notification of various information in this manner, the maintainability of the elevator can be further improved.

(3-5) Fifth Example Further, in the present invention, the installation location and the number of installed radio units and control panels that are components of the elevator system (or elevator notification control device) are not particularly limited. . Specifically, in FIG. 1, one control panel 12 and one radio 13 are arranged on the first floor, and in FIG. 4, two control boards 22A and 22B and one radio 23 are arranged on the first floor. Although it arrange | positioned, it is not limited to such a combination, For example, you may make it arrange | position a radio | wireless machine on each floor. For example, when the number of wireless devices is increased, the searchable / notifiable range can be expanded. In addition, when a terminal exists in the range which can communicate from several radio | wireless machines, you may estimate the position of an object terminal based on the strength of the electromagnetic wave in each radio | wireless machine.

  As mentioned above, although various embodiment was disclosed, the elevator system which concerns on this invention is not limited to having all the function structure disclosed above. That is, it is possible to replace a certain configuration part with another configuration or add another configuration to a certain configuration part.

  Moreover, FIGS. 1-7 is a figure for demonstrating one embodiment of this invention clearly, This invention is not necessarily limited to the structure shown in these, a process, a form, etc. . For example, as for the number of elevators set in the building, FIG. 1 shows one system, and FIGS. 4 and 7 show two systems. Of course, even when three or more elevators are installed, The present invention is applicable.

1 Maintenance personnel 2 User 10, 20, 30 Elevator system 11, 21 (21A, 21B), 31 (31A, 31B) Elevator 12, 22A, 22B, 32A, 32B Control panel 13, 23, 33 Radio 14, 24 , 34 Maintenance personnel terminal 15, 25, 35 User terminal 36 Monitoring center 37 Monitoring line 111, 211A, 211B Elevator communication unit 112, 212A, 212B Floor measurement unit 121, 221A, 221B, 321A, 321B Control panel communication unit 122 , 222A, 222B, 322A, 322B Control unit 123, 223A, 223B, 363 Elevator state storage unit 124, 224A, 224B, 362 Maintenance worker information storage unit 125, 225A, 225B, 325A, 325B Notification control unit 131, 231 Radio Communication unit 13 , 232 Beacon transmission unit 133,233 Terminal determination unit 141, 151, 241, 251 Terminal communication unit 142, 152, 242, 252 Beacon detection unit 143, 153, 243, 253 Beacon response unit 144, 154, 244, 254 Display unit 213A, 213B Maintenance setting unit 214 (214A, 214B) Camera 226A, 226B, 364 Other unit elevator state storage unit 234 Notification terminal storage unit 235 Radio wave intensity control unit 326A, 326B Monitoring device

Claims (10)

When a predetermined state occurs in the elevator, an elevator state storage unit that stores predetermined information about the elevator as notification information;
A radio communication unit that searches for terminals located around the elevator;
A terminal determination unit that determines an attribute of the terminal searched by the wireless communication unit;
Information control for informing the terminal searched by the radio communication unit of the notification information stored in the elevator state storage unit by controlling the notification content according to the attribute determined by the terminal determination unit And
An elevator notification control system comprising: The notification information includes first notification information configured with information on predetermined items useful for maintenance personnel, and second notification information configured with information on predetermined items useful for users,
The notification control unit notifies the terminal of the first notification information when the terminal determination unit determines that the attribute of the terminal is for maintenance personnel with respect to the terminal searched by the radio communication unit. The elevator notification control system according to claim 1. The notification control unit, when the terminal determination unit does not determine the attribute of the terminal for maintenance personnel with respect to the terminal searched by the radio communication unit, the second notification information to the terminal The elevator notification control system according to claim 2, wherein notification is performed. The wireless communication unit transmits a beacon to the vicinity of the elevator and searches for a terminal existing around the elevator based on a beacon response from a terminal that has received the beacon. The elevator alert control system according to 1. An elevator notification control system for controlling notification related to a plurality of elevators,
When a predetermined state occurs in the first elevator, further comprising another machine state storage unit that stores predetermined information related to an elevator other than the first elevator among the plurality of elevators,
The notification control unit is stored in the other machine state storage unit when the terminal determination unit does not determine that the attribute of the terminal is for maintenance personnel with respect to the terminal searched by the radio communication unit 2. The elevator notification control system according to claim 1, wherein, based on the information, the terminal is notified that the predetermined state has not been generated and is guided to the other elevator. A camera for imaging the interior of the elevator;
The elevator notification control system according to claim 2, wherein the first notification information includes an image captured by the camera. When the terminal determination unit determines that the attribute of the terminal is for maintenance personnel for the terminal searched by the wireless communication unit,
The notification control unit notifies the terminal of the first notification information, and switches the operation mode of the elevator in which the predetermined state has occurred to a predetermined operation mode set during maintenance work. Item 3. The elevator notification control system according to Item 2. In the search for terminals existing around the elevator, the radio communication unit transmits the beacon with a stronger radio wave output when searching for a terminal for a user than when searching for a terminal for maintenance personnel. The elevator notification control system according to claim 4. A monitoring device for monitoring the state of the elevator;
In a place remote from the elevator, a monitoring center that is communicably connected to the monitoring device and manages monitoring information of the elevator,
Further comprising
The elevator notification control system according to claim 1, wherein the elevator state storage unit is provided inside the monitoring center. When a predetermined state occurs in the elevator, an elevator state storage step for storing predetermined information about the elevator as notification information;
A terminal search step of searching for terminals existing around the elevator by wireless communication;
A terminal determination step of determining an attribute of the terminal searched in the terminal search step;
Notification control step of notifying the notification information stored in the elevator state storage step by controlling the notification content according to the attribute determined in the terminal determination step to the terminal searched in the terminal search step. When,
An elevator notification control method comprising:

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