JP2019202879A - Hall lantern for elevator and its lighting method - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a hall lantern for an elevator capable of various representations such as a traveling direction by means of one light source and is also satisfactory in visibility despite a thin shape.SOLUTION: A hall lantern for an elevator, according to an embodiment, has a film-shaped light-emitting body 15 capable of emitting light from the entire fixed planar region, in its inside. The light-emitting body 15 has a plurality of light-emitting surfaces 15a, 15b, 15c capable of emitting light in a fixed light-emitting pattern or a plurality of light-emitting surfaces 21, 22 in a shape representing a traveling direction of a car.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  Embodiments described herein relate generally to a hall lantern installed at an elevator hall and a lighting method thereof.

A hall lantern is installed at the elevator hall. The user at the landing can know that the car will soon arrive by lighting the hall lantern.
Many of these types of hall lanterns use LEDs as light sources. In addition, as a light source, there is a light source using a light emitting body made of an organic electroluminescence element (for example, Patent Document 1).

  The surface of the hole lantern is a light emitting surface using an illuminator, and the light emitted from the light source is uniformly diffused on the light emitting surface. This is because it is necessary for the users at the hall to see the lit state from anywhere.

  Hall lanterns are required to express not only the arrival of the car, but also the direction of travel, whether it is going upstairs or downstairs.

  A hall lantern with only one light source cannot express the traveling direction of the elevator. Conventionally, two lanterns with a single light source are installed side by side in pairs, and the progress method is expressed by lighting one of the lanterns. Instead of using two lanterns, two light sources are provided in one lantern, and the traveling method may be expressed by lighting one of the light sources.

Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2015-9906

  In the conventional hall lantern, there is a great restriction when expressing the traveling direction. In particular, in the case of expressing with one lantern, it is necessary to provide a space for accommodating two light sources and shield the light so as not to leak light. However, the lantern body becomes thick and has a complex internal structure.

In addition, the conventional hole lantern has a thick shape because a distance from the light source is ensured in order to uniformly brighten the light emitting surface.
From the viewpoint of design, a small and thin hall lantern is also required. However, if the thickness is reduced, the distance from the light source cannot be ensured, and the elevator user cannot clearly see from a wide angle, and the visibility of the hall lantern is impaired.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems of the prior art, and can express various directions such as the traveling direction with a single light source. Moreover, the hall of an elevator that is thin but has good visibility. The purpose is to provide lanterns.

  In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, an elevator hall lantern according to an embodiment of the present invention is installed in an elevator hall and notifies the user of the arrival of a car. A film-shaped illuminant capable of emitting light is provided inside the hole lantern, and the illuminant has a plurality of light-emitting surfaces capable of emitting light in a predetermined light-emitting pattern or a plurality of light-emitting surfaces having a shape representing the traveling direction of the cage. It is characterized by.

  In addition, the elevator hall lantern lighting method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of light sources capable of emitting light over an entire fixed plane area in an elevator hall lantern installed at an elevator hall and informing the user of the arrival of a car. Using a film-shaped illuminant having a light-emitting surface as a light source of the hall lantern, lighting or blinking the light-emitting surface, depending on a light-emitting pattern composed of a combination of a plurality of light-emitting surfaces or a graphic shape of a single light-emitting surface, The traveling direction of the car is expressed.

It is a figure which shows typically the hall of the elevator in which the hall lantern by embodiment of this invention was installed. It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of the hole lantern by 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is an exploded view which shows the main components of the hall lantern by 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart of control which lights a hall lantern. It is a flowchart which shows the lighting operation of a hall lantern. It is a figure which shows the lighting pattern of the hall lantern by 1st Embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of the hall lantern by the modification of 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of the hole lantern by 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the lighting operation of the hall lantern by 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the lighting pattern of the hall lantern by 2nd Embodiment.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of an elevator hall lantern and a display method thereof according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing an elevator hall in which the hall lantern according to the present embodiment is installed. In this building, three elevators, Unit 1, Unit 2, and Unit 3, are installed, and the operation of each unit is controlled in groups. On the floor of each floor, if it is the first floor, hold doors 1a, 1b, 1c are provided at the entrance of each unit. Similarly, hold doors 2a to 2c, hold doors 3a to 3c, and hold doors 4a to 4c are provided at the second, third, and fourth floor landings.

In the hall on the first floor, a hall lantern 10 is provided on each of the hold doors 1a, 1b, 1c. The hall lanterns 10 are arranged on the hold doors 2a to 2c, 3a to 3c, and 4a to 4c in the second, third, and fourth floors, respectively. Reference numeral 12 indicates a hall call button.
In this way, the hall lantern 10 is installed at the entrance of each elevator at the elevator floor where the elevator is stopped, and the elevator arriving at the hall is displayed by lighting the hall lantern 10. It is to inform you.

Next, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the hall lantern 10, and FIG. 3 is an exploded view showing main components of the hall lantern 10.
The hall lantern 10 according to the present embodiment includes a main body 12, an illumination cover 14 that covers the front surface of the lantern, and a thin plate-like or film-like light emitter 15 that is a light source. In this embodiment, the light emitter 15 uses an organic electroluminescence element using a plastic film as a substrate.

In the light emitting body 15, a plurality of light emitting surfaces 15a, 15b, 15c are divided into upper and lower three levels as a specific example, and these light emitting surfaces 15a, 15b, 15c can light each whole region independently. It is.
In this embodiment, the traveling direction of the car arriving at the landing can be expressed by the lighting pattern of the light emitter 15. In the case of a rising car, the light emitting surfaces 15a, 15b, and 15c are lit in red from the bottom. Since the light emitting surface seems to move from the bottom to the top, it is possible to express the rise of the car. In the case of the lowering car, the light emitting surfaces 15c, 15b, and 15a are lit in blue from the top. The movement of the descending car can be expressed by the movement of the light emitting surface that descends from the top to the bottom. When the car reaches the landing and stops, all of the light emitting surfaces 15c, 15b, and 15a blink simultaneously, regardless of whether the car has been raised or lowered. In that case, you may blink, changing the brightness | luminance of a light emission surface between 100%-0%.

The left and right side portions of the light emitter 15 are curved toward the front, and are attached to a base 16 having a curved surface. Further, an illumination cover 14 having a similarly curved shape is attached to the light emitter 15 so as to overlap. The illumination cover 14 is a cover made of translucent plastic. The interior of the main body 12 is used as a space for accommodating wiring and connectors (not shown).

Next, the lighting operation of the hall lantern 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5 in relation to the actual operation of the elevator.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of an elevator control device (not shown) when a hall call is registered.
First, when the hall call button 12 is pressed at any stop floor hall, hall call registration is performed (step S10). The control device selects a car of an appropriate car at a position close to the floor where the hall call was made, and moves it to the call floor (step S11). Thereafter, a lantern operation process as shown in FIG. 5 is performed.

  In this embodiment, the time until the car reaches the destination floor is counted by the control device, and it is determined whether or not the arrival is near (step S12). For example, if it is 5 seconds before arrival (yes in step S12), it is determined whether or not the traveling direction of the car is to the upper floor (step S13). If the car going to the landing is going to the upper floor (yes in step S13), as shown in FIG. 6A, the hall lantern 10 at the entrance where the car arrives is turned on. In this case, the light emitting surfaces 15a, 15b, 15c of the hall lantern 10 are lit in red sequentially from the bottom (step S15). The lighting of the hall lantern 10 is continued until the car arrives at the destination floor.

On the other hand, if the car is going to the lower floor in step S13, the process proceeds from step S14 to step S16, and as shown in FIG. 15c, 15b and 15a are lit blue in order from the top.
When the car stops on the arrival floor, all the light emitting surfaces 15a, 15b, 15c of the lantern 10 are blinked at the same time, and the blinking is performed while changing the luminance between 100% and 5% (step S17). ).

  Thus, when the car arrives at the destination floor (yes in step S18), the car door and the hold door are opened (step S19), and the car door and the hold door are closed after the user gets on and off (step S20). Thereafter, the hall lantern 10 is turned off (step S21).

  According to the first embodiment as described above, a plurality of light emitting surfaces 15a to 15c that independently emit light are provided on one light emitter 15, and these light emitting surfaces 15a to 15c are sequentially turned on and blinked simultaneously. This makes it possible to notify the user not only of the arrival of the car but also the traveling direction of the car, although it is a single light source.

  The light emitter 15 uses an organic electroluminescence element that emits light from the entire film-like light emitter, so there is no need to diffuse light from the light source, and the light emitter 15 is disposed without leaving a gap behind the illumination cover 14. Thus, the structure of the hall lantern 10 can be made thin.

  In addition, the light emitter 15 made of an organic electroluminescence element can be easily formed into a curved shape, and has a curved light emitting surface that uniformly emits light as a whole of the light emitter, so that the user can be anywhere on the landing. The lighting and blinking of the hall lantern 10 can be seen from a wide angle.

  FIG. 7 is a view showing a modified example of the hall lantern 10. In this modification, light emitting surfaces 15a and 15b are formed in two upper and lower stages. The rising car movement can be expressed by lighting the upper light emitting surface 15b, and the falling car movement can be expressed by the lower light emitting surface 15a. When landing, the light emitting surfaces 15a and 15b may be blinked simultaneously.

(Second Embodiment)
Next, a hall lantern according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 8 is an exploded view of the hole lantern according to the second embodiment.

  In the first embodiment, as the light source, one organic electroluminescence element in which the light emitting surfaces 15a, 15b, and 15c are divided into a plurality of upper and lower stages is used, whereas the hole hole lantern according to the second embodiment is used. In FIG. 10, a plurality of film-like light emitters 20, 21, and 22 are used as the light source. Of the components of the hole lantern 10, the main body 12 and the illumination cover 14 that covers the front surface of the hole lantern are the same as in the first embodiment.

For each of the light emitters 20, 21, and 22, an organic electroluminescence element using a plastic film as a substrate is used. These light emitters 20, 21, and 22 can be turned on independently independently, or in combination, the entire surface can be turned on uniformly.
In this embodiment, information to inform the user is expressed by a lighting pattern based on the shape of the light emitters 20, 21, and 22. The light emitters 21 and 22 have a planar shape representing an arrow, and the entire arrow shape emits light uniformly to express the traveling direction of the car arriving at the landing. In the case of a rising car, the luminous body 22 is turned on to display an upward arrow. In the case of a lowering car, the light emitter 21 is turned on to display a downward arrow. In this embodiment, both sides of the head of the arrow of the light emitter 21 have curved surfaces 21a and 21b. Similarly, the light emitter 22 also has curved surfaces 22a and 22b.

When the car reaches the arrival floor and stops, the luminous body 20 is blinked. The light emitting body 20 has a shape in which the left and right side portions of the front face are bent so that the entire body emits light uniformly.

Next, the lighting operation of the hall lantern 10 according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 9 in relation to the operation of the elevator.
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the operation of the elevator control device when a hall call is registered in the second embodiment.

When the hall call button 12 is pressed at any of the halls, the control device selects an appropriate car near the floor where the hall call was made, moves it to the hall, and starts the lantern operation process as follows: Is done.
The time until the car reaches the destination floor is counted by the control device, and it is determined whether or not the arrival is near (step S22). When 5 seconds ago (yes in step S22), it is determined whether or not the traveling direction of the car is to the upper floor (step S23). If the car going to the landing is going to the upper floor (yes in step S23), as shown in FIG. 10A, the hall lantern 10 at the entrance where the car arrives is turned on. In this case, the light emitter 22 is turned on (step S25).

  On the other hand, in step S23, if the car is going to the lower floor, the process proceeds from step S23 to step S24, and as shown in FIG. Lights up. In addition, when stopping at an arrival floor, as shown in FIG.10 (C), the light-emitting body 20 is blinked (step S27).

  Thus, when the car arrives at the destination floor (yes in step S28), the car door and the hold door are opened (step S29), and the car door and the hold door are closed after the user gets on and off (step S30). Thereafter, the hall lantern 10 is turned off (step S31).

  According to the second embodiment as described above, a plurality of light emitters 20, 21, 22 that emit light independently are overlapped, and the arrival of the car is indicated by blinking of these light emitters 20, It is possible to inform the user not only of the arrival of the car but also the direction of movement of the car, even though it is a single hall lantern, such as representing the direction of movement of the 22 car.

  In addition, since the light emitters 20, 21, and 22 use organic electroluminescence elements, there is no need to diffuse the light of the light source, and the hole lanterns are arranged so as not to leave a gap behind the front cover 14. Ten structures can be made thin.

  Further, the light emitters 20, 21, and 22 made of organic electroluminescence elements are easy to cut out in the shape of an arrow or the like, and these light emitters 20, 21, and 22 have a curved light emitting surface, The user can see the lighting and blinking of the hall lantern 10 from a wide angle regardless of where they are on the platform.

  The light emitter 20 uses an organic electroluminescence element that also has the function of a display unit that can display characters, etc., when the car arrives, only the front lighting is done, and when the car is full It is also possible to display the word “full”.

  As mentioned above, although the hall | hole lantern of the elevator which concerns on this invention was mentioned and demonstrated with suitable embodiment, these embodiment was mentioned as an illustration and does not intend the restriction | limiting of the scope of the invention. Of course, the novel apparatus, method and system described in the specification can be implemented in various forms, and various omissions, substitutions and changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. is there. The claims and their equivalents are intended to cover the embodiments or improvements thereof within the spirit of the invention.

10 ... Hall lantern, 12 ... Hall call button, 14 ... Illuminating cover, 15 ... Light emitter 15a, 15b, 15c ... Light emitter, 20 ... Light emitter, 21 ... Light emitter, 22 ... Light emitter

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, an elevator hall lantern according to an embodiment of the present invention is installed in an elevator hall and notifies the user of the arrival of a car. A film-shaped illuminant capable of emitting light is provided inside the hole lantern, and the illuminant is composed of one electroluminescent element , and has a plurality of light emitting surfaces capable of independently emitting light in a constant light emission pattern. Features.

Claims (8)

At the elevator hall lantern, which is installed at the elevator hall and informs the user of the arrival of the car,
A film-shaped illuminant capable of emitting light over the entire fixed plane area is provided inside the hole lantern,
The hall lantern for an elevator according to claim 1, wherein the light emitter has a plurality of light emitting surfaces capable of emitting light in a predetermined light emission pattern or a plurality of light emitting surfaces having a shape representing a traveling direction of a car.   2. The hall lantern of an elevator according to claim 1, wherein the light emitter is composed of one electroluminescent element, and the light emitter has a plurality of light emitting surfaces capable of independently emitting light.   The light emitters are arranged such that at least three or more of the light emitting surfaces are arranged in the vertical direction, and each light emitting surface to be lit is moved to express the traveling direction of the car, and all the light emitting surfaces are turned on or blinked. The elevator hall lantern according to claim 2, wherein arrival hall of the elevator is expressed.   The light emitter has two light emitting surfaces on the upper and lower sides, lights up the light emitting surfaces on one side of the upper and lower sides, expresses the traveling direction of the car, and lights or blinks all the light emitting surfaces to make the car arrive. The hall lantern of an elevator according to claim 2, characterized in that it is expressed.   The light emitters are composed of a set of at least three light emitters arranged so as to overlap each other, and two of the light emitters each have a shape expressing the direction of the car, and one light emitter is The hall lantern of an elevator according to claim 1, wherein arrival of the car is expressed by full lighting.   6. The hall lantern of an elevator according to claim 5, wherein the luminous body expressing arrival of a car has a light emitting surface that uniformly emits light and a display unit that displays characters, symbols, and the like.   6. The hall lantern of an elevator according to claim 2, wherein the light emitter has light emitting surfaces that are curved on both the left and right sides thereof. At the elevator hall lantern, which is installed at the elevator hall and informs the user of the arrival of the car,
Utilizing a film-shaped illuminant having a plurality of light-emitting surfaces capable of emitting light over the entire fixed plane region as the light source of the hole lantern
An elevator hall lantern display method characterized by lighting or blinking the light emitting surface and expressing the traveling direction of the car by a light emission pattern composed of a combination of a plurality of light emitting surfaces or a graphic shape of a single light emitting surface. .

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