JP2022016918A - Elevator control system - Google Patents

Abstract

To make it possible to perform control operation of an elevator appropriately when an emergency state is expected and ensure the safety of a user sufficiently.SOLUTION: An elevator remote monitoring system can perform remote control of the operation of an elevator EL and is provided on a corner of a building. The elevator remote monitoring system includes: a car 1 that is moved up and down between floors; and an elevator control device 10 that receives an emergency alert mail provided from an external organization 21 when an emergency is expected, analyzes a character code of the received emergency alert mail, determines whether or not it is necessary to control the operation of the elevator EL based on the analyzed character code, and performs control operation of the car 1 when it is necessary to control the operation of the elevator EL.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

An embodiment of the present invention relates to an elevator control system capable of remotely controlling the operation of an elevator such as an elevator or an escalator.

The elevator has a function to control the elevator in the area around the building where the elevator is installed, for example, when an emergency (emergency) such as a natural disaster such as an abnormal weather or an earthquake or a wide area disaster is expected. There is something to prepare.

As an example, a system that causes an elevator to perform an inundation response operation when a torrential rain is predicted to occur, and a notification control device that enables an elevator to evacuate from flooding have been proposed.

Japanese Patent No. 6584448 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2018-154438

However, when the above system receives the torrential rain forecast mail from the monitoring center or the weather information service center, it extracts the expected rainfall start time from the mail and adjusts the timing to make the elevator perform the flood response operation. It was something to do.

Further, the above-mentioned notification control device controls the notification related to the submerged evacuation operation based on the amount of rainfall at the location of each elevator within a predetermined range from the elevator for which the submerged evacuation operation is set.

In this way, in the conventional ones that deal with the inundation and flooding of the elevator due to flood damage such as rain, for example, the control operation is started when the inundation or flooding of the elevator is detected. ing. Therefore, it was not sufficient as a safety measure to ensure the safety of users, such as not being able to take prompt action when emergency evacuation of users (passengers) is required.

An object of the present invention is to provide an elevator control system capable of accurately controlling an elevator when an emergency situation is expected and sufficiently ensuring the safety of the user. do.

An embodiment of the present invention is an elevator control system capable of remotely controlling the operation of an elevator, which is provided in a corner of a building and has a boarding unit that moves up and down between floors and an external engine when an emergency is expected. The elevator is based on the communication unit that receives the preliminary information provided by the elevator, the analysis unit that analyzes the content of the preliminary information received by the communication unit, and the content of the preliminary information analyzed by the analysis unit. A determination unit that determines whether or not it is necessary to control the operation of the elevator, and a control unit that controls the boarding unit when it is necessary to control the operation of the elevator according to the determination of the determination unit. It is characterized by being prepared.

A schematic configuration diagram of an elevator remote monitoring system to which an elevator control system according to an embodiment is applied. The figure which shows the control block of a car in the elevator remote monitoring system of one Embodiment. The block diagram of the elevator control device in the elevator remote monitoring system of one embodiment. The block diagram of the monitoring apparatus in the elevator remote monitoring system of one embodiment. The schematic diagram which shows an example of the control processing database in the elevator remote monitoring system of one Embodiment. The schematic diagram which shows an example of the area information database in the elevator remote monitoring system of one Embodiment. (A) and (b) are schematic views showing a configuration example of an emergency breaking news in the elevator remote monitoring system of one embodiment. A flowchart illustrating the operation of the monitoring device at the time of receiving mail in the elevator remote monitoring system of one embodiment. The flowchart which illustrates the operation at the time of the control operation execution of the elevator control device in the elevator remote monitoring system of one Embodiment. A flowchart illustrating the operation of the elevator control device in the elevator remote monitoring system of one embodiment when the control operation is released. The flowchart which illustrates the operation at the time of the control operation of a car in the elevator remote monitoring system of one Embodiment.

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

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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration example of an elevator remote monitoring system (elevator control system) according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the following, one elevator (elevator) EL installed in an n-story building (building) will be described as an example, but it can also be applied when a plurality of elevators are installed. .. Further, the elevator may be installed not only in the building but also on a pedestrian bridge or an outer staircase.

In FIG. 1, the elevator remote monitoring system is connected to the elevator EL, a monitoring center 32 connected to the elevator EL via the public line network (communication line) 31, and the elevator EL via the public line network 31. It is configured to include an external organization 21.

As shown in FIG. 1, for example, the elevator EL includes a car (boarding section) 1, a counterweight 2, a rope 3, a hoist 4, a tail code 6, an elevator control device (control section) 10, and the like. There is.

For example, a car 1 is attached to one end of a rope 3 hung on a hoist 4 arranged in a machine room 9 above the hoistway 7, and a counterweight 2 is attached to the other end of the rope 3. Suspended in a ceremony.

The car 1 is, for example, moved up and down along the hoistway 7 between the landings (halls) 40 on each floor consisting of the basement floor and the ground floor, and the user (passenger) is on the target floor. It transports to a certain destination floor.

The car 1 includes a door opening / closing device (not shown), a car door 5, and an in-car operating device 8 mainly operated by a user. The car 1 is provided with, for example, seismic detectors such as a P-wave detector, a low gull detector, and a high gull detector, and a pit leak sensor that detects inundation or flooding, which are not shown. Further, it may be provided with a load detector for detecting the user's situation (for example, full capacity), a camera for monitoring the inside, and the like.

Each landing 40 is provided with a hall door (not shown), a landing operation device 41, an arrival notification lamp (not shown), and the like.

The landing operation device 41 is operated by the user when using the elevator EL at the landing 40 on each floor, and is provided with, for example, a floor indicator (hall indicator) and a landing call button (not shown). ing.

The elevator control device 10 controls the hoisting machine 4 and the like based on the operation of the in-car operation device 8 and the landing operation device 41 to raise and lower the car 1 in a normal operation (normal operation) mode. It is equipped with a control operation mode that is performed in an emergency such as an emergency. Although the elevator control device 10 is provided here in the machine room 9, it can also be provided in the hoistway 7, for example.

The monitoring center 32 constantly and centrally monitors the operating status (operating status) of the car 1 of the elevator EL provided from the elevator control device 10 via the public line network 31 at a remote location. .. The monitoring center 32 can collectively monitor the occurrence of abnormalities in a plurality of elevator ELs. As a result, the monitoring center 32 enables remote control, for example, in the event of an emergency, such as switching the operation of each car 1 in a plurality of elevator ELs in the target area to control operation.

The external organization 21 is mainly a public organization such as a national government (government or each ministry) or a local government. The external organization 21 has a distribution device 22 that distributes the occurrence of an emergency such as a natural disaster such as an abnormal weather or an earthquake or an emergency such as a wide area disaster as an emergency breaking news mail (breaking news information) for each target area, and the person in charge of the emergency. It is equipped with an input terminal 23 for inputting breaking news mail and the like.

The external organization 21 may include a private service company such as a weather information providing service center that provides weather information, earthquake information, and the like.

Emergency bulletin mail is expected to occur in the target area such as abnormal weather such as torrential rain, thunderstorm, heavy snow, storm (tornado), earthquake, tsunami, flood, flooding, inundation, landslide disaster, or eruption. The purpose is to notify the emergency situation to be made via the public network 31.

That is, the emergency breaking news mail is a mail in which the external organization 21 delivers highly urgent information such as a special warning that is life-threatening to the residents of the target area using the elevator EL of the target area as a terminal. Emergency bulletin mail includes, for example, breaking news, warning, caution information, warning information, danger information, occurrence information, cancellation, evacuation preparation information, recommendations, instructions, J-alert (national instantaneous warning system), and target areas. Any information may be included, and details will be described later.

In the present embodiment, when the breaking news mail is delivered from the external organization 21, the target area of the breaking news mail is the area around the building where the elevator EL is installed, the control of the car 1 is performed. It is configured to be operable. That is, the control operation of the car 1 here means that, for example, when the emergency breaking news mail needs to evacuate the user in the car 1 immediately, the car 1 is set to the reference floor of the building and the nearest. An emergency stop on the floor, evacuation floor, or top floor. The reference floor is the departure floor of the building and is not limited to the first floor. The evacuation floor is a floor that is predetermined as the optimum floor for evacuation. In addition, during control operation, in some cases, the operation of the car 1 may be suspended, breaking news mails and evacuation guidance guidance (for example, display of messages such as "Please evacuate immediately" and voice guidance), Low-speed door opening control that opens the car door 5 at a low speed is performed.

Hereinafter, the configuration of each part will be described more specifically with reference to FIGS. 2 to 9.

FIG. 2 shows the configuration of the control block of the car 1 in the elevator remote monitoring system according to the embodiment.

For example, the in-car operation device 8 of the car 1 includes a control unit 62 that controls a door opening / closing device, an in-car lighting, and the like (not shown), a communication unit 61 connected to the control unit 62, and a display unit (notification). A unit) 63, a speaker (notification unit) 64, and an operation unit 65 are provided.

The communication unit 61 communicates with the communication unit of the elevator control device 10 via the tail code 6.

The display unit 63 is, for example, a liquid crystal display device, which displays the arrival floor (landing floor) of the car 1 and the moving (driving) direction of the car 1, and guides evacuation guidance in case of an emergency. Etc. are displayed.

The speaker 64, for example, provides voice guidance when the car door 5 is opened / closed, the arrival floor, and the like, and guides evacuation guidance by voice in the event of an emergency.

The operation unit 65 is a destination call button, an open / close button for the car door 5, and has a function of lighting when operated, for example (not shown). The operation unit 65 may include a call button for an emergency call or the like.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an elevator control device 10 in an elevator remote monitoring system according to an embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 3, for example, the elevator control device 10 includes a control unit 11, communication units 12 and 13 connected to the control unit 11, and a monitoring device 14 connected to the communication unit 13. ..

The communication unit 12 communicates with the communication unit 61 of the car 1 via the tail code 6.

The communication unit 13 controls communication between the control unit 11 and the monitoring device 14.

The monitoring device 14 is for constantly monitoring the operating status of the car 1, and is connected to the external engine 21 and the monitoring center 32 via the public line network 31. That is, the monitoring device 14 always provides the operating status of the car 1 to the monitoring center 32. Further, it is determined whether or not it is necessary to control the operation of the car 1 by receiving a control signal (for example, a control operation signal) from the monitoring center 32 or an emergency breaking mail from an external organization 21. It is something to do.

In the case of the present embodiment, the elevator control device 10 is composed of a general-purpose computer including, for example, a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like, and controls the entire elevator EL.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a monitoring device 14 in the elevator remote monitoring system according to the present embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 4, the monitoring device 14 includes, for example, a communication module (communication unit) 51, a communication unit 52, 56, a control unit (decision unit) 53, a decoding unit (analysis unit) 54, a storage unit 55, and the like. It is configured to have.

The communication unit 56 communicates between the control unit 53 and the communication unit 13 of the elevator control device 10.

The communication unit 52 controls communication between the control unit 53 and the communication module 51.

The communication module 51 is connected to the external engine 21 and the monitoring center 32 via the public line network 31 to constantly provide the operating status of the car 1 to the monitoring center 32 and, if necessary, the monitoring center 32. It is designed to receive the control signal from. Then, the control signal from the received monitoring center 32 is supplied to the control unit 53 via the communication unit 52.

Further, the communication module 51 receives an emergency breaking news mail from an external organization 21, converts it into a character code (for example, SHIFT-JIS format), and then supplies it to the control unit 53 via the communication unit 52. It has become.

Under the control of the control unit 53, the decoding unit 54 analyzes the content of the character code converted by the communication module 51, such as decoding the character code by a language information processing function or the like and extracting a keyword.

The storage unit 55 is referred by the control unit 53 in order to obtain a control signal for controlling the operation of the car 1 according to the character code in the emergency breaking news mail. The storage unit 55 includes a memory device such as a ROM or RAM for storing a control program, various data required for processing, and the like.

That is, as shown in FIG. 5, for example, the storage unit 55 is provided with an emergency breaking news mail (type) provided from the external organization 21, its contents (character code), and the operation of the car 1 according to the contents. A control signal for control is associated in advance and stored as a control processing database DBa.

Further, in the storage unit 55, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, a character code corresponding to a prefecture name, a city / ward name, a town / village name / area indicating the location (location) of the building in which the elevator EL is installed, etc. Is stored in advance as the target area information database DBb.

In this way, by storing the location of the building where the elevator EL is installed in advance by the storage unit 55, even when an emergency breaking mail for other areas other than the location of the building is received. Exclusive control processing is possible to prevent erroneous control control.

That is, the control unit 53 of the monitoring device 14 needs to determine and control whether or not it is necessary to control the operation of the car 1 based on the content of the emergency breaking mail, for example, as shown in FIG. In a certain case, a control signal corresponding to the content of the emergency breaking mail is read from the storage unit 55. Then, the control signal according to the content of the emergency breaking news is provided to the control unit 11 of the elevator control device 10 via the communication units 56 and 13.

Further, the control unit 53 confirms the area subject to the received breaking news mail, and if necessary, that is, when an emergency situation is expected to occur in the surrounding area, the elevator EL car 1 Controls to be controlled.

Here, the types of emergency bulletin mails stored in the control processing database DBa include Earthquake Early Warning, Tsunami Warning, Large Tsunami Warning, Storm Warning, Flood Warning Information, Flood Warning Information, Flood Danger Information, Flood Occurrence Information, and Sediment. Disaster alert information, cancellation, evacuation preparation information, evacuation advisory, evacuation order, alert level 1-5, etc. can be mentioned.

The Earthquake Early Warning is associated with a control signal for canceling all calls in the elevator EL at the time of issuance, for example, for performing an earthquake early warning interlocking earthquake control operation.

A tsunami warning is issued when the expected tsunami height exceeds 1M and is 3M or less, and a large tsunami warning is issued when the expected tsunami height exceeds 3M.

When a tsunami warning or a large tsunami warning is issued, for example, when an earthquake control operation with a P-wave detector, an earthquake early warning interlocking earthquake control operation, or a long object runout control operation is not performed, the elevator EL All calls are canceled and tsunami evacuation control operation is performed.

For example, in the case of a building on the fifth floor or higher, a control signal for continuing the evacuation operation to the top floor is associated with the large tsunami warning. Also, for example, in the case of a building on the 5th floor or less, after landing on the nearest floor, evacuation from inside the building to a safe place such as a hill is prompted by display or voice, and a control signal for putting the operation into hibernation is associated. Has been done.

For example, in the case of a building on the third floor or higher, a control signal for continuing the evacuation operation to the top floor is associated with the tsunami warning. Further, for example, in the case of a building on the third floor or less, a control signal for urging evacuation from the inside of the building to a safe place such as a hill after landing on the nearest floor and putting the operation into a dormant state is associated with the building.

For the storm warning, for example, a control signal for performing low-speed door opening control and alerting in order to prevent the user from falling due to the storm at the landing 40 when getting off the car 1. Are associated with each other.

The flood caution information (corresponding to the alert level 2) is associated with a control signal for calling attention, for example, notifying the location of an evacuation center without performing control operation.

For inundation warning information (corresponding to warning level 3), for example, control for alerting at the time of issuance, canceling the car call in the elevator EL, and forcibly performing control operation to the evacuation floor. Signals are associated.

For inundation danger information (corresponding to alert level 4), for example, call attention at the time of issuance, cancel the car call in the elevator EL, and forcibly perform control operation to the evacuation floor before driving. A control signal for hibernation is associated with it.

It should be noted that, with the issuance (reception) of the emergency breaking news mail regarding the cancellation, the control operation is restored to the normal operation, and the restoration is performed according to, for example, the operating state of the pit leak sensor.

For inundation occurrence information (corresponding to alert level 5), for example, call attention at the time of issuance, cancel the car call in the elevator EL, and force the evacuation floor to perform control operation before driving. A control signal for hibernation is associated with it.

When the inundation occurrence information is received after the inundation danger information, the operation suspension state is maintained as it is. In addition, the return to normal operation is performed in the same manner as in the case of flood danger information.

Flood warning information, flood warning information, flood danger information and flood occurrence information are so-called designated river flood forecasts.

For sediment-related disaster warning information (corresponding to warning level 4), for example, after calling attention at the time of issuance, canceling the car call in the elevator EL, and forcibly performing control operation to the evacuation floor. A control signal for putting the operation into hibernation is associated with the operation.

In addition, with the issuance of the emergency breaking news mail regarding the cancellation, the control operation is restored to the normal operation, and the return is performed according to, for example, the operating state of the pit leak sensor.

For evacuation preparation information (corresponding to alert level 3), for example, control for alerting at the time of issuance, canceling the car call in the elevator EL, and forcibly performing control operation to the evacuation floor. Signals are associated.

For evacuation advisories (corresponding to alert level 4), for example, a control signal for calling attention at the time of issuance, canceling the car call in the elevator EL, and forcibly performing control operation to the evacuation floor. Are associated with each other.

For evacuation orders (corresponding to alert level 5), for example, a warning is issued at the time of issuance, the car call in the elevator EL is canceled, and the operation is suspended after forcibly performing control operation to the evacuation floor. A control signal for making the state is associated.

In addition, with the issuance of the emergency breaking news mail regarding the cancellation, the control operation is restored to the normal operation, and the return is performed according to, for example, the operating state of the pit leak sensor.

Alert level 1 is a level at which it is necessary to raise the preparedness for emergencies such as disasters, such as paying attention to the latest disaster prevention information.

The alert level 2 is a level at which it is necessary to confirm the area where an emergency is expected, the evacuation destination, the evacuation route, etc. by using a hazard map or the like.

The alert level 3 is a level that serves as a guide for starting evacuation preparations and evacuation of elderly people and their supporters.

The alert level 4 is, for example, a level that serves as a guide when the local government issues an evacuation advisory.

The alert level 5 is a level at which it is highly likely that an emergency such as a disaster has already occurred, and each person needs to take the best action to protect his / her life.

The type of emergency bulletin mail is not limited to the above, for example, heavy rain (heavy rain) warning, storm surge warning, wave warning, storm snow warning, heavy snow warning, disaster occurrence information, caution area information, eruption warning, Tokai earthquake prediction information. , National protection information (J alert), etc. may be used. Alternatively, in addition to information on the appearance of bears and information on the generation of toxic gas, man-made disasters such as incidents and accidents may be included.

Here, the basic structure of the emergency breaking news mail is predetermined, and it is sent to the target area as needed.

That is, the emergency breaking news is, for example, as shown in FIGS. 7 (a) and 7 (b), a. Title, b. Type, c. Caller, d. Outgoing content, e. Reason, f. Action request and g. In addition, it has a structure that includes each item. d. The content of the transmission is d1. Announcement information, d2. Announcement time and d3. It consists of items such as the target area. f. The action request is f1. When, f2. Who, f3. What, f4. Where, f5. It consists of items such as how.

Next, with reference to FIG. 8, a processing flow at the time of receiving an e-mail in the monitoring device 14 of the elevator remote monitoring system according to the present embodiment will be described.

For example, if an emergency such as a natural disaster or a wide-area disaster is expected to occur in the area around the building where the elevator EL is installed, an emergency breaking news mail is delivered from the external organization 21.

On the other hand, in the monitoring device 14 of the elevator control device 10, reception confirmation of mail is performed by the communication module 51, for example, at regular intervals (step S1).

Then, when the mail is received (YES in step S1), the content of the text of the received mail is decoded by the decoding unit 54 (step S2).

If the received mail is not confirmed as an emergency breaking mail by this processing (NO in step S3), another processing operation according to the received mail is performed in step S4, and then the processing by the control unit 53 is terminated.

On the other hand, when the received mail is confirmed as an emergency early warning mail (YES in step S3), in step S5, first, the type of the emergency early warning mail corresponding to the character code in the text is selected based on the control processing database DBa of the storage unit 55. Judged.

Then, when the emergency breaking news mail is associated with the occurrence of an emergency (issue of step S5), the corresponding control signal is read out from the control processing database DBa of the storage unit 55 (step S6).

Next, in step S7, the area to be the target of the received breaking news mail is confirmed based on the target area information database DBb of the storage unit 55.

If the received breaking news mail is not for the area around the building where the elevator EL is installed (NO in step S7), the breaking news mail is discarded in step S8, and the processing by the control unit 53 is terminated. To.

On the other hand, when the received breaking news mail is for the area around the building where the elevator EL is installed (YES in step S7), the control signal read from the control processing database DBa is sent to the elevator control device 10. Sent. Then, in step S9, the control operation of the car 1 is performed by the control signal, and the processing by the control unit 53 is completed.

The execution of this control operation is notified to the monitoring center 32 via the public line network 31.

In step S5 above, when the type of the emergency breaking news mail is canceled, in step S10, the release process for returning the car 1 during the control operation to the normal operation is performed, and the process by the control unit 53 is performed. It will be terminated.

The return to normal operation is notified to the monitoring center 32 via the public line network 31.

Next, with reference to FIG. 9, the processing flow at the time of executing the control operation of the elevator control device 10 of the elevator remote monitoring system according to the present embodiment will be described.

For example, when an emergency such as a natural disaster or a wide area disaster is predicted to occur in the area around the building where the elevator EL is installed, an emergency breaking news mail is delivered from the external organization 21.

On the other hand, in the control unit 11 of the elevator control device 10, a control signal corresponding to the type of the emergency breaking news is supplied from the monitoring device 14 (YES in step S21), so that the car 1 using the control signal is supplied. The control operation is executed (step S22).

The execution of this control operation is notified to the monitoring center 32 via the public line network 31.

Then, when the control operation of the car 1 for evacuation of the user in step S22 is completed (YES in step S23), the monitoring device 14 is notified of the completion of the control operation (step S24).

Next, with reference to FIG. 10, a processing flow for canceling the control operation in the elevator control device 10 of the elevator remote monitoring system according to the present embodiment will be described.

For example, in the area around the building where the elevator EL is installed, when it is expected that an emergency such as a natural disaster or a wide area disaster will be calmed down, an emergency bulletin mail will be delivered from the external organization 21.

On the other hand, in the control unit 11 of the elevator control device 10, the control operation of the car 1 is canceled by supplying a control signal corresponding to the cancellation of the emergency breaking news from the monitoring device 14 (YES in step S31). Is executed (step S32).

Next, the safety circuit provided in the elevator EL as one of the basic configurations is checked (step S33).

Here, the safety circuit check is to prevent the car 1 from being forcibly returned to normal operation when the safety circuit is cut or an error signal is stored, for example, due to water leakage. belongs to.

Then, if there is no failure in the safety circuit (YES in step S34), the control unit 11 notifies the monitoring device 14 of the return of the car 1 to the normal operation (step S35).

The return to normal operation is notified to the monitoring center 32 via the public line network 31.

On the other hand, when a failure is found in the safety circuit (NO in step S34), for example, while the hibernation state due to the failure is continued (step S36), the control unit 11 notifies the monitoring device 14 of the occurrence of the failure (NO). Step S37).

The failure of the safety circuit is notified to the monitoring center 32 via the public line network 31.

Next, with reference to FIG. 11, the processing flow at the time of executing the control operation of the car 1 of the elevator remote monitoring system according to the present embodiment will be described.

For example, if an emergency such as a natural disaster or a wide-area disaster is expected to occur in the area around the building where the elevator EL is installed, an emergency breaking news mail is delivered from the external organization 21.

On the other hand, in the car 1, the control unit 62 confirms the reception of the control signal corresponding to the emergency breaking mail from the elevator control device 10 (step S41).

Then, when the reception of the control signal is confirmed (YES in step S41), in step S42, the content of the emergency breaking news mail is displayed on the display unit 63 of the in-car operation device 8, and the control operation is performed. Is displayed.

Further, in step S43, it is announced that the control operation will be performed from the speaker 64 of the car operating device 8, and the user in the car 1 will be informed.

Next, it is determined whether or not the received control signal is related to the suspension of operation of the car 1 such as alert level 5 (step S44), and if it is not related to the suspension of operation, the control operation is continued as it is. ..

On the other hand, if the received control signal is related to the suspension of operation (YES in step S44), the lights in the car 1 are turned off after returning and evacuating the user (step S45). Further, after the car door 5 is closed (step S46), the car 1 is put into an operation hibernation state (step S47).

As described above, according to the elevator remote monitoring system according to the present embodiment, the elevator EL can be accurately controlled and operated when an emergency situation is expected, and the safety of the user can be sufficiently ensured. It will be possible.

That is, whether or not control operation of the elevator EL is necessary can be easily determined by receiving an emergency breaking mail from the external organization 21 by the monitoring device 14, so that the occurrence of an emergency can be dealt with promptly. ing. As a result, regardless of the control signal from the monitoring center 32, flood damage such as flooding or flooding, which may endanger the life of the user, is faster than when the pit leak sensor detects it and then responds to it. , It becomes possible to control and control the car 1. Therefore, not only in the event of an earthquake, but also in an emergency situation where users need to be evacuated immediately, it is possible to ensure user safety more reliably without being limited by the number of lines. Become.

In particular, when the elevator EL is operated in control, the timing of control control may be adjusted in consideration of the situation (environment) in which the elevator EL is installed. For example, elevators installed outside a building, such as pedestrian bridges and stairs, are more susceptible to flood damage than elevators installed inside a building. Therefore, the elevator installed outside the building can be operated in control immediately upon receiving the breaking news mail, and the elevator installed inside the building can be changed according to the alert level and the number of users. ..

By doing so, it is possible to improve the fact that the elevator is operated in control at an early stage in the building, which makes it possible to improve the situation where the car is inactive and the convenience of the user is reduced. Operation is possible.

As mentioned above, by switching between normal elevator operation and control operation using emergency breaking mail, users can be evacuated quickly and safely in the event of an emergency. Is possible.

Further, it can be applied not only to elevators but also to various elevators such as escalators.

Although some embodiments of the present invention have been described above, these embodiments are presented as examples and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These novel embodiments can be implemented in various other embodiments, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the gist of the invention. These embodiments and variations thereof are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are also included in the scope of the invention described in the claims and the equivalent scope thereof.

1 ... Car (boarding unit), 5 ... Car door, 8 ... Elevator control device (control unit), 14 ... Monitoring device, 21 ... External organization, 31 ... Public network, 32 ... Monitoring Center, 51 ... Communication module (communication unit), 53 ... Control unit (decision unit), 54 ... Decoding unit (analysis unit), 55 ... Storage unit, 63 ... Display unit (notification unit), 64 ... Speaker (notification unit) , EL ... Elevator (elevator), DBa ... Control processing database, DBb ... Target area information database.

Claims (6)

It is an elevator control system that can remotely control the operation of the elevator.
A boarding section that is installed in a corner of the building and moves up and down between floors,
A communication unit that receives breaking news information provided by external organizations when an emergency is expected.
An analysis unit that analyzes the contents of the breaking news information received by the communication unit, and an analysis unit.
A storage unit that stores in advance the contents of the breaking news information analyzed by the analysis unit and a control signal for controlling the operation of the elevator.
A determination unit that determines whether or not it is necessary to control the operation of the elevator based on the content of the breaking news information analyzed by the analysis unit.
A control unit that reads a control signal associated with the content of the breaking news information from the storage unit and controls the boarding unit when it is necessary to control the operation of the elevator according to the determination of the determination unit.
Elevator control system characterized by being equipped with. The first aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the elevator further includes a notification unit that notifies the user of the contents of the breaking news information analyzed by the analysis unit when it is necessary to control the operation of the elevator. Elevator control system as described. The communication unit receives the breaking news information transmitted from the public institution connected via the communication line, and transmits the operating state of the elevator to the monitoring center connected via the communication line. The elevator control system according to claim 1. The elevator control system according to claim 3, wherein the elevator is constantly monitored by the monitoring center for an operating state of the elevator. In the elevator, the boarding section is an elevator car.
The control unit
The elevator control system according to claim 1, wherein the elevator is stopped at any of the reference floor, the nearest floor, or the top floor of the floor when it is necessary to control the operation of the elevator. The elevator control system according to claim 1, wherein the breaking news information is an emergency breaking news mail delivered when an abnormal weather or a disaster is predicted to occur in the area around the building.

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