JP2022042701A - Elevator-operating device, and elevator with that elevator-operating device - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an elevator provided with push buttons and non-contact sensing means so that the elevator enhances user convenience while inhibiting increase in size of an operating panel.SOLUTION: An elevator-operating device 2 comprises: movable push buttons 13; moving mechanisms 20 to enable the movement of the push buttons 13; and switch bodies 17 operated in accordance with actuation of the push buttons 13. The device further comprises non-contact sensing means 18 located opposite rear faces of the push buttons 13, where the non-contact sensing means senses that a user's fingertip has reached a prescribed position separated from the push button 13.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

The present invention relates to an elevator operating device that takes hygiene into consideration, and an elevator operating device.

Conventionally, as an elevator operating device, for example, the illuminated push button switch described in Patent Document 1 has been used.

On the other hand, there are known non-contact elevator registration buttons that can be operated without touching the elevator operating device due to hygienic demand (for example, Patent Documents 2, 3 and 4). The registration button of these non-contact elevators detects the operation of call registration by a passenger in a non-contact manner by a distance sensor or a photoelectric sensor.

By the way, for visually impaired users and the like, an elevator operating device composed of push buttons and the like is easier to use than the above-mentioned non-contact elevator registration button because there is less risk of erroneous operation.

Due to these circumstances, when the elevator operation devices for both the registration button and the push button of the non-contact elevator are installed side by side in the landing or the car, it is more than the case where only one of the elevator operation devices is installed. It may be difficult to install because it requires a large installation space.

Therefore, a contact-type elevator push button equipped with a registration notification unit that receives an operation for registering the destination floor to the elevator car and the landing and notifies that the destination floor has been registered by a push operation. , Elevator operating devices equipped with non-contact detection means that are arranged adjacent to contact-type elevator push buttons and receive destination floor registration by detecting a predetermined operation in a non-contact manner may be installed. ..

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2016-004767 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2005-263378 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2013-124166 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2015-151253

However, even an elevator equipped with a conventional contact-type push button switch for an elevator and a non-contact detection means arranged adjacent to the contact-type push button switch for an elevator has a limit in saving space. For example, when the number of stops is large, the contact-type push button switch for the elevator and the non-contact-type detection means may not be arranged in terms of space.

An object of the present invention is to improve user convenience while suppressing an increase in size of an operation panel when a push button and a non-contact type detection means are provided in an elevator.

The elevator operating device according to the present invention includes a movable push button, a movable mechanism for moving the push button, and a movable mechanism.
It is equipped with a switch body that is operated in association with the operation of the push button, and detects that the fingertip of the user has reached a predetermined position away from the push button at a position facing the back surface of the push button. It is equipped with contact-type detection means.

Further, the elevator operating device according to the present invention may have a detection region of the detection means on the entire surface or a part of the surface of the push button.

Further, in the elevator operating device according to the present invention, the detection means may be a photoelectric sensor.

Further, in the elevator operating device according to the present invention, the entire surface or a part of the surface of the push button may transmit the light emitted from the photoelectric sensor.

Further, in the elevator operating device according to the present invention, the switch body and the detection means may be connected in parallel.

Further, the elevator according to the present invention includes the elevator operating device.

According to the elevator operating device according to the present invention and the elevator provided with the elevator operating device, when a push button and a non-contact type detecting means are provided, the convenience of the user is suppressed while suppressing the increase in size of the operation panel. Can be improved.

It is an overall block diagram of the elevator which is one Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the structure in the car of the elevator which is one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the elevator operation apparatus which is one Embodiment of this invention. It is a front view of the push button switch for an elevator used in the operation device for an elevator which is one Embodiment of this invention. It is an end view which omitted the partial structure of the push button switch for an elevator used in the operation device for an elevator which is one Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic circuit diagram of the push button switch for an elevator used in the operation device for an elevator which is one Embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, the elevator 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In each figure, "X" shown in the figure indicates a horizontal direction X orthogonal to the axial direction of the drive sheave 180, "Y" indicates a vertical direction Y, and "Z" indicates a horizontal direction X and a vertical direction. It is assumed that the horizontal direction Z perpendicular to Y is indicated.

As shown in FIG. 1, the elevator 1 is a traction type elevator having a machine room 140 at the uppermost part of a hoistway 120, and is installed in a public building such as a hospital or a nursing facility, for example. A main rope 200 is hung on the drive sheave 180 of the hoisting machine 160 installed in the machine room 140, an elevator car 5 is connected to one end of the main rope 200, and a counterweight 240 is attached to the other end. It is connected. Further, the machine room 140 is provided with a control device 110 for controlling the operation of the elevator 1.

The rotational power from the motor 170 of the hoisting machine 160 is transmitted to the drive sheave 180 via a power transmission mechanism (not shown), and when the drive sheave 180 is rotationally driven, the main rope 200 travels accordingly. The elevator car 5 suspended from the main rope 200 is guided by the guide rail 210 and moves in the hoistway in the vertical direction Y.

In the building where the elevator 1 is installed, landings 260A and 260B are provided on different floors, and while the elevator 1 is in operation, the elevator car 5 is currently landing on the floor (in FIG. 1). The elevator movement from the landing 260B) to the landing on the next destination floor (for example, the landing 260A) is repeated.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the configuration around the car doors 3 and 3 in the elevator car 5. Sleeve walls 4 and 4 are provided on the left and right sides of the car doors 3 and 3. Further, an elevator operating device 2 is provided on one of the sleeve walls 4. The user of the elevator 1 operates the car operation panel 2, and the destination floor of the elevator car 5 is determined.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing the configuration of the elevator operating device 2. As shown in FIG. 3, the elevator operating device 2 is provided with a destination floor registration push button switch 8 having a function of performing an input operation for determining the destination floor of the elevator car 5 near the center of the front plate 21. .. Further, below the destination floor registration push button switch 8, an open push button switch 9 for opening the door, a closed push button switch 10 for closing the door, and an emergency call push button switch 11 for notifying the outside in an emergency are provided. ing. In the present invention, these destination floor registration push button switches 8, open push button switches 9, close push button switches 10, and emergency call push button switches 11 are collectively referred to as elevator push button switches 7.

An information display unit 6 for displaying the traveling direction of the elevator car 5 and the position of the elevator car 5 is provided on the upper part of the front plate 21. Further, at the lower part of the front plate 21, a switch box 12 including a switch for turning on / off the operation of the elevator 1 (not shown), a switch for turning on / off the lighting (not shown), and the like is provided. Further, a speaker 24 for outputting sound is built in the back surface side of the front plate 21 of the elevator operation device 2.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing the configuration of the push button 13 portion of the elevator push button switch 7. On the surface of the push button 13, a display unit 22 for displaying a destination floor, an open mark, a close mark, and an emergency call mark (telephone, bell, SOS, etc.) is provided. Further, the push button 13 has a detection area for detecting a user's finger or the like at a position separated from the push button 13 by a predetermined distance. The detection area is an area of the entire surface or a part of the surface of the push button 13.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view in which a partial configuration of the elevator push button switch 7 is omitted. The elevator push button switch 7 has a button guide 14 fitted in the opening of the front plate 21 and a push button 13 operated by the user.

Further, the push button switch 7 for an elevator has a printed circuit board 16 at a position facing the back surface of the push button 13. On the surface of the printed circuit board 16 facing the back surface of the push button 13, a switch body 17 that is turned on by operating the push button 13 and a detection means for detecting a user's finger or the like located at a predetermined distance from the push button 13. A plurality of LEDs 19 for notifying by emitting light that the switch main body 17 is turned on or that the detection means 18 has detected the 18 are attached.

According to such a configuration, the switch main body 17, the detection means 18, and the LED 19 that lights up when the switch main body 17 or the detection means 18 is turned on are mounted on the same printed circuit board 16, and thus for an elevator. The push button switch 7 can be made thinner.

FIG. 6 is a schematic circuit diagram of an elevator push button switch used in an elevator operating device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The switch body 17 and the detecting means 18 are connected in parallel.

According to such a configuration, since the switch main body 17 and the detection means 18 are connected in parallel, it is possible to output a signal in which one of them is conducting, and it is possible to reduce the number of electric wires for signals.

In FIG. 5, the switch body 17 is a tact switch, but it may be another known switch such as a micro switch, a rubber contact, or a leaf switch. Further, in FIG. 5, the detection means 18 is a photoelectric sensor (PHS: photoelectric sensor), but if it can detect a user's finger or the like located at a predetermined distance from the push button 13, a distance sensor or an ultrasonic sensor can be used. Other known sensors such as ultrasonic sensors may be used. For example, the sensor may be a sensor that is not easily affected by an obstacle between the detection object and the transmitter, such as a transmitter in which the detection means 18 emits millimeter waves. According to this configuration, even if the display unit 22 is a convex character (mark), it is possible to prevent a decrease in detection accuracy due to the convex character (mark).

Further, the push button switch 7 for an elevator has a movable mechanism 20 on the back surface side of the push button 13 for moving the push button 13 in the X direction. In FIG. 5, the movable mechanism 20 is a plurality of compression springs. The movable mechanism 20 may be another known mechanism such as a link mechanism or rubber as long as the push button 13 can be moved in the X direction.

Further, in the case of the infrared photoelectric sensor, the detection means 18 of FIG. 5 is configured so that the entire surface or a part of the push button 13 can transmit infrared rays.

In the present embodiment, the sensitivity of the sensor is adjusted so that an object in a preset detection area P can be detected. Here, FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing the positional relationship between the push button 13 and the detection area P. Further, in FIG. 5, the detection region P is illustrated with hatching.

As shown in FIG. 5, the detection region P is set to a spatial region including a position separated from the front plate 21 by a first predetermined distance L1 in the horizontal direction X and a position separated by a second predetermined distance L2 in the horizontal direction X. Will be done. Further, the detection area P is a space area within the range of the projection surface of the push button 13 in the horizontal direction X. As a result, it is possible to reduce the erroneous reaction of the detecting means 18 even when the plurality of push button switches 7 of the elevator operating device 2 are installed with a narrow distance from each other.

The first predetermined distance L1 is preferably set so that 2 cm ≦ L1 ≦ 3 cm. As a result, when a visually impaired user searches for the position of the push button by fumbling, it is possible to prevent the sensor from reacting to the user's finger or the like and erroneously registering the destination floor.

Further, it is preferable to set the second predetermined distance L2 so that 4 cm ≦ L2 ≦ 10 cm. This makes it difficult for the detecting means 18 to erroneously detect a part of the passenger's body or belongings when the inside of the elevator car 5 is crowded. As a result, when the inside of the elevator car 5 is crowded, it is possible to prevent a part of the passenger's body, belongings, etc. from approaching the detection area 23 and erroneously registering the destination floor.

When the detection means 18 detects shading for a preset time by performing a predetermined operation such as holding a fingertip or the like over the detection area P, a detection signal is transmitted to the control device 110 (see FIG. 1). The destination floor is registered. Then, when the destination floor is registered, the LED 19 lights up. This makes it possible to notify the user that the destination floor has been registered.

The elevator operating device 2 having the above configuration is electrically connected to the control device 110 installed in the machine room 140 (see FIG. 1). The control device 110 is a computer that controls the overall operation control of the elevator 1, and includes a CPU (not shown) and a storage device (not shown) such as a memory and an HDD. The storage device stores, for example, various control programs for controlling the drive of the hoisting machine 160 and controlling the opening / closing of the car doors 3 and 3. When the CPU reads and executes these programs, the smooth operation of the elevator 1 by the control device 110 is realized.

In the elevator 1 having the above configuration, the control device 110 also controls the registration of the destination floor of the elevator car 5. A control program related to registration of the destination floor of the elevator car 5 is stored in the memory of the control device 110, and the CPU reads the control program from the memory and controls the registration of the destination floor of the car 22.

As described above, the elevator operating device 2 according to the present invention includes a movable push button 13, a movable mechanism 20 for moving the push button 13, and a switch body 17 operated by the operation of the push button 13. A non-contact type detecting means 18 for detecting that a user's fingertip has reached a predetermined position (detection area) P away from the push button 13 at a position facing the back surface of the push button 13. ..

According to such a configuration, when the push button 13 and the non-contact type detecting means 18 are provided, the elevator push can improve the convenience of the user while suppressing the increase in size of the elevator operation device 2. A button switch 7 can be provided.

Further, the elevator operating device 2 according to the present invention may have a detection region of the detection means 18 on the entire surface or a part of the push button 13.

According to such a configuration, the user can register the destination floor or the like by holding a fingertip or the like over the entire surface or a part of the detection area of the push button 13, and therefore the elevator operating device 2 is increased in size. It is possible to provide a push button switch 7 for an elevator that can improve the convenience of the user while suppressing the above.

Further, in the elevator operating device 2 according to the present invention, the detection means 18 may be a photoelectric sensor.

According to such a configuration, the user can reliably detect that the infrared rays and the like transmitted through the entire surface or a part of the detection area of the push button 13 are blocked, and can register the destination floor and the like. It is possible to provide an elevator push button switch 7 that can improve the convenience of the user while suppressing the increase in size of the elevator operating device 2.

Further, in the elevator operating device 2 according to the present invention, the entire surface or a part of the push button 13 may transmit the light emitted from the photoelectric sensor (detection means 18).

According to such a configuration, since the entire surface or a part of the surface of the push button can transmit light such as infrared rays, it is possible to reliably register the destination floor and the like.

Further, in the elevator operating device 2 according to the present invention, the switch main body 17 and the detecting means 18 may be connected in parallel.

According to such a configuration, when either the switch main body 17 or the detection means 18 is turned ON, an ON signal can be output. As a result, the number of signal lines of the elevator push button switch 7 can be two, and the elevator push button switch 7 can be downsized.

Further, the elevator 1 according to the present invention includes the elevator operating device 2.

According to such a configuration, when the push button 13 and the non-contact type detecting means 18 are provided, the elevator 1 capable of improving the convenience of the user while suppressing the increase in size of the elevator operating device 2 is provided. Can be provided.

The elevator operating device 2 provided with the elevator push button switch according to the present invention and the elevator 1 provided with the elevator operating device are not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment, and the above-mentioned operation is not limited to the above-described embodiment. It is not limited to the effect. Further, it goes without saying that the elevator operating device 2 provided with the elevator push button switch and the elevator 1 provided with the elevator operating device can be modified in various ways without departing from the gist of the present invention.

(1) The elevator operation device 2 according to the above embodiment has been described as a car operation panel, but it goes without saying that the same effect can be obtained even with a landing operation panel.

(2) Further, although the elevator 1 according to the above embodiment has been described as an elevator with a machine room, it is needless to say that the same effect can be obtained even with an elevator without a machine room.

(3) Further, the elevator operating device 2 according to the above embodiment has a configuration in which the display unit 22 is shown at the same height as the surface of the push button 13. However, the elevator operating device 2 is not limited to such a configuration. For example, the display unit 22 may be a convex character (mark).

1 Elevator 2 Elevator operation device 3 Car door 4 Sleeve wall 5 Elevator car 6 Information display 7 Push button switch 8 Destination floor registration push button switch 9 Open push button switch 10 Close push button switch 11 Emergency push button switch 12 Switch box 13 Push button 14 Button guide 15 Case 16 Printed circuit board 17 Switch body 18 Detection means 19 LED
20 Movable mechanism 21 Front plate 22 Display unit L1 First predetermined area L2 Second predetermined area P Detection area 110 Control device 120 Hoistway 140 Machine room 160 Hoisting machine 170 Motor 180 Drive sheave 200 Main rope 210 Guide rail 240 Counterweight 260A , 260B platform

The elevator operating device according to the present invention includes a movable push button, a movable mechanism for moving the push button, and a switch body operated in association with the operation of the push button, and is provided on the back surface of the push button. A non-contact type detecting means for detecting that the fingertip of the user has reached a predetermined position separated from the push button at a position facing each other and not movable by the operation of the push button is provided, and the operation of the switch body is performed. Alternatively, the elevator registration operation can be performed by any of the detections of the detection means.

Further, in the elevator operating device according to the present invention, the detection means detects that the fingertip of the user has reached the space area up to a position separated by a first predetermined distance in the direction orthogonal to the surface of the push button. Instead, the user's fingertips are in the spatial area from the position separated by the first predetermined distance in the direction orthogonal to the surface of the push button to the position separated by the second predetermined distance in the direction orthogonal to the surface of the push button. It may be detected that it has arrived .

Claims (7)

Movable push buttons and
A movable mechanism that moves the push button and
The switch body, which is operated by the operation of the push button, is provided.
An elevator operating device including a non-contact type detecting means for detecting that a user's fingertip has reached a predetermined position away from the push button at a position facing the back surface of the push button. The elevator operating device according to claim 1, wherein the detection area of the detection means is provided on the entire surface or a part of the surface of the push button. The elevator operating device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the detection means is a photoelectric sensor. The elevator operating device according to claim 3, wherein the entire surface or a part of the push button surface transmits light emitted from the photoelectric sensor. The elevator operating device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the switch body and the detecting means are connected in parallel. The elevator operating device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the predetermined position is a predetermined position in the horizontal projection plane of the push button. An elevator including the elevator operating device according to claim 1.

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