JP2548741B2 - Elevator group management hall guidance notification device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a hall guidance / informing device for elevator group management, and more particularly, to detecting the presence or absence of waiting passengers in front of each floor hall for each elevator to determine the hall call allocation elevator. The present invention relates to a hall guidance information device suitable for guiding and guiding forward.

[Conventional technology]

In the conventional group management elevator, a means for informing the hall call assigned elevator by means of a hall lantern chime or the like provided at each elevator hall is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 48-9725.
It is proposed by Japanese Patent No. 5 publication. In addition, Japanese Examined Japanese Patent Publication Sho 56-4
In Japanese Patent No. 3989, it is proposed to display the car position only on the indicator installed in the elevator hall where the hall call is assigned.

However, recently, a thin display device using an LED or the like has been developed, and a method of installing this display device in an elevator hall and guiding the user according to the driving condition is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 55-40127. It has been proposed.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

The above-mentioned conventional technology does not consider whether or not there is a user in each elevator hall, and some indication will be displayed on the display device even in the hall where there are no users.
There is a problem that the life of the display device is shortened and unnecessary guidance is given.

An object of the present invention is to provide an elevator group management hall guidance informing device capable of performing guidance required by waiting passengers based on the determination of whether a hall call is assigned elevator or not depending on the presence or absence of waiting passengers before each elevator hall. To do.

[Means for solving problems]

The purpose is to install a waiting passenger detection device for detecting the presence of waiting passengers in front of each floor of each elevator, and the hall call of the waiting passenger detected by this detection device is different from the elevator where the waiting passenger is. When assigned to, the guide notification content determination unit for informing the guide notification device for notifying various control information and general information provided in the elevator hall to notify the waiting passengers in front of the assigned elevator. I prepared it and achieved it.

[Action]

In the present invention, the presence or absence of waiting passengers before each elevator hall is detected by the waiting passenger detection device, and when the detected hall calls of the waiting passengers are assigned to many elevators, the waiting passengers are assigned and guidance is provided in front of the elevators. Since the notification device of the elevator hall is informed so as to guide, it is possible to improve the service to the waiting customer, and when the waiting customer is not detected, the guidance notification device is made inoperable. Power consumption can be reduced.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the embodiment shown in FIGS.

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of an elevator group management hall guidance information device of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is a group management control device, 2A to 2C are machine control devices,
3A to 3C are waiting passenger detection devices, and 4A to 4C are guide notification devices, three units are shown as an example, but it is applicable to two or more units. The waiting passenger detection devices 3A to 3C detect the number of waiting passengers before the elevator landing, and the guidance notification devices 4A to 4C notify the guidance information and general information specific to the elevator, and call the hall lanterns 5A to 5C for the elevator hall. Although the assigned number is notified, the function of the hall lanterns 5A to 5C may be given to the guide notification devices 4A to 4C. Further, a hall call button 6 for generating and registering a hall call is provided.

The devices installed in each hall are connected to the group management control device 1 via a communication line via the respective unit control devices 2A to 2C except for the hall call button 6.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the procedure for determining the guide notification content according to the present invention. Conventionally, when deciding the content of the guide information for the group-controlled elevator, it is determined only by the position of the elevator to which the hall call is assigned, and the estimated arrival time of the elevator or the number of passengers of the call-assigned elevator, etc. It was to inform the limited information of. In the embodiment of the present invention, the group management control device is provided via the number control devices 2A to 2C (see FIG. 1) in which the detection results of the waiting passenger detection devices 3A to 3C at each landing shown in FIG. 2 are omitted. Sent to 1. In the group management control device 1, the waiting customer detection results of the respective machine control devices 2A to 2C are totaled, and the waiting customer number table 8 is created. The number of waiting passengers detected, the signal of the hall call button 6 and the passenger information on each floor not shown in FIG. The hall call assignment determining unit 10 for determining whether to make a service determines the assigned number and sends the result to the corresponding number control device and at the same time to the guide notification content determining unit 9.

The guidance and notification content determination unit 9 indicates the table number in which the notification message is stored, which is notified using the number of waiting passengers table 8 and the position information table 11, the presence or absence of a hall call, the estimated arrival time at the hall, and the like. decide. The result is transmitted to each of the guide notification devices 4A to 4C via the unit control devices 2A to 2C not shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a specific example of the guide notification. Now, when the passenger pushes the ascending hall call button of the hall call button 6A installed next to the No. A vehicle, the hall call buttons 6A and 6B are pushed.
Both lights to indicate that a hall call has occurred. In addition, this signal is transmitted to the group management control device 1 (see FIG. 1), the selection of the hall call allocation machine is executed, and the hall (the machine C in FIG. 3) in the ascending direction of the hall call is allocated. At the same time as the lamp of the lantern 5C lights up, the user is notified by an electronic chime or the like. In the case where the guidance and notification devices 4A to 4C provided at the halls of the respective units A to C do not normally generate hall calls, and the waiting passenger detection devices 3A to 3C at the respective halls do not detect waiting passengers. If it is an elevator hall with many passersby, general information (for example, weather forecast, time of train, etc. or guidance information such as entertainment floor) is notified, and if it is a lobby floor, it is the service floor of each elevator. Display the floor. In addition, in an elevator hall with a small number of passersby, power supply to the guide notification devices 4A to 4C is stopped to save power. Next, the waiting passenger detection device 4A ~ 4C has detected a waiting passenger, but if the hall call does not occur even after a certain period of time, the guidance notification device of the hall where the waiting passenger is detected, for example, 4A By notifying that no call has been made, the user is prevented from wasting time. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, when a hall call is generated and this hall call is registered,
If the waiting passenger is waiting in front of the unassigned hall, the assigned elevator is notified, and guidance is provided by, for example, the guidance notification device 4A to wait in front of the assigned elevator. Further, a graphic display of the position of the elevator, the planned stop floor, or the estimated waiting time is displayed on, for example, the guide notification device 4C at the elevator hall to which the hall call is assigned.
Further, normally, the guide notification devices 4A to 4C are turned off, and the guide notification devices 4A to 4C are activated at the time when the waiting passenger is detected or when the hall call is generated so that the general information can also be sent.

A flow chart showing an embodiment of the operation of the above group management control device is shown in FIGS. FIG. 4 is a flow chart of the processing of the group management control system. After the power is turned on, the microcomputer of the group management control device 1 resets and starts, and first, the initial processing P100 is executed. The initial process is a program for clearing various tables, setting initial values, and initializing various input / output devices. Next, steps P200 to P600 are repeated until the power is turned off. Waiting passenger detection processing P200 is a program for detecting waiting passengers in front of each unit on each floor and registering them in the waiting passenger table (details will be described using FIG. 5). Next, in the hall call assignment process P300, a program for determining the hall call assignment number based on various elevator information is used, and since the details of the method are conventionally disclosed, the description thereof is omitted here. The guidance / display processing P400 is a program for determining the notification content of the guidance notification devices 4A to 4C provided for each car at the landing on each floor or the waiting floor.
Details will be described with reference to the drawings. The voice guidance process P500 guides the assigned number when the hall call button is pressed and the assigned number is determined, and also provides guidance such as "Iratsuya Imai" when waiting passengers are detected. Therefore, the processing similar to the guidance / display processing of P400 is performed, and the description here is omitted. Since the method disclosed heretofore is also used for the elevator operation control processing program P600, detailed description thereof is omitted here.

FIG. 5 shows a processing flow of the waiting customer detection process P200 of FIG. 4, and first, in P201, floor determination for sequentially processing from the first floor is performed. Next, in P202, the unit number determination for performing the processing in the order of each unit number on the floor is executed. Next, the presence of waiting passengers in front of the machine is determined on P203, and if there are waiting passengers, P2
Register it in the waiting table at 04. If there is no waiting passenger, it is judged whether or not the detection of the landing in front of all units has been completed in P205 without going through P204. If it is not completed, the number of the unit is incremented by one in P206 and the next unit in front of the landing To detect. When all units are finished, it is judged in P207 whether or not detection is completed for all floors, and if not completed, one floor is added in P208 and the same process is performed for the next floor, and all floors are processed. This process is terminated when the process is completed.

Next, the flow of the guidance / display processing of FIG. 6 will be described. First, the presence / absence of a hall call on the floor to be displayed and guided is determined on P401.If there is a hall call, then on P402 it is determined whether there are any passengers on the same floor. If so, it is determined in P403 whether or not this hall call is assigned, and if assigned, it is determined in P404 whether or not it is a hall call assigned machine for each machine. If it is a hall call assigned unit, whether to notify general information according to the hall call elevator position or estimated arrival time or display the elevator position etc.
Then, the information is given by the guidance / notification device in the hall. If it is not a hall call allocation machine, determine whether there is a passenger waiting in front of the machine on P406, and if there is a customer, guide the hall call allocation machine (for example, "Please wait in front of the elevator with the green lamp lit." Message on page 407, and then reconfirm the presence or absence of waiting passengers and notify general information. If there is no passenger in front of the unassigned car, P4082 ¥ Turn off the display of the car or turn on the power of the guidance and notification device. If the hall call is not yet assigned in P403, general information is notified in P408. Next, in P409, it is determined whether or not the process is completed for all units, and if it is completed, the display process is completed. Next, if it is determined in P402 that there are no passengers waiting for the landing, in P410, a message indicating that the hall call will be canceled is displayed on the guidance and notification device of all units, and a voice guidance is also issued, even after a certain time has elapsed. If no waiting passengers have moved to the waiting passenger detection zone, the hall call on the floor is canceled. Also, if there is no hall call on P401, determine on P411 whether there are waiting passengers before the hall,
If there is a customer, the elapsed time is detected after detecting the customer on P412, and it is determined on the result whether or not a certain time has elapsed on P413.If the certain time has elapsed, the customer is on P414. It is determined whether or not it is the number one machine, and if it is the number one with a customer waiting, the hall call button is operated on P415 to guide the customer to generate a hall call. If it is not in front of the unit with waiting customers, P416
The general information is notified by, or if the power is off, that state is maintained. In addition, general information is reported in P416 even when the relationship has not passed for a certain period in P413.

The example of the case where the group management control device 1 is provided with the guidance notification content determination unit 9 has been described above. However, the guidance notification content determination unit 9 is provided on the machine control devices 2A to 2C side or the guidance notification device 4AA.
It may be provided on the ~ 4C side. Also, a guidance and notification device
4A to 4C are integrated with the voice guidance device, but the voice guidance device may be separately provided.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, the presence or absence of waiting passengers in front of each floor of each elevator is detected, and when the hall call of the waiting passenger is assigned to another elevator, the waiting customer is assigned in front of the elevator. Since it is guided to, it is possible to improve the service to waiting customers. In addition, since the content of the guide notification can be freely changed according to the presence or absence of waiting passengers at each hall, it is possible to reduce the long waiting feeling of the waiting passengers and improve the usability.
Since the guide / notification device can be prevented from operating in the landing where the waiting passengers are not detected, and the hall call can be canceled, there is an effect of power saving.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a hall guidance informing device for elevator group management according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a guide notice content determination procedure according to the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a concrete example of guidance notification, and FIGS. 4 to 6 are flow charts showing an example of the operation of the group management control device. 1 ... Group management control device, 2A-2C ... Unit control device, 3A-
3C ... waiting passenger detection device, 4A-4C ... guidance information device, 5A-5C
…… Hall tintin, 6,6A, 6C …… Hall call button, 9…
… Guidance notification content determination unit, 10 …… Hall call assignment determination unit.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Soshiro Katsuruki, 4026 Kuji Town, Hitachi City, Ibaraki Prefecture Hitachi, Ltd. Hitachi Research Laboratory (72) Inventor Kenji Yoneda 1070, Ige, Katsuta City, Ibaraki Prefecture Nitate Works Mito Factory (72) Inventor Takaaki Uejima 1070, Moe, Katsuta City, Ibaraki Prefecture Mito Factory, Mito Factory (56) References JP-A-58-157683 (JP, A) JP-A-52-51645 (JP) , A) JP-A-64-22779 (JP, A) JP-A-52-153551 (JP, A) Actual opening Sho-60-23177 (JP, U) Actual opening Sho-53-130776 (JP, U) Actual opening Sho 59-137249 (JP, U)

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. An elevator group management device having a plurality of elevators for servicing floors between multiple floors and a guide / informing device for informing various control information and general information at each elevator hall, and each floor for each elevator. A waiting passenger detection device for detecting the presence or absence of waiting passengers before the landing is provided, and when the hall call of the waiting passenger detected by the detection device is assigned to another elevator other than the place where the waiting passenger is, the waiting An elevator group management hall guidance notification device, comprising: a guidance notification content determination unit configured to notify the guidance notification device of notification content for guiding a customer to the front of the assigned elevator. 2. The guide notification content determination unit causes the guide notification device to notify general information unrelated to elevator guidance for a predetermined time after the waiting passenger detection device detects a waiting passenger at the hall, Claims: When a passenger waiting at the hall operates the hall call button or when the predetermined time has elapsed, the notification of the general information is interrupted and the guidance information dedicated to the elevator is made to follow the order. The landing guide informing device according to item 1. 3. The guide notification content determination unit is adapted to automatically turn on the power supply of the guide notification device when the waiting passenger detection device detects a waiting passenger at the hall.
A hall guidance notification device for elevator group management according to the item. 4. The guidance notification content determination unit causes the guidance notification device to notify that the hall call is canceled when the waiting passenger detection device no longer detects a passenger waiting at the hall, and the hall is called after a predetermined time. The elevator guidance management hall guidance and notification device according to claim 1, wherein the call cancellation is executed.