JP2871974B2 - Elevator operation status display device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an elevator operation status display device, and more particularly to an elevator operation status display device suitable for an elevator installed in a building having a large number of floors such as a high-rise building. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Elevators are usually provided in buildings (buildings) having a plurality of floors, and are frequently used by people entering and exiting the buildings (buildings). For this reason, when a failure occurs in an elevator, not only does it cause a great deal of inconvenience to the people who use the elevator, but in the worst case, it can lead to personal injury. Therefore, it is necessary to constantly monitor the operation status of the elevator, and it is necessary to perform complicated maintenance.

Conventionally, many elevators have been used to monitor the operation status of the elevators and to maintain the elevators.
Various data in the operation state are constantly collected and stored in the storage unit, and the collected data is analyzed to determine whether an elevator has failed. If it is determined that a failure has occurred, the elevator An elevator diagnostic system has been established in which a maintenance company is notified and a request is made to repair the failure. On the other hand, if the elevator maintenance company wants to grasp the operating state of the elevator for reasons of maintenance of the elevator, the necessary data is read from the storage unit as needed, and the read data is displayed on the display device of the maintenance company. An elevator diagnostic system has been established which determines whether the operating state of the elevator is correct based on the display result.

[0004]

The display of the data performed by the maintenance company has heretofore been a display of characters and numbers related to the data. What is meant is that not only those who have advanced knowledge about elevators can only perceive, but also for those who have advanced knowledge, it is necessary to follow the sequence of displayed letters and numbers in order. It had to be very time-consuming and troublesome to understand the contents.
In particular, when the type of data to be displayed or the amount of data is large, it takes a considerable amount of time to find out the most necessary data from the data. Furthermore, those who have relatively little knowledge of elevators must refer to reference books such as handbooks for the meaning of displayed characters and numbers, and express the meaning of those characters and numbers. It took a lot of trouble and time to understand the meaning.

[0005] The present invention is also to solve such a problem
Than, its purpose, even those that do not have the high degree of knowledge of the elevator, the selected elevator
Is to provide an elevator operating state display apparatus of the operating state of the motor can be reliably and easily grasp.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a table of the number of floors even when the number of floors is considerably large, such as a high-rise building.
Can be easily and easily performed within a limited display range.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a possible elevator operation status display device.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above and other objects, the operation of an elevator according to the present invention is described.
Status display device is installed in multiple elevators under management.
An input unit for selecting one elevator, and a plurality of elevators
Elevator installation location and car operation status for each vehicle
Status, operation status of various switches inside and outside the car, riding
Simulates the operation status of the operation switches in the basket
A storage unit for storing graphic data expressed as
When one elevator is selected in the input unit, the storage unit
Graphic data about one elevator stored in the
Is transmitted to the display unit, and the simulated figure is displayed.
Current state of the car obtained from one elevator
Is transmitted to the display unit and displayed in the simulation figure.
Is displayed along with the operating status of the car on the display.
The display is made by blocking multiple consecutive floors and duplicating each floor.
In addition to displaying in the numerical sequence, the moving state of the car and various
Means for displaying the occurrence of a call for each block .

[0008]

According to the above means, the elevator operation status display device is provided for each of a plurality of elevators under centralized control.
Figure showing the state of equipment and operation unit as a simulated figure
The shape data is stored in the storage unit, and the operation status is investigated 1
When an elevator is selected, the display
If you display a simulation figure related to one elevator,
Originally obtained from the selected one elevator side
Display the current car operation data according to the simulation figure.
So that one of the actually selected
The elevator hoistway of the building where the elevator is installed
A simulated configuration state similar to the configuration and its simulated
The current operation of one elevator selected in the configuration state
As the line status is displayed together, about the elevator
Even if you do not have a high level of knowledge,
Real and easily understand the meaning of the display content, Ru can understand.

[0009] Then, whether the elevator on the display unit
When displaying settings and operating status,
Multi-storey floor into blocks that, by displaying each floor bed in a plurality of rows
The number of floors of the elevator is vertical, as in a high-rise building.
Limited display range that is difficult to display in a row
Even those, Ru can <br/> letting display their the number of floors without difficulty.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an elevator operation state display apparatus according to the present invention.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an elevator operation state display device, 2 denotes a communication device, 3 denotes a control unit, 4 denotes a first storage unit in which various kinds of simulated graphic data relating to the elevator are stored, and 5 denotes an acquisition. A second storage unit 6 stores and stores various types of data, a display unit 6, and an input unit 7 for inputting necessary commands and data.

The operation status display device 1 for the elevator
Is disposed in a center device or each business office. One end of the communication device 2 is appropriately connected to each elevator terminal device via a telephone line, and the other end is connected to the control unit 3. The control unit 3 includes a first storage unit 4, a second storage unit 5, a display unit 6,
Various data input from the communication device 2 are respectively connected to the input unit 7 and written into the second storage unit 5,
The data stored in the second storage units 4 and 5 are read out and displayed on the display unit 6, and each unit is controlled in response to a command or data from the input unit 7.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an outline of a system in which elevator operation data is transmitted from each elevator installed in a building such as a building to an operation state display device of the elevator.

In FIG. 2, 8 is an elevator, 9 is an elevator controller, 10 is a terminal device, 11 is a center device, 1
2 is a business office, 13 is a telephone line, and the same components as those shown in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals.

An elevator 8, an elevator control unit 9, and a terminal device 10 are installed on a building side such as a building, and a center device 11 and a business office 12 are arranged at a place away from the buildings. . In this case, the terminal device 10
And the center device 11, and the terminal device 10 and the business office 12,
In addition, the center device 11 and the business office 12 can be connected to each other by a telephone line 15. In addition,
The operation status display device 1 of the elevator is installed in the center device 11 and / or the business office 12.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of display contents displayed on the display screen of the display unit 6 of the elevator operation state display device 1. As shown in FIG.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 17 denotes a first display portion indicating the state of the elevator car, 18 denotes a second display portion indicating the operation states of devices and switches arranged inside and outside the car, and 19 denotes a machine room. A third indicating the operating state of the deployed equipment
, A reference numeral 20, a fourth display portion indicating the operation state of the operation switch in the car, and a reference numeral 21, a fifth display portion indicating the building and the elevator.

The first display portion 17 displays an image of the hoistway of the elevator car by vertical grids. In each grid, a numeral 22 indicating each floor is shown in two rows. In this example, a numeral 22-1 indicating an odd floor in one column and a numeral 22-2 indicating an even floor in the other column.
Are also displayed, and symbols (□) 23 indicating the current position of the car, and symbols (△, ▽) 24, 2 indicating occurrence of hall calls in the ascending and descending directions with respect to the car.
5 and a sign (）) 26 indicating the occurrence of a call in the car are displayed corresponding to the floor, and in addition, a sign (arrow) 27 indicating the driving direction of the car and the current position of the car Is displayed, and the operation states of the end-floor safety switch and the end-floor forced deceleration switch are displayed by turning on a lamp at a portion corresponding to the top floor and the bottom floor outside the cell. The second display portion 18 displays the operation states of the car door switch, the safety shoe switch, and the overload switch by lighting of the lamp, and the third display portion 19 displays the operation states of the power supply and the safety confirmation relay by lighting the lamp. Is displayed. The fourth display portion 20 displays the operation states of a stop switch, a maintenance switch, a door open switch, and a dedicated operation switch by lighting of a lamp, and the fifth display portion 21 displays a building name and an elevator number with characters and an elevator number. It is indicated by a number.

Here, the operation of the elevator operation status display device will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

If any failure occurs in the elevator 8, the terminal device 10 determines whether or not the elevator 8 is abnormal based on the data acquired by the elevator control unit 9. If it is detected, an alarm is issued to the center device 11 through the telephone line 13. When the center apparatus 11 receives the abnormality report, the center apparatus 11 notifies the sales office 12 in charge of maintenance and management of the elevator 8 in which the abnormality has occurred through the telephone line 13 of the occurrence of the abnormality, and dispatches maintenance personnel. Request.
At this time, the maintenance staff of the sales office 12 immediately rushes to the building where the elevator 8 in which the failure has occurred is installed, and performs necessary processing to recover the failure of the elevator 8.

In this case, when the operator of the center device 11 or the maintenance staff of the sales office 12 wants to know the operation status of the elevator 8, the operator or the maintenance staff communicates with the center device 11 via the telephone line 13 and the terminal. The operation state of the elevator 8 acquired by the elevator control unit 9 is shown when the terminal 10 is connected to the device 10 or the business office 12 and, for example, when a failure occurs, when the elevator 8 is installed, or when the elevator 8 is maintained. Various data is transferred to the center device 11 or the business office 12 and displayed on the display unit 6 of the center device 11 or the business office 12.

Here, for example, the maintenance staff at the sales office 12
When the maintenance person wants to know the operation status of the elevator 8 under his control, the maintenance person first selects the elevator 8 by operating the input unit 7 and inputs instruction information to investigate the operation status. Perform In response to the command information, the control unit 3 calls the terminal device 10 through the communication device 2, and when the telephone line 13 is connected between the business office 12 and the terminal device 10, the control unit 3 controls the elevator 8 via the elevator control unit 9. The operation-related data is obtained, and the data obtained at that time is transferred to the business office 12 through the telephone line 13 and temporarily stored in the second storage unit 5. Also,
In parallel with the above operation, the control unit 3 generates graphic data related to the elevator 8 already stored in the first storage unit 4,
For example, various kinds of simulated figure data related to the number of floors of the building where the elevator 8 is installed, the model of the elevator 8 and the like are read, and a display pattern corresponding to the simulated figure data is displayed on the display screen 16 of the display unit 6. After the display of the display pattern is performed, data on the operation state of the elevator 8 previously stored and stored in the second storage unit 5 is read out,
The data is allocated and displayed at a corresponding location in the display pattern. As a result, as shown in FIG. 3, a display having the first display portion 17 to the fifth display portion 21 is displayed on the display screen 16 of the display unit 6.

By the way, when the display as shown in FIG. 3 is performed on the display screen 16 of the display section 6, the meaning of the display is as follows.

In the display of the first display portion 17, the car of the elevator 8 is currently on the ninth floor, and the display of the symbol (upward arrow) 27 is based on the display position of the symbol (□) 23 and the display of the numeral 28. From the mark display position of the symbol (△) 24, there is a hall call in the ascending direction on the 13th or 14th floor, and from the mark display position of the symbol (▽). There is a hall call in the descending direction on the 13th or 14th floor and the 5th or 6th floor.
It indicates that there is a call in the car on the floor or the 18th floor. The operation status of the devices and switches on the first display portion 17 to the fourth display portion 20 is indicated by displaying the lamp in blue during operation (normal operation), and displaying the lamp in non-lighting during non-operation. Further, when an abnormal operation is performed, the lamp is displayed in red flashing so as to clearly notify the operator and maintenance staff of the location and occurrence of the abnormality. In the fifth display portion 21,
The name of the building where the elevator 8 is installed and the number of the elevator 8 of the building are displayed.

As described above, in this embodiment, the display unit
In, setting of one selected elevator car
And when displaying the operation status, two consecutive floors
Into blocks, 2 odd floor bed and even floor vertically, respectively
Displayed in columns, and the current operating status of the car is indicated by symbols .
Table since it is to be displayed, even if the number of floors as high-rise building is large, with limited display of the number of floors me
Enjoyed within shown range, is displayed without any problem, Ru can be clearly displayed. In this case, in the present invention
Blocking floors blocks two consecutive floors
It is not limited to the case where
So that each of these floors is vertically
Of course, it may be displayed in three columns.

In this embodiment, the display unit
To display the operation data of the selected elevator.
When making the elevator, various states of the elevator etc.
Some to a representation, since to display together the operational data, even those that do not have a high degree of knowledge of the elevator, the operation status of reliably and easily the elevators <br/> data Understand and understand .

The display on the display screen 16 of the display unit 6 is merely an example, and the display of symbols, characters or numbers, and the display of each device and switches according to the present invention are described in the above table. It is not limited to the example shown, and may be displayed using other symbols, characters, or numbers,
Needless to say, each device and switches may be displayed in other formats.

[0029]

As described above, according to the present invention,
In the display, one selected elevator car
When displaying the operation status of
Into multiple vertical columns
Displayed, since the operator displays the current operating state of the car by the symbol, even if there are many number of floors as high-rise buildings, the display range of a limited display of the number of floors
And the display can be made clear without any hindrance.

Further, according to the present invention, in the display unit,
Display the operation data of one selected elevator
In this case, various states of the elevator are used as simulation figures.
Among those expressed. Thus displayed together the operational data, even those that do not have a high degree of knowledge of the elevator, reliably and easily grasp the operation state of the elevator can be understood This has the effect.

Furthermore, according to the present invention, failure without dispatch to the installation site of generation of the elevator, there is capable of grasping the operating state of the elevator, for example, if there is notification of failure also, the failure is a minor, the case, such as recovered in a short period of time is one in which it is possible to immediately grasp the failure recovery state of the elevator at a remote location. Therefore, there can be determined before dispatch the determination of its necessity to the request of the turnout, the effect of reducing the relief and cost in the number of unnecessary mobilization.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of an internal configuration of an elevator operation status display device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a system for transmitting and receiving elevator operation data.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a screen display in the elevator operation status display device according to the present invention.

[Description of Signs] 1 Elevator operation state display device 2 Communication device 3 Control unit 4 First storage unit 5 Second storage unit 6 Display unit 7 Input unit 8 Elevator 9 Elevator control unit 10 Terminal device 11 Center device 12 Sales Place 13 Telephone line 16 Display screen 17 First display part 18 Second display part 19 Third display part 20 Fourth display part 21 Fifth display part

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Takaaki Oka 1-6-6 Kandanishikicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Inside the Hitachi Building System Service Co., Ltd. (72) Yuichi Hara 1-6-6 Kandanishikicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Co., Ltd. (56) References JP-A-3-211180 (JP, A) JP-A-61-17182 (JP, A) JP-A-56-65779 (JP, A) (58) Fields surveyed ( Int.Cl. ⁶ , DB name) B66B 3/00 B66B 5/00

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A method for controlling a plurality of elevators under control.
An input unit for selecting one elevator;
Elevator location and car operation for each elevator
Status, operation status of various switches inside and outside the car,
Simulated diagrams of the operation states of the operation switches in the car
A storage unit for storing graphic data represented as a shape, and a display unit
When one elevator is selected in the input unit,
The one elevator stored in the storage unit;
Graphic data to be transmitted to the display unit
Is displayed, and is obtained from the one elevator side.
The operation data indicating the current state of the car
Is transmitted to and displayed in the simulated figure,
The display of the operating status of the car on the display unit is continuous.
Multiple floors were blocked, to display each floor bed in a plurality of rows
And the movement status of the car and various calls
An operation status display device for an elevator , wherein the occurrence is displayed for each block . 2. The moving state of the car, wherein the moving state of the car is
The position of movement and the direction of movement of the car.
The occurrence of the hall call and the call in the car
The operation status display device for an elevator according to claim 1 , wherein the occurrence is indicated by a symbol .