JP3035143B2 - Elevator specification setting 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 specification setting device which allows a user to set specifications relating to elevator operation control.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, elevator operation control specifications are determined before shipment from a manufacturer.
User needs were addressed by setting at the time of shipment. Although it was rare for the specifications to be changed after the building was opened and the elevator started operating, with the computerization of the control system, the specifications that could be handled by software were often changed after the operation.

[0003] Such a change is made by a maintenance staff of an elevator maintenance company in an elevator machine room on a maintenance inspection day or the like.
This was implemented by attaching a maintenance device for a computer to the control device, communicating with the control device of the elevator, and changing the target data.

In recent years, however, specifications relating to elevator operation control are changed and reset by operation of a person in charge of a building management company of an elevator or a company that is present in a building and uses an elevator (hereinafter referred to as a user). A system is emerging.

In this system, a general-purpose personal computer is usually installed as an input device at a disaster prevention center in a building, and is directly connected to an elevator machine room via a transmission line to connect an elevator control device and the input device. Communication is performed, and the user inputs the operation control specifications from the keyboard while looking at the display screen.

[0006]

When the user sets the specifications relating to the operation control of the elevator, the user inputs the information at an arbitrary time regardless of the current operation state of the elevator system. Even though the system is in the operating state, the setting data relating to the specifications inside the control device can be rewritten.

In such a situation, if an operation is performed while the operation control related to the information input by the user is in an execution state, the operation control content related to the input information is immediately activated. As a result, when viewed from the side of an elevator user who is currently using the elevator, the operation may be changed while the operation control is being performed, which may cause confusion.

For example, as specifications relating to driving at work, it has already been set that the time zone is 8:00 to 8:30, the execution day is Monday to Friday, and the door-open standby specification is only the first machine on the first floor. If the user sets the time zone to 8:15
At 8:45, in addition to the door open standby specification on the first floor, in addition to the first car, the next machine (the car that departs after the first car) will also be changed to the door open standby specification, and the input device will be changed around 8:20 on Monday Consider the case of operation. In this case, data relating to the above-described specification is input by keyboard input of the input device, and is transferred to the elevator control device via the transmission path to change the setting data in the control device. Since the data is registered as setting data in the control device while the operation control of the operation at work is being executed, the operation at work is performed for 45 minutes from 8:00 to 8:45 only on the date of the change. Become. In addition, if there is a car that is waiting for doors to close on the first floor, the elevator user in the hall will not know that the specifications have been changed by the input device, such as when the next car suddenly opens. There was a problem that caused confusion.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems, and can set specifications relating to operation control without the user being aware of the current operation status of the elevator. It is an object of the present invention to provide an elevator specification setting device capable of preventing confusion to a user.

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, an elevator specification setting device according to the first aspect of the present invention provides an elevator user with input means for inputting information relating to elevator operation control. A means for storing the information input by the input means, a means for registering the stored information on condition that the operation control related to the stored information is not executed in the elevator, and a means for storing the information based on the registered information. And control means for executing operation control of the elevator.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an elevator specification setting device, comprising: an input means for a user of the elevator to input information relating to elevator operation control; and a means for storing information input by the input means. It is constituted by means for registering information stored on condition that a predetermined time has come, and control means for executing operation control of the elevator based on the registered information.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an elevator specification setting device, comprising: input means for allowing a user of an elevator to input information relating to elevator operation control and information on the date and time when this information is made valid; A means for storing the input information, a means for registering the stored information on the operation control on condition that the date and time when the stored information becomes valid, and a method for storing the information on the registered operation control And control means for executing operation control of the elevator.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an elevator specification setting apparatus according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein the operation related to the information input by the input means is performed. A display means is provided for issuing a warning when the control is being executed in the elevator at the time of input.

[0014]

In the elevator specification setting device according to the first aspect of the present invention, the user of the elevator inputs information relating to the elevator operation control from the input means, and stores the information input by the input means. The stored information is registered on condition that the operation control related to the stored information is not executed in the elevator, and the operation control of the elevator is executed based on the registered information.

Further, in the elevator specification setting apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention, the user of the elevator inputs information relating to the operation control of the elevator from the input means, stores the information input by the input means, and determines the information in advance. The stored information is registered on condition that the predetermined time has been reached, and the operation control of the elevator is executed based on the registered information.

Further, in the elevator specification setting apparatus according to the third aspect of the present invention, the user of the elevator inputs information relating to the elevator operation control and information on the date and time when this information is made effective from the input means, and the input means uses the input means. The input information is stored, and the operation control information stored under the condition that the stored information becomes valid is registered, and the elevator operation control is performed based on the registered operation control information. Execute

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an elevator specification setting apparatus according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein the operation related to the information input by the input means is performed. If the control is being executed in the elevator at the time of input, a warning is issued by the display means.

[0018]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an elevator system based on the present invention. The group management control device 1 is connected to the single control devices 21... 2N for controlling the individual elevators by the group management control transmission means 3, and the single control devices 21. The group management control device 1 is connected to the input device 5 via the information transmission means 4. The input device 5 is installed in a building disaster prevention center or the like for the user to operate. In recent years, a small and high-performance personal computer has been commercially available as the input device 5, and the personal computer has a dedicated display, a storage device, a keyboard, a mouse, and other input means, and a transmission means. In general, it has all the functions of 5 and is configured by a personal computer.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a specific configuration of the input device 5. The input device 5 includes an input control unit 6 for inputting by a user via a keyboard or a mouse, a display control unit 7 for displaying guidance for operation to the user, and information input via the input control unit 6 for each item. A setting data storage unit 8 that stores and stores the information in a predetermined table; an information transmission control unit 9 that transmits input information to the group management control device 1 via the information transmission unit 4; It comprises an input device control unit 10 for managing.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the group management control device 1. Group management control unit 11 that performs allocation control to each unit centering on hall call allocation control, ON / OFF of activation of each function executed by this group management control unit 11, setting of time zone, setting of operation mode A group management control data unit 12 which is a control database for setting conditions for performing a group management control unit 11 based on setting data of the group management control data unit 12
Operates and each unit control device 21 ... 2N and group management control transmission means 3
A group management control transmission control unit 13 for performing input / output control via the input device 5; an information transmission control unit 14 for performing communication from the input device 5 via the information transmission means 4; A transmission data storage unit 15 for storing and storing information data in a predetermined table for each item, decoding the contents of the stored input information data, transferring them to the group management control data unit 12 according to predetermined conditions, The configuration data control unit 16 manages registration in the group 11, and includes a group management control unit 11 having a calendar function and a time function for date and time, and a calendar clock 17 for providing time information to the setting data control unit 16.

Next, the operation of the elevator specification setting apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 4 and 5 are flowcharts showing the operations of the input device control unit 10 of the input device 5 and the setting data control unit 16 of the group management control device 1, respectively.

According to the flowchart of FIG. 4, the input device control unit 10 displays an initial screen on the display control unit 7 of the input device 5 and displays an operation guide for the user to select a menu (step 41). Here, the menu indicates the contents of various operations of the elevator, for example, driving at work, driving at lunch, driving at work, hotel check-in operation, check-out operation, distributed standby operation, specific floor concentrated operation, etc. is there. The user can arbitrarily set and change the specifications of the elevator control by selecting a menu and arbitrarily setting and changing data relating to each operation. When a menu selection is input, a corresponding screen is displayed on the display control unit 7 to display the current setting status based on the data in the setting data storage unit 8 (steps 42 and 43). The user sets and inputs desired specifications according to the display screen. When all the input operations have been completed for the corresponding menu, a finalizing input operation is performed to finalize the set information (step 44).
The determined input data is stored in the setting data storage unit 8 and transmitted to the group management control device 1 by the information transmission unit 4.
(Steps 45 and 46).

Next, the operation of the setting data control unit 16 will be described.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. The data transmitted from the input device 5 via the information transmission means 4 is received by the information transmission control unit 14 and temporarily stored in the transmission data storage unit 15 (step 51). It is determined whether or not the content of the transmitted data is related to the operation to be started according to the time zone (step 52). Here, the driving started according to the time zone is equivalent to the driving at work in the office building, the driving at lunch, the driving at work, the check-in driving at the hotel, the check-out driving, etc. This corresponds to a change in the day of the week and time zone in each operation, a floor change in the corresponding operation, a change in the operation mode, and the like. Regarding the data relating to the operation to be started according to the time zone, it is determined whether or not the current day of the week coincides with the day of the week to start (step 54). It is temporarily suspended and not transferred to the group management control data unit 12 (step 5).
5). As a specific example, the menu specifications for driving at work indicate that the time zone is currently set to 8:00 to 8:30, the execution day is Monday to Friday, and the door open standby is only the first machine. And the user sets the time zone from 8:15 to 8:
At 45, if the operation of changing the door open standby to the first and the next vehicle is performed at about 8:20 on Monday, the above data is data relating to the start-up operation according to the time zone. The start time matches the day of the week, and the current time is the currently set start time zone 8:00 to 8:30, and the changed start time zone 8:15
8:45, registration in the group management control data section 12 is suspended, and after 8:45, transfer to the group management control data section 12 is performed, and final registration is performed. Therefore, after 8:45, the control of the group management control unit is performed using the changed data. For the operation other than the operation started according to the time zone, it is determined whether or not the operation control regarding the transmitted data is being executed (step 53). If the operation control is being executed, the transfer to the group management control data unit 12 is suspended. I do. As a specific example, changing the standby floor in the decentralized standby specification, changing the specific floor in the specific floor intensive operation, etc. correspond to this.For distributed standby, it becomes a free car and the standby floor is operated by the distributed standby function. If there is at least one or more moving vehicles to which the standby command has been given, it is considered that the operation control of the distributed standby is being executed. In the case of the specific floor intensive operation, when the operation mode is the specific floor intensive operation, it is considered that the operation control is being executed. The data in the transmission data storage unit 15 is transferred to the group management control data unit 12 at the time when the car being moved is completed and no longer exists in the decentralized standby, or when the operation mode of the specific floor concentrated operation is released. The final registration is performed (step 56).

Next, the operation of the elevator specification setting apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the setting data control unit 16 of the group management control device 1.

The operation of the input device controller 10 of the input device 5 is the same as the operation shown in FIG. The data received from the input device 5 via the information transmission means 4 is temporarily stored in the transmission data storage unit 15 (step 61), and is transmitted when the current time reaches a predetermined time (step 62). The data temporarily stored in the data storage unit 15 is transferred to the group management control data unit 12 to register the data (step 63). The predetermined time is assumed to be a time at which the elevator user will not be confused when newly input data is registered in the group management control data unit 12, and is, for example, 0:00 at midnight. There is no lap with driving activated by obi,
In addition, since there are usually few users, there is almost no possibility that the operation control is being executed, and confusion for the elevator user is not caused.

Next, the operation of the elevator specification setting device according to the third aspect of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the setting data control unit 16 of the group management control device 1.

The operation of the input device control unit 10 of the input device 5 is the same as the operation shown in FIG. 4 described above. However, when data relating to each operation is arbitrarily set or changed, the set and changed data are used. The input of valid date and time data is also performed.

The data received from the input device 5 via the information transmission means 4 is temporarily stored in the transmission data storage unit 15 (step 71), and date and time data for validating the input data is extracted from the data. (Step 72). Then, when the current date and time match the extracted date and time data,
The data is transferred to the group management control data section 12 to register the data (steps 73 and 74).

Next, the operation of the elevator specification setting apparatus according to the fourth aspect of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the input device control unit 10 of the input device 5.

The operation of the setting data control section 16 of the group management control device 1 is the same as that shown in FIG. The initial screen display and the corresponding menu screen display (steps 81 to 83) are the same as steps 41 to 43 in the flowchart of FIG. When the setting input is completed by the menu screen display (step 84), and the setting input data is the data relating to the operation to be started according to the time zone, the current day is the starting day input and the current time is applicable to the input time zone. (Steps 85 and 87) displays an alarm display indicating that the data update is not executed immediately because the operation related to the item currently set and input by the user operating the input device 5 is operating. Output to the user by the control unit 7 (step 89). In this way, an announcement that promotes recognition for a user who is not conscious of the operation status of the elevator is performed. At the time when the setting operation is completed for the data operation related to the operation that does not start depending on the time zone, the current operation status of the elevator related to the menu operated by the group management control device 1 is input (step 86), and the setting input data When the operation control is being executed (step 88), the same operation (step 89) as described above is performed. Hereinafter, the data is stored in the setting data storage unit 8, and the data in the setting data storage unit 8 is transmitted to the group management control device 1 (steps 90 and 91) in steps 45 and 45 in FIG.
Description is omitted because it is the same as 46.

According to the above-described embodiment, there is no restriction on the setting of the specifications regarding the operation control of a building when a user who does not have specialized knowledge wants to operate the user even with respect to the operation control of the elevator. The elevator control device that can be operated in response to the operation, accepts the input information from the user always unconditionally, but registers it so as not to confuse the elevator user in the operation of the elevator, and registers it in that information Since the operation control is performed based on this, the convenience of the user is good.

[0032]

As described above, according to the present invention, the user who operates the input device can operate the elevator when he / she wants to perform the operation without having any specialized knowledge on the operation control of the elevator. It is possible to set and change the control specifications and automatically register the settings and changes when there is no confusion to the user, thereby avoiding unnecessary confusion to the user.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an elevator system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the input device illustrated in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a group management control device illustrated in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation of an input device control unit in an embodiment of an elevator specification setting device according to the first aspect of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation of a setting data control unit in an embodiment of the elevator specification setting device according to the first aspect of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation of a setting data control unit in an embodiment of an elevator specification setting device according to the second aspect of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of a setting data control unit in an embodiment of the elevator specification setting device according to the third aspect of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing the operation of an input device control section in an embodiment of an elevator specification setting device according to the fourth aspect of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Group management control device 21-1N ... Single control device 3 ... Group management control transmission means 4 ... Information transmission means 5 ... Input device 6 ... Input control unit 7 ... Display control unit 8 ... Setting data storage unit 9 ... Information transmission control Unit 10: Input device control unit 11: Group management control unit 12: Group management control data unit 13: Group management control transmission control unit 14: Information transmission control unit 15: Transmission data storage unit 16: Setting data control unit 17: Calendar clock

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. An input means for a user of an elevator to input information related to the operation control of the elevator, a means for storing information input by the input means, and an operation control related to the stored information is performed by the elevator An elevator specification setting device, comprising: means for registering the stored information on condition that the information has not been executed, and control means for executing operation control of the elevator based on the registered information. 2. An input means for a user of the elevator to input information related to the operation control of the elevator, a means for storing the information input by the input means, and a condition that a predetermined time is reached. An elevator specification setting device, comprising: means for registering the stored information in the memory; and control means for executing operation control of the elevator based on the registered information. 3. An input means for a user of the elevator to input information related to the operation control of the elevator and information on the date and time at which the information is valid; a means for storing the information input by the input means; Means for registering the information on the stored operation control on condition that the date and time when the registered information becomes valid, and control means for executing the operation control of the elevator based on the registered information on the operation control, Elevator specification setting device. 4. An elevator specification setting device according to claim 1, wherein operation control relating to information input by said input means is executed in said elevator at the time of input. An elevator specification setting device having a display means for issuing a warning in a case.