JP3253443B2 - Mobile terminal device for elevator maintenance - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable terminal device for maintenance of an elevator carried by a maintenance person in charge of maintenance of a plurality of elevators, and in particular, an earthquake sensing device connected to each elevator operates in a wide area disaster. The present invention relates to a portable terminal device for maintenance of an elevator suitable for checking whether or not the maintenance has been performed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in an elevator, when an elevator shakes above a specified value when an earthquake occurs, an earthquake sensing device connected to the elevator is operated, and as a result, the elevator is emergency stopped. Since the degree of shaking applied to each elevator varies depending on the size and form of the earthquake, the installation status of the elevator, etc., even if the same earthquake extends to multiple elevators, these elevators Only some of the connected seismic sensing devices may operate, while others may not. Therefore, for example, when an earthquake over a wide area occurs, the elevators that have stopped emergency and other elevators that can operate are mixed, so the maintenance staff in charge of maintenance of these elevators are dispatched to all elevator locations and It was confirmed that the earthquake sensing device had been activated, and the earthquake sensing device was to be restored if necessary.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned prior art, since the maintenance personnel are dispatched to all elevator locations to check whether the earthquake sensing devices have been operated, all of these earthquake sensing devices are used. There has been a problem that it takes a considerable amount of time to recover the elevator, which inconveniences elevator users. In addition, since the above-mentioned earthquake sensing device needs to be promptly restored, a great deal of labor is required for the maintenance staff, and it may be difficult to take a rest until the restoration is completed.

The present invention has been made in view of such a situation in the prior art, and a first object of the present invention is to allow a maintenance person in charge of elevator maintenance to remotely confirm whether an earthquake sensing device has been operated. An object of the present invention is to provide a portable terminal device for maintenance of an elevator that can perform the maintenance.

A second object of the present invention is to provide a portable terminal for maintenance of an elevator in which maintenance personnel can automatically confirm the operation of each of the earthquake sensing devices in accordance with the order of the routes traversing the elevator in the event of a wide area disaster. It is to provide a device.

A third object of the present invention is to provide a portable terminal for maintenance of an elevator which enables a maintenance person to reliably and promptly confirm and restore the operation of an earthquake sensing device when a wide area earthquake occurs. It is to provide a device.

[0007]

In order to achieve the first object, an invention according to claim 1 of the present invention provides a portable terminal for maintenance of an elevator carried by a maintenance person in charge of maintenance of a plurality of elevators. In the apparatus, calling means for sequentially calling seismic sensing devices connected to the elevators via a telephone line, communication means for communicating with the seismic sensing device called by the calling means, and input via the communication means Signal processing means for processing a response signal from the earthquake sensing device to be executed, and confirming whether or not each of the earthquake sensing devices has operated based on the response signal.

Further, in order to achieve the second object, the invention according to claim 2 of the present invention is characterized in that the calling means determines that each of the seismic sensing devices is arranged in the order of the path in which the maintenance staff patrols the elevator in the event of a wide-area disaster. A number storage unit for storing telephone numbers in advance, a dial control unit for sequentially taking out the telephone numbers from the number storage unit and instructing automatic dialing, and a dial unit for dialing the telephone numbers in accordance with instructions from the dial control unit And the signal processing means includes a display unit for displaying a processing result of a response signal output from the earthquake sensing device.

Further, in order to achieve the third object,
The invention according to claim 3 of the present invention is characterized in that the signal processing unit includes a call control unit that temporarily suspends a calling operation of the calling unit based on a processing result of a response signal output from the earthquake sensing device, The calling means includes a previous number storage unit for storing a telephone number of the previously called earthquake sensing device, and when the operation of the earthquake sensing device is confirmed, a call of another earthquake sensing device is controlled by the call control unit. The operation is temporarily stopped, and the operation check of the other earthquake sensing device is restarted by a subsequent operation.

[0010]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the portable terminal device is connected to a telephone line, the seismic sensing device is sequentially activated by a calling means via the telephone line while the portable terminal device is connected to the telephone line. The calling and communication with the called earthquake sensing device are performed by the communication means, the response signal output from the earthquake sensing device is processed by the signal processing means, and each of the earthquake sensing devices operates based on the response signal. Check if you did. This allows a maintenance person in charge of elevator maintenance to remotely confirm whether or not each of the seismic sensing devices has operated.

[0011] Further, since the invention according to claim 2 is configured as described above, the calling means is provided by the number storage unit.
The maintenance staff pre-stores the telephone numbers of the respective earthquake sensing devices in the order of the route to go through the elevator in the event of a wide-area disaster, and sequentially retrieves the telephone numbers from this number storage unit by the dial control unit and instructs automatic dialing. The telephone number is dialed by the dial unit in response to a command from the dial control unit. Next, after the response signal is output from the earthquake sensing device called by the calling means as described above, the processing result of the response signal is displayed on the display unit, and based on the displayed processing result, the maintenance staff detects the earthquake. Check if the device works. Thus, the maintenance staff can automatically check the operation of each earthquake sensing device in accordance with the order of the routes that go around the elevator in the event of a wide area disaster.

Further, since the invention according to claim 3 is configured as described above, when the operation of the earthquake sensing device is confirmed, the calling operation of the calling means is temporarily interrupted by the control of the calling control unit, After the maintenance staff has restored the above-mentioned earthquake sensing device, by re-operating the portable terminal device, the dial control unit of the above-mentioned calling means causes the next controller following the telephone number stored in the previous number storage unit. The telephone numbers in the order are taken out and dialed by the dial unit to restart the operation check of the other earthquake sensing devices. Accordingly, when a wide-area earthquake occurs, maintenance personnel can check the operation of all the earthquake sensing devices without omission, and needless time is not required because only the operated earthquake sensing devices are restored. Therefore, at the time of a wide-area disaster, maintenance personnel can surely and promptly confirm and restore the operation of the earthquake sensing device.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a portable terminal device for maintenance of an elevator according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the portable terminal device for maintenance of an elevator according to the present invention, which includes the inventions described in claims 1, 2 and 3, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the portable terminal device of FIG. It is.

The portable terminal device 1 of this embodiment shown in FIG.
It can be connected via the telephone line 2 to the earthquake sensing device 3 or another earthquake sensing device not shown. When the elevator 4 swings to a specified value or more when an earthquake occurs, the earthquake sensing device 3 operates to output an emergency stop signal, and as a result, the elevator 4 is emergency stopped. The earthquake sensing device 4 includes a sensor 5 for sensing an earthquake, and a terminal 6 connected to the sensor 5, and the terminal 6 further includes:
A receiving unit 21 and a transmitting unit 22; a storage unit 23 for storing that the sensor 5 has been operated; a control unit 24;
It is composed of The same applies to other earthquake sensing devices not shown.

The portable terminal device 1 of this embodiment has a calling means 1a for sequentially calling the earthquake sensing device 3 and the like via the telephone line 2, and a communication for communicating with the earthquake sensing device 3 called by the calling means 1a. And a signal processing means 1c for processing a response signal from the earthquake sensing device 3 inputted through the communication means 1b.

The above-mentioned calling means 1a comprises: a number storage unit 15 for storing in advance the telephone numbers of the respective earthquake sensing devices 3 and the like in the order of the route in which the maintenance staff patrols the elevator 4 and the like in the event of a wide area disaster; , A dial control unit 16 for sequentially taking out the telephone numbers and instructing automatic dialing, a dialing unit 13 for dialing the telephone numbers in accordance with instructions from the dial control unit 16, and a A previous number storage unit 14 for storing telephone numbers is provided.

The above-mentioned communication means 1b transmits a response request signal to the earthquake sensing device 3 or the like via the telephone line 2 and receives a response signal from the earthquake sensing device 3 or the like via the telephone line 2. And a receiving unit 11 that performs the processing.

The signal processing means 1c includes an operation control unit 17 connected to the dial control unit 16, a display unit 18 for displaying a processing result of a response signal output from the earthquake sensing device 3 or the like, and an operation control unit. Operation unit 19 connected to 17
And a call control unit (not shown) for temporarily interrupting the calling operation of the calling means 1a based on the processing result of the response signal output from the earthquake sensing device 3 or the like.

In this embodiment, for example, when an earthquake over a wide area occurs, it is sequentially confirmed whether or not the earthquake sensing device 3 and the like have operated according to the processing procedure shown in FIG. That is, as a procedure S1, the maintenance person operates the portable terminal device 1 through the telephone line (not shown) through the telephone line 2.
The portable terminal device 1 is operated by operating the operation unit 19 in this state, and the operation control unit 1 is operated in step S2.
7, the dial control unit 16 is operated to determine whether or not the telephone number has already been stored in the previous number storage unit 14. At this time, since the previous telephone number has not yet been stored in the previous number storage unit 14, the dial control unit 16 reads the telephone number of the earthquake sensing device 3 from the storage unit 15 according to the above-described order in step S3. . For example, if the operation of the earthquake sensing device 3 is set to be checked first, the telephone number "03-5697-****"
Is read out from the storage unit 15 and this telephone number is stored in the previous number storage unit 14, and as a step S4, the dial control unit 16
The telephone number is dialed by the dial unit 13 in response to the instruction.

Next, when the earthquake sensing device 3 responds in step S5, the transmitting unit 12 sends the operation status of the sensor 5 to the control unit 24 via the telephone line 2 and the receiving unit 21 of the terminal 6 in step S6. Inquire. As a result, the procedure S
The control unit 24 reads out the operation status of the sensor 5 stored in the storage unit 23 and detects the operation status of the sensor unit 5 from the transmission unit 22 via the telephone line 2 and the reception unit 11 of the portable terminal device 1. A response signal for notifying the operation state of the device 5 is returned. When it is determined in step S7 that the sensor 5 is not operating based on the response signal, it is determined in step S8 whether a series of confirmation operations is completed. If the processing has not been completed yet, the dial control unit 16 performs step S3a.
The next telephone number following the telephone number of the earthquake sensing device 3, for example, “03-5698-****” is read from the storage unit 15 in accordance with the order of the route that goes around the elevator 4, and this telephone number is stored in the previous time. The number is stored in the number storage unit 14, and then the above-described procedures S4 to S7 are performed.

On the other hand, when it is determined in step S7 that the sensor 5 has been operated based on the response signal, in step S9, the processing result of the response signal, the telephone number of the earthquake sensing device 3, and The customer name is displayed on the display unit 18, and the calling operation of the calling unit 1a is temporarily interrupted under the control of the signal processing unit 1c in step S10. Then, based on the displayed processing result and the like, the maintenance person confirms that the sensor 5 has operated, and then dispatches to the location of the elevator 4 to restore the earthquake sensing device 3, and then proceeds to step S1.
When the maintenance worker connects the portable terminal device 1 via the telephone line 2 and operates the portable terminal device 1 again as 1, it is determined in step S 8 that a series of confirmation operations has not been completed, and the process returns to the above-described step S 3 a and returns to Phone number, for example, "03
By automatically dialing "-5698-****", the operation check of another earthquake sensing device is restarted.

In the embodiment configured as described above, a maintenance person in charge of maintenance of the elevator 4 and the like can remotely confirm whether each of the earthquake sensing devices 3 and the like has operated. In addition, the maintenance staff can automatically check whether or not each of the earthquake sensing devices 3 and the like have operated according to the order of the routes that go around the elevators 4 and the like at the time of a wide area disaster.
Furthermore, when a wide-area earthquake occurs, maintenance personnel can check the operation of the earthquake sensing device 3 and the like without omission, and since only the operated earthquake sensing device is restored, no waste of time is taken. Thus, when a wide area earthquake occurs, the maintenance staff can surely and promptly confirm and restore the operation of the earthquake sensing device 3 and the like.

[0023]

According to the present invention as described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, an elevator maintenance person can remotely confirm whether or not each of the earthquake sensing devices has been operated.

Further, in the invention according to the second aspect, in addition to the above effects, the maintenance staff can automatically confirm the operation of each of the earthquake sensing devices in accordance with the order of the routes traversing the elevator during a wide area disaster. .

Furthermore, in the invention according to claim 3, in addition to the above effects, when a wide-area earthquake occurs, a maintenance person reliably and promptly checks and recovers the operation of the earthquake sensing device. be able to.

Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to prevent an elevator user from being annoying when a wide-area earthquake occurs, and to reduce the labor of elevator maintenance personnel.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a portable terminal device for maintenance of an elevator according to the present invention, including an embodiment according to the first, second and third aspects of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of the portable terminal device of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mobile terminal apparatus 1a Calling means 1b Communication means 1c Signal processing means 2 Telephone line 3 Earthquake sensing device 4 Elevator 5 Detector 6 Terminal 13 Dial unit 14 Last number storage unit 15 Number storage unit 16 Dial control unit 18 Display unit

────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-6-191755 (JP, A) JP-A-6-329359 (JP, A) JP-A-6-336380 (JP, A) JP-A-7-191 172729 (JP, A) JP-A-2-225276 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B66B 5/02 B66B 3/00 B66B 5/00 H04M 11/00 301

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] An elevator maintenance portable terminal device carried by a maintenance person in charge of maintenance of a plurality of elevators, a calling means for sequentially calling seismic sensing devices respectively connected to the elevators via a telephone line, Communication means for communicating with the earthquake sensing device called by the calling means, and signal processing means for processing a response signal from the earthquake sensing device input via the communication means, based on the response signal A mobile terminal device for maintenance of an elevator, wherein it is confirmed whether or not each of the earthquake sensing devices has operated. 2. A calling means comprising: a number storage unit for storing telephone numbers of respective earthquake sensing devices in advance in the order of a route in which a maintenance worker patrols an elevator at the time of a wide area disaster; and sequentially taking out the telephone numbers from the number storage unit. A dial control unit for instructing automatic dialing, and a dial unit for dialing the telephone number in response to a command from the dial control unit, and a signal processing means for processing a response signal output from the earthquake sensing device. The portable terminal device for maintenance of an elevator according to claim 1, further comprising a display unit for displaying a result. 3. The signal processing means includes a call control unit for temporarily interrupting a calling operation of the calling means based on a processing result of a response signal output from the earthquake sensing device, wherein the calling means determines whether or not the calling operation has been performed last time. The previous number storage unit for storing the telephone number of the earthquake sensing device, and when the operation of the earthquake sensing device is confirmed, the call of the other earthquake sensing device is temporarily interrupted by the control of the call control unit. 3. The portable terminal device for maintenance of an elevator according to claim 2, wherein the operation check of said another earthquake sensing device is restarted by re-operation.