JP3373687B2 - Elevator control device - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a building such as a head office building of a large corporation or a government office of a local government, where the number of users of the building is unspecified and there are many people who are not guided to the building, and between the intermediate floors. The present invention relates to an improvement of an elevator control device that operates in independent elevators for each service zone by dividing the service zone in a high-rise building, which is frequently visited.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a high-rise building that has been constructed up to now, in considering the layout of an elevator installed in the high-rise building, the points that have been taken into consideration are the enhancement of transportation capacity and its speed. This is because the purpose of use of skyscrapers is most often as an office. Most of them are cases where one company uses a few floors, and it is not so inconvenient to come and go between the floors.

Therefore, the person using the elevator is
In general, the convenience of access to intermediate floors is rarely taken into consideration when considering the layout of an elevator, as it only needs to be able to return to and from the first floor. .

For example, in a hall, elevators are laid out so that passengers who have registered for calls can reach the elevator that arrived first with a minimum of walking. The purpose of this is to shorten the transportation time.

In addition, since recent high-rise buildings are designed with emphasis on design, the guidance display is unfriendly,
The layout is very difficult for first-time visitors. For this reason, in public buildings related to government offices where visitors regardless of age or sex, visitors are demanding particularly easy-to-understand control. Therefore, in such a building to be constructed from now on, there is a demand for an elevator that pursues ease of use in addition to transportation capacity and transportation speed.

[0006] However, there are some high-rise buildings recently built, such as own buildings, which are exclusive to one company. And in this kind of high-rise building, all floors may be used for business, and the access between the middle floors is
You have to get down to the first floor and change elevators or transfer. In this case, changing elevators that are divided for each service zone requires a slight movement (walking).
Requires.

That is, in the conventional technology, an elevator layout as shown in FIG. 8 is generally used. In FIG. 8, 71 is a low-rise zone elevator,
Reference numeral 72 is a middle-rise zone elevator, 73 is a hall, and 74 is a moving (walking) route of a user.

[0008] In this case, for example, when changing trains, it is troublesome to move to another platform using the stairs. In this case, if the person who is familiar with the layout (map) of the building in the hall 73 is an easy move, the customer who came for the first time may get lost.

[0009]

As described above, in the conventional elevator control device, not only does it take time to move within the building, but also the walking distance becomes long, and the passengers who are using the vehicle for the first time need to change trains. There was a problem of getting lost.

An object of the present invention is to significantly reduce the time required for moving within a building and shorten the walking distance to improve the efficiency of transferring passengers, and to make it easier for passengers who are using the terminal for the first time to transfer passengers. An object of the present invention is to provide an elevator control device that can prevent getting lost.

[0011]

In order to achieve the above object, an elevator control apparatus of the present invention divides a plurality of floors in a building having a plurality of floors into a plurality of service zones, In an elevator control device that operates in an independent elevator for each service zone, has a transfer floor between the multiple service zones, and services all floors, the elevator car is in the facing direction.
It has two doors and different services on the transfer floor.
Share one hole between the zones and one side of the hole
Elevators in different service zones on the other side
Place the motor is provided inside the car, the destination floor registration operation means capable of passengers perform destination floor registration for all floors, the input from the destination floor registration operation unit, the A transfer means for transferring a signal for preparing an elevator to be boarded before reaching the registered destination floor to a control device that controls all service zones of the elevator, and at the time of transfer at the transfer floor, By the input from the destination floor registration operation means, based on the arrival time to the transfer floor of the elevator heading for the transfer floor, and the transfer elevator as a candidate selected from the transfer signal,
Calculate the dispatch time to shorten the waiting time and allow some transfer time, and decide the optimal allocation elevator so that the elevator near the elevator you are riding is located as much as possible Equipped with means for calculating the estimated time of arrival at the connecting floor to the control device,
Open and close the door in the most effective direction.

In particular, it is desirable to add an informing means for informing passengers of the door opening direction at least at the transfer floor. Further, it is desirable that at least one of the display device and the voice guidance device is provided as the notification means.

[0013]

Therefore, in the elevator control device of the present invention, as an elevator car, an elevator car having two doors is installed, and a degree of freedom is provided in the direction of getting on and off from one car to change trains. By opening and closing the door in an effective direction, it is possible to minimize the walking distance when changing trains.

Further, by calling and registering the destination floor after the transfer in advance, the elevators connecting to each other so that the waiting time is shortened and the elevators near the elevator where the passenger is currently riding are preferentially arranged. Therefore, the waiting time can be significantly shortened.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. First, in this embodiment, as shown in a vertical sectional view in FIG.
Is on the 60th floor, a low-rise zone that services 1F to 20F,
Consider the case of a high-rise building having elevators 43, 44, 45 divided into a middle-rise zone that serves 1F and 20F-40F, and a high-rise zone that serves the first floor and 40F-60F.

Of the elevators 43, 44, 45 divided into these three service zones, the low-rise zone,
The elevator cars 43 and 44 serving the middle zone are provided with two doors facing each other. If necessary, the elevator 45 that services the high-rise zone
May be the same.

Further, in the building 41, as shown in FIG. 6, the elevators 56, 57 and 58 of the high-rise zone, the middle-rise zone and the low-rise zone are arranged in a line when viewed from the side. And each of these elevators 56, 57, 5
By getting on from No. 8 from one direction, the holes 59 for each service zone are independent.

In the middle floor (2F-19 in the low-rise zone)
F, 21F-39F in the mid-rise zone, 4 in the high-rise zone
In 1F to 60F), which side to get on and off (whether to provide the hole 59) is arbitrary.

However, at the transfer floor (20F, 40F),
One hall 59 is shared, one side has an elevator that serves the floors below that floor, and the other side has an elevator that serves the floors above that floor,
As shown in FIG.

Here, for the sake of convenience, in an elevator in the same service zone, from the left, Unit i (i = 1, i = 1, 1)
2, 3 ...). Next, FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of an elevator control device according to the present invention.

That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the elevator control device of this embodiment has a destination floor registration button 1 which is a destination floor registration operation means, a transfer means 2, a low-rise zone group management control device 3, and a door. It comprises an opening direction display control device 4, a transfer floor estimated arrival time calculation device 5, a transfer means 6, a middle zone zone management control device 7, and a transfer means 8.

Here, the destination floor registration button 1 is provided inside the elevator car (in this example, the elevator car that services the low-rise zone) so that passengers can reach all the floors. It is possible to register.

Further, the transfer means 2 sends the destination floor information registered by the destination floor registration button 1 to the low-rise zone group management control device 3 and the door opening direction display control device 4, and
A blinking signal from the low-rise zone group management control device 3 is sent to the destination floor registration button 1.

Further, the low-rise zone group management control device 3 is
It controls the elevator that services the low-rise zone, and when it receives the destination floor information from the transfer means 2, it sends a blinking signal to the transfer means 2.

Further, this low-rise zone group management controller 3
Determines whether or not the destination floor is a floor that requires a transfer based on the destination floor information from the transfer means 2, and the current position of the elevator on which the passenger has boarded and the current transfer floor The registered floor is used as the estimated arrival time calculator for the transfer floor 5
And the number of the elevator on which the passenger is riding is sent to the unique transfer means 6 as information.

Furthermore, the door opening direction display control device 4 is
When the destination floor information is received from the transfer means 2, the door opening direction is displayed. On the other hand, the transfer floor arrival time calculation device 5 arrives at the transfer floor of the elevator that is heading for the transfer floor by input from the low-rise zone group management control device 3 when transferring at the transfer floor. Based on the required time and the transfer elevator that is a candidate selected from the middle-class zone group management control device 7, the dispatch time is calculated such that the waiting time is shortened and the transfer time has a certain margin. Further, the optimal allocation of elevators is determined so that the elevators near the elevators on which the passenger is riding are arranged as much as possible, and are given to the middle-class zone group management control device 7.

The transfer means 6 also supplies the information from the lower layer zone group management control device 3 to the middle layer zone group management control device 7. Furthermore, the middle-tier zone group management controller 7 controls the elevator that services the middle-tier zone, and sends the decision information from the transit floor arrival time calculation device 5 to the transfer means 8.

Furthermore, the transfer means 8 sends the information from the middle-class zone group management controller 7 to the assigned elevator 9. Next, the operation of the elevator control device of this embodiment configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 6.

Here, the case of moving from a floor serviced only in the low-rise zone to a floor serviced only in the middle-rise zone will be taken as an example. In FIG. 1, there is a destination floor registration button 1 capable of registering all floors in the elevator car serving the low-rise zone, and the user presses the button of the floor 52 he / she wants to go to Register the floor. Then, the destination floor information registered here is sent to the low-rise zone group management control device 3 and the door opening direction display control device 4 through the transfer means 2.

Then, the low-rise zone group management control device 3 receives the information and blinks the push button in the car. Further, the door opening direction display control device 4 displays the door opening direction by transferring the information.

On the other hand, in the low rise zone group management control device 3,
It is determined whether the registered destination floor is a floor that requires transfer, and if deemed necessary, the current position of the elevator on which the passenger boarded and the floors currently registered up to the transfer floor. Is transferred to the estimated arrival time calculator 5 at the transfer floor,
The estimated time t _j of arriving at the transfer floor is calculated, and the intermediate zone group management controller 7 is transferred through the unique transfer means 6.
The number of the elevator on which the passenger is riding is transferred as information. Then, based on this information, the elevator i laid out at a close location is extracted (elevator number 51), and similarly, its position and the planned stop floor are transferred to the transit floor arrival scheduled time calculation device 5, and the same. The expected arrival time t _i for arriving at the transfer floor is calculated.

[0032] In the transit floor of their estimated time of arrival calculation device 5, the output of the low-rise zone elevator, add the mobile time t _a in the hall after the transit floor arrival (and it t), the middle zone elevator And the arrival time is compared with that of the allocation candidate elevator, and the elevator having the shortest waiting time is determined to be the allocation elevator, and the middle-class zone group management control device 7
And the command arrives at the assigned elevator 9 through the transfer means 8.

Here, for each estimated arrival time t _i of the middle-rise zone elevator, the difference in the arrival time of the low-rise zone elevator (waiting time t _wi =) t _i −t is searched for for the smallest elevator i. However, the waiting time t is actually
_{A case where wi} <0 (a state where the middle-zone elevator is waiting) can be considered. At this time, since the other passengers there is a possibility that by starting to come, it is necessary to set the minimum value x which can take latency t _wi advance (-t _a degree (multiplication Simultaneous arrival at the succession)) is desirable).

[0034] Therefore, when represented by the equation calculation content to be performed here, estimated time of arrival of the low-rise zone elevator _{t t = t j + t a} t j: estimated time of arrival of the low-rise zone elevator t _a: travel time x in the hall <Min {t _i −t} t _i : It is an estimated time of arrival of the middle-zone elevator, and i is an elevator to which i satisfying the above formula is assigned.

As a result, for example, the transfer floor (20F, 40
In F), since one hall 59 is shared, the elevator to be boarded next can be seen at a glance, and the travel distance of the passenger (the travel path 55 of the passenger) is reduced.

In addition to the allocation to reduce the waiting time, the elevator 53 on which
By assigning elevators as close as possible,
It is possible to further reduce the moving distance.

Further, since the arrival time is taken into consideration, the traveling time can be afforded. Furthermore, in the car, since the door opening direction is displayed, it is possible to provide a user-friendly service.

As described above, in the elevator control apparatus according to the present embodiment, due to the elevator layout as described above, in the standard floor (floor where passengers come to the building and board the elevator first), each service zone is A separate hall 59 will be realized, and it will be possible to prevent the elevator from getting on the wrong floor.

Further, when it is desired to move from the intermediate floor to the intermediate floor, it is not necessary to once descend to the standard floor by such a layout. Furthermore, at the transfer floor, one hall 5
9 floors are shared, and one side has an elevator that serves the floors below that floor, and the other side has an elevator that serves the floors above that floor. You don't have to look for the elevator hall, just take the elevator in front of you.

As a result, not only the first passenger can smoothly change trains, but also the walking time can be significantly shortened. In addition, it has a function to register the destination floor in advance, and at the transfer floor, when allocating elevators, not only do the assignments reduce waiting time, but also the eyes of the elevator 53 on which the passenger is riding. Since the group management is performed so as to allocate elevators at positions as close as possible to the front or adjacent to them, the walking distance in the hall 59 can be shortened.

In addition, since the arrival time of the elevator is calculated, not only is an elevator with a sufficient transfer time allocated, but passengers are informed in advance of the direction of the door opening, so that the passengers can be in a hurry. It is possible to realize safe elevator operation without changing trains.

As described above, the time required for moving within the building is greatly shortened, and the walking distance is shortened to improve the efficiency of the transfer, and it is easy for the passengers who are using it for the first time to easily understand and become lost during the transfer. Can be eliminated.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but can be implemented in the same manner as described below. (A) In the above embodiment, the transfer from the floor in the low-rise zone to the floor in the high-rise zone involves changing twice. However, since the two zones are not next to each other, it is not possible to realize a transfer floor sharing a single hall. Further, since the elevators are arranged in a line in one zone, it is difficult to arrange too many elevators.

Therefore, in such a case, for example, as shown in FIG.
As shown in the vertical sectional view in FIG. 1, an elevator (high-rise zone elevator 6) capable of servicing two sets of floors in the building 61.
2, the middle-rise zone elevator 63 and the low-rise zone elevator 64) are arranged, and it is possible to realize a transfer floor of the low-rise zone and the high-rise zone that share one hole on the top floor of the low-rise zone between them.

It is also possible to increase the number of standard floors, such as the floor with a dining room or the floor of the entrance to the train, if necessary.
In FIG. 7, 65 indicates a service zone and 66 indicates an express zone.

(B) In the above embodiment, the case where the display means is used as the notification means for informing the passenger of the door opening direction at least at the transfer floor has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this.
A voice guidance unit may be provided to notify the passenger of the door opening direction by means of a guidance broadcast, or both the display unit and the voice guidance unit may be provided.

[0047]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Dividing the plurality of floors in a building having a plurality of floors to a plurality of service zones, performs operation in a separate elevator for each said service zones, the plurality of service
There is a transfer floor between the zones and all floors are serviced .
In that elevator control system, ride the elevator car
Has two doors facing each other, and at the transfer floor,
Share one hall between different service zones,
Different service areas for one side and the other side of the hall
An elevator is installed in the car and is installed inside the car, and destination floor registration operation means that allows passengers to register destination floors for all floors and input from destination floor registration operation means The transfer means for transferring a signal for preparing an elevator to be boarded by the time it reaches the registered destination floor to the control device that controls all service zones of the elevator, and the transfer at the transfer floor. At this time, based on the time required to arrive at the transfer floor of the elevator heading for the transfer floor and the transfer elevator that is a candidate selected from the transfer signals, the waiting time is input by the input from the destination floor registration operation means. Calculate the dispatch time that will reduce the time and allow some transfer time, and place the elevator as close as possible to your own elevator. To determine the best allocation of an elevator and a transit floor arrival time calculating means for applying to the control apparatus, since the open and close the door to a valid direction transfer, significant time during the movement in the building shortened In addition, it is possible to provide an elevator control device capable of shortening the walking distance, improving the efficiency of transfer, and making it easier for passengers who are using it for the first time to avoid getting lost during transfer.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an elevator control device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the control contents of the low-rise zone group management control device in the elevator control device of the same embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the control contents of a transit floor arrival time calculation device in the elevator control device of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the control contents of the middle-layer zone group management control device in the elevator control device of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing an example of arrangement of elevators in a high-rise building.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing an example of halls on each floor in a high-rise building.

FIG. 7 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing an application example of arrangement of elevators in a high-rise building.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing an example of a layout of holes in a high-rise building in the related art.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Destination floor registration button, 2 ... transfer means, 3. Low-rise zone group management control device, 4 ... Door opening direction display control device, 5 ... Estimated time of arrival calculation device 6 ... transfer means, 7 ... Middle-level zone group management control device, 8 ... Transfer means, 9 ... Assigned middle-rise zone elevator, 41 ... Building, 42 ... floor, 43 ... Low-rise zone elevator, 44 ... Middle-rise zone elevator, 45 ... High-rise zone elevator, 51 ... elevator number, 52 ... floor, 53 ... The elevator I'm on, 54 ... Elevator of allocation candidate, 55 ... Movement (walking) route of users, 56 ... High-rise zone elevator, 57 ... Middle-rise zone elevator, 58 ... Low rise zone elevator, 59 ... Hall, 61 ... Building, 62 ... High-rise zone elevator, 63 ... Middle-rise zone elevator, 64 ... Low-rise zone elevator, 65 ... Service zone, 66 ... express zone, 71 ... Low-rise zone elevator, 72 ... Middle-rise zone elevator, 73 ... Hall, 74 ... A movement (walking) route of the user.

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── --- Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-4-327473 (JP, A) JP-A-1-321279 (JP, A) JP-A-54-3747 (JP, A) JP-A-60- 23272 (JP, A) JP 6-32545 (JP, A) JP 7-252033 (JP, A) JP 6-9163 (JP, A) JP 1-98579 (JP, A) JP-A-61-90978 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B66B 1/00-19/06

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A by dividing the plurality of floors in a building having a plurality of floors to a plurality of service zones, performs operation in a separate elevator for each said service zones, those
In an elevator controller having a transfer floor between the plurality of service zones and servicing all floors, the elevator car has two doors facing each other.
In the transfer floor, between different service zones
One hole is shared, and one side of the hole and the other side have different services
A destination zone registration operation means, in which a zone elevator is arranged, is provided inside the car, and in which passengers can perform destination floor registration for all floors, and from the destination floor registration operation means By means of input, transfer means for transferring a signal for preparing an elevator to be used to reach the registered destination floor to a control device that controls all service zones of the elevator, and a transfer means at the transfer floor At the time of transfer, by the input from the destination floor registration operation means, the required arrival time to the transfer floor of the elevator heading for the transfer floor, and the transfer elevator that is a candidate selected from the transfer signal. Based on, calculate the dispatch time that shortens the waiting time and allows some transfer time, and if possible, find the elevator Includes a transit floor arrival time calculating means for Kuno to determine the best allocation of the elevator as the elevator is disposed given to the control device, and wherein the opening and closing a door to a valid direction transfer Elevator control device. 2. The elevator control apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising at least an informing means for informing a passenger of a door opening direction at a transfer floor. 3. The elevator control device according to claim 2, wherein the notification means includes at least one of a display device and a voice guidance device.