JP3413001B2 - Elevator car operation 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 an elevator that performs group management control on the operation of a plurality of elevator cars, for example, an operation for continuously and efficiently cleaning each car. Regarding the control device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a building or the like in which a plurality of elevators are installed, these are usually group-controlled. this is,
By returning the cars without moving the car beyond the floor where there are no users, or by controlling so that multiple cars traveling in the same direction arrive at a certain floor almost at the same time, the user can It aims to make the car arrive the earliest to the floor in the direction in which the call is registered, and is trying to shorten the waiting time for users and improve the efficiency of elevator operation. Therefore, all of the plurality of cars do not repeat the reciprocating operation from the uppermost floor to the lowest floor repeatedly, and optimal operation control is performed depending on the occasion.

In addition, in order to make the users comfortably use the elevator, it is necessary to regularly clean the inside of the elevator car. In department stores, stations, airports, etc., which have a large number of users, what happens daily? Sometimes it may be necessary to clean it again. When cleaning the inside of the elevator car, a cleaner waits on a specific floor (for example, the top floor), presses the call registration button at the elevator hall, suspends the temporary operation of the arrived car, and then the car After the cleaning is completed, the temporary suspension of operation is released, the call registration button for calling the next car is pressed, and the operation of waiting for arrival is repeated.

[0004]

By the way, since a plurality of elevators are group-managed and controlled as described above,
After cleaning one car, even if the next car to be cleaned is called, the car that has already been cleaned may be assigned and arrive, and it is not known when the next car to be assigned will arrive. There was a problem. Therefore, the cleaning staff has to wait a long time and the cleaning cycle time becomes long.Therefore, the number of baskets that can be cleaned within a predetermined time decreases, which may cause discomfort to elevator users. there were. This was a serious problem in the service industry.

In addition, there is a possibility that call registration for cleaning may make useless landing calls, and there is a problem that the operation efficiency of the elevator is reduced. The present invention solves such a problem, without reducing the operation efficiency of the elevator,
The purpose was to enable efficient car cleaning.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] A first invention is an elevator which performs group management control for the operation of a plurality of cars, and separates the group management control of the car and waits for the car to open. A first means for causing the car, a second means for returning the car to normal operation after a lapse of a predetermined time after the operation of the first means, and a return command to another car in parallel with the second means. The third means and the return command from the third means determine whether or not it is the final one, and if the determination result is not the final one, the next car is landed by the return command from the third means. And a fifth means for returning the final car to normal operation when the final result of the determination by the fourth means is determined. As a result, the car can be efficiently cleaned without lowering the operating efficiency of the elevator that is performing the group management control.

A second aspect of the invention is that the first means of the first aspect of the invention operates by inserting a plug of a predetermined device into a predetermined outlet installed in the elevator car, and the fifth means is the elevator. It is designed to operate by unplugging a predetermined device from a predetermined outlet installed in the car. As a result, when the plug of the vacuum cleaner or the like is plugged in or unplugged, the first means and the fifth means operate in synchronization with it.
The operation can be simplified.

A third aspect of the present invention is, in an elevator in which group management control is performed for the operation of a plurality of cars, with first means for disconnecting the group management control for the cars and for waiting the cars to open. A second means for returning the car to normal operation by operating a destination floor button of the car and issuing a return command to another car;
It is determined whether or not the return command from the means is the final one, and if the determination result is not the final result, the return means from the second means causes the next car to land on the third car, and the third means. And a fourth means for returning the final car to the normal operation when the result of the judgment by the means is judged to be the final one. According to the present invention, it is possible to ensure the operation by using the existing destination floor button and eliminate the limitation of the cleaning time.

A fourth aspect of the present invention is an elevator in which group management control is performed for the operation of a plurality of cars, in which the door open button, the door close button and a predetermined destination floor button of the car are pressed at substantially the same time. After that, by inserting the plug of the specified device into the specified outlet installed in the car,
First means for disconnecting the group management control of the car and waiting for the car to open, and second means for operating the destination floor button of the car to return the car to normal operation, and the second means. In parallel with the means of (3), a third means for issuing a return instruction to another car and whether or not the return instruction from this third means is the final one are determined. A fourth means for landing the next car in response to the return command from the third means, and an outlet installed in the car of the elevator after the result of the judgment by the fourth means is judged to be the final one. And a fifth means for returning the final car to normal operation by unplugging a predetermined device from the. In the present invention, since the existing destination floor button is used, the configuration can be simplified and the operation can be made more reliable, and the cleaning time can be eliminated.

A fifth aspect of the present invention is an elevator in which group management control is performed for the operation of a plurality of cars. In the elevator, the door open button and the door close button of the car are continuously pressed for a predetermined time and then a predetermined destination floor. By pressing a button and then inserting a plug of a predetermined device into a predetermined outlet installed in the car, the group management control of the car is disconnected, and the car is kept waiting to be opened. The second means for returning the car to the normal operation after a lapse of a predetermined time after the operation of the first means, the third means for issuing a return instruction to another car in parallel with the second means, and the third means. Means for determining whether or not the return command from the means is the final one, and if the determination result is not the final one, the fourth means for landing the next car according to the return command from the third means; Judgment result by the fourth means By removing the plug from the Outlet installed in a predetermined device in the car of the elevator after it is determined that the last thing is that a fifth means for returning to the normal operation of the cage of the last. As a result, the car can be efficiently cleaned and the operation can be made more reliable without lowering the operation efficiency of the elevator.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the first to fifth aspects of the present invention, when it is determined that the final instruction is the final instruction, the final car alarm device is activated. It was made to let. As a result, the worker can be informed that the car is the final car, and the end of the work can be ensured.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the first to sixth aspects of the present invention, when the car is placed in a door open standby state, a means for guiding by a voice from a voice synthesizer and a lighting of the car at that time are provided. A means for turning off the light once and then turning it on again is provided. In this way, by notifying the user that the car is temporarily unavailable, and by providing a judgment material such as waiting for another car or using the stairs, the user service It is possible to improve.

[0013]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG.
It will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an elevator car operation control device according to the present invention.
Note that the present invention is intended for an elevator that performs group management control for the operation of a plurality of cars.
Mainly shows a control device for a certain car.

That is, the elevator car (not shown) is provided with a unit controller 1 for receiving various signals and controlling the operation of the car. In addition, 2 represents the unit control device of another car. These unit control devices 1,
All of 2 are connected to the group management control device 3, and are optimal for efficient operation of all cars based on the status of hall call registration at the hall and the status of destination floor registration of all cars. Control is taking place.

In the unit control device 1, a hall call registration device 4 for registering a hall call when it occurs, a destination floor registration device 5 for registering a destination floor by pressing a destination floor button in the car, and a car rising. , An elevator drive device 6 that controls the descent, a door drive device 7 that controls the opening and closing of the car door, a cleaning switch (hereinafter referred to as a cleaning SW) 8 provided in the car, and a car. An outlet detection device 10 or the like that detects when a device is connected to the outlet 9 is connected. A voice synthesizer 11 and a speaker 12 are also provided so that voice guidance can be provided.

Next, operation control for the cleaning operation of the elevator thus constructed will be described.

First, the cleaning staff pushes the hall call button on a predetermined floor to register the hall call. When a hall call is generated, the car assigned by the group management control device 3 is carried to the floor where the hall call is generated by the elevator drive device 6 and landed on it, and the door drive device 7 opens the car door. Then, the cleaning person gets into the car and turns on the cleaning SW 8 provided in the car.

When the ON signal of the cleaning SW 8 is input to the single control device 1, the signal is sent to the group management control device 3,
The single control device 1 is separated from the group management control device 3, and the operation of the car is placed in a state of being excluded from group management. Then, the single control device 1 sends a signal to the door drive device 7 to put the car in a door open standby state. Under such a condition, the cleaning staff cleans the inside of the car and performs a simple disinfection work.

Next, when a preset fixed time (for example, about 10 minutes) has passed, a return signal is sent from the unit control device 1 to the group management control unit 3 to control the unit control unit 1 of the car concerned by group management. Incorporating into group management under device 3,
In addition to returning the car to normal operation,
The operation of bringing the next car assigned by the group management control device 3 to a predetermined floor waiting for the cleaning staff so that the next car can be cleaned is sequentially repeated. When the cleaning SW 8 is turned off, the single control device 1 of the car can be incorporated into the group management control device 3 and the normal operation can be restored even before the preset time has elapsed.

Further, since an electric vacuum cleaner or the like is used during cleaning, the plug of this vacuum cleaner is used as the outlet 9 in the car.
It is possible to mechanically detect that the cleaner is plugged in or to electrically detect that a load is applied, and it is possible to determine whether the plug of the vacuum cleaner is plugged in or unplugged in the outlet 9 If it is detected by the above, the same operation as the cleaning SW 8 can be performed.

Furthermore, when the cleaning SW 8 is turned on or the plug of the vacuum cleaner is inserted into the outlet 9, the voice synthesizer 11 is operated to cause the speaker 12 to "clean the car from now on. By sending a message such as "Please do not enter," it is possible to notify the user of the start of cleaning and ask for cooperation in suspending operation for a while.

FIG. 2 shows a case where the microcomputer 13 is used as the unit controller 1.

The group management control device 3, the hall call registration device 4,
Destination floor registration device 5, cleaning SW 8, outlet detection device 1
The signal from 0 is input to the microcomputer 13 via the input port 14. On the other hand, the group management control device 3,
Signals to the elevator drive device 6, the door drive device 7, and the voice synthesizer 11 are output from the microcomputer 13 via the output port 15. The microcomputer 13 includes a CPU 20, a ROM 21, and a RAM 22, and the functions of the unit controller 1 described with reference to FIG. 1 are stored in the ROM 21 as a program. The functions of the hall call registration device 4, the destination floor registration device 5, the elevator drive device 6, the door drive device 7, the cleaning SW 8, and the outlet detection device 10 are stored in the RAM 22. Furthermore, the function of separating or incorporating the single control device 1 from the group management control device 3 and the function of the voice synthesizing device 11 are also RAM.
It is stored in No. 22.

The processing of each step in various operational embodiments shown in FIGS.
This is performed by the CPU 20 sequentially executing the programs stored in the ROM 21.

The basic structure and operation of the present invention are as described above, but there are various embodiments in the operation of the present invention, which will be described below.

First, the first embodiment shown in the flow chart of FIG. 3 will be described. When the cleaning staff registers the landing call as step 1A, the procedure proceeds to step 2A, and the car assigned by the group management control device 3 is landed on the predetermined floor where the cleaning staff waits and opens the door. Next, as step 3A, the cleaning staff gets in the car and performs the cleaning S provided in the car.
When W8 is turned ON, the process proceeds to step 4A, the car is separated from the group management control and is made into a single control, and at the same time, the car is set to the door open standby at step 5A and the car call registration is disabled at step 6A. Here, the cleaning staff cleans the car, and step 7A is in progress during that time, and when a preset time elapses here, a return command is sent to the next car and the cleaning SW of the car is turned on.
Even if it remains as it is, clear it to the OFF state to return the car to normal operation.

At this time, in step 8A, it is determined whether or not the car is the final car by counting how many times the return command is sent to the next car. That is, assuming that there are n elevator cars under group management, with respect to the (n−2) th return command, the process returns to step 3A, and the cleaning of the newly landed cars is sequentially repeated. And
When the cleaning of the car landed by the n-1th return command is completed, the cleaning of all the cars will be completed, and it can be recognized that the cleaning of all the cars is completed by the nth return command. In step 9A, the alarm device of the car is sounded to notify the cleaning staff that the cleaning of all the cars is completed.

In step 10A, it is confirmed whether or not the final cleaning SW in the car is turned off, and the OF
If it is F, the process proceeds to step 11A to return all the cars to the normal operation under the control of the group supervisory control device 3. If the cleaning SW is still ON in step 10A, the process returns to step 9A without returning to normal operation and the alarm continues to ring. Therefore, the car can be efficiently cleaned without lowering the operation efficiency of the elevator that is performing the group management control.

Next, a second embodiment shown in the flow chart of FIG. 4 will be described. When the hall call is registered in step 1B, the process proceeds to step 2B, and the assigned car is landed on a predetermined floor and opened, as in the first embodiment. Next, in step 3B, the cleaning person gets into the car, inserts the plug of the electric vacuum cleaner into the outlet 9 in the car, and then proceeds to step 4B. In the same manner as in the first embodiment, the car is disconnected from the group management control. Then, in step 5B, the car is set to stand-alone control, and at the same time, the car is placed in the door open standby state, and in step 6B, the car call registration is disabled.
Here, the cleaning staff cleans the car, and step 7B is in progress during that time, and when the preset time has elapsed, a return command is sent to the next car to return the car to normal operation. .

In step 8B, as in the first embodiment, the number of times the return command sent to the next car is counted to determine whether or not the car is the final car, and the cleaning of the final car is completed. When the fact is recognized, the alarm device of the car is sounded in step 9B to notify the cleaning staff. In step 10B, it is confirmed whether or not the electric vacuum cleaner is unplugged from the outlet 9 in the car, and if unplugged, the process proceeds to step 11B, and all the cars are normally operated under the control of the group management control device 3. Return to driving. If the plug is not unplugged in step 10B, the operation is returned to step 9B without returning to normal operation and the alarm continues to ring.

In the second embodiment, the start and end of cleaning can be recognized in conjunction with the plugging and unplugging operations of a vacuum cleaner or the like, so the operation is simplified.

Furthermore, the third shown in the flow chart of FIG.
The embodiment will be described. The flow from step 1C to step 6C is the same as that of the first embodiment described with reference to FIG. 3, so description thereof will be omitted here. In the third embodiment, the cleaner finishes cleaning the car that has been waiting for the door to open, and the cleaner presses the destination floor button in the car in step 7C to send a return command to the next car, and the car concerned. Even if the cleaning SW of is kept ON, it is cleared to the OFF state and the car is returned to normal operation. Further, step 8 and subsequent steps are similar to those of the first embodiment, and steps 3C to 8C are sequentially repeated until the final car, and normal operation is returned to at step 11C. Therefore, it is possible to ensure the operation by using the existing destination floor button and eliminate the limitation of the cleaning time.

Next, the fourth embodiment shown in the flow chart of FIG. 6 will be described. When the cleaning staff registers the landing call as step 1D, the procedure proceeds to step 2D, and the car assigned by the group management control device 3 is landed on the predetermined floor where the cleaning staff waits and opens the door. Next step 3
When the cleaner enters the car as D and presses the door open button and door close button in the car and the destination floor button of the specific floor at substantially the same time, the process proceeds to step 4D, where the plug 9 of the electric vacuum cleaner is plugged into the outlet 9 in the car. Is inserted in step 5D, the car is separated from the group management control to be a single control. At the same time, in step 6D, the car is placed in the door open standby state, and in step 7D, car call registration is disabled. At this point, the cleaner cleans the car, and when the car is finished cleaning, the cleaner sends the return command to the next car by pressing the destination floor button in the car in step 8D, and the car is put into normal operation. Try to bring it back.

In step 9D, as in the first embodiment, the number of times the return instruction sent to the next car is counted to determine whether the car is the final car, and the cleaning of the final car is completed. When the fact is recognized, the alarm device of the car is sounded in step 10D to notify the cleaning staff. In step 11D, it is confirmed whether or not the electric vacuum cleaner is unplugged from the outlet 9 in the car, and if unplugged, the process proceeds to step 12D, and all the cars are normally operated under the control of the group management control device 3. Return to driving. If the plug is not unplugged in step 11D, the process returns to step 10D without returning to normal operation and the alarm continues to ring.

In this embodiment, since the existing destination floor button is used, the structure can be simplified and the operation can be made more reliable, and the limitation of the cleaning time can be eliminated. it can.

Next, the fifth embodiment shown in the flow chart of FIG. 7 will be described. When the cleaning staff registers the landing call in step 1E, the procedure proceeds to step 2E, and the assigned car is landed on the predetermined floor where the cleaning staff waits and opens the door. It is similar to the form. Next, in step 3E, the cleaning person gets into the car and continues to press the door open button and door close button in the car for a certain period of time and then presses the destination floor button of the specific floor, and the process proceeds to step 4E. After that, from step 4E to step 7E, the fourth
According to the same flow as in the embodiment, the cleaning staff cleans the car. Then, while the car is being cleaned, step 8E is in progress, and when a preset time elapses here, a return command is sent to the next car to return the car to normal operation. Since the subsequent steps 9E to 12E are the same as those in the fourth embodiment, the description thereof will be omitted here.

Also in this embodiment, the car can be efficiently cleaned and the operation can be made more reliable without lowering the operation efficiency of the elevator.

Finally, the sixth step shown in the flow chart of FIG.
The embodiment will be described. 3 to 7 described above.
In the first to fifth embodiments shown in FIG. 3, as the operation of steps 3A, 3B, 3C and steps 4D, 4E, the cleaning SW 8 is turned ON, or the plug of the vacuum cleaner is inserted into the outlet 9. In this embodiment, it is determined in step 1F that cleaning is in progress. Next, proceed to step 2F, and send a message from the voice synthesizer 11, for example, "Clean the car from now on. Please do not enter the car.", And turn off the lights in the car temporarily in step 3F. Then, turn on the light again to ensure the guidance to the user. During this period, disconnection from group management control, waiting for car doors to open, car call registration not possible, etc. are performed. Next, in step 4F, the cleaning person cleans the car, and when a preset time has elapsed, sends a return command to the next car.

Then, in step 5F, it is judged which order car the return instruction was for, and the procedure returns to step 2 until the return command to the (n-1) th car, and the cleaning of newly arrived cars is sequentially performed. When it is determined that the car is the return command to the final n-th car, the car that has landed in step 6F and waits for door opening operates as steps 7F to 9F in the same manner as steps 2F to 4F.
Using the return command to the next car issued from step 9F as an end signal, the car alarm device is activated in step 10F to notify the cleaning staff that cleaning of all the cars has been completed, and the process proceeds to step 11F. , All the cars are returned to normal operation under the control of the group supervisory control device 3.

In this embodiment, the user is informed that the car concerned is temporarily unavailable by voice guidance or by temporarily turning off the lighting, and is asked to wait for another car or stairs. Since it is possible to provide the judgment material to be used, it is possible to improve the user service.

[0042]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, there is no risk of making unnecessary landing calls in an elevator that performs group management control for the operation of a plurality of cars.
Car cleaning can be carried out sequentially and continuously without lowering the operating efficiency of the elevator, so all cars can be cleaned in a short time, improving work efficiency. Provided is a car operation control device for an elevator, which has a remarkable effect of being able to perform.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment in which a microcomputer is used as the unit control device shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flow diagram showing an operational first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flow diagram showing an operational second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operational third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operational fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operational fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an operational sixth embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Single controller 3 group management control device 4 hall call registration device 5 Destination floor registration device 6 Elevator drive 7 Door drive 8 cleaning switch 9 outlets 10 Outlet detection device 11 Speech synthesizer

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Claims (7)

(57) [Claims] 1. In an elevator that performs group management control for operation of a plurality of cars, first means for disconnecting the group management control for the cars and waiting for the cars to open, and the first means. Second means for returning the car to normal operation after a lapse of a predetermined time after the operation of the means of
And a third means for issuing a return instruction to another car in parallel with the means of (1), and whether or not the return instruction from the third means is the final one, and if the determination result is not the final one, The fourth means for landing the next car according to the return command from the third means, and the fifth means for returning the elevator to the normal operation when the determination result of the fourth means is final.
And a car operation control device for an elevator. 2. The first means operates by inserting a plug of a predetermined device into a predetermined outlet installed in a car of an elevator, and the fifth means is installed in a car of the elevator. The elevator car operation control device according to claim 1, wherein the elevator car operation control device operates by unplugging a predetermined device from a predetermined outlet. 3. In an elevator that performs group management control for the operation of a plurality of cars, first means for disconnecting the group management control for the car and waiting for the car to open the door, and for the car. By operating the destination floor button, the car is returned to normal operation and a second means for issuing a return instruction to another car, and it is determined whether or not the return instruction from this second means is the final one. If the determination result is not the final one, the third means for landing the next car according to the return command from the second means and the determination result by the third means are final. And a fourth means for returning the elevator to a normal operation, the car operation control device for the elevator. 4. In an elevator that performs group management control for the operation of a plurality of cars, after pushing the door open button and the door close button and a predetermined destination floor button of the car at substantially the same time, the car By inserting the plug of the specified device into the specified outlet installed inside, disconnect the group management control of the car and operate the first floor button of the car and the destination floor button of the car. Thus, the second means for returning the car to normal operation, the third means for issuing a return instruction to another car in parallel with the second means, and the return instruction from the third means are final. If the result is not the final one, the fourth means for landing the next car according to the return command from the third means, and the result of the determination by the fourth means Is determined to be the final one And a fifth means for returning the elevator to a normal operation by unplugging a predetermined device from an outlet installed in the elevator car, the elevator car operation control device. 5. In an elevator that performs group management control for the operation of a plurality of cars, press and hold a door open button and a door close button of the car for a predetermined time, and then press a predetermined destination floor button, After that, by inserting the plug of the specified device into the specified outlet installed in the car,
First means for disconnecting the group management control of the car and waiting for the car to open the door, and second means for returning the car to normal operation after a lapse of a predetermined time after the operation of the first means
Means, a third means for issuing a return instruction to another car in parallel with the second means, and whether or not the return instruction from the third means is the final one. If it is not the final one, the fourth means for landing the next car according to the return command from the third means, and the elevator of the elevator after the determination result by the fourth means is final An elevator car operation control device comprising: a fifth means for returning the elevator to normal operation by unplugging a predetermined device from an outlet installed in the car. 6. The alarm device for the final car is operated when it is determined that the final command is the final one as a result of determining whether or not the return command is the final one. An elevator car operation control device according to claim 5. 7. A means for guiding by a voice from a voice synthesizer when the car is in a door open standby state, and the car is turned off and then turned on again in response to the guidance by the means. And means.
A car operation control device for an elevator according to any one of claims 1 to 6.