JP3981249B2 - Elevator display guidance device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an elevator display guide device that is installed in an elevator car and can easily change the blinking cycle of an arrival guidance car call response lamp.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent years, the application of universal design for the purpose of providing devices in a state that is easy to use without being divided is increasing for all of healthy, elderly, and disabled people. Along with this, universal design is also applied to elevators, and an elevator display guide device with a function of blinking a car call button provided in the car has been developed to guide the arrival to the floor at the time of car call service. ing.
[0003]
However, the cycle for flashing the car call button may be required to be changed depending on the use and use of the elevator. For example, even if it is a blinking cycle that is optimal for healthy people, it may be felt as a blinking cycle that is too early in welfare facilities, etc., and may cause a sense of crisis. It may happen that you do not notice that it is flashing.
[0004]
Conventionally, when it is desired to change the blinking cycle depending on the use and use of the elevator, maintenance personnel store fixed data of the blinking cycle stored in a dedicated storage device (ROM) in the elevator control panel. There is a method of changing using a dedicated maintenance tool. That is, changing the data in the dedicated storage device (ROM) using a dedicated maintenance tool makes it impossible for the building owner or the building manager to change the data.
[0005]
Further, as described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 3-98969 which is a publicly known technique, a blinking period changing means provided in a hall arrival display guide blinking device is known. However, there has not been proposed a blinking period changing means having a function of indicating arrival by blinking a car call answering light on the service floor in the car at the time of car call service.
[0006]
Moreover, the blinking period changing means described in the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Publication No. 3-98969 is based on the premise that an elevator maintenance worker operates the hall call button installed in the elevator hall to perform the changing work. Met.
[0007]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
As described above, the change of the blinking cycle generally performed in the past is performed by a maintenance person having a dedicated maintenance tool changing the fixed data in the dedicated storage device (ROM), and much effort is required to change the fixed data. And took time. In addition, since the elevator is stopped during the change work, there is a problem that the serviceability for the elevator user is significantly reduced.
[0008]
Further, the blinking period changing means of the hall arrival display guide blinking device described in the above-mentioned publicly known publication is easy to change the blinking period, but is limited to work by maintenance personnel, and an elevator is installed. It is impossible for the owner and manager of the building to change, and there is a problem of lack of responsiveness to the elevator users.
[0009]
The present invention has been made from the above-described prior art, and its purpose is to have a function of blinking a car call answering light on the floor in the car at the time of car call service, without a maintenance staff. It is an object of the present invention to provide an elevator display guide device capable of easily changing the blinking cycle of a car call response lamp.
[0010]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a display of an elevator having a function of flashing a car call answering light provided on a car call button on a service floor provided in the car at the time of car call service and indicating arrival. In the guidance device, a blinking cycle switching means for detecting that the blinking cycle of the car call response lamp is switched, and after the blinking cycle switching means is operated, the car call button is pressed in a predetermined pattern, thereby Flashing cycle changing means for performing a processing operation to change the flashing cycle of the call answering lamp , and the flashing cycle changing means is a car that has been pressed a predetermined number of times after the flashing cycle switching operation by the flashing cycle switching means. An average value of the ON time / OFF time of the call button is obtained for the predetermined number of times, and this average value is set as a blinking cycle .
[0011]
In the present invention configured as described above, when it is necessary to change the blinking cycle of the car call answering light, anyone operates the blinking cycle switching means and then presses the car call button in a predetermined pattern. The blinking cycle changing means may be operated, and the blinking cycle can be easily changed without requiring maintenance personnel, that is, without requiring a dedicated maintenance tool or the like.
[0012]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of an elevator display guide apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
[0013]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram including an operation panel in a car and a control block forming an external input unit constituting an embodiment of an elevator display guide device of the present invention.
[0014]
In this figure, 1 is a car call registration operation panel installed in an elevator car, 1a is a door opening / closing button for opening and closing the door, and 1b is a car call button for registering a car call on the destination floor. The car call button 1b includes a car call answering light that blinks and displays the corresponding floor.
[0015]
In the control block 2 constituting the main part of the present embodiment, 3 is a mode for detecting an external input signal, which will be described later, or a predetermined pattern by the car call button 1b, for example, a blinking cycle change mode by a predetermined encryption input operation. A switching detection unit 4 is a car call button input detection unit that detects an operation of the car call button 1b of the operation panel 1, and 5 is a timer that starts counting up after a predetermined car call button 1b of the operation panel 1 is operated. Is a counter that counts up the number of times the predetermined car call button 1b of the operation panel 1 is pressed, and 7 is the time when the car call button 1b is ON and OFF based on the values of the timer 5 and the counter 6. A calculation unit 8 for calculating an average value of each of the time periods, and a dedicated storage device (R) that is not illustrated with the average value obtained by the calculation unit 7 as a final blinking cycle Blinking cycle setting unit for writing the M), 9 is the response lamp output unit for outputting the car call response lamp or contained in the car call button 1b final blinking period set by the blinking cycle setting unit 8.
[0016]
The mode switching detection unit 3 of the control block 2 described above constitutes a part of the blinking cycle switching means for switching the blinking cycle of the car call response lamp. For example, when a manual changeover switch capable of outputting a signal for instructing the changeover of the blinking cycle is provided on the operation panel 1 in the car, the blinking cycle changeover means is provided by the manual changeover switch and the mode change detection unit 3 described above. Is configured. Further, for example, when a predetermined encryption input operation is performed by a car call button 1b provided on the operation panel 1 in the car, the car call button 1b and the mode switching detection unit 3 described above constitute a blinking cycle switching means. The
[0017]
Further, the car call button 1b of the operation panel 1, the car call button input detection unit 4 of the control block 2, the timer 5, the counter 6, the calculation unit 7, the blinking cycle setting unit 8, and the response lamp output unit 9 Is a blinking period changing means for changing the blinking period of the car call response light included in the car call button 1b on the corresponding floor by pressing the car call button 1b in a predetermined pattern.
[0018]
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure executed in the control block provided in the present embodiment shown in FIG.
[0019]
For example, by an external input signal output by a switching operation of a manual changeover switch (not shown) provided in the operation panel 1 in the car, or by a predetermined encryption input operation by a car call button 1b provided in the operation panel 1 in the car, When the mode switching detection unit 3 detects that the mode is the blinking cycle change mode (procedure S1), the timer 5 is reset and enters a count-up standby state (procedure S2).
[0020]
In this state, when a predetermined car call button 1b of the operation panel 1 is operated by a person who intends to change the blinking cycle, for example, a manager of a building, the predetermined car detected by the car call button input detection unit 4 The timer 5 starts counting up using the input signal from the call button 1b as a trigger (step S3). The counter 6 counts the number of times a predetermined car call button 1b is pressed. Counting is continued until a predetermined number of times is satisfied (step S4). Here, when the timer 5 counts up to a predetermined value without satisfying the predetermined number of times, that is, when a predetermined time is exceeded, an error occurs and the process is forcibly terminated.
[0021]
When the predetermined number of times is counted up (procedure S5) within the predetermined time (procedure S6), each of the time when the car call button 1b is turned on and the time when the car call button 1b is turned off in the computing unit 7 An average value is obtained. The respective average times of ON and OFF obtained by the calculation unit 7 are converted into machine language and then stored in the blinking cycle setting unit 8. The value set in the blinking cycle setting unit 8 is immediately output to the corresponding car call button 1b by the response lamp output unit 9 (step S8). As a result, the car call response lamp included in the car call button 1b is repeatedly turned on and off at the blinking intervals obtained by the calculation for the number of times of pressing used in the calculation of the calculation unit 7.
[0022]
FIG. 3 is a time chart showing the processing contents in the calculation unit 7 of the control block 2 provided in the present embodiment shown in FIG. First, a time chart before calculation will be described. In this time chart, the predetermined number of counters 6 is, for example, five. t1 to t5 are times when the predetermined car call buttons 1b are respectively pressed in the blinking cycle change mode. T is the total time from the ON edge at t1 to the OFF edge at t5. Based on these information, the calculation unit 7 determines the OFF time of the blinking cycle,
{T- (t1 + t2 + t3 + t4 + t5)} / 4
Ask for. Further, the ON time of the blinking cycle is obtained by subtracting the total OFF time from T and dividing by 5. Thereby, the average time of each of the ON time and the OFF time is obtained. The time chart after the calculation is shown in the lower diagram of FIG.
[0023]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, when the car call service has a function of blinking the car call button on the corresponding floor in the car, it is possible to easily change the blinking cycle of the car call answering light without using maintenance personnel. Maintenance workers' labor can be reduced compared to the conventional case. Moreover, since it can carry out without stopping an elevator, the serviceability with respect to the user of an elevator can be improved compared with the past. Furthermore, the blinking cycle can be changed by the owner or manager of the building where the elevator is installed, and the responsiveness to the elevator user can be ensured.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of a display guide apparatus for an elevator according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure executed in a control block provided in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a time chart showing values before and after calculation in a calculation unit of a control block provided in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Operation panel 1a Open / close button 1b Car call button (flashing cycle switching means) (flashing cycle changing means)
2 Control block 3 Mode switching detector (flashing cycle switching means)
4 Car call button input detector (flashing cycle changing means)
5 Timer (flashing cycle changing means)
6 Counter (flashing cycle changing means)
7 Calculation unit (flashing cycle changing means)
8 Flashing cycle setting section (flashing cycle changing means)
9 Response output section (flashing cycle changing means)

Claims (2)

At the time of the car call service, in the elevator display guide device having the function of indicating arrival by flashing the car call answering light provided on the car call button on the service floor provided in the car,
A blinking cycle switching means for detecting that the blinking cycle switching of the car call response lamp is performed, and after the blinking cycle switching means is operated, the car call button is pressed in a predetermined pattern to thereby Blinking cycle changing means for performing a processing operation for changing the blinking cycle , and the blinking cycle changing means turns on the car call button pressed a predetermined number of times after the blinking cycle switching operation by the blinking cycle switching means. An elevator display guide device characterized in that an average value of time and OFF time is obtained for the predetermined number of times, and the average value is set as a blinking cycle . At the time of the car call service, in the elevator display guide device having the function of indicating arrival by flashing the car call answering light provided on the car call button on the service floor provided in the car,
A blinking cycle switching means for detecting that the blinking cycle switching of the car call response lamp is performed, and after the blinking cycle switching means is operated, the car call button is pressed in a predetermined pattern to thereby Flashing cycle changing means for performing a processing operation for changing the flashing cycle, and the flashing cycle changing means is a car that has been pressed a predetermined number of times within a predetermined time after the switching operation of the flashing cycle by the flashing cycle switching means. called an average value of the oN time · OFF time of the button at the predetermined number of times, display guidance device characteristics and to Rue elevators setting this average value to the flashing cycle.

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