JP5139378B2 - Elevator equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a car information display capable of displaying a car position in a car and an elevator apparatus provided with a car operation panel for registering a destination floor.

  In an elevator apparatus equipped with a car position indicator lamp that displays the position of the car by lighting the lamp in the car, a display that displays the lamp breakage of the indicator lamp by color on the display panel of the monitoring device that is conventionally provided outside There has been proposed a device in which a container is provided so that a manager can recognize the lamp burnout at the same time as the lamp burnout, so that the user's feeling of irritation and anxiety can be quickly resolved (see, for example, Patent Document 1). .

Hei 4-133982

  However, the above-mentioned conventional one corresponds to the abnormality of the car position indicating lamp that displays the position of the car by lighting the lamp, but in recent years, a liquid crystal panel or the like has been provided instead of such a lamp lighting type. An in-car information display capable of displaying car position and other driving information is provided. This in-car information display is used to send and receive signals to and from the control means, and to display a variety of displays. If any abnormality occurs, including the sending and receiving of signals, it will display the car position. Can not be. In the conventional lamp lighting type, even if one lamp burns out, the car position can be grasped from the display state of the other lamps. As a result, there was a problem that users in the car could not know how many floors they were currently moving up and down, and had anxiety.

  The present invention has been made from the above-described actual state of the prior art, and an object thereof is to provide an elevator apparatus that can promptly cope with an abnormality in a car information display.

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a car information display capable of displaying at least a car position in a car, a car operation panel having a destination floor button for registering a destination floor, In an elevator apparatus having a control means for performing control, a communication abnormality between the in-car information display and the control means, and a determination of data damage in the in-car information display when there is no communication abnormality, is a communication abnormality? In addition to notifying the external monitoring device of data damage, the control means registers and lights up the destination floor when one of the destination floor buttons is depressed, and responds to the car position according to the occurrence of an abnormality. the destination floor buttons in sequence to, is characterized by distinguishing the destination floor lighting is flashing.

In the present invention configured as described above, the detection means outputs an abnormality detection signal when detecting an abnormality of the car information display. Control means in response thereto, move the destination floor buttons in the inner control panel on the car position, successively, by flashing, to notify the car position to the user in the car. As a result, even if an abnormality occurs in the car information display, it is possible to respond promptly without waiting for the restoration work by the worker.

  According to the present invention, when an abnormality occurs in the in-car information display, the destination floor button on the in-car operation panel is aligned with the car position, and sequentially flashes or lights up to notify the car user to the car position. By doing so, it is possible to respond promptly without waiting for the recovery work by the worker, thereby avoiding a situation where the user feels uneasy without knowing the position of the car.

It is a schematic block diagram which shows one Example of the elevator apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the elevator apparatus in a present Example. It is explanatory drawing which shows the cage position alerting | reporting by a destination floor button.

  Embodiments of an elevator apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the elevator apparatus of the present embodiment includes a car information display 2 capable of displaying at least a car position, a destination floor button 3 for registering a destination floor, and a door opening / closing operation. An in-car operation panel 5 having an opening / closing button 4 to perform is provided. Further, an upper car control device 6 provided with a microcomputer 6 a is installed on the upper part of the car 1 while being connected to the car information display 2 and the car operating panel 5. Furthermore, for example, in an unillustrated machine room, an elevator control device 7 that is connected to the on-car control device 6 and is equipped with a microcomputer 7a and performs overall control of each device related to the elevator is provided.

  For example, the on-car control device 6 constitutes detection means for detecting an abnormality in the car information display 2 and outputting an abnormality detection signal. Further, the above-described control unit 6 and the elevator control device 7 constitute the above-described control means, and the destination floor buttons 3 corresponding to the car positions are sequentially blinked in accordance with the abnormality detection signal.

  In this embodiment, during normal operation, the in-car information display 2 exchanges signals with the on-car control device 6 and the elevator control device 7, and the current car position according to the operating condition of the elevator. Display the direction of travel, driving status, and alert to the user. However, if an abnormality occurs in this system, the car information display 2 may not function. Causes of abnormality include communication abnormality between devices due to disconnection or the like, and abnormality due to internal data damage of the car information display 2. This function is used so that the car position can be notified to the user even when these abnormalities occur. That is, when an abnormality is detected, the in-car information display substitute mode is entered, and the destination floor button 3 on the in-car operation panel 5 is sequentially blinked to notify the current car position. Thereby, the user can grasp | ascertain the present floor number. The blinking of the destination floor button 3 will be described later with reference to FIG.

  Next, the processing procedure of the elevator apparatus of the present embodiment will be described based on FIG.

  The abnormality of the in-car information display 2 determined in FIG. 2 includes a communication abnormality between apparatuses and data damage of the in-car information display 2. Here, first, it is determined whether there is a communication abnormality (ST01). If communication is abnormal, the operation mode is switched to the in-car information display substitute mode by the in-car operation panel 5 (ST04). Then, the abnormality information is notified to an external monitoring device (ST05). On the other hand, if the communication is not abnormal, it is determined whether the car information display 2 is damaged (ST02). If the data in the in-car information display 2 is damaged, the car information panel 2 is switched to the in-car information display substitute mode (ST04). Then, the abnormality information is notified to the monitoring device (ST05). The in-car information display substitute mode is continued until the recovery operation of the in-car information display 2 is completed (ST06), and after the recovery, the display is performed in the normal mode by the in-car information display 2 (ST03). Even when the data in the car information display 2 is not damaged, the car information display 2 is determined to be normal (ST03).

  In addition, in an external monitoring apparatus, for example, a method of installing two lamps, installing one lamp capable of lighting two colors, installing one lamp, and setting two patterns of flicker speeds, etc. By using it, it is possible to notify the abnormal content of the in-car information display 2, that is, whether the communication between devices is abnormal or the data in the in-car information display 2 is damaged. Thereby, the manager can grasp the contents of the abnormality as well as the occurrence of the abnormality, and can shorten the inspection time by the maintenance staff.

  Next, a method for notifying the user of the car position using the destination floor button 3 of the in-car operation panel 5 in the car information display substitute mode will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 3, the destination floor button 3a is the first floor, the destination floor button 3b is the second floor, the destination floor button 3c is the third floor, the destination floor button 3d is the fourth floor, and the destination floor button 3e is 5 The floor and destination floor buttons 3f are used to register the sixth floor as the destination floor.

  FIG. 3A shows that the destination floor has been registered by pressing the destination floor button 3a after the user gets into the car 1 and lighting the destination floor button 3a. At this time, the car 1 is stopped on the fourth floor, and a case where an abnormality occurs in the car information display 2 at this point is considered. When an abnormality is detected in the car information display 2, the car information display substitute mode is switched, and as shown in FIG. 3B, the destination floor button 3d blinks, indicating that the car 1 is on the fourth floor. Notify users. Thereafter, when the car 1 moves downward toward the first floor, which is the destination floor, as shown in FIGS. 3C and 3D, the destination floor button 3c and then the destination floor button 3b are sequentially displayed. Flashes. When the car 1 arrives at the first floor and the registered destination floor is synchronized with the current car position, the destination floor button 3a blinks as in the normal state, as shown in FIG. Inform the user that the car 1 has arrived on the first floor.

  According to the present embodiment, when an abnormality occurs in the car information display 2, the destination floor button 3 of the car operation panel 5 is aligned with the car position and sequentially flashes, and the car position is displayed to the user in the car 1. Can be dealt with promptly without waiting for the recovery work by the worker, thereby avoiding a situation where the user feels uneasy without knowing the position of the car. In addition, by determining the type of abnormality and sending the abnormality information to an external monitoring panel, it is possible for maintenance personnel to grasp the details of the abnormality before entering work, thereby reducing inspection time and reducing service. Can be prevented.

  In this embodiment, the destination floor button 3 corresponding to the car position is sequentially flashed in response to the occurrence of an abnormality in the car information display 2. However, this is because the car position display and the destination floor registration are performed. This is for the purpose of distinguishing and making it easy for the user to see. Therefore, the same effect can be obtained by using a method of lighting different colors, using a button having two lights, or lighting only the outer frame instead of blinking.

1 Car 2 Car Information Display 3 Destination Floor Button 4 Open / Close Button 5 Car Operation Panel 6 Car Control Device 7 Elevator Control Device

Claims (1)

In an elevator apparatus having a car information display capable of displaying at least a car position in a car, a car operation panel provided with a destination floor button for registering a destination floor, and a control means for controlling each device,
A communication abnormality between the in-car information display and the control means, and a determination of data damage in the in-car information display when there is no communication abnormality, and informs an external monitoring device whether the communication is abnormal or data is damaged. together, said control means, one of the destination floor buttons lights up to register the destination floor by is depressed, the destination floor buttons sequentially corresponding to the car position in response to occurrence of abnormality, is flashing Elevator device characterized by distinguishing from lighting of destination floor.

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