JP6072204B1 - Two-way elevator door opening direction guidance system - Google Patents

Abstract

[PROBLEMS] To provide a two-way elevator capable of reliably guiding a user which door opens at a destination floor when using a two-way elevator in which a car door of a car is installed in two directions. A door opening direction guidance system is provided. According to an embodiment, a door opening direction guidance system for a two-way elevator includes a landing transmission device, an output control device, an in-car transmission device, and a reception device. The hall transmission device is installed at the hall of each floor of the elevator and transmits a pattern signal for each direction with respect to the hoistway. The output control device determines a signal having a pattern corresponding to the landing direction of the next destination floor as an output target from the in-car transmission device. The in-car transmission device is installed in the car and transmits a signal of the determined pattern into the car when approaching the destination floor to a predetermined distance. When the receiving device is carried by the user and receives a signal transmitted from the hall transmitting device or the in-car transmitting device, the receiving device outputs based on the pattern of the received signal. [Selection] Figure 1

Description

  Embodiments of the present invention relate to a door opening direction guidance system for a two-way elevator.

  In recent years, some elevators installed in station premises and commercial facilities have a cage door in two directions. Because the car doors of the car are installed in two directions, the car can be opened in the appropriate direction even if the floor shape and the composition of the area that divides the floor differ depending on the floor. User convenience is improved.

  An elevator having a two-way car door is equipped with a function for guiding the user which door will open on the next landing floor. For example, if a display device is installed near each door and the car is running, the text "This door will open" appears on the display device near the door that opens on the next landing floor. By outputting information, there is a function to guide the user to the next door opening direction. By providing such guidance, the user can recognize which door will be opened next, and can smoothly get out of the car when landing.

JP 2001-106444 A

  However, when a visually handicapped person uses the elevator having the two-way car door as described above, there is a problem that the guidance in the door opening direction displayed on the display device cannot be recognized.

  As a function to guide the door opening direction to the user, there is also a function that outputs the message information “This door will open” from the speaker near the door to be opened, but the two doors are close to the car. When it is installed in a car (such as when installed on an adjacent wall surface in a car), there is a problem that it is difficult to recognize.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and when using a two-way elevator in which a car door of a car is installed in two directions, it is assured to the user which car door will open on the destination floor. It is an object of the present invention to provide a door opening direction guidance system for a two-way elevator capable of guiding the vehicle.

  According to the embodiment for achieving the above object, a door opening direction guidance system for a two-way elevator includes a hall transmitting device, an output control device, an in-car transmitting device, and a receiving device. The hall transmission device is installed at the hall of each floor of the elevator and transmits a pattern signal for each direction with respect to the hoistway. The output control device determines a signal having a pattern corresponding to the landing direction of the next destination floor as an output target from the in-car transmission device. The in-car transmission device is installed in the car and transmits a signal of the determined pattern into the car when approaching the destination floor to a predetermined distance. When the receiving device is carried by the user and receives a signal transmitted from the hall transmitting device or the in-car transmitting device, the receiving device outputs based on the pattern of the received signal.

The whole figure which shows the structure of the door opening direction guidance system of the two-way elevator by 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th embodiment of this invention. The perspective view which shows the cage | basket | car of the two-way elevator carrying the door opening direction guidance system by 1st-5th embodiment of this invention. (A) a continuous signal, (b) intermittently transmitted from the landing transmission device and the in-car transmission device of the door-opening direction guidance system of the two-way elevator according to the first to third and fifth embodiments of the present invention. Explanatory drawing which shows an example of a simple signal. The block diagram which shows the structure of the output control apparatus of the door opening direction guidance system of the two-way elevator by 1st-5th embodiment of this invention. The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the output control apparatus of the door opening direction guidance system of the two-way elevator by 1st-5th embodiment of this invention. The whole figure which shows the structure of the door opening direction guidance system of the two-way elevator by 3rd Embodiment of this invention. (A) a continuous signal including floor information, (b) floor information transmitted from a hall transmission device and a car transmission device of a door opening direction guidance system for a two-way elevator according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention; Explanatory drawing which shows an example of the intermittent signal containing.

  A two-way elevator used in an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The two-way elevator 1 according to the present embodiment is installed in a three-story building and is connected to the car 3 that travels in the hoistway 2 and the car 3 that is installed in the upper part of the hoistway 2 by the tail cord 4. A control panel 5, and each floor of the building has two different directions with respect to the hoistway 2, the front side of the building (hereinafter referred to as “front side”) or the back side of the building (hereinafter referred to as “back side”). ”Is provided with landings 6-1 to 6-3. In the present embodiment, the first floor hall 6-1 and the second floor hall 6-2 are provided on the front side, and the third floor hall 6-3 is provided on the back side. In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, the car 3 has a front car door 31 that opens when landing on a floor provided with a landing on the front side, and a floor provided with a landing on the back side. A rear-side car door 32 that opens when landing on the floor and an in-car operation panel 33 provided with a destination floor registration button 331 are provided. The control panel 5 acquires driving information including the position information and traveling speed of the car 3, and registers a car call based on the operation information of the destination floor registration button 331 on the in-car operation panel 33. A hall call is registered based on a button operation on an operation panel (not shown). Based on these driving information and call registration information, the elevator 3 is controlled to move up and down, and driving information, call registration information, and information indicating the door opening direction of the car 3 when responding to call registration are loaded. Send to car 3.

<< First Embodiment >>
<Configuration of the door opening direction guide system for the two-way elevator according to the first embodiment>
As a first embodiment of the present invention, a configuration of a door opening direction guide system mounted on the above-described two-way elevator 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

  The door opening direction guidance system 10A includes hall transmission devices 11-1 to 11-3 installed on the ceilings of the halls 6-1 to 6-3 on each floor, and an in-car transmission device installed on the ceiling of the car 3. 12, an output control device 13 installed on the ceiling of the car 3 and connected to the control panel 5 and the car transmission device 12, and a receiving device 14 carried by the user.

  Each of the hall transmitting devices 11-1 to 11-3 wirelessly outputs a signal of an output pattern set in advance for each direction (front side or back side) where the hall is provided in the building. send. In the present embodiment, the hall transmitting devices 11-1 and 11-2 installed on the front side receive a signal “01” having a continuous output pattern as shown in FIG. -3, and the hall transmitter 11-3 installed on the back side is set to transmit the signal "02" having an intermittent output pattern as shown in FIG. 3B to the hall 6-3. Has been.

  The in-car transmission device 12 wirelessly transmits the signal “01” or “02” into the car 3 based on the control of the output control device 13. The in-car transmission device 12 transmits these signals with directivity so as to be transmitted only in the car 3. For the wireless transmission of output signals by the landing transmission devices 11-1 to 11-3 and the in-car transmission device 12, a technique for communicating with a device within a certain distance, such as infrared communication, can be used.

  As illustrated in FIG. 4, the output control device 13 includes an elevator information acquisition unit 131, an output signal determination unit 132, and a signal output control unit 133. The elevator information obtaining unit 131 obtains driving information including position information and traveling speed of the car 3 from the control panel 5 at predetermined time intervals, and information on car call registration by operation on the in-car operation panel 33 and a hall Information on hall call registration by operation on an operation panel (not shown) and information on the door opening direction of the car 3 when responding to the call are acquired. When the car call registration information is acquired by the elevator information acquisition unit 131, the output signal determination unit 132 determines the type of signal to be output from the in-car transmission device 12. Specifically, when the car call registration information is acquired in which the floor with the landing direction on the front side is the destination floor, the same signal as that transmitted from the hall transmission devices 11-1 and 11-2 on the front side is obtained. Signal "01" is determined as an output target, and when the car call registration information is acquired with the floor having the landing direction on the back side as the destination floor, the information is transmitted from the back side landing transmitter 11-3. A signal “02” similar to the signal is determined as an output target. When the signal output control unit 133 detects that the car 3 has approached the destination floor up to a predetermined distance based on the information acquired by the elevator information acquisition unit 131, the signal output control unit 133 is determined as an output target by the output signal determination unit 132. A signal is transmitted from the in-car transmission device 12.

  The receiving device 14 is mounted on a smart watch or the like carried by the user, and has a function of receiving signals transmitted from the hall transmitting devices 11-1 to 11-3 and the car transmitting device 12, and an output pattern of the received signals. It has a function to vibrate based on.

<Operation | movement of the door opening direction guidance system of the two-way elevator by 1st Embodiment>
Next, when a user X who is a visually impaired person carrying the receiving device 14 moves from the first floor to the third floor of the building using the two-way elevator 1 equipped with the door opening direction guidance system 10A described above. Will be described.

  First, when the user X approaches the landing 6-1 on the first floor in order to use the two-way elevator 1, the signal “01” transmitted from the landing transmitting device 11-1 is received by the receiving device 14 of the user X. Received. In the receiving device 14, continuous vibration is generated based on the received signal “01”. User X memorizes this continuous vibration.

  Next, the user X performs a hall call registration operation to call the car 3 at the hall 6-1 and causes the car 3 to land on the hall 6-1. When the car 3 reaches the landing 6-1, the front car door 31 opens. When the user X gets into the opened car 3 and operates the destination floor registration button 331 for designating the third floor, button operation information indicating that the button has been operated on the in-car operation panel 33 is generated and controlled. It is sent to the board 5.

  In the control panel 5, when a button operation signal is acquired from the in-car operation panel 33, a car call with the third floor as the destination floor is registered. Based on this car call registration, the car 3 is closed and headed to the third floor. The devices in the two-way elevator 1 are controlled so as to run. The operation information of the elevator 1, the registered car call information, and the door opening direction (rear side) of the car 3 when responding to the car call are transmitted to the car 3. Information transmitted to the car 3 is sent to the output control device 13.

  Processing executed when the output control device 13 acquires information including car call registration will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In the output control device 13, the information transmitted from the control panel 5 is acquired by the elevator information acquisition unit 131 (“YES” in S 1), and a signal to be output is output based on the acquired car call registration information. The signal determination unit 132 determines (S2). Specifically, when a car call with the first or second floor as the destination floor is registered and information indicating that the door opening direction is the front side is acquired, the signal “01” is determined as an output target, When a car call with the third floor as the destination floor is registered and information indicating that the door opening direction is the rear side is acquired, the signal “02” is determined as an output target. Here, since the car call registration information with the third floor as the destination floor has been acquired, the signal “02” is determined as the output target (S2).

  Next, the signal output control unit 133 monitors whether the car 3 has approached the destination floor up to a predetermined distance based on the driving information acquired by the elevator information acquisition unit 131. When it is determined that the vehicle has approached the destination floor up to a predetermined distance (“YES” in S3), the signal “02” determined as the output target in step S2 is transmitted to the in-car transmission device 12 (S4). Then, the signal “02” transmitted from the output control device 13 is transmitted into the car 3 by the in-car transmission device 12.

  As a result of the output control device 13 performing the output signal transmission process as described above, the signal “02” is transmitted into the car 3 when approaching the destination floor, and the receiving device 14 of the user X in the car 3 is received. Received at. In the receiving device 14, intermittent vibration is generated based on the received signal “02”. The user X determines that this intermittent vibration is different in output pattern from the continuous signal generated in the receiving device 14 when the intermittent vibration is in the hall 6-1 when the car 3 is entered. On the third floor, which is the destination floor, it can be recognized that the car door (rear car door 32) in the direction different from that when boarding is opened.

  If the user determines that the signal received in the car 3 has the same output pattern as the signal received at the landing, it can be recognized that the car door on the same side as the boarding door is opened.

  According to the first embodiment described above, when using a two-way elevator in which a car door of a car is installed in two directions, the user does not rely on display or announcement guidance, but by vibration of the receiving device, It is possible to reliably recognize which car door opens at the destination floor.

  Although the case where the output control device 13 is installed on the car 3 has been described in the present embodiment, it may be installed in the car 3. Further, the communication between the output control device 13 and the control panel 5 may be performed via the tail cord 4 that connects the car 3 and the control panel 5, or may be performed by other wired or wireless communication. .

  Moreover, although the case where the hall transmitting device is installed on the ceiling of the hall has been described in the present embodiment, it may be installed on the hall operation panel. Moreover, although the case where the in-car transmission device is installed on the ceiling of the car has been described, it may be installed on the in-car operation panel. By installing the transmitting device on the operation panel in this way, the wiring work at the time of installation can be facilitated.

<< Second Embodiment >>
The door opening direction guidance system 10B mounted on the two-way elevator 1 according to the second embodiment of the present invention is the door opening direction guidance system described in the first embodiment except that the receiving device 14 has a function of outputting an alarm sound. Since it is the same as that of 10A, detailed description of the part which has the same function is abbreviate | omitted.

  When the user X approaches the landing, the receiving device 14 receives a signal transmitted from the landing transmitting device installed at the landing in the same manner as in the first embodiment, and generates an alarm sound with an output pattern based on the received signal. Is output. In addition, the user gets into the car 3 and performs a destination floor registration operation, and when the car 3 approaches the destination floor, receives a signal transmitted from the in-car transmission device 12 as in the first embodiment, An alarm sound is output with an output pattern based on the received signal.

  In the two-way elevator 1 equipped with the door opening direction guide system 10B configured as described above, the user X has different output patterns between the alarm sound output at the landing and the alarm sound output within the car 3. When it is determined that the car door in the direction different from when boarding opens on the destination floor, the output pattern of the alarm sound output at the landing and the alarm sound output within the car 3 is When it is determined that they are the same, it can be recognized on the destination floor that the car door in the same direction as when boarding is opened.

  According to the second embodiment described above, when using a two-way elevator in which a car door of a car is installed in two directions, the user can use an alarm sound from the receiving device without relying on display or announcement guidance. It is possible to reliably recognize which car door opens at the destination floor.

<< Third Embodiment >>
The structure of the door opening direction guide system 10C mounted on the two-way elevator 1 according to the third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. Since the door opening direction guidance system 10C is the same as the configuration of the door opening direction guidance system 10A or 10B except that the announcement device 15 is installed in the car 3, detailed description of the parts having the same function is provided. Is omitted.

  The announcement device 15 is connected to the control panel 5, and acquires operation information of the elevator 1, call registration information, and information indicating the door opening direction of the car 3 when responding to the call from the control panel 5. When it is detected that the car 3 is approaching the destination floor based on the acquired information, announcement information for notifying the direction of the car door that opens on the destination floor, for example, “the front door opens” or “ The door on the rear side opens "is output.

  According to the third embodiment described above, in addition to the output from the receiving device, the announcement information notifies the door opening direction so that the user can more surely recognize which door opens on the destination floor. be able to.

<< 4th Embodiment >>
The configuration of the door opening direction guidance system 10D mounted on the two-way elevator 1 according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention is the same as the configuration of any of the door opening direction guidance systems 10A to 10C of the first to third embodiments. Therefore, detailed description of portions having the same function is omitted.

  In the present embodiment, the signals transmitted from the landing transmitters 11-1 to 11-3 are output patterns set for the directions in which the landings 6-1 to 6-3 are provided, respectively. Information indicating the floor is added and transmitted. For example, from the hall transmission device 11-1 on the first floor, as shown in FIG. 7A, it is a hall on the front side after one short vibration or alarm sound indicating the floor "first floor". As shown in FIG. 7 (b), a signal for outputting a vibration or alarm sound having a continuous output pattern is transmitted from the third floor hall transmitting device 11-3. After three short vibrations or alarm sounds, a signal for outputting vibrations or alarm sounds of an intermittent output pattern indicating that the hall is on the rear side is transmitted.

  Further, the output signal determination unit 132 of the output control device 13 determines the type of signal to be output based on the car call registration information acquired by the elevator information acquisition unit 131, and the floor information of the destination floor. get. When the signal output control unit 133 detects that the car 3 has approached the destination floor up to a predetermined distance based on the information acquired by the elevator information acquisition unit 131, the output signal determination unit 132 determines that the output is to be output. A signal obtained by adding floor information of the destination floor to the transmitted signal is transmitted from the in-car transmission device 12. The signal transmitted here is the same signal as that shown in FIG. 7 (a) or (b).

  According to the above fourth embodiment, when using a two-way elevator in which the car door of the car is installed in two directions, the user does not rely on display or announcement guidance, but by vibration of the receiving device, It is possible to surely recognize which floor is currently located and on which floor which car door opens.

<< 5th Embodiment >>
The door opening direction guidance system 10E mounted on the two-way elevator 1 according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention has a function in which the receiving device 14 holds the identification information of the own device and the destination floor information of the user who carries it. Further, the in-car transmission device 12 acquires corresponding identification information and destination floor information from the receiving device 14 carried by the user in the car 3, and the car is predetermined on the floor corresponding to the acquired destination floor information. When the distance approaches, the output control device 13 has a function of selectively transmitting a signal of an output pattern determined as an output target to the receiving device 14 corresponding to the acquired identification information. Since these functions are the same as those of any one of the door opening direction guidance systems 10A to 10D of the first to fourth embodiments, detailed descriptions of portions having the same functions are omitted.

  When a plurality of users carrying the receiving device 14 get in the car 3 of the two-way elevator 1 equipped with the door opening direction guide system 10E configured in this way, each receiving device is transmitted by the car transmitting device 12. Each identification information and destination floor information are acquired from 14. When the car 3 approaches one of the floors, the output pattern signal determined as an output target related to the floor by the output control device 13 is received with the floor as the destination floor. It is selectively transmitted to the device 14.

  When a signal is selectively transmitted to a specific receiving device 14, a wireless communication technology capable of specifying a communication destination, for example, WiFi (registered trademark) is used, or wireless communication is performed at a different frequency for each receiving device 14. This is possible by performing

  According to the above fifth embodiment, even if a plurality of users carrying the receiving device get into the car at the same time, the user can recognize the door opening direction on his / her destination floor for each user.

  In the first to fifth embodiments described above, the case has been described in which two car doors installed in the car are installed in directions different by 180 degrees between the front side and the back side of the building. The present invention can also be applied to a case where it is installed on a matching wall surface in a direction different by 90 degrees.

  Moreover, the door opening direction guidance system of the two-way elevator comprised by the 1st-5th embodiment mentioned above is mounted in a some building, and the signal transmitted from a landing transmission apparatus and a cage | basket | car transmission apparatus in these systems is carried out. By using the same pattern, the user can receive the same door opening direction guidance service in a plurality of buildings using one receiving device.

  Although several embodiments of the present invention have been described, these embodiments are presented by way of example and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These novel embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalents thereof.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Two-way elevator, 2 ... Hoistway, 3 ... Car, 4 ... Tail cord, 5 ... Control panel, 6-1 to 6-3 ... Platform, 10A, 10B, 10C, 10D, 10E ... Door opening direction guidance System: 11-1, 11-2, 11-3: hall transmitting device, 12: in-car transmitting device, 13: output control device, 14: receiving device, 15: announcement device, 31 ... front side car door, 32 ... Rear side car door, 33 ... In-car operation panel, 131 ... Elevator information acquisition unit, 132 ... Output signal determination unit, 133 ... Signal output control unit, 331 ... Destination floor registration button

Claims (5)

A hall of each floor of the elevator installed in the building is provided in one of two different directions with respect to the elevator hoistway, and two elevator car doors corresponding to the two directions are provided on the elevator car. In the door opening direction guidance system of the installed two-way elevator,
A hall transmitting device that is installed in the hall of each floor and transmits a signal of an output pattern preset for each direction with respect to the hoistway, into the corresponding hall,
An output control device for determining a signal of an output pattern corresponding to the direction of a landing on the next destination floor of the car as an output target in the car;
An in-car transmission device that is installed in the car and sends an output pattern signal determined as an output object by the output control device to the car when the car approaches a next destination floor to a predetermined distance. When,
A reception device that, when carried by a user of the elevator, receives a signal transmitted from the hall transmission device or the in-car transmission device, and performs an output based on an output pattern of the received signal. A door opening direction guidance system for a two-way elevator 2. The door opening direction guidance system for a two-way elevator according to claim 1, wherein the reception device performs output by vibration or alarm sound based on the output pattern. And a voice output device for outputting announcement information for notifying that the car door corresponding to the direction of the landing on the destination floor is opened when the car approaches the destination floor to a predetermined distance. The door opening direction guide system for a two-way elevator according to claim 1 or 2. The output pattern of the signal transmitted from the landing transmission device and the signal transmitted from the in-car transmission device includes information indicating a corresponding floor. Directional elevator door opening direction guidance system. The receiving device holds the identification information of the own device and the destination floor information of the carrying user,
The car transmitting device acquires the identification information and destination floor information from the receiving device of the user in the car, and when the car approaches the floor corresponding to the acquired destination floor information, The signal of the output pattern determined as the output target by the output control device is selectively transmitted to the receiving device corresponding to the acquired identification information. Two-way elevator door opening direction guidance system.

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