JP6437144B2 - Elevator display device and elevator display method for preventing erroneous boarding - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an elevator display device that performs an appropriate display for passengers of an elevator to get on an assigned car, and an elevator display method for preventing erroneous boarding.

  As a display device that provides various types of information to passengers in an elevator, there are the following conventional techniques (for example, see Patent Documents 1 to 3). Patent Literature 1 discloses a display device that displays a traveling direction with an arrow and displays a floor that is traveling or stopped by a numeral.

  More specifically, the display device according to Patent Literature 1 displays the service direction of an elevator traveling on another floor and the serviced floor on a display set at an entrance. Furthermore, this display device also has a function of an open / close status indicator that changes the display color according to the open / close status of the door. By performing such a display, the elevator user can obtain an effect that the waiting time can be sensibly predicted.

  Moreover, patent document 2 is equipped with the function which displays the state of a door, when the some indicator installed in the front-end | tip of a door lights red or green. More specifically, as an example, the display device according to Patent Document 2 turns off the display when the door is fully closed, lights the display green when the door is open, and blinks the display when the door is fully open. I am letting. By performing such a display, the elevator user can receive information provided with improved convenience.

  Further, Patent Document 3 discloses a destination oriented allocation system (DOAS) in which an optimum elevator is assigned by a group management system by operating a hall operation panel installed at a hall. .

  On such a hall operation panel, the name of the elevator assigned to the elevator is displayed. Therefore, the passenger can go to the elevator hall with the displayed unit name and get on the appropriate unit.

  As described above, the conventional system has a configuration in which the destination direction and the destination floor of the elevator can be easily confirmed from the landing by the display installed at the landing.

JP-A-7-157218 International Publication No. 2007/129402 JP 2005-263362 A

However, the prior art has the following problems.
With the conventional display device, even a passenger assigned to another car can check the indicator installed at the landing before boarding. For this reason, even if the passenger is in another unit that is not assigned to himself / herself, there is a possibility that the passenger will get on this other unit if the destination is in the same destination direction.

  When a passenger gets on a different car from the assigned car, the destination forecasting system cannot obtain the effect of assigning an optimal elevator in consideration of operation efficiency. In addition, there is a problem that the operation efficiency of the entire elevator is lowered.

  On the other hand, there is a system in which passengers unconditionally get on the unit assigned to themselves without installing an indicator at the hall. However, in such a system, there is an anxiety that the passenger does not know the driving direction until the passenger gets on the assigned car. Also, even if the assigned car is driven in the reverse direction depending on the conditions, the passenger may get on the reverse drive even though he / she got on the assigned car. There was a risk of becoming.

    The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and prevents passengers from getting on other units other than the unit assigned to him and in the direction opposite to the destination floor. It is an object of the present invention to provide an elevator display device that can prevent an erroneous boarding of a moving car and an elevator display method for preventing an erroneous boarding.

  An elevator display device according to the present invention includes a display device having a display surface that provides display information to an elevator user, and a control device that performs opening / closing control of an elevator car door and display control of the display device. The display device includes a first position housed in the car door or the elevator car, and a second position where the display surface is visible from the landing side when the car door is fully open. The control device outputs an open command to the car door when an event that causes the car door to open, and outputs the open command. When the display device is moved from the first position to the second position in conjunction with the opening / closing position of the inner door, the display information is displayed on the display surface when the car inner door is fully open, and the car inner door is closed. When it occurs, the table Moves the apparatus from the second position to the first position, the display surface and the non-display state, after the display device has moved to the first position, and outputs a closing command with respect to the car in the door.

  An elevator display method for preventing erroneous boarding according to the present invention is an elevator display method for preventing erroneous boarding executed by the control device in the elevator display device of the present invention, wherein When an event for opening the door occurs, the first step of outputting an opening command to the car inner door, and after outputting the opening command, the display device is connected to the opening / closing position of the car inner door. There is a second step of moving from the position to the second position and a third step of displaying the display information on the display surface when the car inner door is fully opened, and the event of closing the car inner door is When this occurs, the display device is moved from the second position to the first position and the display surface is not displayed. After the display device has moved to the first position, To output the close command Those having a step.

  According to the present invention, the display device incorporated in any one of the car inner door, the landing door, and the car is provided with a configuration that can provide appropriate display information to the user when the door is opened. As a result, elevators can prevent passengers from getting on other cars other than the one assigned to them, and can also prevent passengers from erroneously boarding cars that move in the opposite direction to the destination floor The apparatus and the elevator display method for preventing erroneous boarding can be obtained.

It is explanatory drawing which shows the elevator display apparatus in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a block diagram of the elevator display apparatus in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows a series of processing at the time of door opening performed by the door opening / closing control part and display control part in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows a series of processes at the time of the door closing performed by the door opening / closing control part and display control part in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the elevator display apparatus in Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the elevator display apparatus in Embodiment 3 of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the elevator display apparatus in Embodiment 4 of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the elevator display apparatus in Embodiment 5 of this invention. In Embodiment 6 of this invention, it is explanatory drawing at the time of incorporating the mechanism which rotates a display apparatus over the whole vertical direction of a car door.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of an elevator display device of the present invention and an elevator display method for preventing erroneous boarding will be described with reference to the drawings.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an elevator display device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. More specifically, FIG. 1 illustrates the operation at the time of door opening in the flow of (a), (b), and (c), and FIG. 1 (a) shows the door fully closed. FIG. 1B shows a state where the door is transitioned from the closed state to the open state, and FIG. 1C shows the door fully opened state.

  The elevator car 1 is provided with a car inner door 2 and a landing door 3, and the door operation of the elevator car 1 is performed by the interlocking operation of the car inner door 2 and the landing door 3. And the display device 4 which provides various information with respect to the user of an elevator is provided in the car inner door 2 in this Embodiment 1. FIG.

  The display device 4 is rotated between the position in the fully closed state shown in FIG. 1A and the position in the fully opened state shown in FIG. It can be configured. Further, as shown in FIG. 1C, the display device 4 has a configuration capable of displaying necessary information on the display surface 4a in the door fully open state. The specific rotation operation and display operation of the display device 4 will be described later with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

  FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of the elevator display device according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Each car control device 10 individually controls each car (not shown) in the group management system, and includes a door opening / closing control unit 11 and a display control unit 12.

  The door opening / closing control unit 11 operates the car door 2 and the landing door 3 in conjunction with each other to perform door opening / closing control. Further, the door opening / closing control unit 11 transmits display control information corresponding to the state of the door opening / closing control to the display control unit 12. The display control unit 12 controls the rotation operation of the display device 4 via the display driving unit 5 based on the received display control information, and performs display control on the display surface 4 a of the display device 4.

  In the configuration shown in FIG. 6 to be described later, the mechla plate 6 is included. In the case of the configuration including the mechla plate 6, the display control unit 12 operates the mechra plate 6 via the display driving unit 5. Will also be controlled.

  The car door 2 is provided with a car door position sensor 7. And the door opening / closing control part 11 can produce | generate display control information also considering the detection state of the car door position sensor 7 accompanying door opening / closing control. In addition, the door opening / closing control part 11 can produce | generate display control information also by using a timer function, without using the detection state of the car door position sensor 7. FIG.

  Next, specific control processing by the door opening / closing control unit 11 and the display control unit 12 when the door is opened / closed will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 3 and 4. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a series of processing when the door is opened, which is executed by the door opening / closing control unit 11 and the display control unit 12 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

  In step S301, the door opening / closing control unit 11 determines whether or not an event for opening the car door 2 has occurred. And when this phenomenon generate | occur | produces, in step S302, the door opening / closing control part 11 outputs a door opening instruction | indication, and performs door opening control of the car door 2. As shown in FIG.

  Next, in step S303, the door opening / closing control unit 11 determines whether or not a predetermined time set in advance has elapsed since the door opening operation was started. The door opening / closing controller 11 determines whether the car door 2 has been opened to a predetermined position based on the detection result of the car door position sensor 7 instead of determining whether or not the predetermined time has passed. It is also possible to determine whether or not.

  By the processing in step S303, the door opening / closing control unit 11 can determine that the car door 2 has been opened to a position where the display device 4 can be rotated as shown in FIG. .

  Next, in step S304, the door opening / closing control unit 11 outputs, as display control information, a command to rotate the display device 4 toward the display position shown in FIG. To do.

  Next, in step S <b> 305, the display control unit 12 rotates the display device by driving the display driving unit 5 based on the display control information received from the door opening / closing control unit 11. As shown in FIG. 1B, when the display device 4 is built in the car door 2 on the right side when viewed from the landing side, the display control unit 12 causes the display drive unit 5 to reverse the display device 4. Rotate clockwise. That is, the display control unit 12 moves the display surface 4a to a position facing the landing side by performing such rotation control.

  Next, in step S306, the display control unit 12 transmits display information such as a destination direction and a destination floor of the elevator car 1 to the display device 4 that has started to rotate.

  Next, in step S307, the display device 4 determines whether or not its rotation position has been rotated to a predetermined rotation position determined in advance. If the display device 4 has been rotated to a predetermined rotation position, the process proceeds to step S308, and the display device 4 displays the display information received in step S306 on the display surface 4a.

  Next, a series of operations when the door is closed will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a series of processing when the door is closed, which is executed by the door opening / closing control unit 11 and the display control unit 12 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

  In step S401, the door opening / closing control unit 11 determines whether or not an event for closing the car door 2 has occurred. When this event occurs, in step S402, the door opening / closing control unit 11 rotates the display device 4 toward the non-display position shown in FIG. 1A with respect to the display control unit 12. Command to output as display control information.

  Next, in step S <b> 403, the display control unit 12 rotates the display device by driving the display driving unit 5 based on the display control information received from the door opening / closing control unit 11. As shown in FIG. 1, when the display device 4 is built in the car door 2 on the right side as viewed from the landing side, the display control unit 12 causes the display drive unit 5 to rotate the display device 4 clockwise. Move. In other words, the display control unit 12 moves the display surface 4a to the position shown in FIG.

  Next, in step S404, after starting the rotation, the display device turns off the display information displayed on the display surface 4a and puts it into a non-display state.

  Next, in step S405, the display device 4 determines whether or not its rotation position has been rotated to a predetermined rotation position determined in advance. When the display device 4 is rotated to a predetermined rotation position and stored in the car inner door 2, the process proceeds to step S406, where the door opening / closing control unit 11 outputs a door closing command, and the car inner door 2 is moved. Perform door closing control.

  As described above, according to the first embodiment, there is provided a configuration for performing rotation control and display control of the display device built in the car door in accordance with the door opening / closing operation. As a result, even in an elevator system in which no display device is installed at the landing, it is possible to provide information on the destination direction and the destination floor to the user. Furthermore, it is possible to prevent a user from getting on the wrong board.

  In addition, in the destination forecasting system such as DOAS, the elevator display device according to the present invention is applied so that the destination of the number assigned to the user cannot be confirmed by the display device until just before boarding. Can do.

  As a result, it is possible to prevent passengers assigned to different units from getting on other units that are not assigned easily by looking at the display information on the display device, thereby reducing driving efficiency. And optimum group management control is possible.

  Furthermore, by applying the elevator display device according to the present invention to an elevator that requires a direction indicator light, it is not necessary to install a direction indicator light for each landing, and a significant cost reduction can be realized. it can.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
In the first embodiment, the case where the mechanism for rotating the display device 4 is built in the car door 2 has been described. On the other hand, in the second embodiment, a case will be described in which a mechanism for sliding the display device 4 is built in the car door 2 instead of the rotation mechanism.

  FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an elevator display device according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. More specifically, FIG. 5 exemplifies, in time series, the operation when the door on the right side as viewed from the landing side is opened in the flow of (a), (b), and (c). 5 (a) shows the door fully closed state, FIG. 5 (b) shows the state where the door is transitioned from the closed state to the open state, and FIG. 5 (c) shows the door fully opened state. Is shown.

  The display device 4 according to the second embodiment has the position in the fully closed state shown in FIG. 5A and the position in the fully open state shown in FIG. It can be slid between. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 5C, the display device 4 has a configuration that can display necessary information on the display surface 4a at a position moved in the fully open state.

  The specific control operation corresponds to the operation in which the “rotating” operation in FIGS. 3 and 4 is replaced with the “sliding” operation, and details thereof are omitted.

  As described above, according to the second embodiment, the display device is configured by including the slide mechanism instead of the rotation mechanism, and the effect similar to that of the first embodiment is obtained by such a configuration. Can be obtained.

Embodiment 3 FIG.
In the second embodiment, the case where the display device 4 itself is slid has been described. On the other hand, in the third embodiment, a description will be given of a case where the mekura plate 6 provided on the front surface of the display device 4 arranged in a fixed manner is slid.

  FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an elevator display device according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention. More specifically, FIG. 6 exemplifies the operation when the door on the right side is opened in time series as viewed from the landing side in the flow of (a), (b), (c). 6 (a) shows the door fully closed state, FIG. 6 (b) shows the state where the door is transitioned from the closed state to the open state, and FIG. 6 (c) shows the door fully open state. Is shown.

  In the third embodiment, the mekura plate 6 provided on the front surface of the display device 4 that is fixedly arranged is arranged with the position in the fully closed state shown in FIG. , It can be slid between the position in the door fully open state shown in FIG. Furthermore, as shown in FIG.6 (c), the display apparatus 4 has the structure which can display required information on the display surface 4a in the state after the mekkura board 6 moved in the door full open state. ing.

  The specific control operation corresponds to the operation in which the operation of “rotating” the display device 4 in FIGS. 3 and 4 is replaced with the operation of “sliding” the mekakura plate 6, and thus the details are omitted.

  As described above, according to the third embodiment, instead of sliding the display device, there is a configuration in which the mekura plate is slid, and this configuration is the same as in the first and second embodiments. An effect can be obtained.

Embodiment 4 FIG.
In the first to third embodiments, the case where the rotation mechanism or the slide mechanism is built in the car door 2 has been described. On the other hand, in the fourth embodiment, a case where a mechanism for rotating or sliding the display device 4 is provided in the upper part of the elevator car 1 will be described.

  FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an elevator display device according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention. More specifically, FIG. 7 shows a state in which the display device 4 provided on the upper part of the elevator car 1 rotates and the display surface 4a can be seen from the landing side in the door fully open state.

  Similar to the flowchart shown in FIG. 3, when an event that opens the car door 2 occurs, the door opening / closing controller 11 of each car control device 10 performs door opening control of the car door 2.

  On the other hand, the display control unit 12 receives, as display control information from the door opening / closing control unit 11, that a predetermined time has elapsed since the car door 2 and the landing door 3 started the door opening operation. Drive control is performed so that the display surface 4a of the display device 4 built in the upper portion of the car 1 is rotated in the direction shown on the landing side.

  Further, the display control unit 12 performs display control so that information such as a destination direction is displayed on the display surface 4a after the display device 4 is rotated to a predetermined position.

  7 illustrates a case where the display device 4 built in the upper portion of the car 1 is rotated, but a slide mechanism can be applied instead of the rotation mechanism.

  As described above, according to the fourth embodiment, the display device built in the upper part of the car is moved according to the door opening / closing operation, and the display information can be provided. The same effects as those of the first to third embodiments can be obtained.

Embodiment 5. FIG.
In the first embodiment, the case where the display device 4 is built in the car door 2 and has a configuration in which the display surface 4a is opposed to the landing side according to the door opening operation has been described. On the other hand, in the fifth embodiment, a case will be described in which the display device 4 is built in the landing door 3 and has a configuration in which the display surface 4a is opposed to the inside of the car according to the door opening operation.

  FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an elevator display device according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention. Similar to the flowchart shown in FIG. 3, when an event that opens the car door 2 occurs, the door opening / closing controller 11 of each car control device 10 performs door opening control of the car door 2. Here, it is assumed that the landing door 3 operates in conjunction with the operation of the car door 2.

  The display control unit 12 receives, as display control information from the door opening / closing control unit 11, that the predetermined time has elapsed since the car door 2 and the landing door 3 started the door opening operation. The display surface 4a of the display device 4 built in 3 is driven and controlled so as to rotate in a direction to be shown inside the car.

  That is, FIG. 8 illustrates a case where the display device 4 is built in the right landing door 3 when viewed from the inside of the car, and the display control unit 12 rotates the display device 4 counterclockwise.

  Further, the display control unit 12 performs display control so that information such as a destination direction is displayed on the display surface 4a after the display device 4 is rotated to a predetermined position.

  As described above, according to the fifth embodiment, an elevator display device that can provide information to users in the car can be realized by having a configuration in which the display device is built in the landing door.

  Note that the slide mechanism described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6 can be applied instead of the rotation mechanism shown in FIG. It is also possible to incorporate the display device in the upper part of the car and apply the rotation or sliding movement mechanism described in FIG. 7 instead of the rotation mechanism shown in FIG.

Embodiment 6 FIG.
In the first embodiment, the case where the mechanism for rotating the display device 4 is built in a part of the upper part of the car door 2 has been described. On the other hand, in the sixth embodiment, a case will be described in which a mechanism for rotating the display device 4 is incorporated over the entire vertical direction of the car door 2.

  FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram in the case where the mechanism for rotating the display device 4 is built in the vertical direction of the car door 2 in the sixth embodiment of the present invention. As the display device 4, it is possible not only to move a part of the car inner door 2 but also to move the entire vertical direction of the car inner door 2 as shown in FIG. An effect can be obtained.

  In Embodiments 1 to 3, 5, and 6 described above, the display device is incorporated only in the left or right side door of the car door 2 or only in the left or right side door of the landing door 3. Explained. However, the present invention is not limited to such a configuration. It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which a rotation mechanism and a slide mechanism are provided for the doors on both sides.

  Further, in the drawings, a case where the destination direction is displayed on the display device is illustrated as the display information, but other information including the destination floor or the driving information can be displayed.

Claims (4)

A display device having a display surface for providing display information to an elevator user;
An elevator display device comprising: a control device that performs opening / closing control of the elevator car door and performing display control of the display device,
The display device has a moving structure in which the display surface is displaced between a first position housed in the car inner door or the elevator car and a second position where the display surface is visible from the landing side when the car inner door is fully open. Have
The control device includes:
When an event occurs that opens the car door,
Output an open command to the car door,
After outputting the opening command, the display device is moved from the first position to the second position in conjunction with the opening / closing position of the car inner door,
When the car door is fully open, the display information is displayed on the display surface,
When an event occurs that causes the car door to close,
The display device is moved from the second position to the first position, and the display surface is in a non-display state,
An elevator display device that outputs a close command to the car door after the display device has moved to the first position. A display device having a display surface for providing display information to an elevator user;
An elevator display device comprising: a control device that performs opening / closing control of the landing door of the elevator and performing display control of the display device,
The display device has a moving structure in which the display surface is displaced between a third position stored in the landing door or the elevator car and a fourth position where the display surface is visible from the elevator car side when the landing door is fully open. Have
The control device includes:
When an event occurs that opens the landing door,
An opening command is output to the landing door,
After outputting the opening command, in conjunction with the opening / closing position of the landing door, the display device is moved from the third position to the fourth position,
In the fully open state of the landing door, the display information is displayed on the display surface,
When the event of closing the landing door occurs,
The display device is moved from the fourth position to the third position, and the display surface is in a non-display state,
An elevator display device that outputs a close command to the landing door after the display device has moved to the third position. The elevator display device according to claim 1, wherein the moving structure is either a rotation mechanism or a slide mechanism. The elevator display device according to claim 1, wherein the elevator display method is executed by the control device to prevent erroneous boarding.
When an event occurs that opens the car door,
A first step of outputting an open command to the car door;
A second step of moving the display device from the first position to the second position in conjunction with the opening / closing position of the car inner door after outputting the opening command;
A third step of displaying the display information on the display surface when the car door is fully open,
When an event occurs that causes the car door to close,
A fourth step of moving the display device from the second position to the first position and setting the display surface in a non-display state;
An elevator display method for preventing erroneous boarding, comprising: a fifth step of outputting a close command to the car door after the display device has moved to the first position.

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