JP6657299B2 - Elevator hall lantern and lighting method thereof - Google Patents

Description

  An embodiment of the present invention relates to a hall lantern installed in an elevator hall and a lighting method thereof.

Hall lanterns are installed at the elevator landings. A user at the landing can know that the car is about to arrive by lighting the hall lantern.
Many of these types of hole lanterns use an LED as a light source. In addition, as a light source, there is a light source using a light emitting body composed of an organic electroluminescence element (for example, Patent Document 1).

  The surface of the hole lantern is a light emitting surface using an illuminator, and light emitted from a light source is uniformly diffused on the light emitting surface. This is because it is necessary for the user at the landing to see the lit state well from anywhere.

  Hall lanterns are required to express not only the arrival of the car but also the direction of travel, whether it is going up or down.

  A hall lantern with only one light source cannot express the traveling direction of the elevator. Conventionally, two lanterns of one light source are vertically arranged in a set, and one of the lanterns is turned on to express a traveling method. Instead of using two lanterns, one lantern may be provided with two light sources, and one of the light sources may be turned on to express the traveling method.

JP-A-2005-9906

  In the conventional hall lantern, there is a great restriction in expressing the traveling direction. In particular, in the case of expressing with one lantern, it is necessary to provide a space for accommodating two light sources, and to shield light from each other so as not to leak light. However, the lantern body becomes thick and has a complicated internal structure.

Further, the conventional hole lantern has a thick shape because a distance from the light source is secured in order to uniformly lighten the light emitting surface.
From the viewpoint of design, a small and thin hall lantern is also required. However, when the thickness is reduced, the distance from the light source cannot be ensured, so that the elevator user cannot clearly see from a wide angle, and there is a problem that the visibility of the hole lantern is impaired.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the related art, and it is possible to express various directions such as a traveling direction with a single light source, and furthermore, the elevator hall is thin and has good visibility. It aims to provide lanterns.

In order to achieve the above object, an elevator hall lantern according to an embodiment of the present invention is installed at a landing of an elevator, and in an elevator hall lantern that informs a user of the arrival of a car, the entire hall area is fixed. A luminous body having a film shape capable of emitting light is provided inside the hole lantern, and the luminous body is composed of one electroluminescent element and has a plurality of light emitting surfaces capable of independently emitting light in a fixed light emitting pattern. Features.

It is a figure which shows typically the landing of the elevator in which the hall lantern by the embodiment of this invention was installed. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a hall lantern according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an exploded view showing main components of the hall lantern according to the first embodiment. It is a flowchart of the control which lights a hall lantern. It is a flowchart which shows the lighting operation of a hall lantern. It is a figure showing the lighting pattern of the hall lantern by a 1st embodiment. It is a perspective view showing the appearance of a hall lantern by a modification of a 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view showing the appearance of a hall lantern by a 2nd embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the lighting operation | movement of a hall lantern by 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure showing a lighting pattern of a hall lantern by a 2nd embodiment.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of an elevator hall lantern and a display method thereof according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
(1st Embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically illustrating a landing of an elevator in which a hall lantern according to the present embodiment is installed. In this building, three elevators of the first, second, and third units are installed, and the operation of each unit is controlled by group management. If the landing on each floor is the first floor, hold doors 1a, 1b, and 1c are provided at the entrance of each unit. Similarly, at the landings on the second, third, and fourth floors, hold doors 2a to 2c, hold doors 3a to 3c, and hold doors 4a to 4c are provided.

At the landing on the first floor, a hall lantern 10 is provided on each of the hold doors 1a, 1b, 1c. At the landings on the second, third, and fourth floors, hall lanterns 10 are arranged on the hold doors 2a to 2c, 3a to 3c, and 4a to 4c, respectively. Reference numeral 12 indicates a hall call button.
In this way, at the elevator landing, which is on the stop floor of the elevator, hall lanterns 10 are installed at the entrances and exits of each unit, and users waiting at the landing can be notified of elevator units arriving by lighting the hall lantern 10. To let you know.

Next, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an appearance of the hole lantern 10, and FIG. 3 is an exploded view showing main components of the hole lantern 10.
The hole lantern 10 according to the present embodiment includes a main body 12, an illuminating cover 14 that covers the front surface of the lantern, and a thin plate or film-shaped light emitting body 15 that is a light source. In this embodiment, an organic electroluminescence element using a plastic film as a substrate is used as the light emitting body 15.

In the light-emitting body 15, the light-emitting surfaces 15a, 15b, and 15c are divided into a plurality, specifically, three upper and lower stages, and these light-emitting surfaces 15a, 15b, and 15c can individually light the entire area. It is.
In this embodiment, the lighting pattern of the light emitter 15 can also express the traveling direction of the car arriving at the landing. In the case of an ascending car, the light emitting surfaces 15a, 15b, and 15c are lit in red in order from the bottom. Since the light emitting surface appears to move upward from the bottom, it is possible to express the rise of the car. In the case of a car of a descending car, the car is illuminated in blue in the order of the light emitting surfaces 15c, 15b, and 15a from above. The movement of the descending car can be represented by the movement of the light emitting surface that goes down from the top. When the car has landed on the landing and stopped, the light-emitting surfaces 15c, 15b, and 15a are all flashed simultaneously regardless of whether the car has been raised or lowered. In that case, the light may be blinked while changing the luminance of the light emitting surface between 100% and 0%.

The luminous body 15 has right and left sides curved toward the front, and is attached to a base 16 having a curved surface. Further, an illuminating cover 14 having a similarly curved shape is attached to the light emitting body 15 so as to overlap. The illumination cover 14 is a cover made of a translucent plastic. The inside of the main body 12 is used as a space for accommodating wires and connectors (not shown).

Next, the lighting operation of the hall lantern 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5 in relation to the actual operation of the elevator.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation of an elevator control device (not shown) when a hall call is registered.
First, when the hall call button 12 is pressed at the hall on any stop floor, hall call registration is performed (step S10). The control device selects an appropriate car at a position near the floor where the hall call was made and moves it to the called floor (step S11). Thereafter, a lantern operation process as shown in FIG. 5 is performed.

  In this embodiment, the time until the car arrives at the destination floor is counted by the control device, and it is determined whether or not the arrival is near (step S12). For example, five seconds before arrival (yes in step S12), it is determined whether the traveling direction of the car is going upstairs (step S13). If the car going to the landing is for the upper floor (yes in step S13), the hall lantern 10 at the entrance where the car arrives is turned on, as shown in FIG. 6A. In this case, the light emitting surfaces 15a, 15b and 15c of the hole lantern 10 are illuminated in red from the bottom in order (step S15). Such lighting of the hall lantern 10 is continued until the car arrives at the destination floor.

On the other hand, if the car is going downstairs in step S13, the process proceeds from step S14 to step S16, and as shown in FIG. 6B, the hall lantern 10 at the entrance where the car arrives is moved to its light emitting surface. 15c, 15b, and 15a are lit in blue from the top.
When the car stops on the arrival floor, the light-emitting surfaces 15a, 15b, and 15c of the lantern 10 are all turned on and off at the same time, and at this time, the light is turned on and off while changing the brightness from 100% to 5% (step S17). ).

  Thus, when the car arrives at the destination floor (yes in step S18), the car door and the hold door are opened (step S19), and after the user gets on and off, the car door and the hold door are closed (step S20). Thereafter, the hall lantern 10 is turned off (step S21).

  According to the above-described first embodiment, a plurality of light-emitting surfaces 15a to 15c that independently emit light are provided on one light-emitting body 15, and these light-emitting surfaces 15a to 15c are sequentially turned on and simultaneously turned on and off. Accordingly, it is possible to notify the user of not only the arrival of the car but also the traveling direction of the car while using one single light source.

  In addition, since the light-emitting body 15 uses an organic electroluminescence element that emits light from the entire film-shaped light-emitting body, there is no need to diffuse the light from the light source, and the light-emitting body 15 is arranged without leaving a gap behind the illumination cover 14. Thus, the structure of the hole lantern 10 can be made thin.

  Further, since the luminous body 15 composed of an organic electroluminescence element can be easily formed into a curved shape and has a curved luminous surface that uniformly emits light as a whole luminous body, the user can be anywhere in the landing. The lighting and blinking of the hall lantern 10 can be visually recognized from a wide angle.

  FIG. 7 is a view showing a modification of the hole lantern 10. As shown in FIG. In this modified example, the light emitting surfaces 15a and 15b are configured in upper and lower two stages. The upward movement of the car can be represented by lighting of the upper light emitting surface 15b, and the downward movement of the car can be represented by the lower light emitting surface 15a. When landing, the light emitting surfaces 15a and 15b may be turned on and off at the same time.

(2nd Embodiment)
Next, a hole lantern according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 8 is an exploded view of the hole lantern according to the second embodiment.

  In the first embodiment, as the light source, a single organic electroluminescent element in which the light-emitting surfaces 15a, 15b, and 15c are partitioned into a plurality of upper and lower stages is used, whereas the hole-hole lantern according to the second embodiment is used. In 10, the light source uses a plurality of film-shaped light emitters 20, 21, and 22. Of the components of the hole lantern 10, the main body 12 and the illumination cover 14 that covers the front surface of the hole lantern are the same as in the first embodiment.

Organic light emitting devices using a plastic film as a substrate are used for the light emitters 20, 21, and 22. These illuminants 20, 21, 22 can be lit independently and independently, or can be combined and lit uniformly over the entire surface.
In this embodiment, information to be notified to the user is expressed by lighting patterns based on the shapes of the light emitters 20, 21, and 22. The light emitters 21 and 22 have a planar shape representing an arrow, and the entire arrow shape uniformly emits light to represent the traveling direction of the car arriving at the landing. In the case of a car of an ascending car, the light emitter 22 is turned on to display an upward arrow. In the case of a car of a descending car, the light emitting body 21 is turned on to display a downward arrow. In this embodiment, both sides of the arrow head of the light emitter 21 have curved surfaces 21a and 21b, and similarly, the light emitter 22 also has curved surfaces 22a and 22b.

When the car has landed on the arrival floor and stopped, the light emitter 20 is flashed. The luminous body 20 has a shape in which the right and left sides of the front face are curved toward the front, so that the entire luminous body emits light uniformly.

Next, a lighting operation of the hall lantern 10 according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 9 in relation to the operation of the elevator.
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the operation of the elevator control device when the hall call is registered in the second embodiment.

When the hall call button 12 is pressed in any of the halls, the control device selects an appropriate car near the floor where the hall call was made, moves it to the called floor, and starts the lantern operation process as follows. Is done.
The time until the car arrives at the destination floor is counted by the control device, and it is determined whether or not the car is about to arrive (step S22). If it is five seconds before (yes in step S22), it is determined whether or not the traveling direction of the car is going upstairs (step S23). If the car heading for the landing is for the upper floor (yes in step S23), the hall lantern 10 at the entrance where the car arrives is turned on, as shown in FIG. In this case, the light emitting body 22 is turned on (step S25).

  On the other hand, if the car is going to the lower floor in step S23, the process proceeds from step S23 to step S24, and as shown in FIG. Lights up. When the vehicle stops at the arrival floor, the light emitter 20 is turned on and off as shown in FIG. 10C (step S27).

  In this way, when the car arrives at the destination floor (yes in step S28), the car door and the hold door are opened (step S29), and after the user gets on and off, the car door and the hold door are closed (step S30). Thereafter, the hall lantern 10 is turned off (step S31).

  According to the second embodiment as described above, a plurality of light-emitting bodies 20, 21, and 22 that emit light independently are superimposed, and the flickering of these light-emitting bodies 20 indicates the arrival of the car. It is possible to inform the user not only of the arrival of the car but also the traveling direction of the car, even though it is a single hall lantern, such as indicating the traveling direction of the 22 car.

  In addition, since the organic electroluminescent elements are used for the light emitters 20, 21, and 22, there is no need to diffuse the light of the light source, and the hole lanterns are arranged behind the front cover 14 without any gap. The structure of 10 can be made thin.

  In addition, the luminous bodies 20, 21, and 22 composed of the organic electroluminescent elements are easy to cut out into shapes such as arrows, and since these luminous bodies 20, 21, and 22 have curved luminous surfaces, The user can visually observe the lighting and blinking of the hall lantern 10 from a wide angle anywhere in the landing.

  In addition, the luminous body 20 uses an organic electroluminescent element having a function of a display unit capable of displaying characters and the like, only performs front lighting when the car arrives, and when the car is full, It is also possible to display the characters "full".

  As described above, the hall lanterns of the elevator according to the present invention have been described with reference to the preferred embodiments. However, these embodiments are given as examples and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. Of course, the novel apparatus, method, and system described in the specification can be implemented in various forms, and various omissions, substitutions, and changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. is there. The scope of the claims and their equivalents are intended to cover the embodiments or improvements thereof within the spirit of the invention.

10: hall lantern, 12: hall call button, 14: illumination cover, 15: luminous body 15a, 15b, 15c: luminous surface, 20: luminous body, 21: luminous body, 22: luminous body

Claims (6)

In the hall hall lantern of the elevator which is installed at the elevator platform and informs the user of the arrival of the car,
A film-shaped illuminant capable of emitting light over a certain planar area is provided inside the hole lantern,
The hall lantern of an elevator, wherein the luminous body is composed of a single electroluminescent element and has a plurality of light emitting surfaces capable of independently emitting light in a fixed light emitting pattern. The hall lantern of an elevator according to claim 1 , wherein the luminous body expresses arrival of a car by arranging at least three or more of the luminous surfaces in a vertical direction, and causing each luminous surface to light up. The luminous body has two upper and lower light emitting surfaces, and by illuminating one of the upper and lower light emitting surfaces, expresses the traveling direction of the car, and illuminates or blinks all the light emitting surfaces to arrive at the car. The hall lantern of an elevator according to claim 1 , wherein the hall lantern is expressed. In the hall hall lantern of the elevator which is installed at the elevator platform and informs the user of the arrival of the car,
A film-shaped illuminant capable of emitting light over a certain planar area is provided inside the hole lantern,
The luminous body is composed of a set of luminous bodies of at least three electroluminescent elements arranged so as to overlap with each other, wherein two luminous bodies each have a shape expressing the direction of a car and have one shape. The hall lantern of the elevator, characterized in that the illuminator of the car expresses the arrival of the car by lighting up the entire surface. The hall lantern of an elevator according to claim 4 , wherein the illuminant expressing the arrival of the car has a light emitting surface that uniformly emits light and a display unit that displays characters, symbols, and the like. The hall lantern of an elevator according to claim 1 or 4 , wherein the luminous body has a luminous surface curved on both right and left sides thereof.

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