JP6898578B2 - User detection device and elevating movement system - Google Patents

Description

The present application relates to a user detection device and an elevating movement system installed at a landing of a passenger conveyor.

The elevator stops the car on the floor of the landing and opens the door when the user operates a button on the landing operation panel to call a car to specify the ascending / descending direction or the destination floor. Further, in a facility equipped with an elevator and a passenger conveyor, the elevator car is called by using the information of the sensor installed at the passenger conveyor landing to detect the user without the user operating the landing operation panel. There is an elevator movement system that does.

For example, the elevating movement system of Patent Document 1 calls an elevator by using information from a sensor that detects a user of the passenger conveyor provided at the entrance of the passenger conveyor. In Patent Document 1, when this sensor detects a user, an elevator car is called on the floor at the exit of the passenger conveyor. While the user detected by the sensor is using the passenger conveyor, the car moves to the registered floor. Or, if you have already arrived at the registered floor, wait on that floor. Therefore, it is possible to shorten the waiting time when the user transfers to the elevator after getting off the passenger conveyor.

JP-A-2002-338184 (paragraphs [0030]-[0033])

However, in a facility equipped with a passenger conveyor and an elevator, a person who does not use the passenger conveyor uses the elevator. Therefore, the elevating movement system of Patent Document 1 cannot call a car for a person who does not use the passenger conveyor. There is a problem.

The present application is for solving the above-mentioned problems, and is a user detection device and an ascending / descending movement system capable of calling a car for a person who does not use the passenger conveyor in a facility equipped with a passenger conveyor and an elevator. The purpose is to provide.

The user detection device of the present application is provided in a housing, a passenger conveyor user detection unit that detects the presence or absence of a user in the first range that is a route to the passenger conveyor landing, and an elevator landing that is provided in the housing. An elevator user detection unit that detects the presence or absence of a user in a second range different from the first range, and an elevator user detection unit provided in the housing that detects the user. It is provided with a signal transmission unit that transmits a signal for calling a car to the floor of the elevator landing to an elevator control device that controls the elevator device.

The elevating movement system of the present application is called by the car call registration unit and the car call registration unit that call and register the car on the floor of the elevator landing when the signal to stop the car is acquired from the user detection device and the signal transmission unit. An elevator control device including a car operation control unit for controlling the car to stop on the registered floor, an elevator device including a car, a passenger conveyor, and a passenger conveyor control device for controlling the passenger conveyor. A passenger conveyor device comprising.

The user detection device and the elevating / moving system according to the present application can call the elevator car before arriving at the elevator landing operation panel for elevator users who do not use the passenger conveyor, reducing waiting time. However, the elevator can be operated efficiently.

Overall schematic view of the elevating movement system of the first embodiment of the present application. Schematic diagram of the passenger conveyor device and elevator device on the right side when viewed from the landing side on the first floor of the elevating movement system of FIG. External view of the user detection device according to the first embodiment of the present application. Functional block diagram of the configuration related to the control of the elevating movement system according to the first embodiment of the present application. A flowchart showing the operation of the elevator control device of the elevating movement system according to the first embodiment of the present application. Functional block diagram of the configuration related to the control of the elevating movement system according to the second embodiment of the present application. A flowchart showing the operation of the elevator control device of the elevating movement system according to the second embodiment of the present application. Schematic diagram of the elevating movement system of the third embodiment as viewed from above Schematic diagram of the elevating movement system of the fourth embodiment as viewed from above Schematic diagram of the elevating movement system of the fifth embodiment as viewed from above Hardware configuration diagram of the components included in the passenger conveyor control device 206, the elevator control device 308, or the user detection device 202 according to the first to fifth embodiments.

Embodiment 1.
Hereinafter, an outline of the elevating movement system according to the first embodiment of the present application will be described. FIG. 1 is an overall schematic view of the elevating movement system according to the first embodiment of the present application. The elevating / moving system according to the first embodiment of the present application is installed in, for example, a facility such as a station where only two floors, a ticket gate floor and a platform floor, are elevated and lowered. However, the invention according to the present application is not limited to this configuration.

The elevating movement system 1 shown in FIG. 1 moves the user up and down between the first floor and the second floor. The elevating movement system 1 includes an elevator device 300 installed between two passenger conveyor devices 200. The lower passenger conveyor device 200a in FIG. 1 moves the passenger conveyor user 2a boarding from the passenger conveyor landing 201a from the first floor to the second floor. The upper passenger conveyor device 200b in FIG. 1 moves the passenger conveyor user 2b boarding from the passenger conveyor landing 201b from the second floor to the first floor. The elevator device 300 moves the elevator user 3a riding in the car 302 from the elevator landing 301a from the first floor to the second floor, and the elevator user 3b riding in the car 302 from the elevator landing 301b from the second floor to the first floor.

Subsequently, the detailed configuration of the elevating movement system 1 will be described. FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the passenger conveyor devices 200a and 200b and the elevator device 300 as viewed from the passenger conveyor landing 201a side on the first floor of the elevating movement system 1 of FIG. Since the passenger conveyor device 200a and the passenger conveyor device 200b have the same configuration, they will be described below as the passenger conveyor device 200.

The elevating movement system 1 includes a user detection device 202 that detects a user in front of the passenger conveyor landing 201.

The passenger conveyor device 200 is an automatic operation type, and starts operation when the user detection device 202 detects the passenger conveyor user 2. After that, if the user detection device 202 does not detect the passenger conveyor user 2 for a predetermined time, the passenger conveyor device 200 stops operation. When the user detection device 202 detects the passenger conveyor user 2 again, the passenger conveyor device 200 resumes operation.

The passenger conveyor device 200 includes a step portion 203 on which the passenger conveyor user 2 is carried and moves, and a machine room 204 below the step portion 203. The machine room 204 is provided with a drive machine 205 and a passenger conveyor control device 206. A chain (not shown) connecting the step portions 203 is wound around the drive machine 205, and the step portion 203 moves by transmitting the driving force of the drive machine 205 to the chain.

The passenger conveyor control device 206 controls the drive device 205 to start and stop the operation based on the user detection information transmitted from the user detection device 202. The user detection information is information indicating that the user has been detected. The user detection information includes information that the user has been detected if necessary, and information for distinguishing the floor that detected the user or the user detection device 202 that has detected the user (for example, the user). Identification information of the detection device) may also be included.

Subsequently, the configuration of the elevator device 300 will be described. The elevator landing 301 is provided with a landing operation panel 304. The landing operation panel 304 includes an operation button 305. When the elevator user 3 operates the landing operation panel 304 to move up / down or descend or specify the destination floor, the call registration of the car 302 is performed on the floor where the elevator user 3 is located. Then, the car 302 moves to the floor where the elevator user 3 is located.

The car 302 on which the elevator user 3 rides moves up and down in the hoistway 303. The hoistway 303 is provided with a machine room 306 at the top. The machine room 306 includes a hoisting machine 307 and an elevator control device 308. The elevator control device 308 controls the entire operation of the elevator device 300 and holds information related to the elevator device 300 necessary for the control. A basket 302 for passengers and a counterweight 309b are attached to both ends of the rope 309a wound around the hoisting machine 307. The elevator control device 308 controls the rotational operation of the hoisting machine 307 to wind up the rope 309a, so that the car 302 is moved up and down.

Subsequently, the detailed configuration of the user detection device 202 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is an external view of the user detection device 202 as seen from the passenger conveyor landing 201a on the first floor of the elevating movement system 1 of FIG. One passenger conveyor device 200 includes one user detection device 202 on each side of the passenger conveyor landing 201. The number of user detection devices 202 adjacent to the elevator device is one for each passenger conveyor device.

That is, in FIG. 3, the user detection device 202b of the passenger conveyor device 200a on the right side is the user detection device on the side adjacent to the elevator device 300, and the user detection device 202a is not adjacent to the elevator device 300. It is a user detection device on the side. Further, the user detection device 202c of the passenger conveyor device 200b on the left side is a user detection device on the side adjacent to the elevator device 300, and the user detection device 202d is a user on the side not adjacent to the elevator device 300. It is a detection device.

The user detection device 202b of the passenger conveyor device 200a is installed on the right side (one end side) of the elevator landing 301a of the elevator device 300, and the user detection device 202c of the passenger conveyor device 200b is installed on the left side (other end side). ..

The user detection devices 202a to 202d are provided with a passenger conveyor user detection unit 208a to 208d, a passenger conveyor information display device 210, and an elevator information display device 211, respectively, in the housing 207. The user detection devices 202b and 202c are further provided with elevator user detection units 209a and 209b.

Although the housing 207 is shown as a landing post in FIG. 3, it may be in another form as long as it has the configuration of the user detection device 202. For example, it may be a handrail of the passenger conveyor device 200 or a wall surface of an installation facility.

The passenger conveyor user detection unit 208 includes a sensor that detects the presence or absence of a user in the first range 4 which is the route to the passenger conveyor landing 201. The elevator user detection unit 209 is a route to the elevator landing 301, and includes a sensor that detects the presence or absence of a user in a second range 5 different from the first range 4.

The second range 5 may be a range that does not overlap with the first range 4 at all, and the second range 5 is one as long as it has at least a range that does not overlap with the first range 4. The range of the part may overlap with the first range 4.

Further, when the user detection device 202 is arranged as shown in FIG. 3, the elevator user detection unit 209 detects the opposite of the elevator user detection unit 209 in the left-right direction with respect to the user detection device 202. It is assumed that the housing 207 is provided.

In FIG. 3, the first range 4 and the second range 5 for detecting the user are shown as the length of the optical axis. However, depending on the range in which the passenger conveyor user detection unit 208 and the elevator user detection unit 209 can detect the user, the first range 4 and the second range 5 are not limited to the length but the length and height. It may be a space to have a surface or a depth.

As shown in FIG. 1, when the passenger conveyor user detection unit 208 and the elevator user detection unit 209 are applied to the elevating movement system 1 in which the passenger conveyor devices 200 are provided on both sides of the elevator device 300, the passenger / light receiving type sensor is used. Can be used. When using a light emitting / receiving type sensor, two user detection devices 202 are required, one is provided with a floodlight and the other is provided with a light receiving device for forming an optical axis. The light emitting / receiving type sensor has a structure in which each device of the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit is paired.

When the user detection device 202 is arranged as shown in FIG. 3, the passenger conveyor user detection unit 208a of the user detection device 202a serves as a floodlight, and the passenger conveyor user detection unit 208b of the user detection device 202b serves as a receiver. Further, the elevator user detection unit 209a of the user detection device 202b serves as a floodlight, and the elevator user detection unit 209b of the user detection device 202c serves as a receiver. Further, the passenger conveyor user detection unit 208c of the user detection device 202c serves as a floodlight, and the passenger conveyor user detection unit 208d of the user detection device 202d serves as a receiver. The positions of the paired receiver and floodlight may be swapped. The passenger conveyor user detection unit 208 and the elevator user detection unit 209 detect that there is a user when the light from the floodlight is not detected by the light receiver.

When the passenger conveyor device 200b is operated exclusively for descent, the user cannot be moved from the first floor to the second floor. Therefore, the passenger conveyor user detection unit 208c and the user detection device 202d of the user detection device 202c The passenger conveyor user detection unit 208d may not be provided.

The passenger conveyor user detection unit 208 is a light receiving / receiving sensor (passenger conveyor user of the user detection device 202a in FIG. 3) that is not an elevator user detection unit 209 included in the user detection device 202 of one passenger conveyor device 200. The detection unit 208a and the passenger conveyor user detection unit 208b of the user detection device 203c; the passenger conveyor user detection unit 208c of the user detection device 202c and the passenger conveyor user detection unit 208d of the user detection device 202d). It forms an optical axis. This optical axis detects a user in the first range 4 area that the user passes through when heading for the passenger conveyor landing 201. When the passenger conveyor user 2 blocks this optical axis, the passenger conveyor user detection unit 208 cannot detect light at the light receiving unit. As a result, the passenger conveyor user detection unit 208 can detect the passenger conveyor user 2.

The passenger conveyor user detection unit 208 outputs the detection result of the presence / absence of the passenger conveyor user 2. This detection result may be indicated as a binary number, for example, 1 when the user is detected and 0 when the user is not detected, or a signal indicating that the user is present may be transmitted and indicated only when the user is detected. ..

The elevator user detection unit 209 uses two sensors on the elevator device 300 side of the two user detection devices 202 on the elevator device 300 side of the two passenger conveyor devices 200 (the elevator use of the user detection device 202b in FIG. 3). The person detection unit 209a and the elevator user detection unit 209b) of the user detection device 203c form an optical axis. This optical axis is formed in front of the elevator landing 301, and is blocked when a user enters the second range 5. When the elevator user 3 passes through the second range 5 which is the route to the elevator landing 301 and blocks the optical axis, the elevator user detection unit 209 cannot detect the light on the light receiving unit side. As a result, the elevator user detection unit 209 can detect the elevator user 3.

The elevator user detection unit 209 outputs the detection result of the presence / absence of the elevator user 3. This detection result may be indicated as a binary number, for example, 1 when the user is detected and 0 when the user is not detected, or a signal indicating that the user is present may be transmitted and indicated only when the user is detected. ..

The passenger conveyor information display device 210 displays operation information such as the traveling direction or the operating status of the passenger conveyor device 200. The display may be to display figures or characters on the monitor or to play voice. The passenger conveyor information display device 210 may not only display the operation information but also warn the user who is trying to enter from the opposite direction to the driving direction by voice that it is not a regular boarding gate.

The elevator information display device 211 displays the operation information of the elevator device 300. The display may be to display figures or characters on the monitor or to play voice. The elevator information display device 211 can notify the user near the passenger conveyor landing 201 of the status of the elevator device 300 being called and that the car 302 is on the same floor, and encourage the user to use the elevator.

Subsequently, with reference to FIG. 4, the configuration related to the control of the elevating movement system 1 of the first embodiment will be described. FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of a configuration related to the control of the elevating movement system according to the first embodiment of the present application. In FIG. 4, some configurations already described, for example, the housing 207, the car 302, and the like are not shown.

First, the communication unit 212 (signal transmission unit) included in the user detection device 202 will be described.

The communication unit 212 is a communication interface for the user detection device 202 to communicate with the elevator control device 308 and the passenger conveyor control device 206. The communication unit 212 acquires the user detection result from the passenger conveyor user detection unit 208 and the elevator user detection unit 209 in order to transmit the user detection information to the elevator control device 308 and the passenger conveyor control device 206. When the elevator user detection unit 209 detects a user, the communication unit 212 transmits the user detection information to the elevator control device 308. The elevator control device 308 controls on the user detection floor in the same manner as when the car is called on the landing operation panel 304, and if the car is not called on the user detection floor, the floor is on that floor. Call and register. Therefore, when the elevator user detection unit 209 detects the user, the communication unit 212 transmits the user detection information to the elevator control device as a signal for calling the car to the floor of the elevator landing 301 that has detected the user. To do.

When the passenger conveyor user detection unit 208 detects a user, the communication unit 212 transmits the user detection information to the passenger conveyor control device 206. Further, the operation information of the elevator device 300 acquired from the elevator control device 308 is received and transmitted to the elevator information display device 211, and the operation information of the passenger conveyor control device 206 is received and transmitted to the passenger conveyor information display device 210. ..

Next, the passenger conveyor control device 206 will be described. The passenger conveyor control device 206 includes a passenger conveyor user detection information acquisition unit 213, a passenger conveyor operation determination unit 214, a passenger conveyor operation control unit 215, and a passenger conveyor information display control unit 216.

The passenger conveyor user detection information acquisition unit 213 acquires the signal of the user detection information of the passenger conveyor user detection unit 208 transmitted from the communication unit 212.

The passenger conveyor operation determination unit 214 determines the operation method of the passenger conveyor device 200 according to the signal acquired by the passenger conveyor user detection information acquisition unit 213. The operation method is whether or not to move the step portion 203, whether to move the step portion upward or downward, the speed of movement, or the like. When the passenger conveyor user detection information acquisition unit 213 detects a user, the passenger conveyor operation control unit 215 is instructed to move the step unit 203. When the passenger conveyor user detection information acquisition unit 213 does not detect the user for a predetermined time, the passenger conveyor operation control unit 215 is instructed to stop the step unit 203.

The passenger conveyor operation control unit 215 instructs the drive machine 205 to move or stop the step unit 203 according to the operation method determined by the passenger conveyor operation determination unit 214.

The passenger conveyor information display control unit 216 acquires the control state of the step unit 203 from the passenger conveyor operation control unit 215 and controls the display of the operation information to be displayed on the passenger conveyor information display device 210.

Subsequently, the elevator control device 308 will be described. The elevator control device 308 includes an elevator user detection information acquisition unit 310, a car call registration unit 311, a car operation determination unit 312, a car operation control unit 313, and an elevator information display control unit 314.

The elevator user detection information acquisition unit 310 acquires a signal from the communication unit 212 for transmitting the user detection information of the elevator user detection unit 209. At this time, the elevator user detection information acquisition unit 310 also acquires which floor the elevator user 3 was detected on. In the following, the floor on which the elevator user 3 is detected by the elevator user detection unit 209 will be referred to as a user detection floor. The elevator user detection information acquisition unit 310 may acquire the user detection floor by transmitting the installation floor together with the user detection information from the communication unit 212. Further, the elevator user detection information acquisition unit 310 may specify the elevator user detection information acquisition unit 310.

The car call registration unit 311 registers the floor on which the car is called to the elevator device 300. The car call registration unit 311 stores a list of floor numbers on which the car has been called, and the car is called by the car call by the landing operation panel 304 or by the detection of the elevator user 3 by the user detection device 202. Update the list of floor numbers. When the car call registration unit 311 acquires a signal for detecting a user from the elevator user detection information acquisition unit 310, it confirms whether or not the user detection floor has already been called and registered in the list, and if it is not registered, it is confirmed. Add a new list, update the list and save. The elevator control device 308 controls the operation of the car 302 so as to stop the car 302 on the floor registered in the car call registration unit 311.

The car operation determination unit 312 determines the operation method of the car 302 of the elevator device 300. The operation method of the car 302 is whether or not the car 302 is moved, whether the car 302 is moved upward or downward, the speed of movement, or the like. The car operation determination unit 312 determines the operation method of the car 302 again when the list of car calls registered in the car call registration unit 311 is updated. Instruct the car operation control unit 313 to move the car according to the determined operation method.

The car operation control unit 313 controls the hoisting machine 307 to move or stop the car 302 according to the operation method determined by the car operation determination unit 312.

The elevator information display control unit 314 acquires the control state of the car 302 from the car operation control unit 313, and controls the display of the operation information to be displayed on the elevator information display device 211.

Next, the operation of the elevating movement system 1 according to the first embodiment of the present application will be described. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the elevator control device of the elevating movement system according to the first embodiment of the present application.

When the elevator device 300 starts operation, it is determined in step S1 whether or not the elevator user 3 is detected. That is, the elevator user detection unit 209 detects the elevator user 3 in the second range 5, and the elevator user detection information acquisition unit 310 acquires the user detection information that detects the user from the communication unit 212. Judge whether or not.

If it is not determined in step S1 that the elevator user 3 is present, the process returns to step S1 and the determination of the presence / absence of the elevator user 3 is continued until it is determined that the elevator user 3 is detected.

When the elevator user 3 passes through the second range 5 which is the route to the elevator landing 301, it is determined in step S1 that the elevator user 3 is present, and the process proceeds to step S2. In step S2, the car call registration unit 311 determines whether the user detection floor has already been called and registered. If the call registration has not been made yet, the process proceeds to step S3 to call and register the floor of the user detection floor.

Immediately after the elevator car 302 arrives at the floor, a person who gets off the car 302 in the second range 5 may be detected, but there is a possibility that the person who gets off will use the elevator device 300 again. It's low and you don't have to call the car. Therefore, although not shown in FIG. 5, it is assumed that the person getting off the vehicle finishes passing through the second range 5 from the time when the car 302 stops on the floor where the user detection device 202 is installed and the door is opened. The user detection operation by the elevator user detection unit 209 in step S1 may be stopped for a period of time, for example, 5 to 10 seconds.

If it is determined in step S2 that the user detection floor is called and registered, or after calling and registering the user detection floor in step S3, the process proceeds to step S4. In step S4, the car operation control unit 313 determines whether or not the car has arrived at the user detection floor. If the car has not yet arrived at the user detection floor, the process proceeds to step S5, and the car operation determination unit 312 determines the operation method so as to move the car to the user detection floor. At this time, the car operation determination unit 312 does not immediately move the car to the user detection floor, but includes the floors registered as other car calls and the floors registered as destination floors by the users in the car. Determine the stop order of. After step S5, the process returns to step S4 and stays in step S4 until the car arrives at the user detection floor.

After it is determined in step S4 that the car has arrived at the user detection floor, the process proceeds to step S6 to open the door. After step S6, the process proceeds to step S7, and the elevator control device controls the car to be closed after a lapse of a predetermined time. Even if the predetermined time does not elapse, the door may be closed by the user's door closing operation in the car.

When the elevator user detection unit 209 detects a user by the operation of steps S1 to S7 as described above, a signal for calling a car to the floor of the elevator landing 301 is transmitted to the elevator control device 308, and the elevator Call the elevator for user 3.

According to the first embodiment of the present invention, for the elevator user 3 who does not use the passenger conveyor device 200, the elevator car can be called before the elevator user 3 arrives at the landing operation panel. The elevator can be operated efficiently.

Further, since the passenger conveyor user detection unit 208 and the elevator user detection unit 209 are housed in the same housing 207, it is not necessary to install a new device to detect the elevator user. That is, since the landing post for the passenger conveyor device that has been used conventionally can be diverted, the manufacturing cost can be suppressed.

Further, in the first embodiment, the elevator user detection unit 209a and the elevator user detection unit 209b, which serve as a floodlight and a receiver, are arranged in the user detection device 202b and the user detection device 202c. Therefore, the detection accuracy can be improved as compared with the case where a reflective sensor or the like capable of detecting the user by installing only one side is used for either of the user detection devices 202b and 202c.

Although the passenger conveyor device 200 is an automatic operation type, it may be applied to the elevating movement system 1 including the passenger conveyor device 200 that is always in operation.

Embodiment 2.
Hereinafter, the elevating movement system according to the second embodiment of the present application will be described. The second embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that the user detection device 202 further includes a retention detection unit 217. In the elevating / moving system of the second embodiment of the present application, the passenger conveyor device 200 and the elevator device 300 are installed in the same manner as the overall schematic view of the elevating / moving system 1 shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 shows a functional block diagram of a configuration related to the control of the elevating movement system 1 according to the second embodiment of the present application. The stagnation detection unit 217 is provided in the housing 207 of the user detection device 202, detects the stagnation of a person at the passenger conveyor landing 201, and transmits the stagnation detection information. The stagnation detection information is information on the presence or absence of stagnation of a person. For example, if stagnation is detected, it may be indicated as 1 and if it is not detected, it may be indicated as 0 in binary. It may be indicated by transmitting a signal. The case where the passenger conveyor landing 201 stays is, for example, when a user rushes to the boarding gate at once when the train arrives, such as in a station building, or when a large number of people stay after getting off the passenger conveyor. And so on. The stagnation detection unit 217 acquires the detection result of the user from the passenger conveyor user detection unit 208, and if the detection result that there is a user continues for a certain period of time or more, it is determined that the passenger conveyor landing 201 is stagnation. If the detection of the user is continuous for a certain period of time or more, it is assumed that the passenger conveyor device 200 is being used continuously, and it is considered that many users are waiting at the passenger conveyor landing 201.

The retention detection unit 217 does not have to use the user detection result from the passenger conveyor user detection unit 208. For example, as another stay detection unit, a camera or an infrared sensor for detecting the stay of the passenger conveyor landing 201 is newly provided in the user detection device 202 on the ceiling of the passenger conveyor landing 201, and the passenger conveyor is provided by the camera or the infrared sensor. When the number of passenger conveyor users 2 equal to or greater than the threshold value is detected within the measurement area range of the landing 201, it may be determined that the conveyor belt is stagnant. Further, for example, when users are staying at the passenger conveyor landing 201, a large number of users are on the step portion 203, so that the load on the drive machine 205 becomes large. Therefore, when the electric power supplied to the drive machine 205 continuously exceeds the predetermined value for a predetermined time, the retention detection unit 217 may determine that the power is retained.

When the stagnation detection unit 217 detects the stagnation, the communication unit 212 transmits a signal for calling the car to the elevator control device 308. Specifically, the communication unit 212 transmits the retention detection information and the floor information to the car call registration unit 311. The car call registration unit 311 confirms the list of floor numbers for which car call registration has been performed, and adds a floor in which retention is detected if it is not registered. Therefore, the elevating movement system 1 of the second embodiment calls the car when the elevator user detection unit 209 detects the elevator user 3 and when the retention detection unit 217 detects the retention of the passenger conveyor landing 201. It can be carried out.

When the stagnation detection unit 217 detects stagnation, the elevator information display device 211 displays a display urging the passenger conveyor user 2 to use the elevator. As a result, the stagnation of the passenger conveyor landing 201 can be reduced, and the user can be efficiently moved up and down.

Subsequently, the operation of the elevator control device of the elevating movement system according to the second embodiment of the present application will be described. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the elevator control device of the elevating movement system according to the second embodiment of the present application. In the above, the floor on which the elevator user 3 is detected by the elevator user detection unit 209 is referred to as the user detection floor, but the floor on which the retention detection unit 217 detects the retention in the second embodiment. Is also called the user detection floor.

When the elevator device 300 starts operation, it is determined in step S8 whether or not the elevator user 3 is detected. That is, the elevator user detection unit 209 detects the elevator user 3 in the second range 5, and the elevator user detection information acquisition unit 310 acquires the user detection information that detects the user from the communication unit 212. Judge whether or not. Step S8 is the same as step S1 of the first embodiment.

If it is not determined in step S8 that the elevator user 3 is present, the process proceeds to step S9. In step S9, it is determined whether or not the stagnation of the passenger conveyor landing 201 is detected. That is, has the stagnation detection unit 217 continuously detected the passenger conveyor user 2 in the first range 4 for a certain period of time or longer, and has acquired the stagnation detection information that the passenger conveyor user 2 has been stagnation in the car call registration unit 311 from the communication unit 212? Judge whether or not.

If the stagnation of the passenger conveyor landing 201 is not detected in step S9, the process returns to step S8, and the determination is continued until it is determined that the elevator user 3 is detected in step S8 or the stagnation is detected in step S9. ..

When the elevator user 3 passes through the second range 5 which is the route to the elevator landing 301, it is determined in step S8 that the elevator user 3 is present, and the process proceeds to step S10. Further, when the passenger conveyor user 2 is continuously detected in the first range 4 by the stagnation detection unit 217 for a certain period of time or more, and the car call registration unit 311 acquires the stagnation detection information from the communication unit 212, the stagnation is detected. Is determined to have been detected, and the process proceeds to step S10.

Steps S10 to S15 perform the same operations as steps S2 to S7 of the first embodiment.

By the operations of steps S8 to S15 as described above, the elevator car can be called even when the elevator user 3 is detected in the second range 5 or when the stagnation of the passenger conveyor landing 201 is detected. it can.

Embodiment 3.
Hereinafter, a third embodiment of the present application will be described. The third embodiment is different from the arrangement configuration of the apparatus of the elevating movement system of the first embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 8 shows a schematic view of the elevating movement system of the third embodiment as viewed from above. In the third embodiment, only one passenger conveyor device 200 is installed adjacent to the elevator device 300. In the first and second embodiments, the elevator user detection units 209a and 209b detect a user passing through the second range 5 by using a light emitting / receiving sensor. In the third embodiment, when the passenger conveyor user detection unit 208 and the elevator user detection unit 209 use a sensor capable of detecting the user only by installing one user detection device 202, for example, a reflection type sensor. , The elevating movement system of the present application can be applied to a facility having an arrangement configuration in which the two user detection devices 202 are not provided as shown in FIG.

According to the third embodiment, even in a facility where only one passenger conveyor device 200 is installed, the elevator is used for the elevator user 3 who does not use the passenger conveyor device 200 before arriving at the landing operation panel 304. It is possible to call a conveyor belt and operate the elevator efficiently.
Embodiment 4.

Next, a fourth embodiment of the present application will be described. Similar to the third embodiment, the fourth embodiment is a sensor in which the passenger conveyor user detection unit 208 and the elevator user detection unit 209 can detect the user only by installing one user detection device 202. Will be used. FIG. 9 is a schematic view of the elevating movement system of the fourth embodiment as viewed from above. The fourth embodiment has an arrangement configuration of devices different from those of the first and third embodiments, and the passenger conveyor landing 201 and the elevator landing 301 are not adjacent to each other on the left and right as in the first and third embodiments. In the fourth embodiment, there is a second range 5 at a position away from the elevator landing 301. When it is assumed that a user detected in the second range 5, which is a route to the elevator landing 301 and is different from the first range 4 for detecting the passenger conveyor user, will use the elevator, FIG. 9 shows. The elevating movement system of the present application can also be applied to a facility having the arrangement configuration as shown.

According to the fourth embodiment, in a facility where only one passenger conveyor device 200 is installed, for the elevator user 3 who does not use the passenger conveyor device 200, before arriving at the landing operation panel 304, the elevator The car can be called and the elevator can be operated efficiently. Further, in the fourth embodiment, the distance from the detection of the elevator user 3 by the user detection device 202 to the movement to the elevator landing 301 is longer than that in the third embodiment. Therefore, since the car can be moved for a longer time from the time when the car is called until the elevator user 3 arrives at the elevator landing 301, the waiting time of the user at the elevator landing 301 can be increased from the third embodiment. It may be possible to shorten it.

Embodiment 5.
Next, the fifth embodiment of the present application will be described. FIG. 10 shows a schematic view of the elevating movement system of the fifth embodiment as viewed from above. In FIG. 10, the passenger conveyor device 200c (first passenger conveyor device) is for climbing from the first floor to the second floor, and the passenger conveyor device 200d (second passenger conveyor device) is for climbing from the second floor to the third floor. To do. Therefore, the passenger conveyor landing 201a of the passenger conveyor device 200c is on the first floor, and the passenger conveyor landing 201b is on the second floor. The passenger conveyor platform 201c of the passenger conveyor device 200d is on the second floor, and the passenger conveyor platform 201d is on the third floor. The second floor is a transit floor. On the second floor, there is an elevator landing 301a of the elevator device 300a and an elevator landing 301b of the elevator device 300b. The elevator device 300a and the elevator device 300b are installed between the passenger conveyor device 200c and the passenger conveyor device 200d.

It is possible to move from the transfer floor on the second floor by using the passenger conveyor device 200d and the two elevator devices 300a and 300b. In the fifth embodiment applied to the facility having such a connecting floor, the elevator user detection unit 209 and the passenger conveyor user detection unit 208 of the user detection device 202 are the user detection device 202 in the first to fourth embodiments. It is provided so as to detect a direction 180 degrees opposite to that of the object, but in the fifth embodiment, it is provided so as to form an angle of 90 degrees. Here, the user detection devices 202 provided at the passenger conveyor landing 201b of the passenger conveyor device 200c are the user detection devices 202e and 202f, and the side adjacent to the elevator device 300a is the user detection device 202e (first user detection). The device), and the side adjacent to the elevator device 300b is the user detection device 202f. Further, the user detection devices 202 provided at the passenger conveyor landing 201c of the passenger conveyor device 200d are the user detection devices 202g and 202h, and the side adjacent to the elevator device 300a is the user detection device 202g (second user detection device). The side adjacent to the elevator device 300b is referred to as the user detection device 202h. That is, the user detection device 202e of the passenger conveyor device 200c is installed on one end side of the elevator landing 301a of the elevator device 300a, and the user detection device 202g of the passenger conveyor device 200d is installed on the other end side. Similarly, the user detection device 202f of the passenger conveyor device 200c is installed on one end side of the elevator landing 301b of the elevator device 300b, and the user detection device 202h of the passenger conveyor device 200d is installed on the other end side.

Therefore, the second range 5a for detecting the user of the elevator device 300a and the first range 4b for detecting the user of the passenger conveyor device 200d form 90 degrees with respect to the user detection device 202g. Further, the second range 5b for detecting the user of the elevator device 300b and the first range 4b for detecting the user of the passenger conveyor device 200d form 90 degrees with respect to the user detection device 202h.

Also in the fifth embodiment, the first range 4a and 4b and the second range 5a and 5b are formed by the floodlights and the receivers installed in the user detection devices 202e to 202f as in the first embodiment. The range.

In the fifth embodiment, if the user advances toward the passenger conveyor landing 201c on the transfer floor, the user detection devices 202g and 202h detect it in the first range 4b. If you proceed to the elevator landing 301a, it will be detected by the user detection devices 202e and 202g in the second range 5a. If you proceed to the elevator landing 301b, it will be detected by the user detection devices 202h and 202f in the second range 5b. In the fifth embodiment, since the passenger conveyor device 200c is operated for going up from the first floor to the second floor, the user does not proceed to the passenger conveyor landing 201b. However, when the passenger conveyor device 200c operates for descent, the user detection device 202e and the user detection device 202f detect the user in the first range 4a.

When the user is detected by the user detection devices 202e and 202g in the second range 5a, a car call registration is made to the elevator device 300a from the user detection information, and the user detection device 202h is registered in the second range 5b. , 202f, the car call registration is made to the elevator device 300b.

When one elevator control device 308 controls a plurality of elevator devices 300, the user can call only the elevator device 300 in the direction in which the user has advanced, so that the user can call only the elevator device 300 in the second range 5. User detection information is sent from the user detection device 202 so that the elevator control device 308 can identify whether it has been detected.

According to the fifth embodiment, of the two elevator devices 300, only the elevator that detects the user in the second range can be called, and the waiting time of the user at the elevator landing 301 can be shortened. The elevator can be operated efficiently.

Hereinafter, the hardware configuration of the components included in the passenger conveyor control device 206, the elevator control device 308, and the user detection device 202 according to the first to fifth embodiments will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 11 is a hardware configuration diagram of the components included in the passenger conveyor control device 206, the elevator control device 308, or the user detection device 202 according to the first to fifth embodiments. In FIG. 11, the passenger conveyor control device 206, the elevator control device 308, or the user detection device 202 includes an input device 101, an output device 102, a storage device 103, and a processing device 104.

The input device 101 contains information included in the passenger conveyor user detection information acquisition unit 213 of the passenger conveyor control device 206, the elevator user detection information acquisition unit 310 of the elevator control device 308, the communication unit 212 of the user detection device 202, and the like. The input network interface. This network may be a wired communication network such as a LAN cable or a coaxial cable, or a wireless communication network using wireless communication technology.

The output device 102 is provided by the passenger conveyor information display control unit 216 of the passenger conveyor control device 206, the elevator information display control unit 314 of the elevator control device 308, the communication unit 212 of the user detection device 202, and the like. A network interface that transmits control signals or user detection information to each configuration. This network may be a wired communication network such as a LAN cable or a coaxial cable, or a wireless communication network using wireless communication technology.

The storage device 103 is included in the car call registration unit 311 of the elevator control device 308. It corresponds to working memory, etc., and is a device that stores the floor on which the car was called. For example, non-volatile or volatile semiconductor memories such as RAM, ROM, and flash memory, magnetic disks, flexible disks, optical disks, compact disks, and the like are applicable.

The processing device 104 is the passenger conveyor operation determination unit 214 and the passenger conveyor operation control unit 215 of the passenger conveyor control device 206, the car operation determination unit 312 and the car operation control unit 313 of the elevator control device 308, or the user detection device 202. Corresponds to the retention detection unit 217 and the like. The processing device 104 may be dedicated hardware or a CPU (Central Processing Unit) that executes a program recorded in the storage device 103.

When the processing device 104 is dedicated hardware, the processing device 104 corresponds to, for example, a single circuit, a composite circuit, a programmed processor, a parallel programmed processor, an ASIC, an FPGA, or a combination thereof. ..

When the processing device 104 is a CPU, the functions of the passenger conveyor operation determination unit 214, the passenger conveyor operation control unit 215, the car operation determination unit 312, the car operation control unit 313, and the retention detection unit 217 are software, firmware, and so on. Or it is realized by a combination of software and firmware. Software and firmware are described as programs and recorded in the storage device 103. The processing device 104 realizes the functions of each part by reading and executing the program stored in the storage device 103.

The functions of the passenger conveyor operation determination unit 214, the passenger conveyor operation control unit 215, the car operation determination unit 312, the car operation control unit 313, and the retention detection unit 217 are partially realized by hardware. Some may be implemented by software or firmware.

For example, the retention detection unit 217 is dedicated hardware, and the passenger conveyor operation determination unit 214, the passenger conveyor operation control unit 215, the car operation determination unit 312, and the car operation control unit 313 are recorded in the storage device 103. It may be described as a program to realize its function.

In this way, the processing device 104 can realize each of the above-mentioned functions by hardware, software, firmware, or a combination thereof.

As described above, according to the user detection device and the elevating movement system of the present invention, the elevator car is called before arriving at the elevator landing operation panel for the elevator user who does not use the passenger conveyor. It is possible to reduce the waiting time and operate the elevator efficiently.

1 Elevating movement system 2 Passenger conveyor user 3 Elevator user 4 First range 5 Second range 101 Input device 102 Output device 103 Storage device 104 Processing device 200 (200a to 200d) Passenger conveyor device 201 (201a, 201b) Passenger conveyor landing 202 (202a-202d) User detection device 203 Step section 204 Machine room 205 Driver 206 Passenger conveyor control device 207 Housing 208 (208a-208d) Passenger conveyor user detection section 209 (209a, 209b) Elevator use Person detection unit 210 Passenger conveyor information display device 211 Elevator information display device 212 Communication unit (signal transmission unit)
213 Passenger conveyor user detection information acquisition unit 214 Passenger conveyor operation determination unit 215 Passenger conveyor operation control unit 216 Passenger conveyor information display control unit 217 Stay detection unit 300 (300a, 300b) Elevator device 301 (301a to 301d) Elevator landing 302 car 303 Hoistway 304 Landing operation panel 305 Operation button 306 Machine room 307 Hoisting machine 308 Elevator control device 309a Rope 309b Weight 310 Elevator user detection information acquisition unit 311 Car call registration unit 312 Car operation determination unit 313 Car operation control unit 314 Elevator Information display control unit

Claims (5)

A passenger conveyor user detection unit provided in the housing and detecting the presence or absence of a user in the first range, which is a route to the passenger conveyor landing,
An elevator user detection unit provided in the housing, which is a route to the elevator landing and detects the presence or absence of a user in a second range different from the first range.
A signal transmission unit provided in the housing and transmitting a signal for calling a car to the floor of the elevator landing to an elevator control device that controls the elevator device when the elevator user detection unit detects a user. ,
A user detection device characterized by being equipped with. Further provided in the housing, a retention detection unit for detecting the retention of the user is provided.
The user detection device according to claim 1, wherein the signal transmission unit transmits the signal to the elevator control device when the retention detection unit detects the retention. The user detection device according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising an elevator information display device provided in the housing and displaying operation information of the elevator device. The user detection device according to any one of claims 1 to 3 and
When the signal for calling a car is acquired from the signal transmission unit, the car call registration unit that calls and registers the car on the floor of the elevator landing, and the floor that is called and registered by the car call registration unit. The elevator control device including the car operation control unit for controlling the car to be stopped, and the elevator device including the car.
A passenger conveyor device including a passenger conveyor and a passenger conveyor control device for controlling the passenger conveyor.
Elevating movement system equipped with. The elevator device is installed between the first passenger conveyor device and the second passenger conveyor device.
A first user detection device of the first passenger conveyor device is installed on one end side of the elevator landing of the elevator device, and a second user detection device of the second passenger conveyor device is installed on the other end side.
The elevator user detection unit of the first user detection device is a floodlight that emits light, and the elevator user detection unit of the first user detection device detects the presence or absence of light reception from the floodlight. It is a receiver that
The elevating movement system according to claim 4, wherein the second range, which is a route of the elevator device to the elevator landing, is a range between the floodlight and the receiver.

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