JP7201023B2 - elevator management system - Google Patents

Description

The present disclosure relates to elevator management systems.

Patent Literature 1 discloses an example of an elevator. In elevators, sensors are provided to sense seismic waves. An alarm is issued from the elevator to the monitoring center when the detector detects seismic waves under preset conditions. The operator of the monitoring center dispatches maintenance personnel to the site where the elevator is installed based on the report from the elevator.

JP 2007-246183 A

However, in the elevator monitoring system of Patent Literature 1, the effects of an earthquake may cause communication failures between the monitoring center and the elevators. In this case, the operator may not be able to fully grasp the elevators to be managed for managing post-earthquake responses. At this time, there is a possibility that the dispatch of maintenance personnel to the site where the elevator is installed may be overlooked. This may cause delays in elevator restoration.

The present disclosure relates to solving such problems. The present disclosure provides an elevator management system in which it is difficult for maintenance personnel to be dispatched to the site for post-earthquake support.

An elevator management system according to the present disclosure includes: a response information reception unit that receives response information to earthquake motion from at least one of a plurality of elevators; an earthquake information reception unit that receives earthquake information of the earthquake ground motion from an external service, and a management target list that manages post-earthquake response for at least one of the plurality of elevators, and the response information reception unit receives the response information. When the elevator that issued the response information among the plurality of elevators is definitively registered in the management target list, earthquake information indicating that an earthquake motion larger than a preset size has occurred in any area is stored. Temporarily registering each of one or more elevators among the plurality of elevators which are provided in the area and which are not definitively registered in the management target list in the management target list when the earthquake information receiving unit receives the information. and a list management unit , wherein the definitive registration in the management target list is maintained as a response history even after the post-earthquake response in the plurality of elevators is completed, and provisional registration in the management target list is performed. Such registration is either transitioned to definitive registration or canceled by the time post-earthquake response in the plurality of elevators is completed .

According to the management system according to the present disclosure, it is less likely that the elevator maintenance personnel who take care of after an earthquake will not be dispatched to the site.

1 is a configuration diagram of an elevator system according to Embodiment 1; FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of display on the maintenance terminal according to Embodiment 1; 4 is a flow chart showing an example of the operation of the management system according to Embodiment 1; FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of display on the maintenance terminal according to Embodiment 1; FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of display on the maintenance terminal according to Embodiment 1; 4 is a flow chart showing an example of the operation of the management system according to Embodiment 1; FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of display on the maintenance terminal according to Embodiment 1; FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of display on the maintenance terminal according to Embodiment 1; 2 is a hardware configuration diagram of main parts of the management system according to Embodiment 1; FIG.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Embodiments for implementing the present disclosure will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In each figure, the same or corresponding parts are denoted by the same reference numerals, and overlapping descriptions are appropriately simplified or omitted.

Embodiment 1.
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an elevator system 1 according to Embodiment 1. As shown in FIG.

Elevator system 1 is a system including a plurality of elevators 2 . Each elevator 2 is applied, for example, to a building having a plurality of floors. A plurality of elevators 2 may be provided in one building. In a building, a hoistway 3 for an elevator 2 is provided. The hoistway 3 is a vertically elongated space extending over a plurality of floors. In this example, each elevator 2 is a traction elevator. In addition, the elevator system 1 may include, for example, a coil elevator and a hydraulic elevator. The traction elevator includes a hoist 4, a main rope 5, a car 6, a counterweight 7, a seismic sensor 8 and a control panel 9.

The hoist 4 includes a motor that generates a driving force, and a sheave that is rotated by the driving force generated by the motor. The hoist 4 is arranged, for example, above or below the hoistway 3 . Alternatively, if a machine room is provided above the hoistway 3 in the elevator 2, the hoist 4 may be arranged in the machine room.

Main rope 5 is a rope that supports the load of car 6 and counterweight 7 in hoistway 3 . The main rope 5 is wound around the sheave of the hoist 4 . Main rope 5 supports the load of car 6 on one side of the sheave of hoist 4 . The main rope 5 supports the load of the counterweight 7 on the other side of the sheave of the hoist 4 . The main rope 5 moves so as to pull up one side of the sheave of the hoisting machine 4 by the driving force generated by the motor of the hoisting machine 4 .

The car 6 is a device for transporting passengers of the elevator 2 between a plurality of floors by running up and down on the hoistway 3 . A communication device 10 is provided inside the car 6 . The communication device 10 is, for example, an intercom or a telephone 17 or the like. The counterweight 7 is a device that balances the load of the car 6 on one side of the sheave of the hoist 4 against the load on the other side of the sheave of the hoist 4 . As the main rope 5 is moved by the motor of the hoisting machine 4 , the car 6 and the counterweight 7 travel on the hoistway 3 in opposite directions in the vertical direction.

The seismic detector 8 is a device that senses seismic waves at the place where the elevator 2 is installed. The seismic sensor 8 is arranged, for example, in the hoistway 3 or the like. Alternatively, if a machine room is provided, the seismic sensor 8 may be placed in the machine room.

A control panel 9 is a device that controls the operation of the elevator 2 . The operation of the elevator 2 includes running of the car 6, for example. The control panel 9 is arranged, for example, above or below the hoistway 3 . Alternatively, if a machine room is provided, the control panel 9 may be arranged in the machine room. The control panel 9 is connected to devices of the elevator 2 and the like so as to obtain information on the state of the elevator 2 used for controlling the operation of the elevator 2 . The control panel 9 acquires information on the state of the elevator 2 from, for example, sensors or switches provided in the car 6 of the elevator 2, the hoisting machine 4, or the hoistway 3 or the like. The control panel 9 acquires seismic wave sensing information from the seismic sensor 8 .

The control panel 9 responds to seismic motion based on seismic wave sensing information acquired from the seismic sensor 8 . Responses to seismic motion include, for example, responses such as controlled operations and outages. Controlled operation includes automatic operation in response to an earthquake that has occurred. The controlled operation includes diagnostic operation for diagnosing the influence of the seismic motion on the elevator 2, and the like. Shutdown is a response to pause and wait without running car 6 .

Each elevator 2 is equipped with a remote monitoring device 11 . A remote monitoring device 11 is a device that monitors the state of the elevator 2 . The remote monitoring device 11 acquires information on the state of the elevator 2 from, for example, the control panel 9 or the like.

In the elevator system 1 a management system 12 is applied. The management system 12 is a system that manages multiple elevators 2 in the elevator system 1 . The management system 12 includes a central management device 13 , a work management device 14 and a correspondence management device 15 .

The central management device 13 is a device that remotely monitors each elevator 2 . The central management device 13 is arranged, for example, in an information center 16 or the like. The information center 16 is a base for collecting information on multiple elevators 2 . The central management device 13 is, for example, one or more server devices. The central management device 13 is connected from each remote monitoring device 11 through, for example, an intranet of a maintenance company that operates the management system 12 so as to communicate the status of each elevator 2 during normal operation. The central management device 13 has a function of receiving notification information about each elevator 2 . The report about each elevator 2 includes, for example, a voice call report from a passenger or manager of the elevator 2 . The report by voice call is made through a telephone such as a mobile phone or a landline phone used by a passenger or manager of the elevator 2, for example. Alternatively, the notification by voice communication may be made through an interphone when the communication device 10 provided in the car 6 of the elevator 2 is an interphone, for example. The information of the report by voice communication is input to the central control unit 13 by an operator who receives the report, for example.

The work management device 14 is a device that manages maintenance work such as inspection, maintenance, or repair performed in each elevator 2 . The work management device 14 is an example of a work management unit. The work management device 14 manages, for example, maintenance work schedules and maintenance work implementation statuses. The work management device 14 is arranged, for example, in an information center 16 or the like. The work management device 14 is, for example, one or more server devices. The work management device 14 receives an input of a maintenance work schedule from, for example, a maintenance terminal 18 possessed by a maintenance worker. Here, the maintenance terminal 18 is, for example, a portable information terminal such as a smart phone. The maintenance terminal 18 may be a general-purpose computer or the like located at a maintenance company office where maintenance personnel work. The work management device 14 is connected from a maintenance terminal 18 through, for example, an intranet of a maintenance company. The work management device 14 also receives an input of a work notification indicating the start of maintenance work from the maintenance terminal 18 or the like. The work management device 14 also receives an input of a work completion report indicating completion of maintenance work from the maintenance terminal 18 or the like. The work management device 14 is connected to the central management device 13 through, for example, an intranet of a maintenance company so that information on managed maintenance work can be shared.

The response management device 15 is a device that manages the post-earthquake response status for each of the elevators 2 installed in an area where seismic motion due to an earthquake has occurred. The correspondence management device 15 is arranged, for example, in an information center 16 or the like. The correspondence management device 15 is, for example, one or more server devices. The central control device 13 is connected from each remote monitoring device 11 through, for example, an intranet of a maintenance company so as to be able to communicate response information of each elevator 2 to seismic motion. The correspondence management device 15 is connected to the central management device 13 through, for example, an intranet of a maintenance company so as to share managed correspondence status information. Correspondence management device 15 is connected to a communication network such as the Internet or a telephone network so as to be able to receive information from external service 19 . The external service 19 is, for example, a service outside the management system 12 that distributes earthquake information. The external service 19 may be provided by a public agency such as, for example, the Japan Meteorological Agency or similar agencies in other countries, or by a private agency.

The response management device 15 includes an earthquake information reception unit 20, a response information reception unit 21, a work determination unit 22, an operation information reception unit 23, a management information reception unit 24, a list management unit 25, and a reference storage unit 26. , an aggregation unit 27 , a presentation unit 28 , and an inquiry unit 29 .

The earthquake information reception unit 20 is a part that receives earthquake information from the external service 19 . The earthquake information reception unit 20 receives earthquake information about an area where at least one of the elevators 2 is provided from the external service 19 . Earthquake information is distributed from the external service 19 when an earthquake occurs. The earthquake information includes information such as the area where the seismic motion occurred, the time when the seismic motion occurred, and the magnitude of the seismic motion that occurred. The magnitude of seismic motion includes, for example, seismic intensity class information. The earthquake information may include information on the earthquake that caused the seismic motion. Contains information such as the time the earthquake occurred, the epicenter of the earthquake, and the magnitude of the earthquake. The magnitude of an earthquake includes, for example, magnitude information.

The response information reception unit 21 is a part that receives response information to the seismic motion of the elevator 2 from each remote monitoring device 11 . The response information includes information identifying the elevator 2 . The information specifying the elevator 2 is, for example, information such as the building number of the building in which the elevator 2 is installed and the number of the elevator 2 uniquely set in the building. The response information includes information such as presence/absence of response to seismic motion.

The work determination unit 22 is a part that determines maintenance work information for the elevator 2 that has issued the response information when the response information reception unit 21 receives the response information. The work determination unit 22 performs determination by referring to information managed by a work management unit such as the work management device 14, for example. The work determination unit 22 may refer to the work management device 14 through the central management device 13, for example. The work determining unit 22 determines, for example, whether the time at which the response information is received is the time at which maintenance work is scheduled for the elevator 2 that issued the response information. Alternatively, for example, when response information is received, the work determination unit 22 determines whether maintenance work is being performed in the elevator 2 that issued the response information.

The operation information reception unit 23 is a part that receives operations through the maintenance terminal 18 by maintenance personnel. The operations received by the operation information receiving unit 23 include, for example, operations for changing settings in the management system 12 . The operation received by the operation information receiving unit 23 includes, for example, an operation of inputting information about the state of response after an earthquake.

The management information reception unit 24 is a part that receives information from the central management device 13 . Information received by the management information receiving unit 24 includes, for example, information notified from the central management device 13 or information requested from the central management device 13 . Information received by the management information receiving unit 24 may include information relayed by the central management device 13 from, for example, the work management device 14 .

The list management unit 25 is a part that manages the management target list. The management target list is information used to manage post-earthquake responses to each of the elevators 2 installed in the area where the seismic motion occurred. In this example, the managed list is stored in the list management section 25 . The list management unit 25 registers, among the plurality of elevators 2, elevators 2 that require management after an earthquake as objects to be managed. The list management unit 25 registers the information on the response after the earthquake in the management target list in association with the elevator 2 .

When the response information receiving unit 21 receives the response information, the list management unit 25 definitively registers the elevator 2 that has transmitted the response information in the management target list as a management target. When the earthquake information reception unit 20 receives the earthquake information, the list management unit 25 determines whether the magnitude of the seismic motion occurring in the area where each elevator 2 is provided is greater than a preset magnitude. The list management unit 25 temporarily registers each of one or more elevators 2 provided in an area determined to be larger than a preset scale as a management target in the management target list. Here, definitive registration in the management target list is maintained as a response history even after the post-earthquake response in the plurality of elevators 2 is completed. In addition, the provisional registration in the management object list is processed such as whether it is shifted to definitive registration or the registration is canceled before the post-earthquake response in the multiple elevators 2 is completed. . In the management target list, the elevator 2 that is definitively registered and the elevator 2 that is provisionally registered are treated in the same way as the elevators 2 registered in the management target list.

Note that the list management unit 25 skips provisional registration processing based on the earthquake information of the earthquake motion so as to prevent duplicate registration of the elevators 2 that have already been definitively registered based on the response information to the earthquake motion. You may In this example, the magnitude of the seismic motion, which serves as a reference value for provisional registration, is individually set for each elevator 2 . The magnitude of the seismic motion, which serves as a reference value for provisional registration, may be common to all elevators 2, or may be set for each region.

The reference storage unit 26 is a part that stores the setting value of the magnitude of the seismic motion, which is the reference value for provisional registration for each elevator 2 . The set value of the magnitude of the seismic motion is designated, for example, by the seismic standards to which the elevator 2 complies. According to the seismic resistance standards specified here, information on the magnitude of seismic motion such as the seismic intensity class, which is the reference value for provisional registration in the management object list, is set. The reference storage unit 26 stores the reference value of the seismic motion magnitude set in this manner.

The counting unit 27 is a part that counts the elevators 2 registered in the management target list. The counting unit 27 counts, for example, for each preset area. The area used for aggregation by the aggregation unit 27 may differ from the area represented by the earthquake information from the external service 19 . The tallying unit 27 tallies, for example, the number of elevators 2 registered in the management target list and the number of elevators 2 for which post-earthquake support has been completed for each area. In addition, the tabulation unit 27 tabulates, for example, the number of cases of confinement that occurred in the elevators 2 registered in the management target list and the number of cases of confinement for which rescue was completed, for each area.

The presentation unit 28 is a part that transmits information representing the management target list to the maintenance terminal 18 as a response to a display request transmitted from the maintenance terminal 18 . The presenting unit 28 may also transmit the result of counting by the counting unit 27 to the maintenance terminal 18 . The maintenance terminal 18 displays the information transmitted from the management target list to the maintenance personnel.

The inquiry unit 29 is a part that inquires about the operating state of the elevators 2 temporarily registered in the management target list. The inquiry unit 29 inquires about the operating state, for example, when a preset time elapses after the earthquake information reception unit 20 receives the earthquake information. For example, the inquiry unit 29 may inquire about the operating state each time a preset time elapses after the earthquake information reception unit 20 receives the earthquake information. The timing at which the inquiry unit 29 inquires about the operating state may differ for each elevator 2 . The inquiry unit 29 transmits, for example, a polling signal to the remote monitoring device 11 as an inquiry signal. At this time, the inquiry unit 29 receives information on the operating state of the elevator 2 from the remote monitoring device 11 that has received the polling signal.

Based on the result of the inquiry by the inquiry unit 29, the list management unit 25 changes the tentative registration of the elevator 2 responding to the seismic motion to the definitive registration in the management target list. The elevators 2 responding to the seismic motion include, for example, the elevators 2 under controlled operation, the elevators 2 continuing to be out of operation, and the like. Since such an elevator 2 responds to seismic motion, it is subject to post-earthquake response by maintenance personnel or the like. In addition, based on the result of the inquiry by the inquiry unit 29, the list management unit 25 cancels the provisional registration of the elevator 2 in the normal operation state from the management target list. Since such an elevator 2 continues normal operation without responding to seismic motion, it is not subject to post-earthquake response by maintenance personnel or the like. The list management unit 25 maintains provisional registration in the management target list of the elevators 2 whose status is unknown, such as the elevators 2 for which no response to the inquiry of the inquiry unit 29 is obtained. The inquiry unit 29 may inquire about the elevator 2 again after a preset time has elapsed.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of display on the maintenance terminal 18 according to the first embodiment.
FIG. 2 shows an example of a setting change screen in the management system 12 .

For each elevator 2, maintenance personnel specify the seismic standards and the like that the elevator 2 complies with. In this example, the seismic standards established by public institutions in 2009 are specified. The information specified here is stored in the reference storage unit 26 . Further, the maintenance staff may also input information on the setting values of the seismic detector 8 provided in the elevator 2 for each elevator 2 . In the seismic sensor 8 of this example, two levels of values, a low gal value and a high gal value, are set as thresholds for sensing seismic waves. In this example, 150 gal is set as the low gal value. Also, 200 gal is set as the high gal value.

Next, an example of the operation of the management system 12 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 8. FIG.
3 and 6 are flow charts showing an example of the operation of the management system 12 according to the first embodiment.
4, 5, 7, and 8 are diagrams showing examples of display on the maintenance terminal 18 according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 shows an example of processing of the management system 12 regarding registration to the management target list.

Each elevator 2 operates normally when no earthquake occurs. Information on the elevator 2 during normal operation is collected by the remote monitoring device 11 through the control panel 9 or the like. The remote monitoring device 11 transmits the collected information to the central management device 13, for example. The central management device 13 accumulates information transmitted from the remote monitoring device 11 . At the information center 16, remote monitoring of each elevator 2 is performed based on the accumulated information.

Maintenance work or the like may be performed in one of the elevators 2 when an earthquake does not occur. Maintenance work is performed according to a schedule managed by the work management device 14 . When starting maintenance work, maintenance personnel perform an operation for inputting a work report through the maintenance terminal 18 . The work management device 14 manages the state of the maintenance work performed by the maintenance worker by inputting the work report from the maintenance worker as being in progress. When the maintenance worker completes the maintenance work, he or she inputs a work completion report through the maintenance terminal 18 . The work management device 14 manages the state of the maintenance work performed by the maintenance worker as work completion by input operation of the work completion notification from the maintenance worker.

On the other hand, when an earthquake occurs, an earthquake motion may occur in an area where any elevator 2 is installed. At this time, the seismic sensors 8 of some or all of the elevators 2 installed in the area sense seismic waves caused by the earthquake. When the seismic detector 8 senses the seismic wave, the elevator 2 responds to the seismic motion such as controlled operation or suspension of operation. At this time, the remote monitoring device 11 of the elevator 2 transmits response information representing the response to the seismic motion to the response management device 15 .

Also, when an earthquake occurs, the external service 19 distributes earthquake information about the earthquake. The earthquake information reception unit 20 of the response management device 15 acquires the distributed earthquake information.

Here, when the magnitude of the earthquake that has occurred is large, many elevators 2 over a wide area may start responding to the seismic motion at the same time. At this time, communication of response information representing responses to seismic motion from a large number of remote monitoring devices 11 may be concentrated in a short period of time. In this case, the response information sent from the remote monitoring device 11 may not reach the response management device 15 . The remote monitoring device 11 that fails to transmit the response information retransmits the response information after a preset time has passed. However, there is a possibility that the retransmitted response information may not reach the response management device 15, for example, when the concentration of communications is still not resolved. In addition, the earthquake motion may cause failures in communication equipment and the like provided near the elevator 2 . At this time, transmission of response information from the remote monitoring device 11 may fail.

In such a case, the response management device 15 may not be able to collect the response information from the elevators 2 that responded to the seismic motion. Therefore, the response management device 15 uses the earthquake information acquired from the external service 19 to manage responses after the earthquake, for example, as follows.

In step S<b>101 , the response information reception unit 21 determines whether response information has been received from any elevator 2 . If the determination result is Yes, the processing of the correspondence management device 15 proceeds to step S102. If the determination result is No, the process of the correspondence management device 15 proceeds to step S106.

In step S102, based on the response information received by the response information receiving part 21, the list management part 25 identifies the elevator 2 that has transmitted the response information. The list management unit 25 definitively registers the identified elevator 2 in the management target list. At this time, based on the response information, the list management unit 25 registers the information indicating the status of the elevator 2 in the management target list in association with the elevator 2 . Here, the information registered in the management target list in correspondence with the elevator 2 is, for example, whether the elevator 2 is in normal operation, whether it is in diagnosis operation, and whether it is in operation suspension. , or information such as whether or not it has been restored. The information registered in the management target list may include information on the presence or absence of on-site checks by maintenance personnel for the restored elevator 2 . After that, the processing of the correspondence management device 15 proceeds to step S103.

In step S103, the work determination unit 22 refers to the work management device 14 and determines whether there is maintenance work for the elevator 2 specified based on the response information. For example, when the time at which the response information is received is included in the scheduled time for maintenance work on the elevator 2, the work determination unit 22 determines that the elevator 2 has maintenance work. Alternatively, the work determination unit 22 determines that there is maintenance work for the elevator 2 when, for example, maintenance work is being performed in the elevator 2 when the response information is received. For example, when the time at which the response information is received is not included in the time when maintenance work is scheduled for the elevator 2 and maintenance work is not being performed on the elevator 2 at the time , it is determined that there is no maintenance work for the elevator 2 . If the determination result as to whether there is maintenance work is Yes, the processing of the response management device 15 proceeds to step S105. If the determination result is No, the processing of the correspondence management device 15 proceeds to step S104.

In step S104, the earthquake information receiving unit 20 determines whether or not an earthquake motion larger than a preset size has occurred in the area where the elevator 2 is installed, which is specified based on the response information. The earthquake information reception unit 20 determines the presence or absence of an earthquake motion, for example, depending on whether earthquake information indicating that an earthquake motion greater than the reference value of the elevator 2 stored in the reference storage unit 26 has occurred has been received from the external service 19. . The earthquake information reception unit 20 may, for example, determine the presence or absence of the earthquake information within a preset time range including the time at which the response information was received. If the determination result as to whether an earthquake motion has occurred is No, the processing of the response management device 15 proceeds to step S105. If the determination result is Yes, the processing of the correspondence management device 15 proceeds to step S106.

In step S105, the list management unit 25 determines that the response information received by the response information reception unit 21 is an erroneous alarm. For example, when there is maintenance work for the elevator 2 specified based on the response information, the list management unit 25 generates an erroneous alarm due to, for example, the accidental contact of the earthquake detector 8 by a maintenance worker during maintenance work. Determine the response information. Alternatively, the list management unit 25, when no seismic motion has occurred in the area where the elevator 2 is installed, may be caused by malfunction of the seismic detector 8 or other equipment, or vibration accompanying work near the elevator 2. False alarm and corresponding response information are judged. At this time, the list management unit 25 cancels the registration of the elevator 2 in the management target list. After that, the processing of the correspondence management device 15 proceeds to step S106.

In step S<b>106 , the earthquake information reception unit 20 determines whether earthquake information has been received from the external service 19 . If the determination result is No, the processing of the correspondence management device 15 proceeds to step S101. If the determination result is Yes, the processing of the correspondence management device 15 proceeds to step S107.

In step S107, the list management unit 25 refers to the reference value of the seismic motion stored in the reference storage unit 26, and based on the received earthquake information, determines whether any of the elevators 2 has a magnitude exceeding the reference value. Determine whether there is an area where earthquake motion occurred. The list management unit 25 provisionally registers each of the elevators 2 in which the magnitude of the generated seismic motion exceeds the reference value in the management target list. After that, the processing of the correspondence management device 15 proceeds to step S108.

In step S108, the inquiry unit 29 determines whether a preset time has passed since the earthquake information reception unit 20 received the earthquake information. Here, when the inquiry unit 29 has already made one or more inquiries, the inquiry unit 29 may determine whether a preset time has passed since the previous inquiry. If the determination result is No, the processing of the correspondence management device 15 proceeds to step S108 again. If the determination result is Yes, the processing of the correspondence management device 15 proceeds to step S109.

In step S109, the inquiry unit 29 inquires about the operating state of each of the elevators 2 temporarily registered in the management target list. After that, the processing of the correspondence management device 15 proceeds to step S110.

In step S110, the inquiry unit 29 receives information on the operating state of the elevator 2 from the remote monitoring device 11 that received the signal as a response to the inquiry signal. The list management unit 25 updates the management target list, for example, as follows. The list management unit 25 changes the provisional registration of the elevator 2, which is found to be responding to the seismic motion by the inquiry of the inquiry unit 29, into the management target list as the definitive registration. The list management unit 25 cancels the provisional registration of the elevator 2 that has been found to be in normal operation by the inquiry of the inquiry unit 29 from the management object list. The list management unit 25 maintains provisional registration in the management target list of the elevators 2 whose states have not been found by the inquiry of the inquiry unit 29 . After that, the processing of the correspondence management device 15 proceeds to step S108.

Using the management target list registered in this way, the maintenance staff responds to each elevator 2 after the earthquake. The maintenance staff transmits a request to display the management target list to the correspondence management device 15 through the maintenance terminal 18 possessed by the maintenance staff. As a response to the display request transmitted from the maintenance terminal 18 , the presentation unit 28 transmits information representing the management target list managed by the list management unit 25 to the maintenance terminal 18 . The maintenance terminal 18 displays the information of the management target list based on the information transmitted from the presentation unit 28. FIG.

FIG. 4 shows an example of display of information on the management target list on the maintenance terminal 18 .

In this example, the maintenance terminal 18 displays each elevator 2 registered in the management object list by card display. Each card corresponds to one of the elevators 2. Information such as the building in which the corresponding elevator 2 is installed is displayed on the upper side of each card. The information displayed on the upper side of the card is, for example, the building name or building number. Information on the corresponding elevator 2 is displayed below each card. The information displayed on the lower side of the card includes, for example, the number of the elevator 2 and the like. Information displayed on the lower side of the card includes information on the state of the elevator 2 including the state of response after the earthquake.

The presentation unit 28 transmits to the maintenance terminal 18 a managed list including information on both the elevators 2 that have been definitively registered and the elevators 2 that have been provisionally registered. The maintenance terminal 18 performs card display and the like for both the elevators 2 that are definitively registered in the management target list and the elevators 2 that are provisionally registered. At this time, the maintenance terminal 18 displays information such as “registration (temporary)” on the card corresponding to the elevator 2 as the temporarily registered state of the elevator 2 .

Here, when the elevator 2 is out of operation due to seismic motion or the like, the car 6 may stop between floors of the building. At this time, the remote monitoring device 11 of the elevator 2 issues a warning that there is a possibility that confinement has occurred. The alert may be transmitted to the response management device 15 together with response information. Further, the notification may be transmitted without checking whether there are any passengers in the car 6 stopped between floors. At this time, based on the notification from the elevator 2, the list management unit 25 registers, in the management target list, information indicating that the presence or absence of a passenger is unknown and that a confinement has occurred in association with the elevator 2. do.

Also, when the elevator 2 is out of operation due to seismic motion or the like, passengers in the car 6 may be trapped. At this time, the passenger reports the confinement by voice communication through the communication device 10 provided in the car 6.例文帳に追加The report is received by an operator at the information center 16, for example. The operator who received the report inputs into the central management device 13 information indicating that the passenger is confirmed to be confined. The central management device 13 shares the input information by outputting it to the correspondence management device 15 . The management information reception unit 24 receives information shared with the central management device 13 . At this time, based on the information received by the management information receiving unit 24, the list management unit 25 assigns information indicating that the elevator 2 has been confined and that the presence of passengers has been confirmed to the elevator 2. and register it in the management target list.

The presentation unit 28 transmits the information of the management target list including the information of the status of the elevator 2 registered in association with the elevator 2 to the maintenance terminal 18 that transmitted the display request. The maintenance terminal 18 displays information on the state of the elevator 2 according to the information transmitted from the presentation unit 28 . For example, the maintenance terminal 18 displays information such as "locked (passengers unknown)" and "locked (passengers present)" on the card of the elevator 2 in which the lock has occurred. In addition, the maintenance terminal 18 displays information such as "out of service" on the card of the elevator 2 that is out of service. Further, the maintenance terminal 18 displays information such as "diagnostic operation" on the card of the elevator 2 that is in diagnostic operation. Further, the maintenance terminal 18 displays information such as "normal operation" on the card of the elevator 2 in normal operation. Further, the maintenance terminal 18 may display information such as "temporary restoration" on the card of the elevator 2 whose operation has been automatically restored based on the result of the diagnostic operation, but whose on-site check has not been completed by the maintenance staff.

In this example, the list management unit 25 registers, in the management target list, information on the priority of post-earthquake response for each of the elevators 2 registered in the management target list. A priority is set according to the state of each elevator 2, for example. For example, a high priority is set for the elevator 2 when passengers are confined in the elevator 2 . The priority may be set based on, for example, the attribute of each elevator 2 or the building in which the elevator 2 is installed, which is registered in advance in the management system 12 . For example, when the building in which the elevator 2 is installed is a public facility such as a hospital, a preset value is added to the priority of the elevator 2 .

The presentation unit 28 transmits the information of the management target list including the information of the priority to the maintenance terminal 18 that transmitted the display request. The maintenance terminal 18 switches the color of the card corresponding to the elevator 2 or presence/absence of highlighting such as a frame according to the priority of each elevator 2 . This makes it easier for maintenance personnel to grasp elevators 2 with high priority for handling. The maintenance terminal 18 may rearrange and display the cards of each elevator 2 according to priority.

In addition, depending on individual circumstances of each elevator 2, it may be necessary to manage post-earthquake responses even for elevators 2 that have not issued response information. At this time, the maintenance staff may designate elevators 2 that are not registered in the management target list as elevators 2 that require post-earthquake management. The maintenance staff performs an operation to specify the elevator 2 through the maintenance terminal 18, for example. The maintenance terminal 18 transmits operations by maintenance personnel to the response management device 15 . The operation information reception unit 23 receives operations by maintenance personnel. The list management unit 25 temporarily registers the elevator 2 whose designation is received by the operation information reception unit 23 in the management target list.

Further, when the elevator 2 is a home elevator, a telephone may be provided inside the car 6 as the communication device 10 . At this time, the contact information for the communication device 10 is registered in the management system 12 . The contact information for the telephone device 10 includes, for example, the telephone number of the line connected to the telephone device 10 . In this case, the presentation unit 28 transmits the contact information for the telephone device 10 to the maintenance terminal 18 together with the information on the management target list. The maintenance terminal 18 displays the contact information for the communication device 10 on the lower side of the card corresponding to the elevator 2 . Alternatively, the card may display a link or the like for transitioning to a screen on which the contact information is displayed. This allows maintenance personnel to easily contact the car 6 of the elevator 2 . Therefore, maintenance personnel can efficiently contact the inside of the car 6 to confirm whether or not confinement has occurred.

The maintenance staff grasps the status of each elevator 2 registered in the management target list from the display of the maintenance terminal 18 . As a result, maintenance personnel can voluntarily determine which elevator 2 they should head to the site based on information such as their position and the position and status of each elevator 2 . In addition, when there are a plurality of maintenance personnel in the vicinity, the plurality of maintenance personnel may communicate with each other and coordinate the elevator 2 that each should go to the site.

After arriving at the site of each elevator 2 , maintenance personnel take post-earthquake measures according to the situation of the elevator 2 . The post-earthquake response includes confirmation of the current status of the elevator 2 . The post-earthquake response includes, for example, rescuing passengers in the elevator 2 where confinement has occurred. Post-earthquake measures include, for example, restoration of elevators 2 that are out of service. The post-earthquake response includes, for example, on-site confirmation of the elevator 2 that has been automatically restored. The post-earthquake response includes, for example, responses to inquiries or reminders from the manager of the elevator 2 who is a customer, and customer support such as reporting maintenance work to the manager.

The maintenance staff performs an operation of inputting the content of the response to the elevator 2 as progress information through the maintenance terminal 18 . In this example, the history information includes information identifying elevator 2 . Information specifying the elevator 2 is input by, for example, maintenance personnel. Alternatively, the information specifying the elevator 2 may be automatically added to the progress information based on the location information of the maintenance terminal 18 or the like. The maintenance terminal 18 transmits operations by maintenance personnel to the response management device 15 . The operation information reception unit 23 receives operations by maintenance personnel. The list management part 25 specifies the elevator 2 corresponding to the said progress information based on the progress information by which input operation was received. The list management unit 25 associates the progress information with the elevator 2 and registers it in the management target list. Here, the progress information includes, for example, confinement information, customer service information, property damage information, or the like. The property damage information includes, for example, the presence or absence of property damage, the item subject to property damage, the arrangement status of the subject item, and whether or not the property damage has been dealt with.

The list management unit 25 regards the elevator 2 for which progress information has been input by the maintenance staff through the maintenance terminal 18, and changes the provisional registration to the management object list to the definitive registration. When the maintenance staff confirms that the elevator 2 provisionally registered in the management target list is in normal operation, the maintenance worker performs an operation to cancel the provisional registration of the elevator 2 through the maintenance terminal 18. you can go At this time, the list management unit 25 cancels the provisional registration of the elevator 2 in the management target list.

FIG. 5 shows an example of the display of the maintenance terminal 18 when progress information is entered.
In FIG. 5, confinement information is input as progress information.

The maintenance staff inputs the arrival time of the elevator 2 where the confinement occurred. After rescuing the passengers in the elevator 2, the maintenance staff inputs the rescue time, the number of rescued passengers, the rescue category, the rescue method, the condition of the rescued passengers, and the like. The information input here is transmitted to the response management device 15 through the maintenance terminal 18 as progress information representing confinement information.

When the elevator 2 has completed the post-earthquake response, the maintenance staff transmits recovery information indicating recovery of the elevator 2 to the response management device 15 through the remote monitoring device 11, for example. In this example, the restoration information includes information specifying elevator 2 .

In response management device 15, response information reception unit 21 receives restoration information. When the response information receiving unit 21 receives the restoration information, the list management unit 25 processes the post-earthquake response in the management object list as completed for the elevator 2 specified by the restoration information. The progress of the elevator 2 until the response after the earthquake is completed is registered in the management target list in association with the elevator 2 as a plurality of progress information. The progress registered in the management target list can be confirmed on the maintenance terminal 18 by, for example, sending a display request from the maintenance terminal 18 to the correspondence management device 15 . A response to the display request sent from the maintenance terminal 18 is sent from the presentation unit 28 to the maintenance terminal 18, for example, in the same manner as the information of the managed list itself.

In FIG. 6, an example of recovery information processing in the management system 12 is shown.

In step S<b>201 , the response information reception unit 21 determines whether restoration information has been received from any elevator 2 . If the determination result is No, the processing of the correspondence management device 15 proceeds to step S201 again. If the determination result is Yes, the processing of the correspondence management device 15 proceeds to step S202.

In step S202, based on the restoration information received by the response information reception unit 21, the list management unit 25 identifies the elevator 2 that has transmitted the restoration information. The list management unit 25 determines whether the identified elevator 2 is registered in the management target list. If the determination result is No, the processing of the correspondence management device 15 proceeds to step S203. If the determination result is Yes, the processing of the correspondence management device 15 proceeds to step S204.

In step S203, the list management unit 25 determines that the recovery information received by the response information reception unit 21 is a test notification or an unnecessary notification. The list management unit 25 stores the recovery information determined to be a test alert or an unnecessary alert to the outside of the management target list. After that, the processing of the recovery information in the management system 12 ends.

Here, for example, due to seismic motion caused by an aftershock, the response information to the seismic motion may be transmitted again from the elevator 2 once restored. In such a case, the same elevator 2 may be registered multiple times in the target management list. When the elevator 2 specified based on the restoration information has been registered in the target management list a plurality of times, the list management unit 25 performs the following processing on the restoration information to update the elevator 2 to the latest state. for the registration of

In step S204, the list management unit 25 determines whether property damage information is registered in the target management list for the elevator 2 specified based on the restoration information. If the determination result is Yes, the processing of the correspondence management device 15 proceeds to step S205. If the determination result is No, the processing of the correspondence management device 15 proceeds to step S206.

In step S205, the list management unit 25 determines whether or not the property damage has been dealt with for the elevator 2 specified based on the restoration information, based on the property damage information. If the determination result is Yes, the processing of the correspondence management device 15 proceeds to step S206. If the determination result is No, the processing of the correspondence management device 15 proceeds to step S208.

In step S206, the list management unit 25 determines whether or not the post-earthquake response has already been completed for the elevator 2 specified based on the restoration information. If the determination result is No, the processing of the correspondence management device 15 proceeds to step S207. If the determination result is Yes, the processing of the correspondence management device 15 proceeds to step S208.

In step S207, the list management unit 25 processes the post-earthquake response in the management target list as completed for the elevator 2 specified based on the restoration information. After that, the processing of the recovery information in the management system 12 ends.

In step S208, the list management unit 25 associates the elevator 2 specified based on the restoration information with the information indicating acceptance of the restoration information as progress information and registers it in the management object list. If post-earthquake measures have already been completed for the elevator 2, the list management unit 25 may register progress information in the management target list as reference information. On the other hand, if the post-earthquake response for the elevator 2 has not been completed, the list management unit 25 does not complete the post-earthquake response and registers progress information in the management target list. After that, the processing of the recovery information in the management system 12 ends.

In FIG. 7, an example of display of the course of response after an earthquake is shown.
The maintenance staff transmits a progress display request to the response management device 15 through the maintenance terminal 18 so that the progress of response after the earthquake can be grasped for each elevator 2 . In this example, the progress display request includes information identifying elevator 2 . When receiving a progress display request from the maintenance terminal 18, the presentation unit 28 identifies the elevator 2 based on the progress display request. The presentation unit 28 transmits progress information registered in the management target list in association with the specified elevator 2 to the maintenance terminal 18 as a response to the progress display request. The maintenance terminal 18 displays progress information to maintenance personnel.

In this example, the response information reception unit 21 receives response information from the remote monitoring device 11 of the elevator 2 at time 07:59. At this time, the list management unit 25 registers information representing the information source in the management target list in association with the elevator 2 .

After that, the passenger reports the confinement through the communication device 10 in the car 6.例文帳に追加The operator who received the report inputs the confinement information to the central management device 13 at time 08:05. The central management device 13 shares the input information by outputting it to the correspondence management device 15 . The management information reception unit 24 receives information shared with the central management device 13 . The list management unit 25 registers information such as an ID (IDentifier) that identifies an operator in the management target list as information representing an information source.

After that, through the communication device 10 in the car 6, the passenger makes a voice call requesting rescue. The operator who has received the demand inputs information indicating that the demand has been received to the central management device 13 at time 08:25. The central management device 13 shares the input information by outputting it to the correspondence management device 15 . The management information reception unit 24 receives information shared with the central management device 13 . The list management unit 25 registers information such as an ID that identifies an operator in the management target list as information representing an information source.

After that, rescue from confinement by maintenance personnel is performed. The maintenance worker who rescued the vehicle inputs progress information indicating completion of the rescue through the maintenance terminal 18 at time 08:45. The list management unit 25 registers information such as an ID identifying a maintenance worker in the management target list as information representing an information source.

In this way, since progress information is registered in the management target list, it is possible to easily check the response history through the maintenance terminal 18 .

FIG. 8 shows an example of display of the result of counting by the counting unit 27 .
A maintenance worker transmits a summation request to the response management device 15 through the maintenance terminal 18 so as to be able to grasp the post-earthquake response status of the plurality of elevators 2 managed by the management system 12 . When receiving a tally request from the maintenance terminal 18, the tally unit 27 starts tally processing for the elevators 2 registered in the management target list. The presentation unit 28 transmits to the maintenance terminal 18 information representing the result of the totalization by the totalization unit 27 as a response to the totalization request transmitted from the maintenance terminal 18 . The maintenance terminal 18 displays the tabulation results to the maintenance personnel in the form of a list or the like.

In this example, the counting unit 27 counts up preset areas such as area XXX, area YYY, and area ZZZ. The tallying unit 27 tallies the number of elevators 2 whose operation has been suspended and the number of elevators 2 whose restoration has been completed for each area. In addition, the tabulation unit 27 tabulates, for example, the number of cases of confinement that occurred in the elevators 2 registered in the management target list and the number of cases of confinement for which rescue was completed, for each area. At this time, the tabulating unit 27 tabulates each of the confinement in which the presence or absence of a passenger is unknown and the confinement in which the presence of a passenger has been confirmed.

The maintenance terminal 18 displays the results of totaling for each area by the totalizing unit 27 in the form of a list to the maintenance personnel. This allows maintenance personnel to grasp the progress of the response after the earthquake.

Moreover, in the elevator system 1 , a plurality of elevators 2 may share the seismic detector 8 . Moreover, in the elevator system 1 , a plurality of elevators 2 may share the remote monitoring device 11 .

Elevator system 1 may also include elevators 2 without remote monitoring device 11 . In this case, response information from the elevator 2 is not input to the response management device 15 . Therefore, the elevator 2 is provisionally registered in the management target list based on the earthquake information of the area where the elevator 2 is installed. After that, based on the progress information and the like input by the maintenance staff through the maintenance terminal 18, processing such as transition from provisional registration to the management object list of the elevator 2 to definitive registration is performed. Further, restoration information about the elevator 2 may be input to the response management device 15 through the maintenance terminal 18 .

In the management system 12 , the work management section may be installed in the correspondence management device 15 or the central management device 13 . Also, the work determination unit 22 may be installed in the central management device 13 or the work management device 14 .

Also, in the management system 12, a plurality of information centers 16 may be provided. At this time, the devices provided in the plurality of information centers 16 may be configured to be mutually redundant.

As explained above, the management system 12 according to Embodiment 1 includes the response information reception unit 21 , the earthquake information reception unit 20 and the list management unit 25 . The response information reception unit 21 receives response information to the seismic motion from at least one of the elevators 2 . The earthquake information receiving unit 20 receives earthquake information of the earthquake motion from the external service 19 when an earthquake motion occurs in an area where at least one of the elevators 2 is installed. The list management unit 25 stores a management target list. The management list is a list for managing post-earthquake responses to at least one of the plurality of elevators 2 . When the response information reception unit 21 receives the response information, the list management unit 25 definitively registers the elevator 2 that issued the response information in the management target list. The list management unit 25 manages each of the elevators 2 provided in the region when the earthquake information reception unit 20 receives earthquake information indicating that an earthquake motion larger than a preset magnitude has occurred in the region. Temporarily enroll in the target list.

With such a configuration, even if response information from the elevator 2 is not acquired, each of the elevators 2 that may have responded to the seismic motion based on the earthquake information is collectively and provisionally registered in the management target list. be done. In addition, even if there is a communication failure or a shortage of communication capacity between the elevator 2 and the information center 16, the elevator 2 that may have responded to the seismic motion is added to the management target list based on the earthquake information. It will be provisionally registered. Since provisional registration is automatically performed by the response management device 15, it is less likely that the managed elevator 2, which manages post-earthquake response, will be omitted from the managed list. For this reason, it is less likely that maintenance personnel for the elevator 2, who are responsible for post-earthquake support, will not be dispatched to the site.

The management system 12 also includes an inquiry unit 29 . The inquiry unit 29 inquires about the operating state of each of the elevators 2 temporarily registered in the management target list. The list management unit 25 performs processing based on the inquiry result of the inquiry unit 29 . The list management unit 25 changes the provisional registration of the elevator 2 responding to the seismic motion to the management object list as the definitive registration. The list management unit 25 cancels the provisional registration of the elevator 2 in the normal operation state from the management target list. The list management unit 25 maintains provisional registration in the management target list for the elevator 2 whose status is unknown.

With such a configuration, the management system 12 can grasp the state of the elevator 2 temporarily registered in the management target list by making an inquiry after an earthquake occurs. As a result, the necessity of post-earthquake response for each elevator 2 can be clearly grasped, so the work efficiency of post-earthquake response is further enhanced.

The management system 12 also includes an operation information reception unit 23 . The operation information reception unit 23 receives an operation by maintenance personnel to specify the elevator 2 that manages post-earthquake response. The list management unit 25 provisionally registers the elevator 2 whose designation is received by the operation information reception unit 23 in the management target list.

With such a configuration, it becomes easier to manage post-earthquake responses according to the individual circumstances of each elevator 2 . This makes it less likely that there will be omissions in response after an earthquake.

The management system 12 also includes a reference storage unit 26 . The reference storage unit 26 stores, for each elevator 2, information on the magnitude of the seismic motion for managing the response after the occurrence. The earthquake information reception unit 20 receives earthquake information indicating that an earthquake motion has occurred in any region. At this time, the list management unit 25 temporarily adds each of the elevators 2 that are installed in the area and whose magnitude of the generated seismic motion exceeds the magnitude stored in the reference storage unit 26 to the management object list. to register.

With such a configuration, provisional registration in the management target list is performed according to the characteristics of each elevator 2 . As a result, unnecessary registration in the management target list is eliminated, so that work efficiency in responding to earthquakes can be improved.

Also, the management system 12 according to the first embodiment includes a correspondence management device 15 . The correspondence management device 15 is provided independently from the central management device 13 . The central control device 13 remotely monitors each elevator 2 and accepts notification information about each elevator 2 . The response management device 15 includes a response information reception section 21 and a list management section 25 . The response information reception unit 21 receives response information to the seismic motion from at least one of the elevators 2 . The list management unit 25 stores a management target list. The management list is a list for managing post-earthquake responses to at least one of the plurality of elevators 2 . When the response information reception unit 21 receives the response information, the list management unit 25 registers the elevator 2 that issued the response information in the management target list.

With such a configuration, information such as a report by voice communication and response information from the elevator 2 are distributed and received between the central management device 13 and the response management device 15 . As a result, the concentration of communications immediately after the occurrence of an earthquake can be suppressed. As a result, the occurrence of communication failures can be suppressed, and delays in dispatching maintenance personnel for the elevator 2 to the site for post-earthquake support are less likely to occur. In addition, the list management unit 25 directly registers the elevator 2 for which the response information has been received in the management target list that maintenance personnel refer to when responding to an earthquake. As a result, maintenance personnel can voluntarily determine which elevator 2 they should head to the site by referring to the list of objects to be managed, without relying on instructions from the operator. This makes it more difficult for maintenance personnel to arrive late at the site.

Further, the correspondence management device 15 includes a presentation unit 28 . The presentation unit 28 transmits information representing the management target list to the maintenance terminal 18 as a response to the display request transmitted from the maintenance terminal 18 operated by the maintenance personnel.

With such a configuration, maintenance personnel can refer to the management target list from the maintenance terminal 18 that they operate. This makes it easier for maintenance personnel to determine which elevator 2 they should head to the site. In addition, since the maintenance terminal 18 does not need to access the central management device 13 to refer to the management target list, communication to the central management device 13 is less concentrated.

In addition, the presentation unit 28 transmits the information of the contact information to the maintenance terminal 18 for the elevators 2 registered in the management target list with the contact information for the car 6 .

With such a configuration, maintenance personnel can contact the car 6 to confirm whether or not the elevator 2 is trapped without requiring access to the central control device 13 or the like through the maintenance terminal 18. can be done efficiently.

Further, the correspondence management device 15 includes an operation information reception unit 23 . The operation information receiving unit 23 receives from the maintenance terminal 18 an input operation for progress information about any one of the plurality of elevators 2 . The list management unit 25 registers the progress information in the management target list in association with the elevator 2 when the operation information reception unit 23 receives an input operation of the progress information about the elevator 2 registered in the management target list. .
The correspondence management device 15 also includes a management information reception unit 24 . The management information reception unit 24 receives the progress information from the central management device 13 when the central management device 13 receives the progress information about any elevator 2 . When the management information reception unit 24 receives progress information about the elevator 2 registered in the management target list, the list management unit 25 registers the progress information in the management target list in association with the elevator 2 .

With such a configuration, the progress of response is integrated and managed in the management target list that maintenance personnel refer to when responding to an earthquake. As a result, the maintenance staff can easily grasp the history of the handling, so even when a plurality of maintenance staff handle the same elevator 2, omission or duplication of handling is less likely to occur. As a result, the work efficiency of post-earthquake response is further enhanced.

In addition, the operation information receiving unit 23 receives an input operation of confining information about the elevator 2 from the maintenance terminal 18 . When the operation information receiving unit 23 receives an input operation of confinement information about the elevator 2 registered in the management target list, the list management unit 25 associates the confinement information with the elevator 2 and adds the confinement information to the management target list. register.
In addition, the management information receiving unit 24 receives confinement information about the elevator 2 from the central management device 13 . When the management information receiving unit 24 receives confinement information about the elevator 2 registered in the management target list, the list management unit 25 registers the confinement information in the management target list in association with the elevator 2.

With such a configuration, confinement information is integrated and managed in a management target list that maintenance personnel refer to when responding to an earthquake. Since the maintenance staff can refer to the information on the confinement and determine which elevator 2 should be headed to the site by himself/herself, it becomes possible to promptly respond to the confinement of high urgency.

Further, the operation information reception unit 23 receives an input operation of customer-related information about the elevator 2 from the maintenance terminal 18 . When the operation information receiving unit 23 receives an input operation of customer-related information about the elevator 2 registered in the management target list, the list management unit 25 associates the customer-related information with the elevator 2 to be managed. Subscribe to the list.
In addition, the management information reception unit 24 receives customer service information regarding the elevator 2 from the central management device 13 . When the management information reception unit 24 receives customer service information about the elevator 2 registered in the management target list, the list management unit 25 registers the customer service information in the management target list in association with the elevator 2. do.

With such a configuration, customer support information is integrated and managed in the management target list that maintenance personnel refer to when responding to an earthquake. Since the maintenance staff can easily grasp the history of the customer service, omission or duplication of customer service is less likely to occur. As a result, the quality of post-earthquake response is further enhanced.

In addition, the response management device 15 includes a tallying unit 27 . The counting unit 27 counts the elevators 2 registered in the management target list. The presenting unit 28 transmits information representing the result of counting by the counting unit 27 to the maintenance terminal 18 as a response to the counting request transmitted from the maintenance terminal 18 .
Further, the tallying unit 27 tallies the elevators 2 registered in the management target list for each preset area.

With such a configuration, the maintenance personnel can easily grasp the progress of the response after the earthquake. This makes it easier for maintenance personnel to determine whether support for post-earthquake support is necessary.

Moreover, the management system 12 according to the first embodiment includes a response information reception unit 21 , a list management unit 25 , a work management device 14 and a work determination unit 22 . The response information reception unit 21 receives response information to the seismic motion from at least one of the elevators 2 . The list management unit 25 stores a management target list. The management target list is a list for managing post-earthquake responses to at least one of the plurality of elevators 2 . When the response information reception unit 21 receives the response information, the list management unit 25 registers the elevator 2 that issued the response information in the management target list. The work management device 14 manages the maintenance work schedule for each elevator 2 . When the response information reception unit 21 receives the response information, the work determination unit 22 refers to the work management device 14 to determine whether maintenance work is scheduled for the elevator 2 that issued the response information. judge. The list management unit 25 cancels the registration of the elevator 2 determined by the work determination unit 22 to be scheduled for maintenance work from the management target list. Alternatively, when the response information reception unit 21 receives the response information, the work determination unit 22 determines whether maintenance work is being performed on the elevator 2 that issued the response information by referring to the work management device 14. . The list management unit 25 cancels the registration of the elevator 2 determined by the work determination unit 22 as being undergoing maintenance work from the management target list.

With such a configuration, even if an erroneous notification of response information occurs due to a maintenance worker accidentally contacting the sensor during maintenance work, the notification is erroneously generated based on the presence or absence of maintenance work. It is automatically determined whether or not there is an alarm. As a result, the information center 16 or the like does not need to confirm whether or not the alarm is an erroneous alarm.

The management system 12 also includes an earthquake information reception unit 20 . The earthquake information receiving unit 20 receives earthquake information of the earthquake motion from the external service 19 when an earthquake motion occurs in an area where at least one of the elevators 2 is installed. Based on the earthquake information received by the earthquake information receiving unit 20, the list management unit 25 may determine that an earthquake motion larger than a preset magnitude has not occurred in any region. At this time, the list management unit 25 cancels the registration of the elevator 2 provided in the area from the management target list.

With such a configuration, even if response information is incorrectly issued due to malfunction of the earthquake detector 8 or the like, or vibration accompanying work near the elevator 2, the alarm is issued based on the presence or absence of earthquake information. is an erroneous alarm or not. As a result, the information center 16 or the like does not need to confirm whether or not the alarm is an erroneous alarm.

Moreover, the management system 12 according to the first embodiment includes a response information reception section 21 , an operation information reception section 23 and a list management section 25 . The response information reception unit 21 receives response information to the seismic motion from at least one of the elevators 2 . The response information receiving unit 21 receives recovery information representing recovery from the response of the elevator 2 responding to the seismic motion. The operation information reception unit 23 receives an input operation of property damage information about one of the elevators 2 from the maintenance terminal 18 operated by maintenance personnel. The list management unit 25 stores a management target list. The management target list is a list for managing post-earthquake responses to at least one of the plurality of elevators 2 . When the response information reception unit 21 receives the response information, the list management unit 25 registers the elevator 2 that issued the response information in the management target list. When the operation information receiving unit 23 receives an input operation of property damage information about the elevator 2 registered in the management target list, the list management unit 25 associates the property damage information with the elevator 2 and adds the property damage information to the management target list. register. The response information reception unit 21 may receive restoration information of the elevator 2 registered in the management target list. At this time, the list management unit 25 processes the post-earthquake response for the elevator 2 as completed in the management object list when the unrestored property damage for the elevator 2 is not registered in the management object list. On the other hand, the list management unit 25 suspends the completion of the post-earthquake response for the elevator 2 in the management target list when unrestored property damage is registered in the management target list.

In one of the elevators 2, property damage may occur due to seismic motion. In the event of property damage, it may take time to complete post-earthquake countermeasures due to arranging for the affected items. In this case, the elevator 2 that has been damaged by emergency measures or the like may be temporarily restored so that it can be operated. At this time, restoration information for the elevator 2 may be sent to the information center 16 . At this time, in the management system 12, if the unrestored property damage is registered in the management target list, the completion of the response is put on hold. , it becomes difficult for omissions to occur in post-earthquake responses.

In addition, the response information reception unit 21 may receive restoration information of the elevator 2 registered in the management target list. At this time, if the unrestored property damage for the elevator 2 is registered in the management target list, the list management unit 25 associates the reception of the restoration information with the elevator 2 as progress information, and stores the information in the management target list. to register.

With such a configuration, the reception of recovery information is integrated into the management target list and managed, so that maintenance personnel can determine whether or not the recovery information should be treated as an erroneous alarm based on the progress of the response. become. This makes the management of the elevator 2 after an earthquake more efficient.

In addition, the response information reception unit 21 may receive restoration information of the elevator 2 that is not registered in the management target list. At this time, the list management unit 25 stores the receipt of the recovery information outside the management target list.

Restoration information from the elevator 2 that is neither definitively nor provisionally registered in the management target list can be determined to be an erroneous alarm. Since such restoration information is managed outside the management target list, it is less likely that the worker's decision making with reference to the management target list will be hindered. This makes the management of the elevator 2 after an earthquake more efficient.

In addition, the response information reception unit 21 may receive restoration information of the elevator 2 registered in the management target list. At this time, if the post-earthquake response in the management target list for the elevator 2 has been completed, the list management unit 25 associates the receipt of the restoration information with the elevator 2 as progress information and adds it to the management target list. register.

Restoration information from the elevator 2 for which the response has already been completed can be determined to be an erroneous alarm. Since the reception of recovery information is integrated into the management target list and managed, maintenance personnel can determine after the fact how the recovery information should be processed based on the progress of the response.

In addition, the response information reception unit 21 may receive restoration information of the elevator 2 registered multiple times in the management target list. At this time, the list management unit 25 performs processing for receiving the restoration information for the latest registration of the elevator 2 .

With such a configuration, even when an earthquake motion due to an aftershock occurs, the restoration information is processed for the latest state of the elevator 2 . This makes it less likely that there will be omissions in response after an earthquake.

Next, an example of the hardware configuration of the management system 12 will be explained using FIG.
FIG. 9 is a hardware configuration diagram of main parts of the management system 12 according to the first embodiment.

Each function of management system 12 may be implemented by a processing circuit. The processing circuitry comprises at least one processor 100a and at least one memory 100b. The processing circuitry may include at least one piece of dedicated hardware 200 in conjunction with, or as an alternative to, processor 100a and memory 100b.

When the processing circuitry includes a processor 100a and a memory 100b, each function of the management system 12 is realized by software, firmware, or a combination of software and firmware. At least one of software and firmware is written as a program. The program is stored in memory 100b. The processor 100a realizes each function of the management system 12 by reading and executing the programs stored in the memory 100b.

The processor 100a is also called a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a processing device, an arithmetic device, a microprocessor, a microcomputer, or a DSP. The memory 100b is composed of, for example, nonvolatile or volatile semiconductor memory such as RAM, ROM, flash memory, EPROM, and EEPROM.

Where the processing circuitry comprises dedicated hardware 200, the processing circuitry may be implemented, for example, in single circuits, multiple circuits, programmed processors, parallel programmed processors, ASICs, FPGAs, or combinations thereof.

Each function of management system 12 can be implemented by a processing circuit. Alternatively, each function of management system 12 can be collectively realized by a processing circuit. A part of each function of the management system 12 may be realized by dedicated hardware 200 and the other part may be realized by software or firmware. Thus, the processing circuitry implements each function of management system 12 in dedicated hardware 200, software, firmware, or a combination thereof.

1 elevator system 2 elevator 3 hoistway 4 hoisting machine 5 main rope 6 cage 7 counterweight 8 seismic detector 9 control panel 10 communication device 11 remote monitoring device 12 management system 13 Central management device 14 Work management device 15 Response management device 16 Information center 17 Telephone 18 Maintenance terminal 19 External service 20 Earthquake information reception unit 21 Response information reception unit 22 Work determination unit 23 Operation information reception Section 24 Management Information Reception Section 25 List Management Section 26 Criteria Storage Section 27 Aggregation Section 28 Presentation Section 29 Inquiry Section 100a Processor 100b Memory 200 Dedicated Hardware

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a response information reception unit that receives response information to the seismic motion from at least one of the plurality of elevators;
an earthquake information reception unit that receives earthquake information of the earthquake motion from an external service when an earthquake motion occurs in an area where at least one of the plurality of elevators is installed;
A management target list for managing post-earthquake response for at least one of the plurality of elevators is stored, and when the response information reception unit receives the response information, the elevator that issued the response information among the plurality of elevators is selected. When the earthquake information reception unit receives earthquake information that is definitively registered in the management object list and indicates that an earthquake motion larger than a preset magnitude has occurred in one of the regions, the region among the plurality of elevators a list management unit that provisionally registers each of the one or more elevators that are not definitively registered in the management target list with the management target list;
with
The definitive registration in the management target list is maintained as a response history even after the post-earthquake response in the plurality of elevators is completed,
The provisional registration in the management target list is either shifted to a definitive registration or canceled by the time the post-earthquake response in the plurality of elevators is completed.
Elevator management system. an inquiry unit for inquiring about the operating state of each of the elevators provisionally registered in the management target list;
Based on the result of the inquiry by the inquiry unit, the list management unit performs normal operation with provisional registration in the management object list as definitive registration for the elevator that is responding to the seismic motion. 2. The elevator management system according to claim 1, wherein provisional registration of an elevator in a state of being in an unknown state in the management target list is cancelled, and provisional registration in the management target list of an elevator in an unknown state is maintained. an operation information reception unit that receives an operation for designating an elevator to manage post-earthquake response among the plurality of elevators,
3. The elevator management system according to claim 1, wherein said list management unit temporarily registers in said managed list an elevator whose designation is received by said operation information reception unit among said plurality of elevators. For each of the plurality of elevators, a reference storage unit that stores information on the magnitude of earthquake motion for managing response after occurrence,
When the earthquake information reception unit receives earthquake information indicating that an earthquake motion has occurred in one of the regions, the list management unit selects one of the plurality of elevators installed in the region and the magnitude of the earthquake motion that occurred. each of the one or more elevators whose size exceeds the size stored in the reference storage unit is provisionally registered in the management object list. management system.

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