JP7307136B2 - elevator - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to elevators, and more particularly to car destination floor registration operations.

A car operating panel and a landing operating panel are installed in the elevator car and at the landing. A car operating panel and a hall operating panel are provided with a destination floor button and an up/down button that display the number of the destination floor. The passenger registers the destination floor of the car moving on the hoistway, for example, by operating the destination floor button. As the destination floor button, a contact type such as a push button or a touch panel graphical user interface (GUI) is widely used.

In addition, in recent years, in consideration of sanitation, non-contact operation panels have been introduced in elevators and other facilities installed in public facilities, etc., enabling non-contact operation of registering the destination floor of the car. . In this type of control panel, a passenger's destination floor registration operation is detected in a non-contact manner using a photoelectric sensor, a capacitance sensor, or the like.

By the way, when registering the destination floor of the car without contact, for example, the passenger's luggage accidentally enters the detection area of the sensor and is detected, and the destination floor is erroneously registered. There is

In Patent Document 1, when a non-contact sensor arranged on a control panel continuously detects a destination floor registration operation until a first threshold time, the registration of the destination floor is once accepted. Disclosed is an elevator capable of canceling erroneous registration of a destination floor by canceling the registration of the destination floor when the sensor continues to detect the registration operation of the destination floor until a threshold time of .

JP 2019-142686 A

In the elevator described in Patent Document 1, although the destination floor registration can be canceled by a passenger's operation, the car may start moving to the destination floor before the destination floor registration is cancelled. In such a case, there is a problem that the car moves to a destination floor not intended by the passenger, resulting in a decrease in operation efficiency.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide an elevator capable of suppressing deterioration in operating efficiency in an elevator capable of contactless operation for registering a destination floor of a car.

An elevator of the present invention is an elevator configured to be operable in a non-contact manner for registering a destination floor of an elevator car. and a control unit for controlling the operation of the car based on the destination floor registration. When the timing has passed, the notification unit is caused to perform notification in a predetermined notification mode, and the operation unit changes from a detection state in which the operation is detected to a non-detection state in which the operation is not detected during a predetermined period of time from the start of the notification. Destination floor registration is accepted on the condition that the detection state of

Here, when the notification is made in a predetermined notification mode, the passenger judges that the registration operation of the destination floor has been accepted, and stops the registration operation of the destination floor. Change. On the other hand, when a part of the passenger's body or luggage is accidentally detected by the operation unit, the detection state often continues even if the notification is performed in a predetermined notification mode.

In the elevator of the present invention, the notification unit may be caused to perform notification in a predetermined notification mode on condition that the detection state of the operation unit does not change to the non-detection state until a preset time elapses.

In the elevator of the present invention, the control unit may not accept destination floor registration when the detection state of the operation unit changes to the non-detection state before a preset time elapses.

In the elevator of the present invention, when the detection state of the operation unit has not changed to the non-detection state even after the predetermined time has passed, the notification mode in the notification unit is different from the notification mode when the destination floor registration is accepted. It may be changed to a notification mode.

In the elevator of the present invention, the predetermined notification mode may include a mode of generating a preset notification sound.

In the elevator of the present invention, the predetermined notification mode may include a mode of generating light.
In the elevator of the present invention, the control unit may not accept the destination floor registration when the detection state of the operation unit continues even after a predetermined time has passed since the start of the notification.

According to the elevator of the present invention, the notification is performed in the predetermined notification mode at the timing when the preset time has passed after the operation is detected, and the detection is performed until the predetermined time has passed after the notification is performed. Destination floor registration is accepted when the detection state of the operation unit changes from the state to the non-detection state.

Therefore, if the detection state of the operating unit does not change to the non-detection state within a predetermined period of time after the execution of the notification, the destination floor registration is not accepted.

As a result, if a part of the passenger's body or luggage is accidentally detected by the operation unit, the destination floor registration is accepted, and the car moves to a destination floor not intended by the passenger. can reduce the frequency of occurrence of As a result, it is possible to suppress the deterioration of the operating efficiency of the elevator.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of an elevator that is an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. FIG. 2 is a view showing the configuration inside the car included in FIG. 1 as viewed from the inner depth side of the car to the front side; 3 is an enlarged view showing the overall configuration of the operation panel for general users included in FIG. 2 and a partial configuration of the same operation panel; FIG. It is a figure which shows the whole structure of the operating panel with an extension function shown in FIG. FIG. 10 is a flow chart showing the flow of reception processing of destination floor registration in the control device when a destination floor registration operation is performed via the operation panel for general users and the operation panel with an extension function; FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing, similar to FIG. 3, the configuration of a general user operation panel in the first modified example of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a diagram similar to FIG. 3 showing the configuration of a general user operation panel in a second modified example of the present invention;

Hereinafter, an elevator 10 to which an elevator operating panel according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied will be described with reference to the drawings. In each figure, "X" indicates the horizontal direction X orthogonal to the axial direction of the drive sheave 16A, "Y" indicates the vertical direction Y, and "Z" indicates the horizontal direction X and the vertical direction. Let horizontal directions Z, each orthogonal to Y, be indicated.

As shown in FIG. 1, the elevator 10 is a traction elevator having a machine room 14 at the top of a hoistway 12, and is installed in public buildings such as hospitals and nursing homes, for example. A drive sheave 16A and a deflector wheel 16B of a hoisting machine 16 installed in a machine room 14 are hung with a main rope 19. A car 20 is connected to one end of the main rope 19, and a counter is connected to the other end. A weight 24 is connected.

Rotational power from a motor (not shown) of the hoisting machine 16 is transmitted to the drive sheave 16A via a power transmission mechanism (not shown), and when the drive sheave 16A is rotationally driven, the main rope 19 is rotated accordingly. A car 20 running and suspended by a main rope 19 ascends and descends the hoistway 12 while being guided by guide rails (not shown).

The building in which the elevator 10 is installed is provided with landings 26A, 26B, . During operation, the car 20 repeats up-and-down movement from the boarding hall of the floor on which it is currently landed (the boarding hall 26H in FIG. 1) to the boarding hall of the next destination floor (eg, boarding hall 26B).

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration inside the car 20. As shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a front view showing the configuration of the operation panel 30 for general users. In FIG. 3, a non-contact operation area, which will be described later, is indicated by a one-dot chain line. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, an operating panel 30 for general users is provided on the side wall 20-1 of the car 20 on the entrance/exit side. Side walls 20-2 and 20-3 forming both left and right side surfaces of the car 20 are provided with operating panels 50 and 60 with an extension function.

The operation panel 30 for general users is an operation panel having a substantially vertically long rectangular external shape and installed on the assumption that it will be operated by general passengers using the elevator 10 . As shown in FIG. 3, the operation panel 30 has a non-contact operation area 31 in the center thereof, which has a function of performing a non-contact registration operation for determining the destination floor of the car 20 .

In the non-contact operation area 31, a plurality of sensor units (operation units) 32A, 32B, . section "32") is provided. Each of the sensor units 32A, 32B, . . . , 32H corresponds to each of the halls 26A, 26B, . In this example, the 1st to 8th floors can be destination floors, and for example, the sensor unit 32B has a role of performing an operation for determining the 2nd floor as the destination floor.

Each sensor unit 32 is a sensor that detects that the emitted light is blocked by an object, that is, detects light blocking, and is configured by, for example, a reflective photoelectric sensor that includes a light projector and a light receiver. This reflective photoelectric sensor emits light from a light projector and detects the presence or absence of an object based on the amount of light reflected from the object received by a light receiver. In this example, the amount of light received by the light receiver (sensitivity of the sensor) is adjusted, and the detection distance is set within a range of, for example, about 5 cm from the non-contact operation area 31 . When the reflective photoelectric sensor detects an object, a detection signal is transmitted to a control device (control section) 72 (see FIG. 1), which will be described later. In this embodiment, a photoelectric sensor for detecting light shielding is used as each sensor unit 32, but a proximity sensor such as a capacitance type sensor may be used.

On the left side of each sensor unit 32, floor number display units (notification units) 33A, 33B, . A floor number display section "33" is provided as appropriate. Furthermore, in the non-contact operation area 31, an L-shaped separation line display section is provided so as to separate each combination of a sensor section 32 and a floor number display section 33 that are adjacent in the left-right direction (horizontal direction Z) and correspond to the same destination floor. (Notification units) 37A, 37B, . Each of the floor number display portion 33 and the demarcation line display portion 37 includes a translucent member and is configured to be turned on when a lamp (not shown) stored on the back side of the member emits light (FIG. 3). Here, hatching schematically shows a state in which the floor number display section 33B and the demarcation line display section 37B corresponding to the second floor are lit up). A mark is displayed on each sensor unit 32 to guide the operation of the passenger.

As shown in FIG. 3, an open button 38 and a close button 40 for opening and closing the car doors 22A and 22B (see FIG. 2) are arranged side by side in the lower part of the non-contact operation area 31. As shown in FIG. A contact button 42 for communicating with the outside is provided on the upper portion of the non-contact operation area 31 . Although these buttons 38, 40, and 42 are all conventionally known push buttons, they may be non-contact operation sections, like the sensor section 32 described above.

The general user operation panel 30 is further provided with a guidance display section 44 . The guidance display unit 44 is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display, and displays, for example, the moving (lifting) direction of the car 20, the floor the car 20 passes through, and other information to be notified to passengers. The guide display unit 44 is provided at a higher position, which is higher than the non-contact operation area 31 so that it can be easily seen by passengers. The operation panel 30 for general users also incorporates a speaker (notification unit) SP for outputting voice.

On the other hand, the operation panels 50 and 60 with an extension function shown in FIG. It is an operation panel that assumes that a user who takes time to get on and off can operate the destination floor registration. installed in a slightly lower position. Further, the operation panels 50 and 60 with an extension function, when an operation for registering a destination floor via the operation panels 50 and 60 is received by a control device 72 (see FIG. 1), which will be described later, operates the car door on the same destination floor, for example. The door closing speed of 22A, 22B is set to be low, or the time from when the car doors 22A, 22B start to open to when they are completely closed, in other words, the door open time is set to be extended.

Next, the configuration of the operation panels 50 and 60 with extension functions will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the configuration of the operation panel 60 with an extension function (in FIG. 4, hatching schematically shows a lit state of the floor display section 63B corresponding to the second floor). In FIG. 4, the non-contact operation area is indicated by a dashed line. Since both operation panels 50 and 60 have the same functions and configurations, the following description will mainly focus on the operation panel 60 with an extension function, and the description of the operation panel 50 with an extension function will be omitted as appropriate.

As shown in FIG. 4, the operation panel 60 with extension function has a non-contact operation area 61 having the same function as the non-contact operation area 31 in the center. In the non-contact operation area 61, sensor units (operation units) 62A, 62B, . ) are arranged at equal intervals in the horizontal direction X, and directly above each sensor unit 62 has the same function as each floor display unit 33A, 33B, ..., 33H and 63A, 63B, .

Directly below each sensor unit 62 are a contact button 65 having the same function as the contact button 42 described above, and an open button 66 and a close button 67 having the same function as the open button 38 and the close button 40 described above. are provided respectively. Further, a guidance display section 64 having the same function as the guidance display section 44 is provided above the non-contact operation area 61 .

The operation panel 30 for general users and the operation panel 60 with an extension function configured as described above are electrically connected to a control device 72 (see FIG. 1) installed in the machine room 14 (see FIG. 1). The control device 72 is a computer that controls operation of the car 20 based on the destination floor registration status, and includes a CPU, a memory, and the like. The memory stores, for example, the drive control of the hoisting machine 16, the opening/closing control of the car doors 22A and 22B, and the lighting state of the floor number display portions 33 and 63 and the delimiter line display portion 37 of the operation panels 30 and 60. various control programs are stored. Smooth operation of the elevator 10 by the control device 72 is realized by the CPU reading out these programs from the memory and executing them.

In the elevator 10 , the control device 72 also controls the destination floor registration of the car 20 . The memory of the controller 72 stores a control program for registering the destination floor of the car 20 . The control device 72 controls the destination floor registration of the car 20 by having the CPU read out the control program from the memory and execute it.

The control device 72 shown in FIG. 1 executes the destination floor registration process of the car 20 based on the detection signals transmitted from the general user operation panel 30 and the operation panel with extension function 60 . Specifically, the control device 72 controls the sensor unit 32, 62 of each operation panel 30, 60 at the timing when the detection signal is continuously transmitted for a preset time (for example, 0.5 seconds). A notification mode is executed in which the floor number display portions 33 and 63 of the destination floor corresponding to the portions 32 and 62 and the demarcation line display portion 37 are lit (predetermined notification mode). In the present embodiment, the length of time set in advance as described above is 0.5 seconds. , and more preferably set to a length of time in the range of 0.02 seconds to 0.6 seconds.

Further, the length of the preset time is set to be different between when the detection signal is transmitted from the operation panel for general users 30 and when the detection signal is transmitted from the operation panel with extension function 60. can be set to More specifically, when the detection signal is transmitted from the operation panel 30 for general users, the preset time is set relatively short, and when the detection signal is transmitted from the operation panel 60 with extension function. It is conceivable to set a preset time to be relatively long.

Further, the detection signal is continuously transmitted for a preset period of time means that the detection signal is not stopped until the preset period of time elapses. It means that the detection state of the sensor units 32 and 62 has not changed to the state. Further, by executing the notification mode as described above, the passenger can be made to recognize that the destination floor registration has been accepted.

Furthermore, when a part of the passenger's body or baggage accidentally crosses the detection area of the sensor units 32 and 62 by executing the notification mode when the detection signal continues for the preset time as described above, Unnecessary execution of the notification mode can be suppressed.

In the control device 72, the detection state of the sensors 32 and 62 is in a non-detection state, that is, the detection signal is not transmitted until a predetermined time (for example, 3 seconds) has elapsed from the start of execution of the notification mode. Destination floor registration is accepted when the state changes. The length of the predetermined time may be set, for example, to a length of time in the range of 0.9 seconds to 5 seconds, more preferably in the range of 1 second to 4 seconds, depending on the environment in which the elevator 10 is used. should be set to the length of time of Note that the length of the predetermined time may be set differently depending on whether the detection signal is received from the sensor section 32 or from the sensor section 62 .

Here, when the user performs a destination floor registration operation by holding his or her hand over the sensor units 32 and 62, the floor number display units 33 and 63 corresponding to the sensor units 32 and 62 and the separator line display unit It is normal for the passenger to judge that the operation has been accepted by visually recognizing the lighting of 37 and stop holding the hand over the sensor portions 32 and 62 .

Therefore, as described above, the destination floor registration is accepted when the sensor units 32 and 62 change to the non-detection state within a predetermined period of time from the start of execution of the notification mode. As a result, it is possible to smoothly accept and process the destination floor registration that meets the passenger's intention.

On the other hand, when the control device 72 receives the detection signal due to the accidental detection of a load or the like by the sensors 32 and 62, the detection signal is output even after a predetermined time has passed since the start of execution of the notification mode. are often still detected.

Therefore, if the detection state of the sensor units 32 and 62 continues even after the predetermined time has passed, the control device 72 controls that the sensor units 32 and 62 have not changed from the detection state to the non-detection state. In this case, the destination floor registration will not be accepted. As a result, erroneous registration of destination floor registration can be suppressed.

Further, when the detection signal is continuously detected even after a predetermined time has elapsed from the timing at which the notification mode was executed, the control device 72 controls the floor number display section 33 corresponding to the sensor section 32, 62. 63 and the delimiter line display portion 37 are preferably extinguished. In this way, by changing the notification mode to the off state, which is different from the lighting state suggesting that the destination floor registration has been accepted, the passenger can easily recognize that the destination floor registration has not been accepted. Become.

Further, along with the lighting display of the floor number display portions 33 and 63 and the demarcation line display portion 37, or in place thereof, a predetermined sound or voice may be generated via the speaker SP.

When the floor number display units 33 and 63 and the demarcation line display unit 37 are kept lit regardless of whether or not the destination floor registration is accepted during operation of the elevator 10, the lighting continues for a preset time. Then, at the timing when the detection signal is transmitted from the sensor unit 32, 62, the light emission color of each display unit 33, 37, 63 corresponding to the sensor unit 32, 62 transmitting the same signal is changed to another color. Alternatively, the notification mode may be changed by changing the brightness, blinking, or the like.

Hereinafter, the control for registering the destination floor of the car 20 in the elevator 10 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. conduct. FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the flow of destination floor registration control for the car 20 . It is assumed that the car 20 has landed on the landing 26H (see FIG. 1) on the eighth floor, which is the top floor, and the car doors 22A and 22B are open.

As shown in FIG. 5, when the control device 72 receives the detection signal from the sensor unit 62B, it checks whether or not the destination floor (second floor in this example) can be registered (step S1: YES, step S2: YES). Here, the state in which the second floor cannot be registered includes, for example, a state in which the elevator 10 is out of operation, a state in which the car 20 has landed on the second floor, a state in which the second floor has already been registered as a destination floor, and the like. is assumed. On the other hand, when a plurality of sensor units 32B and 62B in each operation panel 30 and 60 detect light shielding at the same time, in other words, when they send detection signals at the same time, for example, when a plurality of passengers operate at the same time, If it is assumed that there is a

Then, when the state of receiving the detection signal from the sensor unit 62B continues for a preset time, the controller 72 executes the above-described notification mode (step S3: YES, step S4).

On the other hand, if the detection signal transmitted from the sensor unit 62B stops before the preset time elapses, the control device 72 terminates the process without executing the notification mode (step S3: NO, Step S9: YES). As a result, it is possible to prevent the destination floor from being erroneously registered when a package or the like accidentally crosses the detection area of the sensor section 62B.

Then, the control device 72 accepts the registration of the destination floor on the condition that the sensor unit 62B changes to a non-detection state in which the light is not detected before the predetermined time elapses, and performs a series of destination floor registration reception processing. (step S5: NO, step S6: YES, step S7).

On the other hand, if the control device 72 continues to receive the detection signal even after the predetermined time has passed (step 5: YES), the floor display section 63B corresponding to the sensor section 62B and the floor display section The floor number display section 33B and the separation line display section 37B of the general user operation panel 30 corresponding to the same destination floor as 63B are turned off (step S8). In this way, by changing the display mode of each of the display units 33B, 37B, and 63B to a mode different from that in the case where the destination floor registration is accepted, it is possible for the passenger to know that the destination floor registration has not been accepted based on the detection of the sensor unit 62B. can be notified to Then, the control device 72 terminates a series of destination floor registration acceptance processing.

In the present embodiment, in step S2, when the plurality of sensor units 32 and 62 are simultaneously detecting light shielding, it is treated as a state in which the destination floor can be registered. If the detection signal is transmitted at the same time, it may be processed as a state in which the destination floor cannot be registered.

In this embodiment, the control device 72 lights up all of the floor number display units 33 and 63 and the partition line display unit 37 corresponding to the destination floor when executing the notification mode, but it is not necessary to light up all of them. . For example, among the display units 33, 37, 63, only the display unit adjacent to the sensor unit 32, 62 that has transmitted the detection signal may be turned on.

In this embodiment, one of the conditions is that the control device 72 continues to receive detection signals from the sensor units 32 and 62 until a preset time elapses in step S3. Although the registration of the destination floor is accepted in step S7, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, even if the detection signals are not continuously received from the sensors 32 and 62 until the preset time elapses, that is, the control device 72 once receives the detection signals from the sensors 32 and 62. In such a case, the process may proceed to step S4 (see FIG. 5) even if the detection signal is not received from the sensors 32 and 62 after that. Then, in step S7 (see FIG. 5), on the condition that the sensor units 32 and 62 change from the detection state to the non-detection state before the predetermined time elapses after proceeding to step S5 after the notification mode is executed in step S4. Destination floor registration may be accepted.

According to the elevator 10 of the present embodiment, the notification is performed in the predetermined notification mode at the timing when the preset time has passed after the operation is detected, and until the predetermined time has passed after the notification is performed. When the detection state of the sensor units 32 and 62 changes from the detection state to the non-detection state, the destination floor registration is accepted.

Therefore, if the detection state of the sensor units 32 and 62 does not change to the non-detection state within a predetermined period of time after the execution of the notification, the destination floor registration is not accepted.

As a result, the sensor units 32 and 62 accidentally detect a part of the passenger's body, luggage, etc., and the destination floor registration is accepted, and the car 20 moves to a destination floor not intended by the passenger. It is possible to reduce the frequency of occurrence of such things as being put away. As a result, it is possible to suppress the deterioration of the operation efficiency of the elevator 10 .

In the above embodiment, the case where the elevator 10 is provided with the general user operation panel 30 having a function of non-contact operation of the destination floor is described as an example, but instead of the general user operation panel 30 Therefore, the elevator 10 may be provided with operation panels 80, 90 for general users that can operate the destination floor by both non-contact and contact operation methods.

The configurations of the general user operation panels 80 and 90 according to the first and second modifications in this case will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7. FIG. In the following description, the same constituent parts as those of the general user operation panel 30 in the above-described embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and explanations thereof are omitted. do.

As shown in FIG. 6, the general user operation panel 80 has the same functions and configuration as the general user operation panel 30 of the above embodiment, and has a function of performing an operation to determine the destination floor of the car 20. A destination floor operation area 80-1 is provided in the center. Destination floor operation area 80-1 includes push buttons 81A, 81B, . Operation units) 82A, 82B, . Each sensor unit 82 has the same configuration as the sensor unit 32 in the above-described embodiment, and is configured to be able to execute a destination floor registration operation in a non-contact manner by detecting light shielding by an object. A push button 81 and a sensor unit 82 adjacent in the left-right direction (horizontal direction Z) each have a function of performing an input operation for registering the landing 26 of the same floor as a destination floor.

Each push button 81 corresponds to each floor on which the landing 26 is located, and is an operation input unit having a circular external shape when viewed from the front. In this embodiment, the 1st to 8th floors can be destination floors. For example, the push button 81B has a role of performing an operation for determining the 2nd floor as the destination floor.

The push button 81 also has a function of notifying the user that the destination floor registration has been accepted. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, floor number display units (informing units) 83A, 83A, 83A, 83A, 83A, 83A, 83A, 83A, 83A, 83A, 83A, 83A, 83A, 83A, 83A, 83A, 83B, . Each floor display section 83 has almost the same function and configuration as the floor display section 33 in the above embodiment. In FIG. 6, hatching schematically shows a state in which the floor display section 83B corresponding to the second floor is lit. Further, in the first modified example, an example of using the push button 81 as the contact-type operation input unit is given, but for example, a touch sensor or the like may be used.

Even when the operation panel for general users 80 according to the first modified example is used instead of the operation panel for general users 30 in the above embodiment, the same effects as those of the above embodiment can be obtained.

Next, the configuration of the general user operation panel 90 according to the second modified example will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 7, the general user operation panel 90 has the same functions and configuration as the general user operation panel 30 of the above-described embodiment, and has a function of performing an operation to determine the destination floor of the car 20. A destination floor operation area 90-1 is provided in the center. In the destination floor operation area 90-1, push buttons 91A, 91B, . are placed in

Below each push button 91, non-contact sensor units 92A, 92B, . , and the sensor unit "92" unless otherwise distinguished) are incorporated therein. Each sensor unit 92 has the same configuration as the sensor unit 32 in the above-described embodiment, and is configured to be able to execute a destination floor registration operation in a non-contact manner by detecting light shielding by an object.

As shown in FIG. 7, above each push button 91, translucent floor display portions 93A, 93B, . In this case, a “floor number display unit 93” is provided). Each floor display section 93 has almost the same function and configuration as the floor display section 33 in the above embodiment. In FIG. 7, hatching schematically shows a state in which the floor number display section 93B corresponding to the second floor is lit. Further, in the second modified example, an example of using the push button 91 as the contact-type operation input unit is given, but for example, a touch sensor or the like may be used.

Even when the operation panel for general users 90 according to the second modification is used instead of the operation panel for general users 30 in the above embodiment, the same effects as those of the above embodiment can be obtained.

Although each operation panel 30, 60, 80, 90 installed in the car 20 is taken as an example in the above embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the present invention may be applied to a hall operating panel installed in the hall 26 .

The present invention can also be implemented in aspects with various improvements, modifications, or variations based on the knowledge of those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the invention. Moreover, any invention specifying matter may be replaced with another technique within the scope of producing the same action or effect.

10 Elevators 26, 26A, 26B, 26H Platforms 30, 80, 90 Operation panels for general users 31, 61 Non-contact operation areas 32, 32A, 32B, 32H Sensor unit (operation unit)
62, 62A, 62B, 62H Sensor section (operation section)
82, 82A, 82B, 82H Sensor section (operation section)
92, 92A, 92B, 92H Sensor section (operation section)
33, 33A, 33B, 33H Floor number display unit (notification unit)
63, 63A, 63B, 63H Floor display unit (notification unit)
83, 83A, 83B, 83H Floor display unit (notification unit)
37, 37A, 37B, 37H Separation line display unit (notification unit)
50, 60 Operation panel with extension function 72 Control device (control unit)
80-1, 90-1 destination floor operation area

Claims (7)

An elevator configured to enable contactless operation for registering a destination floor of an elevator car,
an operation unit configured to detect the operation in a contactless manner;
a notification unit having a function of performing notification based on the operation;
a control unit that controls operation of the car based on the destination floor registration;
with
The control unit causes the notification unit to perform notification in a predetermined notification mode at a timing when a preset time has elapsed since the operation was detected by the operation unit, and a predetermined time has elapsed since the start of execution of the notification. The destination floor registration is accepted on condition that the detection state of the operation unit changes from a detection state in which the operation is detected to a non-detection state in which the operation is not detected until the time elapses,
elevator. The control unit causes the notification unit to perform notification in the predetermined notification mode on condition that the detection state of the operation unit does not change to a non-detection state until the preset time elapses.
Elevator according to claim 1. The control unit does not accept the destination floor registration when the detection state of the operation unit changes to a non- detection state before the preset time elapses.
3. Elevator according to claim 1 or 2. If the detection state of the operation unit has not changed to the non-detection state even after the predetermined time has passed, the control unit changes the notification mode of the notification unit to the notification mode when the destination floor registration is accepted. Change to a notification mode different from the mode,
Elevator according to any one of claims 1 to 3. The predetermined notification mode includes a mode of generating a preset notification sound,
Elevator according to any one of claims 1 to 4. The predetermined notification mode includes a mode of generating light,
Elevator according to any one of claims 1 to 5. The control unit does not accept the destination floor registration when the detection state of the operation unit continues even after the predetermined time has elapsed from the start of execution of the notification.
Elevator according to any one of claims 1 to 6.

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