JP7495004B1 - Elevator system and elevator equipped with said elevator system - Google Patents

Abstract

An elevator system is provided that displays more information about the elevator's usage status inside the elevator car.
[Solution] The elevator system 100 includes a car display 7 that indicates the operating direction of a car 5 and the situation inside the car 5, as well as a display 6 that displays the names of passing floors and floors above and below the passing floor, and a control means 17 that controls the display on the display 6, and when there is a passenger in the car 5 who is not using a wheelchair, the control means 17 displays a person display 72 in the car display 7, and when there is a passenger in the car 5 who is using a wheelchair, displays a wheelchair display 73 in the car display 7.
[Selected figure] Figure 2

Description

The present invention relates to an elevator system that displays elevator usage status and an elevator equipped with the elevator system.

In elevators, display devices providing directional arrows and floor guidance are placed above the left and right side walls of the elevator car entrance, and show the direction the car is traveling, its current position (floor it is passing through), and the next floor it will stop at.
However, conventional display devices did not allow users inside the elevator to check the current elevator position and the status of hall calls for adjacent floors or the status of hall calls for the next stopping floor, and were not sufficient to inform users inside the elevator car of the elevator usage status.

JP 2020-007064 A

The problem is to provide an elevator system that displays more information about the elevator's usage status inside the elevator car, and an elevator equipped with the elevator system.

[1]
The elevator system comprises a display provided in the car that displays a car display indicating the direction of the car's movement and the situation inside the car, as well as floor names of passing floors and floors above and below the passing floor, and a control means for controlling the display on the display, wherein the control means displays a person display in the car display when there is a passenger in the car who does not use a wheelchair, and displays a wheelchair display in the car display when there is a passenger in the car who uses a wheelchair.

[2]
In addition, in the elevator system of [1] above,
a plurality of landings each equipped with a landing registration device for wheelchairs, the display displays a landing call stop floor display showing the status of a landing call stop floor at which the vehicle stops in response to a landing call, and the control means, when a landing call at the landing call stop floor is registered by the landing registration device for wheelchairs, displays a wheelchair registration display on the landing call stop floor display showing that the landing call has been registered by the landing registration device for wheelchairs;
The following configuration is also possible.

[3]
In addition, in the elevator system of [2] above,
The control means displays the direction of the hall call registered by the wheelchair hall registration device as the hall call stop floor display together with the wheelchair registration display.
The following configuration is also possible.

[4]
In addition, in the elevator systems described above in [1] to [3],
The car display has a fixed display position on the display device,
When the elevator car moves upward, the control means scrolls downward the floor name display of the passing floor and the floors above and below the passing floor,
When the elevator car moves downward, the floor name display of the passing floor and the floors above and below the passing floor are scrolled upward.
The following configuration is also possible.

[5]
In addition, in the elevator system of [4] above,
When there is no hall call at the passing floor or at any floor above or below the passing floor, and there is a hall call at any floor other than the passing floor or any floor above or below the passing floor in the travel direction of the car,
the control means displays the wheelchair registration display for the floor where there is a hall call in a second display mode different from a first display mode which is a wheelchair registration display displayed when there is a hall call at the passing floor or a floor above or below the passing floor,
When the elevator car approaches a floor where there is a hall call, the second display mode of the wheelchair registration display is changed,
When the floor where the hall call is located is the passing floor or a floor above or below the passing floor,
displaying the wheelchair registration display in the first display mode;
The following configuration is also possible.

[6]
In addition, in the elevator system of the above [2] or [3],
When the elevator car stops at the hall call stop floor, the control means
The wheelchair registration display is scrolled toward the car display.
The following configuration is also possible.

[7]
In addition, in the elevator system of [6] above,
The control means erases the wheelchair registration display in the hall call stop floor display and displays a wheelchair display in the car display before moving from the hall call stop floor to another floor.
The following configuration is also possible.

[8]
In addition, the elevator
The elevator system according to any one of the above items [1] to [3] is provided.

The elevator system and elevator of the present invention can display more information about the elevator's usage status inside the elevator car, and provide guidance to users inside the elevator car.

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an elevator car according to one embodiment. FIG. 2 is a front view of the display device according to the embodiment. 11A to 11C are diagrams illustrating a first example of a transition of a display on the display device according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a hall according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of the elevator system according to the embodiment. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a second example of a transition of a display on the display device according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 is a flow diagram of the elevator system according to the embodiment. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a third example of a transition of a display on a display device according to another embodiment. FIG. 11 is a partially enlarged view of a display in a display device according to another embodiment.

In each drawing, the dimensions of the components may be enlarged or reduced relative to their actual dimensions, for example, to facilitate understanding, and the dimensional ratios between the drawings may not be consistent. In each drawing, some of the components may be omitted, for example, to facilitate understanding.

Terms including ordinal numbers such as first and second are used to describe various components, but these terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another, and the components are not particularly limited by these terms. Note that the number of components including ordinal numbers is not particularly limited, and may be, for example, one. Also, the ordinal numbers used in the following specification and drawings may differ from the ordinal numbers described in the claims.

First, before describing the configuration of the elevator system according to the present invention and the elevator equipped with the elevator system, the elevator system according to the present invention and the elevator car equipped with the elevator system will be described with reference to FIG. 1. Note that the following embodiment is provided as an example to help understand the configuration of the elevator car, and does not limit the configuration of the elevator system and elevator according to the present invention.

Figure 1 is a schematic perspective view of an elevator car according to one embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 1, the car 5 of the elevator 1 communicates with a landing, for example, by opening and closing the car doors 3, 3 at the entrance. The car 5 has sleeve walls 4, 4 adjacent to the car doors 3, 3. A general car operation panel 21 for registering the destination floor of the elevator 1 is provided on the sleeve wall 4 (in this embodiment, it is provided on one sleeve wall 4). In addition, a wheelchair car operation panel 22 is provided on the side wall (the general car operation panel 21 and the wheelchair car operation panel 22 are collectively referred to as the car operation panel 2). A display 6 is provided as part of the car operation panel 2 or separately from the car operation panel 2.

In each figure, the first direction D1 is the width direction D1, which is parallel to the horizontal direction, the second direction D2 is the depth direction D2, which is parallel to the horizontal direction and perpendicular to the width direction D1, and the third direction D3 is the vertical direction perpendicular to the width direction D1 and the depth direction D2, which is the up-down direction D3. Note that, for example, the opening and closing direction of the car doors 3, 3 may be the width direction D1, and the direction in which people get on and off the elevator car 5 may be the depth direction D2.

Figure 2 is a front view of a display 6 according to one embodiment of the present invention. The display 6 has a roughly rectangular display area, which is divided into 3 x 3 rectangles. In Figure 2, of the divided display areas, the areas in the leftmost column are designated from top as areas X1, X2, and X3, the area in the center of the display area is designated as area X4, and the areas in the rightmost column are designated from top as areas X5, X6, and X7. In the display 6 according to one embodiment of the present invention, a rectangular car display 7 is displayed at a fixed display position in area X4 in the center of the display area.

In area X2 adjacent to the car display 7 displayed in area X4, a passing floor name display 9 is displayed, which displays the name of the floor on which the car 5 is currently passing or stopped. In area X1, a floor name display one floor above the floor name displayed in the passing floor floor name display 9 (floor name display 10 of the floor above and below the passing floor) is displayed, and in area X3, a floor name display one floor below the floor name displayed in the passing floor floor name display 9 (floor name display 10 of the floor above and below the passing floor). In FIG. 2, as an example, floor "4" is displayed as the passing floor floor name display 9 in area X2, floor "5" is displayed as the floor name display 10 of the floor above and below the passing floor in area X1, and floor "3" is displayed as the floor name display 10 of the floor above and below the passing floor in area X3.

The car display 7 displays a car driving direction display 71, a person display 72 which indicates when there is a passenger in the car 5 who is not using a wheelchair, and a wheelchair display 73 which indicates when there is a passenger in a wheelchair in the car 5. In FIG. 2, an up arrow indicating an upward driving direction is displayed as the car driving direction display 71, a human-shaped pictogram is displayed as the person display 72, and a wheelchair-shaped pictogram is displayed as the wheelchair display 73. When the driving direction of the car is downward, a down arrow indicating a downward driving direction is displayed as the car driving direction display 71.

The platform call stop floor display 8 is displayed in one of areas X5 to X7 of the display 6 when there is a platform call on a passing floor or on floors above or below the passing floor. Specifically, when there is a platform call on a passing floor (stop floor), the platform call stop floor display 8 is displayed in area X6. Also, when there is a platform call on a floor one floor above the passing floor, the platform call stop floor display 8 is displayed in area X5, and when there is a platform call on a floor one floor below the passing floor, the platform call stop floor display 8 is displayed in area X7. In this embodiment, when there is a platform call on floor "5" one floor above the passing floor "4", the platform call stop floor display 8 is displayed in area X5.

The platform call stop floor display 8 displays a platform call direction display 81 indicating the direction of the platform call, a person registration display 82 indicating when there is a platform call from a passenger who does not use a wheelchair, and a wheelchair registration display 83 indicating when there is a platform call from a passenger who uses a wheelchair. In this embodiment, a human-shaped pictogram is displayed as the person registration display 82, and a wheelchair-shaped pictogram is displayed as the wheelchair registration display 83. In addition, since platform calls from passengers who do not use wheelchairs and platform calls from passengers who use wheelchairs in FIG. 2 are both downward platform calls, a down arrow indicating a downward platform call is displayed as the platform call direction display 81 above the person registration display 82 and the wheelchair registration display 83, respectively. Note that when the platform call is an upward platform call, an up arrow indicating an upward platform call is displayed as the platform call direction display 81.

Next, the operation of the display contents of the display 6 will be explained using Fig. 2 and Fig. 3. Fig. 3(a) shows that a passenger not using a wheelchair is on board the ascending car 5 and that the car is passing through the passing floor "2". Proceeding to Fig. 3(b), the car 5 is further ascending and is passing through the passing floor "3". Proceeding to Fig. 3(c), the car 5 is further ascending and is passing through the passing floor "4", and it is shown that there is a hall call by a passenger not using a wheelchair and a hall call by a passenger using a wheelchair at the floor "5" above the passing floor. Proceeding to Fig. 3(d), the car 5 is further ascending and stops at the passing floor (stop floor) "5", and by displaying the hall call stop floor display 8 in the area X6 to the right of the car display 7, it is shown that there is a hall call by a passenger not using a wheelchair and a hall call by a passenger using a wheelchair at the stop floor "5" with the hall call direction being downward.

Figure 3 is a diagram showing a first example of a transition of display on a display device according to the embodiment. As shown in Figure 3, when the car 5 rises upward, the car display 7 is fixed to the area X4, and the display areas X1 to X3 on the left side and X5 to X7 on the right side scroll downward to indicate that the car 5 is rising. When the car 5 descends downward, the car display 7 is fixed to the area X4, and the display areas X1 to X3 on the left side and X5 to X7 on the right side scroll upward to indicate that the car 5 is descending.

Next, an example of a means for determining whether a hall call is a hall call made by a passenger who does not use a wheelchair or a hall call made by a passenger who uses a wheelchair, and for displaying a person registration display 82 indicating when there is a hall call made by a passenger who does not use a wheelchair, and a wheelchair registration display 83 indicating when there is a hall call made by a passenger who uses a wheelchair, will be described with reference to Figures 4 and 5.

Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of the hall 11 according to this embodiment. Also, Figure 5 is a schematic block diagram of the elevator system 100 according to this embodiment. The entrance 12 of the hall 11 is opened and closed by hall doors 13, 13. A general hall registration device 14 and a wheelchair hall registration device 15 are provided near the entrance 12. The wheelchair hall registration device 15 is installed at a lower position than the general hall registration device 14 so that wheelchair users can easily operate it. The general hall registration device 14 and the wheelchair hall registration device 15 are each provided with a button switch for up or down calls on the end floors, and both up and down call button switches are provided on the intermediate floors. When a hall call is made by the button switch installed on the wheelchair hall registration device 15, for example, special control corresponding to the use of wheelchairs is performed, such as extending the opening time of the car door and the hall door compared to when a hall call is made by the button switch installed on the general hall registration device 14.

As shown in FIG. 5, the elevator system 100 according to this embodiment is equipped with a control means 17. The control means 17 acquires, in an acquisition unit 18, signals of hall calls made by button switches on the general hall registration device 14 and the wheelchair hall registration device 15. The control means 17 also acquires, in an acquisition unit 18, signals of car calls made by button switches on the car operation panel 2. The acquisition unit 18 also acquires position information of the car 5 from car position detection means 16, such as a sensor installed in the hoistway or an encoder installed in the drive device of the elevator 1.

The judgment unit 19 of the control means 17 judges which floor's general-use platform registration device 14 or wheelchair platform registration device 15 the platform call signal acquired by the acquisition unit 18 corresponds to. Based on the acquired platform call signal issued by the button switch of the general-use platform registration device 14 and wheelchair platform registration device 15, and the position information of the car 5 from the car position detection means 16, the display control unit 20 outputs display information from the output unit 23 to the display 6, and displays on the display 6 the car display 7, the platform call stop floor display 8, the floor name display 9 of the passing floor, and the floor names 10 of the floors above and below the passing floor.

The determination unit 19 here determines whether a platform call is from a passenger who does not use a wheelchair or from a passenger who uses a wheelchair by determining that a platform call is from a passenger who does not use a wheelchair when the platform call is from the general platform registration device 14, and determining that a platform call is from a passenger who uses a wheelchair when the platform call is from the wheelchair platform registration device 15.

Next, the display on the display 6 when the car 5 responds to a hall call and arrives at a floor where the hall call is received will be described with reference to Figs. 2 and 6. Fig. 6(a) shows the display on the display 6 when the car 5 arrives at a stop floor (a passing floor). In Fig. 6(a), the car display 7 displayed in area X4 shows an arrow indicating that the car's driving direction is upward as the driving direction display 71 of the car 5, and a person display 72 indicating that there is a passenger in the car 5 who is not using a wheelchair.

In addition, the platform call stop floor display 8 displayed in area X6 displays a wheelchair-shaped pictogram as a wheelchair registration display 83. This indicates that there is a platform call from a passenger using a wheelchair. Also, since in this embodiment, platform calls from passengers using wheelchairs are platform calls in the upward direction, an up arrow indicating an upward platform call is displayed above the wheelchair registration display 83 as a platform call direction display 81.

Next, the wheelchair registration display 83 and the hall call direction display 81 displayed on the hall call stop floor display 8 scroll in the area X6 toward the car display 7 as shown in Fig. 6(b), and the wheelchair registration display 83 and the hall call direction display 81 are temporarily erased as shown in Fig. 6(c). After that, as shown in Fig. 6(d), the wheelchair registration display 83 and the hall call direction display 81 are displayed again in the same position as in Fig. 6(a), and further scroll in the area X6 toward the car display 7 as shown in Fig. 6(e), and the wheelchair registration display 83 and the hall call direction display 81 are erased as shown in Fig. 6(f).
Thereafter, as shown in Fig. 6(g), after or at the same time that the wheelchair registration display 83 and the platform call direction display 81 in Fig. 6(f) disappear, the wheelchair display 73 is displayed on the car display 7. In this embodiment, the chair registration display 83 and the platform call direction display 81 are scrolled twice toward the car display 7, but they may be scrolled once or three or more times.

Although not shown, when a non-wheelchair passenger in car 5 gets off at a stopping floor (floor 5 in FIG. 6), the person display 72 on car display 7 is erased. When the destination floor of the car call registered by car operation panel 2 includes this stopping floor (floor 5 in FIG. 6) and there is no destination floor of the car call registered by car operation panel 2 in the direction of car operation (upward in this embodiment) beyond the stopping floor, the judgment unit 19 judges that a non-wheelchair passenger in car 5 gets off at a stopping floor, and the display control unit 20 erases the person display 72 on car display 7.

Next, an example of display control of the display device 6 by the control means 17 will be described with reference to FIG. 7. FIG. 7 is a flow diagram of display control of the display device 6 by the control means 17.

First, in STEP 1, the control means 17 determines whether or not the hall call for hall 11, which is the departure floor of elevator 1, is made by the wheelchair hall registration device 15.

When the hall call for hall 11, which is the departure floor, is made by wheelchair hall registration device 15 (STEP 1 YES), control means 17 displays wheelchair display 73 in car display 7 in STEP 2. On the other hand, when the hall call for hall 11, which is the departure floor, is not made by wheelchair hall registration device 15 (STEP 1 NO), control means 17 skips STEP 2.

Next, in STEP 3, the control means 17 determines whether the hall call for hall 11, which is the departure floor of elevator 1, is from the general hall registration device 14.

When the hall call for hall 11, which is the departure floor, is made by a general hall registration device 14 (STEP 3 YES), the control means 17 displays a person display 72 in the car display 7 in STEP 4. On the other hand, when the hall call for hall 11, which is the departure floor, is not made by a general hall registration device 14 (STEP 3 NO), the control means 17 skips STEP 4.

Next, in STEP 5, the control means 17 determines whether the moving direction of the car 5 is upward or not.

When the moving direction of the car 5 is upward (STEP 5 YES), the control means 17 scrolls downward the floor name display 9 of the passing floor and the floor name display 10 of the floors above and below the passing floor in STEP 6. On the other hand, when the moving direction of the car 5 is not upward, i.e., when the moving direction of the car 5 is downward (STEP 5 NO), the control means 17 scrolls upward the floor name display 9 of the passing floor and the floor name display 10 of the floors above and below the passing floor in STEP 7.

Next, in STEP 8, the control means 17 determines whether or not there is a hall call.

When there is a hall call (STEP 8 YES), in STEP 9, the control means 17 determines whether the hall call includes a hall call from the wheelchair hall registration device 15.

When the hall call includes a hall call from the wheelchair hall registration device 15 (STEP 9 YES), the control means 17 displays the wheelchair registration display 83 within the hall call stop floor display 8 in STEP 10. On the other hand, when the hall call does not include a hall call from the wheelchair hall registration device 15 (STEP 9 NO), the control means 17 skips STEP 10.

Next, in STEP 11, the control means 17 determines whether the hall calls include hall calls made by the general registration device 14.

When the hall call includes a hall call from the general registration device 14 (STEP 11 YES), the control means 17 displays the person registration display 82 within the hall call stop floor display 8 in STEP 12. On the other hand, when the hall call does not include a hall call from the general registration device 14 (STEP 11 NO), the control means 17 skips STEP 12.

In STEP 8, the control means 17 determines whether or not there is a hall call, and if it determines that there is no hall call (STEP 8 NO), it skips STEPs 9 to 12.

Next, in STEP 13, the control means 17 determines whether the elevator car 5 has landed at the stop floor.

When the car 5 has landed at a stop floor (STEP 13 YES), the control means 17 determines in STEP 14 whether or not there is a hall call. On the other hand, when the control means 17 determines that the car 5 has not landed at a stop floor (STEP 13 NO), it repeats STEP 13.

When there is a hall call (STEP 14 YES), in STEP 15, the control means 17 horizontally scrolls the passenger registration display 82 and wheelchair registration display 83 of the stop floor display 8 toward the car display 7.

Furthermore, in STEP 16, when there is a person registration display 82 on the stop floor display 8 of the currently stopped stop floor, the control means 17 displays the person display 72 in the car display 7, and when there is a wheelchair registration display 83 on the stop floor display 8 of the currently stopped stop floor, the control means 17 displays the wheelchair display 73 in the car display 7 and turns off the person registration display 82 and the wheelchair registration display 83 on the stop floor display 8.

In STEP 14, the control means 17 determines whether or not there is a hall call, and if it determines that there is no hall call (STEP 14 NO), it skips STEP 15 and STEP 16.

Next, in STEP 17, the control means 17 starts moving the elevator car 5 toward the next floor, and ends the flow.

[1]
As described above, the elevator system 100 according to the present invention has the following features:
A display 6 provided in the car for displaying a car display 7 showing the operating direction of the car 5 and the situation inside the car 5, and floor names of passing floors and floors above and below the passing floor;
A control means 17 for controlling the display on the display device 6 is provided.
When there is a passenger not using a wheelchair in the elevator car 5, the control means 17 displays a person display 72 in the elevator car display 7,
When there is a wheelchair passenger in the elevator car 5, a wheelchair display 73 may be displayed in the elevator car display 7.

With this configuration, it is possible to provide an elevator system 100 that displays more information about the usage status of the elevator 1 inside the car 5 of the elevator 1.

[2]
Further, the elevator system 100 according to the present invention has
The vehicle is provided with a plurality of boarding areas 11 each having a wheelchair boarding area registration device 15,
The display 6 displays a hall call stop floor display 8 that indicates the status of a hall call stop floor at which the train will stop in response to a hall call,
The control means 17 may be configured to, when a hall call for the hall call stop floor has been registered by the wheelchair hall registration device 15, display a wheelchair registration display 83 on the hall call stop floor display 8 indicating that it has been registered by the wheelchair hall registration device 15.

With this configuration, it is possible to provide an elevator system 100 that displays more information about the usage status of elevator users at the hall 11 inside the car 5 of the elevator 1.

[3]
Further, the elevator system 100 according to the present invention has
The control means 17 may be configured to display the direction of the hall call registered by the wheelchair hall registration device 15 as the hall call stop floor display 8 together with the wheelchair registration display 83.

With this configuration, information on the direction of a hall call from a user registered by the wheelchair hall registration device 15 at the hall 11 can be provided inside the car 5 of the elevator 1.

[4]
Further, the elevator system 100 according to the present invention has
The car display 7 has a fixed display position (X4) on the display 6,
When the elevator car 5 moves upward, the control means 17 scrolls downward the floor name displays 9, 10 of the passing floor and the floors above and below the passing floor,
When the elevator car 5 moves downward, the floor name displays 9, 10 of the passing floor and the floors above and below the passing floor may be scrolled upward.

With this configuration, it is possible to provide information about the floors the car 5 is passing through, i.e., the position information within the elevator shaft of the car 5, within the car 5, and the movement of the floor name displays 9, 10 of the passing floors and floors above and below the passing floors allows the passenger to intuitively grasp the direction of movement of the car 5.

[5]
Further, the elevator system 100 according to the present invention has
When there is no hall call at the passing floor or at any floor above or below the passing floor, and there is a hall call at any floor other than the passing floor or any floor above or below the passing floor in the travel direction of the elevator car 5,
the control means 17 displays the wheelchair registration display 83 of the floor where there is a hall call in a second display mode different from a first display mode which is the wheelchair registration display 83 displayed when there is a hall call on the passing floor or on a floor above or below the passing floor,
When the elevator car 5 approaches a floor where there is a hall call, the second display mode of the wheelchair registration display 83 is changed,
When the floor where the hall call is located is the passing floor or a floor above or below the passing floor,
The wheelchair registration display 83 may be displayed in the first display mode.

With this configuration, it is possible to provide information inside the car 5 that there is a hall call at a floor other than the passing floor in the direction of travel of the car 5 or a floor above or below the passing floor.

[6]
Further, the elevator system 100 according to the present invention has
When the elevator car 5 stops at the landing call stop floor, the control means 17
The wheelchair registration display 83 may be configured to be scrolled toward the car display 7 for display.

With this configuration, it is possible to provide information that a user who has registered a platform call in the car 5 using the wheelchair platform registration device 15 is currently aboard the car 5.

[7]
Further, the elevator system 100 according to the present invention has
The control means 17 may be configured to erase the wheelchair registration display 83 on the platform call stop floor display 8 and display the wheelchair display 73 in the car display 7 before moving from the platform call stop floor to another floor.

With this configuration, a user who has registered a platform call using the wheelchair platform registration device 15 in the car 5 can be provided with information that they have boarded the car 5.

[8]
Moreover, the elevator 1 according to the present invention may be equipped with any one of the elevator systems 100 described in [1] to [7].

With this configuration, it is possible to provide an elevator 1 equipped with an elevator system 100 that displays more information about the usage status of the elevator 1 inside the car 5 of the elevator 1.

The elevator system 100 and elevator 1 according to the present invention are not limited to the configuration of the above-mentioned embodiment, nor are they limited to the above-mentioned effects. Furthermore, the elevator system 100 and elevator 1 can of course be modified in various ways without departing from the spirit of the present invention. For example, it is of course possible to arbitrarily select one or more of the configurations, methods, etc. related to the various modified examples described below and adopt them in the configurations, methods, etc. related to the above-mentioned embodiment.

(A) In the elevator system 100 and elevator 1 according to the above embodiment, the hall call stop floor display 8 is configured to be displayed in any of the areas X5 to X7 of the display 6 when there is a hall call on a passing floor or on a floor above or below the passing floor. Specifically, when there is a hall call on a passing floor (stop floor), the hall call stop floor display 8 is displayed in the area X6, and when there is a hall call on a floor above or below the passing floor, the hall call stop floor display 8 is displayed in the area X5 or X7. However, when there is a hall call on a floor other than the passing floor or the floor above or below the passing floor, the hall call stop floor display 8 may be configured to be displayed in any of the areas X5 to X7 of the display 6.

For example, as shown in FIG. 8, when there is no hall call on the passing floor or on a floor above or below the passing floor, and there is a hall call on a floor other than the passing floor or on a floor above or below the passing floor in the travel direction of the car 5, the control means 17 displays the person registration display 82 and the wheelchair registration display 83 on the floor where the hall call is present in a second display mode different from the first display mode of the wheelchair registration display 83 that is displayed when there is a hall call on the passing floor or on a floor above or below the passing floor, and when the car 5 approaches the floor where the hall call is present, the second display mode of the wheelchair registration display 83 is gradually changed, and when the floor where the hall call is present becomes the passing floor or on a floor above or below the passing floor, the wheelchair registration display 83 may be displayed in the first display mode.

Specifically, in FIG. 8, car 5 is moving upwards, and there is no hall call on the second floor, which is a passing floor, or on the third and fourth floors, which are floors above the passing floors, and there is a hall call on the fifth floor, which is a floor other than the passing floor in the direction of car 5's travel, or floors above or below the passing floor. In FIG. 8(a), car 5 is passing through the second floor, which is a passing floor, and there is no hall call on the third floor, but the hall call stop floor display 8 is displayed in the second display mode in area X5. In the second display mode A of FIG. 8(a), as shown in FIG. 9(a), for example, the hall call direction display 81, the person registration display 82, and the wheelchair registration display 83 are displayed in white, which is the second display mode A.

With this configuration, it is possible to inform passengers in car 5 that there are no hall calls on the passing floor or on floors above or below the passing floor, but that there is a floor with a hall call on one of the floors in the direction of travel.

The timing at which the hall call direction display 81, the person registration display 82, and the wheelchair registration display 83 are displayed in any of the areas X5 to X7 of the display 6 in the second display mode A may be when a hall call is registered by the general hall registration device 14 or the wheelchair hall registration device 15 at the hall call stop floor.

As shown in FIG. 8(b), the elevator car 5 rises further and passes the third floor. At this time, the fifth floor, where there is a hall call, is not yet a passing floor or a floor above or below the passing floor. In this case, as shown in FIG. 9(b), for example, the hall call direction display 81, the person registration display 82, and the wheelchair registration display 83 are displayed in the third display mode B in FIG. 8(b), which is different from the first display mode and the second display mode A. For example, the third display mode B has a lower brightness or a darker color tone than the first display mode C.

The timing for changing from the second display mode A to the third display mode B may be, for example, when the floor with the hall call becomes the floor immediately preceding the floor above or below the passing floor, or when the hall call direction display 81, the person registration display 82, and the wheelchair registration display 83 are displayed in the second display mode A and the elevator car 5 starts moving.

The third display mode B may also be one that gradually changes from the second display mode A to the first display mode C as the train moves from the floor immediately preceding the floor above or below the passing floor to the floor above or below the passing floor. Specifically, for example, the brightness may be gradually increased or the color tone may be made brighter from the white display in FIG. 9(a), and when the floor with the hall call becomes a floor above or below the passing floor, the brightness or color tone may be that of the first display mode C. Note that in FIG. 8 and FIG. 9, the second display mode A is displayed in white, but the second display mode A may be, for example, grayed out, or may be another display mode different from the first display mode C.

As shown in FIG. 8(c), the elevator car 5 rises further and passes the fourth floor. At this time, the fifth floor, where there is a hall call, is a floor above the passing floor, so the first display mode C in FIG. 8(c) is changed to the first display mode C in FIG. 9(c), where, for example, the hall call direction display 81, person registration display 82, and wheelchair registration display 83 are displayed in the first display mode C. For example, as an example of the first display mode C, the person registration display 82 and the hall call direction display 81 above the person registration display 82 may be yellow, and the wheelchair registration display 83 and the hall call direction display 81 above the wheelchair registration display 83 may be blue.

In this way, the elevator system 100 according to the present invention may be configured such that, when there is no hall call on the passing floor or on a floor above or below the passing floor, and there is a hall call on a floor other than the passing floor or on a floor above or below the passing floor in the travel direction of the car 5, the control means 17 displays the wheelchair registration display 83 of the floor where the hall call is in a second display mode A different from the first display mode C, which is the wheelchair registration display 83 displayed when there is a hall call on the passing floor or on a floor above or below the passing floor, and when the car 5 approaches the floor where the hall call is, the second display mode A of the wheelchair registration display 83 is changed, and when the floor where the hall call is the passing floor or on a floor above or below the passing floor, the wheelchair registration display 83 is displayed in the first display mode C.

According to this configuration, when there is no hall call on the passing floor or on any floor above or below the passing floor, and there is a hall call on any floor other than the passing floor or any floor above or below the passing floor in the direction of travel of the car 5, it is possible to provide information inside the car 5 that there is a hall call on any floor other than the passing floor or any floor above or below the passing floor. In addition, by changing from the second display mode to the first display mode, it is possible to provide information that a floor with a hall call is approaching.

(B) In addition, the elevator system 100 in the above embodiment is configured to display on the display 6 the floor name display 9 of the passing floor and the floor name display 10 of the floors above and below the passing floor. However, the elevator system 100 is not limited to this configuration. For example, the display 6 may be configured to display not only the floor name display 9 of the passing floor and the floor name display 10 of the floors above and below the passing floor, but also the floor names of floors two floors away from the passing floor.

(C) In the above embodiment, the elevator system 100 is configured to display the car 5 driving direction display 71, the occupant display 72, and the wheelchair display 73 on the car display 7 of the display 6. However, the elevator system 100 is not limited to such a configuration. For example, the elevator system 100 may be configured to display only the car driving direction display 71 and the occupant display 72 on the car display 7 of the display 6, or may be configured to display only the car driving direction display 71 and the wheelchair display 73 on the car display 7 of the display 6.

(D) In addition, the elevator system 100 in the above embodiment is configured to display the hall call direction display 81, the person registration display 82, and the wheelchair registration display 83 on the hall call stop floor display 8 of the display 6. However, the elevator system 100 is not limited to such a configuration. For example, the elevator system 100 may be configured to display only the hall call direction display 81 and the person registration display 82 on the hall call stop floor display 8 of the display 6, or may be configured to display only the hall call direction display 81 and the wheelchair registration display 83 on the hall call stop floor display 8 of the display 6.

(E) In addition, in the elevator system 100 in the above embodiment, the control means 17 may be configured such that, when a hall call for the hall call stop floor is registered by the wheelchair hall registration device 15 and a destination floor is registered by operating the wheelchair car operation panel 22 in the car 5, before moving from the hall call stop floor to another floor, the control means 17 erases the wheelchair registration display 83 on the hall call stop floor display 8 and displays the wheelchair display 73 in the car display 7.

(F) For example, the order of execution of each process, such as operations, procedures, steps, and stages, in the systems and methods shown in the claims, specifications, and drawings, can be realized in any order, so long as the result of a previous process is not used in a subsequent process. For example, even if "first" and "next" are used for convenience in the description, this does not mean that it is necessary to execute the processes in that order.

1...Elevator, 2...Cage operation panel, 3...Cage door, 4...Side wall, 5...Passengers, 6...Display, 7...Passengers display, 8...Passengers call stop floor display, 9...Floor name display of passing floor, 10...Floor name display of floors above and below the passing floor, 11...Passengers, 12...Entrance/exit, 13...Passengers door, 14...Passengers registration device for general use, 15...Passengers registration device for wheelchairs, 16...Passengers position detection means, 17...Control means, 1 8...Acquisition unit, 19...Determination unit, 20...Display control unit, 21...General car operation panel, 22...Wheelchair car operation panel, 23...Output unit, 71...Passengers' driving direction display, 72...Person display, 73...Wheelchair display, 81...Passengers' call direction display, 82...Person registration display, 83...Wheelchair registration display, 100...Elevator system, A...Second display mode, B...Third display mode, C...First display mode

Claims (8)

A display provided in the car for displaying a car display showing the direction of travel of the car and the situation inside the car, as well as floor names of passing floors and floors above and below the passing floor;
A control means for controlling a display on the display device,
The control means displays a person display in the car display when there is a passenger not using a wheelchair in the car,
When there is a passenger using a wheelchair in the elevator car, the elevator system displays a wheelchair display in the elevator car display. A plurality of boarding areas each having a wheelchair boarding area registration device provided thereon,
The display displays a hall call stop floor display indicating a status of a hall call stop floor at which the vehicle stops in response to a hall call,
2. The elevator system according to claim 1, wherein, when a hall call for the hall call stop floor is registered by the wheelchair hall registration device, the control means displays a wheelchair registration display on the hall call stop floor display, indicating that the hall call has been registered by the wheelchair hall registration device. 3. The elevator system according to claim 2, wherein the control means displays a direction of the hall call registered by the wheelchair hall registration device as the hall call stop floor display together with the wheelchair registration display. The car display has a fixed display position on the display device,
When the elevator car moves upward, the control means scrolls downward the floor name display of the passing floor and the floors above and below the passing floor,
4. The elevator system according to claim 1, wherein when the elevator car moves downward, the floor name display of the passing floor and the floors above and below the passing floor are scrolled upward. When there is no hall call at the passing floor or at any floor above or below the passing floor, and there is a hall call at any floor other than the passing floor or any floor above or below the passing floor in the travel direction of the car,
the control means displays the wheelchair registration display for the floor where there is a hall call in a second display mode different from a first display mode which is a wheelchair registration display displayed when there is a hall call at the passing floor or a floor above or below the passing floor,
When the elevator car approaches a floor where there is a hall call, the second display mode of the wheelchair registration display is changed,
When the floor where the hall call is located is the passing floor or a floor above or below the passing floor,
5. The elevator system according to claim 4, wherein the wheelchair registration display is displayed in the first display mode. When the elevator car stops at the hall call stop floor, the control means
4. The elevator system according to claim 2, wherein the wheelchair registration display is displayed by scrolling toward the car display. The elevator system according to claim 6, wherein the control means erases the wheelchair registration display in the hall call stop floor display and displays a wheelchair display in the car display before moving from the hall call stop floor to another floor. An elevator equipped with an elevator system according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

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