JPH02132079A - Call registering device for elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable utilization of an elevator through the same operation as that of an ordinary elevator even by a passenger needing a relay between elevators by a method wherein a destination button for a non-service floor is attached and when there is need for a relay, an elevator cage call for a destination floor is registered at an elevator to be relayed. CONSTITUTION:When a floor station button 8 is operated or when a relay call registration demand for a relay floor is outputted, starting is effected. It is decided whether or not a time when the floor station button 8 is operated is a time when a floor station call registration demand is outputted, and if it is a time when the floor station button 8 is operated, one optimum elevator cage is selected from elevator cages serviceable to a floor where floor station call button operation is made to complete processing. If it is a time when a floor station call registration demand for a relay floor is outputted, one optimum elevator cages is selected from elevator cages serviceable to a destination floor and a relay floor. A cage allotted to a relay floor and a cage outputting registration demand for a destination floor and a relay floor are stored, and a registration demand for a relay floor is canceled to complete processing.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] This invention divides a plurality of floors into areas and provides elevators that serve each area, and also provides a common service floor to enable transfers. The present invention relates to an elevator system, and particularly to an elevator call registration device.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, there has been a device of this type that automatically registers a hall call at a transfer floor by pressing a transfer button in the car.

For example, as shown in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 61-114976, when a transfer button is operated and an elevator that has issued a transfer instruction approaches a transfer floor, an elevator whose service floor is an area including the destination floor This is to register the landing call for the transit floor.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) However, in the conventional elevator system described above, passengers who need to transfer have to operate the destination floor button again after boarding the transferred elevator, which forces them to perform an extra operation. There was a problem.

This invention was made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and aims to provide an elevator call registration device that allows passengers who need to make a transfer to use an elevator in the same way as normal elevator operations. The purpose is (Means for Solving the Problems) An elevator call registration device according to the present invention is an elevator system having a plurality of elevators in which a plurality of floors are divided and service floors are unevenly arranged. In addition to providing a destination button that allows you to specify all floors including floors, a transfer necessity detection means for determining whether a transfer is necessary or not, and a car call and a landing call for the transfer floor based on the output of the transfer necessity detection means. a transfer floor call registration means for registering a car, and a car whose car call is registered by the transfer call registration means arrives at the transfer south, and a car assigned to the hall call registered by the transfer call registration means is registered at the transfer floor. and automatic car call registration means for registering the car call of the destination floor in the assigned car when boarding is detected. [Operation] When a transfer is required, the elevator call registration device of the present invention automatically registers the landing call of the transfer floor and automatically registers the destination floor in the transferred elevator.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of this invention will be explained below with reference to the drawings. 1st
The figure is an overall configuration diagram using a block diagram, in which (1) is a well-known elevator car, (2) is a destination button provided in the transfer car on a non-service floor or at a landing, (5) is a well-known car control means, (8) ) is a well-known platform button, and when the destination button (2) is operated, the transfer necessity detection means (3) determines whether or not a transfer is necessary, and if necessary, the transfer floor call registration means (4) determines whether or not a transfer is necessary. Register floor landing calls and car calls. The car control means (5) causes the elevator car (1) to serve the registered call, and the service car selection means (6) serves the transfer floor call registration means (4).
An optimal car is selected from among the cars that can service the destination call and the transfer floor for the hall call registered in , and an allocation command is output to the car control means (4). The car call automatic registration means (7), when the car that generated the hall call arrives at the transfer floor and a car assigned to the transfer floor is detected to be boarded, the car call automatic registration means (7) transmits the destination call to the car control of the car assigned to the transfer floor. Output to means (5). In addition, Figure 2 shows a car control device (only one unit is shown) composed of a microcomputer (hereinafter referred to as microcomputer).
In this block circuit diagram, (10) is a car control device (only one unit is shown) which is composed of a microcomputer (hereinafter referred to as microcomputer), and includes a central processing unit (hereinafter referred to as CPU) (IOA), programs and fixed A storage device consisting of a read-only memory that stores value data and a read/write memory that temporarily stores data such as calculation results.
10B), a transmission device (IOC) that sends and receives data to and from the group management control device (11), and a conversion device (IOC) that is connected to the drive control device (l2) and converts input and output signal levels.
It has an inverter (IOE) connected to the destination button (2).

(l1) is also a group management control device composed of a microcomputer, and similarly includes CPII (IIA) and storage device (IIB).
), a transmission device (11C), a conversion device (110) connected to the hall button (7), and a conversion device (uE) connected to the destination button (2). In addition, the transmission device (IOc)
．． CIIC) is responsible for serial transmission and transmits one bit of information at a time.

As shown in FIG. 4, in a building with uneven service floors as shown in FIG. 3, the present invention provides service floors other than the elevator service floors on the operation panel (21) of each elevator. Note that the operation panel (21) is common to all elevators.

Further, in the figure, (2) is a destination button, (23) is a door opening/closing button, and (24) is a lift indicator.

Next, the operation of the present invention will be explained based on the program flowcharts shown in FIGS. 5 to 7.

Figure 5 shows a program for selecting a service (stored in the storage device (IIB) in Figure 2), which is activated when the landing button (8) is operated or when a transfer floor call registration request is output. be done. In step (3l), it is determined whether the landing button (8) is operated or a landing call registration request for a transfer floor is output, and if the landing button (8) is operated, step (3) is executed.
Proceed to step 5), select one of the most suitable cars from among the cars that can service the hall button operation floor, and complete the process. If a transfer floor landing call registration request is output, proceed to step (32) and select the most suitable car from among the cars that can service the destination and transfer floors, then proceed to step (33) and register the transfer floor. The assigned car and the car for which the destination floor and transfer floor registration request have been output are stored, and the process proceeds to step (34), where the transfer floor registration request is canceled and the process is terminated. Note that the cancellation of assigned cars and the registration/cancellation of hall calls are performed by other programs (not shown).

FIG. 6 is a transfer call registration program (stored in the storage device (10B) in FIG. 2) that is activated when the destination button (2) is operated. The floor of the destination button operated in step (41) determines whether the car can be serviced, and if possible, returns to step (44).
) to register the car call for the destination floor and end the process.

If service is not possible, proceed to step (42) to register the transfer floor car call, proceed to step (43), output a transfer floor landing call registration request to the service car selection means (6), and end the process. do. Note that cancellation of car calls is performed by another program (not shown).

FIG. 7 shows a program (stored in the storage device (IIB) in FIG. 2) for automatically registering car calls, which is started at regular intervals. In step (51), it is determined whether there is a car that has output a transfer floor registration request, and if there is not, the process is terminated. If so, proceed to step (52) and determine whether the car that outputs the transfer floor registration request has arrived at the transfer floor. If it has not arrived, end the process; if it has arrived, proceed to step (5).
Proceed to step 3) to determine whether the car assigned to the transfer floor has arrived at the transfer floor. If the vehicle has not arrived, the process ends; if the vehicle has arrived, the process proceeds to step (54), and it is determined whether boarding has been detected in the assigned car on the transfer floor. If there is a vehicle detection,
Proceed to step (55), register the car call of the destination floor in the assigned car of the transfer floor, and proceed to step (56). If no boarding is detected, proceed to step (57), determine whether the assigned car on the transfer floor has waited for a predetermined period of time, and if it has waited, proceed to step (5δ).
), and if it is not waiting, terminate the process. procedure(
When the process proceeds to step 56), the car to which the transfer floor is assigned, the destination floor, and the transfer floor that have output the registration request are canceled, and the process is terminated. Note that riding detection is performed by another program (not shown) or a detection device. Additionally, if the car assigned to the transfer floor arrives at the transfer floor before the car that outputs the transfer floor registration request, the transfer floor will be allocated for a predetermined period of time after the car that outputs the transfer floor registration request arrives. Cars shall be prevented from leaving.

In the above embodiment, the destination floor is indicated using the in-car operation panel, but the same effect can be obtained in an elevator system that uses a destination floor button at the landing.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, a destination button for a non-service floor is provided, and when a transfer is necessary, the car call of the destination floor is automatically registered in the elevator to transfer.
This has the effect that even passengers who need to make a connection can use the elevator in the same way as a normal elevator. or,
Since the in-car operation panel is the same for all cars, there is no need to design it for each car, and the design time is also shortened.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a block circuit diagram of a car control device and a group management control device composed of a microcomputer, and Fig. 3 shows a plurality of floors divided into areas. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of an elevator system in which elevators are divided and serviced for each division, FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of an operation panel, and FIGS. 5 to 7 are flowcharts illustrating the operation of the present invention. In the figure, (1) is the elevator, (2) is the destination button, (3) is the transfer necessity detection means, (4) is the transfer floor call registration means, (5) is the car control means, and (6) is the service. Car selection means, (7) automatic call registration means, is a landing button. In each figure, the same symbols indicate the same or equivalent parts.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In an elevator system equipped with multiple elevators where multiple floors are divided and the service floors are uneven, a destination button is provided in the car or at the landing that allows you to specify all floors, including non-service floors, and transfers are required. a transfer floor call registration means for registering a car call and a landing call on the transfer floor based on the output of the transfer necessity detection means; and a transfer floor call registration means for registering a car call by the transfer call registration means. The basket arrives at the transfer floor,
and car call automatic registration means for registering a car call on the destination floor to the assigned car when a car assigned to the hall call registered by the transfer call registration means detects boarding on the transfer floor. Features: Elevator call registration device.