JPH0326687A - Elevator control device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve safety by calculating the residual time until reclosing the door when a door is opened by a register signal of a long time door-open register means and successively announcing the residual time based on the calculated result. CONSTITUTION:When a call register is input from a physically-handicapped person cage call register device 1 or hall call register device 2, which is a long time door-open register means, in a microcomputer 11, an elevator is operated toward a registered story. When floor arrival is detected by a position detecting means 5, a door-open signal is output to a door driving gear 7 from a door control unit 11 to open a door, while time counting is started by a timer 12 with its data input to a door-close time arithmetic device 13, and the residual time to door closing is calculated. Based on this calculated residual time, an automatic announcing device 8 informs of the residual time with a fixed time interval from a voice device 9. Thus without confusing passengers, on-off getting can be safely performed.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Purpose of the invention] (Industrial application field) The present invention relates to an elevator 1110 device.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, devices equipped with an auto-announcement function that automatically announces door opening/closing have been known, but such auto-announcement function simply announces "the door opens and closes" immediately before the door opening operation begins. The system simply announces ``The door is closing'' just before the door closes, and when the door is in the open state, it announces how long it will take before the door closes. No one is known to announce the remaining time.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, in the conventional elevator control system, the door opening or closing announcement is only made immediately before the door opening operation or the door closing operation, and the announcement is made only when the door is opened or closed. The system did not have a function to announce when the door would begin to close, which caused the following problems.

A simple announcement like this was sufficient when the door opening time is short, about 7 to 8 seconds, like in a normal elevator, but in a cargo elevator that is equipped with a door opening extension button, If pressed, door opening time is 3
However, if the same time for the door becomes long like this, the user may be absorbed in loading and unloading their luggage and the door will close in the middle of the work, and they will have to operate the door extension button again in a hurry, or it will be safe. The elevator door must be opened again using the shoe, and a quick decision to open the elevator door must be made during the operation, causing the user to become flustered.

In addition, in the case of OgI elevators, a car call registration button for the disabled and a hall call registration button for the disabled are installed. A door opening time of 15 to 20 seconds will be set. However, even with this extended door opening time, passengers may have to take time to get on and off the vehicle because they are wheelchair users, and the door may suddenly close while they are getting on and off, making them panic.

This invention has been made in view of these conventional problems.The present invention sequentially announces the remaining time after the door opens until the door closes, thereby allowing passengers to get on and off the train without worrying. An object of the present invention is to provide an elevator control device that can perform the following functions.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) The elevator control device of the present invention includes a door opening operation for a long time compared to normal boarding and alighting. door closing control means that detects a registration signal of the opening registration means and performs a door opening operation for a predetermined time;
When the door opening/closing control means opens the door according to the registration signal of the long-time door open registration means, the door opening time calculation means calculates the remaining time from when the door is opened until it closes again; and an announcement means for sequentially announcing the remaining time until the door closes based on the calculation results.

(Function) In the elevator system a of the present invention, when a door opening operation between FRs that is long compared to the time required for normal boarding and alighting is registered by operating the door opening time registration means, the door opening operation for a long period of time is registered. By detecting the registration signal of the opening registration means, the door opening time calculating means calculates the remaining time until the elevator door closes again after opening, and the announcing means successively announces the remaining time until the door opens. , the user can be notified.

(Example) Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be explained in detail based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, in which a car call registration device 1 for disabled persons is used to register a destination floor for a passenger in a wheelchair in an elevator car, and a car call registration device 1 for a passenger in a wheelchair in an elevator car is used to register a destination floor. A hall call registration device 2 for people with disabilities that registers UP and DOWN, a door opening door 3 that allows a passenger in a car to reopen a door that is about to close, and a door that allows a passenger in a car to close a door that is difficult to close. A door closing device 4 is provided.

In addition, a position detection device M5 that detects the elevator car position
and a door opener 116 that is attached to the inside of a luggage elevator or the like and is operated when extending the door opening time.

The above-mentioned car call registration device for disabled persons@1, hall call registration device for disabled persons 2, and door extension device 6 are long-time door opening registration means in this embodiment.

Furthermore, the elevator control device of this embodiment includes a door drive device 7 for driving the door to open and close, and an auto-announcement device @8 and an auto-announcement device M8 for producing an audio signal to notify the remaining time until the door closes. An audio device 9 for converting an audio signal from the computer into audio is provided as an announcement means. Reference numeral 10 denotes a microphone port computer, which receives input signals from the devices 1 to 6 to control door opening/closing and door opening time! It incorporates a door IIJ control device 11 that performs iIJ'wJ, a timer 12, and a door closing time calculation device 13, and further includes functions for performing various calculation controls necessary for elevator control.

The door control device i1111G has a built-in timer 12 and outputs a door opening signal and a door interjection signal to the door drive device 7 in response to input signals from each device 1!1 to 6.

Also, the timer 12 counts the time since the door opening operation starts in order to output the door closing command, and the door leap time calculation unit 1! 13 inputs data from the timer 12, calculates the remaining time until the door closes again, and outputs it to the auto-announcement device 8.

Next, the operation of the elevator control device having the above configuration will be explained.

In normal elevator control, the microcomputer 10 controls the operation of the elevator using car call registration and hall call registration devices (not shown), stops the elevator at a predetermined floor, and takes a normal boarding and alighting time of about 7 to 8 seconds. It operates to open the door and allow passengers to get on and off.

Then, when a call registration is input from the car call registration device for the handicapped @1 or the hall call registration device for the handicapped W12 as a long-time door open registration means, a registration signal is input to the microcomputer 10.
The elevator is moved toward the registered floor under the control of

When the microcomputer 10 confirms based on the signal from the position detection device 5 that the floor for which the call was registered is the same as the floor where the elevator is currently located, the door control device M11 outputs a door open signal to the door drive device 87. , to perform the door opening operation.

From the time the door opens, the timer 12 in the microcomputer 10 starts counting time, and inputs the data to the door closing time calculation unit [13] to calculate the remaining time until the door starts closing.

Based on the remaining time calculated by this door closing time calculation device W113, the timer is set at a fixed time interval, for example, every 5 seconds or every 10 seconds.
A remaining time signal is input to the auto-announcement device @8 at intervals of iI, and the auto-announcement device 8 outputs this remaining time signal to the audio device 9 as an audio signal.

The audio device 9 converts the audio signal from the auto-announcement device 8 into actual audio and announces the remaining time to the passengers.

Further, when a door opening extension signal is input from a door opening extension device 6 attached to a luggage elevator or the like, the microcomputer 10 resets the door opening time to a long time, for example 3 minutes, to the timer 12. From that point on, time counting starts and the data is sent to the door closing time calculation device 1.
3 to calculate the remaining time until the door closes.

The remaining time signal until the door leap operation calculated by the door closing time calculation device 13 is inputted to the auto-announcement device 8 at regular time intervals and outputted to the audio device 9 as an audio signal.

The audio device 9 converts the audio signal from the auto-announcement device 8 into audio and successively announces the remaining time to passengers.

In this way, when a call for a disabled person is registered in an elevator for the handicapped, or when a door extension signal is input in a freight elevator, the door control device 11 uses the respective long door open registration signals to control the door distance. At the same time, it is possible to calculate the remaining time until the door closes again and make sequential announcements to notify passengers.

FIG. 2 shows an elevator control device for a luggage elevator as another embodiment of the invention. In the elevator control device shown in FIG. 2, there is a door open button 16 on an in-car operation panel 15 for controlling the elevator inside the car 14, and a door open button 16 for opening a door that is about to close, and an operation for closing the door when it is difficult to close. A door m button 17 for passengers in the car to register their destination floor, a car call registration button 18 for allowing passengers in the car to register their destination floor, and a door opening extension button 19 for extending the door opening time necessary for loading and unloading work. There is.

The car 14 is also equipped with a slot 20 as an audio device, and is further equipped with a door opening/closing driving motor 21 to drive the car door 22 to open and close.

A hall door 24 is provided on the elevator hall 23 side, and a speaker 25 as an audio device and a hall call registration button 26 are installed.

In addition, as a drive system for controlling the elevator car 14 to move up and down and stop, the car 14 is suspended by the 0-brake 27, and a hoist 828 that performs the up and down and stop operations, and a car position detection device @29 to detect the car position. , a counterweight 30 is provided to maintain IM balance with the car 14.

Further, the control panel 31 in which various control mWABs for controlling the elevator operation, door N leap control, and other necessary elevator operations are installed is equipped with a microcomputer 32 and an auto-announcement device 133, The auto-announcer 33 is connected to the microcomputer 32 so as to input and output signals to and from various devices, and the auto-announcer 33 is connected to the in-car speaker 20 and the hall speaker 25.
is connected to output an audio signal.

The operation of the cargo transport elevator having the above configuration will be described next.

When the hall call registration button 26 is operated in the hall 23, a hall call signal is input to the microcomputer 32, the microcomputer 32 determines which floor hall the hall call is from, and the hoisting! 128
is driven to move the car 14 to the floor where the hall call was received, a predetermined position is detected by a signal from the position detection device 129, and the car 14 is stopped at the predetermined position.

When the car 14 stops at a predetermined position, the microcomputer 32 controls the door lIA auxiliary motor 21 lIiI1 to open the car door 22 and the hall door 24 (step S1 in FIG. 3).

When the door is opened, a door opening extension signal is inputted by operating the door opening extension button 19 for loading and unloading cargo.Step S2>, the microcomputer 32
uses a built-in timer to set the door opening time range to 3 minutes as an extended mode, and at the same time outputs a signal to the auto-announcement device 33 indicating that the door-opening time range is 3 minutes. After receiving the signal, it gives an audio signal to subika 20.25, and subika 20.2
5 to output the announcement "The door is open for 3 minutes" as a voice (step 83). After this, the door closing time calculating device built in the microcomputer 32 periodically takes in the timer's time count data, and For example, the remaining time until the door closes is given to the auto-announcement device IF 33 every 30 seconds, and the user is made to announce the remaining time from the subica 20.25 (step 84).
．． 85).

When the timer expires, the microcomputer 3
The door closing time calculation 1iffl13 of 2 gives a door closing start signal to the auto-announcer 33, and the auto-announcer 33 makes an announcement of "the door is closing" to the subway 20.25 (step S6). , the door control device of the microcomputer 32 is connected to the door drive motor 2.
A door closing drive signal is applied to the car door 22 and the hall door 24 to close the car door 22 and the hall door 24 (step 87).

Note that when the door opening extension button 19 is not operated in the door open state in step S1, the door is opened for 7 to 8 seconds, which is the set door opening time for normal boarding and exit, and then closed, and the next service is started. will be prepared for.

In this way, the elevator II control device for the freight elevator extends the door rjllFRM when the door opening time extension is registered by operating the door extension button, and at the same time extends the remaining time until the door closes at fixed intervals FtIWIJ. Announcements can be made to notify workers.

FIG. 4 is another embodiment of the invention, showing an elevator lIJtll system for an elevator for handicapped persons.

In this elevator IIJI1l device for disabled persons, car 1
A handicapped person's operation panel 34 is installed in the hall 23 along with an in-car operation a15, and a handicapped person's hall call registration button 35 is also installed on the hall 23 side.

The handicapped person operation 1134 includes a handicapped car call registration button 36, a door open button 37, and a door lock button 38. And these car call registration buttons for people with disabilities 3
6 or by operating the hall call registration button 35.
Elevator doors 22 and 24 are opened for approximately 15 minutes at the stop floor for disabled people to board and exit, which is longer than the normal boarding and alighting time.
It can provide a door opening time of ~20 seconds.

Note that for other parts of this handicapped person elevator IIm apparatus, the same reference numerals are used for the common parts in the control apparatus for the luggage elevator shown in FIG. 2, and a detailed explanation of the structure thereof will be omitted.

Next, the operation of the above-mentioned elevator control device for disabled persons will be explained. When a passenger in the car 14 of this elevator for the disabled or a passenger in the hall 23 operates the normal in-car operation panel 15 or the hall call registration button 26, the normal elevator III III is carried out, and the hall call floor or The opening time of the elevator doors 22 and 24 when the car stops at the registered floor is set to a normal time of 7 to 8 seconds.

However, when the hall call registration button 35 for the disabled is operated in the hall 23, or the car call registration button 36 for the disabled or the door open button 37 is operated from the operation panel 34 in the car 14, as shown in FIG. Operations based on the flowchart are performed.

First, when the handicapped hall call registration button 35 is operated in the hall 23 (step S11), the microcomputer 32 responds to the handicapped hall call, moves the car 14 to the floor where the hall call was made, and holds it at a predetermined position. In step S12, after the car 14 has stopped at a predetermined position, the auto-announcer 33 and subika 25 notify the passengers in the hall of the door r.
M time is 15 seconds” (Step $1)
3). In addition, from within the car 14, there is a car call registration button 36 for the disabled.
When there is a car call registration, [Step 814]
In response to the car call for the disabled, the car 14 is moved to the floor where the car call was registered and stopped at a predetermined position (step 815), and an announcement is made to the passengers in the car via the auto-announcement device 33 and the Subi-Ichiriki 20. An announcement is made to the passengers in the car that each door will open for 15 seconds.

In this way, it responds to the hall call registration for the handicapped or the car call registration for the handicapped, stops at the answering floor, and says "Door opening time is 1.
5 seconds", the microcomputer 32 controls the door drive motor 21 to open the car door 22 and the hall door 24 (step S1).
7〉.

After this door opening operation, the auto-announcer 33 announces the remaining time from 20.25 to the door closing every 5 seconds (steps 818 and 819, when the time for the door is reached, the auto-announcer 33 announces the remaining time until the door closes. The door is closed (step S20), and the door is closed (step S21).

In this way, the hall call registration button 35 for the disabled or the operation for the disabled! When registration is made using the operation buttons on the lt34, it takes about 1 hour longer than the normal boarding and alighting time.
By setting the door i*m for 5 to 20 seconds and periodically announcing the remaining vfWIJ until the door closes, consideration can be given to prevent the door from suddenly closing during boarding and alighting.

In addition, if a disabled person gets on and off the elevator in a wheelchair and the boarding and alighting is not completed even during the boarding and alighting time for disabled people, the door opening button 37 provided in the handicapped person operation 1134 in the car 14 can be operated to open the elevator again. An extension of the door opening time of 15 to 20 seconds has been registered as a boarding and alighting time for people with disabilities, allowing them to board and alight their wheelchairs more slowly.

In each of the above embodiments, the operation control of the elevator, the control of the door n1, the announcement of the remaining time until the door closes, etc. are performed by a microcomputer under software management.
These operation controls can also be controlled by a relay sequence, and are not particularly limited to control by a microcomputer.

[Effects of the Invention J As described above, according to the present invention, there is provided a long-time door-open registration means for registering a door-opening operation that takes a longer time than normal boarding and alighting, and a registration signal of the long-time FRM door-open registration means. In response to this, the door opening time is extended, and at the same time an announcement is made to announce the remaining R time until the door closes again, so it is useful for disabled people who require a long time to get on and off, and for people using luggage elevators. For workers loading and unloading luggage at elevators, the elevator door will not suddenly close during the process of getting on and off or loading and unloading luggage, which will prevent workers from getting on and off safely and loading and unloading luggage. The work can be secured.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of this invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of another embodiment of this invention, FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the above embodiment, and FIG. 4 is a further embodiment of this invention. FIG. 5, which is a block diagram of another embodiment, is a flowchart showing the operation of the above-mentioned actual example. 1... Car call registration device for disabled people 2... Hall call registration device for disabled people 6... Door opening extension M 7... Door drive device 8...
・Auto announcement device 9...Audio device 10...Microcomputer 11...Door control device 12...Timer 13...Door closing time calculation device

Claims (1)

[Claims] A door opening/closing control that detects a registration signal of the long-time door-open registration means and performs the door-opening operation for a predetermined period of time. means, a door opening time calculation means for calculating the remaining time from when the door is opened until the door is closed again when the door opening/closing control means opens the door according to the registration signal of the door opening registration means for a long time; and the door opening time. An elevator control device comprising: announcement means for sequentially announcing the remaining time until door closing operation based on the calculation result of the calculation means.