JPH04358677A - Call registering device for elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a call registering device which has excellent operability, workability, and economical efficiency. CONSTITUTION:The presence of waiting passengers at an elevator hall is detected by means of a human body detecting sensors 11a and 11b, disposed to a three-way frame 2 of an entrance 3 of an elevator, in a state that rise waiting passengers are discriminated from lowering waiting passengers. A detecting state for waiting passengers is announced to the waiting passengers at an elevator hall by lighting ON registering lights 12a and 12b and elevator hall call is registered at a control device for an elevator according to detection of the waiting passengers.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an elevator call registration device, and more particularly to an elevator call registration device that performs elevator call registration at an elevator hall.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a conventional elevator call registration device.

In the figure, 1 is the landing wall of the elevator installation part on each floor of the building, 2 is the three-sided frame attached to the landing wall 1,
3 is an entrance/exit of the elevator hall, and 4 is a center-opening entrance/exit door attached to the opening of the entrance/exit 3, and this entrance/exit door 4 opens and closes in conjunction with the car door. 5 is landing wall 1
6 is a button device for hall calls attached to the mounting hole 5, 7 is an up call button of the button device 6, and 8 is a down call button.

In the conventional elevator call registration device having this configuration, a waiting customer presses the up call button 7 or the down call button 8 of the button device 6 attached to the mounting hole 5 near one side of the entrance/exit 3 of the hall wall 1. By selecting and pressing with a finger, a call for an elevator in the desired direction is registered in a control device (not shown).

[0005]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the conventional elevator call registration device as described above, since the button device 6 is attached near one side of the entrance/exit 3 of the hall wall 1, it is difficult to carry the luggage with both hands. It is extremely difficult for a passenger carrying a large baggage that must be carried with both hands to press the up call button 7 or the down call button 8 of the button device 6 to register for a hall call.

[0006] As a technique to improve this, for example, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-276780, in addition to the normal hall call button, another call button that can be operated with foot etc. is installed in the hall. There was something. In addition to this, there was also a technique published in Public Technical Report No. 86-4968 of the Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation.

Further, in the conventional elevator call registration device including the known technology described in the above-mentioned document, a mounting hole 5 is required for mounting the button device 6 etc. on the hall wall 1. Work to attach the button device 6, etc. to 5 had to be carried out on-site for each floor. Moreover, the area around the mounting hole 5 must be filled with mortar or the like while the button device 6 and the like are fitted into the mounting hole 5, making such on-site construction work troublesome. In particular, elevator installation work and construction work are often carried out in parallel, and the final finishing of the wall during construction work cannot be done until after the button device 6 etc. is inserted into the mounting hole 5. If the project was later than planned, the builder could not complete the construction according to schedule. In addition, dimensional errors in the final finished thickness of the wall may cause problems with the embedding depth of the button device 6, etc., so it is necessary to provide adjustment means in advance in the button device 6, etc. to absorb the error. However, the manufacturing cost was also high. In addition, if the hall call button device is replaced with a new one when it is time for renovation in the future, and the dimensions of the new one are smaller than the existing one, it will be necessary to close the extra gap in the mounting hole 5, which will cause problems. Furthermore, if the dimensions of the new product were larger than those of the existing product, it would be necessary to repair the mounting holes 5 to make them larger, and both of these tasks had to be performed on each floor, making the work extremely troublesome. Furthermore, depending on the type of wall, these repair work may be difficult.

As a technique for improving this, for example, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-282174, there is a technique in which the hall call button is installed not on the hall wall 1 but on the entrance/exit door 4.

Furthermore, with conventional elevator call registration devices, the user must operate a call button at the landing to call an elevator car, and after the elevator car arrives, get into the elevator car and press a destination button inside the car. , the button had to be pressed twice, making the operation cumbersome.

As a technique for improving this, for example, as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 50-14160, there is a technique in which a destination button is installed at a landing so that the destination can be registered at the landing.

However, in the conventional elevator call registration device, although each of the above-mentioned problems can be dealt with individually, it is not possible to solve them all at once. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an elevator call registration device that can solve the above-mentioned problems all at once and has good operability, workability, and economy.

0012

[Means for Solving the Problems] In the present invention, human body detection means is provided in a three-sided frame of an elevator entrance and exit, and detects the presence of passengers waiting in an elevator hall by distinguishing them into ascending passengers and descending passengers. and notification means for notifying waiting customers in the elevator hall of the detection state of waiting customers by the human body detection means;
The vehicle also includes hall call registration means for registering a hall call in response to detection of a waiting passenger by the human body detection means.

[0013]

[Operation] In the elevator call registration device of the present invention, the human body detection means disposed in the three-sided frame of the elevator entrance distinguishes the presence of passengers waiting in the elevator hall into ascending passengers and descending passengers. The notification means notifies the waiting passengers at the elevator hall of the detection status of the waiting passenger, and the hall call registration means registers the hall call in response to the detection of the waiting passenger, so a hall button etc. is required. It is possible to automatically determine whether a waiting customer is an ascending passenger or a descending passenger from the waiting position of the waiting passenger in the elevator hall without having to worry about the situation, and the waiting passenger can confirm whether or not this determination is correct. At the same time, the elevator hall call in the desired direction is registered.

[0014]

[Examples] Examples of the present invention will be described below.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an elevator call registration device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the drawings, the same reference numerals and symbols as those in the above conventional example indicate constituent parts that are the same as or correspond to those in the above conventional example.

In the figure, human body detection sensors 11a and 11b are respectively disposed on the left and right sides of the upper cross member 2a of the three-sided frame 2 of the entrance/exit 3 of the elevator hall. Detect a certain human body. 12a and 12b are registration lights respectively disposed on the left and right vertical column members 2b and 2c of the three-sided frame 2 of the entrance 3, and are used to notify the operating status of the human body detection sensors 11a and 11b to waiting passengers in the elevator hall. It also has the function of serving as a sign that informs waiting passengers at the elevator hall of the waiting position according to the call direction of the elevator. A
B is the waiting position of the waiting customer when making an elevator call in the ascending direction, and indicates the area that can be detected by the human body detection sensor 11a; B is the waiting position of the waiting customer when making an elevator call in the descending direction; The area that can be detected by the detection sensor 11b is shown.

[0017] In the elevator call registration device having this configuration,
Passengers who wish to use an elevator select zones A and B corresponding to the elevator call in the desired direction;
By standing inside the elevator, a call for an elevator in a desired direction can be registered with a control device (not shown).

That is, the elevator user approaches the hall and waits near the registration lights 12a, 12b in the direction in which he/she wishes to go. FIG. 1 shows a state in which passengers who are going upward are waiting in the ascending call area A near the registration light 12a. In this way, the customer waits in the ascending call area A, and when the human body detection sensor 11a detects the presence of this waiting customer, this detection signal is transmitted to a control device (not shown), and a call registration for the elevator in the ascending direction is performed. Furthermore, when the human body detection sensor 11a detects the presence of a waiting customer, the registration light 12a lights up. The lighting of the registration light 12a notifies the waiting customer that the human body detection sensor 11a has detected the presence of the waiting customer, and also informs the waiting customer that an elevator call for the upward direction, which is the direction he or she wants to go, has been registered. You can check it. In addition, if this waiting position is not good and you wait at a position outside of the rising call area A, it will not be within the detection range of the human body detection sensor 11a.
The presence of waiting customers cannot be detected. However, by providing the registration lights 12a and 12b as in this embodiment, it is possible to confirm whether or not the standby position in which one is standing is appropriate, and if it is not appropriate, the registration lights 12a and 12b are turned on. All you have to do is move the standby position to the desired position.

As described above, the elevator call registration device of this embodiment is disposed on the upper horizontal member 2a of the three-sided frame 2 of the elevator entrance 3, and detects the presence of passengers waiting in the elevator landing by distinguishing between ascending passengers and descending passengers. Human body detection sensors 11a and 11b function as human body detection means for distinguishing and detecting customers, and vertical column members 2b and 2 of the three-sided frame 2 of the entrance/exit 3 of the elevator.
a registration light 12 which is disposed at c and functions as a notification means for notifying waiting customers in the elevator hall of the detection state of waiting customers by the human body detection sensors 11a and 11b (human body detection means);
a, 12b, and a known hall call registration means for registering a hall call in response to detection of a waiting passenger by the human body detection sensors 11a, 11b (human body detection means).

That is, the elevator call registration device of this embodiment uses human body detection sensors 11a and 11b to detect the presence of waiting passengers in the elevator hall by distinguishing them into ascending passengers and descending passengers,
Registration lights 12a and 12b light up to inform the waiting passengers at the elevator hall of the detection status of the waiting passengers, and a hall call is registered in the elevator control device in response to the detection of the waiting passengers.

[0021]Therefore, there is no need to manually operate the landing buttons etc. as in the past, so passengers carrying luggage in both hands,
Alternatively, even passengers carrying large luggage that must be carried with both hands can easily register a hall call in a desired direction by simply waiting in a predetermined zone.

Furthermore, since the human body detection sensors 11a, 11b and the registration lights 12a, 12b are both arranged in the three-sided frame 2, there are no mounting holes 5 for attaching the button device 6, etc. to the hall wall 1, as in the conventional case. There is no need to provide Therefore, the on-site construction work for each floor is simplified, and the process of installing the elevator and the construction work can be easily adjusted. Moreover, since there is no need for adjustment means for absorbing dimensional errors in the final finished thickness of the wall, manufacturing costs are also reduced. In addition, even if the hall call button device is to be replaced with a new one when it is time for renovation in the future, the work on the hall wall becomes unnecessary, so the replacement work becomes easy.

Furthermore, since an elevator car can be called without operating a call button at the hall, the operation of pressing a button at the hall becomes unnecessary and the operation becomes simple.

As a result, it is possible to register a call without operating a hall button, etc., and there is no need to provide a special mounting hole for attaching a hall button, etc. to the hall wall, so the problems of the past can be solved all at once, and operability is improved. This is an elevator call registration device that is excellent in terms of workability and economy.

By the way, in the above embodiment, the human body detection sensors 11a, 11b and the registration lights 12a, 12b are arranged in the three-sided frame 2.
Although we have explained the type installed in the hall, it is not limited to this, as long as it can be installed without making special mounting holes on the hall wall, etc., for example, a type that can be placed free-standing on the hall floor etc. is adopted. You may. Furthermore, in the above embodiment,
Although the human body detection sensors 11a and 11b have been described which detect a waiting human body in an elevator hall using infrared rays, the human body may also be detected using an ultrasonic sensor. Further, in the above embodiment, a call registration device for an elevator installed alone without a hall call button device has been described, but an elevator call registration device may be used in which the device of this embodiment and a conventional device are installed together.

[0026]

As explained above, the elevator call registration device of the present invention includes a human body detection means, a notification means, and a hall call registration means. The detection means detects the presence of a passenger waiting in the elevator hall by distinguishing between an ascending passenger and a descending passenger, and the notifying means notifies the waiting passenger in the elevator hall of the detection state of the waiting passenger, and also informs the waiting passenger of the waiting passenger. With a simple configuration in which the hall call registration means registers the hall call in accordance with the detection, it is possible to check whether the waiting passenger is an ascending passenger or a descending passenger from the waiting position of the elevator landing without using a hall button or the like. It is possible to automatically determine whether each person is a waiting customer, and the waiting customer can check whether this determination is correct or not.In addition, a hall call for the elevator in the desired direction is registered, so the call can be made without having to operate a hall button, etc. It is easy to register, has good operability, and there is no need to provide a mounting hole for the hall button on the hall wall, resulting in good workability and economy.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an elevator call registration device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a conventional elevator call registration device.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 Three-sided frame 2a
Upper horizontal members 2b, 2c
Vertical column members 11a, 11b Human body detection sensors 12a, 1
2b Registration light

Claims (1)

[Claims] Claims: 1. A human body detection means disposed in a three-sided frame of an elevator entrance and exit, which detects the presence of waiting passengers in an elevator hall by distinguishing them into ascending passengers and descending passengers; and a hall call registration means for registering a hall call in response to the detection of a waiting passenger by the human body detection means. Registration device.