JPH06127858A - Elevator operating state display device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate floor number display in a multistory building or the like by providing a display device for displaying plural rows of floor display indicating the moving position of a car as well as interruption-displaying operation data in a display pattern displaying an elevator simulatively. CONSTITUTION:The display part (display image plane 16) of an elevator operating state display device disposed in a center device or each branch office is provided with a first display part 17 for indicating the state of a car, a second display part 18 for indicating the action state of equipment and switches disposed inside and outside of the car, a third display part 19 for indicating the action state of equipment disposed in a machine room, and a fourth display part 20 for indicating the action state of operating switches in the car. The first display part 17 displays the figure 22 indicating each floor, a mark 23 indicating the present position of the car, marks 24, 25 indicating the generation of upward/downward landing calls to the car, marks 26 indicating the generation of car calls, a mark 27 indicating the operating direction of the car, and the figure 28 indicating the present position of the car.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an elevator operation status display device, and more particularly to an elevator operation status display device suitable for use in an elevator installed in a building having a large number of floors such as a high-rise building. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An elevator is usually installed in a building (building) having a plurality of floors, and is frequently used by people who go in and out of the building (building). Therefore, if a failure occurs in the elevator, not only will it cause great inconvenience to people who use the elevator, but in the worst case, it may result in personal injury. Therefore, it is necessary to constantly monitor the operation status of the elevator, and also to perform complicated maintenance.

Conventionally, in order to monitor the operating status of the elevator and maintain the elevator, many elevators have
Various data in the operation state are constantly collected and stored in the storage unit, and the collected data are analyzed to determine whether or not an elevator failure has occurred. If it is determined that a failure has occurred, the elevator An elevator diagnostic system has been established that reports to the maintenance company in order to request the repair of the failure. On the other hand, if the elevator maintenance company wants to know the operation status of the elevator for reasons of elevator maintenance, the necessary data is read from the storage unit at any time, and the read data is displayed on the display device of the maintenance company. There is also established an elevator diagnostic system that determines whether the operating state of the elevator is correct based on the display result.

[0004]

By the way, since the display of the data performed by the maintenance company has been the display contents of a list of letters and numbers related to the data, the display contents are as follows. Does not mean that only those with a high degree of knowledge about elevators can perceive it, and even for those with a high degree of knowledge, it is necessary to follow the sequence of displayed letters and numbers in order. It was very time-consuming and complicated to grasp the contents.
In particular, when the type of data to be displayed and the amount of data are large, a considerable amount of time was required to find the most needed data among them. Furthermore, for those who have relatively shallow knowledge about elevators, reference books such as handbooks should be referred to for the meaning of the enumeration of letters and numbers displayed, and the enumeration of those letters and numbers It took a lot of time and effort to understand the meaning.

The present invention is intended to eliminate such a problem, and an object thereof is to provide an elevator operation status display device capable of easily ascertaining the elevator operation status even if the operator does not have a high degree of knowledge about the elevator. To do.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an elevator operation status display device capable of easily displaying the number of floors even when the number of floors is considerably large as in a high-rise building. .

[0007]

In order to achieve the above and other objects, the present invention provides an elevator operation status display device for displaying the traveling status of an elevator car based on elevator operation data. The operation data is interrupted and displayed in a display pattern that imitates, and a floor display indicating the moving position of the elevator car is displayed in a plurality of columns.

[0008]

According to the above means, in the operation status display device of the elevator, the graphic data showing the elevators stored and stored for each elevator in a simulated manner, and the operation data acquired by the elevator for investigating the operation status. Is used, and the operation data is interrupted in the display pattern which is obtained by displaying the graphic data and which simulates the elevator. When this display is performed, a state close to the configuration of the elevator hoistway of the building where the elevator is actually installed, and a state close to the situation during operation of the elevator are displayed in a simulated manner. Even if the user does not have the knowledge of, the displayed contents can be understood and understood relatively easily.

Further, according to the above means, in the operation status display device for the elevator, since the floor display indicating the moving position of the elevator car is displayed in a plurality of columns, the elevator operation status display device can be operated like a high-rise building. Even when it is difficult to display the number of floors vertically, the number of floors can be displayed without difficulty.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an elevator operation status display device according to the present invention.

In FIG. 1, 1 is an elevator operation status display device, 2 is a communication device, 3 is a control unit, 4 is a first storage unit in which various simulated graphic data relating to the elevator are stored, and 5 is acquired. A second storage unit for storing and storing various types of data thus obtained, 6 is a display unit, and 7 is an input unit for inputting necessary commands and data.

The elevator operation status display device 1
Is disposed in a center device or in each sales office. One end of the communication device 2 is appropriately connected to each elevator terminal device via a telephone line, and the other end is connected to the control unit 3. The control unit 3 includes a first storage unit 4, a second storage unit 5, a display unit 6,
It is connected to each of the input units 7 and writes various data input from the communication device 2 into the second storage unit 5 or the first storage unit 5.
The data stored in the second storage units 4 and 5 is read out and displayed on the display unit 6, and each unit is controlled in response to a command or data from the input unit 7.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the outline of a system in which elevator operation data is transmitted from each elevator installed in a building such as a building to an elevator operation status display device.

In FIG. 2, 8 is an elevator, 9 is an elevator control unit, 10 is a terminal device, 11 is a center device, 1
Reference numeral 2 is a sales office, 13 is a telephone line, and the same components as those shown in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals.

An elevator 8, an elevator control unit 9 and a terminal device 10 are installed on the side of a building such as a building, and a center device 11 and a sales office 12 are installed at locations away from those buildings. . In this case, the terminal device 10
And the center device 11, and the terminal device 10 and the sales office 12,
In addition, the center device 11 and the business office 12 are each connectable by a telephone line 15. In addition,
An elevator operation status display device 1 is installed in the center device 11 and / or the sales office 12.

Further, FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of display contents displayed on the display screen of the display section 6 of the elevator operation status display device 1.

In FIG. 3, 17 is a first display portion showing the state of the elevator car, 18 is a second display portion showing the operating state of devices and switches arranged inside and outside the car, and 19 is a machine room. Third showing the operating status of the equipment
Is a fourth display portion showing the operating state of the operation switches in the car, and 21 is a fifth display portion showing the building and the elevator.

The first display portion 17 displays the image of the hoistway of the elevator car by means of vertical grids. Within each grid, the number 22 indicating each floor is arranged in two rows. In this example, the number 22-1 indicating the odd floor is shown in one column and the number 22-2 indicating the even floor is shown in the other column.
Are displayed respectively, and the symbols (□) 23 indicating the current position of the car and the symbols (△, ▽) 24, 2 indicating the generation of hall calls in the ascending and descending directions with respect to the car
5 and a symbol (○) 26 that indicates the occurrence of a call in the car are displayed corresponding to the floor, and in addition, a symbol (arrow) 27 that indicates the driving direction of the car and the current position of the car 28 is displayed, and the operating states of the end-floor safety switch and the end-floor forced deceleration switch are displayed by lighting the lamps at the portions corresponding to the uppermost floor and the lowermost floor outside the square. The second display portion 18 displays the operating states of the car door switch, the safety shoe switch, and the overload switch by lighting the lamp, and the third display portion 19 displays the operating states of the power supply and the safety confirmation relay. Displayed by. The fourth display portion 20 displays the operating states of the stop switch, the maintenance switch, the door opening switch, and the dedicated operation switch by lighting the lamp, and the fifth display portion 21 displays the building name and the elevator number in letters and characters. It is displayed by numbers.

The operation of the elevator operation status display device will now be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

Now, if some failure occurs in the elevator 8, the terminal device 10 judges whether or not there is an abnormality in the elevator 8 based on the data acquired by the elevator control unit 9. At that time, the abnormality is detected. If detected, an abnormality is reported to the center device 11 through the telephone line 13. Upon receiving this abnormality report, the center device 11 notifies the sales office 12 which is in charge of maintenance of the elevator 8 in which this abnormality has occurred, through the telephone line 13, to report the occurrence of the abnormality, and the maintenance personnel are dispatched. Request.
At this time, the maintenance staff at the sales office 12 immediately rushes to the building where the elevator 8 in which the failure has occurred is installed, and performs the required processing to restore the failure of the elevator 8.

In this case, when the operator of the center device 11 or the maintenance staff of the sales office 12 wants to know the operation status of the elevator 8, the operator or maintenance staff can use the telephone line 13 to connect the center equipment 11 and the terminal. The terminal 10 is connected to the device 10 or the sales office 12, and the operating state of the elevator 8 acquired by the elevator control unit 9 is displayed, for example, when a failure occurs, when the elevator 8 is installed, when the elevator 8 is in maintenance operation, or the like. Various data are transferred to the center device 11 or the sales office 12 side and displayed on the display unit 6 of the center device 11 or the sales office 12.

Here, for example, the maintenance staff at the sales office 12
When the operator wants to know the operation status of the elevator 8 under his control, the maintenance staff first selects the elevator 8 by operating the input unit 7 and inputs command information to the effect that the operation status is to be investigated. Do. The control unit 3 responds to the command information, calls the terminal device 10 through the communication device 2, and when the telephone line 13 is connected between the sales office 12 and the terminal device 10, the elevator 8 controls the elevator 8 via the elevator control unit 9. Data regarding the operation is acquired, the data obtained at that time is transferred to the business office 12 through the telephone line 13, and is temporarily stored in the second storage unit 5. Also,
In parallel with the above operation, the control unit 3 controls the graphic data related to the elevator 8 already stored in the first storage unit 4,
For example, various simulated graphic data related to the number of floors of the building in which the elevator 8 is installed, the model of the elevator 8 and the like are read out, and the display pattern corresponding to the simulated graphic data is displayed on the display screen 16 of the display unit 6. After this display pattern is displayed, the data regarding the operation state of the elevator 8 previously stored and stored in the second storage unit 5 is read out,
The data is allocated and displayed at the corresponding position in the display pattern. As a result, on the display screen 16 of the display unit 6, as shown in FIG. 3, a display including the first display portion 17 to the fifth display portion 21 comes to be performed.

By the way, when the display shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the display screen 16 of the display unit 6, the meaning of the display is as follows.

In the display of the first display portion 17, from the display position of the squares of the symbol (□) 23 and the display of the number 28, the car of the elevator 8 is currently on the 9th floor and the symbol (upward arrow) 27 is displayed. From the square display position of the symbol (△) 24, there is a hall call in the upward direction on the 13th floor or the 14th floor, and from the square display position of the symbol (▽) There is a hall call in the descending direction on the 13th or 14th floor and the 5th or 6th floor, and it is 17 from the square display position of the symbol (○) 26.
It indicates that there is a call in the car on the first or 18th floor. Regarding the display of the operating states of the devices and switches on the first display portion 17 to the fourth display portion 20, the lamp is displayed in blue during operation (normal operation), and the lamp is not illuminated during non-operation. Furthermore, during abnormal operation, the lamp is displayed in red flashing so that the operator and maintenance personnel can be clearly notified of the location and occurrence of the abnormality. In addition, in the fifth display portion 21,
The name of the building in which the elevator 8 is installed and the number of elevators 8 in that building are displayed.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the numerical display of the floors is displayed in a plurality of columns, and the floors to be displayed are displayed by both symbols and numbers, so that it looks like a high-rise building. Even when the number of floors is large, there is no problem in displaying the number of floors, and the number of floors can be displayed clearly.

Further, in the present embodiment, when the data on the operating state of the elevator is displayed, the data is interrupted and displayed in the display pattern simulating the elevator. Even if the person does not have a high level knowledge about, the operation status of the elevator can be easily and quickly grasped.

The display of the display screen 16 of the display section 6 is an example, and the display of symbols, characters or numbers and the display of each device or switch in the present invention are as shown in the table above. It is not limited to the example shown, it may be displayed using other symbols, letters or numbers,
Of course, the display of each device and switches may be performed in other formats.

[0029]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The number of floors is displayed in multiple columns, and the floors to be displayed are displayed with both symbols and numbers, so even if there are many floors such as in a high-rise building, the number of floors There is an effect that the display can be displayed clearly without any trouble.

Further, according to the present invention, when the data on the operating state of the elevator is displayed, the data is interrupted and displayed in the display pattern simulating the elevator. Even if the person does not have a high degree of knowledge, there is an effect that the operation state of the elevator can be easily and quickly grasped.

Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to grasp the operation state of the elevator without being dispatched to the installation site of the elevator where the failure has occurred. When the failure is minor and the failure is recovered in a short time, the failure recovery status of the elevator can be immediately grasped at a remote place. For this reason,
It is possible to determine whether or not a request for dispatching is required before dispatching, and it is possible to reduce the number of unnecessary dispatches and reduce costs.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram showing an example of an internal configuration of an operation state display device for an elevator according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a system for transmitting and receiving elevator operation data.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a screen display in the elevator operation status display device according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Elevator operation status display device 2 Communication device 3 Control part 4 First storage part 5 Second storage part 6 Display part 7 Input part 8 Elevator 9 Elevator control part 10 Terminal device 11 Center device 12 Sales office 13 Telephone line 16 Display screen 17 First display portion 18 Second display portion 19 Third display portion 20 Fourth display portion 21 Fifth display portion

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Takaaki Oka, 1-6 Kandanishikicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Within Hitachi Building System Service Co., Ltd. (72) Yuichi Hara 1-6, Kandanishikicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Shares Inside the Hitachi Building System Service

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. In an elevator operation status display device for displaying the traveling status of an elevator car based on elevator operation data, the operation data is interrupted and displayed in a display pattern simulating the elevator, Further, an elevator operation status display device characterized in that a floor display showing the movement position of the elevator car is displayed in a plurality of columns. 2. The operation state display device for an elevator according to claim 1, wherein the moving position of the elevator car is displayed in characters together with the symbol display. 3. The elevator according to claim 1, wherein the moving position of the elevator car, the moving direction of the elevator car, the hall call generation state, and the call generation state in the car are displayed as symbols. Operation status display device.