JPH06263336A - Elevator operation control method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To manage the utilizing experience as well as to manage the elevator utilizing competences of users, by memorizing the utilizing data corresponding to the time, as well as operating the elevator depending on the data read from a card. CONSTITUTION:A card 6 to memorize users ID and company codes, a card reading member 5 to read the data of the card 6, and a company table 41 to register the stopping floor corresponding to the company code, are provided. And, corresponding to that the card 6 is inserted to the card reading member 5, the stopping floor is drawn out and displayed, referring to the company table and depending on the company code read from the card 6 by the above card reading member 5, and the elevator is operated to the floor corresponding to the pushing of a button for a desired floor, of the displayed stopping floors.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an elevator operation control system for performing elevator operation control using a card.

[0002] In the management work of a building, in order to improve the service to a specific user, if the elevator is preferentially used or the access to each floor of the building is restricted, setting / change of the elevator use authority, deprivation of authority, Accurate and easy management of priority settings, personal recognition of users, and usage time is desired.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a stop floor button is pressed, an elevator normally stops at an intermediate floor and operates to a target floor. At this time, for floors that do not normally stop, press the stop button and enter the password,
It was controlled to stop at any stop floor.

[0004]

When a password is entered using the above stop button and control is performed to stop at an arbitrary stop floor, once the password is remembered, the authority cannot be deprived and the authority cannot be revoked. There was a problem that even a person who did not have it would be used if the password was leaked, and it would not be known who used it at what time.

The present invention solves these problems.
User ID is registered in the card, these are read into the elevator, elevator operation is performed based on the company code, stop floor flag, priority flag, exclusive flag, and the usage information is stored in association with the time. The purpose is to easily manage the usage authority of the elevator and to manage the usage record.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] Means for solving the problems will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 1, the card reading unit 5 reads the data of the card 6.

The card 6 stores a user ID, a company code, a user ID, a stop floor flag, a priority flag, and a dedicated flag. Company table 4
1 is for registering the stop floor in association with the company code.

The user table 42 is for registering a priority flag and a dedicated flag in association with a user ID.

[0009]

According to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, the company table 41 is read based on the company code read from the card 6 by the card reading unit 5 in response to the insertion of the card 6 into the card reading unit 5. The stop floor is taken out and displayed with reference to, and in response to the pressing of the button of any floor of the displayed stop floors, driving to that floor is performed.

Further, in response to the insertion of the card 6 into the card reading section 5, the card reading section 5 causes the card 6 to read.
Based on the company code read from the table, the company table 41 is referred to and the stop floor is taken out and displayed. In response to the pressing of a button on any of the displayed stop floors, the user When the exclusive flag read from the table 42 is on, a call from others is suppressed and exclusive operation is performed, while when the priority flag read from the card 6 is on, direct operation is performed to that floor. .

Further, in response to the card 6 being inserted into the card reading unit 5, the card reading unit 5 causes the card 6 to be inserted.
The floor whose stop floor flag read from is displayed is displayed, and in response to pressing of a button on any floor of the displayed stop floors, driving to that floor is performed.

Further, in response to the card 6 being inserted into the card reading unit 5, the card reading unit 5 causes the card 6 to be inserted.
When the exclusive flag read from the card 6 is turned on in response to the button of any floor of the displayed stop floors being displayed, A special operation is carried out by suppressing calls from others, and when the priority flag read from the card 6 is on, the direct operation is carried out to that floor.

Further, when the company code or the stop floor flag read from the card 6 is read to perform the driving, the time and the driving history are stored in association with the user ID.

Therefore, the user ID is registered in the card 6,
This is read by the card reading device 5 of the elevator, the elevator operation is performed based on the company code, stop floor flag, priority flag, exclusive flag, etc., and the usage information is stored in association with the time, thereby It is possible to easily manage the usage authority of the elevator and manage the usage record.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the construction and operation of an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 1A shows a configuration diagram when the usage conditions are managed by the control device 3. In this case, the company table 41 and the user table 4 are included in the condition table 4 of the control device 3.
Since it has 2, the user ID and company code are registered in the card 6 as shown in FIG.

In FIG. 1 (a), the display unit 1 performs various displays and various inputs on the screen. Here, the usage conditions are set on the screen and the usage conditions are set. The company table 41 and the user table 42 that are stored in the storage unit 2 or are the condition tables 4 from the screen.
It is for setting and storing in.

The usage rule storage unit 2 is for presetting and storing usage rules. As for the usage conditions, see the company table as shown in the figure, and look at the user table. By storing these usage conditions in the usage condition storage unit 2, at the time of execution, the usage condition determination processing 7 fetches these, and based on the company code and user code read from the card 6, the stop floor, Information of the priority flag and the dedicated flag is read out, and the processing shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 described later is executed.

The control device 3 performs various controls, and is composed of a condition table 4, a use condition determination process 7, an EV controller control unit 8 and the like.

The condition table 4 is for setting conditions, and is composed of a company table 41 and a user table 42 here. Company table 41
Is to previously register the stop floor in association with the company code.

The user table 42 sets a priority flag and a dedicated flag in advance in association with the user ID. When the priority flag is set to ON, the direct operation is performed without stopping the floor on the way to the designated floor. When the exclusive flag is on, calling from others is suppressed and exclusive operation is performed.

The card reading unit 5 reads the data from the card 6 to the user I.
It reads data such as D and company code. The card 6 is for writing a user ID, a company code, etc. (see FIG. 2).

The usage condition judgment processing 7 is performed by the usage condition storage unit 2
The processing is performed in accordance with the usage conditions (and here) registered in advance. By arbitrarily changing the usage conditions, the contents to be processed can be arbitrarily changed.

The EV controller control section 8 generates a control signal for the elevator 12 in accordance with the condition (instruction) judged by the usage condition judgment processing 7. The elevator controller 9 controls the operation of the elevator 12 according to the control signal from the EV controller control unit 8, and is composed of a control signal receiving unit 10, an engine control unit 11, and the like.

The control signal receiver 10 receives a control signal from the EV controller controller 8. The engine control unit 11 controls a motor or the like that drives the elevator 12 and drives the elevator 12 to a predetermined floor.

The elevator 12 carries a user and carries it to a predetermined floor. FIG. 1B shows a configuration diagram in the case of setting usage conditions for the card 6. In this case,
In the card 6, the stop floor flag is associated with the user ID,
Since the priority flag and the dedicated flag are stored, the condition table 4 of FIG. 1A is unnecessary.

In FIG. 1 (b), the display unit 1 performs various displays and various inputs on the screen. Here, the usage conditions are set on the screen and the usage conditions are set. The data is stored in the storage unit 2 or the like.

The usage rule storage unit 2 is for presetting and storing usage rules. The usage conditions are, as shown in the figure, refer to the stop floor flag, priority, refer to the dedicated flag, and others. By storing these usage conditions in the usage condition storage unit 2, at the time of execution, the usage condition determination processing 7 fetches these, and based on the stop floor flag, priority flag, and exclusive flag read from the card 6, Processing equivalent to that shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 described later is executed.

The control device 3 performs various kinds of control, and is composed of a utilization condition judging process 7, an EV controller control section 8 and the like here. The card reading unit 5 reads data such as a user ID, a stop floor flag, a priority flag, and a dedicated flag from the card 6.

The card 6 includes a user ID, a stop floor flag,
The priority flag and the dedicated flag are written (see FIG. 2). The usage condition determination process 7 is a process according to the usage conditions (and here) registered in advance in the usage condition storage unit 2. By arbitrarily changing the usage conditions, the contents to be processed can be arbitrarily changed.

The EV controller control section 8 generates a control signal for the elevator 12 in accordance with the condition (instruction) judged by the usage condition judgment processing 7. The elevator controller 9 controls the operation of the elevator 12 according to the control signal from the EV controller control unit 8, and is composed of a control signal receiving unit 10, an engine control unit 11, and the like.

The control signal receiving section 10 receives a control signal from the EV controller control section 8. The engine control unit 11 controls a motor or the like that drives the elevator 12 and drives the elevator 12 to a predetermined floor.

The elevator 12 carries a user and carries it to a predetermined floor. FIG. 2 shows an example of card data of the present invention. FIG. 2A shows the card 6 when the control device 3 manages the usage conditions. This is shown in FIG.
This is the card 6 used under the configuration of. As shown in the figure, user ID, version number, company code, and others are written in advance on the card 6 used in this system.

FIG. 2B shows the card 6 when the usage conditions are set for the card. This is a card 6 used under the configuration of FIG. As shown in the drawing, user ID, version number, stop flag, priority flag, exclusive flag, and others are written in advance in the card 6 used in this system.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the condition table of the present invention. This shows an example of the company table 41 and the user table 42 stored in the condition table 4 of FIG. FIG. 3A shows an example of the company table 41. In the company table 41, the following company codes are registered in advance as company code: company name, stop floor # 1 A company 1, 10-20 # 2 B company 1, 4-9. By registering in this way, FIG.
When the user having the card 6 of (a) inserts this card 6 into the card reading unit 5, the stop floor is taken out and displayed based on the company code read from the card 6 (Fig. 4 and FIG. 5 later).

FIG. 3B shows an example of the user table 42. In the user table 42, user-dedicated priority flags and dedicated flags # 11 1 0 # 22 0 1 are registered in advance as shown below. By registering in this way, FIG.
When the user having the card 6 of (a) inserts the card 6 into the card reading unit 5, based on the user code read from the card 6, information on ON / OFF of the priority flag and the dedicated flag Is taken out, and priority operation is performed without stopping halfway to the designated floor, or exclusive operation is performed by suppressing calls from others (described later with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5).

Next, according to the order shown in FIGS. 4 and 5,
Under the configuration of FIG. 1A, the card 6 of FIG.
The operation when the elevator is controlled by using will be described in detail.

4 and 5 show flowcharts for explaining the operation of the present invention. In FIG. 4, in S1, the user operates the card. This is for elevator users to
The card 6 of (a) is inserted into the card reading section 5 of (a) of FIG. 1 to read the card data.

In S2, the control device 3 takes out the stop floor from the "company table" based on the company code of the card data. In this case, the stop floor is taken out from the company table 41 of FIG. 3 (a) based on the company code read from the card 6 in S1. For example, when the company code is "# 1", the stop floors "1, 10-20" are taken out.

In S3, the elevator controller 9 is notified of the stop floor. S4 is the elevator controller 9
Control the lamp of the stop floor button. In S5, the lamp of the stop floor button of the elevator 12 is turned on by the lamp control of S4.

In step S6, the user presses the desired stop floor button from among them in response to the stop floor lamp being lit in step S5. In S7, the control device 3 extracts the exclusive flag of the "user table" based on the user ID of the card data. This is to extract ON / OFF of the dedicated flag from the user table 42 of FIG. 3B based on the user ID read from the card 6 in S1. For example, user I
When D is “# 22”, the exclusive flag “1 (ON)” is taken out.

In step S8, it is determined whether the dedicated flag is ON. Y
In the case of ES, the exclusive operation of the elevator is performed in S9 of FIG. 5 (operation of suppressing other calls until instructed), and the operation is performed to the stop floor in S14. This makes it possible to operate the elevator exclusively. On the other hand, NO
In the case of, the process proceeds to S10 of FIG.

S10 in FIG. 5 is a user I of card data.
Based on D, the priority flag of the "user table" is taken out.
This is to extract ON / OFF of the priority flag from the user table 42 of FIG. 3B based on the user ID read from the card 6 in S1. For example, user ID “# 1
When it is "1", the priority flag "1 (ON)" is taken out.

In step S11, it is determined whether the priority flag is ON.
If YES, the priority operation of the elevator (non-stop operation to the stop floor) is performed in S12, and the elevator is operated to the stop floor in S14. As a result, when the priority flag is ON,
It is possible to drive to the target floor nonstop without stopping on the floor on the way. On the other hand, in the case of NO, the operation instruction to the stop floor is issued in S13, and if there is a stop request from others in S14, the operation is continued to the stop floor while stopping.

As described above, the user simply inserts the card 6 into the card reading unit 5 of the elevator 12, refers to the company table 41 based on the company code, displays the corresponding stop floor, and is depressed. When the exclusive flag is ON by driving to the stop floor or by referring to the user table 42 based on the user ID, the exclusive operation is performed and the priority flag is set to O.
When it is N, it becomes possible to provide a service such as performing non-stop operation up to the stop floor. Also, at this time, the history of using the card 6 (user I
By storing the information (D, stop floor, etc. in association with the time), it becomes possible to manage the usage situation by the card 6.

In addition, under the configuration of FIG.
Also in the case of controlling the elevator using the card 6 in (b), the operation is similar to that shown in FIGS. 4 and 5.
Since the stop floor flag, the priority flag, and the exclusive flag are stored in the card 6 of FIG. 2B, the card 6 of FIG.
In the case of the card 6, the company table 41 and the user table 42 in the control device 3 were referred to, but the only difference is that this is no longer necessary, and the others are the same. This Figure 2
In the case of the card 6 of (b), it is possible to provide the services of the stop floor, the priority driving, and the dedicated driving only by rewriting the information of the card 6.

In the above embodiments, a so-called contact type card (magnetic card, IC card) to be inserted into the card reading section 5 was used as the card 6, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a non-contact type card (electromagnetic field). , A non-contact card using sound waves and light is not required to be inserted into the card reading unit 5. When reading card data from multiple contactless cards, only the card data of the first contactless card is given priority, or the card data with the highest priority of the card data read until the stop floor button is pressed. Is enabled and operation control is performed.

[0048]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The card 6 is read by the elevator card reader 5, the elevator is operated based on the user ID and company code (or user ID, stop floor flag, priority flag, exclusive flag), and the usage information corresponds to the time. Since the configuration that stores it together is adopted, the user's authority to use the elevator can be easily managed (grant, change, deprivation of rights) and the usage record is managed (user ID, stop floor, exclusive use). (Driving, priority driving, etc. are saved in association with the time)
Security can be ensured.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an example of card data of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an example of a condition table of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart (No. 1) for explaining the operation of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart (No. 2) for explaining the operation of the present invention.

[Explanation of reference numerals] 1: Display unit 2: Usage condition storage unit 3: Control device 4: Condition table 41: Company table 42: User table 5: Card reading unit 6: Card 7: Usage condition determination process 8: EV controller Control unit 9: Elevator controller 10: Control signal receiving unit 11: Engine control unit 12: Elevator

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An elevator operation control system for controlling the operation of an elevator using a card, which stores a user ID and a company code.
And a card reading unit (5) for reading data on the card (6)
And a company table (41) for registering the stop floor in association with the company code, and corresponding to the insertion of the card (6) into the card reading unit (5), the card reading unit (5) ) Refers to the company code (6) read from the card (6) to display the stop floor by referring to the company table (41), and a button on any floor of the displayed stop floors is pressed. In response to this, an elevator operation control system characterized by being configured to operate up to that floor. 2. A card (6) for storing a user ID and a company code in an elevator operation control system for controlling the operation of an elevator using a card.
And a card reading unit (5) for reading data on the card (6)
And a company table (41) for registering a stop floor in association with a company code, and a user table (42) for registering a priority flag and a dedicated flag in association with a user ID. Corresponding to the fact that the card reading unit (5) has inserted the card reading unit (5), referring to the company table (41) based on the company code read from the card (6), the stop floor Is displayed, and the dedicated flag read from the user table (42) based on the user ID is turned on in response to the button on any floor of the displayed stop floors being pressed. At the time of, an exclusive operation is performed by suppressing calls from others, and when the priority flag read from the card (6) is on, direct operation is performed up to that floor. Data operation control system. 3. An elevator operation control system for controlling the operation of an elevator using a card, a card (6) storing a user ID and a stop floor flag, and a card reading unit for reading data of the card (6). (5) and the stop floor flag read from the card (6) by the card reading unit (5) is turned on in response to the card (6) being inserted into the card reading unit (5). An elevator operation control system characterized in that a floor is displayed, and when the button of any floor of the displayed stop floors is pressed, the operation is performed up to that floor. 4. An elevator operation control system for controlling operation of an elevator using a card, wherein a card (6) storing a user ID, a stop floor flag, a priority flag, and a dedicated flag, and a card (6). A card reading unit (5) for reading data, and when the card (6) is inserted into the card reading unit (5), data is read from the card (6) by the card reading unit (5). The floor whose stop floor flag is on is displayed, and when the dedicated flag read from the card (6) is turned on in response to the button of any floor of the displayed stop floors being pressed, The elevator driving system is characterized in that it is configured to perform a dedicated operation while suppressing the call from the car and to directly drive to that floor when the priority flag read from the card (6) is on. Method. 5. When driving is performed by reading the company code or stop floor flag read from the card (6),
The elevator operation control system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the time and the operation history are stored in association with the user ID.