JPH06271211A - Call register button device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a call register button device wherein a person, who past stay in facilities, can be prevented from going out of the facilities by utilizing an elevator. CONSTITUTION:A call register button device is constituted of a call register button device 25 for performing an ordinary call register and a call register assist button device 27 additionally provided in a position detached from the call register button device 25. Only when a call register button, provided in the call register button device 25, care be pressed in a specific time after pressing a call register assist button provided in the call register assist button device 27, the call register is performed, and an elevator can be utilized.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a call registration button device, and more particularly to a call registration button device which requires a predetermined operation to register a call for calling an elevator car.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When using an elevator in a building, a call registration button is provided on the side of the elevator to press the call registration button in the ascending or descending direction to register the call and call the elevator basket. FIG. 6 shows a conventional call registration button device 1. 3 is an ascending call registration button that is pressed to register a call when going to the upper floor,
5 is a landing call registration button that is pressed to register a call when going to a lower floor, and 7 is a face plate that supports the respective call registration buttons 3 and 5. The directions of travel of the elevators are indicated by arrows 3a and 5a, respectively. Call registration is confirmed by lighting.

By the way, in facilities for the aged or the like, a person such as a demented aged who wants to be kept in the facility may get out of the facility by using the elevator. As a preventive measure, leave the service that normally supplies the basket,
A key switch is provided in the hall or the basket of the elevator, and the call is registered by operating the key switch or the key switch and the call registration buttons 3 and 5 in combination. FIG. 7 shows a call registration button device 10 in which a key switch 11 is provided in the call registration button device 1 shown in FIG.

[0004]

However, in the conventional call registration button device, since only a specific person who can own the key can use the elevator (or the desired floor),
It is possible to prevent getting on and off the elevator by elderly people with dementia,
There was a problem that the elevator could not be used when you forgot to carry the key.

In addition, it is very inconvenient to limit the number of users, because a person who does not own the key, such as an external person, may use the elevator.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and the purpose thereof is to register a call for preventing a person who should be kept in the facility from using the elevator to get out of the facility. It is to provide a button device.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, a call registration button device according to the present invention operates a call registration button provided at a landing to register a call for an elevator car. In a call registration button device for calling to a call registration floor, a call registration auxiliary button provided at a position apart from the call registration button is provided, and the call registration button is operated within a predetermined time after operating the call registration auxiliary button. It is characterized in that the call is registered by doing.

According to another aspect of the present invention, in a call registration button device for operating a call registration button installed in a hall to register a call to bring an elevator car to a call registration floor, the call registration button is in the vicinity of the call registration button. Further, one or a plurality of call registration auxiliary buttons are provided, and the call is registered by operating the call registration button while operating a predetermined call registration auxiliary button.

Further, according to another invention, in a call registration button device for operating a call registration button installed in a hall to call and register an elevator car to a call registration floor, the call registration button is: A feature is that call registration is performed by issuing one or more operation signs to operate the call registration button and performing a predetermined operation according to the operation sign on the call registration button.

[0010]

In the call registration button device according to the present invention having the above structure, the call registration auxiliary button is first operated. After that operation, the call is registered by operating the call registration button within a predetermined time, and the elevator basket is called to the call registration floor. As a result, the elevator can be used only when a predetermined operation is performed on the call registration assistance button.

Further, in the call registration button device according to another invention, the call registration button is operated while operating a predetermined call registration auxiliary button among the plurality of call registration auxiliary buttons, whereby the call is registered, Call the basket and bring it to the registration floor. Thus, the elevator can be used only when the call registration button is operated while operating the call registration auxiliary button.

Further, in the call registration button device according to another invention, when the call registration button is operated once, the call registration button gives an operation sign. The user performs a predetermined operation on the operation sign on the call registration button. If the operation matches a predetermined condition, the next operation sign is issued from the call registration button. Call registration is performed by correctly performing a predetermined operation on all the operation signs issued a plurality of times, and the elevator basket is called to the call registration floor. As a result, the elevator can be used only when the call registration button is correctly operated according to all the operation signs.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that substantially the same elements as those in the conventional example are denoted by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted.

Embodiment 1 FIG. 1 shows an external view of an elevator hall 21 having a first embodiment of the present invention. A call registration button device 25 is attached beside the door 23 of the elevator to call and register the car of the elevator to the call registration floor.
The call registration button device 25 in this embodiment may have substantially the same function as the conventional example shown in FIG. Reference numeral 27 denotes a call registration auxiliary button device, which is provided at a position on the side wall of the elevator apart from the call registration button device 25 in this embodiment. In this embodiment, the call registration button device 25 and the call registration auxiliary button device 27 constitute one call registration button device. The call registration button device 25
The detailed positional relationship with the call registration auxiliary button device 27 will be described later. FIG. 2 is a front view of the call registration auxiliary button device 27 shown in FIG. The call registration assistance button device 27 is
As the call registration assisting buttons, there are an ascending call registration assisting button 29 to be pushed when going to the upper floor and a descending call registration assisting button 31 to be pushed when going to the lower floor. Reference numeral 33 is a face plate that supports the call registration auxiliary buttons 29 and 31.

A feature of this embodiment is that the call registration auxiliary button device 27 is provided so that the call registration cannot be performed unless the button operation device 27 is operated. As a result, call registration cannot be performed without operating the call registration button device 25 as well as the call registration auxiliary button device 27. It is possible to prevent getting out.

The operation of the first embodiment will be described below.

A control circuit (not shown) is processed in advance to set the call registration button device 25 in a call registration disabled state. When the user wants to use the elevator, he or she first presses one of the call registration assistance buttons 29 and 31 in the ascending and descending direction. After pressing, the call can be registered by pressing any of the call registration buttons 3 and 5 of the call registration button device 25 within a predetermined time. In other words,
If the call registration button device 25 cannot be operated within a predetermined time, the elevator cannot be used. Call registration is confirmed by lighting.

By operating as described above, for example, an elderly person with dementia in a facility for the elderly, an elderly person who cannot walk sufficiently, and others who want to be kept in the facility will escape from the facility by using the elevator. Can be prevented.
The call registration assisting button device 27 prevents the person who is slow in moving from registering the call within a predetermined time.
It may be attached at a position away from 5. Alternatively, conversely, the predetermined time from the operation of the call registration auxiliary button device 27 to the operation of the call registration button device 25 may be set shorter than the distance therebetween. In this way, the call registration button device 2
The predetermined time set based on the correlation between the distance between 5 and the call registration auxiliary button device 27 is set in a control circuit process (not shown). Of course, it is not necessary to teach the existence and operation method of the call registration assistance button device 27 to the person who wants to keep it in the facility. By teaching the operation of the call registration button device in this embodiment to external visitors such as visitors, the elevator can be used without difficulty.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, it is also effective for the elderly people with dementia that the call registration assist buttons 29, 31 are not marked with arrows on their surfaces.

The combination of the call registration buttons 3 and 5 and the call registration auxiliary buttons 29 and 31 is not limited to the rising call registration button 3 and the rising call registration auxiliary button 29. To fulfill, the number of call registration auxiliary buttons is not limited to two.

[0021] Example 2 will now be described a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the call registration button device 35 in this embodiment, and FIG. 4 is a side view of the call registration button device 35 of FIG. 3 seen from below. The call registration button device 35 is attached to the position of the call registration button device 25 in FIG.

The feature of this embodiment is that 6 is provided on the side surface of the face plate 7 near each call registration button 3, 5.
Individual call registration assistance buttons 37a, 37b, 37c, 37
d, 37e, 37f are provided. This allows
Call registration can be done only by performing a predetermined operation on any of the call registration buttons 3, 5 as well as any of the call registration assistance buttons 37a to 37f, so people who want to keep it in the facility can use the elevator. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the user from getting out of the facility.

The operation of the second embodiment will be described below.

The control circuit is processed in advance to set the call registration button device 35 in the call registration disabled state. When you want to use the elevator, a predetermined call registration assistance button 37
The call can be registered by pressing either the ascending call registration button 3 or the descending call registration button 5 while pressing any of a to 37f. For example, when going to the upper floor, if the setting is made such that the rising call registration button 3 is pushed while performing a predetermined operation of simultaneously pressing the call registration auxiliary buttons 37b and 37c on the left and right of the rising call registration button 3, Call registration can be performed only when the operation is performed. The setting of the predetermined operation is set in the control circuit in advance and can be updated.

By making the above-mentioned action, it is possible to prevent a person who wants to be kept in the facility such as an elderly person with dementia in a facility for the elderly from using the elevator to get out of the facility. . Of course, it is not necessary to teach the existence and operation method of the call registration assisting button devices 37a to 37f to the person who wants to keep them in the facility. By teaching the operation of the call registration button device 35 in this embodiment to external visitors such as visitors, the elevator can be used without difficulty.

The call registration auxiliary buttons 37a to 37f
Can be set to press any one of the call registration assistance buttons 37a to 37f a plurality of times without pressing the call registration buttons 3 and 5 at the same time, or set the call registration assistance buttons 37a to 37f to be pressed in a predetermined order. You can also do it.

Further, the call registration button device 35 in this embodiment is easy to implement because it is only necessary to replace the call registration button device 35 part.

[0029] Example 3 The following is a description of a third embodiment of the present invention.

The call registration button device in this embodiment is
The call registration button device 1 shown in FIG. 6 has substantially the same configuration.

A feature of this embodiment is that each call registration button 3, 5 is given an operation sign.
The operation sign is a sign that blinks the indicator lights of the call registration buttons 3 and 5 and controls the speed of the blinking to prompt the elevator user to perform an operation.

The operation of the third embodiment will be described below.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing the procedure for call registration in this embodiment. The call registration button device 1 is set in the call registration disabled state by processing the control circuit in advance. When the user wants to use the elevator, he pushes the call registration buttons 3 and 5 (hereinafter also referred to as landing buttons) in a desired ascending / descending direction (step 101). The timer A is started by pressing the button (step 102). Only when a predetermined operation of pressing the timer A three times before the timer A times out, for example, three times during the timer A of 1.5 seconds (step 103), the hall button starts blinking (flicker). Only when a predetermined operation of pressing the hall button at a predetermined flicker prescribed number of times after the blinking starts (step 104), the process proceeds to the next step. For example, the process proceeds to the next step only when the button is pressed during the third lighting. Here, the hall button is turned off for about 1 second in order to clarify the blinking break (step 105). Step 105
After the end, the hall button starts blinking (flicker) more slowly than before. By blinking at a different time interval from that at step 104, the user can be notified that an operation different from step 104 is requested. Only when a predetermined operation of pressing the hall button is performed a predetermined number of times of flicker after the blinking starts (step 10
6), proceed to the next step. For example, the process proceeds to the next step only when the button is pressed during the second lighting, and the call is registered here (step 107).

In this way, the call registration process becomes invalid if a predetermined operation is not performed in the above process. As described above, pressing the landing button only a specified number of times is very effective for the following reasons. This is because, if the landing button that was pressed does not light, it is assumed that the same landing button will be pressed once or many times.

By making the above-mentioned action, it is possible to prevent a person who wants to remain in the facility, such as an elderly person with dementia in a facility for the elderly, from using the elevator to get out of the facility. . Of course, it is not necessary to teach a person who wants to keep it in the facility how to operate the call registration button device 1. By teaching the operation of the call registration button device 1 in this embodiment to external visitors such as visitors, the elevator can be used without difficulty.

In the above embodiment, the call registration buttons 3 and 5 are blinked to perform a predetermined operation. However, desired components are added to the call registration button device 1, and the call registration buttons 3 and 5 are added. It is also possible to operate the color, the sound, etc. when 5 is turned on and a combination thereof.

[0037]

As described above, according to the call registration button device of the present invention, not only the call registration button but also both the call registration auxiliary button and the call registration button that are complicatedly or difficultly set are operated. Since the call registration can be performed only at such a time, it is possible to prevent a person, such as an elderly person with dementia in a facility for the elderly, who wants to remain in the facility from using the elevator to get out of the facility.

Further, according to another invention, in addition to the above effects, since the operation sign is given to the call registration button, the existing equipment can be used as it is.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view of an elevator hall for explaining a first embodiment of a call registration button device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the call registration button auxiliary device according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a second embodiment of the call registration button device according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a side view of a call registration button device according to a second embodiment of the present invention seen from below.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a call registration process in the third embodiment of the call registration button device according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a front view of a conventional call registration button device and a call registration button device which constitutes a part of a third embodiment and a first embodiment of the call registration button device according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a front view of a conventional call registration button device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 25, 35 call registration button device 27 call registration auxiliary button device 29 climbing call registration auxiliary button 31 descending call registration auxiliary button 33 face plates 37a to 37f call registration auxiliary button

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A call registration button device for operating a call registration button provided at a hall to call an elevator car to a call registration floor by performing call registration, and a call provided at a position away from the call registration button. A call registration button device, wherein a call registration button is provided by providing a registration assistance button and operating the call registration button within a predetermined time after operating the call registration assistance button. 2. A call registration button device for registering a call by operating a call registration button installed at a hall to call an elevator car to a call registration floor, wherein one or more call registrations are provided near the call registration button. A call registration button device, wherein an auxiliary button is provided, and a call is registered by operating the call registration button while operating a predetermined call registration auxiliary button. 3. A call registration button device for registering a call by operating a call registration button installed in a hall to call an elevator car to a call registration floor, wherein the call registration button operates the call registration button. A call registration button device characterized in that the call registration is performed by issuing one or a plurality of operation signs and performing a predetermined operation according to the operation sign on the call registration button.