JPH06321445A - Elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make a user able to easily select his own requesting root according to individual circumstances by installing a guiding means, being connected to a bank interlocking controller, and informing a route up to a destination floor and the operating conditions of an elevator cage, in an elevator hall. CONSTITUTION:An elevator is provided with a bank interlocking controller which drives it by way of separating into plural pieces of banks according to a story floor where a car is landed. In addition, a call-register button 13 as a guiding means, being connected to this bank interlocking controller and informing a route up to a destination floor and an operating status of the car, is installed in an elevator hall. According to the car operating status informed by the bank call register button 13, the bank to be utilized is selected. With this constitution, a users is able to easily select his own requesting route in accordance with individual circumstances.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an elevator, and more particularly to an elevator that is operated by being divided into a plurality of elevator groups having different stop floors.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a high-rise building, in order to operate an elevator efficiently and improve user service, an elevator group is divided into a plurality of banks each of which is stopped on a specific floor. There is.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a conventional elevator control device installed in a high-rise building. When nine elevators are divided into three banks and installed in a building on the 40th floor, which is a stopped floor. Show.

In FIG. 6, the first bank controller 3A,
Second bank control device 3B and third bank control device 3C
Are connected to the bank interlocking control device 2 as a host control device. Of these control devices, the first bank control device 3A is the first unit 4a1, the second unit 4a2, and the third unit 4
The elevator of the first bank 4A constituted by a3 is controlled via an elevator control device (not shown).

The second bank control device 3B is composed of a fourth unit 4b1, a fifth unit 4b2 and a sixth unit 4b3.
The elevator of the bank 4B is also controlled via an elevator control device (not shown), and the third bank control device 3C is
The elevator of the third bank 4C, which is composed of the 7th machine 4c1, the 8th machine 4c2 and the 9th machine 4c3, is controlled via an elevator control device (not shown).

Of these, Unit 1 4a1, Unit 4a2 and Unit 3 4a3 stopped from the 1st floor with the entrance plaza to the 16th floor, and Unit 4 4b1, Unit 5 4b2 and Unit 6 4b3
Stops from the 1st and 16th floors to the 28th floor, Unit 7 4c1, Unit 8 4
c2 and Unit 9 4c3 are stopped from the 1st floor and 28th floor to the 40th floor to improve the service for users on the higher floors.

Thus, in an elevator that is operated by being divided into a plurality of banks according to the difference in the stop floor, the floor number at which each elevator stops is assigned to the hall wall for passengers who use this elevator for the first time. The display board shown is provided so that the elevator to be boarded can be identified.

However, even in this method, a user who uses the elevator for the first time does not know which elevator to take to get to the desired floor during the morning and evening rush hours. There is a risk of confusion, in which case the user may have to ask at the reception desk in the building or at the information desk for the elevator to board.

Therefore, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-209175, a bank call button for registering a bank call or a bank call corresponding to the destination floor is provided near the entrance of the elevator hall with the entrance plaza. A control method has been proposed in which a display panel of a bank to be used is lit by pressing to notify the user, and a car is assigned in consideration of the traveling time of the user.

[0010]

However, even in an elevator adopting such a control method, for example, in the elevator shown in FIG. 6, in order to reach the 28th floor, the elevator of the first bank 4A is used. Get off at the 16th floor of the highest stop floor, transfer to the elevator of the 2nd bank 4B next to it and go to the 28th floor of the stop floor of the stop and the 2nd without going to the elevator of the 2nd bank 4B
There are 3 routes, the 3rd route and the 3rd route by the elevator of the 3rd bank, but information such as which route can be reached early or whether it is not crowded is available. Absent.

Therefore, for example, passengers who thought that it would be better to have an empty and slow elevator than to get on an early elevator due to congestion when they arrived at the building a little earlier than a predetermined time There is a risk of boarding. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to obtain an elevator in which a user can easily select a route requested by him / her according to his / her convenience.

[0012]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a bank interlocking control device in an elevator equipped with a bank interlocking control device that operates by dividing into a plurality of banks according to a floor on which a car lands. It is characterized in that the elevator hall is provided with a guide means for informing the route to the destination floor and the operation status of the car. Further, the invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that the guiding means is a bank call registration means which is connected to the bank interlocking control device and selects a utilized bank.

[0013]

According to the first aspect of the invention, the passenger selects the bank to be used in accordance with the operation status of the car notified by the guide means. According to the second aspect of the invention, the passenger selects the bank to be used according to the bank call registration means.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the elevator according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an elevator of the present invention, and is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 6 shown in the prior art. It should be noted that the same parts as those in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 1, the elevator of the present invention includes:
An entrance hall button 1, which will be described later in detail in FIG. 3, is installed on the elevator hall wall on the first floor where the entrance plaza is located.
As shown in FIG. 3A, the entrance hall button 1 is provided with a destination floor registration button 11, an entrance display 12 using liquid crystal, and a bank call registration button 13, of which a bank call registration button In 13, the number of each bank is displayed.

In the elevator constructed as described above, the entrance display 12 is usually shown in FIG.
As shown in (a), "Please press the button of the destination floor number" is displayed.

Now, when the passenger who is going to the 28th floor pushes the 28-number button of the destination floor registration button 11 according to the display on the entrance display 12, as shown in step S41 shown in the flowchart of FIG. 4, This registration information is input to the bank interlocking control device 2 shown in FIG. 1, and the bank interlocking control device 2 recognizes that there is a call for the 28th floor.

In the next step S42, the bank interlocking control device 2 collects the operation information of the elevators of the second bank 4B and the third bank 4C in order to handle the call on the 28th floor. This operation information includes information such as the estimated time until the passenger who operates the entrance hall button 1 arrives at the destination floor, the 28th floor, and the congestion status of the elevator.

This information is exchanged between the bank interlocking controller 2 shown in FIG. 2 and the first bank controller 3A to the third bank controller 3C in FIG. 2 and from the first bank controller 3A. As shown in the processing for outputting the bank information in step S51 of FIG. 5 showing the flowchart of the information processing of the third bank controller 3C, each bank controller 3A,
It is output to the bank interlocking control device 2 from 3B and 3C.

On the other hand, in the bank interlocking control device 2, the information collected in step S42 is displayed on the entrance display 12 in the next step S43, and the second bank 4B or the third bank 4 is used.
The estimated time to arrive at the 28th floor, which is the destination floor when using C, and the congestion in the car are displayed as shown in FIG. 3 (b).

As a result, the customer knows the status of the elevators in each bank, compares it with his own schedule, and presses the bank call registration button 13 of the elevator bank to board. For example,
When in a hurry, the bank call registration button 13b of the second bank 4B, which is crowded but has a short time, is pressed. Further, when the user wants an elevator that has time and is vacant, he / she presses the bank call registration button 13c of the third bank 4C, which has the longer time but is vacant.

Then, in the bank interlocking control device 2, FIG.
As shown in step S44 of FIG. 2, the input from the bank call registration button is confirmed, and in the next step S45, the car call is transmitted to the control device of the corresponding bank (in this case, the third bank control device 3C) as shown in FIG. In the third bank control device 3C, the input of the bank call signal is confirmed in step S52 of FIG. 5, and in the next step S53, the first unit 4c1 and the second unit 4c.
Allocation processing is performed to specify the nearest car among the three elevators of Units 2 and 3 4c3.

If there is no input from the bank call registration button in step S44 in FIG. 4, step S44 is executed.
Proceeding to 46, the process ends when a certain period of time has passed, and the process returns to step S44 and waits for the input by the bank call registration button until the certain period of time elapses.

Therefore, in the elevator thus constructed, the route and time to reach the desired floor can be judged and selected by looking at the entrance display, and the optimum route can be selected according to the convenience of each user. The route can be selected, and the service to the user can be further improved.

In the above embodiment, as the information displayed on the entrance display, the degree of congestion of the elevators and the time required are explained. However, for example, an elevator where a scenic outdoors can be seen, such as a hotel in a tourist area. When there is a service, the service can be further improved by displaying information on the elevator on the display.

Further, when the destination floor is the 27th floor and it is not the connecting floor in the explanation in FIG. 1, the route for changing to the descending elevator of the second bank 4B is displayed on the entrance display by using the third bank 4C. Of course, in FIG. 3B, a layout diagram showing the locations of the second bank and the third bank may be added.

Further, in FIG. 3A, when the bank call registration button 13 is pushed, the landing route of the bank may be displayed. Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, an example in which a liquid crystal is used for the entrance display 12 has been described.
Light emitting diodes may be used.

[0028]

As described above, according to the invention of claim 1,
In an elevator equipped with a bank interlocking control device that operates by dividing it into multiple banks depending on the floor on which the car lands,
By providing a guide means connected to the bank interlocking control device for notifying the route to the destination floor and the operation status of the car at the elevator hall, passengers can select the bank to use according to the operation status of the car notified by the guide means. By doing so, it is possible to obtain an elevator in which the user can easily select the route requested by him / her according to his / her convenience.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the guide means is the bank call registration means connected to the bank interlocking control device and selecting the use bank, so that the bank to be used according to the bank call registration means. Since passengers can select, the elevator can be obtained in which the user can easily select the route requested by the user according to his or her convenience.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an elevator of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the operation of the elevator according to the present invention.

FIG. 3A is an enlarged detail view showing an essential part of the elevator according to the present invention, and FIG. 3B is an enlarged detail view showing an operation of the essential part of the elevator according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the elevator of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the elevator of the present invention, which is different from FIG.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an example of a conventional elevator.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Entrance hall button, 2 ... Bank interlocking control device, 3A ... First bank control device, 3B ... Second bank control device, 3C ... Third bank control device, 4A ... First bank,
4B ... 2nd bank, 4C ... 3rd bank, 11 ... Destination floor registration button, 12 ... Entrance display, 13 ... Bank call registration button.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An elevator equipped with a bank interlocking control device that operates by dividing into a plurality of banks according to a floor on which a car lands, and a route to a destination floor connected to the bank interlocking control device and the operation status of the car. An elevator characterized in that a guide means for notifying the user is provided in the elevator hall. 2. The elevator according to claim 1, wherein the guide means is a bank call registration means which is connected to the bank interlocking control device and selects a use bank.