JPH0720814B2 - Elevator car control panel - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an elevator car operating panel, and more particularly to a car operating panel that enables non-stop display by using a destination button.

[Prior art] The elevator car operation panel is arranged with destination buttons corresponding to each floor and operation buttons for opening and closing doors, etc. By pressing the destination button, the car call of the target floor is registered, Is displayed as a response.

Conventionally, as such a car operation panel, for example,
There is one disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 42933.

FIGS. 5 to 7 show a conventional elevator car operation panel. FIG. 5 is an overall front view, FIG. 6 is a sectional view of a destination button, and FIG. 7 is a circuit configuration diagram.

In the figure, 1 is a car operation panel, 2 is a face plate,
3 _{1 to} 3 ₁₀ are destination buttons on the first floor to the tenth floor arranged on the face plate 2 as shown in FIG.

The destination buttons 3 _{1 to} 3 ₁₀ are a housing 4 fixed to the inner surface of the face plate 2 and a button head located inside the housing 4 and exposed outward from an opening 2a formed in the face plate 2. 5, a printed board 6 mounted on the side of the housing 4 opposite to the face plate 2, a switch 7 fixed on the printed board 6 and operated by pressing the button head 5, and the printed board 6. , A response display lamp 8 for indicating that the car call has been registered and a service display lamp 9, and the lead wire 10 drawn out from the printed board 6 is connected to an elevator control panel 11 (see FIG. 7). It is like this.

In FIG. 7, 7 _{1 to} 7 ₁₀ are button switches on the _1st to _10th floors, 8 ₁ to 8 ₁₀ are response display lamps on the 1st to 10th floors, and 9 _{1 to} 9 ₁₀ are non-service display lamps. Are connected to the elevator control panel 11 via leads 10 ₁ to 10 ₁₀ .

In the conventional elevator car operation panel configured as described above, the button head 5 of the arbitrary destination button is pressed, the button switch is turned on by this, and the switch signal is sent to the elevator control panel 11,
In the control panel 11, the call of the floor corresponding to the pressed destination button is registered, and at the same time, a lamp lighting command indicating that the call is registered is transmitted to the car operation panel 1, and the response display lamp in the pressed destination button is lit. And inform the passengers in the car that the car call has been registered.

Moreover, the special circumstances of the building, for example, to the 10th floor in a non-service floor, when turning on the service switching switch provided on an operation panel in the control room or the like (not shown), the 10th floor of a non-destination button 3 ₁₀ The service display lamp 9 ₁₀ lights up, and the destination button 3 ₁₀ is displayed in a color different from that at the time of normal service, for example, red. This will allow elevator users 10
Indicates that the floor is a non-service floor.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]

In the above-mentioned conventional elevator car operation panel, the destination button corresponding to the non-service floor is displayed differently from normal service, for example, by lighting in red, it is indicated that the floor of the destination button is the non-service floor. Therefore, for users who are not familiar with the color-coded display of destination buttons, it is impossible to judge whether the floor corresponding to the destination button displayed in red is a non-service floor, and simply give distrust. As a result, there was the inconvenience of operating the destination button on the non-service floor.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problem. By adding a display means for displaying characters, figures, etc. to the destination button, the display of the non-service floor is clarified, and the user can easily recognize and judge. The purpose is to provide a car control panel for an elevator that can be used.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

The elevator car operation panel according to the present invention has destination buttons arranged corresponding to a plurality of elevator stop floors, a dot-type display panel incorporated in each of these destination buttons, and an arbitrary floor When the floor is designated as a stop floor, the display of the destination button display panel corresponding to that floor is provided with a control circuit for displaying from the normal floor display to the fact that the floor is a non-stop floor by characters or figures. .

[Action]

In the present invention, when the non-stop floor is designated, the control circuit directly displays the non-stop floor on the display panel of the destination button corresponding to the designated non-stop floor by characters or the like. The non-stop floor display becomes clear, and the user can easily recognize and judge it.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

1 to 3 show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a front view of the entire operation panel in a car, and FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line II-II of FIG. FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the display control circuit.

First, in FIG. 1, 20 is an operation panel in the car, 21 is its face plate, and 1 is attached to this face plate 21.
Destination buttons 22 _{1 to} 22 ₁₀ for floors up to the 10th floor are arranged in two columns. 23 is an opening formed under the face plate 21
A cover that opens and closes 21a is provided inside the cover 23 with a connector 24 for connecting a data input device, a lighting switch (not shown), an emergency stop button, a fan switch, and the like. Reference numeral 25 is an open / close key for the cover 23. Further, 26 is a control circuit provided inside the cover operation panel 20, and 27 is an operation power supply for the control circuit 26 and the display unit. Destination button 22 ₁ (Because each destination button has the same structure,
The first floor of the destination button 22 ₁ only will be described. 2), as shown in FIG. 2, a housing 28 fixed to the back surface of the face plate 21, and a face plate 21 supported in the housing 28 so as not to be pulled out of the face plate 21.
Button frame 29 exposed outward from the opening 21a formed in 21
And a transparent button head 30 fixed to the exposed end surface of the button frame 29 and closely attached to the back surface of the button head 30 and incorporated in the button frame 29 to display information related to the stop floor in characters, figures, etc. Dot type liquid crystal display panel 31 and button frame
A driver 32 incorporated in the bottom of the liquid crystal display panel 31 to drive the liquid crystal display panel 31, and a zebra connector 33 interposed between the driver 32 and the liquid crystal display panel 31 to connect them.
And a light source 3 such as an LED for illuminating the liquid crystal display panel 31 from the back side.
4 and the printed board 3 attached to the opposite side of the housing 28
5, a switch 36 fixed on the printed board 35 and operated by pressing the button frame 29, the printed board 35, a driver
32 and a connector 37 for connecting the light source 34 to a control circuit (see FIG. 3), the connector 37, the driver 32, and the light source.
A lead wire 38 connects the 34 and the printed board 35.

The control circuit 39 corresponds to the control circuit 26 in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, a CPU (central processing unit) 39a for executing a program and executing an operation and controlling the whole, a ROM 39b for storing a program for display processing, and a display state and other data are stored. RAM39c and the E ² P-ROM39d for storing display data to be displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 31 of the destination buttons of each floor, a liquid crystal display panel drive destination button each floor display data E ² P-ROM39d LCD controller 39e for transmission control to 32 _{1 to} 32 ₁₀ and output circuit 39f for sending out a signal for on / off control to the light source 34 _{1 to} 34 ₁₀ for displaying destination buttons on each floor, and each floor Destination button switch 36 Input circuit 39g that takes in the switch signals of _{1 to} 36 ₁₀ , destination button of each floor and elevator control panel 40
And output circuit 39h for exchanging signals between, E ² P-ROM3
The display data input circuit 39i of 9d is provided, and the display data input circuit 39i rewrites the display data in the E ² P-ROM 39d.
An input device 41 for addition can be connected via the connector 24. In addition, the drivers 32 _{1 to} 32 ₁₀
The liquid crystal display panels 31 _{1 to} 31 ₁₀ are connected to.

Next, the operation of this embodiment configured as described above will be described.

In the state where the car call is not generated, it sends a command for the floor number display driver 32 _{1-32 10} destination buttons 22 ₁ to 22 ₁₀ of the LCD controller 39 _e is each floor, thereby each destination button LCD of The display panels 31 _{1 to} 31 ₁₀ display floor numbers as shown in FIG. At this time, the light sources 34 _{1 to} 34 ₁₀ for illumination of the destination buttons are turned on, and thereby the liquid crystal display panels 31 _{1 to} 31 ₁₀ are illuminated from the back side to clearly display the floor number.

In such a state, after the elevator car stops landing at the landing on the first floor due to the hall call on the first floor, the passenger who gets into the car when the door opens and the destination button on the destination floor, for example, 10
When you press the button head 30 of the floor destination button 22 ₁₀ to turn on its switch 36 ₁₀ , the switch signal is
It is taken in by the CPU 39a through the input circuit 39g of 39. Along with this, the CPU 39a executes the car call registration program,
The car call signal is transmitted to the elevator control panel 40 through the input / output circuit 39h, and the car call is registered in the control panel 40. Then, the control panel 40 transmits a command indicating that the car call is registered to the CPU 39a through the input / output circuit 39h. CPU39 which received this
In a, by issuing a display data read command to the E ² P-ROM 39d and outputting the read display data to the driver 32 ₁₀ through the LCD controller 39e, the liquid crystal display panel 31
_{10 The fact} that the car call has been registered is displayed in characters.
If necessary, the tenant name of the destination floor (10th floor) and other related information about the stop floor are sequentially read from the E ² P-ROM 39d and displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 31 ₁₀ of the destination button on the 10th floor. be able to.

In addition, in the case of designating an arbitrary floor as a non-stop floor due to special circumstances of the building or automatic elevator control, among the service changeover switches (not shown) corresponding to each floor provided in the elevator control panel 40, non-stop The service changeover switch on the stop floor, for example, the fifth floor, is switched to the non-service side. Along with this, the elevator control panel 40 makes the fifth floor a non-stop floor, and the LCD controller 39e of the control circuit 39
The liquid crystal display panel 31 ₅ 5 floor destination buttons 22 _5, Figure 4 a
The normal floor number "5" as shown in Fig. 4 to the floor number "5" and "non-stop" as shown in Fig. 4b are displayed.

Accordingly, the user by looking at the fifth floor of destination buttons 22 ₅ to display characters, 5th floor non stop floor, that is recognized clearly that the non-service floors, can be determined,
There is no ambiguity as to whether it is a non-stop floor like the conventional color-coded display, and there is no problem that the user pushes the destination button without knowing that it is a non-service floor, The problem of distrusting the user can be eliminated by the fact that the elevator does not service even though it is pushed.

In addition, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the case where the destination button is the push button type has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the touch type button may be used.

Further, in the above embodiment, the destination button of each floor has been described as a case where the floor number is always displayed, but it is normally in the non-display state, and when the button is pressed, the floor name, the tenant name of that floor Etc. may be sequentially displayed.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, a dot type display panel made of liquid crystal or the like is incorporated in each destination button of the car operation panel, and when an arbitrary floor is designated as a non-stop floor, the destination corresponding to that floor The button display panel is displayed with letters or figures to indicate that it is a non-stop floor, so the display of the non-stop floor is clear, and the user can easily recognize that it is a non-stop floor and make a judgment. In addition, the reliability of the non-stop floor display can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of a car operation panel of the present invention,
2 is an enlarged sectional view showing the details of the destination button taken along the line II-II in FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the display control circuit in this embodiment, and FIG. 4 (a). (B) is a front view showing a display example of a car operation panel according to the present invention, FIG. 5 is a front view of a conventional car operation panel, FIG. 6 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line IV-IV of FIG. 5, FIG. 7 is a conventional control block diagram. 20 ... Car operation panel, 22 _{1 to} 22 ₁₀ ... Destination button, 24 ... Connector, 26,39 ... Control circuit, 27 ... Power supply, 28 ... Housing, 29
... Button frame, 30 ... Button head, 31,31 _{1 to} 31 ₁₀ ... Liquid crystal display panel, 32, 32 _{1 to} 32 ₁₀ ... Driver, 34, 34 _{1 to} 34 ₁₀ ... Illumination light source, 35 ... Printed board, 36, 36 ₁ ~ 36 ₁₀ ... switch,
40 ... Elevator control panel, 41 ... Input device. The same reference numerals in the drawings indicate the same or corresponding parts.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A destination button arranged corresponding to each of a plurality of stop floors of an elevator, a dot-type display panel incorporated in each of these destination buttons, and the destination button always shown on the display panel. The floor of the elevator is displayed, and when an arbitrary floor is designated as a non-stop floor, a control circuit that displays the fact that the floor is a non-stop floor by letters or graphics on the display panel of the destination button corresponding to that floor Basket control panel.