JPH07257844A - Method and device to transmit call information of elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a new resolving method for transmitting call information necessary for an operator and/or passengers. CONSTITUTION: This method and apparatus transmit elevator call information in an operator control mode, wherein a signal device 8 in a car panel 2 and/or the indicator lights 6 of car call buttons 4 are used to indicate that a landing call has been given. The landing call is reset by means of the car call buttons 4, so that the display status of the indicator light 6 of the car call button 4 concerned is changed and in the other cars the indicator lights 6 on the corresponding landing are turned off.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of transmitting call information of an elevator belonging to an elevator group, in which a landing call is input using a landing call button, which button is provided on a boarding / alighting floor. And having a light associated with this button, a car call is made using the car call button with the light and the elevator can be switched to an operator operating mode. Further, a device for transmitting call information of elevators belonging to an elevator group, a landing call button for inputting a landing call is provided on the boarding / alighting floor, and a car call button for inputting a car call is provided on the car. Is provided with an indicator light and can switch the elevator to an operator operation mode.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In order to control the movement of an elevator car, a call button is provided on the boarding / alighting floor so that the passenger can make a landing call. Similarly, the elevator car is provided with a call button for entering a car call. A landing call calls the elevator car to work for passengers waiting at the boarding and exiting floor, and a car call allows the passenger to indicate the target floor. The elevator control operation system executes the call according to its programmed control criteria. A light indicator is often used to inform the passenger that the call has been accepted, so that the passenger knows that he will soon be able to get on and off. The movement of the elevator within the elevator shaft is indicated by a numbering or arrow symbol, but no information about the future movement or stop of the elevator is displayed.

In some situations, it is necessary to inform the operator in the elevator car and / or the passengers waiting at the boarding and exiting floors about the entry of a new call or the resetting of a call. Such situations include various cases, such as operator operation during construction, evacuation of persons with disabilities from a building during an emergency, such as a fire, and the operator being used to operate an elevator. In addition to the call button, voice communication, for example by radio or telephone, was used for operator operation during construction. The operator receives information about the required direction and load of the elevator, and based on the call information and the traffic conditions of the elevator car, decides whether to accept the call. If the operator cannot answer the call immediately, it depends on the person's memory whether to answer the call, and thus it is practically uncertain and difficult to answer the call. For emergency evacuation, the elevator car is equipped with a separate panel that displays all landing calls that have occurred. However, such a solution is expensive to implement. In operator-operated elevators at hotels and department stores, the elevator operator receives only information about whether the landing call originated above or below the elevator car. In such a solution, the operator may ignore the landing call if the car is full. Moreover, this device not only requires individual indicators,
Still, the information these indicators can provide is often inadequate.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention aims at realizing a new solution for transmitting the required call information to the operator and / or passengers.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to realize this,
In the method of the present invention, a landing call was entered and the landing call was reset using the car call button using the signaling device of the car panel and / or the indicator light of the car call button in different cars. It is characterized by changing the display state of the indicator light of this car call button, and turning off the indicator light related to the boarding / alighting floor in another car. In the device of the present invention, the car is provided with the signal device, and the fact that the landing call is input can be indicated by using the signal device in the car and the indicator light of the car call button. It is characterized in that the display state of the indicator light of the car call button is changed by this, and the indicator light for the relevant getting on / off floor in another car is turned off. Other preferred embodiments of the invention are set out in the other claims.

[0006]

[Function] Signaling devices for car panels in different cars and / or
Alternatively, the car call button indicator light is used to indicate that a landing call has been entered and that this landing call has been reset using the car call button. As a result, the display state of the indicator light of this car call button is changed, and the indicator lights relating to the relevant boarding / alighting floors in other cars are turned off.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will now be described in detail by one of the embodiments with reference to FIG. 1 to present an elevator landing call and car call device.

In the figure, the display and switch panel located on the elevator car 1 is designated by the reference numeral 2. The elevator car moves in the elevator shaft 3 in a substantially known manner and stops at the boarding / alighting floor 5.
One of the boarding and exiting floors is shown as an example in the figure. An elevator group consists of one or more elevators, which elevators move within their respective elevator shafts. A car call button 4 is provided on the panel 2 and a car call is performed using the button. The button 4 is surrounded by an illuminable ring (ring) 6, which when illuminated indicates a working call and thus acts as a call button indicator light. The panel is also provided with loudspeakers or bells 8, which act as signaling devices for producing audible signals. Mounted below the panel is the equipment required for signal processing and transmission, by means of which the call information is sent via the serial bus 10 to the elevator control unit 12. Similarly, the data controlling the indicator for visualizing the call button status is sent from the control unit 12 to the serial bus 10.
Sent through. The display and switch panel is preferably provided with a processor and memory unit, which is used to perform its "intelligent" functions. Although this example shows the display and switch panel for only one car, there may be multiple elevator cars connected to the same control unit within the building. In this case, the elevators together form an elevator group performing a predetermined function.

A call button unit 14 is attached to the structure on the entry and exit floors of the building, and this unit is used to make a landing call to the elevator. There may be multiple call button units on the boarding and exiting floors, in which case
Some units may be shared by multiple elevator cars. The call button unit 14 has landing call buttons 16 for up and down calls and an illuminable ring 18 formed around the buttons. The illuminable ring indicates the state of the landing call button and thus acts as its indicator light. Further, the call button unit 14 includes a device for transmitting and receiving signals and a display control means for an illuminable ring. The units 14 are connected to the elevator control unit 12 via a serial bus 20.

In the solution of the invention, when the elevator is used under operator operation, the operation of the device is as follows. When a landing call is made, the indicator light 18 of the landing call button 16 is turned on to indicate that the call has been accepted by the group control device. The group controller of the elevator control unit 12 does not automatically assign this call to an elevator, but proposes this call to all elevators under operator control. As a result of the landing call, a sound signal is output via the loudspeaker 8 of the car panel 2 to inform the operator that a landing call has been entered. The indicator light 6 of the call button 4 on the floor where the landing call is made starts blinking at the same time. These sound and light signals are output by all cars in use. When one of the operators who can answer this landing call presses the call button on the floor in the car, the result is that the indicator light of the call button 4 lights up as after a normal car call. At the same time, the group controller of control unit 12 sends a command to turn off the flashing indicator light for the landing call in all other cars.

When the operator makes a car call to the floor where the landing call was made, the indicator light 18 on that floor is made to blink, for example, to inform the passenger that the passenger's call will be processed.

In the indicator light 6 of the car call button 4 and the indicator light 18 of the landing call button 16 use light of various colors in place of the flashing light to indicate the call made and the call to be processed. Is possible. The up and down landing calls can be conveniently indicated by using different colored traffic lights to indicate the up and down directions, respectively, or by illuminating the top or bottom half of the illuminable ring. .
The implementation of the call buttons 4 and 16 and their indicators may be varied according to techniques known to those skilled in the art.

The apparatus and method of the present invention can be switched to manual operation by entering control instructions into the elevator control unit 12. This is carried out, for example, from the control panel of the elevator control unit or by means of key switches or the like provided on the car panel or in the structures on the entry and exit floors. When no operator operation is performed,
The elevator operates normally. In this case, when a landing call is made, the indicator light 18 of the landing call button 16 is turned on to the passenger waiting for the elevator that the call has been accepted and that this call will be processed by one of the elevators. Inform. The group controller assigns the call to the optimal elevator according to the criteria used. When the selected elevator slows down to stop at the called floor, the indicator light is extinguished. Similarly, the indicator light 6 of the car button is turned on by the car call issued by the passenger, and the indicator light is turned off when the elevator reaches the target floor.

The invention has been described above by way of one example. However, this description is not intended to limit the invention and may vary within the scope indicated by the claims. For example, call buttons and their indicator lights can be implemented in various ways.

[0015]

In the solution of the present invention, the operator is
Always have real-time information about landing calls that have occurred and have not been reset. The operator can also immediately know when the call has been reset by someone else, for example the operator of another car. A passenger waiting at the boarding / alighting floor can know when the elevator control or operator answers the call made by the passenger. It is not necessary to provide a voice communication link because there is sufficient data transmission link between the elevator car and the entry and exit floors. Due to the improved transmission of information, it is possible to avoid an unnecessary stop of the car on the floor when the car is already full. As a result, there is no unnecessary stop, and the transport capacity of the elevator can be used more effectively. On the other hand, passengers are more informed of how their landing calls are being handled, so they can wait in peace.

A method and apparatus for accomplishing the above comprises:
For example, when data transmission is performed using serial communication, and when a call button device is provided with a processor that controls an elevator, it can be easily used in an existing elevator. No additional wires are required for this solution. The same call button is used both during construction operation and in service, only the programming is appropriately changed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an elevator landing call and car call apparatus according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Elevator car 2 Display and switch panel 3 Elevator shaft 4 Car call button 5 Getting on and off floor 6,18 Indicator light 8 Loudspeaker 10,20 Series bus 12 Control unit 14 Call button unit 16 Landing call button

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A method of transmitting call information of an elevator belonging to an elevator group, the elevator comprising:
Landing calls are entered using the landing call button, which is provided on the boarding and exiting floor and has an indicator light associated with it, and a car call is
A method performed by using a car call button with an indicator light, wherein the elevator can be switched to an operator operating mode, the method comprising: turning on the signaling device of the car panel and / or the indicator light of the car call button in different cars. Used to indicate that a landing call has been entered and that the landing call has been reset using the car call button,
Thereby, the display state of the indicator light of the car call button is changed to turn off the indicator light for the relevant getting on / off floor in another car. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein when a landing call is input, the indicator light of the car call button is blinked, and after the operator resets the call, the car call button is pressed. A transmission method characterized in that an indicator lamp is continuously turned on. 3. The landing method of claim 1, wherein when a call is entered, the indicator light of the landing call button is lit in a first way, and after the operator resets the call. A transmission method comprising illuminating the indicator light of a call button by a second method. 4. The transmission method according to claim 1, wherein the direction of the landing call is indicated by using different indicator lights of the car call button. 5. A method according to claim 1, wherein the landing call input and landing call resetting are indicated by different colored indicator lights on the car call button. 6. A call information transmission device for an elevator belonging to an elevator group, wherein a landing call button for inputting a landing call is provided on a boarding / alighting floor.
The car is provided with car call buttons for inputting car calls, the call buttons are provided with an indicator light, and the device is capable of switching the elevator to an operator operation mode, the device comprising: A device may be provided to indicate that a landing call has been entered using the signaling device in the car and the indicator light of the car call button, the landing call being reset by the car call button, thereby An apparatus for transmitting call information of an elevator, characterized in that a display state of an indicator light of the car call button is changed and an indicator light for a corresponding getting on / off floor of another car is turned off. 7. The device according to claim 6, wherein when a landing call is input, the indicator light of the car call button is blinked, and the indicator light of the car call button is turned on by an operator resetting the call. A transmission device characterized by being lit continuously. 8. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the indicator light of the landing call button can be turned on when a call is inputted, and the landing call button can be reset by an operator resetting the call. A transmission device characterized by blinking an indicator light. 9. The transmission device according to claim 6, wherein the direction of the landing call can be indicated by using indicator lights of different colors of the car call button. 10. The transmission device according to claim 6, wherein the landing call input and the landing call resetting can be indicated by different colored indicator lights of the car call button.