JPH0729747B2 - Elevator equipment - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a display device for an elevator, the display device having an input / output device for controlling each floor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art First, in Japanese Patent Publication No. 56-43989, only the position of the serviced elevator is displayed in a group management operation system in which a plurality of elevators and a plurality of position display devices are provided on the same floor. There is a method of turning off the lights other than that. Secondly, in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 60-157478, a call button registration approval / disapproval signal is stored in advance, and registration approval / disapproval processing is performed corresponding to when the call button is pressed to turn on the control device. There is an elevator signal transmission device that eliminates the availability determination time.

Third, in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 52-43267.
While the hall call is registered, or for the hall
Display device only while waiting passenger detection device detects waiting passengers
It is proposed to turn on.

[0004]

The third conventional technique described above is
Although it saves energy, there are some problems that impair serviceability.
It was.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an energy saving guidance display for an elevator without impairing serviceability.

[0006]

The feature of the present invention is that the customer operates the hall call button.
Means to display information on the display device of the floor
It is arranged corresponding to each place and when lighting continues after erasing the hall call
The operation means for setting the interval and the above after clearing the hall call
Means for automatically erasing the display device when the lighting duration time has elapsed
It was equipped with .

[0007]

[Function] The display device lights up when a hall call is generated,
The hall call disappears when the elevator service is completed.
The display device remains lit when it is removed. And turn on
Call the hall for the new floor until the duration expires.
If no occurrence occurs, the display device is turned off. When this lighting continues
By the setting operation means provided in correspondence with the hall,
Adjusted.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiment 1 shows an elevator system according to the present invention and shows the overall structure. The present invention is applied to an elevator system having service floors B1F to 8F (however, 3F and above are omitted). In the figure, an elevator control device (host) 1 is connected to an I / O transmission control device 2, and further, an input / output terminal device installed on each floor or each floor and in a car operation panel. (Hereinafter, abbreviated as a terminal) 4a, 4b, 19a, 19b,
6, 13 and buses (serial data transmission paths) 3a, 3b.

The I / O transmission control device 2 has terminals 4a, 4
Boring b, 19a, 19b, 6, 13 one after another,
Information specific to each floor, such as the call button and its response lamp, is exchanged.

The terminals 4a and 4b having the roles of floor stations are connected to the hall operation panels 5a to 5c.
Then, each of the terminals 4a and 4b detects whether or not the call button is pressed, and when the result is polled, the bus 3
Data is serially transmitted to the I / O transmission control device 2 through a and 3b, and information is transmitted to the elevator control device 1 or the elevator group management control device (not shown) which is a host by a dual port ram (not shown).

Next, the host 1 performs a car call or hall call registration process, and the respective terminals 4 are routed through the reverse route described above.
Information is transmitted to a and 4b, and the response lamp lighting control of the hall operation panels 5a to 5c is performed.

As described above, in the embodiment of FIG. 1, as an example, the first basement floor (B1F) to the eighth floor above ground (8
It shows the case of an elevator that services up to the 9th floor up to F) (however, 3F and above are not shown).

Further, in this embodiment, a parking switch (PAK) 16 and an indicator 7a using an LED with an information display D7a capable of indicating a full seat etc. as a light source are installed on the upper floor of the elevator hall on the B1 floor. These devices are connected to the input / output terminal device 4a for B1F and input / output is controlled.

By the way, the first floor is a lobby with many users.
Therefore, information devices D1F1a and D1F1b for displaying service guidance at the landing and a voice guidance speaker 15 are provided. The service guide is, for example, "GO
"OD MORNiNG", "6th floor ski equipment bargain", etc., and can display fixed display, flicker display, and flow display simultaneously with voice. In addition, the operation panel that registers the destination floor directly at the landing and shows the position of the elevator leading
A port 5b (hereinafter abbreviated as a port type indicator) is provided. The audio reproduction circuit is incorporated in the information terminal device 19a.

On the other hand, since the second floor and the third floor are general floors, the information display 8a is normally used to display only the car position and the service direction.

As the terminal 6 in the car, a terminal device having a large number of medium input / output points is used. In addition to a car call and a close button (CLOSE), each of automatic (AUTO), manual and normal (NORMAL) is used. Signals and signals such as car weight detection and landing level are captured.

The information terminal device 19b has a service guide display panel D10 which can display service guides on the upper part of the car.
Or to detect the number of passengers. The area sensor 14 is driven. Further, the information device D11, which is provided on the upper part of the driver's panel and has EL and three-color LEDs as light emitting sources, can be similarly driven. The information device D11 has a service information display panel D1F1.
The area sensor 14 and the voice guidance speaker 15 are shown in a.
It is also possible that they are integrated. And the area sensor 1
The image input data from 4 can be received as an image by the elevator personalization terminal device 10U, which is bus-connected via the transmission line L17, as a monitor.

On the other hand, the terminal 13 on the car does not have as many interfaces with the outside as the medium-sized terminal 6, but the control parameters for outputting the open / close control command L4 and the brake signal L2 to the door drive device 11. It is necessary to be able to receive a large number of messages from the host 1.

In this terminal 13, the open command is given to the line L1.
Then, the passenger detection device 12 using a photoelectric device or an ultrasonic sensor
Is taken in on line L5, and the door opening / closing speed and position are taken on line L3, whereby not only mere input / output circuit control but also door opening / closing control is performed to realize a multifunction terminal.

The host (elevator control device) 1 includes a group management control panel, a maintenance device, a monitoring panel, a remote monitoring system terminal device, and an elevator personalization terminal device 10U used for an information input / registration control system. And a bus via a transmission line L17 via the network transmission control device 17. This makes it easy to set up a group management system.

The terminal receiving the data from the control device 1 via the I / O transmission control device 2 stores the received data in the reception table in the terminal.

FIG. 2 shows a series of operations of the input / output device of the present invention. The reception table is read (step 1) and the presence or absence of a hall call is confirmed (step 2). When there is a hall call, the normal service is provided and the floor display 7a, 5b, or 8 is called.
The elevator car position and direction are displayed on a (step 3). From the data in the reception table, it is determined whether or not the lighting time is set (step 4). In the case of setting, the lighting time is set in the counter from the preset lighting time table (step 10) (step 5). Count down the set counter every 0.1 seconds (step 6)
Then, the expiration of the lighting time is judged (step 7). When the lighting time expires, that is, when the lighting time becomes zero, the display is turned off (step 8). When the lighting time has not expired and when the display is turned off, the process returns to step 1.

In step 2, if it is not a hall call, it is judged whether or not the lighting time is set, and if there is a setting command, a lighting time table is created (step 10).

In step 9, if the lighting time is not set, it is confirmed whether the monitor is requested (step 11), the monitor is permitted (step 12), or the display is turned off (step 13). The monitor service is performed according to the rule (FIG. 3) (step 14). Step 1
After the monitor service of 4 is finished, the lighting time is controlled from step 4. Thus, in this embodiment, the landing
It is possible to set the lighting duration for each
The balance between energy saving and energy saving
it can. That is, the situation where the elevator is used relatively often
Below, we have completed the service for the hall call and call the registered hall call.
Every time you erase, the car position and its driving direction are displayed
Even if you turn it off, a hall call will be generated immediately and it will turn on again.
Therefore, we could hardly expect the energy saving effect, and
It only impairs the service to the customer. Therefore,
A lighting duration setting device is installed at the hall to save energy and use
Freely set in consideration of serviceability to customers
It As a result, even after completing the service for calling the hall,
Does not turn off the display and the set lighting duration elapses.
If a hall call occurs again before
It will be. The use of elevators has been interrupted, and
Prevent new hall calls from being generated even after the duration
Then, the display device is turned off for the first time. In this way
Achieves energy savings without compromising serviceability to users
It is possible to obtain an elevator device equipped with a display device that
It

FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of the second rule of step 14 of FIG. 2, in which the ascending call button and the descending call button are simultaneously pressed for 3 seconds (step 15) to start the monitor service.
If step 15 is YES, the date and time are displayed (step 16). Next, when the ascending call button and the descending call button are simultaneously pressed for 3 seconds (step 17), the event guide is displayed (step 18). Further step 1
If you continue to press the button as in steps 5 and 17, (step 19),
The destination floor designation guide is displayed on the display to guide the setting method of the preceding floor (step 20). Next, display the designated destination floor
(Step 21) Every time the ascending call button or the descending call button is pressed, the set floor display is changed, and the passenger sets while looking at the display. 4 up and down call buttons
Check if it is pressed within a second (step 22),
If the distance is more than 4 seconds, the designated floor is transmitted to the control device 1,
The fact that the elevator call has been registered is displayed on the display (step 23), and the monitor service is terminated. Note that the display example of the display device in step 23 of FIG. 3 shows the case of group management, and shows an example of displaying the number of elevators for which call registration has been performed.

[0026]

According to the present invention, the energy saving guidance display of the elevator can be displayed without impairing the improvement of serviceability.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system diagram showing an elevator system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a series of operation explanatory diagrams of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a control flowchart showing an example of display according to the second rule shown in FIG. 2, that is, a monitor service.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Elevator control device, 2 ... I / O transmission control device, 3
... Bus, 4 ... Floor input / output terminal device, 5 ... Hall call registration device, 6 ... In-car input / output terminal device, 7 ... Hall indicator,
8 ... Digital indicator, 9 ... Driving panel, 10U ... Personalization terminal device for elevator, 11 ... Door drive device, 12 ... Passenger detection device, 13 ... On-car input / output terminal device, 14 ... Area sensor, 15 ... Speaker, 16 ... Parking switch,
17 ... Network control device, 19 ... Information terminal device.

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An elevator system comprising elevator control means and a display device for displaying information received from the control means in a hall, wherein a user operates a hall call button.
And display information on the display device at that floor based on
It is arranged corresponding to each means and each hall, and the hall is canceled.
And operation means for setting the lighting duration of the Sanochi, Ho
If the lighting duration time elapses after the call is erased, the display device
Elevator device equipped with means for automatically erasing .