JPH0741261A - Elevator guide display device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily recognize the arrival of an elevator from the hall side. CONSTITUTION:An elevator guide display device is provided with lighting bodies 9u for the up-display and for the down-display respectively on a header case 6 to the upper part of a hall door 2, and light-emitting panels 18u, 18d for the up-display and the down-display which reflect the light from the respective lighting bodies for the up-display and for the down-display are provided on the elevator hall 1 side of the hall door 2. The arrival and the moving direction of the elevator are recognized by users by emitting the light from the lighting bodies for the up-display and for the down-display according to the moving direction of the elevator when the elevator arrives to reflect the light from the light emitting panel for the up-display and for the down-display on the hall door 2 side to the hall side.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an elevator guide display device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as an elevator guide display device used to display that an elevator arrives at an elevator hall on each floor, a structure shown in FIG. 6 is known. In this conventional guide display device for elevators, the guide display lights 3u, 3 are provided adjacent to the hold doors 2 at substantially the same height as the hold doors 2 of the elevators of a plurality of units installed in the elevator hall 1 of each floor.
d (here, suffix u represents an ascending direction and d represents a descending direction. The same applies hereinafter), and when a hall call is made by pressing the hall call registration button 4, the assigned machine The guide display lamps 3u or 3d for each elevator direction are turned on to notify the user of the hall of the forecast. Then, when the elevator of one of the assigned cars arrives, the guidance display lamp 3u or 3d for each direction of the car is made to blink.

Further, a light emitting panel 5 for reflecting light to the hall side is attached to the holdor 2 of the elevator of each unit on each floor, and the elevator of any unit arrives and guides by direction. At the same time when the indicator light 3u or 3d starts blinking, the light-emitting panel 5 of the unit emits light to notify the hall user of the arrival of the elevator, and the hall user blinks the guide indicator light 3u or 3d. An elevator has also been proposed in which the user is aware of the elevator on which he / she rides by looking at the display and the light emission of the light emitting panel 5.

[0004]

However, in such a conventional elevator guide display device, in particular, the light emitting panel installed in the elevator hold door of each unit is
Since the actual elevator does not emit light until it reaches the floor, the hall users must look at the guide lights to recognize the elevator to which they should ride, and the guide display for each direction. Since the light is installed adjacent to Holdor at approximately the same height as Holdor's upper end position, for users who are not in the elevator, the point of view of the person is usually lower than Holdor's height. Therefore, there is a problem in that it is confusing to recognize the elevator to which one should ride by looking at the guide indicator light.

The present invention has been made in view of the above conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an elevator guide display device in which the user can easily recognize the arrival of the elevator and the service can be improved. And

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an elevator guide display device, which is provided with an illuminating body for a rising display and a illuminating body for a descending display above a hold door, and which is used for a lift display on the hall side of the hold door. Install a light-emitting panel for rising display and a light-emitting panel for lowering display that reflects light from the lighting unit and the lighting unit for lowering display, and make the lighting unit for rising display or lowering display emit light according to the operating state of the elevator. It is the one.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the elevator guide display device according to the first aspect, in a group-managed elevator in which a plurality of units are group-managed and the calls are assigned to the hall calls and controlled, each elevator unit. The illuminator and the light-emitting panel are installed in the holdor, and the illuminator emits light when the elevator is assigned.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the elevator guide display device according to the first or second aspect, the shapes of the ascending display and descending display light-emitting panels are such that the ascending direction and the descending direction can be visually identified. It was done.

[0009]

In the elevator guide display device according to the invention of claim 1, the header case above the hold door is provided with the respective illuminating bodies for rising display and for lowering display, and the holding door is provided with the illuminating body for rising display on the hall side and the illuminating body for descending. Light emitting panels for ascending display and descending display that reflect light from each display illumination body are installed respectively, and when the elevator arrives, the illumination body for ascent display or descending display emits light according to the moving direction of the elevator. By doing so, the light is reflected from the light emitting panel for rising display or the lowering display on the hold door side to the hall side so that the user can recognize the arrival and the direction of the elevator.

In the elevator guide display device according to the second aspect of the present invention, an illuminator and a light emitting panel are further installed in the hold door of each elevator so that the illuminator emits light when the elevator is assigned. The allocation forecast of the elevators will also be made known to the user by illuminating the light-emitting panel of the elevator of the corresponding elevator.

In the elevator guide display device according to the third aspect of the present invention, the shape of each of the ascending display and descending display light-emitting panels can be visually recognized so that the ascending direction and the descending direction can be visually recognized. The user can easily recognize the direction of the elevator from its shape by looking at the shining light emitting panel at the time of allocating the elevator number and when arriving at the elevator.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 to 3 show a common embodiment of the inventions of claims 1 and 2. Hold elevators 2 for elevators of a plurality of units are installed in the elevator hall 1 on each floor, and guide indicator lights 3u and 3d are installed adjacent to the positions of the heights of the respective hold doors 2 substantially. .

A header case 6 is provided above each hold door 2, and a door hanger 7 is housed in the header case 6. The door hanger 7 is engaged with a guide rail 8 attached to the header case 6 side. When it is stopped, Holdor 2 opens and closes. An illumination box 9 is installed in the header case 6, and two ascending display illumination bodies 9u and two descending display illumination bodies 9d sandwich the hold door center C in this illumination box 9. It is lined up in a symmetrical arrangement.

At the lower opening of the illumination box 9, the illumination body 9
u, 9u: A diffusion panel 10 for diffusing each light of 9d, 9d is provided.

On the hole 1 side above the hold door 2, holes 11u and 11d for ascending and descending directions are opened up and down, respectively, and protective glasses 12u and 12d, transparent acrylic plates 13u and 13d and light are provided there. Reflective panels 14u, 14d
And are fixed to the shielding plates 15u and 15d by pressing plates 16u and 16d, respectively. The shield plates 15u and 15d are respectively provided with illumination bodies 9u and 9d.
This is to prevent the light from the light from going around to the light reflection panels 14d and 14u in the opposite direction.

Further, inside the left and right shield plates 15d, 15d, reflectors 17, 17 are installed on the sides of the left and right lower acrylic plates 13d, 13d, respectively. It is set so that the lights sent from the respective 9d are refracted and reflected at a substantially right angle, enter the descending acrylic plates 13d and 13d, and are guided to the respective light reflection panels 14d and 14d.

Thus, the glass plate 12u and the acrylic plate 1
3u and the light reflection panel 14u constitute the light emitting panel 18u for rising display, and the glass plate 12d and the acrylic plate 13 are provided.
d and the light reflection panel 14d constitute a descending display light emitting panel 18d.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 19 is a curtain plate, which is shaded so that the upper portion of the hold door 2 and the header case 6 are not exposed to the hole side.

Next, the operation of the elevator guide display device having the above-described structure will be described. When the user of the hall 1 presses the hall call button 4, allocation control is performed by the group management, and when the allocation of the car that responds to this hall call is determined, the elevator of the car of the corresponding car is used to make the allocation forecast. The ascending direction indicator lamp 3u or the descending direction indicator lamp 3d is turned on. At the same time, the rising display illuminators 9u, 9u or the descending display illuminator 9 of the corresponding unit are
d and 9d light up.

When the illuminating body 9u, 9u or 9d, 9d is turned on, the light from the illuminating body 9u, 9u or 9d, 9d is diffused by the diffusing panel 10 to become a uniform light in the lower hold door 2. Shield plate 15u, 15u or 1
Enter within 5d and 15d.

When the hall call is in the ascending direction,
The light entering the shielding plates 15u and 15u is the acrylic plate 13
u, 13u guides the light to the light reflection panels 14u, 14u, where it is reflected to the side of the hole 1 and the glass plates 12u, 1u are reflected.
Go out to Hall 1 through 2u. Therefore, the user of the hall 1 can easily recognize that the elevator of the car has been assigned to the hall call in the ascending direction by seeing that the upper glass plates 12u and 12u are lit brightly. Will be able to.

When the hall call is in the descending direction, the light entering the shielding plates 15d and 15d from the descending display illumination bodies 9d and 9d is refracted by the reflecting plates 17 and 17 in a substantially right angle direction, and the acrylic plate 13d. , 13d, and the acrylic plates 13d, 13d guide the light reflection panels 14d, 14d.
The glass plate 1 is guided to the glass plate 1 where it is reflected by the hole 1 side.
Go out to Hall 1 through 2d and 12d. Therefore, the user of the hall 1 can use the lower glass plates 12d, 12
It becomes possible to easily recognize that the elevator of the car has been assigned to the hall call in the descending direction by observing that d has become bright.

When the elevator of the assigned car arrives at the floor where the hall is called, the direction indicator lamp 3u or 3d adjacent to the holdor 2 of the car starts blinking to notify the arrival of the elevator.

At the same time, the illumination bodies 9u, 9u or 9d, 9d in the same direction of the relevant car start blinking, and the glass plates 12u, 12 on the side of the hole 1 follow the same path as above.
A blinking display will be provided to notify the arrival through u or 12d, 12d, so that the user of the hall 1 can easily recognize the arriving elevator car by looking at the holdor 2 where the blinking display has started. Become.

In this way, the light emitting panel 18u or 18d provided on the hold door 2 is used to notify the elevator allocation forecast and arrival, so that the direction indicator lamp 3u at a high position installed in a normal elevator can be used.
It becomes possible to recognize it by observing the display of the light emitting panel 18u or 18d which shines from a low natural viewpoint, as compared with the case of recognizing the allocation and arrival of the elevator by observing the lighting of 3d. It will be easy to use even for users who are not familiar with it.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, but as an embodiment of the invention of claim 3, FIG.
And as shown in FIG. 5, light emitting panels 18u and 18
By making the shape of d such that the upward direction and the downward direction can be identified at a glance, it becomes possible to make it easier for the user to recognize the elevator allocation forecast and arrival notification.

Further, the invention of claim 1 is not limited to the elevator having the group management function, and the light emission of each of the above-mentioned structures is performed only for the arrival notification even for the elevator system which does not perform the allocation forecast. Panels can be used.

[0028]

As described above, according to the invention of claim 1,
The header case above the holdor is provided with the illuminating body for rising display and the illuminating body for lowering display, and the hallway side has the illuminating body for rising display and the illuminating body for descending display on the hall side. Each of the display light-emitting panels is installed so that when the elevator arrives, the illuminating body for ascending display or descending display is made to emit light according to the moving direction of the elevator. The light can be reflected from the display light-emitting panel to the hall side so that the user can recognize the arrival and the direction of the elevator, and the light-emitting panel at a position relatively close to the height of the viewpoint of a person can be used to light the elevator. The arrival of the elevator can be notified, and the user can easily recognize the arrival of the elevator.

According to the invention of claim 2, the illuminating body and the light emitting panel are installed in the hold door for each elevator.
Since the illumination body is made to emit light when the elevators are assigned, the user can easily recognize the assigned elevators by illuminating the light emitting panel of the elevator of the corresponding elevator.

According to the invention of claim 3, the shape of each of the ascending display light emitting panel and the descending display light emitting panel is such that the ascending direction and the descending direction can be visually identified.
Hall users can easily recognize the assigned elevators and their arrivals, including their direction, by observing the shape of the light-emitting panel that shines when allocating elevators and when they arrive. Can be recognized.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an elevator hall of a common embodiment of the inventions of claims 1 and 2. FIG.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged front view of a light emitting panel portion of the above embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a front view of an elevator hall according to an embodiment of the invention of claim 3;

FIG. 5 is a front view of an elevator hall according to another embodiment of the invention of claim 3;

FIG. 6 is a front view of a conventional elevator hall.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Elevator Hall 2 Holdor 3u, 3d Directional Indicator Light 4 Hall Call Registration Button 6 Header Case 7 Hanger 8 Guide Rail 9 Lighting Box 9u, 9d Illuminator 10 Diffusion Panel 11u, 11d Hole 12u, 12d Glass Plate 13u, 13d Acrylic Plate 14u, 14d Light reflection panel 15u, 15d Shielding plate 16u, 16d Pressing plate 17 Reflecting plate 18u, 18d Light emitting panel 19 Curtain plate

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An illuminating body for rising display and a illuminating body for descending display are provided above the hold door, and light from each of the illuminating body for rising display and the illuminating body for falling display is reflected on the hall side of the hold door. A guide display device for an elevator, in which a light-emitting panel for rising display and a light-emitting panel for falling display are respectively installed, and an illuminating body for rising display or falling display is caused to emit light in accordance with an operating state of the elevator. 2. In an elevator that manages a plurality of vehicles in groups and assigns and controls the calls to the hall calls, the illuminator and the light emitting panel are installed in a hold door of each elevator, and the illuminator is elevatored. The elevator guide display device according to claim 1, wherein the guide display device emits light when a car number is assigned. 3. The elevator guide display device according to claim 1, wherein each of the ascending display light emitting panel and the descending display light emitting panel has a shape capable of visually identifying an ascending direction and a descending direction.