JPH0789679A - Elevator guide device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide an elevator guide device which can perform control so that the getting-on guide such as the full state announcement according to the utilization floor of a passenger is changed, the effluence is secured in the degree of confusion in a car when an important person uses the elevator, and the using environment of the elevator full of design considerations can be formed. CONSTITUTION:The weight of the load inside the car of an elevator is detected by a load detecting device 2, and the degree of confusion in the car is judged by an announce control circuit 7 on the basis of the detected load, and the getting-on guidance which is determined on the basis of the degree of confusion is provided in voice to the passenger in the elevator. In the operation of the elevator which relates to the date and the floor on which an important person who is memorized in an information buffer 4 gets on/off, the getting-on guide determined on the basis of the degree of confusion is changed so that the confusion in the car is softened.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an elevator guide device for guiding passengers in an elevator, such as "how many more people can ride" and "is full". The present invention relates to an elevator guide device that provides boarding guidance so as to be in a boarding state that is not crowded and does not cause discomfort for VIPs.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional elevator guide device of this type is
As shown in FIG. 5, the load detection device 2 for measuring the load of the elevator car 1 is provided, and the load signal 3 of the car detected by the load detection device 2 is supplied to the announcement control circuit 7.
The announcement control circuit 7 determines the congestion degree in the car 1 based on the load signal 3 from the load detection device 2, and
Further, the stop floor information 8 and the operation information 9 are supplied, and according to these, the announcement information to be provided to the passengers of the elevator is determined, and the determined announcement information data 6 is supplied to the voice reproduction circuit 10 to the elevator passengers, for example, "the first floor. It provides announcement information such as "It's upstairs", "The door will close", "I'm going to go up", etc., as well as boarding information such as "A few more people can ride" and "It is full."

[0003] These announcement information are, for example, for floor contact during door opening operation, operation direction notification, door closing start notification, contact when abnormality or failure occurs, and load fluctuation during boarding / alighting operation. , If the load signal 3 exceeds the rated load, the announcement data code A is "Fully loaded", and if it is 80% or more (100% or less) of the rated load, the announcement that "2 to 3 more people can ride" The data code B is selected, and the selected data is supplied to the audio reproduction circuit 10 and output.

The voice reproduction circuit 10 is generally composed of a CPU of about 8 bits, a ROM containing voice data, a D / A converter for voice output, a speaker, etc., and an announcement provided by the announcement control circuit 7. After inputting the information data 6, the voice data storage address corresponding to the input data is accessed to reproduce the voice.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the conventional elevator guide apparatus of FIG. 5 described above. The operation of the conventional elevator guide device will be described with reference to FIG.
In FIG. 6, the announcement control circuit 7 first determines whether or not it is the stop floor output mode (step 610), and if so, inputs the stop floor information 8 (step 62).
0), based on this stop floor information 8, for example, "It is the first floor"
Stop floor information such as "it is the second floor" is announced from the voice reproduction circuit 10.

If it is not the stop floor mode, it is judged whether or not it is the operation information output mode (step 630), and if so, the operation information 9 is input (step 64).
0) Based on this operation information 9, the operation information such as "door will close" and "we will move up" will be announced.

If it is not the operation information output mode, it is judged whether or not it is the load information output mode from the load detection device 2 (step 650). If not, the process returns to step 610 and is repeated. However, if so, the load signal 3 is input from the load detection device 2 (step 660). Then, it is determined whether or not the load signal 3 is the rated load (step 670), and if the load signal 3 is the rated load, the announcement data code A of "full" is selected as boarding guidance (step 700).

If the load is not the rated load, the routine proceeds to step 680, where it is judged whether the load is 80% or more of the rated load. Announcement data code B
Is selected (step 710), otherwise, it is determined that there is no information data (step 690), and step 72 is selected.
Proceeding to 0, the announcement data codes A and B, which are the boarding guidance selected in steps 700 and 710, "is full" and "2 to 3 people are available" are output from the voice reproduction circuit 10 as announcement information data 6.

[0009]

As described above, the information provided by the conventional elevator guide device is always uniform regardless of the passenger class of passengers, and there is a drawback that it is inflexible. Although there is no problem in providing information such as "... on the floor" and "doors will be closed", it will provide information on the inside of the car, that is, "two or three more people can ride" or "they are full! Please note that the provision of information, such as "Please," is solely due to the load signal in the elevator car, that is, in office buildings, for example, important passengers in the car executive class or VIP class among the passengers in the car. Even if passengers are on board, the same degree of congestion will be tolerated as when only ordinary employees are on board, but it is desirable to provide a more comfortable cabin when boarding important persons,
It is also necessary to give attention to announcements such as "Fully packed" with a little extra time compared to normal times.

Among the elevator operation control methods, VI
There is a P operation mode, and there is a specification corresponding to a so-called reservation, in which one elevator consisting of a plurality of elevators is disconnected from normal control and is kept on standby at a set floor until an important person gets in. However, this entails entrusting the dispatching and service of general calls to other units, resulting in a significant reduction in efficiency. In addition, there is a problem in that it cannot handle a plurality of important passengers on different floors.

The present invention has been made in view of the above,
The purpose is to change the boarding guidance such as full notice according to the passenger class of passengers, to secure a margin in the degree of congestion in the car when using important people, and to form a more attentive elevator usage environment It is to provide an elevator guide device that is controlled as described above.

[0012]

In order to achieve the above object, an elevator guide device of the present invention is an elevator guide device which guides passengers of an elevator into the car, and detects the load in the car of the elevator. A load detection unit, a congestion condition determination unit that determines the congestion condition of passengers in the car based on the load detected by the load detection unit, and a boarding guide based on the congestion condition determined by the congestion condition determination unit Guidance determining means, guidance providing means that provides passengers of the elevator with the boarding guidance determined by the guidance determining means by voice, storage means that stores the floor and date and time when an important person gets on and off, and the storage means. In the operation of the elevator related to the floor and the date and time stored in the table, it is determined by the guidance determining means based on the congestion level. And summarized in that a control means for congestion in basket interrupt guidance is controlled to be changed to a boarding guide to alleviate.

[0013]

In the elevator guide device of the present invention, the load in the car of the elevator is detected, the congestion degree of the passengers in the car is determined based on the detected load, and the boarding guide determined based on this congestion degree. Is provided to the passengers of the elevator by voice, and the boarding guide that is determined based on the congestion level in the elevator operation related to the floor and the date and time when the important person gets on and off is relieved of congestion in the car. Change to guidance.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an elevator guide device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The elevator guide device shown in the same drawing is different from the conventional elevator guide device shown in FIG. 5 only in that an information buffer 4 and a car operation panel 11 are newly provided, and other configurations are the same and the same components. Are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted.

The information buffer 4 is an announcement information code determined by the announcement control circuit 7 for the load signal 3 input from the load detection device 2 of the elevator car, that is, "full""two or three more people can ride Is a storage unit that stores a determination condition such that the announcement control circuit 7 determines whether or not to correct the boarding guidance. For example, an EEPROM or the like is used so that the contents can be changed or updated. It also has a calendar IC etc. so that the control can be changed for each band. It should be noted that the change of boarding guide means that the passengers are important people (VIP) in contrast to the boarding guide for normal passengers that "there are two or three more passengers available". It is intended to reduce the congestion degree in the car when an important person gets in, and to reduce the discomfort to the important person by making such a change.

FIG. 2 shows a data format stored in the information buffer 4. In the data format stored in FIG. 2, the first byte has a VIP data flag, a call input corresponding flag, a boarding corresponding flag, a time vs. designated flag (when 0 is all day), a day designated flag, etc. (0 Is set every day), the VIP registration floor is set in the second byte, the applicable day of the week in the third byte, and the fourth
The start time is set in the 5th byte, and the end time is set in the 6th-7th bytes.

An example of data stored in the information buffer 4 will be described with reference to FIG. First, when the boarding room is on the 7th floor and the change of boarding guidance is applied to this floor throughout the day, the data format shown in FIG. 2 is as follows.

1110000000000011 The first "11100000" is a VIP, which corresponds to a call input on the 7th floor, corresponds to boarding, and is applied all day and every day. Also, in the next line, "00000
“111” indicates that the VIP registration floor is the 7th floor.

As another example, when the executive board meeting starts on Friday at 10 am, the data format is set as follows. 11010100 00000010 000010001 010000000 0010000 000000101 The first "11010100" is a VIP, and it corresponds to call input, indicates a time zone designation, etc., the second line indicates Friday, and the third and fourth lines indicate 9 Hour 40 minutes, and the 5th and 6th rows indicate 10:05. This 9 o'clock 4
0 minutes and 10:05 show before and after the start time of the executive meeting, but show the time zone in which the executives get on the elevator to gather in the meeting at this time zone.

The data is registered in the information buffer 4 by the information buffer update signal 13 as appropriate. This information buffer update signal 13 uses a maintenance diagnostic tool (console or the like) that can be attached to the elevator controller. It is also conceivable to set it up or connect to a building LAN or the like. In particular, the latter allows the setting information to be updated easily and flexibly from a terminal device such as a personal computer in the office, and the effect of the present invention can be dramatically improved. Further, the information setting method of the information buffer 4 can be applied and expanded not only to set the day of the week, but also to set the date of the year, so that a flexible environment can be constructed according to the circumstances of the building to be installed. it can.

The determination that the important person got into the elevator car is based on the following idea. (1) When the elevator is stopped on the special purpose floor such as the floor where the executive room is present and boarding is permitted, and there is boarding on the general floor, the special purpose floor is selected as the destination registration floor by the operation panel in the car When (generally these conditions should apply daily or all day).

(2) In the general floor as well, for example, when a board meeting / important visit is scheduled at a specific time at the specific floor, the relevant floor is registered as a destination registration floor by the operation panel in the car before and after the start time. When selected. Or when the elevator stops on the relevant floor around the end time and boarding is permitted (this condition is a condition that should be applied only on the relevant date and time).

(3) Depending on other circumstances inside the building. Next, with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 3, a process of determining whether or not an important person is boarding in the car in the elevator guide device of FIG. 1 will be described.

In FIG. 3, the announcement control circuit 7 is
First, the first byte of the data stored in the information buffer 4 is referred to (step 310), and it is determined whether the call input corresponding flag (sixth bit) is 1 (step 32).
0). When the call input corresponding flag is 1, it is determined whether or not there is a day of the week and time zone designation (3rd and 4th bits) (step 330). If not, step 34
Although it skips 0,350 and proceeds to step 360, if there is any, it refers to the 3rd to 7th bytes and the calendar IC (date and time) built in the information buffer 4 (step 340), and further targets the VIP mode. It is determined whether or not (step 350). When the VIP mode is targeted, the process proceeds to step 360, and the destination floor input signal 12 is input from the car operation panel 11 of the car 1. Also, referring to the second byte of the data in the information buffer 4,
The VIP registration floor is confirmed (step 370). Then, it is determined whether or not the VIP registered floor and the destination floor indicated by the destination floor input signal 12 input in step 360 match (step 380). If both floors are the same, it is determined that an important person may be on the elevator car 1, the VIP announcement mode is set, and the process ends (step 390).

If the determinations in steps 320, 350 and 380 are negative (No), step 400
To the first of the data stored in the information buffer 4.
It is determined whether or not the boarding correspondence flag (fifth bit) of the byte is 1, and if it is not 1, the process proceeds to step 480, the normal mode is set, and the process ends, but 1
If yes, specify the day of the week and the time of day (3rd and 4th)
Bit) is determined (step 410).
If not, skip steps 420 and 430,
Proceed to step 440, but if there is, the third to seventh bytes and the calendar IC built in the information buffer 4
By referring to (date and time) (step 420), it is further determined whether or not the VIP mode is targeted (step 43).
0). If the VIP mode is not the target, the process proceeds to step 480 to set the normal mode. However, if the VIP mode is the target, the process proceeds to step 440.
Enter stop floor information 8. The VIP registration floor is confirmed by referring to the second byte of the data in the information buffer 4 (step 450).

Then, this VIP registration floor and step 4
It is determined whether or not the destination floors indicated by the stop floor information 8 input at 40 match (step 460). If both floors do not match, the process proceeds to step 480 to set the normal mode, but if they match, step 47.
Going to 0, it is judged whether there is boarding or not by load fluctuation, and if there is boarding, it is judged that an important person may be on board, and VIP announcement mode is set (step 390). The process ends. If there is no boarding, the process proceeds to step 480, the normal mode is set, and the process ends.

As described above, it is determined whether or not an important person is boarding in the car, and the VIP announcement mode is set. Then, the boarding guidance is corrected according to the flowchart shown in FIG.

The process shown in FIG. 4 is provided as indicated by A and B instead of steps 660 to 700 of the process shown in FIG. In the process of FIG. 4, after the load information output mode is determined in the process of FIG. 6, the load signal 3 is input from the load detection device 2 (step 81).
0), it is judged whether or not the load signal 3 is the rated load (step 820), and in the case of the rated load, the announcement code A "full" is determined (step 8).
60).

If it is not the rated load, 80% of the rated load
% Or more (step 830), and if so, the process proceeds to step 870 to determine whether or not the VIP announce mode is set in the process of FIG. 3 described above (step 830). 870). When the VIP announcement mode is set, the announcement code A of "full" is determined (step 860). In other words, in the VIP announcement mode, when the capacity is not yet full, but 80% of the rated load is given, the boarding guidance “full” is provided to reduce the congestion level when an important person boarded, We try not to make people feel uncomfortable.

If it is judged in the step 870 that the VIP announcement mode is not set, the announcement code B "A few more people can ride" is decided (step 8).
80). That is, when not in the VIP announcement mode, the passengers are loaded to the full rating.

Further, in the judgment of step 830, the rating of 80 is obtained.
If it is not more than 50%, the process proceeds to step 840, and it is determined whether it is more than 50% of the rating. And 50%
In the above case, it is determined whether or not it is the VIP announcement mode (step 850), and if it is the VIP announcement mode, the announcement code B "A few more people can ride" is determined (step 880). ). In other words, in the case of VIP announce mode, 50% of the rating
At the announcement that "there can be two or three more people"
I try to carry a few people to the extent that it does not get crowded even if important people are on board.

If it is not 50% or more in step 840, and if it is not the VIP announcement mode in step 850, the process proceeds to step 890 and there is no information data. Then, the process proceeds to step 720 of FIG. 6, and the announcement codes A, B set in steps 860, 880, 890 are output to the audio reproduction circuit 10 as the announcement information data 6.

[0033]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The load in the car of the elevator is detected, the congestion degree of the passenger in the car is determined based on the detected load, and the boarding guidance determined based on the congestion degree is provided to the passengers of the elevator by voice. , In the operation of the elevator related to the floor and the time when the important person gets in and out, the boarding guide that is decided based on the congestion condition is changed to the boarding guide that alleviates the congestion in the car. In this case, it is possible to provide a comfortable elevator usage environment without being discomforted to the important person in the car, because the passengers are restricted from entering the car and the congestion degree in the car can be secured. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an elevator guide apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a data format stored in an information buffer used in the elevator guide device of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a process of determining whether or not an important person is boarding in a car in the elevator guide device of FIG.

4 is a flowchart showing a process of correcting boarding guidance in the elevator guide device of FIG. 1, which is provided as indicated by A and B instead of steps 660 to 700 of the process shown in FIG. .

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of a conventional elevator guide device.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the conventional elevator guide device of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 car 2 load detection device 4 information buffer 7 announcement control circuit 10 voice reproduction circuit 11 car operation panel

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An elevator guide device for boarding and guiding passengers of an elevator, comprising: load detecting means for detecting a load in a car of the elevator; and a load detecting means for detecting the load in the car based on the load detected by the load detecting means. Congestion condition determining means for determining the congestion condition of passengers, guidance determining means for determining boarding guidance based on the congestion condition determined by the congestion determining means, and boarding guide determined by the guidance determining device Guidance providing means provided to the user by voice, storage means for storing the floor and date and time when an important person gets in and out, and the congestion condition in the elevator operation related to the floor and date and time stored in the storage means. The boarding guide determined by the guide determining means based on the above will be changed to a boarding guide that alleviates congestion in the car. An elevator guide device, comprising: