JPH08133615A - Elevator control device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To enable the multiple item display guide of a service car state so as to improve serviceability by providing a means for detecting large traffic demand per one elevator in operation, and a means for displaying guidance and the service state guide of the elevator. CONSTITUTION: Each elevator control device 3 performs the lighting control of a hall lantern 7 by a reservation light signal and the display control of an indicator 8 displaying an operation schedule such as a destination floor, the position of a car, and the like in addition to the travel control of an elevator and the control of a door under the control of a group supervisory operation control device 2. That is, congestion in a car is judged, and in the case of judging no congestion, the travel direction of the car, the position of the car, and the like are displayed as usual. When the car is judged to be congested, whether the elevator is in partial express operation or scheduled to be transferred within a few minutes is judged. In the affirmative case, the door opening/ closing state on the destination floor and the other floors, the display guide of a car position, the guide of waiting time, the display guide of congestion in the car, and the like are displayed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an elevator control device, and more particularly to a method using a small display device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, elevator control is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-1.
As described in Japanese Patent No. 27386, there was a guidance display of door opening / closing status to notify the usage status of other floors and to speed up door failure detection. Further, an example of conventional display guidance is shown in FIG.
(A) is a guide display in which the service status can be clearly understood by arranging three elements at once. (B)
Indicates a divided express zone, the floor serving as t1 is indicated by a numeral, and the express zone is indicated by a point t2.

As shown in (a), there is a problem that the display device becomes large because the display amount is large.

[0004]

The prior arts have been aimed at detecting a failure in opening and closing a door or displaying guidance information for waiting passengers. The displayed contents are passengers getting on and off, congestion in the car, and door opening / closing status (interruption, reversal, failure).
The display content required a large number of characters because it was displayed all at once. For this reason, there are many cases in which it cannot be adopted in terms of space and design. Further, there is a drawback that a large amount of electric energy is required in proportion to the display area and a cooling fan is required for heat generation. Cooling fans need to be replaced at any time, so installing them on all units and all floors is a major maintenance task.

It is an object of the present invention to save space and energy by using a compact and smart display which can provide the required information to the users,
An object of the present invention is to provide an elevator control device that displays a guide that a user can understand at a glance.

[0006]

The above object can be achieved by reducing the number of characters to be guided and by a display method which is as good as or better than the conventional display guidance.

[0007]

[Function] Mainly used during crowded hours When displaying the service floor to the hall during express operation, the location of the car, the door opening / closing status on other floors, and the multi-item service car status with a small display area for car congestion are displayed. Do to the waiter.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the entire configuration of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is an elevator control device, 2 is a group management control device, 3 is a machine control device, 4 is a car, 5 is a car call button, 6 is a hall call button, 7 is a hall lantern, and 8 is a hall indicator. , 9 is a voice guidance device, and 10 is an input terminal device.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the control device 1 in the machine room of the elevator is composed of a group management control device 2 and a plurality of machine control devices 3. Elevator car 4
Is provided with a car call button 5, and its signal is input to the machine control device 3. Hall on each floor, eg B1
Hall call buttons 6 are provided on the 9th to 9th floors, and like the other hall guidance devices 7 to 9, they may be configured to input signals to the group management control device 2 via the number control device 3. it can. Here, the group management control device 2 directly inputs and outputs, but the group management control device 2 communicates the position and direction of the elevators sent from each unit control device 3 by the communication, the state of the car call, and the inside of the car. The hall call newly generated in consideration of the congestion degree and the like is sent to one elevator, and a reservation light signal or an allocation signal is sent to the machine control device 3. The unit control device 3 controls the traveling of the elevator and the doors, and the group management control device 2
Hall lantern 7 lighting control by the reservation light signal from
Display operation schedules and car locations such as destination floors. Further, by controlling a guide device including a display 8 and a voice guide device 9 in the hall, guidance regarding the operation plan contents and the waiting time instructed from the group management control device 2 is given to the hall waiting customers.

On the other hand, the group management control unit 2 is connected to the group management control unit 2 via the input terminal unit 10 telephone line installed in a maintenance center or a monitoring center, and the operation plan rules and operation guide rules in the group management control unit 2 are connected. By changing the display data memory in addition to the above settings, the guide content, guide conditions, timing, etc. can be changed.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for selecting a display mode. The step C10 start is started every certain period. Initialization is performed in step C15 of the display guidance, congestion in the car is determined in step C20, and when it is determined that there is no congestion, display mode No. 05 or 06 is determined from the display data in FIG. 7 in step C35. Selected,
It is displayed on the display installed in the hall. The reservation display guidance in FIG. 6 is an example. When it is determined in step C20 that it is congested, it is determined in step C25 whether or not the split express operation is in progress or within the scheduled transition time of 5 minutes, and if it is either, the display data of FIG. 7 is displayed in step C30. Select and display one of the modes No. 07-10. In the case of the split express of FIG. 4, the door opening / closing status and car position display guidance on the destination floor and other floors, and in the case of the split express, car position guidance or waiting time guidance or crowd congestion degree display guidance of FIG. Is. The structure of the display mode will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 3 is an embodiment of a flow chart for creating display guidance data according to the condition of the elevator car. Step C45 start is started every certain period. When there is a call for the assigned hall in step C50, the data for the destination floor display only is created. If there is no call in the assigned hall, car position display data is created in step C60, it is determined in step C65 whether the elevator car is running, and if the car is stopped, step C is executed.
70 congestion display data in the car, step C7 while running
Create car speed display data in 5. When the elevator car is servicing another floor, step C85 is performed by the door opening / closing operation signal in steps C80 and C90.
Door opening operation display data, step 95 Door closing operation display data are created.

FIG. 4 is a display guide of door opening / closing states and car positions on the destination floor and other floors during a split express. During a split express,
As an example of the destination floor guidance display, Units 1 to 3 service the 1st to 5th floors, and Units 4 to 6 service the 6th to 10th floors,
Guide passengers. This figure shows the service information display
HY3 is the situation when the door of the car on the other floor began to close,
The indications are HY1A to HY3A. When the door is open, when it begins to close with a red dot (R), it changes from the left and right edges to green (G) according to the speed of the door. When the door is closed, the dots are all green. M above the destination floor display
Indicates the car position of the elevator. Display the car position according to the car speed.

FIG. 5 shows a car position guide, a waiting time guide, or a congestion degree display guide in a car during a split express. In step C50 of the flowchart of one embodiment of the data creation of the display guidance according to the condition of the elevator car in FIG. 3, there is an assigned hall call, and the data for the destination floor display only is created. HY1B to HY3B are all floors K according to the above data.
1. When the car guides and displays the floor K2 currently being serviced, all dots green (G) change from bottom to top to orange (D). As another example of the guidance display in step C75 of FIG. 3, when K1 is the waiting time to the own service floor, K2 is the elapsed waiting time to the own service floor, and the guidance of step C70 in FIG. As an example of display, when K1 is the total floor area of the load equivalent to the capacity in the car, K2 is the congestion degree in the car.

FIG. 6 is a reservation display guide. When the display mode No. 06 is selected in step C35 when it is not crowded in step C20 of FIG. 2, it is displayed on the display installed in the hall. This figure displays that the cars Y1 to Y3 are running, and when the car is stopped, the door open / close state of the car is guided.

FIG. 7 is a correspondence table of display contents and display modes No. In the flowchart of FIG. 2, the display mode No. is selected from this table suitable for the condition of the car. The output of the guidance display is composed of the display device No., the display mode No., the display data, the car position, the X dots and the Y dots, and changes at any time depending on the condition of the elevator car. This configuration is shown in FIG.
Shown in

[0018]

[Effects of the Invention] Using a compact, inexpensive design with excellent design, while indicating the destination floor, the car position, door opening / closing on other floors, the traveling speed of the elevator, and the congestion situation in the car are expressed daily. It is possible to provide a convenient elevator operation mode guidance system for users.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a float chart for selecting a display mode.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for creating display data according to the status of an elevator car.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of display guidance of door opening / closing states and car positions on a destination floor and another floor during a split express.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of car position guide, waiting time guide, or in-car congestion degree display guide during split express.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of reservation display guidance.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of correspondence between display contents and mode No.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of output data of display guidance.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of conventional display guidance.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Elevator control device, 2 ... Group management control device, 3 ... Machine control device, 4 ... Car, 5 ... Car call button, 6 ... Hall call button, 7 ... Hall lantern, 8 ... Hall indicator, 9 ...
Voice guidance device, 10 ... Input terminal device.

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁶ Identification number Internal reference number FI Technical indication location B66B 3/00 J (72) Inventor Toshiko Niisaka 832, Horiguchi, Katsuta-shi, Ibaraki Hitachi System Plaza Katsuta Hitachi Mito Engineering Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Kenji Yoneda 1070 Imo, Katsuta-shi, Ibaraki Hitachi Ltd. Mito Factory (72) Inventor Motomi Nakamura 1-6 Kanda Nishiki-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Hitachi Building System Service Co., Ltd.

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An elevator car for raising and lowering a plurality of floors, a hall call registration device provided on the floors to call a car in an ascending or descending direction, and a service status of the elevators installed near an entrance / exit of the elevator. In which a display device for guiding passengers and an elevator control device that operates in response to the hall call are provided, means for detecting that there is a high traffic demand per elevator control device and one operating elevator, and a display regarding a destination floor Means for creating a signal for guiding and guiding passengers by means of, means for creating a signal for displaying service status guidance of an elevator, means for receiving the signal created by the means by the display device installed in a hall, and passengers A guide guidance signal is displayed on the display device and a service status guide of the elevator is displayed by a guide guidance signal. And means for elevator control apparatus characterized by collectively displaying guided by small device information necessary for passengers by placing an indicator. 2. A means for displaying the elevator service status guidance display according to claim 1 as means for creating a signal, a door opening / closing status on another floor, a car position of an elevator, or
An elevator control device which performs service status display guidance provided for at least one of waiting time, car speed, and congestion degree in a car. 3. The elevator control device according to claim 1, wherein a display according to a change in a signal due to running of the elevator, opening / closing of a door, and getting on / off of the elevator is transmitted to a display device at any time. 4. An elevator control device for guiding and displaying to a waiting customer by a color change, blinking, lighting, extinguishing, and light / dark according to the elevator situation according to claim 1. 5. A signal received by the display device according to claim 1, which is a signal that can be combined depending on the condition of an elevator car, and an elevator control device that displays a guide by the signal.