JPH08143240A - Guide for group supervisory operation elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To give a easy-to-understand and kind information display to a user by conducting audio information and display information at the same time when guiding to a newly allocated elevator from an already allocated elevator at the time of reservation change. CONSTITUTION: An elevator controller 1 is provided with a group supervisory operation control device 2, controllers 11-14 for respective elevators, display information devices 5a-01-5d-15 and audio information device 4a-01-4d-15 provided for each floor of respective elevators. If an elevator reserved by a hall call is fully occupied by passengers at service floors before it reaches, audio information and display information which indicate a car full condition are carried out at the same time. By the audio information, users observe displayed description, so hall passengers will not fail to notice the information of a newly allocated elevator by car full information and reservation change, thus user permitting to move smoothly to a newly allocated elevator.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a group management elevator guide method, and more particularly to a display guide method suitable for guiding reservation changes.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 1-231785, there is disclosed a device in which the display form is easily changed to promptly switch to a display according to the opinion of a passenger.
It is known that a guidance display for a newly assigned elevator is displayed by changing the reserved elevator.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional display device, the contents that can be displayed at one time are less than the total contents that should be displayed, and it is necessary to perform scrolling display or switching display. Therefore, in the elevator guide display device that has a display guide device that changes from moment to moment, when a display content change request occurs, the display is changed immediately, or if the user changes the time by scrolling, the user can change the reservation. There is a problem that when the user sees the guide display of the lifted elevator, it is already in the middle of a new guide display and the contents cannot be grasped completely.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems and to provide a guide method for a group-controlled elevator which provides a user-friendly and friendly guide display.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides voice guidance and display guidance at the same time, for example, when guiding a newly assigned elevator from an already assigned elevator at the time of reservation change. Alternatively, the display guidance is provided later than the voice guidance.

[0006]

[Function] As described above, when the elevator reserved by the hall call is full on the service floor before the arrival, the user pays attention to the displayed content by voice guidance etc. Can smoothly move a user to a newly-assigned elevator without overlooking the newly-assigned elevator guidance due to full-occupancy guidance and reservation change.

[0007]

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the entire configuration of the present invention. In this figure, the number of elevators is 4, and the 15th floor is serviced. Elevator control device 1
Is provided with a group management control device 2, unit control devices 11 to 14, and a display guide device and a voice guide device for each floor of each unit. The configuration content is a well-known microcomputer control method. The group management control device 2 inputs to each floor hall call registration device 3a-01 to 3a-15, 4a-01 to 4a.
-15 signal is input, call allocation control is performed, and a signal is transmitted to each unit control device. Each unit control device performs speed control, position control, door control of the elevator cars 21 to 24, and control of a display guide device and a voice guide device installed on each floor. The display guide device of the present invention has a displayable number of characters of 10 or less, and this embodiment exemplifies a display capable of displaying 4 characters.

FIG. 2 is a software flowchart showing an embodiment of the elevator hall guidance processing. This is an example of a processing task in the elevator controller and is called regularly.

In step S10, the group supervisory control device monitors changes in the status of the machines, etc. with respect to the allocations to all the machines. Here, for a hall call on a certain floor,
If the assigned car is already full when leaving the previous serviced floor and the car call for the reserved floor by the hall call is not registered, as a result the hall call floor is passed Will be done.
Therefore, in the next step S20, the reservation change determination is performed,
Based on the judgment that the reservation needs to be changed, the call for the hall is reassigned to another unit.

In step S30, the group supervisory control device sends a reservation change display request signal to the machine control device of the machine which was previously allocated by the allocation change and the machine control device of the machine newly allocated by the allocation change. Send.

In step S40, the machine number control device for controlling the machine number that has been used up is displayed to the display guide device of the hall whose allocation has been canceled, from the display guide table stored in advance, indicating that the generated change of capacity has occurred. To transmit the display signal. In step S50, the machine control device of the fully-occupied machine selects the allocation guide display from the display guide table, transmits a display signal to the display guide device on the floor, and transmits a voice guide signal to the voice guide device. At the time of actual guidance, the voice guidance and the display guidance are simultaneously performed, or the voice guidance is prioritized and the display guidance is delayed.

Next, when the elevator assigned by reservation arrives at the hall and all the passengers in the hall are full before they can get into the car, or when there is a leftover such as being unable to board due to over capacity. Is already in service, so step S2
At 0, the group supervisory control device does not change the reservation for the hall call on the floor, but performs the additional allocation in step S60.

In step S70, the machine control device for the full-occurrence-occurring machine selects the departure guide for full-occurrence occurrence from the display guide table, and sends a display signal to the display guide device to the display guide device on the full-occupancy floor.

In step 80, the machine control device of the additionally allocated car selects the allocation guide display from the display guide table, and the display signal is displayed on the display guide device of the floor where the train is fully occupied.
A voice guidance signal is transmitted to the voice guidance device. If it is operating normally, we will not change reservations or allocate more,
The unit control device selects the normal guidance method in step S60.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the timing of display guidance and voice guidance. This figure shows the case where Unit 1 was initially assigned, but was assigned to Unit 3 due to full capacity.

(A) is an example in which the display guidance of the No. 3 machine is delayed from the voice guidance, and (b) shows the display guidance of the No. 3 machine and the voice guidance at the same time, but a dummy display is displayed immediately after the start of the display guidance. There is.

The dummy display has no display data and is not displayed substantially. In both cases (a) and (b), since it is the timing to start the display when the passenger in the hall hears the chime sound and then looks at the display guidance device, the elevator whose allocation has been changed can be immediately known. Also, if there is time, it will be easy for the user to understand by repeating twice.

FIG. 4 shows an example of display content data for each display guide table.

(A) is an example of display contents when the other floors are serviced and the capacity is full. The part surrounded by the dotted line is changed to "right side", "left side", "rear side", etc. depending on the positional relationship with the newly assigned unit by the group management control device.

(B) shows a display example when the service floor is full.

(C) shows an example of the guidance display of the display guide device of the new car which is newly allocated by the allocation change or the additional allocation.

By displaying in this way, the user can know the change in the state of the assigned elevator and can move to the new assigned elevator smoothly.

FIG. 5 shows an embodiment of the allocation change guide.

The elevator assigned to call the hall on the 5th floor is full at the time of servicing on the 2nd floor, and there is no car call up to the 5th floor, so obviously the 5th floor cannot be serviced. Was changed. The display guidance device 5a-05 of the first car starts full display, and the reservation lamp, which is a part of the display guidance device, is also turned off.
The user can know at this point that the allocation of Unit 1 has been cancelled. Further, when voice guidance is simultaneously performed by the voice guidance device 4c-05 of the third car, the user turns to the direction of the sound, and pays attention to the display of the third car. One second after the voice guidance, the guidance display is started on the display guidance device 5c-05 of the No. 3 machine, and when the direction of the sound is heard after judging the situation of No. 1 machine, the reservation lamp of the No. 3 machine is lit up and displayed. Since it is also displayed as a guide, the user can immediately recognize that it has been assigned to Unit 3.

It should be noted that if the display guidance device of the first car whose allocation has been canceled is displayed so that the third car is allocated, it is not necessary for the user to turn around, which improves convenience.

FIG. 6 shows an example of the additional allocation guide when the leftover occurs.

In the figure, when the elevator arriving at the hall call on the 5th floor is full and a system for monitoring the degree of congestion in the hall causes a leftover load, the group management control device is additionally assigned to the third unit. It is a thing.
When the display guidance device 5a-05 of the No. 1 machine starts the departure display and the voice guidance is given by the voice guidance device 4c-05 of the No. 3 machine, the remaining user turns to the direction in which the sound is made. One second after the voice guidance, the guidance display by the display guidance device 5c-05 of the No. 3 machine starts, and the user can immediately recognize that the additional allocation of the elevator has been performed.

In the present embodiment, the occurrence of full capacity is taken as an example, but it may be carried out when trouble occurs in the assigned elevator or when full capacity occurrence and long wait occurrence are predicted depending on the time zone.

[0030]

According to the present invention, when a display guide device that can display only a small amount of information at a time is used, when an allocation change or an additional allocation occurs, a audible caution is given,
By controlling the guidance so that the display is started at the timing when the user looks at the display guidance device at the place where the sound is generated, the user in the hall can smoothly guide without missing the guidance content. .

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of software of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing timings of voice guidance and display guidance.

FIG. 4 is an example of display contents.

FIG. 5 is an example of assignment change guidance.

FIG. 6 shows an example of additional allocation.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Elevator control device, 2 ... Group management control device, 3a
-01-3b-15 ... Hall call registration device, 4a-01
4d-15 ... Voice guidance device, 5a-01 to 5d-15
... Display guidance device, 11-14 ... Unit control device, 21-2
4 ... Cradle.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of elevators operating on a plurality of floors, a guide device installed near the entrance of the elevator to guide operation of the elevator, and a call registration device installed near the elevator landing. In the method of guiding a group management elevator having a group management control device for selecting and deciding a service elevator according to a call signal from the call registration device, the guidance device simultaneously provides a audible guidance such as a voice guidance or an alarm and a display guidance. A method of guiding a group-controlled elevator characterized by performing. 2. The group management elevator guide method according to claim 1, wherein the display guide of the guide device is displayed later than the voice guide or the caution note guide. 3. The guide method for a group management elevator according to claim 1, wherein the guide method is performed when a reservation elevator is changed or when an additional allocation is generated.