JPH08231148A - Pilot lamp of elevator hall and controller thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To perform a display to an elevator car made in response to a hall call, and to display the current position of this car, thereby making any unpleasant feeling of a user eliminable, and also to promote an improvement in service by way of displaying a message pertaining to the elevator operation. CONSTITUTION: Three pilot lamps 10 to 12 are composed of superposing both first and second liquid crystal display panels on each other. At a time when a hall call is carried out with each of elevators A to C being subjected to group control (direct numerical control), an arrival prelimiary direction to one elevator made in response to this hall call and the current position of the elevator car are displayed on the first liquid crystal display panel 20 in the pilot lamps 10 to 12, and a message pertaining to operations of the elevators A to C, for example, 'for emergency' is displayed on the second liquid crystal display panel 21 as well.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an elevator hall indicator light such as a hall lantern which lights up when a hall call is made to a plurality of elevators under group management control.
The present invention also relates to an elevator hall indicator light control device for controlling lighting of the indicator light.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a plurality of group-controlled elevators, when a hall call occurs in an elevator hall, one hall lantern among the hall lanterns mounted on the upper wall of each elevator door in this elevator hall is Light.

By lighting up the hall lantern, the user can know which elevator car among a plurality of elevators responded to the hall call. This is the immediate reservation display for the elevator.

That is, FIG. 5 is an external view of an elevator hall. In this elevator hall, elevator doors 1 to 3 corresponding to the three elevators A to C are provided.

Push buttons 4 and 5 for calling a hall are provided on the walls between the elevator doors 1 to 3, and the upper walls of the elevator doors 1 to 3 correspond to the elevators A to C, respectively. Hall lanterns 6 to 8 are provided as indicator lights.

When the push buttons 4 and 5 are pressed by the user, the fact that a hall call is generated from this floor is sent to the group management control device. This group management control device selects, for example, an elevator B that responds to a hall call from a plurality of elevator cars, and lights up a hall lantern 7 corresponding to this elevator B.

However, by lighting the hall lantern 7, it is possible to know which elevator car among the elevators A to C is coming, but since there is no indicator for indicating which floor the elevator car is now on, I don't know the position of the elevator car.

However, in the group supervisory control device, the indicator is not installed for the following reason. That is,
In the group management control device, when a hall call occurs, the hall lanterns 7 corresponding to the elevators A to B responding to the hall call are turned on. At this time, in the group management control system, fuzzy control or an expert system causes In order to shorten the waiting time of users in the elevator hall and reduce the long waiting time, which elevator car corresponds to the hall call on which floor is assigned.

Therefore, when a hall call is generated in FIG. 5, even if the elevator A car is actually closest to the floor where the hall call is generated, the elevator A car responds to the hall call on this floor. No, another elevator B
It happens that the car responds.

Therefore, when the indicator is provided, the user can understand all the movements of the cars of the elevators A to C under the group management control. Therefore, when the user presses the push buttons 4 and 5 to call the elevator car, the user thinks that the elevator car on the floor closest to the floor where the hall call occurs answers the hall call. However, the elevator car on the floor closest to the floor with the hall call does not respond and another elevator car comes in, or the elevator car passes by the floor with the hall call. The user sees. For this reason, the user feels uncomfortable as if he or she was forced to wait long for the elevator.

[0011]

As described above, it is possible to know which elevator car comes in response to a hall call.
I don't know where on the floor this elevator car is now. Also, if an indicator is provided in an elevator under group management control, the user can see that the elevator car on the nearest floor does not respond and another elevator car comes in or the elevator car passes by. It causes discomfort.

Therefore, the present invention provides a display for an elevator car that responds to a hall call, and displays the current position of the elevator car to eliminate user discomfort and a control device therefor. The purpose is to provide.

Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to display an elevator car in response to a hall call and display the current position of the elevator car to eliminate user discomfort, and further to display a message regarding elevator operation. It is an object of the present invention to provide an indicator light for an elevator hall and a control device for the elevator hall, which can improve service.

[0014]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when a hall call is made to a plurality of elevators under group control, the group management control is selected in response to the hall call. In the indicator light of the elevator hall that lights up corresponding to one elevator, the first display unit that displays the arrival warning direction for one elevator that responded to the hall call, and the current position of the elevator car that responded to the hall call And a second display section for displaying the above, and an indicator light of an elevator hall for achieving the above object.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an indicator light for an elevator hall for displaying the arrival warning direction of the elevator and the current position of the elevator car on the screen of the liquid crystal display panel.

According to the third aspect, when a hall call is made to a plurality of elevators under group management control,
In the indicator light of the elevator hall that lights up corresponding to one elevator selected by the group management control in response to this hall call, the arrival warning direction for the one elevator that responded to the hall call and the current position of the elevator car And a second liquid crystal display panel for displaying a message relating to the operation of an elevator, the first liquid crystal display panel for displaying It is an indicator light in the elevator hall that is trying to achieve

According to the present invention, when a hall call is made to a plurality of elevators under group management control,
In an elevator hall indicator light control device for controlling lighting of an indicator light corresponding to one elevator selected by group management control in response to the hall call, a plurality of liquid crystal display display panels are superimposed on the indicator light. A notice display section that displays the arrival notice direction for one elevator that has configured and responded to the hall call and the current position of this elevator car on one of the liquid crystal display display panels, and a message regarding elevator operation And a message display section for displaying on a liquid crystal display display panel different from the liquid crystal display display panel used for displaying the arrival warning direction and the current position of the elevator car, and an indicator light in an elevator hall for achieving the above object. It is a control device.

According to the fifth aspect, the notice display section displays the arrival notice direction and the current position of the elevator car on the liquid crystal display panel, and displays the current position of the elevator car at a predetermined time before the arrival of the elevator car. Lost
It is an indicator light control device for an elevator hall that flickers the display of the arrival warning direction.

[0019]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when a hall call is made to a plurality of elevators under group management control, an arrival warning direction for one elevator that responds to the hall call can be provided with a first indicator light. And the current position of this elevator car is displayed on the second display. As a result, the arrival announcement direction of only the elevator that responded to the hall call and the current position of the elevator car are known, and the user is not uncomfortable.

According to the second aspect, the arrival prediction direction of the elevator and the current position of the elevator car are displayed on the screen of the liquid crystal display display panel provided for the elevator responding to the hall call.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the arrival warning direction for one elevator in response to the hall call and the current position of this elevator car are displayed on the first liquid crystal display panel, while a message regarding the operation of the elevator is displayed. The image is displayed on the second liquid crystal display display panel provided so as to be superposed on the first liquid crystal display display panel. As a result, the arrival warning direction and the current position of the elevator or the message is displayed as if by one indicator light.

According to claim 4, when a hall call is made to a plurality of elevators under group management control,
The direction of arrival notice for one elevator that responded to this hall call and the current position of this elevator car are displayed on one LCD display panel, while this message is displayed first when displaying a message regarding the operation of the elevator. Display on another liquid crystal display display panel different from the liquid crystal display display panel of. By controlling the display of the plurality of liquid crystal display panels in this manner, the arrival announcement direction and the current position of the elevator, or a message is displayed on one display lamp.

According to the fifth aspect, when a hall call is generated, the arrival prediction direction of the elevator car responding to the hall call and the current position of the elevator car are displayed on the liquid crystal display panel, and after that, the predetermined arrival of the elevator car is determined. At a time earlier, the display of the current position of the elevator car is lost and the display of the direction of arrival warning is flickered.

[0024]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The same parts as those in FIG. 5 are designated by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an indicator light in an elevator hall and its control device.

In the elevator hall, on the upper walls of the elevator doors 1 to 3 of the elevators A to C, the indicator lights 10 to 12 of the elevator halls are provided corresponding to the elevators A to C, respectively.

As shown in FIG. 2, these indicator lamps 10 to 12 are constructed by stacking a first liquid crystal display display panel 20 and a second liquid crystal display display panel 21.

That is, the first and second liquid crystal display panels 20 and 21 are provided in the opening of the cover 23 provided on the wall 22 of the elevator hall. The inside of the cover 23 is formed into a cavity, and the elevator hole wall 22 is passed through the inside of the cavity of the cover 23.
The light emitted from the light source 24 provided in the interior of the panel is applied to the first and second liquid crystal display display panels 20 and 21.

The group supervisory control device 30 includes elevators A to A.
C is for group management control, and when a hall call is generated at each push button 4, 5, fuzzy control and an expert system are executed in response to this hall call to shorten the waiting time of the user in the elevator hall. In order to reduce the long wait, it has a function of selecting which elevator car corresponds to which hall call on which floor and selecting an elevator that responds to the hall call.

On the other hand, the lighting control device 31 indicates the arrival warning direction for one elevator A, B or C and the current position of the elevator car in response to the hall call selected by the group management control device 30. It has a function of displaying in the above.

Specifically, the lighting control device 31 is composed of a computer, and the notice display part 33, the message display part 34, the input part 35 and the memory 36 are operated by a command issued from the main control part 32. ing.

Of these, the notice display section 33 has a function of displaying, on the first liquid crystal display panel 20, the arrival notice direction for one of the elevators A, B or C that has responded to the hall call and the current position of this elevator car. Have

That is, the arrival warning direction for the elevators A, B, or C is shown by the upper arrow display 37 and the upper direction of the arrival warning direction at the upper and lower portions of the first liquid crystal display panel 20 as shown in FIG. An image is displayed as the arrow display 38.

The current position of the elevator car is such that the current floor is displayed as an image of the numerical display 39 between the upper arrow display 37 and the upper arrow display 38 in the arrival notice direction.

Therefore, the first liquid crystal display panel 20 has a first display section for displaying the upward arrow 37 or the downward arrow 38 for the arrival announcement direction, and a second numerical display 39 for the current floor of the elevator. It has a display unit.

Further, the notice display unit 33 receives the hall call and displays the upward direction display 37 or the upward direction display 3 of the arrival notice direction on the first liquid crystal display panel 20.
8 and the numerical display 39 of the current floor of the elevator car are performed, and a few seconds before the arrival of the elevator car after this, the numerical display 39 of the current floor of the elevator car is deleted, and the upward direction display 37 or the upward direction display 38 is displayed. Has the function of turning on the flicker.

It should be noted that the first and liquid crystal display display panels 20, 21 have an upward direction display 37 and an upward direction display 38.
The three display parts of the numerical value display 39 and the numerical display 39 are separately grounded, and the display parts are configured to drive the display at different timings.

On the other hand, the message display section 34 has a function of displaying a message regarding elevator operation on the second liquid crystal display display panel 21. The message display unit 34 has a function of displaying "emergency", "inspection", etc. as the content of the message in response to a request from the group management control device 30 or the outside, for example, as shown in FIG. 3 (b). .

The message display unit 34 also displays various illustrations, characters, and paintings on the second liquid crystal display display panel 21 in response to an external request, and also displays "emergency" and "inspection". It has a function to display various illustrations, characters, and paintings.

Next, the operation of the apparatus configured as described above will be described. If the push buttons 4 and 5 for calling the hall are not pushed, neither the notice display unit 33 nor the message display unit 34 drives the respective indicator lights 10 to 12.

Therefore, in each of the indicator lamps 10 to 12, the light source 24 is not turned on, nothing is displayed and neither is turned on as shown in FIG. 4 (a). On the other hand, when, for example, a lift button of the push button 4 for hall call is pressed, a hall call is generated in response to this push operation and is sent to the group management control device 30.

This group management control device 30 has push button 4
By executing the fuzzy control and expert system in response to the hall call generated at, the elevator car responds to the hall call of which floor so that the waiting time of the user in the elevator hall is shortened and the long wait is reduced. For example, the elevator A that responds to the hall call is selected.

The group management control device 30 sends information about the arrival prediction direction of the elevator A and the current position of the elevator car to the lighting control device 31 with respect to the selected elevator A. In the lighting control device 31, the notice display unit 33 is
The arrival warning direction for one elevator A responding to the hall call and the current position of this elevator car are displayed on the first liquid crystal display panel 20 of the indicator lamp 10 corresponding to the elevator A.

That is, the first liquid crystal display panel 20 of the indicator lamp 10 displays the upward arrow display 37 as the arrival warning direction for the elevator A as shown in FIG. 4 (b), and the current position of the elevator car. The current floor is displayed by the numerical display 39.

From this display, the user confirms the arrival warning direction for the elevator A and the current floor of the elevator car. The upward arrow 37 is displayed as the arrival warning direction, which indicates that the elevator car is located below the floor where the hall call is generated and is rising toward the floor where the hall call is generated. .

Subsequently, when the notice display section 33 receives information from the group management control device 30 a few seconds before the arrival of the elevator car, as shown in FIG. 4 (c), the numerical display 39 of the current floor of the elevator car is displayed. And the upper arrow display 37 is flickered.

From this flicker display, the user confirms that the elevator car has arrived. When the elevator car arrives, the notice display section 33 displays the upward arrow 3
The flicker display of 7 is turned off.

On the other hand, when a message such as "emergency" or "inspection" is requested from the group management control device 30 or the outside, the message display unit 34 causes the second liquid crystal display display panel 21 to display, for example, as shown in FIG. ) Displays "emergency", "during inspection", etc.

At this time, since the first liquid crystal display panel 20 is not driven, each of the indicator lamps 10 to 12 is not driven.
Displays "emergency", "during inspection", etc. on the one screen. Further, although there is a request from the group management control device 30 or the outside to display various illustrations, characters, or paintings, the message display unit 34 displays these illustrations, characters, or paintings on the second liquid crystal display display panel 21. This allows
Each of the display lights 10 to 12 displays various illustrations, characters, and paintings on its one screen.

As described above, in the above-described embodiment, when a hall call is made to each of the elevators A to C that are group-managed, the arrival announcement direction for one elevator that responds to the hall call and Since the current position of the elevator car is displayed on the first liquid crystal display panel 20, it is possible to know the arrival prediction direction of the elevator in response to the hall call and the current position of the elevator car.

In this case, the current position of the elevator car is
Since the fruit of the elevator that responded to the hall call is displayed,
In the group management control, for example, even if the car of Elevator A is closest to the floor where the hall call is generated, the car of Elevator A does not respond to the hall call of this floor, and the car of another elevator B responds. Also, even if you pass through the floor where the hall is called, these are not displayed,
There is no discomfort to the user.

Since the liquid crystal display display panels 20 and 21 are used as the indicator lamps, the current floor of the elevator can be displayed on each of the indicator lamps 10 to 12, in addition to the arrival notice direction for the elevator.

Further, since the first and second liquid crystal display display panels 20 and 21 are provided in an overlapping manner, the display is not limited to the arrival notice direction of the elevator and the current floor of the elevator.
Despite being one indicator lamp 10 to 12, it is possible to display messages relating to elevator operation, such as "emergency" and "inspection", and further various illustrations, characters, and paintings upon request from the outside.

Furthermore, the hole lantern can be manufactured in the same size as the conventional hole lantern, and the thickness thereof can be reduced. Therefore, one indicator lamp 10 to 12 can have the functions of the hall lantern, the indicator, the message, and the illustration display.

After the hall call is issued, the current floor of the elevator car is displayed, and a few seconds before the arrival of the elevator car, flicker lights of the arrival warning directions 37 and 38 are displayed to the user. The state until the arrival of the elevator car can be notified, and the discomfort of waiting for the elevator car can be reduced.

Each liquid crystal display display panel 20, 21
If you use the color display, you can display the designs of messages and illustrations with various variations, which will help the users waiting for the elevator to eliminate the annoyance.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but may be modified as follows. For example, the liquid crystal display display panels 20 and 21 are not limited to the two being superposed, and a plurality of liquid crystal display display panels may be superposed to display various messages separately.

[0057]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, it is possible to display the elevator car in response to a hall call and to display the current position of the elevator car, thereby eliminating the discomfort of the user. An indicator light for an elevator hall and its control device can be provided.

Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to display the elevator car in response to the hall call and display the current position of the elevator car to eliminate the discomfort of the user. Moreover, the message regarding the elevator operation can be eliminated. It is possible to provide an indicator light for an elevator hall and a control device for the elevator hall, which can display a message to improve service.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of an elevator hall indicator light and a control device therefor according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of an indicator light in an elevator hall.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display example of an indicator light in an elevator hall.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing display control until arrival of an elevator.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of a conventional elevator hall indicator light.

[Explanation of symbols]

A to C ... Elevator, 1-3 ... Elevator door, 10-1
2 ... Indicator light, 20 ... 1st liquid crystal display display panel, 21 ... 2nd liquid crystal display display panel, 30 ...
Group management control device, 31 ... Lighting control device, 32 ... Main control part, 33 ... Notice display part, 34 ... Message display part, 37
... upward arrow display, 38 ... upper arrow display, 39 ... numerical value display.

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. When a hall call is made to a plurality of elevators under group control, the lights are turned on in response to one hall call corresponding to one elevator selected by the group control. In an indicator light of an elevator hall, a first display unit that displays an arrival warning direction for one of the elevators that responds to the hall call, and a second display unit that displays the current position of the elevator car that responds to the hall call. The indicator light of the elevator hall is characterized by forming the display part of and. 2. The indicator light in an elevator hall according to claim 1, wherein the arrival warning direction of the elevator and the current position of the elevator car are displayed on one screen of the liquid crystal display panel. 3. When a hall call is made to a plurality of elevators under group management control, lighting is performed corresponding to one elevator selected by the group management control in response to the hall call. In a display light for an elevator hall, a first liquid crystal display panel for displaying an arrival warning direction for one of the elevators responding to the hall call and a current position of the elevator car, and the first liquid crystal display panel. And a second liquid crystal display panel for displaying a message regarding the operation of the elevator, the indicator light in the elevator hall. 4. When a hall call is made to a plurality of elevators under group management control, an indicator lamp corresponding to one of the elevators selected by the group management control in response to the hall call. In an elevator hall indicator light control device for controlling lighting, a plurality of liquid crystal display display panels are overlapped on the indicator lamp, and an arrival warning direction for one of the elevators that responds to the hall call and this elevator A notice display section for displaying the current position of the car on one of the liquid crystal display panels, and the liquid crystal used for displaying the arrival warning direction and the current position of the elevator car with a message regarding the elevator operation. LCD display panel different from the display panel Indicator control device for an elevator hall, characterized by comprising a Shimesuru message display unit. 5. The notice display section displays the arrival notice direction and the current position of the elevator car on the liquid crystal display panel, and the display of the current position of the elevator car is removed at a predetermined time before the arrival of the elevator car. The indicator light control device for an elevator hall according to claim 4, wherein the display of the direction of advance notice is flickered.