JPH10194618A - Landing call registration device of elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To inform a user guide information to a target place easily to understand by searching for a landing floor with a designated plate on it from the inside of a place registration means by a call registration means, selecting a layout map of the landing floor by a route searching means and searching for a moving route to the designated place from an elevator landing. SOLUTION: A platform floor with a designated store is searched by a call registration means on a landing guide button device 16 from the inside of a place registration means 14a1. It is possible for a user to go to a target store without a trouble by selecting a layout map of the platform floor from the inside of a map registration means 14a3 by a route searching means 14a4, making it possible to search for a moving route to the target store designated by the landing guide button device 16 from a landing, registering a call of an elevator on the platform floor with the store on it by designating the store at the landing and displaying a building inside plan of the landing floor and the moving route from the elevator landing to the store on a cage inside display 17 for guidance before a cage arrives at the landing floor.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a technology for an elevator hall call registration apparatus for making an elevator hall call by designating a destination.

[0002]

FIG. 19 is a front view of a conventional elevator landing. In FIG. 19, reference numeral 1 denotes a landing destination floor registration button assembly for a user to designate a desired destination floor as a destination of a car from an elevator landing and to call a car to this landing floor. Reference numeral 2 denotes a hall button for a user to designate a traveling direction of the car and call the car to the hall floor. 3a and 3b are elevator car doors.

[0003] As shown in FIG. 20, a landing destination floor registration button assembly 1 and a landing button 2 are arranged in parallel on the side wall of the landing. On the panel, along with a message prompting the user to select the destination floor "Please select the floor you want to go to", icon buttons are arranged so that the user can select a landing floor that is a candidate for the destination floor of the car. When the user selects, for example, the fifth floor, by touching the icon button 1a with a finger,
The fifth floor is registered in a call registration device (not shown). The hall button 2 includes an upper call button 2a and a lower call button 2b.
Is arranged.

FIG. 21 is a view of the direction of the car door from the inside of the car. At the top of the car door 4, a car position indicator 5 for displaying the current position of the car is provided, and on the left side of the car door 4. In
A car operation panel 6 is provided for each passenger in the car to call-register the destination floor.

FIG. 22 is a sectional view showing an entire elevator installed in a building. In FIG. 22, 7a to 7c are landing doors installed on each landing floor, and 8a to 8c are landing doors 7a to 7c.
It is a floor surface of each hall floor corresponding to 7c. 9 is an elevator car, 10 is a hoistway on which the car 9 runs, 11
A rope for suspending and running the basket 9.

On the other hand, the machine room 12 of the building contains the following equipment. Reference numeral 13 denotes a hoist that drives the car 9 via the rope 11, reference numeral 14 denotes an elevator operation control panel, and reference numeral 14a denotes a combination of a CPU, ROM, RAM, and the like provided in the operation control panel 14 for controlling the operation of the elevator. In the control device 14a, a call registration unit (not shown) for registering an elevator call is provided. Reference numeral 15 denotes the movement (rotation) of the hoisting machine 13.
And outputs the current position of the car 9 to the control device 14a.

Here, when the landing destination floor registration button assembly 1 is operated during the operation of the elevator, the signal is transmitted to the control device 14.
a, and the control device 14a stops the landing next based on the current position of the car 9 detected by the car position detection encoder 15 and the call registered in the call registration unit in the control device 14a. The floor is always calculated.

FIG. 22 shows a landing destination floor registration button assembly 1
Is provided on the landing floor where the landing door 7c is provided.

In the conventional elevator constructed as described above, for example, when a user who is on the landing floor provided with the landing floor destination registration button assembly 1 wants to go to the fifth floor, the user can use the landing floor destination registration button assembly button assembly. Press the 5th floor hall call registration button 1a.
As a result, the call to the landing floor is registered in the call registration unit in the control device 14a, and the user waits for the arrival of the car 9.

When the car 9 arrives at the landing floor and the car door 6 opens, and the user gets into the car 9,
The car call on the fifth floor has already been registered, and the car 9 travels toward the destination floor according to the registered contents of the call registration unit after the car door 6 is closed. When the car 9 arrives at the fifth floor, “5th floor” is output and displayed on the in-car position indicator 4.

[0011]

In the conventional elevator call registration apparatus thus constructed, when a user operates the landing destination floor registration button assembly 1 to make a call, the target location is set to what floor. If the user does not know the location, the user must check the destination on the map in the building in advance and then press the button on the destination floor.

Also, after getting into the car and confirming that the vehicle has arrived at the destination floor on the display of the car position indicator 4 and getting off the car 9, even if the user is not familiar with the building, the destination is not You don't know where you are on the floor and need to find a building map or walk around the building to find the place you want.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problem, and informs a user who is going to use an elevator of a desired place on which floor and where, and informs the user of the desired place. It is an object of the present invention to obtain an elevator call registration device capable of easily giving guidance information to an elevator.

[0014]

An elevator hall call registration device according to the present invention is provided in an elevator hall and is provided with a location designating means for designating a destination in a building and a location designation from the location designating means. Registration means for retrieving a landing floor having a location designated by the location designation means from among the location registration means in which the landing floor corresponding to each place in the building is registered in advance, and registering a call to the landing floor. And selecting a layout map of the landing floor from the map registration means in which a plurality of layout maps of each landing floor in the building are registered in advance, and selecting the layout map of the landing floor based on the selected layout map and the designated destination. A route search means for searching for a movement route from the elevator landing to the destination designated by the place specification means, and a layout map provided in the car and selected by the route search means, and A car output display means for outputting and displaying the moving route together, and in a case where the landing floor at which the car will land next is a landing floor based on the call specified by the location specifying means, the call registration means performs the location registration A search is made for the landing floor where the location designated by the location designation means is located from among the means, and the route search means selects a layout map of the landing floor from the map registration means and uses the location designation means from the elevator landing on the landing floor. A search is made for a moving route to a designated location.

Further, the apparatus further comprises data input means for setting and changing the registered contents of the location registration means and the map registration means.

[0016] The route search means outputs to the car output display means the fact that a fire has occurred and the evacuation route registered in advance in the map registration means, based on the output from the fire detector installed in the building. It is like that.

The location specifying means may be a microphone and further include a voice recognizing means. If there is a voice input specifying the location to the location specifying means, the call recognizing means may recognize the voice input by the voice recognizing means. On the basis of the result, a landing floor having a place designated by the place designation means is searched from the place registration means.

[0018] Further, hall output display means provided at the elevator hall for displaying the layout map selected by the route search means and the searched travel route together is further provided.
When the location is designated by the location designation means, the call registration means:
A search is made for the landing floor where the location designated by the location designation means is located from the location registration means, and the route search means selects a layout map of the landing floor from the map registration means and designates the location from the elevator landing on the landing floor. A search is made for a moving route to a designated place designated by means.

[0019]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Embodiment 1 FIG. FIG. 1 is a front view of an elevator hall for explaining the elevator hall call registration device according to the first embodiment. In FIG. 1, as a new configuration with respect to the conventional example, reference numeral 16 denotes a hall guidance button device as place designation means provided in place of the hall destination floor registration button assembly 1.

The control device 14a operates the floor guidance button device 16 from among the floor registration means in which the floors corresponding to the respective floors in the building are registered in advance based on the designation of the furniture floor.
A search is made for a landing floor where the sales floor designated by is specified, and a call to the landing floor is registered.

Here, as shown in FIG. 2, the hall guidance button device 16 and the hall button 2 are arranged in parallel on the side wall of the hall. Similarly, for example, on a liquid crystal panel, a character message prompting the user to select a destination floor "Please select a sales floor you want to go to" is displayed, and an icon is displayed so that the user can select each sales floor as a selection candidate. When arranged in the form of buttons, and the user selects, for example, a furniture section, the fifth floor, which is the furniture section, is registered in a call registration device (not shown) by touching the icon button 16a with a finger. ing. The hall button 2 is provided with an upper call button 2a and a lower call button 2b.

FIG. 3 is a view of the direction of the car door from the inside of the car. In FIG. 3, as a new configuration with respect to the conventional example, a car 17 is provided instead of the car position indicator 4. It is a car guidance display as an inside output display means.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing the entirety of the elevator installed in the building. In FIG.
The control device 14a composed of PU, ROM, RAM and the like incorporates not only an elevator operation control program but also map layout data of each landing floor in the building and a call registration processing program described later.

Further, inside the control device 14a, as shown in FIG. 5, for example, place registration means 14a1 in which landing floors corresponding to each sales floor and place in this building are registered in advance,
A call for retrieving from the location registration means a landing floor having a sales floor designated by the button of the landing guidance button device 16 based on the floor designation from the landing guidance button device 16 and registering a call to this landing floor. A registration unit 14a2 and a map registration unit 14a in which a plurality of layout maps of each landing floor in the building are registered in advance.
3 and selecting the layout map of the landing floor from the map registration means and specifying from the elevator landing of the landing floor with the button of the landing guidance button device 16 based on the selected layout map and the designated destination sales floor. Route searching means 14a4 for searching for a moving route to the designated destination counter is executed by the CPU, RO
M, RAM, and a built-in software program.

The operation of the thus configured elevator hall call registration apparatus according to Embodiment 1 will be described with reference to FIG. To explain the case where the elevator is installed in a department store as an example, during operation of the elevator (Yes in step S1), the elevator user who is on the landing floor where the landing guidance button device 16 is arranged can use the landing guidance button device 16 Is operated to register a desired destination floor. For example, if this user wants to go to the furniture floor on the fifth floor, the floor guidance corresponding to the furniture floor on the fifth floor of the hall guidance button device 16 The button 16a is pressed (step S2).

When the landing guidance button 16a of the landing guidance button device 16 is operated (Yes in step S2), the call registration means 1
4a2 retrieves the floor corresponding to the designated sales floor from the place registration means 14a1, and by this operation, the lamp of the floor guidance button 16a corresponding to the furniture floor on the fifth floor is turned on, and the floor guidance button device 16a is turned on. Is registered by the call registration means 14a2 in the control device 14a, and the car 9 travels to the next floor to be stopped according to the registered contents of the call registration means 14a2 (step S).
3).

After the car 9 arrives at the platform floor and opens (step S4), when the user is in the car 9 (step S5), a car call to the sales floor (fifth floor) is called. After being registered in the registration means 14a2 (step S6) and closing the door (step S7), the car 9 is called by the call registration means 14a2.
Then, the vehicle starts traveling again to the next stop floor according to the registered contents (step S8).

When the car 9 travels to the next stop floor,
The control device 14a always controls the traveling speed of the landing floor to be stopped next based on the current position of the car 9 detected by the car position detection encoder 15 and the landing floor registered by the call registration means 14a2. I have.

In the control device 14a, the route search means 14a4 selects the layout map of the landing floor from the map registration means 14a3, and displays the building floor plan (sales floor guide map) on the car guidance display 17. The output is displayed (step S9).

If the next floor to be stopped is the floor registered for call registration by the hall guidance button device 16 (step S).
(Yes in 10), as shown in FIG. 7, on the guidance display 17 in the car, the traveling route from the elevator landing on the landing floor to the destination sales floor is output and displayed together with the sales floor guide map on the landing floor (step S11). ).

In this case, in the control device 14a, the route searching means 14a4, based on the layout map selected from the map registration means 14a3 and the destination floor designated by the button of the hall guidance button device 16, determines the floor of the floor. A search is made for a moving route from the elevator landing (starting point) of the vehicle to the furniture sales floor (destination).

Accordingly, the sales floor guide map output and displayed on the in-car guidance display 17 in step S11 includes FIG.
As shown in the figure, the car 17a on which the user is currently riding and the registered furniture section 17b are displayed with a red border, and the movement route from the elevator floor on the floor (fifth floor) to the furniture section is indicated by a red arrow 17c. Flashes.

On the other hand, if the floor displayed on the car position display 4 is a floor not specified in the call registration by the hall guidance button device 16 (No in step S10), as shown in FIG. Only the diagram is displayed, and the route display from the sales floor and the elevator floor to the target sales floor as indicated by the arrow S11 is not performed.

Thereafter, when the car 9 arrives at the landing floor (step S12), the call registration of the landing floor arrived is canceled from the call registration means 14a2 (step S13).

Next, after the door is opened (step S14) and the user gets off the car 9 (step S15), if there is a call from another hall guidance button device, the process returns from step S16 to step S7 again. The same processing as described above is repeated.

Steps S20 to S32 are processing when the hall button 2 is pressed at a certain floor to register a call. In this case, the car 9 arrives (step S2).
2) After the user gets on the car 9 (step S23),
The car operation panel 5 registers a car call to a desired destination floor by itself (step S24).

The car 9 travels in accordance with the contents of the call registration (step S26). Also in this case, when the car 9 travels toward the next stop floor, the car position detection encoder 15 detects the car 9 in the control device 14a. Based on the current position of the car 9 and the landing floor registered in the call registration means 14a2, the traveling speed control of the landing floor to be stopped next is always performed.

At the same time, in the control device 14a, the route search means 14a4 selects a layout map of the next floor to be stopped from the map registration means 14a3, and displays a plan view in the building (store floor guide map) in the car. An output is displayed on the guidance display 17 (step S27).

The processing in steps S28 to S32 is the same as the processing in steps S12 to S16, and a description thereof will be omitted.

Therefore, according to the first embodiment, the hall guidance button device 16 provided at the elevator hall for designating the target sales floor in the building, and the inside of the building based on the sales floor designation from the hall guidance button device 16 are provided. A call for retrieving a floor having a sales floor designated by the hall guidance button device 16 from the place registration means 14a1 in which the floor corresponding to each sales floor or location is registered in advance, and registering a call to that floor. Registration means 14a2
A layout map of the landing floor is selected from the map registration means 14a3 in which a plurality of layout maps of each landing floor in the building are registered in advance, and the floor floor is selected based on the selected layout map and the designated destination floor. Route search means 14a4 for searching for a movement route from the elevator hall to the destination section designated by the hall guidance button device 16, and a layout map provided in the car and selected by the route search means 14a4 together with the searched movement path. And a car output display means 17 for displaying an output, and when the landing floor at which the car will land next is a landing floor based on the call designated by the location designation means, the call registration means is provided in the location registration means 14a1. , A floor floor where the sales floor designated by the floor guidance button device 16 is located is searched, and the route search means 14a4 searches the map registration means 14a3 for the floor of the landing floor. Since the route map is selected and the travel route from the elevator hall on the hall floor to the destination section designated by the hall guidance button device 16 is searched, even a person who does not know the geography in the building can search the map in the building. Not
By specifying a sales floor at the landing, you can not only register the elevator call on the floor where the sales floor is located,
Before the car arrives at the floor, the car guide display 16 displays the floor plan of the building at the floor and the moving route from the elevator floor at the floor to the sales floor, and provides the user with information. It is possible to go to the target sales floor without hesitation.

Embodiment 2 FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view illustrating an entire elevator installed in a building for describing the elevator hall call registration device according to the second embodiment.

For example, when the furniture floor on the fifth floor described in the first embodiment is moved to the seventh floor in accordance with a change in the layout of the sales floor, information on the building (for example, car guidance) held in the control device 14a is stored. Layout data registered in the map registration means 14a3 to be displayed on the display 17 for location, a place registration means 1 which is a destination required for route search
It is also necessary to change the data of the location of each counter registered in 4a1).

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 9, a building information input device (for example, a personal computer) 20 as a data input device is used.
Is connected to the control device 14a so that the change data and the newly registered data can be input to the map registration means 14a3 and the like in the control device 14a. Registration enabled.

For example, with the layout change in the building,
The control device 14 is operated by operating the screen of the building information input device 20.
By inputting data into a, the "furniture" section in the fifth floor section guide map displayed on the in-car guidance display 17 shown in FIG. It is possible to move.

Also, when a special venue is newly installed on the seventh floor, the same data operation as described above is performed, and the hall guidance button output and displayed on the display screen of the hall guidance button device 16 is also shown in FIG. As described above, it is possible to newly register the hall guidance button 16c indicating the "7th floor special venue".

In response to the change of the display of the hall guidance buttons, the map layout data in the building registered in the map registering means 14a3 in the control device 14a and the sales floor information of each store registered in the location registering means 14a1 in advance. Changes in the arrangement address and the like can be made by inputting data to the control device 14a by operating the screen of the building information input device 20.

By making such data changes, the layout of each sales floor is changed by operating the screen of the building information input device 20, and as described above, the display 17 for the in-car guidance is displayed as shown in FIG. From the layout screen,
Can be displayed on the layout screen of the in-car guidance display 17 displayed as follows.

Therefore, according to the second embodiment, the data input means 20 for setting and changing the registered contents of the location registering means 14a1 and the map registering means 14a3 is further provided. Even if there is a daily change in the floor plan, the data corresponding to the layout change in the building can be easily registered by operating the screen on the building information input device 20 connected to the control device 14b. It is very useful for the operation management of.

Embodiment 3 FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view showing an elevator machine room installed in a building for explaining the elevator call registration device according to the third embodiment. In the elevator call registration device according to the third embodiment, for example, as an improvement example of the first embodiment, if a fire occurs in a building, a user in the car 9 is notified of the fact. It is to inform and safely guide evacuation.

In the elevator call registration device according to the third embodiment, if a fire occurs in the building, the fire is received from the fire receiving panel 13 which receives the detection signal of the fire detector installed in the building. The generation signal is output to the control device 14a.

Then, the control device 14 a
When a fire occurrence signal is received from, an operation control command is output to the hoisting machine 13 so that the car 9 returns to the evacuation floor (for example, the first floor) and is opened, thereby notifying that a fire has occurred. A warning message is output and displayed on the car guidance display 17.

Further, the route search means 1 of the control device 14a
4a4 is a place where a fire occurred and a map registration means 14a1 in advance.
Is added to the plan view of the evacuation floor and output together with the in-car guidance display 17 as shown in FIG.

In this case, the evacuation route is a route from the elevator platform on the evacuation floor to the evacuation exit. If the fire occurrence location is a sales floor on the evacuation floor on the evacuation floor based on the fire occurrence signal, the evacuation route is used. Since the route is not a route that can be safely evacuated, the route search unit 14 of the control device 14a
In a4, the evacuation route is not adopted, and the evacuation route is not output to the in-car guidance display 17.

As a result, the evacuation floor (the first floor) on the in-car guidance display 17 is based on the output of the control device 14a that has received the fire occurrence signal output from the fire receiving panel 18.
In the plan view of FIG. 13, as shown in FIG. 14, the sales floor where the fire occurred is outlined in red and displayed as "fire occurrence place" 17d, and the evacuation route is close to the fire occurrence place 17d on the way to FIG. The evacuation guidance display arrow 17e to the exit B shown by is not displayed, and only the evacuation guidance display arrow 17c to the exit A that can be safely escaped blinks in red.

Also, a warning message "Fire occurrence, please evacuate" is output and displayed on the in-car guidance display 17 together with the aforementioned map of the evacuation floor and the evacuation route.

Therefore, according to the third embodiment, the route searching means 14a4 is registered in advance in the map registration means 14a3 to the effect that a fire has occurred based on the output from the fire detector installed in the building. Since the evacuation route is output to the in-car output display 17, in the event of a fire, the user in the car 9 can be promptly and accurately evacuated to a safe place. It is very effective.

Embodiment 4 FIG. FIG. 15 is a front view of an elevator hall for explaining the elevator call registration device according to the fourth embodiment. In FIG. 15, reference numeral 19 denotes a hall destination floor registration as a new configuration with respect to the conventional example and the embodiment. This is a hall call voice recognition and registration device for performing call registration by voice input provided in place of the button assembly 1.

FIG. 16 is a front view of the hall call speech recognition device. As shown in FIG. 16, the hall call speech recognition registration device 19 includes an ultrasonic sensor 19a for detecting the presence or absence of an elevator user at the elevator hall, A message board 19b on which a text message for urging the user to register a call, a speaker 19c for urging the user to announce the voice registration of the call, and a user 19 for voice inputting the call. A microphone 19d, a voice recognition / registration device display unit 19e that outputs and displays to a user that a call input by voice from the microphone 19d has been voice-recognized, and a voice recognition processing unit (not shown) configured by a known technique. ing.

Then, the call registration means 14a2 executes the location registration means 1 based on the sales floor recognized by the voice recognition processing section.
The platform floor where the sales floor is located is searched from 4a1 and the floor floor is registered.

In the elevator call registration apparatus according to the fourth embodiment configured as described above, for example, as an improved example of the first embodiment, in the elevator hall, a user can use the hall call voice recognition apparatus 19 in the elevator hall. When coming before,
The sensor 19a detects the user, and an announcement is output from the speaker 19c stating "Please tell us the sales floor you want to go to the microphone".

Here, when the user wants to go to the furniture section on the fifth floor, the user inputs the "furniture section" to the microphone 19d to input the voice of the target section. This input voice is recognized by the voice recognition processing section as being a "furniture section", and the call registration section 14a2 selects a floor corresponding to the target section from the place registration section 14a1, and selects the floor. Call registration.

On the other hand, an announcement message indicating that the recognition result and the corresponding floor have been registered flows from the speaker 19c, "The furniture store on the fifth floor has been registered," and the message "Registered on the fifth floor, the furniture store has been registered," is displayed on the display unit 19e. Each is output to the user by a text message. The operation after the registration of the call is the same as that of the first embodiment, and the description is omitted.

Therefore, according to the fourth embodiment, the microphone 19d is used as the sales floor designating means and the voice recognition means is further provided, and the call registration means 14a2 receives the voice input designating the sales floor to the microphone 19d. The location registration unit 14a based on the recognition result of the voice input by the voice recognition unit.
1 is searched for the floor on which the sales floor designated by the microphone 19d is located, so that the target sales floor can be input by voice without searching for the target sales floor button in the hall guidance button device 16. Just by specifying, the call to the landing floor where the intended sales floor is located can be registered.

Furthermore, when a visually impaired person uses an elevator, he or she has conventionally searched for a hall button by touching Braille, but a call can be easily registered by voice input without groping for the hall button. become.

Note that the voice input to the floor where the intended sales floor is located may be performed by designating not only the sales floor name but also the floor name of the desired floor as a voice input.

Embodiment 5 FIG. 17 is a front view of an elevator hall for explaining the elevator call registration device according to the fifth embodiment. In FIG. 17, as a new configuration with respect to the conventional example and the embodiment, reference numeral 20 denotes an elevator hall. This is a hall guidance display for displaying a sales floor guide map of a hall floor provided when a hall floor corresponding to the sales floor designated by the hall call registration device 16 is registered.

In the elevator call registration device according to the fifth embodiment configured as described above, for example, as an improvement of the first embodiment, if a passenger wants to go to a furniture section on the fifth floor, As in the first embodiment, the passenger guidance button 16a corresponding to the "fifth floor furniture section" of the passenger guidance button device 16 is pressed. Then, the call registration operation of the fifth floor, which is the destination floor, is performed in the same manner as in the first embodiment.

Then, as shown in FIG. 18, the floor guidance display 20 displays the sales floor guide map on the fifth floor, which is the destination floor designated by the passenger guidance button 7a, from the furniture floor 20a and the elevator floor on the fifth floor. Travel route 20b to the sales floor
Is added and displayed.

In this case, when a call is designated from the passenger guidance button 16a, the route search means 14a4 selects a sales floor guide map from the destination floor map registration means 14a3 and displays the destination sales floor on the map. The search of the moving route and the display on the map are performed. However, since this processing operation is the same as that of the first embodiment, the description is omitted.

Further, the hall guidance display 20 includes:
The call by operating the hall guidance button 16a is called by the call registration means 14a2.
In order to indicate to the user that the registration has been made, "the destination has been registered." And the fact that the registration of the call by the hall guidance button 16a has been completed are also output and displayed by a text message 20c.

Therefore, according to the fifth embodiment, the hall guidance display 20 which is provided at the elevator hall and outputs and displays the layout map selected by the route searching means 14a4 and the searched traveling route is further provided. When the sales floor is designated by the button device 16, the call registration means 1
4a2 searches for a floor at which the sales floor designated by the hall guidance button device 16 is located from among the place registration means 14a1, and a route search means 14a4 selects a layout map of the floor from among the map registration means 14a3. Since the moving route from the elevator hall on the hall floor to the destination sales floor designated by the hall guidance button device 16 is searched, even a user who is not familiar with the building at the elevator floor has a sales floor aimed at. Is displayed on the hall guidance display 20, so that the intended sales floor does not get lost. Further, since the hall guidance display 20 is provided at the hall, the intended sales floor can be confirmed on the display screen immediately after the call registration, and the waiting time until getting on the elevator can be effectively used. .

When there is no call for the hall guidance button device 16, the hall information may be arbitrarily registered on the hall guidance display 20.

[0073]

Thus, according to the present invention, a place designating means provided in an elevator hall for designating a destination in a building and corresponding to each place in the building based on the place designation from the place designating means. Call registration means for retrieving a landing floor having a location designated by the location designation means from among the location registration means in which the landing floor to be registered is registered in advance, and registering a call to the landing floor, and each of the landing floors in the building The layout map of the landing floor is selected from the map registration means in which a plurality of layout maps are registered in advance, and is designated by the location designation means from the elevator landing on the landing floor based on the selected layout map and the designated destination. Route search means for searching for a travel route to the selected destination, a layout map provided in the car, and a layout map selected by the route search means and the searched travel route are output and displayed together. And a force display means, wherein when the landing floor at which the car will land next is a landing floor based on the call designated by the location designation means, the call registration means is designated by the location designation means from the location registration means. The route searching means selects a layout map of the landing floor from the map registration means, and determines a moving route from the elevator landing on the landing floor to the designated place designated by the location designation means. Because it was searched, even people who do not know the geography in the building can register the call of the elevator at the landing floor where the place is located by specifying the place at the landing without searching for the map in the building Instead, before the car arrives at the landing floor, in the car, the output display means for in-car guidance displays the floor plan of the building at that landing floor and the travel route from the elevator landing at that landing floor to that location. Shows, it is possible to be able to go to the desired location without hesitation to the user.

Further, since the apparatus further comprises data input means for setting and changing the registered contents of the place registration means and the map registration means, even if there is a change in the floor plan routinely performed such as a change in tenant or layout inside the building. By operating on the screen of the building information input device connected to the control device, the data corresponding to the layout change in the building can be easily registered, which is very useful for the operation management of the building.

Further, the route search means outputs to the in-car output display means the fact that a fire has occurred and the evacuation route registered in advance in the map registration means, based on the output from the fire detector installed in the building. Thus, in the event of a fire, a user in the car 9 can be promptly evacuated to a safe place, which is very effective in disaster prevention.

Further, the location specifying means is provided with a microphone and a voice recognizing means, and the call registration means recognizes the voice input by the voice recognizing means when there is a voice input specifying the location to the location specifying means. Based on the result, from the location registration means, the landing floor where the location specified by the location designation means is searched, without searching for a button for specifying the target location in the location designation means, By simply designating the target place by voice input, a call to the landing floor where the target place is located can be registered.

Further, hall output display means provided at the elevator hall for displaying together with the layout map selected by the route search means and the searched travel route are further provided,
When the location is designated by the location designation means, the call registration means:
A search is made for the landing floor where the location designated by the location designation means is located from the location registration means, and the route search means selects a layout map of the landing floor from the map registration means and designates the location from the elevator landing on the landing floor. Since the route to the designated place specified by the means is searched, even if the user who is not familiar with the building at the elevator hall, the sales floor guide map with the target sales floor is displayed on the hall output display means In addition, there is no doubt about where the intended sales floor is located.
In addition, by providing the hall output display means at the hall, the target sales floor can be confirmed on the display means immediately after the call registration, and the waiting time until getting on the elevator can be effectively used.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an elevator hall according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a layout diagram of a landing side wall of a landing guidance button device 16 and a landing button 2 in the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the direction of the car door from the inside of the car in the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing the entirety of the elevator installed in the building in the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an internal configuration diagram of a control device 14a according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation of the elevator call registration device according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a display example of the in-car guidance display 17 according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a display example of the in-car guidance display 17 according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view showing the entirety of an elevator installed in a building in the second embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a display example of an in-car guidance display 17 according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a hall call button device 16 of which settings are changed in the second embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a connection between an elevator machine room installed in a building and a fire receiving panel 23 in the third embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a display example of the in-car guidance display 17 according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a display example of the in-car guidance display 17 according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a front view of an elevator hall according to the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a front view of a hall call speech recognition apparatus according to a fourth embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a front view of an elevator hall according to the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a display example of a hall guidance display 20 according to the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 19 is a front view of a conventional elevator hall.

20 is a layout diagram of a landing destination floor registration button assembly 1 and a landing button 2. FIG.

FIG. 21 is a view of the direction of a car door from the inside of a conventional elevator car.

FIG. 22 is a sectional view showing the entirety of an elevator installed in a building.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 hall button, 2a upper call button, 2b lower call button, 14a
1 location registration means, 14a2 call registration means, 14a3
Map registration means, 14a4 route search means, 16 landing guidance button devices, 16a, 16b, 16c landing guidance buttons, 17
In-car guidance display, 17a elevator platform, 17b furniture section, 17c, 17e travel route, 1
7d Fire location, 18 fire receiving board, 19 hall call voice recognition and registration device, 19a ultrasonic sensor, 19b
Message board, 19c speaker, 19d microphone,
19e Voice recognition registration device display section, 20 hall guidance display, 20a furniture section, 20b travel route, 2
0c Character message.

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A location designation means provided at an elevator landing for designating a destination in a building, and landing floors corresponding to each location in the building are registered in advance based on location designation from the location designation means. Call registration means for searching for a landing floor where the location designated by the location designation means is located from among the registered location registration means and registering a call to the landing floor, and a layout map of each landing floor in the building. A layout map of the landing floor is selected from a plurality of pre-registered map registration means, and the location specification means is selected from the elevator landing of the landing floor based on the selected layout map and the specified destination. Route search means for searching for a movement route to a designated destination; and a layout map provided in the car and selected by the route search means and output and displayed together with the searched movement route And output display means in the basket.
When the landing floor at which the car will land next is the landing floor based on the call specified by the place specifying means, the call registration means:
A search is made for the landing floor where the location designated by the location designation means is located from among the location registration means, and the route search means selects a layout map of the landing floor from the map registration means, and selects the landing floor. A call registration device for an elevator, which searches for a moving route from an elevator landing of the vehicle to a designated place designated by the place designation means. 2. The elevator call registration device according to claim 1, further comprising data input means for setting and changing registration contents of said location registration means and said map registration means. 3. The in-car output display means, based on an output from a fire detector installed in a building, indicating that a fire has occurred and an evacuation route registered in the map registration means in advance. 2. An output to the first device.
Or the call registration device for an elevator according to 2. 4. The location specifying means is a microphone and further includes a voice recognizing means, and the call registration means, when there is a voice input designating a location to the location specifying means, the call recognizing means uses The elevator call according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a search is made for a landing floor having a location designated by the location designation means from the location registration means based on a recognition result of the voice input. Registration device. 5. A hall output display unit provided at an elevator hall for displaying the layout map selected by the route search unit and the searched travel route together,
When there is a designation of a place from the place designation means, the call registration means searches for a landing floor having the place designated by the place designation means from the place registration means, and the route search means 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein a layout map of the landing floor is selected from map registration means, and a travel route from an elevator landing on the landing floor to a designated place designated by the place designation means is searched. The call registration device for an elevator according to any one of the above.