JPH11116152A - Controller of elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To sufficiently perform passenger service by addressing not only a guide of operation information but also salutations by providing a means guiding prescribed contents when a passenger rides into an elevator. SOLUTION: When a passenger operates a landing button 1, an operating part 22 within a controller 2 registers a landing call, starts a car of an elevator and moves the car to the floor. When a detecting part 213 and a guide processing part 212 detect that the car arrives at the registered floor of the landing call or the car stops at the floor, salutations such as 'Hello' and 'Sorry to have kept you waiting' are performed by using an addressing means 3 such as a speaker or a display means 4 such as display device. The guide processing part 212 changes contents of salutations such as 'Good morning' and 'Good evening' according to time information of a clock 211. A time guide such as 'It's half after seven' may be performed.

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 an elevator control device provided with a guide device for providing guidance when a passenger gets into an elevator.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional elevator guidance device broadcasts, for example, if an elevator is in a halt operation service when a landing button is operated, and if the elevator is in an operation service, the operation information is displayed. For example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-66482 discloses a system for broadcasting the current position of an elevator.
Issue.

[0003]

In the case of the prior art, only guidance as to whether or not an operation service is being provided and operation information are provided, and no other guidance is provided. Therefore, the service for passengers was not sufficient.

[0004] It is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus for guiding greetings such as "Hello,""Wait for waiting" or the like when a passenger gets into an elevator or when the elevator arrives at a floor where a hall call is registered. It is to be.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION To achieve the above object, the present invention provides an elevator serving a plurality of floors,
The vehicle further comprises a boarding detecting means for detecting that a passenger has boarded the elevator, and a means for guiding predetermined contents when the boarding detecting means detects that a passenger has boarded the elevator.

Further, the present invention provides a service for a plurality of floors, predicts the use time of a passenger by learning the time at which the passenger used the elevator, and pre-sets the elevator before the passenger arrives at the landing. In the elevator control device to be kept on standby, an elevator use detecting means for detecting that a passenger has used the elevator from the floor that was made to stand by in advance, and the passenger to use the elevator from the floor that was made to stand by in advance At this time, a means for guiding predetermined contents is provided.

[0007] The boarding detection means and the elevator use detection means are as follows: a landing button is pressed, an elevator is at that floor, a destination floor registration button is pressed, a door open / close button is pressed, and a door sensor is pressed. A predetermined content is provided when it is detected that at least one of the operation, the in-car load detector has operated, and the surveillance camera has detected a passenger has entered.

[0008] Further, the contents of the guidance are changed according to predetermined conditions. With this configuration, a greeting such as "Hello" can be guided when the passenger gets on the elevator or when the elevator arrives at the floor where the hall call is registered.

[0009]

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, a hall button 1 is installed at the hall of the elevator, and when the hall button 1 is operated by the passenger, the driving unit 22 in the elevator control device 2 registers the hall call, and At 1, the elevator car (not shown) is activated and moved to the floor where the hall button 1 was operated.

The detecting unit 21 of the elevator control device 2
3. When the guidance processing unit 212 detects that the elevator car has arrived at the floor where the hall call has been registered, or has stopped at that floor, the broadcasting unit 3 such as a speaker or the display unit 4 such as a display unit. Using at least one of these, a greeting such as "Hello" or "Wait for waiting" is provided.

The elevator control device 2 comprises an operating unit 22 for controlling the operation of the elevator and a guide device 21 for providing guidance such as "Hello". The guide device 21
It includes a clock 211, a guidance processing unit 212, and a detection unit 213.

The detecting section 213 detects the position of the floor where the hall call is registered from the driving section 22 or the landing button 1, detects the position of the floor where the elevator is stopped from the driving section 22,
It is determined whether or not they match.

The guidance processing section 212 uses at least one of the broadcasting means 3 and the display means 4 when the floor at which the hall call is registered and the floor at which the elevator is stopped coincide with each other. Guidance such as "Hello" is provided.

The clock 211 sends time information to the guidance processing unit 212, and the guidance processing unit 212 changes the content of guidance such as "Good morning" or "Kanbanwa" according to the time information. The guidance processing unit 212 may perform time guidance such as “7:30” based on the time information.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

A landing button 1 is provided at the landing of the elevator. When the landing button 1 is operated, the elevator control unit 5 registers a landing call, and the elevator button 1, which is not shown in FIG. Move to the operated floor.

Further, the elevator control device 5 is described in the Proceedings of the 5th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Transportation and Logistics Section (1996, 12).
As described in 263 to 266, the passenger learns the time to use the elevator, and performs control to make the elevator wait in advance before the passenger arrives at the landing (hereinafter, referred to as advance standby control). This control learns the elevator use pattern of each passenger when a passenger such as an apartment is determined, and predicts and waits.

When the elevator control device 5 detects that the floor where the elevator is on standby by the advance standby control and the floor where the passenger uses the elevator coincide, the elevator control device 5 or the broadcasting means 3 such as a speaker or the like. By using at least one of the display means 4 such as a display, guidance such as "Hello" or "Waiting" is provided.

The elevator control device 5 includes an operation unit 52 for controlling the operation of the elevator, a learning unit 54 for learning the elevator use time of the passenger, a prediction unit 53 for predicting the elevator use time of the passenger, and a preliminary standby control. A guide device 51 that provides guidance when the floor where the elevator is on standby and the floor where the passenger uses the elevator matches, and a clock 55 that transmits time information to the guide device 51, the prediction unit 53, and the learning unit 54 It is configured.

The guidance device 51 changes the guidance content like "Good morning" or "Good evening" according to the time information sent from the clock 55. The learning unit 54 learns the floor and time when the passenger uses the elevator based on the information from the hall button 1 and the clock 55. The prediction unit 53 predicts the time at which the passenger will arrive at the landing based on the learning result of the learning unit 54, and when determining that the predicted time has come from the clock 55, the driving unit moves the elevator to the corresponding floor. 52
To output a control signal.

The guide device 51 includes a guide processing unit 511 and a detection unit 512. The detection unit 512 obtains information on the floor where the passenger uses the elevator from the driving unit 52 or the landing button 1 and obtains information on the floor where the elevator is on standby by the preliminary standby control from the prediction unit 53, so that The floor where the elevator is on standby by the standby control and the floor where the passenger uses the elevator are detected, and it is determined whether or not they match.

The guidance processing unit 511 controls at least one of the broadcasting means 3 and the display means 4 when the floor where the elevator is on standby by the advance standby control and the floor where the passenger uses the elevator coincide with each other. Use it to provide guidance such as "Hello" or "Welcome."

With this configuration, the passenger can easily understand whether the elevator was waiting on the floor where the passenger arrived is due to accidental or preliminary standby control. The effect of can be confirmed.

FIG. 3 shows a means for detecting a point in time when a passenger gets into an elevator by using a device other than the above. The door opening / closing button 6, the destination floor registration button 7, the car monitoring camera 8,
1 shows an apparatus utilizing the in-car load detector 9. Hereinafter, five means for detecting the point in time when the passenger gets into the elevator will be described in detail.

The first means detects that a passenger has got into the elevator by operating the door opening / closing button 6 or the destination floor registration button 7 while the elevator is opening the door and waiting. It is.

The second means detects that a passenger has got into the elevator by detecting that the load in the car has increased by the in-car load detector 9.

The third means is to perform image processing based on an image in the car taken by the car monitoring camera 8 to detect that a passenger has got into the elevator.

The fourth means performs image processing based on an image of the hall taken by a surveillance camera installed in a hall (not shown), and detects that a passenger has entered the elevator.

Fifth means is that when the elevator opens the door and stands by, a door sensor (not shown)
It detects that the passenger has got into the elevator.

In this embodiment, the contents of the guidance are changed according to the time. However, the broadcast is performed based on at least one of the day, month, day, weekday, holiday, six days (Daian, first victory, etc.). The contents may be changed. Further, such information may be obtained from a maintenance center that performs maintenance management of the elevator by a maintenance staff (not shown).

The broadcast content may be changed depending on the state of the elevator control device (whether the operation is normal or not, etc.). With this configuration, the passenger can easily know whether or not the elevator control device has failed.

The guidance processing unit 212 and the guidance processing unit 511
The frequency of the guidance may be changed based on at least one of the number of times the guidance has been provided previously, the time, the day of the week, the month, the day, the sixth week, the weekday, the holiday, and the state of the elevator control device. With such a configuration, excessive guidance can be prevented.

The guidance processing section 212 and the guidance processing section 5
A method of storing “the number of times guidance has been performed before”, which is one of the conditions for changing the frequency of guidance, will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

In step 1, a predetermined time (for example, 5
Minutes) have elapsed. If the predetermined time has elapsed, the process proceeds to step 2, and it is determined whether or not the storage capacity is free. Here, it is assumed that the storage capacity is secured for a predetermined number of days (for example, one week). If there is no free space in the storage capacity, the process proceeds to step 3 and the oldest data is deleted.

Next, at step 4, the number of times guidance has been performed within a predetermined time corresponding to each floor is stored. By storing in this way, the number of times of guidance on each floor in each time zone can be stored for a predetermined number of days as shown in FIG.

If it is stored in step 4 in FIG. 4 whether or not guidance has been provided for each floor within the predetermined time, it is determined whether or not guidance has been provided for each floor in each time zone as shown in FIG. It can be stored for several days.

Next, an embodiment in which the frequency of guidance is changed based on data stored by the method shown in FIG. 4 will be described.

First, data of a time zone corresponding to the current time, for example, data of 7:00 to 7:05 is extracted from data of a predetermined number of days for all days. Next, the number of times of guidance on each floor is added, and when there is a floor whose value is equal to or more than a predetermined value, guidance on that floor is suppressed in a corresponding time zone.

For example, if the condition value of guidance suppression is set to five times, and if the stored data indicates that guidance has been performed five times or more on the third floor from 7:00 to 7:05, on the third floor on that day, the guidance is performed at 7:00. ~
During 7:05, no guidance is provided even if the conditions for providing guidance such as passengers getting into the elevator are met.

Next, another embodiment for changing the frequency of guidance will be described. In this case, as shown in FIG. 6, this embodiment is an embodiment in which the presence or absence of guidance on each floor in each time zone is stored for a predetermined number of days. First, data in a time zone corresponding to the current time, for example, data from 7:00 to 7:05 is extracted from the data for the predetermined number of days for all the days.

Next, it is determined whether or not there is a floor for which guidance has been performed for a predetermined number of days (for example, 5 days) in the extracted data. Suppress guidance on that floor during the applicable time zone. For example, if the stored data provides guidance on the third floor from 7:00 to 7:05 for five days or more in one week,
During the period from 7:00 to 7:05, no guidance is performed even if the conditions for performing guidance such as the passenger getting into the elevator are satisfied.

Next, a third embodiment for changing the frequency of guidance will be described. Also in this case, as shown in FIG. 6, this embodiment is an embodiment in which the presence or absence of guidance on each floor in each time zone is stored for a predetermined number of days. First, data of the last three days, for example, is extracted from data of a time zone corresponding to the current time from data for a predetermined number of days. Next, it is determined whether or not there is a floor for which guidance has been performed on all days in the extracted data. Suppress guidance on the floor.

For example, in the stored data, 7:00 to 7:
Assuming that the guidance has been provided on the 3rd floor for three consecutive days at 05 on the third floor, the guidance will be provided on the 3rd floor from 7:00 to 7:05 even if the conditions for providing guidance such as passengers getting into the elevator are met. Is not performed. However, in the second embodiment in which the frequency of guidance is changed, data for the last three days is extracted, but the number of days may be changed according to specifications.

[0045]

As described above, according to the present invention, when a passenger gets into an elevator, when an elevator arrives at a floor where a hall call is registered, or when an elevator stops at a floor where a hall call is registered. When the passengers arrive at the elevator or when the passenger arrives at the elevator, the guidance such as "Hello" or "7:30" is provided, so the clock in the elevator control device or the clock in the elevator guidance device Can be easily checked whether or not the time is correct.

Further, since the guidance content is changed according to the state of the elevator control device, it is possible to easily confirm whether the elevator control device is normal or faulty. Further, the effect of the preliminary standby control can be easily confirmed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a means for detecting that a passenger has got into an elevator.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a procedure for storing the presence or absence of guidance on each floor at a specific time.

FIG. 5 is a table storing the number of times of guidance on each floor at a specific time.

FIG. 6 is a table diagram storing the presence or absence of guidance on each floor at a specific time.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... landing button installed at the elevator landing, 2
... Elevator control device according to the first embodiment of the present invention, 21 ... Guide device, 211 ... Clock, 212 ... Guidance processing unit, 213
... Detection unit, 22 ... Operation unit, 3 ... Broadcast means (speaker etc.), 4 ... Display means (display unit etc.), 5 ... Elevator control device according to the second embodiment of the present invention, 51 ... Guidance device, 511: guidance processing unit, 512: detection unit, 52: driving unit, 53 ...
Prediction unit, 54 learning unit, 55 clock, 6 door open / close button, 7
... destination floor registration button, 8 ... car monitoring camera, 9 ... car load detector.

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Okabe Rei 832 Horiguchi, Hitachinaka City, Ibaraki Prefecture

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An elevator for servicing a plurality of floors, boarding detecting means for detecting that a passenger has boarded the elevator, and when the boarding detecting means detects that a passenger has boarded the elevator, An elevator control device comprising means for guiding predetermined contents. 2. Serving a plurality of floors, predicting the use time of the passenger by learning the time when the passenger used the elevator, and preliminarily waiting the elevator before the passenger arrives at the landing. In the elevator control device, the elevator use detecting means for detecting that the passenger has used the elevator from the floor which has been set in advance, and when the passenger uses the elevator from the floor set in advance, A control device for an elevator, comprising means for guiding the contents of the elevator. 3. The boarding detection means and the elevator use detection means, wherein a landing button is pressed, an elevator is on that floor, a destination floor registration button is pressed, a door open / close button is pressed, That the door sensor has been activated,
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the operation of the load detector in the car and the detection of a passenger by the surveillance camera are performed.
Or the control device of the elevator according to claim 2. 4. An elevator serving a plurality of floors, and detecting that the elevator has arrived at a floor where a hall call has been registered or a floor at which a passenger has arrived at the hall, or that the elevator has stopped at that floor. And a means for guiding predetermined contents when the elevator arrives at the floor where the hall call is registered or when the elevator is stopped. 5. The elevator control device according to claim 1, further comprising means for changing the content of guidance according to a predetermined condition. 6. The elevator control apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for changing the frequency of guidance according to a predetermined condition.