JPH11165960A - Elevator system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To secure a control unit of an elevator that is simple and inexpensive in structure and able to convey a load alone up to a destination floor even if there is no user riding together. SOLUTION: A load carrying operation commanding button 3 is installed in an elevator landing side or an elevator car, and when this button 3 is operated and destination registered buttons 2a and 2b in the car are operated as well, this car is stopped in a state that an elevator door is opened. A user carries in his load in this state intact, and subsequently, two landing buttons 1a and 1b are operated. With this, the door is cloded and the car is driven up to the destination floor, and it comes to a stop in a state that the door is closed. When the user operates the elevator landing buttons at the destination floor, the door is opened, and this state is kept up intact. When the user carries out his load and operates the landing buttons again, an elevator comes to a normally driven state. In this case, when a set of pushbuttons are added, what is known as 'load carrying operation' that no user rides in the car is realizable, so that a setup space of these buttons is reduced, and further lifting cost is thus abatable.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an elevator apparatus and, more particularly, to an elevator apparatus that performs call registration and operation control that enables a car to travel without a person carrying only luggage.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Normally, an elevator device calls a car by operating a call button on a landing side, registers a destination floor by operating a destination floor button in the car, and places the car on the destination floor. It is configured to drive.

[0003] On the other hand, it is difficult to build a large-sized house for an elevator for a private house, which has been rapidly spread in recent years. Therefore, it is required to reduce an elevator hoistway area as one of the major issues. I have. The most effective means for reducing the hoistway area is to reduce the floor area of the car, and elevators having a capacity of two or less have been commercialized. However, when the floor area of the car is reduced, when carrying large luggage such as when moving or moving futons in a house, large luggage and users will be in the car. It will be difficult to ride together. For this reason, there is a strong demand for a device having a function that allows a user to carry luggage to a destination floor without getting into a car.

[0004] As a prior art related to an elevator apparatus which realizes a function of transporting luggage to a destination floor without a user getting into a car, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 55-8 / 55
A technique described in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 0659/1994 is known. In this prior art, a destination floor button for a floor is provided at a landing, and the car can be driven to a desired floor without operating the destination floor button in the car.

[0005]

The prior art described above is
Because it is necessary to install destination floor registration buttons corresponding to the number of floors at each floor of each floor, a large number of buttons, wiring, interfaces for taking in the input of the buttons, etc. are required. However, there is a problem in that

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art and to simplify the operation of transporting only luggage to a destination floor without a passenger in the car (hereinafter referred to as luggage transportation operation). It is an object of the present invention to provide an elevator apparatus capable of performing the operation with a simple configuration.

[0007]

According to the present invention, an object of the present invention is to provide an elevator apparatus comprising: a car; and a control device for controlling travel of the car and opening and closing of a door.
Equipped with a luggage transportation operation switching means on the landing side or in the car, and when the luggage transportation operation switching means is operated, achieved by changing the driving conditions of running, stopping, and opening and closing the door to the luggage transportation operation. Is done.

Further, the above object is achieved by operating the luggage transportation operation switching means, and then opening and closing the door and running the car by operating the hall call registration button.

[0009] Further, the object is to provide a period from the operation of the luggage transportation operation switching means until the call registration button of the landing is operated, or the call registration button in the landing or car on the arrival floor, or the car. This is achieved by prohibiting at least one of the door opening, the door closing, and the traveling of the car until the inner door opening / closing button or the emergency call button is operated.

[0010] The above object is attained by configuring the luggage transport operation switching means by at least one button or switch installed in a landing or a car.
Or, by operating at least one of the buttons or switches normally installed in the landing or the car by operating it a predetermined number of times or more within a predetermined period of time, or This is achieved by operating at least two of the installed buttons or switches in a predetermined order.

When a command for carrying luggage is given to an elevator that is performing normal operation and a destination floor button in the car is pressed, the elevator stops with the door open. The user loads the luggage in this state, and then operates the landing button to close the door and control the traveling of the car. After the car arrives at the destination floor, the elevator door is opened and held by operating the landing button on the arrival floor, so that the user carries out the luggage from the car. Then, the luggage transport operation is canceled by operating the landing button again.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an embodiment of an elevator apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an elevator apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the elevator apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1a and 1b are call registration buttons on the landing side, 2a and 2b are destination floor registration buttons in the car,
Reference numeral 3 denotes a luggage transport operation command button, 4 denotes a buffer circuit, 5 denotes an input gate circuit, and 6 denotes a microcomputer. FIG. 1 shows only a configuration of a portion for taking in signals from a landing button and an in-car button necessary for carrying out the present invention into a microcomputer, and omits other components necessary for the configuration of the elevator apparatus. Not shown.

As shown in FIG. 1, the elevator apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a hall-side call registration button 1a, 1b provided at a hall and a destination floor registration button 2a, 2b provided within a car. A luggage transport operation command button 3 provided in a landing or a car for the present invention, and a buffer circuit 4 for receiving outputs from these various buttons,
Call registration buttons 1a and 1b on the landing side, destination floor registration button 2
a, an input gate circuit 5 for selecting a signal from the buffer circuit 4 receiving the outputs of 2b and inputting it to the microcomputer 6, a signal from the input gate circuit 5, and an output from the luggage transport operation command button 3 A microcomputer 6 for receiving signals from the buffer circuit 4 and controlling the operation of the car;

In the above-described embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of hall-side call registration buttons and a plurality of hall-side call registration buttons are provided in addition to the hall-side call registration buttons 1a and 1b and the destination floor registration buttons 2a and 2b in the car. There are a destination floor registration button, a door opening / closing button, an emergency call button, and the like, but these are not shown in FIG.

The luggage transport operation command button 3 is a button newly provided according to the present invention, and is provided in a landing or a car. This button, if provided in the car,
It is good to be installed in the place where the user can reach from the platform side of the open door. The luggage transport operation command button 3 generates a luggage transport operation command when the button is pressed. The luggage transport operation command button 3 may be a switch. In this case, the luggage transport operation command is generated when the switch is ON,
In this state, a command for normal operation is generated.
These commands are input to the microcomputer 6 via the buffer circuit 4. The memory (not shown) inside the microcomputer 6 stores a program for executing the luggage transport operation and the normal operation. By selecting and executing the program according to the output of the luggage transport operation command button 3, The operation of the elevator is controlled.

Next, the operation of the elevator apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the flow chart shown in FIG.

(1) Detect the presence or absence of a luggage transportation operation command,
When there is no luggage transport operation command, normal operation, that is, driving to bring the car to the destination floor by calling the car with the hall call registration button, registering the destination floor with the destination floor registration button in the car, so-called Perform driving when the user is in the car (step 20)
1, 210).

(2) If it is detected in step 201 that there is a luggage transport operation command, it is detected that the user has operated the destination floor registration button in the car, and the ride is performed with the door open. Keep the basket stopped. With this door in the open state, the user carries the luggage into the car (step 202).

(3) When the user operates the hall call registration button after loading the luggage, the door is closed and the car is controlled to travel to the destination floor (steps 203 to 20).
5).

(4) After the car arrives at the destination floor, the car stops with the door closed. Then, when the user operates the call registration button on the landing side on the destination floor, the door is opened and held open. The user carries out the luggage from the car with the door left open (steps 206 to 208).

(5) If the user operates the hall call registration button on the destination floor again after the carry-out of the luggage, the elevator returns to normal operation (steps 209 and 210).

In the above, it has been described that the car is stopped with the door closed after the car arrives at the destination floor in step 206. However, in the present invention, the door is closed after the car arrives at the destination floor in step 206. The car may be stopped in the open state, in which case the operation in step 207 is not required.

The return to the normal operation by the process of step 209 may be performed by pressing the luggage transport operation command button 3. When the luggage transport operation command button 3 is constituted by a switch, the switch is set to the switch. It may be performed by turning off. Further, the return to the normal operation may be performed by operating a button normally provided in the car, for example, a door opening / closing button or an emergency call button.

According to the embodiment of the present invention described above, it is possible to realize a luggage transport operation in which a user does not have to ride in the car only by providing the luggage transport operation command button 3. In addition, the installation space for the buttons can be reduced, and the costs for buttons, wiring, mounting, and the like can be reduced.

In the above-described embodiment of the present invention, the luggage transport operation command button 3 is provided to generate the luggage transport operation command. However, the present invention operates the existing buttons and the like under specific conditions. It can be configured to sometimes generate a luggage transport operation command.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an elevator apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention in this case.
In FIG. 3, reference numeral 2c denotes a door open button in the car, and other reference numerals are the same as those in FIG.

Another embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG.
In the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, the luggage transport operation button 3 provided for the present invention is deleted, and the elevator according to the present invention is operated only by the normally provided buttons. , A door open button 2c in a car provided in a normal elevator. And
In the embodiment of the present invention, when a specific button is operated under a predetermined condition, the microcomputer 6 generates a luggage transportation operation command.

Many conditions can be considered as this condition. For example, at least one of the hall call registration buttons 1a and 1b, the in-car destination floor registration buttons 2a and 2b, and the door opening button 2c is operated a plurality of times within a predetermined time. The condition of ON / OFF operation (normally ON when the button is pressed, so press the button at least twice) or the condition of ON operation continued for more than a predetermined time (pressing the button for more than a predetermined time) Continue), the condition that the buttons that are not normally operated such as the landing call registration button for UP and DOWN, the in-car destination floor registration button and the door opening button 2c, etc. are simultaneously ON-operated for a predetermined time or more, A condition in which a predetermined button is sequentially pressed under a certain condition, for example,
It is possible to set conditions such that the destination floor registration button in the car is sequentially pressed to the first floor, the second floor, and the third floor.

According to another embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 3, it is not necessary to install the luggage transport operation command button 3 as compared with the embodiment described with reference to FIG. It is.

[0031]

As described above, according to the present invention, a so-called luggage transport operation in which a user does not ride in a car is realized by adding only one set of push buttons or without adding push buttons. Thus, the installation space for the buttons can be reduced, and the costs for buttons, wiring, mounting, and the like can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an elevator apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the elevator apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an elevator apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1a, 1b Call-side registration button on landing side 2a, 2b Destination floor registration button in car 2c Door open button 3 Luggage transportation operation command button 4 Buffer circuit 5 Input gate circuit 6 Microcomputer

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. An elevator apparatus comprising a car and a control device for controlling the traveling of the car and opening / closing of a door, comprising: a baggage carrying operation switching means on a landing side or in the car; An elevator apparatus characterized in that when the switching means is operated, the operating conditions for running, stopping, and opening and closing the door of the car are changed to luggage transport operation. 2. After operating the luggage transport operation switching means,
The elevator apparatus according to claim 1, wherein opening and closing of the door and running of the car are performed by operating a call registration button of the hall. 3. After the operation of the luggage transport operation switching means,
2. The elevator apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least one of door opening, door closing, and traveling of the car is prohibited until the call registration button of the landing is operated. 4. After the operation of the luggage transport operation switching means,
Prohibit at least one of door opening, door closing, and car traveling until the call registration button in the landing floor or car on the arrival floor, or the door open / close button or emergency call button in the car is operated. The elevator apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: 5. The elevator apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the luggage transport operation switching means is at least one button or switch installed in a landing or a car. 6. The luggage transport operation switching means is operated by operating at least one of a button or a switch normally installed in a landing or a car a predetermined number of times within a predetermined period. Claim 1
5. The elevator device according to any one of items 4 to 4. 7. The luggage transport operation switching means is operated by operating at least two buttons or switches normally installed in a landing or a car in a predetermined order. 5. The elevator apparatus according to any one of 1 to 4,