JPH11335012A - Elevator guide device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a passenger from erroneously riding on an elevator car which runs in the direction different from the direction of a hall call, and to prevent the passenger from confusing his/her determination owing to hard listening of a chime for indicating an arrival of the elevator car for which a service is not desired, and a chime from an elevator for which a service is desired. SOLUTION: An elevator indicating device for indicating passengers on floors of information relating to operating conditions of elevator cars 20a to 20b which will carry out service with respect to at least hall calls, among a plurality of installed elevators for carrying out service for a plurality of floors, indicating devices 17a1 to 17n1 indicate information relating to operating conditions of cars 20a to 20c, at several times at least including a time upon door opening.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an elevator platform guidance device, and more particularly, to a plurality of elevator platform guidance devices that are controlled in a group.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, most elevator guides for elevators controlled by group management provide guidance at the time of elevator reservation and guidance at the time of deceleration before arrival at the elevator or guidance only at the time of arrival. .

[0003] Also, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. 4-191260 and 57-209179, elevators other than the elevator for which the reservation is displayed are first arrived, and the elevator in the direction different from the call for the landing is taken. In such a case, there is disclosed a technology for preventing a passenger from getting on by a guide broadcast in a car.

[0004]

However, the above-mentioned conventional landing guide device is difficult to hear for the user at the landing because the guide chime upon arrival or the guide chime on the other floor is heard. It was difficult to tell which elevator was, causing confusion.

In the hall guidance device, a lamp is turned on at the same time as the guide chime so that the arrival elevator can be identified. For the above-mentioned reasons, which elevator should be used for a blind person or the like? Was confusing.

[0006] Further, the techniques disclosed in the above-mentioned publications carry out a guide broadcast in a car for the purpose of preventing erroneous boarding, so that it is difficult to notice once entering the car and it is not always convenient. It was not a system.

The present invention prevents a plurality of elevators controlled by group management from erroneously getting on an elevator in a direction different from the hall call, and provides a chime for guiding arrival of an elevator not scheduled for service. The purpose is to prevent confusion in discriminating users due to the inaudibility of the elevator guidance chime for which service is scheduled, and to make it easier for the passengers at the landing to easily identify the target elevator and get on it. It is an object of the present invention to reduce or stop the arrival guidance at the time of opening the door in accordance with the belt, the degree of congestion, and the like to prevent useless arrival guidance.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention employs the following means.

[0009] In a lift guidance device for providing information relating to the operation status of a car that services at least a hall call, a plurality of elevators that service a plurality of floors are installed. It is provided at a landing on each floor, and is provided with information relating to the operation status of the elevator by a plurality of guidance sounds including at least when the door of the elevator is opened.

[0010] In addition, a plurality of elevators for servicing a plurality of floors are installed, and an elevator guidance device for guiding at least information relating to the operation status of a car for servicing a hall call is provided. A part is provided in the car, and information relating to the operation status of the elevator is guided by a plurality of guidance sounds including at least when the door of the elevator is opened.

Further, in the elevator guide device according to any one of claims 1 and 2, the user congestion is detected by the user detection means for detecting the number of users of the elevator and the user detection means. A congestion degree detecting means for detecting the degree of congestion, according to the congestion degree detected by the congestion degree detecting means, or according to the service time of the elevator, to reduce or stop the number of times the guidance device guidance. I do.

Further, in the elevator guide device according to any one of claims 1 and 2, the user congestion is detected by the user detection means for detecting the number of elevator users and the current congestion by the user detection means. And a congestion degree detecting means for detecting the degree of congestion, wherein the number of times of guidance by the guide device is reduced or stopped according to the congestion degree detected by the congestion degree detecting means and the service time of the elevator.

In the guide device for an elevator according to any one of claims 3 to 4, the door opening time may be changed in conjunction with a decrease or stop of the number of times of guidance by the guide device. Features.

[0014]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a system configuration of a group-managed and controlled elevator provided with a landing guide device according to the present embodiment.

In this figure, reference numerals 17a to 17n denote hall hall terminals on each floor, 18 a group management control device, 19a, 1
9b and 19c are elevator car control devices for transmitting various information from the car to the group management control device 18 and for controlling the operation of each car in accordance with commands from the group management control device 18, and 20a, 20b and 20c for the car. It is.

Each of the hall terminals 17a to 17n has:
Call registration devices 17a1 to 17n1 for ascending or descending for each landing, hall lanterns 17a2 for guidance
17n2, guide chimes 17a3 to 17n3, and guide speakers 17a4 to 17n4 are connected. Information from each device connected to each of the hall terminals 17a to 17n is processed by each of the hall terminals 17a to 17n and transmitted to the group management control device 18 through each of the communication lines 21a to 21n.

The group management control unit 18 includes a group management control unit 18
1 and a hall service guidance control unit 182. The group management control unit 181 includes call registration devices 17a1 to 17n.
In response to a hall call from 1 or a car call from within the car 20a to 20c, the car 20a to 20c is controlled to be assigned to a predetermined floor, and the hall service guidance control unit 182 controls the operation of the car 20a to 20c. The control for transmitting various related information to the cars 20a to 20c and the users at each platform is performed.

Next, guidance at the landing on the first floor of the elevator landing guidance apparatus according to this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing the vicinity of the landing on the first floor provided with the elevator landing guide device according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 2, the same reference numerals as those shown in FIG. 1 indicate the same parts. The call registration device 17a1-1 and the call registration device 17a1-2 are interlocked, and when one of them is operated, the lamps built into both buttons are turned on. Further, the landing guidance device shown in FIG. 2 is not provided with the guidance speaker shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the operating status of the car assigned to the hall call in the upward direction from the landing on the first floor and the time course of the guidance of the platform. The upper part of this figure shows the assigned car 20a. Speed, the middle stage is a guide chime 173 installed in the elevator hoistway that sounds in conjunction with the guide hall lanterns 17a2-1 to 17a2-3.
The sounding situation of a, the lower row is the guide hall lantern 17a2-
It shows the lighting / flashing status of 1 to 17a2-3.

Now, the call registration device 17a1-1 or 17a1-1
It is assumed that an upward call is generated by a-2, and the car 20a is thereby assigned. When the assignment of the car 20a is determined, the guide hall lantern 17a2-1 is turned on. At the same time, the guidance chime installed in the elevator shaft sounds once. (Guidance chime sound 10a and guidance hall lantern lighting 11a at time t1 in FIG. 3) Next, when approaching the first floor of car 20a and entering a deceleration state as shown in FIG. 3, guidance hall lantern 17a2
At the same time as the start of blinking of -1, the second guidance chime is sounded. (Guiding chime sound 10b and blinking of guiding hall lantern 11 at time t2 in FIG. 3)
b) Next, when the car 20a arrives at the landing on the first floor and the door starts to open, the third guidance chime is sounded immediately after the door starts, and the guidance hall lantern 17a2 is provided.
Continue flashing -1. (The guide chime sound 10c and the guide hall lantern blinking 11b at time t3 in FIG. 3) Further, the blinking of the guide hall lantern 17a2-1 continues during the door opening operation. (Blinking of the guide hall lantern at time t4 in FIG. 3) As described above, according to the present embodiment, the assigned car 20a arrives, starts door opening, and emits the guide chime sound 10c. , Even if the guide chime is installed in the tower, you can clearly hear the sound,
It is possible to prevent mistakes such as accidentally getting on another car in the down direction.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing the vicinity of a landing on the first floor provided with another elevator landing guide device according to the present embodiment.

The landing guidance device shown in FIG. 4 is different from the landing guidance device shown in FIG.
4 to 17an are provided, and other configurations are the same.

In this landing guide device, as in the case of FIG. 2, the call registration device 17a1-1 or 17a-
2 causes an upward call, which causes car 2
Assume that 0a is assigned. As a result, the landing guidance control as shown in FIG. 3 is performed, but before the assigned car 20a arrives, one of the other cars 20b to 20c which serve downwards arrives, and When the landing guidance control as shown between time t1 and time t4 shown in FIG. 3 is performed for the car, immediately after the door opening starts at time t4, the guidance speaker 17a4 uses the guidance speaker 17a4. Please broadcast. Also, when the assigned car 20a arrives, an announcement is made that the driving direction is upward.

As described above, the landing guidance device shown in FIG. 4 can alert the user more before getting on the car than the landing guidance device shown in FIG. Can be prevented.

In this embodiment, when the number of elevator users is small, from the viewpoint of noise or energy saving, the congestion degree of the elevator may be detected to reduce or stop the number of times of guidance of the hall guidance device. . For example, a weight detection device is provided in the car, the number of users of the elevator is detected, and the current congestion degree is calculated using a calculation or a weight congestion degree comparison table based on data detected from the weight detection device, According to the congestion degree, the number of times of guidance of the hall guidance device is reduced or stopped.

Further, instead of the congestion degree, the number of times of guidance of the hall guidance device may be reduced or stopped according to the service time of the elevator.

The number of times of guidance by the hall guidance device may be reduced or stopped by judging the congestion degree and the service time of the elevator together.

Further, in the present embodiment, the door opening time can be changed in conjunction with decreasing or stopping the number of times of guidance of the hall guidance device, and the noise when the door is opened at night can be reduced.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the arrival guidance is performed again immediately after the door is opened, so that not only when the guidance device is installed in the car or the hoistway, but also in the car, The guide sound can be heard by the user at the landing as well, so that it is possible to prevent the user from accidentally getting into the other direction of the car, and to correctly guide the user to the predetermined car. In addition, it is possible to eliminate the guidance that causes confusion, such as hearing the arrival guidance sound on the other floor or not hearing the regular arrival guidance sound.

Further, by stopping the arrival guidance at the time of opening the door according to the time zone and the degree of congestion, it is possible to prevent unnecessary arrival guidance.

[0033]

As described above, the guide device of the present invention is configured to provide information relating to the operation status of a car a plurality of times, including at least when the car is opened. Can be easily detected, and even if a car in a different moving direction arrives first with the assigned car, it is possible to prevent mistakes such as erroneous boarding.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a group-controlled elevator provided with a guide device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing the vicinity of a first floor landing where an elevator guide device according to the embodiment is installed.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the operation status of a car assigned in response to an upward hall call from the first floor landing and the time history of the landing guidance by the elevator guidance device according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing the vicinity of a first floor landing where another elevator guide device according to the embodiment is installed.

[Explanation of symbols]

 17a to 17n 1 to n floor hall terminals 17a1 to 17n1 1 to n floor call registration device 17a2 to 17n2 1 to n floor guidance hall lantern 17a3 to 17n3 1 to n floor guidance chimes 17a4 to 17n4 1 to n floor guidance speaker 18 group management control unit 181 platform service guidance control unit 182 group management control unit 19a to 19c elevator unit control device 20a to 20c car

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An elevator guidance device for installing information on a plurality of elevators for servicing a plurality of floors and for guiding at least information relating to the operating status of a car for servicing a hall call. A guide device for an elevator, wherein a part is provided at a landing on each floor, and information relating to the operation status of the elevator is guided by a plurality of guidance sounds including at least when the door of the elevator is opened. 2. A guide device for an elevator in which a plurality of elevators for servicing a plurality of floors are installed and at least information relating to the operation status of a car for servicing a hall call is provided. An elevator guidance device, wherein a part is provided in a car, and information relating to the operation status of the elevator is guided by a plurality of guidance sounds including at least when the door of the elevator is opened. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein
User claim means for detecting the number of elevator users,
A congestion degree detection means for detecting a current congestion degree by the user detection means, and the number of times of guidance by the guidance device according to the congestion degree detected by the congestion degree detection means or according to an elevator service time. Guide device for an elevator, characterized by reducing or stopping the operation. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein:
User claim means for detecting the number of elevator users,
A congestion degree detection means for detecting a current congestion degree by the user detection means, and the congestion degree detected by the congestion degree detection means, and the number of times of guidance of the guidance device is reduced or A guide device for an elevator that is stopped. 5. The method according to claim 3, wherein
In one claim, in conjunction with a decrease or stop of the number of times of guidance of the guidance device,
An elevator guidance device characterized by changing a door opening time.