JPS6149225B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to an improvement in a device for operating an elevator.

There are cases where it is desired to separate a group-controlled elevator car from group control and operate it independently. In this case, the control panel operates the call-back switch (installed for each car) installed at the landing to call the desired car back to a specific floor (usually the first floor), and the staff member gets into the car and drives it. I have to. This is done by pressing the hall button and registering the call, for example 1.
Even if you try to call for car number 1, if there are multiple elevators installed, car number 1 will not necessarily respond, so you will have to press the landing button many times until car number 1 responds. This is to save time and effort. Normally, the above operation is
Since the building manager performs this operation as necessary, the recall switch must be a key-operated switch or the like, and must be constructed in such a way that it cannot be operated by general passengers. Furthermore, providing the above-mentioned switches for each car at a landing would spoil the appearance of the landing, so switches are rarely installed at landings, and in most cases they are installed on the management panel.

However, if there are multiple floors where the car is called back, such as the first basement floor or the top floor, the control panel must have more switches, and the control panel becomes larger. Become. Furthermore, since the management panel is usually installed at a location away from the landing, it is inconvenient to perform the above-mentioned recall operation.

The purpose of this invention is to improve the above-mentioned problems, and to provide an elevator operation device that can call back a car without damaging the appearance of the hall or increasing the size of the control panel. shall be.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

In Figure 1, 1 to 5 are microphones installed in the landings on the 1st to 5th floors, 6 is a microphone installed in the control panel, and 7 identifies the internal machine name of the audio signal from microphones 1 to 6. 8 is a voice recognition device for the machine name in which the machine recognition signals 7A to 7C corresponding to the 1st to 3rd floors become "H", and 8 is a recall floor recognition device that also identifies the floor names and corresponds to the 1st to 5th floors. This is a voice recognition device for floor names in which the signals 81 to 85 are "H", and both of the voice recognition devices 7 and 8 are publicly known. 9 is a virtual car call generator that issues a virtual car call signal having the same function as a car call signal in order to call a predetermined car back to a predetermined floor;
5 is a virtual car call signal from the 1st floor to the 5th floor for the 1st car,
9B1 to 9B5 are also for Unit 2, 9C1 to 9C
5 is a virtual car call signal for car No. 3, 10
A to 10C are car control devices for cars No. 1 to No. 3.

In Fig. 2, when the input becomes "H", the output becomes audio, and when the input becomes "L", the outputs 12a to 14a become "L" after time _T1 to _T3 have elapsed (the third (See figure) In the timer, time T ₁ is
1.5 seconds, time T ₂ is set to 2 seconds, and time T ₃ is set to 2 seconds. 15 is an OR gate, 15a is its output, 161 to 165 are car position signals that become "H" when the car of No. 1 is on the 1st to 5th floors, 171 to 1
75 is a virtual car 1st to 5th floor setting circuit for the 1st to 5th floors, 18 and 19 are NOT gates, and 20 to 25 are
AND gate, 26 is OR gate, 27-31 is R
-S flip-flop (hereinafter referred to as memory). Although FIG. 2 shows the circuit for the first machine, similar circuits are provided for the second and third machines.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

Assume that car No. 1 is now empty and on the 5th floor. Therefore, the car position signal 165 is "H".

Assume that the staff member is at the landing on the second floor and in order to call Aircraft No. 1 back to the second floor, he speaks into microphone 2, saying, "Aircraft No. 1." Now, it is determined whether the voice recognition for the car name and 7 is the voice of the staff member, and then the car to be called back is car No. 1, and the recognition signal 7A for car No. 1 becomes "H", and the other recognition signals 7B and 7C are "L"
becomes. When the recognition signal 7A becomes "H", the output 1 of the timers 12 and 13 of the virtual car floor generation circuit 9
2a and 13a each become "H".

Here, when the attendant continues to say "2nd floor" into microphone 2, the voice recognition for the floor name and 8 recognize the floor from which the car is to be returned as the 2nd floor and perform a call for the 2nd floor. Floor recognition signal 82 is “H”
, and the other recognition signals 81, 83 to 85 are "L"
becomes. Now, the output of the AND gate 22 of the virtual car call setting circuit 172 for the second floor becomes "H", the memory 28 is set, and its output is 1.
The virtual car call signal 9A2 on the second floor of the car becomes "H". The No. 1 car control device 10A issues a command to the car in the same manner as when the car call on the 2nd floor is registered, and the No. 1 car runs to the down output from the 5th floor, and
Stop on the floor and open the door. When the car reaches the second floor, the car position signal 162 becomes "H", so the memory 28 is reset and the second floor virtual car call signal 9A2 becomes "L".

If the staff did not say "2nd floor" in the above case, the recall floor recognition signals 81 to 85 would all be "L", so the output 15 of the OR gate 15 would be "L".
a is "L". Therefore, the output 14a of the timer 14 is also "L", and the output of the NOT gate 18 is "H". 1.5 after the staff member said "Unit 1"
When the output 12a becomes "L" after seconds have elapsed,
The output of NOT gate 19 becomes "H". At this time, the output 13a of the timer 13 is "H" because two seconds have not yet elapsed. Now AND gate 2
The output of car 0 becomes "H", the output of OR gate 26 also becomes "H", the memory 27 is set, and the virtual car call signal 9A1 on the first floor of car No. 1 becomes "H". In other words, Car No. 1 will be called back to the first floor.

Note that when the staff announces the floor name, any of the recall floor recognition signals 81 to 85 becomes "H", so the output 15a of the OR gate 15 also becomes "H", and the output 14a of the timer 14 becomes "H". It becomes "H" for 2 seconds. Therefore, since the output of the NOT gate 18 becomes "L", the output of the AND gate 20 also becomes "L", and the No. 1 machine is not called back to the first floor.

Similarly, other floors or other cars can be called back to any floor. The same is true when the microphone 6 on the control panel is used.

As is clear from the embodiment, since it is only necessary to provide one microphone in the hall, the appearance of the hall is not impaired. Also, since the control panel only requires one microphone, it does not need to be large. In addition, specific floors (1st floor)
When you want to retrieve your car, you don't have to tell the floor name, which saves the staff time. Furthermore, since only the voice of a specific person (staff member) is recognized, malfunctions by ordinary passengers can be avoided.

It is also possible to implement as follows.

(a) I tried to recognize only the voice of a specific person, but
In some cases, the voice of an unspecified number of people can be recognized.

(b) The case where the staff member calls the car back to board the car has been shown, but this also applies to the case where the car is called back to a designated floor to stop the car. In this case, when the car is called back to a predetermined floor, if the car is empty, the door is locked with the door closed and the car is put into a resting state.

(C) The call-back floor cannot be changed from a specific floor (1st floor) to any floor without first telling the machine name, but the call-back floor can still be changed even if the call-back floor is told first. Do it like this. Time interval T ₁ between “machine name” and “recall floor name”
is set to a maximum of 1.5 seconds, but is not limited to this.

(d) Make it possible to correct errors in the name of the machine or the floor name to be recalled. For example, for a predetermined period of time after the first announcement of the car name or recall floor name, virtual car call registration may be suspended, and the last announced car name or recall floor name may be enabled.
After announcing in advance that the changes will be made or the previously announced contents will be canceled, corrections can be made by recalling the new car name and rephrasing the floor name.

As explained above, in this invention, the car name and recall floor name inputted by voice into the microphone are recognized, the corresponding output is issued, and the car corresponding to this output is called back to the corresponding floor. Therefore, all you need to do is install a microphone at the place where the recall command is issued.
Any car can be returned to any floor without damaging its appearance.

Moreover, if you set the call-back floor in advance and want to call the car back to that floor, you only need to specify and input the car name by voice, which simplifies the call-back operation for the staff. be.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block circuit diagram showing an embodiment of an elevator operating system according to the present invention, and FIG.
FIG. 3 is a logical circuit diagram for the first car of the virtual car call generation circuit shown in the figure, and FIG. 3 is an output waveform diagram related to the timer of FIG. 1 to 5...Microphone at the landing, 6...Microphone at the control panel, 7...Voice recognition device for aircraft name,
8...Voice recognition device for floor names, 9...Virtual car call generation device, 10A to 10C...Car control devices for cars No. 1 to No. 3. In the drawings, the same parts are indicated by the same reference numerals.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. In an operation that calls a car back to the floor based on a command from a landing or a control panel, a microphone installed in a place other than the above car, and a car number that is input by voice to this microphone. A voice recognition device for the car name recognizes the car name and outputs a corresponding output, and a floor name to call back the car with the input car name is input by voice through the microphone, and the floor name is inputted by voice through the microphone. A voice recognition device for floor names that recognizes and issues a corresponding output, and a voice recognition device for car names and a voice recognition device for floor names that call the cars corresponding to the respective outputs to the corresponding floors. On the other hand, when only the voice recognition device for the upper symbol machine name emits an output, and the voice recognition device for the floor name does not emit an output, the car signal corresponding to the output of the voice recognition device for the upper symbol machine name emits an output. An elevator operating device comprising: a signal generating device for emitting a signal to call a person back to a predetermined floor;