KR20120123867A - Method for Tracking Elevator History Boarding User and Elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for tracking elevator boarding history and an elevator using the same are provided to easily check the boarding history of elevators where users board and to easily grasp a moving path. CONSTITUTION: A method for tracking elevator boarding history is as follows. Users board an elevator and input information on the users and target floors(ST100). The information which the users input is displayed. The boarding histories of all the elevators are tracked(ST200). The users board other elevator and additionally input the information on the users and target floors(ST300). The elevators in which the users are on board and boarding histories are displayed(ST400). The users check the information and start moving to a predetermined position(ST500). [Reference numerals] (AA) Start; (BB) End; (ST100) Inputting information on users and target floors; (ST200) Tracking the elevator boarding histories of the users; (ST300) Reinputting information on users and target floors; (ST400) Redisplaying the information; (ST500) Moving to a target floor

Description

Method of tracking boarding history of elevator user and elevator using the same {Method for Tracking Elevator History Boarding User and Elevator}

The present invention relates to an elevator user tracking history tracking method and an elevator using the same.

In general, elevators are installed in buildings of five or more floors, and in the case of high-rise buildings of 20 to 30 floors or more, the elevator is provided with as many elevators as possible so that a large number of users can use them quickly.

When the passenger presses the call button installed at the elevator doorway, the elevator closest to the calling floor of the plurality of elevators installed is operated to move quickly to the position where the passenger is located.

The elevators used in this way, along with various facility facilities of the building, provide convenience and efficiency to the user's activities by providing an organic and efficient movement to the user.

In recent years, as buildings have become larger, underground parking lots are divided into zones, each zone is divided into different numbers, and a number of elevators are allocated to each zone. The trend is to deploy and use.

The elevator used in this way, when the user parks the vehicle in the underground parking lot provided in the building, uses the elevator to finish work, and leaves the building, the vehicle does not accurately remember the number and location of the underground parking lot where the vehicle is parked. The problem of having to go to the underground parking lot in order to find a vehicle was caused, and urgent countermeasures were needed.

An object of the present invention is to easily check the boarding history of the elevator boarded by the user, to provide a method for tracking the boarding history of the elevator user easy to grasp the movement route for the building or the first boarding position and the elevator using the same.

In order to achieve the above object, an elevator user's boarding history tracking method according to the present invention comprises: an information input step in which a user boards an elevator and inputs user information and information on a moving floor; A user tracking step of displaying the information input by the user and tracking the boarding history of all the elevators in the user; An information re-input step in which the user enters another elevator and additionally inputs user information and information on a moving floor; An information redisplaying step of displaying the elevator and boarding history of the user; The user may be configured to include a moving step of checking information and moving to a desired destination.

The information input step may further include a fingerprint input step in which a user's fingerprint is input.

The information input step may further include inputting a plurality of user information and information on a mobile floor.

In the information input step, a plurality of user information may be converted into a database to store input and output information.

The information input step may further include a step of classifying each user into an authenticated user and an unauthenticated user for security setting.

The user tracking step may further include tracking boarding information of the elevator for a single or multiple users.

The user tracking step may further include simultaneously tracking the elevator information on which the user first boarded and the information on the moving floor.

The information re-input may further include re-input of the fingerprint of the user.

In the redisplaying of the information, the elevator information of the first passenger, the elevator information transferred, and the information on the moving floor may be displayed.

In the information re-displaying step, elevator information on which the user first boards and elevator information transferred may be simultaneously displayed in video and audio in chronological order.

In the information re-displaying step, when a user boards an elevator in a parking lot, the number of floors and location information of the corresponding parking lot may be displayed.

The elevator according to the present invention includes a display unit including a number input unit provided for selecting a moving floor to which the user wants to move in an elevator, and an information recognition unit disposed around the number input unit and provided for recognizing user information. Can be.

In addition, a user information storage unit for storing the user information; A boarding information storage unit storing boarding history according to the elevator boarding of the user; And a control unit which receives information from the display unit and the user information and the boarding information storage unit and tracks the movement route of the user.

The information recognition unit may receive a fingerprint of the user.

The display unit may be provided in an elevator or a lifting hall.

The display unit may further include an output unit for outputting the boarding history of the elevator.

The control unit may exchange information with the main control unit that controls the plurality of elevators and track the elevator boarding history of the user.

As described above, the elevator user boarding history tracking method and the elevator using the same according to the present invention has the effect that the user can easily grasp their movement in the building equipped with a plurality of elevators.

Boarding history tracking method of the elevator user according to the present invention has the effect that the user boarding in the basement or underground parking lot can check the first boarded elevator and move.

1 is a view showing a display unit provided in the elevator according to the present invention.
Figure 2 is a simplified diagram showing the device configuration of the elevator according to the present invention.
Figure 3 is a flow chart illustrating a boarding history tracking method of the elevator user according to the present invention.
4 to 5 is a view showing an embodiment of an elevator user boarding history tracking method and an elevator using the same according to the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a boarding history tracking method of an elevator user according to the present invention, and a state in which user information is input and stored in an elevator using the same. FIG.
7 is a view showing an embodiment according to the elevator boarding history tracking method according to the present invention.
8 is a flowchart illustrating another embodiment of an elevator user's boarding history tracking method and an elevator using the same according to the present invention.
Figure 9 is a flow chart illustrating another embodiment according to the elevator boarding history tracking method according to the present invention.
10 is a view showing another embodiment according to the elevator boarding history tracking method according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described an embodiment of the elevator user boarding history tracking method and an elevator using the same.

With reference to the accompanying Figures 1 to 2 will be described the main configuration of the display unit.

The elevator 1 according to the present invention may be provided with a display unit 100, the display unit 100 is installed in the interior of the elevator 1 or the lobby, the display unit 100 is an image is displayed The imaging unit 102 is included.

The display unit 100 may further include a number input unit 110 having a plurality of buttons under the image unit 102, and the display unit 100 may include an information recognizing unit 120 for recognizing a user's fingerprint. ) May be further included. A detailed description of the information recognizing unit 120 will be described later.

The elevator 1 further includes a user information storage unit 200 in which user information is stored. The user information database unit 200 may receive a plurality of user information. In addition, the elevator 1 may further include a boarding information storage unit 300, the boarding history is stored. A detailed description thereof will be given later.

The elevator 1 may further include a controller 400 that receives information from the display unit 100 and the user information and the boarding information storage units 200 and 300 and tracks the elevator boarding history of the user. In addition, the controller 400 may control the display unit 100 to display a moving path of the user on the display unit 100.

With reference to the accompanying Figure 2 or 3 will be described a boarding history tracking method of the elevator user.

In order to use the elevator 1, the user may preferentially input user information and information on a moving floor (ST100).

In addition, the user information and information on the moving floor may be displayed through the image unit 102, and at the same time, all the details of the user's elevator ride may be tracked (ST200).

When the user arrives at the moving floor and boards another elevator, the user may further input user information and information on the moving floor (ST300), and the elevator information and the moving floor information transferred by the user may be continuously tracked. Can be.

The information may be displayed on the elevator 1 and the boarding history of the user boarded through the image unit 102 (ST300).

The user may check this information and move to a desired destination (ST500).

An elevator user boarding history tracking method and an elevator using the same according to the present invention configured as described above will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 1.

The display unit 100 may have a rectangular shape having a predetermined size, and the image unit 102 is provided, and the number input unit 110 is provided below the image unit 102.

The imaging unit 102 may be any one of LED, LCD, or PDP, but is not limited thereto. The number input unit 110 may be provided with ten buttons arranged from the numbers 0 to 9. In addition, without using a button, it may be made of a touch button (not shown) integrally with the image unit 102 and having a touch sensor (not shown).

The number input unit 110 may include an “L” button corresponding to a lobby registered as a reference floor and a “C” button corresponding to a cancel for canceling an input.

The display unit 100 may include an information recognizing unit 120 for recognizing a fingerprint of the user and an output unit 130 for outputting a movement history according to the use of the elevator 1 of the user.

The information recognition unit 120 may recognize a user's fingerprint, may use a fingerprint reader commonly used, the government recognition unit 120 is for opening and closing the elevator door (not shown) in the lower portion An open button 103 may be provided.

In addition, the opening button 103 may further include a closing button 103 for closing the elevator door.

When the display unit 100 is formed of a non-button LCD panel, power is applied to the display unit 100 only when the user boards inside the elevator, and when the user is absent, the display unit 100 operates in an off state or a standby state. Can be.

When the user boards the elevator in the off state or the standby state, power is applied to the LCD panel so that the user can be activated in an operable state.

The display unit 100 may further include an output unit 130 that outputs a boarding history of the user's elevator.

The output unit 130 may be printed in a black and white or color state, and all details on which the user enters the building and boards the elevator may be displayed for each time zone.

In addition, when the user parked in the underground parking lot with the vehicle, the number of the parking floor and the elevator in which the user's vehicle is parked may be printed together.

In the user information storage unit 200, information input by a plurality of users through the information recognizing unit 120 may be input.

For example, the year, month, date, time and place the user visited the building may be stored. In addition, the user may be classified in detail by year, month, date, time and place.

The boarding information storage unit 300 may store details of a user boarding an elevator, that is, change a plurality of elevators, or record a boarding of an elevator for a predetermined time, and may store information that tracks the boarding history of the user. have.

With reference to the accompanying Figures 3 to 5 will be described in detail with respect to the user boarding history tracking method of the elevator according to the present invention.

While waiting for the elevator, the user may touch the elevator pager 2 (see FIG. 5) provided in the corridor to input user information and information on the moving floor (ST100).

For example, a user may input user information and a moving floor to be moved (ST110), and a plurality of users may input the same time or at a time difference.

5 to 6, the user information is made through the display unit 100 while the user is in the elevator 1, or a pager provided in a corridor in which a plurality of elevators 1 are arranged. It can be made through (2).

The user 4 may input user information and call the elevator by using the fingerprint reader 2b provided in the elevator pager 2.

In addition, the user 4 information may be transmitted and stored in the user information database 200. The user information database 200 may be linked with the fingerprint information data, and the fingerprint information data may be transmitted to the user information processor.

The pager 2 may display the moving floor information and the boarding time of the user through the display unit 2a as images.

The user 4 may use the elevator by recognizing a fingerprint in the information recognizing unit 120 provided in the display unit 100 in the state of boarding the elevator without using the elevator pager 2.

In addition, the user 4 may input moving floor information to be moved through the number input unit 110, and the input information may be stored in the user information database 200.

The information may be stored in the boarding information database 300 as information for tracking a boarding history of a user who uses an elevator, and the boarding information database 300 may be provided in real time at the request of the user 4. 102 may be displayed.

In addition, the elevator boarding information of the user may be output through the output unit 130.

If there are places or floors in the building that require special security or require access for authorized users, the elevator can be operated in the following ways.

For example, the authenticated user 5 may recognize the fingerprint on the fingerprint reader 3a provided in the secure call unit 3 and select the mobile floor.

The fingerprint reader 3a may be recognized as an unauthenticated user when the general user 4 performs recognition, or may indicate that authentication is not possible with a separate voice or video, and only the authenticated user 5 accesses the fingerprint reader 3a. can do.

The information input by the user is transmitted to the security service gateway 3b, and the security service gateway 3b transmits the user information to the security service network 3c.

The security service network 3c may store an authenticated user information DB and more detailed personal information of the authenticated user information.

In addition, the security service network 3c is configured to exchange information with the boarding information database 300.

A detailed description of a method for tracking a user's boarding history of an elevator according to the present invention will be given with reference to FIGS. 7 to 8.

With the user boarding the vehicle, the user enters an underground parking lot provided in the basement of the building.

The user checks the parking condition of the underground parking lot and parks the vehicle on the third floor underground.

The basement parking lot may be provided with at least one or a plurality of elevators for each basement floor, the user enters the user information by boarding the elevator on the basement three floors (ST100).

The information is stored in the user information database 200 at the same time as the input (ST120).

For example, the user information may be displayed on the boarding floor (3 floors below) and the boarding time (8:30 am) through the image unit 102 (see FIG. 1).

In the present embodiment, it will be described that the user selects 10 moving floors.

The elevator is moved along the elevator passage while the user is in the boarding state, and the controller 400 simultaneously starts storing and tracking the elevator usage history, boarding floor information, and moving floor information of the user.

In addition, the controller 400 may display the basement 3rd floor information, the moving floor 10th floor information, and the current floor 5th floor information on which the user first boards on the imaging unit 102.

If there are a large number of users, tracking is performed sequentially from the first authenticated user, and the elevator usage history of the user may be displayed as a voice and a video through a video unit, or may be displayed only as an image in consideration of personal privacy.

In the state where the elevator arrives on the moving floor (10th floor), when the user boards another elevator (ST10), the user information is re-entered through the elevator pager provided in the transferred elevator or hallway (ST300).

The re-input information of the user is transmitted to the control unit 400, and the control unit 400 may track the information according to the elevator transfer of the user in real time with the main control unit 500.

In addition, the controller 400 may control the moving floor 14 floor and the boarding time (8:33 am) to be displayed to the user through the image unit 102.

Of course, the re-entered user information is stored in the user information database 200 and the boarding information database 300.

The controller 400 may perform tracking using fingerprint information of each user, which is input in advance, for a state in which a plurality of users board, a state of getting off, and a state of re-ride.

In addition, the controller 400 may control the user to display information on the use of the elevator through the image unit 102.

The control unit 400 may be connected to the main control unit 500 and display each other while simultaneously transmitting signals through separate communication modules.

For example, when 10 elevators are provided in a building, and each elevator is provided with a control unit, the control unit can easily track a plurality of users while communicating with the main control unit.

The information additionally input by the user may be displayed as an image or an image and sound through the image unit 102 as the elevator moves.

In addition, the image may be sequentially displayed on the image unit 102 in the order or time input by the user (ST400).

For example, in the imaging unit 102, the first floor to be boarded may be the third floor underground, the first elevator number to be 3E, the elevator number to be transferred is 10E, and the floor to be moved may be displayed as the 14th floor.

When the elevator arrives on the 14th floor (ST500), the user may move to a desired destination.

Referring to FIG. 9, a method of finding a vehicle using a boarding history stored in an elevator in order to find a vehicle parked in an underground parking lot will be described.

As described above, the user boards the elevator at 8:30 am, moves to the 14th floor, sees work, and calls the elevator by operating an elevator pager to go home.

A user boards an elevator to recognize a fingerprint in the information recognition unit 120 and inputs user information and a moving floor.

For example, the image unit 102 may display information on the current floor (14th floor), a boarding time (8:30 pm), and a user's details. In addition, it may be connected to a separate internet network to display the current weather and weather conditions including temperature and humidity.

The control unit 400 checks whether the user information is input to the user information database 200 and the boarding information database 300, and if the input data is retrieved, the control unit 400 tracks the elevator boarding history of the user. The image control unit 102 displays a list of elevators that the user boards.

If the user parks in an underground parking lot with a vehicle, the user may not accurately remember the number of floors of the underground parking lot where the vehicle is parked.

In the present invention, by tracking the user's elevator boarding history, the user can recognize the number of the underground parking lot and the first elevator number to park the vehicle, and the user enters the information only in the elevator, the user conveniently lifted the elevator You can check the details.

The image unit 102 may display information on the boarding floor (basement 3 floor) where the user first boarded and the elevator number 3E for the first boarding. In addition, information on the current layer 14 may also be displayed as an image, or an image and an audio (ST400).

The controller 400 tracks the elevator boarding history of the user as described above, enters the building today, and controls the first boarding elevator and other elevator details to be displayed, and the user can easily check this.

The controller 400 may notify the user of the information as voice information so that the boarding floor information and the elevator information that are first boarded on the image unit 102 can be easily recognized.

In addition, the user may output and carry the boarding history information of the elevator in a separate printed state through the output unit 130.

For example, in a state where a plurality of passengers are in an elevator, it may be difficult for a plurality of users to accurately store all the information continuously displayed through the image unit 102.

Therefore, in a condition where a plurality of passengers board the elevator, the elevator boarding information may be output through the output unit 130 and then carried by the passenger.

The user checks the information displayed on the image unit 102 and moves to the basement 3rd floor by operating a button provided in the number input unit 110 (ST20).

If the user may move to another floor (ST30) instead of the third basement floor, this follows the method described above.

The elevator picks up the user, arrives at the basement 3rd floor (ST500), and the user boards the vehicle (ST510) to move to the destination.

Therefore, the user can easily check while moving in an elevator without memorizing or memorizing the number of floors in which the vehicle is parked.

Another embodiment according to the elevator boarding history tracking method according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

For reference, FIG. 10 is a state in which a plurality of department stores (A-E buildings) or shopping centers are provided, and elevators provided in each department store and a plurality of elevators are arranged in a mall arranged around the department store. Explain.

In addition, for convenience of description, the description will be limited to the case where the user travels alone in an elevator.

The user parks in the underground parking lot or the ground parking lot provided in the department store by using the vehicle 10 for shopping, and moves near the first elevator 20 to enter the department store A located near the underground parking lot.

The user recognizes the user information in the information recognizing unit 120 provided in the elevator pager 2 (see FIG. 6) (ST100).

The user information is stored in the user information database 200 (refer to FIG. 6), and the main controller 500 controls the elevator 20 to be moved to a location called by the user.

The user boards the elevator 20 and inputs a desired moving floor to the number input unit 110 provided in the display unit 100.

The information input by the user is stored in the user information database 200 and the boarding information database 300 (see FIG. 6), and tracking is performed in real time through the control unit 400 or the main control unit 500.

In addition, the result is displayed on the image unit 102 (refer to FIG. 1), and the controller 400 starts tracking the elevator boarding history of the user from the time when the user first inputs the information. .

That is, all elevator numbers, boarding floors, and times that the user boards are stored in the boarding information database 300 in real time, and communicate with other control units (not shown) provided in adjacent department stores B to E in real time. As this is done, elevator boarding history for multiple users can be tracked.

In addition, the plurality of controllers may be controlled by the main controller 500 (see FIG. 5).

When the elevator 20 boarded by the user arrives on the fourth floor, the user may move to the fourth floor to perform work or business.

For another shopping, the user boards the elevator to the first boarding, enters user information, and the boarding floor, the elevator number, and the boarding time of the user are stored in the boarding information database 300.

The user moves to the first floor, shops around the mall arranged around, boards the second elevator 22, and inputs user information to the information recognizing unit 120.

The user information is stored in the user information database 200 and the boarding information database 300, and the main controller 500 controls the elevator 22 to be moved to a location called by the user.

A user boards the elevator 22 and inputs a desired moving floor to the number input unit 110 provided in the display unit 100.

The information input by the user is displayed on the image unit 102 (see FIG. 1) in real time, and is stored in the user information database 200 and the boarding information database 300.

For example, when the user moves to the second floor determined as the appointment place, the elevator usage history of the user is stored in the boarding information database 300.

The user may use the elevators B and B provided in the building B and the building C in this manner, and the boarding information for the four elevators 20, 22, 24, and 26 that the user boards is stored. All are stored in the boarding information database 300.

The user boards the fourth elevator 260 and recognizes user information in the information recognizing unit 120.

The control unit 400 may receive the user information and receive information tracked according to the elevator ride of the user through communication with the main control unit 500.

The user information may display a boarding floor, an elevator number, and a boarding time on which the user first boarded today, and the controller 400 controls such details to be displayed on the display unit 100.

The user checks all his / her boarding details displayed on the image unit 102, and easily checks that the first boarding position with the vehicle is on the basement floor of the A department store.

In addition, since the elevator number boarded in the department store A is also displayed at the same time, the user does not hesitate to go to the department store A, find the elevator and move to the desired floor, the vehicle 10 can be easily moved to the parked parking lot.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claims. The present invention can be variously modified and changed by those skilled in the art, and it is also within the scope of the present invention.

100: display unit
110: number input unit
120: information recognition unit
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200: user information database
300: boarding information database
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500: main control unit

Claims (16)

An information input step in which a user boards an elevator and inputs user information and information on a moving floor;
A user tracking step of displaying the information input by the user and tracking the boarding history of all the elevators in the user;
An information re-input step in which the user enters another elevator and additionally inputs user information and information on a moving floor;
Redisplaying information on which the elevator boarded by the user and the boarding history are displayed; And
The user checks the information, and comprises a moving step of performing a movement to a desired destination, characterized in that the elevator user boarding history tracking method. The method according to claim 1,
The information input step
An elevator user boarding history tracking method further comprises a fingerprint input step of inputting the user's fingerprint. The method according to claim 1,
The information input step
The elevator user boarding history tracking method further comprises the step of inputting a plurality of user information and information on the moving floor. The method according to claim 1,
The information input step
Elevator user boarding history tracking method characterized in that a plurality of user information is converted into a database to store input and output information. The method according to claim 1,
The information input step
The elevator user boarding history tracking method further comprises the step of classifying each of the authenticated user and the non-authenticated user for security settings. The method according to claim 1,
The user tracking step
Boarding information tracking method of the elevator user characterized in that it further comprises the step of tracking the boarding information of the elevator for a single or multiple users. The method according to claim 1,
The user tracking step
The elevator user boarding history tracking method characterized in that it further comprises the step of tracking the information on the first floor of the elevator and the moving floor at the same time. The method according to claim 1,
The information re-entry step
Boarding history tracking method of the elevator user characterized in that it further comprises the step of re-entering the fingerprint of the user. The method according to claim 1,
The information redisplay step
An elevator user's boarding history tracking method characterized in that the first elevator information, the transferred elevator information, and the information on the moving floor is displayed. The method according to claim 1,
The information redisplay step
An elevator user's boarding history tracking method characterized in that the first elevator information and the transferred elevator information is displayed simultaneously in video and audio in chronological order. The method according to claim 1,
The information redisplay step
When the user boards an elevator in a parking lot, the floor history and location information of the corresponding parking lot is characterized by displaying the boarding history of the elevator user. A display unit including a number input unit arranged to select a moving floor on which the user wants to move in an elevator, and an information recognition unit disposed around the number input unit and provided to recognize user information;
A user information storage unit storing the user information;
A boarding information storage unit storing boarding history according to the elevator boarding of the user; And
Elevator including a display unit, a control unit for receiving information from the user information and the boarding information storage unit to track the movement path of the user. The method of claim 12,
The information recognizing unit
Elevator characterized in that the recognition of the fingerprint of the user. The method of claim 12,
The display unit
An elevator, characterized in that provided in the elevator or lifting hall. The method of claim 12,
The display unit
Elevator further comprising an output unit for outputting the boarding history of the elevator. The method of claim 12,
The control unit
An elevator, characterized in that the main control unit for controlling a plurality of elevators and exchange information with each other and track the elevator boarding history of the user.

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