KR20170140810A - Elevator notification system - Google Patents

Abstract

There is provided an elevator notification system of an elevator capable of preventing a user from misunderstanding the landing door corresponding to the assigned elevator car. The elevator notification system of the elevator includes a layered input section (5) provided in the landing panel (2) of the landing platform for accepting input of information indicating a traveling layer, An elevator car assigning unit 7 for assigning one of elevator cars to the elevator car 3, a landing loudspeaker 3 arranged for each of the elevator cars, and an elevator car position informing unit 9 ), A notification order determining unit (14) for determining the order of notifying the elevator car assigned by the elevator car assigning unit (7), a notification order storing unit (14) for storing the order determined by the notification order determining unit And a storage unit (10). The elevator car position notification unit 9 notifies the other elevator car stations in the order stored in the notification order storage unit 10 without notifying the other elevator car units until the notification of one elevator car is completed.

Description

 Elevator notification system

The present invention relates to a landing notice system of an elevator.

In the following Patent Document 1, an elevator system is described. The elevator system outputs a sound representing the assigned elevator car from the platform control panel when the elevator operation panel is operated. The elevator system outputs sound like a sound output from the landing operation panel from the speaker near the landing door corresponding to the assigned elevator car. Thereby, the user is guided to the position of the landing door corresponding to the assigned elevator car.

Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Specification No. 2007-537962

In the elevator system described in Patent Document 1, when outputs from a plurality of speakers are overlapped, it becomes difficult for the user to hear the sound. In this case, the user may erroneously recognize the landing door corresponding to the assigned elevator car.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems. The object of the present invention is to provide an elevator landing notice system which can prevent a user from misunderstanding the landing door corresponding to the assigned elevator car.

The elevator notification system of an elevator according to the present invention is provided with a layered input unit provided in a platform control panel provided with a platform door corresponding to each of a plurality of elevator cars and adapted to receive input of information indicating a traveling layer, An elevator car assigning unit for assigning one of a plurality of elevator cars to a call based on the received information, a landing loudspeaker arranged corresponding to each of the plurality of elevator cars on the landing platform, An elevator car position notification unit that notifies information indicating the position of the landing door corresponding to the elevator car using a landing speaker corresponding to the elevator car and a reminder for a time required for notification by the elevator car location notification unit An information storage unit, an elevator car assigning unit An arrival time acquiring unit that acquires the time at which the car arrives at a floor where the car is set up when the car is assigned an elevator car when the car is assigned by the car assigning unit; A moving time obtaining unit for obtaining a time required for the user to move from the position to the position of the landing door corresponding to the car in question; A procedure for notifying the elevator car assigned by the elevator car allocating section based on the time stored in the notification information storage section, the time acquired by the arrival time obtaining section, and the time acquired by the moving time obtaining section And a notification order storage unit for storing the order determined by the notification order decision unit. The notification unit for the elevator car position notifies the other elevator car notifications until the notification of one elevator car is completed The notification is made in accordance with the order stored in the notification order storage section without starting.

In the elevator notification system of the elevator according to the present invention, the elevator car position notification unit may not notify the other elevator car of the elevator car until notification of one elevator car is completed, Therefore, a notification is made. Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to prevent the user from mistakenly recognizing the landing door corresponding to the assigned elevator car.

1 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a landing platform provided in a building to which a landing notification system of an elevator according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention is applied.
2 is a configuration diagram of a landing notice system of an elevator according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a flowchart showing the notification net update processing of the landing notice system of the elevator according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Fig.
Fig. 4 is a flowchart showing notification net determination processing of the landing notice system of an elevator according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. Fig.
5 is a flowchart showing notification processing of the landing notice system of the elevator according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a configuration diagram of a landing notice system of an elevator according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
Fig. 7 is a flowchart showing the notification net updating process of the landing notice system of the elevator in the second embodiment of the present invention. Fig.
8 is a flowchart showing a notification process of the landing notice system of the elevator according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a configuration diagram of a landing notice system of an elevator according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.
10 is a flowchart showing a notification net updating process of the landing notice system of an elevator according to the third embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 11 is a flowchart showing the notification possible determination processing of the landing notice system of the elevator according to the third embodiment of the present invention. Fig.
12 is a hardware configuration diagram of the control panel.

The present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the drawings, the same or equivalent parts are denoted by the same reference numerals. The redundant description is appropriately simplified or omitted.

Embodiment 1

1 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a landing platform provided in a building to which the landing notification system of the elevator according to the first embodiment is applied. The elevator notification system of the elevator is applied to a building (not shown) having a plurality of floors. The building is provided with a plurality of elevator cars moving on different elevating routes. The elevating path is, for example, a hoistway formed so as to pass through each layer of the building. The platform of the elevator is provided, for example, on each floor of the building.

As shown in Fig. 1, a landing door 1 corresponding to each of a plurality of car bodies is provided in the landing platform. Fig. 1 illustrates a case where a landing door 1a, a landing door 1b, and a landing door 1c are provided as a landing door 1 on a landing platform. On the inside of the landing door 1a, there is a first ascending / descending route (not shown). On the inside of the landing door 1b, there is a second ascending / descending route (not shown). On the inside of the landing door 1c, there is a third ascending / descending route (not shown). Hereinafter, the elevator car moving along the first elevating / lowering route is also referred to as " elevator car A ". The elevator car moving on the second lift path is also referred to as " elevator car B ". The elevator car moving on the third lift route is also called " elevator car C ".

As shown in Fig. 1, a landing panel 2 is provided on the landing platform. The platform control panel 2 is installed in one or a plurality of layers. One or a plurality of the platform control panels 2 are provided for one platform. The platform control panel 2 is disposed on, for example, a wall surface of a landing platform. Fig. 1 illustrates a case where a landing operation panel 2a, a landing operation panel 2b and a landing operation panel 2c are provided. The platform operation panel 2a, the platform operation panel 2b, and the platform operation panel 2c are arranged on the wall surface of the platform.

As shown in Fig. 1, a landing loudspeaker 3 is provided at the landing platform. The landing loudspeakers 3 are arranged corresponding to the landing doors 1 in the landing. In other words, the landing loudspeakers 3 are arranged corresponding to each of the plurality of car bodies in the landing. The landing loudspeaker 3 is arranged, for example, on the wall surface near the corresponding landing door 1. FIG. 1 illustrates a case where a landing loudspeaker 3a, a landing loudspeaker 3b, and a landing loudspeaker 3c are provided as the landing loudspeaker 3. The landing speaker 3a is provided corresponding to the elevator car A. The landing loudspeaker 3a is disposed on the upper wall of the landing door 1a. The landing loudspeaker 3b is provided corresponding to the elevator car B. The landing speaker 3b is disposed on the upper wall of the landing door 1b. The landing speaker 3c is provided corresponding to the car C. The landing loudspeaker 3c is arranged on the upper wall of the landing door 1c.

2 is a configuration diagram of a landing notice system of an elevator according to the first embodiment.

As shown in Fig. 2, the elevator notification system of the elevator includes a landing panel 2, a landing loudspeaker 3, and a control panel 4. One control panel 4 is provided for a plurality of car bodies. The control panel 4 manages the operation of a plurality of car bodies.

As shown in Fig. 2, the platform operation panel 2 is provided with a layered input section 5 and an operation panel speaker 6. The layered input section 5 is operated by, for example, an elevator user. The layered input section 5 is, for example, a layered button, a touch panel, and a microphone for accepting voice input. The layered input section 5 accepts an input of information indicating the routing layer and the like. When the information indicating the destination layer is input to the layered input section 5, a call is made to move from the installation layer of the landing platform 2 provided with the layered input section 5 to the destination layer.

2, the control panel 4 includes an elevator car assigning unit 7, an assigned elevator car informing unit 8, a elevator car position informing unit 9, a notice net storing unit 10, an announcement information storing unit 11, an arrival time acquiring unit 12, a movement time acquiring unit 13, and a notification order deciding unit 14.

The elevator car assigning unit 7 assigns one of the plurality of elevator cars to the call based on the information input to the layered input unit 5. [ Hereinafter, the elevator car assigned to the call by the elevator car assigning unit 7 is also referred to as an " assigned elevator car. &Quot;

The assigned elevator car notification unit 8 informs the information indicating the assigned elevator car. The assigned elevator car notification unit 8 notifies the user of, for example, the elevator car name indicating the assigned elevator car. The assigned elevator car notification unit 8 informs the information using the operation panel speaker 6. [ The announcement by the assigned elevator car announcement unit 8 is, for example, that an announcement is made from the operation panel speaker 6.

The elevator car position notification unit 9 informs the information indicating the position of the landing door 1 corresponding to the assigned elevator car. The elevator car position notification unit 9 informs the information using the landing loudspeaker 3. The notification by the elevator car position notification unit 9 is, for example, to broadcast an announcement from the landing loudspeaker 3 or the like.

The notification order storage unit 10 stores the list L1. Table 1 below shows an example of the list L1. As shown in Table 1, the list L1 includes "elevator car name", "notice start time limit", and "notification order". The " elevator car name " in the list L1 indicates an assigned elevator car at the present time. The "notice start time limit" is a limit time at which notification by the elevator car position notification unit 9 to the assigned elevator car indicated by the "elevator car name" should start. The " notification order " is the order in which the notification of the elevator car position notification unit 9 to the assigned elevator car indicated by the " elevator car name " That is, the list L1 indicates the order in which the elevator car of the assigned elevator car at the present time is preferentially informed of the position of the landing door 1 for riding.

Notification Elevator name Notification deadline One A 12:00:07

The notification information storage unit 11 stores the list L2. Table 2 shows an example of the list L2. As shown in Table 2, the list L2 includes " elevator car name ", " used speaker ", and " notification time ". The " elevator car name " in the list L2 indicates, for example, an elevator car whose operation is managed by the control panel 4 regardless of whether or not the car is an assigned car at the present time. The " used speaker " represents the landing loudspeaker 3 used for notification of the elevator car indicated by the " elevator car name " The "notification time" indicates the time at which sound is output from the "used speaker" for notification of the elevator car indicated by the "elevator car name" in the list L2. That is, the list L2 shows the time required for notification by the elevator car position notification unit 9 and the landing speaker 3 used for the notification in each elevator car. The contents of the list L2 are set in advance, for example. The unit of the "notification time" in the list L2 is, for example, seconds.

Elevator name Reminder time Speaker used A 3 3a B 3 3b C 3 3c

The arrival time acquiring unit 12 acquires the "arrival time" of the car in the case where the car assigning unit 7 assigns the car to the call. The " arrival time " is the time at which the car arrives at the installation floor of the platform control panel 2 used for inputting information indicating the destination floor. The " arrival time " is calculated on the basis of, for example, the current position of the car in question, the floor where the car is to be stopped from now, and the traveling speed of the car.

The movement time acquisition section 13 stores the list L3. The moving time acquisition section 13 acquires the " moving time " of the user from the list L3 when the car assignment is made by the car assigning section 7 to the call. The " moving time " is a time required for the user to move from the position of the landing gear operating panel 2 used for inputting information representing the traveling floor to the position of the landing door 1 corresponding to the car.

Table 3 shows an example of the list L3. As shown in Table 3, the list L3 shows the " travel time " for each combination of the landing platform 2 and the elevator car. The unit of " travel time " is, for example, seconds. The " movement time " in the list L3 is calculated in advance, for example.

Elevator car A B C
platform
Operator panel 2a 4 7 10 2b 4 4 7 2c 7 4 4

The notification order determination unit 14 determines whether or not the notification of the elevator car has been made by the elevator car assigning unit 7 based on the "notification time", "arrival time", and " Time limit " The "notification start time limit" is a time retrogressed from "arrival time" by the sum of "notification time" and "travel time". The " notification start time limit " is calculated by the following formula.

"Notification start time" = "Arrival time" - "Move time" - "Reminder time"

The notification by the elevator car position notification unit 9 is started, for example, at the latest by the " notification start time limit ". Therefore, even if the user starts moving after hearing the end of the information indicating the position of the elevator car, the user can move to the position of the landing door 1 corresponding to the elevator car at the latest until the elevator car arrives have.

The notification order determining unit 14 determines the "notification order" for all the assigned elevator cars so that the "notification order" becomes higher as the "notification start time limit" becomes earlier. That is, based on the "notification start time limit", the notification order determination unit 14 determines an order such as which priority will be given to which of the assigned elevator cars to place the landing door 1 for riding. The "notification order" determined by the notification order determination unit 14 is reflected in the list L1 stored in the notification order storage unit 10. That is, when an elevator car is assigned to a newly generated call, the order of notifications stored in the notification order storage unit 10 is updated.

Fig. 3 is a flowchart showing the notification net updating process of the landing notice system of the elevator in the first embodiment. Fig. The notification net update processing is started each time information indicating the routing layer is input to the layered input section 5 provided in the landing platform 2. That is, the notification net update processing is performed every time a new call is made.

Hereinafter, with reference to Fig. 3, a first specific example of the notification net update processing will be described. In the first specific example, it is assumed that the landing operation panel 2b is operated by the first user in the landing area shown in Fig. 1 in a state in which the notification of the elevator car position notification unit 9 is not scheduled. In other words, in the first specific example, it is assumed that a call occurs in a state in which no information is registered in the list L1. In the first specific example, the elevator car A is assigned to the call.

When the first user inputs information indicating the routing layer to the layered input unit 5 provided in the platform control panel 2b, a call is generated. The elevator car assigning unit 7 assigns the elevator car A to the call (step S101). The arrival time acquiring unit 12 acquires the "arrival time" of the elevator car A allocated in step S101 (step S102). Here, the arrival time of elevator car A is 12:00:14.

The moving time obtaining section 13 obtains the "moving time" of the first user to the landing door 1a corresponding to the elevator car A allocated in step S101 (step S103). Here, from the list L3 shown in Table 3, the " travel time " of 4 seconds for the combination of the landing platform 2b and the elevator car A is obtained.

The notification order decision unit 14 acquires the "notification time" for the elevator car A allocated in step S101 (step S104). Here, from the list L2 shown in Table 2, 3 seconds as the time when sound is outputted from the landing loudspeaker 3a is obtained.

The notification order determination unit 14 calculates the "notification start time limit" based on the "arrival time" acquired in step S102, the "travel time" acquired in step S103, and the "notification time" acquired in step S104 (step S105 ). Here, the " notification start time limit " becomes 12:00:07 by the following calculation.

12: 00: 14-4-3 = 12: 00: 07

The notification order determination unit 14 determines "notification order" based on the "notification start time limit" calculated in step S105, and reflects the "notification order" in the list L1 (step S106). In this case, since no information is registered in the list L1 in advance, the contents of the list L1 are shown in Table 1. [

The assigned elevator car notification unit 8 informs the information indicating the elevator car A allocated in step S101 by using the operation panel speaker 6 of the landing platform control unit 2b (step S107). Thereby, the first user grasps that the assigned elevator car to which he / she should ride is the elevator car A.

A second specific example of the notification net update processing will be described below with reference to FIG. In the second specific example, following the operation of the landing operation panel 2b and the assignment of the elevator car A in the first embodiment, the landing operation panel 2a is operated by the second user on the landing floor shown in Fig. 1 do. In the second specific example, the elevator car C is assigned to the call.

When the second user inputs information indicating the routing layer to the layered input unit 5 provided in the landing panel 2a, a call occurs. In step S101, the elevator car assigning unit 7 assigns the elevator car C to the call. In step S102, the arrival time obtaining section 12 obtains the "arrival time" of the elevator car C. Here, it is assumed that the "arrival time" of the elevator car C is 12:00:15.

In step S103, the movement time acquisition section 13 acquires the " movement time " of the second user to the landing door 1c corresponding to the car C, Here, 10 seconds, which is the " travel time " for the combination of the landing panel 2a and the car C, is obtained from the list L3 shown in Table 3. [

In step S104, the notification order determination unit 14 acquires the "notification time" for the elevator car C. Here, from the list L2 shown in Table 2, 3 seconds, which is the time when sound is output from the landing loudspeaker 3c, is obtained.

In step S105, the notification order determination unit 14 calculates the " notification start time limit ". Here, the " notification start time limit " becomes 12:00:02 by the following calculation.

12: 00: 15-10-3 = 12: 00: 02

In step S106, the notification order determination unit 14 determines "notification order" based on the "notification start time limit" and reflects the notification order on the list L1. Here, the contents of the list L1 are shown in Table 4 below. As described above, the "notification order" is reflected in the list L1, so that the order of notifications stored in the notification order storage unit 10 is updated. That is, if an elevator car is assigned to a new call, the list L1 is updated.

Notification Elevator name Notification deadline One C 12:00:02 2 A 12:00:07

In step S107, the assigned elevator car notification unit 8 informs the information indicating the car C using the operation panel speaker 6 of the landing gear control unit 2a. As a result, the second user recognizes that the assigned elevator car to be taken is the elevator car C. [

Fig. 4 is a flowchart showing notification net determination processing of the landing notice system of the elevator in the first embodiment. Fig. The notification net determination processing shows the details of the processing performed in step S106 in Fig. In the following description, the list L1 [i] indicates the information stored in the i-th position in the list L1. N represents the total number of elements in the list L1.

Hereinafter, with reference to Fig. 4, a first concrete example of the notification net determination processing will be described. A first specific example of the notification net determination processing is the notification net determination processing in the first concrete example of the notification net update processing described above.

In step S101, the notification order determination unit 14 determines whether information on the elevator car such as the elevator car assigned for the new call is already registered in the list L1 (step S201). Here, it is determined whether the information on the elevator car A allocated in step S101 is registered in the list L1. When it is determined in step S201 that the information on the same elevator car is already registered in the list L1, the notification order determination unit 14 performs the processing of step S202.

In step S202, the notification order determination unit 14 determines whether or not the new "notification start time limit" is earlier than the "notification start time limit" that has been registered. The new " notification start time limit time " indicates " notification start time limit " calculated in step S105. That is, in step S202, the already registered " notification start time limit " and the newly calculated " notification start time limit " are compared with respect to the same elevator car.

If it is determined in step S202 that the new "notification start time limit" is not earlier than the registered "notification start time limit", the notification order determining unit 14 ends the notification net determination process. In this case, a new "notification start time limit" is not registered in the list L1. This is because it is determined that notification is performed before the new "notification start time limit" if the earlier "notification start time limit" has already been registered for the elevator car assigned to the new call. If the new "notification start time limit" is the same as the "notification start time limit" at which registration has been completed, it is not necessary to register again in the list L1.

If it is determined in step S202 that the new "notification start time limit" is earlier than the registered "notification start time limit", the notification order determining unit 14 deletes the registered information from the list L1 (step S203). This is because it is necessary to notify the elevator car assigned for the new call at a time earlier than the already registered " notification start time limit ".

Subsequent to step S203, the notification order determination unit 14 performs the process of step S204. If it is determined in step S201 that the information on the same elevator car is not registered in the list L1, the notification order determination unit 14 performs the process of step S204. Here, since the information on the elevator car A allocated in step S101 is not registered in the list L1, the process of step S204 is performed following step S201.

In step S204, the notification order determination unit 14 substitutes 1 for i. i is the index of the element in list L1. Subsequent to step S204, the notification order determination unit 14 substitutes the total number of elements in the list L1 for N (step S205). Here, since nothing is registered in the list L1, N = 0.

Following step S205, the notification order determination unit 14 determines whether i is greater than N (step S206). i is greater than N means that there is no L1 [i] element in the list L1. On the other hand, when i is not larger than N, it means that L1 [i] exists in the list L1. Here, since i = 1 and N = 0 to N < i, L1 [1] does not exist.

If it is determined in step S206 that i is larger than N, the notification order determination unit 14 inserts information on the car assigned to the new call into L1 [i] (step S207). Here, "A" as the "elevator car name" and "12:00:07" as the "notification start time limit" are inserted in L1 [1]. As a result, the contents of the list L1 are as shown in Table 1. After the processing of step S207, the notification order determination unit 14 ends the notification order determination processing.

If it is determined in step S206 that i is not greater than N, the notification order determining unit 14 determines whether or not the " notification start time limit " for the elevator car assigned for the new call is " Time " (step S208). That is, in step S208, the "notice start time limit" for the elevator car assigned to the new call is compared with the "notice start time limit" which is the i-th element of the list L1.

When it is determined in step S208 that the "notification start time limit" for the elevator car assigned to the new call is earlier than the "notification start time limit" of L1 [i], the notification order determining unit 14 determines Into the L1 [i] (step S209). When the processing in step S209 is performed, the element originally stored in L1 [i] is L1 [i + 1]. An element originally stored in L1 [i + 1] or lower is also equal to or smaller than L1 [i + 2].

When it is determined in step S208 that the "notification start time limit" for the elevator car assigned to the new call is not earlier than the "notification start time limit" of L1 [i], the notification order determining unit 14 determines (Step S210). After the processing of step S210, the notification order determination unit 14 performs the comparison in step S206 again. In this way, from the first element of the list L 1 in turn, it is compared with the "notification start time limit" for the elevator car assigned to the new call.

Hereinafter, with reference to FIG. 4, a second specific example of the notification net determination processing will be described. The second specific example of the notification net determination processing is notification net determination processing in the second specific example of the notification net update processing described above.

In step S201, the notification order determination unit 14 determines whether or not information on the elevator car C allocated in step S101 is registered in the list L1. Here, since the information on the elevator car C is not registered in the list L1, the notification order determination unit 14 performs the process of step S204 following step S201.

In step S204, the notification order determination unit 14 substitutes 1 for i. In step S205, the notification order determination unit 14 substitutes the total number of elements in the list L1 for N. [ Here, since one element is registered in the list L1, N = 1.

In step S206, the notification order determination unit 14 determines whether i is greater than N. [ Here, since N < i is not from i = 1 and N = 1, the notification order determination unit 14 performs the processing of step S208.

In step S208, the notification order determination unit 14 compares 12:00:02, which is the "notification start time limit" for the elevator car C, with 12:00:07, which is the "notification start time limit" of L1 [1] do. Here, since 12:00:02 < 12:00:07, the notification order determination unit 14 performs the process of step S209.

In step S209, the notification order determination unit 14 inserts information on the elevator car C into L1 [1]. In this case, "C" as the "elevator car name" and "12:00:02" as the "notification start time limit" are inserted in L1 [1]. Information on the car A which was originally registered goes down to L1 [2]. As a result, the contents of the list L1 are as shown in Table 4. After the processing of step S207, the notification order determination unit 14 ends the notification order determination processing.

5 is a flowchart showing notification processing of the landing notice system of the elevator in the first embodiment. The notification process starts when the layered input unit 5 starts receiving information indicating the routing layer.

Hereinafter, a specific example of notification processing will be described with reference to FIG. In the specific example of the notification process, it is assumed that the notification is made by the elevator car position notification unit 9 in the order shown in Table 4. In the concrete example of the notification process, it is assumed that the notification by the elevator car position notification unit 9 is made by outputting an announcement from the landing loudspeaker 3.

The elevator car position notification unit 9 determines whether or not the element is stored in L1 [1] of the list L1 (step S301). That is, in step S301, it is determined whether or not there is information to be notified using the landing loudspeaker 3. If it is determined in step S301 that the element is stored in L1 [1], the elevator car position notification section 9 performs the processing in step S302. Here, since the information on the elevator car C is stored in L1 [1], the elevator car position notification unit 9 performs the process of step S302.

In step S302, the elevator car position notification unit 9 determines whether or not there is a landing loudspeaker 3 outputting an announcement. If it is determined in step S302 that there is a landing loudspeaker 3 outputting the announcement, the elevator car position notification unit 9 repeats the processing of step S302. That is, the elevator car position notification unit 9 waits until the output of the answer from the landing loudspeaker 3 is completed.

If it is determined in step S302 that there is no landing lane speaker 3 outputting the announcement, the elevator car position notification unit 9 performs the processing of step S303. In this case, since there is no landing lane speaker 3 outputting the announcement, the elevator car position notification unit 9 performs the process of step S303.

In step S303, the elevator car position notification unit 9 acquires the elevator car stored in L1 [1] of the list L1. Here, the elevator car position notification unit 9 obtains the elevator car C stored in L1 [1] in Table 4. [

Subsequently to step S303, the elevator car position announcement unit 9 outputs an answer from the landing loudspeaker 3 corresponding to the elevator car acquired in step S303 (step S304). Here, the elevator car position notification unit 9 uses the landing loudspeaker 3c corresponding to the elevator car C to inform the information indicating the position of the landing door 1 corresponding to the elevator car C. [ In step S304, the elevator car position notification unit 9 obtains information indicating the landing lane speaker 3 corresponding to the elevator car acquired in step S303 from the list L2 stored in the notification information storage unit 11 .

Subsequent to step S304, the elevator car position notification unit 9 deletes the element of L1 [1] from the list L1 (step S305). Here, the information about the car C that has been notified is deleted from the list L1. In step S305, the elevator car position notification unit 9 rearranges the element of L1 [2] to L1 [1]. Here, the information about the elevator car A stored in L1 [2] in Table 4 is increased to L1 [1]. After the processing in step S305, the elevator car position notification unit 9 performs the processing in step S301.

In step S301, the elevator car position notification unit 9 determines whether the element is stored in L1 [1] of the list L1. Here, since the information about the elevator car A is stored in L1 [1], the elevator car position notification unit 9 performs the process of step S302.

In step S302, the elevator car position notification unit 9 determines whether or not there is a landing loudspeaker 3 outputting an announcement. Here, since the announcement is being output from the landing loudspeaker 3c, the elevator car position notification unit 9 waits until the output of the alarm is completed. Thereafter, the elevator car position notification section 9 performs the process of step S303.

In step S303, the elevator car position notification unit 9 acquires the elevator car A stored in L1 [1]. In step S304, the elevator car position notification unit 9 notifies the information indicating the position of the landing door 1a corresponding to the elevator car A, using the landing lane 3a corresponding to the elevator car A.

In step S305, the elevator car position notification unit 9 deletes the element of L1 [1] from the list L1. Here, the information about the elevator car A that has been notified is deleted from the list L1. After the processing in step S305, the elevator car position notification unit 9 performs the processing in step S301.

In step S301, the elevator car position notification unit 9 determines whether the element is stored in L1 [1] of the list L1. If it is determined in step S301 that no element is stored in L1 [1], the elevator car position notification section 9 performs the processing in step S306. In other words, when there is no information to be notified using the landing loudspeaker 3, the process of step S306 is performed. Here, since the element is not stored in L1 [1], the car position notification unit 9 carries out the processing in step S306.

In step S306, the elevator car position notification unit 9 determines whether or not the layered input unit 5 has received information indicating the traveling layer by the user. If it is determined in step S306 that the layered input section 5 is accepting input, the elevator car position notification section 9 performs the processing of step S301. In this case, the elevator car position notification unit 9 waits until a new element is stored in the list L1.

When it is determined in step S306 that the layered input section 5 has not received the input, the elevator car position notification section 9 ends the notification process. This is because no new elements are added to the list L1 in the future.

The elevator car position notification unit 9 notifies the information indicating the position of the landing door 1 corresponding to the elevator car assigned by the elevator car allocation unit 7 to the landing speaker (3). The notification order determining unit 14 determines the order of notifying the elevator car assigned by the elevator car assigning unit 7 based on the "notification time", "arrival time", and "moving time". The notification order storage unit (10) stores the order of notifications determined by the notification order determination unit (14). The elevator car position notification unit 9 performs notification in accordance with the order stored in the notification order storage unit 10. In addition, the elevator car position notification unit 9 does not start notification of another elevator car until notification of one elevator car is completed. According to the first embodiment, the outputs from the plurality of landing loudspeakers 3 do not overlap. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the user from becoming hard to hear the sound. As a result, in the landing notice system of the elevator, it is possible to prevent the user from misunderstanding the landing door 1 corresponding to the assigned elevator car.

In Embodiment 1, the notification order determination unit 14 determines whether or not the time stored in the notification information storage unit 11 and the time stored in the movement time acquisition unit 13 among the elevator cars assigned by the elevator car assignment unit 7 The notification order is determined so that notification of the earlier time from the time acquired by the arrival time acquiring unit 12 earlier than the time acquired by the arrival time acquiring unit 12 is performed earlier. That is, the notification order determining unit 14 determines the order of notifying that the "notification start time limit" is earlier than the notification time. Therefore, it is possible to secure the time for the user to move from the platform control panel 2 to the position of the landing door 1, while preventing the user from becoming hard to hear the sound.

Embodiment 2 Fig.

Hereinafter, the configuration of the landing notice system of the elevator will be described, focusing on the differences from the first embodiment. The same reference numerals are given to the same or corresponding parts to those of the first embodiment, and a description of some of them is omitted. In the following description, the announcement by the elevator car position notification unit 9 is made by outputting an announcement from the landing loudspeaker 3. It is assumed that the announcement by the assigned elevator car notification unit 8 is made by outputting an announcement from the operation panel speaker 6. [

6 is a configuration diagram of a landing notice system of an elevator according to the second embodiment. As shown in Fig. 6, in the second embodiment, information indicating the notification situation is exchanged between the assigned elevator car notification unit 8 and the elevator car location notification unit 9.

Fig. 7 is a flowchart showing the notification net updating process of the landing notice system of the elevator in the second embodiment. Fig. Hereinafter, with reference to Fig. 7, the notification net update processing in the second embodiment will be described.

The processing in steps S401 to S406 in Fig. 7 is the same as the processing in step S101 to step S106 in Fig.

In step S407, the assigned elevator car notification unit 8 determines whether or not there is a landing hall speaker 3 outputting the answer, based on the information obtained from the elevator car position notification unit 9. [ If it is determined in step S407 that there is a landing speaker 3 outputting the announcement, the assigned elevator car notifier 8 repeats the processing of step S407. That is, the assigned elevator car notification unit 8 waits until the output of the answer from the landing speaker 3 is completed.

When it is determined in step S407 that there is no landing speaker 3 outputting the announcement, the assigned elevator car notifier 8 performs the process of step S408. The processing in step S408 is the same as the processing in step S107 in Fig.

8 is a flowchart showing notification processing of the landing notice system of the elevator in the second embodiment. Hereinafter, the notification process in the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

The processing in steps S501 to S503 in Fig. 8 is the same as the processing in steps S301 to S303 in Fig.

In step S504, the elevator car position notification unit 9 determines whether or not there is an operation panel speaker 6 outputting the answer, based on the information obtained from the assigned elevator car notification unit 8. [ If it is determined in step S504 that there is an operation panel speaker 6 outputting the announcement, the elevator car position notification section 9 repeats the processing of step S504. That is, the elevator car position notification unit 9 waits until the output of the announcement from the operation panel speaker 6 is completed.

If it is determined in step S504 that there is no operation panel speaker 6 outputting the announcement, the car position notification unit 9 performs the process of step S505. The processing in steps S505 to S507 in Fig. 8 is the same as the processing in steps S304 to S306 in Fig.

In the second embodiment, the elevator car position notification unit 9 does not make a notification while the notification by the assigned elevator car notification unit 8 is being performed. In addition, the assigned elevator car notification unit 8 does not make a notification while the notification is made by the elevator car location notification unit 9. According to the second embodiment, the output from the landing loudspeaker 3 and the output from the operation panel loudspeaker 6 do not overlap. This makes it easier for the user to hear the sound. As a result, in the landing notice system of the elevator, it is possible to prevent the user from misunderstanding the landing door 1 corresponding to the assigned elevator car.

Embodiment 3:

Hereinafter, the configuration of the landing notice system of the elevator will be described, focusing on the differences from the first embodiment. The same reference numerals are given to the same or corresponding parts to those of the first embodiment, and a description of some of them is omitted.

9 is a configuration diagram of a landing notice system of an elevator according to the third embodiment. As shown in Fig. 9, the control panel 4 is provided with a notification enable / disable judgment portion 15. Fig.

The notification possibility determining unit 15 performs the notification possibility determination processing. The notification possibility determination processing is for determining whether or not it is possible to perform notification in accordance with the order stored in the notification order storage unit 10. [ Concretely, the notifiable judgment section 15 judges whether or not the announcement is not later than the " notification start time limit ", and the outputs from the plurality of platform speakers 3 are not overlapped with each other and all the elevator cars registered in the list L1 It is possible to determine whether or not it is possible to complete the notification.

When there is a change in the storage contents of the notification order storage unit 10, the notification possible judgment unit 15 can notify the user based on the storage contents of the notification order storage unit 10 and the storage contents of the notification information storage unit 11 And performs judgment processing. That is, when the order stored in the notification order storage unit 10 is updated by assigning the elevator car to a new call, the notification possible determination unit 15 performs the notification possible determination process. The car assigning unit 7 assigns a different elevator car to the new call when the result of the notification possible determination process by the notification enabling determination unit 15 indicates that the notification can not be completed.

10 is a flowchart showing the notification net updating process of the landing notice system of the elevator according to the third embodiment. Hereinafter, the notification net update processing in the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

The processing in steps S601 to S606 in Fig. 10 is the same as the processing in step S101 to step S106 in Fig.

In step S607, the notification possibility determination processing by the notification possibility determination unit 15 is performed. In step S608, it is determined whether or not the result of the notification possibility determination processing indicates that notification can not be completed. If it is determined in step S608 that the result of the notification possibility determination processing indicates that notification can not be completed, the processing in step S609 is performed. In step S609, a different elevator car is assigned to the call to which the elevator car is allocated in step S601. After step S609, the process of step S602 is performed.

When it is determined in step S608 that the result of the notification possibility determination processing indicates that notification can be completed, the processing in step S610 is performed. The processing in step S610 is the same as the processing in step S107 in Fig.

Fig. 11 is a flowchart showing the notification possible determination processing of the landing notice system of the elevator in the third embodiment. Fig. 11 shows the details of the process performed in step S607 of Fig.

Hereinafter, the notification possible determination processing will be described with reference to FIG. T1, T2, and T3 in the following description are variables stored in the notification enable / disable determining unit 15. [ In T1, a time assumed to be the notification start time for each elevator car registered in the list L1 is substituted.

When the notification possible determination processing is started, the notification possible determination section 15 substitutes the current time for T1 (step S701). Subsequent to the step S701, the notifiable judgment part 15 substitutes 1 for i (step S702). i is the index of the element in list L1. Subsequent to step S702, the notifiable determining section 15 substitutes the total number of elements in the list L1 for N (step S703).

Following step S703, the notifiable determining section 15 determines whether i is greater than N (step S704). The processing of step S704 is performed to determine whether or not the i-th element L1 [i] exists in the list L1.

If it is determined in step S704 that i is not greater than N, the notification enabling determination unit 15 substitutes the " notification start time limit " of L1 [i] to T2 (step S705). Subsequent to step S705, the notifiable determining section 15 determines whether T1 is earlier than T2 (step S706). That is, in step S706, the notification start time for the elevator car of L1 [i] is compared with the "notification start time limit" for the car.

If it is determined in step S706 that T1 is earlier than T2, the notification enabling determination unit 15 substitutes the notification time for the elevator car of L1 [i] into T3 (step S707). In step S707, the notifiable determining section 15 obtains the "notification time" for the elevator car of L1 [i] from the list L2 stored in the notification information storage section 11. [

Following step S707, the notifiable determining section 15 sets the time T1 plus T3 as a new T1 (step S708). That is, in step S708, T1 is updated to the notification start time for the elevator car of L1 [i + 1]. Following step S708, the notifiable decision section 15 increments the value of i by 1 (step S709). After the processing in step S709, the notification enabling determination unit 15 performs the processing in step S704. As a result, the determination in step S706 is performed on all elements of the list L1.

If it is determined in step S706 that T1 is not earlier than T2, the notification enabling determination unit 15 determines that notification can not be completed (step S710). That is, when it is predicted that the notification start time for at least one of the elevator cars registered in the list L1 exceeds the "notification start time limit" for that one, the notification possible determining unit 15 determines that the notification is impossible . After the process of step S710, the notification enablement determination unit 15 ends the notification enablement determination process.

If it is determined in step S704 that i is greater than N, the notification enablement determination section 15 determines that notification can be completed (step S711). After the processing of step S711, the notification possibility determining section 15 ends the notification possibility determination processing.

In the third embodiment, when the order stored in the notification order storage section 10 is updated by assigning the elevator car to a new call, the notification possible judgment section 15 judges that the elevator car position notification section 9 It is determined whether or not it is impossible to perform the notification in the order. When it is determined by the notifiable judgment unit 15 that the elevator car position notification unit 9 can not notify in accordance with the order, the elevator car assignment unit 7 assigns another elevator car to the new call do. According to the third embodiment, when the assignment of the elevator car is made such that it becomes impossible to complete the notification of all the assigned elevator car, the assignment of the car is performed again. Therefore, it is possible to sufficiently secure the time for informing the user and the time for the user to move. As a result, in the elevator notification system of the elevator, it is possible to prevent the user from getting the sound and to prevent the user from missing the assigned elevator car.

In the first, second and third embodiments, the assigned elevator car notification unit 8 may be notified by outputting buzzer sounds or melody sounds from the operation panel speaker 6, for example. The elevator car position notification unit 9 may be notified by outputting a buzzer sound or a melody sound from the landing loudspeaker 3, for example. In this case, by making the sound output from the operation panel loudspeaker 6 of the platform control panel 2 operated by the user equal to the sound output from the landing loudspeaker 3 corresponding to the assigned elevator car, The user can be informed of the position of the landing door 1.

In the first, second and third embodiments, the movement time acquisition section 13 may store a plurality of kinds of lists L3. When a plurality of kinds of lists L3 exist, the control panel 4 may switch the list L3 and use them. The control panel 4 may switch the list L3 according to the congestion level of the landing area, for example. The congestion level of the landing area is detected based on, for example, the input frequency to the layered input unit 5 and the like. Further, the control panel 4 may switch the list L3 according to a determination as to whether the user is a normal person or a disabled person, for example. This determination is made based on, for example, input contents to the layered input section 5 and the like. In these cases, by changing the " moving time " according to the situation, it is possible to secure a sufficient time for the user to move. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the user from missing the car.

12 is a hardware configuration diagram of the control panel.

The elevator car location notification unit 9, the notification net storage unit 10, the notification information storage unit 11, the arrival / The functions of the time acquisition unit 12, the movement time acquisition unit 13, the notification order determination unit 14, and the notification enable / disable unit 15 are realized by the processing circuit 16. The processing circuit 16 may include a processor 17 and a memory 18. [ The processing circuit 16 may be dedicated hardware.

In the case where the processing circuit 16 includes at least one processor 17 and at least one memory 18, the elevator car assignment section 7, the assigned elevator car notification section 8, the elevator car location notification section 9 ), The notification order storage unit 10, the notification information storage unit 11, the arrival time acquisition unit 12, the movement time acquisition unit 13, the notification order determination unit 14, Each function is implemented by software, firmware, or a combination of software and firmware. The software or firmware is described as a program and stored in the memory 18. [ The processor 17 reads out and executes the program stored in the memory 18, thereby realizing functions of the respective parts. The processor 17 is also referred to as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a central processing unit, a processing unit, a computing unit, a microprocessor, a microcomputer, and a DSP. The memory 18 may be a nonvolatile or volatile semiconductor memory such as a RAM, a ROM, a flash memory, an EPROM or an EEPROM, a magnetic disk, a flexible disk, an optical disk, a compact disk, a mini disk, do.

When the processing circuit 16 is at least one dedicated hardware, the processing circuit 16 may be, for example, a single circuit, a compound circuit, a programmed processor, a parallel programmed processor, an ASIC, an FPGA, . An elevator car position notification unit 9, an announcement net storage unit 10, an announcement information storage unit 11, an arrival time acquisition unit 12, The function of each section of the moving time acquisition section 13, the notification order determination section 14 and the notification possible determination section 15 may be realized by the processing circuit 16, .

The elevator car allocation unit 7, the assigned elevator car notification unit 8, the elevator car location notification unit 9, the notification net storage unit 10, the notification information storage unit 11, the arrival time acquisition unit 12 ), The movement time acquisition section 13, the notification order determination section 14, and the notification enable / disable determination section 15 may be realized by dedicated hardware and a part of the functions may be realized by software or firmware . For example, the function of the elevator car assigning unit 7 is realized by the dedicated processing circuit 16, and the assigned elevator car informing unit 8, the elevator car position informing unit 9, The processor 17 is connected to the notification unit 10, the notification information storage unit 11, the arrival time acquisition unit 12, the movement time acquisition unit 13, the notification order determination unit 14, It is possible to realize the function by reading and executing the program stored in the memory 18. [

In this manner, the processing circuit 16 can realize the above-described functions by hardware, software, firmware, or a combination thereof.

[Industrial Availability]

The elevator notification system of an elevator according to the present invention can be applied to a building provided with a plurality of elevator cars.

1, 1a, 1b, 1c: Landing door
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Claims (4)

A layered input section which is provided in a landing control panel of a landing platform provided with a landing door corresponding to each of a plurality of car bodies and receives an input of information indicating the landing layer,
An elevator car assigning unit for assigning one of the plurality of elevator cars to a call based on information input to the layered input unit;
A landing loudspeaker arranged corresponding to each of the plurality of car bodies at the landing platform;
An elevator car position informing unit for informing, by using the landing loudspeaker corresponding to the elevator car, information indicating the position of the landing door corresponding to the elevator car assigned by the elevator car allocating unit;
An announcement information storage unit for storing a time required for the notification by the elevator car location notification unit;
An arrival time acquisition unit for acquiring a time at which the car arrives at the floor where the platform is provided when the car space is allocated by the car space allocation unit;
When the elevator car is allocated by the car assigning unit, a moving time obtaining process for obtaining a time required for the user to move from the position of the landing pad provided with the layered input unit to the position of the landing door corresponding to the car, Wealth,
A notification of an elevator car assigned by the elevator car allocation unit based on the time stored in the notification information storage unit, the time acquired by the arrival time acquisition unit, and the time acquired by the moving time acquisition unit A notification order decision unit for determining the order of performing the notification,
And a notification order storage unit for storing the order determined by the notification order determination unit,
The elevator car position notification unit notifies the elevator notification system of the elevator that notifies the elevator car in the order stored in the notification net storage unit without starting notification of the other elevator car until notification of one elevator car is completed, . The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the notification order determination unit determines the arrival time by the arrival time acquisition unit by a time obtained by adding the time stored in the notification information storage unit and the time acquired by the movement time acquisition unit among the elevator cars allocated by the elevator car allocation unit And determines a sequence of notifying that the notification of the earlier retracted time is earlier than the acquired time. The method of claim 2,
An operation panel speaker provided in the landing platform provided with the layered input section,
And an assigned elevator car informing unit for informing, by using the operation panel speaker, information indicating the elevator car assigned by the elevator car assigning unit,
The elevator car location notification unit may not notify the elevator car location notification unit while the notification by the assigned elevator car notification unit is being performed,
Wherein the assigned elevator car notification unit does not notify the elevator car location notification unit while the notification is being performed by the elevator car location notification unit. The method of claim 2,
When the order stored in the notification net storage unit is updated by assigning an elevator car to a new call, whether or not the elevator car location notification unit is capable of notifying in accordance with the order ,
Wherein the elevator car assigning unit assigns another elevator car to the new call when it is determined by the notifiable determining unit that the elevator car location notification unit can not notify in accordance with the order.

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