Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
  • B66B—ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS
  • B66B5/00—Applications of checking, fault-correcting, or safety devices in elevators
  • B66B5/0006—Monitoring devices or performance analysers
  • B66B5/0018—Devices monitoring the operating condition of the elevator system
  • B66B5/0025—Devices monitoring the operating condition of the elevator system for maintenance or repair

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• the present invention relates to an elevator monitoring system and an elevator monitoring apparatus that transmit and receive information related to elevator maintenance.
• the worker calls the elevator monitoring center at the start of work on the site, and communicates the name, information on the site where the work is to be performed, and the start of the work on the site.
• the information on the work site is, for example, the address of the building where the elevator is installed and the name of the building. If there are multiple elevators installed on the premises of this building, the workers will also send information on the elevator unit to the elevator monitoring center.
• the operator of the elevator monitoring center records the items transmitted by telephone.
• the items to be communicated include, for example, the name of the inspection worker, the location where the maintenance inspection work was started, and the start of the maintenance inspection work at this location.
• the transmission procedure and the recording procedure at the elevator monitoring center are performed at the end of the maintenance inspection work, and are also performed at the start and end of the maintenance inspection work at other patrol destinations.
• the elevator has a function of transmitting a signal including information indicating this when the operation of the control panel is stopped, that is, a so-called stop notification signal to the elevator monitoring center side.
• stoppages There are two types of stoppages: maintenance stoppages by workers and stoppages due to elevator equipment abnormalities.
• An object of the present invention is to provide an elevator monitoring system and an elevator monitoring apparatus that can easily obtain information related to the maintenance inspection work in an elevator to be managed.
• a system including a mobile communication terminal device and an elevator monitoring device, wherein the mobile communication terminal device has an elevator installation location provided at an installation location of an elevator to be maintained.
• a reading unit that reads a two-dimensional code including information to be identified, a decoding unit that decodes the two-dimensional code read by the reading unit, and a transmission unit that transmits information obtained by decoding by the decoding unit.
• the elevator monitoring device includes a map information storage unit that stores map information, a reception unit that receives information transmitted by the transmission unit of the mobile communication terminal device, and an installation location of the elevator received by the reception unit.
• the display control unit includes a display control unit that performs control to display the specified information on the display unit together with the map information stored in the map information storage unit. Beta monitoring system is provided.
• FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of an elevator subject to maintenance management according to an embodiment of the present invention.
• FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration example of an elevator monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
• FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an outline of a two-dimensional code printed on a two-dimensional code sticker affixed to an elevator car subject to maintenance according to an embodiment of the present invention.
• FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of an internal circuit of the mobile phone in the elevator monitoring system according to one embodiment of the present invention.
• FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of an internal circuit of the elevator monitoring apparatus in the elevator monitoring system according to one embodiment of the present invention.
• FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a work information table stored in a work information storage unit of the elevator monitoring apparatus in the elevator monitoring system according to one embodiment of the present invention in a tabular format.
• FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of an inspection schedule table stored in the storage unit of the elevator monitoring apparatus in the elevator monitoring system according to one embodiment of the present invention in a tabular format.
• FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a work management table stored in the management information storage unit of the elevator monitoring device in the elevator monitoring system according to one embodiment of the present invention in a tabular format.
• FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of processing operation by a mobile phone in the elevator monitoring system according to one embodiment of the present invention.
• FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of processing operation by the elevator monitoring apparatus in the elevator monitoring system according to one embodiment of the present invention.
• FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen displayed on the display unit of the elevator monitoring apparatus in the elevator monitoring system according to one embodiment of the present invention.
• FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of an elevator subject to maintenance management according to an embodiment of the present invention.
• a building 1 where a plurality of elevators subject to maintenance management are installed has a Unit 1 elevator hoistway 2a, a Unit 2 elevator hoistway 2b, and a Unit 3 elevator hoistway 2c.
• Unit 1 elevator hoistway 2a Unit 1 elevator car 3a moves up and down.
• Unit 2 elevator hoistway 2b Unit 2 elevator car 3b moves up and down.
• the elevator car 3c of the No. 3 elevator goes up and down on the elevator hoistway 2c of the No. 3 elevator.
• FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration example of an elevator monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
• FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a specific example of the two-dimensional code printed on the two-dimensional code sticker 33 attached to the elevator car to be maintained according to the embodiment of the present invention.
• an in-force operation panel 32 is provided in the vicinity of the car door 31 inside the first elevator car 3a (see FIG. 1).
• a two-dimensional code seal 33 is affixed to the lower part of the operation panel 32 in the cage.
• a two-dimensional code is printed on the two-dimensional code seal 33.
• the two-dimensional code is formed in a matrix, and each numerical value of the information numerically expressed as "0" or "1" is represented by each dot of the two-dimensional code. , For example, white or black.
• the two-dimensional code has information in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction, the amount of information that can be recorded is much larger than that of, for example, a linear bar code used for merchandise management, that is, a one-dimensional one-dimensional code.
• a QR code registered trademark
• a two-dimensional code is widely known as such a two-dimensional code.
• the two-dimensional code printed on the two-dimensional code seal 33 includes the address of the building where the elevator corresponding to the location of the two-dimensional code seal 33 to be printed is installed, the latitude and longitude of this address, and the elevator Information is included. Also, these two-dimensional coded information is printed adjacent to the two-dimensional code in a state where it can be visually recognized such as character information. It may be.
• the two-dimensional code seal 33 is also attached to the car 3b and the car 3c. Specifically, in the two-dimensional code printed on the two-dimensional code sticker 33 affixed in the car 3b, the address of the building corresponding to the location of the elevator to which the car 3b belongs, the latitude and longitude of this address, and the Information on the elevator elevator is shown.
• the mobile phone 4 is a mobile communication terminal device that is carried by an elevator inspection worker and carried during maintenance inspection work. This mobile phone 4 has a function of inputting the two-dimensional code sticker 33 as image information.
• the elevator monitoring device 5 is a device provided in the elevator monitoring center.
• the cellular phone 4 decodes the information indicated by the two-dimensional code printed on the two-dimensional code seal 33 and transmits the decoded information to the elevator monitoring device 5 by radio.
• the place where the two-dimensional code sticker 33 is attached corresponds to the elevator machine indicated by the two-dimensional code printed on the two-dimensional code sticker 33, and if it is a place where the mobile phone 4 can input, the car
• a device in a machine room may be used.
• the elevator monitoring device 5 displays the information transmitted from the mobile phone 4 as described above together with the map information on a monitor.
• the elevator of Unit 1 is provided with an elevator control panel 34 and a communication device 35 for the elevator of Unit 1.
• the elevator control panel 34 is connected to the communication device 35.
• the communication device 35 performs wired communication with the elevator monitoring device 5. Elevator control panel 34 and communication device 35 are also provided for Unit 2 and Unit 3 elevators.
• FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of an internal circuit of the mobile phone 4 in the elevator monitoring system according to one embodiment of the present invention. The description of the circuit configuration relating to the voice call of the mobile phone 4 is omitted.
• the mobile phone 4 carried by the inspection worker includes a control unit 41, a storage unit 42, a communication interface 43 as a transmission unit, an antenna 44, an input unit 45, a display unit 46, and an imaging device. 47 is provided.
• the control unit 41 is connected to the storage unit 42, the input unit 45, the display unit 46, and the photographing device 47.
• the control unit 41 is connected to the antenna 44 via the communication interface 43.
• the control unit 41 controls the entire mobile phone 4.
• the storage unit 42 stores a program for control by the control unit 41. Further, the storage unit 42 stores an identification number uniquely associated with the mobile phone 4. The identification number is a terminal picker that has power such as a production number.
• the communication interface 43 performs wireless communication with the elevator monitoring device 5.
• the imaging device 47 When an inspection worker who has the imaging device 47 points the imaging optical system of the imaging device 47 toward the two-dimensional code seal 33, and the inspection operator performs a predetermined operation on the input unit 45, imaging is performed.
• the device 47 inputs the two-dimensional code printed on the two-dimensional code sticker 33 and outputs an image obtained by this input to the control unit 41. That is, the photographing device 47 is a reading unit that reads a two-dimensional code.
• the control unit 41 performs a decoding process on the output image, and transmits the decoded information to the elevator monitoring apparatus 5 via the communication interface 43. That is, the control unit 41 functions as a decoding unit that decodes the two-dimensional code.
• FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of an internal circuit of the elevator monitoring device 5 in the elevator monitoring system according to one embodiment of the present invention.
• the elevator monitoring apparatus 5 for the elevator to be maintained includes a control unit 51, a storage unit 52, a communication interface 53 that is a receiving unit, an antenna 54, an input unit 55, and a display unit 56.
• the control unit 51 is connected to the storage unit 52, the input unit 55, and the display unit 56.
• the control unit 51 is connected to the antenna 54 via the communication interface 53.
• the control unit 51 governs overall control of the elevator monitoring device 5.
• the control unit 51 has a timekeeping function.
• the storage unit 52 stores a program for control by the control unit 51. Further, the storage unit 52 has a map information storage unit 52a for storing the installation location of the elevator to be maintained and its surrounding map information.
• the storage unit 52 includes a work information storage unit 52b and a management information storage unit 52c.
• the communication interface 53 performs wireless communication with the mobile phone 4. Further, the communication interface 53 performs wired communication with the communication device 35 shown in FIG. Wireless communication may be performed between the communication interface 53 and the communication device 35.
• FIG. 6 is an example of a work information table stored in the work information storage unit 52b of the storage unit 52 of the elevator monitoring device 5 in the elevator monitoring system according to the embodiment of the present invention in a tabular form.
• FIG. 6 is an example of a work information table stored in the work information storage unit 52b of the storage unit 52 of the elevator monitoring device 5 in the elevator monitoring system according to the embodiment of the present invention in a tabular form.
• the work information storage unit 52b of the storage unit 52 of the elevator monitoring device 5 stores a work information table in a format as shown in FIG. 6 separately from the control program described above.
• this work information table the information on the address of the building where each elevator to be maintained is managed, the latitude and longitude information of this address, the information on the elevator unit installed, and the work status information are associated and managed.
• the work status is work information indicating the type of status of the maintenance and inspection work of the elevator of the unit that is associated on the work information table.
• maintenance inspection work status indicated by the work status: “work in progress”, “work end”, and “before work start”.
• Work in progress means that the elevator of the unit associated with the work information table is under maintenance and inspection work.
• End of work indicates that the maintenance and inspection work for the elevator of the unit associated in the work information table has been completed.
• Before starting work indicates that the maintenance and inspection work for the elevator of the unit associated with the work information table has started!
• FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of an inspection schedule table stored in storage unit 52 of elevator monitoring device 5 in the elevator monitoring system according to one embodiment of the present invention in a tabular format.
• the storage unit 52 of the elevator monitoring device 5 further stores an inspection schedule table of the type shown in FIG.
• this inspection schedule table information on the terminal number of the mobile phone 4 and information on the scheduled work location of the inspection worker who is the owner of the mobile phone 4 corresponding to this terminal number are associated and managed.
• the information on the planned work location will be the building address of the elevator to be maintained and the information power of the elevator.
• each scheduled work location is associated with information on the terminal picker of the worker on the inspection schedule table.
• the arrangement of each stage of a plurality of scheduled work locations associated with the same terminal picker on the inspection schedule table is the order of the maintenance inspection schedule of the inspection worker who is the owner of the mobile phone 4 corresponding to the terminal picker described above. It is an arrangement along.
• the uppermost scheduled work location is the first scheduled work location
• the next scheduled work location in the next lower level is the next scheduled work location in the next higher level.
• the planned work location is shown.
• FIG. 8 is an example of a work management table stored in the management information storage unit 52c of the storage unit 52 of the elevator monitoring device 5 in the elevator monitoring system according to the embodiment of the present invention in a tabular form.
• FIG. 8 is an example of a work management table stored in the management information storage unit 52c of the storage unit 52 of the elevator monitoring device 5 in the elevator monitoring system according to the embodiment of the present invention in a tabular form.
• the management information storage unit 52c of the storage unit 52 of the elevator monitoring device 5 stores a work management table in the format shown in FIG.
• the work management table is provided independently for each terminal picker of the mobile phone 4 possessed by each inspection worker.
• the mobile phone 4 terminal picker In this work management table, the mobile phone 4 terminal picker, terminal owner name, affiliation, telephone number, latest work location, work status, work start time, work end time, current time, next work location, And the next work location information are managed in association with each other.
• the terminal owner name is the name of the inspection worker who is the owner of the mobile phone 4 corresponding to the terminal pick-up managed on the work management table. Affiliation includes information on the department and title of the terminal owner. The department to which the employee belongs is, for example, a sales office. The phone number is the phone number of the mobile phone 4 corresponding to the terminal pick-up described above.
• the above-mentioned latest work location refers to the elevator that is the latest maintenance management target by the terminal owner managed on the work management table.
• the latest maintenance target elevator is either the elevator that the terminal owner is currently carrying out maintenance inspection or the elevator that has completed the maintenance inspection when the operator is moving. is there.
• the work status managed in the work management table is the work status of the elevator corresponding to the latest work location.
• the work start time indicates the inspection start time of the latest work location managed on the work management table.
• the work end time indicates the inspection end time of the latest work location managed on the work management table.
• the next work location and the next work location indicate the next work location and the next work location of the latest work location managed on the work management table.
• FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of the processing operation by the mobile phone 4 in the elevator monitoring system according to the embodiment of the present invention.
• the inspection worker carries the mobile phone 4 that he / she owns, and then heads to the building where the elevator to be maintained is installed.
• the elevator car subject to maintenance management is the Unit 1 elevator car 3a (see Fig. 1) that moves up and down the Unit 1 elevator hoistway 2a of the building 1.
• the operation mode of the mobile phone 4 is changed to the two-dimensional code reading mode. Switch to.
• the inspection worker points the imaging optical system of the imaging device 47 of the cellular phone 4 toward the two-dimensional code seal 33 in the car 3a, and inputs the input unit.
• the photographing device 47 inputs a two-dimensional code as a subject.
• the control unit 41 of the mobile phone 4 recognizes the pattern of the two-dimensional code input by the photographing device 47 (step S1), and performs a decoding process that takes advantage of this pattern (step S2).
• the controller 41 obtains various types of information indicated by the two-dimensional code printed on the two-dimensional code sticker 33 by performing this decoding process.
• This information includes the address of the elevator building to which the car 3a belongs, the latitude and longitude of the building, and the elevator information.
• the control unit 41 transmits the acquired information together with the terminal number information of the mobile phone 4 stored in the storage unit 42 as transmission data to the elevator monitoring device 5 via the communication interface 43 (step S3). ).
• the processing operation by the elevator monitoring device 5 in the elevator monitoring system according to one embodiment of the present invention will be described.
• FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of the processing operation by the elevator monitoring device 5 in the elevator monitoring system according to the embodiment of the present invention.
• the communication interface 53 of the elevator monitoring device 5 receives various information as transmission data from the mobile phone 4 (step Al).
• the various types of information include information on the elevator corresponding to the location where the two-dimensional code seal 33 is affixed and information on the terminal number of the mobile phone 4 of the transmission source.
• the control unit 51 of the elevator monitoring device 5 is information received by the communication interface 53, such as the elevator installation building address, latitude and longitude, and elevator information, and work information stored in the work information storage unit 52b of the storage unit 52. Check against the table (see Figure 6) (Step A2).
• the control unit 51 then manages the elevator installation building address, latitude / longitude, and elevator installation building address / latitude / longitude indicated by the information received as described above from the information of the combination of the elevator longitude and elevator unit managed in the work information table. And search for elevator combination information.
• control unit 51 searches for information on the combination of the searched elevator installation building address, latitude and longitude, and elevator unit number, and work status information associated on the work information table (step A3). That is, the control unit 51 functions as a search unit.
• the retrieved work status information includes the location of the two-dimensional code seal 33 on which the two-dimensional code read by the mobile phone 4 that is the transmission source of the information received by the elevator monitoring device 5 is printed. Corresponds to the work status information of the corresponding elevator.
• the control unit 51 determines whether or not the searched work status force is “working” as described above (step A4).
• control unit 51 allows the inspection worker to It is assumed that the beta maintenance inspection work is started, and the work information table power is rewritten to “working” as described above (step A5). That is, the control unit 51 functions as a rewriting unit.
• control unit 51 updates the work management table stored in the management information storage unit 52c of the storage unit 52 (step A6).
• control unit 51 searches the work management table for each terminal number stored in the management information storage unit 52c for the table related to the terminal number received in the process of step A1, and The information on the latest work location managed in the table is rewritten to the elevator information received in the process of step A1.
• control unit 51 collates the information on the elevator after the rewriting with the work information table shown in FIG. 6 so that the information on the elevator is associated with the work information table. Search the status.
• the control unit 51 reflects the “work in progress” that is the retrieved work status in the work status on the work management table.
• the control unit 51 reflects the current time measured by the timing function on the work start time on the work management table described above when the reflected work status is “working”.
• control unit 51 compares the terminal picker information received in the process of step A1, the latest work location information on the work management table, and the inspection schedule table shown in FIG. Searches for information on the location where the terminal owner works after the latest work location and the location where the terminal owner works next.
• the control unit 51 reflects the retrieved information on the next work location and the next work location on the work management table described above.
• FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen displayed on display unit 56 of elevator monitoring apparatus 5 in the elevator monitoring system according to the embodiment of the present invention.
• the control unit 51 reads out the map information of the location corresponding to the latitude and longitude received in the process of step A1 and the surrounding area from the storage unit 52, and displays it on the display unit 56 (step A7). . That is, the control unit 51 functions as a display control unit for the map information on the display unit 56. Steps on this map that correspond to the latitude and longitude received in step A1 A symbol indicating the inspection work status of the building from which the information received during Al processing is displayed.
• control unit 51 uses the circle 61 shown in FIG. 11 as a symbol indicating the inspection work status, because the work status after the rewriting in the process of step A5 is “working”. To display.
• the control unit 51 stores a table in which the information of the elevator machine recognized as described above is managed as the latest work location. Is displayed on the display unit 56 in a table format as shown in FIG.
• the elevator monitoring device Since the displayed information includes information on the terminal number, the elevator monitoring device
• the operator of 5 can easily grasp the information of the inspection worker who last inspected the elevator at each location on the map displayed on the display unit 56 and the information of the mobile phone 4 carried by the worker.
• the control unit 51 identifies the terminal number of the mobile phone 4 that is the transmission source of various information by collating the information of the elevator installed at the selected location as described above with the work management table. Functions as an information search unit.
• the elevator monitoring device 5 searches the work information table for the work status of the elevator indicated by the information of the mobile phone 4 force.
• the control unit 51 determines whether or not the work status indicated by the searched information is “work in progress”. In this case, since the work status is “working” (Y ES in step A4), the control unit 51 regards that the inspection worker has finished the maintenance inspection work of the corresponding elevator, and as described above in the work information table. The searched work status is rewritten to "work completed" (step A8).
• control unit 51 updates the work management table stored in the management information storage unit 52c of the storage unit 52 (step A9). This process is almost the same as the process in step A6, and the latest work location information in the work management table in which the terminal pick-up received in the process in step A1 is managed is not updated.
• control unit 51 collates the information on the elevator managed as the latest work location on the work management table with the work information table shown in FIG. And the work status associated with the work information table.
• the control unit 51 reflects the “work end” that is the retrieved work status in the work status on the work management table.
• the control unit 51 reflects the current time measured by the time measuring function on the above-described work end time on the work management table, when the reflected work status is “work end”.
• control unit 51 collates the terminal picker information received in the process of step A1, the latest work location on the work management table, and the inspection schedule table shown in FIG. Next, the terminal owner retrieves the information on the place where the maintenance work is performed and the information on the next work place, and reflects this information on the next work place and the next work place on the work management table.
• the control unit 51 reads out the latitude / longitude received in the process of step A1 and the map information around it from the storage unit 52, and displays it on the display unit 56 (step A10).
• the elevator car operation panel 32 is provided with an emergency call button for generating an emergency call.
• the elevator control panel 34 sends a control signal indicating the occurrence of an emergency call to the elevator installation location address, installation location latitude and longitude, and elevator information. At the same time, it is output to the communication device 35.
• the communication device 35 transmits information from the elevator control panel 34 to the elevator monitoring device 5.
• the control unit 51 When the communication interface 53 of the elevator monitoring device 5 receives the information from the communication device 35, the control unit 51 reads out the received latitude and longitude and the map information of the surrounding area, and displays this information. Displayed in Part 56. As shown in FIG. 11, an asterisk 64 indicating that an emergency call has been made by the elevator is displayed at a position corresponding to the latitude and longitude received from the communication device 35 on the map.
• the control unit 51 displays the latitude and longitude of the selected location and the work. By comparing the information managed in the information table, the elevator corresponding to the selected symbol is recognized, and the information on the elevator is displayed on the display unit 56.
• the mobile phone 4 carried by the operator of the elevator subject to maintenance management is not allowed to start the maintenance inspection work for the elevator subject to maintenance management.
• 2D code sticker affixed in the car 33 Enter the 2D code printed on the elevator car, and the elevator installation building address, latitude / longitude, and elevator information obtained from this input image Send to 5.
• the elevator monitoring device 5 collates the elevator installation building address, latitude and longitude information from the mobile phone 4 with the work information table, so that the inspection worker can perform maintenance and inspection work on the elevator. Search for information on work parameters that indicate whether or not you are involved.
• the elevator monitoring device 5 corresponds to the pasting location of the two-dimensional code seal 33 on which the two-dimensional code read by the mobile phone 4 of the transmission source is printed based on the information of the retrieved work parameter.
• the operator of the elevator monitoring device 5 can simply enter the two-dimensional code printed on the two-dimensional code seal 33 affixed to the work location using the mobile phone 4. It is easy to grasp changes in the status of maintenance work.
• the mobile phone 4 is used to read the two-dimensional code printed on the two-dimensional code sticker 33.
• the present invention is not limited to this, and the two-dimensional code reading function and this reading are used. If the mobile communication terminal device has a function of transmitting the received information to the elevator monitoring device 5, the call function is not necessarily required.
• the mobile phone 4 performs the decoding process of the information indicated by the two-dimensional code printed on the two-dimensional code sticker 33.
• the present invention is not limited to this. 4 may transmit the information indicating the dot pattern of the read two-dimensional code as it is, and the elevator monitoring device 5 may be configured to decode the information when the transmitted information is received.
• the two-dimensional code may be the above-mentioned QR code (registered trademark), PDF417, Maxi Code, Data Matrix, Veri ode, Code 49, Codel, Aztec ode, RSS (Reaas reduce d Space Symbology) , Super Code (including registered trademark), etc.
• the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments as they are, but can be embodied by modifying the constituent elements without departing from the scope of the invention when it is practiced. Further, various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of constituent elements disclosed in the embodiment. For example, the total component force shown in the embodiment may omit some components. Furthermore, you may combine suitably the component covering different embodiment.

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