WO2015155800A1

WO2015155800A1 - Elevator group management control device

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Publication number: WO2015155800A1
Application number: PCT/JP2014/002014
Authority: WO
Inventors: 典昭黒川
Original assignee: 三菱電機株式会社
Priority date: 2014-04-09
Filing date: 2014-04-09
Publication date: 2015-10-15
Also published as: CN106103327B; CN106103327A; JPWO2015155800A1; JP6241542B2

Abstract

When the conventional technology of automatic restoration operation using one elevator car was implemented in in a one-shaft multi-car system in which a plurality of elevator cars are operated independently inside the same hoistway, the issue existed that stopping other elevator cars inside the same hoistway was wasteful and also a means was required to retract, etc., other elevator cars so as to not hinder diagnostic operation. In order to solve said issues, the present invention is characterized by comprising: a diagnostic range setting means (14) that sets a diagnostic range for a plurality of elevator cars within the same hoistway so as to encompass the entire area of the hoistway; and an elevator car diagnostic operation control means (15) that independently implements automatic diagnostic operation for each elevator car on the basis of the diagnostic range for each elevator car as determined by the diagnostic range setting means.

Description

Elevator group management control device

The present invention relates to a one-shaft multi-car having a plurality of cars in the same hoistway provided with means for automatically diagnosing the presence or absence of an abnormality in an elevator that has been stopped when a disaster such as an earthquake occurs and there is no abnormality. The present invention relates to an elevator group management control device.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an elevator control device that performs an automatic diagnosis operation in order to temporarily restore an elevator stopped due to a disaster such as an earthquake as quickly as possible has been disclosed (for example, Patent Document 1).
In addition, an elevator automatic earthquake recovery device is disclosed that reduces the time required for diagnosis by changing the diagnostic operation speed of the cars arranged in each of the plurality of hoistways (see Patent Document 2). ).

JP 2008-7237 A JP 2008-273707 A

However, the conventional technology does not assume the automatic diagnosis operation of a one-shaft multi-car that operates a plurality of cars independently in the same hoistway, and the hoistway using one car existing in the same hoistway. When performing automatic diagnostic operation for all areas of the vehicle, it is useless to pause other cars, and it is necessary to take measures such as evacuating other cars so as not to interfere with automatic diagnostic operation. There was a point.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-described problems. An automatic temporary operation for performing an automatic diagnosis operation of a one-shaft multi-car more efficiently by using a plurality of cages in the hoistway. An elevator group management control device having a recovery operation means is obtained.

In the elevator group management control device according to the present invention, in the elevator group management control device using a one-shaft multi-car that operates a plurality of cars independently in the same hoistway, a diagnosis operation is automatically performed after a disaster occurs. If there is no abnormality, it has automatic diagnosis operation means for starting temporary restoration operation for each car, and the automatic diagnosis operation means has a diagnosis range for a plurality of cars so as to cover the entire range of the hoistway. A diagnostic range setting means for allocating and setting the vehicle, and a car diagnostic operation control means for independently performing a diagnostic operation of a plurality of cars based on the diagnostic range set by the diagnostic range setting means .

In the elevator group management control device according to the present invention, the same hoistway during the automatic diagnosis operation is performed by performing the automatic diagnosis operation independently on all floors of the traveling path using a plurality of cars in the same hoistway. There is an effect that it is not necessary to evacuate the car in the car and it is possible to shorten the time until the automatic diagnosis is completed.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of an elevator group management control apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. It is a figure showing the diagnostic range of each car of the group management control apparatus of the elevator in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart of the group management control apparatus of the elevator in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a whole block diagram of the group management control apparatus of the elevator in Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a figure showing the 1st diagnosis range of each cage | basket | car of the elevator group management control apparatus in Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a figure showing a mode that a car position is moved before the 2nd diagnosis of each car of the group management control apparatus of the elevator in Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a figure showing the 2nd diagnostic range of each car of the group management control apparatus of the elevator in Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a flowchart of the group management control apparatus of the elevator in Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a whole block diagram of the group management control apparatus of the elevator in Embodiment 3 of this invention.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
The configuration and operation of this embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of an elevator group management control apparatus according to the present embodiment.

As shown in the figure, a plurality of

cars

121, 122, 123 are put into service independently in the hoistway 11.

The automatic temporary restoration operation means 13 is composed of a diagnosis range setting means 14 and a car diagnosis operation control means 15, and after a disaster such as an earthquake occurs, an automatic diagnosis operation is performed to temporarily recover.

The diagnosis range setting means 14 determines the

diagnosis ranges

171, 172, and 173 of the

cars

121, 122, and 123 and notifies the car diagnosis operation control means 15 described later.

The car diagnosis operation control means 15 performs the automatic diagnosis operation of each car independently for each of the

cars

121, 122, 123 based on the diagnosis range determined by the diagnosis range setting means 14. If there is an abnormality as a result of the automatic diagnosis operation, the corresponding car is stopped, and if there is no abnormality, it is temporarily restored.

Each car automatic rescue operation means 16 determines whether or not there are passengers in the car before carrying out the automatic diagnosis operation, and performs automatic rescue operation for evacuating the passengers to the neighboring floors when each passenger is detected in the car 121. , 122 and 123 are performed independently. When the automatic rescue operation of each car is completed, the car diagnosis operation control means is notified each time, and thereafter each car starts the automatic diagnosis operation independently based on the diagnosis range determined by the diagnosis operation control means 14.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a diagnosis range of each car of the elevator group management control device in the present embodiment. Diagnosis ranges 171, 172, and 173 respectively handled by the plurality of

cars

121, 122, and 123 in the hoistway 11 are determined so that the diagnosis range setting unit 14 satisfies the conditions described later.

The diagnosis ranges 171, 172, and 173 handled by the plurality of

cars

121, 122, and 123 are assumed to be ranges that include the current car position.

The

boundary portions

181 and 182 of the diagnosis ranges (between the diagnosis ranges 171 to 172 and the diagnosis ranges 172 to 173 in the figure) which are adjacent to each other in the same hoistway overlap each other as shown in the figure.

Furthermore, when the diagnosis ranges 171, 172, and 173 are combined, all ranges including all floors of the hoistway 11 are covered.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the elevator group management control apparatus according to the present embodiment, which is executed after a disaster such as an earthquake has occurred.

Diagnostic range setting means 14 determines the diagnostic range of each

car

121, 122, 123 (S101).

The diagnosis range set by the diagnosis range setting means 14 is notified to the car diagnosis operation control means 15 (S102).

Each car automatic rescue operation means determines whether there is a car on which a passenger is on each car (S103).

When there is a car on which a passenger is boarded in S103 (Y in S103), each car automatic rescue operation means 16 performs a rescue operation on the corresponding car (S104). When there is no car on which the passenger is boarding (N in S103), the rescue operation is not performed.

The car diagnosis operation control means 15 performs automatic diagnosis operation independently for each car based on the diagnosis range set by the diagnosis range setting means 14 (S105).

As a result of carrying out the automatic diagnosis operation for each car, it is determined whether there is an abnormality (S106).

When it is determined that the target car is normal in S106 (Y in S106), the car performs a temporary restoration operation in the diagnosed section (S107). When the target car is diagnosed as abnormal in S106 (N in S106), the car is stopped (S108).

In this embodiment, a one-shaft multi-car having three cars is used, but of course, any one-shaft multi-car having a plurality of arbitrary cars may be used, and not all one-shaft multi-cars. The automatic diagnosis operation may be performed using a part of the cars.

Also, the diagnosis range allocation to each car may not be an even division of the hoistway.

Furthermore, the present invention may be applied to a case where a plurality of one-shaft multi-car elevator hoistways are provided, and the diagnosis ranges of the hoistways may be different.

In addition, a part of the configuration may be modified or a part may be omitted, and it is considered that the same effect as the present embodiment can be obtained.

In this embodiment, the automatic diagnosis operation is performed using one car by independently performing the automatic diagnosis operation on the diagnosis range assigned to each car using a plurality of cars of a one-shaft multi-car. Thus, the temporary restoration can be performed more efficiently than the case where it is performed, and there is an effect of preventing other cars from obstructing the car during the automatic diagnosis operation.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 4 is an overall configuration diagram of the elevator group management control device according to the present embodiment. The description of the same components as those in Embodiment 1 is omitted.

The car position changing means 19 issues a command to move the car to the car diagnosis operation control means 15 before each car performs the automatic diagnosis operation based on the diagnosis range of each car determined by the diagnosis range setting means 14. To do.

The car diagnosis operation control means 15 moves each car before the automatic diagnosis operation based on a command from the car position changing means 19.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a diagnosis range for carrying out the first automatic diagnosis operation of each car of the elevator group management control device in the present embodiment. For example, as shown in the figure, it is assumed that immediately after a disaster such as an earthquake, the operation is stopped due to setting on the lower floor side of the hoistway.

As in the first embodiment, the diagnosis ranges 171, 172, and 173 handled by the plurality of

cars

121, 122, and 123 are the ranges that include the current car position, and the diagnosis that is handled by the adjacent cars in the same hoistway. In the

ranges

171, 172, and 173, the diagnostic range of the car 121 that is stopped at the uppermost side as shown in the figure is increased.

FIG. 6 shows a state in which each car is moved before the automatic diagnosis operation by the command of the car position changing means 19 based on the second diagnosis range determined by the diagnosis range setting means 14 before the second automatic diagnosis operation is started. FIG. In the example of the figure, it is shown that the car 121 and the car 122 have moved to the upper floor before starting the second automatic diagnosis operation.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing diagnosis ranges 171, 172, and 173 for performing the second automatic diagnosis operation of each car of the elevator group management control device in the present embodiment. It shows that the diagnosis ranges 171, 172, and 173 of each car are more uniform than the first automatic diagnosis operation of FIG. 5.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the elevator group management control apparatus according to the present embodiment, which is executed after a disaster such as an earthquake or a failure such as a power failure occurs.

Diagnostic range setting means 14 determines the diagnostic range of each

car

121, 122, 123 (S201).

The diagnosis range set by the diagnosis range setting means 14 is notified to the car diagnosis operation control means 15 (S202).

Each car automatic rescue operation means determines whether there is a car on which a passenger is on each car (S203).

When there is a car on which a passenger is boarded in S203 (Y in S203), each car automatic rescue operation means 16 carries out a rescue operation for the corresponding car and evacuates the passenger to the neighboring floor (S204). . If there is no car on which the passenger is boarding (N in S203), the rescue operation is not performed.

The car diagnosis operation control means 15 performs automatic diagnosis operation independently for each car based on the diagnosis range set by the diagnosis range setting means 14 (S205).

Execute automatic diagnosis operation for each car, and determine whether there is an abnormality (S206).

If it is determined in S206 that the target car is normal (Y in S206), the diagnosis range setting means 14 sets the second diagnosis range (S207).

The car position changing means 19 is based on the second diagnosis range determined by the diagnosis range setting means 14,
A command to change the car position is issued to the car diagnosis operation control means 15, and each car changes the car position independently (S208).

The second diagnosis range set by the diagnosis range setting means 14 is notified to the car diagnosis operation control means 15 (S209).

The car diagnosis operation control means 15 performs automatic diagnosis operation independently for each car based on the second diagnosis range set by the diagnosis range setting means 14 (S210).

Execute automatic diagnosis operation for each car and determine whether there is an abnormality (S211).

When it is diagnosed that the target car is normal in S211 (Y in S211), the car performs temporary restoration operation in the diagnosed section (S212).

If the target car is diagnosed as abnormal in S206 (N in S206), or if the target car is diagnosed as abnormal in S211 (N in S211), the car is suspended (S213). ).

Further, the present invention may be applied to a case where a plurality of one-shaft multi-car elevator hoistways are provided, and the diagnosis range of each hoistway may be different.

Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the temporary recovery is performed after performing the automatic diagnosis operation twice, but it is needless to say that the temporary recovery may be performed after performing three or more times.

In the present embodiment, for example, when using a plurality of cars of a one-shaft multi-car and changing the operation speed of each automatic diagnosis operation, the diagnosis range assigned to each car is changed each time, By starting each auto-diagnosis operation after each car has moved independently within the auto-diagnosis range in the road, multiple auto-diagnosis operations can be completed more efficiently and temporarily restored. There is an effect.

Embodiment 3 FIG.
The configuration and operation of this embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG.
FIG. 9 is an overall configuration diagram of the elevator group management control apparatus according to the present embodiment. The description of the same components as those in Embodiments 1 and 2 is omitted.

In the congestion status recording means 20, the number of passengers is registered in advance for each floor. Based on the number of passengers for each floor registered in the congestion status storage means 20, the diagnostic range setting means 14 shortens the diagnostic range including the crowded floor, for example, from the other diagnostic ranges, Set the car diagnostic range.

Furthermore, it may be possible to change the diagnosis range for each time zone by providing the congestion status recording means 20 with time information.

In the present embodiment, when determining the diagnosis range of the one-shaft multi-car, for example, by taking into account the traffic situation, there is an effect that it is possible to temporarily recover according to the use situation of the building.

The elevator group management control device according to the present invention can be applied to a one-shaft multi-car equipped with a plurality of cars moving up and down in the same hoistway.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11

Hoistway

121, 122, 123 Each car 13 Automatic temporary restoration operation means 14 Diagnosis range setting means 15 Car diagnostic operation control means 16 Each car automatic rescue operation means 171, 172, 173

Diagnosis range

181 and 182 of each car The same hoistway Overlapping section of boundary of diagnosis range of adjacent car in 19 Car position changing means 20 Congestion status recording means

Claims

In an elevator group management control device using a one-shaft multi-car that operates a plurality of cars independently in the same hoistway,
Automatic diagnosis operation is carried out after a disaster has occurred, and if there is no abnormality, automatic diagnosis operation means to start temporary recovery operation for each car is provided.
The automatic diagnosis operation means is based on a diagnosis range setting means for allocating a diagnosis range to each of the plurality of cars so as to cover the entire range of the hoistway, and a diagnosis range set by the diagnosis range setting means. And a car diagnostic operation control means for independently performing a diagnostic operation of the plurality of cars.
The elevator group management control device according to claim 1, wherein the diagnosis range setting means sets the diagnosis range of each car so as to be substantially equally distributed.
The diagnosis range setting means performs diagnosis such that when the end portion of the diagnosis range assigned to the car is in the middle of the hoistway, there exists a range where the end portion of the diagnosis range overlaps with the end portion of the diagnosis range of another car The elevator group management control device according to any one of claims 1 to 2, wherein a range is set.
The elevator group management according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the diagnosis range of each car set by the diagnosis range setting means includes each car position when the car stops when a disaster occurs. Control device.
The elevator group management control device further includes each car automatic rescue operation means for evacuating passengers to a nearby floor for each car when a passenger in each car is detected after a disaster occurs,
The elevator group management according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the automatic rescue operation by each of the car automatic rescue operation means is performed independently of the automatic diagnosis operation by the automatic diagnosis operation means. Control device.
6. The automatic diagnosis operation means performs automatic diagnosis operation for each hoistway a plurality of times, and the diagnosis range setting means changes the diagnosis range of each car at each diagnosis time. The elevator group management control device according to any one of the above.
The group of elevators according to claim 6, wherein the diagnosis range setting means changes the diagnosis range of each car at the time of the second automatic diagnosis operation for each hoistway so as to be substantially equally distributed. Management control unit.
8. The automatic diagnosis operation means further comprises car position changing means for moving each car in advance based on the diagnosis range of each car changed by the diagnosis range setting means. The elevator group management control device according to claim 1.
The elevator group management control device further comprises a congestion status recording means for recording the congestion status of each floor,
The diagnostic range setting means sets the diagnostic range including the floor with many passengers based on the congestion status of each floor recorded by the congestion status recording means to be shorter than the diagnostic range not including the floor with many passengers. The elevator group management control device according to any one of claims 1 to 8.