WO2019029862A1

WO2019029862A1 - Door adjustment system, in particular elevator door adjustment system, and method for adjusting door opening and door closing motion profiles of automatic doors

Info

Publication number: WO2019029862A1
Application number: PCT/EP2018/065079
Authority: WO
Inventors: Alexander Möstel
Original assignee: Franz Xaver Meiller Fahrzeug- Und Maschinenfabrik - Gmbh & Co Kg
Priority date: 2017-08-11
Filing date: 2018-06-07
Publication date: 2019-02-14
Also published as: DE102017214084A1

Abstract

The invention relates to a door adjustment system, in particular an elevator door adjustment system, comprising at least one automatic door (2), which can be moved between a door open position and a door closed position, a controllable door drive device (4) for moving the door (2), a programmable electronic control device (6) for controlling the door drive device (4) in accordance with a control program that is or can be implemented in the control device, and a mobile data capture and transfer device (18), wherein the mobile data capture and transfer device (18) and the control device (6) can be coupled to each other for the transfer of data and the mobile data capture and transfer device (18) is designed and can be activated to capture and to process image data (16) of an optical code and to transfer data derived therefrom to the control device (6), the transferred data comprising specific control parameters for the control program. The invention further relates to a door adjustment method using the door adjustment system.

Description

Door adjustment system, in particular elevator door system, and method for adjusting door opening and door closing movement profiles of automatic doors

description

In a first aspect, the invention relates to a door adjustment system, in particular elevator door system, having at least one door movable between a door open position and a door closed position, a controllable door operator for moving the door, a programmable electronic controller for controlling the door operator in accordance with one of Control implemented or implementable control program and a mobile data acquisition and transmission device.

Doors of the type considered here are also referred to below as automatic doors. Such automatic doors are powered by a motor to perform their door closing and door opening movements. The starting of a door opening movement can be triggered in existing automatic doors by proximity sensor arrangements, which are adapted to detect a person approaching the door. Thus, a person has only to approach the door and move into the monitoring area of the proximity sensor arrangement in order to trigger the door opening procedure. The door closing operation may also be dependent on sensor signals that provide information about the door environment and the current door condition. There are also known automatic doors in which the door opening operation is triggered by pressing a button. Such doors can be found for example as elevator car doors and elevator doors. A The typical procedure in the use of an elevator is as follows: In a floor, a person presses an elevator button to request the arrival and stop of the elevator car in the floor. Once the elevator car has stopped in the floor, the hoistway door and the elevator car door open. Frequently, only the car door is directly driven by a respective door drive device for movement, whereas the elevator shaft door is entrained via a driver system from the elevator car door to the opening movement or to the closing movement. However, elevator door systems are also known in which the elevator car door and the hoistway door have a respective controllable drive device and are driven to coordinated synchronous movements.

Elevator doors usually have light barriers to detect whether a person has crossed the threshold. The door closing operation is often initiated in such doors in that after the last interruption of the light barrier beam a certain time has elapsed, on the order of a few seconds. In many elevator systems, it is also possible to accelerate the door closing operation by pressing a button in the elevator car.

In many automatic doors, especially in elevator doors, the door opening operation and the door closing operation are based on certain movement profiles, which are specified by the control program of the control device of the door drive device. A typical movement profile in the door opening process has an acceleration phase, also referred to as an acceleration ramp, in which the door is brought from the closed state to an opening speed, with which it is then moved further in the opening direction during a speed plate phase, and finally often also as a braking ramp referred delay phase occurs, which finally ends with the stop of the door in the open state. The opening of the door can be done with a certain, substantially constant opening force, which is usually sized so that it can be overcome by human power. In a corresponding manner, the closing of the door is usually carried out with an acceleration phase, plateau phase and deceleration phase, whereby a certain closing force is exerted by the drive means on the door during the closing movement, whereby this closing force of people is surmountable, so that no serious crushing for a person found when closing the door in the door gap finds.

The motion profiles of the door opening operation and the door closing operation are normally specified when the door is put into operation by corresponding settings of the control program of the control device. Occasionally, special requirements of the operators of the doors also have to be taken into account, for example a desired, tightly dimensioned maximum time for the door opening process and / or the door closing operation.

It is known to make the adjustment of such movement profiles for the door closing operation and the door opening operation by a service technician using a notebook computer, the computer being connected to the automatic door control device via USB cable or the like and loading special software. with which the control program of the control device and specific control parameters of the control program can be changed in order to set desired movement profiles of the door.

In elevators, the control device for the elevator doors is in many cases on the elevator car. When commissioning and adjusting the motion profiles of the elevator doors, it is quite customary for a respective service technician to step onto the roof of the elevator car in order to be able to use the notebook computer to be connected there to settings. This can be a very complex process that requires expert knowledge and consideration of operating instructions of the control device or the automatic door in general. This applies to numerous known automatic doors both for the commissioning and for later desired changes in the motion control of the doors.

The object of the present invention is to provide a door adjustment system of the generic type as well as a method for adjusting door opening and door closing movement profiles within the door adjustment system, whereby the commissioning of automatic doors and also desired subsequent changes of the door movement profiles can be carried out much easier and faster than this was the case so far. To solve this problem, a door adjustment system with the features of claim 1 is proposed, namely a door adjustment system with at least one movable between a door opening position and a door closed position automatic door, a controllable door drive device for moving the door, a programmable electronic control device for controlling the door drive device In accordance with a control program implemented or implementable in the control device and with a mobile data acquisition and transmission device, wherein the mobile data acquisition and transmission device and the control device for transmitting data can be coupled to one another and the mobile data acquisition and transmission device is set up and activatable To capture and process image data of an optical code and to transfer derived data to the control device, the data to be transmitted specifi include control parameters for the control program.

The commissioning of such an automatic door is designed according to the proposals of the present invention is very simple, provided that is that the automatic door is hardware-installed and prepared for commissioning the door functions. Preferably, the control program in a basic version is already installed in the control device.

The operator of the automatic door or a service technician can commission them without special knowledge of door installation operations or make changes to the door movement profiles of the door opening movements and the door closing movements in a simple and quick manner.

For this purpose, he only has to read into his mobile data acquisition and transmission device the optical code provided to him by the door manufacturer or another authorized agency and to transmit the data derived from the image data by this mobile data acquisition and transmission device to the control device , Thereafter, the control program may pick up specific control parameters from the transmitted data and control the operation of the door-open or door-closing movements, respectively.

Preferably, the mobile data collection and transmission device is a programmable smartphone that has loaded and can execute an app to perform its data collection, processing and communication functions within the door control system. Such an app can be provided for example by the door manufacturer via the Internet for the door operator.

A smartphone as a mobile data acquisition and transmission device is usually already available at the door operator, so that there are hardly any costs. In addition, the smartphone has all the functions required and useful for the door cleaning system, such as a photographing function, data transfer function, etc. With regard to data transmission, it is proposed that the mobile data acquisition and transmission device and the control device for the wireless transmission of data, in particular for near-field data transmission via Bluetooth or WLAN, can be coupled to each other by the data derived from the image data of the optical code to the control device transfer. Most smartphones are also able to do this. In the simplest case, the data transmission between the mobile data acquisition and transmission device and the control device can proceed unidirectionally in the direction of the control device. According to other embodiments of the invention, the control device may also be configured to send information about the relevant data transmission channel to the mobile data acquisition and transmission device, such as acknowledgment information. In a less preferred variant, the data transmission between the mobile data acquisition and transmission device can also be conducted by cable, for example via a USB cable.

The optical code is preferably a QR code. However, there are also other codes in question, such as a bar code, AZTEK code or data matrix code.

The image data of the code contains the information required for commissioning the relevant automatic door and possibly further useful information in an appropriately encoded form. It can be provided that the mobile data acquisition and transmission device is set up for decrypting this information and can be activated for forwarding correspondingly processed information to the control device.

On the other hand, it can be provided that the mobile data acquisition and transmission device sends the coded data to the control unit and the latter is adapted to decode the data and prepare accordingly. As already indicated, the mobile data acquisition and transmission device preferably has a photographing function and / or scanning function for detecting the image data of the optical code. Such a photographing function is also present on most smartphones.

According to a particularly preferred embodiment of the invention, the person who is ready to put the automatic door into operation therefore only has to make a digital photo of the QR code with the smartphone and the data subsequently processed by the smartphone in accordance with the app provided for this purpose to the control device the automatic door via a Nahfunkkanal to transmit. Thus, all essential information for the future door operation in the control device are present, so that this, if necessary, further processing of the data transmitted here the automatic door operation with the desired

Can control door movement profiles. This also applies to subsequent updates of control data, which is also available as opt. Code can be provided. The opt. Code image can be sent by e-mail, for example. In the case of the first installation of an automatic door, the opt. Code image also be provided fixed to a component of the door, for example in the vicinity of the control device, for example on the underside of the door striker and / or on the door frame.

In the case of e-mail transmission of the optical code image data to the mobile data acquisition and transmission apparatus, in a specific embodiment of the invention, the latter may be adapted to receive the image data of the personal computer via e-mail directly or in an e-mail attachment optical code as such to evaluate, in order to derive the data for the controller. There are various door systems for a door adjustment system according to the invention in question, such as sliding doors, rolling doors, double doors, etc.

In a particularly preferred manner, the door adjustment system according to the invention is an elevator door subsystem comprising an elevator with an elevator car, the automatic door movable between a door opening position and a door closing position being an elevator door, in particular a car door of the elevator. In particular, with respect to elevators, the present invention is interesting because in elevators often different specifications of the opening times and closing times of the elevator doors are made by the elevator operator, which must be considered when commissioning the elevator doors or possibly in a subsequent update process. It is immediately apparent that the consideration of these specifications with the elevator door part system according to the invention can proceed very simply and quickly.

In another aspect of the invention, there is provided a method according to claim 8, which is a method of adjusting door opening and door closing motion profiles of the automatic door as part of the door adjustment system of any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the door is hardware-installed to operate the door functions and is prepared. The method is characterized by the steps of: providing data associated with the door, which contain specific control parameters for the control program of the control device for controlling the door drive device and are coded as image data in the optical code, preferably in spatial proximity to the control device,

Acquiring and processing the provided image data of the optical code with the mobile data acquisition and transmission device, Establishing a data transmission connection between the mobile data acquisition and transmission device and the control device,

Transferring data derived from the acquired image data of the optical code including specific control parameters for the control program of the control device from the mobile data acquisition and transmission device to the control device,

• Starting the program execution control program with the previously transmitted specific control parameters to perform desired door opening or door closing movements in accordance with door movement profiles that are specific to the transferred ones

Control parameters are dependent.

Preferred developments of the method are specified in the claims 9-12.

The present invention will be explained below with reference to the figures.

FIG. 1 a shows in a partly highly schematic representation a closed, two-leaf automatic sliding door during the process of its start-up by means of the present invention;

Figure 1 b shows in a likewise highly schematic representation of the door of Figure 1 a during a door opening operation after its commissioning.

The sliding door 2 shown in the figures has two door leaves 2a, 2b, which are horizontally movable from their in Fig. 1 a recognizable closed position of the maximum mutual approach in an open position of the maximum mutual distance. FIG. 1 b shows the sliding door 2 during an opening process, wherein it has not yet reached its maximum open position. An arranged above the door and in the figures only purely schematically indicated drive device 4 serves to move the door leaves 2a, 2b in a controlled manner. To control the drive device 4 is a control device 6, which is in the example case in one of the Rahmenpfosten- elements 8a, 8b, namely in the right frame post element 8b, housed. With 10a and 10b free spaces are shown, in which the door wings 2a, 2b dive horizontally laterally during the opening process.

FIG. 1a shows that a person 12, who is indicated schematically and is authorized to commission the door 2, carries out the process of setting the door for the first time. For this purpose, it has previously opened a closure flap 14 of the control device 6 in order to gain access to a QR code image 16 provided on a front surface of the control device 6, in which data relevant to the startup of the door 2 are coded, such as z. As job data, desired motion profile data for the door closing operation and for the door opening operation, such as acceleration ramps, braking ramps, maximum speeds, opening forces, holding currents, etc. Preferably, the QR code image 16 also contains more information about the door, such. B. door leaf weight, door height, door width, door leaf number, type of locking, etc. The QR code image 16 can be realized for example on a sticker which is glued on the relevant surface of the control device 6. Alternatively, a film envelope could be attached to the place in which a piece of paper with the printed thereon QR code image is recognizable from the outside.

In the illustration according to FIG. 1 a, the person 12 instantaneously takes a digital photo of the QR code image 16 and uses a smartphone 18 for this purpose. The smartphone 18 has loaded an app which has been specially designed for the door settings and which in its execution taken digital photo of QR code image 16 processed for a suitable transfer of data derived therefrom to the control device 6.

The transmission of this data from the smartphone 18 to the control device 6 takes place via a local radio channel, for example via Bluetooth or WLAN, wherein the smartphone 18 and the control device 6 are configured with corresponding transmission and reception options. After transmission of the said data to the control device 6, this takes over the data relevant for the door control into the control program. Thereupon nothing should stand in the way of the desired functioning of the door 2.

For safety reasons, however, some door 2 door opening and closing tests should be performed. If it should turn out that the door movement profile is still unsatisfactory, it is preferably still possible to readjust some easily manageable parameters using the app mentioned on the smartphone 18 and the local radio connection to the control unit, such as the door opening time or the door closing time in FIG seconds.

After the door adjustment has been completed satisfactorily, the person 12 can close the closure flap 14 of the control device 6 again and secure it in the closed position. Thereafter, the door 2 should function in the desired manner, as is indicated for a snapshot in Figure 1 b, in which a person 12 has approached the door 2 so far that it has entered the detection range of a proximity sensor 20. The monitored by the controller 6 Proximity sensor 20 has given the signal that the door 2 is now open, whereupon the control device 6 has driven the drive means 4 in a corresponding manner, so that the door leaves 2a, 2b drift apart in the open position. A light barrier (not shown) monitors the passage through the door opening between the door leaves 2a, 2b and provides the control unit 6 with information about when and when the door opening 22 has been passed. A few seconds after the last message of the light barrier on the passage through the door opening 22, the control device 6 outputs a closing signal to the door drive device 4, so that the door 2 closes again. If the light barrier is interrupted again during the closing operation, then the control device 6 stops the closing operation and then continues to execute it with a delay, possibly after an intermediate opening movement of the door leaves 2a, 2b.

Claims

claims

1 . Door adjustment system, in particular elevator door system,

with at least one automatic door (2) movable between a door opening position and a door closing position, a controllable door drive device (4) for moving the door (2), a programmable electronic control device (6) for controlling the door drive device (4) in accordance with a the controller implemented or implementable control program and a mobile data acquisition and transmission device (18),

characterized,

in that the mobile data acquisition and transmission device (18) and the control device (6) can be coupled to each other for the transmission of data and that the mobile data acquisition and transmission device (18) is set up and activatable to encode image data (16) of an optical code and to transfer data derived therefrom to the control device (6), the transmitted data comprising specific control parameters for the control program.

A door adjustment system according to claim 1, characterized in that the mobile data acquisition and transmission device (18) is a programmable smartphone which has loaded and can execute an app to carry out its data acquisition, data processing and communication functions within the system ,

3. door adjustment system according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the mobile data acquisition and transmission device (18) and the control device (6) for wireless transmission of data, in particular for Nahfunkdatenübertragung via Bluetooth or WLAN, are coupled to each other from the to transfer the data derived from the image data (16) of the optical code to the control device (6).

4. Door adjustment system according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the mobile data acquisition and - transmission device (18) detectable optical code a QR code and / or a bar code and / or an AZTEK code and / or a Datamatrix- Code is.

5. Door adjustment system according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the mobile data acquisition and -transmission device (18) has a photographing function and / or scanning function for detecting the image data (16) of the optical code.

6. Door adjustment system according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the mobile data acquisition and transmission device (18) is adapted to receive e-mails in which the image data of the optical code are included, and that the mobile Datenerfassungs- and Transfer device is configured to evaluate received by e-mail image data of the optical code, in order to derive the data for the control device.

7. Door adjustment system according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it is a Aufzugtüeinsteilsystem comprising an elevator with an elevator car, wherein the movable between a door opening position and a door closed position automatic door (2) is an elevator door, in particular car door of the elevator.

8. A method of adjusting door opening and door closing motion profiles of the door (2) as part of the door adjustment system of any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the door (2) is hardware installed and prepared to operate the door functions,

characterized by the steps:

Providing data associated with the door (2) containing specific control program control parameters to the control device (6) for controlling the door drive device (4) and as image data (16) in the optical code are coded, preferably in spatial proximity to the control device (6),

- acquiring and processing the provided image data (16) of the optical code with the mobile data acquisition and transmission device (18), - establishing a data transmission connection between the mobile data acquisition and transmission device (18) and the control device (6) and

Transferring data derived from the acquired image data (16) of the optical code including specific control parameters for the control program of the control device (6) from the mobile data acquisition and transmission device (18) to the control device (6),

- Starting the program control program with the previously transmitted specific control parameters to carry out desired door opening or door closing movements in accordance with door movement profiles that are dependent on the transmitted specific control parameters.

9. The method according to claim 8, characterized in that the image data (16) of the optical code are provided on a sheet, in particular on a sticker sheet for adhering to one of the control device (16) near the surface.

10. The method according to claim 8 or 9, characterized in that a QR code and / or a bar code and / or an AZTEK code and / or a data matrix code are used as the optical code.

1 1. Method according to one of Claims 8 to 10, characterized in that the data provided as image data (16) of the optical code are detected by the latter using digital photography with the mobile data acquisition and transmission device (18).

12. The method according to any one of claims 8 to 1 1, characterized in that as a data transmission connection between the mobile data acquisition and transmission device (18) and the control device (6) a wireless data transmission connection, in particular local radio link is produced.