WO2020165930A1

WO2020165930A1 - User detection device and lifting/lowering movement system

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Publication number: WO2020165930A1
Application number: PCT/JP2019/004783
Authority: WO
Inventors: 彰吾門口
Original assignee: 三菱電機株式会社
Priority date: 2019-02-12
Filing date: 2019-02-12
Publication date: 2020-08-20
Also published as: JPWO2020165930A1; JP6898578B2

Abstract

The present application provides a user detection device and a lifting/lowering movement system with which a cab can be called for a person who does not use a passenger conveyor in a facility provided with a passenger conveyor and an elevator. Thus, a user detection device according to the present application comprises: a passenger conveyor user detection unit that is provided to a housing and that detects the presence/absence of a user in a first area which is a path to a passenger conveyor boarding zone; an elevator user detection unit that is provided to the housing and that detects the presence/absence of a user in a second area which is a path to an elevator boarding zone and different from the first area; and a signal transmission unit that is provided to the housing and that transmits, to an elevator control device controlling an elevator device, a signal for calling a cab to the floor of the elevator boarding zone when the elevator user detection unit detects a user. A cab of an elevator can be called for an elevator user who does not use the passenger conveyor before he/she reaches a boarding zone operation panel of the elevator, and thus, waiting time can be reduced and the elevator can be operated efficiently.

Description

User detector and lifting system

The present application relates to a user detection device and a hoisting/moving system installed in a landing of a passenger conveyor.

　The elevator stops the car and opens the door on the floor of the hall when the user calls the car by operating the button on the hall operation panel to specify the ascending/descending direction or the destination floor. In addition, in a facility equipped with an elevator and a passenger conveyor, even if the user does not operate the hall operation panel, using the information of the sensor for detecting the user provided in the passenger conveyor hall, the elevator car call There is a lifting movement system that does.

For example, the elevating and moving system of Patent Document 1 calls an elevator car by using information from a sensor provided at the entrance of the passenger conveyor to detect a user of the passenger conveyor. In Patent Document 1, when this sensor detects a user, the elevator car is called on the floor of the exit of the passenger conveyor. While the user detected by the sensor is using the passenger conveyor, the car moves to the floor where the call is registered. Alternatively, if the floor that has already been called and registered has arrived, it waits on that floor. Therefore, it is possible to shorten the waiting time when the user transfers to the elevator after getting off the passenger conveyor.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-338184 (paragraphs [0030]-[0033])

However, in a facility equipped with a passenger conveyor and an elevator, a person who does not use the passenger conveyor uses the elevator. Therefore, the elevator system of Patent Document 1 cannot call a car for a person who does not use the passenger conveyor. There is a problem.

The present application is for solving the above-described problems, and in a facility including a passenger conveyor and an elevator, a user detection device and a lifting/lowering movement system capable of making a car call for a person who does not use the passenger conveyor. The purpose is to provide.

A user detection device of the present application is provided in a housing, a passenger conveyor user detection unit that detects the presence or absence of a user in a first range that is a route to a passenger conveyor landing, and a housing, and is provided in an elevator hall. Is a route to, and an elevator user detection unit that detects the presence or absence of a user in a second range that is different from the first range, and that is provided in the housing, and the elevator user detection unit detects the user, And a signal transmission unit that transmits a signal for calling a car to the floor of the elevator hall to an elevator control device that controls the elevator device.

The elevating and lowering system of the present application calls the car call registration unit and the car call registration unit to call and register the car on the floor of the elevator hall when the signal for stopping the car is acquired from the user detection device and the signal transmission unit. A car operation control unit for controlling the car to stop on the registered floor, an elevator control device including a car, an elevator device including a car, a passenger conveyor, and a passenger conveyor control device that controls the passenger conveyor, And a passenger conveyor device.

The user detection device and the elevating/lowering system according to the present application can call the elevator car before arriving at the elevator landing operation panel for the elevator user who does not use the passenger conveyor, thus reducing the waiting time. Therefore, the elevator can be operated efficiently.

1 is an overall schematic view of a lifting/lowering movement system according to Embodiment 1 of the present application. Schematic diagram of the passenger conveyor device and elevator device on the right side of the elevator system of FIG. External view of the user detection device according to the first embodiment of the present application 1 is a functional block diagram of a configuration related to control of a lifting/lowering movement system according to a first embodiment of the present application. The flowchart which shows operation|movement of the elevator control apparatus of the raising/lowering movement system of Embodiment 1 of this application. 2 is a functional block diagram of a configuration related to control of a lifting movement system according to a second embodiment of the present application. The flowchart which shows operation|movement of the elevator control apparatus of the raising/lowering movement system of Embodiment 2 of this application. A schematic view of the lifting and lowering movement system of the third embodiment as seen from above. A schematic view of the lifting and lowering movement system of the fourth embodiment as seen from above. A schematic view of the lifting and lowering movement system of the fifth embodiment as seen from above. Hardware configuration diagram of components included in the passenger conveyor control device 206, the elevator control device 308, or the user detection device 202 according to the first to fifth embodiments.

Embodiment 1.
Hereinafter, the outline of the up-and-down moving system according to the first embodiment of the present application will be described. First Embodiment FIG. 1 is an overall schematic diagram of a vertical movement system according to a first embodiment of the present application. The elevating and moving system according to the first embodiment of the present application is installed, for example, in a facility where elevating and lowering only two floors of a ticket gate floor and a platform floor such as a station. However, the invention according to the present application is not limited to this configuration.

The elevator movement system 1 shown in FIG. 1 elevates and lowers the user between the first floor and the second floor. The hoisting and moving system 1 includes an elevator device 300 installed between two passenger conveyor devices 200. The passenger conveyor device 200a on the lower side in FIG. 1 moves the passenger conveyor user 2a boarding from the passenger conveyor hall 201a from the first floor to the second floor. The passenger conveyor device 200b on the upper side in FIG. 1 moves the passenger conveyor user 2b riding from the passenger conveyor hall 201b from the second floor to the first floor. The elevator apparatus 300 moves the elevator user 3a who rides on the car 302 from the elevator hall 301a to the first floor, and moves the elevator user 3b who rides on the car 302 from the elevator hall 301b to the first floor on the second floor.

Next, the detailed configuration of the lifting movement system 1 will be explained. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the

passenger conveyor devices

200a and 200b and the elevator device 300 as seen from the passenger conveyor hall 201a side on the first floor of the elevating and moving system 1 of FIG. Since the passenger conveyor device 200a and the passenger conveyor device 200b have the same configuration, the passenger conveyor device 200 will be described below.

The hoisting and moving system 1 includes a user detection device 202 that detects a user before the passenger conveyor hall 201.

The passenger conveyor device 200 is an automatic operation type, and starts operation when the user detection device 202 detects the passenger conveyor user 2. After that, if the user detection device 202 does not detect the passenger conveyor user 2 for a predetermined time, the passenger conveyor device 200 stops the operation. When the user detection device 202 detects the passenger conveyor user 2 again, the passenger conveyor device 200 restarts operation.

The passenger conveyor device 200 includes a step portion 203 on which the passenger conveyor user 2 is placed and moves, and a machine room 204 below the step portion 203. The machine room 204 is equipped with a driver 205 and a passenger conveyor control device 206. A chain (not shown) that connects the step portion 203 is wound around the driving machine 205, and the step portion 203 moves by transmitting the driving force of the driving machine 205 to the chain.

The passenger conveyor control device 206 controls the drive unit 205 based on the user detection information transmitted from the user detection device 202 to start and stop the operation. The user detection information is information indicating that a user has been detected. The user detection information includes information that the user has been detected if necessary, and information for distinguishing the floor that has detected the user or the user detection device 202 that has detected the user (for example, the user. The identification information of the detection device) may also be included.

Next, the configuration of the elevator device 300 will be described. The elevator hall 301 is provided with a hall operation panel 304. The hall operation panel 304 includes operation buttons 305. When the elevator user 3 operates the hall operation panel 304 to specify an elevator, a descent, or a destination floor, the call registration of the car 302 to the floor where the elevator user 3 is located is performed. Then, the car 302 moves to the floor where the elevator user 3 is located.

The car 302 on which the elevator user 3 rides moves up and down in the hoistway 303. The hoistway 303 has a machine room 306 at the top. The machine room 306 includes a hoist 307 and an elevator controller 308. The elevator control device 308 controls the overall operation of the elevator device 300 and holds information related to the elevator device 300 necessary for control. On the hoisting machine 307, a car 302 and a counterweight 309b for passengers to ride are attached to both ends of a rope 309a wound around. The elevator control device 308 controls the rotating operation of the hoisting machine 307 to wind up the rope 309a, whereby the operation of raising and lowering the car 302 is performed.

Next, the detailed configuration of the user detection device 202 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is an external view of the user detection device 202 as seen from the passenger conveyor hall 201a on the first floor of the elevating and moving system 1 of FIG. One passenger conveyor device 200 includes one user detection device 202 on each side of the passenger conveyor hall 201. There is one user detection device 202 adjacent to the elevator device for each passenger conveyor device.

That is, in FIG. 3, the user detection device 202b of the passenger conveyor device 200a on the right side is the user detection device on the side adjacent to the elevator device 300, and the user detection device 202a is not adjacent to the elevator device 300. It is a user detection device on the side. Further, the user detection device 202c of the passenger conveyor device 200b on the left side is the user detection device on the side adjacent to the elevator device 300, and the user detection device 202d is the user on the side not adjacent to the elevator device 300. It is a detection device.

The user detection device 202b of the passenger conveyor device 200a is installed on the right side (one end side) of the elevator hall 301a of the elevator device 300, and the user detection device 202c of the passenger conveyor device 200b is installed on the left side (other end side). ..

The user detection devices 202a to 202d include passenger conveyor user detection units 208a to 208d, a passenger conveyor information display device 210, and an elevator information display device 211 in a housing 207. The

user detection devices

202b and 202c further include elevator

user detection units

209a and 209b.

In FIG. 3, the housing 207 is illustrated as a landing post, but other forms may be used as long as the user detection device 202 is provided. For example, it may be a handrail of the passenger conveyor device 200 or a wall surface of an installation facility.

The passenger conveyor user detection unit 208 includes a sensor that detects the presence/absence of a user in the first range 4, which is a route to the passenger conveyor hall 201. The elevator user detection unit 209 is a route to the elevator hall 301, and includes a sensor that detects the presence or absence of a user in the second range 5 different from the first range 4.

The second range 5 may be a range that does not overlap the first range 4 at all, or the second range 5 may have at least a range that does not overlap the first range 4. The range of the part may overlap with the first range 4.

When the user detection device 202 is arranged as shown in FIG. 3, the elevator user detection unit 209 detects the opposite of the user detection device 202 in the left-right direction from the elevator user detection unit 209. It is assumed that the housing 207 is provided.

In FIG. 3, the first range 4 and the second range 5 for detecting the user are shown as the length of the optical axis. However, according to the range in which the passenger conveyor user detection unit 208 and the elevator user detection unit 209 can detect the user, the first range 4 and the second range 5 are not limited to the length but the length and the height. It may be a space that has a surface or depth.

As shown in FIG. 1, the passenger conveyor user detection unit 208 and the elevator user detection unit 209 use a light emitting/receiving sensor when applied to the lifting/lowering movement system 1 in which the passenger conveyor devices 200 are provided on both sides of the elevator apparatus 300. Can be used. When a light emitting/receiving sensor is used, two user detecting devices 202 are required, one on the side having a light projector for forming the optical axis and the other side having a light receiver. The light emitting/receiving sensor has a structure in which each of the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit is paired.

When the user detection device 202 is arranged as shown in FIG. 3, the passenger conveyor user detection unit 208a of the user detection device 202a serves as a light projector, and the passenger conveyor user detection unit 208b of the user detection device 202b serves as a light receiver. Further, the elevator user detection unit 209a of the user detection device 202b serves as a light projector, and the elevator user detection unit 209b of the user detection device 202c serves as a light receiver. Further, the passenger conveyor user detection unit 208c of the user detection device 202c serves as a light projector, and the passenger conveyor user detection unit 208d of the user detection device 202d serves as a light receiver. The positions of the light receiver and the light emitter which are paired may be exchanged. The passenger conveyor user detection unit 208 and the elevator user detection unit 209 detect that there is a user when the light from the light projector is not detected by the light receiver.

In addition, when the passenger conveyor device 200b is operated exclusively for the downlink, the user cannot be moved from the first floor to the second floor. Therefore, the passenger conveyor user detection unit 208c and the user detection device 202d of the user detection device 202c are not allowed. The passenger conveyor user detection unit 208d may be omitted.

The passenger conveyor user detection unit 208 is not the elevator user detection unit 209 included in the user detection device 202 of one passenger conveyor device 200, but is a light emitting/receiving sensor (the passenger conveyor user of the user detection device 202a in FIG. 3). Detection unit 208a, passenger conveyor user detection unit 208b of user detection device 203c, passenger conveyor user detection unit 208c of user detection device 202c, and passenger conveyor user detection unit 208d of user detection device 202d. It forms the optical axis. This optical axis detects the user in the area of the first range 4 through which the user goes toward the passenger conveyor hall 201. When the passenger conveyor user 2 blocks this optical axis, the passenger conveyor user detection unit 208 cannot detect light at the light receiving unit. As a result, the passenger conveyor user detecting unit 208 can detect the passenger conveyor user 2.

The passenger conveyor user detection unit 208 outputs the detection result of the presence/absence of the passenger conveyor user 2. The detection result may be indicated by a binary number such as 1 when the user is detected and 0 when the user is not detected, or may be indicated by transmitting a signal indicating that the user is present only when the user is detected. ..

The elevator user detection unit 209 includes two sensors on the side of the elevator device 300 of the two user detection devices 202 on the side of the elevator device 300 of the two passenger conveyor devices 200 (elevator utilization of the user detection device 202b of FIG. 3). The human detection unit 209a and the elevator user detection unit 209b) of the user detection device 203c form an optical axis. This optical axis is formed in front of the elevator hall 301 and is blocked when the user enters the second range 5. When the elevator user 3 passes through the second range 5 which is the route to the elevator hall 301 and blocks the optical axis, the elevator user detection unit 209 cannot detect light on the light receiving unit side. As a result, the elevator user detector 209 can detect the elevator user 3.

The elevator user detection unit 209 outputs the detection result of the presence/absence of the elevator user 3. The detection result may be indicated by a binary number such as 1 when the user is detected and 0 when the user is not detected, or may be indicated by transmitting a signal indicating that the user is present only when the user is detected. ..

The passenger conveyor information display device 210 displays operation information such as the traveling direction or operating status of the passenger conveyor device 200. The display may be a diagram or characters displayed on the monitor, or audio may be reproduced. The passenger conveyor information display device 210 may not only display the operation information, but may also warn the user, who is trying to enter from the opposite direction to the driving direction, with a sound that the entrance is not a proper entrance.

The elevator information display device 211 displays operation information of the elevator device 300. The display may be a diagram or characters displayed on the monitor, or audio may be reproduced. The elevator information display device 211 can inform the user near the passenger conveyor hall 201 that the car call of the elevator device 300 and the fact that the car 302 is on the same floor can be used to encourage the use of the elevator.

Next, the configuration related to the control of the lifting/lowering movement system 1 of the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of a configuration related to control of the lifting movement system according to the first embodiment of the present application. FIG. 4 omits illustration of some of the configurations already described, such as the housing 207 and the car 302.

First, the communication unit 212 (signal transmission unit) included in the user detection device 202 will be described.

The communication unit 212 is a communication interface for the user detection device 202 to communicate with the elevator control device 308 and the passenger conveyor control device 206. The communication unit 212 acquires the user detection result from the passenger conveyor user detection unit 208 and the elevator user detection unit 209 in order to transmit the user detection information to the elevator control device 308 and the passenger conveyor control device 206. When the elevator user detection unit 209 detects a user, the communication unit 212 transmits user detection information to the elevator control device 308. The elevator control device 308 performs control on the user detection floor in the same manner as when a car call is made on the hall operation panel 304, and if no car call is made on the user detection floor, that floor Call the car and register. Therefore, when the elevator user detection unit 209 detects the user, the communication unit 212 transmits the user detection information to the elevator control device as a signal for making a car call to the floor of the elevator hall 301 that has detected the user. To do.

Also, when the passenger conveyor user detection unit 208 detects a user, the communication unit 212 transmits the user detection information to the passenger conveyor control device 206. Also, it receives the operation information of the elevator device 300 acquired from the elevator control device 308 and transmits it to the elevator information display device 211, receives the operation information of the passenger conveyor control device 206, and transmits it to the passenger conveyor information display device 210. ..

Next, the passenger conveyor control device 206 will be described. The passenger conveyor control device 206 includes a passenger conveyor user detection information acquisition unit 213, a passenger conveyor operation determination unit 214, a passenger conveyor operation control unit 215, and a passenger conveyor information display control unit 216.

The passenger conveyor user detection information acquisition unit 213 acquires the signal of the user detection information of the passenger conveyor user detection unit 208 transmitted from the communication unit 212.

The passenger conveyor operation determination unit 214 determines the operation method of the passenger conveyor device 200 according to the signal acquired by the passenger conveyor user detection information acquisition unit 213. The operating method is whether or not the step portion 203 is moved, whether the step portion is moved upward or downward, or the speed of movement or the like. When the passenger conveyor user detection information acquisition unit 213 detects the user, the passenger conveyor operation control unit 215 is instructed to move the step portion 203. When the passenger conveyor user detection information acquisition unit 213 does not detect the user for a predetermined time, the passenger conveyor operation control unit 215 is instructed to stop the step portion 203.

The passenger conveyor operation control unit 215 instructs the driver 205 to move or stop the step portion 203 according to the operation method determined by the passenger conveyor operation determination unit 214.

The passenger conveyor information display control unit 216 acquires the control state of the step portion 203 from the passenger conveyor operation control unit 215, and controls the display of the operation information displayed on the passenger conveyor information display device 210.

Next, the elevator control device 308 will be described. The elevator control device 308 includes an elevator user detection information acquisition unit 310, a car call registration unit 311, a car operation determination unit 312, a car operation control unit 313, and an elevator information display control unit 314.

The elevator user detection information acquisition unit 310 acquires a signal from the communication unit 212 that conveys the user detection information of the elevator user detection unit 209. At this time, the elevator user detection information acquisition unit 310 also acquires in which floor the elevator user 3 was detected. Below, the floor in which the elevator user detection unit 209 detects the elevator user 3 is referred to as a user detection floor. The elevator user detection information acquisition unit 310 may acquire the user detection floor by transmitting the installation floor together with the user detection information from the communication unit 212. The elevator user detection information acquisition unit 310 may also specify.

The car call registration unit 311 registers the floor on which the car call is made for the elevator device 300. The car call registration unit 311 stores a list of floor numbers of car calls, and the car call is made by the car call by the hall operation panel 304 or by the detection of the elevator user 3 by the user detection device 202. Update the list of floor numbers. When the car call registration unit 311 acquires a signal for detecting a user from the elevator user detection information acquisition unit 310, the car call registration unit 311 confirms whether or not the user detection floor has already been call registered in the list, and if not registered, Add a new list, update the list and save. The elevator control device 308 controls the operation of the car 302 to stop the car 302 on the floor registered in the car call registration unit 311.

The car operation determination unit 312 determines the operation method of the car 302 of the elevator device 300. The operation method of the car 302 is whether to move the car 302, whether to move the car 302 upward or downward, or the speed of movement. The car operation determination unit 312 determines the operation method of the car 302 again when the list of car calls registered in the car call registration unit 311 is updated. The car operation control unit 313 is instructed to move the car according to the determined operation method.

The car operation control unit 313 controls the hoisting machine 307 to move or stop the car 302 according to the operation method determined by the car operation determination unit 312.

The elevator information display control unit 314 acquires the control state of the car 302 from the car operation control unit 313 and controls the display of operation information displayed on the elevator information display device 211.

Next, the operation of the lifting movement system 1 according to the first embodiment of the present application will be described. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the elevator controller of the ascending/descending movement system according to the first embodiment of the present application.

When the elevator device 300 starts operating, it is determined in step S1 whether the elevator user 3 is detected. That is, the elevator user detection unit 209 detects the elevator user 3 in the second range 5, and the elevator user detection information acquisition unit 310 acquires the user detection information of the detected user from the communication unit 212. Or not.

If it is not determined that there is the elevator user 3 in step S1, the process returns to step S1 and the determination of the presence or absence of the elevator user 3 is continued until it is determined that the elevator user 3 is detected.

When the elevator user 3 passes through the second range 5, which is the route to the elevator hall 301, it is determined in step S1 that the elevator user 3 is present, and the process proceeds to step S2. In step S2, the car call registration unit 311 determines whether the user detection floor has already been registered for a call. If the call registration has not been made yet, the process proceeds to step S3 to call-register the floor of the user detection floor.

Immediately after the elevator car 302 arrives at the floor, a person who gets off the car 302 in the second range 5 may also be detected, but there is no possibility that the person who gets off the elevator will use the elevator device 300 again. Low, no need to make a basket call. Therefore, although not shown in FIG. 5, it is assumed that the person getting off the vehicle has finished passing through the second range 5 from the time when the car 302 stops at the floor where the user detection device 202 is installed and opens the door. The detection operation of the user by the elevator user detection unit 209 in step S1 may be stopped during the time until, for example, 5 to 10 seconds.

If it is determined in step S2 that the user detection floor is call registered, or after the user detection floor is call registered in step S3, the process proceeds to step S4. In step S4, the car operation control unit 313 determines whether or not the car has arrived at the user detection floor. If the car has not yet arrived at the user detection floor, the process proceeds to step S5, and the car operation determination unit 312 determines the operation method so as to move the car to the user detection floor. At this time, the car operation determination unit 312 does not immediately move the car to the user detection floor, but also includes the floors for which other car call registrations have been made and the floors registered as destination floors by users in the car. Determine the stop order of. After step S5, the process returns to step S4 and remains at step S4 until the car reaches the user detection floor.

After it is determined in step S4 that the car has reached the user detection floor, the process proceeds to step S6 and the door is opened. After step S6, the process proceeds to step S7, and the elevator control device controls to close the car after a lapse of a predetermined time. It should be noted that the door may be closed by the user's operation of closing the door in the car even if the predetermined time has not elapsed.

When the elevator user detection unit 209 detects a user through the operations in steps S1 to S7 as described above, a signal for making a car call to the floor of the elevator hall 301 is transmitted to the elevator control device 308, and the elevator control device 308 is then sent. Call the car for user 3.

According to the first embodiment of the present invention, for the elevator user 3 who does not use the passenger conveyor device 200, the elevator car can be called before the elevator user 3 arrives at the hall operation panel, The elevator can be operated efficiently.

Further, since the passenger conveyor user detection unit 208 and the elevator user detection unit 209 are housed in the same housing 207, it is not necessary to install a new device to detect the elevator user. That is, since the landing posts and the like for the passenger conveyor device that have been conventionally used can be used, the manufacturing cost can be suppressed.

Further, in the first embodiment, the elevator user detection unit 209a and the elevator user detection unit 209b, which are the light projector and the light receiver, are arranged in the user detection device 202b and the user detection device 202c. Therefore, the detection accuracy can be improved as compared with the case where a reflective sensor or the like that can detect the user by installing only one side is used for either one of the

user detection devices

202b and 202c.

Although the passenger conveyor device 200 is of the automatic operation type, it may be applied to the elevating and moving system 1 including the passenger conveyor device 200 that is constantly operating.

Embodiment 2.
Hereinafter, the lifting/lowering movement system according to the second embodiment of the present application will be described. The second embodiment differs from the first embodiment in that the user detection device 202 further includes a staying detection unit 217. In the up-and-down moving system according to the second embodiment of the present application, the installation of the passenger conveyor device 200 and the elevator device 300 is the same as the overall schematic view of the up-and-down moving system 1 shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 shows a functional block diagram of a configuration related to control of the elevating and moving system 1 according to the second embodiment of the present application. The staying detection unit 217 is provided in the housing 207 of the user detection device 202, detects staying of people in the passenger conveyor hall 201, and transmits staying detection information. The stay detection information is information indicating whether or not a person stays, and may be represented by a binary number such as 1 when the stay is detected and 0 when the stay is not detected, or the stay is detected only when the stay is detected. It may be indicated by transmitting a signal. The case where the passenger conveyor hall 201 stays means, for example, when a user rushes to the entrance at once at the arrival of a train like a station building, or when many people stay after getting off the passenger conveyor. And so on. The staying detection unit 217 acquires the detection result of the user from the passenger conveyor user detection unit 208, and if the detection result that the user is present continues for a certain time or more, determines that the passenger conveyor landing 201 is staying. This is because when the user's detection continues for a certain period of time or more, it is assumed that the passenger conveyor device 200 is continuously used, and it is considered that many users wait at the passenger conveyor hall 201.

The staying detection unit 217 does not have to use the detection result of the user from the passenger conveyor user detection unit 208. For example, as another staying detection unit, a camera or an infrared sensor for newly detecting staying in the passenger conveyor hall 201 is provided on the ceiling of the passenger conveyor hall 201 in the user detection device 202, and the passenger conveyor is detected by the camera or the infrared sensor. If the number of passenger conveyor users 2 equal to or greater than the threshold value is detected within the measurement area range of the hall 201, it may be determined that the passenger conveyor users are staying. Further, for example, when a user stays in the passenger conveyor hall 201, a large number of users are on the step portion 203, so that the load on the drive unit 205 increases. Therefore, when the electric power supplied to the drive unit 205 continuously exceeds the predetermined value for the predetermined time, the stay detection unit 217 may determine that the stay is present.

When the stay detection unit 217 detects the stay, the communication unit 212 transmits a signal for calling the car to the elevator control device 308. Specifically, the communication unit 212 transmits the stay detection information and the floor information to the car call registration unit 311. The car call registration unit 311 confirms the list of floor numbers for which car call registration has been performed, and if the floor for which retention has been detected is not registered, adds it. Therefore, the elevator movement system 1 according to the second embodiment calls the car when the elevator user detection unit 209 detects the elevator user 3 and when the staying detection unit 217 detects staying at the passenger conveyor hall 201. It can be carried out.

The elevator information display device 211, when the stay detecting unit 217 detects the stay, displays a message prompting the passenger conveyor user 2 to use the elevator. As a result, the retention of the passenger conveyor landing 201 can be reduced, and the user can be efficiently moved up and down.

Next, the operation of the elevator control device of the up-and-down moving system according to the second embodiment of the present application will be described. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the elevator control device of the up-and-down moving system according to the second embodiment of the present application. Although the floor in which the elevator user detection unit 209 detects the elevator user 3 is referred to as a user detection floor in the above, the floor in which retention is detected by the retention detection unit 217 in the second embodiment. Is also called the user detection floor.

When the elevator device 300 starts operation, it is determined in step S8 whether the elevator user 3 is detected. That is, the elevator user detection unit 209 detects the elevator user 3 in the second range 5, and the elevator user detection information acquisition unit 310 acquires the user detection information of the detected user from the communication unit 212. Or not. Step S8 is the same as step S1 of the first embodiment.

If it is not determined in step S8 that there is an elevator user 3, the process proceeds to step S9. In step S9, it is determined whether or not the retention of the passenger conveyor hall 201 is detected. That is, whether the passenger conveyor user 2 has been continuously detected by the staying detection unit 217 in the first range 4 for a certain period of time or more, and the staying detection information indicating that the car call registration unit 311 is staying is acquired from the communication unit 212. Determine whether or not.

When the retention of the passenger conveyor hall 201 is not detected in step S9, the process returns to step S8, and the determination is continued until it is determined that the elevator user 3 is detected in step S8 or the retention is detected in step S9. ..

When the elevator user 3 passes through the second range 5, which is the route to the elevator hall 301, it is determined in step S8 that there is the elevator user 3, and the process proceeds to step S10. Further, when the passenger conveyor user 2 is continuously detected by the staying detection unit 217 in the first range 4 for a predetermined time or longer, and the car call registration unit 311 acquires the staying detection information from the communication unit 212, the staying detection information is obtained. Is determined to have been detected, and the process proceeds to step S10.

Steps S10 to S15 operate similarly to steps S2 to S7 of the first embodiment.

Through the operations in steps S8 to S15 as described above, the elevator car call can be performed both when the elevator user 3 is detected in the second range 5 and when the retention at the passenger conveyor hall 201 is detected. it can.

Embodiment 3.
Hereinafter, the third embodiment of the present application will be described. The third embodiment is different from the arrangement configuration of the devices of the up-and-down movement system of the first embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 8 shows a schematic view of the lifting/lowering movement system of the third embodiment as seen from above. In the third embodiment, only one passenger conveyor device 200 is installed adjacent to the elevator device 300. In the first and second embodiments, the light emitting/receiving sensors are used for the elevator

user detection units

209a and 209b to detect the users who pass through the second range 5. In the third embodiment, when the passenger conveyor user detection unit 208 and the elevator user detection unit 209 use a sensor that can detect a user only by installing one user detection device 202, for example, a reflection type sensor. The elevating and lowering system of the present application can be applied to a facility having an arrangement configuration without the two user detection devices 202 as shown in FIG.

According to the third embodiment, even in a facility in which only one passenger conveyor device 200 is installed, the elevator user 3 who does not use the passenger conveyor device 200 receives the elevator before arriving at the hall operation panel 304. The car can be called and the elevator can be operated efficiently.
Embodiment 4.

Next, a fourth embodiment of the present application will be described. In the fourth embodiment, as in the third embodiment, the passenger conveyor user detection unit 208 and the elevator user detection unit 209 can detect the user only by installing one user detection device 202. Will be used. FIG. 9 is a schematic view of the lifting/lowering movement system according to the fourth embodiment as viewed from above. The fourth embodiment has a different arrangement of devices from the first and third embodiments, and unlike the first and third embodiments, the passenger conveyor hall 201 and the elevator hall 301 are not adjacent to each other on the left and right. In the fourth embodiment, there is a second range 5 at a position apart from the elevator hall 301. When it is assumed that a user detected in the second area 5 which is a route to the elevator hall 301 and is different from the first area 4 in which the passenger conveyor user is detected uses the elevator, FIG. The lifting/lowering movement system of the present application can also be applied to a facility having the arrangement configuration as shown.

According to the fourth embodiment, in a facility in which only one passenger conveyor device 200 is installed, before the elevator user 3 who does not use the passenger conveyor device 200 arrives at the hall operation panel 304, the elevator Car calls can be made and the elevator can be operated efficiently. In addition, in the fourth embodiment, the distance from the time when the elevator user 3 is detected by the user detection device 202 until the elevator user 3 moves to the elevator hall 301 is longer than that in the third embodiment. Therefore, since it is possible to move the car for a longer period of time from when the car is called until the elevator user 3 arrives at the elevator hall 301, the waiting time of the user at the elevator hall 301 can be reduced from that in the third embodiment. Sometimes it can be shortened.

Embodiment 5.
Next, a fifth embodiment of the present application will be described. FIG. 10 shows a schematic view of the up-and-down moving system of the fifth embodiment as seen from above. In FIG. 10, the passenger conveyor device 200c (first passenger conveyor device) is for going up from the first floor to the second floor, and the passenger conveyor device 200d (second passenger conveyor device) is for going up from the second floor to the third floor. To do. Therefore, the passenger conveyor hall 201a of the passenger conveyor device 200c is on the first floor, and the passenger conveyor hall 201b is on the second floor. The passenger conveyor hall 201c of the passenger conveyor device 200d is on the second floor, and the passenger conveyor hall 201d is on the third floor. The second floor is a transit floor. On the second floor, there are an elevator hall 301a for the elevator apparatus 300a and an elevator hall 301b for the elevator apparatus 300b. The elevator device 300a and the elevator device 300b are installed between the passenger conveyor device 200c and the passenger conveyor device 200d.

It is possible to move from the transfer floor on the second floor using either the passenger conveyor device 200d or the two

elevator devices

300a and 300b. In the fifth embodiment applied to a facility having such a transfer floor, the elevator user detection unit 209 and the passenger conveyor user detection unit 208 of the user detection device 202 are the user detection device 202 in the first to fourth embodiments. Although it is provided so as to detect a direction opposite to 180 degrees, it is provided so as to form an angle of 90 degrees in the fifth embodiment. Here, the user detection devices 202 provided in the passenger conveyor hall 201b of the passenger conveyor device 200c are

user detection devices

202e and 202f, and the one adjacent to the elevator device 300a is the user detection device 202e (first user detection). Device), and the one adjacent to the elevator device 300b is the user detection device 202f. Further, the user detection device 202 provided in the passenger conveyor hall 201c of the passenger conveyor device 200d is defined as

user detection devices

202g and 202h, and the one adjacent to the elevator device 300a is the user detection device 202g (second user detection device). And the one adjacent to the elevator device 300b is the user detection device 202h. That is, the user detection device 202e of the passenger conveyor device 200c is installed at one end side of the elevator hall 301a of the elevator device 300a, and the user detection device 202g of the passenger conveyor device 200d is installed at the other end side. Similarly, the user detection device 202f of the passenger conveyor device 200c is installed at one end side of the elevator hall 301b of the elevator device 300b, and the user detection device 202h of the passenger conveyor device 200d is installed at the other end side.

Therefore, the second range 5a for detecting the user of the elevator device 300a and the first range 4b for detecting the user of the passenger conveyor device 200d form 90 degrees with respect to the user detection device 202g. Further, the second range 5b for detecting the user of the elevator device 300b and the first range 4b for detecting the user of the passenger conveyor device 200d form 90 degrees with respect to the user detection device 202h.

Also in the fifth embodiment, as in the first embodiment, the first ranges 4a and 4b and the

second ranges

5a and 5b are formed by the projector and the light receiver installed in the user detection devices 202e to 202f. It is a range.

In the fifth embodiment, when the user advances toward the passenger conveyor hall 201c at the transfer floor, the

user detection devices

202g and 202h detect the first range 4b. When it advances to the elevator hall 301a, it is detected by the

user detection devices

202e and 202g in the second range 5a. If it advances to the elevator hall 301b, it will be detected by the

user detection devices

202h and 202f in the second range 5b. In the fifth embodiment, since the passenger conveyor device 200c performs the ascending operation from the first floor to the second floor, the user does not proceed to the passenger conveyor hall 201b. However, when the passenger conveyor device 200c performs the down driving, the user detection device 202e and the user detection device 202f detect the user in the first range 4a.

When the user is detected by the

user detection devices

202e and 202g in the second range 5a, car call registration is performed for the elevator device 300a based on the user detection information, and the user detection device 202h in the second range 5b. , 202f, car call registration is performed for the elevator apparatus 300b.

When one elevator control device 308 controls a plurality of elevator devices 300, in which of the second ranges 5 the user wants to call only the elevator device 300 in the direction in which the user has advanced. The user detection information is sent from the user detection device 202 so that the elevator control device 308 can identify whether it is detected.

According to the fifth embodiment, among the two elevator devices 300, only the elevator that detects the user in the second range can call the car, and the waiting time of the user at the elevator hall 301 can be shortened. The elevator can be operated efficiently.

The hardware configuration of the constituent elements of the passenger conveyor control device 206, the elevator control device 308, and the user detection device 202 according to the first to fifth embodiments will be described below with reference to FIG. FIG. 11 is a hardware configuration diagram of components included in the passenger conveyor control device 206, the elevator control device 308, or the user detection device 202 according to the first to fifth embodiments. 11, the passenger conveyor control device 206, the elevator control device 308, or the user detection device 202 includes an input device 101, an output device 102, a storage device 103, and a processing device 104.

The input device 101 includes information provided by the passenger conveyor user detection information acquisition unit 213 of the passenger conveyor control device 206, the elevator user detection information acquisition unit 310 of the elevator control device 308, the communication unit 212 of the user detection device 202, or the like. This is the input network interface. This network may be a wired communication network such as a LAN cable or a coaxial cable, or a wireless communication network using a wireless communication technology.

The output device 102 includes the passenger conveyor information display control unit 216 of the passenger conveyor control device 206, the elevator information display control unit 314 of the elevator control device 308, the communication unit 212 of the user detection device 202, and the like. It is a network interface that sends control signals to each component or user detection information. This network may be a wired communication network such as a LAN cable or a coaxial cable, or a wireless communication network using a wireless communication technology.

The storage device 103 includes a car call registration unit 311 of the elevator control device 308. This is a device that corresponds to a working memory and stores the floor where the car is called. For example, a non-volatile or volatile semiconductor memory such as a RAM, a ROM, a flash memory, a magnetic disk, a flexible disk, an optical disk, a compact disk, or the like is applicable.

The processing device 104 includes the passenger conveyor operation determination unit 214 and the passenger conveyor operation control unit 215 of the passenger conveyor control device 206, the car operation determination unit 312 and the car operation control unit 313 of the elevator control device 308, or the user detection device 202. It corresponds to the stay detection unit 217 and the like. The processing device 104 may be dedicated hardware or a CPU (Central Processing Unit) that executes a program recorded in the storage device 103.

If the processing unit 104 is dedicated hardware, the processing unit 104 may be, for example, a single circuit, a composite circuit, a programmed processor, a parallel programmed processor, an ASIC, an FPGA, or a combination thereof. ..

When the processing device 104 is a CPU, the functions of the passenger conveyor operation determination unit 214, the passenger conveyor operation control unit 215, the car operation determination unit 312, the car operation control unit 313, and the stay detection unit 217 include software, firmware, and Alternatively, it is realized by a combination of software and firmware. Software and firmware are described as programs and recorded in the storage device 103. The processing device 104 realizes the function of each unit by reading and executing the program stored in the storage device 103.

In addition, each function of the passenger conveyor operation determining unit 214, the passenger conveyor operation control unit 215, the car operation determining unit 312, the car operation control unit 313, and the stay detection unit 217 is partially realized by hardware, A part may be realized by software or firmware.

For example, the staying detection unit 217 is dedicated hardware, and the passenger conveyor operation determination unit 214, the passenger conveyor operation control unit 215, the car operation determination unit 312, and the car operation control unit 313 are recorded in the storage device 103. You may write as a program and implement the function.

In this way, the processing device 104 can realize each of the functions described above by hardware, software, firmware, or a combination thereof.

As described above, according to the user detection device and the elevating and lowering system of the present invention, for an elevator user who does not use the passenger conveyor, the elevator car is called before arriving at the elevator hall operation panel. It is possible to reduce the waiting time and operate the elevator efficiently.

1 Lifting/moving system 2 Passenger conveyor user 3 Elevator user 4 First range 5 Second range 101 Input device 102 Output device 103 Storage device 104 Processing device 200 (200a to 200d) Passenger conveyor device 201 (201a, 201b) Passenger conveyor hall 202 (202a to 202d) User detection device 203 Step portion 204 Machine room 205 Drive machine 206 Passenger conveyor control device 207 Housing 208 (208a to 208d) Passenger conveyor user detection unit 209 (209a, 209b) Elevator use Person detection unit 210 Passenger conveyor information display device 211 Elevator information display device 212 Communication unit (signal transmission unit)
213 Passenger conveyor user detection information acquisition unit 214 Passenger conveyor operation determination unit 215 Passenger conveyor operation control unit 216 Passenger conveyor information display control unit 217 Residence detection unit 300 (300a, 300b) Elevator device 301 (301a to 301d) Elevator hall 302 Car 303 Hoistway 304 Platform control panel 305 Operation button 306 Machine room 307 Hoisting machine 308 Elevator control device 309a Rope 309b Weight 310 Elevator user detection information acquisition unit 311 Car call registration unit 312 Car operation determination unit 313 Car operation control unit 314 Elevator Information display control unit

Claims

A passenger conveyor user detection unit that is provided in the housing and detects the presence or absence of a user in a first range that is a route to the passenger conveyor landing;
An elevator user detection unit that is provided in the housing and is a route to an elevator landing and that detects the presence or absence of a user in a second range different from the first range,
Provided in the housing, when the elevator user detection unit detects a user, a signal transmission unit that transmits a signal for making a car call to the floor of the elevator hall to the elevator control device that controls the elevator device. ,
A user detection device comprising:
Further comprising a staying detection unit provided in the housing for detecting staying of a user,
The user detection device according to claim 1, wherein the signal transmission unit transmits the signal to the elevator control device when the retention detection unit detects retention.
The user detection device according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising an elevator information display device that is provided in the housing and displays operation information of the elevator device.
A user detection device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
When the signal for calling a car is obtained from the signal transmitting unit, a car call registration unit that calls and registers the car on the floor of the elevator hall, and the floor that is call registered by the car call registration unit A car operation control unit for controlling to stop the car in, and the elevator control device, and the elevator apparatus, the car,
A passenger conveyer device comprising a passenger conveyer and a passenger conveyer control device for controlling the passenger conveyer,
Lifting and moving system.
The elevator device is installed between a first passenger conveyor device and a second passenger conveyor device,
A first user detection device of the first passenger conveyor device and a second user detection device of the second passenger conveyor device are installed on the other end side of the elevator hall of the elevator device on one end side,
The elevator user detection unit of the first user detection device is a projector that emits light, and the elevator user detection unit of the first user detection device detects whether or not light is received from the projector. Is a receiver that
The up-and-down movement system according to claim 4, wherein the second range, which is a path of the elevator apparatus to the elevator landing, is a range between the light projector and the light receiver.