JP2005255320A - Registering device for elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a registering device for an elevator capable of dispensing with passenger's button operation for car call and destination story registration. <P>SOLUTION: An antenna 9 is attached to an elevator landing place 1, and an antenna 10 is attached to the inside of a car 2. Car call and registration of destination story are automatically performed when a person carrying a tag 11 enters a detection area in the landing place 1 and enters a detection area of the car 2, respectively, so that the elevator can arrive at the specified story without requiring button operation of the elevator. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

The present invention relates to elevator destination floor registration, and more particularly, to an elevator that allows a passenger to automatically register a call without performing a registration operation such as a button operation.

  In a conventional elevator apparatus, in order to register a destination floor of a car, a car call button is usually installed at the elevator platform, and a destination floor registration button is installed in the car. When the passenger uses the elevator, it is necessary to operate the car call button at the elevator platform and to operate the destination floor registration button in the car that has arrived.

  However, when the passenger's hands are covered with shopping bags or luggage, it is difficult to perform the above button operation. Similarly, the above button operation may be difficult for passengers who are physically disabled or wheelchair passengers.

Inventions that can eliminate the need for the above button operations have already been proposed.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-348053 discloses that a release signal of an automatic lock device at a common entrance is output to an elevator control panel, a car is closed on the lobby floor, and a check is performed using a non-contact key or a numeric keypad. Security systems for elevators installed in apartment houses that open doors have been proposed.

  However, the above-described conventional invention improves the convenience of passengers by making a car call in conjunction with the automatic lock release, while using the elevator of a suspicious person by opening the door after checking at the landing It is a system that restricts and improves security. Therefore, the button operation of the passenger is improved only for the case of moving to the residence floor, and no improvement is proposed for the registration operation when moving from the residence floor to the entrance floor.

  Further, even when moving to the residential floor, a collation operation for opening the door is necessary, and this operation may be difficult for the passenger. Furthermore, in the above configuration, the car call button operation can be omitted, but the destination floor registration button operation cannot be omitted.

  In JP2003-276958A, when the key reading device installed at the common entrance performs reading and authentication of the key recording the residence floor data carried by the passenger, the automatic lock is released, There has been proposed a system for outputting the read residence floor data to an elevator control panel and automatically registering a car call to a reference floor and a destination floor.

  The above-mentioned conventional invention restricts the use of the suspicious person's elevator by improving the convenience of the resident's use of the elevator by releasing the auto-lock and registering the destination of the elevator by authenticating the key at the common entrance. Is. Therefore, the operation of the car call button and the destination floor registration button can be omitted. However, it is improved only in the case of moving to the residence floor, and is similar to the above-described invention in that no improvement is proposed regarding the improvement of the registration operation when moving from the residence floor to the entrance floor.

  Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-341945 discloses automatic registration of a car call and a destination floor by receiving destination floor information registered in advance in an IC tag carried by a passenger at a receiver installed at an elevator landing on each floor. A registration operation improving apparatus using a wireless IC tag that can be used has been proposed. In the above-described invention, in an elevator of an apartment house or an office building, the use floor of passengers such as a residence floor and a commuting floor is pre-registered in the IC tag, the entrance / exit floor of the building is registered in the elevator control device, and automatic registration is performed. It has become.

In the above-described conventional invention, the floor to be automatically registered is regarded as the passenger's use floor and the entrance / exit floor of the building, and the entrance / exit floor is registered in advance in the elevator apparatus as a common destination floor for all passengers.
Therefore, for example, in a building having a second entrance floor such as the second lobby floor and an underground parking lot floor, passengers who regularly use these floors as the entrance and exit are the second entrance floor that is used more frequently than the entrance floor. There was a problem that could not be automatically registered as the destination floor.

  Further, in the above-described conventional invention, when entering from a floor other than the entrance floor, all the entrance floors are automatically registered. Therefore, the entrance floor is automatically registered even if you enter from the entrance floor or the destination floor other than the destination floor registered in the tag, for example, from the second lobby floor or the second entrance floor such as an underground parking lot. There was a problem that the destination floor registered in could not be automatically registered.

  In the above-described conventional invention, when receiving radio waves from a wireless IC tag at a landing, not only a car call but also a destination floor registration is performed. Therefore, even if the person carrying the above tag accidentally enters the detection area of the landing when not using the elevator, not only the car call but also the destination floor is mistakenly registered, and the empty car Had to solve the problem of traveling to the destination floor.

  In the above-mentioned conventional invention, since the IC tag only stores destination floor information and does not have identification information of the elevator apparatus, a passenger carrying the IC tag visits a building where he / she does not live or commute, Even when the elevator where the device is installed is used, there is a problem that the destination floor is erroneously registered.

  In the above-described conventional invention, since the wireless IC tag carried by the passenger uses a kind of so-called active tag in which the tag itself transmits information, power such as a battery is required.

JP 2002-348053 A

JP 2003-276958 A JP 2003-341945 A

  The present invention provides a system that solves the above-described conventional problems and eliminates the need for passenger button operations for car call and destination floor registration. At the same time, the present invention provides a system that can also solve the following remaining problems in the conventional invention that has already been proposed to solve the above problems.

That is, according to the present invention, in addition to providing a system that can eliminate the need for button operations, not only button operations but also any operations such as non-contact keys and numeric keypad operations are unnecessary, and the moving direction of the elevator is limited. Regardless of the direction of movement, the registration operation can be omitted.
Making it possible for each passenger to automatically register a frequently used floor as a destination floor;
The destination floor that is automatically registered when boarding from a floor other than the destination floor and the destination floor stored in the tag can be selected from pre-registered destination floors,
Even if a passenger carrying an IC tag visits a building where he / she does not live or commute and uses the elevator where this device is installed, the destination floor shall not be registered incorrectly.
Even if a person who does not use the elevator accidentally enters the detection area of the landing, not only the car call but also the destination floor is mistakenly registered so that an empty car does not travel to the destination floor.
Ensure that tags carried by passengers do not require battery or other power,
Provide a system that can realize

  In order to solve these problems, in the invention described in claim 1, an antenna connected to an antenna control device is attached to an elevator hall and a car and is carried by a passenger, and the passenger's use floor is defined as a destination registration floor. As a tag to transmit information to the antenna.

  When the passenger arrives at the landing and the tag enters the detection area of the antenna installed at the landing, the antenna control device receives the destination registration floor stored in the tag via the antenna installed at the landing. The elevator controller determines the passenger's destination floor from the received destination registration floor and the floor where the tag is located, and lights the car call button in the direction corresponding to the determined destination floor To register a car call.

  Next, when the passenger enters the car that arrived by the car call, and the tag enters the antenna detection area installed in the car, the antenna control device displays the destination registration floor stored in the tag. , Received via the antenna installed in the car and transmitted to the elevator control device, the elevator control device discriminates the destination floor of the passenger from the received destination registration floor and the floor where the car arrived The destination floor registration button corresponding to the determined destination floor is lit to register as the destination floor.

  In the invention according to claim 2, when priority is given to the destination registration floor stored in the tag, and the tag enters the detection area of the antenna installed at the landing, the destination registration floor having a high priority is used. Compare with the floor where the tag is located in order, and if the tag enters the detection area of the antenna installed in the car, compare with the floor where the car arrived in order from the destination registration floor with the highest priority. The destination registration floor that is different from the above is determined as the passenger's destination floor.

  In the invention according to claim 3, the tag stores the ID number of the elevator device in addition to the destination registration floor, and the antenna control device stores the ID number stored in the tag as the elevator device. The destination registration floor is transmitted to the elevator control device when it matches the ID number.

  In the invention according to claim 4, the ID number of the elevator device is a unique value for each building or for each of a plurality of elevator groups.

    In the invention described in claim 5, car call registration and car call button lighting are performed after a lapse of a certain period of time after the antenna at the landing starts to detect a tag.

  In the invention described in claim 6, the tag can be provided with a switch capable of turning off its function.

  According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, the tag carried by the passenger is a wireless IC tag that uses power supplied from an antenna to transmit information to the antenna, and uses power such as a battery. Was made unnecessary.

  In the invention according to claim 1, by registering the destination floor in advance in a tag carried by the passenger, and receiving and registering the car call and the destination floor via the antenna, the passenger does not perform the button operation. I was able to use it.

  With the above configuration, the passenger can make any operation such as non-contact key operation and numeric keypad operation as well as button operation to move to the destination floor. In addition, the passenger is not limited in the direction of travel, and the elevator can be used without any button operation when heading in any direction.

  In addition, with the configuration in which all the destination floors to be automatically registered are stored in the tag, a floor that is frequently used for each passenger is set as the destination floor so that it can be automatically registered.

  In addition, the antenna is installed not only in the landing but also in the car. When a tag is detected by the landing antenna, the car call is registered, and when the tag is detected by the car antenna, the destination floor is registered. Therefore, even if a tag of a person who does not use the elevator accidentally enters the detection area of the landing antenna, it is not registered up to the destination floor, but only a car call is registered. Elevator operation efficiency can be increased without traveling to the destination floor.

  In the invention according to claim 2, priority is given to the destination registration floor of the tag, and the floor where the tag is located or the floor from which the car has started are compared in order from the destination registration floor with the highest priority, and the first difference is made. The floor was registered as the destination floor. As described above, by setting priority on the destination registration floor, it is possible to select a destination floor when boarding from a floor other than the destination registration floor.

  In the invention according to claim 3, when the ID number of the tag matches the ID number of the elevator apparatus, the destination registration floor is transmitted to the elevator control apparatus. With the above configuration, the elevator device can identify whether or not the tag's destination floor information can be registered, and the person carrying the tag visits a building where he / she does not live or commute and uses the elevator in which this device is installed Can be prevented from being registered incorrectly.

  In the invention according to claim 4, the ID number identifies a lift device that registers the destination floor information of the tag as a unique value for each building or a plurality of elevator groups.

  In the invention according to claim 5, when a person carrying the tag does not use the elevator by performing car call registration and car call button lighting after a certain period of time has elapsed since the antenna installed at the landing began to detect the tag. It has been made possible to prevent erroneous registration even if the antenna detection area is accidentally passed.

  In the invention described in claim 6, by providing a switch for turning off the function of the tag, it is possible to prevent erroneous registration even if the antenna is accidentally entered when the elevator is not used.

  In the invention according to claim 7, since the tag is a wireless IC tag and receives power supply from the antenna and transmits information to the antenna, the tag battery can be made unnecessary. did.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

  In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an elevator platform provided on each floor of a building, and 2 denotes an elevator car for carrying passengers and luggage. The elevator car 2 is usually connected to a counterweight 3 via a rope 4. The rope 4 is wound around a hoisting machine 5, and the hoisting machine 5 is driven by an elevator control device 7 that controls the operation of the car, and moves the car up and down.

  A car call button 8 is installed at each platform. The car call button 8 includes an upward car call button 8A and a downward car call button 8B. When one of the car call buttons 8A and 8B in the direction in which the passenger wants to move is registered, the elevator control device 7 turns on the registered button and directs the car 2 to the landing.

  A destination floor registration button 12 is installed in the car 2. The destination floor registration button 12 is composed of buttons corresponding to each stop floor. When the destination floor registration button 12 corresponding to the destination floor desired by the passenger is registered, the elevator control device 7 lights the registered button and operates the car 2 to the destination floor.

  Antennas 9 and 10 are installed at the landings 1 and the cars 2. Reference numeral 11 denotes a tag carried by the passenger. Reference numeral 6 denotes an antenna control device that transmits / receives information to / from the tag 11 and writes information to the tag 11 via the antennas 9 and 10, and transmits information received from the tag 11 to the elevator control device 7.

  This tag 11 is called a wireless IC tag (RFID). A wireless IC tag is a tag that is attached to an object, that is, a type of tag, so that attribute information to be recorded on the tag, such as a number and a price, can be stored in an IC chip tag and can be read wirelessly. It is a thing.

  In the tag 11 in the present embodiment, the ID number of the elevator apparatus and the destination registration floor of the passenger carrying it are stored in advance. The ID number identifies an elevator device that can register the destination floor information of the tag 11 and is composed of a combination of numbers or characters, for example, unique for each building or each elevator group. As the destination registration floor, the second floor is usually registered as a floor that is frequently used by passengers. For example, use floors such as residence floors or work floors, and floors on which permanent entrances such as entrance floors and underground parking lot floors are installed are stored. When a change occurs in the passenger's destination registration floor, the stored content of the tag 11 can be changed via the antenna control device 6. A priority order is set for the destination registration floor. Thereby, when boarding from floors other than a destination registration floor, a destination registration floor with a high priority can be registered automatically. For example, if the priority of the use floor is increased, the use floor is automatically registered as the destination floor when entering from a floor other than the destination registration floor.

  Wireless IC tags can be broadly classified into active tags and passive tags. An active tag is also called a “tag with a battery” and is like a data transmitter / receiver with a built-in battery, which receives a signal from an antenna and operates in accordance with the signal. The passive tag itself does not include a battery, but receives power supplied from an antenna to operate an integrated IC chip to transmit and receive data. An active tag is battery-driven and can be used for long-distance communication. However, the active tag is expensive compared to a passive tag and has a feature that it is necessary to consider the battery life.

The tag of the present invention uses a passive tag that is inexpensive and can eliminate the need for a battery.
Therefore, when the tag 11 enters the detection area of the antennas 9 and 10, the tag 11 receives radio waves such as electromagnetic waves transmitted from the antenna control device 6 through the antennas 9 and 10 and generates a current. , Send / receive and rewrite stored data.

Next, an operation when the destination registration floor is received from the tag 11 will be described.
The antenna control device 6 first receives the information stored in the tag 11 via the antenna 9 installed at the landing when the passenger arrives at the landing, compares the received ID number with the ID number of the elevator device, If they match, the destination registration floor is transmitted to the elevator control device 7. The elevator controller 7 compares the received destination registration floor with the floor where the tag 11 is located in order from the highest priority floor, and determines the first destination registration floor as the passenger's destination floor. The car call button 8 in the direction corresponding to the floor is turned on to perform car call registration.

  The antenna 9 installed at the landing may be configured to cause the car call registration and the car call button 8 to light up after a predetermined time has elapsed since the tag 11 was detected. With this configuration, it is possible to prevent a person carrying the tag 10 from being erroneously registered when the person accidentally passes the detection range of the landing antenna 10 when the elevator is not used.

  Next, the antenna control device 6 receives the information stored in the tag 11 via the antenna 10 installed in the car when the passenger gets into the car that has arrived by the car call. After performing ID number authentication in the same manner as described above, the destination registration floor is transmitted to the elevator control device 7. The elevator control device 7 compares the received destination registration floor with the floor where the car 2 has arrived in order from the highest priority floor, and determines the first destination registration floor as the passenger's destination floor. The destination floor registration button 12 corresponding to the floor is turned on and registered as the destination floor.

  Next, an embodiment of the present apparatus will be described, taking as an example a case where a passenger who lives on the fourth floor of an apartment house with a collective entrance on the first floor and a parking lot on the first basement floor uses an elevator equipped with the present apparatus. explain.

  First, the case of moving from the first floor of the entrance floor to the fourth floor of the residence floor will be described with reference to FIG. The tag 11 carried by the passenger stores the ID number of the elevator apparatus, the fourth floor as the destination registration floor A, and the first floor as the destination registration floor B. A and B are symbols representing the priority order of the destination registration floor, and the lower the alphabet, the higher the priority order.

  When the passenger arrives at the first floor landing 1, the stored information of the tag 11 is transmitted to the antenna control device 6 via the landing antenna 9. The antenna control device 6 compares the received ID number with the ID number of the elevator device and, if they match, transmits the received destination registration floor to the elevator control device 7. The elevator control device 7 compares the first floor, which is the floor where the tag is located, with the first and fourth floors, which are the registered destination registration floors, in order from the highest priority destination registration floor A / fourth floor. The destination registration floor A and the fourth floor different from the located floor are recognized as the destination floor. Since the fourth floor, which is the destination floor, is a floor above the first floor where passengers are present, the upward car call button 10A is turned on to register the upward car call.

  Next, when the passenger gets into the car that has arrived, the stored information of the tag 11 is transmitted to the antenna control device 6 via the car antenna 10. The antenna control device 6 authenticates the ID number in the same manner as described above, and then transmits the received destination registration floor to the elevator control device 7. The elevator control device 7 compares the first floor where the car arrived with the first and fourth floors, which are the destination registration floors received, in the same manner as described above, and recognizes the destination registration floor A / fourth floor as the destination floor. To do. The elevator control device 7 lights up the destination floor registration button 12 on the fourth floor, and registers the fourth floor as the destination floor.

  Next, the case of moving from the fourth floor of the residence floor to the first floor of the entrance floor will be described with reference to FIG. When the passenger arrives at the fourth floor landing 1, the ID number is authenticated in the same manner as described above, and the destination registration floor is transmitted to the elevator control device 7. The elevator control device 7 compares the 4th floor, which is the floor where the tag is located, with the 1st floor, 4th floor, which is the received destination registration floor, in order from the destination registration floor A / 4th floor with the highest priority. The destination registration floor B / first floor different from the located floor is recognized as the destination floor. Since the first floor, which is the destination floor, is a floor below the fourth floor where passengers are present, the downward car call button 10A is turned on to register the downward car call.

  Next, when the passenger arrives in the car, the ID number is authenticated in the same manner as described above, and the destination registration floor is transmitted to the elevator control device 7. The elevator control device 7 recognizes the destination registration floor B / first floor as the destination floor in the same manner as described above. The elevator control device 7 lights up the destination floor registration button 12 on the first floor and registers the first floor as the destination floor.

  Next, the case where it gets into an elevator from the 1st basement floor with a parking lot is demonstrated using FIG. When the passenger arrives at the basement level 1 landing 1, authentication is performed in the same manner as described above, and the destination registration floor is transmitted to the elevator control device 7. The elevator control device 7 compares the first basement floor, which is the floor where the tag is located, with the received destination registration floors, the fourth floor and the first floor, in order from the highest priority destination registration floor A / fourth floor. Destination registration floor A · 4th floor which is initially different from the floor where is located is recognized as the destination floor. Since the fourth floor, which is the destination floor, is a floor above the first basement floor where passengers are located, the upward car call button 10A is turned on to register the upward car call.

  Next, when the passenger enters the car that has arrived, authentication is performed in the same manner as described above, and the destination registration floor is transmitted to the elevator control device 7. The elevator control device 7 recognizes the destination registration floor A and the fourth floor as the destination floor by the same method as described above. The elevator control device 7 lights up the destination floor registration button 12 on the fourth floor, and registers the fourth floor as the destination floor.

  As described above, by setting priority on the destination registration floor, it is possible to set a destination floor that is automatically registered when a passenger enters from a floor other than the destination registration floor. In the above example, register the residence floor as a high-priority destination registration floor, and if you get in from an underground parking lot installation floor other than the destination registration floor, the residence floor can be automatically registered as the destination floor did.

  In addition, as described above, when the antenna is installed not only in the platform but also in the car and the storage information of the tag 11 is received by the platform antenna 9, only the car call is registered without registering the destination floor. When the passenger enters the car and receives the storage information of the tag 11 by the car antenna 10, the destination floor is registered. With this configuration, even if the person carrying the tag 11 accidentally enters the detection area of the landing antenna 9 when not using the elevator, only the car call is registered, not the destination floor. An empty car can be prevented from traveling to the destination floor.

  The tag 10 carried by the passenger may be provided with a switch that can turn off the function. With such a configuration, even when the elevator is not used, even if the vehicle enters the detection area of the landing, the car call is not registered, and malfunction can be prevented. In addition, when a floor other than the destination registration floor is used, it is possible to prevent the destination registration floor from being registered.

  Further, the tag 10 may be installed on a key or a key holder that is carried by the passenger. With such a configuration, passenger luggage can be reduced.

  In addition, by providing a waiting time from when the tag enters the detection area until registration, even if a person who does not use the elevator accidentally passes the detection area, it will not be registered and prevent malfunctions. You may be able to.

The block diagram of the whole elevator which comprises the apparatus of this invention Schematic diagram when moving from the first floor to the fourth floor using this device Schematic diagram when moving from 4th floor to 1st floor using this device Schematic diagram of boarding from the first basement floor using this device

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Platform of each service floor 2 Car 3 Balance weight 4 Rope 5 Hoisting machine 6 Antenna control device 7 Elevator control device 8 Car call button 8A Up car call button 8B Down car call button 9 Antenna (Platform)
10 Antenna (cage)
11 Tag 12 Destination floor registration button

Claims (7)

An elevator control device for controlling the operation of the car, a car call button provided at the landing on each floor, a destination floor registration button provided within the car, and an antenna provided at the landing on each floor operated by the elevator and the car And an antenna control device that transmits and receives information via the antenna, and a tag that is carried by the passenger, stores the passenger's use floor as a destination registration floor, and transmits information to the antenna.
When the passenger arrives at the landing and the tag enters the detection area of the antenna installed at the landing, the antenna control device receives the destination registration floor stored in the tag via the antenna installed at the landing. The elevator controller determines the passenger's destination floor from the received destination registration floor and the floor where the tag is located, and calls the car in the direction corresponding to the determined destination floor. Turn on the button, register the car call,
When the passenger enters the car that arrived by the car call, and the tag enters the detection area of the antenna installed in the car, the antenna control device stores the destination registration floor stored in the tag at the landing. Received via the installed antenna and transmitted to the elevator control device, the elevator control device determines the destination floor of the passenger from the received destination registration floor and the floor where the car arrived, and the determined destination A destination floor registration device for an elevator, wherein a destination floor registration button corresponding to a floor is turned on and registered as a destination floor. Priorities are set on the destination registration floor stored in the tag,
When the above tag enters the detection area of the antenna installed at the landing, compare with the floor where the tag is located in order from the destination registration floor with higher priority,
When the above tag enters the detection area of the antenna installed in the car, compare with the floor where the car arrived in order from the destination registration floor with higher priority,
The elevator destination floor registration device according to claim 1, wherein a destination registration floor that is initially different is determined as a passenger destination floor. The tag stores the ID number of the elevator device in addition to the destination registration floor, and the antenna control device lifts the destination registration floor when the ID number stored in the tag matches the ID number of the elevator device. The elevator destination floor registration device according to claim 2, wherein the elevator destination floor registration device transmits the information to a control device. The elevator destination floor registration device according to claim 3, wherein the ID number of the elevator device is unique to each building or a group of a plurality of elevators. The elevator destination floor registration device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein car call registration and car call button lighting are performed after a predetermined time has elapsed since the antenna at the landing started to detect the tag. 6. The elevator destination floor registration device according to claim 1, wherein the tag carried by the passenger is provided with a switch capable of turning off the function. The elevator tag according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the tag carried by the passenger is a wireless IC tag, which receives power supply from the antenna and transmits information to the antenna. Destination floor registration device.

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