JP2006016098A - Elevator control device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an elevator control device capable of selecting whether the passenger(s) at an elevator hall will use the elevator without causing him to giving up the use of the elevator in case the time of waiting for the arrival of the elevator will prolong when a hall call is registered. <P>SOLUTION: The elevator control device is composed of hall buttons 4 installed at halls, a hall call sensing means 11 to sense that a hall button 4 is pushed, a waiting time calculating means 12 to compute as prediction the time until the elevator arrives at the hall from which the hall call is issued and it is sensed by the sensing means 11, a notifying means to notify the passenger at the hall of the waiting time calculated by the calculating means 12, and a means to notify the passenger at the hall of the waiting time and register the hall call upon sensing that the passenger has pushed the hall button 4 again. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an elevator control device that prevents registration of useless hall calls.

  Conventionally, when a landing call occurs, the estimated arrival time until arrival at each landing call generation floor, or the movement distance is calculated, and according to the estimated arrival time or movement distance until the elevator arrives at that floor, There has been proposed one that notifies waiting time until arrival at an elevator to a waiting passenger by changing the lighting mode of a landing call lamp on each landing call generation floor (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-35241 (5th page, FIG. 2)

  However, in the conventional method of notifying the time until the elevator arrives at the landing after the landing call is registered, the passengers who are dissatisfied with the notified waiting time do not wait for the arrival of the elevator, etc. May be used. In this way, if the passenger gives up using the elevator after registering the hall call, the already registered hall call will remain without being canceled, and the elevator will be operated for useless hall calls. Thus, there was a problem that the operation efficiency of the elevator was lowered.

  This invention can select whether or not to use the elevator without giving up use of the elevator when the waiting time until the elevator arrives when registering the hall call becomes long. An object of the present invention is to provide an elevator control device.

  The elevator control device according to the present invention includes a landing button disposed at a landing, a landing call detecting means for detecting that the landing button has been operated, and a landing where a landing call is detected by the landing call detecting means. Waiting time calculating means for predicting and calculating the time until the vehicle arrives, notifying means for notifying the waiting time calculated by the waiting time calculating means to passengers at the landing, and notifying passengers at the landing, Means for registering a hall call upon detecting that the button has been operated again are provided.

  In this invention, when the waiting time becomes long when the passenger operates the landing button, the passenger on the landing selects whether to use the elevator without giving up using the elevator, and re-operates the landing button. By registering the landing call, useless landing call registration can be prevented, and an elevator control device with high elevator operation efficiency can be provided.

  FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of an elevator control device according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, 1 is an elevator control device that outputs a control command for raising and lowering the elevator, and 2 is an elevator car (not shown) that moves up and down according to the control command output by the elevator control device 1. It is the drive device which drives. In addition, 3 is an announcement device that is provided at each landing of the elevator and notifies the passengers of the landing of the operation state of the elevator, and 4 is provided at each landing of the elevator so that the passenger can register a landing call. It is a landing button.

  Further, 11 is a hall call detection means for detecting that a passenger has operated the hall button 4 provided on the hall of each floor in order to register the hall call, and 12 is a hall call detection means 11. This is a waiting time calculating means for predicting and calculating the time until the elevator arrives at the hall where the call is detected. Reference numeral 13 is a hall call registration confirmation determining means for determining whether or not the waiting time calculated by the waiting time calculating means 12 exceeds a preset time, and 14 is detected by the hall call detecting means 11. It is a hall call registration means for registering a hall call. Reference numeral 15 denotes elevator control means for outputting a control command for raising and lowering the elevator to the drive device 2, which are mounted on the elevator control device 1.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating the control contents of the elevator control device according to the embodiment of the present invention. The control program shown in this flowchart is implemented in the elevator control device 1. The operation will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.
First, in step S1, it is determined whether or not the passenger operates the landing button 4 provided at the landing on each floor in order to register the landing call. If the hall button 4 is not operated, the operation is terminated (step S1 → END).

  Here, if the passenger operates the landing button 4 provided at the landing on each floor so that the passenger can register the landing call in step S1, the process proceeds to step S2 to temporarily register the floor landing call by operating the landing button 4. In addition, the time until the elevator arrives at the landing where the hall call is detected is predicted and calculated (for example, by a method shown in Patent Document 1). In this case, the passengers at the hall may be informed that the hall call has been temporarily registered, for example, by blinking the indicator lamp of the hall button 4 or by voice guidance using the announcement device 3.

  Next, it progresses to step S3 and it is determined whether the waiting time calculated by the waiting time calculation means 12 exceeds the preset time. If the calculated waiting time does not exceed the preset time, the process proceeds to step S6 (step S3 → step S6). If the calculated waiting time exceeds a preset time, the process proceeds to step S4.

  Next, in step S4, since the waiting time until the elevator arrives becomes longer, when using the elevator without giving up using the elevator, for example, “waiting” is performed so that the passenger operates the landing button 4 again. The time will likely be longer. If you still use the elevator, please press the hall button again. ”Notify the passengers at the hall and temporarily cancel the hall call temporarily registered in step S2. .

  Then, the process proceeds to step S5, and it is determined whether or not the passenger has operated the landing button 4 provided at the landing in order to recognize that the waiting time will be long and re-register the landing call. If the hall button 4 is not operated, the operation is terminated (step S5 → END). Here, if the passenger operates the landing button 4 provided at the landing in order to re-register the landing call with the knowledge that the waiting time will be long in step S5, the process proceeds to step S6.

  Next, in step S6, a floor hall call by operating the hall button 4 is registered. In this case, the fact that the hall call has been registered may be notified to the passengers at the hall, for example, by turning on the indicator lamp of the hall button 4 or by voice guidance using the announcement device 3.

  Furthermore, it progresses to step S7 and in order to respond to the registered hall call, an elevator is made to drive to the floor where the hall call is registered. And it progresses to step S8, an elevator arrives at the floor where the hall call is registered, the passenger of the hall gets on the elevator, closes the door, travels to the destination floor of the passenger and finishes the operation (step S7 → Step S8 → END).

  As described above, when the waiting time becomes long when the passenger operates the landing button, the passenger on the landing selects whether to use the elevator without giving up using the elevator, and the landing button is restarted. By registering the hall call by operating, it is possible to prevent registration of a useless hall call and improve the operation efficiency of the elevator.

It is a whole lineblock diagram showing the control device of the elevator concerning an embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart figure explaining the control content of the control apparatus of the elevator which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

  1 elevator control device, 2 drive device, 3 announcement device, 4 landing button, 11 landing call detection means, 12 waiting time calculation means, 13 landing call registration confirmation determination means, 14 landing call registration means, 15 elevator control means,

Claims (4)

  A landing button disposed at the landing, a landing call detection means for detecting that the landing button has been operated, and a time until an elevator arrives at the landing where the landing call is detected by the landing call detection means The waiting time calculating means for calculating, the notifying means for notifying the passengers at the landing of the waiting time calculated by the waiting time calculating means, the waiting time being notified to the passengers at the landing, and the passenger operating the landing button again An elevator control device comprising means for detecting a car and registering a hall call.   When the waiting time calculated by the waiting time calculating means exceeds a preset time, it informs the passengers at the landing that the waiting time will be long, and detects that the passenger has operated the landing button again. The elevator control device according to claim 1, further comprising means for registering a hall call.   The elevator control device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the notification means includes an announcement device arranged at a landing.   The elevator control device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the notification means includes a display device arranged at a landing.

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