JP2006199420A - Group management elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a group management elevator capable of preventing car-sharing without reducing transportation ability of group management when restriction to car-sharing between users is not so severe. <P>SOLUTION: The group management elevator is provided with an in-car car-sharing prevention operation starting means 16a, 16b, 16c for starting car-sharing prevention operation based on requirement of car-sharing prevention operation from the inside of the car of the elevator; a car-sharing prevention operation informing means 28 for informing that the car during car-sharing prevention operation responses to a landing call registration floor allotted to the car in which the car-sharing prevention operation is started; a car-sharing prevention responding elevator changing means 19 for changing the car responding to the landing place when allowance response of car-sharing prevention operation is performed from the landing place during when the car of the car-sharing prevention operation is informed; and car-sharing prevention operation releasing means 17a, 17b, 17c for releasing the car-sharing prevention operation after the car-sharing operation is started. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a group management elevator that performs group management control of a plurality of elevators and performs an anti-joining operation.

Generally, group management control is performed when a plurality of elevators serve a plurality of floors. In such a group management elevator, VIP operation or the like is widely known as means for preventing a normal user and a specific user from meeting each other. In addition, there is one in which each floor is divided into sectors to prevent the joining of different sectors (see, for example, Patent Document 1). Some passengers have attributes and call assignments are made according to those attributes, and other elevators have attributes and call assignments are made according to those attributes. Further, the driver inputs a control command. In some cases, the allocation control is changed (see, for example, Patent Document 2).
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  However, in such a conventional apparatus, when changing the responding elevator when preventing the passengers from joining, it is necessary to change the operation index or control index of the driver. Therefore, it is not considered that the user of the hall determines the situation in the car and changes the responding elevator. Further, in the VIP operation, since the elevator is disconnected from the group management operation during the VIP operation, the transportation capacity of the group management elevator is to be reduced.

  The objective of this invention is providing the group management elevator which can prevent a boarding, without reducing the transport capability of group management as much as possible, when the restrictions with respect to the boarding between users are not so severe.

  The group management elevator according to the invention of claim 1 is a group management elevator that services a plurality of floors by group management control of a plurality of elevators based on a hall call of each floor and a car call of a plurality of elevators. Assigned to the in-car riding prevention driving start means for starting the riding prevention driving based on the elevator prevention driving request from within the elevator car and the car that has started the riding prevention driving by the in-car riding prevention driving start means. A boarding prevention driving notification means for notifying that a car in a boarding prevention operation responds to the landing call registration floor, and a boarding prevention driving car from the boarding while the car for the boarding prevention driving is notified by the boarding prevention driving notification means. When there is a permission response, change the car that responds to the hall. A response elevator changing means, characterized in that a prevention operation canceling means rode for releasing the prevention operation rode after rode operation start.

  The group management elevator according to the invention of claim 2 is a group management elevator that services a plurality of floors by group management control of a plurality of elevators based on a hall call of each floor and a car call of a plurality of elevators. A landing boarding prevention driving start means for starting a boarding prevention driving operation based on a boarding prevention driving operation request from the boarding area, and a hall call registration floor assigned to the car that has started the boarding prevention driving operation by the landing boarding prevention driving operation means. An anti-ride driving notification means for notifying that the car in the anti-riding driving responds and a permission response for the anti-ride driving from the landing while the anti-driving car is notified by the anti-driving driving notification means When changing the elevator car that responds to the hall Means, characterized in that a prevention operation canceling means rode for releasing the prevention operation rode after rode operation start.

  The group management elevator according to the invention of claim 3 is the invention according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising: a boarding prevention car landing hall call assignment notification means for notifying passengers in the car during the boarding prevention driving operation of the hall call assignment state. It is characterized by having.

  The group management elevator according to the invention of claim 4 is the group management elevator according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein when the boarding prevention response elevator changing means is operated, the boarding prevention driving hall that notifies the boarding of its operating state. Response elevator change notification means is provided.

  The group management elevator according to the invention of claim 5 is characterized in that, in the invention of claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, further comprising hall call response elevator notification means for notifying the hall of the current car responding to the hall call. And

  According to the present invention, when the restrictions on the boarding between users are not so strict, the elevator user can be notified of the situation in the elevator car and the elevator responding according to the intention of the user of the hall. It is possible to prevent boarding without reducing the transport capacity of management as much as possible.

  In recent years, elevator users have diversified, and in elevators for residential use as well as between specific people, when a pet is on board, the user of the landing is informed and the situation inside the car is notified before boarding You can also. In this case as well, the restrictions on boarding are not so strict, and it is effective because there is no need to change the responding elevator if there is no problem for the user of the hall to get on the same elevator as the pet.

  Also, even if there is a wheelchair or stroller in the car and there is not enough space in the car, the elevator can select whether to get in or not, so the elevator can It is possible to reduce useless driving such as calling a different elevator again by pressing the landing button again without getting on, although responding.

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a group management elevator according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 shows a case where the group management operation is performed by three elevators. The three elevator cars 11a, 11b, and 11c are provided with in-car operation panels 12a, 12b, and 12c, and are individually controlled by the number-specific control devices 13a, 13b, and 13c. Further, the group management control device 14 performs group management control of the three elevators based on the hall call of each floor and the car call of the three elevators, and controls each of the individual control devices 13a, 13b, 13c. Allocate hall call by group management control. A hall operation panel 15 is provided at the hall of each floor.

  Each of the car-specific control devices 13a, 13b, 13c includes in-car riding prevention operation start means 16a, 16b, 16c, riding prevention driving release means 17a, 17b, 17c, and riding prevention driving notification means 18a, 18b, 18c, have. The in-car riding prevention driving start means 16a, 16b, 16c is used when a ride-in preventing driving request is input by a passenger operation from the in-car operation panels 12a, 12b, 12c in the elevator cars 11a, 11b, 11c. The riding prevention driving is started based on the riding prevention driving request, and the riding prevention driving canceling means 17a, 17b, 17c cancels the riding prevention driving when the riding driving is ended after the riding driving is started. It is. The boarding prevention operation notifying means 18a, 18b, 18c is a hall operation panel 15 on the hall call registration floor assigned to the car that has started the boarding prevention driving operation by the car boarding prevention driving start means 16a, 16b, 16c. To the information output device, the platform guides that the car responding to the ride-in preventing operation responds and notifies the user.

  On the other hand, the group management control device 14 has a boarding prevention response elevator changing means 19. The boarding prevention response elevator changing means 19 permits the boarding operation panel 15 to permit the boarding prevention driving while the boarding prevention driving car is notified by the boarding prevention driving notification means 18a, 18b, 18c. When there is a response, the car responding to the landing is changed.

  First, the user of the hall gets into the car that responds with the hall call, and when he / she wants to prevent the boarding operation, he / she performs the operation for the boarding prevention using the buttons on the operation panels 12a, 12b and 12c in the car. This passenger operation may be performed by providing a dedicated button or switch SW in advance on the car operation panel, or by determining the combination and order in which the existing buttons are pressed in advance and operating according to the operation procedure. May be. Furthermore, you may make it operate by a card | curd or a communication terminal.

  When a passenger-inhibited operation request is input from the in-car operation panels 12a, 12b, 12c by the operation of the passenger, it is input to the in-car inboard-preventing operation start means 16a, 16b, 16c of the control devices 13a, 13b, 13c by number. The In-car riding prevention driving start means 16a, 16b, and 16c, when a boarding prevention driving request is input, determines whether or not a predetermined boarding prevention driving start condition is met. 11 is started to prevent riding.

  The elevator that has started the boarding prevention operation determines the position of the own elevator and the hall call assigned to the own elevator by the boarding prevention driving notification means 18a, 18b, 18c, and information on the hall operation panel 15 of the corresponding floor. A message indicating that there is a request to prevent riding on the output device is displayed. This provides the user with guidance to the hall, notifying that there is a possibility that an elevator with a passenger who does not want to board will respond, and also notifying that the elevator responding to the hall call can be changed. When changing the elevator responding to the hall call, the user operates the corresponding button on the hall operating panel 15.

  In that case, the responding elevator can be changed before the start of deceleration of the elevator, so the content of the hall guidance can be changed depending on whether the elevator responding to the hall call can be changed before and after the start of deceleration. Will switch.

  The information output device that outputs the hall guidance includes an indicator lamp, a display device, a voice output device, and the like, and performs guidance by display and guidance by auto-announcement. Further, an existing hall button may be used to flicker the corresponding hall call button for guidance.

  From this boarding guidance, the user decides whether to change the assignment to another elevator (whether to permit driving prevention) or to respond to the current elevator as it is, and the result of the judgment by the operation of the hall user, Input from the hall operating panel 15 to the boarding prevention response elevator changing means 19 of the group management control device 14. The boarding prevention response elevator changing means 19 determines whether or not a predetermined assignment changing condition is met, and when changing the assignment, notifies the change-by-assignment to the number-specific control devices 13a, 13b and 13c.

  And the boarding prevention driving | operation cancellation | release means 17a, 17b, 17c judges whether the boarding prevention driving | operation was complete | finished, and cancels boarding prevention driving | operation when boarding prevention driving | operation is complete | finished. For example, when the car call registered at the start of the boarding prevention operation is compared with the current car call, and all responses to the car call registered at the start of the boarding prevention driving are completed. In this case, the riding prevention driving state is cancelled.

  In the above description, the ride-in prevention operation can be set from all elevators performing the group management operation of the elevators, but the ride-in prevention operation may be set from only some of the cars. In that case, a display for guiding an elevator for performing the riding-preventing operation, a dedicated landing button for responding to the corresponding elevator, and the like are provided.

  According to the first embodiment, the state of the elevator cars 11a, 11b, 11c (operation state for preventing riding) can be notified to the landing user, and the elevator that responds according to the intention of the landing user can be selected. Therefore, it is possible to provide a group management elevator that can prevent boarding without reducing the group management transportation capacity as much as possible.

(Second Embodiment)
FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a group management elevator according to the second embodiment of the present invention. This second embodiment is different from the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 in that it is provided with landing boarding prevention driving start means 20a, 20b, 20c instead of the in-car riding prevention driving start means 16a. Instead of making a boarding prevention driving request by an operation of a passenger from the inside, a boarding prevention driving request is made by an operation of a hall user from the hall.

  FIG. 2 shows a case where the group management operation is performed by three elevators. The elevator cars 11a, 11b, and 11c of the three elevators are provided with in-car operation panels 12a, 12b, and 12c, respectively. The operation is individually controlled by the number-specific control devices 13a, 13b, and 13c. Further, the group management control device 14 performs group management control of the three elevators based on the hall call of each floor and the car call of the three elevators, and controls each of the individual control devices 13a, 13b, 13c. Allocate hall call by group management control. A hall operation panel 15 is provided at the hall of each floor.

  Each of the control devices 13a, 13b, and 13c for each number of vehicles includes landing boarding prevention driving start means 20a, 20b, and 20c, boarding prevention driving release means 17a, 17b, and 17c, and boarding prevention driving notification means 18a, 18b, and 18c. Have.

The boarding prevention driving start means 20a, 20b, 20c, when a boarding prevention driving request is input by a user's operation from the hall operating panel 15 of the hall, prevents boarding based on the boarding prevention driving request from the boarding area. Driving is started, and the riding prevention driving canceling means 17a, 17b, and 17c are for canceling the riding prevention driving when the riding driving is ended after the riding driving is started. Further, the boarding prevention driving notification means 18a, 18b, 18c is provided on the hall operation panel 15 of the hall call registration floor assigned to the car where the boarding prevention driving start means 20a, 20b, 20c is assigned. It guides the information output device that a car during a ride-preventing operation will respond and notifies the user of it.

  On the other hand, the group management control device 14 has a boarding prevention response elevator changing means 19. The boarding prevention response elevator changing means 19 permits the boarding operation panel 15 to permit the boarding prevention driving while the boarding prevention driving car is notified by the boarding prevention driving notification means 18a, 18b, 18c. When there is a response, the car responding to the landing is changed.

  First, when a landing user desires a ride-in preventing operation, the user performs the ride-in preventing operation with the button of the hall operation panel 15. The operation of the hall user may be performed by providing a dedicated button or switch SW in advance on the hall operation panel, or the combination and order of pressing the existing buttons are determined in advance and operated according to the operation procedure. You may do it. Furthermore, you may make it operate by a card | curd or a communication terminal.

  When a boarding prevention operation request is input from the hall operating panel 15 by the operation of the boarding user, it is input to the boarding boarding prevention driving start means 20a, 20b, 20c of the number-specific control devices 13a, 13b, 13c. When a boarding prevention driving request is input, the landing boarding prevention driving start means 20a, 20b, 20c determines whether or not a predetermined boarding prevention driving start condition is met. Will start riding prevention.

  The elevator that has started the boarding prevention operation determines the position of the own elevator and the hall call assigned to the own elevator by the boarding prevention driving notification means 18a, 18b, 18c, and information on the hall operation panel 15 of the corresponding floor. A message indicating that there is a request to prevent riding on the output device is displayed. This provides the user with guidance to the hall, notifying that there is a possibility that an elevator with a passenger who does not want to board will respond, and also notifying that the elevator responding to the hall call can be changed. When changing the elevator responding to the hall call, the user operates the corresponding button on the hall operating panel 15.

  In that case, the responding elevator can be changed before the start of deceleration of the elevator, so the content of the hall guidance can be changed depending on whether the elevator responding to the hall call can be changed before and after the start of deceleration. Will switch.

  The information output device that outputs the hall guidance includes an indicator lamp, a display device, a voice output device, and the like, and performs guidance by display and guidance by auto-announcement. Further, an existing hall button may be used to flicker the corresponding hall call button for guidance.

  From this boarding guidance, the user decides whether to change the assignment to another elevator (whether to permit driving prevention) or to respond to the current elevator as it is, and the result of the judgment by the operation of the hall user, Input from the hall operating panel 15 to the boarding prevention response elevator changing means 19 of the group management control device 14. The boarding prevention response elevator changing means 19 determines whether or not a predetermined assignment changing condition is met, and when changing the assignment, notifies the change-by-assignment to the number-specific control devices 13a, 13b and 13c.

  And the boarding prevention driving | operation cancellation | release means 17a, 17b, 17c judges whether the boarding prevention driving | operation was complete | finished, and cancels boarding prevention driving | operation when boarding prevention driving | operation is complete | finished. For example, when the car call registered at the start of the boarding prevention operation is compared with the current car call, and all responses to the car call registered at the start of the boarding prevention driving are completed. In this case, the riding prevention driving state is cancelled.

  In the above explanation, it was made possible to set the riding-prevention operation by operating the hall user for all elevators performing group management operation of the elevator. You may enable it to set prevention driving | operation. In that case, a display for guiding an elevator for performing the riding-preventing operation, a dedicated landing button for responding to the corresponding elevator, and the like are provided.

  According to the second embodiment, since it is possible to set the riding prevention driving from the landing instead of from the inside of the car, the situation in the elevator cars 11a, 11b, 11c (the riding prevention driving state) can be quickly changed to another floor. It is possible to inform the user of the hall. And since the elevator which responds according to the intention of the user of the hall of another floor can be selected, the group management elevator which can prevent a boarding can be provided, without reducing the transport capability of group management as much as possible.

(Third embodiment)
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a group management elevator according to the third embodiment of the present invention. In the third embodiment, in addition to the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the car-specific control devices 13a, 13b, and 13c are added to the anti-ride driving car hall call assignment notification means 21a, 21b, and 21c. It is provided so that the passengers in the cars 11a, 11b, 11c are notified of the landing call assignment state during the riding-preventing operation. The same elements as those in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.

  In FIG. 3, the boarding hall call assignment notifying means 21a, 21b, 21c in the car for preventing getting on board indicates the state of the hall call assigned to the own elevator to the information output device of the car operation panels 12a, 12b, 12c. Inform passengers by guidance. Thereby, the passenger in a cage | basket | car can know beforehand that a user may get on from a landing.

  In the above description, the case where the boarding hall call assignment notification means 21a, 21b, 21c is additionally provided for the boarding prevention driving car is described with respect to the first embodiment. It is also possible to additionally provide boarding hall call assignment notification means 21a, 21b, 21c for preventing boarding.

  According to the third embodiment, in the elevator cars 11a, 11b, and 11c in the elevator prevention operation, the presence / absence of the user at the landing is informed, and the hall user who has set the riding prevention driving is notified with another Since the presence / absence of the user at the boarding place is informed, it is possible to inform in advance that there is a possibility of getting on. Therefore, passenger discomfort when boarding can be reduced.

(Fourth embodiment)
FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a group management elevator according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention. This fourth embodiment is the same as the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 except that the group management control device 14 is additionally provided with a ride prevention driving hall response elevator change notification means 22 to change a ride prevention response elevator. When the means 19 is operated, the operating state is notified to the hall. The same elements as those in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.

  In FIG. 4, the boarding prevention driving hall response elevator change notifying means 22 changes the boarding prevention response elevator as the hall guidance to the information output device of the hall operating panel 15 when the allocation change occurs by the boarding prevention response elevator changing means 19. The operating state (assignment change) of the means 19 is output. Thereby, the user of a hall can know the result with respect to operation of a boarding prevention driving demand.

  In the above description, the case where the boarding prevention driving hall response elevator change notification means 22 is additionally provided with respect to the first embodiment has been described. However, in the second embodiment and the third embodiment, On the other hand, the boarding prevention driving hall response elevator change notification means 22 may be additionally provided.

  According to the fourth embodiment, it is possible to notify the user of the hall that has set and operated the riding-prevention driving, so that the operating state (assignment change) of the riding-prevention response elevator changing means 19 can be notified. It is possible to notify the user of the hall including the case and the case where the operation is wrong. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce the discomfort of the users at the hall.

(Fifth embodiment)
FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a group management elevator according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention. In the fifth embodiment, a hall call response elevator notifying means 23 is additionally provided in the group management control device 14 with respect to the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 and responds to the hall call of the hall. The current car is notified to the hall.

  In FIG. 5, the hall call response elevator change notification means 23 uses the answering machine for the current hall call as the hall guidance to the information output device of the hall operation panel 15 even when the allocation change occurs by the boarding prevention response elevator change means 19. Output. Thereby, a response machine can be notified to the user of a hall.

  In the above description, the case where the hall call response elevator notification means 23 is additionally provided with respect to the first embodiment has been described. However, the hall is different from the second embodiment and the third embodiment. You may make it provide the call response elevator notification means 23 additionally.

  According to the fifth embodiment, the current call number is notified by the hall call response elevator notification means 23, so that the hall user can be guided to the answering machine.

The block diagram of the group management elevator concerning the 1st Embodiment of this invention. The block diagram of the group management elevator concerning the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. The block diagram of the group management elevator concerning the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. The block diagram of the group management elevator concerning the 4th Embodiment of this invention. The block diagram of the group management elevator concerning the 5th Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Car, 12 ... In-car operation panel, 13 ... Control device according to number 14, 14 ... Group management control device, 15 ... Landing operation panel, 16 ... In-car riding prevention driving start means, 17 ... Riding prevention driving release means, 18 ... Preventing driving notification means, 19. Preventing response response elevator changing means, 20... Preventing boarding prevention driving start means, 21. Preventing driving car landing hall call assignment notification means, 22. 23 ... hall call response elevator notification means

Claims (5)

  In a group management elevator that services multiple floors by group management control of multiple elevators based on the hall call of each floor and the elevator car calls of multiple elevators, based on the request to prevent riding from within the elevator car And a car that is in the riding prevention operation on the landing call registration floor assigned to the car that has started the riding prevention driving by the in-car riding prevention driving start means. A boarding prevention driving notification means for notifying of a response, and when there is a permission response for the boarding prevention driving from the hall while the car for the boarding prevention driving is notified by the boarding prevention driving notification means, it responds to the hall Ride prevention response elevator changing means to change the car and ride operation Group management elevator, characterized in that a prevention operation canceling means rode for releasing the prevention operation rode after start.   In a group management elevator that services multiple floors by group management control of multiple elevators based on the hall call of each floor and the car call of multiple elevators, prevent boarding based on the driving prevention request from the hall Notification that the landing stop prevention driving start means that starts driving and that the car during the stop prevention response responds to the landing call registration floor assigned to the car that has started the prevention driving stop by the landing stop prevention driving start means. A boarding prevention driving notification means, and if there is a permission response for boarding prevention driving from the hall while the car for riding prevention driving is notified by the boarding prevention driving notification means, the boarding for changing the car responding to the boarding Ride with preventive response elevator changing means after boarding operation starts Group management elevator, characterized in that a prevention operation canceling means rode for releasing the locking operation.   3. The group management elevator according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a boarding prevention driving car hall call assignment notification means for notifying passengers in the car during the boarding prevention driving operation.   The group management elevator according to claim 1, 2 or 3, further comprising: a riding prevention driving hall response elevator change notifying means for notifying the hall of the operation state when the riding prevention response elevator changing means is operated. 5. The group management elevator according to claim 1, further comprising hall call response elevator notifying means for notifying the hall of a current car responding to the hall call.

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