JP2011190097A - Condition information notification system of elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To notify condition information showing a present state of an elevator from a distant place. <P>SOLUTION: The condition information notification system of the elevator includes: a landing call button 14, a display part 15 and a voice generator 16 provided in a landing 1i of each floor; a portable terminal 6 connected to a communication network 4 connecting a control device 2 and a maintenance service center 7 in a distant place by wireless so as to transmit mode type information regarding a specified elevator unit and held by a maintenance person; the maintenance service center 7 transmitting the predetermined condition information to the control device controlling operation of the specified elevator unit when the mode type information is received; and the control device 2 having a condition information display means for displaying the condition information on the display part 15 of each of the landings 1i when the condition information is received, and a voice notification means for notifying the condition information from the voice generator 16 when landing call operation is received from the landing call button. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an elevator condition information notification system that notifies condition information representing the current state of an elevator to each floor hall.

  When the elevator is regularly maintained, maintenance personnel go to the site to carry out inspection work, but it is necessary to prohibit entry of elevator users.

  Therefore, before starting the inspection work, the maintenance person lowers the inspection billboard 52 for notifying “under inspection” on the landing door 51 of each floor as shown in FIG. 5 or near the landing door 51 on the floor. A check tag (not shown) is installed in the elevator so that the elevator user is informed that the check is being performed. In FIG. 5, 53 is a hall operation panel, 54 is a display device, and 55 is a hall call button.

  Also, if a failure occurs in the elevator, the maintenance staff goes to the site of the failure and, like the above, lowers the failure-repair bulletin board 52 that notifies «elevator repair in progress», or repairs it near the landing door 51 on the floor A billboard is installed so that elevator users are informed that repair work is in progress.

  However, the maintenance staff installs the bills 52 and the standing signs indicating the work contents on each floor before starting the work, and performs the work of removing the posting signs 52 and the standing signs after the work is completed. In particular, in a high-rise building or the like, the labor and time consumed by maintenance personnel are even greater.

  In addition, when the elevator is repaired due to a breakdown, the elevator user knows that the repair work is in progress from the contents described on the bulletin board 52 and the standing tag. It is impossible for the elevator user to determine whether the vehicle is out of order, out of service, or requesting repair, and the progress during the repair work is not known at all.

  In addition, some of the bulletin boards 52 and the standing signs have Braille, but in the case of an elevator user who is blind or weakly sighted, any notification method is very difficult to understand.

  Therefore, conventionally, an inspection switch that is linked to the hall call button 55 provided at each floor hall is provided, and after the maintenance staff operates the inspection switch when carrying out the inspection work, the elevator user operates the hall call button 55. In such a case, there is a proposal to notify that the inspection work is in progress by sounding a buzzer or blinking the display device 54 (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2003-81551 A

  However, according to the technique described in Patent Document 1, when the elevator user operates the hall call button 55, the buzzer sounds or the display device 54 blinks, that is, a notification is made in a different manner. Not only cannot it be immediately recognized that the inspection work is in progress, but there are many modes for notifying the elevator user of the current state of the elevator, but these requests are not fully met.

  Further, during repair work due to a malfunction of the elevator, normally “under repair” is displayed, but as described above, there is a case where “under repair” is not displayed. In such a case, the elevator user cannot determine at all whether the current elevator is out of order, out of service, or requested for repair, and the progress status during work is unknown.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and provides an elevator condition information notification system that promptly and in detail displays condition information indicating the current state of an elevator from a remote location by display and voice output. Objective.

(1) In order to solve the above-described problems, an elevator condition information notification system according to the present invention includes a hall call button, a display unit and a sound generator provided at a hall on each floor, an elevator controller, and maintenance of a remote place. A mobile terminal possessed by a maintenance staff who is wirelessly connected to a communication network connecting to a service center and transmits mode type information or condition information regarding an appropriate elevator to the maintenance service center, and the mode type information or condition information. Upon receipt, the maintenance service center that transmits condition information associated with the mode type information in advance or the received condition information to the control device that controls the operation of a specific elevator, and condition information from the maintenance service center When you receive Condition information by voice from a sound generator provided at the hall when receiving a hall call operation from the condition information display means for displaying the condition information on the display section provided at each floor hall and the hall call button at any floor And the elevator control device having voice notification means for notifying the vehicle.

In addition, the elevator condition information notification system according to the present invention newly monitors the operation state of each elevator in cooperation with the elevator control device in the configuration described in (1), and a specific elevator When it is determined that there is an abnormality, a monitoring device is provided that transmits information representing the abnormality content of the specific elevator to the maintenance service center,
When the maintenance service center receives abnormality details of a specific elevator, it sends condition information indicating that a repair work request has been received due to the abnormality to the control device via the monitoring device, and is provided at each floor hall The condition information that is being requested for the repair work may be displayed on the displayed section.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the condition information alerting | reporting system of the elevator which can alert | report the condition information showing the present condition of an elevator from a remote place quickly and in detail by display and audio | voice output can be provided.

The block diagram which shows one Embodiment of the condition information alerting | reporting system of the elevator which concerns on this invention. The table figure which stores the condition information showing the present condition of the elevator preserve | saved at a maintenance service center. The flowchart explaining an example of the processing operation regarding the condition information in an elevator control apparatus. The figure explaining other embodiment of the condition information alerting | reporting system of the elevator which concerns on this invention. The front view of each floor landing door vicinity explaining the well-known method to the elevator user at the time of the conventional check work.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of an elevator condition information notification system according to the present invention.

  The condition information notification system includes a hall 1i (i = 1, 2,...) On each floor, an elevator control device 2, a monitoring device 3, a telephone communication line, a base station 5 connected to a communication network 4 such as a LAN or WAN, maintenance. It is composed of a portable terminal (for example, a cellular phone) 6 and a maintenance service center 7 possessed by a member.

  The hall 1i on each floor includes a landing door 11, a door driving device cover 12 that protects a door driving device (not shown) that opens and closes the car door of the car (not shown) and the landing door 11 in conjunction with each other. Is provided. Reference numeral 13 denotes a hall operation panel installed on a wall surface near the hall door 11. The hall operation panel 13 includes a display unit 15 that displays the hall call button 14 and elevator condition information. However, the display unit 15 may be separated from the panel 13 and disposed above the panel 13.

  The door drive device cover 12 and the hall operation panel 13 are provided with a sound generator 16 such as a speaker for notifying elevator condition information by sound.

  The elevator control device 2 is connected to a storage device 21 for storing operation status data, condition information, etc., in addition to a normal operation program and various control operation programs including fire and earthquake, and for normal operation control during normal operation. When a hall call or a car call with destination floor designation is received under the program, the call is registered and an operation drive command is sent to the hoisting machine to drive the car toward the destination floor.

  Functionally, the elevator control device 2 includes at least an operation control unit 22, an abnormality notification determination unit 23, a condition information notification processing unit 24, and a transmission / reception unit 25.

  The operation control unit 22 controls the operation of the car based on the normal operation control program and various control operation control programs.

  The abnormality notification determination unit 23 sends an abnormality notification including an abnormality content to the transmission / reception unit 25 when the operation control unit 22 performs a predetermined operation control and receives an abnormality from the operation status data. .

  When the condition information notification processing unit 24 receives the condition information transmitted from the maintenance service center 7 side, the condition information notification processing unit 24 displays the condition information while confirming the operation of the maintenance staff (for example, the inspection switch is turned on). When there is a hall call from, the voice generator 16 has a function for notifying condition information by voice. The transmission / reception unit 25 exchanges necessary information with the monitoring device 3.

  The monitoring device 3 is, for example, a remote monitoring device that is installed in a control room of an elevator installation building or connected via a communication network such as a telephone communication line, a LAN, or a WAN. Monitoring is constantly performed, and an optimum operation control command is sent to the control device 2 side based on the monitoring result, and an abnormality report transmitted from the elevator control device 2 is transmitted to the maintenance service center 7 via the communication network 4.

  The monitoring device 3 has a function of relaying condition information sent from the maintenance service center 7 to the elevator control device 2.

  The portable terminal 6 uses a portable terminal equipped with a camera and QR code analysis software, and analyzes the code by reading a QR (Quick Response) code for identifying the elevator unit affixed to an appropriate location of each elevator. Then, the mode type information or the condition information is added to the machine specific data representing the analyzed elevator car and transmitted to the maintenance service center 7 through the base station 5.

  The maintenance service center 7 includes a database 71 in the host computer, receives mode type information or condition information regarding the current state of the elevator that needs to be made known to the elevator user from the portable terminal 6 or the monitoring device 3 possessed by the maintenance staff, Condition information is transmitted to the elevator control device 2 that has jurisdiction over the elevator.

  In the database 71, according to each customer's request etc., for example, every semi-monthly or monthly unit, the elevator to be inspected / repaired by each customer, the name of the maintenance person who performs the inspection / repair work, the inspection / repair of the elevator In addition to a general maintenance service schedule table 71a that defines working hours, etc., a transmission address table 71b that defines destination transmission addresses corresponding to the elevator control device 2 that controls operation of each elevator at each customer is shown in FIG. A condition information storage table 71c is provided.

  In the condition information storage table 71b, mode type information, condition information, and presence / absence of operation requirements are defined. The reason why the mode type information and the condition information are associated is that if only the mode type information is received from the mobile terminal 6, the condition information indicating the current state of the corresponding elevator can be output. Therefore, for example, when the condition information is directly transmitted from the portable terminal 6, the mode type information is not necessary. For example, if condition information such as “Please use stairs during elevator inspection” is transmitted, it is assumed that the maintenance switch is turned on by maintenance personnel. , “1”. For example, when condition information related to “elevator inspection date and time” is transmitted, it is represented by “0”. In other words, no operation by maintenance personnel is assumed.

  Next, the operation of the above condition information notification system will be described.

  First, maintenance personnel who perform elevator inspections / repairs, etc., arrive at the location of the elevator that is the subject of inspections / repairs, for example, when performing inspections, operate the inspection switch, Limit access to the car. The restriction on boarding is, for example, not registering a call in response to a hall call button.

  After that, the maintenance person holds the camera of the portable terminal 6 that he / she owns, reads the QR code affixed to the elevator control device 2 or the like, for example, takes out the data specifying the elevator to be inspected, and It is sent to the maintenance service center 7 via the base station 5 together with the type information or condition information (please use the stairs that are under inspection).

  When the maintenance service center 7 receives the data for specifying the elevator and the mode type information from the portable terminal 6, the transmission address of the elevator control device 2, for example, of the corresponding car is extracted from the transmission address table 71b based on the corresponding car specifying data. Furthermore, the condition information and the operation necessary condition presence / absence information associated with the mode type information are extracted from the condition information storage table 71 c and transmitted to the elevator control device 2 via the monitoring device 3.

  The elevator control device 2 executes a series of processes as shown in FIG. In other words, the transmission / reception unit 25 of the control device 2 activates the condition information notification processing unit 24 when receiving the condition information and the presence / absence information of the operation necessary condition passing through the maintenance service center 7 -the monitoring device 3.

  When the condition information notification processing unit 24 stores the condition information received by the transmission / reception unit 25 and the presence / absence information on the operation necessary conditions in the storage device 21, the condition information notification processing unit 24 determines that the condition information is received (S1).

  Furthermore, when the condition information notification processing unit 24 determines that the necessary operation condition is present from the received necessary operation condition information, the maintenance switch has already been operated, including the meaning of reconfirmation. It is determined whether or not information (for example, an inspection operation flag “1” or the like) is present (S2).

  At this stage, since maintenance personnel are operating the inspection switch in principle (S3), the condition information is read from the storage device 21, and for example, “Use the stairs under inspection” on the display section 15 of each floor hall 1i. "Is displayed (S4).

  By the way, when it is determined in step S3 that the inspection switch has not been operated yet, one or more of the car, the control device 2, and the sound generator 16 of the hall 1i are prompted to operate the inspection switch. A notification is output. Here, when the inspection switch is operated, the condition information “Please use the stairway under inspection” is displayed (S4).

  The reason for setting the presence / absence of the operation requirement as described above is that the maintenance service center 7 receives the information related to the abnormality from the monitoring device 3 and the condition information is received regardless of the portable terminal 6 possessed by the operator. This is because the maintenance service center 7 may directly transmit the condition information, and in such a case, it may be necessary to have a maintenance person operate it.

  Subsequently, the condition information notification processing unit 24, when the condition call information is displayed on the display unit 15 and the hall call button 14 on a certain floor is operated (S6), the all-story audio signal is read from a predetermined flag or the like. It is determined whether or not the notification is made (S7), and if not all floor notification, the condition information by voice is notified from the sound generator 16 installed on the operation floor of the hall call button 14 (S8). Regardless of the floor on which the hall call button 14 is operated, sound condition information is notified from the sound generators 16 of all floors (S9).

  Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the information display is finished (S10). For example, when the check switch is turned on and the operation mode is returned from the inspection mode to the normal operation mode, the inspection operation is completed and the information display is finished. The condition information stored in the storage device 21 and the operation necessary condition presence / absence information are deleted, and the condition information displayed on the display unit 15 is deleted.

  Further, it is determined whether or not the process is to be continued (S12). If the process is to be continued, the process proceeds to step S1 to wait for reception of the next condition information.

  By the way, the maintenance service center 7 cooperates with the abnormality notification determination unit 23 of the control device 2 from the monitoring device 3, for example, that an elevator is “failed” or “earthquake stopped”. You may receive abnormal information.

  In such a case, the maintenance service center 7 does not receive the mode type information or the condition information from the portable terminal 6 possessed by the maintenance staff, and is “failing” of the elevator that is sent from the monitoring device 3. On the basis of the notification, for example, the condition information “Failure and requesting repair” and the information “0” indicating no operation requirement are read and transmitted to the control device 2 via the monitoring device 3 as described above.

  The control device 2 determines that the condition information has been received by storing in the storage device 21 the condition information and the operation requirement non-existence information received by the transmission / reception unit 25 (S1).

  Further, since no maintenance personnel operation is required based on the received no operation requirement information, the condition information is read from the storage device 21 and, for example, “Failure is being repaired” is displayed on the display unit 15 of each floor hall 1i. Condition information is displayed (S4).

  In addition, in association with the mode type information B03 (not shown) relating to the failure relating to the elevator shown in FIG. 2, for example, convention information “recovered after about xx hours (including minutes)” is displayed on each floor hall 1i. You may display on the part 15. At this time, it is assumed that the maintenance service center 7 receives the mode type information B03 from the portable terminal 6 possessed by the maintenance staff.

  Now, as mentioned above, after displaying the condition information “Failure is being repaired” on the display section 15 of each floor hall 1i, the maintenance staff arrives at the elevator (on site) in trouble, and the inspection switch When the safety switch or the like is operated, it is determined that the “repair request has been completed” in step S10, and the condition information “Failure is being repaired” displayed on the display unit 15 is deleted.

  The maintenance service center 7 may transmit a condition information deletion instruction to the control device 2 to delete the display of the condition information.

  At this time, the maintenance person holds the camera of the portable terminal 6 that he / she holds, reads the QR code attached to the elevator control device 2, for example, takes out the data specifying the elevator to be inspected, and receives the mode type information or It is sent to the maintenance service center 7 via the base station 5 together with the condition information (please use the stairs that are under repair).

  Thereafter, the maintenance service center 7 and the control device 2 execute the same processing as described above.

  Therefore, according to the embodiment as described above, the maintenance person holds the portable terminal 6 over the predetermined operation and reads the QR code to read the mode type information or the condition information in addition to the specific data of the elevator. Transmit to the maintenance service center 7.

  Here, the maintenance service center 7 transmits the condition information to the control device 2 of the corresponding elevator and displays it on the display unit 15 of each floor hall 1i. Can be displayed and made known to elevator users. Further, since the maintenance staff only operates the portable terminal 6 at hand, it is possible to notify the work status without spending much labor and time, and it is possible to save labor for human posting work.

  Furthermore, when the hall call button 14 on each floor is operated while the condition information is displayed on the display unit 15 of each floor hall 1i, the voice generator 16 notifies the condition information by voice indicating the current state of the elevator. Even elevator users with blindness and low vision can easily understand the current situation of elevators.

  Further, when the maintenance service center 7 receives the information indicating that there is a failure sent from the monitoring device 3 side, the maintenance service center 7 determines that there is a failure notification, transmits the corresponding condition information to the control device 2, and displays each floor hall 1i. The unit 15 can display “requesting repair due to elevator failure” to notify the elevator user and allow the elevator user to recognize the current state of the elevator.

(Other embodiments)
In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, In the range which does not deviate from the summary, various deformation | transformation can be implemented.

(1) In the above embodiment, when the maintenance service center 7 receives mode type information, failure information, etc. from the mobile terminal 6 or the monitoring device 3, it transmits condition information indicating the current status of the elevator, and each floor 1i However, the maintenance service center 7 itself judges the current operation of the maintenance service schedule table 71a and other elevators, transmits necessary condition information to the necessary control device 2, and sends it to the elevator user. I can inform you. Specifically, based on the maintenance service schedule table 71a, condition information such as “next inspection date ○ month ○ day Δhour” is transmitted to the control device 2 corresponding to a certain elevator, and the display section of each floor platform 1i 15 can also be displayed.

  At this time, the control device 2 performs a series of processes shown in FIG.

(2) In the above embodiment, when the hall call button 14 is operated, the sound condition information is notified from the sound generator 16, but as shown in FIG. 4, for example, separately from the hall call button 14. The dedicated floor button 17i (i = 1, 2,..., N) may be operated to notify the sound condition information from the sound generator 16. At this time, since the dedicated floor button 17i has a function corresponding to the hall call button 14, it can be considered to be included in the hall call button 14 in relation to the gist.

(3) Further, since the mode type information has a role of identification data for extracting specific condition information, for example, even during an earthquake stop, more specifically, for example during an earthquake stop due to a long period or a short It is also possible to divide mode type information finely, such as during an earthquake stop by a period, and associate detailed condition information in association with it.

  This makes it possible to inform the elevator user of the current status of the corresponding elevator at the time of an elevator failure stop as in the prior art.

(4) Further, the maintenance service center 7 is not limited to its name, and includes any of a management center, a maintenance service base, and a maintenance staff dispatch center, for example.

  1i (i = 1, 2,...) ... landing on each floor, 2 ... control device, 3 ... monitoring device, 4 ... communication network, 5 ... base station, 6 ... mobile terminal (for example, mobile phone), 7 ... maintenance service Center, 11 ... landing door, 13 ... landing operation panel, 14 ... landing call button (including dedicated floor button 17i), 15 ... display unit, 16 ... sound generator, 21 ... storage device, 22 ... operation control unit, 23 An abnormality report determination unit, 24 a condition information notification processing unit, 25 a transmission / reception unit, 71 a database, 71 a a maintenance service schedule table, 71 b a transmission address table, 71 c a condition information storage table.

Claims (6)

In an elevator condition information notification system for notifying condition information representing the current status of an appropriate elevator car from a remote location via an elevator control device,
A hall call button, a display unit and a sound generator provided at the hall of each floor;
A mobile terminal that is wirelessly connected to a communication network that connects the elevator control device and a remote maintenance service center, and that is owned by a maintenance person who transmits mode type information or condition information regarding a specific elevator to the maintenance service center; The maintenance service that, when receiving the mode type information or the condition information, transmits the condition information previously associated with the mode type information or the received condition information to the elevator control device that controls the operation of a specific elevator The center,
When receiving the condition information from the maintenance service center, when receiving a hall call operation from the condition information display means for displaying the condition information on the display section provided at each floor hall and the hall call button on an arbitrary floor, An elevator condition information notifying system comprising: the elevator control device having sound notifying means for notifying sound condition information from a provided sound generator. In the elevator condition information notification system according to claim 1,
In cooperation with the elevator control device, when it is determined that the operation state of a specific elevator is abnormal, a monitoring device is provided that transmits information representing the abnormality content of the specific elevator to the maintenance service center,
When the maintenance service center receives abnormality details of a specific elevator, it sends condition information indicating that a repair work request has been received due to the abnormality to the control device via the monitoring device, and is provided at each floor hall A condition information notification system for an elevator, characterized in that the condition information being requested for the repair work is displayed on the display unit. In the elevator condition information notification system according to claim 1 or 2,
The maintenance service center determines a predetermined maintenance service plan and the operation status of each elevator, transmits necessary condition information to the corresponding control device 2, and sends the condition information to the display units provided at the floors. An elevator condition information notification system that displays and informs an elevator user. In the elevator condition information notification system according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The portable terminal is equipped with a camera and QR code analysis software, reads the QR code representing the elevator car affixed to a predetermined location of the elevator with the camera, takes out data identifying the elevator machine, and identifies the elevator machine A condition information notification system for an elevator, wherein the mode type information or condition information is attached to the data and transmitted to the maintenance service center. In the elevator condition information notification system according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The voice notification means, when receiving a hall call from a hall call button on any floor, reports voice condition information from the voice generator provided on the hall call floor or on all floors based on a predetermined rule. An elevator condition information notification system. In the elevator condition information notification system according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
When transmitting the condition information to the control device, the maintenance service center adds information on the presence / absence of an operation requirement according to the content of the condition information and transmits the information to the control device. An elevator condition information notification system that displays condition information on condition that an operator has performed a necessary operation.

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