JP2013119438A - Elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides an elevator that can be in the position of an operation button suitable for an elevator user.
An elevator 10 positions a car-side sensor 25 for detecting the height of a passenger and a push button 242 for operating a car 20 at a position corresponding to the height detected by the car-side sensor 25. A car operation device 24.
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Description

  The present invention relates to an elevator.

  An elevator user needs to operate an operation button provided on a car operating device or the like. As a technique related to the present invention, for example, in Patent Document 1, in an elevator call operation panel provided at a landing, an elongated opening is provided at a mounting position of the operation panel on the landing side, and a mounting portion of the operation panel is provided at this opening. There is disclosed an elevator hall operating panel that is inserted and fixed at an arbitrary position in an opening.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 02-204286

  By the way, there are various users of the elevator, such as not only adults who are tall, but also children and wheelchair users, and the height of the operation buttons is not always appropriate for the user.

  The objective of this invention is providing the elevator which can be set as the position of the operation button suitable for the user of the elevator.

  An elevator according to the present invention includes a detection unit that detects the height of a passenger, an operation device that positions an operation button unit for operating a car at a position corresponding to the height detected by the detection unit, It is characterized by providing.

  In the elevator according to the present invention, it is preferable that the operation device is a liquid crystal display device provided so as to cover a predetermined region of the inner wall surface or the landing wall of the car.

  Further, in the elevator according to the present invention, the predetermined area may be an inner wall surface of the car or the landing wall, and the height of the base is 50 cm to 100 cm from the floor surface of the car or the floor surface of the hall. It is preferably a quadrangular region provided at a meter position, having a length of 150 centimeters to 200 centimeters in the longitudinal direction and a length of 50 centimeters to 100 centimeters in the lateral direction.

  In the elevator according to the present invention, it is preferable that the operation button unit includes a plurality of operation buttons, and the operation device changes an arrangement of the plurality of operation buttons.

  Moreover, the elevator which concerns on this invention WHEREIN: It is preferable that the said operating device positions the indicator which displays the position of the said car in the position corresponding to the height detected by the said detection part.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, it can be set as the position of the operation button suitable for the user of an elevator.

In embodiment which concerns on this invention, it is a figure which shows an elevator. In embodiment which concerns on this invention, it is a figure which shows the mode in a passenger car. In embodiment which concerns on this invention, it is a figure which shows the mode of the surroundings of the landing door of the landing of each floor. In embodiment which concerns on this invention, (a) is a figure which shows the case where the passenger of a general adult male is in the periphery of the landing control apparatus of a landing, (b) is a figure of a general child passenger of a landing It is a figure which shows the case where it is in the periphery of a hall operating device. In embodiment which concerns on this invention, (a) is a figure which shows the case where the passenger of a general adult male exists in the periphery of the cage | basket | car operation apparatus in a car, (b) is a passenger of a wheelchair user getting on It is a figure which shows the case where it exists in the periphery of the cage | basket | car operation apparatus in a cage | basket | car.

  Embodiments according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. Also, in the following, in all the drawings, the same symbols are attached to the same elements, and the duplicate description is omitted. In the description in the text, the symbols described before are used as necessary.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an elevator 10. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a state in the car 20. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a situation around the landing door 28 of the landing 27 on each floor. The elevator 10 includes a main rope 12, a counterweight 14, a hoisting machine 16, a control panel 18, a car 20, a landing door 28, and a hoistway 30. Moreover, the elevator 10 moves a passenger by moving up and down between the landings 27 on each floor of the car 20.

  The main rope 12 is a rope for suspending the car 20 and is wound around the hoisting machine 16. The main rope 12 has one end connected to the car 20 and the other end connected to a counterweight 14.

  The counterweight 14 is connected to the other end of the main rope 12, and a weight necessary for balancing with the car 20 connected to one end of the main rope 12 is set.

  The hoisting machine 16 is a device for raising and lowering the car 20 by driving the main rope 12 wound by the control panel 18. The hoisting machine 16 is disposed in the machine room 8.

The car 20 is a structure for ascending and descending the hoistway 30 when the hoisting machine 16 is operated under the control of the control panel 18 to carry passengers. The interior space of the car 20 is large enough to accommodate a predetermined number of people. For example, the bottom surface has an area of 200 cm × 200 cm = 4 m ² and a height of 250 cm. A space with meters. The car 20 includes a car operating device 24 and a car door 26.

  The car operating device 24 includes a push button 242 for a passenger who has entered the car 20 to select a destination floor and open / close the car door 26, a floor where the car 20 is located, and other information. This is a liquid crystal display device that displays an indicator 244 for displaying. The car operating device 24 is attached to the sleeve wall 20a adjacent to the car door 26 among the side walls of the car 20, and the size thereof is 150 cm to 200 cm in the vertical direction and 50 cm to 50 cm in the horizontal direction. A square of 100 centimeters is preferred. And it is suitable for the base 246 of the car operation device 24 to be attached so that it is positioned about 50 cm to 100 cm from the floor surface 20 b in the car 20.

  The car-side sensor 25 is a sensor that is attached to the vicinity of the ceiling portion 20 c in the car 20 and measures the height of a person in the peripheral area of the car operating device 24. For example, an optical displacement sensor can be used as the car-side sensor 25, but other displacement sensors may be used as a matter of course. For example, an ultrasonic displacement sensor or a laser focus displacement sensor may be used.

  The car door 26 is a door provided in the car 20, and opens together with the landing door 28 of the landing 27 when the riding car 20 reaches the landing 27 on each floor. Thereby, the passenger can get on and off the car 20.

  The landing doors 28 are doors provided at the landings 27 and open together with the passenger doors 26 when the passenger cars 20 land. Thereby, the passenger can get on and off the car 20.

  The hall 27 on each floor is provided with a hall three-way frame 32 composed of vertical frames 32a, 32b and a horizontal frame 32c, a hall operating device 34, and a hall door 28.

  The hall operating device 34 is a liquid crystal display device that displays a call button 342 for calling the car 20 and an indicator 344 for displaying the floor where the car 20 is located and other information. The hall operating device 34 is attached to the hall wall 35 adjacent to the hall door 28, and the size thereof is a rectangle having a vertical direction of 150 cm to 200 cm and a horizontal direction of 50 cm to 100 cm. Is preferred. And it is suitable for the base 346 of the hall operating device 34 to be attached so that it is positioned about 50 cm to 100 cm from the floor surface 27 a of the hall 27.

  The hall-side sensor 36 is a sensor that is attached to the hall wall 35 above the hall operating device 34 and measures the height of a person in the peripheral area of the hall operating device 34. As the landing side sensor 36, for example, an optical displacement sensor can be used. Of course, other displacement sensors may be used. For example, an ultrasonic displacement sensor or a laser focus displacement sensor may be used.

  The landing door 28 is a single-open door that can open and close an opening area 37 defined by the vertical frames 32 a and 32 b and the horizontal frame 32 c of the landing three-way frame 32. Of course, the landing door 28 may be a double door.

  The vertical frames 32 a and 32 b and the horizontal frame 32 c of the landing three-way frame 32 are members provided at the landing 27 on each floor in order to define an opening area 37 that serves as an entrance for passengers to get on and off the car 20. is there. The vertical frames 32a and 32b and the horizontal frame 32c are composed of members having appropriate strength and ferromagnetism. For example, it can be configured using iron.

  The control panel 18 has a function of controlling the entire elevator 10 such as automatic opening / closing control of the car door 26 and the landing door 28 and lifting / lowering operation control of the car 20. The control panel 18 has a function of controlling the car operating device 24 and the landing operating device 34 according to the heights detected by the car side sensor 25 and the landing side sensor 36. The control panel 18 is characterized by this function. The details will be described below.

  The control panel 18 calculates the position at which the passenger can work most easily according to the height of the passenger in the peripheral area of the car operating device 24, and the corresponding position of the car operating device 24, which is a liquid crystal display device. The push button 242 is displayed on the screen. Further, the control panel 18 calculates a position where the passenger can easily see the height according to the height of the passenger, and displays the indicator 244 at the corresponding position of the car operating device 24. Here, for example, when the height is 180 centimeters, the position at which the passenger is most likely to work is the position where the central portion of the push button 242 is 140 centimeters. This is the position where the central part of the center is 170 centimeters. Of course, these values are merely examples, and can be changed as appropriate.

  Further, in the same manner as described above, the control panel 18 has an appropriate height for the passenger in the hall operating device 34 that is a liquid crystal display device according to the height of the passenger in the peripheral area of the hall operating device 34. A call button 342 and an indicator 344 are displayed at the positions. The peripheral area of the car operating device 24 and the hall operating device 34 is an area where one adult male can enter, but if there are a plurality of persons in the area, the average height thereof To find the height at which passengers can work most easily and easily.

  Then, the effect | action of the elevator 10 of the said structure is demonstrated.

  FIG. 4A is a diagram showing a case where a general adult male passenger 40 is in the vicinity of the hall operating device 34 at the hall 27. FIG. 4B is a diagram showing a case where a general child passenger 42 is in the vicinity of the hall operating device 34 of the hall 27. As shown in FIG. 4A, when the adult male passenger 40 is in the vicinity of the hall operating device 34 of the hall 27, the height of the passenger 40 is detected by the hall side sensor 36, and the control panel 18 controls the height. In the hall operating device 34, the push button 342 and the indicator 344 are displayed at a height position appropriate for the passenger 40. Further, as shown in FIG. 4B, when the child passenger 42 is in the vicinity of the hall operating device 34 of the hall 27, the height of the passenger 42 is detected by the hall side sensor 36, and the control panel 18 is controlled. Accordingly, the push button 342 and the indicator 344 are displayed at the appropriate height position for the passenger 42 in the hall operating device 34.

  FIG. 5A is a diagram showing a case where a general adult male passenger 44 is in the vicinity of the car operating device 24 in the car 20. FIG. 5B is a diagram showing a case where a passenger 46 of a wheelchair user is in the vicinity of the car operating device 24 in the car 20. As shown in FIG. 5A, when an adult male passenger 44 is in the vicinity of the car operation device 24, the height of the passenger 44 is detected by the car-side sensor 25, and the car operation is performed by the control of the control panel 18. In the device 24, a push button 242 and an indicator 244 are displayed at an appropriate height position for the passenger 44. Further, as shown in FIG. 5B, when the wheelchair user's passenger 46 is in the vicinity of the car operating device 24, the height of the passenger 46 is detected by the car-side sensor 25, and the control panel 18 controls it. In the car operation device 24, the push button 242 and the indicator 244 are displayed at a height position appropriate for the passenger 46. Here, in FIG. 5A, the push buttons 242 are displayed in two rows, but in FIG. 5B, the push buttons 242 are displayed in two rows or three rows, and the arrangement is changed.

  Thus, according to the elevator 10, according to the height of the user of the elevator 10, the push buttons 242, 342 and the indicators 244, 344 can be positioned appropriately for the user.

  8 Machine room, 10 Elevator, 12 Main rope, 14 Counterweight, 16 Hoisting machine, 18 Control panel, 20 Car, 20a Sleeve wall, 20c Ceiling, 24 Car operating device, 25 Car side sensor, 26 Car Door, 27 landing, 27a bottom surface, 28 landing door, 30 hoistway, 32 landing three-way frame, 32a, 32b vertical frame, 32c horizontal frame, 34 landing operating device, 35 landing wall, 36 landing side sensor, 37 opening area, 40 , 42, 44, 46 Passenger, 242, 342 Push button, 244, 344 Indicator, 246, 346 Bottom.

Claims (5)

A detection unit for detecting the height of the passenger;
An operation device for positioning an operation button unit for operating the car at a position corresponding to the height detected by the detection unit;
An elevator characterized by comprising: The elevator according to claim 1,
The elevator is a liquid crystal display device provided so as to cover a predetermined area of an inner wall surface or a landing wall of the car. The elevator according to claim 2,
The predetermined area is:
In the inner wall surface or the landing wall of the car, the height of the base is provided at a position of 50 cm to 100 cm from the floor surface of the car or the floor surface of the car, and 150 cm to 200 cm in the vertical direction. An elevator having a length of centimeter and a rectangular region having a length of 50 centimeters to 100 centimeters in a lateral direction. The elevator according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The operation button unit includes a plurality of operation buttons,
The elevator characterized in that the operation device changes an arrangement of the plurality of operation buttons. The elevator according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The said operating device positions the indicator which displays the position of the said car in the position corresponding to the height detected by the said detection part, The elevator characterized by the above-mentioned.

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