JP5137699B2 - Elevator automatic registration system for wheelchair users - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an elevator automatic registration system for wheelchair users.

  Conventionally, elevators are widely used in condominiums and office buildings. In general, passengers who want to use the elevator register the car call by pushing the push button of the hall car registration device installed on the wall of the elevator hall to call the car to the current floor. Need to do.

  If the passenger who wants to register the car call at the elevator hall is an elderly person or a disabled person who is in a wheelchair and comes to the elevator hall alone and registers himself / herself at the elevator car call registration device, If you try to push the push button with the wheelchair facing you, you need to raise your arm and extend your hand while lowering the upper body forward, which may be very difficult for wheelchair users .

  Therefore, when a wheelchair user registers a hall car call, the wheelchair is placed close to the wall where the hall car call device is installed so that the movement of the arm and hand to push the push button is small. The car call registration is done on the side, and then the position and orientation of the wheelchair is often changed to face the landing door so that it can go straight after the car arrives and enter the car. Therefore, the movement of the wheelchair from the car call registration to the car boarding preparation is very complicated for the wheelchair user.

  For example, in Patent Document 1, when an image taken by a camera provided on the ceiling of an elevator hall is analyzed and it is determined that a passenger who has arrived at the hall is a disabled person, the operation mode of the elevator is set to normal operation. It is described that the mode is switched from the mode to the disabled mode and the elevator door opening time is extended.

JP 2004-10303 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-362841

  However, in Patent Documents 1 and 2 described above, even if it is detected that the elevator user is a wheelchair user, the hall car call automatic registration is not performed, and the wheelchair user is registered at the elevator hall as described above. It does not eliminate the difficulty and complexity of doing so.

  Then, the objective of this invention is providing the elevator automatic registration system for wheelchair users which improves the convenience of an elevator for wheelchair users.

The elevator automatic registration system for wheelchair users according to the present invention is stored in the car call registration device installed in the elevator hall, the information storage means attached to the wheelchair, and the information storage means of the wheelchair coming to the elevator hall. An information reading means for reading information and a control means for executing car call registration according to the information read by the information reading means, the information reading means being installed on the floor of the elevator hall and hindering the wheelchair traveling A stop frame displayed as a wheelchair stop position on the floor surface of the elevator hall is provided over the information reading means as a protective member. To work .

  In the elevator automatic registration system for wheelchair users according to the present invention, the control means executes car call registration for the floor whose information is read from the information storage means by the information reading means and completes the car call registration in the car call registration device. The status may be displayed.

In the elevator automatic registration system for wheelchair users according to the present invention, the information storage means stores the first and second destination floor information, and the control means includes the first and second destination floor information. In-car destination floor registration may be performed based on destination floor information other than the floor from which information is read from the information storage means by the information reading means. In this case, it is preferable that the control means performs the in-car destination floor registration after the car has landed on the car call registered floor and opened the door, and further, the information storage means has the building identification. The information may be stored in association with the destination floor information.

  In the elevator automatic registration system for wheelchair users according to the present invention, the information storage means is an IC tag, and the information reading means is an information reading transmitter for transmitting information read from the IC tag in a wireless manner to the control means. May be.

  According to the elevator automatic registration system for wheelchair users according to the present invention, the control means performs car call registration according to the information read by the information reading means from the information storage means attached to the wheelchair coming to the elevator hall. Since the car call registration is automatically executed when the wheelchair user comes to the elevator hall, the convenience of the elevator for the wheelchair user is improved.

  Embodiments according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In this description, specific shapes, materials, numerical values, directions, and the like are examples for facilitating the understanding of the present invention, and can be appropriately changed according to the application, purpose, specification, and the like.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration of an elevator automatic registration system for wheelchair users (hereinafter, simply referred to as “elevator automatic registration system” as appropriate) 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2 is a plan view of the elevator hall (hereinafter, simply referred to as “the hall” as appropriate) 12 in FIG. 1 as viewed from above, and FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the elevator automatic registration system 10.

  An elevator 1 to which an elevator automatic registration system 10 is applied has a car 3 arranged in a hoistway 2. A rope 4 is connected to the upper part of the car 3, and the car 3 is moved up and down in the hoistway 2 by being wound up or down by a hoisting machine (not shown).

  The car 3 has a car door 5 on a side surface facing the landing 12. The car door 5 is opened and closed in a double-opening or single-opening manner by a driving device (not shown) provided on the ceiling of the car 3. An in-car operation panel 6 is installed on a sleeve wall located on the side of the car door 5 in the car 3. The in-car operation panel 6 includes a door opening / closing button, a destination floor registration button, a floor display indicator, and the like. Furthermore, on the side wall of the car 3, a wheelchair car operating panel 7 is installed. The wheelchair in-car operation panel 7 is installed at a relatively low position so that a passenger wheelchair user can easily push and operate, and includes a door opening / closing button 8 and a destination floor registration button 9 arranged in a horizontally long arrangement. Has been.

  A landing door 14 is installed at the landing 12. The landing door 14 opens and closes in a double-opening manner or a single-opening manner along the landing threshold 13 in conjunction with the car door 5 of the car 3 landing on the floor. In addition, a car call registration device 18 is installed on the building wall 16 located on the side of the landing door 14. The car call registration device 18 has an upward car call registration button 20a and a downward car call registration button 20b. The car call registration buttons 20a and 20b are pressed or touched by passengers who have arrived at the landing 12 to execute car call registration and are lit to display the car call registration completion status. It has become.

  The car call registration device 18 shown in FIG. 1 has two or two car call registration buttons 20a and 20b for going up and down. However, the car 3 of the elevator 1 can be stopped at the top floor and the top. The car call registration device provided at the lower floor hall includes only one car call registration button for going down or going up.

  On the floor surface 22 of the hall 12, an information reading transmitter 24 is installed as information reading means. The information reading transmitter 24 can be fixed on the floor surface 22 by bonding, for example. In this case, it is preferable that the information reading transmitter 24 is configured to have a thickness (for example, about several mm) that does not hinder wheelchair travel and passenger walking. Further, the information reading transmitter 24 may be covered with a thin protective member (not shown) made of, for example, rubber, plastic, metal, or the like so as not to be damaged due to wheelchair travel or passenger walking.

  The information reading transmitter 24 has a function of reading information wirelessly and non-contactingly from an IC tag 30 as information storage means attached to the lower surface of the footrest plate 28 of the wheelchair 26 that has come to the landing 12. The IC tag 30 includes building identification information for identifying a building such as a house, condominium, nursing home, or hospital where a wheelchair user 32 resides or stays, or an office building where a company that works is located, and this building. First and second destination floor information associated with the identification information is stored.

  For example, when the wheelchair user 32 is a condominium resident, a building number that identifies the condominium is stored as building identification information, and a reference floor (generally, a residential floor with a residence and an external entrance associated with the building number) Is the first floor, and the same applies to the following). In addition, the IC tag 30 further stores a building number that identifies an office building in which the company in which the wheelchair user 32 works is located, and a working floor that is associated with the company and a reference floor that has an external entrance. Can be made. Thus, the IC tag 30 can store two destination floor information for each of a plurality of buildings frequently used by wheelchair users 32.

  Furthermore, the IC tag 30 stores system operation information in addition to building identification information and destination floor information. This system operation information is key information for determining whether or not to operate the elevator automatic registration system 10 when read by the information reading transmitter 24.

  In the above description, the information reading transmitter 24 is fixed on the floor surface 22 of the hall 12. However, as long as the information reading function from the IC tag 30 is secured, the information reading transmitter 24 is embedded in the floor surface 22. Also good.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a stop frame 34 having a substantially U-shape is displayed on the floor surface 22 of the hall 12. In the stop frame 34, the stop line portion 36, which is a portion along the landing door 14, is displayed thicker than the other portions, a disabled person mark 38 is written on the surface, and the information reading transmitter 24 Covers the top and functions as a protective member. Since the stop frame 34 is displayed on the floor surface 22 of the hall 12 in this way, the stop position of the wheelchair 26 is defined, so that the information reading transmitter 24 can reliably read the information from the IC tag 30. it can.

  For example, if the stop frame 34 is configured by sticking a belt-like seal or tape to the floor surface 22, display installation work is facilitated. However, the stop frame 34 is not limited to this, and may be displayed on the floor surface 22 by other methods such as painting with paint. Further, the stop frame 34 may have a rectangular shape such as a substantially square shape, and the disabled person mark 38 may be displayed large on the floor surface 22 in an area surrounded by the stop frame 34.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the information reading transmitter 24 is electrically connected to an elevator control panel 40 as control means, and is attached to the wheelchair 26 when the wheelchair 26 stops in the stop frame 34 at the landing 12. The information stored in the IC tag 30 is read by radio and transmitted to the elevator control panel 40. The elevator control panel 40 has a function of supervising the operation and control of the elevator 1 and stores in advance a CPU that executes a control program and the like, a control program and system operation information, a building number that identifies an elevator installation building, and the like. ROM, a RAM that can temporarily store information received from the information reading transmitter 24, and can be read as needed. Further, the elevator control panel 40 is electrically connected to the landing car call registration device 18 and the car operation panels 6 and 7 on each floor so that they can communicate with each other.

  Next, the elevator automatic registration system 10 will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure executed in the elevator control panel 40.

  When the wheelchair user 32 comes to the hall 12 and stops the wheelchair 26 on the stop frame 34, the information reading transmitter 24 reads information from the IC tag 30 of the wheelchair 26 and transmits it to the elevator control panel 40. The elevator control panel 40 first reads the information received from the information reading transmitter 24 (step S10), and determines whether or not the system operation information is included in the read information (step S12). If the system operation information is not included (NO in step S12), the process ends without operating the elevator automatic registration system 10.

  On the other hand, when the system operation information is included (YES in step S12), it is determined whether or not the information read from the IC tag 30 includes the building number of the building where the wheelchair user 32 is currently located and the destination floor information. Determination is made (step S14). If the building number and destination floor information are present (YES in step S14), the car call registration at the information reading floor hall 12 by the information reading transmitter 24 is executed (step S16). At this time, if the elevator-installed building is a condominium with a residence, two destination floor information of the residence floor and the reference floor are stored in the IC tag 30. Therefore, directions other than the information reading floor, that is, the information reading floor is If it is a residential floor, a downward car call registration is executed, and if it is a reference floor, an upward car call registration is executed. At the same time, the car call registration button 20a or 20b of the hall car call registration device 18 is turned on to notify the wheelchair user 32 of the car call automatic registration completion state.

  Then, when the car 3 reaches the floor registered for the car call, the door opening operation is executed (step S18), and the in-car destination floor automatic registration is executed (step S20). Here, as the destination floor to be automatically registered, the reference floor is selected if the boarding floor is the residence floor, and the residence floor is selected if the boarding floor is the reference floor. At the same time, at least one destination floor registration button on the operation panels 6 and 7 in the car is turned on to notify the wheelchair user 32 who has entered the car 3 of the completion of automatic registration of the destination floor. The destination floor automatic registration here is preferably executed during the door opening operation or after the door opening operation is completed if the door opening operation is started, but is not limited to this and before the door opening operation is started. Does not prevent it from being executed.

  On the other hand, when the building number and the destination floor information are not included in the information read from the IC tag 30 (NO in step S14), the building in which the elevator automatic registration system 10 is installed but there is an elevator that the wheelchair user 32 does not regularly use. Therefore, for example, an upward car call registration is performed at the landing on the reference floor where the doorway is located (step S22), and the door 3 is opened after the car 3 has landed. (Step S24). In this case, the wheelchair user 32 enters the car 3 and then presses the destination floor registration button on the wheelchair car operation panel 7.

  As described above, according to the elevator automatic registration system 10 for wheelchair users of the present embodiment, when the wheelchair user 32 goes to the landing 12 to use the elevator 1, the landing car call registration is automatically executed. Therefore, it is not necessary to push and operate the button of the car call registration device 18, and the convenience of the elevator 1 for the wheelchair user 32 is improved.

  In addition, for the elevator 1 that is frequently used by wheelchair users, the destination floor registration in the car is automatically performed using the two destination floor information stored in the IC tag 30 in association with the building number. Improves.

  In the above, it is assumed that the car call registration and the in-car destination floor registration at the hall 12 are automatically performed based on the information reading floor from the IC tag 30 and the two destination floor information stored in the IC tag 30. As described above, even if the information reading floor does not match any of the two destination floor information stored in the IC tag 30, the car call registration at the hall 12 is automatically performed as long as there is at least system operation information. Therefore, the convenience of the elevator 1 for the wheelchair user 32 is improved. In this case, since it is not possible to automatically determine whether the vehicle is going up or down, the car call registration in both directions is executed for the time being, and the wheelchair user 32 who has landed and got in the car 3 registered with the operation panel 7 in the car. Depending on the result of performing the operation, the control may be performed to cancel the car call registration of either the upward or downward car call.

  Next, an elevator automatic registration system 11 as another embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. Since the elevator automatic registration system 11 has substantially the same configuration as the elevator automatic registration system 10 described above, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted, and only differences will be mainly described here. To do.

  FIG. 5 is a plan view of the hall 12 as viewed from above, as in FIG. In the elevator automatic registration system 11, the stop frame 34 displayed on the floor surface 22 of the hall 12 is divided into an upward stop frame 35a and a downward stop frame 35b and is displayed adjacent to each other. In addition, information reading transmitters 24a and 24b are respectively installed corresponding to the stop frames 35a and 35b. About another structure, it is the same as that of the said elevator automatic registration system 10. FIG.

  In the elevator automatic registration system 11, when the wheelchair user 32 selects the stop frames 35a and 35b for stopping the wheelchair 26, the upward car call registration or the downward car call registration is executed. Therefore, according to the elevator automatic registration system 11, in addition to having the same effect as the elevator automatic registration system 10, it is easy for the wheelchair user 32 to select the upward car call registration or the downward car call registration. Further effects can be achieved. This effect is particularly effective at the time of car call registration at the hall 12 when on the floor different from the destination floor information stored in the IC tag 30.

  In the example shown in FIG. 5, the information reading transmitters 24a and 24b are installed corresponding to the respective stop frames 35a and 35b. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and an intermediate position 37 between the respective stop frames 35a and 35b. Only one information reading transmitter may be installed. In this case, IC tags are attached to both the left and right sides of the wheelchair 26, and the upward car call registration information is attached to the IC tag attached to the right side when viewed from the wheelchair user 32, and the IC tag attached to the left side. The downward car call registration information is stored, and the upward or downward car call registration is executed by reading the car call registration information of the left or right IC tag with the one information reading transmitter. Also good.

It is a figure showing roughly composition of an elevator automatic registration system for wheelchair users who is one embodiment of the present invention. It is the top view which looked at the elevator hall in FIG. 1 from upper direction. It is a functional block diagram of an elevator automatic registration system. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence performed in an elevator control panel. It is a hall | planar top view similar to FIG. 2 which shows the elevator automatic registration system for wheelchair users which is another embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

  1 elevator, 2 hoistway, 3 car, 4 rope, 5 car door, 6 car operation panel, 7 wheelchair car operation panel, 8 door opening / closing button, 9 destination floor registration button, 10, 11 wheelchair user elevator Automatic registration system, 12 elevator hall, 13 hall sill, 14 hall door, 16 building wall, 18 car call registration device, 20a, 20b car call registration button, 22 floor, 24, 24a, 24b information reading transmitter, 26 Wheelchair, 28 footrest plate, 30 IC tag, 32 Wheelchair user, 34, 35a, 35b Stop frame, 36 Stop line part, 37 Intermediate position, 38 Handicapped person mark, 40 Elevator control panel.

Claims (6)

The car call registration device installed in the elevator hall, the information storage means attached to the wheelchair, the information reading means for reading the information stored in the information storage means of the wheelchair that came to the elevator hall, and the information reading means Control means for executing car call registration according to the information received ,
The information reading means is installed on the floor of the elevator hall and is fixed on the floor with a thickness that does not hinder the wheelchair's travel, and the wheelchair stop position on the floor of the elevator hall An elevator automatic registration system for wheelchair users, in which a displayed stop frame covers the information reading means and functions as a protection member . In the elevator automatic registration system for wheelchair users according to claim 1,
The control means executes the car call registration for the floor whose information is read from the information storage means by the information reading means and displays the car call registration completion status on the car call registration device. Automatic registration system. In the elevator automatic registration system for wheelchair users according to claim 1 or 2,
The information storage means stores first and second destination floor information, and the control means is other than the floor from which information is read from the information storage means by the information reading means among the first and second destination floor information. The elevator automatic registration system for wheelchair users is characterized in that the destination floor registration in the car is executed based on the destination floor information. In the elevator automatic registration system for wheelchair users according to claim 3,
An elevator automatic registration system for wheelchair users, characterized in that the control means executes the registration of the destination floor in the car after the car has landed on the floor registered for car call and the door is opened. In the elevator automatic registration system for wheelchair users according to claim 3 or 4,
An elevator automatic registration system for wheelchair users, wherein the information storage means stores building identification information in association with destination floor information. In the elevator automatic registration system for wheelchair users according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
An elevator automatic registration system for wheelchair users, wherein the information storage means is an IC tag, and the information reading means is an information reading transmitter for transmitting information read from the IC tag to the control means in a wireless manner.

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