TWI414476B - Elevator lift control and floor display method - Google Patents

Abstract

This invention relates to an elevator hoist control and floor display method, comprising a control panel having a plurality of floor control units. Each floor control unit comprises a sensing surface, at least two light sources, and a hollowed number. Each different hollowed number represents a different floor. The display method is that each floor control unit lights up a light of first color when the elevator carriage reaches the represented floor and extinguishes the light when the elevator carriage reaches the next floor; and touching the destination floor control unit to light up a light of second color, when the elevator carriage reaches the destination floor, the control unit with the light of second color converts the light into first color. This elevator hoist control and floor display method has effects of conveniently viewing and clearly displaying the location of the elevator carriage.

Description

Elevator lift control and floor display method

The invention relates to elevator control and car position display, and more particularly to an elevator lifting control and floor display method.

The control and operation mode of the general elevator car is to set the control panel and the floor display. The control panel has a plurality of floor buttons, and the user can start and control the elevator car to reach the destination floor by pressing the button of the destination floor. The floor display and the control panel are separately arranged, and the floor display is placed above the elevator door, and a plurality of LED lights are arranged in a matrix and displayed by different numbers, so that the elevator occupant knows the floor.

The above is the floor display mode used in the elevator car. However, when any of the LED lights in the floor display is damaged, the display screen is incomplete, and because the floor display is installed above the elevator door, the occupant is more in the car. At the time, part of the occupant's line of sight will be blocked and it is difficult to see the instant information presented by the floor display.

In view of this, the main object of the present invention is to provide an elevator lifting control and floor display method, which has the advantages of facilitating viewing and clearly displaying the position of the elevator car.

In order to achieve the above object, the elevator lifting control and floor display method provided by the present invention is combined with a control panel disposed in an elevator car, the control panel having a plurality of floor control units for use by an elevator occupant to control the elevator. Moving to the destination floor, the elevator lifting control and floor display method comprises the steps of: one of the floor control units of the control panel lights up a first color light, and the floor control unit that presents the first color light represents the floor position of the elevator car Touching the floor control unit representing the destination floor, and the touched floor control unit lights up a second color light; and, when the elevator car reaches the destination floor, the floor control unit that presents the second color light changes to bright The first color light.

In an embodiment, the control panel of the present invention is a touch panel, each floor control unit has an inductive surface, a hollowed out number and at least one light source, wherein the sensing surface is for the elevator occupant to touch, different hollow numbers Representing different floors, the light of the source shines through the cutout number and is rendered in a particular color.

In an embodiment, when the elevator car moves from the floor to the next floor, the original first color light is extinguished, and the floor control unit representing the next floor lights up and presents the first color light. . The foregoing actions have the advantage of facilitating the determination of the floor position of the elevator car.

In an embodiment, when the elevator car passes a floor before the destination floor, the color light of the floor control unit representing the destination floor turns to blink, and when the elevator car reaches the destination floor, the second color light is converted to the first Color light. The aforementioned actions have the effect of reminding.

In order that the present invention may be more clearly described, the preferred embodiments are illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

1 is a schematic view of a control panel and an application site; FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the control panel; FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional view of the control panel; FIG. 4 is a flow chart of the method of the present invention;

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the control panel 100 of the preferred embodiment of the present invention is installed inside an elevator car 200. The control panel 100 is provided with a plurality of floor control units 10 and a plurality of functional control units. The functional control units are a call button 20, an elevator door open button 30, an elevator door closing button 40, and an elevator door open button 50, respectively.

As shown in FIG. 3, the present invention mainly utilizes the touch floor control unit 10 to achieve the purpose of controlling the elevator lifting and displaying the floor position. More specifically, the control panel 100 of the present embodiment is a touch panel. For example, each floor control unit 10 includes an inductive surface 12, a hollowed out number 14 and two light sources 16, 18, wherein the sensing surface 12 is for the elevator occupant to touch, each of the different floor control units 10 is hollowed out. 14 respectively represent different floors, for example, the number "1" represents the first floor, and the number "2" represents the second floor; the two light sources 16, 18 are exemplified by LED lights and are installed on the inner side of the panel. The light source 16 can generate the first color light to penetrate the corresponding hollow number, and the light source 18 can generate the second color light to pass through the corresponding hollow number. In this embodiment, the first color light is exemplified by red light. The two-color light is exemplified by blue light, but it must be emphasized that the aforementioned color light is not limited to red light and blue light, and it can be adjusted according to the needs.

In the first embodiment, the elevator car 200 is lowered from the third floor to the first floor as an example to illustrate the elevator car 200 lifting control and floor display method:

4 and FIG. 5, the control panel 100 is provided with four floor control units 10, wherein each of the hollow numbers 14 represents different floors by numbers "1", "2", "3" and "4". When the occupant enters the elevator car 200 from the third floor, the hollowed out number 14 of the floor control unit 10 of the control panel 100 having the number "3" will present red light (ie, the first color light, which is indicated by black in FIG. 5). At the same time, the hollow number 14 with the numbers "1", "2", and "4" is not bright (indicated by the cutout in Fig. 5).

As shown in FIG. 6, the destination floor that the occupant wants to reach is the first floor, and the occupant touches the sensing surface 12 of the number "1", and the number "1" of the cutout number 14 lights up the blue light (ie, the second color light, This is indicated by a hatched line in Fig. 6).

As shown in FIG. 7, the occupant touches the elevator door closing button 40, or waits for a few seconds, the elevator door is closed, and the elevator car 200 begins to descend. When the elevator car 200 reaches the second floor, the number "3" of the hollowed out number 14 is turned off, and the number "2" which is replaced by the hollow number 14 is illuminated by red light (shown in black in Figure 7) to indicate The current floor of the elevator car 200. As shown in FIG. 8, the elevator car 200 continues to descend after passing through the second floor, and the number "1" of the cutout number 14 is changed from constant-bright blue light to flashing blue light, and is turned off when the elevator car 200 reaches the first floor. At the same time, the number "2" of the original bright red number 14 is extinguished, and the number "1" which is replaced by the hollow number 14 lights up red, as shown in Fig. 9, to inform the occupant that the destination floor has arrived.

The invention replaces the traditional button by the sensing surface 12 on the control panel 100, which can improve the sensitivity of the touch; the hollow number 14 is matched with the color change of the light source 16, 18 to provide an occupant for viewing and a clearer understanding of the elevator car 200. On the floor. That is, to know the current moving position of the elevator car, the red light can be illuminated by the hollow number 14 to know the floor; the hollow number 14 lights up to indicate the destination floor, and the destination floor begins to flash blue light, which can remind the occupant that the destination floor is about to arrive.

Another advantage is that the light source of each floor control unit 10 only needs two illuminants (such as LED lights) to function, and the cost of arranging multiple LED lights for the traditional floor display is solved.

The above description is only for the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and the equivalent structure and control display method variations of the present invention and the scope of the patent application are intended to be included in the scope of the present invention.

100. . . Control panel

10. . . Floor control unit

12. . . Inductive surface

14. . . Hollow number

16. . . light source

18. . . light source

20. . . Call button

30‧‧‧Elevator door open button

40‧‧‧Elevator door closing button

50‧‧‧Elevator door extension button

200‧‧‧Elevator compartment

1 is a schematic view of a control panel and an application site according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a schematic view of a control panel according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 3 is a partial cross-sectional view of the control panel of the above preferred embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a flow chart of control and display according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 5 is a schematic view of the control panel of the present invention, showing that the number "3" on the third floor of the floor is bright red;

Figure 6 is a schematic view of the control panel of the present invention, showing that the first floor number "1" of the destination floor is bright blue;

Figure 7 is a schematic view of the control panel of the present invention, showing that the second floor number "2" of the floor is bright red, and the number "3" is extinguished;

Figure 8 is a schematic view of the control panel of the present invention, showing that the first floor of the destination floor has a digital "1" blue light flashing;

Figure 9 is a schematic view of the control panel of the present invention, showing that the first floor number "1" of the destination floor is bright red and the number "2" is extinguished.

100. . . Control panel

10. . . Floor control unit

12. . . Inductive surface

14. . . Hollow number

20. . . Call button

30. . . Elevator door open button

40. . . Elevator door closing button

50. . . Elevator door extension button

Claims (1)

An elevator lifting control and floor display method, wherein the elevator car is provided with a control panel, the control panel has a plurality of floor control units for the elevator occupant to use to control the elevator to move to the destination floor, and the control panel is a touch panel Each floor control unit has an inductive surface, a hollowed out number and at least one light source, wherein the sensing surface is for the elevator occupant to touch, different hollow numbers represent different floors, and the light of the light source penetrates the hollowed out number to a specific color The elevator lifting control and floor display method comprises the following steps: one of the floor control units of the control panel lights up a first color light, and the floor control unit that presents the first color light represents the floor position of the elevator car; The floor control unit of the destination floor, and the touched floor control unit lights up a second color light; when the elevator car moves from the floor to the next floor, the original first color light is extinguished, and represents the next The floor control unit of the floor lights up and presents the first color light; in the elevator When the car passes the first floor of the destination floor, the color light of the floor control unit representing the destination floor turns to blink; when the elevator car reaches the destination floor, the floor control unit that presents the second color light changes to light the first color light. .