JP5804863B2 - Elevator system and control method thereof - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an elevator system having a landing destination floor reservation device for registering a destination floor before boarding a car, and a control method therefor.

  In the elevator system where the landing destination floor reservation device is installed at multiple stop floors, all users must register the destination floor before boarding, so that the elevator control device can accurately grasp the number of passengers Can guide the most suitable car to each user.

  However, in such an elevator device, when the landing destination floor reservation device is operated, one answering machine is always displayed, so that the user can not ride in each car at one time during working hours. If the landing destination floor reservation device is operated in a concentrated state, the response machine will be displayed even if the capacity is exceeded. For this reason, unloading of users occurs, and it is necessary to operate the landing destination floor reservation device again after the car departs. In addition, destination floor registration by the left-over user becomes a useless call, and driving efficiency is reduced.

  Further, in the conventional double deck elevator, the number of passengers is grasped by a registration operation in the landing destination floor reservation device, and guidance display for designating a lower car or an upper car is performed according to the number of passengers. In this method, wrong boarding is prevented by changing the interior color of the lower car and the interior color of the upper car (for example, refer to Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-227057

  In the conventional double deck elevator as described above, it is easy for the user to distinguish between the upper car and the lower car, but the user cannot get on even if the car is divided into the upper car and the lower car. When the number of passengers concentrates, the user who exceeds the capacity will try to get on the car forcibly and the start of the car will be delayed, resulting in lower driving efficiency.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and even when users are concentrated, the users can smoothly get on the car in an appropriate order, thereby improving driving efficiency. It is an object of the present invention to provide an elevator system and a control method thereof.

  The elevator system according to the present invention includes at least one elevator apparatus main body having a car, a landing destination floor reservation apparatus for registering a destination floor before boarding the car, and a use in which the destination floor is registered by the landing destination floor reservation apparatus The reservation information notifying unit that conveys reservation information to the passenger, the arrival information notifying unit that conveys the arrival information of the car to the user waiting at the landing, and the car to the landing according to the destination floor registration at the landing destination floor reservation device A control means for dispatching, and for the destination floor registration in the landing destination floor reservation device, the control means issues a boarding ID for designating which car is to be boarded according to the situation of call registration, The issued boarding ID is notified by the reservation information notifying unit as reservation information, and when the car arrives at the landing, the boarding ID corresponding to the dispatch is notified by the arrival information notifying unit as arrival information.

  In the elevator system according to the present invention, the control means issues a boarding ID for designating which car is to be boarded, and the issued boarding ID is notified as reservation information by the reservation information notification unit, and the car arrives at the landing. At that time, since the boarding ID corresponding to the dispatch is notified as arrival information by the arrival information notification unit, even when the user concentrates, the user can be smoothly boarded in an appropriate order, Driving efficiency can be improved.

1 is a configuration diagram illustrating an elevator system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a front view which shows the hall of the elevator system of FIG. It is a front view which expands and shows the hall destination floor reservation apparatus of FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the function of the elevator control apparatus and group management apparatus of FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the circuit structure of the elevator control apparatus and group management apparatus of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the control means of FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the function of the control means of the elevator system by Embodiment 2 of this invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
Embodiment 1 FIG.
1 is a block diagram showing an elevator system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. There are two or more elevator devices (three in this example) arranged side by side in the building, but only one is shown here. In each elevator apparatus, a machine room 2 is provided above the hoistway 1. In the machine room 2, a hoisting machine (driving device) 3 is installed. The hoisting machine 3 includes a drive sheave 4, a hoisting machine motor that rotates the driving sheave 4, and a hoisting machine brake (electromagnetic brake) that brakes the rotation of the driving sheave 4.

  In the vicinity of the drive sheave 4, a deflecting wheel 5 is arranged. A suspension means 6 is wound around the drive sheave 4 and the deflecting wheel 5. As the suspension means 6, a plurality of ropes or a plurality of belts are used. A car 7 is connected to the first end of the suspension means 6. A counterweight 8 is connected to the second end of the suspension means 6.

  The car 7 and the counterweight 8 are suspended in the hoistway 1 by the suspension means 6 and are raised and lowered in the hoistway 1 by the hoisting machine 3.

  The car 7 is provided with a car door device 9 that opens and closes the car doorway. A landing door device 10 is provided at each of the landings on the plurality of stop floors. The landing door device 10 is opened and closed in conjunction with the car door device 9 when the car door device 9 is engaged when the car 7 is landed.

  The elevator apparatus main body 11 includes a hoisting machine 3, a deflecting wheel 5, a suspension means 6, a car 7, a counterweight 8, a car door device 9, a landing door device 10, and the like.

  The machine room 2 is provided with an elevator control device (each vehicle control device) 12 for controlling the operation of the corresponding elevator device main body 11. Each elevator apparatus has an elevator apparatus main body 11 and an elevator control apparatus 12 that controls the elevator apparatus main body 11. A group management device 13 is connected to each elevator control device 12. The group management device 13 manages the operation of the car 7 of the three elevator devices as a group.

  FIG. 2 is a front view showing the hall of the elevator system of FIG. On the landing wall, a landing destination floor reservation device 21 for registering a destination floor before boarding the car 7 and a plurality of landing display devices 22 as arrival information notification units are installed. The hall display device 22 conveys arrival information of the car 7 of the corresponding elevator device to a user waiting at the hall. The hall display device 22 is disposed in the vicinity of the hall entrance / exit for each elevator device.

  FIG. 3 is an enlarged front view showing the landing destination floor reservation device 21 of FIG. The landing destination floor reservation device 21 is provided with a landing operating unit 23 for registering a destination floor, a display panel 24, and a speaker 25. The hall operating unit 23 is provided with a plurality of operation buttons (such as numeric keys or floor number buttons). The display panel 24 and the speaker 25 are reservation information notification units that transmit reservation information to users.

  The display panel 24 displays the reservation information for the user who has registered the destination floor with the landing destination floor reservation device 21. The speaker 25 announces reservation information by voice to the user who has registered the destination floor with the landing destination floor reservation device 21. In this example, as the reservation information, the registered destination floor, the name of the answering machine, and the boarding ID that specifies which (the number of times) the car is to be boarded are notified to the user. For example, the display panel 24 in FIG. 3 displays that the destination floor is the 12th floor, the response machine is the A machine, and the boarding ID is 003.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing functions of the elevator control device 12 and the group management device 13 of FIG. The group management device 13 includes a destination reservation receiving unit 31, an assigned car determining unit 32, a boarding ID issuing unit 33, a destination reservation management unit 34, and a reservation device display control unit 35.

  The destination reservation reception unit 31 receives a destination reservation request from the landing destination floor reservation device 21. The assigned number determination unit 32 determines a response number corresponding to the destination floor reservation request received by the destination reservation reception unit 31. The boarding ID issuing unit 33 issues a boarding ID indicating when it is possible to board the response car determined by the assigned car determining unit 32, that is, in which (number of times) dispatching the car 7 should be boarded.

  The destination reservation management unit 34 manages the accepted destination reservation. The reservation device display control unit 35 outputs the registered destination floor, the response number determined by the assigned number determination unit 32, and the boarding ID determined by the boarding ID issuing unit 33 to the landing destination floor reservation unit 21 for display. The information is displayed on the panel 24 and announced by the speaker 25.

  Each elevator control device 12 includes an operation control unit 36, a car arrival detection unit 37, and a hall display control unit 38.

  The operation control unit 36 controls the operation of the car 7 in accordance with a command from the group management device 13. Specifically, the car 7 of the response car determined by the assigned car determination part 32 is dispatched to the landing on the designated floor by the operation control part 36 of that car.

  The car arrival detection unit 37 detects that the car 7 of the answering machine has arrived at the designated floor. When the arrival of the car 7 is detected by the car arrival detection unit 37, the hall display control unit 38 uses the hall display device 22 of the corresponding hall to enter the car name, the boarding ID corresponding to the dispatching car, 7 is displayed as arrival information.

  For example, the hall display device 22 on the left side of FIG. 2 displays that the elevator device is No. A, the boarding ID is 003, and the number of users who ride in the car 7 that has been dispatched is four. Has been.

  In FIG. 4, only one hall display device 22 is shown for each elevator device for simplicity. FIG. 4 also shows only one landing destination floor reservation device 21. Further, in FIG. 4, the operation control unit 36, the car arrival detection unit 37, and the hall display control unit 38 are described in only one elevator control device 12, but the other elevator control devices 12 are similarly configured. Furthermore, the control means 40 of Embodiment 1 is comprised by the elevator control apparatus 12 and the group management apparatus 13 which carries out group management of them.

  FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing circuit configurations of the elevator control device 12 and the group management device 13 of FIG. In FIG. 5, only one elevator control device 12 is shown for simplicity. Each elevator control device 12 uses an elevator control computer having a CPU 41, a ROM 42, a RAM 43, and an input / output unit (signal conversion device) 44. The function of the elevator control device 12 is realized by a corresponding elevator control computer.

  The ROM 42 stores an operation program for the elevator control device 12. The CPU 41 executes arithmetic processing based on the operation program in the ROM 46. The RAM 43 stores data necessary for control. The input / output unit 44 inputs and outputs signals to and from the corresponding elevator device (the hoisting machine 3, the landing display device 22, the car display device (not shown), the car operation panel (not shown), etc.) Is done through.

  As the group management device 13, a group management computer having a CPU 45, a ROM 46, a RAM 47, and an input / output unit (signal conversion device) 48 is used. The function of the group management device 13 is realized by a group management computer.

  The ROM 46 stores an operation program for the group management apparatus 13. The CPU 45 executes arithmetic processing based on the operation program in the ROM 46. The RAM 47 stores data necessary for control. Input / output of signals to / from the elevator control device 12 and the landing destination floor reservation device 21 is performed via the input / output unit 48.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the control means 40 of FIG. The group management device 13 determines whether or not a call registration command has been received from the landing destination floor reservation device 21 (step S1). If it has been received, the hall call of the boarding floor to which the call registration command has been input is registered, and the car that responds to the boarding floor is determined (step S2). Next, it is determined whether or not it is possible to board the car 7 of the car determined in step S2 by the next allocation (step S3). If boarding is possible, boarding ID corresponding to the next dispatch is issued as boarding ID (Step S6).

  If the capacity has already been reached in step S3, it is determined that boarding is not possible, and the boarding ID is updated (step S4). Then, it is determined whether or not it is possible to get on the car 7 that is allocated with the updated boarding ID (step S5). Steps S4 and S5 are repeated until a dispatchable vehicle is found. When a dispatchable vehicle is found, the boarding ID corresponding to the dispatch is issued as the boarding ID (step S6).

  When the boarding ID is issued, the reservation information (destination floor, response machine name and boarding ID) is transmitted to the user through the boarding destination floor reservation device 21, and the response machine name and boarding ID are stored as destination call registration information (step) S7).

  Thereafter, the elevator control device 12 determines whether or not the car 7 has arrived at the boarding floor (step S8). If it has not arrived, the process returns to step S1 to determine again whether or not a call registration command has been received from the landing destination floor reservation device 21. When the car 7 arrives at the boarding floor, the elevator control device 12 refers to the destination call registration information stored in step S7, calculates the number of passengers corresponding to the boarding ID, and arrives at the arrival information (unit name) through the hall display device 22. , The boarding ID and the number of passengers) are transmitted to the user, and the car call on the destination floor registered in advance by the boarding user is registered (step S9).

  After this, when the car door device 9 and the landing door device 10 are fully closed, the car 7 starts traveling toward the next call floor, resets the destination call registration information related to the corresponding ride ID, and The boarding ID is updated (steps S10 and S11).

  In such an elevator system, the control means 40 issues a boarding ID for designating which car is to be boarded, and the boarding destination floor reservation device 21 notifies the issued boarding ID as reservation information. When 7 arrives at the hall, the boarding ID corresponding to the dispatch is notified by the hall display device 22 as arrival information. 7 can be boarded, and driving efficiency can be improved.

  Further, since the assigned destination machine name is displayed as reservation information together with the boarding ID by the landing destination floor reservation device 21, the convenience of the user can be further improved in the group management elevator system.

  Furthermore, since the reservation information is announced by voice by the landing destination floor reservation device 21, the reservation information can be transmitted to the user more clearly.

  Furthermore, since the number of users who get on the car 7 that has been dispatched is displayed as arrival information by the hall display device 22, erroneous boarding or illegal boarding becomes obvious, and boarding morality can be improved.

In the above example, an elevator system that performs group management of three elevator apparatuses is shown, but the number of elevator apparatuses included in the elevator system may be one, two, or four or more.
Moreover, the function sharing between the elevator control device 12 and the group management device 13 is not necessarily limited to the sharing shown in FIG. 4. For example, the group management device 13 has the function of the hall display control unit 38. Can be changed.
Further, functions such as issuing a boarding ID, notifying reservation information, and notifying arrival information can be performed by another device independent of the elevator control device 12 and the group management device 13.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
Next, FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the function of the control means of the elevator system according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. The elevator system according to the second embodiment includes only one elevator apparatus. Therefore, the control means of the second embodiment is composed of one elevator control device 51 that controls the elevator apparatus main body.

  The elevator control device 51 includes a destination reservation receiving unit 31, a boarding ID issuing unit 33, a destination reservation management unit 34, a reservation device display control unit 35, an operation control unit 36, a car arrival detection unit 37, and a landing display control unit 38. doing. The function of each part is the same as that of Embodiment 1 except that it is not necessary to notify the assigned number machine. Further, as in the first embodiment, an elevator control computer is used for the elevator control device 51.

  The elevator control device 51 issues a boarding ID for the destination floor registration in the boarding destination floor reservation device 21 and informs the user through the boarding destination floor reservation device 21 of the issued boarding ID as reservation information. Further, when the car 7 arrives at the landing, the elevator control device 51 notifies the boarding display device 22 of the boarding ID and the number of passengers corresponding to the dispatch of the car 7 as arrival information.

  In such an elevator system, a boarding ID is issued by the elevator control device 51, the issued boarding ID is notified as reservation information by the landing destination floor reservation device 21, and when the car 7 arrives at the landing, its dispatch Since the boarding ID corresponding to is notified by the hall display device 22 as arrival information, even when the user concentrates, the user can smoothly get on the car 7 in an appropriate order and improve driving efficiency. Can be made. That is, the present invention can also be applied when only one elevator apparatus is installed in a building.

In the above example, the landing destination floor reservation device 21 for inputting the destination floor by operating the operation button of the landing operation unit 23 is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this. If it is a registration device for boarding an elevator, such as a numeric keypad with a card reader or a security gate, it is not specified.
Further, the landing destination floor reservation device may be such that the destination floor is automatically selected by authentication of the personal ID.
Furthermore, the landing destination floor reservation device may be installed at the entrance of a building, for example, instead of around the landing entrance.
Furthermore, the number of landing destination floor reservation devices is not particularly limited, and two or more landing destination floor reservation devices may be installed in the same floor.

In the above example, the reservation information is notified to the user by display and voice announcement, but either one may be used. Moreover, you may notify by transmitting reservation information to a user's portable apparatus (cellular phone etc.).
Furthermore, in the above example, the arrival information is displayed by the hall display device 22, but a voice announcement may be used together or may be notified only by a voice announcement. Moreover, you may alert | report by transmitting arrival information to a user's portable apparatus.
Furthermore, when the car 7 arrives, the arrival information may be displayed on an in-car display device installed in the car 7.

In the above example, the reservation information notifying unit is provided in the landing destination floor reservation device 21, but the reservation information notifying unit may be provided separately from the landing destination floor reservation device.
Furthermore, you may incorporate an arrival information alerting | reporting part in a landing destination floor reservation apparatus.
Furthermore, the boarding ID is not limited to numerals, and may be characters such as alphabets, symbols, combinations thereof, and the like.

Further, although the 1: 1 roping elevator apparatus is shown in FIG. 1, the roping system is not limited to this, and the present invention can be applied to, for example, a 2: 1 roping elevator apparatus.
Furthermore, the present invention can be applied to a machine room-less elevator without the machine room 2 and various types of elevator apparatuses.
Furthermore, the number and layout of elevator equipment such as the hoisting machine 3 and the counterweight 8 are not particularly limited.
Further, in the case of an elevator system including two or more elevator devices, elevator devices having different configurations may be included, and service floors may be different depending on the elevator devices.

  7 car, 11 elevator device main body, 21 landing destination floor reservation device, 22 landing display device (arrival information notification unit), 24 display panel (reservation information notification unit), 25 speaker (reservation information notification unit), 40 control means, 51 Elevator control device (control means).

Claims (4)

At least one elevator apparatus body having a car;
A landing destination floor reservation device for registering a destination floor before boarding the car,
Reservation information notification unit for transmitting reservation information to a user who has registered a destination floor with the landing destination floor reservation device,
An arrival information notifying unit for transmitting arrival information of the car to a user waiting at the landing, and a control means for dispatching the car to the landing according to the destination floor registration in the landing destination floor reservation device,
The control means includes
For the destination floor registration in the landing destination floor reservation device, a boarding ID for designating which car is to be boarded in accordance with the status of call registration is issued, and the issued boarding ID is used as the reservation information. As the reservation information notification unit,
When the car arrives at the landing, the arrival information notifying unit informs the boarding ID corresponding to the dispatch of the car and the number of users who get on the car that has been dispatched as the arrival information. A featured elevator system.   For the destination floor registration in the landing destination floor reservation device, the control means determines an assigned car number in the elevator apparatus main body, and notifies the reservation information as the reservation information with the determined car name together with the boarding ID. The elevator system according to claim 1, wherein the elevator system is notified.   The elevator system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the reservation information notification unit announces reservation information by voice. A step of issuing a boarding ID for designating which car is to be boarded according to the situation of call registration, for the destination floor registration in the boarding destination floor reservation device;
Informing the user who registered the destination floor with the landing destination floor reservation device, notifying the issued boarding ID as reservation information, and when the car arrives at the landing where the user waits, An elevator system control method comprising: notifying the user of the corresponding boarding ID and the number of users who ride in the car that has been dispatched as arrival information.

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