WO2017090147A1 - Elevator control device and control method - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is an elevator control device such that a reduction in the usage efficiency of general users can be suppressed during the services to specific users, such as handicapped users using a wheelchair and stroller users, who require a wider in-car occupied area than the general users. The in-car occupied area is determined on the basis of the car floor area, the in-car area occupied by the general users, and the required in-car area to be occupied by the specific users. If the required in-car area to be occupied by specific users cannot be ensured, the landing call registration is canceled, and the new car call registration to the floors ahead of the floor where the landing call registration for specific users has been made is canceled, and notification of riding restriction information is provided to a landing or the interior of the car, or both.

Description

Elevator control device and control method

The present invention relates to an elevator control device and control method, and in particular, a general user who provides a service to a specific user such as a disabled user who uses a wheelchair, for example, which occupies a larger area in the car than a general user. Is related to the efficiency of use.

For example, in Patent Document 1 below, when a hall call for a specific passenger such as a disabled person who uses a wheelchair is registered, if it is determined that there is a boardable space in the car, the specific space is specified while retaining the boardable space. An elevator apparatus configured to move a car to a customer call registration floor is described.

JP2015-51853A

However, in the thing of the said patent document 1, since it operate | moves, always maintaining the boardable space to a disabled person call registration floor, there existed a subject that the utilization efficiency of a general user will fall.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and is a specific user such as a disabled user who uses a wheelchair having a larger occupied area in a car than a general user, a stroller user or the like. It is an object of the present invention to provide an elevator control device and a control method capable of suppressing a decrease in utilization efficiency of general users when providing services to a general customer.

The present invention relates to a general-use customer hall call registration device for registering a general user's hall call installed at a hall on each floor, and a specific area occupied in the car larger than that of the general user installed at a hall on each floor A specific user hall call registration device that registers passenger hall calls, a car call registration device that registers car calls installed in a car, and a general user area occupied by a general user that detects the area occupied by a general user in the car A detection device, a specific user occupation area detection device for detecting a specific user occupation area required in the car, a notification device for informing the landing and the car, and a control unit, the control unit comprising: The general user passenger hall call registration device, the specific user passenger hall call registration device, an operation control unit that performs car drive control in accordance with call registration from the car call registration device, a car floor area, and the general user Based on the detection results of the area-detecting device and the specific user-occupied area detection device, the occupied area determination unit in the car that determines the occupied area in the car, and the specific user-occupied area in the car required in the car are If it cannot be secured, the call registration control unit invalidates the hall call registration and invalidates the new car call registration from the floor where the specific customer's hall call registration is made to the next floor. And an information control unit that informs one or both of the hall and the car.

According to the present invention, when a service is provided to a specific user such as a user using a wheelchair, a disabled user, a user using a stroller, etc. It is possible to provide an elevator control device and a control method capable of suppressing a decrease in use efficiency of a user.

It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of the building which provided the elevator controlled with the control apparatus of the elevator in one embodiment of this invention. It is the figure which looked at the inside of the cage | basket | car of FIG. 1 from the upper part. 1 is a front view of an in-car operation panel of an elevator control device according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a front view of a hall of an elevator control device according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the control apparatus of the elevator in one embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the specific structure of the control part of FIG. It is an operation | movement flowchart explaining operation | movement when a disabled person passenger boarding call of the control apparatus of the elevator in one embodiment of this invention is registered. It is an operation | movement flowchart explaining operation | movement in case a handicapped user occupation area is ensured in a cage | basket | car when the handicapped person hall call of the elevator control apparatus in one embodiment of this invention is registered. It is an operation | movement flowchart explaining operation | movement when a disabled user occupation area is not ensured in a cage | basket | car when the handicapped person hall call of the elevator control apparatus in one embodiment of this invention is registered.

According to the control device and control method for an elevator according to the present invention, up to the floor in front of the hall call registration floor for specific passengers such as disabled passengers and baby stroller customers who occupy a larger area in the car than general passengers. It is possible to improve the usage efficiency of general customers by permitting registration of car calls with conditions.

Hereinafter, an elevator control device and a control method according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, in each figure, the same or an equivalent part is shown with the same code | symbol, and the overlapping description is abbreviate | omitted.
In addition, specific users who occupy a larger area in the car than general users include disabled people who use wheelchairs, push-cart users such as strollers and shopping carts, and people with large luggage. For convenience of explanation, in the following explanation, it is described as a disabled user who uses a wheelchair, and may be further described as a disabled user or a disabled person.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIG. 1 shows an example of the structure of a building provided with an elevator controlled by an elevator control device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The building of FIG. 1 is 6 stories and is provided with an elevator hoistway 1. The hoistway 1 extends over each floor of the building.
On each floor, an elevator hall 2 is provided. Each landing 2 faces the hoistway 1. An elevator car 3 is provided in the hoistway 1 and moves up and down along the hoistway 1.

For example, there are general customers in the building. For example, there is a general customer 4a on the first floor. There is a general customer 4b on the second floor. There is a general customer 4c on the third floor. There is a general customer 4d on the 5th floor. The building has a disabled user 5 on the fourth floor.

Next, the occupied area in the car 3 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a view of the inside of the car 3 as viewed from above. As shown in FIG. 2, a car floor area 6, a general user occupied area 7 in the car, and a disabled user occupied area 8 for a disabled person who has performed call registration are shown.

The general user occupying area 7 in the car is not shown in the figure, for example, a pressure sensor under the floor, a camera image of the surveillance camera from the ceiling, an illuminance sensor on the floor, an IC tag carried by the passenger and its reading device, Or the like.

The handicapped user occupying area 8 of the handicapped user who performed call registration is, for example, an IC tag held by the handicapped user (not shown), a reading device thereof, and a handicapped user to be described later operated by the handicapped user 5. It can be obtained from the input from the hall operation panel indicated by the hall call registration button 14. The IC tag may be a stroller or shopping cart lent in a shopping building, a deposit rented at a general reception, etc., an office building or the like, which is built in an employee ID card.

Next, the operation panel 9 in the car will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a front view of the in-car operation panel of the elevator control apparatus according to this embodiment of the present invention. The in-car operation panel 9 includes car call registration buttons 10a, 10b, 10c, 11a, 11b, and 11c as car call registration devices, and a speaker 12 as a notification device in the car.

For example, when the car 3 is on the first floor and the handicapped person call registration button 14 shown in FIG. 4 to be described later on the fourth floor is operated by the handicapped user 5 to register the handicapped landing call, the area occupied by the handicapped user 8 Is not secured, the second floor car call registration button 10b, the third floor car call registration button 10c are operable, the fourth floor car call registration button 11a, the fifth floor car call registration button 11b, and the sixth floor car call registration button 11c. Cannot be operated. The reason for invalidating the car call registration button 11a on the 4th floor is that the car 3 is secured by the handicapped user area 8 by the 3rd floor departure so that the handicapped user 5 who gets on the 4th floor does not feel awkward. It is to do.

Next, the hall 2 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a front view of the hall of the elevator control apparatus according to this embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the hall 2 on each floor has, for example, a general user hall call registration button 13 that constitutes a general user hall call registration device and a disabled user who constitutes a disabled user hall call registration device, for example. A hall call registration button 14 and a speaker 15 as a hall notification device are provided respectively.

For example, there are a general user 41 riding in the car, a general user 42 waiting at the landing 2, and a general user 43 trying to get in the car. If the passenger area occupied 8 by the general passenger 43 is not secured, the fourth floor car call registration button 11a, the fifth floor car call registration button 11b, and the sixth floor car call registration button 11c are Do not operate. For example, the speaker 15 announces that the call registration restriction has been applied to the general customer 42 who is waiting at the boarding place 2 to board.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the configuration of the elevator control apparatus in the present embodiment of the invention. The control unit 100, together with the general user passenger hall call registration device 13, the specific user passenger hall call registration device 14, and the operation control unit 101 that performs drive control of the car in accordance with call registration from the car call registration device 10, is occupied in the car. It includes a determination unit 102, a call registration control unit 103, a notification control unit 104, and a storage unit 110.
And the control part 100 is
A general user hall call registration button 13, a disabled user hall call registration button 14, a speaker 15, and a speaker provided on the hall 2 of each floor shown in FIG.
A car operation panel 9 provided with a car call registration button and a speaker 12 collectively shown in FIG.
A general user occupying area detecting device D4 representatively showing various devices for detecting the general user occupying area 7 in the car,
Handicapped user-occupied area detection device D5 representatively showing various devices for detecting handicapped user-occupied area 8 in the car
A driving device DD comprising a hoisting machine or the like for raising and lowering the car 3 to the hoistway 1;
Furthermore, the control part 200 of another elevator,
Is connected.

The control unit 100 is constituted by a processor, for example. As known, the processor 100A has, for example, a schematic configuration as shown in FIG. Input / output to / from the outside through the interface (I / F) 100a, and the CPU 100b is used for various controls in accordance with programs and data necessary for control processing stored in the memory 100c, and data and signals from the outside. Arithmetic processing is performed, the processing result is output to the outside, and data is recorded in the memory 100c as necessary. In the control unit 100 of FIG. 5, each process executed according to the program is shown as a functional block.

The general user hall call registration device 13 is for registering a general user hall call installed at a hall on each floor.
The specific user hall call registration device 14 is for registering a hall call of a specific user having a larger occupation area in the car than a general user installed at a hall on each floor.
The car call registration device 10 is for registering a car call installed in a car.
The general user occupied area detection device D4 is for detecting the general user occupied area in the car.
The specific user occupied area detection device D5 is for detecting a specific user occupied area required in the car.
The informing devices 12 and 15 are for informing the hall and the car.
Also, the control unit 100
The operation control unit 101 performs car drive control in accordance with call registration from the general user passenger hall call registration device 13, the specific user passenger hall call registration device 14, and the car call registration device 10.
The occupied area determination unit 102 in the car determines the occupied area in the car based on the car floor area and the detection results of the general user occupied area detecting device and the specific user occupied area detecting device.
The call registration control unit 103 controls call registration according to the occupied area in the car.
The notification control unit 104 uses the speakers 12 and 15 to notify information regarding call registration and boarding restrictions to one or both of the hall and the car.

Next, a series of operations will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 7-9 is an operation flowchart for explaining the operation of the control system of the elevator control apparatus according to the present embodiment shown in FIG.
FIG. 7 is an operation flowchart for explaining the operation when a disabled passenger boarding call is registered.
FIG. 8 is an operation flowchart for explaining the operation when the handicapped user-occupied area 8 is secured in the car 3 when the handicapped hall call is registered.
FIG. 9 is an operation flowchart for explaining the operation when the handicapped user-occupied area 8 is not secured in the car 3 when the handicapped hall call is registered.

In FIG. 7, when the handicapped user hall call registration button 14 is pressed (step S1), the call registration control unit 103 detects the handicapped user hall call registration, and the occupied area determination unit 102 in the car The user occupied area is acquired from the user occupied area detecting device D4 and the disabled user occupied area detecting device D5 (step S2).

Next, the call registration control unit 103 determines whether or not the disabled passenger boarding call registration floor is in the traveling direction of the car according to the information of the operation control unit 101 (step S3). If the registered floor is not in the service direction, i.e., the direction of the car, it stays at step S3 until the direction of travel is reversed. When the registered floor is in the traveling direction, the process proceeds to step S4.

In step S4, the notification control unit 104 announces the presence of the disabled user 5 from the speaker 12 in the car 3 (step S4). For example, the area occupied by the disabled user 8 may be announced. Further, the area occupied by the disabled user 8 may be projected on the car floor by a projector, or displayed on the car floor by a car floor underlighting device. FIG. 5 shows these projectors and an underfloor lighting device as a display device D8 for the disabled user-occupied area.

Next, the occupied area determination unit 102 in the car, for example, based on the car floor area 6 stored in advance in the storage unit 110 and the detection results of the general user occupied area detection device 13 and the specific user occupied area detection device 14. It is determined whether or not the area occupied by the disabled user 8 can be secured in the car. If it can be secured, the process proceeds to the flowchart F1 in FIG. If it cannot be secured, the process proceeds to the flowchart F2 in FIG. 9 (step S5).

In the flowchart F1 of FIG. 8, the notification control unit 104 determines the presence of the disabled user 5 and the disabled user from the speaker 15 on each floor where the hall call registration is performed according to the information of the call registration control unit 103 and the operation control unit 101. Announcement that there is a possibility that boarding restriction, that is, car call registration, may be disabled at the floor before the floor call registration (step S6). The “floor before the floor where the disabled passenger landing registration is registered” includes the floor where the disabled passenger landing registration is registered. In other words, the floor ahead of the floor where the disabled passenger hall call registration was registered is the floor where the disabled passenger hall call registration was registered and the car 3 of the floor where the disabled passenger platform call registration was registered. The same shall apply hereinafter.

Next, the occupied area determination unit 102 in the car determines whether or not the occupied area 8 for the disabled user cannot be secured in the car due to the passenger getting on and off when the car 3 is stopped. If it has been secured, step S7 is repeated. If it cannot be secured, the process proceeds to step S8 (step S7).

Next, when it becomes impossible to secure, the call registration control unit 103 invalidates the hall call registration of all floors (step S8).

Next, as shown in FIG. 3, the call registration control unit 103 disables a new car call registration operation for going from the floor where the disabled user 5 has registered the hall call to the previous floor as shown in FIG. S9).

Next, the notification control unit 104 announces the floor registered by the disabled user 5 from the hall speaker 15 of each floor where the hall call registration is performed, and the person who gets on after the hall call registration Then, it is announced that it is possible to get on, that is, it is possible to get on the car 3 up to the floor before the landing call registration floor, that is, the floor in the traveling direction of the car 3 (step S10).

Next, the occupied area determination unit 102 uses the disabled by the time it reaches the floor where it is possible to stop before the disabled passenger landing call registration floor, for example, the floor one floor before the disabled passenger landing call registration floor. It is determined whether the customer occupation area 8 is secured in the car. If secured, the process proceeds to step S14. If not secured, the process proceeds to step S12 (step S11).

In step S12, the driving control unit 101 stops the car 3 on the stoppable floor in front of the disabled passenger boarding call registration floor. Then, the notification control unit 104 notifies the presence of the disabled user 5 and an announcement that prompts the user to get off from the speaker 12 in the car. Until the area 8 for passengers with disabilities is secured in the car, the driving control unit 101 disables the car 3 and the notification control unit 104 also announces that fact (step S12). Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S13.

In step S13, the occupied area determination unit 102 in the car determines whether or not the occupied area 8 for the disabled user is secured in the car. If not secured, the process proceeds to step S12. If secured, the process proceeds to step S14 (step S13).

In step S14, the driving control unit 101 travels to the disabled passenger landing call registration floor and responds to the disabled passenger landing call registration (step S14). Thereafter, the flowchart F1 ends.

9, the call registration control unit 103 invalidates the hall call registration for all floors (step S15).

Next, as shown in FIG. 3, the call registration control unit 103 disables a new car call registration operation for going from the floor where the disabled user 5 has registered the landing call to the previous floor (step S16). .

Next, the call registration control unit 103 determines whether there is a floor where both the car call and the hall call are registered. If there is, the process proceeds to step S18. If not, the process proceeds to step S19 (step S17).

In step S18, the notification control unit 104 determines whether the car call and the hall call before the disabled passenger hall call registration floor are registered according to the information of the call registration control unit 103 and the operation control unit 101. The landing speaker 15 announces the presence of the handicapped user 5 and the fact that the boarding restriction, that is, the car call registration is not possible on the floor ahead of the handicapped user landing call registration (step S18).

In step S19, the operation control unit 101 stops the car 3, and when the passenger gets on and off, the notification control unit 104 announces from the speaker 15 at the landing the floor where the handicapped user landing registration of the handicapped user 5 is registered. Furthermore, it is announced that it is possible to get on the car 3 if it is up to the floor before the traveling direction of the car 3 from that floor (step S19).

Next, the operation control unit 101 responds to the car call floor to the floor in front of the floor where the handicapped customer hall call registration has been registered (step S20). Then, the occupied area determining unit 102 determines whether the disabled user occupied area 8 is secured in the car before reaching the floor before the floor where the disabled passenger landing registration is registered. To do. If secured, the process proceeds to step S26. If not secured, the process proceeds to step S22 (step S21).

In step S22, the notification control unit 104 notifies the presence of the disabled user 5 and an announcement for prompting to get off from the speaker 12 in the car (step S22).

Next, the occupied area determination unit 102 in the car determines whether or not the occupied area 8 for the disabled user is secured in the car. If secured, the process proceeds to step S25. If not secured, the process proceeds to step S24 (step S23).

In step S24, the driving control unit 101 does not respond to the disabled user landing registration of the disabled user 5 (step S24).

In step S25, the notification control unit 104 announces to the passengers that they give priority to calling thanks and other units. In addition, the call registration control unit 103 sends a call registration command to the corresponding floor to the control unit 200 of another elevator (step S25).

Then, the operation control unit 101 causes the car 3 to respond to the disabled user passenger hall call registration (step S26).

According to the present embodiment described above, the use of the general user is permitted by permitting the general user who wants to use the disabled passenger hall call registration floor to board the space of the disabled user occupied area 8. It is possible to improve the efficiency, and to secure the handicapped user's occupied area 8 by the handicapped user's hall call registration floor, and to secure an area in which the handicapped user can ride in the car.

The elevator control device according to the present invention can be applied to various types of elevators and has the same effects.

Claims (7)

A general user hall call registration device for registering a general user hall call installed at the hall on each floor;
A specific user hall call registration device for registering a hall call of a specific user with a larger area occupied by the car than the general user installed at the hall on each floor;
A car call registration device for registering a car call installed in the car;
A general user occupancy area detection device for detecting a general user occupancy area in a car;
A specific user occupied area detection device for detecting a specific user occupied area required in the car;
An informing device for informing the landing and the car;
A control unit;
With
The control unit is
In accordance with call registration from the general user passenger hall call registration device, the specific user hall call registration device, and the car call registration device, an operation control unit that performs drive control of the car;
Based on the car floor area and the detection results of the general user occupied area detecting device and the specific user occupied area detecting device, an occupied area determining unit for determining an occupied area in the car,
If the area occupied by specific passengers in the car that is required in the car cannot be secured, the hall call registration is invalidated and a new car call from the floor where the specific user's hall call registration is made to the previous floor A call registration controller that disables registration;
A notification control unit for notifying one or both of the platform and the car about information related to boarding restrictions;
An elevator control device. The elevator control device according to claim 1, wherein the notification control unit notifies a car to that effect when a landing call registration of a specific user is made. When the occupied area determination unit in the car determines that the specific user occupied area in the car required in the car cannot be secured, the notification control unit notifies that the boarding may be restricted, The elevator control device according to claim 1 or 2. When the car occupied area determination unit determines that the specific user occupied area in the car required in the car cannot be secured,
The elevator control device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein when the operation control unit prioritizes the boarding of the specific user, the car is not started. The elevator control device according to claim 4, wherein the notification control unit makes a notification prompting the user to get off so as to secure a specific user occupied area in the car required in the car. The elevator control device according to claim 5, wherein the call registration control unit sends a call registration to the corresponding floor to another elevator control unit. A general user hall call registration device for registering a general user hall call installed at the hall on each floor;
A specific user hall call registration device for registering a hall call of a specific user with a larger area occupied by the car than the general user installed at the hall on each floor;
A car call registration device for registering a car call installed in the car;
A general user occupancy area detection device for detecting a general user occupancy area in a car;
A specific user occupied area detection device for detecting a specific user occupied area required in the car;
An informing device for informing the landing and the car;
In the control of an elevator equipped with
In accordance with call registration from the general user hall call registration device, the specific user hall call registration device, and the car call registration device, drive control of the car,
Based on the car floor area, and the detection results of the general user occupancy area detection device and the specific user occupancy area detection device, determine the occupancy area in the car,
If the area occupied by specific passengers in the car that is required in the car cannot be secured, the hall call registration is invalidated and a new car call from the floor where the specific user's hall call registration is made to the previous floor Disable registration,
Information on boarding restrictions to one or both of the platform and the car,
A method for controlling an elevator.

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