JP2005324889A - Elevator operation control system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance convenience in using an elevator interlocking with a security system relating the entry to a building. <P>SOLUTION: A hall all to the entrance floor is issued automatically when verification has been made by a verifying device 2 of the entrance of the building or a verifying device 4 of the hall at the entrance floor, and when the elevator car 7 makes landing in conformity to the hall call and the hall door at the entrance floor and the car door are opened, the doors are controlled so as not to be closed for 30 seconds. The doors are closed three seconds after the destination floor is registered in case verification is made by the verifying device 5 in the car 7 prior to elapse of 30 seconds after the doors were opened. This allows shortening the time from the car 7 landing to the start of the operation without necessity for the dweller to operate the door close button in the car 7. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an elevator operation control system that is linked to a security system that allows an outsider to enter a building.

  Conventionally, as an elevator operation control device interlocked with a security system that permits entry of a visitor into a building, there is one disclosed in Patent Document 1, for example. In the security system described above, the correlation between the resident and the residence floor of the resident is stored in a database in advance, the database is searched according to the password entered by an outpatient at the entrance and exit of the building, It is determined that the password has already been registered in the database, and admission to the building is permitted by regarding the visitor as a resident.

As described above, when the security system permits the entrance of a visitor, the hall call signal on the entrance floor of the building and the car call signal on the residence floor of the resident who is permitted to enter the elevator operation control device. Output. As a result, the occupant is already waiting when the resident enters the building and moves to the elevator hall, so the resident does not have to perform operations related to the hall call on the entrance floor and the car call on the residence floor. You can move to the residence floor just by getting into the car.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-252030

  In the elevator described above, the passenger car waits with the door open after landing on the entrance floor. The door opening time is set so that the resident can enter the car with enough time after entering the PIN and obtaining admission permission. There are times when you want to move the elevator quickly after getting into the car, for reasons such as moving to the floor.

  However, since the car door and the hold door on the entrance floor remain open until the door opening time described above, the resident who has entered the car operates the door close button in the car to close the door. It is necessary to move to the state. In addition, if a resident who has entered the car cannot hold the door close button because he / she has heavy luggage in both hands, the resident will stay in the car until the door opening time described above has elapsed. Have to wait at.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an elevator operation control system capable of improving convenience when interlocked with a security system for entering a building.

  In other words, the elevator operation control system according to the present invention controls the operation of the elevator in the building in conjunction with a security system that allows an outsider to enter the building and releases the door lock of the entrance / exit of the building. An elevator operation control system, and when the security system releases the door lock of the entrance / exit, a hall call means for registering a hall call of a predetermined floor of the building, and the hall call Accordingly, the hall of the landing floor until the predetermined first opening time elapses from the time when the car is landed and the hold door and the car door of the landing floor of the car are opened. An opening control means for controlling the door and the car door to be kept open, a car calling means for registering a car call, a hold door and a car for the landing floor. When the car call is registered before the first door opening time elapses after the door is opened, and when a predetermined second door opening time has elapsed since the car call was registered. And a means for controlling the door of the landing floor and the car door to close regardless of the first opening time.

  In the elevator operation control system according to the present invention, when a car call is registered before a predetermined first opening time elapses after the hold door and the car door on the landing floor of the car are opened. In addition, when the predetermined second opening time has elapsed since the car call was registered, the hold floor and the car door on the landing floor are closed regardless of the magnitude of the first opening time. Therefore, if the second door opening time is set to a short time, the resident can quickly move to the target floor without operating the door closing button in the car.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
(First embodiment)
First, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of an elevator operation control system linked to a security system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
In the system shown in FIG. 1, a first security system authentication device 2 is installed in the vicinity of a building entrance / exit 1 that is installed so that a suspicious person cannot freely enter and leave the building. Is connected to the security system control device 3 for permitting admission to the building.

  On the wall of the elevator hall on the entrance floor of the building, a second security system authentication device 4 having the same function as the authentication device 2 is installed and connected to the security system control device 3. The entrance floor is a floor where the building entrance / exit 1 is provided.

  Further, a third security system authentication device 5 having the same function as the authentication devices 2 and 4 is provided in an elevator car (car) 7 in the elevator hoistway 6 and is provided with a security system via a tail cord (not shown). It is connected to the control device 3. In the elevator car 7, an elevator car operation panel 8 is provided for an elevator user to register a destination floor.

  Each of the above-described authentication devices 2, 4 and 5 is provided with fingerprint reading units 2a, 4a and 5a for reading a fingerprint pattern of an outpatient, and security system control is performed using this as authentication data in accordance with the reading of the fingerprint pattern. Output to device 3. Note that the authentication data is not limited to the fingerprint pattern, and may be a password, for example. In this case, the authentication devices 2, 4, and 5 are provided with a key input unit (not shown) for accepting an input of a personal identification number by an outsider instead of the above-described fingerprint reading units 2 a, 4 a, and 5 a, and the personal identification number is input When this occurs, this may be output to the security system control device 3 as authentication data.

  The security system control device 3 includes a resident database in which a data table in which authentication data and resident data are associated is registered. The resident data includes a resident's name, a residence floor, a residence room number, and the like.

  The security system control device 3 determines that the authentication data input from the authentication device 2 is registered in the resident database, and thus regards the foreigner as a valid resident, and locks the door of the building entrance / exit 1 The door lock by the mechanism (not shown) is released, and the building entrance / exit 1 is controlled to open for a certain period of time, and the occupant data corresponding to the authentication data is moved up and down via the elevator I / F9. Output to the elevator control panel 10 in the road 6.

  In addition, when the authentication data is input from the authentication devices 4 and 5, the security system control device 3 determines whether the input authentication data is registered in the resident database as in the case of input from the authentication device 2. However, even if the authentication data is registered in the resident database, the door lock mechanism of the building entrance / exit 1 is not controlled, and only the resident data is output to the elevator control panel 10. .

  The elevator control panel 10 has a function of recalling the elevator car 7 to the entrance floor in accordance with the resident data input from the security system control device 3, a car door opened after the elevator car 7 is landed, and a hold door ( A door timer function for controlling a predetermined first opening time (for example, 30 seconds) so as not to close, and a destination floor corresponding to the resident data from the security system control device 3 It has a function to perform registration automatically. At this time, the elevator control panel 10 performs non-stop control with a floor other than the designated residence floor as a non-stop floor, and the car call registration is not performed even if the resident operates the in-car operation panel 8. Hereinafter, a specific example is shown in FIG.

  FIG. 2 is a table showing the availability of hall calls and car calls on each floor from the first floor (entrance floor) to the Nth floor (top floor) by the system shown in FIG. “◯” in the figure indicates that a call can be registered, and “X” indicates that a call cannot be registered.

  As shown in FIG. 2, for the car call, the elevator control panel 10 can register a call as “O” on the first floor (entrance floor), and call “X” for other floors. Can not be registered. As described above, the elevator control panel 10 performs non-stop control so that the car call cannot be registered even if the resident operates the in-car operation panel 8, and the resident cannot move to a floor other than the residential floor.

The operation of the system configured as described above will be described.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing operation performed by the system illustrated in FIG. This elevator control panel 10 is controlled so as to change the opening time of the car door and the hold door after the elevator car 7 is landed on the entrance floor when the destination floor is registered from the operation panel 8 in the car. To do.

  Hereinafter, a specific processing operation by the system shown in FIG. 1 will be described. First, when the authentication devices 2, 4 and 5 input the authentication data, the identification code for distinguishing which of the authentication devices 2, 4 and 5 is the device that has input the authentication data together with the authentication data. Is output to the security system control device 3. For example, the authentication device 2 at the building entrance / exit 1 outputs the identification code “1”, the authentication device 4 at the entrance hall on the entrance floor outputs the identification code “2”, and the authentication device in the elevator car 7 From 5, the identification code “3” is output. When the security system control device 3 determines that the authentication data input from any of the authentication devices 2, 4 and 5 is registered in the resident database, the security system control device 3 sends the identification code to the elevator I / F 9 together with the resident code described above. Output.

  The elevator I / F 9 refers to the identification code from the security system control device 3 and determines which of the authentication devices 2, 4, and 5 has entered the authentication data. That is, when the identification code from the security system control device 3 is “1”, the elevator I / F 9 determines that the authentication by the authentication device 2 of the building entrance / exit 1 is made (YES in step S1), and the elevator The control panel 10 controls the elevator car 7 to be called back to the entrance floor (step S2).

  Then, the elevator control panel 10 is configured such that the opened state continues for the first opening time (30 seconds) from the time when the elevator car 7 is landed and the car door and the hold door on the entrance floor are opened. (Step S3). Thereafter, the process returns to step S1.

  When the identification code from the security system control device 3 is “2”, the elevator I / F 9 determines that the authentication is performed by the authentication device 4 in the elevator hall on the entrance floor (YES in step S4), and thereafter. The processing after step S2 described above is performed. If the process of step s4 is performed, even if the resident who has authenticated at the entrance does not get into the elevator car 7 before the first opening time elapses, for example, after having entered the building and lost objects, etc. The processes after step S2 can be performed again.

  By performing such processing, when the resident passes through the building entrance / exit 1 and arrives at the elevator hall on the entrance floor, the elevator car 7 is landed on the entrance floor and is waiting in a door open state. Therefore, the residents can get into the elevator car 7 after entering the building without performing an operation related to hall call on the entrance floor.

  When the identification code from the security system control device 3 is “3”, the elevator I / F 9 determines that authentication by the authentication device 5 in the elevator car 7 has been made (YES in step S5), and security system control. The elevator control panel 10 is controlled so that the car call registration of the residential floor indicated by the resident data from the device 3 is performed (step S6).

  The elevator control panel 10 performs car call registration according to the control from the elevator I / F 9, and when the car call registration is performed, the elevator car 7 arrives at the entrance floor, and the car doors and halls on the entrance floor are provided. If there is a timing before the first door opening time elapses after the door is opened, the second door opening time from the time when the car call registration is performed irrespective of the first door opening time described above. After the elapse of (for example, 3 seconds), the elevator control panel 10 is controlled so that the car door and the hold floor on the entrance floor are closed (step S7).

  As a result, when the resident enters the elevator car 7 and performs authentication, the car door and the hold floor on the entrance floor will close in a short time, so the resident wants to start the elevator quickly. However, it is not necessary to operate the door closing button (not shown) in the elevator car 7 to forcibly close the car door and the entrance floor holder.

  The elevator control panel 10 controls the elevator car 7 to move up and down to the residential floor where the car call is registered by the process of step S6 after closing the door of the car door and the entrance floor (YES in step S8) (step S6). Step S9).

  As described above, when the security system control device 3 permits the use of the resident's elevator according to the authentication data from the authentication device 5 in the elevator car 7, the elevator control panel 10 Control is performed so that the doors are closed even before the door opening time (30 seconds) of the car door and the entrance floor holder set when authentication is performed by the authentication device 4 of the entrance floor hall. To do. As a result, the resident can get into the elevator car 7 without having to manually register for the hall call when he / she authenticates at the elevator hall on the entrance or the entrance floor, and after entering the elevator car 7 Since it is possible to shorten the time from landing of the elevator car 7 to the start of operation without having to operate the car call and the operation of the door closing button in the elevator car 7, the resident can quickly use the elevator. It is effective when you want to move to the residence floor. Therefore, the convenience of the elevator linked with the building security system can be improved.

(Second Embodiment)
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. The configurations of the security system and the elevator operation control system according to the present embodiment are basically the same as those shown in FIG.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a security system and an elevator operation control system according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In this system, the authentication device 5 in the elevator car 7 shown in FIG. 1 is not provided. That is, automatic car call registration as described above is not performed. In this system, after the elevator car 7 has landed on the entrance floor after authentication by the authentication device 2 or 4, when the resident operates the in-car operation panel 8 and registers the destination floor, the car door and the entrance floor Control to change hold door opening time.

  The elevator control panel 10 performs the above-described non-stop control as shown in FIG. 2 before authentication at the entrance, but cancels the non-stop control after authentication at the entrance. Thus, unlike the system described in the first embodiment, a resident who has entered the elevator car 7 can register a destination floor of a destination floor other than the residential floor. An example is shown.

  FIG. 5 is a table showing whether or not hall calls and car calls can be made on each floor when a visitor is permitted to enter by the system shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 5, for the car call, the elevator control panel 10 can register the call as “◯” on all floors. As described above, the elevator control panel 10 performs non-stop control as shown in FIG. 2 before authentication at the entrance, but after the authentication at the entrance, cancels the non-stop control as shown in FIG. Residents can register destination floors for all floors.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing operation performed by the system illustrated in FIG.
The elevator I / F 9 performs the processes of steps S1 to S4 described above. When the occupant in the elevator car 7 operates the in-car operation panel 8 and the destination floor is registered to the residence floor or other destination floor (step S10), the elevator control panel 10 The processing after step S7 described above is performed.

  With this configuration, the first door opening time (30 seconds) of the car door and the entrance floor holder set when the authentication is performed by the authentication device 2 at the entrance or the authentication device 4 at the entrance floor hall. When the destination floor is registered by operating the in-car operation panel 8 before), the car door and the entrance floor hold door are controlled to close in a short time. Therefore, the resident can get into the elevator car 7 without performing the operation related to the hall call after authentication at the entrance hall or the entrance hall, and after registering the destination floor, the door in the elevator car 7 The time required to start the elevator car 7 can be shortened without the need to operate the close button. That is, although the security level is lowered as compared with the system described in the first embodiment, it is effective when a resident wants to move quickly to a floor other than the residential floor using an elevator.

(Third embodiment)
Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. The configurations of the security system and the elevator operation control system according to the present embodiment are basically the same as those shown in FIG.

  As in the system according to the second embodiment described above, in a system that does not perform destination floor registration and non-stop control associated with authentication, the resident moves on the elevator from the entrance floor to other than the residential floor. Because it is possible, it is convenient for inter-floor traffic, but when the elevator is waiting for door opening on the entrance floor, the suspicious person gets on the elevator car 7 ahead of the resident and registers the destination floor. There is a problem that will be used. The system according to the present embodiment prevents the suspicious person from using the elevator even when a car call can be made on any floor other than the residence floor.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of processing operations of the security system and the elevator operation control system according to the third embodiment of the present invention.
In this system, processing similar to that in steps S1 to S4 described above is performed. The elevator control panel 10 performs non-stop control until it is determined that the authentication by the authentication device 5 in the elevator car 7 has been performed, and the destination floor cannot be registered even if the passenger operates the in-car operation panel 8. Therefore, even if a person other than the resident enters the building illegally, the elevator cannot be used.

  If “YES” is determined in the process of step S5, the elevator I / F 9 controls the elevator so that the elevator non-stop control is released, that is, the destination floor registration by the in-car operation panel 8 can be performed. The board 10 is controlled. The elevator control panel 10 cancels the non-stop control according to the control by the elevator I / F 9 (step S11).

Then, the elevator control panel 10 determines whether or not the destination floor registration for only the first floor has been made by the passenger in the elevator car 7 using the in-car operation panel 8 (step S12).
As a result of this processing, when the destination floor registration for only the first floor is made (YES in Step S12), the elevator control panel 10 performs the non-stop control again and controls so that further destination floor registration cannot be performed ( Step S13). However, if the operation of the car operation panel 8 is simultaneous operation of a plurality of destination floor registration buttons, this operation is invalidated and the destination floor registration is not performed. After the processing of step S13, the processing after step S7 described above is performed.

  In the system shown in FIG. 7, whether or not hall calls and car calls on each floor from the authentication by the authentication device 5 in the elevator car 7 until the destination floor registration of only the first floor is possible is shown in FIG. 5. FIG. 2 shows whether or not hall calls and car calls can be made on each floor before authentication by the authentication device 5 in the car 7 and after registration of only the first floor after authentication. It is the same as that shown.

  With such a configuration, non-stop control is performed in which each floor is a non-stop floor, and the non-stop control is canceled when authentication by the authentication device 5 in the car 7 is performed. Therefore, the security level of the elevator can be improved after allowing the occupants to perform inter-floor traffic.

  Further, when the destination floor registration is made only for the first floor after the above-described non-stop cancellation, unauthorized stop floor registration by a suspicious person who happens to get on can be suppressed. Thereby, after making it possible for residents to perform inter-floor traffic, the security level of the elevator can be further improved.

  In the system according to each of the embodiments described above, when the resident performs fingerprint verification using the authentication device 2 in front of the building entrance / exit 1, the security system control device 3 gives permission to enter the building. It was explained that the hall call on the entrance floor was made by opening the building entrance / exit 1 but it was set up in front of the building entrance / exit 1 when a non-resident, for example, an acquaintance of the resident visited. The entrance floor is opened by opening the building entrance / exit 1 in accordance with the release signal sent from the terminal for auto-lock release in the residence of the resident through contact with the resident through the intercom (not shown). The hall call may be made.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment as it is, and can be embodied by modifying the constituent elements without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. Moreover, various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of constituent elements disclosed in the embodiment. For example, some components may be deleted from all the components shown in the embodiment. Furthermore, you may combine suitably the component covering different embodiment.

The block diagram which shows the structural example of the security system according to the 1st Embodiment of this invention, and an elevator operation control system. The table which showed whether the hall call and the car call of each floor by the system shown in FIG. 1 were possible. 2 is a flowchart showing an example of processing operation by the system shown in FIG. 1. The block diagram which shows the structural example of the security system and elevator operation control system according to the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 5 is a table showing whether or not hall calls and car calls are allowed on each floor when a visitor is permitted to enter by the system shown in FIG. 4. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of processing operation by the system shown in FIG. 4. The flowchart which shows an example of the processing operation of the security system and elevator operation control system according to the 3rd Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Building entrance / exit, 2 ... 1st security system authentication apparatus, 2a, 4a, 5a ... Fingerprint reading part, 3 ... Security system control apparatus, 4 ... 2nd security system authentication apparatus, 5 ... 3rd security System authentication device, 6 ... elevator hoistway, 7 ... elevator car, 8 ... elevator car operation panel, 9 ... elevator I / F, 10 ... elevator control panel.

Claims (5)

An elevator operation control system that controls the operation of an elevator in the building in conjunction with a security system that permits entrance of a visitor to a building and releases the door lock of the entrance and exit of the building,
Hall call means for registering a hall call of a predetermined floor of the building when the security system releases the door lock of the entrance / exit,
The landing is performed until a predetermined first opening time elapses from the time when the car is landed according to the hall call and the hold floor and the car door of the landing floor of the car are opened. An opening control means for controlling to maintain the floor hold door and the car door, and
A car calling means for registering a car call;
The car call is registered before the first door opening time elapses after the hold floor and the car door of the landing floor are opened, and a predetermined number of times is set from the time when the car call is registered. And an elevator for controlling so that the floor floor holder and the car door are closed regardless of the first door opening time. Operation control system. The security system permits the use of an elevator by a visitor who has entered the building,
The elevator operation control according to claim 1, wherein the hall call means registers the predetermined hall call of the floor when the security system permits the use of the elevator by the visitor. system. The security system allows the use of an elevator of an outpatient who has entered the car that has been landed according to the hall call, and acquires information on the target floor of the outpatient,
The elevator operation control system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the car calling means registers a car call of a target floor acquired by the security system. The security system permits the use of an elevator by an outpatient in the car that is landed according to the hall call,
Non-stop control means for controlling each floor of the building to be a non-stop floor of the car;
2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a release unit that cancels the control by the non-stop control unit when the security system permits the use of an elevator by a visitor on the landing car. Or the elevator operation control system of 2. The non-stop control means is configured such that when a car call for only the first floor is registered by the car call means after the control for making each floor to be a non-stop floor is released by the release means, The elevator operation control system according to claim 4, wherein each floor is controlled to be a non-stop floor again.

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