JP2019089652A - Elevator apparatus, elevator control method and program - Google Patents

Abstract

[PROBLEMS] To solve the inconvenience of passengers waiting for arrival of a car in an elevator apparatus capable of extending the open state of a car door even when the operation for extending the door is performed. To do. An in-car operation unit that gives an instruction to open a door of a car for a preset time and a landing operation unit. When the landing operation part displays the opening extension while the door of the car is open based on the operation of the operation part in the car, and when the opening operation is indicated, there is a predetermined operation In addition, an instruction to cancel the extension extension instruction was made. [Selection] Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an elevator apparatus, an elevator control method, and a program.

When operating the elevator device, if it takes longer to get on and off, such as carrying luggage or getting in and out of a wheelchair or elderly person at a nursing home, the door of the car is opened continuously for a long time It may be in the state. Specifically, prepare a button for instructing "open extension" on the operation panel of the car, and when the "open extension" button is pressed, the open state of the door of the car is extended for up to 3 minutes I have to.
By preparing such an "open extension" button, loading of luggage into the car, getting on / off of the elderly, etc. can be smoothly performed without being bothered by the opening and closing of the door.

  By the way, while the "open extension" button is pressed and the opening extension process of the car door is being performed, the passengers at the landing of the floor where the car does not arrive take only the time when the open state is extended. Due to the late arrival of the car, a long wait will be made for the arrival of the car. In order to eliminate such inconveniences, for example, when an operation to open and extend within the car is performed, the guidance display panel of the landing of each floor is displayed as “during extension” to allow the passenger to There has been proposed a technique for enhancing the convenience (see Patent Document 1).

JP, 2015-48203, A

  However, just displaying "during extension" on the elevator platform of each floor only allows the passengers waiting at the other floor platforms to understand the reason why the car does not arrive, and the convenience is necessarily improved. It can not be said that In other words, the passenger who confirmed the indication "during extension" can either wait at the landing until the extended extension state is released, or can only take measures such as using the stairs while giving up on the elevator. I don't like it.

In particular, when the "open extension" button is pressed, the open state is always extended by a set time such as 3 minutes, so that loading and unloading of the luggage and getting on and off of the passenger are completed earlier than the set time. But he was supposed to wait for passengers until the set time had passed.
In addition, even if the "open extension" button is pressed due to some mistake or mischief, it is not desirable that the passengers at the landings of other floors have to wait until the set time has elapsed.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an elevator apparatus capable of extending the open state of a door of a car, of a passenger waiting for the arrival of the car even when the operation to open the door is performed. It is to eliminate the inconvenience.

In order to solve the above problems, for example, the configuration described in the claims is adopted.
The present invention includes a plurality of means for solving the above problems, and an example thereof is an in-car operation unit for instructing the door of the car to open for a preset time, and an in-car operation unit When there is an open extension instruction from the operation unit, the control unit controls the door of the car to open continuously for a set time, and the door of the car is opened based on the operation of the in-car operation unit. And a platform operation unit for sending a command to cancel the instruction of the extension to the control unit when there is a predetermined operation while displaying that the extension is in progress and the extension in progress is displayed.

According to the present invention, it is possible to cancel the extension by the operation of the passenger at the platform. Therefore, even if the extended and extended car can be left unmanned, it can be returned to the operating state by canceling the open extension by the operation of the passenger at the platform, and therefore the waiting time is wasted. Can be prevented from occurring.
Problems, configurations, and effects other than those described above will be apparent from the description of the embodiments below.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the whole structure of the elevator apparatus by one embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the boarding point operation part by the example of one embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram showing an example of composition of a control device by one example of embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example of a control processing by one embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a display by the example of 1 embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example of a control processing by other embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a display (example when it can not cancel | release) by the other embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5.

[1. Configuration of entire elevator apparatus]
FIG. 1 shows an example of the overall configuration of the elevator apparatus.
The elevator apparatus of this embodiment includes a car 10, and the traveling of the car 10 between the landings 20-1 to 20-9 of each floor is controlled by the control device 30. In the example of FIG. 1, the elevator apparatus installed in a nine-story building is shown, and the car 10 travels between the landing 20-1 on the first floor and the landing 20-9 on the ninth floor.

  An in-car operation unit 11 and an in-car camera 12 are disposed inside the car 10. The in-car operation unit 11 is provided with a destination floor registration button from the first floor to the ninth floor, a door open button, a door close button, and an open extension button as buttons operated by a passenger. When these buttons are operated, an operation command corresponding to the button is transmitted to the control device 30 via the in-car control device 13 (FIG. 2).

The control device 30 controls the operation of the car 10 in accordance with the operation status of each button of the in-car operation unit 11. For example, when the destination floor registration button on any floor of the in-car operation unit 11 is pressed, the control device 30 performs operation control to place the car 10 on the corresponding floor. Further, the control device 30 performs door control processing for controlling the opening and closing of the car interior door of the car 10.
Then, when the open extension button of the in-car operation unit 11 is pressed, the control device 30 presets the state in which the door of the car 10 in landing is open from the timing when the open extension button is pressed. Control to extend for a fixed time (here 3 minutes). However, the open extension process by the operation of the open extension button can be released when the condition described later is satisfied.

  The in-car camera 12 shoots the inside of the car and transmits the photographed in-car video to the control device 30. The control device 30 transmits the in-car video to the hall operating unit 23 described later, and causes the hall operating unit 23 to display the in-car video.

A landing door 21 is disposed at the landings 20-1 to 20-9 of each floor, and interlocked with the opening and closing of an in-car door (not shown) disposed in the car 10 when the car 10 lands. The landing door 21 opens and closes. In the following description, the description of opening and closing of the landing door 21 is omitted, but when the car door is opened and closed, the landing door 21 of the floor on which the car 10 lands is interlocked and opened.
An arrival indication lamp 22 and a landing operation unit 23 are disposed around the landing door 21 on each floor.
The arrival indicator lamp 22 lights a sign corresponding to the traveling direction (up or down) of the car 10 immediately before the car 10 lands on the corresponding floor.
A call button or the like for landing the car 10 is disposed in the hall operation unit 23.

FIG. 2 shows an example of the configuration of the landing operation unit 23. The landing control unit 23 shown in FIG. 2 shows an example of the floor (here, the third floor) excluding the top floor (the ninth floor) and the bottom floor (the first floor).
On the hall operation part 23 arranged beside the hall door 21, an upward call button 24U and a downward call button 24D are arranged. In the case of the top floor, the up call button 24U is omitted, and in the case of the bottom floor, the down call button 24D is omitted.

And the guidance display panel 25 is arrange | positioned at the platform operation part 23. FIG. The guidance display panel 25 is formed of, for example, a liquid crystal display panel, and includes a car status display unit 25a, an in-car video display unit 25b, and an open-in-progress display unit 25c.
The current position (floor) of the car 10 and the elevation direction are displayed on the car status display unit 25a.
Further, the in-car image display unit 25 b displays an image in the car 10 taken by the in-car camera 12. The video in the car 10 displayed on the in-car video display unit 25b is a real-time moving image taken by the in-car camera 12, but instead of the real-time moving image, a still image taken every several seconds You may display it.

  Further, while the open / expand button in the car 10 is operated in the open / extension display unit 25c and the control device 30 performs the open / close operation of the door in the car, the open / extension operation is performed by the command from the control device 30. It is displayed in text that it is inside. A specific display example on the open / extension display unit 25c will be described later.

[2. Control configuration]
FIG. 3 shows an example of the hardware configuration of the control device 30.
The control device 30 is configured by a computer device. That is, the control device 30 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit: central processing unit) 31, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 32, and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 33 connected to the bus 37. Furthermore, the control device 30 includes a non-volatile storage 34, a network interface 35, and an input / output unit 36.

  The CPU 31 reads out from the ROM 32 a program code of software for realizing each function of the elevator apparatus and executes the program code. Variables, parameters, and the like generated in the middle of the arithmetic processing are temporarily written to the RAM 33. For example, when the CPU 31 reads a program stored in the ROM 32, a process of controlling the operation state of the car 10 is executed. The processing procedure for extending the opening of the door of the car 10 and releasing the extension is also executed by the CPU 31 reading out the program stored in the ROM 32.

  As the non-volatile storage 34, for example, a hard disk drive (HDD), a solid state drive (SSD), a flexible disk, an optical disk, an optical magnetic disk, a CD-ROM, a CD-R, a magnetic tape, a non-volatile memory, etc. are used. Be In the non-volatile storage 34, in addition to an operating system (OS) and various parameters, a program for causing the computer device to function as a control device of the elevator device is recorded.

  For example, a network interface card (NIC) or the like is used as the network interface 35, and various types of data can be transmitted and received via a local area network (LAN) to which a terminal is connected, a dedicated line, or the like. For example, the network interface 35 communicates with a monitoring center that monitors the elevator apparatus.

The input / output unit 36 communicates with the in-car control device 13. For example, an in-car control device 13 transmits an operation command of a button disposed in the in-car operation unit 11 to the input / output unit 36. Further, a command to instruct opening and closing of the car door is transmitted from the input / output unit 36 to the car control device 13.
In addition, the operation command of the buttons 24U and 24D disposed in the landing area operation unit 23 and the in-car image photographed by the in-car camera 12 are also transmitted to the input / output unit 36.
Although the configuration shown in FIG. 3 shows an example in which the control device 30 is configured by a dedicated computer device, a part of the processing unit that performs various signal processing as the elevator device performs the same function as the control device 30. The control unit may be incorporated.

[3. Control process when opening extension]
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a flow of control processing performed by the control device 30 when the open extension button arranged in the in-car operation unit 11 is pressed.
First, control device 30 determines whether or not there is an operation of the open extension button (step S11). The operation of the open extension button is effective only when the door of the car 10 is in the open state, and when the door of the car 10 is in the closed state, the control device 30 is operated even if the operation command of the open extension button is transmitted. Does not perform the open extension process.

  Then, when the open / expand button is operated in step S11 (YES in step S11), the control device 30 starts the open / extension process to start the maintenance of the opening of the door of the car 10 (step S12). At this time, the control device 30 starts a timer for counting the time for performing the open extension. Further, the control device 30 causes the opening and extension in progress display part 25c of the hall operation part 23 of all the floors to display the characters "in extension and under extension" (step S13). If it is determined in step S11 that the open extension button has not been operated (NO in step S11), the process returns to the start.

Further, the control device 30 displays a release available message on the open / extension display unit 25c of the floor operation unit 23 of all the floors (step S14).
In the state where the cancelable message is displayed, when the predetermined specific button operation is performed by the landing operation unit 23, the control device 30 performs the release processing of the open extension processing. That is, control device 30 determines whether or not there is a specific button operation for releasing the predetermined open extension process (step S15). As a specific button operation, there is, for example, an operation in which a specific button assigned in advance is continuously pressed for a fixed time.
Then, when the corresponding button operation is determined (YES in step S15), the control device 30 performs an open extension canceling process for canceling the open extension process started in step S12 (step S16). By the extension and extension release processing, the extension and extension processing of the in-car door is released, and the in-car door is closed. After canceling the open extension processing of the car door in step S16, the control device 30 returns to the determination of step S11.

Then, when the button operation for releasing the open extension process is not determined in step S15 (NO in step S15), control device 30 determines whether the set time (here, 3 minutes) has elapsed for the timer started in step S12. It is determined (step S17). Here, if it is determined that the set time has elapsed (YES in step S17), the control device 30 proceeds to the process of step S16 and performs the extension extension cancellation process.
When it is determined in step S17 that the set time has not elapsed (NO in step S17), the control device 30 returns to the process of step S13.

[4. Display example at the time of opening extension]
FIG. 5: shows the example of a display which the display part 25c during opening extension of the guidance display panel 25 of the boarding grounds 20-1 to 20-9 performs.
When the control device 30 performs control to display the open extension in step S13 in the flowchart of FIG. 4, the open extension display unit 25 c indicates that “open in extension” is indicated by characters as shown on the left side of FIG. Display the letter of.
Then, when performing the releasable message display in step S14 of the flow chart of FIG. 4, as shown on the right side of FIG. Confirm the status and perform cancellation. ”Is displayed. In addition, the symbol of the button which receives cancellation | release is displayed on the part of "x". In the example of FIG. 5, the example which displayed the symbol which shows up call button 24U is shown. However, since the call button 24U of the upper floor is not arranged in the floor operation section 23 of the top floor, another button (the call button 24D of downlink) receives the release cancellation of the extension at the floor operation section 23 of the top floor. It is displayed as a button.

  The opening / extension display unit 25c alternately performs the display of "during extension" shown on the left side of FIG. 5 and the display of the cancelable message shown on the right side of FIG. 5 at predetermined time intervals (for example, every several seconds). However, the alternate display is an example, and for example, the display of “during extension and extension” shown on the left side of FIG. 5 and the display of the releasable message shown on the right of FIG. You may do so.

  As explained above, according to the elevator apparatus of this embodiment, the operation of the open extension in the in-car operation unit 11 in the car 10 in the state where the in-car door is open by landing on any floor In this case, the open extension can be canceled by a specific button operation at the landings 20-1 to 20-9. Therefore, it becomes possible to return in a time shorter than the set time (here, 3 minutes) of the open extension process, and it becomes possible to eliminate the inconvenience of the passengers waiting for the arrival of the car. Also, even if the opening extension button is pressed due to some mistake, the opening extension can be canceled quickly, and the elevator apparatus can be used efficiently.

  In this case, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, a display for prompting confirmation of the state in the car is displayed as "Please check the state in the car and perform cancellation." The passenger of the platform who saw this display confirms that the inside of the car is unmanned by the in-car image display unit 25b, and then executes the operation of releasing the open extension, thereby performing an appropriate release processing of the open extension. It will be possible.

[5. Other Embodiments]
In the embodiment described above, the control device 30 always displays a releasable message when the open extension button arranged in the in-car operation unit 11 is pressed, and the control device 30 performs the open extension. It was made to accept the release operation of open extension in the case of inside. On the other hand, the control device 30 may display the release possible message only when it is determined that it is appropriate to release the open extension by confirming the state in the car 10. .

The flowchart of FIG. 6 shows an example of control processing performed by the control device 30 in this case.
In the flowchart of FIG. 6, the same step numbers are assigned to portions that perform the same processing as the flowchart of FIG. 4, and only differences from FIG. 4 will be described below.
In step S13, the control device 30 displays the in-cage in-car image captured by the in-carriage camera 12 after displaying the characters “during expansion and extension” on the in-progress extension display portion 25c of the hall operation portion 23 of all floors. From the image analysis, it is determined whether or not the interior of the car 10 is unmanned (step S18). Here, “unmanned” indicates a state where there is no passenger in the car 10 and no load is placed in the car 10 and no load is present on the car 10.

When it is determined in step S18 that the inside of the car 10 is unmanned (YES in step S18), the process moves to step S14, and the control device 30 cancels the open extension display part 25c of the hall operation part 23 of all floors. Display possible messages.
Further, when it is determined in step S18 that the inside of the car 10 is not unmanned (NO in step S18), the control device 30 displays a cancellation impossible message on the opening extension display part 25c of the hall operation part 23 of all the floors. (Step S19).
Then, after displaying the cancellation impossible message in step S19, the control device 30 proceeds to the determination in step S17.
The other processes of the flowchart of FIG. 6 are the same as those of the flowchart of FIG. 4.

FIG. 7 shows a display example of the cancellation impossible message displayed in step S19 of the flowchart of FIG.
That is, as shown in FIG. 7, the display unit 25c in the open / extension state displays the text "There is a passenger and can not be canceled". In the example shown in FIG. 7, the letters "during expansion and extension" are displayed simultaneously. However, as in the example of FIG. 5, the letters "during expansion and extension" and letters of non-cancelable message are alternately displayed. It may be displayed.

  As described above, the control device 30 determines whether the interior of the car 10 is unmanned or not, and causes the platform operation unit 23 to display a releasable message of open extension, thereby completing the loading and unloading of luggage and getting on and off the wheelchair. It becomes possible to release only when it is appropriate to release it, for example, by closing it. Therefore, while the passenger is getting on and off or the loading and unloading of the luggage, the opening extension is not canceled and the opening extension function functions effectively.

  In the process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 6, the control device 30 determines whether or not the interior of the car 10 is unmanned by image analysis of the image captured by the in-car camera 12. On the other hand, when no load is detected by the detection signal of the load sensor mounted on the car 10, the control device 30 may determine that the inside of the car 10 is unmanned. Alternatively, it may be determined whether or not the interior of the car 10 is unmanned by using both the image analysis of the image taken by the in-car camera 12 and the detection signal of the load sensor.

[6. Modified example]
Note that the display example of the guidance display panel 25 of the landing shown in the embodiment described above is an example, and a display different from the display shown in FIG. 5 or 7 may be performed. Further, the release display message of the extension extension may be displayed on the guidance display panel 25 of a specific landing floor.

  Further, in each embodiment described above, the release instruction of the open extension is performed by long press of a specific button (such as the call button 24U) disposed on the hall operation unit 23. As described above, the release operation of the open extension is performed by a long press, and the release instruction of the open extension may be performed by another operation such as simultaneous pressing of two call buttons 24U and 24D. However, since it is necessary to distinguish it from the normal operation of the call buttons 24U and 24D, it is preferable to issue the release instruction by an operation different from the normal operation such as long press and simultaneous pressing of a plurality of buttons.

Further, for example, in the case of an elevator apparatus for luggage in which the release operation of the open extension is frequently performed, a dedicated button for instructing release of the extended extension may be arranged on the landing operation unit 23.
Alternatively, the control device 30 configures the guide display panel 25 with a touch panel, and when the release of the extension is possible, the release display button on the guide display panel 25 is displayed, and the release button is touched. May be detected to determine that the release operation of the open extension has been performed.

  In each of the above-described embodiments, it takes three minutes as the time from the opening and extending operation to the release of the opening and extension. However, according to the installation situation of the elevator apparatus, the time is approximately 3 minutes. It should be an appropriate time.

Furthermore, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, but includes various modifications. For example, the above-described embodiment has been described in detail in order to explain the present invention in an easy-to-understand manner, and is not necessarily limited to one having all the described configurations.
Further, control lines and information lines indicate what is considered to be necessary for the description, and not all control lines and information lines in the product are necessarily shown. In practice, almost all configurations may be considered to be mutually connected.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Car cage 11: In-car operation unit 12: In-car camera 13: In-car control device 20-1-20-9 ... platform ... 21 ... platform door, 22 ... arrival indicator lamp, 23 ... platform operation Unit 24U 24D Call button 25 Guidance display panel 25a Car status display unit 25b In-car image display unit 25c Opening extension display unit 30 Control device 31 CPU (Central processing unit , 32: ROM, 33: RAM, 34: non-volatile storage, 35: network interface, 36: input / output unit, 37: bus

Claims (7)

An in-car operation unit that issues an instruction to open the door of the car for a predetermined time;
A control unit that controls the door of the car to be continuously opened for the set time when there is an open extension instruction from the in-car operation unit;
While the door of the car is in the open state based on the operation of the in-car operation unit, the indication of the open extension is displayed, and the predetermined operation is displayed while the open extension is displayed. An elevator apparatus comprising: a hall operating unit that sends a command to cancel the open extension instruction to the control unit. The car includes a camera for photographing the inside of the car,
The elevator apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the landing operation unit displays an in-car image captured by the camera. The elevator apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the operation of canceling the open extension instruction is an operation of continuously pressing a specific button disposed on the landing operation unit for a predetermined time. The elevator apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the operation for canceling the open extension instruction by the platform operation unit is effective when the control unit detects that the interior of the car is unmanned or no load is applied to the car. When the inside of the car is unmanned or the control unit does not detect no load of the car, the control unit displays on the hall operation unit that cancellation during extension can not be performed. Elevator equipment. Open extension processing for receiving an open extension instruction to open the door of the car for a preset time;
A door control process of controlling the door of the car in an open state continuously for the set time when there is the open extension instruction;
While the door of the car is in the open state based on the open extension instruction, while displaying that the extension is in progress at the landing operation unit and displaying that the extension is in progress, the predetermined operation at the landing operation unit An elevator extension cancellation process for canceling an instruction for opening extension by the door control process when there is an elevator extension control process. An opening extension procedure for receiving an opening extension instruction to open the door of the car for a preset time;
A door control procedure of controlling the door of the car in an open state continuously for the set time when there is the open extension instruction;
While the door of the car is in the open state based on the open extension instruction, while displaying that the extension is in progress at the landing operation unit and displaying that the extension is in progress, the predetermined operation at the landing operation unit Opening extension cancellation procedure for canceling the instruction of opening extension according to the door control procedure when there is
A program that causes a computer device to execute

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