JP4935577B2 - Elevator control system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention is an elevator control system that utilizes emergency earthquake alerts using a mobile phone. A plurality of neighboring buildings are grouped together to form a group of buildings, and an elevator is installed in each building of these buildings. In particular, the present invention relates to an elevator control system in which one seismic detector installed in the group can realize the control operation of an elevator during an earthquake at low cost.

As an example of prior art, there has been proposed an elevator seismic control operation system that can detect an earthquake sufficiently early and that can reliably detect an earthquake, and therefore can perform safe and reliable control of the elevator (for example, patents). Reference 1).
As another conventional technology, it is possible to improve the reliability of emergency earthquake warnings and transmit earthquake information and tsunami information in a form that is highly convenient for users based on the improved emergency earthquake warnings. Emergency earthquake warning device that can be used (see, for example, Patent Document 2), an emergency earthquake warning terminal that is useful and highly convenient and reliable in a form closely related to the life of the user, and that is compatible with an appropriate and simple billing system; A method of using the same has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 3).

JP 2004-284758 A JP 2006-112922 A JP 2006-145234 A

In the prior art described in Patent Document 1, a real-time earthquake information receiving apparatus that is connected to a real-time earthquake information transmitting apparatus via a network and receives real-time earthquake information transmitted from the real-time earthquake information transmitting apparatus, that is, information relating to P waves. And the output of the seismic detector installed in each elevator, it is a method of controlling operation at the time of elevator earthquake, but since the real-time earthquake information transmission device is via a network, especially in the event of an earthquake, etc. There is a possibility that some kind of communication failure may occur on the way, and the received information is also related to normal P waves, so there is a limit even if it can detect earthquakes at an early stage, and there is a problem that it is still insufficient. It was.
In addition, the conventional ones described in Patent Document 2 include a first seismic observation network formed from a multi-function seismometer mainly controlled by the Japan Meteorological Agency and a high sensitivity mainly controlled by the National Institute for Disaster Prevention Science and Technology. The second earthquake observation network formed from the seismometer is received to improve the reliability of the emergency earthquake warning, while the one described in Patent Document 3 is appropriate and simple for the distribution of the emergency earthquake warning. Is an emergency earthquake warning terminal and its usage method that are compatible with the billing system, both of which make use of the simultaneous broadcast distribution service for emergency earthquake warnings via mobile phones to operate earthquake control of inexpensive elevators. The elevator control device that can be realized is not considered.

  Further, in the conventional elevator earthquake control operation system, it is necessary to install an earthquake detector for each elevator or building, and there is a problem that the installation cost increases.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and is an elevator control system that utilizes emergency earthquake warnings by a mobile phone, and a plurality of neighboring buildings are grouped into one group. Constructed and installed an elevator in each building of these buildings, and by using one earthquake detector installed in that group, it was possible to realize the emergency operation control of the elevator at low cost. An elevator control system is provided.

In the elevator control system according to the present invention, one or a small number of elevators provided in the same group is provided at the top floor landing, and from the base station in the area where a large earthquake is expected to be detected. A mobile phone terminal that receives an earthquake early warning distributed to a mobile phone, and a mobile phone terminal compatible earthquake control operation processing device that controls an elevator during an earthquake when the mobile phone terminal receives an earthquake early warning in the area concerned When the mobile phone terminal receives the earthquake early warning for the area, the mobile phone terminal compatible seismic control operation processing device goes to the elevator control panel. Elevator with seismic detector that outputs seismic control operation signal performs seismic control operation, and whether the seismic detector has operated after a predetermined time Judgment, if the operation seismic sensor continues earthquake control operation, if running releases the earthquake control operation, further the seismic sensor operation information of seismic sensor from the mobile phone terminal in the same group The majority of the remaining elevators in the same group are sent to the elevators without earthquake detectors, while they are installed on the top floor landing area, and the base stations in the areas where large earthquakes are expected are Mobile phones that receive earthquake early warnings delivered to other mobile phones and receive earthquake detector operation information from earthquake detectors sent from mobile phone terminals of elevators with earthquake detectors in the same group terminal and, when the mobile phone terminal receives the earthquake early warning in the region, the elevator control driving earthquake, and the seismic sensor with the elevator in the same group the mobile telephone terminal A mobile phone terminal corresponding earthquake control operation processing apparatus for transmitting seismic sensor operation information from al transmitted seismic sensor, mobile phone seismic sensor operation information from the emergency earthquake information and seismic sensor from the mobile telephone terminal Elevator without an earthquake detector equipped with an elevator control panel with an earthquake detection terminal that can be received from a terminal-compatible seismic control operation processing device, and an elevator without an earthquake detector is seismically controlled by an emergency earthquake warning from a mobile phone terminal At the same time, the seismic control operation of the elevator without the seismic sensor is canceled or continued by the seismic sensor operation information transmitted from the elevator with the seismic sensor in the same group .

  In addition, an elevator with an earthquake detector notifies the monitoring center of communication inability information when the earthquake detector operation information of the earthquake detector is not successfully transmitted to an elevator without an earthquake detector in the same group. It is.

  Further, an elevator without an earthquake detector collects earthquake information to a monitoring center when the earthquake detector operation information of the earthquake detector is not received.

  According to the present invention, a plurality of neighboring buildings are grouped together to form a group of buildings, and an elevator is installed in each building of these buildings, and one seismic detector is installed in that group. By using the platform, there is an effect that the control operation during the earthquake of the elevator can be realized at low cost.

Before describing the embodiment of the present invention, an elevator control device which is the basis of the present invention will be described first.
FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing the overall configuration of an elevator control apparatus that is the basis of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the time effect of emergency earthquake warning.

  As a new earthquake early warning service, simultaneous broadcast distribution of emergency earthquake early warning by mobile phone is about to be realized. This simultaneous broadcast service for earthquake early warnings will be distributed to mobile phones in areas where seismic intensity of 4 or greater is expected, and the provision of services to the general public is scheduled to begin on October 1, 2007. ing. In current elevators, distributors receive earthquake early warnings from the Japan Meteorological Agency via the Internet line, and the predicted seismic intensity and estimated arrival time for each building distributed by the distributor are received via, for example, a VPN (Virtual Private Network) line. By doing so, the elevator will be controlled during an earthquake. However, this method has a big problem that initial installation costs such as dedicated receivers and line costs increase. Therefore, if you use an emergency earthquake warning broadcast service using a mobile phone, you can realize cheaper seismic control operation by using the mobile phone network service to control the elevator. It will be possible to provide users with even more secure and safe services. Currently, about 35% of elevators are said to have undeveloped control equipment during earthquakes, and installation of P-wave detectors is obligatory for newly installed elevators.

  First, the overall configuration of an elevator control device using a simultaneous broadcast distribution service for emergency earthquake warnings using a mobile phone will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a meteorological agency emergency earthquake notification network in which the Japan Meteorological Agency 3 transmits emergency earthquake early warnings from a large number of seismometers 2 provided throughout the country. 4 is a mobile phone company. Mobile phone company 4 receives earthquake early warnings from the Japan Meteorological Agency Emergency Earthquake Notification Network 1 and distributes earthquake early warnings simultaneously to mobile phones in areas where seismic intensity greater than 4 is expected. The earthquake early warning service 6 is distributed from the base station 5 in the corresponding area to the mobile phone in the area. On the other hand, an elevator control panel 8 and an S-wave seismic detector 9 are installed at an elevator installation site 7 composed of each building, etc., but in addition, an emergency is issued by the base station 5 in the region corresponding to the seismic intensity 4 or higher of the mobile phone company 4 A mobile phone terminal 10 that receives the earthquake early warning service 6 and a mobile phone terminal compatible earthquake control operation processing device 11 are installed.

As shown in FIG. 2, it can be seen that the emergency earthquake bulletin can be received earlier than the operation of the conventional P-wave sensor when it is about 80 km away from the epicenter. It can also be seen that if there is no P wave sensor installed and it is about 40 km away from the epicenter, it can be received faster than the S wave seismic sensor operates. In FIG. 2, the propagation speed of the P wave is 7 km / second, and the propagation speed of the S wave (main shock) is 3.5 km / second.
Therefore, if the earthquake early warning is used, the elevator can be stopped more safely and at an early timing, which is extremely effective for a high-rise elevator.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIG. 3 is a system configuration diagram showing the overall configuration of the elevator control system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, and FIG. 4 shows the elevator control system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention as a building with an earthquake sensor and an earthquake sensor. FIG. 5 is a system configuration diagram showing the configuration of an elevator installed in a building with an earthquake sensor, and FIG. 6 is installed in a building without an earthquake detector. FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the operation in the case of a building with an earthquake detector, and FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the operation in the case of a building without an earthquake detector. is there.

  In FIG. 3, 3 is the Japan Meteorological Agency, 4 is a mobile phone company, which receives the earthquake early warning from the Japan Meteorological Agency 3 and distributes the earthquake early warning simultaneously to mobile phones in areas where a large shake of seismic intensity 4 or higher is expected. From the base station 5 in the area corresponding to seismic intensity 4 or higher, the earthquake early warning service 6 is distributed to the mobile phone in the area. Reference numeral 12 denotes a first building group in which a plurality of neighboring buildings (for example, A1 building to E1 building) having substantially the same ground are grouped into one group, and each building has one or more elevators. Shall. Reference numeral 13 denotes a second building group which is a group of other neighboring buildings (for example, A2 building to E2 building) having substantially the same ground, and each building has one or more elevators. It shall be installed. The S-wave seismic detector 9 is installed in the elevator installed in the A1 building of the first building group 12 and the elevator installed in the A2 building of the second building group 13, but the first building group The elevators installed in the remaining 12 buildings B1 to E1 and the buildings B2 to E2 of the second building group 13 have no S-wave seismic detector. That is, only one S-wave earthquake detector 9 is installed in the same group. The number of groups (the number of building groups) and the number of buildings included in the same group are not limited to the above.

  The structure of the elevator with the earthquake sensor installed in the A1 building and the A2 building and the structure of the elevator without the earthquake sensor installed in the B1 building to the E1 building and the B2 building to the E2 building will be described with reference to FIG. 14 is an elevator hoistway, 15 is a landing door, 16 is a landing indicator, 17 is a landing floor, and 10 is a mobile phone terminal provided on the landing display 16 on the top floor, for example, with a seismic intensity of 4 or more of the mobile phone company 4 The earthquake early warning service 6 is received from the base station 5 in the corresponding area. 11 is a mobile phone terminal compatible earthquake control operation processing device, which outputs an earthquake control operation signal to the elevator control panel 8 when the mobile phone terminal 10 receives the earthquake early warning service 6. The elevator control panel 8, the mobile phone terminal 10, and the mobile phone terminal compatible earthquake control operation processing device 11 are provided in elevators of all buildings in the same group. Reference numeral 9 denotes an S-wave earthquake detector, which is installed only in the A1 building in the first building group 12 and the A2 building in the second building group 13. Therefore, it suffices if one S-wave earthquake detector 9 is provided in the same group.

  FIG. 5 is a system configuration diagram of an elevator with a seismic sensor installed in the A1 building and the A2 building, and FIG. 6 is a system configuration of an elevator without a seismic sensor installed in the B1 building to the E1 building and the B2 building to the E2 building. FIG. In FIG. 5, the elevators with seismic detectors installed in the A1 building and the A2 building are provided with the S wave seismic detector 9, and can detect S wave extra low gal, low gal and high gal. The earthquake early warning from the mobile phone terminal 10 is sent to the elevator control panel 8 via the mobile phone terminal compatible earthquake control operation processing device 11. Further, low detection and high detection from the S-wave earthquake detector 9 are transmitted to the mobile phone terminal compatible earthquake control operation processing device 11 and the mobile phone terminal 10 as earthquake detector information via the elevator control panel 8. On the other hand, in FIG. 6, the elevator without an earthquake sensor installed in the B1 building to the E1 building and the B2 building to the E2 building is not provided with the S wave earthquake sensor 9, but the elevator control panel 8 has a P wave terminal. Has a low terminal and a high terminal. The earthquake early warning from the mobile phone terminal 10 is sent to the P wave terminal of the elevator control panel 8 via the mobile phone terminal compatible earthquake control operation processing device 11. In addition, the mobile phone terminal 10 receives the low-sensing operation information or the high-sensing operation information from the S-wave seismic detector 9 transmitted from the mobile phone terminal 10 of the elevator with the seismic detector installed in the A1 building and the A2 building. It is received and transmitted as the earthquake detector operation information from the mobile telephone terminal compatible earthquake control operation processing device 11 to the low terminal or high terminal of the elevator control panel 8.

Next, the control operation during earthquake in the case of a building with an earthquake detector will be described with reference to FIG.
In step S1, for example, when the mobile phone terminal 10 provided in the hall display 16 on the top floor receives the earthquake early warning 6 in the area, the mobile phone terminal compatible earthquake control operation processing device 11 sends the earthquake control to the elevator control panel 8. An operation signal is output (step S2). Then, the elevator performs seismic control operation (step S3), and after 60 seconds (step S4), it proceeds to step S5 to determine whether or not the S wave seismic detector 9 is operated. If it is operating, the earthquake control operation is continued (step S6). If the S-wave earthquake detector 9 is not operating in step S5, the seismic control operation is canceled (step S7). Further, in the case of this building with an earthquake detector, the seismic control operation processing device 11 corresponding to the mobile phone terminal outputs an earthquake control operation signal to the elevator control panel 8 in step S2, and at the same time, an S wave earthquake detection in step S8. It is determined whether the detector 9 has detected low detection, and if the S-wave earthquake detector 9 has detected low detection, the earthquake detector operation information is not received from the mobile phone terminal 10 within the same group. Is transmitted to the elevator control panel 8 via the mobile phone terminal 10 of the building (step S9). If the S-wave earthquake detector 9 does not detect low detection in step S8, after 60 seconds have passed (step S10), the earthquake detector non-operation information is transmitted from the mobile phone terminal 10 to the absence of the earthquake detector in the same group. Is transmitted to the elevator control panel 8 via the mobile phone terminal 10 of the building (step S11). Next, the process proceeds to step S12, where it is determined whether or not the communication has succeeded in all of the same group. If the communication is successful, the process ends. If the communication is not successful, the communication disabled information is reported to the monitoring center. (Step SS13).

Next, the control operation during earthquake in the case of a building without an earthquake detector will be described with reference to FIG.
In step S21, for example, when the mobile phone terminal 10 provided on the hall display 16 on the top floor receives the earthquake early warning 6 in the area, the mobile phone terminal compatible earthquake control operation processing device 11 sends the earthquake control to the elevator control panel 8. An operation signal is output and the elevator performs seismic control operation (step S22). Next, in step S23, it is determined whether or not the mobile phone terminal 10 has received the earthquake detector operation information from the A1 building or A2 building of the same group. If seismic detector operation information from the A1 building or A2 building of the same group is received in step S23, the process proceeds to step S24, where it is determined whether the seismic detector information is less than or equal to low gal, and the seismic detector information is low. If it is less than gal, the seismic control operation is canceled (step S25). If the earthquake detector information exceeds the low gal in step S24, the earthquake control operation is continued (step S26). Further, in the case of the building without the earthquake detector, if the mobile phone terminal 10 has not received the earthquake detector operation information from the A1 building or the A2 building of the same group in step S23, 90 seconds have elapsed (step S23). S27), collecting earthquake information to the monitoring center (step S28). Then, based on the earthquake information obtained from the monitoring center, the operations in steps S24 to S26 are performed.
As a result, even in the case of an elevator (building) without an earthquake detector, seismic detector operation information can be received from an elevator (building) with an earthquake detector, and an earthquake operation can be controlled. The number of seismic detectors can be greatly reduced.

1 is a system configuration diagram showing the overall configuration of an elevator control device that is the basis of the present invention. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the time effect of an earthquake early warning. 1 is a system configuration diagram illustrating an overall configuration of an elevator control system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. It is the perspective view which divided | segmented the control system of the elevator in Embodiment 1 of this invention into the building with an earthquake sensor, and the building without an earthquake sensor, and showed the schematic structure. It is a system block diagram which shows the structure of the elevator installed in a building with an earthquake detector. It is a system block diagram which shows the structure of the elevator installed in a building without an earthquake detector. It is a flowchart for demonstrating operation | movement in the case of a building with an earthquake detector. It is a flowchart for demonstrating operation | movement in the case of a building without an earthquake detector.

Explanation of symbols

1 Japan Meteorological Agency Emergency Earthquake Notification Network 2 Seismometer 3 Japan Meteorological Agency 4 Mobile phone company 5 Base station 6 Emergency earthquake warning by mobile phone company 7 Elevator installation site 8 Elevator control panel 9 S-wave earthquake detector 10 Mobile phone terminal 11 Mobile phone terminal earthquake Control operation processing device 12 First building group 13 Second building group 14 Elevator hoistway 15 Landing door 16 Landing indicator 17 Landing floor

Claims (4)

In a building group that consists of a group of neighboring buildings that have the same ground, and an elevator is installed in each building of these buildings,
One or a small number of elevators provided in the same group are installed at the top floor hall, and an earthquake early warning distributed from a base station in a region where a large earthquake is expected to be distributed to mobile phones in that region. A mobile phone terminal for receiving the earthquake, a mobile phone terminal compatible earthquake control operation processing device for controlling the elevator during an earthquake when the mobile phone terminal receives the earthquake early warning of the area, an earthquake detector, and elevator control When the mobile phone terminal receives the earthquake early warning of the area, the mobile phone terminal compatible earthquake control operation processing device outputs an earthquake control operation signal to the elevator control panel. The elevator with the seismic detector performs seismic control operation, and determines whether the seismic sensor has been operated after a predetermined time has elapsed, and There continues to earthquake control operation if the operation, unless operating to release the earthquake control operation, no seismic sensor within the same group further seismic sensor operation information of the seismic sensor from the mobile telephone terminal To the elevator of
On the other hand, the remaining majority of elevators provided in the same group are installed at the top floor platform and are delivered to mobile phones in the area from base stations in areas where large earthquakes are expected. A mobile phone terminal that receives earthquake early warning and receives earthquake detector operation information from an earthquake detector transmitted from the mobile phone terminal of the elevator with the earthquake detector in the same group; and the mobile phone terminal When the earthquake early warning is received in the area, the operation of the elevator during earthquake is controlled , and the earthquake detector operation information from the earthquake detector transmitted from the mobile phone terminal of the elevator with the earthquake detector in the same group is received. a mobile phone terminal corresponding earthquake control operation processing unit for transmitting said mobile electric seismic sensor operation information from the emergency earthquake information and the seismic sensor from the mobile telephone terminal A seismic sensor without elevator equipped with an elevator control panel having a seismic sensor terminals can be received from a terminal corresponding earthquake control operation processing apparatus, the earthquake control the elevator without the seismic sensor by earthquake early warning from the mobile telephone terminal Elevator control characterized by operating and canceling or continuing the seismic control operation of an elevator without a seismic sensor according to seismic sensor operation information transmitted from the elevator with the seismic sensor in the same group. system. In a building group that consists of a group of neighboring buildings that have the same ground, and an elevator is installed in each building of these buildings,
One elevator installed in the same group is installed at the top floor hall and receives earthquake early warnings distributed to mobile phones in the area from base stations in areas where large earthquakes are expected. A mobile phone terminal, a mobile phone terminal compatible earthquake control operation processing device that controls the elevator during an earthquake when the mobile phone terminal receives the earthquake early warning of the area, an earthquake detector, and an elevator control panel. When the mobile phone terminal receives an earthquake early warning of the area, the mobile phone terminal compatible seismic control operation processing device outputs an earthquake control operation signal to the elevator control panel. An elevator with an earthquake detector performs seismic control operation, and when a predetermined time has elapsed, it is determined whether the earthquake detector has been operated, and the earthquake detector has been activated. Continued earthquake control operation if placed, if running releases the earthquake control operation, further transmits the seismic sensor operation information of the seismic sensor to the mobile phone terminal of the seismic sensor without in the same group elevator And
On the other hand, all the remaining elevators provided in the same group are installed at the top floor hall, and the earthquake early warnings delivered to mobile phones in the area from the base stations in the area where large earthquakes are expected. A mobile phone terminal that receives earthquake detector operation information from an earthquake detector transmitted from the mobile phone terminal of the elevator with the earthquake detector in the same group, and the mobile phone terminal When the earthquake early warning is received, the elevator is controlled during an earthquake, and the earthquake detector operation information transmitted from the mobile phone terminal of the elevator with the earthquake detector in the same group is transmitted. mobile telephone terminal corresponding earthquake control operation processing apparatus and, seismic sensor operation information the cellular phone terminal from an emergency earthquake information and the seismic sensor from the mobile telephone terminal A seismic sensor without elevator equipped with an elevator control panel having a seismic sensor terminals can be received from a corresponding earthquake control operation processing apparatus, the earthquake control operation of the elevator without the seismic sensor by earthquake early warning from the mobile telephone terminal And an elevator control system for canceling or continuing the seismic control operation of the elevator without the earthquake detector according to the earthquake detector operation information transmitted from the elevator with the earthquake detector in the same group. .   An elevator with an earthquake detector is characterized by notifying the monitoring center of incommunicable information if the earthquake detector operation information of the earthquake detector is not successfully transmitted to an elevator without an earthquake detector in the same group. The elevator control system according to claim 1 or 2.   4. The elevator control system according to claim 3, wherein the elevator without the earthquake detector collects the earthquake information to the monitoring center when the earthquake detector operation information of the earthquake detector is not received.

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