JP5481182B2 - Elevator operation status output device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an operation control device or an operation management device that has means for registering a destination floor at a landing and controls the operation of an elevator, and determines the state of a user at a landing on each floor in a plurality of elevators. The present invention relates to an elevator operation status output device that outputs an operation diagram suitable for the operation.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as disclosed in, for example, Patent Document 1, an operation status output device that outputs an operation diagram illustrating an elevator position, direction, car call, and hall call that change with time is known.

  In addition, as disclosed in, for example, Patent Document 2, elevator control information such as whether or not to respond to current or future call floors, destination floors and special calls, time or time until returning to normal service, etc. There has been proposed an elevator operation information notifying device that can eliminate or relieve the annoyance of waiting customers by notifying the user.

  In addition, when a hall call is registered and it is determined that the waiting time of the hall is long, the waiting service of the elevator can be given to the waiting customer without causing unpleasant feelings such as annoyance or distrust to the waiting customer. For example, Patent Document 3 proposes a technique for transmitting the above in a graphical display.

JP-A 61-90977 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. Sho 63-112384 JP-A-9-278300

  In the prior art including the above Patent Documents 1 to 3, registration means for designating a floor or a specific floor provided at a building landing (a push button that can be designated in correspondence with all floors) Even if the elevator operation control device has a landing operation panel having a floor registration means having a floor or a floor registration means that can be designated with a numeric keypad when specifying all floors, Since manual measurement was necessary to grasp the waiting time, the time until the first registered destination floor call responded was used as the waiting time for convenience.

  In addition, when displaying the waiting time, the waiting time is notified to the user of the landing using various display forms, and there is an effect of reducing passengers' irritation, but it is normal except for emergency or inspection Even if it is an elevator operation control device that can accurately grasp the waiting number by having a means of registering the destination floor at the platform, it is not possible to register the destination floor in the car, even when driving, the local operation state, that is, at each floor It was difficult to figure out the average waiting time.

  The present invention collects, processes, and stores data including operation information of a hall operation panel having registration means for designating a destination floor so that the detailed operation state of each hall can be grasped. It is an object of the present invention to provide an elevator operation status output device that displays in time series the number of waiters at each landing, including the number of waiters who specify the destination floor and the average waiting time, based on the data.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention mainly adopts the following configuration.
The operation status of the elevator that reads and inputs operation data, which is information on the car position obtained from the operation management device that manages and controls the operation of the elevator, from the signal processing device, and outputs an operation diagram representing the information on the car position of the elevator An output device,
The destination floor can be specified by the operation panel installed at the platform, and the destination floor in the car after boarding the car cannot be specified, and the operation data includes car status data, call status data and waiting number data. The car status data includes the position and direction of the car, the call status data includes the destination floor reserved call occurrence time, the destination floor reserved call allocation status for each floor by direction, and the waiting number data Includes the time at which the number of waiting persons increased or decreased for each occurrence floor / destination floor, and the above operation diagram shows each floor including destination floor reservation and operation occurrence time by operation of the operation panel installed at the landing of each floor of the building the number of persons waiting for information on the landing floor to the display mode, further, when there is people waiting at the hall of each floor to display the waiting time from the time of operating the destination floor reservation first numerically And display form, information on the wait number is configured to display form the number of persons waiting for information to destination Kaibetsu in landing of each floor.

Also, in the elevator operation status output device, when the waiting time value exceeds a specified predetermined set value, the numerical value is different from the waiting time value equal to or less than the set value. Further, the different display modes that can be identified are configured such that the numerical value of the waiting time is surrounded by a square, a bold type, or a color change mode.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to display and plot the number of waiting persons according to the time axis at each landing, and in this case, the number of waiting persons can be displayed for each destination floor designated by the user.

  Furthermore, when displaying the number of waiting persons for each destination floor, each waiting time for each destination floor can be displayed and plotted together with the movement of the elevator, so that it is possible to make it easier to grasp the operation status of the elevator. . At this time, if a display with a waiting time longer than the predetermined waiting time is displayed, the display form of the waiting time is different from a normal waiting time within a predetermined waiting time (plotting expression). By doing so, it becomes possible to easily grasp the operation status of the elevator during the long waiting time.

It is a whole block diagram which shows the elevator operation condition output apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention, and its peripheral device. It is a data table block diagram stored in the storage medium in the signal processing apparatus input-connected to the elevator operation condition output apparatus which concerns on this embodiment. It is a table block diagram regarding the car state data in the data table block diagram input-connected to the elevator operation condition output device which concerns on this embodiment, call state data, and waiting number data. It is a flowchart showing the operation | movement procedure of the elevator operation condition output apparatus which concerns on this embodiment. It is a flowchart showing the preparation process of the operation diagram output from the elevator operation condition output apparatus which concerns on this embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the various display styles used for the operation diagram output from the elevator operation condition output apparatus which concerns on this embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the operation diagram output from the apparatus of a prior art. It is explanatory drawing which shows the operation diagram output from the elevator operation condition output apparatus which concerns on this embodiment.

  An elevator operation status output device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to FIGS. First, the outline of the present invention will be described. The elevator operation status output device according to the embodiment of the present invention outputs an elevator operation diagram as shown in FIG. 8 to be described later. The waiting number of the user who reserved the destination floor on the floor operation panel provided on the floor can be displayed for each floor, and the waiting number can be displayed for each reserved destination floor. Furthermore, this route can display the waiting time at the display location that displays the number of waiting people for each destination floor. In addition, when the waiting time exceeds a predetermined waiting time, the waiting time is exceeded. For example, the waiting time is enclosed by a square or colored, so that the discrimination ability is enhanced.

  By making it possible to draw such an operation diagram, it is possible to use it for an elevator operation analysis of the tendency of the operation and operation of the elevator, including work in the building, leaving work, etc. In addition, this operation diagram is useful for explaining the situation for dealing with complaints such as a waiting time that is too long for the elevator user in the building. Further, the data for drawing the operation diagram can be used and effectively used for control of elevator group management.

  In the embodiment of the present invention, it is assumed that the destination floor is specified by the operation panel installed at the landing, and that the destination floor cannot be specified in the car after getting into the car. Yes. As will be described later, FIG. 8 is an operation diagram output by the elevator operation status output device according to the embodiment of the present invention. The display format of this operation diagram is the display format 1, 2, 3 as shown in FIG. However, at each platform, at least the operation occurrence time on the destination floor and the total number of waiting people are displayed for each destination floor.

  FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing an elevator operation status output device and its peripheral devices according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the elevator operation management apparatus 11 is a destination floor reservation button newly generated taking into account the position, direction, car call status, degree of congestion in the car, etc. (the platforms installed at the platforms on each floor) The destination floor reservation call by the operation of the operation panel button) is allocated to the elevator, and a reservation lamp signal or an allocation signal is transmitted to each elevator.

  Operation data necessary for managing the operation of the elevator, for example, a destination floor reservation button registration signal (in FIG. 8 described later, for example, a signal indicating that the destination floor 3FL has been registered on the B1 floor landing operation panel), destination floor reservation call assignment Signal (signal indicating which elevator of multiple elevators has been selected and assigned to the destination floor reservation call), reservation light lighting signal (signal that lights the reservation light at the relevant landing by reservation at the landing), car call Registration signal (a signal in which a car call is registered when the car door is opened and boarded, for example, a signal corresponding to the small square marks attached to 2F, 3F, and 4F in FIG. 8), for each elevator Elevator status signals such as car position, travel direction, car load, door related signals, predicted car number, destination floor call reservation call duration, car call duration, line Signals such as evaluation values at the time of floor call reservation call allocation and various operation states such as distributed command / VIP / dedicated / inspection / maintenance are temporarily stored sequentially in a RAM (not shown) in the signal processor 12 shown in FIG. Is done.

  As a method of collecting elevator operation information, data on a RAM (not shown) is recorded every certain time, for example, every second by a signal processing device 12 and a storage device 13 in a recording medium 14, such as a floppy (registered trademark) disk or a magnetic disk. The data is sequentially stored on a medium or a flash card.

  In addition, the car call, destination floor reservation call, assigned destination floor reservation call, etc., when resetting the service, set the information such as the reset time and duration, and further, the destination floor reservation call (destination floor by touching and pressing the platform control panel) A method is adopted in which information such as an occurrence time, an occurrence floor, a destination floor, and the number of waiting persons is set and recorded one by one every time a new operation is performed. Based on the operation data recorded on the recording medium 14, the operation status output device 15 outputs the operation status.

  FIG. 2 is a table configuration of time-series operation data. The collection date and time data table DATE stores the date when the operation data was collected and the specified time zone (collection start time and collection end time). The table TDAT is a table for sequentially storing operation data, and includes an elevator car state data table CPT, a call state data table HCT, and a waiting number table WPT.

  In the elevator car state data table CPT, data such as elevator position, direction, and car load are stored for each car. In the call status data table HCT, destination floor reservation call generation time, destination floor reservation call allocation status for each floor by direction, new car call registration status for each boarding floor, call duration time or boarding completion time, etc. (Call, general call, VIP call). In addition, the waiting time table WPT stores the time at the time when the waiting number increases or decreases according to the generation floor / destination floor for each call type.

  The table SDAT is a table for sequentially storing detailed data when a preset malfunction phenomenon occurs, and includes a call assignment evaluation value table AST and a parameter table SPT.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing details of the table configuration of elevator car state data CPT, call state data HCT, and waiting number data WPT in table TDAT of FIG. The elevator car state data table CPT includes elevator car state time CT, elevator number No.CK of each elevator, direction CJ, floor CI, load in the car or number of passengers CL, and door state CD (door open, Door close, open button, close button, reopen, photoelectric device). The call state data table HCT includes a call generation time HT, each elevator number HK, a call type HM, a direction HJ, a floor HI, and a call duration time HTD. The waiting number data table WPT includes waiting number increase / decrease time WT, call type WM, generation floor WO, destination floor WD, waiting number WP, and spare (spare) WS.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a process flow of the operation status output device 15 according to the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. First, in step 401, a data file stored in the storage medium 402 (the storage medium 14 in FIG. 1) is specified for analysis and plotting, and the operation status output device 15 stores the data. In step 403, the display format of data to be analyzed / drawn (display all specified time zone, display when specified situation) and diagnosis / analysis list are selected, and the machine and call type (general, Select for wheelchair use. Here, the full display of the specified time zone is selected from 9 o'clock to 12 o'clock or the time zone as shown in FIG. 8, and the display when the specified situation occurs is, for example, displaying only a waiting time of 30 seconds or more. It is. The diagnosis / analysis list is, for example, a list representing the degree of congestion, load, open button state, and the like. For example, by selecting and displaying only the necessary minimum information, it is possible to make it easy to see what is difficult to see due to excessive information by limiting the number of designated machines to one for general use only.

  In step 404, it is determined whether or not a diagnosis list is to be output. In the case of output, operation data is analyzed in time series in step 405 based on the input in step 403. When the analysis is completed, the process proceeds to step 406. The analysis / diagnosis list selected in step 403 is output to a display, a printer, or the like. In step 407, it is determined whether or not the operation diagram needs to be output.

  When outputting a travel diagram, based on the conditions input in step 403, a display item (analysis rule) as shown in the illustrated description is selected in step 408. In step 409 (details are shown in FIG. 5), data is created and displayed and output to a display, a printer, or the like. It is determined whether or not the processing has been completed for all the data in the time period specified in step 410. If not, the process returns to step 409, and if it has been completed, the program is terminated.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining a specific configuration example of data creation / display in step 409 shown in FIG. Step 501 designates the display format (details are shown in FIG. 6) of the operation diagram for the display item (analysis rule) selected in Step 408 of FIG. In step 502, among the data created in step 405 of FIG. 4, the data for one screen of the display designated time zone data ± 5 minutes is read to the drawing work area (data before and after the designated display time zone). To get).

  Here, the reason why the preceding and succeeding data is read is to display the connection between the start and end line segments in the case of drawing. In step 503, it is determined whether or not all display designated time zones are to be displayed unconditionally. In the case of unconditional display, the flow proceeds to step 505, and in the case of display under the designated conditions, the time zone (time zone for one screen) is determined. In step 504, it is determined whether or not the situation corresponding to the condition specified in steps 403 and 408 in FIG. 4 is included. If the condition is included in the condition, it is displayed on the display or output to the printer in step 505.

  FIG. 6 summarizes an example of the display format specified in step 501 shown in FIG. FIG. 6 shows display formats 1, 2, and 3 as the display format of the operation diagram. The operation diagram relating to the present embodiment shown in FIG. 8 combines display formats 3 and 2 according to the type of display data. This is an example of The hall call assignment D1 is a reservation display DG11 that displays a reservation lamp lighting signal in a triangle, a DG12 that displays an assignment signal in an arrow, and displays a waiting time in numerical values (seconds) when waiting longer than a specified time (Fig. There is a DG13 (display style 3) that waits 65 seconds).

  The reservation display DG11 is displayed until the elevator arrives after a hall call is generated and an elevator responding thereto is assigned and the reservation lamp starts to light. The assignment signal DG12 is displayed while the elevator that answers the call is assigned.

  The hall call D2 includes a call type designated for display, for example, a wheelchair call, a reservation display for VIP calls, without distinguishing by call type, DG21, a wheelchair call displayed in a triangle, DG22, an unassigned hall call There is a DG 23 that shows a straight line, and if assigned, hall calls are selected by assignment D1 and displayed in a style.

  The degree of congestion in the car D3 includes DG31 (80% is shown in the figure) that displays the degree of congestion on the car position display and DG32 (5 persons in the figure) that also displays the number of people. At the car position D4, the display-designated car is displayed like DG41 by changing the line color for each car regardless of the service status. Or, when the reserved hall call is passed due to the degree of congestion in the car or during the situation where the new hall call assignment cannot be taken, a broken line is displayed as in DG42. In the figure, the degree of congestion is displayed as 80%, 15%, 25%.

  And while the door closing signal of the unit is off, there is a DG 43 that displays the beginning and the end with a circle and changes the line type and color tone between them. The door close signal is on when the door is completely closed, and is off while the door is open and during the opening / closing operation. When the door close signal is off, the door open signal is on, indicating that the door is open or is in the process of opening and closing.

Therefore, the door closing signal is OFF in the illustrated door opening section, and the section is displayed with the color tone changed. The display may be a method other than the change in color tone and line type, and it is only necessary to distinguish between when the door closing signal is off and when it is on. The car call D5 includes a DG 51 that performs color-coded display for each unit without distinguishing the call type, a DG 52 that changes the shape of the wheelchair call to distinguish it from a general call, and a DG 53 that distinguishes and displays a rear call and a front call. The rear call and the front call are for an elevator having a front entrance and a back entrance.
As the door-related signal D6, there is a DG 61 that displays a left triangle when an open button operation is performed and the door opens, and a DG 62 that displays a right triangle when a close button operation is closed. In addition, when there is reopening (open the door just before closing by operating the landing), DG63 is displayed with the reopen symbol (* R0), and when the photoelectric device is operating, it is displayed with the photoelectric device operating symbol (* PH). There is DG64 and DG65 which displays a multi-beam sensor operation symbol (* MB) when a multi-beam sensor operating by a plurality of beams is operated.

  In the destination floor reservation signal D7, there is a DG71 that displays the waiting time (number) in each bracket according to the change in the number of people waiting in the brackets and the number of brackets. There is a DG 72 to display, and a DG 73 to display numerically. In addition, the destination floor reservation signal D7 is displayed until there is a waiting number at each platform, and an elevator responding thereto arrives.

  FIG. 7 shows a normal operation diagram in the prior art, and FIG. 8 is an operation diagram output from the elevator operation status output device according to this embodiment. The operation diagram of FIG. 8 shows the operation status in a designated time zone (9:00: 00 to 9: 01:00) of, for example, two elevators installed in a building. It is used for the operation analysis of how it operated or for explaining the operation status.

  In FIG. 8, looking at the B1 floor, it is shown that there are two people who operated the 2FL reservation button, which is the destination floor, and one person who operated the destination floor reservation button to the 3FL, The number of people waiting for the destination floor (2FL, 3FL) is displayed in chronological order, and finally (when the elevator arrives from BFL to B1), the total number is 3 and 2 (destination floor) Another accumulated waiting number). And it turns out that each waiting time was 10 seconds and 7 seconds. Then, the congestion degree in the car at that time is 50%.

  Also, looking at the situation on the second floor, one person who operated the destination floor reservation for 3FL showed that the waiting time was 35 seconds after all from the operation management control of two elevators. . And when the specified predetermined waiting time is set to 30 seconds, for the waiting time exceeding 30 seconds, the waiting time can be reduced by enclosing the numerical value of the waiting time shown in the operation diagram with a rectangle. This makes it easy to identify the analysis result for the longer period. Here, the method for determining the specified set value may be an average value obtained by accumulating the waiting times of the installed elevators, or may be an average value of the immediately preceding waiting time group (waiting for exceeding the average value). In case of time, display the identification). Furthermore, it is good also as the time which looked at statistically the waiting time which an irritation feels. In addition, when the waiting time of the operation diagram exceeds a predetermined set value, the waiting time may be displayed as bolder than usual, or the color tone may be changed and displayed.

  As described above, the feature of the embodiment of the present invention is that the signal processing device that collects and stores the operation data in a time series in a predetermined cycle online, for example, a one second cycle, and stores the operation data in the building landing. Information on the hall operation panel that has a registration means to specify the destination floor provided (collection floor reservation button, etc.) is added and collected and stored, and the operation status of the elevator from the collected and stored operation data on the operation line When outputting as a diagram, draw a signal including information on the operation console panel (operation information on the destination floor reservation button) having registration means provided at the landing so that it can be seen at a glance, For the designated elevator, it is possible to draw and display information on the operation status.

11 Elevator Operation Management Device 12 Signal Processing Device 13 Storage Device 14 Storage Medium 15 Operation Status Output Device

Claims (4)

The operation status of the elevator that reads and inputs operation data, which is information on the car position obtained from the operation management device that manages and controls the operation of the elevator, from the signal processing device, and outputs an operation diagram representing the information on the car position of the elevator An output device,
The destination floor can be specified by the operation panel installed at the platform, and the destination floor in the car after boarding cannot be specified.
The operation data is composed of data including car state data, call state data and waiting number data,
The car status data includes the position and direction of the car, the call status data includes the destination floor reservation call generation time, the destination floor reservation call allocation status for each floor by direction, and the waiting number data includes the generation floor / destination floor. Including the time when the number of waiters increased or decreased,
The operation diagram is to the display form information number of persons waiting in the hall of each floor, including the occurrence time of the destination floor reservation operation by the installed control panel operations on landing each floor of the building, further, each floor When there is a waiting number at the platform of No. 1, the waiting time from when the destination floor reservation is first operated is displayed as a numerical value,
The elevator operation status output device is characterized in that the information on the number of waiting persons is displayed as information on the number of waiting persons classified by destination floor at the landing on each floor . In claim 1,
When the numerical value of the waiting time exceeds a specified predetermined set value, the numerical value of the waiting time becomes a different display form that can be distinguished from the numerical value of the waiting time equal to or less than the set value. Status output device. In claim 2 ,
The distinguishable different display form is a form surrounding the numerical value of the waiting time with a square, a bold form, or a color tone changing form . In claim 2 ,
The operation diagram is a display form that displays the degree of congestion in the car as a numerical value, and when passing through the floor corresponding to the degree of congestion, it can be distinguished from when the straight line indicating the passage is not passing The elevator operation status output device is characterized by having different display forms .

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