JP6935344B2 - Elevator destination floor notification system and destination floor notification method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention generally relates to a technique for notifying a destination floor in an elevator car.

In today's elevators, many models use a system that announces to the users in the car just before the car goes up and down when the car starts to go up and down. ..

For example, the technique described in Patent Document 1 is known. In this technology, the announcement device in the car of an elevator having a two-way entrance / exit stops on the middle floor until the user in the car reaches the destination floor, and in the direction of the door that opens and closes on the destination floor and on the middle floor. When the direction of the door that opens and closes is different, an announcement is made to guide the passenger to the door that opens and closes on the destination floor.

JP-A-2017-178535

In the above-mentioned conventional technique, the user is made aware of the next action by executing the announcement "to guide the user to the door side that opens and closes" to the user in the car. However, if the direction of the door that opens and closes on the destination floor is the same as the direction of the door that opens and closes on the middle floor, the user in the car misunderstands that he / she has arrived at the destination floor and gets off on the middle floor. Mistakes can occur.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to reduce mistakes of getting off the user in the car.

In the destination floor notification system of the elevator according to the present invention, not only the destination floor registered from the user interface section in the car but also the floor called through the platform user interface section provided at the platform is registered as the destination floor. Notify the registered destination floor via the user interface section in the car.

According to the present invention, not only the destination floor registered in the car but also the floor called at the platform is notified as the destination floor in the car. This makes it possible to prevent mistakes in descending to a floor other than the one registered by the user.

The overall configuration of the elevator according to one embodiment of the present invention is shown. It is a functional block diagram of the destination floor notification system of the elevator which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the destination floor notification processing which concerns on this embodiment.

In the following description, the "communication interface unit" may be one or more communication interfaces. The one or more communication interfaces may be one or more communication interface devices of the same type or two or more different types of communication interface devices.

Further, in the following description, the "memory unit" is one or more memories, and may typically be a main storage device. At least one memory in the memory unit may be a volatile memory or a non-volatile memory.

Further, in the following description, the “PDEV unit” is one or more PDEVs, and may typically be an auxiliary storage device. “PDEV” means a physical storage DEVice, typically a non-volatile storage device such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) or SSD (Solid State Drive).

Further, in the following description, the "storage unit" is at least one of the memory unit and the PDEV unit (typically, at least the memory unit).

Further, in the following description, the "processor unit" is one or more processors. The at least one processor is typically a microprocessor such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), but may be another type of processor such as a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit). At least one processor may be single-core or multi-core. At least one processor may be a processor in a broad sense such as a hardware circuit (for example, FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array) or ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit)) that performs a part or all of the processing.

Further, in the following description, the function may be described by the expression of "kkk part" (excluding the interface part, the storage part and the processor part), but the function is that one or more computer programs are executed by the processor part. It may be realized by one or more hardware circuits. When the function is realized by executing the program by the processor unit, the specified processing is appropriately performed by using the storage unit and / or the communication interface unit, etc., so that the function is at least a part of the processor unit. May be done. The process described with the function as the subject may be a process performed by a processor unit or a device having the processor unit. The program may be installed from the program source. The program source may be, for example, a program distribution computer or a computer-readable recording medium (eg, a non-temporary recording medium). The description of each function is an example, and a plurality of functions may be combined into one function, or one function may be divided into a plurality of functions.

Further, in the following description, a structure in which an output can be obtained for an input may be described by an expression such as "xxx table", but the structure may be data of any structure and may be used for an input. It may be a learning model such as a neural network that produces output. Therefore, the "xxx table" can be referred to as the "xxx structure". Further, in the following description, the configuration of each table is an example, and one table may be divided into two or more tables, or all or part of the two or more tables may be one table. good.

Further, in the following description, a "data set" is a logical mass of electronic data viewed from a program such as an application program, and is, for example, any of a record, a file, a key value pair, and a taple. It may be.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In each figure, those having the same reference number indicate the same constituent requirements or constituent requirements having similar functions.

FIG. 1 shows the overall configuration of an elevator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the elevator has a car 2, a counterweight (balance weight) 5, and a rope 3 connecting the car 2 and the counterweight 5 in the hoistway 1. Further, the elevator controls the raising and lowering of the car 2 by controlling the hoisting machine 4 for hoisting the rope 3 and the motor for driving the hoisting machine 4 in the hoistway 1 (or outside the hoistway 1). It has a device 11. The car 2 has a car button 7 for registering the destination floor and a speaker 6 for notifying the user in the car 2 of the announcement information. Further, the elevator has a landing button 9 for registering a landing call at the landing 8 on each floor. The control device 11 controls the operation of the elevator car 2 based on the operation information of the car button 7 and the landing button 9. Further, the control device 11 is connected to the device in the car 2. The elevator has a door 10 on each floor. The in-car button 7 and the speaker 6 are examples of the in-car user interface unit. The landing button 9 is an example of the landing user interface unit. The "user interface unit" may be at least one I / O device among one or more I / O devices (for example, an input device (for example, a microphone or a button) and an output device (for example, a speaker or a display device)).

In the illustrated example, the elevator according to this embodiment is installed in a five-story building. A platform button 9 is provided at each platform 8 on the 1st to 5th floors. The landing button 9 has an up button that specifies going up and a down button that specifies going down. The state of each of the upper and lower buttons changes (for example, lights up) when pressed. When the car 2 is stopped, the state of the button returns to the original state (for example, it goes out). The car button 7 has five floor buttons corresponding to the first to fifth floors. When pressed, each state of each floor button changes to a state indicating that the floor corresponding to the floor button is a stop floor (for example, lit). When the car 2 stops on the floor corresponding to the floor number button, the state of the floor number button returns to the original state (for example, it goes out). S1, S2, S3 and S4 shown in FIG. 1 correspond to FIG. 3 (this point will be described later).

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the destination floor notification system of the elevator according to the present embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 2, the destination floor notification system of the elevator includes a control device 11, an in-car button 7 in the car 2, and a speaker 6. At least one of the in-car button 7 and the speaker 6 is an example of an interface for the user in the car 2.

The control device 11 of the present embodiment includes an interface unit 31, a storage unit 32, and a processor unit 33 connected to them. The control device 11 receives the information of the pressed button of the landing button 9, the information of the pressed button of the in-car button 7, and the speaker of the in-car 2 via the interface unit 31. A voice data set representing the voice output from 6 is transmitted.

One or more programs and tables are stored in the storage unit 32. As tables, for example, a destination floor table 17 in which a destination floor (stop floor) is registered, and a voice table 15 in which a plurality of voice data sets are stored (for example, pointers to each voice data set are stored) are used. be. The destination floor table 17 has, for example, an entry for each of a plurality of floors, and information indicating whether or not each entry is designated as a destination floor, and a car button 7 whose designation source is the landing button 9 are used. Information indicating the existence may be stored. The voice table may store a voice data set in which the floor is the next stop floor and a voice data set in which the floor is the next stop floor for each floor.

The processor unit 33 realizes the registration unit 20 and the operation control unit 14 by executing one or more programs. The registration unit 20 receives the information of the button pressed by the landing button 9 and registers the floor on which the landing button 9 of the transmission source of the information is located as the destination floor (stop floor) in the destination floor table 17. And the destination floor registration unit 13 that receives the information of the button pressed by the button 7 in the car and registers the floor corresponding to the button as the destination floor in the destination floor table 17. The operation control unit 14 operates the car 2 based on the information registered in the destination floor table 17. The operation control unit 14 is, for example, at least one of the following,
-Obtain the voice data set corresponding to the destination floor indicated by the destination floor table 17 from the voice table 15, and output the voice represented by the acquired voice data set (for example, "Next will stop at the XX floor") from the speaker 6. do,
-Change the state of the floor number button (floor number button in the car button 7) corresponding to the destination floor indicated by the destination floor table 17 to a state indicating that the floor corresponding to the floor number button is the destination floor.
I do.

Hereinafter, the destination floor notification process according to the present embodiment will be described.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a destination floor notification process according to the present embodiment.

First, at least one floor button of the car button 7 is pressed, and the destination floor registration unit 13 in the control device 11 registers the floor corresponding to the pressed floor button in the destination floor table 17 as the destination floor (step). S1).

The operation control unit 14 in the control device 11 lights the floor number button (floor number button in the car button 7) corresponding to the destination floor registered in the destination floor table 17 (step S2). The lighting of the floor number button, which is performed in response to the pressing of the floor number button, may be performed before the floor is registered in the destination floor table 17 as the destination floor on the floor number button.

Next, the operation control unit 14 refers to the destination floor table 17 and determines whether the designated destination floor is registered in the destination floor table 17 by pressing the button on the landing button 9 of any of the landing 8. (Step S3).

When the floor of the pressed landing button 9 is registered as the destination floor (step S3: YES), the operation control unit 14 lights the floor number button (floor number button in the car button 7) corresponding to the destination floor. (Step S4). If the floor of the pressed landing button 9 is not registered as the destination floor (step S3: NO), step S4 is skipped.

After step S4 or in the case of step S3: NO, the operation control unit 14 determines the destination floor registered in the destination floor table 17 based on the position of the car 2 in the hoistway 1 and the moving direction of the car 2. Of these, the destination floor to be the next stop floor was specified, and the voice data set of the voice corresponding to the specified floor and the voice with the next stop floor was acquired and acquired by referring to the voice table 15. The audio data set is transmitted to the speaker 6 (step S5). As a result, the voice of "Next stop on the XX floor" is output from the speaker 6 into the car 2.

The operation control unit 14 stops the car 2 at the destination floor specified in step S5 (step 6).

When the operation control unit 14 opens the door 10 of the stopped floor, the operation control unit 14 refers to the voice table 15 for the voice data set of the registered voice that is the voice corresponding to the stopped floor and notifies the stopped floor. The acquired voice data set is transmitted to the speaker 6 (step S7). As a result, the voice of "It is on the XX floor" is output from the speaker 6 into the car 2.

The operation control unit 14 determines whether or not there is another destination floor (destination floor other than the stopped floor) by referring to the destination floor table 17 (step S8).

When another destination floor is not registered (step S8: NO), the operation control unit 14 determines that it is unnecessary to move the car 2 up and down, and ends the process.

If another destination floor is registered (step S8: YES), the operation control unit 14 determines that it is necessary to continue raising and lowering the car 2, and returns to step S1.

According to FIG. 3, in the present embodiment, the registered destination floor notification is the lighting of the corresponding floor button on the car button 7 and the voice announcement from the speaker 6, but any one of them is one. It may be one. The lighting of the button is an example of emphasizing the button.

Here, a specific example of the treatment operation of FIG. 3 will be described. At that time, FIG. 1 is referred to as appropriate.

For example, suppose that there is a user A at the platform 8 on the first floor and a user B at the platform 8 on the third floor. It is assumed that the user A gets into the car 2 on the first floor and presses the floor number button corresponding to the fifth floor of the car inner buttons 7 (step S1). As a result, the floor number button corresponding to the 5th floor of the car button 7 lights up (step S2). In FIG. 1, the lit button is gray. Next, when the user B at the platform 8 on the 3rd floor presses the upper button of the platform button 9, the call to the 3rd floor is registered, that is, the 3rd floor is registered as the destination floor on the destination floor table 17. (Step S3: YES). As a result, in the car button 7, even if the floor button corresponding to the third floor is not pressed in the car 2, the floor button corresponding to the third floor lights up (step S4). Even if the floor number button corresponding to the 3rd floor is not pressed in the car 2 before or after the door 10 on the 1st floor is closed, the speaker 6 announces "Next will stop on the 3rd floor". (Step S5). This is because the operation control unit 14 acquires the voice data set corresponding to the third floor of the next stop floor by referring to the voice table 15, and the acquired voice data set is transmitted to the speaker 6. When the car 2 starts operation and arrives at the 3rd floor, the speaker 6 announces "It is the 3rd floor" before or after the door 10 on the 3rd floor opens (step S7). This is because the operation control unit 14 acquires the voice data set corresponding to the third floor of the stopped floor by referring to the voice table 15, and the acquired voice data set is transmitted to the speaker 6. Door 10 on the 3rd floor opens, and user B gets into car 2. Since the registration of the destination floor, which is the 5th floor registered by the user A, remains, the car 2 starts the operation toward the 5th floor (step S8: YES). Here, assuming that user B also goes to the 5th floor, when the car 2 arrives at the 5th floor, the operation of the car 2 ends because the registration of other destination floors is lost (step S8: NO).

Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, this is an example for explaining the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is not limited to this embodiment. The present invention can also be practiced in various other forms.

For example, the announcement in the car 2 is a display on a display device (integrated with the button 7 in the car or another user interface) such as a liquid crystal panel in place of or in addition to the voice announcement. You may.

Further, for example, both the button in the car button 7 and the button in the landing button 9 may be a physical button or a logical button (for example, a software button displayed on the liquid crystal panel).

Further, for example, the processes of steps S1 and S2, the processes of steps S3 and S4, and the processes of steps S5 to S8 may be performed in parallel.

Further, for example, the operation control unit 14 has a user interface in the car 2 with an announcement data set (for example, a voice data set or a display data set) having the floor X (an example of the first floor) as the next stop floor. If the landing button 9 is pressed at the landing 8 on any floor Y (an example of the second floor) between the floor X and the current position of the car 2 when trying to send to the department, the floor X is displayed. Discard the announcement data set with the next stop floor (for example, discard the announcement data set read into the memory), and get the announcement data set with the floor Y as the next stop floor. You may send it to the user interface part in. Specifically, for example, after announcing the next stop floor, the landing button 9 on the floor between the next stop floor and the current position of the car 2 was pressed (the floor was called), so the next At least one of the following, in order to prevent the correction of the stop floor of
-After the operation control unit 14 announces the floor X as the next stop floor (after transmitting the announcement data set with the floor X as the next stop floor), either between the floor X and the current position of the car 2. When the floor Y is called, the registration unit 20 registers the floor Y as the destination floor, but the operation control unit 14 does not stop the car 2 announced with the floor X as the next stop floor at the floor Y. ,
-When the car 2 moves and the distance between the current position of the car 2 and the floor X becomes a certain distance, the operation control unit 14 announces the floor X as the next stop floor, and before the announcement. If the floor Y is registered as the destination floor, the next stop floor will be the floor Y.
May be done. Further, for example, in order to prevent the user at the platform 8 on the floor Y from giving the impression that the car 2 does not stop even though the call at the platform 8 should be in time from the current position of the car 2. , At least one of the following,
-When the car 2 moves and the distance between the current position of the car 2 and the floor X becomes a certain distance, the operation control unit 14 announces the floor X as the next stop floor, and before the announcement. If the floor Y is registered as the destination floor, the next stop floor will be the floor Y.
-The operation control unit 14 guides (typically displays) toward the platform 8 on the floor Y, and sets the current position of the car 2 according to the progress of the car 2 rather than the actual current position of the car 2. A certain distance or a certain time ahead position,
May be done.

1 Hoistway 2 Car 3 Rope 4 Winding machine 5 Counterweight 6 Speaker 7 Inside the car button 8 Landing 9 Landing button 10 Door 11 Control device 12 Landing call registration unit 13 Destination floor registration unit 14 Operation control unit 15 Voice table 17 Destination floor table

Claims (5)

In the destination floor notification system of the elevator, which notifies the destination floor in the car
Not only the destination floor registered from the user interface section in the car, but also the floor called through the platform user interface section provided at the platform is registered as the destination floor.
Equipped with an operation control unit that notifies the registered destination floor via the user interface unit in the car.
For each floor, the operation control unit sets the current position of the car, which guides the car to the landing, to a position a certain distance ahead of the actual current position of the car, according to the progress of the car. It has become
If the first floor is the next stop floor, the operation control unit will
When the car moves and the distance between the current position of the car and the first floor becomes a certain distance, the first floor is set as the next stop floor and the user interface unit in the car is used. To notify you
Prior to the notification, the call was made via the landing user interface section of the landing on the second floor, which is any floor between the first floor and the current position of the car. If the second floor is registered as the destination floor, the next stop floor will be the second floor.
Elevator destination floor notification system featuring that. In the elevator destination floor notification system according to claim 1,
The registered destination floor notification is made by emphasizing the button corresponding to the floor registered as the destination floor among the plurality of buttons of the in-car user interface unit corresponding to the plurality of floors. be,
Elevator destination floor notification system featuring that. In the elevator destination floor notification system according to claim 1,
The registered destination floor notification is to notify the next destination floor as the next stop floor before or after the landing door on the stop floor is closed.
Elevator destination floor notification system featuring that. In the elevator destination floor notification system according to claim 3,
The user interface section in the car includes a speaker.
The operation control unit
Of a plurality of audio data sets corresponding to a plurality of floors, an audio data set corresponding to the next destination floor and having the destination floor as the next stop floor is acquired.
The acquired voice data set is transmitted to the speaker.
Elevator destination floor notification system featuring that. In the method of notifying the destination floor of the elevator, which is a method performed by the control device of the elevator and notifies the destination floor in the car.
Not only the destination floor registered from the user interface section in the car, but also the floor called through the platform user interface section provided at the platform is registered as the destination floor.
It has an operation control step that notifies the registered destination floor via the user interface section in the car.
For each floor, the control device sets the current position of the car that guides the car to the landing position at a certain distance ahead of the actual current position of the car according to the progress of the car. It has become
When the first floor is the next stop floor, the first floor is the first when the car moves and the distance between the current position of the car and the first floor becomes a constant distance in the operation control step. The first floor is set as the next stop floor, and notification is made via the user interface section in the car.
Prior to the notification, the call was made via the landing user interface section of the landing on the second floor, which is any floor between the first floor and the current position of the car. When the second floor is registered as the destination floor in the registration step, the next stop floor in the operation control step is set as the second floor.
A method of notifying the destination floor of an elevator, which is characterized by this.

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