JP2006282308A - Elevator operation system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an elevator operation system to realize integrated control of elevator operation by means of a touch panel in a car or at a landing. <P>SOLUTION: In a basic screen in the touch panel 1 provided in a car or at a landing in an elevator to be used for normal operation of the elevator, destination buttons 3 in which floor names are displayed, a wheelchair button 4, and a menu button 5 are disposed. When the destination button 3 is touched, a destination call registration is performed. When the wheelchair button 4 is touched, a screen for dedicated operation for a wheelchair is shown. When the menu button 5 is touched, the screen is switched to one for inputting various special operation commands. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

 The present invention relates to an elevator driving operation system in which a driving operation is performed by a touch panel provided in a car or at a landing.

In general, hardware contacts such as push buttons and key switches are used as elevator call registration and operation command input devices. In addition, although there is a very rare case where a touch panel is used as an input device, it is only enough to accept call registration on the destination floor. (Patent Document 1 etc.)
Patent Document 1 shows that hall call information is transmitted to an input control device by operating an input screen of a touch screen configured to be able to switch between a destination floor registration screen and an up / down direction button screen. Yes.
In Patent Document 2, a touch panel provided on a car operation panel and displaying a floor button during normal operation registers a call of a destination floor by being operated, and when a fire or earthquake is detected, A message indicating that the time is in operation is displayed.

JP 2001-302128 A (pages 3 to 4, FIG. 1) Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2004-26431 (page 3, FIG. 1)

Conventional hardware contacts such as push buttons and key switches have predetermined uses, and a large number of hardware contacts are required for use in various applications.
The thing of patent document 1 was only what performed call registration with a touch screen.
The patent document 2 also has functions of call registration and message display although call registration can be performed and a touch panel for displaying a message in an emergency is shown.
Therefore, these Patent Documents 1 and 2 do not realize the unified management of the elevator operation by the touch panel by providing the touch panel with not only the destination floor call registration but also the other operation functions.

 The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to obtain an elevator operation system that realizes unified management of elevator operation using a touch panel in a car or a hall.

 The elevator operation system according to the present invention includes a touch panel that is installed in the elevator car or at the landing and is used for the operation of the elevator, and the touch panel switches the destination button and the elevator operation during normal operation of the elevator. The button is displayed, and the destination call registration is performed by operating the destination button, and the driving operation of the elevator is switched by operating the switching button.

  As described above, the present invention includes a touch panel that is installed in an elevator car or a landing, and is used for an operation operation of the elevator, and the touch panel switches a destination button and an elevator operation during normal operation of the elevator. Is displayed, and the destination call registration is performed by operating the destination button, and the driving operation of the elevator is switched by operating the switching button. Addition and deletion of operations can be easily performed without changing hardware devices.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
In the first embodiment, various operation commands for the elevator are received using a touch panel installed in the elevator car or on the landing.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a system diagram of an elevator operation system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, in which a touch panel is used as an input device for other operation commands as well as call registration.
In FIG. 1, the group management board 20 is connected to each elevator control board 15 and manages and controls a plurality of elevators as a group. The car touch panel 18 is installed in the car and is connected to the elevator control panel 15 via a car station 16 having a local CPU. The landing touch panel 19 is installed at the landing on each floor and is connected to the elevator control panel 15 via a landing station 17 having a local CPU.
The car touch panel 18 and the hall touch panel 19 may be directly connected to the elevator control panel 15 via a dedicated line without passing through the car station 16 or the hall station 17. Input / output information of the car touch panel 18 and the hall touch panel 19 is processed by the elevator control panel 15 and the group management panel 14.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a basic screen example of the touch panel of the elevator operation system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, and the touch panel is in the state shown in FIG. 2 during normal operation of the elevator.
In FIG. 2, the touch panel 1 of the car touch panel 18 and the hall touch panel 19 receives an operation command input by touching a displayed button. Buttons and messages 2 to 5 are displayed on the touch panel 1, message 2 explains usage, and destination button 3 displays numbers corresponding to destinations from the first floor to the sixth floor. The wheelchair button 4 (switching button) displays a wheelchair mark. For example, touching the wheelchair button 4 and touching the destination button 3 shifts to an elevator operation corresponding to a non-healthy person with extended door opening / closing time. At the same time, the floor of the destination button 3 is called and registered. The menu button 5 (switch button) is a button for shifting to FIG. 3 which is a screen for displaying special operation command buttons for selecting various special operation operations of the elevator.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a menu screen example of the touch panel of the elevator operation system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, which is a screen displayed by touching the menu button 5 of FIG.
In FIG. 3, the special operation command buttons 6 for selecting various special operation operations of the elevator include a dedicated operation button 6a, a recall button 6b, a pause button 6c, a maintenance button 6d, a driver-operated operation button 6e, etc. By touching the button, each driving operation command is accepted, and the elevator shifts to each driving operation. Further, when the maintenance button 6d or the driver-operated button 6e is touched, the screen moves to a screen on which buttons and messages necessary for carrying out each are displayed, and commands maintenance and driver-operated operation on the screen. Be able to.

The dedicated operation button 6a is a button that is used for carrying in luggage, etc., and that operates only with the button operation in the car, and the recall button 6b is operated from a touch panel installed at the landing. The elevator button is a button that is called back to the landing when the elevator car is free. The pause button 6c is a button that is called back to the landing and then put into a pause state by, for example, turning off the illumination. The maintenance button 6d is For the purpose of maintenance, the button is used to pause the car or perform a maintenance operation. The driver-equipped operation button 6e is a button for driving the driver with the authority to drive.
The schedule button 7 is a button for displaying a schedule function. For example, the schedule button 7 is a button for switching to FIG. 4 which is a screen for making a reservation for a pause command. The return button 8 is a button for returning to the basic screen of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a schedule screen example of the touch panel of the elevator operation system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, and is a screen displayed by touching the schedule button 7 of FIG.
In FIG. 4, a time zone 9 indicates a time zone for reserving a pause operation, and in this case, the 1 hour elevator from 18:00 to 19:00 indicates that the pause operation is performed. The time setting button 10 displaying the vertical direction is a button for setting the time, and the time can be advanced or returned by touching the upper and lower triangular buttons. The setting button 11 is a button for performing a setting for performing a pause operation in the actually designated reserved time zone, and the release button 12 is a button for canceling the setting by the setting button 11.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a screen example of the touch panel when interlocked with the security system of the elevator operation system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
In FIG. 5, the destination button 13 displays only the destination floor permitted for the passenger authenticated by the authentication means such as a security card. The message 14 shows an explanation for the fact that the destination floor is limited.

Next, the operation will be described.
The driving operation system of the present invention is realized by connecting the touch panel as shown in FIGS. 2 to 5 to a control panel that controls the elevator or a group management panel that manages a group of a plurality of elevators. .
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation at the time of general call registration of the elevator operation system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
Next, operations during normal operation of the elevator will be described with reference to FIG.
Usually, the touch panel is in a state as shown in FIG. In FIG. 2, when the destination button 3 on which the floor name is displayed is touched (step S1), the call is registered according to the floor name of the destination button 3 (step S2). Thus, the elevator is operated according to the call registration.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation at the time of dedicated call registration of the elevator operation system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
Next, dedicated call registration will be described with reference to FIG.
When the wheelchair button 4 is touched on the basic screen of FIG. 2 and then the destination button 3 is touched (step S11), a dedicated call for the wheelchair user is registered according to the floor name of the destination button 3 (step S12). . As a result, the elevator shifts to wheelchair-only driving.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation at the time of special operation command registration of the elevator operation system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
Next, the special operation command registration will be described with reference to FIG.
First, when the menu button 5 on the basic screen of FIG. 2 is touched (step S21), a security check for recognition of the qualified owner is performed by an authentication means using a personal identification number or a card (step S22), or this security The menu screen of FIG. 3 is displayed without performing a check (step S23).
When the special operation command button 6 (dedicated operation button 6a, recall button 6b, etc.) to the elevator is touched on the menu screen of FIG. 3 (step S24), the elevator shifts to the input special operation operation (step S26). In step S24, depending on the operation command such as the maintenance button 6d and the driver-equipped operation button 6e, the screen is switched to another input screen (step S25), and then the process goes to step S26.
When the schedule button 7 is touched on the menu screen of FIG. 3 (step S27), the schedule screen of FIG. 4 is displayed (step S28). On the schedule screen of FIG. 4, for example, reservation setting for the pause operation and cancellation thereof are performed (step S29).
Further, when the return button 8 is touched on the menu screen of FIG. 3 (step S30), the basic screen of FIG. 2 is displayed (step S31).

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the operation of the elevator operation system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention when interlocking with the security system.
Next, the operation when the security system is linked will be described with reference to FIG.
For example, when a passenger with a security card collates the card with a card reader device (authentication means), only the destination button 13 on which the destination floor permitted for the passenger with the card is displayed is displayed on the touch panel. Display and do not display other floor buttons. In the case of FIG. 5, the fourth floor and the sixth floor are displayed as the destination buttons 13. Message 14 is an explanation for the fact that this destination floor is limited.
In FIG. 9, first, a passenger's security check is performed by collating a password, a card, etc. (step S41). Next, only the destination button 13 on which the floor permitted for the passenger is displayed is displayed as shown in FIG. 5 (step S42). Next, a call is registered by operating the permitted destination button 13 (step S43).
Thereby, an elevator can go only to the floor where the passenger was permitted, and it can contribute to ensuring security.

As a security block (authentication means) for displaying the screen as shown in FIG. 5, it is conceivable to apply a password input, voice recognition, fingerprint verification, etc. in addition to the card.
Naturally, it is conceivable to put a security block for limiting the user for displaying the menu button 5 in FIG. 2 and displaying the schedule button 7 in FIG. In some cases, it is possible to change the buttons and screens that can be used depending on differences among general passengers, company officers, building facility managers, elevator maintenance personnel, and the like.

According to Embodiment 1, it is possible to transfer all buttons and switches installed in the car and the hall to the touch panel, so that the driving operation is excellent in design and function expandability. It can be a system.
In addition, addition and deletion of optional operations can be easily performed without changing hardware devices.
In addition, by switching the screen by the user via a security system or password input, the content that can be operated on the touch panel can be restricted by a person, and the security level can be improved.

It is a block diagram which shows the system diagram of the elevator driving | operation operation system by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a basic screen of the touchscreen of the elevator driving | operation operation system by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the menu screen example of the touchscreen of the elevator driving | operation operation system by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a schedule screen of the touchscreen of the elevator driving | operation operation system by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen of a touchscreen at the time of interlocking | linking with the security system of the elevator driving | operation operation system by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement at the time of the general call registration of the elevator driving | operation operation system by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement at the time of exclusive call registration of the elevator driving | operation operation system by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement at the time of special operation command registration of the elevator driving | operation operation system by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement at the time of the security system cooperation of the elevator driving | operation operation system by Embodiment 1 of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 Touch panel 2 Message 3 Destination button 4 Wheelchair button
5 Menu button, 6 Special operation command button, 7 Schedule button, 8 Return button,
9 time zone, 10 hour setting button, 11 setting button, 12 release button,
13 destination button, 14 message,
15 elevator control panel, 16 car stations,
17 landing station, 18 car touch panel,
19 hall touch panel, 20 group management board.

Claims (4)

  The touch panel is installed in an elevator car or a landing, and includes a touch panel used for operation of the elevator. The touch panel displays a destination button and a switching button for switching the operation operation of the elevator during normal operation of the elevator, and the destination An elevator driving operation system, wherein destination call registration is performed by operating a button, and the operation operation of the elevator is switched by operating the switching button.   The elevator switching operation system according to claim 1, wherein the switching button includes a wheelchair button for performing wheelchair-specific driving.   The elevator touch operation system according to claim 1, wherein the touch panel displays various special operation command buttons for selecting a special operation operation of the elevator by operating the switching button.   An authentication means for authenticating a passenger is provided, and the touch panel displays a button limited to a function permitted to the passenger authenticated by the authentication means. The elevator operation system described.

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