JP2010275102A - Door opening controller for elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a door opening controller for an elevator enabling a passenger in an elevator hall to set door opening time to the desired time in advance and get in a car safely and conveniently while confirming the time left in opening the door. <P>SOLUTION: The elevator hall 1 includes a plurality of door opening time prolonging buttons 19a, 19b and a display lamp 21 for displaying the time left in opening the door. When a passenger in the elevator hall 1 operates one of the door opening time prolonging buttons 19a, 19b and the car 9 arrives at a floor of the elevator hall 1 and stops there, the time required for opening the doors 3a, 11b of the elevator is prolonged corresponding to the operation of the door opening time prolonging buttons 19a, 19b, and the time left in opening the door is displayed in the display lamp 21. As a result, even if the passenger is a physically disabled person or an elderly, he/she can get in the car safely and conveniently with a sense of security. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an elevator door opening control device capable of controlling the door opening time of an elevator door and displaying information about the door opening time.

  Elevator halls are provided in the elevator halls on each floor of the building, and a car for passengers to ride is provided in the hoistway of the building so as to be able to go up and down. A hall door is provided at the hall entrance of the elevator hall on each floor, and a car door is provided at the entrance of the front of the car. When the car moves to the destination floor and stops landing, the landing door and the car door on that floor are opened in conjunction with each other, thereby enabling passengers to enter the car.

A landing door and a car door (hereinafter simply referred to as a door) are automatically closed by a control panel when a predetermined time elapses after the door is opened. However, the door opening time is not so long, and in elevators that are often used by passengers who are handicapped or elderly, such as hospitals and elderly facilities, before the passengers get in completely The door may close.
Therefore, as seen in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-206336, a door opening extension button for opening the door is provided in the elevator hall, and the elevator is operated in advance by operating the door opening extension button in the elevator hall. There has been proposed a door opening control device that can hold the door opening time when the door is opened after reaching the hall so that the user can safely enter the car.

JP-A-7-206336

  However, in JP-A-7-206336, it is only possible to extend the door opening time. The door opening time can be set to a desired time in advance, or the remaining door opening time can be confirmed. There are some aspects that are insufficient in terms of safety and convenience.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to such points. The purpose of the present invention is to set the door opening time to a desired time in the elevator hall or to check the remaining door opening time. It is another object of the present invention to provide an elevator door opening control device that can safely and conveniently enter a car.

  In order to solve such a problem, the present invention is provided in an elevator hall, and the door opening time of the elevator door when the car is stopped after landing in the elevator hall is a plurality of times longer than the normal time. A door opening extension operation means that can be set as an extension time, and the door opening time extension is set by the door opening extension operation means, and the remaining time of the door opening after the elevator door is opened is the elevator. It is characterized by comprising a door open remaining time display means for displaying in the hall.

  For example, the door opening extension operating means includes a plurality of door opening extension buttons, and can be configured to set different door opening extension times by selectively operating the plurality of door opening extension buttons. .

  According to the present invention, in the elevator hall, the passenger can set the door opening time to a desired time in advance or can enter the car safely and conveniently while checking the remaining door opening time.

The block diagram which shows the structure of the whole elevator which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. The front view which shows the operation panel for the car call provided in the elevator hall of the elevator, and the operation panel for doors. The block diagram which shows the structure of the control circuit of the elevator.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  As shown in FIG. 1, an elevator entrance 2 is provided on a wall surface 1 a of an elevator hall 1 of a building, and a landing door 3 for opening and closing the elevator entrance 2 is provided at the entrance 2. The landing door 3 has, for example, a double-open structure in which a pair of door panels 3a move left and right to open and close the entrance 2.

  The back side of the wall surface 1a in the elevator hall 1 is a hoistway 5 extending to each floor of the building, and a hoisting machine 7 as a driving means is installed in a machine room 6 above the hoistway 5, A main rope 8 is wound around the machine 7, and a car 9 and a counterweight 10 are attached to the end of the main rope 8 in the hoistway 5, and the car 9 moves up and down by driving by the hoisting machine 7. To do.

  The car 9 has an entrance / exit 9a on the front surface, and an entrance / exit car door 11 is provided at the entrance / exit 9a. The car door 11 has a double-open structure in which, for example, a pair of door panels 11a move left and right to open and close the entrance 9a.

  A control panel 12 as a control means is provided in the upper part of the hoistway 5, and the operation of the hoisting machine 7 is controlled by the control panel 12, and the elevator 9 is moved up and down by this control to manage the operation of the elevator. In addition, the control panel 12 controls the opening / closing operation of the car door 11 of the car 9.

On the wall surface 1 a of the elevator hall 1, an operation panel 14 for calling a car and an operation panel 15 for a door are provided adjacent to the entrance 2. FIG. 2 shows an enlarged front view of these operation panels 14 and 15. The operation panels 14 and 15 are electrically connected to the control panel 12, and the car call operation panel 14 is provided with a car call button 17 and a car position indicator lamp 18.
The door operation panel 15 includes, for example, a plurality of first and second door opening extension buttons 19a and 19b constituting a door opening extension operating means for extending the door opening time, and a release button 20 for releasing the first and second door opening extension buttons 19a and 19b. And an indicator lamp 21 for displaying the remaining time of door opening. The first door opening extension button 19a is a button for extending the door opening time for 10 seconds, for example, and the second door opening extension button 19b is a button for extending the door opening time for 20 seconds, for example. The door operation panel 15 is provided at a relatively high position above the car call operation panel 14 in order to prevent mischief operations by children and the like.

  FIG. 3 shows the configuration of this elevator control circuit. Signals from the car call button 17, the door extension buttons 19a and 19b, and the release button 20 are input to the control panel 12 including a microcomputer. The control panel 12 outputs predetermined signals to the hoisting machine 7, the car door 11, the car position indicator lamp 18, and the remaining door open time indicator lamp 21 based on the input signal.

  Next, the operation will be described.

  When the passenger operates the car call button 17 in the elevator hall 1, the signal is sent to the control panel 12, and the car 9 moves toward the elevator hall 1 based on this signal. The position of the car 9 is sequentially displayed on the car position indicator lamp 18 in the elevator hall 1.

  When the car 9 reaches the elevator hall 1 on the destination floor and stops landing, the car door 11 is opened under the control of the control panel 12. At this time, the car door 11 is engaged with the landing door 3, and the landing door 3 is opened in conjunction with the car door 11 by this engagement. As a result, it is possible to get into the car 9 from the elevator hall 1. At normal times, the car door 11 and the landing door 3 are closed by the control panel 12 after a predetermined time has elapsed, and the car 9 moves toward the next destination floor.

On the other hand, when a passenger with a physical disability or an elderly passenger uses an elevator, the car call button 17 is operated in the elevator hall 1, and one of the door opening extension buttons 19a and 19b, for example, the first door opening is performed. The extension button 19a is operated. A signal for this operation is sent to the control panel 12, the door opening time is set to a value that extends for 10 seconds from the normal time, and the setting is stored in the control panel 12. When the car 9 reaches the elevator hall 1 and is landed and the car door 11 and the landing door 3 are opened, the opening time of the car door 11 and the landing door 3 is usually based on the stored setting. It is held for 10 seconds longer than the time.
Furthermore, the control by the control panel 12 causes the remaining door opening time indicator lamp 21 of the elevator hall 1 to be a count-down method until the door closing operation starts from the time when the car door 11 and the landing door 3 are opened. Is displayed.

  When the second door opening extension button 19b of the operation panel 15 is operated, the door opening time is set to a value that extends 20 seconds from the normal time, and the setting is stored in the control panel 12. When the car 9 reaches the elevator hall 1 and is landed and the car door 11 and the landing door 3 are opened, the opening time of the car door 11 and the landing door 3 is usually based on the stored setting. It is held for 20 seconds longer than the time. Then, the remaining door opening time indicator lamp 21 in the elevator hall 1 displays the remaining door opening time from when the car door 11 and the landing door 3 are opened until the door closing operation is started in a countdown manner.

In this way, by operating the first or second door opening extension button 19a, 19b of the operation panel 15, the door opening time is extended to a longer time than usual, and the remaining time of the door opening is indicated by the indicator lamp. Therefore, the passengers who are handicapped or elderly passengers can enter the car 9 safely and conveniently without worrying about the door closing time.
Further, since the operation panel 15 is provided with a plurality of door opening extension buttons 19a and 19b having different opening times, it is possible to select and operate one of the plurality of door opening extension buttons 19a and 19b. By doing so, the door opening extension time can be set to a desired time in accordance with the passenger's physical condition and the like, and thus safety and convenience are further improved.

If the release button 20 is operated after operating the door opening extension buttons 19a, 19b of the operation panel 15, the setting of the door opening extension by the operation of the door opening extension buttons 19a, 19b is canceled, and the door opening time Normal time.
The present invention can also be applied to an elevator for luggage, and when it takes time to load and unload luggage, the door opening extension buttons 19a and 19b are operated to care about closing the door. It is possible to efficiently load and unload luggage.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Elevator hall 2 ... Elevator entrance / exit 3 ... Landing door 5 ... Hoistway 6 ... Machine room 7 ... Hoisting machine 9 ... Riding car 10 ... Entrance / exit 11 ... Car door 12 ... Control panel 14 ... Operation panel 15 for calling a car ... Door operation panel 17 ... Car call button 18 ... Car position indicator 19a.19b ... Door open extension button 20 ... Release button 21 ... Door open remaining time indicator

Claims (2)

Door opening extension operating means provided in the elevator hall and capable of setting the opening times of the elevator doors to a plurality of extension times longer than the normal time when the car stops in the elevator hall and stops. When,
Extension of door opening time is set by the door opening extension operation means, and the remaining door opening time display means for displaying the remaining time of door opening after the elevator door is opened in the elevator hall,
An elevator door opening control device characterized by comprising:   The door opening extension operation means includes a plurality of door opening extension buttons, and different door opening extension times can be set by selectively operating the plurality of door opening extension buttons. The elevator door opening control device according to claim 1.

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