JP2930825B2 - Elevator operation control device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an operation control device for an elevator, and more particularly to a priority operation service for a specific hall call, for example, a VIP operation service, to improve the serviceability of the elevator. The present invention relates to an elevator operation control device that can eliminate discomfort to passengers who are traveling.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a priority driving service for a specific hall call, for example, a VIP driving service is known, and the driving control for performing this kind of service is conventionally performed by a passenger in a car for a specific hall call. When a passenger disappears while performing a service for a vehicle, the vehicle is driven directly to that floor. There is also known a technique for controlling a passenger who has already been in a car to be driven in a straight line so that the passenger is connected to another elevator by manual operation or the like.

The prior art relating to a priority operation service for a specific hall call of this kind, for example, an operation control device for an elevator which performs a VIP operation service, is described as follows.
For example, a technique described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 61-114796 is known.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In the prior art, a priority driving service for a specific hall call is provided.
No consideration is given to automatically selecting a transfer floor to transfer passengers already in the car assigned for the service to another car, and There is a problem that it is difficult to eliminate discomfort to a passenger who has already boarded.

[0005] It is an object of the present invention that prior to transition to priority driving service for a particular hall call, ordinary passengers already in the car assigned to that call will be received before arriving at the particular hall floor. Smoothly transfer to another elevator to continue the subsequent service for general passengers, and direct the car that has shifted to the driving service for the specific hall call to the specific floor where the specific hall call was made, It is an object of the present invention to provide an elevator operation control device capable of promptly providing service to an elevator.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In accordance with the present invention, an object of the present invention is to operate an elevator in which a plurality of cars are commissioned in conjunction with each other to provide a particular car with priority service for a particular hall call. In the control device, when the specific car call is generated while driving to the specific floor where the specific car issues the specific hall call, an estimated time of arrival of the specific car at the specific floor is obtained. If the predetermined time is exceeded, before the specific car arrives at the specific floor, passengers in the specific car can transfer from the elevator to another elevator and go to the destination floor. Is set as a connecting floor, a hall call of this connecting floor is set, and another elevator is called to the connecting floor. Also, the purpose is to call at the connecting floor
This is achieved by automatically registering the car call of the connecting passenger set for the specific car in another elevator that has arrived at the connecting floor.

[0007]

[Function] When shifting from normal driving to priority driving service for a specific hall call, passengers already in the car can be smoothly transferred to another car, causing discomfort to these passengers. Without giving, the service can be executed immediately even for a hall call on a specific floor.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of an elevator operation control device according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings assuming that the present invention is applied to a VIP operation.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation. In FIG. 1, 11 is a VIP call button, and 12 is a VIP call button.
An operation control circuit, 13 is a VIP operation hall call control circuit,
14 is a VIP operation car call control circuit, 15 is a No. 1 elevator position / direction detection circuit, 16 is a No. 2 elevator position / direction detection circuit, 17 is an elevator hall call assignment circuit, 18 and 21 are hall call circuits, 19 , 22
A car call circuit, 20 is a No. 1 elevator car transit guidance device, 23 is a No. 1 elevator control device, 24
Is a No. 2 elevator control device, 25 is a VIP operation control device, and 26 is a management operation elevator control device.

One embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG.
The system is provided with a VIP call button 11, a VIP operation control device 25, and a management operation elevator control device 26. V
The IP operation control device 25 includes the VIP operation control circuit 12
The system includes an IP operation hall call control circuit 13, a VIP operation car call control circuit 14, a No. 1 elevator position / direction detection circuit 15, and a No. 2 elevator position / direction detection circuit 16. The management operation elevator control device 26 includes a hall call assignment circuit 17, a No. 1 elevator control device, and a No. 2 elevator control device 24, and the elevator control devices 23 and 24 for controlling each car. Is the hall call circuit 1
8, 21 and car call circuits 19, 22;
The control device of the No. 1 car for servicing a VIP call is provided with a transfer guide device 20.

Next, an embodiment of the present invention configured as described above is applied to an elevator apparatus having two cars for servicing the tenth floor, and
The operation of one embodiment of the present invention will be described on the assumption that the elevator is an IP operation elevator and the VIP floor is the seventh floor.

Now, the No. 1 elevator is driving with passengers who want to go from the second floor to the third floor and going to the third and fourth floors, and the No. 2 elevator is stopped at the sixth floor and is waiting. It is assumed that a VIP call is generated from the seventh floor in a certain state.

In this case, the VIP call is made by the VIP call button 1
From 1, the VIP hall call control circuit 13 is operated via the VIP operation control circuit 12. The VIP hall call control circuit 13 converts the VIP call into a hall call assignment circuit 17.
Is registered in the hall call circuit 18 through the system and the No. 1 elevator is shifted to the VIP operation. At the same time, the VIP hall call control circuit 13
The hall call registered in the No. 1 elevator
o.2 A command to change the assignment to the elevator is issued, and if there is a hall call that the hall call circuit 18 has taken over, the call is transferred to the hall call circuit 21.

The VIP car call control circuit 14 operates in response to an operation command from the VIP operation control circuit 12,
The car call control circuit 14 checks the car calls already registered in the car call circuit 19, and determines the estimated time of arrival at the VIP floor. This determination is made by, for example, determining that the number of existing car calls is short when the number is three or less, and determining that the number is long when the number is four or more.

In this example, since the existing car call is at two floors before the VIP floor, the VIP of the No. 1 elevator is
It is determined that the estimated arrival time on the floor is short, and the VIP operation control circuit 12 causes the No. 2 elevator to continue the stop state,
o.1 The elevator is controlled to go to the VIP floor while providing services for the third and fourth floors.

In the above description, it is assumed that when a VIP call is made, the No. 1 elevator carries passengers who want to go to each of the four locations on the third, fourth, fifth and sixth floors.

In this case, it is determined that the expected arrival time on the VIP floor is long, and the VIP operation control circuit 12 controls the ascending operation while giving the No. 1 elevator a car call from the third floor to the sixth floor. .2 Calculate the floor where both elevators meet in the shortest time when the elevator is controlled to descend from the sixth floor.

Assuming that this calculation result is on the fourth floor, VI
The P operation control circuit 12 is a VIP hall call control circuit 1
3. An operation command is issued to the hall call assignment circuit 17 and an ascending hall call on the fourth floor is registered in the hall call circuit 21;
Call 2 elevators to the 4th floor.

When the No. 1 elevator arrives on the fourth floor,
The transit guide device 20 installed in the car, according to a command from the VIP operation control circuit 12, gives passengers going to the fifth and sixth floors N
Guides you to change from the o.1 elevator to the No. 2 elevator. The No. 1 elevator then immediately goes directly to the VIP floor to provide service for VIP calls.

At this time, the No. 2 elevator is connected to the VIP
In response to an operation command issued from the operation control circuit 12 to the VIP car call control circuit 14, the car calls to the fifth and sixth floors registered in the car call circuit 19 are automatically registered in the car call circuit 22, and are automatically registered in the car call circuit 22. Car call service is continued with passengers going to the floor.

In the above description, it is assumed that the No. 1 elevator carries a passenger who wants to go to the tenth floor when a VIP call occurs.

In this case, since the car call is for the VIP floor and thereafter, the VIP operation control circuit 12 returns to No.
Calculate the floor that the 1st elevator and No.2 elevator meet in the shortest time. Assuming that the calculation result is the sixth floor before the VIP floor, the VIP operation control circuit 12
o.Registration of the 6th floor lift hall call to 1 elevator, N
o. The first and second elevators have the sixth floor as the connecting floor and perform the same control as described above.

Also, as another condition, the No. 1 elevator is in ascending operation, the passenger who wants to go to the 10th floor is on the 8th floor and stopped, and the No. 2 elevator is moved from the 5th floor to the 4th floor. It is assumed that a VIP call occurs during a descent operation with a passenger who wants to go to the floor.

In this case, the call from the VIP call button 11 is registered in the hall call circuit 18 of the No. 1 elevator control unit 23 via the VIP operation control circuit 12, the VIP hall call control circuit 13, and the hall call assignment circuit 17. If there is a hall call that has been handled by the hall call circuit 18, the hall call is transferred to the hall call circuit 21 of the No. 2 elevator control device 24.

At the same time, the VIP operation control circuit 12
P hall call control circuit 13, hall call assignment circuit 17
Is activated, the ascent hall call is registered in the hall call circuit 21 of the No. 2 elevator control device 24, and the passenger of the No. 1 elevator is provided with a transit guide to get off,
The car call control circuit 14 cancels the car call on the tenth floor of the car call circuit 19, and causes the car to go straight to the VIP floor.

On the other hand, since the hall call on the eighth floor has already been assigned to the No. 2 elevator, the No. 2 elevator services the first floor, and then services the rising hall call on the eighth floor. The car call on the 10th floor is automatically registered upon arrival, and the connecting operation is performed.

Further, in the above description, it is assumed that when a VIP call is generated, the No. 1 elevator is traveling upward from the eighth floor to the ninth floor with a passenger who wants to go to the tenth floor.

In this case, the VIP operation control circuit 12
o.1 Stop the elevator at the 9th floor and perform the same operation control as described above.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the general operation of the embodiment of the present invention described above, and the operation of the present invention will be described again with reference to this flowchart.

(1) VIP for No. 1 elevator
When a call is generated, the hall call assigned to the No. 1 elevator at this time is moved to the No. 2 elevator, and registration of a new car call to the No. 1 elevator thereafter is disabled (steps 101 to 103). .

(2) It is checked whether the No. 1 elevator is heading toward the VIP floor, and if it is heading toward the VIP floor, it is checked whether a car call is registered (steps 104 and 105). ).

(3) If it is determined in step 105 that there is no car call, it is determined that no passenger is on the No. 1 elevator, the No. 1 elevator is made to go directly to the VIP floor, and the service for the VIP call is executed. (Steps 114 to 116).

(4) If it is determined in step 105 that there is a car call, it is checked whether there is a car call after the VIP floor. If there is no such car call, a service is provided for the car call up to the VIP floor. It is checked whether or not the expected VIP floor arrival time is within the set time (step 1).
06, 107).

(5) If it is determined in step 107 that the expected arrival time of the VIP floor is within the set time, the No. 1 elevator continues to operate while servicing the car call. Go straight to VIP
Perform the service for the call (steps 108, 1
09, 114-116).

(6) When it is determined in step 106 that there is a car call after the VIP floor, or in step 10
If it is determined in step 7 that the expected arrival time of the VIP floor exceeds the set time, the connecting floor is determined and the hall call of this connecting floor is automatically registered. This hall call is assigned to another elevator, and the elevator is called to the connecting floor (step 110).

(7) The No. 1 elevator continues to operate while servicing the car call before the connecting floor, and when arriving at the connecting floor, performs a transfer guide to drop off passengers on this floor, and thereafter, the VIP floor To execute the service for the VIP call (steps 111 to 11).
6).

(8) When the connecting elevator arrives at the connecting floor, the car call of the connecting passenger is automatically registered in the elevator, and the elevator provides services to the connecting passenger (steps 124 to 126).

(9) If it is determined in step 104 that the No. 1 elevator is not heading toward the VIP floor,
It is checked whether or not the No. 1 elevator is running, and if it is stopped, it is checked whether or not there is a car call (steps 117 and 118).

(11) If it is determined in step 118 that there is no car call, the service for the VIP call from step 114 is executed. If it is determined that there is a car call, the registered car call is canceled, the hall call of the currently stopped floor is registered, a control for calling another elevator is performed, and a connection guidance is performed (step 113).
The subsequent processing is executed (step 119).

(12) If it is determined in step 117 that the No. 1 elevator is running, it is checked whether or not there is a car call, and if there is no car call, it is determined that there are no passengers and the nearest floor is located. After the stop, the No. 1 elevator is made to go straight to the VIP floor by the processing from step 114 to execute the service for the VIP call (steps 120 and 123).

(13) If it is determined in step 120 that there is a call, control is performed to register a hall call on the nearest floor and bring in another elevator, and stop the No. 1 elevator on the nearest floor. The processing after step 113 for performing the transit guidance is executed (steps 121, 1
22).

In one embodiment of the present invention described above, the present invention
Although the present invention has been described as being applied to the IP driving service, the present invention is not limited to the VIP driving but can be applied to a case where a priority driving service for a specific hall call is performed.

[0043]

As described above, according to the present invention, a passenger who has already been on an elevator that has shifted to the priority driving service for a specific hall call can make a connection without causing discomfort. Service can be immediately performed even for a specific hall call, and serviceability can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 VIP call button 12 VIP operation control circuit 13 VIP operation hall call control circuit 14 VIP operation car call control circuit 15 No. 1 elevator position / direction detection circuit 16 No. 2 elevator position / direction detection circuit 17 elevator hall call assignment circuit 18 , 21 hall call circuit 19, 22 car call circuit 20 No. 1 elevator car transfer guide device 23 No. 1 elevator control device 24 No. 2 elevator control device 25 VIP operation control device 26 management operation elevator control device

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. An elevator operation control device in which a plurality of cars are commissioned in relation to each other and a specific car performs a priority driving service for a specific hall call, wherein the specific car is the specific car. When the specific hall call occurs while driving toward the specific floor that issues a hall call, if the estimated arrival time of the specific car to the specific floor exceeds a predetermined time, the specific car is Until arriving at the specific floor, the passenger in the specific car transfers from the elevator to another elevator and sets a floor on the way to the destination floor as a transfer floor. An elevator operation control device characterized by setting a hall call and calling another elevator to a connecting floor. Wherein summoned to the transit floor, in addition to the elevator arriving at the transit floor, according to claim 1, characterized in that the automatically registered car call of transit passenger which has been set to the particular car Elevator operation control device. 3. The elevator operation control according to claim 1, further comprising a guide device for guiding a passenger in the car from the specific elevator to another elevator. apparatus.