EP0585135A1 - Anzeigevorrichtung und Verfahren für Aufzüge - Google Patents
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- EP0585135A1 EP0585135A1 EP93306808A EP93306808A EP0585135A1 EP 0585135 A1 EP0585135 A1 EP 0585135A1 EP 93306808 A EP93306808 A EP 93306808A EP 93306808 A EP93306808 A EP 93306808A EP 0585135 A1 EP0585135 A1 EP 0585135A1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
- B66B—ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS
- B66B3/00—Applications of devices for indicating or signalling operating conditions of elevators
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- the present invention relates generally to an indicator system and method for an elevator.
- each floor of the building is provided with a hall button for calling the elevator car to a floor on which the hall button has been pressed.
- the elevator car arrives at the designated floor, the elevator car stops and the doors thereof open for taking on passengers.
- a disembarkation indication method for an elevator comprising the steps of: calling an elevator car to a particular floor by pressing a hall button on the floor; comparing the floor number of the floor with floor numbers of floors selected as destination floors, the destination floors being selected by passengers within the elevator car by depressing a destination floor button within the elevator car; turning ON a disembarkation indicator on the floor when the floor number of the floor coincides with a selected destination floor; monitoring the floor for determining whether or not the elevator car has arrived at the floor; and turning OFF the disembarkation indicator when the elevator car arrives at the floor on which the hall button has been pressed and which has also been selected as a destination floor.
- a disembarkation indicator system for an elevator comprising: a hall button provided on a floor serviced by an elevator car, the hall button outputting a call signal indicative of the floor upon depression thereof; a destination floor button provided inside the elevator car, depression of the destination floor button outputting a destination signal indicative of a selected floor upon depression thereof; a sensor provided on a floor on which the hall button is provided for outputting an arrival signal indicative of elevator arrival at the floor (preferably a door zone sensor outputting a signal indicative of elevator door opening); a disembarkation indicator provided on the floor and responsive to ON and OFF signals to be turned on or off; and a control unit receivable of the call, destination and arrival signals and operable to stop the elevator car at the floor if the call signal has been received and at a floor selected by depression of the destination button, and further operable so as to output an ON signal to the disembarkation indicator when the destination signal corresponds to the floor if the call signal has been received and to
- a disembarkation indicator system for an elevator comprising: a plurality of hall buttons, one hall button respectively provided on each floor serviced by an elevator car, each of the hall buttons outputting a call signal indicative of the respective floor on which the hall button is located, upon depression thereof; a plurality of destination floor buttons provided inside the elevator car, each of the destination buttons respectively indicative of one of the floors serviced by the elevator car, depression of one of the destination buttons causing a destination signal, indicative of a floor corresponding to the destination button, to be output upon depression thereof; a plurality of sensors provided on the floors serviced by the elevator car, each of the sensors outputting an arrival signal indicative of its corresponding floor upon elevator arrival at the floor (preferably door zone sensors outputting signals indicative of elevator door opening); a plurality of disembarkation indicators provided on said floors serviced by the elevator car and respectively responsive to ON and OFF signals to be turned on or off; and a control unit receivable of the call, destination and arrival signals and operable
- the present invention provides an elevator system in which passengers waiting to board an elevator car are informed if there are other passengers waiting to disembark at the same floor.
- the present invention provides a disembarkation indicator system and method, for signaling waiting passengers that other passengers will disembark at the floor on which they are waiting, and so promotes smooth boarding and disembarkation of the elevator car.
- the elevator disembarkation indicator system comprises a door 1, provided respectively at each floor serviced by the elevator for boarding and disembarking an elevator car (not shown).
- an arrival indicator panel 2 is provided to the left of the door 1 in the drawing.
- the arrival indicator panel 2 includes numerical indicators 3 for each floor to indicate the present position of the elevator car (not shown).
- the numerical indicators may be backlit by a pilot light for example in a per se known fashion.
- the arrival indicator panel 2 may be provided on each floor serviced by the elevator.
- the hall button 4 comprises an UP button 4a and a DOWN button 4b for allowing a passenger wishing to board the elevator car to indicate whether his/her destination floor is higher or lower than the present floor and to stop the elevator car when it is traveling in the appropriate direction.
- a CALL signal representative of a floor on which the hall button is located is output to the control unit 5 of the elevator disembarkation indicator system.
- the hall button 4 may be provided on each floor serviced by the elevator.
- a plurality of destination floor buttons 6 are provided within the elevator car (not shown) a plurality of destination floor buttons 6 are provided.
- a DEST (destination) signal indicative of the selected floor is output to the control unit 5 and the control unit 5 is then active to operate the elevator car to go to the selected destination floor.
- a 'PASSENGERS DISEMBARKING' indicator light 7 (hereinbelow: disembarkation indicator 7) is provided between the arrival indicator panel 2 and the hall button 4.
- the disembarkation indicator 7 may be comprised of a transparent, or translucent, panel 7a backed by a pilot light, which may be a light emitting diode (LED) such as a semiconductor chip or the like mounted in a metallic lead frame encased in synthetic resin, for example.
- LED light emitting diode
- control unit 5 When a DEST signal is received at the control unit 5 which corresponds to a floor for which a CALL signal has been received, the control unit is active to switch the disembarkation indicator 7 ON at the appropriate floor.
- the system of the invention includes a door zone sensor 8 provided at each floor serviced by the elevator for determining when the elevator car has reached a selected destination floor. That is to say, when the elevator car stops at a floor which has been designated by a passenger pushing one of the destination floor buttons 6, the door zone sensor is active to output an ARRV (arrival) signal to the control unit 5 when the elevator car stops at that floor.
- ARRV arrival
- the control unit 5 is active to switch the disembarkation indicator 7 OFF.
- the above arrangement may be suitably utilized in elevator systems having more than one elevator car. According to this, whereas, at each floor, a single call button 4 is applicable to call one of a plurality of elevator cars, separate disembarkation indicators 7 are respectively provided for each of the elevator cars in the system, at cach floor. Accordingly, a plurality of doors 1 and a plurality of door zone sensors 8 must also be provided at each floor. In other respects, the system is operable identically to the above described arrangement.
- step S2 it is determined if a destination button 6 in the elevator car has been pushed for the same floor from which the CALL signal was received in step S1.
- step S2 If the answer is NO at step S2 the routine goes to end, however, if the answer is YES at step S2, the routine proceeds to step S3.
- step S3 the disembarkation indicator 7 of the floor on which the hall button was pressed is turned ON by the control unit 5.
- step S4 it is determined whether the elevator car has arrived at the designated floor for which the hall button 4 and the destination button 6 in the elevator car (not shown) have been pressed. That is, the control unit 5 receives the ARRV signal from the door zone sensor 8 at the designated floor. If the answer is NO at step S4, this step is repeated until a YES determination is made and the routine proceeds to a step S5.
- step S5 after arrival of the elevator car at the designated floor, the disembarkation indicator 7 is turned OFF by the control unit 5 and the routine proceeds to END.
- the present invention is not exclusively limited to the embodiments recited above and various modifications may be effected within the scope of the invention.
- the present invention may be suitably implemented with or without the arrival indicator panel 2.
- the system and method of the invention may be utilized for elevator systems in which a plurality of elevator cars are provided.
- the system and method of the invention are effective even when a plurality of destination floors have been designated by waiting passengers pressing hall buttons on more than one floor and a plurality of destination floors have been selected for disembarkation by passengers on the elevator car.
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| JP227678/92 | 1992-08-27 | ||
| JP22767892A JPH0687581A (ja) | 1992-08-27 | 1992-08-27 | エレベーターの降車表示灯装置 |
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| EP0585135A1 true EP0585135A1 (de) | 1994-03-02 |
| EP0585135B1 EP0585135B1 (de) | 1998-03-18 |
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| EP19930306808 Expired - Lifetime EP0585135B1 (de) | 1992-08-27 | 1993-08-27 | Anzeigevorrichtung und Verfahren für Aufzüge |
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| EP (1) | EP0585135B1 (de) |
| JP (1) | JPH0687581A (de) |
| DE (1) | DE69317492T2 (de) |
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| CN107720465A (zh) * | 2017-09-01 | 2018-02-23 | 中山大学新华学院 | 一种告知方法及装置 |
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| JP2013209194A (ja) * | 2012-03-30 | 2013-10-10 | Mitsubishi Electric Corp | エレベータ制御装置およびエレベータ制御方法 |
| DE102018213573B4 (de) * | 2018-08-13 | 2020-03-19 | Thyssenkrupp Ag | Aufzuganlage sowie Verfahren zum Betreiben einer Aufzuganlage |
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| US2730693A (en) * | 1953-05-29 | 1956-01-10 | Charles W Lerch | Elevator signalling apparatus |
| GB2203568A (en) * | 1987-02-28 | 1988-10-19 | Hitachi Ltd | Elevator information device |
| GB2225452A (en) * | 1988-09-20 | 1990-05-30 | Hitachi Ltd | Elevator control system |
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- 1992-08-27 JP JP22767892A patent/JPH0687581A/ja not_active Withdrawn
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| US2730693A (en) * | 1953-05-29 | 1956-01-10 | Charles W Lerch | Elevator signalling apparatus |
| GB2203568A (en) * | 1987-02-28 | 1988-10-19 | Hitachi Ltd | Elevator information device |
| GB2225452A (en) * | 1988-09-20 | 1990-05-30 | Hitachi Ltd | Elevator control system |
Cited By (1)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN107720465A (zh) * | 2017-09-01 | 2018-02-23 | 中山大学新华学院 | 一种告知方法及装置 |
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| EP0585135B1 (de) | 1998-03-18 |
| DE69317492T2 (de) | 1998-07-09 |
| JPH0687581A (ja) | 1994-03-29 |
| DE69317492D1 (de) | 1998-04-23 |
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