JPH04345476A - Cage allocation indicating device for double deck elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent the occurrence of confusion caused by erroneous riding by separately allocating a cage call to an upper cage and a lower cage in response to floor designation, and thereby indicating the floor designation of the upper and lower cages respectively on a display panel at each platform when the cage arrives at each floor. CONSTITUTION:When a platform designation button 2 provided for each platform is depressed, it is registered in a platform designation registering means 3, and output signals from the means are supplied to the interface 1a of a computer 1. Elevator drive means 5a through 5c are driven by respective control means corresponding to trestle control means 4a, 4b and 4c which control elevators A, B and C respectively. Floor designation is indicated by means of flashing on each platform designation floor indicator 8a through 8c which is provided for each elevator, and concurrently indicates the floor designation of the upper and lower cages in which the respective cages stop at each platform of the floor designation. By this constitution, passengers who are at the floor, can get on the elevator quickly and properly with indication by affirming flashing.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

[Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an assigned car display device for a double-deck elevator that displays the destination floors of the upper and lower cars at a landing in a double-deck elevator in which an upper car and a lower car are connected. This invention relates to an assigned car display device for a double-deck elevator in which a destination floor button is provided to automatically register a car call.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional assigned car display device for double-deck elevators of this type, there is a technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 61-248875. This is a double-deck elevator with destination buttons on the upper and lower departure floor landings, one departure floor landing with only one specific floor button, and the other departure floor landing with only the other specific floor button. This allows customers to be guided quickly and well-balanced into upper and lower cars, and also allows them to easily find the button for their destination floor, preventing them from getting on the wrong car, and preventing them from getting on the wrong car when the car is crowded. Even if you can't press a button, you can definitely reach your destination floor.

0003

[Problem to be solved by the invention] By the way, JP-A-61
The technology published in Publication No. 248875 is based on a departure floor consisting of two adjoining floors above and below, in other words, there is an atrium lobby, etc., and passengers are guided to either the 1st or 2nd floor by escalators, etc. This is valid for departure floors, and passengers will wait on either the 1st or 2nd floor depending on whether the destination floor is an even-numbered floor or an odd-numbered floor. According to this, since the upper car and the lower car are separately assigned according to the destination floor, passengers in both cars can get off at the same time on the adjacent floors above and below, improving the operating efficiency of the elevator.

However, the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 61-248875
The technology published in the bulletin is effective only at specific landings such as the departure floor; on general floors such as intermediate floors, passengers wait at the same landing regardless of whether their destination is an even or odd floor. It is normal to do so. Therefore, it could not be applied to general floors such as intermediate floors.

[0005] Conventionally, for intermediate floors, elevator cars have been assigned without distinction between upper cars and lower cars, and hall calls have been canceled when any elevator car has stopped at the hall. Alternatively, depending on the direction of the call, one of the elevator cars is simply stopped at the relevant landing, such as by using the lower car as a reference for UP calls and the upper car for DN calls. Ta. That is, conventionally, in the case of intermediate floors, the upper and lower cars were not assigned separately depending on the destination floor, and therefore, it was not possible to get off at the upper and lower adjacent floors at the same time, resulting in a reduction in operational efficiency. was low.

[0006]Therefore, there is a demand for service by separately allocating car calls corresponding to the destination floor to the upper and lower cars even on intermediate floors. Furthermore, in this case,
When an elevator car arrives at a landing, it is desirable to provide a display that allows waiting passengers to determine whether to board the upper car or the lower car.

[0007] In connection with this, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 55-101 discloses a technology for displaying or notifying elevator cars assigned to passengers waiting at a landing in a normal elevator.
There are techniques disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 575 and Japanese Patent Publication No. 1-55190.

[0008] The technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 55-101575 registers the call of the destination floor by operating the destination button at the landing, calls the car to the floor where the operated destination button is installed, and then The lighting mode of the call registration indicator light corresponding to the button is changed, and the arrival and destination floor of the car can be clearly displayed regardless of the position of the waiting passenger at the landing.

[0009] Furthermore, the technology disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 1-55190 is such that when a plurality of cars arrive at a landing for which a car call is not registered, a car is selected for which a car call is automatically registered. , the notification is made to distinguish between other cars, allowing passengers to easily identify which car has a car call automatically registered.

[0010] Therefore, the present invention separately assigns car calls corresponding to the destination floor to the upper car and lower car at any floor, regardless of the departure floor or intermediate floor, and when the elevator car arrives, the car call is assigned to the elevator car. An object of the present invention is to provide an assigned car display device for a double-deck elevator that enables accurate boarding and alighting by displaying the destination floors of the upper car and lower car, thereby preventing confusion due to incorrect boarding.

[0011]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The allocated car display device for a double deck elevator according to the present invention has a landing destination call registration means for registering a car call made corresponding to a destination floor using a landing destination button provided at a landing. , a car allocation registration means for distributing the car call to an upper car and a lower car and registering the allocation separately; and a car allocation registration means for distributing the car call to an upper car and a lower car and registering the allocation separately; , and destination floor display means for displaying the destination floor assigned to the arriving elevator car in a distinguishable manner from other elevator cars.

0012

[Operation] In the present invention, when a passenger waiting at a landing registers a destination call using the hall destination call registration means, the car assignment registration means assigns and registers this car call to the upper car and the lower car separately. Then, when an elevator car arrives, the destination floor display means distinguishes whether the elevator car is an upper car or a lower car, and displays the destination floor assigned to the arriving elevator car in a distinguishable manner from others. Therefore, waiting passengers can board the elevator car serving the destination floor without making a mistake.

[0013]

Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5, in which three elevators are installed in a building with 16 floors above ground and 1 floor underground. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a group management system for a double deck elevator according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows an assignment table for upper and lower cars in an assignment car display device for a double deck elevator according to an embodiment of the present invention. Table diagram shown in Figure 3
(a) is a sectional view showing the state of the elevator car when the lower car stops at the 11th floor in the assigned car display device for a double-deck elevator according to an embodiment of the present invention; (b)
) is a sectional view showing the state of the elevator car when the upper car stops at the 11th floor, and FIG. (b) is a front view showing the landing destination floor indicator when the upper car stops at the 11th floor; FIG. 5 is a front view showing the landing destination floor indicator when the upper car stops at the 11th floor; FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of an assigned car display device for a double-deck elevator.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a computer that functions as a group management device, and includes a CPU (central processing unit) 1a,
It is composed of a ROM (read only memory) 1b, a RAM (random access memory) 1c, an interface 1d, and an interface 1e. 2 is a landing destination button provided at the landing, which has both the function of a landing button for calling an elevator car to the landing and the function of a destination call button corresponding to the destination floor. Note that Figure 1 shows 1
Shows the landing destination button on the first floor landing. 3 is the platform destination button 2
This is a hall destination call registration means for detecting the operation of and registering a hall call and a destination call corresponding to the destination floor, and its output signal is supplied to the interface 1d of the computer 1. Reference numerals 4a, 4b, and 4c are platform management means for individually managing the three elevators A, B, and C, and 5a, 5b, and 5c are driving means for each elevator, which are respectively a platform management section 4a, a platform management section 4b, and a platform management section. It is controlled by means 4c. 6a, 6b, 6c are elevator cars, 7a, 7b, 7c
are signal lines connecting the car management means 4a, car management means 4b, and car management means 4c to the interface 1e of the elevator car 1. Denoted at 8a, 8b, and 8c are hall destination floor indicators which are provided for each elevator in the hall and display the destination floors of the upper and lower cars of the elevators stopping at the hall, and display the destination floors by blinking.

FIG. 2 shows the assignment table for one elevator car, TABL1 is the assignment table for the lower car, and TABL1 is the assignment table for the lower car.
BL2 indicates an allocation table for the upper car. The vertical address in each table corresponds to the landing floor name, and the horizontal bit corresponds to the destination floor name based on the destination call.
There is an assignment where “1” stands. The X marks in the table indicate locations where allocation is forcibly blocked due to reasons such as no landings or a driving pattern in which the elevator car cannot be serviced. Other locations are "0".

In FIG. 2, the lower car assignment table T
"1" in ABL1 indicates that the landing floor is the 11th floor and the destination floor for this is assigned to the B1 floor (1st basement floor), and the landing destination floor indicator of the 11th floor landing B1 will be blinking at 8a. Similarly, "1" in the upper car assignment table TABL2 indicates that the landing floor is 11.
This indicates that the destination floor for this 11th floor is assigned to the 1st floor, and 1 will flash on the landing destination floor indicator of the 11th floor landing.

Next, the operation of the double-deck elevator assigned car display device of this embodiment constructed as described above will be explained.

Now, the landing destination button 2 is operated at the landing on the 11th floor, and the landing destination call registration means 3 receives a call for the B1 floor, 1.
Floor calls and other floor calls are registered, and among them,
Both the calls for the B1 floor row and the calls for the 1st floor row are sent to the elevator car 6a, that is, the calls for the B1 floor row are sent to the elevator car 6a.
Assume that the call for the first floor row is assigned to the upper car of elevator car 6a. At this time, the allocation table includes the lower car allocation table TABL, as shown in FIG.
1, "1" is set in the bit for the B1 floor at address 11, and "1" is set at the bit for the first floor at address 11 in the upper car assignment table TABL2.

After this assignment is made, the elevator cars are moved, with the upper car going to the nth floor, that is, n=12th floor, and the lower car moving to the n-1 floor.
When stopping at a floor, i.e., n-1=12th floor, the routine of FIG. 5 is called.

First, in step S11, the upper car is on the nth floor,
It is determined whether the lower car has been decided to stop at the n-1 floor, and if it has been decided to stop, the process advances to step S12, and if it has not been decided to stop, this routine is exited.

In step S12, the upper car is on the nth floor, that is, 1
The upper car assignment table TABL2 for the second floor is read and registered, and in step S13, the destination floor where the read "1" is displayed is blinkingly displayed on the landing destination floor display 8a of the 12th floor. In addition, since "1" is not set in address 12 of the upper car allocation table TABL2, the destination floor display on the 12th floor does not flash the destination floor, and the destination floor in the upper car does not blink. The lamp indicating the destination floor is not lit on the display panel either.

[0022] Then, in step S14, the lower basket is
-Lower car assignment table T when the 1st floor is the 11th floor
The ABL1 is read and registered, and in step S15, the destination floor read out and registered in step S14 is displayed blinking on the landing destination floor display 8a on the 11th floor. Here, in the address 11 of the lower car allocation table TABL1, "1" is set in the bit number 0 for the B1 floor, so as shown in FIG. 4(a), the landing destination floor of the 11th floor is displayed. The B1 floor is flashed on the device 8a. At this time, the destination call for the B1 floor is automatically registered in another program in the lower car, and the B1 floor is lit on the display panel in the lower car, as shown in FIG. 3(a).

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 4(a), the 11th floor landing destination floor display 8a displays "1" for the 11th floor landing where the upper car is scheduled to stop next. It is also possible to light up and display the first floor where the person is standing.

[0024] After this, I waited at the landing on the 11th floor and went to B1.
When a passenger desiring to go to the floor confirms the flashing display on the landing floor destination display 8a and gets on the train, the doors begin to close. Along with this, "1" standing in the lower basket allocation table TABL1
is set to "0" and the landing floor destination floor indicator 8a is turned off.

Next, according to another program, the elevator car descends one floor, and the upper car moves to the nth floor, that is, the n=11th floor.
When the lower car moves to the n-1 floor, that is, n-1 = 10th floor,
The routine of FIG. 5 is called again.

First, in step S11, it is determined whether the upper car is determined to stop at the 11th floor and the lower car is determined to stop at the 10th floor. If it is determined to stop, the process advances to step S12. In step S12, the allocation table TABL2 when the upper car is on the 11th floor is read and registered, and in step S13
Then, the destination floor where the read "1" is displayed is displayed blinking on the hall destination floor display 8a. Here, in the upper car allocation table TABL2, “1” is written for bit number 1 going to the first floor.
” is displayed, the landing destination floor display 8a flashes the 1st floor, as shown in FIG. Since the blinking display goes off when the door is closed, only the first floor is blinking here. At this time, the destination call for the first floor, which is the destination floor, is automatically registered in another program in the upper car, and As shown in FIG. 3(b), the first floor, which is the destination floor, is lit on the display board in the upper car as an in-car display.

[0027] Then, in step S14, the lower basket is
-Lower car assignment table T when it is the 1st floor, i.e. the 10th floor
ABL1 is read and registered, and in step S15, the destination floor where the read "1" is displayed is flashed on the destination floor display 8a of the 10th floor landing. In addition, here,
The address 10 of the lower car allocation table TABL1 is “
1" is not standing, so the 10th floor landing floor indicator 8
A blinking display of the destination floor is not performed, and a lamp indicating the destination floor is not lit on the display board in the lower car as a new in-car display, so only the B1 floor is lit as it is. Next, when a passenger who is waiting at the landing on the 11th floor and desires to go to the 1st floor confirms the flashing display on the landing floor display 8a and gets into the upper car, the door starts to close. Along with this, the “1” standing in the upper car allocation table TABL1 is changed to “0”.
” and turns off the landing floor display 8a.

[0028] After this, since no destination floor is assigned along the way, the elevator car goes straight towards the 1st floor and the B1 floor, and when the lower car arrives at the B1 floor and the upper car reaches the 1st floor, both Passengers exit at the same time.

[0029] If this elevator car is also assigned to an intermediate floor, for example, if it is also assigned to the 4th and 5th floors, the 11th floor destination floor display 8a will display the following information: When the lower car stops, the B1 and 4th floors are
When the upper car stops, both the 1st floor and 5th floor will be displayed blinking.

[0030] In the above case, passengers on the 11th floor landing are on the 1st floor or B1.
Although we have explained the case where the passenger heads to the landing on the 11th floor, conversely, the same operation also occurs when a passenger at the landing on the 11th floor heads to a higher floor, such as the 15th or 16th floor, and the landing button 2 on the 11th floor is operated. Then, an elevator car is assigned with the lower car going to the 15th floor and the upper car going to the 16th floor. Then, the part of the lower car assignment table TABL1 from the 11th floor to the 15th floor and the part of the upper car assignment table TABL2 from the 11th floor to the 16th floor are "
1'' and the upper car and lower car stop at the 11th floor, the destination floor is blinkingly displayed on the hall destination floor display 8a in accordance with these assignment tables each time.

As described above, the assigned car display device for the double-deck elevator of the above embodiment has the computer 1 for registering the car call made corresponding to the destination floor using the hall destination button 2 provided at the hall, and the hall destination call display device. a registration means 3; a car allocation registration means comprising a computer 1 for distributing the car call to an upper car and a lower car and registering the allocation separately; A landing destination floor display 8a distinguishes whether the elevator car is a car and displays the destination floor assigned to the arriving elevator car, distinguishing it from other elevator cars.

Therefore, according to the above embodiment, when a passenger waiting at the landing registers a destination call using the landing destination call registration means, the car allocation registration means registers the car call as being allocated to the upper car and the lower car separately, When an elevator car arrives, the landing destination floor display 8a distinguishes whether the elevator car is an upper car or a lower car, and displays the assigned destination floor in the hall, distinguishing it from others. This eliminates the confusion of wondering whether to board the upper or lower elevator car or getting on the wrong elevator car, and allows the user to quickly and accurately board the elevator car serving the destination floor.

[0033] Since destination floors are assigned separately for the upper and lower cars, passengers can get off at the adjacent floors at the same time, improving operational efficiency.

By the way, in the above embodiment, a landing destination floor display 8a serving as destination floor display means is provided for each elevator car in order to inform passengers waiting at the landing of the elevator car to which the destination floor is assigned. However, when implementing the present invention, the present invention is not limited to this, but the hall destination button 2, which is common to all halls, may be used as a button lamp, and the button lamp may be turned on or blinked. In this case, the assigned car can be confirmed by assuming that the elevator car serving the destination floor displayed on the landing destination button 2 is, for example, an elevator car that is currently stopped or is about to stop. . In this way, the landing destination floor display 8
If a is made common, the equipment cost will be reduced.

Furthermore, the landing destination floor display 8a of the above embodiment
In this system, the cars serving the destination floor are displayed to waiting customers by flashing the indicator light on the destination floor. However, when implementing the present invention, the present invention is not limited to this, and various types of It is possible to use display formats. For example, the lamp color can be different for the lower basket and the upper basket, or the display position can be made different. Alternatively, in addition to the display using the indicator light, it is also possible to provide audible notification. In this case, passengers can more easily and reliably know which elevator car they should board, and can prevent passengers from boarding the wrong elevator car without checking the indicator lights.

[0036]

As described above, the allocated car display device for a double-deck elevator of the present invention has a landing destination call registration means for registering a car call made corresponding to a destination floor using a landing destination button provided at a landing. and a car allocation registration means for distributing the car calls to an upper car and a lower car and registering the allocation separately;
Destination floor display means for distinguishing whether the elevator car is an upper car or a lower car when the elevator car arrives, and displaying the destination floor assigned to the arriving elevator car in a distinguishing manner at a landing. It is composed of Therefore, when a passenger waiting at the hall registers a destination call using the hall destination call registration means, the car assignment registration means assigns and registers this car call to the upper car and lower car separately, and when the elevator car arrives, the destination floor is displayed. The means distinguishes whether the elevator car is an upper car or a lower car, and the assigned destination floor is displayed on the landing to distinguish it from others, so waiting passengers can avoid getting lost or getting on the wrong elevator car. The user can quickly and accurately board the elevator car serving the destination floor.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a group management system for double-deck elevators in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a table diagram showing an allocation table for an upper car and a lower car in an allocation car display device for a double-deck elevator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3(a) is a sectional view showing the state of the elevator car when the lower car stops at the 11th floor in the assigned car display device for the double-deck elevator according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. It is a sectional view showing the state of the elevator car when the upper car similarly stops at the 11th floor.

FIG. 4(a) is a front view showing the landing destination floor display when the lower car stops at the 11th floor in the assigned car display device for the double-deck elevator according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. is a front view showing the landing destination floor display when the upper car similarly stops at the 11th floor.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of an assigned car display device for a double-deck elevator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A landing destination button provided at a landing, a landing destination call registration means for registering a car call made corresponding to a destination floor by the landing destination button, and a car call registration means for registering a car call made in correspondence with a destination floor by the landing destination button, A car allocation registration means that distributes and registers the allocation separately, and distinguishes whether the elevator car is an upper car or a lower car when the elevator car arrives, and determines the destination floor assigned to the arriving elevator car. An assigned car display device for a double-deck elevator, characterized by comprising destination floor display means for displaying a destination floor at a landing distinguishing it from others.