CN1136528A - Remote control combined device for lift system - Google Patents

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CN1136528A
CN1136528A CN 96101790 CN96101790A CN1136528A CN 1136528 A CN1136528 A CN 1136528A CN 96101790 CN96101790 CN 96101790 CN 96101790 A CN96101790 A CN 96101790A CN 1136528 A CN1136528 A CN 1136528A
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66BELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS
    • B66B1/00Control systems of elevators in general
    • B66B1/34Details, e.g. call counting devices, data transmission from car to control system, devices giving information to the control system
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66BELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS
    • B66B1/00Control systems of elevators in general
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66BELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS
    • B66B1/00Control systems of elevators in general
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    • B66B1/3438Master-slave control system configuration
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66BELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS
    • B66B1/00Control systems of elevators in general
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    • B66B1/3415Control system configuration and the data transmission or communication within the control system
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Abstract

The present invention provides a group reconfiguration arrangement for an elevator system including a controller and group reconfiguration software stored within the controller. The software contains interactive portions which are accessed via a remote wireless transmitter (10) which sends group reconfiguration command signals to the controller. Such signals cause elevator cars to be added or deleted from elevator car groups.

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The remote control combined device of elevator device
That this patent and D.Richard Sehafer applied on December 12nd, 1994, to be entitled as " the hall remote control calling dispatching system of elevator device " patent application 081/363,152 to be examined, that patent is shared relevant.
The present invention relates to apparatus for controlling elevator, more particularly, relate to a kind of apparatus for controlling elevator that the remote controller that transmits the elevator instruction signal is housed.
The remote control equipment (RCE) that elevator device passes terraced command signal is well-known, and this respect can be referring to the US Patent 4,673,911 that for example was presented to K.Yoshida on June 16th, 1987 and is entitled as " elevator telecommand equipment "; Be presented to people such as G.Begle December 25 nineteen ninety and be entitled as the US Patent 4,979,594 of " particularly in the electric elevator installation reliably and easily the method and apparatus of input control order "; Be presented to people such as G.Meguerdichian on April 7th, 1987 and be entitled as the US Patent 4,655,324 of " method of controlling elevator privately "; Be presented to H.Kamaike on August 11st, 1987 and be entitled as the US Patent 4,685,538 of " the remote control calling automatic dispatching system of elevator "; Here also these patents are included, for your guidance.
In addition, lift car generally is grouping installing and grouping electron steering (configuration).The group here is meant to have now can respond by one group of specific hall calls out a plurality of lift cars that terraced button calls.Button is placed in the hall of specific each floor of mansion.The electronic controller of each car generally is placed in the machine room of mansion in the group.This respect can be referring to US Patent 4,497,391; 5,202,540; 4,363,381 and 4,401,190, also these patents are all included for your guidance here.
Yet the inventor thinks, improve prior art, can reach to reconfigure one group of lift car by the staffing radio telecommand ability to for example elevator reparing aspect or other regulation.
Main purpose of the present invention is that lift car can be disposed again by the radio telecommand sender.
Elevator control gear of the present invention comprises:
1. remote transmitter-receiver has for example telephone-type band 0 ... 9, the keypad of * number and # button, type of transmission is for example radio frequency (rf), light (for example infrared) or even sonic transmissions mode.
2. receiver, the common setting that is placed in hall button adapter plate the go upstairs button and the position of button downstairs, or on the lift car operating panel (COP).
3. the car group reconfigures software, is stored in the controller (comprising for example microprocessor) of lift car; With
4. telltale (for example electroluminescent display ELD) is placed in car, hall or any passageway.
When pushing for the first time for example # button on the sender keypad, just there is the code signal of uniqueness to produce and send, receives by receiver.This signal is sent to by receiver and is placed in for example code signal of the last corresponding uniqueness of remote control serial transmission line (RSL) of elevator device, sends to the electronic controller of lift car again.Other controller of other car carries out connecting each other of electronic type in controller and all each groups.Each controller all has decode logic circuit, and not only unique # signal also has all other command signals from specific sender for detecting identification.When the # signal is discerned by decode logic circuit, just reconfigure software and detected, and enable this software by being stored in car group in the controller.It is interactive to the response from each command signal of sender that the car group reconfigures software.For example, first response impels repertory to be presented on the ELD.Then, operating personal pushes 0 ... No. 9 suitable key buttons are to choose the repertory project such as " reconfiguring the car group ".This is selected to send the car group again to and reconfigures software, also the configuring condition of current car group is presented on the ELD by the suitable access scheduling software of this software.Each car group all is revealed and is numbered, and each car in the car group is also numbered.According to the present invention, elevator customer is come into contacts with conversational mode with each prompting that reconfigures the software generation with control device and a series of repertory, so that one or more cars are enrolled in one or more car groups, or from one or more car groups with it rejecting.During end of operation, the user pushes the # key once more and comes end operation.The requirement that the car group reconfigures is lined up successively, automatically gets in touch with all appearance or carried out during free of each car in next time reconfiguring each group of back with the controller of each group.
Read following detailed description in conjunction with following accompanying drawing and can be more readily understood other purpose of the present invention.In the accompanying drawing:
Fig. 1 is the functional-block diagram of prior art elevator device;
Figure 1A is the schematic diagram of the operation control subsystem (OCSS) shown in Fig. 1;
Fig. 2 is another elevator device figure of prior art;
Fig. 3 is the frame principle figure of elevator device of the present invention;
Fig. 4 is that the present invention posts a letter/schematic diagram of receiving device;
Fig. 5 is the more detailed block scheme of Fig. 3 the present invention part;
Fig. 6 is the display frame that reconfigures a series of screen dialog formulas that software causes of the present invention;
Fig. 7 is the high-level logic flowchart that explanation car group of the present invention reconfigures software general work process.
Here the disclosure that is entitled as the US Patent 4,363,381 that the calling of the relative system response type elevator " distribute ", patent share being presented to J.Bittar December 14 nineteen eighty-two is also included, for comprehensive reference.
Fig. 1 was presented to people such as B.Auer on March 13rd, 1993 to be entitled as US Patent 5 that " the two-way ring contacted system of elevator group control " patent is shared, 202, the block scheme of a kind of elevator device of that described in 540 is also included this patent content here, so that reference comprehensively.This elevator device has only a kind of suitable array mode, can be in order to realize the present invention during to such modification shown in Figure 7 through Fig. 3.Fig. 2 shows a grouping controlling schemes described in No. 381 patents that are presented to Bit-tar, also can be in order to realize the present invention after revising.As shown in fig. 1, the elevator group controllable function can be tasked discrete data handler, for example microprocessor for the unit branch by lift car.These microprocessors are referred to as to operate control subsystem (OCSS) 101 here, are coupled with two-way ring contact bus 102,103.The eleva-tor bank of system shown in Figure 1 is made up of eight lift cars (car 1 is to car 8), thereby has eight OCSS101 devices.Each OCSS101 has a CPU, some 1/O ports and volatibility (RAM) and non-volatile (ROM, EEPROM etc.) memory device, and all these parts are all used the suitable bus interconnection that do not go out among the figure, referring to Figure 1A.
The elevator device that mansion is installed, its lift car group may be not only one group, and the peaked number that the lift car number of every car group may be to certain regulation, generally mostly is most eight cars.
As shown in Figure 3, the elevator device of Fig. 1 is through revising, and the four car groups, the car that have by logic groups reconfigure software, remote transmitter-receiver 10 and telltale 25, and all these all will be introduced after a while successively.
Car group 1 (car 1~4) and car group 2 (car 5~8) are divided into some groupings by appropriate software by logic, this software also can reconfigure software with this car group and separate for the car group in each nonvolatile memory that for example suitably is stored in each OCSS reconfigures the part of software.With reference to figure 5.
Among Fig. 3, each button of hall (supplying with hall calling elevator uses) all is connected with each OCSS 101 through handover module (SOM) 106 with remote control serial interconnector 105 with remote console 104 with signal lamp.The hall annex of lift car special use, for example car whereabouts indicating device and car position indicating device all are coupled on the OCSS101 through remote console 109 and remote control serial transmission line 110.
Should be appreciated that the above-mentioned facility that each lift car and relevant OCSS 101 thereof have similar indicating device, switch, interconnector etc. just to speak of is coupled.For simplicity's sake, only show the facility relevant among Fig. 3 with car 3.
Ladder gate control subsystem (DCSS) is the component part of car control system, and its effect is the measured value that regularly reads the car load.The load measurement value is sent to motion control subsystem (MCSS) 112, and MCSS also is the component part of car control system.The load measurement value then is sent to OCSS 101.DCSS 111 and MCSS 112 preferably include in microprocessing systems, for the operation of control car door and the motion of car under the control of OCSS 101.MCSS 112 also with drive and braking subsystem (DBSS) 112A cooperating.
Car dispatching is united with for example forward scheduling subsystem (ADSS) 113 by OCSS 101 and is carried out, and 113 of ADSS are by information Control subsystem (ICSS) 114 and each OCSS 101 contact.For example, MCSS 112 converts car load measurement value into in the railway carriage or compartment and goes out railway carriage or compartment passenger's count value, and sends to OCSS 101.OCSS 101 then sends these data to ADSS 113 by ICSS 114 on contact bus 102,103.Give an example, the hardware sensor (not shown) that is contained in car door also detects the passenger traffic situation again, and detected this information is offered the OCSS 101 of car.
Like this, as can be seen, ICSS 114 plays the contact bus interface of ADSS 113, influences the controllable function and the parameter of senior lift car conversely again.
ADSS 113 can also collect passenger traffic need be with the data of indivedual cars and car group when the different time of every day reaches historical record weekly.ADSS 113 can also compare prediction and actual car demand, thereby adjusts the dispatching sequence of lift car, makes car group and each car reach the work efficiency of desirable level.
The each side of this function of ADSS is presented to K.Thangavelu and is entitled as " adopting artificial intelligence system to change the relative system response elevator dispatching systems of rewards and punishments ", transfers the US Patent 5 of applicant jointly on January 19th, 1991,024, introduction is arranged in 295, also this patent is included for your guidance entirely here.
According to the present invention shown in Fig. 3~7, radio transmitter 10 has suitable hardware and/or software supplies to produce unique signal, and these signals are sent through for example radio frequency (rf) carrier wave after sender 10 coding, thereby get in touch with the receiver 20 that is positioned on the elevator floor platform hall button support.Referring to Fig. 4 and Fig. 5.Radio-frequency (RF) signal receiving and s ending device can be that any general common that is a kind of.The transceiver that (Genie, the Sears or Stanley board) that sell those markets opened the garage door all can use.Handheld wireless phone use that a kind ofly also can use.Referring to for example US Patent 5,371,783,5,359,375 and 5,358,238, also these patents are included for your guidance entirely here.Can certainly adopt light or sound wave transceiver.For example, push the # key button earlier, just impel remote transmitter-receiver 10 to send unique car group and reconfigure (EGR) coded command signal.Referring to Fig. 5.Sender 10 sends to the receiver 20 with floor platform hall button support place after the EGR signals, and receiver just cooperates this signal of reception in any general mode and it is encoded.For example, receiver is encoded again to signal, so that send it to the suitable part of controller, OCSS is for example talked with electronically by any known mode and other operation control subsystem in the car group by OCSS and to get in touch.Referring to for example above-mentioned US Patent 5,202,540.
According to one aspect of the present invention, be to be undertaken by circuit 102,103 and the general communication means of optional hardware/software interface that adopts with getting in touch of the OCSS of another car group.Understand and implement the present invention and also need not be further described this method.The experts in present technique field are not difficult that this method is applied in instruction that communication/Control Software introduces the OCSS by for example car 1 and are passed on and carried out by each suitable OCSS in each car group.Each distinct signal control lift car group reconfigures one or more functions of corresponding uniqueness in (EGR) software, and demonstration and modification are stored in such as Bittar's the car group recombination data (for example car and railway carriage or compartment fine horse ID number) of the general dispatcher software described in No. 381 US Patent of '.Communication/Control Software is separated with EGR software, can be the part of EGR software also, is stored in each OCSS memory device.Communication/Control Software control and each the car group among each OCSS that is stored in each car group reconfigure the associated process of (EGR) software (Fig. 6,7).Referring to US Patent 5,202,540.
Each OCSS is equipped with the decode logic circuit (for example OCSSRSL decode logic circuit) of hardware or software, and this decision circuit detects all incoming signals, but only discerns the EGR command signal or allow this signal pass through.When receiving the EGR command signal, EGR software is by the present invention such as example EGR program response or work as shown in Figure 6 and Figure 7.The 3rd four car group arranged among Fig. 6 and Fig. 7, and promptly the car group 3.This program with such as the car group control/identification division mutual action of the known dispatcher software of disclosed RSS program and so in the above-mentioned US Patent 4,363,381.The car group control/identification division mutual action of EGR program software.The EGR program is impelled this car ID of software partly indivedual cars to be added in the selected car group or from the car group that this is chosen to remove.In addition, for example the screen message with screen 1~5 stores, and revises and export to telltale 25 (Fig. 5) according to appropriate signals, as Fig. 6 and illustrated in fig. 7.Among Fig. 7, the dotted line block representation on the left side can arrive the path of screen example 2 and 3, and the frame of broken lines on the right represents to arrive the path of screen example 4; Mark #* represents always to allow the user turn back to previous repertory level.When receiving the final command signal that finishes to reconfigure dialogue, EGR software reconfigures the car group and requires queuing, and the requirement of this queuing of each controller of each car group is sent out automatically.According to the disclosure of the specification, the experts in present technique field are not difficult each program of Fig. 6, Fig. 7 is encoded, so that connect each other with depositing all known dispatcher softwares in identical/different one or more lift car groups, in other words, implement the present invention.
Though the present invention thinks at present that with regard to it illustrated embodiments is illustrational, but self-evident, the experts in present technique field are not breaking away under the prerequisite that the present invention only is appended claims institute's restricted portion and spirit and can carry out various modifications to above-mentioned most preferred embodiment.

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1. apparatus for controlling elevator comprises:
A lift car;
A controller, be connected with described car, described controller has an electronic processors to be connected with a memory device, the scheduler program and the lift car group of storing in the described memory device in order to control described car dispatch process reconfigure (EGR) program, described EGR program comprises in order to detecting a minimum EGR command signal and in order to handling the instruction of described EGR command signal, describedly comprises the instruction that makes described scheduler program stop to control described car in order to the instruction of handling described EGR command signal;
A portable communicator is connected with described controller, in order to receive described EGR signal; With
A receiver is connected with described controller, in order to receive described EGR signal.
2. control system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that described sender comprises the encode circuit of described EGR command signal.
3. apparatus for controlling elevator as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described sender is a radio frequency sender.
4. apparatus for controlling elevator as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described sender has the EGR command signal to be taken place and transmitting device, in order to produce and to transmit the EGR command signal of a plurality of uniquenesses.
5. apparatus for controlling elevator as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, it also comprises a hall calling annex, is connected with described controller, and described receipts signal is connected with described annex.
6. apparatus for controlling elevator as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, it also comprises a car operating panel, is connected with described controller, and described receiver is connected with described operating panel.
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