CN117693483A - Elevator system and elevator control method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is applied to an elevator provided with an operation panel capable of registering a destination floor by a display panel. The operation panel is provided with: an input information transmitting unit that transmits information input to the display panel to the control device; a destination layer display processing unit that displays a security release layer in a destination layer registration area based on the received security release information; and a registration layer display processing unit that displays the received registration layer on a display panel. The destination floor display processing unit changes the display mode of the destination floor registration area according to the number of safety release floors.

Description

Elevator system and elevator control method

Technical Field

The present invention relates to an elevator system and an elevator control method.

Background

Conventionally, in an elevator car, a stop floor registration button corresponding to a floor that can be stopped is disposed as an operation panel, and a user who has entered the elevator car performs an operation of pressing the stop floor registration button of a destination floor. For example, when the floor 10 is a target floor, the user performs an operation of pressing the floor stop registration button 10 from among a plurality of floor stop registration buttons arranged corresponding to floors that can be stopped.

By pressing the 10-layer stop layer registration button, the display color of the pressed 10-layer stop layer registration button changes to a conspicuous color, and it is determined that 10 layers are registered as stop layers.

As a means for improving the stop layer registration button, a touch panel with a display function has been proposed as an operation panel disposed in a car. In addition, as a countermeasure against infection in recent years, a touch panel is proposed as a noncontact type panel. The non-contact panel is operated by a user by bringing a finger close to a button displayed on the display panel.

Patent document 1 describes the following technique: the destination floor display device in the car is constituted by a liquid crystal display or the like, and displays candidates of the destination floor based on past use histories of passengers.

Prior art literature

Patent literature

Patent document 1: japanese patent application laid-open No. 2012-224423

Disclosure of Invention

Problems to be solved by the invention

In the technique described in patent document 1, a passenger of an elevator performs authentication processing and gets into a car, and thereby a destination floor display device displays candidates of a destination floor based on past use histories of the passenger. Here, if the corresponding passenger always moves only between the same floors in the building, the destination floor candidates to be displayed become one floor. For example, when a passenger between 1 floor and 9 floors is taken into a car from 1 floor, the destination floor display device displays 9 floors as destinations.

However, when a plurality of floors are used by the corresponding passenger in the building, buttons of all floors used by the corresponding passenger in the past are displayed, and the plurality of buttons are displayed according to the use condition of the passenger. Therefore, only the candidates of the destination layer are displayed based on the past use history of the passenger, and it is not always possible to display the destination layer with good operability and visibility for the passenger.

The invention aims to provide an elevator system and an elevator control method, which can improve operability and visibility when an operation panel in a car displays a destination layer.

Means for solving the problems

In order to solve the above problems, for example, a structure described in the protection range is adopted.

The present application includes a plurality of means for solving the above-mentioned problems, and examples thereof are given herein. In an elevator system provided with an operation panel capable of registering a destination floor through a display panel, the operation panel is provided with: an input information transmitting unit that transmits information input to the display panel to the elevator control device; a destination floor display processing unit that displays a security release layer in a destination floor registration area of the display panel based on the security release information received by the elevator control device from the security management device; and a registered floor display processing unit that displays the registered floors received from the elevator control device on a display panel, wherein the destination floor display processing unit changes the display mode of the destination floor registration area of the display panel according to the number of the safety release floors. Here, the instruction to change the display mode of the destination floor registration area according to the number of safety release floors is executed based on the display information transmitted from the elevator control apparatus 10.

Effects of the invention

According to the present invention, when the security release layer is displayed on the display panel, the display mode is changed according to the number of the security release layers. This allows display with improved operability and visibility according to the number of security release layers.

The problems, structures, and effects other than those described above will become apparent from the following description of the embodiments.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing the structure of an elevator system according to an example of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a hardware configuration of a destination floor registration device of an elevator system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the arrangement of a display panel in a car according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a secure terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a diagram showing a display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention and a modification (change by manual switching) thereof.

Fig. 6 is a diagram showing a display variation example when the security of the display panel is released according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a diagram showing a display variation example by automatic registration at the time of security release of a display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 8 is a diagram showing a display variation example by manual registration at the time of security release of the display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 9 is a diagram showing an example of numeric key input at the time of security release of the display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of the floor button input processing according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 11 is a flowchart showing an example (first half) of a process of the numeric key input mode according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 12 is a flowchart showing an example (second half) of a process of the numeric key input mode according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 13 is a flowchart showing an example of registration layer display processing according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 14 is a flowchart showing an example of the safety interlock processing according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

An elevator system according to an embodiment of the present invention (hereinafter, referred to as "this example") will be described below with reference to the drawings.

[ Structure of Elevator System ]

Fig. 1 shows the structure of an elevator system according to this example.

As shown in fig. 1, the elevator system of this example includes an elevator control apparatus 10 and a destination registering apparatus 20. The destination floor registration device 20 is provided in the car. The configuration of the elevator control device 10 shown in fig. 1 is only shown as a configuration related to the setting of the destination floor and the registration floor, and other configurations such as the running control of the car are omitted.

The elevator control device 10 controls the running (lifting) of the car by the hoist based on the operation of the car call button at the landing of each floor and the registration operation of the stop floor in the car. Here, at least a part of the floors in the stop layer of the elevator of this example are floors subjected to security management. Accordingly, when information on the safety release floor is transmitted from the safety management device 30 provided in a building or the like, the elevator control device 10 can register the corresponding floor as the target floor at which the car stops. On the other hand, when the information of the security release floor is not transmitted, the corresponding floor is prohibited from being registered as the target floor. The security management device 30 may be constituted by a server or the like installed outside the building.

The destination floor registration device 20 is disposed in the car, and controls display of a display panel 41 (fig. 3) with a noncontact input function disposed on an operation panel provided in the car. The destination floor registration device 20 detects a non-contact input such as a finger approaching the display panel 41 and transmits an instruction to the elevator control device 10.

Detection of the non-contact input is performed by the non-contact sensor 42. The non-contact sensor 42 may be a touch sensor such as a touch panel. The display panel 41 has a destination layer registration area 41a and a registration layer display area 41b. In the following description, when referred to as an input operation, a non-contact input operation is basically represented, but an operation of directly touching the surface of the display panel 41 with a finger may be included.

The destination floor indicates a destination floor from which a user who has taken a car of the elevator gets off, and the registered floor indicates a floor registered as the destination floor in the elevator control apparatus 10. That is, the user inputs the target floor through the operation panel in the car, and performs an operation for setting the target floor, thereby registering the target floor, and the car stops at the registered floor. However, the car may be stopped outside the registered floor by a car call or the like at the landing.

In addition, in the case where the destination layer is a security layer, the corresponding layer cannot be registered as a registration layer unless information of the security release layer is transmitted from the security management apparatus 30.

Returning to the description of the configuration of fig. 1, the destination layer registration device 20 includes an input processing unit 21, an input determination unit 22, an input information transmission unit 23, a destination layer display processing unit 24, a destination layer registration area updating unit 25, a registration layer display processing unit 26, and a registration layer display area updating unit 27.

The input processing unit 21 performs input processing on information of a detection state of a non-contact finger or the like on the display panel 41, which is obtained by the non-contact sensor 42.

The input determination unit 22 obtains information of the detection state after the input processing by the input processing unit 21, and determines which display portion of the display panel 41 the finger or the like approaches and performs a noncontact operation.

The input information transmitting unit 23 performs input information transmission processing for transmitting the information on the noncontact operation determined by the input determining unit 22 to the elevator control apparatus 10.

The destination floor display processing unit 24 receives information on the destination floor set by the elevator control apparatus 10, and performs destination floor operation display processing such as a button for registering the destination floor.

The destination-layer registration area updating section 25 updates the display of the destination-layer registration area 41a of the display panel 41 based on the processing in the destination-layer display processing section 24.

The registered floor display processing unit 26 receives information on the registered floors set by the elevator control device 10, and performs registered floor display processing for displaying the registered floors in the floor order.

The registered layer display area updating section 27 updates the display of the registered layer display area 41b of the display panel 41 based on the processing in the registered layer display processing section 26.

The elevator control device 10 includes a release layer determination unit 11, a release layer processing unit 12, an initial setting display information holding unit 13, a display information processing unit 14, a display information transmitting unit 15, and a destination layer registration/cancellation processing unit 16.

The release layer determination unit 11 receives the information of the security release layer transmitted by the release layer transmission unit 31 of the security management device 30, and determines the security release layer based on the received information. The release layer determined by the release layer determination unit 11 is supplied to the release layer processing unit 12 and the destination layer registration/cancellation processing unit 16.

The release layer processing unit 12 performs a process of adding the release layer determined by the release layer determination unit 11 to the release layer of the corresponding car, and supplies the current release layer information to the display information processing unit 14.

The display information processing unit 14 performs display information processing as follows: the information of the release layer from the release layer processing unit 12 is added to the initial information of the target layer held by the initial setting display information holding unit 13, and is displayed as the target layer or the registered layer. Here, the initial information of the destination floor includes a floor name of the destination floor, a constant security release layer, a threshold value for switching the number of displays according to the number of release layers, and the like.

The display information obtained by the display information processing unit 14 is transmitted from the display information transmitting unit 15 to the destination layer display processing unit 24 and the registered layer display processing unit 26 of the destination layer registration device 20. Here, the information of registration and cancellation of the destination floor from the destination floor registration/cancellation processing section 16 is supplied to the display information transmitting section 15, and when the registration or cancellation of the destination floor is made, the corresponding registration or cancellation is reflected in the display information transmitted from the display information transmitting section 15.

The destination floor registration/cancellation processing unit 16 receives information from the input information transmitting unit 23 of the destination floor registration device 20, and determines an operation of registering and canceling a destination floor in the car. The destination layer registration/cancellation processing unit 16 also acquires information on the release layer from the release layer determination unit 11.

[ hardware configuration example of destination layer registration device ]

Fig. 2 shows an example of a hardware configuration when the destination layer registration device 20 is configured by a computer.

The destination layer registration device 20, which is composed of a computer device, has a CPU (Central Processing Unit ) 20a, a main storage unit 20b, a nonvolatile storage unit 20c, a network interface 20d, an input unit 20e, and an output unit 20f, each of which is connected to a bus.

The CPU20a is an arithmetic processing unit that reads out the program code of the software for realizing the functions of the destination layer registration device 20 from the main storage unit 20b or the nonvolatile storage device 20c, and executes the program code.

The CPU20a reads out the program codes from the main memory unit 20b or the nonvolatile memory device 20c, and performs arithmetic processing in the operating area of the main memory unit 20b, thereby configuring various processing functions in the main memory unit 20 b. That is, the main memory unit 20b constitutes each processing unit such as the destination layer display processing unit 24 and the registered layer display processing unit 26 shown in fig. 1.

The nonvolatile storage device 20c uses a large-capacity information storage medium such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), an SSD (Solid State Drive, solid state Disk), or a memory card. The nonvolatile memory device 20c stores software for realizing the functions of the destination layer registration device 20, data obtained by executing the program, and data necessary for setting the display screen.

The network interface 20d transmits and receives data to and from other devices such as the elevator control device 10 using, for example, a NIC (Network Interface Card: network interface card) or the like.

The input unit 20e performs input processing of information related to the detection state of the non-contact sensor 42.

The output unit 20f supplies display data to the destination layer registration area 41a and the registration layer display area 41b of the display panel 41.

The destination layer registration device 20 constituted by a computer shown in fig. 2 is an example, and may be constituted by a calculation processing device other than a computer. For example, part or all of the functions of the destination layer registration device 20 may be realized by hardware such as an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array: field programmable gate array), an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit: application specific integrated circuit), or the like.

[ arrangement example of display Panel in cage ]

Fig. 3 shows an example in which a display panel 41 is provided in a car 50 provided in the elevator system of the present example.

Fig. 3 is a view of the vicinity of the door 51 of the car 50 as seen from the inside of the car 50. Door side plates 52 and 53 are disposed on the left and right sides of the door 51. Here, the door side plate 53 on the right side of the door 51 is provided with the operation panel 40.

A display panel 41 and a noncontact sensor 42 are disposed on the operation panel 40. The non-contact sensor 42 detects a finger approaching the vicinity of the surface of the display panel 41, a finger touching the surface of the display panel 41, or the like. The card reader 32 is disposed below the display panel 41 of the operation panel 40. The card reader 32 is used as one of the security terminals described later.

The display panel 41 is composed of a liquid crystal display panel and an organic electro-luminescence (organic electroluminescence) panel, and is disposed vertically in a size that is housed within the lateral width of the door side panel 53. The display panel 41 can display letters, numerals, and various graphics as described in the display examples described below. The noncontact sensor 42 is, for example, an infrared sensor, and is disposed at the left end of the display panel 41 to detect that a finger or the like approaches the surface of the display panel 41.

In the example of fig. 3, the non-contact sensor 42 is disposed in a state of slightly protruding from the surface of the display panel 41, and can scan the surface of the display panel 41 by infrared rays or the like.

The noncontact sensor 42 detects, for example, that a finger approaches to a position of about several centimeters from the surface of the display panel 41. At this time, the noncontact sensor 42 also detects the coordinate position of which portion of the display panel 41 the finger or the like approaches.

The non-contact sensor 42 is exemplified by an infrared sensor, and other sensors may be used to detect an object such as a finger approaching the surface of the display panel 41. For example, the noncontact sensor 42 may detect the proximity of the finger from the electrostatic capacitance value. A noncontact sensor that detects the capacitance value is integrally mounted on the display panel 41.

In the example of fig. 3, the display panel 41 and the noncontact sensor 42 are provided as the operation panel 40, but, for example, a button for instructing to open and close the door, an emergency notification button, or the like may be disposed in the vicinity of the display panel 41. Alternatively, a button for indicating door opening and closing, or an emergency notification button may be displayed on the display panel 41.

The operation panel 40 and the display panel 41 are disposed on the door side plate 53 on the right side of the door 51 as an example, and the operation panel 40 and the display panel 41 may be disposed on the door side plate 52 on the left side of the door 51. In this case, the operation panel 40 and the display panel 41 may be disposed on either one of the left and right door side plates 52 and 53, or the operation panel 40 and the display panel 41 may be disposed on both the left and right door side plates 52 and 53. In the case where the operation panel 40 and the display panel 41 are disposed on both the left and right door side panels 52 and 53, a touch panel and buttons for detecting a touch operation by the passenger may be provided on either one of the operation panels 40.

[ examples of Security terminals ]

The safety management device 30 shown in fig. 1 manages entry and exit of floors for safety management in a building in which an elevator is installed.

The security management device 30 is a security terminal installed in a building, detects a user (a worker or the like) registered in advance, and sets a floor on which the user is permitted as a security release floor when the corresponding user uses an elevator. The information of the safety release layer is transmitted from the release layer transmitting unit 31 of the safety management device 30 shown in fig. 1 to the elevator control device 10. Then, the elevator control device 10 performs a process of including a safety release layer in candidates of a destination layer of the car on which the corresponding user sits.

Fig. 4 shows 3 examples of security terminals provided in the security management apparatus 30.

For example, as shown in the left side of fig. 4, the secure terminal performs the following processing: the user U is determined based on face authentication of an image captured by the camera 33 provided in the elevator hall 30a or the like.

Alternatively, as shown in the center of fig. 4, the secure terminal performs the following processing: the user U is determined by the card U-1 authenticated by the card reader 34 provided in the elevator hall 30b or the like.

As shown on the right side of fig. 4, the secure terminal performs the following processing: the user U is identified by a card or the like authenticated by the card reader 32 provided on the operation panel 40 of the door side plate 53 in the car 50.

The secure terminal of any one of the examples shown in fig. 4 may be used, but a plurality of examples may be combined to determine the user U. For example, when a car call is made, as shown in the center of fig. 4, the car call may be made by authentication using the card reader 34 provided in the elevator hall 30b or the like, and after the car is mounted, registration of the destination floor may be made by authentication using the card reader 32 in the car 50 shown on the right side of fig. 4. Alternatively, authentication may be performed by a login operation of a smart phone or the like held by the user. The security management performed by the security management device 30 connected to the system of this example may be any of the above-described modes.

[ display mode of display Panel ]

Next, a display mode of the display panel 41 will be described with reference to fig. 5 to 9.

As already described, the display panel 41 has the destination layer registration area 41a and the registration layer display area 41b. As shown in fig. 5, the destination layer registration area 41a is disposed in the right area of the display panel 41, and the registration layer display area 41b is disposed in the left area of the display panel 41. The registration layer display area 41b is a relatively narrow area capable of displaying the numerical values of the registration layers in 1 column (or 2 columns) in the vertical direction, and the remaining areas are all the destination layer registration areas 41a.

In addition, the size of each display area 41a, 41b may also be variable. Hereinafter, various display modes will be described in detail with reference to fig. 5 to 9.

In this example, the input mode of the destination layer is prepared as a floor selection mode and a numeric key input mode.

The displays shown in the upper left and upper right of fig. 5 are display examples in the floor selection mode. In this floor selection mode, a button indicating a candidate of a destination floor of a floor is directly displayed in the destination floor registration area 41a, and the registration floor is directly set by an operation of the button.

That is, the destination floor button 107, the screen switch button 106, and the input guide 105 indicating the main floor of the building are displayed in the destination floor registration area 41 a.

In the example of fig. 5, as the destination layer buttons 107, only buttons of the main floors with high frequency of stopping, i.e., 1 floor (entrance floor), 2 floors (hall floor), underground 1 floor (fourth parking lot), underground 2 floors (third parking lot), underground 3 floors (second parking lot), and underground 4 floors (first parking lot) are displayed. When an input operation is performed by a finger or the like approaching these destination floor buttons 107, the floor indicated by the operated buttons is directly specified as a registered floor without performing a specifying operation or the like. Here, it is preferable that the main floor is displayed as a default screen, and the floor is always released from safety such as a floor facing the outside of the building, and the floor can be selected without performing a card operation at lunch time, during work hours, or the like, so that convenience is improved.

The screen switching button 106 displays "general, normal ご use (use of general floor)/To all floor" in japanese and english, and the display of the floor input mode in which buttons such as numeric keys are displayed is switched by the input operation of the screen switching button 106 (lower side in fig. 5).

In the input guide 105, a display of a command in japanese such as a command to advance the command, command (request to input destination layer) is performed, and an english display such as "please select a destination floor" is similarly performed.

In the registration layer display area 41b, as shown in the lower left of fig. 5, the registration layer column 111 is displayed in one column in the vertical direction. In the upper left and upper right examples of fig. 5, nothing is displayed in the registration layer display area 41b indicating that no registration layer is registered.

In the registration floor column 111, the registration floors of floors having small values are displayed in ascending order from the bottom based on the arrangement of floors in the actual building. The display of the registration layer column 111 is based on the arrangement of floors in the actual building, so the lower the underground floor, the larger the number of floors.

The lower left example of fig. 5 shows a state in which 9 registration layers are registered, and shows a state in which the display of the registration layer column 111 is arranged in substantially the entire registration layer display area 41 b. In addition, in the case where the number of registered layers is small, for example, the registered layers are compactly displayed from the lower side of the registered layer display area 41 b. That is, when the registered layers are "6 layers" and "10 layers", the registered layer display area 41b is displayed compactly from below as "6" and "10".

When the elevator stops at each floor and the registered floor becomes smaller, the remaining registered floors are displayed compactly from below in the registered floor display area 41 b.

However, the display is an example in which the registered layers are displayed compactly from the lower side, and for example, the registered layers may be displayed intensively in the approximate center, or the registered layers may be displayed compactly from the upper side.

The display of the registered floor display area 41b is the same in the case of the floor selection mode and the case of the numeric key input mode.

The lower right and lower left display examples of fig. 5 are display examples in the numeric key input mode.

The numeric key input mode is a mode in which the destination floor registration area 41a is displayed as a numeric key and the user inputs a floor with a numeric value.

That is to say, in the destination floor registration area 41a, floor input buttons 101, registration buttons 102, inputted floors 103, cancel buttons 104, input guide 105, and screen switch buttons 106 each including 10 digital buttons of 0, 1, 2, 3, & gtand 9 and a "B" button indicating the underground are displayed.

In the lower left example of fig. 5, a state is shown in which the finger approaches "1" and "9" in order at the floor input button 101, and "19" is displayed in the column of the inputted floor 103.

In the input guide 105, a display of a japanese prompting operation such as a command of the transmission of the bearing command is performed, and an english display such as "please select a destination floor" is similarly performed.

The numerical value "B" input through the floor input button 101 is displayed on the input floor 103. When the numerical button is pressed after the "B" button is next, a display indicating the underground floor is performed as in "B1".

Even when an input operation of a 2-digit value and an input operation of a "B" subsequent value are performed, if a floor (a floor which does not exist in a building) where the elevator is not stopped is input, the corresponding operation is not valid, and the input floor is not displayed on the input floor 103.

The registration button 102 is a button for determining a floor indicated at the entered floor 103 as a registered floor.

The cancel button 104 is used to perform an operation of canceling the floor indicated at the entered floor 103. The cancel button 104 may be displayed at all times, or may be displayed only when there is a floor input on the inputted floor 103 by the operation of the floor input button 101.

The screen switching button 106 displays "mainly, the most ご (use of main floor)/To main floor" in japanese and english, and switches To display in the floor selection mode of the button displaying the main floor by an input operation of the button.

The display of the registered floor display area 41b is the same as the floor selection mode.

Next, a change in display of the destination layer registration area 41a shown in fig. 5 will be described. The display change shown in fig. 5 shows an example in which the screen mode is switched by a manual operation by an operator.

For example, in the case where the default screen is the display M11 of the floor selection mode shown in the upper left of fig. 5, the destination layer button 107 of the main floor is displayed in the default screen. The initial screen is, for example, a screen when the door 51 of the car is opened in a state where the registration layer is not set at all.

Here, the screen switching button 106 is selected by bringing a finger or the like close to the screen switching button 106 on a default screen indicated by a display M11 of the destination floor button 107 indicating the main floor shown in the upper left of fig. 5. At this time, the default screen is changed to the display M12 shown in the upper right of fig. 5. In the display M12, the display color of the screen switching button 106 to which the finger or the like is close changes, and the user knows that the corresponding button has been operated.

The change in the display color is preferably changed to a color with high brightness, for example, and looks as if the corresponding button is turned on. Although the state in which the screen switching button 106 is operated is shown here, the display mode is similarly changed when a finger or the like approaches a button other than the screen switching button 106.

When the screen switching button 106 is operated on the display M12 shown in the upper right of fig. 5, the destination layer registration area 41a changes to a numeric key input mode in which the floor input buttons 101 and the registration buttons 102 are displayed, as in the display M13 shown in the lower right of fig. 5.

By registering the destination layer in this numeric key input mode, as shown in the lower left display M14 of fig. 5, the registration layer column 111 is displayed in the registration layer display area 41 b.

Then, by operating the screen switching button 106 in the numeric key input mode, the destination floor registration area 41a is changed to the floor selection mode of the display M11 shown in the upper left of fig. 5.

Fig. 6 shows a variation of the display at the time of the release of the security. Here, the security release means a case where the authentication process of the specific user is performed as described in fig. 4, and the user determined in the authentication process is allowed to enter the specific floor (security floor). In the following description, a floor to which a user is permitted to enter is referred to as a security release floor.

First, the destination floor registration area 41a is set to a default screen as shown in the upper left, and is set to a state of the display M21 in which the display in the floor selection mode is performed.

In this state, for example, when the security release floor is 1 floor and the authentication of the user is performed at 10 floors by the security management apparatus 30, the display change indicated by the arrow S1 occurs. In the display M22 at this time, the destination layer buttons of 10 layers, which are the security release layers, are displayed in the destination layer registration area 41a, and the destination layer buttons of the other layers are not displayed. However, the screen switching button is continued to be displayed from the display M21.

Then, the elevator control device 10 performs automatic registration with the 10 floors as the registered floors, and displays "10" as the registered floors in the registered floor display area 41b, while the display M21 changes to the display M22. In addition, the elevator control device 10 makes the destination floor button of the 10 floors of the destination floor registration area 41a appear to be on in order to inform that the automatic registration is performed.

Next, as a default screen, in a state where M21 is displayed in the floor selection mode, when the security release floor is a plurality of floors, for example, when the security terminal performs user authentication of 11, 12, and 13 floors, a display change indicated by an arrow S2 is generated. In the display M23 at this time, 3 destination buttons of 11, 12, and 13 layers, which are security release layers, are displayed in the destination registration area 41a, and destination buttons of other layers are not displayed. In this case, the screen switching button is continued to be displayed from the display M21.

In the example of the display M23, since the authenticated user has a plurality of safety release floors, the user who has entered the car selects a desired floor from the 3 destination floor buttons of 11 floors, 12 floors, and 13 floors of the display M23 without automatic registration. That is, the user who has entered the car performs an operation of bringing the finger close to the desired floor in the display M23 and setting it as the registered floor.

In addition, in the display M23, a state in which the registration layer "10" has been displayed in the registration layer display area 41b by authentication of the other user is shown.

In addition, as a default screen, when the safety release layer is a plurality of floors and the number of destination layer buttons cannot be displayed at the same time in a state where the display M21 is performed in the floor selection mode, a display change indicated by an arrow S3 is generated. That is, when the safety release level is 7 or more floors, the display change indicated by the arrow S3 is generated, and the display M24 of the floor selection mode in which the screen switching button blinks is displayed. Here, the blinking of the screen switching button in the display M24 is performed by repeating the bright state and the dark state of the light emission luminance of the screen switching button at constant intervals.

When the user performs an operation to bring the finger close to the screen switching button on the display M24, a display change indicated by an arrow S5 is generated, and the display M25 is displayed in the destination layer registration area 41a in the numeric key input mode. In this numeric key input mode, the user can set the security release layer to the registration layer by performing an input operation on a desired floor.

In the case where the safety release layer is a plurality of floors and the number of destination buttons cannot be displayed at the same time in the state where the display M21 is performed in the floor selection mode as the default screen, it is an example that the display M24 is temporarily switched to the floor selection mode and then the next number key input mode is switched. As indicated by arrow S4, the display M25 of the numeric key input mode may be switched directly from the display M21 of the floor selection mode. For which screen transition is set, it is possible to register in the setting screen operated by the manager.

Fig. 7 shows details of a display change when the security release layer is 1 floor only and automatic registration is performed.

First, when the security terminal authenticates a user whose security release layer is only one floor in a state where the display M31 of the default screen is performed, a display change indicated by an arrow S6 occurs. The display change indicated by the arrow S6 in fig. 7 is the same as the display change indicated by the arrow S1 in fig. 6, and the display M32 in which the security release layer is automatically registered is obtained.

Then, when a predetermined time (for example, 10 seconds) has elapsed after the security release layer was automatically registered from the display M31 to the display M32, or when the security release signal is turned OFF (OFF), a display change indicated by an arrow S7 is generated in the destination layer registration area 41a, and the display returns to the default screen indicated by the display M31 to display the destination layer button of the main floor. At this time, however, the floor (10 floors in this case) automatically registered is displayed in the registered floor display area 41b until the corresponding floor is reached.

Fig. 8 shows details of a display change when the safety release layer is a plurality of floors and the destination layer button of the safety release layer is displayed.

First, in a state where the default screen is displayed M41, when the security terminal performs security release by authentication of users on a plurality of floors, a display change indicated by an arrow S8 occurs. The display change indicated by the arrow S8 in fig. 8 is the same as the display change indicated by the arrow S2 in fig. 6.

Here, the 11, 12, and 13 layers become the security release layers, and destination layer buttons of the 11, 12, and 13 layers are displayed as the display M42 in the destination layer registration area 41 a.

In the state where the display M42 is performed, when the finger approaches any one of the destination buttons, the display M42 is changed to the display M43 in the lit state in which the display brightness of the button to which the finger approaches is changed as indicated by an arrow S9. Here, a state in which the finger approaches the destination layer button of 13 layers is shown.

In this way, when the finger approaches the destination layer button of 13 layers, the corresponding 13 layers are manually registered, and the display M44 is displayed as indicated by an arrow S10. Then, "13" indicating that 13 layers are registered is displayed in the registered layer display area 41 b.

Then, the display M43 is changed to the display M44, and when a predetermined time (for example, 10 seconds) has elapsed since the manual registration of the safety release layer or when the safety release signal is turned OFF (OFF), a display change indicated by an arrow S11 is generated in the destination floor registration area 41a, and the display returns to the default screen indicated by the display M41 to display the destination floor button of the main floor. At this time, the floor (here, 13 floors) automatically registered is also displayed in the registered floor display area 41b until the corresponding floor is reached.

When the display change indicated by the arrow S11 is generated and the display returns to the default screen indicated by the display M41, the user needs to perform the authentication operation again by the contactless reader 32 in the car in order to register the 11 th floor and the 12 th floor as the destination floor. With this authentication operation, the default screen shown in display M41 is changed again to display M42.

Fig. 9 shows details of the display change when the safety release layer is a plurality of floors on which the buttons cannot be displayed simultaneously.

First, when the user is authenticated by the security terminal on a predetermined number of floors (7 or more) or more of which the security release layers are a plurality of floors in a state where the display M51 of the default screen is displayed, a display change indicated by an arrow S12 is generated, and the display M51 is changed to the display M52. The display change indicated by the arrow S12 in fig. 9 is the same as the display change indicated by the arrow S3 in fig. 6.

In the display M52, the destination registering area 41a is in a state where the screen switching button blinks in the floor selection mode.

In this display M52, when the user performs an operation to bring the finger close to the screen switching button, a display change indicated by an arrow S14 occurs, and the destination layer registration area 41a becomes a display M53 of the numeric key input mode. In this numeric key input mode, the user can set the security release layer to the registration layer by performing an input operation on a desired floor.

Further, as indicated by arrow S13, the display M51 of the default screen may be changed directly to the display M53 of the digital key input mode.

Then, in the state of the display M53 of the numeric key input mode, the registered layer is set by the approach of the finger to the floor input button of the numeric key and the approach of the finger to the registered button thereafter. For example, when the floor input button of "1" and the floor input button of "5" are continuously operated and then the registration button is operated, the display is changed to the display M54 as indicated by an arrow S15. Display M54 shows a state in which the finger approaches the registration button and the registration button is lit.

When the registration button is operated in the state of displaying M54 in this way, the display is changed to display M55 as indicated by arrow S16. In the display M55, the registration layer "15" is displayed in the registration layer display area 41 b.

Then, the display M54 is changed to the display M55, and when a predetermined time (for example, 10 seconds) has elapsed since the manual registration of the safety release layer or when the safety release signal is turned OFF (OFF), a display change indicated by an arrow S17 is generated in the destination floor registration area 41a, and the display returns to the default screen indicated by the display M51 to display the destination floor button of the main floor. At this time, the floor (15 floors in this case) automatically registered is also displayed in the registered floor display area 41b until the corresponding floor is reached.

Further, when the display change indicated by the arrow S17 is generated and the display returns to the default screen indicated by the display M51, the security state is also applied. Therefore, in order to register another security floor as a destination floor, the user needs to perform the authentication operation again by using the contactless reader 32 (fig. 3) in the car.

[ processing by destination layer registration device ]

Next, the processing performed by the destination layer registration device 20 by the display panel 41 for displaying the above description will be described.

Fig. 10 is a flowchart showing a flow of the input determination process performed by the input determination unit 22 of the destination layer registration device 20.

The input determination unit 22 determines whether or not the non-contact sensor 42 detects that the object (finger) approaches the destination layer registration area 41a of the display panel 41 in the input processing unit 21 (step S101). In step S101, when the approach of the object to the target layer registration area 41a is not detected (no in step S101), the input determination unit 22 ends the determination process.

Then, when the approach of the object to the destination-layer registration area 41a is detected in step S101 (yes in step S101), the input determination unit 22 determines whether or not the area where the approach is detected is an operation button in the destination-layer registration area (step S102). In step S102, when the detected area is not the operation button (no in step S102), the input determination unit 22 waits until the approach to the operation button is detected.

Then, in step S102, when the detected area is the operation button (yes in step S102), the operation panel sounds the operation sound (step S103), and the input determination unit 22 determines whether or not the object is approaching the predetermined time or longer (step S104). In step S104, when the object does not approach the object for a predetermined time or longer (no in step S104), the input determination unit 22 repeats the determination in step S104. The predetermined time is set to be, for example, 0.3 seconds, which is assumed to be a minimum duration when the finger or the like is operated, and is used to exclude a case where an object such as a finger is erroneously approaching the display panel 41.

In step S104, when it is detected that the object is approaching the predetermined time or longer (yes in step S104), the destination registering device 20 changes the light emission luminance or light emission color of the button to bring the corresponding button into the lighted state (step S105).

After that, the input determination section 22 determines whether or not detachment of the object (finger) is detected (step S106). In step S106, when the detachment of the object is not detected (no in step S106), the detection of the detachment of the object is repeated.

Then, in step S106, when the object is detected to be separated (yes in step S106), the destination registering device 20 restores the light emission luminance or light emission color of the button to put the corresponding button into the off state (step S107). In this case, the floor selection button is turned on when the registration is performed, and thus the floor selection button is turned off after a predetermined time elapses, and thus the floor selection button can be continuously turned on when the registration is performed for a predetermined time.

Then, the input determination unit 22 determines whether or not the button in the selection that is lit in step S105 is a button other than the screen switching button (step S108). In step S108, when the button in the selection to be turned on is other than the screen switching button (yes in step S108), the input information transmitting unit 23 transmits information of the selected button to the elevator control device 10 (step S109).

In addition, in step S108, when the button in the selection to be turned on is the screen switching button (no in step S108), the destination registering device 20 switches the display mode of the destination registering area 41a (step S110).

Fig. 11 and 12 are flowcharts showing the flow of the destination layer registration processing performed by the destination layer display processing unit 24. "a" of fig. 11 is connected to "a" of fig. 12.

First, the destination layer display processing unit 24 determines whether or not the input destination layer is being displayed (step S111). That is, the destination floor display processing unit 24 determines whether or not there is a display of the inputted floor 103 such as the display M14 in fig. 5.

When the input destination layer is being displayed in step S111 (yes in step S111), the destination layer display processing unit 24 causes the cancel button 104 (fig. 5) to be displayed (step S112).

Then, in step S111, when the input destination layer is not displayed (no in step S111), after the cancel button 104 is displayed in step S112, the destination layer display processing unit 24 determines whether or not the approach of the object (finger or the like) to the detection area within the destination layer registration area 41a is detected (step S113).

If the approach of the object to the detection area is not detected in step S113 (no in step S113), the destination layer display processing unit 24 ends the destination layer registration processing.

Then, when the approach of the object to the detection area is detected in step S113 (yes in step S113), the destination layer display processing unit 24 determines whether or not the area where the approach of the object is detected is an operation button of the destination layer registration area (step S114). In step S114, if the operation button is not the operation button of the destination registration area (no in step S114), the destination display processing unit 24 waits until the operation button of the destination registration area is detected.

Then, in step S114, when the detection area of the object is an operation button of the destination layer registration area (yes in step S114), the operation panel sounds an operation sound (step S115), and the input determination unit 22 determines whether or not the object is approaching a predetermined time or longer (step S116). In step S116, when the object does not approach the object for a predetermined time or longer (no in step S116), the input determination unit 22 repeats the determination in step S116.

In step S116, when it is determined that the object is approaching the predetermined time or longer (yes in step S116), the destination registering device 20 changes the light emission luminance or light emission color of the button to bring the corresponding button into the lighted state (step S117).

Then, the process proceeds to fig. 12, and the input determination unit 22 determines whether or not detachment of the object (finger) is detected (step S118). In step S118, when the detachment of the object is not detected (no in step S118), the input determination unit 22 repeatedly detects the detachment of the object.

Then, in step S118, when the object detachment is detected (yes in step S118), the destination registering device 20 restores the light emission luminance or light emission color of the button to put the corresponding button into the off state (step S119).

Then, the input determination unit 22 determines whether or not the button in the selection that is lit in step S117 is a button other than the screen switching button (step S120). In step S120, when the button being selected is a button other than the screen switch button (yes in step S120), the destination registering device 20 displays the floor of the selected button on the entered floor 103 (fig. 5) (step S121).

In addition, when the button being selected is the screen switching button in step S120 (no in step S120), the destination registering device 20 switches the display mode of the destination registering area 41a (step S126).

After the layer of the selected button is displayed in step S121, the input determination unit 22 determines whether or not the operation of the registration button 102 (fig. 5) is detected (step S122).

When the operation of the registration button 102 is detected in step S122 (yes in step S122), the input information transmitting section 23 transmits the information of the selected button to the elevator control device 10 (step S123).

After that, the destination floor registration device 20 deletes the display of the entered floor 103 (step S124).

In addition, when the operation of the registration button 102 is not detected in step S122 (no in step S122), the input determination unit 22 determines whether or not the operation of the cancel button 104 (fig. 5) is detected (step S125).

When the operation of the cancel button 104 is detected in step S125 (yes in step S125), the flow proceeds to step S124, and the destination registering device 20 cancels the display of the inputted floor 103.

Then, in the case where the operation of the cancel button 104 is not detected in step S125 (no in step S125), the destination layer registration device 20 ends the process.

Fig. 13 is a flowchart showing a flow of update processing of the display of the registration layer.

First, the registered floor display processing unit 26 receives information of the registered floor from the elevator control apparatus 10 (step S131). At this time, the registered layer display area updating unit 27 determines whether or not there is a change in the registered layer received in step S131 from the registered layer currently being displayed (step S132).

When it is determined in step S132 that the received information of the registered layer has not changed (no in step S132), the registered layer display area updating unit 27 returns to the process of receiving the data of the registered layer in the registered layer display processing unit 26.

Then, in step S132, when it is determined that the received information of the registered layer has changed (yes in step S132), the registered layer display area updating unit 27 rearranges the registered layers received by the registered layer display processing unit 26 in the display order, and then updates the display of the registered layer display area 41b (step S133).

Fig. 14 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing when the destination layer registration device 20 receives a security release layer signal.

First, the destination layer registration device 20 receives a signal of the security release layer (step S141). Then, the destination registering device 20 determines whether or not the received floor is a floor other than the main floor (step S142). In step S142, when the received floor is not the security floor but the main floor (no in step S142), the process ends.

Then, when the security level other than the main floor is included in step S142 (yes in step S142), the destination registering device 20 determines whether or not the number of security release levels other than the main floor is equal to or less than the first predetermined number (step S143). The first predetermined number is, for example, one.

In step S143, when the number of security release layers other than the main floor is equal to or less than the first predetermined number (1) (yes in step S143), the destination floor registration device 20 automatically sets the received security release layer as a registration layer (step S144).

In step S143, when the number of safety release layers other than the main floor is not equal to or less than the first predetermined number (1) (no in step S143), the destination layer registration device 20 further determines whether or not the number of safety release layers other than the main floor is equal to or less than the second predetermined number (step S145). Here, the second predetermined number is set to 6, for example.

In step S145, when the number of safety release layers other than the main floor is equal to or less than the second predetermined number (6) (yes in step S145), the destination floor registration device 20 displays the received button of the safety release layer in the destination floor registration area 41a (step S146).

Then, when the automatic registration is performed in step S144 and when the button of the safety release layer is displayed in the destination floor registration area 41a in step S146, the destination floor registration device 20 automatically resumes the default display of the destination floor button displaying the main floor after a predetermined time (for example, 10 seconds) has elapsed or after the safety release signal is turned OFF (OFF) (step S150).

In addition, in step S145, when the number of safety release layers other than the main floor is not equal to or less than the second predetermined number (6) (no in step S145), the destination floor registration device 20 determines whether or not the current setting is automatically switched to the numeric key input screen (step S147).

When the number key input screen is automatically switched in step S147 (yes in step S147), the destination layer display processing unit 24 shifts the destination layer registration area 41a to the number key input screen (step S148), and then shifts to step S150.

If the number key input screen is not automatically switched in step S147 (no in step S147), the destination layer display processing unit 24 causes the screen switching button 106 (fig. 5) of the destination layer registration area 41a to flash (step S149) and then proceeds to step S150. When the screen switching button 106 is operated, the operation shifts to the numeric key input screen.

Effect of the elevator system of this example

According to the elevator system of the present example described above, the display panel 41 of the operation panel 40 can perform appropriate display that enables a noncontact operation. In particular, in the case of the elevator system of this example, the specific floor is a security floor, and display and registration under security management in which only a user authenticated in advance can enter can be appropriately performed.

For example, when a user having only one safety release layer rides on a car, the one safety release layer is automatically registered as a registration layer. At this time, the automatic registration is notified well based on the display in the destination layer registration area 41a and the display in the registration layer display area 41b, and the operability and visibility are improved.

In the above example, when only one user of the security release layers is authenticated, the 1 security release layers are automatically registered as registration layers, but when the security release layers are a plurality of a predetermined number or less, such as 2 security release layers, all the security release layers may be automatically registered. This allows, for example, the safety release layer to be sequentially bypassed, and the convenience in the case of performing the use for security is improved.

When a user having a plurality of safety release layers rides the car, a destination layer button of the registered safety release layer is displayed, and the user can register a desired target layer by selecting the destination layer button. Therefore, the user knows candidates of the target layer from the display, and operability and visibility are improved.

In addition, when the security release layer is a plurality of layers that cannot be simultaneously displayed in one screen, the display can be switched to the digital key display, and from this point of view, operability and visibility are improved. The user whose security release layer is a plurality of layers that cannot be simultaneously displayed on one screen is assumed to be a specific user such as a manager of a building.

Further, when the security release layer is displayed, the default screen is returned by the lapse of a predetermined time such as 10 seconds, whereby the security release layer can be prevented from being inadvertently registered as the target layer, and security can be properly managed.

Modification example

The embodiment examples described above are embodiment examples described in detail for the purpose of easily understanding the present invention, and are not necessarily limited to the configuration having all the described structures.

The display examples shown in the drawings also show preferred examples, and are not limited to these examples.

For example, in the above embodiment, the buttons of the main floor are displayed on the default screen, but the screen on which the numeric keys are displayed may be set as the default screen. Regarding which screen is set as the default screen, it may be changed according to the stop layer of the car, the time period, and the like.

In the above embodiment, the operation panel 40 provided with the noncontact sensor 42 and capable of noncontact operation is applied, but the present invention can be applied to the following cases: the display described in the figures is performed on an operation panel including a so-called touch panel that is operated in contact with the surface of the display panel 41.

In the above embodiment, the example was described as being applied to the operation panel 40 in the car, but the same display may be performed by providing a display panel on the operation panel such as at a landing.

In the configuration diagrams shown in fig. 1 and 2, control lines and information lines are only those considered to be necessary for explanation, and not necessarily all control lines and information lines are shown in the product. Virtually all structures can be considered to be interconnected.

The flow of the processing shown in the flowcharts shown in fig. 10 to 14 is also an example, and if the processing results are the same, the processing order of a part may be changed or a plurality of processing may be executed simultaneously.

In the case where the system described in this embodiment is configured by an information processing apparatus such as a computer, the program for realizing each processing function may be transferred by being placed in a recording medium such as an external memory, an IC card, an SD card, or an optical disk, in addition to being prepared in a nonvolatile memory or a memory in the computer apparatus.

Description of the reference numerals

10 … elevator control device, 11 … release layer determining section, 12 … release layer processing section, 13 … initial setting display information holding section, 14 … display information processing section, 15 … display information transmitting section, 16 … destination stratum registration/cancel processing section, 20 … destination stratum registration device, 20a … CPU, 20b … main storage section, 20c … nonvolatile storage section, 20d … network interface, 20e … input section, 20f … output section, 21 … input processing section, 22 … input determining section, 23 … input information transmitting section, 24 … destination stratum display processing section, 25 … destination stratum registration area updating section, 26 … registered layer display processing section a 27 … registered floor display area updating section, a 30 … security management device, 30a, 30b … elevator hall, a 31 … release floor transmitting section, a 32 … reader, a 33 … camera, a 34 … reader, a 40 … operation panel, a 41 … display panel, a 41a … destination floor display area, a 41b … registered floor display area, a 42 … noncontact sensor, a 51 … door, 52, a 53 … door side panel, a 101 … floor input button, a 102 … registered button, a 103 … input floor, a 104 … cancel button, a 105 … input guide, a 106 … screen switching button, a 107 … destination floor button, and a 111 … registered floor list.

Claims (8)

1. An elevator system comprising an operation panel capable of registering a destination floor by a display panel, characterized in that,

the operation panel includes:

an input information transmitting unit that transmits information input to the display panel to an elevator control device;

a destination floor display processing unit that causes a destination floor registration area of the display panel to display a security release layer based on security release information received by the elevator control device from a security management device; and

a registered layer display processing unit for displaying the registered layer received from the elevator control device on the display panel,

the destination layer display processing unit changes the display mode of the destination layer registration area of the display panel according to the number of security release layers.

2. An elevator system according to claim 1, characterized in that,

when the number of security release layers is equal to or greater than a predetermined number, the destination layer display processing unit changes the destination layer registration area of the display panel to a numeric key input mode.

3. An elevator system according to claim 2, characterized in that,

the destination layer display processing unit blinks a number key input mode change button for receiving a request to change a number key input mode on the display panel,

And changing the destination layer registration area of the display panel to a digital key input mode by operating the digital key input mode changing button.

4. An elevator system according to claim 1, characterized in that,

the destination floor display processing unit displays a button of a floor where security release is always performed as a default screen of a destination floor registration area of the display panel.

5. An elevator system according to claim 1, characterized in that,

when the number of security release layers is equal to or less than a first predetermined number, the destination layer display processing unit displays, in a destination layer registration area of the display panel, a button of the first predetermined number of security release layers, and sets the displayed first predetermined number of security release layers as registration layers.

6. The elevator system of claim 5, wherein,

when the number of security release layers is greater than the first predetermined number and equal to or less than the second predetermined number, the destination layer display processing unit displays a button of the security release layer in a destination layer registration area of the display panel,

the floor set as the registered floor can be selected by the displayed button of the security release floor.

7. The elevator system of claim 6, wherein,

when a predetermined time has elapsed while the button of the security release layer is displayed, the destination layer display processing unit changes the destination layer registration area to a default screen.

8. An elevator control method for registering a destination floor by an operation panel having a display panel, characterized in that,

the elevator control method comprises the following steps:

an input information transmission process of transmitting information input to the display panel to an elevator control device;

a destination floor display process of displaying a security release layer in a destination floor registration area of the display panel based on security release information received by the elevator control device from a security management device; and

a registration layer display process of displaying the registration layer received from the elevator control device on the display panel,

and changing the display mode of the destination layer registration area of the display panel according to the number of the safety release layers in the destination layer display process.