Elevator system

Abstract

To provide an elevator system capable of registering a destination floor without releasing a hand from a bicycle and capable of improving safety by preventing a bicycle and a user from falling.SOLUTION: An elevator system of an embodiment comprises an empty-car call part, a detection part, and a registration part. The empty-car call part calls an elevator car in an empty state according to a special call by a user. The detection part detects that a bicycle tire is set in a tire stopper in the car. The registration part registers the car destination floor based on the detection result of the tire set in the tire stopper by the detection part.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE An embodiment of the present invention relates to an elevator system. [Background technology]

[0002] Methods for calling a car include special calls, such as calls for a sleeper car elevator. Another method for bringing a bicycle into the car is to call the elevator multiple times and then get into the car when the car is empty, but this requires pressing the car operation button while holding the bicycle down with your hands to prevent it from falling over. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a technology for providing a trunk-type storage space in the car. Patent Document 2 discloses a technology for providing a slope up to the tire stopper in the car. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 61-166486 [Patent Document 2] Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 10-324482 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] However, the above-mentioned method of bringing a bicycle into the basket is very inefficient because the bicycle cannot always be loaded into the basket, and the bicycle must be held in the basket with the front wheel raised. Furthermore, although Patent Documents 1 and 2 describe technology for putting a bicycle into the basket, they do not describe empty calling of the basket. [Means for solving the problem]

[0005] The elevator system of the embodiment includes an empty call unit, a detection unit, and a registration unit. The empty call unit issues an empty call to call the elevator car when it is empty in response to a special call from a user. The detection unit detects that a bicycle tire has been placed in a tire stopper in the car. The registration unit registers the destination floor of the car based on the detection result of the tire being placed in the tire stopper by the detection unit. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0006] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of an example of an elevator according to this embodiment. [Diagram 2] FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of an elevator control device according to this embodiment. [Diagram 3] FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining an example of a button provided on a landing floor of the elevator system according to the present embodiment. [Figure 4] FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an example of a tire stopper provided in the elevator system according to the present embodiment. [Diagram 5] FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining an example of a tire stopper provided in the elevator system according to the present embodiment. [Figure 6] FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining an example of a tire stopper provided in the elevator system according to the present embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0007] Hereinafter, an example of an elevator system according to this embodiment will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0008] Fig. 1 is a cross-sectional view of an example of an elevator according to the present embodiment. Fig. 1 shows an elevator car 1 that carries passengers P1 and moves up and down, an elevator control device 2 that detects the load state of the elevator car 1 and controls an elevator drive device 3, and the elevator drive device 3 that controls the lifting and lowering of the elevator car 1.

[0009] In the example of Figure 1, the first floor boarding area, the second floor boarding area, and the third floor boarding area are shown, and a boarding area call button 4-1 and a baggage-only operation indicator light 5-1 are provided at a designated position at the first floor boarding area, a boarding area call button 4-2 and a baggage-only operation indicator light 5-2 are provided at a designated position at the second floor boarding area, and a boarding area call button 4-3 and a baggage-only operation indicator light 5-3 are provided at a designated position at the third floor boarding area.

[0010] The elevator car 1 ascends and descends carrying the elevator passenger P1, and moves to the destination floor. At a predetermined position inside the elevator car 1, there are provided a tire stopper 1a into which the tires of the bicycle S1 are placed when the passenger P1 enters the elevator car 1 with the bicycle S1, and a car call button 1b which is operated by the elevator passenger P1 when registering the destination floor. In addition, a load detection device 1c is provided on the floor surface of the elevator car 1 to detect the load and load distribution inside the elevator car 1.

[0011] When the elevator control device 2 detects that the tire of the bicycle S1 has been placed in the tire stopper 1a inside the elevator car 1, it controls the baggage-only operation indicator lights 5-1 to 5-3 to display that the elevator car 1 cannot be used. In addition, when the elevator control device 2 detects that the tire of the bicycle S1 has been placed in the tire stopper 1a inside the elevator car 1, it controls the load detection device 1c to detect the load and load distribution inside the elevator car 1.

[0012] The elevator drive device 3 drives the hoist 3a under the control of the elevator control device 2, and this drive causes the elevator car 1 connected to one end of the rope R and the counterweight W connected to the other end of the rope R to rise and fall in the hoistway. Note that hereinafter, the elevator drive device 3 driving the hoist 3a will simply be expressed as the elevator control device 2 controlling the elevator drive device 3.

[0013] The hall call buttons 4-1 to 4-3 can be operated by an elevator passenger P2 when registering a hall call (car call).

[0014] The baggage-only operation indicator lights 5-1 to 5-3 are display units that, under the control of the elevator control device 2, emit, for example, modulated LED (Light Emitting Diode) light to indicate that the elevator car 1 is unavailable (shown as "UNAVAILABLE" in the figure).

[0015] In the following, when there is no need to distinguish between the hall call buttons 4-1 to 4-3, they will simply be referred to as hall call buttons 4, and when there is no need to distinguish between the baggage-only operation indicator lights 5-1 to 5-3, they will simply be referred to as baggage-only operation indicator lights 5.

[0016] FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of an elevator control device according to this embodiment.

[0017] In this embodiment, the elevator control device 2 has an empty call unit 201, a detection unit 202, a registration unit 203, and a display control unit 204, as shown in FIG.

[0018] The empty call unit 201 is an example of an empty call unit that makes an empty call. Here, an empty call includes calling an elevator car (elevator car 1) in an empty state in response to a special call for transporting a bicycle by a dedicated button or the like that the hall call button 4 has. For example, when a special call is made by a dedicated button that the hall call button 4 has, the empty call unit 201 moves the empty elevator car 1 to the hall where the special call was made.

[0019] Furthermore, the empty call unit 201 does not respond to car calls for the elevator car 1 while the bicycle S1 is being transported by the elevator car 1, i.e., while the elevator car 1 is moving in response to an empty call. This eliminates the need to worry about other users sharing the car while the bicycle S1 is being transported by the elevator car 1.

[0020] In addition, the empty call unit 201 may make an empty call when a dedicated button (an example of a specified button) on a platform call button 4 (an example of an operation unit) provided at the platform is pressed, when a hall call button and a wheelchair call button on the platform call button 4 are pressed simultaneously, or when a button provided on the floor of the platform is pressed by the tire of the bicycle S1.

[0021] 3 is a diagram for explaining an example of a button provided on a floor of a landing of the elevator system according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3, the button provided on the floor of the landing has a button 301 to be pressed by the tire of a bicycle S1, and a guard part 302.

[0022] The button 301 is provided below the floor surface of the hall and can be pressed by the tire of the bicycle S1. The guard parts 302 are provided on both ends of the button 301 along the traveling direction of the bicycle S1. This prevents the tire of the bicycle S1 from coming off the button 301 from being dislodged from the installation position of the button 301 due to a malfunction caused by the hand, foot, or object of the elevator passenger P2 when the button 301 is pressed by the tire of the bicycle S1. The elevator system according to this embodiment makes it possible to make a special call for transporting a bicycle by having the bicycle S1 press the button 301 provided on the floor of the hall instead of pressing a dedicated button of the hall call button 4. The above-mentioned special call is not limited to the above-mentioned registration means as long as it is a means for a user transporting a bicycle to make an empty call for the elevator car 1.

[0023] Returning to FIG. 2, the detection unit 202 is an example of a detection unit that detects that the tire of the bicycle S1 has been placed in the tire stopper 1a inside the elevator car 1.

[0024] 4 to 6 are diagrams for explaining an example of a tire stopper included in the elevator system according to this embodiment. In this embodiment, as shown in Fig. 4, the elevator car 1 has therein a tire stopper 1a to which a tire of the bicycle S1 can be fixed, and the detection unit 202 may detect that the tire of the bicycle S1 has been placed in the tire stopper 1a via a tail cord.

[0025] Here, the tire stopper 1a may be a wall-mounted type tire stopper that is installed on a wall surface or the like on the opposite side of the elevator car 1 from the door, as shown in Fig. 5. In other words, the tire stopper 1a may be a wall-mounted type tire stopper that is provided on the elevator car 1.

[0026] In addition, as shown in Figure 6, a tire stopper 1a may be provided for each destination floor of the elevator car 1, and an elevator passenger P1 may register the destination floor of the elevator car 1 by placing the tire of the bicycle S1 in the tire stopper 1a of the desired destination floor.

[0027] Returning to Fig. 2, registration unit 203 is an example of a registration unit that registers the destination floor of elevator car 1 based on the detection result of the tire being placed in tire stopper 1a by detection unit 202. As a result, the destination floor can be registered simply by placing the tire of bicycle S1 in tire stopper 1a inside elevator car 1 that has received an empty call, so the destination floor can be registered without letting go of bicycle S1, and safety can be improved by preventing the user and bicycle S1 from falling over.

[0028] In addition, if a tire stopper 1a inside the elevator car 1 is provided for each destination floor, the registration unit 203 may register the destination floor corresponding to the tire stopper 1a whose tire is detected by the detection unit 202 as the destination floor of the elevator car 1.

[0029] The display control unit 204 is an example of a display control unit that displays a message at the landing that the elevator is unavailable while the bicycle S1 is being transported by the elevator car 1. For example, the display control unit 204 may display a message at the landing that the elevator is unavailable by turning on a baggage-only operation indicator light 5 provided at the landing to indicate that the elevator is unavailable while the bicycle S1 is being transported by the elevator car 1. This eliminates the need to worry about other users sharing the elevator car 1.

[0030] Thus, according to the elevator system of this embodiment, the destination floor can be registered simply by placing the tire of the bicycle S1 into the tire stopper 1a inside the elevator car 1 that has been called empty, so that the destination floor can be registered without letting go of the bicycle S1, and safety can be improved by preventing the user and the bicycle S1 from falling over.

[0031] The program executed by the elevator control device 2 of this embodiment is provided in a state where it is pre-installed in a ROM (Read Only Memory) or the like. The program executed by the elevator control device 2 of this embodiment may be provided by being recorded in a computer-readable recording medium such as a CD-ROM, a flexible disk (FD), a CD-R, or a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk) in the form of an installable or executable file.

[0032] Furthermore, the program executed by the elevator control device 2 of this embodiment may be configured to be stored on a computer connected to a network such as the Internet and provided by being downloaded via the network. Also, the program executed by the elevator control device 2 of this embodiment may be configured to be provided or distributed via a network such as the Internet.

[0033] The program executed by the elevator control device 2 of this embodiment has a modular structure including the above-mentioned units (empty call unit 201, detection unit 202, registration unit 203, and display control unit 204), and in terms of actual hardware, a processor such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) reads out the program from the above-mentioned ROM and executes it, thereby loading the above-mentioned units onto a main memory device, and the empty call unit 201, detection unit 202, registration unit 203, and display control unit 204 are generated on the main memory device.

[0034] Although some embodiments of the present invention have been described, these embodiments are presented as examples and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These novel embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, substitutions, and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. These embodiments and their modifications are included in the scope and spirit of the invention, and are included in the scope of the invention and its equivalents described in the claims. [Explanation of symbols]

[0035] 1 elevator car 1a Tire stopper 1b Basket call button 2 Elevator control device 3 Elevator drive unit 4. Platform call button 5. Baggage-only operation indicator light 201 Empty call section 202 Detection unit 203 Registration Department 204 Display control unit S1 Bicycle

Claims

1. an empty call unit that performs an empty call for calling an empty elevator car in response to a special call from a user; A detection unit that detects that a bicycle tire has been placed in the tire stopper in the basket; A registration unit that registers a destination floor of the car based on a detection result of the tire being placed in the tire stopper by the detection unit; An elevator system comprising:

2. 2. The elevator system of claim 1, wherein the tire chock is a wall-mounted type tire chock provided on the car.

3. The tire stopper is provided for each destination floor of the car, 3. The elevator system according to claim 1, wherein the registration unit registers a destination floor corresponding to the wheel stopper at which the tire is detected as the destination floor of the car.

4. 2. The elevator system according to claim 1, wherein the empty call unit makes the empty call when a predetermined button on an operation unit provided at the landing is pressed, when a hall call button and a wheelchair call button on the operation unit are pressed simultaneously, or when a button provided on the floor of the landing is pressed by the tire.

5. a display unit that displays a message at the elevator hall indicating that the elevator is unavailable while the bicycle is being transported by the car; 2. The elevator system of claim 1, wherein the idle call section does not respond to calls on the car while the bicycle is being transported by the car.

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