Elevator, and elevator control panel, control method, control program, and virtual floor plate

Abstract

To provide an elevator, and a control panel, a control method, a control program and a virtual floor plate of the elevator, for hardly causing damage of an apparatus by rocking.SOLUTION: A landing detector 12 provided on a car 8 of an elevator 1 detects a landing plate 11 corresponding to a floor when the car 8 is at a landing position of the floor. The control panel 14 stops the car 8 at the landing position of the stop floor based on the detection result of the landing plate 11 of the stop floor by the landing detector 12. The virtual floor plate 13 is disposed at a stop position of a virtual floor, which is a position of the car 8 at which the car door 10 does not move in conjunction with any of the landing doors 5. When a call is not registered in the car 8 and the car 8 is empty, the control panel 14 stops the car 8 at the stop position of the virtual floor and makes the car 8 stand by based on the detection result by the landing detector 12 of the virtual floor plate 13.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present disclosure relates to an elevator, as well as an elevator control panel, a control method, a control program, and a virtual floor plate. [Background technology]

[0002] Patent Document 1 discloses an example of an elevator control system. When receiving seismic wave information, the system compares the frequency of the seismic waves with the natural frequencies of the building and elevator ropes. Based on the results of this comparison, elevator control is performed to stop the car at a floor where the ropes and other components do not resonate. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2010-241532 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] Generally, in an elevator, when the car is stopped at a floor, the car door opens and closes in conjunction with the landing door at that floor. Here, the elevator control system of Patent Document 1 stops the car at a floor where the ropes and other components do not resonate during controlled operation. Therefore, the shaking of an earthquake may cause interference between the landing door and the car door at that floor, potentially damaging these devices.

[0005] The present disclosure relates to solving such problems. The present disclosure provides an elevator that reduces the risk of damage to equipment due to shaking, as well as an elevator control panel, control method, control program, and virtual floor plate. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] The elevator according to the present disclosure includes a car traveling in a traveling direction in a hoistway, a plurality of landing plates each corresponding to one of a plurality of floors and each arranged at a corresponding floor in the hoistway with its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the traveling direction of the car, a floor landing detector provided on the car that detects the landing plate among the plurality of floors corresponding to the floor when the car is at a landing position at the floor, a control panel that, when one of the plurality of floors is to be a stopping floor, stops the car at the landing position of the stopping floor based on the detection result of the floor landing detector on the landing plate among the plurality of floors corresponding to the stopping floor, and a control panel that detects the landing plate among the plurality of floors corresponding to the stopping floor when the car is to be a stopping floor. the control panel is provided with: a plurality of landing doors that separate floor landings and the elevator shaft; a car door that is provided on the car and that opens and closes in conjunction with a landing door among the plurality of landing doors that corresponds to the stopping floor when the car stops at the landing position of the stopping floor; and a virtual floor plate that can be detected by the floor landing detector and that is arranged at the stopping position of the virtual floor with its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the running direction of the car in the elevator shaft, with a position of the car at which the car door is not interlocked with any of the plurality of landing doors being a stopping position of the virtual floor, and when no call is registered in the car and the car is empty, the control panel stops the car at the stopping position of the virtual floor and makes it wait based on the detection result of the floor landing detector on the virtual floor plate. The elevator according to the present disclosure includes a car traveling in a traveling direction in a hoistway, a plurality of landing plates each corresponding to one of a plurality of floors and each arranged at a corresponding floor in the hoistway with its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the traveling direction of the car, a floor landing detector provided on the car for detecting the landing plate among the plurality of floors corresponding to the floor when the car is at a landing position at the floor, a control panel for stopping the car at the landing position of the floor when the floor is to be stopped at one of the plurality of floors based on the detection result of the floor landing detector on the landing plate among the plurality of floors corresponding to the floor, and a plurality of landing plates each corresponding to one of the plurality of floors and each partitioning the hoistway and the landing of the corresponding floor. a car door that is provided on the car and that opens and closes in conjunction with a landing door among the plurality of landing doors that corresponds to the stopping floor when the car stops at a landing position of the stopping floor; and a virtual floor plate that can be detected by the floor landing detector and that has its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the running direction of the car in the elevator shaft, with a position of the car where the car door is not linked to any of the plurality of landing doors as a stopping position of a virtual floor, and is placed at a reference position that is a predetermined distance away from the stopping position of the virtual floor in the running direction of the car, and when no call is registered in the car and the car is empty, the control panel stops the car at the stopping position of the virtual floor based on the detection result of the floor landing detector on the virtual floor plate and makes the car wait.

[0007] The control panel according to the present disclosure includes: a car traveling in a traveling direction in a hoistway; a plurality of landing plates, each corresponding to one of a plurality of floors, and each arranged at a corresponding floor in the hoistway with its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the traveling direction of the car; a floor landing detector provided on the car that detects the landing plate among the plurality of floor landing plates corresponding to the floor when the car is at a landing position on one of the plurality of floors; a plurality of landing doors, each corresponding to one of the plurality of floors and each separating the hoistway from a landing at the corresponding floor; and car doors that are provided on the car that open and close in conjunction with one of the landing doors among the plurality of landing doors corresponding to the floor when the car stops at a landing position on one of the plurality of floors. and a virtual floor plate that is arranged in the hoistway with its thickness direction perpendicular to the running direction of the car, with a position of the car that can be detected by the floor arrival detector and whose car door is not linked to any of the plurality of landing doors being set as a stopping position of a virtual floor, and when one of the plurality of floors is set as a stopping floor, the car is stopped at the landing position of the stopping floor based on the detection result by the floor arrival detector of the landing plate among the plurality of floor arrival plates that corresponds to the stopping floor, and when no call is registered in the car and the car is empty, the car is stopped at the stopping position of the virtual floor and made to wait based on the detection result by the floor arrival detector of the virtual floor plate. The control panel according to the present disclosure includes a car traveling in a traveling direction in a hoistway, a plurality of landing plates each corresponding to one of a plurality of floors and each arranged at a corresponding floor in the hoistway with its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the traveling direction of the car, a floor landing detector provided on the car and configured to detect the landing plate among the plurality of floor landing plates corresponding to the floor when the car is at a landing position on one of the plurality of floors, a plurality of landing doors each corresponding to one of the plurality of floors and separating the hoistway from a landing of the corresponding floor, and a car door provided on the car and configured to open and close in conjunction with a landing door among the plurality of landing doors corresponding to the floor when the car stops at a landing position on one of the plurality of floors, and the floor landing detector is capable of detecting and a virtual floor plate that is arranged in the elevator shaft with its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the running direction of the car and at a reference position a preset distance away from the stopping position of the virtual floor in the running direction of the car, with the position of the car whose car doors are not linked to any of the plurality of landing doors being set as the stopping position of a virtual floor, and when one of the plurality of floors is set as a stopping floor, the car is stopped at the landing position of the stopping floor based on the detection result by the floor landing detector of the landing plate among the plurality of floor landing plates that corresponds to the stopping floor, and when no call is registered for the car and the car is empty, the car is stopped at the stopping position of the virtual floor using the reference position as a reference and waits based on the detection result by the floor landing detector of the virtual floor plate.

[0008] The control method according to the present disclosure includes a car traveling in a traveling direction in a hoistway, a plurality of landing plates each corresponding to one of a plurality of floors and each being arranged at a corresponding floor in the hoistway with its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the traveling direction of the car, a floor landing detector provided on the car for detecting the landing plate among the plurality of floors corresponding to the floor when the car is at a landing position at any of the plurality of floors, a control panel for stopping the car at the landing position of the stopping floor based on the detection result of the floor landing detector on the landing plate among the plurality of floors corresponding to the stopping floor when the car is to stop at any of the plurality of floors, and a platform and the hoistway. a car door that is provided on the car and that opens and closes in conjunction with a landing door among the plurality of landing doors that corresponds to the stopping floor when the car stops at a landing position of the stopping floor; and a virtual floor plate that can be detected by the floor landing detector, and that is arranged at the stopping position of the virtual floor with its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the running direction of the car in the hoistway, with a position of the car where the car door is not linked to any of the plurality of landing doors being a stopping position of the virtual floor, and wherein, when no call is registered in the car and the car is empty, the control panel stops the car at the stopping position of the virtual floor and makes it wait based on the detection result of the floor landing detector on the virtual floor plate. The control method according to the present disclosure includes a car traveling in a traveling direction in a hoistway, a plurality of landing plates each corresponding to one of a plurality of floors and each arranged at a corresponding floor in the hoistway with its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the traveling direction of the car, a floor landing detector provided on the car that detects the landing plate among the plurality of floors corresponding to the floor when the car is at a landing position at one of the plurality of floors, a control panel that, when one of the plurality of floors is to be a stopping floor, stops the car at the landing position of the stopping floor based on the detection result of the floor landing detector on the landing plate among the plurality of floors corresponding to the stopping floor, a plurality of landing doors each corresponding to one of the plurality of floors and each dividing the hoistway and the landing of the corresponding floor, and a control panel provided on the car. a car door that opens and closes in conjunction with a landing door among the plurality of landing doors that corresponds to the stopping floor when the car stops at a landing position of the stopping floor; and a virtual floor plate that can be detected by the floor arrival detector, with a position of the car where the car door is not linked to any of the plurality of landing doors set as a stopping position of a virtual floor, the virtual floor plate having its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the running direction of the car in the elevator shaft and placed at a reference position a predetermined distance away from the stopping position of the virtual floor in the running direction of the car, wherein, when no call is registered for the car and the car is empty, the control panel stops the car at the stopping position of the virtual floor using the reference position as a reference, based on the detection result of the floor arrival detector on the virtual floor plate, and has the car wait.

[0009] The control program according to the present disclosure causes the control panel to execute the elevator control method described above.

[0010] The virtual floor plate according to the present disclosure includes a car traveling in a traveling direction in a hoistway, a plurality of landing plates each corresponding to one of a plurality of floors and each arranged at a corresponding floor in the hoistway with its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the traveling direction of the car, a floor landing detector provided on the car that detects the landing plate among the plurality of landing plates corresponding to the floor when the car is at a landing position at one of the plurality of floors, and a control panel that, when one of the plurality of floors is to be a stopping floor, stops the car at the landing position of the stopping floor based on the detection result of the floor landing detector of the landing plate among the plurality of landing plates corresponding to the stopping floor; This invention is applied to an elevator including a plurality of landing doors that separate floor landings and the elevator shaft, and a car door that is provided on the car and that opens and closes in conjunction with a landing door among the plurality of landing doors that corresponds to the stopping floor when the car stops at the landing position of the stopping floor, wherein the floor arrival detector is capable of detecting a position of the car where the car door is not interlocked with any of the plurality of landing doors, and the car is arranged at the stopping position of the virtual floor with its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the running direction of the car in the elevator shaft, and when no call is registered in the car and the car is empty, the detection result by the floor arrival detector is used by the control panel when the car is stopped at the stopping position of the virtual floor and made to wait. The virtual floor plate according to the present disclosure includes a car traveling in a traveling direction in a hoistway, a plurality of landing plates each corresponding to one of a plurality of floors and each arranged at a corresponding floor in the hoistway with its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the traveling direction of the car, a floor landing detector provided on the car for detecting the landing plate among the plurality of floors corresponding to the floor when the car is at a landing position at one of the plurality of floors, a control panel for stopping the car at the landing position of the stopping floor based on the detection result of the floor landing detector on the landing plate among the plurality of floors corresponding to the stopping floor when one of the plurality of floors is to be a stopping floor, and a plurality of floor landings each corresponding to one of the plurality of floors and each partitioning the elevator shaft and the landing of the corresponding floor. This invention is applied to an elevator including a landing door and a car door that is provided on the car and that opens and closes in conjunction with a landing door among the plurality of landing doors that corresponds to the stopping floor when the car stops at a landing position of the stopping floor, wherein the floor arrival detector is capable of detection, and the position of the car where the car door is not interlocked with any of the plurality of landing doors is set as a stopping position of a virtual floor, and the car is arranged in the hoistway with its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the running direction of the car, at a reference position that is a predetermined distance away from the stopping position of the virtual floor in the running direction of the car, and when no call is registered in the car and the car is empty, the detection result by the floor arrival detector is used by the control panel when the car is stopped at the stopping position of the virtual floor and made to wait based on the reference position. [Effects of the Invention]

[0011] The elevator, or elevator control panel, control method, control program, or virtual floor plate disclosed herein makes it less likely that equipment will be damaged by shaking. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0012] [Figure 1] 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of an elevator according to a first embodiment. FIG. [Figure 2] FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a virtual floor of an elevator according to the first embodiment. [Figure 3] FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a virtual floor plate according to the first embodiment. [Figure 4] FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a virtual floor plate according to the first embodiment. [Figure 5] 5 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the control panel according to the first embodiment. [Figure 6] 2 is a hardware configuration diagram of a main part of a control panel according to the first embodiment. FIG. [Figure 7] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the configuration of an elevator according to a second embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0013] The embodiments for carrying out the present disclosure will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In each drawing, the same or corresponding parts are designated by the same reference numerals, and redundant explanations are appropriately simplified or omitted. Note that the subject matter of the present disclosure is not limited to the following embodiments, and any component of the embodiments may be modified or omitted within the scope of the gist of the present disclosure.

[0014] Embodiment 1 FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of an elevator 1 according to the first embodiment.

[0015] Elevator 1 is installed in building 2 having multiple floors. In building 2, hoistway 3, which is a space spanning multiple floors, is installed. In building 2, landings 4 are installed on each floor. Landings 4 are spaces adjacent to hoistway 3. Elevator 1 includes multiple landing doors 5, a hoisting machine 6, a main rope 7, a car 8, a counterweight 9, a car door 10, multiple landing plates 11, a floor landing detector 12, a virtual floor plate 13, and a control panel 14.

[0016] Each landing door 5 corresponds to one of the floors. Each landing door 5 is provided at the landing 4 of the corresponding floor. Each landing door 5 is a device that separates the landing 4 of the corresponding floor from the elevator shaft 3. The landing door 5 includes a door panel and an opening / closing device for the door panel.

[0017] The hoisting machine 6 includes a motor that generates driving force and a sheave that rotates by the driving force generated by the motor. The hoisting machine 6 is disposed, for example, at the upper or lower part of the hoistway 3. Alternatively, if a machine room is provided, for example, above the hoistway 3, the hoisting machine 6 may be disposed in the machine room.

[0018] The main rope 7 is a rope that supports the load of the car 8 and the counterweight 9 in the hoistway 3. The main rope 7 is wound around the sheave of the hoisting machine 6. The main rope 7 supports the load of the car 8 on one side of the sheave of the hoisting machine 6. The main rope 7 supports the load of the counterweight 9 on the other side of the sheave of the hoisting machine 6.

[0019] The car 8 is a device that transports passengers between multiple floors by traveling up and down the hoistway 3. The counterweight 9 is a device that balances the loads on both sides of the sheave of the hoisting machine 6 between the car 8 and the counterweight 9. The car 8 and counterweight 9 travel in opposite directions in the hoistway 3 by the driving force generated by the motor of the hoisting machine 6. A landing position is set for each floor. The landing position for each floor is the position at which the car 8 stops so that passengers can board and disembark at that floor.

[0020] The car door 10 is provided on the car 8. The car door 10 is disposed, for example, on the front of the car 8. The car door 10 is a device that separates the interior and exterior of the car 8. The car door 10 includes a door panel and an opening / closing device for the door panel. When the car 8 stops at a landing position on any floor, the car door 10 opens and closes in conjunction with the landing door 5 corresponding to that floor. The car door 10 interlocks with the landing door 5 when opening and closing, for example, by having a vane, roller, or other device engage with the device of the landing door 5. In other words, when the car 8 stops at a landing position on any floor, the device of the car door 10 and the device of the landing door 5 for that floor are in positions where they engage with each other.

[0021] Each landing plate 11 corresponds to one of the floors. Each landing plate 11 is arranged in the elevator shaft 3 at the position of the corresponding floor. The landing plate 11 is a plate-shaped member made of, for example, metal. The landing plate 11 is arranged so that its thickness direction is perpendicular to the running direction of the car 8. The thickness direction of the landing plate 11 is, for example, a direction in a horizontal plane. In this example, the thickness direction of the landing plate 11 is oriented in the left-right direction of the car 8. The landing plate 11 is arranged at a position where it does not overlap the car 8 on a projection plane perpendicular to the running direction of the car 8. The projection plane is, for example, a horizontal projection plane. The landing plates 11 are arranged at positions where they overlap each other on a projection plane perpendicular to the running direction of the car 8. In this example, the shapes of each landing plate 11 are the same.

[0022] The floor landing detector 12 is provided in the car 8. The floor landing detector 12 is a device that detects the landing plate 11 corresponding to a floor when the car 8 is at the landing position on that floor. The floor landing detector 12 detects the landing plate 11, for example, optically, electrically, or magnetically in a non-contact manner, or by other methods.

[0023] The virtual floor plate 13 is a plate-like member that can be detected by the landing detector 12. The virtual floor plate 13 is formed, for example, from the same material as each landing plate 11. Here, a virtual floor and its stop position are set in the elevator 1. In this example, the virtual floor does not correspond to any of the actual floors in the building 2. The stop position of the virtual floor is set at a position of the car 8 where the car door 10 is not linked to any of the multiple landing doors 5. In other words, when the car 8 is stopped at the stop position of the virtual floor, the equipment of the car door 10 and the equipment of the landing door 5 of that floor are in positions where they do not engage with each other. The virtual floor plate 13 is arranged in the hoistway 3 at the stop position of the virtual floor plate 13. The virtual floor plate 13 is arranged so that its thickness direction is perpendicular to the traveling direction of the car 8. The thickness direction of the virtual floor plate 13 is, for example, a direction within a horizontal plane. In this example, the thickness direction of the virtual floor plate 13 is oriented in the left-right direction of the car 8. The virtual floor plate 13 is positioned so as not to overlap the car 8 on a projection plane perpendicular to the running direction of the car 8. The virtual floor plate 13 is positioned so as to overlap the landing plate 11 on a projection plane perpendicular to the running direction of the car 8. In this example, the length Lv of the virtual floor plate 13 in the running direction of the car 8 is shorter than the length Ll of the landing plate 11 in the running direction of the car 8.

[0024] The control panel 14 is a device that controls the operation of the elevator 1. The operation of the elevator 1 includes, for example, the travel of the car 8 in the hoistway 3. The control panel 14 is located, for example, at the top or bottom of the hoistway 3. Alternatively, if a machine room is provided, for example, above the hoistway 3, the control panel 14 may be located in the machine room. The control panel 14 registers a call to the car 8 in response to, for example, a user's operation. The control panel 14 runs the car 8, stopping at one of the floors, so as to respond to the registered call. The control panel 14 determines the position where the floor arrival detector 12 detects the landing plate 11 corresponding to the stopping floor as the landing position of the stopping floor, and stops the car 8 at that landing position.

[0025] When no call is registered in car 8 and car 8 is empty, control panel 14 stops car 8 at a stopping position of a virtual floor and makes car 8 wait. Control panel 14 determines that car 8 is empty when no passenger is riding in car 8. If a mobile device such as an autonomous mobile object can ride in car 8, control panel 14 may determine that car 8 is empty when neither a user nor an autonomous mobile object is riding in car 8. Control panel 14 determines whether car 8 is empty based on, for example, the measurement value of a scale installed in car 8 or an image captured by a camera. Control panel 14 sets the position of virtual floor plate 13 detected by floor arrival detector 12 as the stopping position of the virtual floor and stops car 8 at that stopping position. Control panel 14 stops car 8 at the stopping position of the virtual floor, for example, by processing similar to the processing when stopping car 8 at the landing position of a stopping floor. This processing includes processing based on the detection results by the floor arrival detector 12 on the floor arrival plate 11 or the virtual floor plate 13. This processing includes processing for controlling travel based on a preset speed pattern. The control panel 14 makes the car 8 wait at the stopping position of the virtual floor until, for example, an operation for a new call is performed.

[0026] FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a virtual floor of the elevator 1 according to the first embodiment. In FIG. 2, an example of a car 8 waiting at a stop position on a virtual floor is shown.

[0027] When the car 8 is stopped at the stopping position of the virtual floor, the floor arrival detector 12 detects the virtual floor plate 13. The control panel 14 determines that the car 8 is at the stopping position of the virtual floor, for example, based on the detection of the virtual floor plate 13 by the floor arrival detector 12. When the car 8 is stopped at the stopping position of the virtual floor, the equipment of the car door 10 and the equipment of the landing door 5 of that floor are in positions where they do not engage with each other. Therefore, even if the building 2 or the car 8 shakes due to an earthquake, strong winds, or the like, the landing door 5 and the car door 10 do not interfere with each other. This reduces the possibility of damage to the landing door 5 and the car door 10.

[0028] The virtual floor plate 13 is placed, for example, near a resonance avoidance floor. The resonance avoidance floor is a floor where there is a certain or greater difference between the natural frequency of the main ropes 7, etc. and the natural frequency of the building 2, so that resonance of the main ropes 7, etc. of the elevator 1 can be avoided. The virtual floor plate 13 is placed, for example, between the resonance avoidance floor and a floor adjacent to the resonance avoidance floor.

[0029] FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the virtual floor plate 13 according to the first embodiment. In FIG. 3, an example of a floor landing detector 12 and a virtual floor plate 13 is shown as seen in the direction of travel of the car 8.

[0030] In this example, a slit 15 is provided in the floor landing detector 12. The slit 15 is provided parallel to the traveling direction of the car 8. The floor landing detector 12 detects the floor landing plate 11 when the floor landing plate 11 passes inside the slit 15. Similarly, the floor landing detector 12 detects the virtual floor plate 13 when the virtual floor plate 13 passes inside the slit 15.

[0031] The virtual floor plate 13 is positioned so that it passes through the slit 15 in the floor arrival detector 12 as the car 8 travels. The virtual floor plate 13 is supported by supports 16. The supports 16 are attached to the inner wall of the hoistway 3 or to a structure within the hoistway 3. In other words, the virtual floor plate 13 is positioned in the hoistway 3 via the supports 16. The supports 16 are elastic bodies such as rubber or springs. When the floor arrival detector 12 and the virtual floor plate 13 come into contact with each other, the supports 16 elastically deform to absorb the impact caused by the contact.

[0032] The thickness t of the virtual floor plate 13 in the thickness direction is thinner than the thickness of the landing plate 11 (not shown in Figure 2). Therefore, the gap between the surface of the virtual floor plate 13 in the thickness direction and the inner surface of the slit 15 of the floor landing detector 12 is larger than the gap between the surface of the landing plate 11 in the thickness direction and the inner surface of the slit 15 of the floor landing detector 12. Therefore, the virtual floor plate 13 is less likely to interfere with the inner surface of the slit 15 of the floor landing detector 12 than the landing plate 11 when swaying occurs in the car 8 or the like.

[0033] FIG. 4 is a diagram showing another example of the virtual floor plate 13 according to the first embodiment. In FIG. 4, an example of a floor landing detector 12 and a virtual floor plate 13 is shown as seen in the direction of travel of the car 8.

[0034] A buffer 17 may be provided on the surface of the virtual floor plate 13 in the thickness direction. The buffer 17 is provided, for example, so as to cover the surface of the virtual floor plate 13 in the thickness direction. The buffer 17 is, for example, rubber, gel, foam, or other protective material that absorbs the impact caused by contact when the floor landing detector 12 and the virtual floor plate 13 come into contact. The buffer 17 is made of a material that does not interfere with detection by the floor landing detector 12. For example, if the floor landing detector 12 magnetically detects the floor landing plate 11, the buffer 17 is made of a material that does not magnetically shield the virtual floor plate 13.

[0035] Next, an example of the operation of the control panel 14 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the control panel 14 according to the first embodiment.

[0036] In step S1, the control panel 14 determines whether there is a call registered in the car 8. If there is a call registered in the car 8, the processing of the control panel 14 proceeds to step S2. On the other hand, if there is no call registered in the car 8, the processing of the control panel 14 proceeds to step S3.

[0037] In step S2, the control panel 14 causes the car 8 to travel to the destination floor of the call so as to respond to the call registered in the car 8. Thereafter, the processing of the control panel 14 proceeds to step S1.

[0038] In step S3, the control panel 14 determines whether the car 8 is empty. If the car 8 is empty, the processing of the control panel 14 proceeds to step S4. On the other hand, if the car 8 is not empty, the processing of the control panel 14 proceeds to step S1.

[0039] In step S4, the control panel 14 causes the car 8 to travel to the virtual floor. At this time, the control panel 14 causes the car 8 to stop at the stopping position of the virtual floor based on the detection result of the virtual floor plate 13 by the floor arrival detector 12. Thereafter, the control panel 14 causes the car 8 to wait at the stopping position of the virtual floor. Thereafter, the processing of the control panel 14 proceeds to step S1.

[0040] As described above, the elevator 1 according to the first embodiment includes a car 8, a plurality of landing plates 11, a landing detector 12, a control panel 14, landing doors 5, car doors 10, and a virtual floor plate 13. The car 8 travels in the hoistway 3 in the traveling direction. Each landing plate 11 corresponds to one of the floors. Each landing plate 11 is disposed at the corresponding floor in the hoistway 3 with its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the traveling direction of the car 8. The landing detector 12 is provided on the car 8. When the car 8 is at a landing position at one of the floors, the landing detector 12 detects the landing plate 11 corresponding to that floor. When a floor is designated as a stopping floor, the control panel 14 stops the car 8 at the landing position at the stopping floor based on the detection result of the landing detector 12 on the landing plate 11 corresponding to the stopping floor. Each landing door 5 corresponds to one of the floors. Each landing door 5 separates the landing 4 and elevator shaft 3 for the corresponding floor. A car door 10 is provided on the car 8. When the car 8 stops at the landing position of the stopping floor, the car door 10 opens and closes in conjunction with the landing door 5 corresponding to the stopping floor. The virtual floor plate 13 can be detected by a floor arrival detector 12. The virtual floor plate 13 is arranged at the stopping position of the virtual floor with its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the running direction of the car 8 in the elevator shaft 3, with the position of the car 8 at which the car door 10 does not interlock with any of the landing doors 5 being the stopping position of the virtual floor. When no call is registered for the car 8 and the car 8 is empty, the control panel 14 stops the car 8 at the stopping position of the virtual floor and makes it wait based on the detection result of the floor arrival detector 12 on the virtual floor plate 13.

[0041] With this configuration, when the car 8 is stopped and waiting at the stopping position of the virtual floor, the equipment of the car door 10 and the equipment of the landing door 5 of that floor do not engage with each other. Therefore, even if the building 2 or the car 8 shakes due to an earthquake, strong winds, or the like, the landing door 5 and the car door 10 do not interfere with each other. This reduces the possibility of damage to the landing door 5 and the car door 10 due to shaking. Furthermore, the control panel 14 causes the car 8 to wait at the stopping position of the virtual floor regardless of whether an earthquake has occurred. Therefore, even if the car 8 cannot run due to a power outage caused by an earthquake or for other reasons, the possibility of damage to the car door 10, the landing door 5, etc. is reduced.

[0042] Furthermore, the thickness of the virtual floor plate 13 in the thickness direction is thinner than the thickness of the landing plate 11 in the thickness direction. Furthermore, the length of the virtual floor plate 13 in the running direction of the car 8 is shorter than the length of the landing plate 11 in the running direction of the car 8. Because the car door 10 does not open or close at the virtual floor, the stopping accuracy at the stopping position of the virtual floor does not need to be as high as the stopping accuracy at the landing position of each floor. Therefore, for the virtual floor plate 13, the ease of avoiding interference with the landing detector 12 can be prioritized over the detection accuracy of the landing detector 12. Therefore, by reducing the thickness or length of the virtual floor plate 13, it is possible to both facilitate stopping at the stopping position of the virtual floor by using the virtual floor plate 13 and suppress the effects of interference between the virtual floor plate 13 and the landing detector 12.

[0043] The virtual floor plate 13 is also placed in the elevator shaft 3 via an elastic support 16. The support 16 elastically deforms when the floor arrival detector 12 and the virtual floor plate 13 come into contact. A buffer 17 is also provided on the surface of the virtual floor plate 13 in the thickness direction. The buffer 17 absorbs the impact when the floor arrival detector 12 and the virtual floor plate 13 come into contact. With this configuration, even when the floor arrival detector 12 and the virtual floor plate 13 come into contact, the possibility of damage to the floor arrival detector 12 and other components can be reduced.

[0044] It should be noted that multiple virtual floors may be set in the elevator 1. In this case, a virtual floor plate 13 is provided for each virtual floor. The control panel 14, for example, causes the car 8 to travel to the virtual floor nearest to the current position of the car 8 and wait there.

[0045] The control panel 14 may also calibrate the position of the car 8 using the virtual floor plate 13. The virtual floor plate 13 is fixedly disposed in the hoistway 3, just like each of the landing plates 11. Therefore, the position of the car 8 can be considered constant when detecting the virtual floor plate 13 and the landing plate 11. Therefore, the control panel 14 may calibrate the rotation speed of the hoist 6 corresponding to the position of the car 8 by detecting the virtual floor plate 13 and the landing plate 11. The control panel 14 may also detect an abnormality, such as the detachment of the virtual floor plate 13 and the landing plate 11, when the landing detector 12 does not detect anything at the position where the virtual floor plate 13 and the landing plate 11 are provided.

[0046] Next, an example of the hardware configuration of the control panel 14 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a hardware configuration diagram of the main part of the control panel 14 according to the first embodiment.

[0047] Each function of the control panel 14 may be realized by a processing circuit. The processing circuit includes at least one processor 100a and at least one memory 100b. The processing circuit may include at least one dedicated hardware 200 in addition to or in place of the processor 100a and memory 100b.

[0048] When the processing circuit includes a processor 100a and a memory 100b, each function of the control panel 14 is realized by software, firmware, or a combination of software and firmware. At least one of the software and firmware is written as a program. The program is stored in the memory 100b. The processor 100a realizes each function of the control panel 14 by reading and executing the program stored in the memory 100b. The program may be a program package including multiple subprograms, modules, libraries, or the like. The program may also be called a program product.

[0049] The processor 100a is also called a CPU (Central Processing Unit), processing device, arithmetic unit, microprocessor, microcomputer, or DSP. The memory 100b is configured by, for example, a non-volatile or volatile semiconductor memory such as RAM, ROM, flash memory, EPROM, or EEPROM.

[0050] Where the processing circuitry comprises dedicated hardware 200, the processing circuitry may be implemented, for example, as a single circuit, multiple circuits, a programmed processor, parallel programmed processors, an ASIC, an FPGA, or a combination thereof.

[0051] Each function of the control panel 14 can be realized by a processing circuit. Alternatively, all functions of the control panel 14 can be realized collectively by a processing circuit. Some of the functions of the control panel 14 may be realized by dedicated hardware 200, and other parts may be realized by software or firmware. In this way, the processing circuit realizes each function of the control panel 14 by dedicated hardware 200, software, firmware, or a combination of these.

[0052] Embodiment 2 In the second embodiment, differences from the example disclosed in the first embodiment will be described in particular detail. For features not described in the second embodiment, any of the features of the example disclosed in the first embodiment may be adopted.

[0053] FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the configuration of the elevator 1 according to the second embodiment.

[0054] The virtual floor plate 13 is placed at a reference position, which is a position that is a preset distance away from the stopping position of the virtual floor in the traveling direction of the car 8.

[0055] The control panel 14 determines the position where the virtual floor plate 13 is detected by the floor arrival detector 12 as the reference position of the virtual floor, and stops the car 8 at the stopping position of the virtual floor based on this reference position. When the car 8 passes the reference position of the virtual floor, the floor arrival detector 12 detects the virtual floor plate 13. On the other hand, when the car 8 is stopped at the stopping position of the virtual floor, the floor arrival detector 12 does not detect the virtual floor plate 13. When the car 8 is stopped at the stopping position of the virtual floor, the equipment of the car door 10 and the equipment of the landing door 5 of that floor are in positions where they do not engage with each other. At this time, the virtual floor plate 13 and the floor arrival detector 12 are also in positions where they do not engage with each other. Therefore, even if the building 2 or the car 8 shakes due to an earthquake or strong wind, the landing door 5 and the car door 10 do not interfere with each other, and the virtual floor plate 13 and the floor arrival detector 12 do not interfere with each other either. This reduces the possibility of damage to the landing door 5, the car door 10, and the floor landing detector 12.

[0056] To summarize the above explanation, possible configurations of the technology according to the present disclosure include the configurations listed below as appendices. (Appendix 1) A car traveling in the direction of travel in the elevator shaft, a plurality of landing plates, each corresponding to one of a plurality of floors, each arranged on the corresponding floor with its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the traveling direction of the car in the elevator shaft; a floor landing detector provided in the car, which detects a floor landing plate corresponding to one of the floors among the plurality of floor landing plates when the car is at a floor landing position on the floor; a control panel that, when one of the plurality of floors is to be a stopping floor, stops the car at a landing position of the stopping floor based on a detection result by the floor landing detector of a landing plate corresponding to the stopping floor among the plurality of floor landing plates; a plurality of landing doors, each corresponding to one of the plurality of floors and each separating a landing of the corresponding floor and the elevator shaft; a car door that is provided on the car and that opens and closes in conjunction with a landing door corresponding to the stop floor among the plurality of landing doors when the car stops at a landing position at the stop floor; a virtual floor plate that is arranged at the stop position of the virtual floor with its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the running direction of the car in the elevator shaft, with a position of the car that can be detected by the floor arrival detector and where the car door is not linked to any of the plurality of landing doors as the stop position of the virtual floor; Equipped with When no call is registered in the car and the car is empty, the control panel stops the car at a stop position of the virtual floor and makes the car wait based on the detection result of the floor arrival detector of the virtual floor plate. Elevator. (Appendix 2) A car traveling in the direction of travel in the elevator shaft, a plurality of landing plates, each corresponding to one of a plurality of floors, each arranged on the corresponding floor with its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the traveling direction of the car in the elevator shaft; a floor landing detector provided in the car, which detects a floor landing plate corresponding to one of the floors among the plurality of floor landing plates when the car is at a floor landing position on the floor; a control panel that, when one of the plurality of floors is to be a stopping floor, stops the car at a landing position of the stopping floor based on a detection result by the floor landing detector of a landing plate corresponding to the stopping floor among the plurality of floor landing plates; a plurality of landing doors, each corresponding to one of the plurality of floors and each separating a landing of the corresponding floor and the elevator shaft; a car door that is provided on the car and that opens and closes in conjunction with a landing door corresponding to the stop floor among the plurality of landing doors when the car stops at a landing position at the stop floor; a virtual floor plate that is arranged at a reference position a preset distance away from the stop position of the virtual floor in the running direction of the car, with its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the running direction of the car in the elevator shaft, with a position of the car that can be detected by the floor arrival detector and whose car door is not linked to any of the plurality of landing doors being set as a stop position of the virtual floor; Equipped with When no call is registered in the car and the car is empty, the control panel stops the car at a stop position of the virtual floor based on the reference position and makes the car wait, based on the detection result of the floor arrival detector of the virtual floor plate. Elevator. (Appendix 3) The thickness of the virtual floor plate in the thickness direction is thinner than the thickness of each of the plurality of landing plates in the thickness direction. An elevator as described in Appendix 1 or Appendix 2. (Appendix 4) The length of the virtual floor plate in the running direction of the car is shorter than the length of each of the plurality of landing plates in the running direction of the car. 1. An elevator according to any one of claims 1 to 3. (Appendix 5) A buffer is provided on the surface of the virtual floor plate in the thickness direction to absorb the impact when the landing detector and the virtual floor plate come into contact. 10. An elevator according to any one of claims 1 to 4. (Appendix 6) The virtual floor plate is disposed in the elevator shaft via an elastic body that elastically deforms when the floor landing detector and the virtual floor plate come into contact with each other. 10. An elevator according to any one of claims 1 to 5. (Appendix 7) A car traveling in the direction of travel in the elevator shaft, a plurality of landing plates, each corresponding to one of a plurality of floors, each arranged on the corresponding floor with its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the traveling direction of the car in the elevator shaft; a floor landing detector provided in the car, which detects a floor landing plate corresponding to one of the floors among the plurality of floor landing plates when the car is at a floor landing position on the floor; a plurality of landing doors, each corresponding to one of the plurality of floors and each separating a landing of the corresponding floor and the elevator shaft; a car door that is provided on the car and that opens and closes in conjunction with a landing door among the plurality of landing doors corresponding to one of the floors when the car stops at a landing position on the floor; a virtual floor plate that is arranged at the stop position of the virtual floor with its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the running direction of the car in the elevator shaft, with a position of the car that can be detected by the floor arrival detector and where the car door is not linked to any of the plurality of landing doors as the stop position of the virtual floor; This applies to elevators equipped with When one of the plurality of floors is to be a stopping floor, the car is stopped at a landing position of the stopping floor based on a detection result by the floor landing detector of a landing plate corresponding to the stopping floor among the plurality of floor landing plates, when no call is registered in the car and the car is empty, the car is stopped at a stop position of the virtual floor and made to wait based on the detection result of the floor arrival detector of the virtual floor plate; Control panel. (Appendix 8) A car traveling in the direction of travel in the elevator shaft, a plurality of landing plates, each corresponding to one of a plurality of floors, each arranged on the corresponding floor with its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the traveling direction of the car in the elevator shaft; a floor landing detector provided in the car, which detects a floor landing plate corresponding to one of the floors among the plurality of floor landing plates when the car is at a floor landing position on the floor; a plurality of landing doors, each corresponding to one of the plurality of floors and each separating a landing of the corresponding floor and the elevator shaft; a car door that is provided on the car and that opens and closes in conjunction with a landing door among the plurality of landing doors corresponding to one of the floors when the car stops at a landing position on the floor; a virtual floor plate that is arranged at a reference position a preset distance away from the stop position of the virtual floor in the running direction of the car, with its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the running direction of the car in the elevator shaft, with a position of the car that can be detected by the floor arrival detector and whose car door is not linked to any of the plurality of landing doors being set as a stop position of the virtual floor; This applies to elevators equipped with When one of the plurality of floors is to be a stopping floor, the car is stopped at a landing position of the stopping floor based on a detection result by the floor landing detector of a landing plate corresponding to the stopping floor among the plurality of floor landing plates, When no call is registered in the car and the car is empty, the car is stopped at a stop position of the virtual floor with the reference position as a reference and made to wait based on the detection result of the floor arrival detector of the virtual floor plate. Control panel. (Appendix 9) A car traveling in the direction of travel in the elevator shaft, a plurality of landing plates, each corresponding to one of a plurality of floors, each arranged on the corresponding floor with its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the traveling direction of the car in the elevator shaft; a floor landing detector provided in the car, which detects a floor landing plate corresponding to one of the floors among the plurality of floor landing plates when the car is at a floor landing position on the floor; a control panel that, when one of the plurality of floors is to be a stopping floor, stops the car at a landing position of the stopping floor based on a detection result by the floor landing detector of a landing plate corresponding to the stopping floor among the plurality of floor landing plates; a plurality of landing doors, each corresponding to one of the plurality of floors and each separating a landing of the corresponding floor and the elevator shaft; a car door that is provided on the car and that opens and closes in conjunction with a landing door corresponding to the stop floor among the plurality of landing doors when the car stops at a landing position at the stop floor; a virtual floor plate that is arranged at the stop position of the virtual floor with its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the running direction of the car in the elevator shaft, with a position of the car that can be detected by the floor arrival detector and where the car door is not linked to any of the plurality of landing doors as the stop position of the virtual floor; An elevator control method comprising: The control panel when no call is registered in the car and the car is empty, the car is stopped at a stop position of the virtual floor and made to wait based on the detection result of the floor arrival detector of the virtual floor plate; Control method. (Appendix 10) A car traveling in the direction of travel in the elevator shaft, a plurality of landing plates, each corresponding to one of a plurality of floors, each arranged on the corresponding floor with its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the traveling direction of the car in the elevator shaft; a floor landing detector provided in the car, which detects a floor landing plate corresponding to one of the floors among the plurality of floor landing plates when the car is at a floor landing position on the floor; a control panel that, when one of the plurality of floors is to be a stopping floor, stops the car at a landing position of the stopping floor based on a detection result by the floor landing detector of a landing plate corresponding to the stopping floor among the plurality of floor landing plates; a plurality of landing doors, each corresponding to one of the plurality of floors and each separating a landing of the corresponding floor and the elevator shaft; a car door that is provided on the car and that opens and closes in conjunction with a landing door corresponding to the stop floor among the plurality of landing doors when the car stops at a landing position at the stop floor; a virtual floor plate that is arranged at a reference position a preset distance away from the stop position of the virtual floor in the running direction of the car, with its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the running direction of the car in the elevator shaft, with a position of the car that can be detected by the floor arrival detector and whose car door is not linked to any of the plurality of landing doors being set as a stop position of the virtual floor; An elevator control method comprising: The control panel When no call is registered in the car and the car is empty, the car is stopped at a stop position of the virtual floor with the reference position as a reference based on the detection result of the floor arrival detector of the virtual floor plate, and is made to wait. Control method. (Appendix 11) The elevator control method according to claim 9 or 10, A control program to be executed by the control panel. (Appendix 12) A car traveling in the direction of travel in the elevator shaft, a plurality of landing plates, each corresponding to one of a plurality of floors, each arranged on the corresponding floor with its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the traveling direction of the car in the elevator shaft; a floor landing detector provided in the car, which detects a floor landing plate corresponding to one of the floors among the plurality of floor landing plates when the car is at a floor landing position on the floor; a control panel that, when one of the plurality of floors is to be a stopping floor, stops the car at a landing position of the stopping floor based on a detection result by the floor landing detector of a landing plate corresponding to the stopping floor among the plurality of floor landing plates; a plurality of landing doors, each corresponding to one of the plurality of floors and each separating a landing of the corresponding floor and the elevator shaft; a car door that is provided on the car and that opens and closes in conjunction with a landing door corresponding to the stop floor among the plurality of landing doors when the car stops at a landing position at the stop floor; This applies to elevators equipped with a position of the car that can be detected by the floor arrival detector and whose car door is not interlocked with any of the plurality of landing doors is defined as a stop position of a virtual floor, and the car is arranged at the stop position of the virtual floor with its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the running direction of the car in the elevator shaft, When no call is registered in the car and the car is empty, the detection result by the floor arrival detector is used by the control panel when the car is stopped at a stop position of the virtual floor and made to wait. Virtual floor plate. (Appendix 13) A car traveling in the direction of travel in the elevator shaft, a plurality of landing plates, each corresponding to one of a plurality of floors, each arranged on the corresponding floor with its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the traveling direction of the car in the elevator shaft; a floor landing detector provided in the car, which detects a floor landing plate corresponding to one of the floors among the plurality of floor landing plates when the car is at a floor landing position on the floor; a control panel that, when one of the plurality of floors is to be a stopping floor, stops the car at a landing position of the stopping floor based on a detection result by the floor landing detector of a landing plate corresponding to the stopping floor among the plurality of floor landing plates; a plurality of landing doors, each corresponding to one of the plurality of floors and each separating a landing of the corresponding floor and the elevator shaft; a car door that is provided on the car and that opens and closes in conjunction with a landing door corresponding to the stop floor among the plurality of landing doors when the car stops at a landing position at the stop floor; This applies to elevators equipped with a position of the car that can be detected by the floor arrival detector and whose car door is not interlocked with any of the plurality of landing doors is set as a stop position of a virtual floor, and the car door is arranged in the elevator shaft with its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the running direction of the car, at a reference position that is a preset distance away from the stop position of the virtual floor in the running direction of the car, When no call is registered in the car and the car is empty, the detection result by the floor arrival detector is used by the control panel when the car is stopped and made to wait at a stop position of the virtual floor based on the reference position. Virtual floor plate. [Explanation of symbols]

[0057] 1 elevator, 2 building, 3 elevator shaft, 4 landing, 5 landing door, 6 hoisting machine, 7 main rope, 8 car, 9 counterweight, 10 car door, 11 landing plate, 12 landing detector, 13 virtual floor plate, 14 control panel, 15 slit, 16 support, 17 buffer body, 100a processor, 100b memory, 200 dedicated hardware

Claims

1. A car traveling in the direction of travel in the elevator shaft, a plurality of landing plates, each corresponding to one of a plurality of floors, each arranged on the corresponding floor with its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the traveling direction of the car in the elevator shaft; a floor landing detector provided in the car, which detects a floor landing plate corresponding to one of the floors among the plurality of floor landing plates when the car is at a floor landing position on the floor; a control panel that, when one of the plurality of floors is to be a stopping floor, stops the car at a landing position of the stopping floor based on a detection result by the floor landing detector of a landing plate corresponding to the stopping floor among the plurality of floor landing plates; a plurality of landing doors, each corresponding to one of the plurality of floors and each separating a landing of the corresponding floor and the elevator shaft; a car door that is provided on the car and that opens and closes in conjunction with a landing door corresponding to the stop floor among the plurality of landing doors when the car stops at a landing position at the stop floor; a virtual floor plate that is arranged at the stop position of the virtual floor with its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the running direction of the car in the elevator shaft, with a position of the car that can be detected by the floor arrival detector and where the car door is not linked to any of the plurality of landing doors as the stop position of the virtual floor; Equipped with When no call is registered in the car and the car is empty, the control panel stops the car at a stop position of the virtual floor and makes the car wait based on the detection result of the floor arrival detector of the virtual floor plate. Elevator.

2. A car traveling in the direction of travel in the elevator shaft, a plurality of landing plates, each corresponding to one of a plurality of floors, each arranged on the corresponding floor with its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the traveling direction of the car in the elevator shaft; a floor landing detector provided in the car, which detects a floor landing plate corresponding to one of the floors among the plurality of floor landing plates when the car is at a floor landing position on the floor; a control panel that, when one of the plurality of floors is to be a stopping floor, stops the car at a landing position of the stopping floor based on a detection result by the floor landing detector of a landing plate corresponding to the stopping floor among the plurality of floor landing plates; a plurality of landing doors, each corresponding to one of the plurality of floors and each separating a landing of the corresponding floor and the elevator shaft; a car door that is provided on the car and that opens and closes in conjunction with a landing door corresponding to the stop floor among the plurality of landing doors when the car stops at a landing position at the stop floor; a virtual floor plate that is arranged at a reference position a preset distance away from the stop position of the virtual floor in the running direction of the car, with its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the running direction of the car in the elevator shaft, with a position of the car that can be detected by the floor arrival detector and whose car door is not linked to any of the plurality of landing doors being set as a stop position of the virtual floor; Equipped with When no call is registered in the car and the car is empty, the control panel stops the car at a stop position of the virtual floor based on the reference position and makes the car wait, based on the detection result of the floor arrival detector of the virtual floor plate. Elevator.

3. The thickness of the virtual floor plate in the thickness direction is thinner than the thickness of each of the plurality of landing plates in the thickness direction.

3. The elevator according to claim 1 or claim 2.

4. The length of the virtual floor plate in the running direction of the car is shorter than the length of each of the plurality of landing plates in the running direction of the car.

3. The elevator according to claim 1 or claim 2.

5. A buffer is provided on the surface of the virtual floor plate in the thickness direction to absorb the impact when the landing detector and the virtual floor plate come into contact.

3. The elevator according to claim 1 or claim 2.

6. The virtual floor plate is disposed in the elevator shaft via an elastic body that elastically deforms when the floor landing detector and the virtual floor plate come into contact with each other.

3. The elevator according to claim 1 or claim 2.

7. A car traveling in the direction of travel in the elevator shaft, a plurality of landing plates, each corresponding to one of a plurality of floors, each arranged on the corresponding floor with its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the traveling direction of the car in the elevator shaft; a floor landing detector provided in the car, which detects a floor landing plate corresponding to one of the floors among the plurality of floor landing plates when the car is at a floor landing position on the floor; a plurality of landing doors, each corresponding to one of the plurality of floors and each separating a landing of the corresponding floor and the elevator shaft; a car door that is provided on the car and that opens and closes in conjunction with a landing door among the plurality of landing doors corresponding to one of the floors when the car stops at a landing position on the floor; a virtual floor plate that is arranged at the stop position of the virtual floor with its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the running direction of the car in the elevator shaft, with a position of the car that can be detected by the floor arrival detector and where the car door is not linked to any of the plurality of landing doors as the stop position of the virtual floor; This applies to elevators equipped with When one of the plurality of floors is to be a stopping floor, the car is stopped at a landing position of the stopping floor based on a detection result by the floor landing detector of a landing plate corresponding to the stopping floor among the plurality of floor landing plates, when no call is registered in the car and the car is empty, the car is stopped at a stop position of the virtual floor and made to wait based on the detection result of the floor arrival detector of the virtual floor plate; Control panel.

8. A car traveling in the direction of travel in the elevator shaft, a plurality of landing plates, each corresponding to one of a plurality of floors, each arranged on the corresponding floor with its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the traveling direction of the car in the elevator shaft; a floor landing detector provided in the car, which detects a floor landing plate corresponding to one of the floors among the plurality of floor landing plates when the car is at a floor landing position on the floor; a plurality of landing doors, each corresponding to one of the plurality of floors and each separating a landing of the corresponding floor and the elevator shaft; a car door that is provided on the car and that opens and closes in conjunction with a landing door among the plurality of landing doors corresponding to one of the floors when the car stops at a landing position on the floor; a virtual floor plate that is arranged at a reference position a preset distance away from the stop position of the virtual floor in the running direction of the car, with its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the running direction of the car in the elevator shaft, with a position of the car that can be detected by the floor arrival detector and whose car door is not linked to any of the plurality of landing doors being set as a stop position of the virtual floor; This applies to elevators equipped with When one of the plurality of floors is to be a stopping floor, the car is stopped at a landing position of the stopping floor based on a detection result by the floor landing detector of a landing plate corresponding to the stopping floor among the plurality of floor landing plates, When no call is registered in the car and the car is empty, the car is stopped at a stop position of the virtual floor with the reference position as a reference based on the detection result of the floor arrival detector of the virtual floor plate, and is made to wait. Control panel.

9. A car traveling in the direction of travel in the elevator shaft, a plurality of landing plates, each corresponding to one of a plurality of floors, each arranged on the corresponding floor with its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the traveling direction of the car in the elevator shaft; a floor landing detector provided in the car, which detects a floor landing plate corresponding to one of the floors among the plurality of floor landing plates when the car is at a floor landing position on the floor; a control panel that, when one of the plurality of floors is to be a stopping floor, stops the car at a landing position of the stopping floor based on a detection result by the floor landing detector of a landing plate corresponding to the stopping floor among the plurality of floor landing plates; a plurality of landing doors, each corresponding to one of the plurality of floors and each separating a landing of the corresponding floor and the elevator shaft; a car door that is provided on the car and that opens and closes in conjunction with a landing door corresponding to the stop floor among the plurality of landing doors when the car stops at a landing position at the stop floor; a virtual floor plate that is arranged at the stop position of the virtual floor with its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the running direction of the car in the elevator shaft, with a position of the car that can be detected by the floor arrival detector and where the car door is not linked to any of the plurality of landing doors as the stop position of the virtual floor; An elevator control method comprising: The control panel when no call is registered in the car and the car is empty, the car is stopped at a stop position of the virtual floor and made to wait based on the detection result of the floor arrival detector of the virtual floor plate; Control method.

10. A car traveling in the direction of travel in the elevator shaft, a plurality of landing plates, each corresponding to one of a plurality of floors, each arranged on the corresponding floor with its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the traveling direction of the car in the elevator shaft; a floor landing detector provided in the car, which detects a floor landing plate corresponding to one of the floors among the plurality of floor landing plates when the car is at a floor landing position on the floor; a control panel that, when one of the plurality of floors is to be a stopping floor, stops the car at a landing position of the stopping floor based on a detection result by the floor landing detector of a landing plate corresponding to the stopping floor among the plurality of floor landing plates; a plurality of landing doors, each corresponding to one of the plurality of floors and each separating a landing of the corresponding floor and the elevator shaft; a car door that is provided on the car and that opens and closes in conjunction with a landing door corresponding to the stop floor among the plurality of landing doors when the car stops at a landing position at the stop floor; a virtual floor plate that is arranged at a reference position a preset distance away from the stop position of the virtual floor in the running direction of the car, with its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the running direction of the car in the elevator shaft, with a position of the car that can be detected by the floor arrival detector and whose car door is not linked to any of the plurality of landing doors being set as a stop position of the virtual floor; An elevator control method comprising: The control panel When no call is registered in the car and the car is empty, the car is stopped at a stop position of the virtual floor with the reference position as a reference based on the detection result of the floor arrival detector of the virtual floor plate, and is made to wait. Control method.

11. The elevator control method according to claim 9 or 10, A control program to be executed by the control panel.

12. A car traveling in the direction of travel in the elevator shaft, a plurality of landing plates, each corresponding to one of a plurality of floors, each arranged on the corresponding floor with its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the traveling direction of the car in the elevator shaft; a floor landing detector provided in the car, which detects a floor landing plate corresponding to one of the floors among the plurality of floor landing plates when the car is at a floor landing position on the floor; a control panel that, when one of the plurality of floors is to be a stopping floor, stops the car at a landing position of the stopping floor based on a detection result by the floor landing detector of a landing plate corresponding to the stopping floor among the plurality of floor landing plates; a plurality of landing doors, each corresponding to one of the plurality of floors and each separating a landing of the corresponding floor and the elevator shaft; a car door that is provided on the car and that opens and closes in conjunction with a landing door corresponding to the stop floor among the plurality of landing doors when the car stops at a landing position at the stop floor; This applies to elevators equipped with a position of the car that can be detected by the floor arrival detector and whose car door is not interlocked with any of the plurality of landing doors is defined as a stop position of a virtual floor, and the car is arranged at the stop position of the virtual floor with its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the running direction of the car in the elevator shaft, When no call is registered in the car and the car is empty, the detection result by the floor arrival detector is used by the control panel when the car is stopped at a stop position of the virtual floor and made to wait. Virtual floor plate.

13. A car traveling in the direction of travel in the elevator shaft, a plurality of landing plates, each corresponding to one of a plurality of floors, each arranged on the corresponding floor with its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the traveling direction of the car in the elevator shaft; a floor landing detector provided in the car, which detects a floor landing plate corresponding to one of the floors among the plurality of floor landing plates when the car is at a floor landing position on the floor; a control panel that, when one of the plurality of floors is to be a stopping floor, stops the car at a landing position of the stopping floor based on a detection result by the floor landing detector of a landing plate corresponding to the stopping floor among the plurality of floor landing plates; a plurality of landing doors, each corresponding to one of the plurality of floors and each separating a landing of the corresponding floor and the elevator shaft; a car door that is provided on the car and that opens and closes in conjunction with a landing door corresponding to the stop floor among the plurality of landing doors when the car stops at a landing position at the stop floor; This applies to elevators equipped with a position of the car that can be detected by the floor arrival detector and whose car door is not interlocked with any of the plurality of landing doors is set as a stop position of a virtual floor, and the car door is arranged in the elevator shaft with its thickness direction oriented perpendicular to the running direction of the car, at a reference position that is a preset distance away from the stop position of the virtual floor in the running direction of the car, When no call is registered in the car and the car is empty, the detection result by the floor arrival detector is used by the control panel when the car is stopped and made to wait at a stop position of the virtual floor based on the reference position. Virtual floor plate.

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