ELEVATOR OPERATION CONTROL DEVICE

• US 20110061975A1
• Filed: 08/11/2008
• Published: 03/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Murolet IP LLC
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Inventors: Nakashima, Hidenobu
• Granted Patent: US 8,413,767 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 187/247
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 1/468 Call registering systems
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 2201/4615 Wherein the destination is registered before boarding
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 2201/4623 Wherein the destination is registered after boarding
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 2201/463 Wherein the call is registered through physical contact with the elevator system

Abstract

There is provided an elevator operation control device in which for an elevator provided with a destination floor reservation device in an elevator hall, disadvantages can be overcome reliably that a user who observes a predetermined riding rule cannot ride on the elevator because of a user who does not observe the riding rule and that the operation efficiency of elevator is lowered. For this purpose, the destination floor reservation device is provided in an elevator hall so that a user registers his/her own destination floor using the destination floor reservation device. Also, when a car stops at the elevator hall, a non-reservation user riding on the car without registering the destination floor using the destination floor reservation device is detected based on the information on the user having registered the destination floor using the destination floor reservation device and the information on the user in the car. Further, when the non-reservation user is detected, the car is inhibited from starting from the elevator hall, and the car is stopped at the elevator hall.

Claims

1. An elevator operation control device which comprises a destination floor reservation device provided in an elevator hall so that an elevator user registers a destination floor in the elevator hall, comprising:

a non-reservation riding detecting section which detects a user riding on a car of elevator without registering the destination floor using the destination floor reservation device when the car stops at the elevator hall based on the information on the user having registered the destination floor using the destination floor reservation device and the information on the user in the car; and

a start inhibiting section which inhibits the car from starting from the elevator hall when the user riding on the car without registering the destination floor using the destination floor reservation device is detected by the non-reservation riding detecting section.

2. The elevator operation control device according to claim 1, wherein

the elevator operation control device further comprises:

a body weight measuring device which is provided in the elevator hall to measure the body weight of an operator who operates the destination floor reservation device; and

a car load detecting section which detects a car load; and

the non-reservation riding detecting section judges whether or not the user riding on the car without registering the destination floor using the destination floor reservation device is present based on the information on the body weight measured by the body weight measuring device when the destination floor is registered using the destination floor reservation device and the information on the car load detected by the car load detecting section.

3. The elevator operation control device according to claim 1, wherein

the elevator operation control device further comprises an announcement issuing section which makes an announcement to prompt the user in the car to get off once and register the destination floor using the destination floor reservation device when the user riding on the car without registering the destination floor using the destination floor reservation device is detected by the non-reservation riding detecting section.

4. The elevator operation control device according to claim 1, wherein

even when the user riding on the car without registering the destination floor using the destination floor reservation device is detected by the non-reservation riding detecting section, in the case where a user having already registered the destination floor does not become unable to ride on the car, the start inhibiting section does not inhibit the car from starting from the elevator hall.

5. The elevator operation control device according to claim 4, wherein

the elevator operation control device further comprises a non-reservation riding judging section which registers the riding reservation to the terminal floor in the running direction of the car when the user riding on the car without registering the destination floor using the destination floor reservation device is detected by the non-reservation riding detecting section and the user having already registered the destination floor does not become unable to ride on the car.

6. The elevator operation control device according to claim 2, wherein

the elevator operation control device further comprises an announcement issuing section which makes an announcement to prompt the user in the car to get off once and register the destination floor using the destination floor reservation device when the user riding on the car without registering the destination floor using the destination floor reservation device is detected by the non-reservation riding detecting section.

7. The elevator operation control device according to claim 2, wherein

even when the user riding on the car without registering the destination floor using the destination floor reservation device is detected by the non-reservation riding detecting section, in the case where a user having already registered the destination floor does not become unable to ride on the car, the start inhibiting section does not inhibit the car from starting from the elevator hall.

8. The elevator operation control device according to claim 7, wherein

the elevator operation control device further comprises a non-reservation riding judging section which registers the riding reservation to the terminal floor in the running direction of the car when the user riding on the car without registering the destination floor using the destination floor reservation device is detected by the non-reservation riding detecting section and the user having already registered the destination floor does not become unable to ride on the car.