JP5334013B2 - Property data confirmation system for local elevators - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a property data confirmation system for a local elevator that can confirm property data required by the elevator locally.

  Conventionally, sales representatives who provide elevator-related service operations check the contents of contract lists, etc. stored in the office in advance, or check elevator property data collected at the service management center, Often visits the customer who installs.

  However, if a sales representative suddenly visits a nearby customer, he does not collect data on the customer's elevator, so for example what contract the elevator is installed under, or what kind of payment There is a problem that there is no data such as whether it is a condition and appropriate advice cannot be provided to customers.

By the way, in recent years, when performing maintenance on-site, maintenance software related to local elevators is acquired from the management center using a portable terminal, and past historical operation data is read from the elevator control panel based on the maintenance software. There has been proposed a system capable of analyzing a cause of failure from data and acquiring a maintenance countermeasure for the cause of failure (Patent Document 1).
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2005-041674

However, above the of such a system to obtain maintenance software local elevator from the management center, because it is intended to obtain addressing method for fault cause from the maintenance software and past history operating data, local elevator model and bars Maintenance software that matches John is required and cannot be used for purposes other than the maintenance of local elevators.

  In addition, as a mobile terminal, the maintenance software finds out the cause of the failure and the maintenance method for the cause of the failure, and does not check the necessary data while looking at the basic and general data of the local elevator. .

  Moreover, when acquiring necessary data from a management center or an elevator control panel, it is necessary to connect a portable terminal to an access point, which is a relatively large data collection operation.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is relatively easy to read and check the required property data image at the site where the elevator is installed, promote the enhancement of sales tools, and provide elevator services. The purpose is to provide a property data confirmation system for local elevators that improves the efficiency of staff in charge.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is an elevator including an elevator control panel that controls the operation of a car to a destination floor after call registration for a car call or a hall call,
An infrared window installed on the car operation panel or a specific floor of the car and connected to the elevator control panel via an infrared transmission line; and the elevator control panel having an infrared communication function for performing operation control; and An information system center connected to an elevator control panel via a communication line, a basic menu image describing a plurality of image request items related to an elevator service operation provided in the elevator control panel or the information system center, and the respective images Storage means for storing a plurality of selected images describing detailed data of individual service operations according to request items ;
When the elevator control panel or the information system center receives image request data transmitted through the infrared window from a portable terminal possessed by an infrared communication function possessed by a specific person in charge, a basic menu image is received from the storage means. Means for reading and transmitting and displaying on the portable terminal, and when one image request item is selected from the image request items described in the displayed basic menu image, an individual service operation corresponding to the request item It is a property data confirmation system of a local elevator characterized by having means for reading out and transmitting a selection image describing the detailed data, and displaying the selected image on the portable terminal.

  Prior to the image request data from the portable terminal, the elevator control panel or the information system center receives an ID number and a password from the portable terminal, authenticates whether or not the person is a genuine person, If there is, an authentication processing means for receiving image request data may be provided.

  Further, the information system center may update the basic menu image and a part of the description contents of the plurality of selection images periodically or at an appropriate time, or create a new selection image and add it to the storage means. it can.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the data confirmation system of the local elevator which can selectively read and confirm the image which describes various property data of an elevator comparatively easily locally, and can improve the efficiency of the person in charge who provides an elevator service Can provide.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a property data confirmation system for a local elevator according to the present invention.

  This property data confirmation system comprises a mobile terminal 1, a car operation panel 3 of an elevator car 2, an elevator control panel 4, an information system center 5, a host computer 6, and a PC (personal computer) terminal 7. Is done.

  The mobile terminal 1 is provided with an infrared window 1a as shown in FIG. 2, and a mobile phone or a personal digital assistant having an infrared communication function is used internally, and infrared communication is performed under certain security input conditions. Has the ability to do.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the car operation panel 3 installed in the car 2 is usually provided with a floor destination button 11, an emergency call button 12, and a digital indicator 13 that displays the current floor of the car 2. However, the infrared ray window 14 is further provided in the system of the present invention.

  An infrared LAN 15 led out from the elevator control panel 4 is wired to the infrared window 14 so that infrared communication with the portable terminal 1 is possible.

  The elevator control panel 4 is provided with an operation control unit 4a for performing operation control of the car 2 according to an operation control program, an authentication processing unit 4b, and a request data processing unit 4c, and further provided with an infrared communication function although not shown. Yes.

  The elevator control panel 4 is connected to the database 16. In the database 16, in addition to the operation control data of the car 2, authentication verification data including the ID number and password of a genuine person in charge, a data request NO and an image storage destination address as shown in FIG. 3 are associated. As shown in FIG. 4, the image storage destination table 16a stores a plurality of image files A to E describing a plurality of selected images including a basic menu image corresponding to the data request NO.

  The information system center 5 may be, for example, an elevator service center or an elevator management center. Here, the image storage destination table 16a, a part of the plurality of image files 16A to 16E, or an image file is used at least periodically or at any time. And a function for creating and adding a new image file.

  The host computer 6 accepts a request from the personal computer terminal 7 and the like, and transmits data necessary for the system of the present invention to the information system centers 5 that are scattered over a wide area.

  Next, the operation of the data confirmation system as described above will be described with reference to FIG.

  When a sales representative or a maintenance worker who owns the mobile terminal 1 visits a customer, when property data relating to the elevator of the customer is needed, the customer enters the car 2 and opens the infrared window 1a of the mobile terminal 1 It approaches the infrared window 14 of the car operation panel 3, inputs its own ID number and password, and transmits it to the elevator control panel 4 through the infrared LAN 15.

  The elevator control panel 4 normally registers a call when the operation control unit 4a receives a hall call or a car call, sends an operation drive command to the hoist, and controls the car 2 toward the destination floor. ing.

  At this time, when the elevator control panel 4 receives the ID number data passing through the infrared LAN 15 by the infrared communication function, the elevator control panel 4 converts it into electrical digital data, and performs a series of processes shown in FIG. 5 separately from the elevator operation control. Run.

  That is, the authentication processing unit 4b of the elevator control panel 4 determines whether there is an ID number data input (S1), and if there is an ID number data input, takes in the ID number data and the password that is input thereafter (S2, S2). S3). Then, based on the acquired ID number data and password, authentication verification data stored in advance in the database 16 is referred to and it is determined whether or not the person is a genuine person in charge (S4).

  Here, if it is determined that the person in charge is authentic, the request data processing unit 4c is executed. When the request data processing unit 4c determines that the request is a data request by a genuine person in charge, the basic data shown in FIG. 4A is based on the image storage destination address associated with the data request NO (A) in the image storage destination table 16a. The menu image file A is read out and transmitted to the portable terminal 1 through the infrared window 14 of the car operation panel 3 by the infrared communication function (S5), and displayed on the display unit of the portable terminal 1. This basic menu image is a screen on which image request items required by a genuine person in charge are described.

  Therefore, a genuine person in charge clicks contract data, for example, from the image request items.

  The request data processing unit 4c of the elevator control panel 4 determines the data request B from the contract data (S6), reads and transmits the contract image file B shown in FIG. Is displayed on the display.

  The person in charge can clearly understand the customer's contract relationship from the contract image displayed on the mobile terminal 1, and if the elevator specification data is clicked from the mobile terminal 1, FIG. Is read out and transmitted, and is displayed on the display unit of the portable terminal 1.

Therefore, the person in charge can grasp the specifications of the customer's elevator.

  Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the selection of the next image is continued (S8), and the process ends when there is no selection instruction and a close button (not shown) is clicked.

  Therefore, according to the above embodiment, a plurality of image files required by the information system center 5 are created, stored in the database 16 of the elevator control panel 4, and then the image files are updated as necessary. As a result, even when a sales representative suddenly visits a nearby customer, the necessary image files can be taken out and displayed on-site, which can promote the enhancement of sales tools and the sales efficiency of sales representatives who provide services. Can be increased.

  Also, the portable terminal 1 and the elevator control panel 4 are not connected by a wired transmission line, but are brought close to the infrared window 14 of the car operation panel 3 and click a required image request item from the basic menu image by infrared communication. Elevator data can be retrieved simply by selecting it. Further, as long as the passengers in the car 2 are not full, necessary data can be acquired without causing much trouble to the passengers.

  Furthermore, since it is only necessary to provide the infrared window 14 between, for example, the emergency call button 12 and the digital indicator 13 of the car operation panel 3, a large-scale construction from the design surface or the like is not necessary and can be realized at low cost.

  Moreover, when acquiring the necessary data, the ID number and the password are collated, and the data is provided only to the genuine person in charge. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the data from leaking to other users.

(Other embodiments)
(1) In the above embodiment, the authentication control unit 4b and the request data processing unit 4c are provided in the elevator control panel 4. However, for example, the authentication processing unit 4b and the request data processing unit 4c may be provided in the information system center 5. Absent. In this case, the elevator control panel 4 is provided with only an infrared communication function and is configured to have a relay role. Further, instead of the database 16, in addition to the operation control data of the car 2 on the storage device 17 of the information system center 5, authentication verification data consisting of the ID number and password of a genuine person in charge, for each customer shown in FIG. The image storage destination table 16a and a plurality of image files 16A to 16E for each customer shown in FIG. 4 are stored, and the information system center 5 performs a series of processes shown in FIG.

  Furthermore, since the customer ID is sent from the customer elevator control panel 4 when requesting image data, a table of customer ID and customer image storage destination address is provided as an addition to the storage device 17. A customer image storage destination address is specified based on the customer ID from the elevator control panel 4, and image files 16A to 16E relating to the customer are selected according to request data from an area connected to the customer image storage destination address. It becomes the structure which transmits to the portable terminal 1.

(2) In the above-described embodiment, the infrared window 14 is provided on the car operation panel 3, but the infrared window 14 may be provided on the hall wall or the hall operation panel on the reference floor or a specific floor.

  In addition, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention.

The block diagram which shows one Embodiment of the property data confirmation system of the local elevator which concerns on this invention. The figure explaining the infrared communication example between a portable terminal and the elevator main body side. The image storage location table figure which defined the relationship between data request NO from a portable terminal, and image data storage location. The figure explaining the example of several image data. The figure explaining the flow of a process of the elevator control panel when a data request | requirement is received from a portable terminal.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Portable terminal, 1a ... Infrared window, 2 ... Car, 3 ... Car operation panel, 4 ... Elevator control panel, 4a ... Operation control part, 4b ... Authentication processing part, 4c ... Request data processing part, 5 ... Information system Center, 11 ... Destination button for each floor, 12 ... Emergency call button, 13 ... Digital indicator, 14 ... Infrared window, 15 ... Infrared LAN, 16 ... Database, 16a ... Image storage destination table, 17 ... Storage device, A to E ... Images File.

Claims (3)

In an elevator equipped with an elevator control panel that controls the car to the destination floor after registering calls for car calls and hall calls,
An infrared window installed on the car operation panel or a specific floor of the car and connected to the elevator control panel via an infrared transmission line; and the elevator control panel having an infrared communication function for performing operation control; and An information system center connected to an elevator control panel via a communication line, a basic menu image describing a plurality of image request items related to an elevator service operation provided in the elevator control panel or the information system center, and the respective images Storage means for storing a plurality of selected images describing detailed data of individual service operations according to request items ;
When the elevator control panel or the information system center receives image request data transmitted through the infrared window from a portable terminal possessed by an infrared communication function possessed by a specific person in charge, a basic menu image is received from the storage means. Means for reading and transmitting and displaying on the portable terminal, and when one image request item is selected from the image request items described in the displayed basic menu image, an individual service operation corresponding to the request item A system for confirming property data of a local elevator, comprising means for reading out and transmitting a selection image in which detailed data is described and displaying the selected image on the portable terminal. In the property data confirmation system for a local elevator according to claim 1,
Prior to the image request data from the portable terminal, the elevator control panel or the information system center receives an ID number and a password from the portable terminal, authenticates whether or not it is a genuine person in charge, and is a genuine person in charge. For example, a property data confirmation system for local elevators, further comprising an authentication processing means for receiving image request data. In the property data confirmation system for a local elevator according to claim 1,
The information system center updates the basic menu image and a part of description contents of the plurality of selection images periodically or at an appropriate time, or creates a new selection image and adds it to the storage unit. Property data confirmation system for local elevators.

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