Operation device for an elevator that includes an elevator access restriction device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9272877-B2
Application number	US-201013700585-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 10, 2010
Priority date	Sep 10, 2010
Publication date	Mar 1, 2016
Grant date	Mar 1, 2016

Abstract

Provided is an operation device for an elevator, which is capable of improving an operation efficiency of the elevator. The operation device includes: a landing destination-floor reservation device for storing, by input of personal-authentication information and destination-floor information thereto, the personal-authentication information to register a destination floor for a car; a car control device for raising and lowering the car based on information from the landing destination-floor reservation device; and a user restriction device to which personal-authentication information is input, for checking the input personal-authentication information against the personal-authentication information input to the landing destination-floor reservation device to restrict boarding of a user on the car.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An operation device for an elevator, comprising:
a landing destination-floor reservation device for storing, by input of personal-authentication information and destination-floor information thereto, the personal-authentication information to register a destination floor for a car;
a car control device for raising and lowering the car based on information from the landing destination-floor reservation device; and
a user restriction device to which personal-authentication information is input, for checking the input personal-authentication information against the personal-authentication information input to the landing destination-floor reservation device to restrict boarding of users on the car for each of the users that have input personal-authentication information to each of the landing destination-floor reservation device and the user restriction device.

2. An operation device for an elevator according to claim 1 , further comprising a speech generation device for making an announcement for prompting input of the personal-authentication information and the destination-floor information to the landing destination-floor reservation device when the personal-authentication information input to the landing destination-floor reservation device and the personal-authentication information input to the user restriction device are not identical with each other.

3. An operation device for an elevator according to claim 1 , wherein the user restriction device does not allow a user to board the car when the personal-authentication information input to the landing destination-floor reservation device and the personal-authentication information input to the user restriction device are not identical with each other for the user.

4. An operation device for an elevator according to claim 1 , wherein the user restriction device includes a destination-floor input device, to which destination-floor information is input, and allows a user to board the car when the destination-floor information input to the landing destination-floor reservation device and the destination-floor information input to the destination-floor input device are identical with each other for the user.

5. An operation device for an elevator according to claim 1 , wherein:
the landing destination-floor reservation device calculates a number of the users in the car based on the stored personal-authentication information; and
the user restriction device allows a user to board the car when the number of the users is equal to or smaller than a capacity.

6. An operation device for an elevator according to claim 2 , wherein the user restriction device does not allow a user to board the car when the personal-authentication information input to the landing destination-floor reservation device and the personal-authentication information input to the user restriction device are not identical with each other for the user.

Assignees

• Nakashima Hidenobu
• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Nakashima Hidenobu

Classifications

• B66B5/0012

  Devices monitoring the users of the elevator system · CPC title

• B66B2201/4676

  for checking authorization of the passengers · CPC title

• B66B1/34 Primary

  Details {, e.g. call counting devices, data transmission from car to control system, devices giving information to the control system} · CPC title

• G06F7/02

  Comparing digital values (G06F7/06, {G06F7/22,} G06F7/38 take precedence) · CPC title

• B66B2201/4615

  Wherein the destination is registered before boarding · CPC title