Lift installation for lift users transportation around building territory

The invention relates to a method of operating a lift installation for transporting lift users within a building. The invention relates to an elevator apparatus for carrying out the above method.

EP 0699617 B1 is known elevator installation with a detection device in which the user is carrying a lift sensor that requested recognition devices placed at the approach to the elevators. Saved sensor data is transmitted further to the elevator control device for elevator control in accordance with the stored data.

EP 1295838 A1 describes a control device for the transportation of individuals / cargo via user profiles. The user profiles are stored control device individual preferences regarding the transportation of natural persons / goods. There are recognition device, which recognizes an individual identification code / cargo. For each recognized identification code prepared by the profile of the transported individual / cargo. The elevator installation is controlled by a control device. This control is based in part on the user profile and covers a variety of specific, about the elevator installation, data such as the landing floor and destination floor of the transported individual / cargo. However, it is impossible to determine whether transported for transporting individual / load actually also in accordance with the user profile.

Users of the elevator installation can be both natural persons and cargo, then they are designated as users of the elevator.

On the territory of the building, has a large number of elevators, often by controlling the target call, made the provision of lifts at the disposal of individual users of the elevator. Members of the elevator should not continue to carry the call while in the cockpit. It is known of the possibility of equipment at the entrance of the building installations such access control to the users of the elevator, which can be identified, to provide access, and other users of the elevator, which can not be identified, to deny access. Of course, the buildings are often public and private, or internal area, so that the entrance of the building are admitted as users of the elevator, who have access to private areas on the territory of the building, as well as users of the elevator, which have access only to public areas on the territory of the building . Thus, to carry out monitoring and verification of the right of access to the territory of the building is not easy.

Further stay or movement of the elevator users for the respective territory of the building can be controlled, so only with the involvement of the big expenses. Thus, for example, possible that an unauthorized user enters the elevator the elevator car, which is sent to the private zone and thus gain access to private areas. Securing these private areas for this kind of cases is still possible only through the implementation of costly control or by further control access to private areas. Such security measures require the use of trained, often armed security forces, as well as special and bulky devices. All this has an intimidating impact and looks unsightly.

Object of the invention is to provide an elevator system and a method by which a low cost can be monitored and checked on the elevator users stay within a building, having zones with different access rights to allow effective control of the elevator installation or intervention service protection.

To solve this problem provides a method of operating an elevator system in accordance with paragraph 1 of the claims and elevator installation in accordance with paragraph 10 of the claims.

Preferred embodiments of the invention can be taken from the dependent claims.

User elevator, which intends to make travel through the building to begin shipping by the elevator system can initiate a call to the target, or a combination of elevator call with a call in the cockpit. When you call the elevator to the elevator control device information is transmitted only on the landing site. The control unit provides the appropriate user elevator lift elevator car. After landing the cabin the user initiates a call in an elevator cab. Calling in the cockpit is transmitted to the elevator control device, and the cabin, on the basis of this, the user carries the elevator from floor landing to the appropriate floor, which corresponds to a destination when you call in the cockpit. Trust challenge - a challenge in which the elevator control device to transmit information not only about the landing site, but also on the destination. The control unit provides the appropriate user elevator lift elevator car that transports the user of the elevator from the landing site to the appropriate floor, which corresponds to the destination when the target is called, and it is - without the user initiating the elevator recall later in the cockpit.

The essence of the invention is registered in the user's position on the territory of the elevator of the building. As a registered user of the elevator is triggered target call or call the elevator, and when the target call or a call lift serviced seconded elevator car, the elevator position registered user logged into the elevator car is compared to the position of the elevator user who initiated the call or the call target lift. In case the call initiated by the lift elevator, it also performs a call in the cockpit. The invention is based on the fact that the elevator provide users access to areas of the building. For example, in the elevator car is checked whether the registered user is lift access to the destination that corresponds to the target call or a call in the cockpit.

According to a preferred embodiment of the invention it is possible to check whether all the elevator users, which are transported to the elevator car also initiated call or destination call elevator. If the elevator user has no access rights corresponding to the destination can be initiated protective measures. And when it is established that in the elevator cab is by elevator, which did not carry the target call or elevator call also initiated protective measures.

In particular, preferably, when the elevator user who initiated the call, or call the target lift to be identified. This may be done, for example, through keyboard input, into which a code. Alternatively, this can be done wirelessly, via a chip card. Identification is also possible through the introduction of a code via the input terminal. In addition to identification and authentication is possible. This counter-check or authentication increases security on the territory of the building. Authentication occurs, for example, by means of biometric face recognition system, iris, fingerprint, voice, etc. Especially preferred is when the elevator user who initiates the call or destination call elevator is not only identified but also authenticated. Anyway, the identification and authentication can be performed in one step.

Particularly preferred according to another embodiment of the invention is to determine the amount of elevator users who initiated the call or destination call elevators, and keeping their position and their comparison with the number of elevator users included in the elevator cabin. Thus, it is possible to verify whether there is a difference between these quantities. If the number of users of the elevator, which was initiated by the target call or call the elevator and were registered, the number of users differ from the elevator, which went into the elevator, there is an increased security risk.

Particularly preferably inconsistencies position by the elevator, entered the cabin, with the position of the target initiated the call or call the elevator user elevator, which is served by the elevator cabin to carry out protective measures. This protective action may entail, for example, the control means established by the relevant lobby security camera. Another possibility is a personal checking the relevant security service, the lobby.

Another possibility is to influence the elevator control device and, if necessary, not to make more stops in zones within a building, which have a high degree of safety. Thus, effectively prevented from falling unauthorized users of the elevator in the areas of increased security.

When taking into account the position of the elevator user can register as a spatial position and the position of the user's time on the territory of the elevator of the building. Data on the spatial position may thus have varying degrees of accuracy. Thus, in the simplest case, they may contain information about the level at which there is a user of the elevator. However, it is also possible to divide the layer into several sectors and further information about the level adds information on the sector. Alternatively or in combination with the spatial position of the position registration can be carried out in time the elevator user. Thus, for example, it can be determined that if the user of the elevator at a time entered the area of ​​the building and after a pre rigidly fixed period of time has not initiated a target call or a car call, then the user of the elevator may incompetent located anywhere in the other area building. Further, so it is possible that the elevator users who are allowed access to the compartments of the building only in a certain period of time, the time at which they normally do not have access to the building site, at increased control.

The users of the lift may be individuals or cargo. Loads are transported, preferably by individuals. By controlling the transport of the goods can be established that the relevant goods may be transported only at their designated levels of the building.

The problem is also solved by means of an elevator system having a plurality of elevator cabs. Next, at the entrance to the building and / or within a building and / or elevator car in a position accounting device. Elevator installation comprises an input terminal for calling an elevator. Next is provided an apparatus for controlling the elevator control individual elevator car. The main control unit is connected to the device as the registration and identification of the device, the device of access rights, input terminals to call the elevator and the elevator car.

The invention is explained in more detail on the basis of exemplary embodiments, which are presented in schematic form in the drawings.

It is shown:

1 - a schematic representation of an elevator installation according to the proposed to the invention;

Figure 2 - a flowchart for a method according to the invention proposed for review.

The elevator installation according to the invention is in the territory of the building. The territory of the building is a building with several levels, such as office building, hospital, shopping mall and so on., Or else it consists of several buildings of the complex, such as the factory, sports facility and so on. Elevator installation comprises several lifts with a shower or with a few showers from A1 to A6, one in each elevator shaft. Elevator shaft passes through several levels of 30, 40 area of ​​the building. At various levels of the building site are passages to the elevator shaft. 1, passes to the elevator car A1, AZ is located on the second level 30, and passes to the elevator car A4-A6 are on the ground level 40. The individual levels are connected to each other, for example, moving walkways and 41 staircases.

At each level 30, 40 is provided with at least one terminal 49, input 50 to call an elevator. These terminals 49, 50 are input, e.g., keyboard entry and display for the notification of the elevator car serving the call, or call the target lift. Input terminals advantageously located near the passes to the elevators. The terminals 49, 50 via electronic input data lines connected with the host device 31 controls the elevator installation. Thus, the elevator calls are transmitted to the main controller 31.

Further, the building is located on the territory of the unit of accounting provisions, which in the simplest case is realized by the camera 42 in the area of ​​the entrance to the building. The standard device is subject to the provisions consists of a large number of cameras that are located throughout the territory of the building. In a preferred embodiment, all paths are available to users of the elevator at the building site are controlled chambers. In addition, each camera has a specific area of ​​accounting. Neighboring chambers are positioned so that their accounting zone at least partially overlap. The user of the elevator that moves from the first zone accounting in the neighboring, second area accounting thus first subjected to integration only from the first chamber, once it crosses the overlapping area, it is subjected to integration by both cameras, then only the part of the second chamber . According to a preferred embodiment, the camera is connected to a data evaluation and data carrier. Registered user position are evaluated by means of the elevator device and evaluation data recorded on the recording medium in the form of a spatial or temporal position data. Through evaluation of the camera signals can be continuously monitored, which is on the territory of the building is by elevator. To account for the user lifts suitable conventional digital cameras with liquid crystal displays (LCD), can, however, also use motion sensors, such as infrared detectors (IR) and radar sensors and sound. Judging device data may be a standard computing device with a program for detecting signals in the form of digital camera images. This program allows recognition, for example, to recognize different users on the same elevator camera image. The criteria are the color difference, the size and shape of the users of the elevator, or determined by comparison of images between images of different cameras or between the images obtained at different times. Thus, one can determine the amount of elevator users on a single camera image. Also, such a recognition program allows to determine the image the camera direction and speed of movement of the elevator users. Many such recognition programs are commercially available.

The identification device includes, for example, the input terminal 45 with the digital keyboard 44 or a device for reading cards. An alternative embodiment includes a wireless device 43 reading chip cards, which, for example, may request stored in the radio frequency identification chips (RPID) codes that are transmitted by the user of the elevator. Through exchanged thus codes that are either provided or read from the card or chip RPID, elevator user is identified. After identification via identification devices through open doors or turnstiles vacated by 46 granted passage into the territory of the building. When identifying or after the user has received a lift access to the territory of the building, he was, by the apparatus of the permissions granted the right of access.

Next elevator installation includes a main controller 31, which is associated with all components of the elevator installation. Main controller 31 can also be implemented through cooperation of several separate controllers. The main controller 31 is connected to the protective device 32, which has a number of monitors 33, speakers 34 and 35 of the cameras. Speaker system and cameras 34, 35 can be distributed over the levels 30 and 40 or to other levels of the building on site.

Further in Figure 1 schematically depicts a detailed view of the elevator car A1-A6. The elevator cabin 36 is connected to the main controller 31. The elevator car 36 and the terminal 39 is entered with a numeric keypad and an indicator display. An alternative is a reader 38 for chip RFID. The elevator cabin 36 is controlled by the elevator control device 37, the elevator control device 37 receives instructions from the main well and a control device 31. The main controller 31 sends to each lift transport profile with all the necessary data to bring the elevator to move. Thus, the transport profile contains continuously updated data on the number of calls to the elevator, which assigned to the elevator car 36. For each call to lift the profile of the transport logs data on the level of planting and at destination, and at a time, which was initiated by the target call or elevator call. Transport profile also indicates the sequence with which the elevator car 36 will approach the relevant objectives. It is therefore particularly advantageous when the data and the position data and the right of access of each user of the elevator are transmitted to the main controller 31 and stored in the transport profile. The main controller 31 may thus, each initiated at the terminal 49, 50 enter the target call or a call lift the current accurately to second position by the time the elevator, and data access rights of users of the elevator. For this accounting device position and the main controller 31 are connected to each other through electronic data link, such as a bus system or the electrical circuit.

Next, the method according to the invention is explained according to Figure 2. After the user of the elevator as an individual or as a transported cargo entered the territory of the building, or has been delivered to the territory of the building - Stage 10, at step 11 is determined by the position of the elevator. Once the position is taken into account, for example, through the chamber 42 - a step S 11, the user is identified and authenticated by the elevator - step S12. This identification or authentication is done, for example, through the input terminal 45, the device 44 through card reader or via a wireless interface chip 43 RFID. To authenticate the user of the elevator, for example, a biometric recognition system registers the user data on the face lift, retina, fingerprint, voice, etc. In the step S13 checks whether correctly identified or authenticated by elevator, and whether made keeping his position. If the user has not passed the elevator identification or authentication, or the position has not been taken into account, it is driven by a protective measure S21. This protective action S21 may include, for example, actions in which the doors or turnstiles 46, or another kind of barriers blocked or remain locked to prevent unauthorized forced entry elevator user. Once the user lifts correctly identified or authenticated, and his position was taken into account in the step S14, it is granted the right of access. In the simplest case, this may be opening a door or unlocking the turnstile 46.

After the user has entered the lift correctly in the territory of the building, it can send, for example from the first level 40 of the escalator 41 to the next level, for example to the second level 30. In this case, the actual position of the elevator user is continuously determined by the device address the situation. Depending on the level at which 30, 40 is located by the elevator, it can in step S15 to the terminal 49, the input 50 at an appropriate level to implement a call or a call target lift. This target call or call the elevator is fed through a digital keyboard and transmitted to the main controller 31. The main controller 31 then provides, at step S16, the user lifts the lift cabin, which is located at an appropriate level and is displayed, for example, the display terminal 49 or 50 input.

In step S17, the registered user enters the elevator designed for a elevator car.

If the elevator user initiated call is not the target, and the call of the elevator, the elevator car at step S18, the user initiates a call in the elevator cab.

In a preferred embodiment, in step S19, the number or the position of the registered users of the elevator being in an elevator cab is being verified. This is the preferred way through a program of recognition devices address the situation. If, for example, the number of elevator users who are in the elevator car, does not correspond to the number of elevator users who have been prescribed to this elevator cabin may be initiated protective action S21. Alternatively or additionally, the protective action can be initiated in step S19 when the position of the elevator user in the elevator car does not correspond to the position of the elevator user who has carried out the call or the call target lift. In the case of initiation of protective measures Protection Unit is informed by the fact that, for example, monitors 33 in the protection unit are switched directly to the appropriate levels of protection, and in the division issued a notice visible.

In the step S20 is checked whether all the registered users of elevators, which are transported in the elevator cab, also have access to the destination. If one of the users of the elevator does not have such privileges, then again it may be initiated by a protective measure S21. Alternatively or additionally S21 protective actions may affect the elevator control device 37 via the main controller 31 so that the elevator car 36 is not moved to the important from the viewpoint of high reliability levels. Another possibility is to lock the elevator car to the elevator located in the cab of the elevator users can not leave it. Another possibility is to transport the elevator car directly back again into a public area and force users to lift it off. Another possibility is to move to the elevator car to the place of implementation of protective measures, which may be made by the inspection service personnel protection.

In step S22 so registered authenticated users and transported by the elevator 36, the elevator car to its destination.

By using proposed to the invention may increase security in the building. In particular, it is possible to prevent unauthorized movement of the elevator users of public spaces in private areas. Due to the possibility of influencing the elevator cabin previously protection can be applied effectively and thereby prevent access by unauthorized users to lift important from the viewpoint of high reliability zones.

Further possible directionally affect the elevator control device 37 via the main controller 31 so as to take into account precisely the control data corresponding to users located in the elevator cab. So is it possible, for example, to carry out to improve the functioning of the elevator, in the case where not all the people seconded to the elevator lift into the elevator by the fact, for example, that the lift will approach only those destinations that correspond to actual users of the elevator transported.