JPH0615948Y2 - Elevator display control device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial field of application] The present invention uses an indicator installed in a car or a hall of an elevator, a car and a hall to display information such as elevator time, time, greetings, and entertainment information. The present invention relates to an elevator display control device that changes / corrects display information of a display control device that displays information.

[Prior Art] The time when an elevator customer has a car arrival in the elevator and the time when he / she is in the car are wasteful time. In order to be able to use this wasted time for providing various information useful for life such as weather forecast, news, advertisement, entertainment guide, conference guide, etc., an indicator is provided in the elevator hall or car, It has been proposed here to display the above information in characters or figures. Further, like the one disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 60-100379, the car position, the driving direction, the next stop floor, etc. are displayed on the display based on the elevator operation information so that the passenger can use the elevator efficiently. Some of the above are also proposed.

In addition, a simple display that can display only a dozen or more characters at the same time, which displays the time and other guidance information while scrolling, is also put into practical use.

By the way, since various kinds of information such as the weather forecast, news, advertisements, and the like are old and have no value, the building manager needs to appropriately update the content of the information to be displayed. Also, depending on the content, there is information that should be displayed at a fixed time. And, in such a conventional device, such display information is often created as being fixed in advance.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In the conventional elevator display control device, the display information is created as fixed data when the contents of the display information, the display time, etc. are changed / corrected as necessary. However, there was a problem that it took a considerable amount of time and effort to change / correct it.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, and an object thereof is to obtain an elevator display control device capable of easily changing / correcting data such as contents of display information and display time. Is.

[Means for Solving Problems] An elevator display control device according to the present invention uses a switch and a call button provided on an elevator car operation panel to display contents of display information of the display control device,
The data such as the display time is changed / corrected.

[Operation] In the present invention, a switch provided on the operation panel in the car of the elevator generates a signal for instructing the mode for changing / correcting the display information, and the call button is operated in the original car calling operation to display the display information. Change of data such as contents and display time
Used as input for making corrections.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of an elevator display control device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, (1) is an elevator car installed in a 9-story building, (1A) is installed in the car, and a well-known fluorescent display tube capable of displaying a plurality of arbitrary characters at once (21) to (29) are elevator halls on the first to ninth floors, (21A) to (29A) are indicators similar to the indicator (1A), and (10) is an elevator display controller. Is. Elevator display controller (10)
Is a clock means (11) for outputting time information (hour, minute) indicating the current time, and indicators (1A) and (21A).
(29A) a plurality of information to be displayed and a storage means (12) storing a period (start time and end time) for displaying them, and the time information and the display stored in the storage means (12). The information to be displayed by comparing the period is combined with the selection means (13) selected from the storage means (12) and the time information and the selected display information to form one display information. Display in car (1A) and hall display (21A) on the 1st to 9th floors
~ (29A) to output to the synthesis means (14) and the storage means (12) constantly input operation information from the elevator control panel (38), and change the display data from the in-car operation panel (37)・ Input means for inputting correction information (1
5) and.

FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram of the display information change / correction device of the elevator display control device.

In FIG. 2, the display control device (10) is mainly composed of a microcomputer, and includes a CPU (31), a ROM (3
2), RAM (33), clock IC (34), input circuit (35), output circuit (36). And
The CPU (31) is the selecting means (13) and the synthesizing means (14) in FIG. 1, the ROM (32) and the RAM (33) are in the storage means (12) in FIG. 1 corresponds to the clock means (11), the input circuit (35) corresponds to the input means (15) of FIG. 1, and the output circuit (36) corresponds to the output part of the synthesizing means (14) of FIG. There is. (37)
4 is an in-car operation panel provided in the car of the elevator, the details of which are shown in FIG. 4 (a). (37) a is a switch (S) for instructing a mode for changing / correcting the display information.
A switch signal from W), (37b) display information change / correction data by pressing the car call button (39), that is, a coded display character string signal representing the display information, and a display address signal, It is a display signal that distinguishes between a display character string signal and a display address signal. Also, the signals (36a) to (36j) output from the output circuit (36).
Is a coded display information signal representing the information to be displayed on the displays (1A), (21A) to (29A).

Normally, in the elevator display control device (10), the CP
The U (31) stores the time information from the clock IC (34) and the display information corresponding to the time information in the ROM (32) or R.
The display information is created by selecting from the memory of the AM (33) and synthesizing them. This display information is output to the output circuit (36).
(36a) to (36j) output from the above are sent to the display devices (1A) and (21A) to (29A), and various information is displayed. FIG. 3 is an example of the display, in which the date, day of the week, time, greeting, and weather forecast are displayed. In addition to this, naturally, the elevator operation information is also displayed.
Display messages are displayed on the display (1A), (21A) to (29).
When the maximum number of display characters in A) is exceeded, a known scroll display is performed from right to left. A flicker display is also possible.

Next, the display information change / correction operation using the call button (39) of the in-car operation panel (37) will be described.

FIG. 4 (a) is a front view of the in-car operation panel (37) viewed from the front.

When a switch (SW) provided in the operation panel (37) is turned on, this signal is output as a switch signal (37a) instructing a mode for changing / correcting display information. The CPU (31) takes in this signal (37a) through the input circuit (35) and detects that it is in the change / correction mode of the contents of the display information. The CPU (31) takes in a signal subsequently input by the call button (39) of the operation panel (37) in the car according to the data conversion table of FIG. 4 (b). For example, as shown in FIG. 5, it is assumed that the weather forecast data is stored at addresses XXXXX to YYYY. Currently, the display is “Cloudy later fin
Although it is "e", it shall be modified to "Fine".
First, the call button (3
9) Press →. Then, the CPU (31) detects that the call button input signal to be input next is an address. Then, the call button (3
Press 9) according to the code conversion table. This sets the start address to be modified. Then, when → is pressed, it is determined that the next input data is display data.
It is detected by (31). Here, since it is corrected to "Fine", according to the data conversion table of Fig. 4 (b) →
, →, →, → and call button (39) is pushed. The address is incremented in sequence. After inputting the display information, press → at the end to output a signal that the display information ends here.
By the operation up to this point, the address XXX of the RAM (33)
The display information from is changed as shown in FIG.

Next, when the switch (SW) is turned off, the CPU (31)
Returns to normal mode and the displayed information is “Cloudy later f
It is converted from "ine" to "Fine". Figure 6 is a continuation of the call button operation written for easy understanding.
Each display information is divided into addresses, and other display information can be similarly changed by setting the address.

As described above, in this embodiment, the operation panel (3
By using the call button (39) of 7), the contents of the display information in the display control device (10) can be easily changed / corrected.

In the above embodiment, according to the data conversion table of FIG.
Although the embodiment of correcting / changing the content of the display information has been described, when the number of floors is small such as 1 to 5 floors, the two-digit code by the call button (39) in the above-mentioned embodiment is changed to three digits or more. It is good to deal with it with the code of.

Further, for example, the contents of the display information of all possible display states are prepared in advance in the ROM (32), and the program in the display control device (10) is used by the signal from the call button (39). It is also possible to change / correct the content of the display information by selecting the content of the display information.

Furthermore, in the above embodiment, the contents of the display information are changed / corrected, but in addition to this, the display time of the display information is changed / corrected.
Modifications are also possible. In this case, when the switch (SW) is turned on, the call button (39)
And press. Then, the CPU (31) detects that the next call button input signal is an address. If the information of the display time is stored in the address YYZZ to the address ZZZZ, the call button (3
When a signal corresponding to the address YYZZ is generated in 9) and then → (see FIG. 4 (b)) is pressed, the CPU (3
It is detected by 1). Then, next, the display time information (for example, start time and end time information) is corrected according to the data conversion table, and finally → is pressed to end the work.

In this way, the elevator display control device of the present embodiment has the indicator (1A) provided in the elevator car (1) and the halls such as the elevator halls (21) to (29) on the first to ninth floors. Either or both of (21A) ~
(29A) and the indicators (1A), (21A) to (2)
9A) has storage means (12) for storing information to be displayed, and selection means (13) for selecting the information stored in the storage means (12). In the elevator display control device for displaying on the display (1A), (21A) to (29A), a switch (SW) provided on the in-car operation panel (37) for instructing a mode for changing / correcting display information And a car call button (3) for generating a signal for changing / correcting the display information in the storage means (12) when the switch (SW) is operated.
9) and are provided.

[Advantages of the Invention] As described above, according to the elevator display control device of the present invention, the storage means for storing the information to be displayed on the display provided in the elevator car, the hall, and the like, Selection means for selecting the information stored in the storage means, a switch provided on the operation panel in the car for instructing a mode for changing / correcting the display information, and a display information in the storage means for changing / correcting the display information when the switch operates. Since it is equipped with a car call button that generates a signal to be modified, it is configured to change / correct the display information by using the call button on the elevator car operation panel, which is of course necessary. The display information of the device can be easily changed / corrected.
Moreover, there is an effect that a special device dedicated for changing / correcting the display information is unnecessary.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a display information change / correction device of an elevator display control device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram of a display information change / correction device of an elevator display control device, and FIG. Is a display example, FIG. 4 (a) is a front view of the operation panel in the car, FIG. 4 (b) is a data conversion table, and FIG.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display information change example, and FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a button operation procedure example. In the figure, 1A, 21A to 29A ... Display device 10 ... Elevator display control device 12 ... Storage device 13 ... Selection device 37 ... In-car operation panel 38 ... Elevator control panel 39 ... Car call button SW ... Switch. In the drawings, the same reference numerals and symbols indicate the same or corresponding parts.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A display device provided in one or more places of an elevator car and a hall, a storage device for storing information to be displayed on the display device, and a storage device stored in the storage device. In an elevator display control device having a selecting means for selecting information and displaying the selected and selected information on the display, an instruction is made on a mode for changing / correcting the display information provided on the operation panel in the car. An elevator display control device comprising: a switch; and a car call button for generating a signal for changing / correcting the display information in the storage means when the switch is operated.