CN101678997B

CN101678997B - Elevator destination floor registration device

Info

Publication number: CN101678997B
Application number: CN2007800534204A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 桂正臣
Original assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corp
Current assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corp
Priority date: 2007-06-20
Filing date: 2007-06-20
Publication date: 2011-11-16
Anticipated expiration: 2027-06-20
Also published as: JP5115554B2; CN101678997A; KR101076096B1; EP2159183A1; JPWO2008155836A1; EP2159183A4; EP2159183B1; WO2008155836A1; KR20100005155A

Abstract

Provided is a destination floor registration device of elevator which uses a touch panel display and is excellent in operability, and by use of which even visually-handicapped persons can easily and accurately register their destination floors. For this purpose, a touch panel is arranged according to the operating position of users and this touch panel is caused to indicate serviceable floors by use of buttons. On the basis of a locus along which a user touched the touch panel, whether or not the user is a visually-handicapped person is determined. When it has been determined that the user is not a visually-handicapped person, a destination floor is registered on the basis of the above-described locus and the arrangement of floor buttons indicated on the touch panel. When it has been determined that the user is a visually-handicapped person, a pattern recognition of the above-described locus is performed and the floor indicated by the locus itself is registered as a destination floor.

Description

The destination floor registration device of elevator

Technical field

The present invention relates to use the destination floor registration device of the elevator of touch-screen display.

Background technology

Be provided with destination floor registration device in the car of the stop of elevator and lifting in elevator hoistways, the user operates and registers oneself destination floor.In this destination floor registration device,, generally adopted the input mode of mechanical button formula about its input mode in the past.On the other hand, in recent years for the specification of tackling the building that are provided with elevator and various customer requirements etc., developed the destination floor registration device of the input mode outside many employing button modes.

For example, a kind of scheme is that destination floor registration device adopts touch-screen display, shows the floor that elevator can be served in the button mode on touch-screen.In this destination floor registration device, can freely set and change the display method and the button arrangement of floor button, so have the advantage that to tackle flexibly according to the building specification.Needing to be particularly suitable for the high-rise building of a plurality of floor button.

Except above-mentioned input mode, as prior art following scheme has been proposed, can draw character and figure by on touch-screen, directly utilizing finger, register destination floor (for example, with reference to patent documentation 1).

In addition, also proposed following scheme, adopted the handwriting input mode of patent documentation 1 record, and the viewing area (for example, with reference to patent documentation 2) of the enrollment status of expression destination floor has been set on the next door in handwriting input zone as other prior aries.In this destination floor registration device, when registering destination floor, make the bright lamp of subject area in the viewing area by handwriting input, and clearly being illustrated destination floor, the user is registered.

Patent documentation 1: Japanese kokai publication hei 10-167596 communique

Patent documentation 2: TOHKEMY 2004-277119 communique

In the destination floor registration device of the push button that in the past generally used, visually impaired person is provided with on the surface of each button concavo-convex (braille etc.) for convenience.In addition, in the destination floor registration device of push button, can not register destination floor if just do not press the button.Therefore, visually impaired person can't be registered destination floor for the surface of confirming a braille touch button, the problem that does not exist operability mistake bad, that produce destination floor to register.

On the other hand, in the destination floor registration device that adopts touch-screen display, visually impaired person can't be learnt the configuration of floor button, has the problem of the mistake registration that is easy to generate destination floor.That is, in this destination floor registration device, the user only touches touch-screen, just causes destination floor to be registered.Therefore, when the visually impaired person of the destination floor registration device of thinking to be provided with push button is wanted to confirm braille and has been touched touch-screen, to cause all being registered, produce the remarkable problem that descends of operating efficiency of elevator with the cooresponding destination floor of part that is touched.

And, the destination floor registration devices of recording and narrating as

patent documentation

1 and 2, when the input mode of destination floor adopted the handwriting input mode, the user need write the operation of numeral etc. at every turn when utilizing elevator.Therefore, for the bad user of eyes, the problem that exists operability significantly to descend.

Summary of the invention

The present invention proposes in order to address the above problem, its purpose is to provide a kind of destination floor registration device of elevator, this device adopts touch-screen display, and operability is good, even visually impaired person also can be easily and the destination floor of registration oneself exactly.

The destination floor registration device of elevator of the present invention is arranged on the stop of elevator and/or the destination floor registration device in the car, and it has: touch-screen, and it cooperates elevator user's operating position and disposes; Image-display units, its floor that elevator can be served is shown in touch-screen in the button mode; And destination floor registration unit, it touches the track that touch-screen obtains according to the user and determines whether the user is visually impaired person, and when being defined as the user and being not visually impaired person, the track that touches touch-screen according to the user is registered destination floor with the configuration that is shown in the floor button of touch-screen, and when being defined as the user and being visually impaired person, destination floor is registered in the pattern-recognition that touches the track that touch-screen obtains according to the user.

According to the present invention, a kind of destination floor registration device of elevator can be provided, it can adopt touch-screen display, and operability is good, even visually impaired person also can be easily and the destination floor of registration oneself exactly.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the constructional drawing of main portion of the elevator of expression embodiments of the present invention 1.

Fig. 2 is the constructional drawing of destination floor registration device of the elevator of expression embodiments of the present invention 1.

Fig. 3 is the diagram of circuit of action of destination floor registration device of the elevator of expression embodiments of the present invention 1.

Fig. 4 is the figure of method of operation of destination floor registration device that is used to illustrate the elevator of embodiments of the present invention 1.

Fig. 5 is the figure of method of operation of destination floor registration device that is used to illustrate the elevator of embodiments of the present invention 1.

Label declaration

1 stop; 2 cars; 3 operation boards; 4 operation boards; 5 loud speakers; 6 loud speakers; 7 control setups; 8 machine rooms; 9 touch-screens; 10 image-display units; 11 destination floor registration units; 12 track record unit; 13 track identifying units; 14 mode decisions are checked the unit; 15 memory cell; 16 verbal announcement unit; 17 floor button; 18 tracks.

The specific embodiment

In order to be described more specifically the present invention, with reference to description of drawings the present invention.In addition, in each accompanying drawing,, and suitably simplify or omit its repeat specification the identical label of identical or cooresponding part mark.

Embodiment 1

Fig. 1 is the constructional drawing of main portion of the elevator of expression embodiments of the present invention 1.In Fig. 1, the stop of 1 expression elevator, 2 are illustrated in the car of lifting in the elevator hoistways.Be provided with

operation board

3 and 4, and the

loud speaker

5 and 6 of touch-screen display formula at stop 1 and car 2.

Operation board

3 and 4 is used to make the user of elevator to register oneself destination floor, and its configuration is suitably set according to the specification of stop 1 and car 2, operand personnel etc.In addition,

loud speaker

5 and 6 is used for the people elevator user who comprises

operating operation dish

3 and 4, that be positioned at stop 1 and car 2 is carried out voice guide, and its configuration is suitably set according to the configuration of the specification of stop 1 and car 2,

operation board

3 and 4 etc.The control setup (control panel) of the machine room 8 of hoistway top is located in 7 expressions.Control setup 7 administer comprise

operation board

3 and 4 and being controlled at of

loud speaker

5 and 6 in elevator single-piece operation control.

Fig. 2 is the constructional drawing of destination floor registration device of the elevator of expression embodiments of the present invention 1.In addition, below explanation also has and the identical structure of stop 1 side in car 2 sides, and carries out identical action about the operation board 3 of being located at stop 1 and the structure of loud speaker 5.

In Fig. 2, be provided with touch-screen 9, image-display units 10 and destination floor registration unit 11 at operation board 3.Touch-screen 9 is parts of user's actual touch operation when registering destination floor.This touch-screen 9 for example is configured near the predetermined height of door according to user's operating position.

Image-display units 10 is to be used to make touch-screen 9 to show the unit of predetermined picture.And image-display units 10 also is shown in the change of the image on the touch-screen 9 according to the appointment from control setup 7.For example, when not registering any destination floor, the whole buttons of floor that image-display units 10 makes touch-screen 9 that elevator can be served are shown as identical state (color, shape etc.).And after having imported the registered signal of expression destination floor from control setup 7, the show state (for example making bright lamp) of change and the cooresponding floor button of incoming signal is registered from visually notifying this destination floor of user.

Destination floor registration unit 11 is the unit that are used for according to register destination floor (making control setup 7 registration destination floors) from the incoming signal of touch-screen 9.This destination floor registration unit 11 at first touches the track of touch-screen 9 according to the user, determine whether this user is visually impaired person.And, when under predetermined condition, being defined as the user and being not visually impaired person, touch the track of touch-screen 9 and be shown in the configuration of the floor button of touch-screen 9, the registration destination floor according to the user.That is, the position that destination floor registration unit 11 detects on the touch-screen 9 that the user touched, the floor represented the floor button that is configured in this position is registered as destination floor.

On the other hand, when being defined as the user and being visually impaired person, destination floor is registered in the pattern-recognition that touches the track that touch-screen 9 obtains according to the user.That is, destination floor registration unit 11 carries out the pattern-recognition that the user touches the track of touch-screen 9, and the floor of this track self expression is registered as destination floor.

Specifically, be provided with track record unit 12, track identifying unit 13, mode decision at destination floor registration unit 11 and check unit 14 and memory cell 15.The track of the finger the when user touches touch-screen 9 is recorded in the track record unit 12.Track identifying unit 13 is according to the track that is recorded in the track record unit 12, and whether the user of decision touch-screen 9 is visually impaired persons.In addition, be used for judging that whether the user is that the condition of visually impaired person is stored in memory cell 15 in advance, whether track identifying unit 13 meets above-mentioned condition according to the track of finger, judges whether the user is visually impaired person.And, being judged to be the user when being not visually impaired person, track identifying unit 13 is used to register the information of destination floor to control setup 7 outputs.

On the other hand, be judged to be the user when being visually impaired person, track identifying unit 13 is used for being undertaken by loud speaker 5 signal of voice guide to control setup 7 outputs, by the information of loud speaker 5 notices handwriting input destination floor on touch-screen 9.In addition, 16 expressions make the verbal announcement unit of playing voice from loud speaker 5 according to the instruction from control setup 7.

Be judged to be the user by track identifying unit 13 when being visually impaired person, mode decision is checked the pattern that unit 14 is recorded in the track in the track record unit 12 and is checked, and the floor that obtains according to checked result is exported to control setup 7 as destination floor information.In addition, the reference mode that is used for checking is stored in memory cell 15 in advance.

Below, specify the action and the method for operation of destination floor registration device with said structure.Fig. 3 is the diagram of circuit of action of destination floor registration device of the elevator of expression embodiments of the present invention 1, and Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 are the figure of method of operation of destination floor registration device that is used to illustrate the elevator of embodiments of the present invention 1.。

In Fig. 3～Fig. 5, when not having the elevator user, guide look shows the floor button 17 that can serve shown in Fig. 4 (a) on the touch-screen 9 of operation board 3.Therefore, twenty-twenty user presses a button in the floor button 17 that is presented on the touch-screen 9, registers the destination floor of oneself.For example, when wanting 2 layers, in the middle of pressing, the user shows the floor button 17 of " 2 ".The track 18 of Fig. 4 (b) expression finger at this moment.

In operation board 3, when detecting the user and touched touch-screen 9, touch touch-screen 9 and the track 18 that obtains (S1～S2) by track record unit 12 opening entry users.When in track record unit 12, having write down track 18, by track identifying unit 13 according to the track 18 that is recorded in the track record unit 12, judge whether the user has touched a plurality of floor button 17 (S3) that are presented on the touch-screen 9 simultaneously, and (S4) carried out touching in the zone whether user exceeds the floor button 17 that is presented on the touch-screen 9.

Under the situation shown in Fig. 4 (b), S3 and S4 do not meet.When this situation, after passing through the schedule times from opening entry track 18 (S5), being defined as the user is not visually impaired person (S6).And the floor of floor button 17 expressions that the catspaw presses in the described schedule time is registered as destination floor (S7).

In addition, in S6, for example when S3 and S4 either party meet (under the situation of "Yes"), being judged to be the user is visually impaired person.That is, when the user was visually impaired person, the user need confirm the position of operation board 3 gropingly with hand, so irrespectively touch touch-screen 9 with its displaying contents.Therefore, user's whole hand touches on touch-screen 9, and finger tip moves on touch-screen 9, and with the configuration-independent of floor button 17.

In this case, (S1～S2), at least one side of S3 and S4 meets, and changes S8 in opening entry track 18 backs.And,, then make the broadcasting (S9) of on touch-screen 9, importing destination floor by handwriting input if do not utilize the broadcasting of the method for operation of voice.At this moment, also can broadcast the size of touch-screen 9 and the size of floor button 17 etc. are broadcasted.Fig. 4 (c)～(f) expression user is according to described broadcasting, the track 18 when being handwritten in the destination floor of input oneself on the touch-screen 9.

During according to handwriting input destination floor shown in Fig. 4 (c)～(f), being judged to be the user in S6 is visually impaired person the user.In this case, check the track 18 that the 14 couples of users in unit touch touch-screen 9 by mode decision and carry out mode decision, determine the character consistent (S10～S11) with pattern.And, when having determined the character consistent, carry out checking between determined character and the floor with pattern, judge and whether to have the floor consistent with definite character (S12～S13).And, when having the floor consistent, this floor is registered as destination floor (S14) with determined character.

In addition, Fig. 5 represents the character definite by the pattern-recognition of track 18 and the floor of registering as destination floor between relation.For example, the user according to handwriting input shown in Fig. 4 (c) during the destination floor of oneself, be defined as character " 3 " by pattern-recognition, expression is registered as destination floor from the floor of the 3rd layer of ground bottom number.In addition, for example wanting carrying out to be stored in these a plurality of patterns in advance in the memory cell 15 under the such situation that has multiple hand-written inputting method of handwriting input as destination floor from underground 2 layers of ground bottom number.For example can constitute, as shown in Figure 5, a special character that is set in advance in the standard character that uses in the various building and only in these building, uses, according to handwriting input which kind of character register cooresponding destination floor.

And, registering under the situation of destination floor according to the pattern-recognition of track 18, utilize loud speaker 5 to carry out the broadcasting (S15) of the destination floor of being registered.

According to the embodiment of the present invention 1, in the destination floor registration device that has adopted touch-screen display, operability is good, even visually impaired person also can be easily and the destination floor of registration oneself exactly.

That is, in the destination floor registration device of said structure, twenty-twenty user only need press (touch) and be presented at floor button 17 on the touch-screen 9, can register the destination floor of oneself.Therefore, can operate, can not destroy operability with identical the feeling of mechanical botton operation in the past.

On the other hand, when the user was visually impaired person, the registration of destination floor was changed to handwriting input, so visually impaired person also can be easily and the destination floor of registration oneself exactly.Owing to judge according to the track that touches touch-screen 9 whether the user is visually impaired person, and introduce method of operation, so especially when visually impaired person does not know that this destination floor registration device is the device of touch-screen display formula, also can not be difficult to operation.And visually impaired person can be discerned the destination floor of being registered easily by listening to the voice guide after destination floor is registered.

In addition, above-mentioned purpose ground floor registration device adopts the input mode based on touch-screen 9, so can freely set and change the display method and the button arrangement of floor button 17.

And in embodiment 1, when S3 in Fig. 3 or S4 were "Yes", being judged to be the user was visually impaired person, but was used to judge that whether the user is that the condition of visually impaired person is not limited to above-mentioned two kinds of situations.Above-mentioned condition is for example suitably set according to size that is presented at the floor button 17 on the touch-screen 9 and configuration etc.

Utilizability on the industry

The destination floor registration device of elevator of the present invention can be applicable to the destination floor registration device of all touch-screen display formulas.

Claims

1. the destination floor registration device of an elevator, it is arranged in the stop and/or car of elevator, it is characterized in that, and the destination floor registration device of this elevator has:

Touch-screen, it cooperates elevator user's operating position and disposes;

Image-display units, its floor that elevator can be served is shown in described touch-screen in the button mode; And

The destination floor registration unit, it touches the track that described touch-screen obtains according to described user and determines whether described user is visually impaired person, and when being defined as described user and being not visually impaired person, touch described touch-screen track that obtains and the configuration that is shown in the floor button on the described touch-screen according to described user and register destination floor, and when being defined as described user and being visually impaired person, destination floor is registered in the pattern-recognition that touches the track that described touch-screen obtains according to described user.

2. the destination floor registration device of elevator according to claim 1 is characterized in that, this destination floor registration device has the loud speaker that the user of operation touch-screen is carried out voice guide,

When being defined as described user and being visually impaired person, the destination floor registration unit makes the information of being answered the handwriting input destination floor by described loud speaker notice on described touch-screen.

3. the destination floor registration device of elevator according to claim 2, it is characterized in that, when destination floor was registered in the pattern-recognition that touches the track that touch-screen obtains according to the user, the destination floor registration unit made the destination floor of being registered by the loud speaker notice.

4. according to the destination floor registration device of each described elevator in the claim 1～3, it is characterized in that, the destination floor registration unit is touching track detection that touch-screen obtains when described user has touched a plurality of floor button that is shown on the described touch-screen simultaneously according to the user, being defined as described user is visually impaired person.

5. according to the destination floor registration device of each described elevator in the claim 1～3, it is characterized in that, the destination floor registration unit is touching track detection that touch-screen obtains when described user exceeds the zone that is shown in the floor button on the described touch-screen and touches according to the user, being defined as described user is visually impaired person.