CN110475735B

CN110475735B - Input device for elevator

Info

Publication number: CN110475735B
Application number: CN201780088834.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 浅野博树
Original assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corp
Current assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corp
Priority date: 2017-04-04
Filing date: 2017-04-04
Publication date: 2021-09-28
Anticipated expiration: 2037-04-04
Also published as: JP6727412B2; WO2018185844A1; JPWO2018185844A1; CN110475735A

Abstract

The touch panel is mounted on the housing and divided into two screens, wherein each of the two screens is provided with a recess for starting registration of a destination floor of an elevator, one of the screens is provided with a selection area for selecting a destination floor, and the other screen is provided with a determination area for determining the destination floor selected by the selection area. When the user touches the recess, the arithmetic device starts registration of the destination floor and allows the user to recognize the destination floor selected by touching the selection area.

Description

Input device for elevator

Technical Field

The present invention relates to an input device for an elevator, and more particularly to an operation touch panel mounted in an elevator car.

Background

Conventionally, there are elevator input devices as follows: as shown in fig. 1, a module 1 is configured by arranging a plurality of touch panels 1a to 1e, thereby realizing functions of, for example, a destination direction display panel 1a, destination floor buttons 1b to 1d, and a door opening/closing button 1e (see, for example, patent document 1).

Thus, the user can register the destination floor and open and close the door by pressing the corresponding button.

Further, there is a landing operating device for an elevator, which: as shown in fig. 2, one touch panel 1 is divided into a plurality of areas 2, and by performing touch and slide, an up call, a down call, a re-open door, and the like can be realized (for example, see patent document 2).

This makes it possible to operate the hall with a single device without the need to visually distinguish the functions of the up call button, the down call button, the push button for wheelchair, and the like.

Further, there is a call registration device for an elevator, which comprises: as shown in fig. 3, floor information 3 is displayed in an area of one touch panel 1, and a destination floor is registered based on a touched position (for example, patent document 3).

Thus, the user can quickly search for and touch the target floor, and input the target floor in a short time.

Documents of the prior art

Patent document

Patent document 1: japanese patent No. 5856236

Patent document 2: japanese patent laid-open publication No. 2011-037570

Patent document 3: japanese patent No. 5159723

Disclosure of Invention

Problems to be solved by the invention

In the case of patent document 1, by arranging a plurality of touch panels, a seam between the touch panels can be found by groping. However, since a plurality of touch panels are required, the input device is expensive, and since the touch panels are assigned for each function, the touch panel is not necessarily a desired function operation even when touched by groping.

In the case of patent document 2, for example, call registration is realized by causing a predefined function to be exhibited in accordance with the movement of a finger by sliding the finger on one touch panel, for example, but a visually impaired person cannot intuitively perform an operation because the visually impaired person does not know where the touch panel is touched, or the function is operated only by the touch, or the function is exhibited in accordance with the movement of the finger.

In the case of patent document 3, although the destination floor is broadcasted by touching a defined position of the touch panel and a desired floor is found in accordance with the broadcast, the user cannot intuitively operate the operation because the function is operated only by touching and the function is exhibited in accordance with the movement of the finger as in the above case.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an input device for an elevator, which can register a destination floor without arranging a button or the like in advance on a screen of a touch panel.

Means for solving the problems

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, there is provided an input device for an elevator, comprising: a housing; a touch panel mounted on the housing and divided into two screens, each of the screens being provided with a recess for starting registration of a destination floor of an elevator, one of the screens being provided with a selection area for selecting a destination floor, and the other screen being provided with a determination area for determining the destination floor selected by the selection area; and an arithmetic device that starts registration of the destination floor when a user touches the recess and allows the user to recognize the destination floor selected by touching the selection area, and thus stops the elevator at the destination floor when the user touches the determination area and determines the destination floor.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an input device for an elevator, comprising: a housing; a touch panel mounted on the housing and divided into two screens, each of the screens being provided with a recess for starting registration of a destination floor of an elevator; and an arithmetic device that starts registration of the destination floor when a user touches the recess, advances the destination floor from a current floor upward or downward by touching one of the screens, and causes the user to recognize the destination floor, thereby stopping the elevator at the destination floor when the user determines the destination floor as a desired floor.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an input device for an elevator, comprising: a housing; a touch panel mounted on the housing and divided into two screens, one of the screens being provided with a display area for a numeric key portion for selecting a destination floor of an elevator, and the other screen being provided with a display area for displaying the destination floor and a direction selected by the numeric key portion; and an arithmetic device that, when a user touches a display area of the numeric key section, starts registration of the destination floor and displays the numeric key section, so that the user recognizes the destination floor selected by the numeric key section, and stops the elevator at the destination floor.

Effects of the invention

According to the present invention, the touch panel divided into two screens is mounted on the housing, a recess for starting registration of a destination floor of an elevator is provided in each of the two screens, a selection area for selecting a destination floor is provided in one of the two screens, and a determination area for determining a destination floor selected by the selection area is provided in the other of the two screens, and when a user touches the recess, registration of the destination floor is started, and the user recognizes the destination floor selected by touching the selection area, whereby the user determines the destination floor by touching the determination area. Further, by utilizing the shape of the casing to which the touch panel is attached, the destination floor of the elevator can be determined by fumbling without preparing a special button. Therefore, even a visually or auditorily impaired person can perform the operation intuitively. Further, since it is not necessary to combine a plurality of touch panels, the cost of the input device does not increase compared to the conventional touch panel type input device.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a diagram schematically showing patent document 1 as a prior art document.

Fig. 2 is a diagram schematically showing patent document 2 as a prior art document.

Fig. 3 is a diagram schematically showing patent document 3 as a prior art document.

Fig. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of embodiment 1 of an input device for an elevator according to the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a flowchart showing a process executed by the arithmetic device shown in fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of embodiment 2 of an input device for an elevator according to the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a flowchart showing a process executed by the arithmetic device shown in fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a block diagram showing the configuration of embodiment 3 of an input device for an elevator according to the present invention.

Fig. 9 is a flowchart showing a process executed by the arithmetic device shown in fig. 8.

Fig. 10 is a block diagram showing the configuration of embodiment 4 of an input device for an elevator according to the present invention.

Fig. 11 is a flowchart showing a process executed by the arithmetic device shown in fig. 10.

Detailed Description

Hereinafter, various embodiments of an input device for an elevator according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Embodiment 1.

In the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, a touch panel 1 shown by a broken line is attached to a housing 4, and a screen 5 of the touch panel 1 is divided into an upper portion 6 and a lower portion 7 at the center thereof. A recess (hatched portion) 6a is provided in a lower portion of an upper portion 6 of the screen 5, and a recess (hatched portion) 7a is provided in an upper portion of a lower portion 7 of the touch panel 1. In addition, the upper portion 6 and the lower portion 7 may be reversed.

For example, by touching, for example, the recess 6a of at least one of the

recesses

6a and 7a, the user who is visually impaired selects a destination floor using the "forward" selection area 20 or the "return" selection area 21 of the upper portion 6 and specifies the destination floor using the specifying area 22 of the lower portion 7. The elevator stops at the determined destination floor.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment shown in fig. 4 will be described with reference to the flowchart of fig. 5 executed by the arithmetic device 100.

In step S1, the user touches the

recesses

6a and 7a in the

screens

6 and 7 in the screen 5 of the housing 4 to which the touch panel 1 is attached, and the arithmetic device 100 starts registration of the destination floor. Then, it is detected that the user touches the upper screen 6.

In step S2, the arithmetic device 100 displays the selection area 20 of "forward" on the upper portion of the touched upper screen 6 and displays the selection area 21 of "return" on the lower portion of the upper screen 6.

In step S3, when the user touches the "forward" selection area 20, the arithmetic device 100 moves the destination floor from the current floor upward, and if the user touches the "return" selection area 21, the arithmetic device moves the destination floor from the current floor downward. For example, when the current position is 7F, the selection area 20 by "forward" advances as 8, 9, and 10 …, and the selection area 21 by "return" advances as 6, 5, and 4 ….

The method disclosed in

patent document

2 or 3 can be used as the selection method.

At this time, the arithmetic device 100 notifies the user of the destination floor using a speaker or the like.

In the case where the user is a hearing-impaired person, the destination floor may be notified by using, for example, the area between the selection area 20 and the selection area 21 on the screen 6.

In step S4, if the floor becomes a desired floor, the user presses the determination area 22 of the lower screen 7 to determine the destination floor. The arithmetic device 100 stops the elevator at the determined destination floor.

In the above example, fig. 4 deals with the case where the upper screen 6 is initially touched by the

recesses

6a and 7a of the casing 4, but even when the lower screen 7 is initially touched, the destination floor can be specified as in the flowchart of fig. 5.

In this way, even a disabled person can intuitively operate the device by displaying the upper area 20 and the lower area 21 separately in the traveling direction of the destination floor from the first selected side.

Embodiment 2.

In the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 6, the screen 8 of the touch panel 1 shown by a dotted line is divided into an upper screen 9 and a lower screen 10 on the housing 4. Further, a recess (hatched portion) 9a is provided in a lower portion of the upper screen 9, and a recess (hatched portion) 10a is provided in an upper portion of the lower screen 10. The upper screen 9 and the lower screen 10 may be reversed.

Then, the user touches the divided region 23 of the upper screen 9 by the

recess

9a or 10a to select a floor above the current position, and touches the region 24 of the lower screen 10 to select a floor below the current position.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment shown in fig. 6 will be described with reference to the flowchart of fig. 7 executed by the arithmetic device 100.

In step S11, the user touches at least one of the

recesses

9a and 10a of the

screens

9 and 10, whereby the arithmetic device 100 starts registration of the destination floor and detects that the area 23 of the upper screen 9 is touched.

In step S12, the destination floor is advanced upward (heel) from the current floor. At this time, the arithmetic device 100 notifies the user of the destination floor using a speaker or the like.

In step S15, when the user presses the area 23 of the screen that was touched last, the arithmetic device 100 specifies the destination floor.

On the other hand, when the process proceeds from step S11 to step S13, the arithmetic device 100 detects that the user has touched the area 24 of the lower screen 10.

In step S14, the destination floor is moved downward from the current floor. At this time, the arithmetic device 100 notifies the user of the destination floor using a speaker or the like.

In this way, the traveling direction of the destination floor can be intuitively operated by dividing the traveling direction into the area 23 of the upper screen 9 and the area 24 of the lower screen 10.

Embodiment 3.

As shown in fig. 8, the present embodiment corresponds to the embodiment obtained by rotating embodiment 1 by 90 degrees, and divides the screen 11 constituting the touch panel 1 into a left portion 12 and a right portion 13 at the center. The user selects a destination floor by using the selection area 20 of "forward" and the selection area 21 of "return" of the left screen 12 touched first, depending on at least one of the recessed portions (dotted lines) 12a and 13a of the

screens

12 and 13, and specifies the destination floor by using the specifying area 22 of the right screen 13 on the opposite side. The left screen 12 and the right screen 13 may be reversed.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment shown in fig. 8 will be described with reference to the flowchart of fig. 9 executed by the arithmetic device 100.

First, in step S21, when the user touches at least one of the

concave portions

12a and 13a of the

screens

12 and 13, the arithmetic device 100 starts registration of the destination floor and detects that the left screen 12 is touched.

In step S22, the arithmetic device 100 displays the "forward" selection area 20 on the right portion of the first touched left screen image 12, and displays the "return" selection area 21 on the left portion of the screen image.

In step S23, if the user touches the "forward" selection area 20, the destination floor is advanced upward from the current floor, and if the user touches the "return" selection area 21, the destination floor is advanced downward from the current floor. For example, when the current position is 7F, the selection area 20 by "forward" advances as 8, 9, and 10 …, and the selection area 21 by "return" advances as 6, 5, and 4 …. At this time, the arithmetic device 100 notifies the user of the destination floor using a speaker or the like.

The method disclosed in

patent document

2 or 3 can be used as the selection method.

In step S4, when the user presses the determination area 22 of the right screen 13 in a manner that the user thinks that the floor is the desired floor, the arithmetic device 100 determines the destination floor.

In the above-described operation example, although the left screen 12 is initially touched by the recess (dotted line portion) 12a of the screen 11, the destination floor can be specified by the flowchart of fig. 9 in the same manner as the case where the right screen 13 is initially touched.

In this way, the right area 20 and the left area 21 are displayed separately in the traveling direction of the destination floor from the first selected side, thereby enabling the user to be prompted to intuitively operate the destination floor.

Embodiment 4.

In the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 10, the screen 14 constituting the touch panel 1 is divided into a display unit screen 15 and a numeric key unit screen 16. In the example of fig. 10, as a countermeasure against the trouble, the periphery of the numeric keypad 17 corresponding to the portion "5" is also projected so that the position of "5" is known by the screen shape. The display unit 15 has a region 25 that can be used for display and the like.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment shown in fig. 10 will be described with reference to the flowchart of fig. 11 executed by the arithmetic device 100.

In step S31, the arithmetic device 100 starts registration of the destination floor in response to detection of the user touching the numeric key section 16 at a certain place.

In step S32, the arithmetic device 100 displays numeric keys on the screen 16.

In step S33, the displayed numeric keys 17 are operated to determine the destination floor.

Therefore, the position of "5" is also known by the shape of the case 4 in the numeric keys 17 around the portion corresponding to the numeric key "5", and an intuitive operation can be performed.

In addition, the determination of the destination floor through the operation of the number keys can utilize the prior art.

Description of the reference symbols

1: a touch panel; 4: a housing; 5-15: a picture; 16: a number key section; 17: a number key; 20, 21, 23, 24-25: selecting a region; 22: determining a region; 6a, 7a, 9a, 10a, 12a, 13 a: a recess.

Claims

1. An input device for an elevator, comprising:

a housing;

a touch panel mounted on the housing and divided into two screens, each of the screens being provided with a recess for starting registration of a destination floor of an elevator, one of the screens being provided with a selection area for selecting a destination floor, and the other screen being provided with a determination area for determining the destination floor selected by the selection area; and

and an arithmetic device that starts registration of the destination floor by the selection area when a user touches the recess, and causes the user to recognize the destination floor selected by touching the selection area, and thereby stops the elevator at the destination floor when the user touches the determination area and determines the destination floor.

2. An input device for an elevator, comprising:

a housing;

a touch panel mounted on the housing and divided into two screens, each of the screens being provided with a recess for starting registration of a destination floor of an elevator, each of the screens being provided with a selection area for selecting the destination floor; and

and an arithmetic device that starts registration of the destination floor by the selection area when a user touches the recess, advances the destination floor from a current floor to an upper or lower side by touching one of the screens, and causes the user to recognize the destination floor, thereby stopping the elevator at the destination floor when the user determines the destination floor as a desired floor.

3. The input device of an elevator according to claim 1 or 2,

the touch panel is divided into upper, lower, left and right screens, and the concave portion is provided at an opposing portion of the two screens so as to be easily touched by the user.

4. The input device of an elevator according to claim 1 or 2,

the arithmetic device causes the destination floor to be output from a speaker so as to make the user recognize the destination floor.

5. The input device of an elevator according to claim 1,

the arithmetic device causes the destination floor to be displayed on one side of the screen so that the user can recognize the destination floor.

6. The input device of an elevator according to claim 2,

when the user presses one of the screens for a long time, the arithmetic device determines that the destination floor is determined as a desired floor.