CN112875475A

CN112875475A - Passenger transportation device

Info

Publication number: CN112875475A
Application number: CN202110144384.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: M.朱里奥克萨; 严伟; 万新春
Original assignee: Kone Elevators Co Ltd; Kone Corp
Current assignee: Kone Elevators Co Ltd; Kone Corp
Priority date: 2021-02-02
Filing date: 2021-02-02
Publication date: 2021-06-01
Also published as: WO2022166826A1

Abstract

The present invention discloses a passenger transportation device configured to transport passengers along a predetermined route, the width of a deck of the passenger transportation device on which the passengers stand being designed to accommodate two or more passengers, wherein the passenger transportation device comprises: a first visual device disposed on a first side of the interior of the passenger conveyor and configured to provide a visual display of a first design; a second visual device disposed on a second side of the interior of the passenger conveyor opposite the first side and configured to provide a visual display of a second pattern different from the first pattern to prompt passengers to stand on the first side and walk on the second side. The passenger transportation device can visually prompt passengers to use according to rules, and effectively guide the passengers to leave a passage for quick passing.

Description

Passenger transportation device

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a passenger transportation device.

Background

Present passenger transportation devices, such as escalators or moving walkways, allow 2 persons to stand on one step. However, in some special use environments, such as airports, subway stations, etc., some emergent passengers may be blocked by side-by-side people and may not be able to quickly pass through the passenger transportation device.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above problem, according to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a passenger conveyor configured to convey passengers along a predetermined route, the width of a deck of the passenger conveyor on which the passengers stand being designed to accommodate two or more passengers, wherein the passenger conveyor comprises: a first visual device configured to provide a visual display of a first pattern on a first side of the passenger conveyance device; a second visual device configured to provide a visual display of a second pattern different from the first pattern on a second side of the passenger conveyance device opposite the first side to prompt passengers to stand on the first side and walk on the second side. The passenger transportation device can visually prompt passengers to use according to rules, and effectively guide the passengers to leave a passage for quick passing.

The passenger transportation device according to the invention may have one or more of the following features.

According to one embodiment, the passenger transportation device is an escalator or a moving walkway.

According to one embodiment, said first and second visual means comprise LED lights arranged at said apron and/or handrail extending along said predetermined path.

According to one embodiment, the first visual means comprises a first projector configured to project a first pattern to a position of the apron or the tread plate of the first side near the first side, and the second visual means comprises a second projector configured to project a second pattern to a position of the apron or the tread plate of the second side near the second side.

According to one embodiment, the first pattern is a normally bright or in-place breath; the second pattern is an arrow showing movement of bright light in the forward direction of the passenger conveyor or showing the forward direction.

According to one embodiment, the first pattern is displayed as blue or white and the second pattern is displayed as green.

According to one embodiment, the first side is a right side as seen in the direction of advance of the passenger transportation device and the second side is a left side as seen in the direction of advance of the passenger transportation device.

According to one embodiment, the passenger conveyance device further comprises a speaker that plays a voice prompt to a passenger entering the passenger conveyance device to remind the passenger to stand on the first side and walk on the second side.

According to one embodiment, the passenger transportation device further comprises a virtual aid capable of displaying a virtual human-shaped image to visually convey information to the passenger.

According to one embodiment, the passenger transportation device further comprises a monitoring means configured to detect a passenger violating the rules of standing on the first side and walking on the second side and to cause the first vision means and/or the second vision means to blink in the vicinity of the violating passenger when a passenger violating a rule is detected.

According to one embodiment, the monitoring device further causes the speaker to play a voice prompt upon detecting a passenger violating the rules to remind the passenger to stand on the first side and walk on the second side.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings of the embodiments of the present invention will be briefly described below. Wherein the drawings are only for purposes of illustrating some embodiments of the invention and are not to be construed as limiting the invention to all embodiments thereof.

Fig. 1 is a front view of a passenger conveyor according to the invention.

Fig. 2 is another front view of the passenger conveyor according to the invention.

Fig. 3 is a side view of a passenger conveyor according to the invention.

List of reference numerals

10 first vision device

11 skirtboard lamp belt

12 handrail lamp belt

20 second visual device

30 monitoring device

40 controller

50 speaker

60 virtual auxiliary device

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings of specific embodiments of the present invention. Like reference symbols in the various drawings indicate like elements. It should be noted that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the invention, and not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the described embodiments of the invention without any inventive step, are within the scope of protection of the invention.

Unless defined otherwise, technical or scientific terms used herein shall have the ordinary meaning as understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The use of "first," "second," and similar terms in the description and claims of the present application do not denote any order, quantity, or importance, but rather the terms are used to distinguish one element from another. Also, the use of the terms "a" or "an" and the like do not necessarily denote a limitation of quantity. The word "comprising" or "comprises", and the like, means that the element or item listed before the word covers the element or item listed after the word and its equivalents, but does not exclude other elements or items. The terms "connected" or "coupled" and the like are not restricted to physical or mechanical connections, but may include electrical connections, whether direct or indirect. "upper", "lower", "left", "right", and the like are used merely to indicate relative positional relationships, and when the absolute position of the object being described is changed, the relative positional relationships may also be changed accordingly.

The present invention is described in detail below by way of describing example embodiments.

As shown in fig. 1, the passenger conveyor is an escalator. It should be noted that the passenger conveyor may also be a moving walkway. The passenger conveyor is configured to transport passengers along a predetermined route, for example, the passenger conveyor may transport passengers obliquely upward, obliquely downward, or horizontally forward. The passenger transportation device includes a step on which passengers stand, and the step may have a width designed to accommodate two or more passengers. Preferably, the width of the step is designed to accommodate only two passengers.

The passenger transportation device according to the invention may comprise first visual means 10 configured to provide a visual display of a first pattern at a first side of the passenger transportation device. The passenger transportation device may further comprise second visual means 20 configured to provide a visual display of a second pattern different from the first pattern at a second side of the passenger transportation device opposite to the first side. The first side may for example be the right side as seen in the direction of advance of the passenger transportation device, and the second side may for example be the left side as seen in the direction of advance of the passenger transportation device, or vice versa. The arrangement of the first and

second vision devices

10, 20 may not only realize a lighting function, a decoration function, etc., but also, for example, prompt a passenger to stand on the first side and walk on the second side.

In particular, as shown in fig. 1, the first visual device 10 and the second visual device 20 may be in the form of LED lights, for example LED light strips, arranged at the skirt (i.e. at the base of the handrail), or at the handrail (e.g. immediately below the handrail), or at both the skirt and the handrail. As shown in the side view of fig. 3, the first visual device 10 includes a skirt light strip 11 and a handrail light strip 12, so that indication can be made more clearly and decorative effects can be provided. Furthermore, the apron light strip 11 and the handrail light strip 12 may be controlled independently, for example, when the traffic is high, the apron light strip 11 and the handrail light strip 12 are activated, and when the traffic is low, only one of them, for example, the apron light strip 11 is activated. Furthermore, the first ocular device 10 is disposed on a first side and the second ocular device 20 is disposed on a second side. Furthermore, the LED strip may extend along the path of travel of the passenger transportation device, e.g. from an entrance to an exit of the passenger transportation device. It should be noted that the first visual device 10 and the second visual device 20 may be other devices that can emit light.

As shown in fig. 1, the first visual device 10, such as an LED strip, arranged on the right side can be constantly on or breathe in place to prompt the passenger to stand on the right side, where breathing in place refers to the slow change of on and off of the LED strip, which makes the person feel relaxed rather than jerky; the second visual device 20, for example a LED strip, arranged on the left side can display a bright light moving in the forward direction of the passenger conveyor or an arrow indicating the forward direction to prompt passengers to walk through quickly on the left side. Also, colors may be used for the cues, for example, the first visual device 10 disposed on the right side may be displayed in a mild color such as blue or white, and the second visual device 20 disposed on the left side may be displayed in an aggressive color such as green, with the contrasting arrangement of these two types of colors suggesting that the left side may and should be faster to remind the passenger on the left side to walk quickly or change to stand on the right side, although other colors may be used.

It should be noted that not all passenger transporters or in all cases need to stand on the right and walk on the left. Alternatively, in some usage scenarios, such as an escalator at a railway station, where there are many passengers and large pieces of luggage are usually carried, the first visual device 10 and the second visual device 20 may be set to be normally bright or breathe in place, as shown in fig. 2, to remind the passengers of safety.

Alternatively, the first and

second vision devices

10, 20 may be projectors configured to project a pattern onto a skirt or moving pedal. For example, the first visual device 10 may project a first pattern of constant brightness or breath-in-place to a location of the apron or pedal on a first side proximate to the first side, such as the right half of the pedal; the second vision device 20 may project a second pattern showing the movement of the bright light in the advancing direction of the passenger transportation means to a position of the apron or step on the second side near the second side, for example, the left half of the step. The first pattern and the second pattern at this time may also be distinguished by blue or white and green, respectively. Also, when the first and

second vision devices

10 and 20 are projectors, the positions of the first and

second vision devices

10 and 20 are not limited as long as the patterns can be projected onto the corresponding positions.

Preferably, the passenger transportation device may further comprise a monitoring means 30, the monitoring means 30 being configured to detect passengers violating the standing on the first side and walking on the second side rules. The monitoring device 30 is, for example, a camera that detects a passenger standing on the left side of the escalator. Upon detection of a rule violating passenger, the first visual device 10 and/or the second visual device 20 is caused to blink in the vicinity of the rule violating passenger to remind the passenger to comply with the rules, such as to remind a passenger standing on the left to walk forward or stand to the right. Specifically, the monitoring device 30 may be connected to the controller 40 of the first and

second vision devices

10 and 20, and the controller 40 controls the first and/or

second vision devices

10 and 20 to perform feedback upon receiving information that the monitoring device 30 detects a passenger violating the rule. The monitoring device 30 is used for monitoring and feeding back, so that passengers who violate the rules can be reminded more specifically, and the rules can be better executed.

The passenger transportation device according to the present invention may further include a speaker 50, and the speaker 50 may be provided at an entrance of the passenger transportation device. It should be noted that since the traveling direction of the passenger conveyor may be changed, speakers 50 may be provided at both ends, as shown in fig. 3. Speaker 50 may be configured to play voice prompts to passengers entering the passenger conveyance to remind the passengers to stand on the first side and walk on the second side. Further, when the monitoring device 30 detects a passenger violating a rule, the speaker 50 may also be caused to play a voice prompt to remind the passenger violating the rule to stand on the first side and walk on the second side.

Preferably, the passenger transportation device may further comprise a virtual aid 60, which virtual aid 60 may for example be arranged at the entrance of the passenger transportation device. The virtual aid is capable of displaying virtual human-shaped imagery, including, without limitation, imagery of adults, children, cartoon characters, etc., to visually convey information to passengers. For example, to cooperate with the speaker to provide welcome information to passengers entering the passenger transportation device, or to provide visual cues to stand on a first side and walk on a second side, etc.

Although exemplary embodiments of the passenger transportation device proposed by the present invention have been described in detail with reference to preferred embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made to the specific embodiments described above, and various combinations of the various technical features and structures proposed by the present invention can be made without departing from the concept of the present invention.

Claims

1. A passenger transportation device configured to transport passengers along a predetermined route, the width of a deck of the passenger transportation device on which the passengers stand being designed to be able to accommodate two or more passengers,

wherein the passenger transportation device comprises:

a first visual device configured to provide a visual display of a first pattern on a first side of the passenger conveyance device;

a second visual device configured to provide a visual display of a second pattern different from the first pattern on a second side of the passenger conveyance device opposite the first side to prompt passengers to stand on the first side and walk on the second side.

2. The passenger conveyance device of claim 1, wherein the passenger conveyance device is an escalator or a moving sidewalk.

3. The passenger transportation device of claim 1, wherein the first and second visual devices comprise LED lights disposed at a skirt and/or a handrail extending along the predetermined route.

4. The passenger transportation device of any one of claims 1, wherein the first visual device comprises a first projector configured to project a first pattern to a position of the apron or step on the first side proximate the first side, and the second visual device comprises a second projector configured to project a second pattern to a position of the apron or step on the second side proximate the second side.

5. The passenger conveyance device of claim 3 or 4, wherein the first pattern is a constant bright or breath-in-place; the second pattern is an arrow showing movement of bright light in the forward direction of the passenger conveyor or showing the forward direction.

6. The passenger transportation device of claim 3 or 4, wherein the first pattern is displayed as blue or white and the second pattern is displayed as green.

7. The passenger conveyance device of any one of claims 1-4, wherein the first side is a right side as viewed in a direction of travel of the passenger conveyance device and the second side is a left side as viewed in the direction of travel of the passenger conveyance device.

8. The passenger conveyance device of any one of claims 1-4, wherein the passenger conveyance device further comprises a speaker that plays a voice prompt to a passenger entering the passenger conveyance device to remind the passenger to stand on the first side and walk on the second side.

9. The passenger conveyance device of any one of claims 1-4, further comprising a virtual aid capable of displaying a virtual human-shaped image to visually convey information to passengers.

10. The passenger conveyance of any one of claims 1-4, wherein the passenger conveyance further comprises a monitoring device configured to detect a passenger violating the rules of standing on a first side and walking on a second side, and to cause the first vision device and/or the second vision device to flash in proximity to the violating passenger when the violating passenger is detected.

11. The passenger conveyance device of claim 10, wherein the monitoring means further causes a speaker to play a voice prompt upon detection of a passenger violating a rule to remind the passenger to stand on the first side and walk on the second side.