CN114988239A - Elevator with a movable elevator car - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention provides an elevator. Erroneous registration of operation of an operation panel of an elevator provided with a non-contact sensor is prevented. Comprising: a button call registration unit for receiving call registration of a car in a hall of an elevator by a button; a non-contact sensor call registration unit that receives a call registration of a car in a hall using a non-contact sensor; a visually impaired person identification unit that identifies a visually impaired person from a hall image obtained by photographing a hall; and a non-contact sensor control section that controls turning on and off of the non-contact sensor call registration section. The non-contact sensor control unit turns off the non-contact sensor call registration unit when the visually impaired person is recognized by the visually impaired person recognition unit, and then turns on the non-contact sensor call registration unit when the call registration unit receives the call registration.
Description
Technical Field
The present invention relates to elevators.
Background
In recent years, from the viewpoint of improvement in operability and hygiene, a non-contact sensor is provided on an operation panel of an elevator. The non-contact sensor does not need physical contact, and only enables a finger to approach the non-contact sensor, so that the non-contact sensor can receive the elevator operation of passengers. However, since the non-contact sensor reacts only when the finger approaches, the unintentional operation of the passenger may be erroneously registered.
Therefore, in order to prevent erroneous registration of an unintentional operation of a passenger by a non-contact sensor, there is a conventional technique described in patent document 1. This document discloses that "the control device has the following configuration: when a target stratum sensor corresponding to a target stratum among the plurality of sensors detects an operation for a 1 st threshold time, the target stratum is registered, and when an operation is detected for a 2 nd threshold time, a process of notifying that operation is performed to release the registration is performed. ".
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Patent document
Patent document 1: JP patent publication No. 2020-125213
However, the conventional technique described in patent document 1 only cancels the erroneous registration of an unintentional operation by a user. Therefore, it is not considered that the user is unaware of the erroneous registration.
Disclosure of Invention
The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to prevent erroneous registration of an operation on an operation panel of an elevator including a non-contact sensor.
In order to solve the above problem, an elevator according to one aspect of the present invention includes: a button call registration unit for receiving call registration of a car in a hall of an elevator by a button; a non-contact sensor call registration unit that receives call registration of the car at the lobby using a non-contact sensor; a visually impaired person identification unit that identifies a visually impaired person from a hall image obtained by imaging the hall; and a non-contact sensor control unit that controls turning on and off of the non-contact sensor call registration unit, wherein the non-contact sensor control unit turns off the non-contact sensor call registration unit when the visually impaired person is recognized by the visually impaired person recognition unit, and turns on the non-contact sensor call registration unit when the button call registration unit receives a call registration.
ADVANTAGEOUS EFFECTS OF INVENTION
According to the present invention, for example, erroneous registration of an operation on an operation panel of an elevator including a non-contact sensor can be prevented.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the overall configuration of an elevator apparatus according to embodiment 1.
Fig. 2 is a schematic view of a hall according to embodiment 1.
Fig. 3 is a schematic view of the inside of the car according to embodiment 1.
Fig. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an elevator apparatus according to embodiment 1.
Fig. 5 is a flowchart showing a process of the elevator control device according to embodiment 1.
Fig. 6 is a flowchart showing a process of the elevator control device according to embodiment 2.
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S: elevator device, 1: entrance hall, 2: elevator control device, 10: hall device, 11 a: button call registration device, 11 b: non-contact sensor call registration device, 12: hall sound output device, 13: entrance hall camera, 20: in-car control device, 21 a: button destination layer registration device, 21 b: non-contact sensor destination registration device, 22: car interior sound output device, 23: in-car camera, 24: load detection device, 30: elevator control device, 31: car destination floor control unit, 32: audio output control unit, 33: non-contact sensor control unit, 34: visually impaired person identification unit, 35: presence/absence determination unit for other hall users, 36: in-car passenger presence/absence determination unit, 37: passenger destination floor determination part in car
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Embodiments of the present invention are described below in detail based on the drawings. The following embodiments are not limited to the present invention. All of the elements and combinations thereof described in the following embodiments are not necessarily essential to the solution of the present invention. In addition, the embodiments and the modifications may be partially or entirely combined within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention and within the matching range.
In the following description, the same or similar functions and processes will be described with the same reference numerals. In the following description, the same or similar functions or processes are distinguished by assigning the same numerals with different subscripts or sub-numbers, and are collectively referred to by the reference numerals excluding only the subscripts or sub-numbers. In the following description, the description of the configurations and processes that have already been described is omitted, and the description is centered on the differences.
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(construction of Elevator System S of embodiment 1)
Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an overall configuration of an elevator apparatus S according to the embodiment. In the present embodiment, the number of cars 2 of the elevator apparatus S installed in a building having N floors and having multiple floors is not particularly limited. In the present embodiment, the elevator driving mechanism of the car 2 is not shown and described.
The elevator apparatus S includes a car 2, a hall device 10, an in-car control device 20 mounted in the car 2, and an elevator control device 30. The car 2 moves between the halls of the multi-floors by ascending and descending in the hoistway 3.
The elevator device S comprises: a power supply device (not shown); and an auxiliary power supply device (not shown) having a backup power supply for monitoring the power supply state from the power supply device. The power supply unit and the auxiliary power supply unit are disposed in the machine room or the hoistway 3 of the elevator. When the power supply from the power supply device is cut off due to a power failure, the auxiliary power supply device automatically switches to the backup power supply of the auxiliary power supply device, and supplies the backup power supply to the elevator control device 30 and the car 2, respectively, until the power supply from the power supply device is restored.
The hall 1 is an elevator hall of each floor of the building. Each hall 1 is provided with: a pair of left and right opening/closing doors 15 of the elevator; and a hall device 10 including a button call registration device 11a and a non-contact sensor call registration device 11b for performing call registration in which a user designates an upstairs or downstairs destination to call the car 2 when using the elevator. The hall devices 10 on the respective floors have substantially the same structure. The hall device 10 is connected to an elevator control device 30. The elevator control device 30 transmits call registration information or the like registered by the user from the button call registration device 11a or the non-contact sensor call registration device 11b to the elevator control device 30.
The elevator control device 30 is provided in the machine room or the hoistway 3 of the elevator, and controls and manages the operation of the car 2. The elevator control device 30 is connected to the in-car control device 20.
The in-car control device 20 includes a button destination layer registration device 21a (fig. 4) and a non-contact sensor destination layer registration device 21b (fig. 4) for registering destination layer information when a user uses an elevator. The in-car controller 20 transmits destination floor information and the like registered by a user from the button destination floor registration device 21a and the non-contact sensor destination floor registration device 21b to the elevator controller 30.
The elevator control device 30 receives, as input, utilization reservation information from the call registration device 11, destination information from the button destination registration device 21a or the non-contact sensor destination registration device 21b, and operation information including the position of the car 2, the moving direction of the car 2, and the sliding opening and closing operation of the pair of left and right opening and closing doors 15 of the car 2. Then, the elevator control device 30 controls the operation of the elevator based on the utilization reservation information and the operation information, and controls the operation so that the car 2 reaches the floor where the hall device 10 that outputs the utilization reservation information is installed.
(entrance hall of embodiment 1)
Fig. 2 is a schematic view of the hall 1 according to embodiment 1. A hall device 10 is installed in the hall 1. The hall device 10 includes a button call registration device 11a and a non-contact sensor call registration device 11b for registering destination floor information, a hall sound output device 12, and a hall camera 13.
The button call registration device 11a is a button switch, and includes an upstairs registration button for calling the car 2 by designating a destination upstairs and a downstairs registration button for calling the car 2 by designating a destination downstairs. The non-contact sensor call registration device 11b is a non-contact sensor, and includes an upstairs registration sensor for designating a destination upstairs to call the car 2 and a downstairs registration sensor for designating a destination downstairs to call the car 2. In addition, only the downstairs registration button and the downstairs registration sensor are installed in the uppermost layer, and only the upstairs registration button and the upstairs registration sensor are installed in the lowermost layer. The button call registration device 11a and the non-contact sensor call registration device 11b have the same function, and a user performs call registration by operating either one of them.
The hall sound output device 12 is a device for outputting broadcast sound to visually handicapped persons and other users. The hall camera 13 is used for recognition of a visually impaired person in the hall 1 and determination of the presence or absence of other users.
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Fig. 3 is a schematic view of the interior of the car 2 according to embodiment 1. An in-car controller 20 is installed in the car 2. The in-car control device 20 includes a button destination layer registration device 21a for registering destination layer information of the car 2, a non-contact sensor destination layer registration device 21b, a hall sound output device 22, and a hall camera 23.
The button destination layer registration device 21a includes a plurality of buttons corresponding to the destination layers of the car 2. The non-contact sensor destination layer registration device 21b includes a plurality of non-contact sensors corresponding to the destination layers of the car 2. The button destination layer registration device 21a and the non-contact sensor destination layer registration device 21b have the same function, and a user performs registration of a destination layer by operating either one of them.
The in-car sound output device 22 is a device for outputting a broadcast sound to a visually impaired person or another user. The in-car camera 23 is used for recognition of visually impaired persons in the car 2 and determination of the presence or absence of other users. The load detection device 24 is used to determine the presence or absence of passengers in the car 2.
(construction of Elevator System S of embodiment 1)
Fig. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an elevator apparatus S according to embodiment 1. The hall device 10 of the elevator apparatus S and the in-car controller 20 of the car 2 are as described above.
The elevator control device 30 includes a car floor control unit 31, a sound output control unit 32, a non-contact sensor control unit 33, a visually impaired person identification unit 34, a hall other user presence/absence determination unit 35, a car passenger presence/absence determination unit 36, and a car floor determination unit 37. The elevator control device 30 is connected to the hall device 10 and the in-car control device 20 at a floor.
The car target floor control unit 31 controls the operation of the elevator by moving the car 2 to the floor indicated by the target floor registration information registered from the button target floor registration device 21a and the non-contact sensor target floor registration device 21 b. The audio output control unit 32 performs control to transmit audio signals to the hall audio output device 12 and the car audio output device 22 on each floor, and broadcasts them. The non-contact sensor control unit 33 performs switching control of turning on and off the non-contact sensors included in the non-contact sensor call registration device 11b and the non-contact sensor destination layer registration device 21 b.
The visually impaired person recognizing unit 34 recognizes the visually impaired person in each hall 1 by a known image recognition process based on the image of the hall camera 13 on each floor. The visually impaired person is identified by detecting the characteristics of the visually impaired person, such as holding of a white crutch, leading of a guide dog, or feeling the surrounding movement, from the image of the entrance hall using a known image identification technique.
The hall other user presence/absence determination unit 35 determines the presence/absence of other users other than the visually impaired person in each hall 1 by well-known image recognition processing based on the image of the hall camera 13 on each floor. The hall other user presence/absence determination unit 35 identifies all the users in the hall 1 by, for example, a known image recognition technique, and determines other users than the visually impaired person by identifying the visually impaired person in the same manner as the visually impaired person identification unit 34 and excluding the identification result of all the users.
The in-car passenger presence/absence determination unit 36 determines the presence/absence of a car passenger in the car 2 based on the image of the in-car camera 23 and/or the detected weight of the load detection device 24. The presence or absence of a user in the car is determined by recognition of the number of passengers in the car 2 based on a known image recognition technique and/or estimation of the number of passengers in the car 2 based on the detected weight of the load detection device 24. The in-car passenger destination layer determination unit 37 determines the final destination layer of the in-car user based on the registration state of the destination layer registered from the button destination layer registration device 21a and the non-contact sensor destination layer registration device 21b in the car 2.
(processing of the Elevator control device 30 according to embodiment 1)
Fig. 5 is a flowchart showing the processing of the elevator control device 30 according to embodiment 1.
Step S101: the visually impaired person recognizing unit 34 determines whether or not a visually impaired person is present in the hall 1 from the image of the hall camera 13. If there is a visually impaired person in the hall 1 (yes in step S101), the visually impaired person recognizing unit 34 shifts the process to step S102, and if there is no visually impaired person (no in step S101), the visually impaired person recognizing unit 34 returns the process to step S101.
Step S102: the other-person-in-hall presence/absence determination unit 35 determines whether or not a user other than the visually impaired person is present in the hall 1 from the image of the hall camera 13. When there is another user (yes in step S102), the hall other user presence/absence determination unit 35 shifts the process to step S103, and when there is no user (no in step S102), the hall other user presence/absence determination unit 35 shifts the process to step S113.
Step S103: the car destination floor control unit 31 determines the presence or absence of call registration in each direction of upstairs and downstairs based on the operating states of the button call registration device 11a and the non-contact sensor call registration device 11b of the hall device 10. When call registration is performed in both the upstairs and downstairs directions (up-down call registration) (yes in step S103), the car destination layer control unit 31 transfers the process to step S116, and when call registration is performed in one of the upstairs and downstairs directions (no in step S103), the car destination layer control unit 31 transfers the process to step S104.
Step S104: the sound output control unit 32 outputs a broadcast requesting assistance (support) to a visually impaired person waiting for the arrival of the car 2 at the hall 1 via the hall sound output device 12 to other users than the visually impaired person waiting for the arrival of the car 2 at the hall 1. Among the aids are the following: the call registration at the lobby 1, the boarding to the same car 2, and the post-boarding. When the up-down call registration is performed (yes in step S103), the visually impaired person does not need to perform new call registration, but when the call registration is performed only in one direction (no in step S103), the visually impaired person may have a different direction from the destination layer of the other user, and may need to perform new call registration. Step S104 envisages this situation.
Step S105: the elevator control device 30 counts a certain time. That is, when the direction of the destination layer of the visually impaired person and the direction of the destination layer of the other user are different, a new call registration for the visually impaired person by the help of the other user is waited for.
Step S106: similarly to step S103, the car destination layer control unit 31 determines whether or not the up-down call registration is performed based on the operation states of the button call registration device 11a and the non-contact sensor call registration device 11 b. When the up-down call registration is performed (yes in step S106), the car destination layer control unit 31 transfers the process to step S107, and when the call registration is performed only in one direction of upstairs or downstairs (no in step S106), the car destination layer control unit 31 transfers the process to step S116. The case where the up-down call registration is performed in step S106 is a case where the visually impaired person and the other user have different directions as destinations and call registration of the direction of the visually impaired person is performed with the help of the other user. On the other hand, in the case where the call registration in one direction of upstairs or downstairs is performed in step S106, the visually impaired person and the other user may have the same direction of upstairs or downstairs as the destination.
Step S107: when all the cars 2 arrive, the sound output control unit 32 outputs a broadcast of the traveling direction (upstairs or downstairs) of the arriving car 2 to the visually impaired person in the hall 1 via the hall sound output device 12.
Step S108: the in-car passenger presence/absence determination unit 36 determines the presence/absence of a passenger in the car 2 assigned to the call of the visually impaired person determined to be present in the hall 1 in step S101, based on the output result of the in-car camera 23 and/or the load detection device 24. The car 2 determined in step S108 as to whether or not a passenger is present is the car 2 assigned to the call of the visually impaired person determined in step S101 as being present in the hall 1. The in-car passenger presence/absence determination unit 36 determines the presence/absence of a passenger in the car 2 based on one or both of the image recognition processing of the image of the in-car camera 23 and the detected load by the load detection device 24. When there is a passenger in the car (yes in step S108), the in-car passenger presence/absence determination unit 36 shifts the process to step S109, and when there is no passenger in the car (no in step S108), the in-car passenger presence/absence determination unit 36 shifts the process to step S110.
The car traveling direction in which the presence or absence of a passenger in the car is determined in step S108 is a direction in which the call registration is added for the visually impaired person from the up/down call registration presence or absence determination (step S103) to the up/down call registration presence or absence determination (step S106). In addition, in the case of call registration in only one direction, this is the direction.
Step S109: the in-car passenger destination floor determination unit 37 determines the final destination floor of the in-car passenger based on the operation states of the button destination floor registration device 21a and the non-contact sensor destination floor registration device 21b of the car 2, which have been determined in step S108 as to whether or not the in-car passenger is present. When the arrival floor of the car 2 is the final destination floor of the passengers in the car (yes in step S109), the in-car passenger destination floor determination unit 37 transfers the process to step S110, and when the arrival floor is not the final destination floor (no in step S109), the in-car passenger destination floor determination unit 37 transfers the process to step S117.
Step S109 "yes" is the following case: all passengers in the car get off due to the arrival of the car 2, and after that, the visually impaired person who gets on the car 2 becomes a single person in the car 2, and needs to register a destination floor by himself. On the other hand, step S109 no is the following case: since there are passengers who have not yet landed among the users in the car even if the car 2 arrives, the visually impaired person who gets on the car 2 after that is not a single person in the car 2, and can register the destination floor with the help of other passengers.
Step S110: the non-contact sensor control unit 33 turns off the non-contact sensor of the non-contact sensor destination floor registration device 21b in the car 2, which has been determined in step S109 as to whether it is the final destination floor.
Step S111: the audio output control unit 32 outputs a broadcast indicating that there are no other in-car users to the visually impaired via the in-car audio output device 22. The order of step S110 and step S111 may be reversed.
Step S112: the button destination layer registration device 21a receives registration of a destination layer by the visually impaired person and transmits destination layer information to the elevator control device 30. Then, the non-contact sensor control unit 33 turns on the non-contact sensor of the non-contact sensor destination registration device 21b turned off in step S110.
Step S113: the sound output control unit 32 outputs a broadcast of the position of the guidance button call registration device 11a to the visually impaired person via the hall sound output device 12.
Step S114: the non-contact sensor control unit 33 turns off the non-contact sensor of the non-contact sensor call registration device 11 b. Step S113 and step S114 may be reversed in order.
Step S115: the button call registration device 11a receives call registration by the visually impaired person and transmits call registration information to the elevator control device 30. Then, the non-contact sensor control unit 33 turns on the non-contact sensor of the non-contact sensor call registration device 11b that was turned off in step S114.
Step S116: the audio output control unit 32 outputs a broadcast requesting assistance of the visually handicapped person in the car 2 to other users present in the hall 1 via the hall audio output device 12.
Step S117: the sound output control unit 32 broadcasts and outputs the presence of passengers in the car 2 to be subsequently ridden to the visually impaired person via the hall sound output device 12. If passengers are present in the car 2, help to visually handicapped persons can be expected.
Step S118: the audio output control unit 32 outputs a broadcast requesting assistance to the visually impaired person to the in-car user via the in-car audio output device 22. Step S117 and step S118 may be reversed in order.
Step S119: the button destination layer registration device 21a or the non-contact sensor destination layer registration device 21b receives destination layer registration of a visually impaired person by an assisting operation of a passenger in a car other than the visually impaired person, and transmits call registration information to the elevator control device 30. In step S119, which is a transition from step S118, the in-car passenger other than the visually impaired person refers to a passenger who rides in the car 2 before the visually impaired person rides in the car. In step S119 that transitions from step S116, the in-car passenger other than the visually impaired person refers to a passenger who gets into the same car 2 from the same floor as the visually impaired person.
The visually impaired person operates the operation panel of the elevator while searching for physical buttons or braille blocks at the time of destination floor registration and call registration. If a non-contact sensor for call registration or destination floor registration is provided in a position close to a button on an operation panel of an elevator, a visually impaired person may erroneously detect the non-contact sensor without detection.
Therefore, in the present embodiment, when a visually impaired person is recognized in the elevator lobby or car, the non-contact sensor is turned off when one person uses the sensor, so that it is possible to prevent the call registration of the visually impaired person or the erroneous registration of the destination floor registration by the non-contact sensor. Further, when the presence of a user other than the visually impaired person is recognized together with the visually impaired person, the non-contact sensor is not turned off, and the user is prompted to assist the visually impaired person.
Therefore, when the visually impaired person and the other user use the elevator at the same time, the other user can use the non-contact sensor, and therefore the destination floor registration and the call registration can be performed without directly touching the button, and prevention of infectious diseases is achieved. Thus, the on and off of the non-contact sensor is controlled according to the state of the visually impaired person during the use of the elevator, so that the convenience in use and the operating efficiency of the elevator used by both the visually impaired person and the visually impaired person can be improved.
< embodiment 2 >
In embodiment 1, the following configuration is adopted: when a perceptually handicapped person uses the elevator alone, the non-contact button is disabled, and when other users exist, the non-contact button is not disabled, so that the use of the non-contact button by other users is not obstructed, and the help of other users is prompted.
However, even with a configuration in which the non-contact sensor is deactivated when the operation of the operation panel by the visually impaired person is detected regardless of the presence of another user, erroneous registration of a call to the operation panel provided with the non-contact sensor by the visually impaired person can be prevented. Hereinafter, a configuration in which the non-contact sensor is deactivated when an operation of the operation panel by a perceptually handicapped person is detected, regardless of the presence of another user, will be described as embodiment 2.
In embodiment 2, the processing of the elevator control device 30 shown in fig. 6 differs from that of embodiment 1 in the manner shown in fig. 6. The rest is the same as embodiment 1, and therefore, the description thereof is omitted, and the description is mainly given of differences.
(processing of Elevator control device 30 according to embodiment 2)
Fig. 6 is a flowchart showing the processing of the elevator control device 30 according to embodiment 2.
Step S201: the same as step S101 of fig. 5. The visually impaired person recognizing unit 34 determines the presence or absence of a visually impaired person in the hall 1 from the image of the hall camera 13. When the visually impaired person is recognized (yes in step S201), the visually impaired person recognizing unit 34 shifts the process to step S202, and when the visually impaired person is not recognized (no in step S201), the visually impaired person recognizing unit 34 returns the process to step S201.
Step S202: the same as step S113 in fig. 5. The sound output control unit 32 outputs the position of the button call registration device 11a to the visually impaired person by broadcasting via the hall sound output device 12.
Step S203: the visually impaired person identification unit 34 determines from the image of the hall camera 13 whether or not the action of the visually impaired person in the hall 1 is approaching a predetermined distance to operate the button call registration device 11a and is performing a groping of buttons and braille (hall call button operation). The image of the hall camera 13 is processed by a known technique to detect the hall call button operation of the visually impaired person. When detecting that the hall call button operation is being performed (yes in step S203), the visually impaired person recognizing unit 34 shifts the process to step S204, and when not detecting (no in step S203), the visually impaired person recognizing unit 34 shifts the process to step S206.
Step S204: as in step Sl14 of fig. 5. The non-contact sensor control unit 33 turns off the non-contact sensor of the non-contact sensor call registration device 11 b.
Step S205: the same as step S115 of fig. 5. The button call registration device 11a receives call registration by an operation by a visually impaired person or an operation with a help of a guest other than the visually impaired person, and transmits call registration information to the elevator control device 30. Then, the non-contact sensor control unit 33 turns on the non-contact sensor of the non-contact sensor call registration device 11b that was turned off in step S204.
Step S206: the same as step S107 in fig. 5. When all the cars 2 arrive, the sound output control unit 32 outputs a broadcast of the traveling direction of the arriving car 2 to the visually impaired person in the hall 1 via the hall sound output device 12.
Step S207: the visually impaired person recognizing unit 34 determines the presence or absence of a visually impaired person in the car 2 from the image of the in-car camera 23, in the same manner as in S201. When the visually impaired person is recognized (yes in step S207), the visually impaired person recognizing unit 34 shifts the process to step S208, and when the visually impaired person is not recognized (no in step S207), the visually impaired person recognizing unit 34 returns the process to step S201.
Step S208: the visually impaired person identification unit 34 determines from the image of the in-car camera 23 whether or not the action of the visually impaired person in the car 2 is approaching a predetermined distance to operate the destination floor registration device 21a of the button and is performing a groping of the button and braille (in-car call button operation), as in S203. The detection of the operation of the in-car call button by the visually impaired person is performed by image processing the image of the in-car camera 23 by a known technique. When detecting that the in-car call button operation is being performed (yes in step S208), the visually impaired person recognizing unit 34 shifts the processing to step S209, and when not detecting (no in step S208), the visually impaired person recognizing unit 34 shifts the processing to step S211.
Step S209: the same as step S110 of fig. 5. The non-contact sensor control unit 33 turns off the non-contact sensor of the non-contact sensor destination layer registration device 21b in the car 2, which has determined whether or not the visually impaired person is present in step S207.
Step S210: the same as step S112 in fig. 5. The button destination layer registration device 21a receives registration of a destination layer of a visually impaired person based on an operation by the visually impaired person or an assisting operation by a passenger other than the visually impaired person, and transmits destination layer information to the elevator control device 30. Then, the non-contact sensor control unit 33 turns on the non-contact sensor of the non-contact sensor destination layer registration device 21b turned off in step S209.
Step S211: the sound output control unit 32 outputs the broadcast of the arriving floor of the car 2, in which the non-contact sensor is turned on in S210, to the visually impaired person in the car 2 via the hall sound output device 12.
The above-described embodiments have been described in detail to explain the present invention in an easy-to-understand manner, but the present invention is not necessarily limited to the embodiments having all the configurations described. In addition, each of the apparatuses in the above-described embodiments and modifications may be any type of system in which a single apparatus and a plurality of apparatuses work together, and the elements may be integrated and distributed as appropriate depending on the installation efficiency or the processing efficiency. Further, in the above-described embodiments and modifications, the configuration of the apparatus or system, and the omission, replacement, combination, and the like of a part of the configuration or the processing procedure may be performed within a range in which the same result is obtained without changing the gist of the present invention. In the functional block diagrams and hardware diagrams, the control lines and the information lines are only lines that are considered necessary for the description, but are not necessarily all the control lines and the information lines.
Claims (10)
1. An elevator, characterized by comprising:
a button call registration unit for receiving a call registration of a car with a button in a hall of an elevator;
a non-contact sensor call registration unit that receives call registration of the car at the lobby using a non-contact sensor;
a visually impaired person identification unit that identifies a visually impaired person from a hall image obtained by imaging the hall; and
a non-contact sensor control section that controls turning on and off of the non-contact sensor call registration section,
the non-contact sensor control unit turns off the non-contact sensor call registration unit when the visually impaired person is identified by the visually impaired person identification unit, and turns on the non-contact sensor call registration unit when the call registration unit receives a call registration.
2. Elevator according to claim 1,
the elevator is provided with:
a presence/absence determination unit for determining, from the hall image, presence/absence of other users other than the visually impaired person in the hall;
a hall sound output unit that outputs sound in the hall; and
a sound output control section that controls sound output of the hall sound output section,
when the visually impaired person is recognized by the visually impaired person recognizing unit and the presence/absence determination unit determines that the other user is present, the non-contact sensor control unit does not turn off the non-contact sensor call registration unit, and the audio output control unit outputs a 1 st broadcast from the hall audio output unit to the other user to prompt the visually impaired person to assist the visually impaired person.
3. Elevator according to claim 2,
when the visually impaired person is recognized by the visually impaired person recognizing unit, the presence/absence determination unit determines that the other user is present, and the call registration in the unregistered direction is present, the contactless sensor control unit does not turn off the contactless sensor call registration unit, and the sound output control unit outputs the 1 st broadcast from the hall sound output unit to the other user.
4. Elevator according to claim 3,
when the call registration of the unregistered direction is performed after a predetermined time has elapsed after the 1 st broadcast is output, the non-contact sensor control unit does not turn off the non-contact sensor call registration unit, and the sound output control unit outputs a 2 nd broadcast requesting assistance of the visually impaired person from the hall sound output unit to the other user.
5. Elevator according to claim 2,
when the visually impaired person is recognized by the visually impaired person recognizing unit, the presence/absence determination unit determines that the other user is present, and the call registration is performed in all directions, the non-contact sensor control unit does not turn off the non-contact sensor call registration unit, and the sound output control unit outputs a 2 nd broadcast requesting assistance of the visually impaired person from the hall sound output unit to the other user.
6. Elevator according to claim 2,
when the visually impaired person is recognized by the visually impaired person recognizing section and the presence/absence determination section does not determine that the other user is present,
the non-contact sensor control unit turns off the non-contact sensor call registration unit, and then turns on the non-contact sensor call registration unit when the call registration is received by the button call registration unit,
the sound output control unit outputs a 3 rd broadcast guiding a position of the non-contact sensor call registration unit from the hall sound output unit to the visually impaired person.
7. An elevator, characterized by comprising:
a button destination layer registration unit for receiving destination layer registration of a car of an elevator by a button;
a non-contact sensor destination layer registration unit that receives destination layer registration of the car with a non-contact sensor in the car;
a visually impaired person identification unit that identifies a visually impaired person from a hall image obtained by photographing a hall of an elevator; and
a non-contact sensor control unit that controls turning on and off of the non-contact sensor destination layer registration unit,
when the visually impaired person is identified by the visually impaired person identification unit, the non-contact sensor control unit turns off the non-contact sensor destination layer registration unit when the assigned car, which is the car assigned to the call of the visually impaired person, arrives at the floor where the visually impaired person is located, and then turns on the non-contact sensor destination layer registration unit when the destination layer registration is received by the button destination layer registration unit in the assigned car.
8. The elevator according to claim 7, characterized by having:
an in-car passenger presence/absence determination unit that determines presence/absence of a passenger in a car in the car;
an in-car passenger destination floor determination unit that determines a final destination floor of the in-car passenger determined to be present by the in-car passenger presence/absence determination unit, based on the destination floor registration;
an in-car sound output unit that outputs sound in the car; and
a sound output control unit for controlling sound output from the sound output unit in the car,
when the visually impaired person is recognized by the visually impaired person recognizing section, the in-car passenger presence/absence determining section determines that the in-car passenger is present for the assigned car, and the final destination floor of the in-car passenger determined by the in-car passenger destination floor determining section is reached,
the non-contact sensor control unit turns off the non-contact sensor destination floor registration unit in the assigned car, and then turns on the non-contact sensor call registration unit when destination floor registration is received by the button destination floor registration unit in the assigned car,
the audio output control unit outputs a broadcast from the in-car audio output unit to the visually impaired person, the broadcast being a message that no other passengers are present in the assigned car.
9. Elevator according to claim 8,
the elevator is provided with:
a hall sound output unit for outputting a sound in the hall of the elevator under the control of the sound output control unit,
when the visually impaired person is recognized by the visually impaired person recognition unit and the assigned car is determined by the in-car passenger presence/absence determination unit as the presence of the in-car passenger and does not reach the final destination floor of the in-car passenger determined by the in-car passenger destination floor determination unit, the non-contact sensor control unit does not turn off the non-contact sensor destination floor registration unit, and the audio output control unit outputs a broadcast from the hall audio output unit to the visually impaired person to guide the presence of another passenger in the assigned car, and outputs a broadcast from the in-car audio output unit in the assigned car to request assistance of the visually impaired person.
10. An elevator, characterized by comprising:
a button registration unit that receives operation registration of the elevator with a button;
a non-contact sensor registration unit that receives operation registration of the elevator by a non-contact sensor;
a visually impaired person recognizing unit that recognizes a visually impaired person from an image obtained by imaging a user of the elevator; and
a non-contact sensor control section that controls turning on and off of the non-contact sensor registration section,
the non-contact sensor control unit turns off the non-contact sensor registration unit when the visually impaired person is recognized by the visually impaired person recognition unit and the visually impaired person attempts to operate the button registration unit, and then turns on the non-contact sensor registration unit when the button call registration unit receives a call registration.
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