JP2000153969A - Image display for elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To promote a shorter time for passengers to get in and out of a car and lessen complaint of waiting passenges. SOLUTION: When an elevator car 1 is stopped at an elevator hall 3 of a first floor while opening a car door 2 and a landing door 4, if a landing calling button 7 is depressed at the elevator hall 6 on a second floor, the image of waiting passengers 11 at the elevator hall 6 on the second floor, photographed by a landing camera 8 on the second floor, and a writing showing that there are waiting passengers on the second floor are displayed on a television 5 provided in the car 1. Thus, a shorter time for passengers in the box to get in and out is promoted, time for passengers to wait is reduced and waiting passengers less complains for long waiting.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an elevator image display device, and more particularly to an elevator image display device for displaying an image on a television installed in a car.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in an image display apparatus for an elevator, a television camera is installed at an elevator platform on each floor, and a photographed image of a platform at a destination floor of a running car is displayed on a television set in the car. As a result, an image display device for an elevator that has improved security has been proposed.

[0003]

In the above prior art, since what is displayed on the television in the car is an image taken at the landing of the destination floor of the running car, the destination floor is displayed in the car. It was difficult to understand the situation of the other landing. Therefore, after the car arrives at the destination floor, if the passengers of the car are getting on and off slowly over time, even if there are waiting passengers at a landing other than the destination floor, the waiting passengers in the car Since the presence cannot be detected, the getting on and off time is not improved, so that the waiting time of the waiting person becomes longer, and there is a problem that dissatisfaction is increased.

[0004] It is an object of the present invention to provide an elevator image display device that promotes a reduction in car getting on and off time and reduces dissatisfaction of waiting passengers.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The object of the present invention is to provide an elevator imaging apparatus having a television for displaying a video image of a landing at each floor in an elevator car, wherein the elevator car is provided at an arbitrary first floor. Means for detecting that the door has been stopped by opening the door, and a second means different from the first floor.
Means for detecting that the hall call button has been pressed at the elevator hall of the floor, a television camera installed at the floor of each floor and photographing the waiting customers at the hall, and displaying arbitrary characters on the TV in the car When the elevator car is stopped by opening the door on the first floor,
When the hall call button is pressed at the elevator floor of the second floor, an image of the waiting person at the elevator floor of the second floor taken by the television camera of the floor of the second floor,
This is achieved by displaying on the television in the elevator car a sentence indicating that there is a waiting customer on the second floor.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

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

In the figure, 1 is a car, 2 is a car door, 3
Is an elevator landing on the first floor, and 4 is a landing door on the first floor. Reference numeral 5 provided in the car 1 denotes an in-car television capable of displaying an arbitrary image. The television 5 in the car displays the image according to a command from the video switching device 13.

On the other hand, 6 is an elevator hall on the second floor, 7 is a hall call button, and 8 is a hall camera for photographing a waiting customer at the hall. Although not shown, at least one camera corresponding to the landing camera 8 is provided at the elevator landing on each floor.

Now, the car 1 is stopped at the elevator landing 3 on the first floor, the car door 2 and the landing door 4 are open, and the passenger 9 is getting on and off. At this time, the car standby detection device 10 detects that the car 1 is stopped on the first floor and the car door 2 is opened by a known means. on the other hand,
In the elevator hall 6 on the second floor, when the waiting customer 11 presses the hall call button 7, the hall call detection device 12
It is detected by a known means that the hall call button 7 on the second floor has been pressed. Thereafter, the output signals of both the car standby detection device 10 and the hall call detection device 12 are output to the video switching device 1
3 is input. At this time, the video switching device 13 displays the video taken by the landing camera 8 on the second floor on the television 5 in the car and the sentence that the passengers are waiting on the second floor and want to get on and off early. Display. Passenger 9
By looking at the content displayed on the television 5 in the car, early getting on and off is prompted.

[0011] By adopting the above structure, the passenger is encouraged to get on and off earlier, so that the waiting time of the waiting passenger at another floor can be shortened, and thus the dissatisfaction with the long waiting of the waiting passenger can be reduced. Can be.

[0012]

According to the present invention, there is an effect that it is possible to provide an elevator image display device which promotes a reduction in a passenger's getting on and off time of a car and reduces a waiting passenger's dissatisfaction.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 car 2 car door 3 elevator floor on first floor 4 elevator door on first floor 5 television in car 6 elevator elevator on second floor 7 landing call button 8 landing camera 9 passenger 10 car standby detection device 11 waiting passenger 12 hall call detection device 13 video switching device

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An elevator imaging apparatus having a television for displaying a video image of a landing on each floor in an elevator car, wherein the elevator car is stopped by opening a door on an arbitrary first floor. Means for detecting that the hall call button has been pressed at the elevator floor of the second floor, which is different from the first floor, and installed at the floor of each floor, It comprises a television camera for photographing a waiting customer, and means for displaying arbitrary characters on the television in the car, and when the elevator car is stopped by opening the door on the first floor, When the hall call button is pressed at the elevator hall, an image of the waiting person at the elevator hall on the second floor taken by the television camera at the hall on the second floor and the waiting person on the second floor. Elevation An image display device for an elevator, wherein the image is displayed on a television in a car of a car.