JP2001226051A - Information display device for elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information display device for an elevator capable of rapidly displaying the information an elevator user wants to see on a monitor device to supply various types of information to the user. SOLUTION: A selector unit 8 for a car 5 and a selector unit 11 for a platform 9 comprise selector buttons 8d and 11d for shortening the display time intervals of the information, respectively. When a user in the car 5 presses the selector button 8d, the image information, a teletext information, and a static image information inside the car 5 are switched and transmitted automatically from a message unit 4 in a short time interval and displayed on a monitor device 7 inside the car 5. When the selector button 11d for the platform 9 is pressed, the information is displayed in the same manner.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an elevator information display device for displaying images and the like in a car by a monitor installed in the car or at a landing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as described in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 3-31177, a television camera is installed in a car, and images in the car taken by the TV camera are taken out of the car. 2. Description of the Related Art There has been proposed an in-car image apparatus of an elevator which is projected on each monitor device inside.
In this conventional car image device, by displaying the image in the car on a monitor device outside the car, while monitoring the inside of the car from the outside,
By displaying the image in the car on a monitor inside and outside the car, a person who may commit a crime inside the car is notified that the car is being monitored, Potential criminal acts inside the car can be suppressed.

[0003] However, the above-described image apparatus in the car is tired immediately because it only displays the image in the car, and the user in the car is uncomfortable with seeing only his / her own appearance. Can be considered. For this reason, recently, as described in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H10-297837, text broadcasting information such as weather forecasts and news, or still images such as advertising images are projected at predetermined time intervals on a monitor device. Has been proposed. According to this conventional technique, not only the image in the car but also the weather forecast, news, advertisement, and the like are displayed at predetermined time intervals on the monitor device, so that the user in the car can feel less uncomfortable and uncomfortable. At the same time, the annoyance of the user when waiting for the car at the platform can be reduced.

[0004]

By the way, in the above-mentioned prior art, the image in the car and other images are projected at predetermined time intervals on the monitor device. When arriving at the destination floor in a relatively short time, there is a problem that the car arrives at the destination floor while the user in the car is watching one of the images and can only see information up to the middle. there were. The same is true when waiting for a car at a landing, that is, there is a problem in that a user can only see information up to a certain point.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned situation in the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to enable an elevator user to quickly display desired information on a monitor device, and to display the information in a relatively short time. An object of the present invention is to provide an elevator information display device that allows a user to see a lot of information.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a camera and a monitor provided in a car, another monitor provided in a landing, and a teletext tuner for receiving teletext. , These cameras,
A message unit that is connected to the monitor device and the teletext tuner and that stores still image information in advance; and a selection unit that is connected to the message unit and selects information to be displayed on the monitor device. In an elevator information display device, the video in the car, the teletext information and the still image information are distributed at predetermined time intervals and sequentially displayed on a monitor device. And a time shortening means for shortening a display time interval of information to be distributed to the user.

In the invention according to the first aspect of the present invention, the elevator user operates the time shortening means of the selection unit, thereby shortening the display time interval of the information distributed from the message unit to the monitor device. Therefore, information desired by the elevator user can be promptly displayed on the monitor device, and the user can view a large amount of information even in a relatively short time.

[0008]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an elevator information display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an elevator information display device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

The elevator shown in FIG. 1 is formed at an upper part of a hoistway (not shown), a car 5 for elevating in the hoistway, and a predetermined height of the hoistway. A landing 9 is provided.

In the information display device of the present embodiment,
A teletext tuner 3 for receiving teletext information via an antenna 2 and a message unit 4 connected to the teletext tuner 3 and storing still image information in advance are installed in the machine room 1. A camera 6 for photographing the inside of the car 5 and outputting an image to the message unit 4, a monitor device 7 for displaying information distributed from the message unit 4, and a selection signal for selecting information to be displayed to the message unit 4. A selection unit 8 for output is installed, and another monitor device 10 for displaying information distributed from the message unit 4 on the platform 9
And another selection unit 11 that outputs a selection signal to the message unit 4.

The message unit 4 includes a video information and character information tuner 3 in the car 5 output from the camera 6.
And automatically switches and distributes the teletext information output from the PC and the still image information stored in advance in the message unit 4 at a predetermined time, for example, every 5 seconds. The information is sequentially displayed on the monitor devices 7 and 10.

[0013] The selection unit 8 of the car 5 is provided with a first selection button 8a for selecting teletext information, a second selection button 8b for selecting still picture information, and an image in the car 5. The third selection button 8c and a fourth button for shortening the information display time interval, for example, to a two-second interval for quickly checking information,
And a selection button 8d. The selection unit 11 of the landing 9 also includes a first selection button 11a, a second selection button 11b, a third selection button 11c, and a fourth selection button 11d which are similarly configured.

In this embodiment, when the selection unit 8 in the car 5 and the selection unit 11 in the hall 9 are not operated, the video information, the text broadcast information, and the still image in the car 5 are sent from the message unit 4. Since the information is automatically switched and distributed at intervals of 5 seconds, the above three types of information are sequentially displayed at intervals of 5 seconds on both the monitor device 7 in the car 5 and the monitor device 10 of the landing 9. Next, when the user in the car 5 presses the first selection button 8a of the selection unit 8, the text broadcast information is distributed from the message unit 4 in accordance with the selection signal from the selection button 8a. Teletext is displayed on the monitor device 7 in the car 5 for a predetermined time. Similarly, the second selection button 8b,
Alternatively, when the third selection button 8c is pressed, a still image and an image in the car 5 are displayed on the monitor device 7 for a predetermined time. Further, when a user in the car 5 presses the fourth selection button 8d of the selection unit 8, the message unit 4 is operated in response to a selection signal from the selection button 8d.
Since video information, text broadcast information, and still image information in the car 5 are automatically switched and delivered at intervals of 2 seconds,
The above-mentioned three types of information are displayed on the monitor device 7 in the car 5 at intervals of 2 seconds. Further, the same applies to the case where the selection buttons 11a to 11d of the selection unit 8 provided at the landing 9 are pressed.

In the present embodiment configured as above, the user of the car 5 and the landing 9 can use the fourth selection button 8
Since the information display time interval is shortened by the pressing operation of d and 11d, the information which the user wants to see can be quickly displayed on the monitor device 7,
10, the user can see more display information even when the car 5 arrives at the destination floor in a relatively short time.

In this embodiment, the fourth selection button 8
By d and 11d, a time reducing means for shortening a display time interval of information distributed from the message unit 4 to the monitor devices 7 and 10 is configured. Then, in order to shorten the above-mentioned information display time interval, the fourth selection buttons 8d, 11d
If a function of performing a process of changing the information display time interval (for example, a process of switching from 5 seconds to 2 seconds) based on the determination of the pressing operation is added to the message unit 4, it can be simply configured by a known technique.

Further, in the present embodiment, the fourth selection button 8
After the display time interval of the information is shortened by the pressing operation of d and 11d, the switching of the display time interval is automatically returned to the original state after a predetermined time. Further, an operation button for returning the switching of the display time interval may be provided in the selection units 8 and 11.

[0018]

As described above, according to the present invention, information desired by an elevator user can be promptly displayed on the monitor device, so that the car arrives at the destination floor in a relatively short time. Even so, the elevator user can see more display information.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an elevator information display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Machine room 3 Teletext tuner 4 Message unit 5 Riding car 6 Camera 7 Monitoring device 8 Selection unit 8d Selection button (time reduction means) 9 Stop 10 Other monitoring device 11 Selection unit 11d Selection button (time reduction means)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A camera and a monitor device provided in a car, another monitor device provided in a landing, a text broadcast tuner for receiving a text broadcast, and these cameras,
A message unit that is connected to the monitor device and the teletext tuner and that stores still image information in advance; and a selection unit that is connected to the message unit and selects information to be displayed on the monitor device. In an elevator information display device, the video in the car, the teletext information and the still image information are distributed at predetermined time intervals and sequentially displayed on a monitor device. An information display device for an elevator, comprising: a time shortening unit for shortening a display time interval of information to be distributed to an elevator.