JP2002278445A - Planetarium and program for controlling it - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a planetarium which can be operated exclusively from one of multiple operation devices and to provide a program for controlling the planetarium. SOLUTION: An operation board 3 monitors the operating situation of the planetarium. When another operation means does not operate the planetarium, the planetarium can be operated by the board 3. When a remote operation part 11 operates the planetarium, functions for controlling the planetarium are disabled such as neglecting operation with a touch panel 32 or an operation panel 33 within the board 3, thereby the planetarium cannot be operated with the board 3. Thus, the planetarium can be operated only with the part 11 and admiring persons existing in a dome, etc., cannot operate the board 3. Thus, the planetarium is prevented from malfunction.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a planetarium device for controlling a planetarium. More specifically, the present invention relates to a planetarium device operable from two or more locations and a control program therefor. In this specification, a planetarium refers to a facility for projecting an image on a dome-shaped screen, and the content of the image is not limited to Hoshino but may be entertainment-like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a planetarium device, an operation panel has been installed on a projection device below a dome,
Some personal computers and the like outside the dome can be remotely controlled via a LAN or the like. The reason for operating from the outside is to prevent the operator from occupying the space below the dome and limiting the number of seats for the viewer. The necessity is particularly great for planetariums that are small and do not have a large space under the dome. However, some screenings are not suitable for remote operation. Therefore, the operation panel below the dome cannot be eliminated.

[0003]

However, the above-mentioned conventional planetarium has the following problems. That is, even when the planetarium is remotely controlled from outside the dome, the operation panel exists below the dome. For this reason, there is a risk that the viewer may operate the operation panel by mistake or by mischief. In this case, the screening was forced to be interrupted. In particular, in the case of a small planetarium, this fear was great.
This is because the space under the dome is not very large, so that viewers' seats are likely to be installed close to the operation panel, and it is difficult to provide a partition between them.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems of the conventional planetarium apparatus. That is, the problem is that a planetarium device that enables exclusive operation from a certain operating device,
It is to provide with the control program.

[0005] The planetarium apparatus of the present invention, which has been made to solve this problem, has a general control device for controlling the planetarium, and an operating device for receiving an operation by an operator and transmitting an instruction signal to the general control device. However, it is also possible to receive an instruction signal from the external operation means to the general control device, and to perform exclusive control using an instruction signal from either the operation apparatus or the external operation means, and to issue an instruction from the other. Disabling control means for disabling signal transmission is provided.

In this planetarium device, basically, an instruction signal can be transmitted to the general control device from either the operating device or an external operating means. If there is a possibility that this may cause inconvenience, the disabling control means may be used. That is, in a state where the operating device is disabled by the disable control means, even if the operating device is operated, no instruction signal is transmitted from the operating device. Therefore, in this state, the planetarium device can be exclusively operated by the external operation means. Of course, conversely, a state in which the external operation means is disabled by the disable control means and exclusively operated by the operation device is also possible.

[0007] In the planetarium apparatus of the present invention,
It is preferable that the operating device is held by one holding body together with the image projection device that projects the image of the planetarium, and the object of disabling by the disabling control unit is the operating device. When remote control is performed by external operation means, an operator is often not arranged near the operation device. In this case, there is a strong possibility that the viewer is located very close to the operation device.

[0008] Alternatively, the planetarium apparatus of the present invention comprises:
An integrated control device for controlling the planetarium, two or more operating devices for receiving an operation by an operator and transmitting an instruction signal to the integrated control device, and an exclusive control by an instruction signal from any one of the two or more operating devices And a disabling control means for disabling the transmission of the instruction signal by at least one other operating device. Even in this case, the exclusive operation can be performed by any one of the operation devices by using the disabling control unit.

[0009] In the planetarium device in this case, one of the operating devices is held in one holding member together with the image projection device for projecting the image of the planetarium, and the object of disabling by the disabling control means is in the holding member. It is desirable that the operating device is held. When remote operation is performed by another operation device, an operator is often not arranged near the operation device held by the holder.
In this case, there is a strong possibility that the viewer is located very close to the operation device.

The present invention is a program for controlling a planetarium by an overall control device for controlling the planetarium and two or more operating devices for receiving an operation by an operator and transmitting an instruction signal to the overall control device. Implements a disabling control function that disables the transmission of the instruction signal by at least one other operating device in order to perform exclusive control by the instruction signal from any one of the two or more operating devices in the general control device. And a planetarium control program.

Similarly, the present invention is a program for controlling a planetarium by a general control device for controlling a planetarium and two or more operation devices for receiving an operation by an operator and transmitting an instruction signal to the general control device. , A planetarium control program that implements a disabling control function that disables the transmission of an instruction signal by itself to perform exclusive control on one of the two or more operating devices by an instruction signal from another operation device Shall extend.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The planetarium apparatus according to the present embodiment is configured as shown in FIG. That is, this planetarium device has a hemispherical dome screen 6,
And a projection device 10 installed below the center. Further, a remote control unit 11 is provided outside the dome screen 6. The remote operation unit 11 is an external operation device for the planetarium device. The projection device 10 and the remote operation unit 11 can perform bidirectional communication via the network 12. The projection device 10 includes a projection unit 1 having a fisheye lens 2, an operation panel 3 for operating when an operator is in a dome, and a speaker 4. These are attached to the video reproducing unit 5 and are integrally formed as a whole. Note that the video reproduction unit 5 has a built-in program generation unit 50 described with reference to FIG.

The control system of the planetarium equipment shown in FIG. 1 is configured as shown in the block diagram of FIG. This control system includes the operation panel 3 described above and a program generation unit 50 that performs video processing according to instructions. The network 12
The remote control unit 11 connected via the control unit also forms a part of the control system.

The operation panel 3 is provided with a touch panel 32 and an operation panel 33. Further, the operation panel 3 includes:
A machine IF unit 31 for communicating with a program reproducing unit 50 in the video reproducing unit 5 is built in. The front of the operation panel 3 is as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the touch panel 32 occupies a considerable part in the front of the operation panel 3. The portion other than the touch panel 32 on the front of the operation panel 3 is the operation panel 33 shown in FIG. There,
A power switch 34, a starry sky automatic explanation start key 35, a program start key 36, a stop key 37, a numeric keypad 38 and the like are provided. The remote control unit 11 is a laptop computer in which a function capable of executing a command equivalent to that of the control panel 3 is installed.

The program generating section 50 mainly includes an arithmetic processing section 51 for performing various arithmetic processing, and an image generating section 5 for generating an image to be projected on the dome screen 6 from the projection section 1.
4 and a sound generation unit 55 that controls the generation of sound to be flown into the venue by the speaker 4. Furthermore, the general management section 5
3, and a data storage unit 52 are provided. The overall management unit 53 controls input / output signals sent from the operation panel 3 or the remote operation unit 11. On the other hand, the data storage unit 52 stores program programs (a plurality of programs), astronomical data, and audio files (automatic narration and BGM).
, Etc.) and still image data.

In the planetarium facility according to the present embodiment configured as described above, a program is screened as follows. That is, when the operator in the dome operates the operation panel 3 or the operator outside the dome selects a program operating the remote control unit 11 and presses the program start key 36, the program is started. Be started. Specifically, the arithmetic processing unit 51 reads the program program of the program from the data storage unit 52, and based on the read program, the video generation unit 54
And various controls of the voice generation unit 55. At that time, the video generation unit 54 outputs an image based on the video data of the program to the projection unit 1.
On the projection screen. Then, the image is projected on the dome screen 6 via the fisheye lens 2. Of course, depending on the operation, automatic commentary on the starry sky can be provided (starry sky automatic commentary start key 35), or the program can be stopped halfway (stop key 37).

In the planetarium facility according to the present embodiment, a plurality of operating means are provided as described above. One is an operation panel 3 and the other is a remote operation unit 11. However, there are various inconveniences if one is operated carelessly while one is operated. Therefore, it is necessary to disable one operation. Hereinafter, a case where the operation panel 3 is disabled and exclusive operation is performed by the remote operation unit 11 will be described as an example. In this case, the operation panel 3 displays "during remote mode" in the touch panel 32 as shown in FIG.
It is assumed that only the characters are displayed. An operation on the touch panel 32 and an operation panel 33 such as a numeric keypad 38 are performed.
Ignore operations in. On the other hand, the remote control unit 11
On the monitor screen, a screen originally displayed on the touch panel 32 of the operation panel 3 is displayed (FIG. 5). As a result, the operation of the planetarium device can be performed on the touch panel 32.
Cannot be performed from the remote control unit 11 and is limited to the operation by the remote operation unit 11.

Next, control when the operation panel 3 is operated will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When any operation is performed, the operation panel 3 first inquires of the program generation unit 50 about the management code (# 1). The management code is a determination flag indicating whether or not the operation of the remote operation unit 11 is being performed. The management code values include BUSY and NoBUSY
There are two ways. BUSY indicates that the operation of the remote operation unit 11 is currently being performed. On the other hand, NoBU
SY means that no operation is performed on the remote operation unit 11,
This indicates that the operation panel 3 is ready for operation. If the management code is NoBUSY (# 1: NoBUSY), the process proceeds to # 2, where an operation control signal for the planetarium device is transmitted to the program organizing unit 50. When the management code is BUSY (# 1: BUSY
Y), proceed to # 3.

In # 3, disable control is performed. That is, if the display on the touch panel 32 is not as shown in FIG. 4, such switching is performed. And the touch panel 32
The operation on the operation panel 33 is ignored. Further, if an operation is performed during the disable control, a control for generating an alarm in the remote operation unit 11 may be performed. Then, it is determined again whether the management code is BUSY (# 4). If the management code remains BUSY (# 4: BUSY), the processes of # 3 and # 4 are repeated. On the other hand, when the management code for monitoring the operation from the remote operation unit 11 is NoBUSY (# 4: NoBU
(SY) proceeds to # 5 to cancel the disable control. When the process of # 5 is performed, the process proceeds to # 2, and an operation control signal of the planetarium device is transmitted to the program generation unit 50. When the process of # 2 ends, this process ends.

As described above in detail, in the present embodiment, while the remote operation unit 11 is performing an operation (FIG. 5),
A process is performed to disable the operation on the operation panel 3 (FIG. 4). The operation on the operation panel 3 is performed only when the remote operation unit 11 is not operated. Therefore, when operating with the remote operation unit 11, there is no need to worry about careless operation of the operation panel 3 by a viewer in the dome. In other words, even if you have multiple operating means,
The operation of the planetarium device is actually limited to one operating means. As a result, a planetarium apparatus capable of performing exclusive processing without permitting operation from other operation means is realized.

The present embodiment is merely an example, and does not limit the present invention. Therefore, naturally, the present invention can be variously modified and modified without departing from the gist thereof. For example, the control according to the flowchart of FIG.
May be performed. The management code may be held in either the operation panel 3 or the general management unit 53. Also,
Conversely, as an exclusive process, when the operation is performed from the operation panel 3, the operation of the remote operation unit 11 may be disabled.

[0023]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, a planetarium device capable of exclusive operation from one of a plurality of operating devices is provided together with its control program. I have.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a planetarium facility according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a control configuration of the planetarium equipment according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing an operation panel.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a state in which control of an operation panel is disabled.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a state in which a laptop computer can be controlled.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an exclusive process of the central management unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

 3 operation panel 5 holding unit 11 remote operation unit (laptop computer etc.) 12 network (wired or wireless) 32 touch panel 33 operation panel 50 program organization unit 53 general management unit

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[Submission date] March 21, 2001 (2001.3.2)
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[Correction target item name] 0005

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[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A planetarium apparatus according to the present invention, which has been made to solve the above problems, has an overall control device for controlling the planetarium, and receives an operation by an operator and transmits an instruction signal to the overall control device. Operating device that can receive an instruction signal from the external operating means to the general control device. Exclusive control based on an instruction signal from one of the operating device and the external operating means is provided. For this purpose, a disabling control means for disabling the transmission of the instruction signal by the other is provided.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An integrated control device for controlling a planetarium, and an operating device for receiving an operation by an operator and transmitting an instruction signal to the integrated control device, wherein an external operating means is also connected to the integrated control device. To perform exclusive control by an instruction signal from either the operating device or an external operating means.
A planetarium device comprising disabling control means for disabling transmission of an instruction signal by the other. 2. The planetarium device according to claim 1, wherein said operating device is held by a holding member together with an image projecting device for projecting an image of the planetarium, and said one is external operating means. The planetarium apparatus characterized by the above. 3. An integrated control device for controlling a planetarium, two or more operating devices for receiving an operation by an operator and transmitting an instruction signal to the integrated control device, and one of the two or more operating devices And a disabling control means for disabling transmission of the instruction signal by at least one other operating device in order to perform exclusive control by the instruction signal from the planetarium device. 4. A planetarium apparatus according to claim 3, wherein one of said operating devices is held by a holding body together with an image projection device for projecting an image of the planetarium, and said disabling control means disables said operation device. 3. The planetarium device according to claim 1, wherein the object is an operation device held by the holding body. 5. A program for controlling a planetarium by a general control device for controlling a planetarium and two or more operation devices for receiving an operation by an operator and transmitting an instruction signal to the general control device, And a disabling control function for disabling transmission of the instruction signal by at least one other operating device in order to perform exclusive control by an instruction signal from any one of the two or more operating devices. A planetarium control program characterized by the following. 6. A program for controlling a planetarium by a general control device for controlling a planetarium and two or more operation devices for receiving an operation by an operator and transmitting an instruction signal to the general control device.
A planetarium control characterized in that one of the above operating devices implements a disabling control function of disabling transmission of an instruction signal by itself in order to perform exclusive control by an instruction signal from another operating device. program.