JP2004182431A - Elevator hall display system and its displaying method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an elevator hall display system which is capable of reliably informing a user that an elevator is under maintenance and inspection by using an elevator hall digital indicator situated at an elevator hall, and a display method. <P>SOLUTION: The elevator hall display system comprises a maintenance inspection mode deciding means 11 to output a display switching command by which display is switched when it is decided that switching to a maintenance inspection mode is effected based on input of a maintenance inspection mode demand signal; a maintenance inspection indicating means 12 to output a flow display command by which given words and phrases to express that the system is under maintenance and inspection are displayed in a flowing manner one by one; and a hall displaying means 2 to display given words and phrases one by one based on a flow display command to repeat it. The maintenance inspection display means 12 causes the hall display means 12 to display the given words and phrases such that distinction is made between a first letter and other letters. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an elevator hall display system and a display method for notifying a user that an elevator cannot be used during maintenance and inspection of the elevator.
[0002]
[Prior art]
The conventional elevator hall display system determines whether or not the vehicle is in a normal operation display mode, and displays the current car position on the display unit in the normal operation display mode. On the other hand, if it is determined that the operation mode is not the normal operation display mode, it is further checked whether or not there is a maintenance operation display mode request, and if there is a maintenance operation display mode request, this is displayed on the display.
[0003]
Here, as a display processing method for displaying the maintenance operation when the maintenance operation display mode is requested, a flow display process, a switching process for each character, an inversion process, a flicker process, and the like can be considered. Data is moved upward, downward, or laterally, and after the last display data, a loop is repeated to the first display data again, and the method is repeated. Note that the flow speed of the display data is determined by the set flow speed parameter (for example, see Patent Document 1).
[0004]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-9-165154 (page 5-6, FIG. 6)
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In the conventional elevator hall display system as described above, since all characters are switched and displayed one by one at the same time, there is a problem that the beginning of a word is difficult to recognize and the contents are difficult to understand.
[0006]
An elevator hall display system according to the present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems, and reliably assures a user that maintenance is being performed using a hall digital indicator installed in an elevator hall. An object of the present invention is to provide an elevator hall display system and a display method that can be notified.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
An elevator hall display system according to the present invention includes: a maintenance / inspection mode determination unit that outputs a display switching command when it is determined that the mode has been switched to the maintenance / inspection mode based on an input of a maintenance / inspection mode request signal; A maintenance inspection display instructing means for outputting a flow display command for displaying a predetermined word indicating that the maintenance is being performed on a character-by-character basis based on the flow display command; and sequentially displaying the predetermined word on a character-by-character basis based on the flow display command. And a hall display means for displaying and repeating the maintenance and inspection display instruction means. The maintenance and inspection display instructing means distinguishes the first character from other characters in the predetermined phrase and displays the character on the hall display means.
[0008]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Embodiment 1 FIG.
An elevator hall display system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a landing hall of the elevator hall display system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
[0009]
In FIG. 1, a hall operation panel on the right side of a hall door 1 is provided with a hall digital indicator (hall display means) 2 and a hall button 3. This hall digital indicator 2 usually indicates the current position (floor) of the elevator car, but is switched one by one at the time of maintenance and inspection, for example, "te""n""ke""n""chi" Predetermined words such as “U” and “U” are sequentially and repeatedly displayed to make the elevator user visually recognize that “maintenance is underway”. The landing button 3 is used to specify the destination direction of the elevator by a user's operation.
[0010]
The predetermined words to be displayed in a floating manner are not limited to those described above, and may be “ho”, “shi”, “yu”, “te”, “n”, “ke”, “n”, “chi”, “yu”, “u”, etc. Is also good.
[0011]
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the elevator hall display system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
In FIG. 2, a maintenance / inspection mode setting switch 10 is attached to the elevator control panel 13, and outputs a maintenance / inspection mode request signal for switching from a normal operation mode of the elevator to a maintenance operation mode in response to an ON operation by a maintenance worker. Output. Further, the maintenance and inspection mode request signal may be output using the maintenance portable terminal device 14 carried by the maintenance staff.
[0012]
The elevator control panel 13 includes a maintenance / inspection mode determination unit 11 and a maintenance / inspection display instruction unit 12.
The maintenance / inspection mode determination means 11 determines that the maintenance / inspection mode is set by detecting the maintenance / inspection mode request signal output from the maintenance / inspection mode setting switch 10 and outputs a display switching command.
[0013]
When the display switching instruction is not received from the maintenance / inspection mode determining means 11, the maintenance / inspection display instructing means 12 outputs a command for displaying the car position to the hall digital indicator 2, and the maintenance / inspection mode determining means 11 outputs the instruction. When the display switching command is received, a flow display command for displaying "te", "n", "ke", "n", "chi", "yu" and "u" character by character is output to the hall digital indicator 2.
[0014]
However, in order to make it easy to understand the beginning of the phrase to be displayed, the display instruction means 12 during maintenance and inspection according to the first embodiment sets the display time of the character “te” to, for example, 5 seconds, and the display time of the other characters. For one second.
[0015]
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the elevator hall display system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
[0016]
In FIG. 3, first, the maintenance / inspection mode determination means 11 of the elevator control panel 13 determines whether or not the mode is the maintenance / inspection mode (step 101). Next, if the result of determination is that the maintenance / inspection mode is set, the maintenance / inspection display instruction means 12 selects a character font for maintenance display (step 102). That is, a character font preset to be displayed at the time of maintenance is selected from a memory (not shown) in the elevator control panel 13.
[0017]
The maintenance inspection display instructing means 12 determines whether or not the character font to be instructed to be displayed on the hall digital indicator 2 is "the first character of the phrase" (step 103). As a result of the determination, if the character font to be displayed is "te", the first character "te" is displayed on the hall digital indicator 2 for a certain long time (for example, 5 seconds) (step 104).
[0018]
Next, the maintenance inspection display instructing means 12 determines whether or not the character font to be instructed to be displayed is "the last character of the phrase" (step 105). If the result of the determination is that the character font to be displayed is "U", the process is terminated.
[0019]
On the other hand, if the result of determination in step 101 is that the maintenance mode is not set, the character font for the car position display is selected (step 107). That is, a character font preset to be displayed during normal operation is selected from a memory (not shown) in the elevator control panel 13.
[0020]
If the character font to be displayed is not "te" as a result of the determination in step 103, the character font (a character font other than "te") is displayed on the hall digital indicator 2 for a certain short time (for example, one second). It is displayed (step 106), and the process proceeds to step 105.
[0021]
If it is determined in step 105 that the character font indicated by the maintenance / inspection display instruction means 12 is not the “last character of the phrase”, that is, the character font “u”, steps 103 to 106 are repeated again.
[0022]
The state displayed on the hall digital indicator 7 will be described with reference to the operation flowchart shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of the character font displayed on the hall digital indicator of the hall hall display system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Is displayed for a predetermined long time.
[0023]
In this floating display, the character guide is switched and displayed on the hall digital indicator 2 by one character font at a time. When the leading character font “te” flows into the hall digital indicator 2, it is displayed for 5 seconds, and the next character font “n” is displayed. To the final character font "U" are displayed for one second.
[0024]
As described above, according to the elevator hall display system according to the present invention, when the first character font “te” flows into the hall digital indicator 2, the first character font “te” is displayed for 5 seconds, and the next character font “n” is displayed. Since the character font "U" is displayed for one second at a time, it is easy to recognize the beginning of the word and it is possible to reliably inform the user that maintenance is being performed.
[0025]
In the elevator hall display system according to the first embodiment, if the character font displayed on the hall indicator 2 during the maintenance and inspection is the first character font “te” of the phrase to be displayed, another character is displayed. By displaying for a longer time than the font, it is easy to recognize the displayed words, but it is not limited to this. For example, when displaying the first character "te", only the display of this character font is inverted The same effect can be obtained even if the processing or the flicker processing is performed.
[0026]
【The invention's effect】
According to the elevator hall display system according to the present invention, the maintenance-inspection display instruction means changes the head character font only when the character font to be displayed by the hall display means is the head character font of the predetermined phrase. Since the display is made longer than the display time of the other character fonts, it is easy to recognize the beginning of the word and the user can be reliably informed that maintenance is being performed.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front view of an elevator landing provided with an elevator landing display system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of an elevator hall display system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation of the elevator hall display system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a character font displayed on a hall digital indicator of the hall hall display system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention;
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 hall door, 2 hall digital indicator (hall display means), 3 hall button, 10 maintenance inspection mode setting switch, 11 maintenance inspection mode determination means, 12 maintenance inspection display instruction means, 13 elevator control panel, 14 portable terminal device for maintenance .

Claims (4)

Maintenance / inspection mode determination means for outputting a display switching command for switching the display when it is determined that the operation state of the elevator has been switched from the normal operation mode to the maintenance / inspection mode based on the input of the maintenance / inspection mode request signal,
Maintenance and inspection display instruction means for outputting a flow display command for displaying a predetermined word indicating that maintenance is being performed on a character-by-character basis, based on the display switching instruction output by the maintenance and inspection mode determination means,
Landing display means for displaying and repeating the predetermined words one by one on a character-by-character basis based on the flow display command output by the maintenance and inspection display instruction means,
The hall display system for an elevator, wherein the maintenance inspection display instructing unit distinguishes a first character from other characters in the predetermined phrase and displays the distinguished word on the hall display unit. The said maintenance inspection display instruction | indication means made the time which displays the first character among the said predetermined | prescribed phrases which consist of several characters on the said hall display means longer than the time which displays other characters. Item 7. An elevator hall display system according to item 1. A maintenance / inspection mode determining step of outputting a display switching command for switching a display when it is determined that the operation state of the elevator has been switched from the normal operation mode to the maintenance / inspection mode based on the input of the maintenance / inspection mode request signal;
A maintenance inspection display instruction step of outputting a flow display instruction for displaying a predetermined word indicating that maintenance is being performed on a character-by-character basis, based on the display switching instruction,
A hall display step of displaying the predetermined words one by one sequentially and repeating based on the flow display command,
In the maintenance and inspection display instruction step, the elevator hall display method is characterized in that the first character and the other characters in the predetermined phrase are displayed separately. The said maintenance check display instruction | indication step made the time which displays the first character of the said predetermined | prescribed phrase which consists of several characters longer than the time which displays other characters. Elevator hall display method.

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