JP2005338833A - Information display controller - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily change display contents by a system for effectively using a wait time by displaying useful information on an information display device 1 installed in an elevator etc. <P>SOLUTION: A setting file includes a part specifying division of a display region with numeral coordinates and a file analysis part 211 analyzes the setting file to structure internal data including the numeral coordinates. A main control unit 21 divides the display of the information display device into a plurality according to the internal data and displays different information data of a moving picture, a still picture, a text character image, etc., in different areas at the same time. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention effectively uses waiting time in an elevator car, an elevator hall, a place where an unspecified number of people spend a certain time such as in a vehicle or a stop, etc. The present invention relates to an information display control device that selects general information such as place guidance information, weather, time, news, and the like and displays them in an integrated manner.

  Information that consists of various images and sounds such as elevator guidance, operation information, building guidance and events, weather, news, etc. for passengers using the elevator in the elevator car and in the elevator hall using the boarding time and waiting time As a system for providing data, there is a technique described in JP-A-7-309545. In this conventional technology, in order to reduce the stress on passengers, a display device is installed in the elevator car to display video information. It is described that it is acquired as an event signal from the elevator control panel, is read out in association with an image such as a floor, and is displayed superimposed on a display device. As these information sources, for general information, a reproduction device installed outside the elevator car and shared by a plurality of cars is controlled by a general control device such as a monitoring room, and reproduced in parallel to the display devices of each car. This is done by transmitting. As for operation information, the signal related to the operation status is directly received from the elevator control panel by the information display system for each car, combined with the general information image for each car, and displayed in the display area. It has been realized.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-309545

  In the above prior art, switching of display information related to elevator operation drives the control system by an event signal directly received by each car from the elevator control panel, and calls an image such as the associated floor number. The information such as the number of floors is displayed along the operation status of the elevator. However, regarding general information other than elevator information, regardless of whether the signal source is analog or digital, selection and switching of the information source require manual operation with a keyboard or monitor device in the overall control device of the monitoring room.

  Further, in the prior art, regarding a display device mounted in an elevator car or the like, no consideration was given to changing the screen configuration such as the arrangement of each image in the screen for each combination of display information. . For this reason, it has been impossible to change the screen configuration for each combination of display information.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above problems. By providing the control device with a schedule for display information in advance, the information provider can analyze the schedule and understand the contents of the schedule without any human operation after the system is started. An information display control device that changes the screen division method and switches information to be displayed in each area is provided. In addition, another object of the present invention is completely different for each car by not providing a device for overall control of a plurality of car display devices, but by setting a display control device individually for each car display device. In addition to the ability to provide information, it is possible to implement various control means such as information linked by multiple cars, and mutual information displayed in the same period in a single car. An information display control device is provided.

  In the information display control device according to the invention, an information display device comprising a display for video output and a speaker for audio output, a setting file for describing and specifying information data to be displayed in the information display device by a file name, A storage device for storing the information data; a file analysis unit for analyzing the setting file and using the file name as internal data; and reading necessary information data from the storage device according to the internal data; An information display control device that provides information to an unspecified number of people, the setting file includes a part that describes and specifies division of a display area in numerical coordinates, The file analysis unit analyzes the setting file and constructs the internal data including numerical coordinates, and the main control device transmits the internal data. According divides the display of the information display device in a plurality, video, still pictures, a plurality of different information data of text characters image or the like in different areas, thereby displaying at the same time.

  Since the present invention is configured as described above, in the elevator car, elevator hall, and in places such as vehicles and stops, the operation status of installed equipment, installation stores, The following effects can be achieved in situations where general information such as events and announcements regarding the facility, weather, time, news, etc. is provided. .

  By changing the file name of the information data in the text format setting file, the display contents of the information display device can be easily changed. Further, the area division of the display device can be easily changed by changing the numerical coordinates specifying the area division of the information display device in the text format setting file.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
Hereinafter, the present invention will be described according to an example in which the present invention is installed in an elevator car. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of an information display control apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is an information display apparatus, and 2 is an information display control for controlling display contents of the information display apparatus 1. Device.

  The information display device 1 includes a color liquid crystal display, a speaker, and the like, and displays and outputs an image and a sound signal. The information display control device 2 includes a main control device 21, a storage device 22, a memory 23, and an information reproduction unit 24, and performs control related to display on the information display device 1.

  The main control device 21 includes a file analysis unit 211 therein and controls operations of the storage device 22, the memory 23, and the information reproduction unit 24 in the information display control device 2. The storage device 22 is a hard disk and stores information data to be displayed on the information display device 1. The storage device 22 may be a solid-state memory using a magneto-optical disk, RAM, or flash ROM. The information reproducing unit 24 performs MPEG decompression of a moving image, reproduction of a moving image, and display of a still image on the information display device 1 in accordance with a reproduction command of the main control device 21, and also synthesizes these moving image and still image. Do.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram in which the system of FIG. 1 is installed in the elevator car 6. In the car 6, the information display device 1 is installed on the upper part of the operation panel. An information display control device 2 for controlling the information display device 1 is installed in the car 6 or in the elevator machine room, and the display operation of the information display device 1 is managed.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a setting file in which information data to be displayed on the information display device 1 is described with a file name. The main control device 21 reads the setting file in the internal file analysis unit 211, determines the valid setting range, reads the file name from the valid setting range, and constructs internal data including the file name. The valid setting range refers to a range surrounded by <,> in the range surrounded by <PCML> and </ PCML> shown in FIG. In this effective range, the first three characters in <,> have a description of either MOV or IMG. In the case of MOV, the setting content related to a moving image is described, and in the case of IMG, the setting content related to a still image is described. It represents that. In addition, the description of SRC in <,> indicates that the file name of information data stored in the storage device 22 is described including “path” in the following “”.

  The file analysis unit 211 reads the text written in the valid setting range as a valid setting. If there is a description of MOV at the beginning of <,>, the internal data is built in the memory 23 as a setting relating to a moving image, and if there is a description of an IMG, the following is set as a setting relating to a still image.

  In accordance with the internal data, the main control device 21 prepares a process as a moving image in the case of a moving image and prepares a process as a still image in the case of a still image, reads information data matching the file name from the storage device 22, and displays the information display device 1 is displayed.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of an information display control device including a control information reception board according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. In other words, a control information reception board 25 is attached in the information display control device 2, An embodiment in which control information related to elevator operation is received from an elevator control panel is shown. The control information is a signal for controlling raising and lowering of the elevator car 6 and opening and closing of the door 5.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a setting file instructed to switch display data when an event signal is received. The file analysis unit 211 reads the file name from the setting file in the same manner as in the first embodiment, and also includes a range surrounded by <ECML> and </ ECML>, and a range surrounded by </>. As an effective setting range, an event signal identification tag and a file name are read, and an internal data table is constructed. The event signal identification tag refers to EOP, ECL, E3F, etc., and represents the designation of control performed when the door 6 is opened, closed, and when the elevator car 6 arrives on the third floor.

  The main control device 21 reads out the information data matching the file name from the storage device 22 and displays it on the information display device 1 according to the built-in internal data, and displays the control information on the elevator operation from the elevator control panel 7. When received, the internal data table is referred to, information data matching the file name associated with the received control information is read from the storage device 22, and the display on the information display device 1 is switched and displayed.

Embodiment 3 FIG.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example in which the display 11 of the information display device 1 is divided into regions and a plurality of information data is displayed simultaneously. The information display device 1 includes a display 1 and a speaker 12. The display 11 is divided into areas A1, A2, A3, A4, and A5, and displays information data respectively.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a setting file in which the area position, size, and file name are designated to instruct the display of FIG. The file analysis unit 211 reads the file name from the setting file in the same manner as in the first embodiment, and also includes a range surrounded by <MPANEL> and </ MPANEL>, and a range surrounded by <,>. As an effective setting range, coordinate data composed of a coordinate tag and numerical coordinates and an area identification tag of each area are read. The coordinate tag indicates Top, Left, Width, and Height, and Top and Left indicate the coordinates of the upper left corner of the region, and Width and Height indicate the width and height, respectively. The region identification tag is used to identify each region.

  From the above file analysis results, the file analysis unit 211 constructs two types of tables: an internal data table composed of coordinate tags, numerical coordinates, and region identification tags, and an internal data table composed of file names and region identification tags.

  The main control device 21 divides and manages the display 11 according to the constructed internal data table, reads out information data matching the file name from the storage device 22 for each area, and displays it.

Embodiment 4 FIG.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a setting file instructed to switch information data according to display time. The file analysis unit 211 reads the file name from the setting file in the same manner as in the first embodiment, reads the time information described at the back of each file name, and the sequence number added to each file tag, Build an internal data table consisting of file names, display times, and sequence numbers.

  The main control device 21 reads the information data that matches the file name in order from the storage device 22 and displays it on the information display device 1 while monitoring the display time with the internal clock according to the sequence number of the internal data table.

Embodiment 5 FIG.
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a setting file in which a display start time, a display end time, and a file name are designated. In other words, information data to be displayed on the information display device 1 as time elapses as in the fourth embodiment. 2 shows an example of a setting file for instructing switching control. However, since the designation of the display time is described by the time, the sequence number is not required, the time is monitored by the internal clock of the main control device 21, information data matching the file name is read from the storage device 22 at the designated start time, and the information Display is performed on the display device 1, and the display is switched or terminated at the designated end time.

Embodiment 6 FIG.
FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a setting file that designates a date and instructs to change information data to be displayed according to the display date and time. It is an example of the setting file which instruct | indicates switching control. The file analysis unit 211 reads the file name from the setting file in the same manner as in the first embodiment, and reads the date information described at the back of each file name, and constructs an internal data table including the file name and date. To do.

  The main control device 21 reads out the information data matching the designated file name from the storage device 22 according to the date information of this internal data table and the internal calendar, and displays it on the information display device 1.

Embodiment 7 FIG.
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a setting file that designates a date and instructs to change a setting file to be read according to the display date and time. In the file name designation portion in the setting file of FIG. 10 used in the sixth embodiment, Describes the setting file name. If the file of FIG. 11 describing the setting file name is the main setting file, the file analysis unit 211 reads the file name from the main setting file in the same manner as in the first embodiment, and is described at the back of each file name. Read the date information, and build an internal data table consisting of file name and date. However, the file name indicates a setting file name.

  The main control device 21 reads out the setting file that matches the specified file name from the storage device 22 according to the date information in this internal data table and the internal calendar, and analyzes the file again by the file analysis unit 211 to construct the internal data. Display control of the information display device 1 is performed according to the internal data.

Embodiment 8 FIG.
By combining the seventh embodiment and the fourth embodiment, or the seventh embodiment and the fifth embodiment, and specifying the switching by time in the setting file described in the main setting file and read in the second analysis, Since the display content can be changed for each date and the display content can be switched according to the time of each date, the display content can be structurally managed and monitored.

Embodiment 9 FIG.
In the embodiment in which the display 11 of the information display device 1 is divided into a plurality of regions and a plurality of information data is displayed at the same time, and any of the fourth embodiment, the fifth embodiment, and the sixth embodiment is combined. Furthermore, FIG. 12 shows a setting file that enables a plurality of information data displayed at the same time to be associated and switched at the same time.

  The file analysis unit 211 reads the area data, the area identification tag, and the file name from the setting file of FIG. 12 as in the third embodiment, but further reads the tracking area identification tag described at the rear of the file name, and stores the internal data table. Build up.

  The main control device 21 displays information data for each area according to this internal data table, but the information data to which the tracking area identification tag is added switches the information data displayed in the tracking destination area by time or date. Control is performed to perform switching in synchronization with the above.

Embodiment 10 FIG.
In the third embodiment in which the display 11 of the information display device 1 is divided into a plurality of areas and a plurality of information data is displayed simultaneously, when the display signals simultaneously include audio signals, the audio signals are adjusted and output. The priority order is specified for the information data in the setting file, and the audio signals are ordered.

  The file analysis unit 211 reads the area data, the area identification tag, and the file name from the setting file as in the third embodiment, and further reads the priority order described in the rear part of the file name to construct an internal data table.

  The main control device 21 displays information data for each area in accordance with this internal data table. However, when it is necessary to output a plurality of audio signals at the same time, the priority order of the overlapping audio signals is referred to, The volume of the high audio signal is increased, the volume of the audio signal having a low priority is decreased, and the synthesized audio signal is output from the speaker 12.

  As an example of speech synthesis, it is of course possible to output only a speech signal with the highest priority without outputting a speech signal with a lower priority.

Embodiment 11 FIG.
In Embodiment 5 in which the information data to be displayed is switched according to time, a priority order is further specified for each information data in the setting file, and the information data is ordered.

  The file analysis unit 211 reads the file name, start time, and end time from the setting file in the same manner as in the fifth embodiment, and further reads the priority order described in the rear part of the file name to construct an internal data table.

  The main control device 21 starts displaying information data at each time according to this internal data table. However, before the end of the information data being displayed, the main control device 21 sets the same information in the same area. When display of different information data is requested at different times, the internal data table is referred to, the priority of the information data is compared, the information data with a higher priority is displayed with priority, and the information data with a lower priority is displayed. Control to stop the display.

Embodiment 12 FIG.
In the second embodiment in which information data is switched by an event signal from the elevator control panel 7, a priority is designated for each event signal by a setting file, and the event signals are ordered.

  The file analysis unit 211 reads the event signal identification tag and the file name from the setting file in the same manner as in the second embodiment, further reads the priority order described in the rear part of the file name, and constructs the internal data table in the memory 23.

  The main control device 21 displays information data according to this internal data table. However, when the designated event signal is duplicated or when another event signal is received during the switching of the information data, the internal data is displayed. By referring to the table, the priority order of the duplicated event signals is compared, and the control related to the event with the higher priority order is preferentially performed.

Embodiment 13 FIG.
FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a control procedure performed in the information display control device 1 by the main control device 21 including the file analysis unit 211 in the embodiment in which the second embodiment, the third embodiment, and the eighth embodiment are combined. It is. First, the main control device 21 reads the main setting file from the storage device 22 in step S1. The main setting file contains the name of the setting file to be read for each date. Further, in step S 2, the main controller 21 determines the valid setting range of the read main setting file, reads the file and date from the valid setting range, and constructs a first internal data table in the memory 23. Next, in step S3, the main control device 21 selects a setting file to be read at the date and time from the built first internal data table and the internal calendar and reads them from the storage device 22. The setting file contains information data file name, event signal identification tag, area data, area identification tag, start time and end time of information data, etc., and the second internal data consisting of the data group in step S4 Build a table. Further, in step S5, main controller 21 selects an information data file necessary for display from the time and the already constructed second internal data table, reads it from storage device 22, and in step S6, the time is within the set time. In step S7, information data is output in a designated area. However, if the time is outside the set time in step S6, an appropriate information data file is selected again and read from the storage device 22. Further, main controller 21 monitors an event signal generated during display of information data in step S8. If an interrupt due to an event signal occurs, the process is performed in step S9, and after the process is completed, the process returns to the steady information data display process. In step S10, the main controller 21 compares the internal calendar with the first internal data table to determine whether the setting file is a valid file. If the setting file is not valid, the main control device 21 reselects a valid setting file and stores the storage device 22 again. Read from.

  As mentioned above, although this invention was explained in full detail based on embodiment shown in figure, it cannot be overemphasized that a various deformation | transformation is possible for those skilled in the art in the range which does not deviate from the mind of this invention. For example, tags for identifying various designations in the setting file are not limited to the written characters, and can be freely determined so that they can be distinguished from other designations when designing the system.

It is a block diagram which shows the system configuration | structure of the information display control apparatus regarding this invention. It is the figure which installed the information display apparatus in the elevator car. It is a figure which shows an example of the setting file which described the information data displayed on an information display apparatus by a file name. It is a block diagram which shows the system configuration | structure of the information display control apparatus regarding this invention provided with the control information receiving board. It is a figure which shows an example of the setting file which instruct | indicated switching of display data at the time of reception of an event signal. It is a figure which shows an example which divided | segmented the display of the information display apparatus and displayed several information data simultaneously. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a setting file in which an area position, a size, and a file name are instructed to instruct the display of FIG. 6. It is a figure which shows an example of the setting file instruct | indicated to switch information data by display time. It is a figure which shows an example of the setting file which designated the display start time, the display end time, and the file name. It is a figure which shows an example of the setting file which designated the date and instruct | indicated to change the information data displayed by display date. It is a figure which shows an example of the setting file which designated the date and instruct | indicated that the setting file read according to display date was changed. It is a figure which shows an example of the setting file which designated the tracking area | region in addition to the area | region division | segmentation of the information display apparatus, the information data to display, and each display time, and instruct | indicated to switch information data synchronizing with another area | region. In Embodiment which combined Embodiment 2, Embodiment 3, and Embodiment 8, it is the flowchart which showed the control procedure which the main control apparatus containing a file analysis part performs in an information display control apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

1 information display device, 2 information display control device, 3 operation panel, 4 floor indicator, 5 door, 6 elevator car, 7 elevator control panel.

Claims (3)

An information display device comprising a display for video output and a speaker for audio output; a setting file for describing and specifying information data to be displayed in the information display device; a storage device for storing the information data; A main control device that analyzes the setting file and includes a file analysis unit that uses the file name as internal data, reads out necessary information data from the storage device according to the internal data, and displays the information on the information display device An information display control device that provides information to an unspecified number of people,
The setting file includes a portion for describing and specifying the division of the display area in numerical coordinates,
The file analysis unit analyzes the setting file, constructs the internal data including numerical coordinates,
The main control device divides the display of the information display device into a plurality according to the internal data, and displays a plurality of different information data such as moving images, still images, text character images, etc. in different areas at the same time. Display control device. The information display control device according to claim 1, wherein a setting file that describes a tracking region identification tag that is an identifier for synchronizing a switching timing of a plurality of information data displayed at the same time on the information display device; It includes a file analysis unit that analyzes the setting file and builds an internal data table consisting of the file name of the information data and the tracking area identification tag, and follows the switching and change of information data in a specific area according to the internal data table. An information display control device comprising: a main control device that switches and changes information data of another region. 2. The display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a setting file further associated with a priority for each piece of information data including an audio signal, the setting file is analyzed, and an internal file name including a file name of the information data and its priority Including a file analysis unit that builds a data table and simultaneously generating audio signals, the volume of low-priority audio signals is reduced and the volume of high-priority audio signals is adjusted and synthesized according to internal data. And a main control device that outputs the information.

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