JP2006151535A - Voice guide device of elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To supply suitable arrival forecast information corresponding to the current position of a user by voice to the respective users using one of a plurality of elevators. <P>SOLUTION: This voice guide device of an elevator includes: a group management control device 1 for determining an assigned car among the cars of the plurality of elevators according to a landing call; and a voice guide means for supplying the arrival informaiton and the arrival forecast information of the assigned car assigned by the group management control device 1 at a landing floor. As the voice guide means, the guide device includes a super-directional speaker 5 for performing voice guide to a predetermined positional range requiring information transmission about the arrival guide and the arrival forecast guide of the assigned car, and the super-directional speaker 5 is provided with predetermined directivity to inhibit propagation of voice over the predetermined positional range. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention is capable of providing appropriate information to a plurality of passengers waiting at the landing by using superdirective speakers installed at the landing, such as an elevator guidance system for an elevator, in particular, an arrival forecast guidance for the passengers of the elevator. The present invention relates to a voice guidance device for an elevator.

As a conventional guidance device in the hall of a group management elevator, when a predetermined elevator is assigned to a hall call, for example, a hall lantern and a chime are generally used to provide guidance to the passengers at the hall using a forecast. Has been done. This forecast guide reduces the mental discomfort of passengers waiting for the car at the landing, and smoothes getting on and off and improving transportation efficiency by waiting in front of the car where the passenger is predicted to arrive in advance. Urging.
However, the elevator may not always arrive as expected due to irregularities in intra-building traffic, and a situation arises in which the allocation of the arrival car must be changed.
At this time, forecast guidance by hall lanterns and chimes must also be made in accordance with the change in the allocation of the arrival car, resulting in inconvenience and anxiety of forecast guidance for passengers waiting at the landing.

For such an event, a measure has been disclosed in which a display body for displaying a forecast change is provided to make it easy for the user to understand (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
In addition, a display device for smoothly guiding movement to an elevator that has been assigned to a user has been disclosed (see, for example, Patent Document 2).
Moreover, a display guidance apparatus suitable for performing a reservation change guidance by combining display guidance and voice guidance is disclosed (for example, see Patent Document 3).

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 62-83067 JP 7-323968 A JP-A-8-143240

In the case of hall lanterns and chimes, which are the most common of the arrival forecast guidance devices in the conventional elevator halls, general users often do not understand the meaning of their functions especially in highly public buildings, Changing the display with changing assignments can also be confusing. There are many passengers who are late in finding the arrival of the newly assigned elevator due to not knowing that the assignment has changed, and so on. I often miss chimes in crowded and noisy places.
In addition, in a measure that is easy to understand by providing a specific display device, (1) it is disadvantageous for the visually impaired, (2) a display device when a plurality of elevators are arranged in a face-to-face arrangement or a horizontal arrangement. (3) Due to the design problem, it is generally difficult to employ elaborate display devices other than hole lanterns.
In addition, in the solution combined with a voice guidance device using a speaker having a general characteristic, (1) it is difficult to hear the broadcast and guidance other than the elevator and (2) it is difficult to specify the direction of the sound depending on the structure of the building. , It may be difficult to understand which elevators are providing voice guidance, (3) it is just noise for non-elevator passengers, and (4) it is difficult to hear when the voices overlap. However, it is difficult to provide different voice guidance simultaneously.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an appropriate arrival forecast guidance according to the current position of each user by voice to each of the users who use any of a plurality of elevators. And

  In the voice guidance device for an elevator according to the present invention, a group management control device for determining an assigned car from a lift car of a plurality of elevators by a hall call, and arrival information of the assigned car assigned by the group management control device In the elevator guidance apparatus provided with voice guidance means for guiding in the above, a voice loudspeaker is provided as the voice guidance means for voice guidance to a predetermined position range that requires information transmission regarding arrival information of the assigned car, and the loudspeaker The apparatus is characterized in that it has a predetermined directivity for preventing propagation of sound exceeding the predetermined position range.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain an elevator voice guidance device that can provide an appropriate arrival forecast guidance according to the current position of each user by voice to each of the users who use any of a plurality of elevators.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the voice guidance device in the embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an image of a voice guidance range in the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the voice guidance control means in the first embodiment. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a voice guidance data table in the first embodiment.

  In FIG. 1, a group management control device 1 that performs assignment control for determining assigned cars for a plurality of elevators each provided with a lift car is a hall call registration means 1A that performs call registration of hall buttons 3, and responds to hall calls. An assigned car selection means 1B for selecting a car to be operated, an operation control means 1C for controlling the operation of the elevator, an assigned car display guidance control means 1D for controlling the arrival guidance and arrival forecast guidance of the assigned car by the hall lantern 6 or the like, The assigned car voice guidance control means 1E for controlling the voice arrival guidance and voice arrival forecast guidance of the assigned car by the hall superdirective speaker 5 performs network communication with the group management control device 1, each vehicle control device 2 and the hall button 3. Allocation car chime for controlling arrival guidance and arrival forecast guidance for the assigned car by the communication means 1F and the landing chime device 7. And a inner control means 1G.

In addition, each vehicle control device 2 for controlling the operation of each elevator, a hall button 3 for registering a hall call for elevators provided in the hall on each floor, and output from the group management control device 1 through each vehicle control device 2 Landing station 4 that controls the voice / display guidance device for the landing according to the arrival guidance and the arrival forecast guidance command, the superdirective speaker 5 that performs voice guidance, the display device 6 such as a hall lantern that performs display guidance, and chime guidance A landing chime device 7 is provided.
Here, the hall station 4 controls a hall superdirective speaker 5 as a voice / display guide device at the hall, a display device 6 such as a hall lantern, and a hall chime device 7.
Note that each of the means 1A to 1G, the control devices 2 and the control means in the landing station 4 are all constituted by hardware in the microprocessor and software in the microprocessor for controlling the operation of the hardware in the microprocessor. Has been.

Next, the assigned car arrival and arrival forecast guidance range by the elevator voice guidance apparatus in the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
In FIG. 2, the arrangement | positioning state of the hall superdirective speaker 5 in the elevator hall 8 is illustrated, and the image of the voice guidance range is shown.
When the hall superdirective speaker 5 can be mounted on the ceiling, the state shown in FIG. 2 (a) is obtained, and there is no influence on the design of the hall, and the user waiting at the hall is not aware of the voice guidance device. You can receive guidance.
When the hall superdirective speaker 5 cannot be attached to the ceiling due to construction or the like, the state shown in FIG. 2B is obtained, and the hall superdirective speaker 5 is attached to the hall wall of the hall or the three-way frame curtain.

In any case, as shown in FIG. 2, the voice guidance range by the super-directional speaker 5 is limited, and even when a landing 8 is provided in front of each of a plurality of elevators, it is provided in the front of the next elevator. There is no overlap with the voice guidance at the hall.
Superdirective speaker 5 as a loudspeaker for performing voice guidance requires arrival guidance and arrival forecast guidance for the assigned car for the assigned guidance and arrival forecast guidance assigned by group management control device 1. The voice guidance is provided only for the landing part, and has a predetermined directivity for preventing the propagation of voice exceeding the predetermined position range at the landing that requires information transmission regarding the arrival guidance and the arrival forecast guidance of the assigned car. Have.
As a result, voice guidance for appropriate arrival and arrival prediction can be performed according to each hall, and unnecessary voice broadcasts to passengers waiting at other halls or persons unrelated to the use of the elevator can be prevented.
In addition, by providing separate voice guidance at each hall at the same time, it is possible to clearly guide by voice which elevator the user should wait in front of.
Note that by adjusting the directivity of the hall superdirective speaker 5 and expanding or narrowing the voice guidance range of the hall superdirective speaker 5, any layout of the hoistway in the elevator hall can be accommodated.

Next, the control means of the elevator voice guidance apparatus according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
The flowchart of FIG. 3 shows the assigned car voice guidance control means 1E in the group management operation period in the group management control apparatus 1.

In step S1, it is determined whether the voice guidance at the landing is being issued. If it is being issued, the next voice guidance control is not performed until this is finished. If the previous voice guidance has been completed, the process proceeds to step S2 to perform the next voice guidance control.
In step S2, the following steps S3 to S5 are repeated n times from floor 1 to floor n, in order to perform voice guidance control of the hall for each floor.
In step S3, it is determined whether or not a hall call is registered. Since there is no need for arrival and arrival forecast guidance on a floor where no hall call is registered, the process proceeds to the next floor, and if a hall call is registered, step Proceed to S4.
In step S4, the car assigned to the hall call on that floor is detected, and the arrival forecasting car and the arrival car are further determined in the vertical direction.
In the next step S5, the following steps S6 to S10 are repeated m times from the unit 1 to the unit m installed in order to perform the voice guidance control for each elevator on the same floor.

In step S6, it is determined whether or not the relevant machine is an arrival forecast machine. If it is an arrival forecast machine, the process proceeds to step S8 and an arrival forecast guidance voice code is set. If it is determined in step S6 that it is not an arrival forecasting machine, the process proceeds to step S7.
In step S7, it is determined whether or not the relevant car is an arrival car. If it is an arrival car, the process proceeds to step S9 and an arrival guidance voice code is set. If it is determined in step S7 that it is not an arrival machine, the process proceeds to step S10, and the arrival or arrival forecast voice code of another machine is set.

  After repeating the steps S2 and S5, the voice guidance codes for all the floors are selected, and then the process proceeds to step S11 where each voice guidance code is transmitted to the landing station 4 through the platform control device 2 and the hall superdirectivity. Arrival and arrival forecast guidance is issued by the speaker 5 at each platform.

Next, a voice guidance example of the elevator voice guidance device according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 4 (a) shows an arrival forecast guidance data table, in which audio data is prepared for codes A1 to A14 in the vertical direction of the car.
The codes A1 and A2 are voice data set in the hall call allocation car in step S8.
In addition, codes A3 to A12 are set in the car to which the hall call is not assigned in step S10, and the optimum one is selected and set according to the relative position for each hall. As a result, it is possible to inform the user waiting at the landing which machine is assigned.
The codes A13 and A14 are effective when design of the display of the machine number is permitted at the hall, and voice guidance and guidance that are easier to understand than those of A3 to A12 are possible.

FIG. 4B shows an arrival guidance data table, and its configuration is the same as in the case of FIG.
In step S8, one of the codes B3 to B12 or B13 and B14 is selected and issued after A1 or A2.
Further, in step S10, it is possible to prioritize and select two or three of codes A3 to A12 and B3 to B12, or codes A13, A14 and B13, B14 at one landing, Elevator voice guidance at high-precision halls is possible.

In the embodiment according to the present invention, an audio guidance device for an elevator having the configuration shown in the following items (1) to (4) is proposed.
(1) Passengers who wait in front of a specific car from among the passengers waiting at the landing by installing super-directional speakers on the three-way frame, wall, or ceiling for the number of elevators at the elevator landing managed by multiple vehicles A voice guidance device for an elevator that limits the range to the elevator and guides the arrival of the elevator and the forecast of arrival.
(2) In the invention of (1) above, different voice guidance is provided for each of the elevators at the same time to the passengers waiting at the landing, and the allocation and change of the arrival forecast car are individually guided to determine which user A voice guidance device for an elevator that clearly guides you to wait in front of the elevator.
(3) A voice guidance device for an elevator according to the invention of (1) or (2), wherein an arrival forecast display device such as a hall lantern is installed so that the arrival forecast is visually and easily understood.
(4) In the invention of (1), (2) or (3) above, a chime sound arrival forecasting device is installed to assist users who are outside the guidance range of superdirective speakers. A voice guidance device for elevators that guides arrival forecasts.

In the embodiment according to the present invention, the following operational effects can be obtained.
The elevator voice guidance apparatus according to the present invention can provide an accurate guidance on arrival and forecast of arrival of a car to each passenger waiting at a landing by installing a super-directional speaker at the landing.
This solves problems that were difficult to understand with conventional methods and caused confusion to passengers waiting at the landing, reducing the mental discomfort of passengers waiting for the car at the landing, and consequently smooth. Can get on and off the elevator and improve transportation efficiency.

  According to the embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of elevators each provided with a lift car, a group management control device 1 that determines an assigned car from the lift cars of the plurality of elevators by a landing call, and the group management In an elevator guidance device comprising voice guidance means for guiding arrival information of the assigned car assigned by the control device 1 at a landing 8, information transmission of the arrival information of the assigned car is required as the voice guidance means. A loudspeaker device comprising superdirective speakers 5 for providing voice guidance to a predetermined position range is provided, and the loudspeaker device comprising superdirective speakers 5 has a predetermined directivity for preventing the propagation of sound exceeding the predetermined position range. Appropriate to each customer who uses one of multiple elevators according to the current location of the user The arrival forecast guide it is possible to obtain an elevator voice guidance device that can be provided by voice.

  Further, according to the embodiment of the present invention, in the configuration of the preceding paragraph, a loudspeaker device including superdirective speakers 5 is installed in the hall 8 as the voice guidance means for each elevator, and a range for providing voice guidance is provided. Each passenger who uses one of multiple elevators by limiting the range for providing voice guidance for each elevator, because the arrival notification and arrival forecast of the car are limited by voice. In addition, it is possible to obtain an elevator voice guidance device that can provide an appropriate arrival forecast guidance according to the current location of the user by voice.

  Furthermore, according to the embodiment of the present invention, in the configuration of the preceding paragraph, a loudspeaker comprising a super-directional speaker 5 in which different voice guidance is provided for each elevator for each of a plurality of elevators to a customer waiting at the hall 8 The arrival forecast car is allocated and changed at the same time, and the passengers are clearly guided in front of which elevator to wait, so different voices for each elevator Guidance is given at the same time, and the allocation and change of the arrival forecast car are individually guided for each elevator, so that each passenger who uses one of the elevators can receive an appropriate arrival forecast according to the current location of each passenger. Can be provided by voice.

  According to the embodiment of the present invention, in any one of the configurations of the preceding three items, voice guidance is performed by the voice guidance unit configured by the loudspeaker device including the superdirective speaker 5, and the arrival prediction of the elevator A display device such as a hall lantern 6 that provides guidance is provided, and the display device such as the hall lantern 6 is provided to provide easy-to-understand guidance, so that each passenger who uses one of the elevators can use it. It is possible to provide an appropriate arrival forecast guidance according to the current location of the user by voice and to obtain an elevator voice guidance device that is visually easy to understand.

  Furthermore, according to an embodiment of the present invention, in any one of the configurations of the preceding four items, a chime device that performs elevator arrival forecast guidance is provided, and the chime device is outside the guidance providing range by the voice guidance means. Since the arrival forecast is also provided to the existing passengers, it is possible to provide the appropriate arrival forecast guidance according to the current location of each user by voice, to each of the passengers who use one of the elevators. It is possible to obtain an elevator voice guidance device capable of guiding arrival forecasts to users outside the guidance providing range by the guidance means.

It is a block diagram which shows the whole structure of the voice guidance apparatus in Embodiment 1 by this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the image of the voice guidance range in Embodiment 1 by this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the voice guidance control means in Embodiment 1 by this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a voice guidance data table in Embodiment 1 by this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 group management control device, 1E assigned car voice guidance control means, 2 each car control device, 3 landing call button device, 4 landing station, 5 landing, 6 hall lantern, 7 landing chime device, 8 elevator landing, 9 voice guidance Range image.

Claims (5)

  A plurality of elevators each provided with a lift car, a group management control device that determines an assigned car from the lift cars of the plurality of elevators by a landing call, and arrival of the assigned car assigned by the group management control device In an elevator guidance apparatus comprising voice guidance means for guiding information at a landing, a voice loudspeaker is provided as the voice guidance means for voice guidance to a predetermined position range that requires information transmission regarding arrival information of the assigned car. The elevator voice guidance device is characterized in that the loudspeaker has a predetermined directivity for preventing the propagation of voice exceeding the predetermined position range.   A loudspeaker comprising superdirective speakers is installed in each hall as the voice guidance means for each elevator, and the arrival guidance and arrival forecast of the car are provided by voice by limiting the range in which voice guidance is provided. The elevator voice guidance device according to claim 1.   Different voice guidance for multiple elevators at the same time is provided to passengers waiting at the landing, and guidance on allocation and change of arrival forecast car is individually provided, and it is clearly voiced in front of which elevator the passenger should wait The voice guidance device for an elevator according to claim 2, wherein guidance is provided.   4. A display device that provides voice guidance by the voice guidance means and guides arrival prediction of an elevator, and makes the guidance easy to understand visually by the display device. The elevator voice guidance device according to any one of the above. 2. A chime device that provides an elevator arrival forecast guidance, wherein the chime device also guides an arrival forecast to a customer outside the guidance provision range by the voice guidance means. The elevator voice guidance device according to any one of claims 4 to 5.

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