JP2006160414A - Operating panel device of elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an operating panel exclusive use for a wheelchair, decreasing a wrong use and improper use of an operating panel special for a wheelchair to restrain lowering of operation efficiency of an elevator when a general nonhandicapped person uses the elevator. <P>SOLUTION: This operating panel device of the elevator includes: a touch panel type operating panel 5 for switching between a first display mode 81 of displaying a waiting picture 8a different from operation buttons on a display 8 and a second display mode 82 of displaying the operation buttons and displaying it; a display control part 10 for controlling the display of the touch panel type operating panel; and a touch switch control part 9 for detecting and controlling the touch operation to the touch panel type operating panel, wherein normally the first display mode is displayed, and on detecting a touch to the touch panel, the touch switch control part switches to the second display mode to make an operation button function effective. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an operation panel device for an elevator that can be preferably used, for example, as an operation panel dedicated to a wheelchair for use by an elevator of a wheelchair user.

  Normally, an elevator is configured so that it can be easily used by general passengers by operating a destination direction call button on a hall operation panel at a landing and operating a call button on a destination floor of a car operation panel. However, when the passenger is, for example, a disabled person or a wheelchair user, it is required to be switched to a different operation mode such as a longer door opening time when stopping. In order to operate in a driving mode that is easy to use even for people with disabilities, it is necessary to recognize that it is an operation of a handicapped person, etc. A car operation panel for the handicapped is provided at an easy-to-operate position.

  This type of conventional elevator operation panel device includes a destination button, a disabled person mark, a dedicated button arranged near the disabled person mark, and a response lamp provided on the dedicated button, which is installed in the elevator car. A wheelchair-specific operation panel, and a control device that energizes the response lamp for a predetermined time by pressing the dedicated button and enables the destination registration by enabling the destination button to be pressed for the predetermined time. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

JP-A-6-305646 (first page, FIG. 1)

  In the conventional elevator operation panel device as described above, it is necessary for a disabled person such as a wheelchair user to keep pressing the dedicated button for a predetermined time to make the destination button effective, and it is necessary to master the mechanism. was there. In addition, there is a problem that it may be difficult for some disabled people to keep pressing the destination button. For this reason, an operation panel device without such a function is used, and there has been a problem that many erroneous operations by healthy persons still occur.

  The present invention has been made to solve the problems of the prior art, and is an elevator touch panel type that is difficult to be misused or abused by a normal healthy person and is easy to understand for wheelchair users and other handicapped persons. The object is to provide an operation panel device.

  The elevator operation panel device according to the present invention has a touch panel capable of switching and displaying a first display mode for displaying a standby screen different from the operation buttons and a second display mode for displaying the operation buttons on the display. An operation panel, a display control unit for controlling the display of the touch panel type operation panel, and a touch switch control unit for detecting and controlling a touch operation on the touch panel type operation panel, and the first display mode is normally set. When the touch switch control unit detects a touch on the touch panel, the operation button function is enabled by switching to the second display mode.

  In the present invention, a standby screen consisting of only a handicapped mark or the like other than the operation buttons is displayed as a first display mode on the touch panel during normal times, and it is clearly indicated that the operation panel is for a wheelchair. By touching, it is possible to switch to the second display mode in which operation buttons with the function of the operation panel are displayed, and in order to make the operation panel function, a double action of touch is required. Thus, it is possible to obtain an elevator operating panel device that is easy to use and can be easily used by disabled persons such as wheelchair users, while avoiding misuse and abuse by a person.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
1 to 4 illustrate an elevator operation panel device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a block diagram for explaining an operation conceptually showing a touch panel type operation panel device, and FIG. 2 is an elevator car. FIG. 3 is an enlarged front view of the car operation panel shown in FIG. 2, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation example of the touch panel type operation panel apparatus shown in FIG. In the figure, an entrance door 2 is provided in the front portion of the car room 1, and a car operation panel 3 for a normal healthy person is provided on a sleeve wall 4 near the entrance of the car room 1. A destination button 31 incorporating a response lamp (not shown), a door opening button 32, and the like are provided. A touch panel type operation panel 5 constituting an operation panel device used for a disabled person such as a wheelchair user is provided on both side walls of the car room 1 separately from the car operation panel 3 for a normal healthy person.

  The operation panel device according to the first embodiment includes a touch panel type operation panel 5 that is an operation unit, a touch switch control unit 9 that detects and controls a touch operation on the touch switch 7 of the touch panel type operation panel 5, and the touch panel type operation panel 5. It is comprised from the display control part 10 which controls display. The touch panel type operation panel 5 uses a touch panel 6 having two functions of a touch switch 7 and a display 8 having a display function. The touch switch 7 is formed by bonding an upper electrode and a lower electrode made of, for example, a transparent PET film. When the upper electrode is pressed or touched with a finger, this position is detected, and the position detection signal is controlled by the touch switch. Input to section 9. For example, an LCD is used as the display 8, and the LCD has a liquid crystal cell having a light application property between two deflecting plates. This LCD is changed to light brightness using the phenomenon that light application properties disappear when an electric field is applied. In addition, since such a touch panel itself is a technique well known as a man-machine interface, a specific structure and description of operation will be omitted.

  The touch panel type operation panel 5 in the first embodiment displays, for example, only a handicap mark as a display 8 different from operation buttons such as a door opening button and a destination floor button as shown in FIG. The operation buttons are not displayed, that is, the first display mode 81 for displaying the standby screen in which the operation button function is disabled, and the operation buttons illustrated in FIG. 1B are displayed to enable the operation button function. A display configured to switch and display the second display mode 82 is used, and the standby screen of the first display mode shown in FIG. When the portion 7a is pressed, the operation button function is switched to the display of the operation buttons, which is the second display mode shown in FIG. 1B, and the operation button function becomes effective. It is configured to function as a touch panel type operation panel. In this document, the operation buttons refer to buttons necessary for normal operation such as a door opening button, a door closing button, a destination floor button, and a destination direction call button.

Note that, in the first display mode 81, 8a is a display on the display 8, and in this example, is a standby screen consisting only of a disabled person mark. 7a represents a switch portion (one-dot chain line) on the touch switch 7, and by touching this area, the signal is sent to the touch switch control unit 9, and it is recognized that the touch switch is operated in the first display mode 81. Is done.
In the second display mode 82, 8b, 8c, and 8d are displays on the display 8, which respectively indicate "door open button", "door close button", and "destination floor button to the fourth floor". It is. The other numbers indicate destination floor buttons for the respective floors. Reference numerals 7b, 7c, and 7d represent switch portions on the touch switch 7, and are displayed on the display 8 as "door open button" 8b, "door close button" 8c, and "destination floor button to fourth floor" 8d. The touch switch control unit 9 recognizes that an operation corresponding to a function on the corresponding display is performed by touching each region (one-dot chain line).

  Next, the operation of the first embodiment configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In step S1, the normal display 8 is switched to the first display mode 81, and displays a standby screen 8a different from the operation buttons such as the handicapped mark shown in FIG. Emphasize that it is an operation panel. At this time, the switch portion 7a of the touch switch 7 is switched to a large size so as to occupy substantially the entire area of the panel surface as shown in FIG. 1A, and the switch portion 7b shown in FIG. In the buttons 7c, 7d, etc., the operation button function is disabled.

  In step S2, has the touch switch 6 been touched by the touch switch controller 9? If the result is “No”, the process returns to step S1, and the display in the first display mode 81 is continued. Touching the surface of the touch panel 6, that is, the switch portion 7a when the standby screen 8a of the first display mode 81 displaying such a disabled mark is displayed, the determination of step S2 becomes "Yes" and the process proceeds to step S3. A signal is transmitted to the display control unit 10, and the screen is switched to the screen of the second display mode 82 including the operation buttons as shown in FIG. 1B, and the corresponding switch portions 7b, 7c, 7d. Is effective as an operation button function.

  The display contents of the second display mode 82 include at least a destination floor button 8d composed of numbers on each floor, a door opening button 8b of the door 2, and a door closing button 8c. Like the conventional touch panel type operation panel, When the displayed number or character is pressed (or touched), the position where the touch switch control unit 9 is pressed is determined, and the result is transmitted as a signal to an elevator control device (not shown) to control the elevator. It becomes like this. For example, the call registration of the destination floor can be performed by touching the number portion of the destination floor. Thus, has the display switch 8 been displayed in the second display mode 82 as shown in FIG. 1B, proceeded to step S4, and has the touch switch 7 been activated within a predetermined time? Is determined. If the touch switch 7 is not touched within a predetermined time, it is determined as “No”, the process returns to step S1, and the first display mode in which the operation button function shown in FIG. 81 is switched to the display of the standby screen 8a.

  In step S4, has the touch switch 7 activated by any touch of the switch portions 7b, 7c, 7d, etc. within a predetermined time? When the determination result is “Yes”, the process proceeds to step S5, where a touch position detection signal is transmitted from the touch switch control unit 9 to the elevator control device (not shown), and the elevator control device is in step S6. Is the door open by the door open button 8b of the touch panel type operation panel 5, for example? When the determination result is “Yes”, the non-interference time of the door is set to, for example, three times that is suitable for a passenger of a disabled person such as a wheelchair user in Step S7, and the determination result is “No” In step S8, the non-interference time of the door is set to normal, and after that, the control is shifted to normal elevator control not shown.

  As described above, according to the first embodiment, the standby screen 8a such as a handicap mark that disables the function of the operation buttons illustrated in FIG. The first display mode 81 is displayed, and the screen of the second display mode 82 in which the function of the operation buttons illustrated in FIG. 1B is enabled only when the touch switch 7 is pressed in that state. By switching, it is possible to avoid that a normal healthy person touches the touch panel 6 which is an operation panel for the handicapped by carelessness or the like. In addition, it is possible to suppress the problem that the elevator stoppage time on each floor becomes longer due to misuse or abuse of the operation panel for the physically handicapped by a normal healthy person, and the driving efficiency is lowered.

  In the first embodiment, the case where only the disabled mark is displayed as the standby screen 8a displayed as the first display mode 81 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, in addition to the disabled mark, warning characters such as “Wheelchair users only” and “Please touch this mark when there is a wheelchair user” are also displayed, or the display 8 is, for example, a matrix display It is possible to display video using the device, display text information such as events and information in the building, and display text information such as emergency information in the event of an earthquake or fire. In that case, the same effect can be expected. In addition, the switch portion 7a in the first display mode 81 is substantially the entire area of the screen. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and other function buttons may be provided in part.

  By the way, in the above description, the case where the present invention is used as a car operation panel installed in an elevator car has been described, but the same effect can be expected even when used as a hall operation panel provided at a landing. Moreover, in the standby screen 8a which is the first display mode 81, the disabled person mark is displayed and used as the operating panel for the disabled person in the first embodiment. However, the application of the present invention is not limited to this. For example, in the normal service You may make it display in a 2nd display mode, without displaying the destination floor button which it does not want to display. For example, in an elevator having an office on the lower floor and a house on the upper floor, the destination floor call of the residence floor may be displayed in the second display mode.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an operation explanatory block diagram conceptually showing an elevator operating panel device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention; It is a perspective view which shows the arrangement | positioning relationship of the operation panel in an elevator car. It is a front view which expands and shows the car operation panel shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the operation example of the operating panel apparatus shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

  1 car room, 2 doors, 3 car operation panel, 4 sleeve wall, 5 touch panel type operation panel, 50 operation panel device, 51 destination button, 52 door open button, 53 door close button, 6 touch panel, 7 touch switch, 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d switch part, 8 display, 8a standby screen, 8b door open button, 8c door close button, 8d destination floor button (to the 4th floor), 81 first display mode, 82 second display mode, 9 Touch switch controller, 10 Display controller.

Claims (3)

  In an elevator operation panel device having a touch panel type operation panel, the display switches between a first display mode for displaying a standby screen different from the operation buttons and a second display mode for displaying the operation buttons. A touch panel type operation panel, a display control unit for controlling the display of the touch panel type operation panel, and a touch switch control unit for detecting and controlling a touch operation on the touch panel type operation panel. An elevator operation panel device that displays a mode and switches to the second display mode to enable an operation button function when the touch switch control unit detects a touch on the touch panel.   The elevator operating panel device according to claim 1, wherein the first display mode includes a handicapped mark. The elevator operation panel device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the first display mode includes character information.

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