JP2009122863A - Device for displaying the number of passengers in vehicle of aerial tram - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device for displaying the number of passengers in a vehicle, which provides visual information on a faulty vehicle and the number of passengers therein to the outside when the aerial tram using closed type vehicles stops in the middle of the cable and the passengers are rescued from the vehicle. <P>SOLUTION: A touch sensor for each passenger is provided to the top of a backrest for a seat of the passenger in a closed type vehicle of an aerial tram. Lights for the maximum number of passengers are provided to the front and the rear of the vehicle in the traveling direction which can be turned on by operation of each touch sensor. When the vehicle makes an emergency stop in the middle of the wire and the passenger touches the touch sensor located at his or her seated position, a corresponding light is turned on. A door sensor for detecting opening and closing of a door is provided for setting/resetting lighting. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a passenger number display device for a gondola lift carrier, which mainly displays the number of passengers who have boarded each carrier with a gondola lift of a cableway that transports passengers using a closed type carrier.

  The gondola lift uses a cable gripping machine with a closed passenger car suspended from a rope that is stretched between the foot of the mountain and the summit stop, and operates the carrier along with the movement of the rope. A cableway that transports passengers between the stop and the summit stop.

However, if the gondola lift stops unexpectedly due to an abnormality in the prime mover installed at the foot of the mountain or at the summit stop, or an abnormality in the pulley wrapped around the rope, along with the rope, A plurality of transporters that have been moving will stop on the track. In this case, it is necessary to rescue passengers who are on a plurality of transporters stopped on the track to the ground. Currently, as a means of notifying that passengers are on the carriage on the track, a hand flag is provided in the passenger car, and when the carrier stops on the track, the passenger on the carrier carries the flag. Shake out from the window of the passenger car and let the rescuer know.
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 07-172297 JP 11-238195 A

  However, in the method of waving the flag that the passenger who boarded the carrier has in the passenger car, the burden on the passenger is heavy due to cold etc. in cold areas such as ski resorts, and how many passengers are getting on each carrier Can not. Furthermore, since the carrier was stopped at a high place, it was difficult for the rescuer to see the flag at night, and the rescue operation was delayed. Moreover, when a passenger in a wheelchair is on board, special rescue is required, and it is desired that the carrying device can be easily specified.

  The cable carriage gondola lift has a number of passenger detection means equal to the number of passengers in the general carrier, a display device corresponding to the general passenger detection means, and a control device that operates the display device when the passenger detection means operates. And a door sensor that detects a closed position of the door of the transporter, and a battery that supplies power to the passenger detection means, the display device, the control device, and the door sensor. Is detected, the power is supplied from the battery to the control device, and the number detected by the passenger detection means by the passenger in the carrier is displayed on the display device.

  Further, the passenger detection means uses a touch sensor.

  Further, the passenger detection means uses a mat sensor.

  Further, the display device is constituted by a number of lights equal to the number of the passenger detection means.

  Further, the passenger detection means is provided with a detection sensor dedicated to a wheelchair user and a dedicated display means operated by the approximate detection sensor.

  According to the present invention, a relatively large so-called ordinary cableway that transports passengers mainly using a passenger car carrier such as a gondola lift, an abnormality of a prime mover provided at a stop or a pulley wrapped around a rope When the operation of the transporter stops unexpectedly, and the transporter stops on the track, passengers riding passenger detection means equal to the number of passengers in the passenger car of the transporter operate to correspond to each detection means Then, the display device that operates is turned on. The rescuer can easily know the number of passengers in each carrier by visually counting the lights lit on the passenger number display device. Furthermore, passenger cars are equipped with detection sensors and lights dedicated to people with disabilities and wheelchair users so that the rides of people with disabilities and wheelchair users can be discriminated from those of healthy people by visual observation. Can be implemented as soon as possible. In addition, since it can be confirmed in front of the transporter even during normal operation, there is an effect that it can be handled properly when getting off the vehicle.

  Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a gondola lift 1 which is a normal cableway. FIG. 2 is a front view of the transporter 20 including the passenger number display device 30 according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, a gondola lift 1, which is a normal cableway, is installed on a slope in a mountainous area, and a prime mover 3 is arranged at a foothill stop 2 below the mountain, and a tension device is placed at a mountaintop stop 6 on the mountain top. 7 is arranged, and the strip 11 spliced in an endless manner is wound around the driving pulley 4 and the tension pulley 8 by half a circumference. Further, in the line 10 between the foothill stop 2 and the summit stop 6, two sets of receiving devices 13a for guiding and supporting the rope 5 on the upstream line U side and the downstream line D side at predetermined intervals, respectively. , 13a on the top, a support 12b on which the receiving devices 13b and 13b are mounted on the top, and a support 12c on which the receiving devices 13c and 13c are mounted on the top. As shown in FIG. 1, in the track 10, the carriers 20, 20,... Are suspended on the cable 11 at equal intervals by the cable gripping devices 21, 21, and operated with the moving cable 11. .

  Next, as described above, the display of the number of passengers according to the present invention installed in the passenger car 23 of each transporter 20 operated on the track 10 together with the cable 11 that circulates between the mountain foot stop 2 and the summit stop 6 as described above. A specific configuration of the device 30 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is a front view of the carrying device 20. In the figure, a gripping device 21 that grips and strips the strip 11 and an upper end portion of the general gripping device 21 are pivoted so as to be swingable in the forward and backward direction of the drawing. It is composed of a suspended suspending machine 22 and a substantially closed box type passenger car 23 suspended on the lower end of the substantially suspending machine 22.

  Subsequently, the passenger car 23 shown in FIGS. 2 to 4 is a passenger car with a capacity of six passengers that is currently in operation. Bench seat type seats 25 and seats 25 are arranged facing each other before and after the traveling direction of the transporter 20. The general seats 25 and 25 each have a seating width of 25 people and a back plate 25b. In FIG. 4, the front seat 25 is in the seating positions 25A, 25B, and 25C, and the rear seat 25 is in the seating positions 25D, 25E, as shown by the two-dot chain lines where the six passengers are seated. Set to 25F.

  Next, touch sensors 31a (TS1), 31b (TS2), and 31c (TS3) are provided on the top of the back plate 25b of the front seat 25 with respect to the seating positions 25A, 25B, and 25C. Touch sensors 31d (TS4), 31e (TS5), and 31f (TS6) are provided on the top of the back plate 25b of the seat 25 with respect to the seating positions 25D, 25E, and 25F. Further, as shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, touch sensors 31 a (TS 1), 31 b (TS 2), 31 c (TS 3) and touch sensors 31 d (TS 4), 31 e (TS 5) are arranged on the lower edge of the front side of the passenger car 23. ), 31f (TS6), a total of six lights 32a (RD11), 32b (RD12), 32c (RD13), 32d (RD14), 32e (RD15), 32f (RD16) are divided into five parts. Evenly arranged and prepared. Similarly, the touch sensor 31a (TS1), 31b (TS2), 31c (TS3) and the touch sensor 31d (TS4), 31e (TS5), 31f (TS6) also flash on the lower edge of the rear side of the passenger car 23. A total of six lights 32a (RD21), 32b (RD22), 32c (RD23), 32d (RD24), 32e (RD25), and 32f (RD26) are provided. Thus, the lights 32a (RD11, RD21), 32b (RD12, RD22), 32c (RD13, RD23), 32d (RD14, RD24), 32e (RD15, RD25), 32f (from the front, rear and lower sides of the passenger car 23) The flashing state of RD16, RD26) is made visible. And the door sensor 33 (LSDR) which detects the opening / closing state of the doors 24 and 24 is also attached.

  Further, below the front seat 25, a door sensor 33 (LSDR) for detecting opening and closing of the doors 24, 24 and touch sensors 31a (TS1), 31b (TS2), 31c (TS3), 31d (TS4) , 31e (TS5), 31f (TS6), 32a (RD11, RD21), 32b (RD12, RD22), 32c (RD13, RD23), 32d (RD14, RD24), 32e (RD15, RD25), 32f (RD16) , RD26) and a battery 34 for supplying power are installed.

   FIG. 5 shows a sequence circuit diagram of the control device 35. The passenger number display device 30 is supplied with DC power of 24v from the battery 34. The door sensor 33 (LSDR) for detecting opening / closing of the doors 24, 24 and the approximate door sensor 33 (LSDR) include six touch sensors TS1, TS2, TS3, TS4, TS5, TS6 and an approximate touch sensor TS1. , TS2, TS3, TS4, TS5, and TS6, six relays TSX1, TSX2, TSX3, TSX4, TSX5, and TSX6 are connected in parallel. Subsequently, six lights 32a (RD11), 32b (RD12), 32c (RD13), 32d (RD14) arranged on the front side of the passenger car 23 at the contact points of the relays TSX1, TSX2, TSX3, TSX4, TSX5, and TSX6. ), 32e (RD15), 32f (RD16), and six lights 32a (RD21), 32b (RD22), 32c (RD23), 32d (RD24), 32e (32e) arranged in the rear side of the passenger car 23 in the same manner. RD25) and 32f (RD26) are connected in parallel to the relays TSX1, TSX2, TSX3, TSX4, TSX5 and TSX6, respectively.

  In this way, the emergency operation is stopped due to an abnormality such as damage to the prime mover 3 and the prime mover pulley 4 or the tension pulley 8 at the summit stop 6 shown in FIG. Are carried in a suspended state. In that case, passengers who ride in the passenger cars 23, 23,... Of the respective carriers 20, 20,... And sit at the seats 25, 25, for example, seating positions 25A and 25D, are located at the top of the back plate 25b behind them. The touch sensor 31a (TS1) and the touch sensor 31d (TS4) included in the touch panel are touched. At this time, the doors 24 and 24 of the passenger car 23 are closed at the closed positions 24b and 24b, the door sensor 33 (LSDR) is in an ON state, and the touch sensors 31a (TS1) and 31d (TS4) from the battery 34 are turned on. The relays TSX1 and TSX4 are energized by the ON operation, the contacts are closed, and the lights 32a (RD11) and 32d (RD14) and the rear lights 32a (RD21) and 32d (RD24) arranged on the front side of the passenger car 23 are turned on. .

  Therefore, if the rescuer counts the lights 32a (RD11, RD21), 32d (RD14, RD24) lit on the passenger car 23 of the carrier 20 stopped from the ground below the supports 12a, 12b, 12c and the track 10, the carrier 20 will be counted. Can visually confirm that two passengers are on board. In addition, since the lights 32a (RD11) and 32d (RD14) and the lights 32a (RD21) and 32d (RD24) are lit on both the front side and the rear side of the passenger car 23, it can be viewed from either the front or rear direction of the transporter 20. Can also be visually recognized. Furthermore, since the lights 32a (RD11, RD21) and 32d (RD14, RD24) are lit, it is easy to check even at night or when the visibility is poor. Therefore, the rescuer can easily determine visually the number of the passenger 20 and the transporter 20 that need to be rescued, so that the rescue operation can be performed quickly and reliably. Moreover, since the passenger who boarded the passenger car 23 only touches the touch sensors 31a (TS1) and 32d (TS4), a signal for boarding can be easily shown to the outside of the transporter 20.

  Subsequently, when the doors 24, 24 of the passenger car 23 are opened to the open positions 24a, 24a for rescue, the door sensor 33 (LSDR) is turned off, the power from the battery 34 is cut off, and the relays TSX1 and TSX4 are turned off. The lights 32a (RD11) and 32d (RD14) and the lights 32a (RD21) and 32d (RD24) are turned off. Alternatively, when the operation is resumed and the carriers 20, 20,... Arrive at the foothill stop 2 and the summit stop 6, the doors 24, 24 of the passenger car 23 open, and the passengers get off, the lights 32a ( RD11), 32d (RD14) and lights 32a (RD21), 32d (RD24) are turned off. That is, the passenger number display device 30 is reset by opening and closing the doors 24 and 24 of the passenger car 23.

  In the embodiment of the younger brother 2, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the seating positions 25A, 25B, 25C, 25D, and 25E of the seat plates 25a and 25a of the seats 25 and 25 are detected to detect the passengers who get on the passenger car 23 on the transporter 20. 25F are provided with mat sensors 36a (MS1), 36b (MS2), 36c (MS3), 36d (MS4), 36e (MS5), and 36f (MS6), respectively, and the seating positions 25A, 25B, When seated in 25C, 25D, 25E, and 25F, the mat sensors 36a (MS1), 36b (MS2), 36c (MS3), 36d (MS4), 36e (MS5), and 36f (MS6) are operated, respectively. Lights 32a (RD11, RD21), 32b (RD12, RD22), 32c (RD13, RD23), 32d (RD14, RD24), 32e RD15, RD25), so as to turn on the 32f (RD16, RD26).

  In this case, even in normal operation, passengers get on the passenger cars 23, 23 of the transporters 20, 20,... From the foothill stop 2 or the summit stop 6, and the seating positions 25A, 25B, 25C, 25D, 25E, respectively. After sitting on 25F, when the doors 24 and 24 of the passenger car 23 are closed to the closed positions 24b and 24b and the door sensor 33 (LSDR) is turned on, the mat sensors 36a (MS1), 36b (MS2) and 36c (MS3) , 36d (MS4), 36e (MS5), and 36f (MS6) are in the ON state with passengers seated, so that the relays MSX1, MSX2, MSX3, MSX4, MSX5, MSX6 are energized and self-held. , Corresponding lights 32a (RD11, RD21), 32b (RD12, RD22), 32c (RD13, RD23), 32d (RD1) , RD24), 32e (RD15, RD25), 32f (RD16, RD26) is turned on. After that, when the transporter 20 arrives at the foothill stop 2 or the summit stop 6 and the doors 24 and 24 of the passenger car 23 are opened, the door sensor 33 (LSDR) is turned off and the power supply from the battery 34 is cut off. The relays MSX1, MSX2, MSX3, MSX4, MSX5, MSX6, which were held by themselves, are opened, and the lights 32a (RD11, RD21), 32b (RD12, RD22), 32c (RD13, RD23), 32d (RD14, RD24), 32e (RD15, RD25), 32f (RD16, RD26) are turned off and the passenger number display device 30 is reset.

  Therefore, when passengers get on the passenger cars 23, 23,... Of the transporters 20, 20,... And sit at the seating positions 25A, 25B, 25C, 25D, 25E, 25F, respectively, the lights 32a (RD11, RD12), 32b ( RD12, RD22), 32c (RD13, RD23), 32d (RD14, RD24), 32e (RD15, RD25), and 32f (RD16, RD26) are lit, so that the above-mentioned passenger touches the touch sensor. There is no need to do. And corresponding light 32a (RD11, RD21), 32b (RD12, RD22), 32c (RD13, RD23), 32d (RD14, RD24), 32e (RD15, RD25) according to the number of passengers who got on even in normal driving, 32f (RD16, RD26) lights up.

  As shown in FIGS. 8, 9, and 10, the embodiment of the younger brother 3 shows a configuration in the case of displaying that the wheelchair user 37 gets on the passenger car 23 of the transporter 20. FIG. 8 is a front view of the passenger car 23 showing a state in which the wheelchair user 37 gets on the passenger car 23 of the transporter 20, and FIG. 9 is a plan view taken along the line BB in FIG. As shown in the figure, a wheelchair user sensor 38 (TSA) is provided at the level of the elbow of a seated passenger in the vicinity of the door 24 on the side where the wheelchair user 37 of the passenger car 23 rides. A wheelchair user light 39 (RDA) is provided at the center position on the front side in the traveling direction. FIG. 10 shows a sequence circuit diagram in which the wheelchair user light 39 (RDA) is turned on by the wheelchair user sensor 38 (TSA) in the control device 35.

  After the wheelchair user 37 gets on, the doors 24 and 24 of the passenger car 23 close to the closed positions 24b and 24b, and the door sensor 33 (LSDR) is turned on, the carer of the wheelchair user 37 detects the wheelchair user sensor. 38 (TSA) is operated. The wheelchair user sensor 38 (TSA) and the relay SXA connected to the wheelchair user sensor 38 (TSA) are powered from the battery 34, and the wheel relay user is connected to the wheelchair user. The light 39 (RDA) is turned on. When the transporter 20 arrives at the stop and the doors 24, 24 are opened to the open positions 24a, 24a, the door sensor 33 (LSDR) is turned off, the power supply from the battery 34 is cut off, and the relay that has been held by itself. TSXA is turned off and the wheelchair user light 39 (RDA) is turned off. In this way, since it is possible to visually recognize from the outside of the transporter 20 that the wheelchair user 37 is on the transporter 20, a staff member who is waiting at the stop can plan to handle the transporter 20 in advance. Therefore, safety when getting off can be improved. The wheelchair user 37 has been described above, but it is of course possible to adapt to other traffic weak persons.

It is the schematic diagram which showed the outline of the gondola lift using the passenger car provided with the passenger number display apparatus of this invention. It is a front view of the carrier using the passenger car provided with the passenger number display device of the present invention. It is a side view of the carrier shown in FIG. It is a top view of the AA arrow of the carrier shown in FIG. It is a sequence circuit diagram of the passenger number display apparatus of this invention. It is a sectional view top view of a passenger car provided with the passenger number display device of a 2nd embodiment of the present invention. It is a sequence circuit diagram of the passenger number display apparatus of the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a front view of a passenger car provided with the passenger number display apparatus of the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a top view of the BB arrow of the passenger car shown in FIG. It is a sequence circuit diagram of the passenger number display apparatus of the 3rd Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Gondola lift 2 Yamagata stop 3 Prime mover 4 Drive pulley 5 Rail 6 Summit stop 7 Tension device 8 Tension pulley 9 Rail 10 Track 11 Line 12a, 12b, 12c Post 13a, 13a, 13b, 13b, 13c, 13c Device 20, 20, ... Carrying device 21 Grasping device 22 Suspension machine 23 Passenger car 24, 24 Doors 24a, 24a Open position 24b, 24b Closed position 25, 25 Seat 25a, 25a Seat plate 25b, 25b Back plate 25A, 25B, 25C, 25D, 25E, 25F Seating position 30 Passenger number display device 31a (TS1), 31b (TS2), 31c (TS3) Touch sensor 31d (TS4), 31e (TS5), 31f (TS6) Touch sensor 32a (RD11, RD21) , 32b (RD12, RD22) Light 32c (RD13, RD23), 32d (RD14, D24) light 32e (RD15, RD25), 32f (RD16, RD26) light 33 (LSDR)
34 Battery 35 Control device 36a (MS1), 36b (MS2), 36c (MS3) Mat sensor 36d (MS4), 36e (MS5), 36f (MS6) Mat sensor 37 Wheelchair user 38 (TSA) Sensor for wheelchair user 39 (RDA) Wheelchair User Light TSX1, TSX2, TSX3, TSX4, TSX5, TSX6 Relay MSX1, MSX2, MSX3, MSX4, MSX5, MSX6 Relay TSXA Relay

Claims (5)

In the cable gondola lift carrier,
A number of passenger detection means equal to the number of passengers in the general carrier;
A display device corresponding to the passenger detection means;
When the passenger detection means operates, a control device for operating the display device,
A door sensor that detects the closed position of the door of the carrier;
A battery for supplying power to the passenger detection means, the display device, the control device and the door sensor;
When the closed position of the door of the transporter is detected by a door sensor, power is supplied from the battery to the control device, and the number of passengers detected by the passenger detection means is displayed on the display device. The number-of-passengers display device of the gondola lift carrier characterized by the above-mentioned.   2. The passenger number display device for a gondola lift carrier according to claim 1, wherein the passenger detection means uses a touch sensor.   The passenger number display device for a gondola lift carrier according to claim 1, wherein said passenger detection means uses a mat sensor.   4. The number-of-passengers display device for a gondola lift carrier according to claim 1, wherein the number of lights is equal to the number of the passenger detection means.   2. The passenger number display device for a gondola lift carrier according to claim 1, wherein the passenger detection means is provided with a detection sensor dedicated to a wheelchair user and a dedicated display means operated by an approximate detection sensor.

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