JP2010168158A - Landing device for elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a landing device for an elevator capable of entertaining a user of the elevator without spoiling an atmosphere of the installation site in a case where the elevator is installed in an amusement park or the like. <P>SOLUTION: A hall 7 of the elevator installed in the amusement park featuring a predetermined character or in a facility related to it is provided with hall buttons 14a and 14b arranged with the character visible from the user in the hall 7 and an announcing device 15. By detecting a predetermined operation performed on the hall buttons 14a and 14b, the announcing device 15 outputs a sound or a voice related to the character. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an elevator landing device installed in an amusement park or the like.

At the elevator hall, a hall operation panel is installed for users to register hall calls. That is, the user registers an upward or downward landing call by operating the landing button on the landing operating panel.
In addition to the call registration function, there has been proposed a conventional hall operation panel having an automatic voice guidance function (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In such a hall operation panel, when the hall button is pressed during the maintenance operation of the elevator, an automatic voice guidance is given from the announcement device to notify the user at the hall that the elevator cannot be used.

JP-A-7-206294

  For example, when the elevator is installed in an office building, a general commercial facility, an apartment house, etc., if the hall operation panel described in Patent Document 1 is provided in the elevator hall, the appearance is also operational. There is no particular problem.

However, if the elevator is installed in an amusement park, for example, the platform operation panel has only a function for registering a hall call, and the atmosphere of the elevator hall becomes the concept of the amusement park. There was a problem that they could not be matched and lacked interest.
Moreover, there is also a problem in that the atmosphere of an amusement park intended to entertain people is impaired if information is simply notified from the announcement device as in the case of Patent Document 1.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems. The purpose of the present invention is to provide an elevator that is installed in an amusement park or the like without impairing the atmosphere of the installation place and the elevator. It is to provide an elevator landing device that can entertain users.

  The elevator landing device according to the present invention is an elevator landing device installed at an amusement park using a predetermined character or its related facilities, and is provided at the elevator landing and visible to the user at the landing A landing button on which the character is arranged, an announcement device provided at the landing, and a control device that outputs a sound or voice related to the character from the announcement device by detecting a predetermined operation on the landing button And.

  According to the present invention, when the elevator is installed in an amusement park or the like, the elevator user can be entertained without impairing the atmosphere of the installation location.

It is a side view which shows an elevator apparatus. It is a front view which shows the elevator landing apparatus in Embodiment 1 of this invention. FIG. 3 is a detailed view of a portion A of the elevator landing apparatus shown in FIG. 2. It is a figure which shows the landing button of the landing apparatus of the elevator shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the elevator landing apparatus in Embodiment 1 of this invention.

  In order to explain the present invention in more detail, it will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, in each figure, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the part which is the same or it corresponds, The duplication description is simplified or abbreviate | omitted suitably.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
1 is a side view showing an elevator apparatus, FIG. 2 is a front view showing an elevator landing apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a detailed view of part A of the elevator landing apparatus shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a landing button of the elevator landing apparatus shown in FIG. 2, and FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the elevator landing apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

  The elevator shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 is installed in a specific place such as an amusement park using a predetermined original character or a related facility (for example, a commercial facility or a hotel adjacent to the amusement park). In the amusement park, attractions, plays, parades, and the like using the characters are performed, and the characters are used commercially.

  In FIG. 1 to FIG. 5, 1 is the elevator hoistway, 2 is a car that moves up and down in the hoistway 1, 3 is a counterweight that moves up and down in a direction opposite to the car 2, and 4 is a car 2 and a counterweight 3. Is a main rope that suspends the main rope 4, 5 is a driving sheave of a hoisting machine around which a part of the main rope 4 is wound, and 6 is a control device that controls operation of the entire elevator such as control of the hoisting machine. . Reference numeral 7 denotes an elevator hall provided on each service floor of the elevator, and 8 denotes a maintenance switch connected to the control device 6.

  The maintenance switch 8 is operated to set the operation mode of the elevator to the maintenance mode. That is, the elevator specialist performs the maintenance inspection of the elevator after operating the maintenance switch 8.

  Reference numeral 9 denotes a landing three-way frame erected on the landing 7, which forms a landing doorway that leads to the hoistway 1 with the floor surface of the landing 7. 10 is a curtain provided above the hall entrance, and 11 is a hall door for opening and closing the hall entrance.

  A hall operation panel 12 is provided on the hall wall near the hall entrance. For example, a car position indicator 13 indicating the current position of the car 2, the upper and lower hall buttons 14 a and 14 b, and guidance for users at the hall 7 are provided on the hall operation panel 12. An announcement device 15 is provided. The elevator user registers an upward hall call by pressing the hall button 14a of the hall operation panel 12, and a downward hall call by pressing the hall button 14b.

  The landing buttons 14a and 14b are provided so that a part thereof protrudes from the front panel 12a of the landing operation panel 12 to the landing 7 side, and the original character used in the amusement park is at the landing 7. It is arranged so that it can be seen by the user.

  Specifically, the landing buttons 14a and 14b are arranged between the base portion 16 constituting the main part of the landing buttons 14a and 14b, the operation portion 17 whose surface constitutes the operation surface of the user, and between the base portion 16 and the operation portion 17. It is comprised from the sheet-like pattern part 18 made. Note that the design of the character is attached to the surface of the design unit 18 (the surface facing the operation unit 17). And the operation part 17 is comprised from the member which has predetermined translucency so that the character drawn on the surface of the pattern part 18 can be visually recognized from the landing 7 side.

  The landing buttons 14a and 14b can be configured by, for example, engraving the character design on the back surface of the operation unit 17, in addition to the above-described configuration of sandwiching the sheet with the character design. In such a case, for example, transparent acrylic is adopted as the operation unit 17, and the back surface of the operation unit 17 is directly fixed to the surface of the base unit 16 without using the pattern unit 18.

In addition, the control device 6 has a function of outputting sounds and voices related to the character from the announcement device 15 by detecting a predetermined operation on the landing buttons 14a and 14b. In order to have such a function, the control device 6 includes, for example, a first determination unit 19, a second determination unit 20, a third determination unit 21, and a control unit 22.
The first determination unit 19 determines whether or not the maintenance switch 8 has been turned on. That is, when the maintenance switch 8 is turned on by an elevator technician during maintenance inspection of the elevator, the first determination unit 19 detects the ON state of the maintenance switch 8.

Further, the second determination unit 20 determines whether or not the landing buttons 14a and 14b are operated (a landing call is registered). That is, when the elevator user presses the landing button 14a or 14b, the contact signal is input to the second determination unit 20, and a predetermined operation for landing call registration is performed on the landing button 14a or 14b. It is detected.
The third determination unit 21 has a function of determining various states of the elevator such as the current position of the car 2 and the time required for the car 2 to arrive at the landing 7.

And the control part 22 controls the announcement apparatus 15 appropriately based on the determination result of each said determination part 19 thru | or 21. FIG.
Specifically, the control unit 22 detects an operation on the landing button 14a or 14b when the elevator is set to the maintenance mode by the maintenance switch 8 based on the determination results of the first determination unit 19 and the second determination unit 20. Thus, using the voice of the character, the announcement device 15 provides guidance that the elevator cannot be used. In such a case, for example, an announcement such as “I'm under maintenance now. I ’m sorry” is made with the voice of the character.

Further, when the elevator is in the normal operation mode, the control unit 22 detects the operation on the landing button 14a or 14b, and uses the voice of the character to guide the operation from the announcement device 15. In such a case, for example, when the hall button 14a is pressed, an announcement such as “It's up” is given by the voice of the character.
The control unit 22 may provide appropriate information to the user of the hall 7 based on the determination result of the third determination unit 21 even after registration of the hall call. In such a case, for example, an announcement such as “The elevator will arrive soon” is made at an appropriate timing with the voice of the character.

  According to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, when an elevator is installed in an amusement park or related facility, appropriate information is provided without deteriorating the atmosphere of the installation location and delighting the elevator user. Will be able to provide.

  In other words, an amusement park character is arranged on the landing buttons 14a and 14b, and further, when the user operates the landing button 14a or 14b at the landing 7, an appropriate announcement is made with the voice of the character. It can be positioned as a kind of attraction (part), and visitors can be entertained.

  In addition, in order to place the amusement park characters on the landing buttons 14a and 14b, which are essential components for the elevator hall 7, for example, only for advertising of the amusement park, the above-mentioned curtain plate 10 above the hall entrance / exit There is no need to place a character. For this reason, further advertising effect of the amusement park can be expected while saving space and sharing parts with other elevators.

1 hoistway, 2 car, 3 counterweight, 4 main rope, 5 drive sheave,
6 control device, 7 landing, 8 maintenance switch, 9 landing three-way frame, 10 curtain,
11 landing door, 12 landing operation panel, 12a front panel,
13 car position indicator, 14a hall button, 14b hall button,
15 Announcement device, 16 base, 17 operation unit, 18 picture unit,
19 1st determination part, 20 2nd determination part, 21 3rd determination part, 22 Control part

Claims (5)

It is an elevator landing device installed in an amusement park using a predetermined character or its related facilities,
A hall button provided at the hall of the elevator, where the character is arranged so as to be visible from the user at the hall,
Announcement device provided at the hall,
A control device that outputs a sound or voice related to the character from the announcement device by detecting a predetermined operation on the hall button;
An elevator hall device characterized by comprising: The landing button
The base,
An operation unit made of a member having translucency, the surface of which constitutes the operation surface of the user,
A pattern portion provided between the base portion and the operation portion, and a character pattern provided on a surface facing the operation portion;
The elevator landing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: The landing button
The base,
An operation unit comprising a translucent member provided on the base, the surface of which constitutes an operation surface of the user,
With
2. The elevator landing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the operation unit has a character pattern inscribed on the back surface facing the base. 3.   The control device detects a predetermined operation on the landing button, and performs guidance for the predetermined operation from the announcement device by using a voice of a character arranged on the landing button. The elevator landing device according to claim 3. A maintenance switch to put the elevator into maintenance mode;
Further comprising
The control device detects a predetermined operation on the landing button when the elevator is in a maintenance mode by the maintenance switch, and uses the voice of the character arranged on the landing button to indicate that the elevator cannot be used. The elevator landing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the guidance is performed from an announcement device.

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