JP2012006760A - Information display device for elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information display device for an elevator which displays a landscape information image suited for a real landscape of an external part of a hoistway which can be seen through a window glass of a car, on the same window glass even while the car runs between story floors.SOLUTION: The information display device for an elevator is provided in an elevator for landscape which has the window glass 9 on a lateral plate of the car 8 and allows the landscape of the external part of the hoistway 1 to be seen from the interior of the car 8 through the window glass 9. The information display device for an elevator includes: a transmissive film screen 15A which displays on the window glass 9, the landscape information image 3D relating to the landscape of an external part which can be seen in association with the position of the car 8; a projector 14A which is disposed on the car 8, to which the landscape information image 3D is set and which causes the transmissive film screen 15A to reproduce and display the landscape information image 3D; and an information display content controller 13 which controls the projector 14A in such a manner that the image reproducing speed corresponding to the position and speed of the car 8 measured by a rotary encoder 6 is obtained.

Description

  The present invention is an elevator provided with an image display device that is provided in an elevator such as an elevator for observation and displays a landscape information image related to a landscape outside a hoistway that can be seen through the window glass on a window glass of a side plate of a car. Related to information display device.

  There exists a thing shown by patent document 1 as this type of prior art. In Patent Document 1, the position of the elevator car for the observation elevator is detected, a voltage is applied to a predetermined segment provided on the window glass of the car according to the position of the elevator car, and characters that are opaquely discolored are displayed. The structure provided with the image display apparatus which displays the description information display to display, ie, the landscape information image which consists of the character relevant to the external scenery seen corresponding to the position of a cage | basket | car, is disclosed.

Japanese Patent Publication No. 60-313

  In the prior art disclosed in Patent Document 1 described above, when the car is stopped on a predetermined floor, a landscape information image corresponding to an actual landscape outside the hoistway seen through the window glass of the car is displayed on the same window glass. Can be displayed. However, when the position of the car changes continuously as the car travels, it is provided on the same window glass as the actual scenery seen from the car window glass according to the passenger's eyes of the car The landscape information image displayed on the image display device could not be matched. That is, when the car between the floors is running, there is a problem that it is not possible to display the landscape information on the window glass of the car through the window glass that matches the actual scenery that the passenger sees. .

  The present invention was made from the actual situation in the prior art described above, and its purpose is to provide a real scene outside the hoistway that can be seen from the window glass of the car even when the car is traveling between floors. It is providing the information display apparatus of the elevator which can display the suitable landscape information image on the window glass of the same passenger car.

  In order to achieve the above object, an elevator information display device according to the present invention has a window glass on a side plate of a car, and through this window glass, the scenery outside the hoistway can be seen from within the car. In an elevator information display device provided with an image display device that is provided in an elevator and displays a landscape information image related to an external landscape that is visible on the window glass corresponding to the position of the car, the position of the car and Measuring means for measuring speed; display instruction means provided on the car, the landscape information image is set, and the landscape information image is reproduced and displayed on the image display device; and the multiplication measured by the measuring means. And an information display content control device for controlling the display command means so as to achieve an image reproduction speed in accordance with the position and speed of the car.

  In the present invention configured as described above, the landscape information image displayed by the image display device provided on the window glass of the car is the vehicle measured by the measurement means under the control of the display command means by the information display content control device. It is displayed at the image playback speed according to the position and speed of the car, so the passengers in the car can see the real scenery outside the hoistway through the car window and the scenery corresponding to the same window glass. The timing at which the related landscape information image is displayed can be matched. In other words, even when the car is traveling between floors, a landscape information image suitable for the actual scenery outside the hoistway seen from the car window glass can be displayed on the same car window glass. it can.

  According to the present invention, in the above invention, the image display device includes a transmissive film screen, and the display command means includes a projector that projects the landscape information image onto the transmissive film screen.

  The present invention further comprises a height measuring means for measuring the height of a passenger who has entered the car in the invention, wherein the information display content control device is responsive to the height of the passenger measured by the height measuring means. And controlling to adjust the projection angle of the projector. The present invention configured as described above is an external real landscape that is visible at the height position of the passenger's line of sight according to the height of the passenger, with the projection angle of the projector adjusted according to the height of the passenger by the information display content control device A landscape information image related to the corresponding landscape can be displayed by the image display device at the position of the window glass of the car adapted to the above.

  Further, the present invention is the above-mentioned invention, wherein the height measuring means is included in the information display content control device, and the passenger height data which is a light shielding state data of a passenger with respect to an infrared sensor provided on the door of the car, and It is characterized by comprising calculation means for calculating the height of the passenger based on the passenger height data of at least one of the passenger height data, which is image data of a camera for photographing the inside of the car.

  Further, the present invention is the above invention, wherein the calculating means comprises average height calculating means for calculating an average height of a plurality of passengers in the car, and the information display content control device is calculated by the average height calculating means. Control is performed to adjust the shooting angle of the projector according to the average height. Since the present invention configured as described above is adjusted by the information display content control device so that the projection angle of the projector corresponds to the average height of a plurality of passengers, it can be seen at the height position of the line of sight assumed from the average height. A landscape information image related to the corresponding landscape can be displayed by the image display device at the position of the window glass of the car adapted to the external real landscape.

  Moreover, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above invention, the image display device comprises an LED display, and the display command means comprises an LED display control unit for displaying the landscape information image on the LED display.

  In the present invention, in the above invention, an operation information image related to the position and speed of the car is set in the display command means, and the information display content control device is configured to measure the car measured by the measuring means. The display command means is controlled so that the operation information image corresponding to the position and speed is displayed on the image display device. The present invention configured as described above can simultaneously display a landscape information image suitable for an external real landscape and operation information related to the position and speed of the car on the same window glass of the car.

  The present invention provides a measuring means for measuring the position and speed of a car, and a landscape information image related to the scenery outside the hoistway, which is provided in the car, and this landscape information image is displayed on the window glass of the car. Display command means for reproducing and displaying on the image display device, and an information display content control device for controlling the display command means so as to obtain an image reproduction speed corresponding to the position and speed of the car measured by the measuring means. Therefore, when the passenger of the car sees the actual scenery outside the hoistway through the window glass of the car, and when the scenery information image related to the scenery corresponding to the window glass of the car is displayed. Can be matched. In other words, even when the car is traveling between floors, a landscape information image suitable for the actual scenery outside the hoistway seen from the car window glass can be displayed on the same car window glass. It is possible to improve the landscape explanation serviceability for passengers in the car as compared to the conventional case.

An elevator for observation cited as an example of an elevator provided with the first embodiment of the information display device according to the present invention, an external landscape seen from the passenger car as the elevator car of the elevator for observation is moved up and down, It is a figure which shows the example of an information display obtained by embodiment. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a first embodiment of an information display device according to the present invention. It is a figure which shows the control sequence containing each apparatus with which 1st Embodiment of the information display apparatus which concerns on this invention is equipped, and each corresponding data. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows 2nd Embodiment of the information display apparatus which concerns on this invention.

  Embodiments of an elevator information display apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows a view elevator as an example of an elevator provided with the first embodiment of the information display device according to the present invention, and an external landscape seen from the car as the elevator of the view elevator moves up and down. It is a figure which shows the information display example obtained in 1st Embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the elevator provided with the information display device according to the first embodiment of the present invention is, for example, a prospecting elevator, and substantially the entire hoistway 1 sees the scenery outside the hoistway 1. It is made of glass so that it can be used. Therefore, when the car is at the lowest floor car position 2A, the passengers of the car can see the external real scenery 2B through the window glass provided on the side plate of the car, and the car is on the top floor. When in the car position 4A, the passengers in the car can see the landscape 4B through the aforementioned window glass, and when the car is in the inter-floor car position 3A, the passengers in the car pass through the aforementioned window glass. You can see the outside landscape 3B. The car travels in the hoistway 1 by a wire rope wound around a hoisting machine 6 driven by a control panel 7.

  As shown in FIG. 1, in the information display device according to the first embodiment to be described later, in correspondence with the external real scenery 3B viewed from the aforementioned window glass at the inter-floor car position 3A, As illustrated in the information display example 3C, landscape information images 3D such as “□□ building”, “XX building”, “ΔΔ building”, and “XX building” are displayed on the same window glass. Further, as exemplified in the information display example 3C, operation information 3E related to the position and speed of the car is also displayed on the same window glass.

  The information display apparatus according to the first embodiment includes measuring means for measuring the position and speed of the car. For example, as shown in FIG. 1, the measuring means includes a rotary encoder 6 that outputs a signal corresponding to the rotational speed of the hoisting machine 5.

  FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a first embodiment of the information display device according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 includes each device provided in the first embodiment of the information display device according to the present invention and corresponding data. It is a figure which shows a control sequence.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the information display device according to the first embodiment shows a landscape information image related to an external landscape that appears on the window glass 9 of the car 8 corresponding to the position of the car 8, that is, shown in FIG. 1. An image display device for displaying the landscape information image 3D and the operation information image 3E is provided. This image display device is composed of a transmissive film screen 15A attached to a window glass 9, for example.

  Moreover, 1st Embodiment is provided in the passenger car 8, the landscape information image 3D and the operation information image 3E are set, and the display command means which reproduces and displays these landscape information image 3D and the operation information image 3E on an image display apparatus. It has. This display command means is installed, for example, near the ceiling in the car 8, and comprises a projector 14A capable of projecting the landscape information image 3D and the operation information image 3E onto the transmissive film screen 15A.

  In the first embodiment, the information display content control device controls the display command means, that is, the projector 14A so that the image reproduction speed is in accordance with the position and speed of the car 8 measured by the measurement means, that is, the rotary encoder 6. 13 is provided. This information display content control device 13 is installed, for example, in the upper part of the ceiling of the car 8.

  Furthermore, this 1st Embodiment is provided with the height measurement means which measures the height of the passenger who got in the passenger car 8, and the information display content control apparatus 13 respond | corresponds to the height of the passenger measured by the height measurement means. Thus, control is performed to adjust the actual projection angle or the apparent projection angle of the projector 14A. The height measuring means includes, for example, passenger height data, which is included in the information display content control device 13 and is the light shielding state data D1 of the passenger shown in FIG. 3 for the infrared sensor 11 disposed on the door 10 of the car 8, and the car. 8 includes a calculation means for calculating the height of the passenger based on at least one passenger height data D3 of the passenger height data, which is image data of a camera, for example, the security camera 12.

  The projection angle of the projector 14 may be adjusted by changing the angle of the lens provided in the projector 14 based on a signal output from the information display content control device 13. A plurality of landscape information images when the angle of the lens is changed in advance, that is, a plurality of landscape information images displayed at different height positions with respect to the window glass 9, are set from the information display content control device 13. Depending on the output signal, adjustment may be made by selecting a corresponding image from among a plurality of landscape information images.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3, signals output from the rotary encoder 6 are input to the information display content control device 13 as car position data D4 and speed data D5, and are included in the information display content control device 13. Calculates the position and speed of the car 8 based on the car position data D4 and the speed data D5.

  In the first embodiment configured as described above, as shown in FIG. 1, when the car 8 travels by driving the hoisting machine 5 by the control panel 7, the window glass of the side plate of the car 8 Passengers in the car 8 through 9 can see the scenery outside the hoistway 1 formed in glass. In addition, a landscape information image 3D set in the projector 14A and an operation information image 3E of the car 8 set in the projector 14A are projected from the projector 14A on the transmissive screen 15A provided on the same window glass 9, and these images are viewed. Can do.

  At this time, the landscape information image 3D and the operation information image 3E displayed on the transparent film screen 15A are the position and speed of the car 8 measured by the rotary encoder 6 under the control of the projector 14A by the information display content control device 13. Since the image is displayed at a speed corresponding to the image reproduction speed, the passenger in the car 8 sees the actual scenery outside the hoistway 1 through the window glass 9 of the car 8 and the scenery corresponding to the same window glass 9 The timing at which the related landscape information image 3D is displayed can be matched. That is, even when the car 8 travels and reaches, for example, the inter-floor car position 3A in FIG. 1, landscape information suitable for the scenery outside the hoistway 1 seen from the window glass 9 of the car 8 The image 3D can be displayed on the window glass 9 of the same car 8. When the car 8 is stopped on the predetermined floor, a landscape information image 3D suitable for the actual scenery outside the hoistway 1 can be displayed on the window glass 9 of the same car 8. At this time, the operation information image 3E displaying the stopped floor can also be displayed on the window glass 9 of the same car 8.

  Further, in the first embodiment, the projection angle of the projector 14A is determined according to the height of the passenger in the car 8 calculated by the calculation means of the information display content control device 13 based on the passenger height data D3 shown in FIG. Therefore, the position of the window glass 9 of the car 8 adapted to the actual scenery of the outside that can be seen at the height position of the passenger's line of sight according to the height of the passenger is related to the corresponding landscape. The landscape information image 3D can be displayed by the transmissive film screen 15A. Therefore, even if the passenger is, for example, a short child, the landscape information image 3D suitable for the actual landscape outside the hoistway 1 that the child is viewing can be displayed on the window glass 9, and the child, etc. The scenery explanation service nature for can be improved.

  Further, in the first embodiment, since the operation information image 3E of the car 8 is displayed together with the landscape information image 3D on the transmissive film screen 15A, the passenger of the car 8 can reach the destination floor. You can alert them not to get over.

  In the first embodiment, the calculation means for calculating the height of the passenger provided in the information display content control device 13 may be constituted by an average height calculation means for calculating the average height of a plurality of passengers in the car 8. Good.

  In such a configuration, the information display content control device 13 adjusts the projection angle of the projector 14A according to the average height of a plurality of passengers, so that the height of the line of sight assumed from the average height is set. The landscape information image 3D related to the corresponding landscape can be displayed on the transparent film screen 15A at the position of the window glass 9 of the car 8 that matches the actual landscape outside the hoistway 1 that can be seen.

  FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a second embodiment of the information display apparatus according to the present invention.

  In the second embodiment shown in FIG. 4, the image display device provided on the window glass 9 of the car 8 includes an LED display 15B. Further, an LED display control unit, which is controlled by the information display content control device 13 and displays the landscape information image 3D on the LED display 15B, is arranged in parallel with the information display content control device 13 on the upper side of the car 8, for example It consists of 14B. Other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment described above.

  In the second embodiment, for example, a plurality of landscape information images corresponding to different projection angles in the first embodiment are set in advance in the LED display control unit 14B, and the infrared sensor 11 or the security camera. When the signal corresponding to the height of the passenger obtained by the calculation based on the passenger height data D3 acquired via the signal 12 is output from the information display content control device 13, the above-mentioned signal among the plurality of landscape information images Is selected and the image signal is transmitted to the LED display 15B. Therefore, the corresponding landscape information image 3D is displayed at the position of the window glass 8 corresponding to the height position of the line of sight corresponding to the height of the passenger of the car 8 on the LED display 15B. Other functions and effects are the same as those of the first embodiment described above.

  The first and second embodiments described above are provided in the elevator for observation, but are elevators in which hoistways are formed so that the scenery outside the hoistway can be seen from the window glass on the side plate of the car. If there is, the present invention can be applied without being limited to the observation elevator in which the entire surface of the hoistway is made of glass.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Hoistway 2A Bottom floor car position 2B Landscape 3A Inter-floor car position 3B Landscape 3C Information display example 3D Landscape information image 3E Operation information image 4A Top floor car position 4B Landscape 5 Hoisting machine 6 Rotary encoder (measurement) means)
7 Control Panel 8 Passenger Car 9 Window Glass 10 Door 11 Infrared Sensor 12 Security Camera 13 Information Display Content Control Device 14A Projector (Display Command Means)
14B LED display control unit (display command means)
15A Transparent film screen (image display device)
15B LED display (image display device)

Claims (7)

It has a window glass on the side plate of the car, and is provided in an elevator through which the scenery outside the hoistway can be seen from inside the car.
In an elevator information display device comprising an image display device for displaying a landscape information image related to an external landscape that appears in correspondence with the position of the car on the window glass,
Measuring means for measuring the position and speed of the car;
Display command means provided on the car, the landscape information image is set, and the landscape display image is reproduced and displayed on the image display device;
An elevator information display comprising: an information display content control device for controlling the display command means so as to obtain an image reproduction speed corresponding to the position and speed of the car measured by the measuring means. apparatus. In the elevator information display device according to claim 1,
The image display device comprises a transmissive film screen,
The elevator information display device, wherein the display command means comprises a projector that projects the landscape information image onto the transmissive film screen. In the elevator information display device according to claim 2,
Comprising height measuring means for measuring the height of a passenger who has entered the car;
The information display content control device controls the adjustment of the projection angle of the projector according to the height of the passenger measured by the height measuring means. In the elevator information display device according to claim 3,
The height measuring means is included in the information display content control device, and includes passenger height data, which is a light shielding state data of a passenger with respect to an infrared sensor provided on a door of the car, and an image of a camera that captures the inside of the car. An elevator information display device comprising a computing means for computing the height of a passenger based on at least one passenger height data of passenger height data as data. In the elevator information display device according to claim 4,
The calculating means comprises average height calculating means for calculating the average height of a plurality of passengers in the car,
The information display content control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information display content control apparatus performs control to adjust a photographing angle of the projector according to the average height calculated by the average height calculation means. In the elevator information display device according to claim 1,
The image display device comprises an LED display,
The display instruction means comprises an LED display control unit that displays the landscape information image on the LED display. In the elevator information display device according to claim 1,
In the display command means, set an operation information image related to the position and speed of the car,
The information display content control device controls the display command means so that the operation information image corresponding to the position and speed of the car measured by the measuring means is displayed on the image display device. An elevator information display device.

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