JP2012140189A - Elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an elevator in which a user who is difficult to operate a destination floor button by a finger can easily register a destination floor by a voice irrespective of the existence or absence of a user in a car while sufficiently preventing erroneous registration.SOLUTION: The elevator 10 comprises: a foot switch 21, a microphone speaker 22, and a control device 30 which registers the destination floor on the basis of the voice which is acquired by the microphone speaker 22. The control device 30 comprises a determination means 31 which determines whether or not the foot switch 21 is operated, and a voice registration means 32 which acquires the voice by starting a microphone of the microphone speaker 22 when it is determined that the foot switch 21 is operated by the determination means 31, and registers the destination floor on the basis of the acquired voice.

Description

  The present invention relates to an elevator, and more particularly, to an elevator equipped with a control device that controls the raising / lowering operation of a car based on destination floor registration by operation of an in-car operation panel.

The elevator stops the car at the landing based on the hall call registration by operating the call registration button on the hall operation panel, and enters the destination floor landing based on the destination floor registration by operating the destination floor button on the in-car operation panel. A lifting device that moves a car. Here, since the hall operation panel and the in-car operation panel are provided at a height that is easy for the user to operate with fingers, the operation is not easy for a user whose hands are blocked by luggage or the like. For example, even when an attempt is made to operate a plurality of destination floor buttons arranged side by side with elbows or the like, a button other than the target floor may be accidentally pressed.
In addition, it is not easy for a user with visual impairment to operate a destination floor button from among a plurality of destination floor buttons.

  In view of such a situation, an elevator capable of registering a destination floor by voice has been proposed. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses an elevator voice destination floor registration device that can prevent registration due to mischief while enabling voice destination floor registration when it is detected by a car scale device that there is only one passenger. Has been.

JP 2009-203038 A

  In the elevator disclosed in the above-mentioned patent document, destination floor registration by voice can be performed when there is only one user in the car with both hands occupied. However, it is convenient for a user who has both hands occupied or a visually impaired user to perform destination floor registration by voice even when there are a plurality of users in the car. In addition, it is necessary to sufficiently prevent misregistration due to the user's voice or mischief.

  That is, the object of the present invention is to easily register destination floors by voice regardless of the presence or absence of users in the car, while it is difficult to operate the destination floor buttons with the fingertips while sufficiently preventing erroneous registration. It is providing the elevator which can perform.

An elevator according to the present invention is installed on at least a floor surface or a lower surface of a wall surface in a car, in an elevator equipped with a control device that controls the raising / lowering operation of the car based on destination floor registration by operation of an operation panel in the car. And a sound collecting device that acquires sound when the foot switch is operated, and the control device performs destination floor registration based on the sound acquired by the sound collecting device.
According to this configuration, even if the user has both hands occupied while preventing registration by the voice of the user, etc., by limiting the opportunity of voice registration on the destination floor when the foot switch is operated You can easily register a destination floor using your feet.

Moreover, it is preferable that an insertion hole into which a toe can be inserted is formed in a baseboard attached to the lower end of the wall surface in the car, and the foot switch is installed in the insertion hole. For example, a foot switch can be installed in a gap that exists between the skirting board and the base part constituting the wall surface.
According to this configuration, it is possible to prevent a user who does not perform voice registration from accidentally touching the foot switch.

Moreover, it is preferable that the sound collector is installed on the same wall surface as the foot switch. For example, it is preferable to be installed substantially vertically above the foot switch, that is, corresponding to the position of the face of the user who operates the foot switch.
According to the said structure, the voice of the user who operates a foot switch, ie, the user who performs destination floor voice registration, can be acquired accurately.

  Moreover, it can be set as the structure provided with the display which guides the installation position of a foot switch on the floor surface in a passenger car. For example, a row-like display is provided over the operation position where the foot switch can be operated from or near the entrance / exit of the ride corner.

Moreover, it can be set as the structure provided with the visually impaired person guidance block installed over the operation position which can operate a foot switch from the entrance / exit of a car or its vicinity on the floor surface in a car.
Further, in the configuration, a sensor that detects a user who stays at least on a visually impaired person guidance block at an operation position for a predetermined time or a user who travels on the visually impaired person guidance block from the entrance to the operation position of the car to the operation position; It is preferable to provide a voice guidance output device that outputs voice guidance of the foot switch when the user is detected by the sensor.

  According to the elevator according to the present invention, it is possible to easily perform voice destination floors regardless of the presence or absence of users in the car for users who are difficult to operate the destination floor buttons with their fingertips while sufficiently preventing erroneous registration. You can register. For example, it is possible to improve the convenience of a user whose hands are blocked by luggage or a visually impaired user.

It is a figure which shows the elevator which is 1st Embodiment of this invention, Comprising: It is the figure which looked at the car and the landing from upper direction. FIG. 2 is a view showing the inside of a car in the elevator of FIG. 1. It is the sectional view on the AA line of FIG. It is a figure which shows the elevator which is 2nd Embodiment of this invention, Comprising: It is the figure which looked at the car and the landing from upper direction. FIG. 5 is a view showing the inside of a car in the elevator of FIG. 4. In the elevator which is 2nd Embodiment of this invention, it is a flowchart which shows the control procedure of the destination floor audio | voice registration of a visually impaired person.

  Embodiments of an elevator according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. In the embodiment, a rope type elevator will be described as an example. However, the application of the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to a machine room-less elevator or a hydraulic elevator.

<First Embodiment>
With reference to FIGS. 1-3, the elevator 10 of 1st Embodiment is demonstrated in detail.
As shown in FIG. 1, the elevator 10 is comprised in the hoistway 11 by the raising / lowering mechanism part which raises / lowers between the platforms 13 in which the car 12 was installed in each floor, and the control apparatus 30 which controls the operation | movement. Has been. In addition, the elevator 10 enables easy destination floor registration for a user who is difficult to operate the destination floor button 15 with a fingertip (for example, a user whose hands are blocked) while sufficiently preventing erroneous registration. Therefore, it has a function of performing destination floor registration by voice (destination floor voice registration) when the foot switch 21 is operated.

  The hoistway 11 is an elevating passage for the car 12 provided so as to penetrate in a vertical direction in a building or the like. In the upper machine room provided in the upper part of the hoistway 11, a hoisting machine and a control device 30 for raising and lowering the car 12 are installed. A main rope having one end connected to the upper portion of the car 12 and the other end connected to a counterweight is hung on the sheave of the hoisting machine. The main rope is driven by driving the hoisting machine under the control of the control device 30. The car 12 is rolled up or sent out and moves up and down in the hoistway 11.

  The car 12 has an indoor space in which a user can get in, and moves up and down in the hoistway 11 by driving a hoisting machine. A car operation panel 14 connected to the control device 30 is installed in the car 12. The in-car operation panel 14 includes a destination floor button 15, a door opening / closing button, an in-car indicator, and the like. The car 12 is provided with a car door 16 and a car door opening / closing device for opening and closing the car door 16.

  The hall 13 is an entrance for the car 12 provided on each floor. On the wall surface of the hall 13, a hall door 17 that opens and closes following the car door 16, a hall indicator, and a hall operating panel 18 connected to the control device 30 are installed. The hall operation panel 18 has an upward and downward hall call buttons 19 for performing hall call registration.

  Here, in addition to FIG. 1, elements relating to destination floor voice registration will be referred to as appropriate with reference to FIG. 2 (a perspective view showing the inside of the car 12) and FIG. 3 (a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 2). Explain in detail.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the in-car operation panel 14 is installed on the wall surface 20 in the car 12, and a foot switch 21, a microphone speaker 22, and the like are disposed on the wall surface 20 away from the in-car operation panel 14. Is installed. The foot switch 21 and the microphone speaker 22 are installed on the same wall surface 20. Further, a guidance display 24 for guiding the installation position of the foot switch 21 is provided on the floor surface 23 in the car 12.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the wall surface 20 of the car 12 is formed of a wall panel 25a and a base portion 25b. The base portion 25b is provided around the floor surface 23 excluding the entrance / exit of the car 12 to which the car door 16 is attached, and a wall panel 25a is placed thereon and fastened to each other. The wall panel 25 a is disposed on the inner side of the base portion 25 b, and the lower end thereof is bent in an L shape toward the outside of the car 12. On the other hand, the upper end of the base portion 25b is bent in an L shape toward the inside of the car 12, and the portions bent in the L shape are fastened. And the flat baseboard 26 which forms the substantially same plane as the wall surface 20 of the wall panel 25a is attached inside the base part 25b. That is, a gap exists between the back side of the skirting board 26 and the base portion 25b.

  The foot switch 21 is a switch operated with a foot at the time of destination floor voice registration, and is installed at the lower part of the wall surface 20 as shown in FIG. More specifically, an insertion hole 27 into which a toe can be inserted is formed in the skirting board 26, and the foot switch 21 is installed in the insertion hole 27. Note that a switch body 28 described later is attached to the base portion 25b, and a distal end of a switch head 29 described later is located on the back side of the surface of the base plate 26 (see FIG. 3). According to the installation mode, it is possible to prevent a user who does not perform voice registration from touching the foot switch 21 by mistake.

As shown in FIG. 3, the foot switch 21 includes a switch body 28 and a switch head 29. The switch head 29 is a portion that is pushed by the toe of a user who performs voice registration, and is attached to the switch main body 28 so as to freely advance and retract. For example, when the switch head 29 is pushed by the toe and pushed into the switch body 28, a switch contact (not shown) is connected, the foot switch 21 is turned on, and an ON signal is output from the switch body 28 to the control device 30. .
In the embodiment illustrated here, the switch head 29 is biased to the opposite side of the switch body 28 by a spring or the like (not shown), and the switch contact is connected only while the switch head 29 is pushed into the switch body 28. ON signal is output.

  The microphone speaker 22 is a device that includes a microphone that is a sound collecting device that acquires voice when the foot switch 21 is operated, and a speaker that outputs voice guidance for destination floor voice registration. It is installed on the same wall surface 20 as the installed wall surface 20. More specifically, the foot switch 21 is disposed substantially vertically above the floor surface 23, for example, at a height of about 150 to 170 cm.

  The guidance display 24 is a display for guiding the installation position of the foot switch 21 and the microphone speaker 22 to the user, and is provided on the floor surface 23. In the example shown in FIG. 1, an arrow-shaped display on which characters of “voice guidance” are drawn is provided from the vicinity of the entrance / exit of the car 12 to a position where the foot switch 21 can be operated.

  The control device 30 is a device that uniformly controls the operation of each element constituting the lifting device. For example, the control device 30 has a function of giving a command to the hoisting machine based on the operation of the in-car operation panel 14 and controlling the raising / lowering operation of the car 12. Furthermore, the control device 30 includes a determination unit 31 and a determination unit 31 as means for enabling easy destination floor voice registration for a user or the like who has both hands occupied while preventing erroneous registration due to speech or the like in the car 12. Voice registration means 32.

  The control device 30 includes a CPU, an input unit used to input control parameters used when executing the functions of the above-described means, a recording unit that stores control parameters, control programs, and the like, and input / output A computer having a port and the like. Each function can be realized by executing software, for example, a corresponding control program.

  The determination unit 31 has a function of determining whether or not the foot switch 21 has been operated. More preferably, it is determined whether or not the foot switch 21 is being operated, that is, whether or not the switch head 29 is being pushed by the toe and an ON signal is being output. That is, the determination means 31 determines that the foot switch 21 is being operated while acquiring the ON signal. When it is determined that the foot switch 21 is in operation, a voice registration permission signal is output to the voice registration unit 32.

  When the voice registration permission signal is acquired, that is, when the determination means 31 determines that the foot switch 21 is being operated, the voice registration means 32 activates the microphone of the microphone speaker 22 to acquire the voice. The destination floor is registered based on the voice. When the voice registration means 32 acquires the voice registration permission signal, the voice registration means 32 outputs voice guidance prompting voice registration such as “Please say the destination floor toward the front microphone” from the speaker of the microphone speaker 22. can do.

  As described above, the elevator 10 includes the foot switch 21 installed in the insertion hole 27 of the skirting board 26, the microphone speaker 22 including the sound collecting device that acquires sound when the foot switch 21 is operated, and the microphone. And a control device 30 that performs destination floor registration based on the voice acquired by the speaker 22. Then, the control device 30 determines whether or not the foot switch 21 is operated, and when the determination device 31 determines that the foot switch 21 is operated, the control device 30 turns the microphone of the microphone speaker 22 on. Voice registration means 32 that is activated to acquire voice and performs destination floor registration based on the acquired voice.

  In the elevator 10 having the above configuration, the user can perform destination floor voice registration as follows, for example. Here, a user (healthy person) whose both hands are occupied is assumed as the user.

  First, the user can confirm a place where voice registration is performed by looking at the guidance display 24 provided on the floor surface 23 of the car 12. Then, the user who has advanced to the front of the foot switch 21 and the microphone speaker 22 can operate the foot switch 21 with the toe, for example, according to the operation method display provided on the wall surface 20. When the foot switch 21 is operated, an ON signal is transmitted to the determination unit 31 of the control device 30, it is determined that the foot switch 21 is operated, and a voice registration permission signal is output to the voice registration unit 32.

  The voice registration means 32 that has acquired the voice registration permission signal outputs voice guidance prompting voice registration from the speaker of the microphone speaker 22, and the user utters the destination floor toward the microphone of the microphone speaker 22 according to the voice guidance. The microphone of the microphone speaker 22 acquires the voice only while the voice registration permission signal is acquired by the function of the voice registration means 32, and performs destination floor voice registration based on the acquired voice. For example, when the user operates the foot switch 21 and generates “5th floor”, the fifth floor destination floor registration is performed, and the fifth floor destination floor button 15 is lit. If the destination floor cannot be identified based on the voice acquired from the microphone, the voice registration unit 32 may output voice guidance for prompting voice registration again from the microphone.

  In the above description, the foot switch 21 and the microphone speaker 22 are installed in the car 12. However, the foot switch 21 and the microphone speaker 22 are also installed on the wall surface of the hall 13, and the destination at the hall 13. You may make it possible to perform floor voice registration. Alternatively, a hall call button 19 that can be operated with feet may be provided.

In the above description, the voice registration unit 32 outputs voice guidance. However, instead of voice guidance, a voice registration method display is provided on the wall surface 20 on which the foot switch 21 and the microphone speaker 22 are installed. May be.
In the above description, the control device 30 includes the determination unit 31. However, the function of the determination unit 31 may be built in the microphone speaker 22.
In the above description, the foot switch 21 including the switch main body 28 and the switch head 29 is illustrated, but the form of the foot switch is not particularly limited, and for example, a foot switch such as an accelerator pedal may be used. .

Second Embodiment
With reference to FIGS. 4-6, the elevator 50 of 2nd Embodiment is demonstrated in detail.
As shown in FIG. 4, the elevator 50 is comprised in the hoistway 11 by the raising / lowering mechanism part which raises / lowers between the platforms 52 in which the passenger car 51 was installed in each floor, and the control apparatus 60 which controls the operation | movement. Has been. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, a foot switch 21 and a microphone speaker 22 are installed on the same wall surface 20 in the car 51, and the foot switch 21 is placed in an insertion hole 27 formed in the baseboard 26. Is installed.

On the other hand, when the foot switch 21 is operated so that the elevator 50 can easily perform destination floor registration for a user who is difficult to operate the destination floor button 15 with a fingertip while sufficiently preventing erroneous registration. However, it is different from the elevator 10 in that it is equipped with facilities that are especially designed for users with visual impairments.
In the following description, the same components as those of the elevator 10 are denoted by the same reference numerals and redundant description is omitted.

  In the elevator 50, a visually impaired person guidance block 53 for landing (hereinafter referred to as a landing guidance block 53) is installed on the floor surface of the landing 52. The landing guide block 53 is a collection of protrusions that can be felt on the sole of the foot and has a function of guiding a visually impaired user to the landing door 17. The landing guide block 53 installed in front of the landing door 17 is a dotted block (warning block) indicating a stop position.

  In the elevator 50, a visually impaired person guidance block 54 (hereinafter referred to as an in-car guidance block 54) is also installed on the floor 23 of the car 51. The in-car guide block 54 is installed from the entrance / exit of the car 51 to an operation position where the foot switch 21 can be operated. A load sensor 55 is installed below the in-car guide block 54 installed at the operation position.

The load sensor 55 can detect the load applied to the car guide block 54, that is, the weight of the user, and can detect the presence of the user on the load. The load sensor 55 can detect a user who stays on the in-car guide block 54 at the operation position for a long time. As the load sensor 55, for example, a known sensor such as a load cell type sensor can be used.
The load sensor 55 can be installed for a plurality of in-car guide blocks 54 arranged in a row. For example, the load sensor 55 detects a user who travels from the entrance / exit of the car 12 to the operation position on the in-car guide block 54. You can also.

  The control device 60 includes a guidance determination unit 61 and a guidance output unit 62 in addition to the determination unit 31 and the voice registration unit 32.

  The guidance determination means 61 determines whether or not there is a user staying on the in-car guide block 54 at the operation position for a predetermined time. For example, the guidance determination unit 61 acquires a detection signal from the load sensor 55, and when the length of the detection signal continuously acquired is equal to or longer than a predetermined time (for example, 2 seconds or more), the visual impairment Accordingly, it is possible to output a guidance permission signal to the guidance output means 62.

  When the guidance output unit 62 obtains a guidance permission signal, that is, when the guidance determination unit 61 determines that there is a visually impaired user at the operation position of the foot switch 21, for example, While pressing 21 with the tip of the toe, speak to the front microphone and say the destination floor.

  Here, with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 6, the control regarding destination floor voice registration by the elevator 50 provided with the said structure is illustrated.

  First, it is determined whether or not there is a user who stays on the in-car guide block 54 at the operation position for a long time (S10). This procedure is executed by the function of the guidance determination means 61 and compares the length of the detection signal acquired from the load sensor 55 with a predetermined threshold value (for example, 2 seconds or more), thereby determining the presence / absence of the user. Can be determined. When a user who stays on the in-car guide block 54 at the operation position is confirmed for a long time, a guidance permission signal is output to the guidance output means 62.

  In S10, when a user who stays on the in-car guide block 54 at the operation position is confirmed for a long time, voice registration, that is, voice guidance for prompting the operation of the foot switch 21 and the utterance of the destination floor from the speaker of the microphone speaker 22 is performed. Output (S11). This procedure is executed by the function of the guidance output means 62 for obtaining the guidance permission signal.

Next, it is determined whether or not the foot switch 21 is operated (S12). This procedure is executed by the function of the determination unit 31, acquires an ON signal of the foot switch 21, and outputs a voice registration permission signal to the voice registration unit 32 while acquiring the ON signal.
When the foot switch 21 is operated, that is, when the voice registration permission signal is acquired, the voice is acquired from the microphone of the microphone speaker 22, and the destination floor voice registration is performed based on the acquired voice (S13). ). This procedure is executed by the function of the voice registration unit 32.

  In the above description, the load sensor 55 is exemplified as a sensor for detecting the user on the car guide block 54. For example, instead of the load sensor 55, a monitoring camera installed in the car 12 is used. You can also.

  10, 50 elevator, 11 hoistway, 12, 51 passenger car, 13, 52 landing, 14 in-car operation panel, 15 destination floor button, 16 car door, 17 landing door, 18 landing operation panel, 19 landing call button, 20 Wall surface, 21 Foot switch, 22 Microphone speaker, 23 Floor surface, 24 Guide display, 25a Wall panel, 25b Base part, 26 Skirting board, 27 Insert hole, 28 Switch body, 29 Switch head, 30, 60 Control device, 31 judgment Means, 32 voice registration means, 53 visually impaired person guidance block for landing (landing guidance block), 54 visually impaired person guidance block in car (inside car guidance block), 55 load sensor, 61 guidance determination means, 62 guidance output means.

Claims (6)

In an elevator equipped with a control device that controls the raising / lowering operation of the car based on the destination floor registration by operation of the operation panel in the car,
At least a foot switch installed on the floor or lower part of the wall in the car,
A sound collector that acquires sound when the foot switch is operated;
With
The control device performs destination floor registration based on the voice acquired by the sound collecting device. The elevator according to claim 1,
An insertion hole into which the toe can be inserted is formed in the baseboard attached to the lower end of the wall surface in the car,
The foot switch is installed in the insertion hole. The elevator according to claim 2,
The elevator is characterized in that the sound collecting device is installed on the same wall surface as the foot switch. In the elevator according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
An elevator comprising a display on the floor surface in the car for guiding the installation position of the foot switch. In the elevator according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
An elevator comprising a visually-impaired person guidance block installed on a floor surface in a car over an operation position where a foot switch can be operated from or near the doorway of the car. The elevator according to claim 5,
A sensor for detecting a user who stays at least on a visually impaired person guidance block at an operation position for a predetermined time or a user who travels on the visually impaired person guidance block from a car entrance to an operation position;
A voice guidance output device that outputs voice guidance of the foot switch when the user is detected by the sensor;
An elevator characterized by comprising:

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