JP3324891B2 - Elevator system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an elevator system in which an output device such as a video display device or a speaker is installed in a car.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an image display device is installed in a car for the purpose of transmitting various kinds of information to an elevator occupant or relieving tension between a plurality of occupants of the same car. (Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 3-49269 and Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-182489).

In the operation of elevators,
When a specific person, for example, an important person (VIP) visits, the operation control mode may be switched to the VIP operation mode to perform an unusual operation. That is, in the VIP operation mode, all the car call signals from each floor are ignored, the car goes straight to the floor on which the VIP is to board, and the door is opened to stand by. After the VIP has boarded the car and arrived at the target floor, it returns to the normal operation mode.

On the other hand, in an elevator system in which a display device is installed in a car, a receptionist operates an operation button (for example, * and a number button) of a push phone when visiting a VIP. To display a message in a language corresponding to the operated number from among messages in a plurality of languages registered in advance. -49269).

In the display guide apparatus, as shown in FIG. 6, messages in a plurality of languages are registered together with registration numbers in a storage device (21). For example, buttons "*" and "1" of a push phone are registered. The display mode 1 is selected by operating. In this case, a display device as shown in FIG.
(22) contains a Japanese message and, for example, registration number 11
English message is displayed. The display mode 2 is selected by operating the push phone buttons “*” and “2”, and as shown in FIG.
A Japanese message and a Chinese message of registration number 12, for example, are displayed.

[0006]

In the elevator system provided with the above-mentioned conventional display guide device, a receptionist asks the name of a visitor to confirm whether or not the VIP is a VIP to be visited. After judging the language that can be decoded, it is necessary to operate the push phone and select a specific display mode. However, it is not always easy to immediately determine the language that the VIP can understand. Needless to say, in selecting a mode, it is necessary to appropriately select and operate a plurality of buttons of a push phone. Therefore, there has been a problem that an operation error is likely to occur, and the psychological burden of the receptionist becomes extremely heavy especially for the operation for VIP.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an elevator system in which an image display device is installed in a car, wherein an image of a specific person can be easily and reliably displayed when a specific person visits the elevator system. It is.

[0008]

An elevator system according to the present invention comprises: a time measuring means for measuring the current date and time;
Alternatively, data storage means for storing video data and / or audio data to be output to each visitor, together with a visit schedule for a plurality of visitors, and a specific visit provided outside the car, An operation button to be turned ON when a visitor comes, and a current date and time are acquired from the timekeeping means in response to an ON signal from the operation button, and a visitor who is to visit from the data storage means is identified based on the acquired date and time. Control means for recognizing and reading the video data and / or audio data for the visitor in a timely manner and supplying the read data to an output device.

In a specific configuration, the data storage means is provided with a visit schedule for a specific visitor and data registration means for registering video data and / or audio data.

[0010] The video data specifically includes character data representing a message to a visitor.

In a more specific configuration, a number registering means for registering the number of a plurality of visitors who should output video data and / or audio data of the same content, and the same content repeated by the registered number of people And data erasing means for erasing the video data and / or audio data from the data storage means when the video data and / or audio data is output.

[0012]

In the above elevator system of the present invention,
The visit schedule of a specific visitor is stored in advance as data including, for example, the date of the scheduled visit date and the expected time zone of arrival, and a message for each visitor is displayed in a language understood by the visitor. It is stored as data or audio data. When a specific visitor arrives, the receptionist turns on the operation button. The ON signal is sent to the timing means to obtain the current date and time, that is, the date and time when the visitor arrives. Then, the data storage unit is searched based on the date and time, and the storage address of the video data and / or audio data for the specific visitor whose date and time is registered as the estimated date and time of arrival is determined. Then, in a timely manner, for example, when the car door opens,
The video data and / or audio data for the specific visitor is read. The video data and / or audio data is supplied to an output device, and as video and / or audio,
Displayed on an output device in the car, ie, a video display device,
Alternatively, sound is emitted from a speaker.

In a specific configuration having data registration means, by operating the data registration means, a visit schedule for a specific visitor and video data in a language understood by the visitor can be stored in the data storage means. And / or voice data can be set and registered.

In a specific configuration including the number registering means and the data erasing means, the same contents of video data and / or data are provided to a plurality of visitors arriving at the same time.
Alternatively, the number of visitors is registered in advance on the assumption that voice data is output. Then, each time a visitor arrives one after another during the time period, the operation button is operated each time, and the video data and / or the audio data having the same contents are repeatedly output, and the number of outputs is counted up. Thereafter, when the count value reaches a predetermined registered person value, the video data and / or audio data is automatically deleted from the data storage means. Therefore,
If there is another unscheduled visitor in the time zone, even if the operation button is operated, irrelevant video data and / or audio data will not be output to the visitor.

[0015]

In the elevator system according to the present invention, when there is a specific visitor, the video and / or sound for the visitor can be reliably obtained only by, for example, turning on an operation button provided at the reception. Is output to For example, if a message in a language that can be interpreted by a visitor is registered as a video, the receptionist can simply turn on the operation button without determining the language that the visitor can understand, which is a psychological burden. Is greatly reduced.

[0016]

FIG. 1 shows an apparatus configuration of an elevator system according to the present invention. The operation of a car (1) provided with an image display device (3) is controlled by an elevator control device (2). ing.

A VIP operation button (5) installed at the reception of the building entrance is connected to the elevator control device (2). When the VIP operation button (5) is turned ON, the ON signal is generated. Supplied to the elevator control device (2), the operation of the car (1) is switched from the normal operation mode to the VIP operation mode. In the VIP operation mode, all car call signals from each floor are ignored, and the car goes straight to the floor on which the VIP is to board,
Open the door and wait. Then, after the VIP gets on the car and arrives at the target floor, it returns to the normal operation mode.

The image display device (3) in the car (1) includes:
An image reproducing device (4) is connected. Video playback device (4)
Comprises a control unit (9) that receives information from the elevator control unit (2) and executes a predetermined operation described later. The control unit (9) has a video memory (7), a font, ROM
(8), a calendar and clock function unit (10), an interface unit (12), and a data storage unit (13) are connected. The interface unit (12) includes an operation unit such as a keyboard.
(11) is connected. The video memory (7) is connected to a video display device (3) in the car (1) via a D / A converter (6).

The general video storage area (16) of the data storage section (13)
Stores video data to be displayed on the video display device (3) in the normal operation mode. The video data includes a floor display to be displayed according to the stop position of the car,
The background video data is included.

On the other hand, in the VIP display storage area (15) of the data storage section (13), the video display device (3) is operated in the VIP operation mode.
Is stored with video data to be displayed. The video data includes messages in various languages and video data of the background image. The VIP display storage area (15)
Are described using a predetermined character code, and based on the character code read from the VIP display storage area (15), bitmap data (video data) of the corresponding character is read from the font ROM (8). ) Will be read.

The schedule storage area (14) of the data storage unit (13) stores a schedule registration list for visiting the VIP as shown in FIG. 2 (a). The schedule registration list includes a registration number, a date of a scheduled VIP visit date, a scheduled time zone of arrival, and a background video number. The message content in FIG. 2A is stored as a table associating the registration number with the message read address in the VIP display storage area 15 as shown in FIG. 2B. Similarly, the background video is stored as a table associating the background video number with the read address of the background video in the VIP display storage area (15) as shown in FIG.

Schedule storage area of the data storage unit (13)
(14) and the setting registration of the data in the VIP display storage area (15) are performed at the time of starting the elevator operation by using the video reproducing apparatus shown in FIG.
It can be performed by operating the operation section (11) of (4).

After the start of the elevator operation, the elevator control device (2) repeatedly captures the ON / OFF state of the VIP operation button (5) at a predetermined cycle, and when the VIP operation button (5) changes from OFF to ON, The VIP code is transmitted to the control unit (9) of the video reproducing device (4). After returning to the normal operation mode as described above, the normal operation code is sent to the control unit (9).

FIG. 3 shows a control section of the video reproducing apparatus (4).
(9) represents a video display control procedure executed. First, in step S1, it is determined whether or not the code sent from the elevator control device (2) is a VIP code.
If NO, the image display operation in the normal operation mode is executed in step S2. That is, video data corresponding to the driving situation at that time is read from the general video storage area (16) of the data storage section (13), and is transferred to the video memory (7).

The video data for one frame transferred to the video memory (7) is converted into an analog video signal via a D / A converter (6) and supplied to a video display device (3). As a result, the image display device (3) displays an image indicating the operation status of the elevator, such as a floor display.

On the other hand, when the VIP code is detected in step S1 in FIG. 3, the image display operation in the VIP operation mode in steps S4 to S8 is executed. That is, in step S4, the current date and time are obtained from the calendar and clock function unit (10). Next, in step S5, the schedule registration list in the schedule storage area (14) in FIG. 2 is searched based on the acquired date and time, and the registration number storing the corresponding date and time zone is determined.

In step S6, a message read address and a background video read address are determined based on the determined registration number. Then, in step S7, VIP
The background video data is read from the display storage area (15), and the character code of the message is read in step S8. Note that the data reading timing in steps S7 and S8 is based on, for example, a code from the elevator control device (2), when the car (1) arrives at the VIP boarding floor and the door is opened, or when the VIP opens. It is possible to synchronize with the time when the door is closed after getting into the car (1).

The background video data read in this way is directly transferred to the video memory (7). On the other hand, for the character code of the message, the control unit (9) stores the bitmap data corresponding to the character code in the font ROM.
Read from (8) and transfer to video memory (7). In the video memory 7, the message video is superimposed on the background video and synthesized. The composite video data is converted into an analog composite video signal by a D / A converter (6) and supplied to a video display device (3). As a result, a video with a specific message for a specific visitor is displayed on the video display device (3).

Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S9 in FIG.
Until the normal operation code is detected, the display state in the VIP operation mode is continued. When the normal operation code is detected in step S9, the process proceeds to step S2 and returns to the display state in the normal operation mode.

FIGS. 5 (a), 5 (b) and 5 (c) show examples of display of a message image when the schedule registration of FIG. 2 is performed. For example, from 9:00 on December 24, 1994
When the VIP operation button (5) is turned on at 10:00, the registration number is determined to be "1", and the message read address and the background video read address are determined based on this. As a result, FIG.
As shown in (a), a message M1 is displayed on the background image I1.

Thereafter, when the VIP operation button (5) is turned on during the period from 13:00 to 13:30, the registration number is determined to be "2", and based on this, the message reading address and the background image are set. Is determined. As a result, on the video display device (3), messages M2 in different languages are displayed on the same background video I1 as shown in FIG. 5 (b).

If the VIP operation button (5) is turned ON when an unscheduled VIP whose schedule is not registered visits, the schedule storage area (14) stores
The corresponding time zone does not exist. Therefore, in order to deal with such a case, it is possible to store a default message and a background image as the registration number “0” in the schedule storage area (14) as shown in FIG. . In this case, if there is no corresponding time zone when searching the schedule storage area (14), the registration number is determined to be "0". As a result, a default message and a background image are displayed on the image display device (3) as shown in FIG.

When a plurality of VIPs individually visit during the same time zone, each time the VIP operation button (5) is operated, the same message video can be displayed on these VIPs. However, it is conceivable that another unscheduled VIP visits in that time zone. in this case,
If the VIP operation button (5) is operated by mistake, a message unrelated to the VIP is displayed, which is inconvenient.

Therefore, in order to cope with such a case, the schedule storage area (14) is provided with a number column for registering the number of VIPs who should display the same message, and the operation unit ( By the operation of 11), the number data is registered in the number column. Thereafter, in the VIP operation mode, the number of times that the registered data in the specific time zone is read is counted, and when the same message is repeatedly displayed by the number of times of the number of people data in the number of people column, all the registered data in the time zone is deleted. It is. Therefore, if the VIP operation button (5) is operated when an unexpected VIP visits, a default message and a background image will be displayed.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the general image in the normal operation mode and the background image of the message in the VIP operation mode are stored as digital data in the data storage unit (13). For example, it is also possible to use an analog VTR or a laser disk player. FIG. 4 shows an example in which such an analog video recording device (17) is provided. In the elevator system, a video signal switching section (18) is provided at an output section of the video reproducing apparatus (4), and the video signal switching section (18) is provided.
By (18), the background video output from the video recording device (17) and the message video output from the D / A converter (6) are switched on one horizontal scanning line, and the message video is superimposed on the background video. Imposed.

The description of the above embodiments is for the purpose of illustrating the present invention, and should not be construed as limiting the invention described in the claims or reducing the scope thereof. Further, the configuration of each part of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and it is needless to say that various modifications can be made within the technical scope described in the claims. For example, in the car (1), a speaker may be installed together with or instead of the video display device (3), and a welcome voice message may be emitted when visiting the VIP. It is possible.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an elevator system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a chart showing a schedule registration list stored in a schedule storage area.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a video display procedure.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing another embodiment of the elevator system.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating various message display examples.

FIG. 6 is a table showing registered contents of a storage device in a conventional device.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a message display example in a conventional device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 (1) Car (2) Elevator control device (3) Video display device (4) Video playback device (5) VIP operation button (9) Control unit (10) Calendar and clock function unit (13) Data storage unit (14 ) Schedule storage area (15) VIP display storage area

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of front page (72) Inventor Tomohiko Tsumura 1-228-10 Sho, Ibaraki-shi, Osaka Inside Fujitec R & D Co., Ltd. (56) References JP-A-6-72644 (JP, A) Hei 3-297773 (JP, A) Fully open Hei 3-49269 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B66B 3/00-3/02

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. An elevator system in which an output device for outputting video and / or audio is installed in a car, a clock means for clocking the current date and time, and a visit schedule for one or more specific visitors. Data storage means for storing video data and / or audio data to be output to each visitor; and an operation button which is installed outside the car and which is to be turned on when a specific visitor visits In response to an ON signal from the operation button, the current date and time are acquired from the timekeeping means, and based on the acquired date and time, a visitor to be visited is recognized from the data storage means, and image data for the visitor is obtained. And / or control means for reading out audio data in a timely manner and supplying it to an output device. 2. The elevator system according to claim 1, further comprising a data registration unit for registering a visit schedule for a specific visitor and video data and / or audio data in the data storage unit. 3. The elevator system according to claim 1, wherein the video data includes character data representing a message to a visitor. 4. A number registering means for registering the number of a plurality of visitors who are to output video data and / or audio data of the same content, and video data and / or data of the same content repeated by the registered number of people. And data erasing means for erasing the video data and / or audio data from the data storage means when audio data is output.
The elevator system according to claim 3.