JP5863207B2 - Elevator information system, content information registration apparatus used therefor, and content information transfer method - Google Patents

Description

  Embodiments described herein relate generally to an elevator information system, a content information registration apparatus used for the elevator information system, and a content information transfer method.

  Conventionally, a display device is installed in an elevator car, and floor information indicating the current position of the car, content information, and the like are displayed.

  By displaying this information, the user who is in the car can grasp the current position of the car and can use the travel time by the elevator by viewing the content. it can.

JP 2004-168482 A

  In the above-described car display device, when changing the content to be displayed, it is necessary to transmit content information from the outside to the display device.

  In order to transmit content information to the display device of the car, it is common to transmit via the tail code from the control panel in the elevator, but in this case the transmission speed is as RS232C or RS422 is used. 9600bps is the upper limit. In recent years, the transmission speed of RS422 has improved, but when using a tail cord laid on an existing property, the actual speed cannot be achieved even if a device with a high transmission speed is applied. Only text content information can be sent.

  On the other hand, video content information based on moving images has recently been enriched, and there is a demand for displaying video content information on a display device of a car.

  However, the video content information has a large amount of data, which is about 100 to 1000 times the amount of content information in text characters, so it is practically necessary to transmit the video content information by tail code with an existing elevator. There was a problem that it could not be tolerated.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an elevator information system for efficiently transferring content information to be displayed to a display device in an elevator car, a content information registration device used therefor, and content information An object is to provide a transfer method.

According to an embodiment for achieving the above object, a content information registration device of an elevator information system includes a transfer information setting unit, a communication destination device detection unit, a wireless communication unit, and a door opening instruction generation unit . The transfer information setting unit sets a plurality of pieces of content information to be displayed on the car display device and display schedule information including the display order as transfer information. The communication destination device detection unit detects a car display device capable of wireless communication with the own device. The wireless communication unit wirelessly transmits the transfer information to the car display device selected from those detected by the communication destination device detection unit. When the wireless communication with the selected car display device is established, the door opening instruction generating unit issues a door opening instruction for holding the car door of the car on which the car display device is installed in the door open state. It is generated and wirelessly transmitted from the wireless communication unit, and when the transmission process of the transfer information is completed or when door opening cancellation is instructed, a door opening cancellation instruction is generated and wirelessly transmitted from the wireless communication unit.

Explanatory drawing which shows the radio | wireless transmission / reception range of each several car display apparatus in the information system for elevators by one Embodiment. The block diagram which shows the structure of the information system for elevators by one Embodiment. The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the content information registration apparatus utilized for the information system for elevators by one Embodiment.

<Configuration of Elevator Information System According to One Embodiment>
The configuration of an elevator information system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

  In the present embodiment, the elevator information system 1 includes car display devices 20-1 and 20- installed in the cars 2-1 and 2-2 of two elevators (No. A and No. B) to be managed, respectively. 2, information information is displayed on the content information registration device 10, car display devices 20-1 and 20-2 installed in the cars 2-1 and 2-2, and a car display device 20-1. , 20-2 via control cords 40-1 and 40-2 respectively connected to the control boards 40-1 and 40-2 via the tail cords 30-1 and 30-2, and a central management device 50 connected to the control boards 40-1 and 40-2, respectively. Have

  The content information registration device 10 is a tablet terminal or a laptop computer carried by an administrator, and as shown in FIG. 2, the content information recording unit 11, the user interface unit 12, the transfer information setting unit 13, and wireless communication Unit 14, communication destination device detection unit 15, connection processing unit 16, and door opening instruction generation unit 17.

  The content information recording unit 11 records a plurality of pieces of video content information to be displayed on the car display devices 20-1 and 20-2.

  The user interface unit 12 is configured with a touch panel screen or the like, and inputs operation information by an administrator and displays notification information to the administrator.

  When the display schedule information indicating the display order of the plurality of video content information is input from the user interface unit 12 by the administrator's operation, the transfer information setting unit 13 acquires the corresponding video content information from the content information recording unit 11. And set as transfer information together with display schedule information.

  The wireless communication unit 14 performs wireless communication with the car display devices 20-1 and 20-2 within the range where wireless communication is possible, and the transfer information set by the transfer information setting unit 13 and the door opening instruction generation unit 17. The generated door opening instruction and door opening cancellation instruction are transmitted to the corresponding car display device.

  The communication destination device detection unit 15 detects a car display device within a wireless communicable range based on the communication status of the wireless communication unit 14.

  The connection processing unit 16 performs processing for establishing wireless communication with the car display device selected by the operation of the manager.

  The door opening instruction generation unit 17 generates door opening instructions and door opening cancellation instructions for the car doors (not shown) of the cars 2-1 and 2-2 according to the wireless connection processing status by the connection processing unit 16. In addition, based on the administrator's operation information input from the user interface unit 12, a door opening release instruction for the car doors 2-1 and 2-2 is generated.

  The car display devices 20-1 and 20-2 include wireless communication units 21-1 and 21-2, information processing units 22-1 and 22-2, and display units 23-1 and 23-2, respectively.

  The wireless communication units 21-1 and 21-2 perform wireless communication with the content information registration device 10 that is within a wireless communication range.

  The information processing units 22-1 and 22-2 display the plurality of pieces of content information received from the content information registration device 10 based on the display schedule information, and the driving situation acquired from the control panels 40-1 and 40-2. Generates information information for displaying information. In addition, the information processing units 22-1 and 22-2 transmit the door opening instruction and the door opening cancellation instruction received from the content information registration apparatus 10 to the connected control panels 40-1 and 40-2.

  The display units 23-1 and 23-2 display information information generated by the information processing units 22-1 and 22-2.

  The control panels 40-1 and 40-2 acquire the operation status information of the respective elevators, send them to the car display devices 20-1 and 20-2 and the central management device 50, and control each device in the elevator. Operation control units 41-1 and 41-2 are provided.

  The central management apparatus 50 acquires the operation status information of each elevator from the control panels 40-1 and 40-2, and performs group management control based on the acquired information.

<Operation of Elevator Information System According to One Embodiment>
Next, in the information system 1 according to the present embodiment, content information is transmitted from the content information registration device 10 to the car display device 20-1 of the No. A machine, and the content information received by the car display device 20-1 and the operation of the own car The operation for displaying the status information will be described with reference to the sequence diagram of FIG.

  First, display schedule information for displaying a plurality of pieces of video content information recorded in the content information recording unit 11 in a predetermined order by an administrator operating the user interface unit 12 of the content information registration device 10. Input (S1).

  Display schedule information input from the user interface unit 12 is sent to the transfer information setting unit 13.

  In the transfer information setting unit 13, video content information corresponding to the acquired display schedule information is acquired from the content information recording unit 11, and set as transfer information together with the display schedule information (S2).

With the transfer information set in this manner, the administrator carries the content information registration device 10 and moves to the elevator hall 3 near the Unit A, and operates a hall button (not shown) to make a hall call. generate. Furthermore, the communication destination device detection unit 15 of the content information registration apparatus 10 is caused to function by an administrator's operation to transmit detection radio waves at predetermined time intervals, and the device responding thereto is detected as a communication destination device capable of wireless communication. . Here, as the car 2-1 approaches the elevator hall 3 in response to the generated hall call, as shown in FIG. 1, the content information registration device 10 has a wireless communication range A ₁ of the car display device 20-1. It is assumed that the car display device 20-1 is detected as a communication destination device capable of wireless communication. From the user interface unit 12, an ID indicating the car display device 20-1 detected as a communication destination device capable of wireless communication is displayed on the user interface unit 12 and notified to the administrator (S3).

  After the car 2-1 has landed in the elevator hall 3 and opened its doors and visually confirmed that there are no users in the car, the manager displays the ID displayed on the user interface unit 12 as content information. It is confirmed whether or not it is the ID of the car display device 20-1 of the car 2-1. If it is determined that the displayed ID is the car display device 20-1 of the car 2-1 to which content information is to be transmitted, the manager performs an operation of selecting the car display device 20-1 as a communication destination. When the car display device 20-1 is selected as the communication destination, the connection processing unit 16 establishes wireless communication from the wireless communication unit 14 to the car display device 20-1 (S4).

  When the wireless communication with the car display device 20-1 is established, the door opening instruction generating unit 17 issues a door opening instruction for holding the car door of the car 2-1 of the corresponding A car in the door open state. It is generated and transmitted from the wireless communication unit 14 to the car display device 20-1 (S5).

  In the car display device 20-1, the door opening instruction wirelessly transmitted from the content information registration device 10 is received from the wireless communication unit 21-1, and is acquired by the information processing unit 22-1. The acquired door opening instruction is transmitted to the control panel 40-1 via the tail code 30-1 (S6), and the door opening state of the car door of the car 2-1 is maintained by the operation control unit 41-1. The By maintaining the door open of the car door, the car 2-1 can be wirelessly communicated with the content information registration device 10 without moving to another floor. At this time, display information for notifying the elevator platform user that “the management operation is in progress and the elevator of the relevant unit is stopped” is displayed on the display device at the platform, or an audio announcement is output. May be.

  Next, the transfer information set in step S2 is transmitted from the wireless communication unit 14 to the car display device 20-1 (S7). The transmitted transfer information is received by the wireless communication unit 21-1 of the car display device 20-1 and sent to the information processing unit 22-1 (S8).

  When the transmission process is completed, the door opening instruction generation unit 17 generates a door opening cancellation instruction for canceling the door opening instruction to the car door of the car 2-1. The generated door opening cancellation instruction is transmitted from the wireless communication unit 14 to the car display device 20-1 (S9).

  In the car display device 20-1, the door opening cancellation instruction wirelessly transmitted from the content information registration device 10 is received from the wireless communication unit 21-1, and is acquired by the information processing unit 22-1. The acquired door opening cancellation instruction is transmitted to the control panel 40-1 via the tail code 30-1 (S10), and the operation control unit 41-1 determines whether the door opening holding state of the car 2-1 is open. It is released and returns to normal operation.

  Further, in the information processing section 22-1, driving status information including the car position of the No. A car is acquired from the control panel 40-1 (S11). Then, the video content information included in the transfer information transmitted from the content information registration device 10 is displayed based on the corresponding display schedule information, and information information for displaying the acquired driving situation information is generated. The generated information information is displayed on the display unit 23-1, and is provided to the users in the car 2-1 (S12). Thus, the transfer processing of the video content information and the display processing of the information information from the content information registration device 10 to the car display device 20-1 are completed.

  Next, the administrator carries the content information registration device 10, moves to the elevator hall 3 near the Unit B, and performs the same operation, whereby the video from the content information registration device 10 to the car display device 20-2 is displayed. Content information transfer processing and information information display processing can be performed.

  In the above-described processing, there may be a case where a plurality of car display devices capable of wireless communication are detected in step S2, but an operation in which an administrator confirms and selects a destination car display device by the detected car display device ID. By doing so, the transfer information can be reliably transmitted to a desired car display device.

  Also, in the above-described processing, the case where the administrator performs the content information transmission operation after visually confirming that there is no user in the car has been described. However, as another form, load detection installed in the car is detected. It may be determined whether or not the user is on the board based on the detection result of the device, and when it is determined that there is no user, the car display device may receive the content information. By performing the processing in this way, it is possible to prevent the car from being stopped while the user is on board and the content transmission processing from being performed, which is inconvenient for the user.

  Further, in the above-described processing, while the car 2-1 is held in the door open state by the operation control unit 41-1, the central management device 50 removes the machine A from the group management target and the processing is continued. . By controlling in this way, it is possible to prevent deterioration of the operation efficiency of the elevator in the building.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, a case has been described in which processing is performed with the transfer information transmission destination car stopped. However, an administrator carries the content information registration device 10 and gets on the transmission destination car. By performing the transfer information transmission process, the video content information may be transferred without stopping the car. At that time, the manager performs an operation of canceling the door-open state of the car 2-1 with the content information registration device 10, so that the door-open instruction generating unit 17 instructs the car door of the car 2-1 to open the door. A door opening cancellation instruction for canceling is generated. The generated door opening cancellation instruction is transmitted to the control panel 40-1 via the car display device 20-1, and the operation control unit 41-1 cancels the door opening holding state of the car door of the car 2-1. Return to normal operation.

  By performing the process in this way, the process can be performed without reducing the operation efficiency of the elevator in the building.

  Although several embodiments of the present invention have been described, these embodiments are presented by way of example and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These novel embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalents thereof.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Information system, 2-1, 2-2 ... Car, 3 ... Elevator hall 10 ... Content information registration apparatus, 11 ... Content information recording part, 12 ... User interface part, 13 ... Transfer information setting part, 14 ... Wireless Communication unit, 15 ... Communication destination device detection unit, 16 ... Connection processing unit, 17 ... Door opening instruction generation unit, 20-1, 20-2 ... Display device, 21-1, 21-2 ... Wireless communication unit, 22- 1, 22-2 ... Information processing unit, 23-1, 23-2 ... Display unit, 30-1, 30-2 ... Tail code, 40-1, 40-2 ... Control panel, 41-1, 41-2 ... Operation control unit, 50 ... Central management device

Claims (3)

In an elevator information system having a content information registration device carried by an administrator and a plurality of car display devices respectively installed in a plurality of elevator cars,
The content information registration device includes:
A transfer information setting unit that sets a plurality of content information to be displayed on the plurality of car display devices and display schedule information including the display order thereof as transfer information;
A communication destination device detection unit for detecting a car display device capable of wireless communication with the own device;
A wireless communication unit that establishes wireless communication with a car display device selected from those detected by the communication destination device detection unit, and wirelessly transmits transfer information set by the transfer information setting unit ;
In the wireless communication unit, when wireless communication with the selected car display device is established, a door opening instruction for holding the car door of the car on which the car display device is installed in an open state. Generate and transmit wirelessly from the wireless communication unit, generate a door opening cancellation instruction and transmit wirelessly from the wireless communication unit when the transfer information transmission process is completed or when door opening cancellation is instructed A door opening instruction generation unit ,
Each of the car display devices is
Elevator operation status information corresponding to the device itself is acquired, and the plurality of content information received from the content information registration device is displayed based on the display schedule information, and information information for displaying the operation status information is displayed. An information processing unit that generates and transmits a door opening instruction and a door opening cancellation instruction received from the content information registration device to an elevator control panel corresponding to the device ;
An elevator information system comprising: a display unit configured to display information information generated by the information processing unit. A transfer information setting unit for setting, as transfer information, a plurality of pieces of content information to be displayed on a car display device respectively installed in a plurality of elevator cars and display schedule information including the display order;
A communication destination device detection unit for detecting a car display device capable of wireless communication with the own device;
A wireless communication unit that establishes wireless communication with a car display device selected from those detected by the communication destination device detection unit, and wirelessly transmits transfer information set by the transfer information setting unit;
In the wireless communication unit, when wireless communication with the selected car display device is established, a door opening instruction for holding the car door of the car on which the car display device is installed in an open state. Generate and transmit wirelessly from the wireless communication unit, generate a door opening cancellation instruction and transmit wirelessly from the wireless communication unit when the transfer information transmission process is completed or when door opening cancellation is instructed With the door opening instruction generator
A content information registration apparatus comprising: The content information registration device carried by the administrator is
A transfer information setting step for setting, as transfer information, a plurality of pieces of content information to be displayed on a car display device respectively installed in a plurality of elevator cars and display schedule information including the display order;
A communication destination device detection step for detecting a car display device capable of wireless communication with the own device;
A communication establishment step for establishing wireless communication with the car display device selected from those detected by the communication destination device detection step;
When wireless communication with the selected car display device is established, a door opening instruction is generated to hold the car door of the car on which the car display device is installed in the door open state. A door opening instruction transmitting step for wirelessly transmitting to the car display device;
A transfer information transmission step of wirelessly transmitting the transfer information set in the transfer information setting step to the selected car display device;
A door opening cancellation instruction transmission step of generating a door opening cancellation instruction and wirelessly transmitting it to the selected car display device when the transmission processing of the transfer information is completed or when door opening cancellation is instructed;
A content information transfer method comprising:

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