JP6251371B1 - Elevator control device - Google Patents

Abstract

In a conventional elevator, it is difficult to realize information transmission in multiple languages. According to an embodiment, an elevator control device includes a storage unit, an output control unit, and a terminal processing unit. The storage unit includes first information expressed using the first language, second information expressing the content of the first information in another language, and another language including location information of a site that provides the second information Provision information and selection screen information are stored. The output control unit causes the display unit or the speaker in the car to output the first information according to the movement of the elevator car, and causes the display unit to output other language providing information corresponding to the first information. When the terminal processing unit receives a request for providing the second information from the portable information terminal that has captured the other language providing information via the network, the terminal processing unit transmits the language selection screen information to the portable information terminal and is selected from the other languages. The second information expressed in the second language is transmitted to the portable information terminal according to the movement of the car. [Selection] Figure 1

Description

  Embodiments described herein relate generally to an elevator control device.

  Conventionally, a technique for outputting floor information of each floor in an elevator car provided in a commercial facility is known.

JP 2002-92487 A JP 2004-182464 A

  However, in the prior art, the information output in the elevator car is expressed using the language of the country where the elevator is installed. Therefore, when a passenger who uses another language gets on the elevator, the passenger cannot understand the output information. In other words, it has been difficult for a conventional elevator to realize information transmission in multiple languages.

  According to one embodiment of the present invention, an elevator control device including a storage unit, an output control unit, and a terminal processing unit is provided. The storage unit stores first information, second information, other language providing information, and language selection screen information. The first information includes audio information or display information expressed using a first language. The second information includes audio information or display information in which the content of the first information is expressed in a language other than the first language. The other language provision information is associated with the first information and includes location information of a site that provides the second information. The language selection screen is information for selecting the other language. The output control unit causes the display unit or speaker in the car to output the first information according to the movement of the elevator car, and the other language providing information corresponding to the first information is output to the display unit. Output. The terminal processing unit transmits the language selection screen information to the portable information terminal when receiving a request for providing the second information via a network from a portable information terminal possessed by a passenger who has captured the other language providing information Then, the second information expressed in the second language selected from the other languages is transmitted to the portable information terminal according to the movement of the car.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of an elevator system according to the first embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of display information displayed on the display unit in the car. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of display information at the time of lifting displayed on the portable information terminal. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the storage unit of the operation panel according to the first embodiment. FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the procedure of the elevator control method according to the first embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the language selection screen. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of display information displayed on the display unit in the car according to the second embodiment. FIG. 8 is a diagram schematically illustrating another example of the configuration in the elevator car according to the second embodiment. FIG. 9 is a diagram schematically illustrating another example of the configuration in the elevator car according to the second embodiment. FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of an elevator system according to the third embodiment. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the storage unit of the hall operating panel according to the third embodiment. FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a procedure of an elevator control method according to the third embodiment.

  Hereinafter, an elevator control apparatus according to an embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to these embodiments. In the following, the first to third embodiments will be described. However, in the second and subsequent embodiments, the same configuration, operation, effects, etc. as those described so far will be described as appropriate. Omitted.

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of an elevator system according to the first embodiment. The elevator system S includes a car 10 on which a passenger M rides, an operation panel 20 (control device) of the car 10, and a portable information terminal 30 possessed by the passenger M.

  The car 10 has a floor part 111, a ceiling part 112, and a side wall part 113, and the floor part 111, the ceiling part 112, and the side wall part 113 constitute a car room 11. A door 114 is provided on a part of the side wall 113. The ceiling portion 112 is provided with a speaker 12.

  The operation panel 20 is a device that is provided on the side wall 113 of the car 10 and controls the car 10. The operation panel 20 includes a display unit 21, a button unit 22, a speaker 23, a wireless communication unit 24, a processing unit (control unit) 25, and a storage unit 26.

  The display unit 21 is an output unit that displays visual information, and is, for example, a display composed of liquid crystal, organic EL (Electro-Luminescence), or the like.

  The button unit 22 includes a plurality of buttons that are pushed by the passenger M in the car 10. The button unit 22 includes, for example, an emergency call button 221 pressed by a passenger M confined in the car 10, a floor display button for designating a destination floor, an open button for opening the door part 114 of the car 10, and a door part 114 of the car 10. Including a close button for closing.

  The speaker 12 is output means for outputting audio information.

  The wireless communication unit 24 is a transmission / reception interface for transmitting / receiving information to / from the portable information terminal 30. Communication with the portable information terminal 30 is performed according to a wireless communication standard such as IEEE 802.11, Bluetooth (registered trademark), for example. The wireless communication unit 24 serves as an access point with the portable information terminal 30. Here, it is assumed that the wireless communication unit 24 is provided in the car 10. Further, it is assumed that the wireless communication unit 24 can perform wireless communication with the portable information terminal 30 existing in the car 10.

  The processing unit 25 is constituted by, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and a memory, reads out a program stored in the storage unit 26, and implements various modules by executing the program. The processing unit 25 includes, for example, a connection processing unit 251, a button operation reception unit 252, an operation detection unit 253, an output control unit 254, and a terminal processing unit 255 as modules in the present embodiment.

  The connection processing unit 251 performs wireless communication connection processing in accordance with the wireless communication standard to be used with the portable information terminal 30 possessed by the passenger M who has entered the car 10.

  The button operation reception unit 252 recognizes that the button unit 22 has been operated.

  The operation detection unit 253 detects whether or not the car 10 is operating. For this detection, for example, a signal output from an acceleration sensor or the like provided in the car 10 may be used, or a signal from a device that controls the operation of the car 10 may be used. When detecting that the car 10 has started to move, or when detecting that the car 10 has stopped, the motion detection unit 253 outputs a signal indicating that to the output control unit 254 and the terminal processing unit 255. To do.

  The output control unit 254 controls output of display information to the display unit 21 and output of audio information to the speakers 12 and 23. When the output control unit 254 receives a signal indicating that the car 10 has stopped from the operation detection unit 253, the display unit displays the display information and the other language provision information of the official language of the country where the elevator system S is installed. To 21. When the output control unit 254 receives a signal indicating that the car 10 has started to move from the motion detection unit 253, the output control unit 254 outputs the display information at the time of lifting and the other language providing information to the display unit 21.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of display information displayed on a display unit in a car, where (a) is an example of display information when stopped, and (b) is an example of display information when moving up and down. As shown in FIG. 2A, since the car 10 is stopped when the door unit 114 is opened and closed, the display unit 21 displays stop-time display information 211 and other language provision information 212 described later. The The stop-time display information 211 includes information 211a indicating a stopped floor and information 211b indicating that a door is opened and closed.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2B, when the car 10 is raised and lowered, the display information 213 and the other language providing information 212 are displayed on the display unit 21. The lift display information 213 includes, for example, floor information including information on a store or office existing on the next floor to stop, or facility information according to a facility where the elevator system S is provided. The up-and-down display information 213 is, for example, moving image data. In the case of moving image data, since the sound is turned off and output to the display unit 21, the caption data 214 may be displayed near the lower end of the display unit 21, for example. Note that the stop display information 211 and the lift display information 213 are expressed in the official language of the country where the elevator is installed.

  As shown in FIG. 2, in this embodiment, the other language provision information 212 is displayed on the display unit 21 so as to overlap the display information 211 at the time of stoppage or the display information 213 at the time of lifting. The other language provision information 212 is information obtained by coding position information (URL: Uniform Resource Locator) of a site that provides part or all of the content displayed on the display unit 21 in another language. The site includes information that provides display information or audio information output in the car 10 in a language other than the official language.

  In addition, the other language provision information 212 is associated with the display information 213 during ascending / descending displayed on the display unit 21 on a one-to-one basis. For example, the display information 213 at the time of ascending / descending is content for introducing a store or office occupying a facility, and when the store or office is replaced, the contents of the display information 213 at the time of elevating / lowering are changed. In such a case, new other language provision information 212 is attached to the changed display information 213 when moving up and down. That is, when changing the up-and-down display information 213, the other language provision information 212 is also changed. The other language providing information 212 may be in any form capable of recognizing optically encoded information, and examples thereof include a two-dimensional code and a one-dimensional barcode. In this embodiment, a case where a two-dimensional code is used as the other language providing information 212 is taken as an example.

  The terminal processing unit 255 performs processing for access from the portable information terminal 30 that has read the other language provision information 212. Specifically, when there is an access from the portable information terminal 30 that has read the other language provision information 212, the terminal processing unit 255 refers to the accessed location information and carries the language selection screen acquired from the storage unit 26. After being provided to the information terminal 30 and receiving a signal indicating that the car 10 has started to move from the motion detection unit 253, the mobile information terminal 30 is provided with display information in the language selected by the portable information terminal 30. In addition, after receiving a signal indicating that the car 10 has stopped from the motion detection unit 253, the terminal processing unit 255 provides the display information at the time of stop of the selected language to the portable information terminal 30.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of display information at the time of lifting displayed on the portable information terminal. For example, when the elevator display information 213 shown in FIG. 2B is displayed on the display unit 21 of the car 10, the terminal processing unit 255 converts the subtitle data 214 displayed on the display unit 21 into another language. Is transmitted to the portable information terminal 30 as the display information 321 at the time of ascending / descending expressed in other languages. As a result, as shown in FIG. 3A, caption data in another language is displayed on the display unit 32 of the portable information terminal 30. Accordingly, the passenger M who cannot understand the official language understands the content displayed on the display unit 21 in the car 10 by confirming the content displayed on the display unit 32 of the portable information terminal 30. Can do.

  2B is displayed on the display unit 21 of the car 10, the terminal processing unit 255 includes the display information 213 during the elevation displayed on the display unit 21. The display information 322 at the time of ascending / descending in another language expressing the part expressed in the official language in another language may be transmitted to the portable information terminal 30. As a result, as shown in FIG. 3B, the display unit 32 of the portable information terminal 30 is the same as that displayed on the display unit 21 in the car 10, and is expressed in the selected language. The contents are displayed. As a result, the passenger M who cannot understand the official language can check the contents of the display information 322 at the time of ascending / descending on the portable information terminal 30 owned by the passenger M, not on the display unit 21 in the car 10. Further, in the case of FIG. 3A, the passenger M must compare the display unit 21 in the car 10 with the portable information terminal 30, but in the case of FIG. It is only necessary to browse only the terminal 30.

  The storage unit 26 is a storage unit including a read only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a hard disk drive (HDD), a solid state drive (SSD), and the like. Store information and so on.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the storage unit of the operation panel according to the first embodiment. The storage unit 26 stores a plurality of pieces of output information. Each output information includes other language provision information, language selection screen information, audio information, and display information.

  The other language provision information is information indicating the storage position (site position) of the language selection screen information of the output information (output information) when raising and lowering the associated official language. The language selection screen information is information for displaying a language selection screen on the portable information terminal 30 of the passenger M.

  The voice information includes official language voice information and other language voice information. The official language audio information is information output from the speakers 12 and 23 as the car 10 operates. For example, announcement information that is output when the door 114 is opened and closed, announcement information that conveys a stop floor that is output before the car 10 is stopped, and the like. The voice information in another language is the voice information in the official language expressed in another language.

  The display information is information related to the facility, or information related to a store, an office, or the like occupying the facility. The display information includes display information when the official language is stopped, display information when the official language is raised and lowered, display information when the other language is stopped, and display information when the other language is raised and lowered. The display information when the official language is stopped is display information expressed in an official language displayed on the display unit 21 in the car 10 when the car 10 is stopped. For example, the information is as shown in FIG. The official language display information at the time of raising / lowering is display information expressed in an official language displayed on the display unit 21 in the car 10 when the car 10 is lifted / lowered. For example, the information is as shown in FIG.

  The display information when the other language is stopped is display information expressed in another language displayed on the display unit 32 of the portable information terminal 30 when the car 10 is stopped. For example, the information shown in FIG. 2A, or the information obtained by converting the official language speech information output from the speakers 12 and 23 of the car 10 while the car is stopped into a character string in another language. The display information at the time of raising / lowering in another language is display information expressed in another language displayed on the display unit 32 of the portable information terminal 30 when the car 10 is raised or lowered. For example, the information is as shown in FIG.

  Note that the audio information in other languages, the display information at the time of stoppage, and the display information at the time of ascent / descent exist as many as the number of languages prepared. For example, if English, French, German, Spanish, or Russian can be selected, the audio information and stop display information for English, French, German, Spanish, and Russian respectively. In addition, display information at the time of lifting is prepared.

  As shown in FIG. 3A, when the other language notation of the character string data displayed on the display unit 21 of the car 10 is displayed on the display unit 32 of the portable information terminal 30, the other language is stopped. The time display information and the lift display information are character string information. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3 (b), when displaying the display information that is the same as that displayed on the display unit 21 of the car 10 and has a different language display on the display unit 32 of the portable information terminal 30, The display information at the time of stopping and the display information at the time of moving up / down in other languages are information including images or moving images expressed in other languages.

  Display information may be provided for each store or office, or may be provided for each floor. Moreover, the above-described output information is an example. For example, voice information in another language may not be provided in the voice information. Note that which output information to use among a plurality of output information is set in advance by the administrator, and based on the setting, the output control unit 254 and the terminal processing unit 255 receive the output information from the storage unit 26. get. Therefore, when the content displayed on the display unit 21 of the car 10 is changed, the above setting is changed.

  The portable information terminal 30 is a computer device that can be carried by the passenger M and can perform wireless communication, such as a smartphone, a mobile phone, a tablet terminal, and a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant). The portable information terminal 30 includes an imaging unit 31, a display unit 32, an input unit 33, a speaker 34, a storage unit 35, a wireless communication unit 36, and a processing unit 37.

  The imaging unit 31 images the other language provision information 212 displayed on the display unit 21 of the operation panel 20. Examples of the imaging unit 31 include a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) sensor or a charge-coupled device (CCD) sensor.

  The display unit 32 is a display device that displays various types of information. As an embodiment, the display unit 32 is realized by a liquid crystal display or an organic EL display.

  The input unit 33 is an input device that inputs various types of information. As one embodiment, the input unit 33 is realized by a keyboard or the like.

  As another embodiment, the display unit 32 and the input unit 33 are realized by an integrally configured touch panel.

  The speaker 34 is output means for outputting audio information.

  The storage unit 35 is a storage unit configured by a ROM, a RAM, an HDD, an SSD, or the like, and stores various information such as an operation program of the processing unit 37.

  The wireless communication unit 36 is a transmission / reception interface for transmitting / receiving information to / from an external device such as the operation panel 20. Communication with the operation panel 20 is performed according to a wireless communication standard such as IEEE 802.11 or Bluetooth.

  The processing unit 37 is constituted by, for example, a CPU and a memory, reads out a program stored in the storage unit 35, and executes various processes by executing the program. Here, the processing unit 37 performs wireless connection when wireless connection is possible with the wireless communication unit 24 of the operation panel 20 of the car 10. The processing unit 37 reads the other language provision information imaged by the imaging unit 31, converts the content of the other language provision information, and accesses the access destination. At this time, the display information sent from the operation panel 20 is displayed on the display unit 32, and the content input by the passenger M from the input unit 33 is transmitted to the operation panel 20. In some cases, the processing unit 37 outputs audio information sent from the operation panel 20 from the speaker 34.

  Next, processing in the portable information terminal 30 and the operation panel 20 will be described. FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the procedure of the elevator control method according to the first embodiment.

  When the car 10 of the elevator system S stops on a certain floor in the facility, the door part 114 opens, and the passenger M gets into the car 10, the portable information terminal 30 of the passenger M communicates with the wireless communication unit 24 of the car 10. In step S11, the wireless connection process is performed. Here, it is assumed that the portable information terminal 30 and the operation panel 20 are connected by a wireless LAN of IEEE 802.11.

  Next, when the other language providing information 212 displayed on the display unit 21 of the operation panel 20 is imaged by the imaging unit 31 of the portable information terminal 30 by the passenger M who uses a language other than the official language, that is, another language (step S31). S12), the processing unit 37 of the portable information terminal 30 acquires an access destination from the captured other language provision information 212, and transmits an access request to the access destination via the wireless communication unit 36 (step S13).

  When receiving the access request from the portable information terminal 30 (step S14), the terminal processing unit 255 of the operation panel 20 acquires the language selection screen information in the output information corresponding to the access destination from the storage unit 26, and the portable information terminal 30. (Step S15).

  When receiving the language selection screen information (step S16), the processing unit 37 of the portable information terminal 30 displays the language selection screen on the display unit 32 according to the language selection screen information (step S17). FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the language selection screen. On the language selection screen 323, a language selection button 324 is displayed, and each language selection button 324 is labeled with another language that can be used, for example, English (English), French (French), Spanish (Spanish), and the like. . Then, by pressing one language selection button 324, selection information indicating that the language displayed on the language selection button 324 is displayed is transmitted to the operation panel 20 (step S18).

  When the terminal processing unit 255 of the operation panel 20 receives the selection information (step S19), the terminal processing unit 255 acquires the display information at the time of stop of the other language selected by the selection information from the storage unit 26 (step S20). Transmit (step S21). When the processing unit 37 of the portable information terminal 30 receives the display information when the other language is stopped (step S22), the processing unit 37 displays the display information when the other language is stopped on the display unit 32 (step S23). The stop-time display information displayed on the display unit 21 and the portable information terminal 30 of the car 10 is displayed until the car 10 starts to move up and down.

  Thereafter, when the operation detection unit 253 of the operation panel 20 detects that the car 10 has started the raising / lowering operation (step S24), it outputs a signal for starting the raising / lowering operation of the car 10 to the output control unit 254 and the terminal processing unit 255. To do. The output control unit 254 uses the reception of the signal as a trigger, acquires the display information when raising and lowering the official language and the other language provision information 212 from the storage unit 26, and displays them on the display unit 21 (step S25). The other language provision information 212 is displayed so as to be superimposed on the display information when raising and lowering the official language.

  Further, the terminal processing unit 255 uses the reception of the signal as a trigger to acquire display information at the time of ascending / descending in other languages selected by the selection information received in step S19 from the storage unit 26, and transmits the information to the portable information terminal 30. (Step S26). In this way, by sending the display information in the other languages when the signal is received from the motion detection unit 253 as a trigger, the display information in the display unit 21 in the car 10 and the mobile information terminal 30 are displayed. The contents are synchronized.

  When the processing unit 37 of the portable information terminal 30 receives the display information at the time of ascending / descending in another language (step S27), the display unit 32 displays the display information at the time of ascending / descending in another language (step S28).

  Thereafter, the car 10 stops on one of the floors, but when the operation detection unit 253 of the operation panel 20 detects the stop of the car 10 (step S29), a signal indicating that the car 10 has stopped is output to the output control unit 254 and the terminal processing unit. And 255. The output control unit 254 uses the reception of the signal as a trigger to acquire the official language stop time display information and the other language provision information 212 from the storage unit 26 and displays them on the display unit 21 (step S30). The other language provision information 212 is displayed superimposed on the display information when the official language is stopped.

  In addition, the terminal processing unit 255 acquires, from the storage unit 26, display information at the time of other languages selected by the selection information received in step S19 from the storage unit 26, and transmits it to the portable information terminal 30 with the reception of the signal as a trigger. (Step S31). In this way, by transmitting the display information at the time of stopping in another language using the reception of the signal from the motion detection unit 253 as a trigger, the content displayed on the display unit 21 in the car 10 and the mobile information terminal 30 are displayed. The contents are synchronized.

  When the processing unit 37 of the portable information terminal 30 receives the display information when the other language is stopped (step S32), the processing unit 37 displays the display information when the other language is stopped (step S33). The stop-time display information displayed on the display unit 21 and the portable information terminal 30 of the car 10 is displayed until the car 10 starts to move up and down. Thereafter, when the passenger M does not get off the car 10 (No in step S34), the process returns to step S24. Further, when the passenger M gets out of the car 10 (Yes in Step S34), the wireless connection between the portable information terminal 30 and the operation panel 20 is disconnected (Step S35), and the process ends. .

  In the above description, the case where the wireless communication unit 24 of the operation panel 20 is installed in the car 10 is shown, but it may be provided on a hoistway where the car 10 is arranged.

  Moreover, in the above-mentioned description, the case where the information corresponding to the display information displayed on the display part 21 in the cage | basket | car 10 is displayed on the display part 32 of the passenger's M portable information terminal 30 was shown. However, when the car 10 is stopped as in steps S20 to S22, for example, the voice information output from the speakers 12 and 23 of the car 10 is a character string in the other language as the display information when the other language is stopped. The converted information may be displayed on the portable information terminal 30. Alternatively, the audio information in another language may be output from the speaker 34 of the portable information terminal 30 in synchronization with the audio information in the official language. Alternatively, when the car 10 is stopped, the stop-time display information may not be transmitted to the portable information terminal 30.

  In the above description, as shown in FIG. 2A, the other language provision information 212 is displayed on the display unit 21 when the car 10 is stopped in addition to the stop-time display information 211. However, when the car 10 is stopped, only the stop time display information 211 may be displayed on the display unit 21 and the other language provision information 212 may not be displayed.

  Further, the output information of the storage unit 26 can include emergency display information in official languages and emergency display information in other languages. When the emergency call button 221 is pressed, the output control unit 254 displays the emergency language display information in the official language on the display unit 21, and the terminal processing unit 255 is triggered by the pressing of the emergency call button 221. Language emergency display information can be transmitted to the portable information terminal 30. Accordingly, even when an emergency occurs in the car 10, it is possible to provide appropriate information to the passenger M who uses another language.

  As described above, according to the first embodiment, the display unit 21 in the car 10 of the elevator system S includes the other language providing information associated with the display information during lifting together with the display information during stoppage or display information during lifting. Display. When the passenger M images the other language provision information on the portable information terminal 30, the portable information terminal 30 accesses a site that provides output information, and the processing unit 25 of the operation panel 20 displays a language selection screen on the portable information terminal 30. Is displayed. When a language is selected on the language selection screen, the processing unit 25 of the operation panel 20 is associated with the content displayed on the display unit 21 in the car 10, and the content displayed in the selected language is changed to portable information. It transmits to the terminal 30. As a result, the passenger M who uses a language other than the official language that has been on the car 10 of the elevator system S can understand the information displayed on the display unit 21 in the car 10. In addition, by preparing display information corresponding to a plurality of languages, information can be transmitted to passengers M in more regions.

  Furthermore, display information or audio information in another language is provided only to the portable information terminal 30 of the passenger M who has captured the other language provision information. Therefore, display information in other languages can be provided only to passenger M who wants to provide information, and display information or audio information in other languages can be prevented from being displayed on portable information terminal 30 of passenger M who does not want to provide information. .

(Second Embodiment)
In 1st Embodiment, the case where the audio | voice information output from the display information displayed on the display part in a cage | basket | car or a speaker was output from a passenger's portable information terminal in another language was demonstrated. 2nd Embodiment demonstrates the variation of the display method of the other language provision information displayed on a display part.

  In the first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the other language provision information 212 is displayed near the lower left end of the display unit 21. This is a case where the operation panel 20 is provided on the right side of the door portion 114 toward the door portion 114 in the car 10 as shown in FIG. When the operation panel 20 is provided on the right side and the other language provision information 212 is arranged on the right end side of the display unit 21, it becomes close to the right side wall portion 113 and other passengers M in the car 10 carry it. This is because it is difficult to take the other language provision information 212 with the information terminal 30. Further, even when the other language provision information 212 is arranged on the upper end side of the display unit 21, it is difficult for the passenger M in the car 10 to take the other language provision information 212 using the portable information terminal 30. Therefore, it is desirable that the other language provision information 212 is displayed near the lower left end of the display unit 21.

  Note that this is a case where the operation panel 20 is provided on the right side of the door portion 114 in the car 10 toward the door portion 114 as shown in FIG. In the case where the operation panel 20 is provided on the left side of the door portion 114 in the car 10 toward the door portion 114, it is preferable that the other language provision information 212 is displayed near the lower right end portion of the display portion 21.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of display information displayed on the display unit in the car according to the second embodiment. In FIG. 7, the other language provision information 212 is displayed in a larger size in the display unit 21. When it is assumed that a large number of passengers M ride in the car 10, the size of the car 10 (the area of the floor portion 111) may be set larger. In such a case, if the other language provision information 212 is small, the passenger M in the car 10 cannot confirm the other language provision information 212, or even if it can be confirmed, it is too small to be imaged by the imaging unit 31. There is not. Therefore, for example, when the operation panel 20 is provided on the right side of the door portion 114 toward the door portion 114 in the car 10, even the passenger M present at the left rear corner in the car 10 is imaged by the portable information terminal 30. Other language provision information 212 of a size that can be displayed may be displayed on the display unit 21.

  At this time, notification information 215 such as “in-car announcement information multilingual conversion in progress” may be displayed on the display unit 21. Thus, the passenger M can be made aware of what the other language provision information 212 indicates. In FIG. 7, the notification information 215 is displayed in the official language (Japanese), but may be displayed in a language such as English that can be recognized by many passengers M.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram schematically illustrating another example of the configuration in the elevator car according to the second embodiment. In FIG. 8, the case where the operation panels 20 and 20a are provided on both sides of the door portion 114 in the car 10 is shown. The operation panel 20 described above is provided on the right side, and the operation panel 20a is provided on the left side. The configuration of the left operation panel 20a is the same as that of the operation panel 20, and includes a display unit 21a. The operation panel 20a is connected to the wireless communication unit 24, the processing unit 25, and the storage unit 26 included in the operation panel 20. When the display units 21 and 21a are provided on both sides of the door unit 114, a floor display indicating the floor on which the car 10 exists is displayed on one display unit (for example, the display unit 21a), and the display on the other side is performed. The display information about the facility or the floor can be displayed on the section (for example, the display section 21).

  When the display units 21 and 21a are provided on both sides of the door unit 114, the other language provision information 212 may be displayed on both the display units 21 and 21a, or may be displayed on one of the display units 21 and 21a. You may let them. When the other language provision information 212 is displayed on the display units 21 and 21a on both sides of the door part 114, the information associated with the other language provision information 212 may be display information when raising or lowering the facility or floor. it can. When the other language provision information 212 is displayed on any one of the display units 21 and 21a, the other language provision information 212 can be always displayed.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram schematically showing another example of the configuration in the elevator car according to the second embodiment, (a) is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration in the car, and (b) is a diagram. It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of the operating panel for wheelchairs. The car 10 includes a wheelchair operation panel 40 and a handrail 45 in addition to the configuration described in the first embodiment.

  The wheelchair operation panel 40 includes a display unit 41 and a button unit 42, and is connected to the wireless communication unit 24, the processing unit 25, and the storage unit 26 included in the operation panel 20. The display unit 41 displays the floor on which the car 10 currently exists, the lifted state of the car 10, and the like. Further, the other language provision information 411 is displayed on the display unit 41. The other language provision information 411 is the same as the other language provision information 212.

  Similar to the operation panel 20, the button unit 42 includes a plurality of buttons that are mainly pushed by the passenger M of the wheelchair in the car 10. For example, a floor display button for designating a destination floor, an open button for opening the door part 114 of the car 10, a close button for closing the door part 114 of the car 10, and the like are arranged in the button part 42.

  Thus, by displaying other language provision information also on the display part 41 of the operation panel 40 for wheelchairs, the passenger M who uses the other language of a wheelchair also displays the information displayed on the display part 21 of the operation panel 20. Content can be provided in a selected language.

  In each of the above cases, when the other language provision information 212, 411 is displayed on the display units 21, 21a, 41, the other language provision information 212, 411 is blinked or the other language provision information 212, 411 is displayed. The color may be changed, or the display position in the display units 21, 21a, 41 may be moved. Thereby, it is possible to visually appeal to the passenger M in the car 10.

(Third embodiment)
In the first embodiment, the case where the other language providing information is displayed on the display unit in the car has been described. 3rd Embodiment demonstrates the case where the passenger before boarding an elevator displays the information displayed on the display part in a car on a portable information terminal in the language which the passenger selected.

  FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of an elevator system according to the third embodiment. The elevator system S includes a landing door portion 51 provided at the entrance to the car on which the passenger M rides, a landing operation panel 60 (control device), and a portable information terminal 30 possessed by the passenger M.

  The landing door part 51 is opened and closed in synchronization with the door part of the car that has arrived on the floor.

  The landing operation panel 60 is a device that is provided on the wall portion 52 provided with the landing door portion 51 and performs control related to stopping the car to the landing. The hall operating panel 60 includes a display unit 61, a button unit 62, a wireless communication unit 64, a processing unit 65, and a storage unit 66.

  The display unit 61 is an output unit that displays operation information such as the current position of the car or a lifted state, and other language provision information 612, and is a display composed of, for example, a liquid crystal or an organic EL. The other language provision information 612 is the same as that described in the above-described embodiment, and is information obtained by coding the position information of a site that provides the content displayed on the display unit in the car in another language.

  The button unit 62 includes a plurality of buttons that are pushed by the passenger M who gets into the car 10. The button unit 62 includes, for example, an upper registration button for registering an upward landing call, a lower registration button for registering a downward landing call, an upper registration button for registering an upward landing call by a wheelchair passenger M, and a wheelchair. A lower registration button for registering a downward hall call by the passenger M.

  The wireless communication unit 64 is a transmission / reception interface for transmitting / receiving information to / from the portable information terminal 30. Communication with the portable information terminal 30 is performed according to a wireless communication standard such as IEEE 802.11 or Bluetooth. Between the portable information terminal 30, the wireless communication part 64 has a role of an access point. Here, it is assumed that the wireless communication unit 64 is provided on the hall operation panel 60. In addition, the wireless communication unit 64 can perform wireless communication with the portable information terminal 30 existing in a predetermined range including the hall.

  The processing unit 65 is constituted by, for example, a CPU and a memory, reads out a program stored in the storage unit 66, and implements various modules by executing the program. The processing unit 65 includes, for example, a connection processing unit 651, a button operation receiving unit 652, an output control unit 654, and a terminal processing unit 655. Each function processing unit has the same function as the function processing unit of the same name in the processing unit 25 of the operation panel 20 of the first embodiment. However, the output control unit 654 controls the output of the operation information to the display unit 61.

  In addition, the terminal processing unit 655 performs processing for access from the portable information terminal 30 that has read the other language provision information 612. Specifically, when there is an access from the portable information terminal 30 that has read the other language provision information 612, the terminal processing unit 655 refers to the accessed location information and carries the language selection screen acquired from the storage unit 66. Provided to the information terminal 30 and provided to the portable information terminal 30 in the language selected by the portable information terminal 30 with the display information (image or video) at the time of raising and lowering displayed on the display unit in the elevator car in operation .

  The storage unit 66 is a storage unit including a ROM, a RAM, an HDD, an SSD, and the like, and stores an operation program of the processing unit 65, display information, and the like.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the storage unit of the hall operating panel according to the third embodiment. A plurality of output information is stored in the storage unit 66 of the hall operating panel 60. Unlike the output information stored in the storage unit 26 of the operation panel 20, the plurality of output information includes other language provision information, language selection screen information, and display information at the time of raising / lowering other languages.

  Passenger M who is waiting at the landing cannot see the information displayed on the display unit in the car. Therefore, the display information at the time of ascending / descending in another language constituted by a character string in another language as shown in FIG. 3A is not meaningful for the passenger M. Therefore, the storage unit 66 of the hall operating panel 60 stores display information in other languages including moving images as shown in FIG. 3B.

  Next, processing on the portable information terminal 30 and the hall operating panel 60 will be described. FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a procedure of an elevator control method according to the third embodiment.

  When the passenger M arrives at the elevator hall and is waiting for the arrival of the car, the portable information terminal 30 of the passenger M performs a wireless connection process with the wireless communication unit 64 of the hall operation panel 60 (step S51). ). Here, it is assumed that the portable information terminal 30 and the hall operating panel 60 are connected by an IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN.

  Next, when the passenger M who uses a language other than the official language, that is, another language, captures the other language providing information 612 displayed on the display unit 61 of the hall operating panel 60 by the imaging unit 31 of the portable information terminal 30 ( In step S52), the processing unit 37 of the portable information terminal 30 acquires an access destination from the captured other language provision information 612, and transmits an access request to the access destination via the wireless communication unit 36 (step S53).

  When receiving the access request from the portable information terminal 30 (step S54), the terminal processing unit 655 of the hall operating panel 60 acquires the language selection screen information in the display information corresponding to the access destination from the storage unit 66, and the portable information terminal 30 (step S55).

  When receiving the language selection screen information (step S56), the processing unit 37 of the portable information terminal 30 displays the language selection screen on the display unit 32 according to the language selection screen information (step S57). Then, when one language selection button is selected from the language selection screen, selection information indicating that a language has been selected is transmitted to the hall operating panel 60 (step S58).

  When the terminal processing unit 655 of the hall operating panel 60 receives the selection information (step S59), the terminal processing unit 655 acquires display information at the time of ascending / descending in another language selected by the selection information from the storage unit 66 (step S60), and the portable information terminal 30 (Step S61). When the processing unit 37 of the portable information terminal 30 receives the display information at the time of ascending / descending in another language (step S62), the display unit 32 displays the display information at the time of ascending / descending in another language (step S63). Thus, the process ends.

  After that, when the car stops on the floor where the passenger M is waiting, the landing door part 51 is opened, and the passenger M gets into the car, for example, via the wireless communication part provided in the car, the hall operation panel 60 The display information in the other languages in the storage unit 66 is accessed, and the display information in the other languages is continuously displayed on the portable information terminal 30 of the passenger M.

  In the third embodiment, the display information displayed on the display unit in the car can be viewed in the language selected by the passenger M even during the time waiting for the car to arrive at the elevator hall. Have

  Note that there may be a case where there is no link destination associated with the other language provision information due to, for example, replacement of a store or office in the facility. Therefore, in the above-described embodiment, the processing unit 37 of the portable information terminal 30 may have a function of canceling display of display information on the display unit 32 when there is no link destination.

  In the above description, the case where the other language providing information is displayed on the display unit 21 of the operation panel 20, the display unit 41 of the wheelchair operation panel 40, or the display unit 61 of the hall operation panel 60 has been described. It is not limited to this. For example, a sticker on which other language providing information is printed may be attached to the side wall 113 of the car 10 or the wall 52 provided with the landing door 51.

  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 scope 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 10 ... Car, 11 ... Cage room, 12, 23, 34 ... Speaker, 20, 20a ... Control panel 21, 21a, 32, 41, 61 ... Display part, 22, 42, 62 ... Button part, 24, 36, 64: wireless communication unit, 25, 37, 65 ... processing unit, 26, 35, 66 ... storage unit, 30 ... portable information terminal, 31 ... imaging unit, 33 ... input unit, 40 ... wheelchair operation panel, 51 ... landing Door unit, 60 ... landing operation panel, 113 ... side wall, 114 ... door unit, 212, 411, 612 ... other language provision information, 251, 651 ... connection processing unit, 252, 652 ... button operation accepting unit, 253 ... operation Detection unit, 254, 654, output control unit, 255, 655, terminal processing unit.

Claims (5)

First information including audio information or display information expressed using a first language, and second information including audio information or display information expressed in a language other than the first language, the content of the first information A storage unit that stores information, other language providing information that is associated with the first information and includes position information of a site that provides the second information, and language selection screen information for selecting the other language; ,
An output control unit for causing the display unit or speaker in the car to output the first information according to the movement of the elevator car, and outputting the other language providing information corresponding to the first information to the display unit; ,
Upon receiving a request for provision of the second information from a portable information terminal possessed by a passenger who has captured the other language provision information via a network, the language selection screen information is transmitted to the portable information terminal, and the other language A terminal processing unit for transmitting the second information expressed in a second language selected from among the portable information terminals according to the movement of the car;
An elevator control device comprising:   The elevator control device according to claim 1, further comprising a wireless communication unit that is provided in the car and performs wireless communication with the portable information terminal. The storage unit includes a plurality of combinations of the first information, the second information, and the other language providing information,
The output control unit causes the display unit or the speaker to output the first information corresponding to the changed condition when the condition of the information to be output in the car is changed, and the first information The other language provision information corresponding to the output to the display unit,
The elevator control device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the terminal processing unit transmits the second information corresponding to the changed condition to the portable information terminal.   The display unit is provided on an operation panel for operating the elevator in the car or a wheelchair operation panel for a wheelchair passenger to operate the elevator in the car. The elevator control device according to any one of 3. First information that is expressed using the first language and includes display information having the same content as that displayed on the display unit in the elevator car, and the content of the first information is a language other than the first language. The second information including the display information expressed in the above, the other language providing information including the location information of the site that provides the second information and is associated with the first information, and the language selection for selecting the other language A storage unit for storing screen information;
An output control unit for outputting the operation information of the car and the other language providing information to a display unit provided in a hall of the elevator;
Upon receiving a request for provision of the second information from a portable information terminal possessed by a passenger who has captured the other language provision information via a network, the language selection screen information is transmitted to the portable information terminal, and the other language A terminal processing unit for transmitting the second information expressed in a second language selected from the second information to the portable information terminal;
An elevator control device comprising:

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