JP6415413B2 - Elevator call registration device for visually impaired persons and call registration method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an elevator call registration device and a call registration method for an elevator that detects a white cane possessed by a visually impaired person and registers a hall call.

  Conventionally, for visually handicapped persons, braille labels displaying various types of information are attached to elevator hall buttons and car operation panels. However, since the braille label is peeled off as it is used, it is necessary to replace it each time. Further, if the state where the braille label is peeled off is left unattended, there is a problem that visually impaired persons cannot use the elevator.

  Even if braille labels are affixed to the elevator hall buttons, visually impaired persons need to search for the location of the hall buttons when registering calls at the hall. For this reason, there is also a problem that visually impaired people may feel great anxiety, especially when using an elevator that is not normally used.

  Therefore, in order to improve the operability of the hall call registration by visually impaired persons, a camera is used to indicate that there are visually impaired persons who have a plurality of guide blocks on the floor of the hall and have a white cane on a specific guide block. An elevator system is proposed that, when detected, outputs a voice that guides the visually impaired person onto the guidance block corresponding to the destination direction from the speaker and registers the hall call according to the position of the visually impaired person detected by the camera (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

JP 2011-93649 A JP 2007-274234 A

However, the prior art has the following problems.
That is, in the elevator system of Patent Document 1, when registering a hall call, it is necessary for a visually handicapped person guided to the hall along the guidance block to move to another guidance block. There is a problem that the burden on the people increases and the anxiety cannot be resolved. There is also a problem that there is a risk of contact with other users during the movement.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and visually impaired persons can easily register landing calls without feeling uneasy and avoiding contact with other users. It is an object to obtain a call registration device and a call registration method for an elevator visually impaired person.

  The elevator call registration device for an elevator according to the present invention is an elevator call registration device for an elevator visually impaired person that registers a hall call by detecting a white cane possessed by a visually impaired person at an elevator hall, In a predetermined area of the hall, a white cane detection unit that detects the presence of a white cane possessed by a visually impaired person and detects the movement of the white cane, and a white cane when the presence of the white cane is detected And a call registration unit for registering an upward or downward call according to the movement of the telephone.

  The elevator call registration method for an elevator according to the present invention is executed by an elevator visually impaired call registration device for detecting a white cane possessed by a visually impaired person and registering a hall call at the elevator hall. An elevator call registration method for a visually handicapped person, the step of detecting the presence of a white cane possessed by a visually handicapped person in a predetermined area of the hall, and detecting the movement of the white cane in the area And a step of registering an upward or downward call according to the movement of the white cane when the presence of the white cane is detected.

According to the elevator call registration device and call registration method for an elevator according to the present invention, when the presence of a white cane possessed by a visually impaired person is detected in a predetermined area of the elevator landing, Depending on the movement of the cane, an upward or downward call is registered.
Therefore, visually impaired persons can easily register hall calls without feeling uneasy and avoiding contact with other users.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a front view showing an elevator hall to which an elevator call registration device for visually impaired persons according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention is applied. It is a block block diagram which shows the call registration apparatus for visually impaired persons of the elevator which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process of the call registration apparatus for visually impaired persons of the elevator which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of a call registration device and a call registration method for visually impaired persons according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the drawings, the same or corresponding parts are denoted by the same reference numerals. To explain. The elevator call registration device for visually impaired persons according to the present invention detects a white cane possessed by a visually impaired person and registers a hall call at the elevator hall.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
1 is a front view showing an elevator hall to which an elevator call registration device for visually impaired persons according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention is applied. In FIG. 1, a camera 1 that captures a predetermined area of a landing is provided above the elevator landing. Further, on the side of the door 2 of the hall, there are provided a hall button 3 for registering a hall call by a user's operation and a speaker 4 for making a voice notification toward the hall.

  FIG. 2 is a block configuration diagram showing the elevator call registration device for the visually impaired according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In FIG. 2, this elevator call registration device for the visually impaired includes a white cane detection unit 10, a call registration unit 20, and a speaker 4. In addition, the hall button 3 is connected to the call registration unit 20.

  The white cane detection unit 10 detects the presence of the white cane possessed by the visually impaired person and the movement of the white cane in a predetermined area of the landing. Specifically, the white cane detection unit 10 includes a camera 1 and an identification unit 11. The identification unit 11 identifies the presence and movement of the white cane in the image captured by the camera 1 that captures a predetermined area of the hall. Note that a plurality of cameras 1 may be provided so that there are no blind spots.

  As a method for detecting a white cane, for example, the method described in Patent Document 2 can be applied. In other words, the camera 1 is a stereo camera, and based on the three-dimensional distance information obtained from the stereo camera, person detection / tracking processing is performed by an additive drawing method, and the pedestrian's top position and traveling direction are determined in a three-dimensional space. A rectangular parallelepiped representing the range in which the white cane can move in front of the center of gravity of the detected pedestrian is detected, and the white cane is detected by performing image processing only on the color image corresponding to this rectangular parallelepiped It is.

  The call registration unit 20 registers an upward or downward call according to the movement of the white cane detected by the white cane detection unit 10 when the white cane detection unit 10 detects the presence of the white cane. . In addition, the call registration unit 20 may register the destination floor call together with the upward or downward call according to the movement of the white cane detected by the white cane detection unit 10. When registering a destination floor call, if only the destination floor is designated, a call in the vertical direction is also registered according to the floor of the hall.

  Specifically, first, when the presence of a white cane is detected by the white cane detection unit 10, the call registration unit 20 sends a white call to the visually impaired person via the speaker 4 according to a desired call. Announcement to move the staff. Here, the movement of the white cane according to the desired call includes the following regarding the call in the vertical direction or the call on the destination floor.

  For example, for an upward or downward call, the upward call is registered when the white cane is swung upward or right, and the downward call is registered when the white cane is swung downward or left, or the tip of the white cane If you pull out to the front, it will register an upward call, pulling it backward will register a downward call, turning the white cane clockwise will register an upward call, and turning it counterclockwise will lower it. There are things that register direction calls.

  As for the destination floor call, the destination floor call is registered by the number of times the white cane is swung upward, or the tenth floor is specified by the number of times the white cane is swung upward, and then swung to the right. The number of times the first floor is specified and the destination floor call is registered, the number of times the white cane is turned clockwise, the tenth floor is specified, and the counterclockwise number is turned There is one that designates the first floor and registers the destination floor call.

  Subsequently, the call registration unit 20 calls up and down or calls up and down and the destination floor according to the movement of the white cane detected by the white cane detection unit 10 according to the call desired by the visually impaired. Register. Here, the call registration unit 20 registers a call according to the movement of the white cane when the movement of the white cane is detected within a preset registration time.

  In addition, when the presence of the white cane is detected by the white cane detection unit 10, the call registration unit 20 moves the white cane according to the desired call to the visually impaired person via the speaker 4. An announcement may be made asking for movement of the body in response to the desired call. At this time, the call registration unit 20 registers the call according to the movement of the visually impaired person detected by the camera 1 together with the movement of the white cane.

  Here, the movement of the body according to the desired call is, for example, when registering an upward call, move the right foot one step forward, and when registering a downward call, move the left foot one step forward. It is something to put out. Thereby, compared with the case where a call is registered only based on the movement of a white cane, registration accuracy can be improved.

  Next, after the call is registered, the call registration unit 20 makes an announcement for confirming whether or not the registered call is appropriate to the visually impaired person via the speaker 4. Specifically, when the registered call is appropriate, for example, the call registration unit 20 has the white cane shake to the right side, and when the registered call is not appropriate, the call registration unit 20 moves the white cane to the left side. Announce visually impaired people to shake.

  Subsequently, the call registration unit 20 determines and registers the registered call if the registered call is appropriate according to the movement of the white cane detected by the white cane detection unit 10. If the call is not appropriate, the registered call is not confirmed, and for example, an announcement is made to the visually handicapped person to move the white cane again according to the desired call via the speaker 4. Next, when the registered call is confirmed, the call registration unit 20 announces the confirmed call to the visually impaired person via the speaker 4.

  Hereinafter, processing of the elevator call registration device for visually impaired persons according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 3. Note that the processing in FIG. 3 is repeatedly executed at an arbitrary predetermined cycle.

First, the call registration unit 20 determines whether the presence of the white cane is detected by the white cane detection unit 10 (step S1).
If it is determined in step S1 that the presence of the white wand has not been detected (that is, No), the processing in FIG. 3 is terminated as it is.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S <b> 1 that the presence of the white cane is detected (that is, Yes), the call registration unit 20 makes a desired call to the visually impaired person via the speaker 4. In response, an announcement is made to move the white cane (step S2).

Subsequently, the call registration unit 20 determines whether or not the movement of the white cane is detected by the white cane detection unit 10 (step S3).
If it is determined in step S3 that the movement of the white cane has not been detected (ie, No), the process proceeds to step S1 to determine again whether the presence of the white cane has been detected.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S3 that the movement of the white cane is detected (that is, Yes), the call registration unit 20 calls the up / down direction according to the detected movement of the white cane, or Calls in the vertical direction and the destination floor are registered (step S4).
Next, the call registration unit 20 makes an announcement for confirming whether or not the registered call is appropriate to the visually impaired person via the speaker 4 (step S5).

Subsequently, the call registration unit 20 determines whether or not the registered call is appropriate according to the movement of the white cane (step S6).
In step S6, when it is determined that the registered call is not appropriate (that is, No), the process proceeds to step S1 to determine again whether or not the presence of the white cane is detected.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S6 that the registered call is appropriate (that is, Yes), the call registration unit 20 determines the registered call (step S7), and the speaker 4 is connected. Then, a call that has been confirmed to the visually impaired is announced (step S8), and the process of FIG. 3 is terminated.

As described above, according to the first embodiment, when the presence of a white cane possessed by a visually impaired person is detected in a predetermined area of the elevator hall, Register a direction or downward call.
Therefore, visually impaired persons can easily register hall calls without feeling uneasy and avoiding contact with other users.

In addition, the call registration unit 20 registers a call on the destination floor along with an upward or downward call according to the movement of the white cane.
Therefore, it is not necessary to register the destination floor after getting into the car where the visually impaired person arrives, and the convenience can be improved.

When the presence of the white cane is detected, the call registration unit 20 makes an announcement requesting that the visually impaired person move the white cane according to the desired call via the speaker 4.
In addition, after the call is registered, the call registration unit 20 makes an announcement to the visually impaired person through the speaker 4 to confirm whether or not the registered call is appropriate, and the movement of the white cane Confirm the registered call according to.
The call registration unit 20 also announces the confirmed call via the speaker 4 when the registered call is confirmed.
Therefore, the visually handicapped person can easily grasp how to register the call and whether the call is properly registered, so that convenience can be improved.

  In the first embodiment, the white cane detection unit 10 captures a predetermined area of the hall, and the identification unit 11 identifies the presence and movement of the white cane in the image captured by the camera. However, the configuration for detecting the white cane is not limited to this.

  Specifically, the white cane detecting unit is provided at the landing and has a receiving unit that communicates with the transmitting unit provided at the white cane, and the transmitting unit and the receiving unit communicate with each other in a predetermined area of the landing. The presence and movement of the white cane may be detected by performing the above. Here, the position of the white cane in the predetermined area of the hall can be detected by providing the receivers at four locations.

  Moreover, the transmission unit may transmit radio waves at all times, or a visually handicapped person who arrives at the landing may transmit radio waves by operating a switch provided on a white cane, for example. Accordingly, the white cane detection unit can detect the presence of the white cane by receiving the radio wave from the transmission unit, and can detect the movement of the white cane based on the intensity of the radio wave received by the reception unit.

  Also, after the visually impaired person gets in the car that arrives, the camera in the car detects the movement of the white cane. For example, if the white cane is swung upward, the car door is closed and the car door is swung downward. May be opened. Thus, the convenience can be further improved by opening and closing the door in accordance with the movement of the white cane in the car.

  1 camera, 2 landing door, 3 landing button, 4 speaker, 10 white cane detection unit, 11 identification unit, 20 call registration unit.

Claims (9)

An elevator call registration device for an visually impaired person that detects a white cane possessed by a visually impaired person and registers a hall call at the elevator hall,
In a predetermined area of the hall, while detecting the presence of a white cane possessed by the visually impaired person, a white cane detection unit for detecting the movement of the white cane,
A call registration unit for registering an upward or downward call according to the movement of the white cane when the presence of the white cane is detected;
Elevator call registration device for the visually impaired. 2. The elevator call registration device for visually impaired persons according to claim 1, wherein the call registration unit registers a call on a destination floor together with an upward or downward call according to the movement of the white cane. A speaker for performing voice notification toward the hall;
When the presence of the white cane is detected, the call registration unit makes an announcement requesting the visually impaired to move the white cane according to a desired call via the speaker. The elevator call registration device for visually impaired persons according to claim 1 or claim 2. A speaker for performing voice notification toward the hall;
After the call is registered, the call registration unit makes an announcement to the visually impaired person through the speaker to confirm whether the registered call is appropriate, and the movement of the white cane The call registration device for visually impaired persons in an elevator according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a registered call is determined according to. The elevator call registration device for an elevator visually impaired person according to claim 4, wherein when the registered call is confirmed, the call registration unit announces the confirmed call via the speaker. The white cane detection unit
A camera for imaging a predetermined area of the hall;
The call registration device for visually impaired persons according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising: an identification unit that identifies presence and movement of the white cane in an image captured by the camera. The elevator call registration device for visually impaired persons according to claim 6, wherein the call registration unit registers a call according to the movement of the white cane and the movement of the visually impaired person detected by the camera. The white cane detection unit is provided at the landing and has a reception unit that communicates with a transmission unit provided on the white cane,
The presence and movement of the white cane are detected by communication between the transmission unit and the reception unit within a predetermined area of the landing. The elevator call registration device for the visually impaired described above. An elevator call registration method for an elevator visually impaired person executed by an elevator visually impaired person call registration device for registering a hall call by detecting a white cane possessed by a visually impaired person at an elevator hall,
Detecting the presence of a white cane possessed by the visually impaired person in a predetermined area of the hall; and
Detecting the movement of the white cane in the region;
Registering an upward or downward call depending on the movement of the white wand when the presence of the white wand is detected;
An elevator call registration method for visually impaired persons.

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