JP6483637B2 - Elevator information display device and elevator information display method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an elevator information display device and an elevator information display method.

  In recent years, elevators not only have the function of transporting passengers to the destination floor by raising and lowering operations, but also providing contents such as news information and weather information on LCD screens installed in passenger cars while raising and lowering operations It also has a function as an advertising medium.

  However, there is a problem that passengers do not finish reading information while getting on the elevator depending on the passenger boarding time is short or depending on passengers (for example, elderly people who need longer time to read information). .

  Therefore, it is possible to display content that matches the elevator operation status and the customer class of passengers who use the elevator, and to eliminate passenger discomfort that may occur due to the arrival of the elevator before the passenger finishes reading the displayed information An elevator information display device and information display method have been proposed.

  For example, Patent Document 1 discloses an information display method in which a plurality of contents are continuously displayed on a display device in a car provided in an elevator car, and corresponds to the total number of contents including the plurality of contents, respectively. Set the reading time to read each content for each user attribute (passengers of passengers who use the elevator in the building environment where the elevator is installed) Calculate the elevator travel time based on the information on the departure floor and arrival floor of the elevator, and the total reading is the product of the reading time for each content set according to the corresponding user attribute and the number of content to be displayed The time and the traveling time of the elevator are the same, or the total reading completion time is To be shorter than the running time of elevators, elevator information display method by selecting a plurality of contents from among the contents of the total number and displaying on the in-car display device is disclosed.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2015-9974

  In the technique described in Patent Document 1 described above, it is necessary to set time for reading each content for each user attribute that uses the elevator for each building in which the elevator is installed in advance. Therefore, if the passenger does not match the registered user attribute, there is a possibility that the displayed information cannot be read by the passenger. Also, many display devices installed in the elevator car are small, and even if the passengers match the registered user attributes, it is difficult to see the characters depending on the passenger's boarding position, and it is longer to read It may take time.

  In view of the above circumstances, the object of the present invention is that passenger registration of passengers is not necessary, and information displayed on the display device is in the passenger's car regardless of the passenger's boarding position in the passenger car. It is an object of the present invention to provide an elevator information display system and an elevator information display method that can be read completely.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an elevator information display system for displaying information to passengers in an elevator car, wherein the information display system is provided in the car and displays information. A camera provided in the car, a display device and a control device for controlling the camera, the control device storing a plurality of types of information, a passenger's departure floor to the destination floor A travel time determination unit that determines a travel time; and a passenger boarding position determination unit that determines a distance between the passenger and the display device from an image in the car acquired by the camera, the travel time determination unit based on the obtained distance running time and the passenger riding position determining unit obtained by the information to be displayed on the passenger selects from the storage unit, and displays on the display device, stored in the storage unit The information includes at least one of a sentence and a moving image, and is classified into a plurality of types according to the length of the sentence, the length of the moving picture, or the size of characters constituting the sentence. The control device determines the length of the text or the moving image to be displayed on the display device based on the travel time, and determines the size of the character to be displayed on the display device based on the distance. The information having the determined text or video length and character size is selected from a plurality of types of information stored in the storage unit, and displayed between the departure floor and the destination floor. When another passenger enters the car, the travel time determined by the travel time determination unit is canceled, and the information with the shortest text or video is selected from the information and displayed on the display device. To provide elevator information display system, characterized in that it shows.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an elevator information display method for displaying information to passengers by a display device provided in the elevator car, from the passenger's departure floor to the destination floor in the car. The distance between the passenger and the display device is determined by a camera provided in the car, and includes at least one of a sentence and a movie, and includes the length of the sentence and the length of the movie. From the information classified into a plurality of types according to the size of the characters constituting the sentence, the length of the sentence to be displayed on the display device or the length of the video is determined based on the travel time, The character size to be displayed on the display device is determined based on the distance, and the display device selects the information having the determined length of the sentence or moving image and the character size. If other passengers enter the car between the departure floor and the destination floor, the determined travel time is canceled and the shortest text or video from the above information is displayed. There is provided an information display method for an elevator which is selected and displayed on the display device .

  According to the present invention, registration of passengers of passengers is not necessary, and information displayed on the display device can be read while the passenger is in the car regardless of the boarding position in the passenger's car. A possible elevator information display system and elevator information display method can be provided.

  Problems, configurations, and effects other than those described above will become apparent from the following description of embodiments.

It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the elevator apparatus containing the information display system of the elevator which concerns on this invention. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the information display system of the elevator which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the kind and display condition of the content displayed with the information display apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of operation | movement of the information display system of the elevator which concerns on this invention. It is a flowchart which shows another example of operation | movement of the information display system of the elevator which concerns on this invention.

  Embodiments of an elevator information display system and an elevator information display method according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing an example of an elevator apparatus including an elevator information display system according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, an elevator apparatus 100 is wound around a hoistway 1, a car 11 on which an elevator passenger (user) 27 rides, a counterweight 6, a motor 7 installed at an arbitrary position on the hoistway 1, and the motor 7. It has a main rope 5 that is hung and suspends the car 11 and the counterweight 6, and an elevator operation control device 2 that controls the operation of the elevator.

  In FIG. 1, the hoistway 1 is for the fourth floor, and landing doors 12 (12 a to 12 d) are installed at the landings from the first floor to the fourth floor. The car 11 is driven up and down by rotating the motor 7 forward and backward, stops at the landing level (stop position) 14 (14a to 14d) of each floor according to the destination floor, and the floor on which the car door 10 is landed. The landing door 12 (12a to 12d) is opened. The elevator 11 is driven up and down by registering a destination floor with a car call 26 (shown in FIG. 2) in the car 11 or by using a hall call 13 (13a to 13d) provided at a landing on each floor. It is done by calling.

  An operation panel 8 and an in-car camera (hereinafter referred to as “camera”) 9 are installed in the car 11, and the in-car display device (hereinafter referred to as “display device”) is provided on the operation panel 8. 25 and car call 26 are installed (both are shown in FIG. 2). The display device 25 has a function of displaying the floor on which the car is located and a function of displaying information to be described later (hereinafter referred to as “content”). The display device 25 is connected to the camera 9, and the camera 9 detects the standing position (boarding position) of the passenger from the acquired image. In addition, a control device 4 is provided above the car 11 and controls the operation panel 8 and the camera 9. The control device 4 and the operation panel 8 are connected to the elevator operation control device 2 via the tail cord 3. In this embodiment, the operation panel 8, the camera 9, and the control device 4 including the display device 25 are referred to as an information display system 30.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of an elevator information display system according to the present invention. The control device 4 includes a travel time determination unit 18, a storage unit 19, a content selection unit 21, a character size determination unit 22, a passenger boarding position determination unit 23, and a display device display command unit 24.

  The content providing device 15 is, for example, a distribution server of a content providing company, and the content acquisition device 16 is a content receiving server owned by the manufacturer of the elevator device 100. The content providing device 15 distributes the content 20 such as news information and weather information to the content acquisition device 16 with moving images and text. The content acquisition device 16 requests acquisition of the content 20 from the content providing device 15, acquires the content 20, and transmits it to the communication device 17 provided in the hoistway 1. The communication device 17 receives the content 20 from the content acquisition device 16 and transmits it to the storage unit 19 of the control device 4. The storage unit 19 stores a plurality of types of content 20. The type of content 20 will be described in detail later.

  The traveling time determination unit 18 calls the car 11 at the landing call 13, gets on the car 11, registers the destination floor with the car call 26 in the car 11, and then registers with the elevator operation control device 2. The travel time of the car 11 from the departure floor registered in the hall call 13 to the destination floor registered in the car call 26 is calculated by referring to the information of the landing call 13 and the car call 26 It is determined whether the time from the floor to the arrival of the destination floor is “short” or the time from the departure floor to the arrival of the destination floor is “long”, and the result is transmitted to the content selection unit 21.

  The passenger boarding position determination unit 23 calculates the distance between the display device 25 and the passenger 27 based on the image acquired by the camera 9 installed in the car 11, determines the length of the distance, and the result is the character size. It transmits to the determination part 22. The camera 9 is preferably a stereo camera that can grasp the standing position of the passenger in the three-dimensional space. By using the stereo camera, the distance between the camera and the passenger can be measured, and the distance between the display device 25 and the passenger 27 can be calculated based on the measured value.

  When the passenger boarding position determination means 23 determines that the distance between the passenger 27 and the display device 25 is “long” (far), the character size determination unit 22 determines “increase the character size” and displays “passenger 27”. When it is determined that the distance of the device 25 is “short” (close), it is determined “decrease the character size”, and the result is transmitted to the content selection unit 21.

  Based on the determination result of the travel time determination unit 18 and the determination result of the character size determination unit 22, the content selection unit 21 is optimally displayed on the display device 25 from among a plurality of types of content stored in the storage unit 19. The content 20 is selected. Below, the kind of content 20 is explained in full detail. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the types of content to be displayed and the display conditions in the information display system according to the present invention. In this embodiment, contents A to D are included. The content includes at least one of a sentence and a moving image, and the length of the sentence increases in order from A to D. Since the contents A and B do not include moving images and the length of the sentences is relatively short, the information is suitable when the traveling time of the car 11 (that is, the riding time of the passenger 27) is relatively short. . On the other hand, since the contents C and D include moving images and the length of the sentences is relatively long, the contents C and D are suitable information when the traveling time of the car 11 (passing time of the passenger 27) is relatively long. One of the contents A to D is selected according to the length of the travel time determined by the travel time determination unit 18.

In addition, the contents A to D are different in the size of characters constituting the sentence (hereinafter referred to as “character size”). The contents A and C are information suitable when the character size is “large” and the distance between the display device 25 and the passenger 27 is relatively long (distant). On the other hand, the contents B and D are information suitable for the case where the character size is “small” and the distance between the display device 25 and the passenger 27 is relatively short (close). One of the contents A to D is selected according to the length of the distance determined by the passenger boarding position determination unit 23.

  For example, the content selection unit 21 determines that the time from the departure floor to the arrival of the destination floor is “short” in the travel time determination unit 18 and “increases the character size” in the character size determination unit 22. If so, the content A is selected. When the travel time determination unit 18 determines that the time from the departure floor to the arrival of the destination floor is “slightly short” and the determination result of the character size determination unit 22 is “decrease the character size”, Select content B. When the travel time determination unit 18 determines that the time from the departure floor to the destination floor arrival is “slightly long” and the determination result of the character size determination unit 22 is “increase the character size”, Select content C. When the travel time determination unit 18 determines that the time from the departure floor to the arrival of the destination floor is “long” and the determination result of the character size determination unit 22 is “decrease the character size”, the content D is selected, and the selection result is transmitted to the display device display command unit 24. The display device display command unit 24 displays the content transmitted from the content selection unit 21 on the display device 25.

  As described above, the optimum content is selected based on the travel time of the car 11 and the distance between the display device 25 and the passenger 27 and displayed on the display device 25, thereby registering the customer class of the passenger 27. Information that is unnecessary and can be read by the passenger 27 while riding in the car 11 regardless of the boarding position in the car 11 can be provided. Therefore, according to the information display system of the present invention, it is possible to provide an elevator apparatus with high serviceability in consideration of passenger convenience.

  The elevator information display system according to the present invention can be configured only by installing the camera 9 and the control device 4 in the case of an existing elevator device having the display device 25. Further, even in the case of an existing elevator apparatus that does not have the display device 25, it can be configured only by installing the display device 25, the camera 9, and the control device 4. In any case, the system according to the present invention can be easily installed without changing the elevator operation control device 2 that controls the operation of the elevator with respect to the existing elevator device.

Next, an operation procedure of the above-described elevator information display system will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the elevator information display system according to the present invention. The stop state of the car 11 is started (S101),
In S102, when the passenger 27 gets on the car 11 ("YES" in the figure), the process proceeds to S103. When the passenger 27 does not get on the car 11 (“NO” in the figure), the process returns to S102.

  In S103, when the landing door 12 and the car door 10 are closed ("YES" in the figure), the passenger boarding position determination unit 23 detects the position of the passenger 27 based on the image acquired by the camera 9, and the passenger 27 The distance between the position and the display device 25 is determined (S104), and the result is transmitted to the character size determination unit 22. On the other hand, when the landing door 12 and the car door 10 are open in S103 ("NO" in the figure), the process returns to S102.

  In S105, the character size determination unit 22 determines the character size of the content 20 to be displayed on the display device 25 according to the determination result of the passenger boarding position determination unit 23, transmits the result to the content selection unit 21, and proceeds to S106. . For example, when the determination result of the passenger boarding position determination unit 23 determines that the distance between the passenger 27 and the display device 25 is long, it determines that “the character size is increased” and when the distance is short, Decrease the size ".

  In S106, the travel time determination unit 18 refers to the call information (information of the landing call 13 and the car call 26) registered in the elevator operation control device 2, and the travel time of the car 11 from the departure floor to the arrival of the destination floor. Is calculated, and the length of time from the departure floor to the arrival of the destination floor is determined (S107), the result is transmitted to the content selection unit 21, and the process proceeds to S108.

  In S108, the content selection unit 21 selects the content 20 to be displayed on the display device 25 from the determination result of the travel time determination unit 18 and the determination result of the character size determination unit 22, and the result is displayed on the display device display command unit 24. Send to S109. For example, if it is determined that the time from the departure floor to the arrival at the destination floor is “short” and the determination result of the character size determination unit 22 is “increase the character size”, the content is only a short sentence and the character Select large content.

  In S109, when the car 11 starts traveling (“YES” in the figure), the display device display command unit 24 commands the display device 25 to display the content 20 transmitted from the content selection unit 21 (S110). ). If the car 11 has not started running (“NO” in the figure), the process returns to the position before S109.

  In S111, when the car 11 has arrived at the destination floor ("YES" in the figure), the display of the content 20 is terminated and the process returns to S101. When the car 11 is traveling toward the destination floor (“NO” in the figure), the process returns to S110.

In this embodiment, the operation procedure of the elevator information display system when there are a plurality of passengers 27 in the car will be described. When a plurality of passengers 27 get in the car 11 on the same departure floor, based on the distance between the passenger 27 and the display device 25 that is determined to be closest to the display device 25 in the passenger boarding position determination unit 23, The character size determination unit 22 may determine the character size. By doing in this way, the content which can be read during boarding can be provided with respect to the passenger 27 who can see the display apparatus 25 reliably.

Further, based on the image acquired by the camera 9, in the car 11, the passenger far from the display device is taller than the passenger near the display device 25, and the distant passenger can read the display device 25. If it is determined that there is, the passenger boarding position determination unit 23 determines the distance between the passenger 27 determined to be far from the display device 25 and the display device 25, and based on this distance, the character size determination unit 22 The character size may be determined. Thus, the character determination mode when there are a plurality of passengers 27 in the car 11 can be selected as appropriate.

  In the present embodiment, the operation procedure of the elevator information display system when the car 11 stops and a new passenger gets on during the period from the departure floor to the arrival of the destination floor (intermediate floor) will be described. . FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing another example of the operation of the elevator information display system according to the present invention. In FIG. 5, the operations from S101 to S110 are the same as the procedure shown in FIG. In this embodiment, when the car 11 stops on the middle floor in S201 and another passenger gets on ("YES" in the figure), the travel time determined in S107 is canceled, and the content selection unit 21 stores The content of the shortest sentence is selected from the unit 19 (S202), and the display device display command unit 24 commands the display device 25 to display the content 20 transmitted from the content selection unit 21 (S203). The subsequent operation is the same as in FIG.

  In the present embodiment, even if passengers get on the middle floor and travel time differs for each passenger, content that can be read during boarding for all passengers 27 in the car 11 Can be provided.

  As described above, according to the present invention, registration of passengers of passengers is unnecessary, and the information displayed on the display device is displayed on the passenger car regardless of the position of the passenger in the passenger car. It has been shown that an elevator information display system and an elevator information display method that can be read while riding can be provided.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to an above-described Example, Various modifications are included. For example, the above-described embodiments have been described in detail for easy understanding of the present invention, and are not necessarily limited to those having all the configurations described. Further, a part of the configuration of one embodiment can be replaced with the configuration of another embodiment, and the configuration of another embodiment can be added to the configuration of one embodiment. Further, it is possible to add, delete, and replace other configurations for a part of the configuration of each embodiment.

  For example, the type of content shown in FIG. 3 is an example, and the stages may be more detailed with respect to the length of the text, the length of the moving image, and the character size. Moreover, the character sizes of the contents included in the storage unit may all be the same, and the character size of the content may be adjusted in the control unit 4 so that the character size determined by the character size determination unit 22 is obtained. In addition, the calculation of the distance between the passenger 27 and the display device 25 has an advantage that it can be applied as it is to an elevator in which the camera 9 is installed in the car 11 if the method uses a camera as described in the embodiment. However, for example, a human sensor (infrared sensor or the like) may be provided in the car 11 to measure whether the passenger 27 is in front of or behind the predetermined distance. A plurality of weighing devices for measuring the load may be provided, and the distance between the passenger 27 and the display device 25 may be calculated from the weight distribution in the car 11, or the passenger 27 may perform wireless communication with the device in the car 11. When the use situation to perform is considered, the position of the passenger 27 may be estimated from the electric field strength of the wireless communication.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Hoistway, 2 ... Elevator operation control apparatus, 3 ... Tail cord, 4 ... Car top control apparatus, 5 ... Main rope, 6 ... Counterweight, 7 ... Motor, 8 ... Operation panel, 9 ... In-car camera, 10 ... car door, 11 ... car, 12, 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d ... landing door, 13, 13a, 13b, 13c, 13d ... landing call, 14, 14a, 14b, 14c, 14d ... landing level, DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 15 ... Content provision apparatus, 16 ... Content acquisition apparatus, 17 ... Communication apparatus, 18 ... Travel time determination means, 19 ... Content recording means, 20 ... Content, 21 ... Content selection means, 22 ... Character size determination means, 23 ... Passenger Board position determination means, 24 ... in-car display device display command section, 25 ... in-car display device, 26 ... car call, 27 ... passenger, 30 ... information display device, 100 ... d Beta apparatus.

Claims (4)

In the elevator information display system that displays information to passengers in the elevator car,
The information display system includes a display device provided in the car for displaying the information, a camera provided in the car, and a control device for controlling the display device and the camera.
The control device includes a storage unit that stores a plurality of types of information, a travel time determination unit that determines a travel time from the departure floor to the destination floor of the passenger, and an image in the car acquired by the camera. A passenger boarding position determination unit that determines a distance between the passenger and the display device,
Based on the travel time obtained by the travel time determination unit and the distance obtained by the passenger boarding position determination unit, information to be displayed to the passenger is selected from the storage unit, and displayed on the display device.
The information stored in the storage unit includes at least one of a sentence and a moving image, and there are a plurality of types depending on the length of the sentence, the length of the moving picture, or the size of characters constituting the sentence. Classified into
The control device determines a length of the sentence or the moving image to be displayed on the display device based on the travel time, and determines a size of the character to be displayed on the display device based on the distance. The information having the determined sentence or video length and character size is selected from a plurality of types of information stored in the storage unit and displayed.
If another passenger enters the car between the departure floor and the destination floor, the travel time determined by the travel time determination unit is canceled, and the sentence or video is the most from the information. An elevator information display system, wherein short information is selected and displayed on the display device . In the elevator information display system according to claim 1,
The said camera consists of stereo cameras, and has the structure which can measure the distance of the said camera and the said passenger, The information display system of the elevator characterized by the above-mentioned. In the elevator information display system according to claim 1 or 2 ,
The control device determines the size of the character based on a distance between a passenger closest to the display device and the display device when there are a plurality of passengers in the car. Elevator information display system. In the elevator information display method of displaying information to the passengers by a display device provided in the elevator car,
While determining the travel time from the departure floor to the destination floor of passengers in the car, determine the distance between the passenger and the display device by a camera provided in the car,
Based on the travel time from information classified into a plurality of types according to the length of the text, the length of the video, or the size of characters constituting the text, including at least one of text and video Determining the length of the sentence or the moving image to be displayed on the display device, determining the size of the character to be displayed on the display device based on the distance, and determining the determined sentence or moving image Select information with length and character size to display on the display device,
If another passenger enters the car between the departure floor and the destination floor, cancel the determined travel time and select the information with the shortest text or video from the information. An elevator information display method comprising: displaying on the display device .

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