JP7092230B1 - Escalator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an escalator provided with a guidance device capable of appropriately spacing passengers before and after transportation. SOLUTION: In an escalator 10 which has a plurality of steps 12 connected in an endless manner and circulates, and which is used by a passenger who has entered the entrance and transfers to a step 12 which is unwound from a comb 26 and runs horizontally. Guidance to guide the passenger to walk at a speed slower than the horizontal traveling speed by the guidance display L1 moving at the guidance speed slower than the horizontal traveling speed of the step 12 at the entrance in front of the comb 26 in the approach direction. The device 30 was provided. [Selection diagram] Fig. 3

Description

The present invention relates to an escalator, and more particularly to an escalator provided with a device for guiding passengers at the entrance.

Passengers who use the escalator first enter the entrance and transfer to the step where they are traveling at the right timing. This timing is generally measured by the demarcation line provided on the treads of the treads that are unfolded one after another from the comb.

Patent Document 1 describes a guide device that facilitates the timing. The guidance device described in Patent Document 1 is configured to have a plurality of light sources that blink in accordance with the timing at which the user gets on and off the step on the boarding / alighting section provided before or after getting on / off the step (). Claim 1 of Patent Document 1).

According to this configuration, "the passenger can measure the timing of getting on and off by matching the blinking timing of the guidance device before going to the vicinity of the com, so that the passenger can get on and off without stopping near the entrance. , Congestion can be eliminated. (The original text of paragraph [0007] of Patent Document 1).

By the way, as a countermeasure against infectious diseases that have become widespread in recent years, it is required to take actions that avoid so-called "three dense" (dense, close, closed) in every situation. The use of an escalator is no exception, and it is recommended to get on the steps at intervals before and after.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2004-115171

However, in the escalator on which the guidance device described in Patent Document 1 is installed, passengers are transferred to the steps one after another in a timely manner, so that it is inevitable that the distance between the front and rear passengers during transportation becomes close.

In view of the above problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide an escalator provided with a guidance device capable of allowing passengers to be appropriately spaced before and after during transportation as much as possible.

In order to achieve the above object, the escalator according to the present invention has a plurality of steps that are connected in an endless manner and circulate, and a passenger who has entered the entrance is transferred from the comb to the step that runs horizontally. It is an escalator used by
A guidance device that guides the passenger to walk at a speed slower than the horizontal traveling speed by a guidance display that moves at a guidance speed slower than the horizontal traveling speed of the step at the entrance in front of the comb in the approach direction. It is characterized by being equipped with.

Further, the guided speed is set to at least half or less of the horizontal traveling speed.

Further, the guidance display is characterized in that a plurality of mark displays displayed on the floor surface of the entrance are spaced at predetermined intervals in the approach direction and move at the guidance speed.

In this case, the predetermined interval is an interval in which the interval between the centers of the mark display is substantially the same as the interval between the centers in the traveling direction of the adjacent steps, the guided speed is Vp, and the horizontal traveling speed is Vs. Then, the Vp is set to a speed of Vp = Vs × {1 / (N + 1)} (N is a value of any one of 1, 2, or 3).

Further, it has a congestion degree index acquisition means for acquiring a congestion degree index for indexing the congestion degree of passengers on the plurality of steps, and the congestion degree index acquired by the congestion degree index acquisition means is used for guidance of the guidance device. Therefore, the guidance device is characterized in that the guidance speed is further reduced when the passenger exhibits a higher degree of congestion than when the passenger transfers to the step.

According to the escalator according to the present invention having the above configuration, the passenger who has entered the entrance moves at a guidance speed slower than the horizontal traveling speed of the step due to the guidance display, which is slower than the horizontal traveling speed. After walking, the vehicle will be transferred to the step that is unwound from the comb and runs horizontally.

As a result, passengers in a line at the entrance, walking at a speed almost equal to the horizontal traveling speed of the steps, transfer to the steps one after another, and do not leave a space on the steps. It is possible to prevent passengers from being transported to the airport as much as possible. That is, according to the present invention, it is possible to make the space between the front and back of the passengers appropriately during transportation as much as possible.

It is a perspective view which shows the schematic structure of the escalator which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. (A) is a plan view showing a schematic structure of the escalator, and (b) is a side view thereof. It is an enlarged plan view of the entrance of the escalator and its vicinity. It is a figure which shows the schematic structure of the control device provided in the said escalator. It is a figure which shows the state that the guidance display of the guidance device provided in the said escalator moves toward a comb. It is a figure which shows the state that the guidance display of an aspect different from the said guidance display moves toward a comb. FIG. 3 is an enlarged plan view of the entrance of the escalator according to the second embodiment and its vicinity. It is a figure which shows the schematic structure of the control device provided in the escalator which concerns on Embodiment 2. It is a figure which shows the state that the guidance display of the guidance device provided in the escalator which concerns on Embodiment 2 moves toward a comb.

Hereinafter, the escalator according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings based on the embodiment.
<Embodiment 1>
1A and 1B show a perspective view showing a schematic configuration of the escalator 10 according to the first embodiment, FIG. 2A shows the same plan view, and FIG. 2B shows the same side view.

The escalator 10 has a plurality of steps 12 that are connected in an endless manner and circulate, and balustrades 14 and 16 erected along the running path on both sides of the running path of the plurality of steps 12. The balustrades 14 and 16 are provided with moving handrails 18 and 20 that are guided above the balustrades 14 and 16 and move in synchronization with the running of the step 12.

The plurality of steps 12 and the moving handrails 18 and 20 are driven by a motor 24 installed in the upper machine room 22 as a power source and via a power transmission mechanism (not shown). The escalator 10 spanned between the upstairs US and the downstairs DS of the building is used for both ascending and descending by switching the rotation direction of the motor 24 between forward rotation and reverse rotation. Then, the case where the escalator 10 is used for ascending, that is, the case where the downstairs DS side is the entrance will be described as an example.

A comb 26 and a floor plate 28 adjacent to the comb 26 are provided at the entrance of the escalator 10. The plurality of step 12s traveling in a circular manner are extended in the horizontal direction one after another from the comb 26. The escalator 10 is used by a passenger who has entered the entrance and is drawn out from the comb 26 and transferred (transferred) to the step 12 traveling horizontally.

The floor plate 28 is provided with a guidance device 30 that guides passengers to walk at a predetermined speed at the entrance. A floor plate 34 is also provided at the exit port adjacent to the comb (comb plate) 32 and the comb 32, and the floor plate 34 is a guidance device used when the US side upstairs is the entrance. 36 is installed.

The guidance device 30 and the guidance device 36 are basically the same. As the guidance device, the one on the entrance side is used, and the one on the exit side is not used. Therefore, in this example, the guidance device 30 will be described as a representative, and the guidance device 36 will be described as necessary. Stop at.

FIG. 3 shows an enlarged plan view of the entrance where the guidance device 30 is installed and its vicinity. Here, in the description of the guidance device 30, in FIG. 3, the left-right direction (traveling direction of the step 12) is the horizontal direction, and the vertical direction (direction orthogonal to the traveling direction of the step 12) is the vertical direction.

The guidance device 30 includes a transparent reinforced acrylic plate 38 and a lamp unit 42 composed of a plurality of LED lamps 40 arranged vertically and horizontally as shown in FIG. 3 below the reinforced acrylic plate 38. The floor plate 28 has a step-down portion for the installation space of the guidance device 30, and the guidance device 30 is fitted in the step-down portion. The upper surface of the reinforced acrylic plate 38 and the upper surface of the floor plate 28 around the guidance device 30 are flush with each other.

As shown in FIG. 3, the plurality of LED lamps 40 are arranged in a matrix so as to exhibit a large arrow as shown by a virtual line of an alternate long and short dash line as a whole. Of the plurality of LED lamps 40 constituting the lamp unit 42, only one vertical row is lit at the same time. In the illustrated example, only one row, which is the fifth row from the left, is lit. In the drawings of the present application, among the circles representing the LED lamps, the LED lamps that are lit are indicated by black circles, and the LED lamps that are off are indicated by white circles. However, in FIG. 9, the LED lamp that is off is not shown.

A control device 44 including a controller 56 that controls lighting / extinguishing of a plurality of LED lamps 40 is installed in the upper machine room 30 (FIG. 2B). FIG. 4 shows a schematic configuration of the control device 44.

The control device 44 has a configuration in which a ROM 48, a RAM 50, an operation control unit 52, a load detection unit 54, and a controller 56 are connected to the CPU 46 as a center.

The operation control unit 52 controls the traveling speed of the step 12, that is, the operating speed control by controlling the rotation speed of the motor 24 according to the instruction of the CPU 46.

The load detection unit 54 detects the magnitude of the load applied to the motor 24 by detecting the magnitude of the drive current flowing through the motor 24. The use of the detection result will be described later.

The controller 56 controls the lighting of the lamp unit 42 of the guidance device 30 and the lamp unit 58 of the guidance device 36 according to the instructions of the CPU 46. As described above, in this example, since the guidance device 36 is not used, the lighting control thereof is not performed.

The ROM 48 stores a program executed by the CPU 46. The RAM 50 serves as a work area when the CPU 48 executes the program.

Subsequently, the lighting control of the lamp unit 42 by the controller 56 will be described. As described above, of the plurality of LED lamps 40, only one vertical row is lit at the same time (FIG. 3). Hereinafter, one row during lighting will be referred to as a “lighting row”.

As shown in FIG. 5, the controller 56 sequentially switches the lighting row from left to right at predetermined time intervals. Then, to the passengers at the entrance, the lighting row looks like a bar-shaped mark display M1 that moves in the direction toward the step 12 at a predetermined speed. This mark display M1 (lighting row) is the guidance display L1 that guides passengers to walk at the predetermined speed (hereinafter referred to as "guidance speed").

In the first embodiment, the induction speed is defined in relation to the horizontal traveling speed of the step 12 that is fed out from the comb 26 and travels in the horizontal direction. An object of the present invention is that, while the entrance is crowded, passengers board the step 12 one after another without a gap, and the passengers being transported are in a "dense" state.

Passengers boarding the steps 12 one after another without a gap means that passengers in a line at the entrance are at a speed almost equal to the horizontal traveling speed of the steps 12. It is a state of walking and getting on the step 12 (hereinafter, this state is referred to as a "continuous riding state").

In order to avoid the above-mentioned boarding state, the guidance speed is set to a speed slower than the horizontal traveling speed of the step 12. That is, it was decided to guide the passengers to walk at a speed slower than the horizontal traveling speed by the guidance display L1 moving at a guiding speed slower than the horizontal traveling speed of the step 12.

By doing so, the time interval from when one passenger (first passenger) transfers to step 12 until the next passenger (second passenger) transfers to step 12 is longer than in the case of continuous boarding. become longer. As a result, the second passenger cannot transfer to the next step 12 adjacent to the step 12 to which the first passenger has transferred, so that the second passenger should transfer to the step 12 by skipping at least one step from the first passenger. Therefore, the distance between the front and back of the passengers to be transported becomes wider than in the case of continuous boarding.

At the time of congestion, it is observed that passengers walk in a line at the entrance with an interval P (interval between the centers of people) when they are continuously on the step 12 adjacent to the traveling direction. Therefore, in order to reliably skip one or more steps and guide passengers to transfer to the step 12, the guidance speed is preferably at least half (1/2) or less of the horizontal traveling speed of the step 12.

Further, in order to guide passengers to transfer to the step 12 by skipping two or more steps, the guidance speed is preferably at least 1/3 or less of the horizontal traveling speed of the step 12.

That is, in order to guide passengers to transfer to the step 12 by skipping N steps or more, the guidance speed is set to at least 1 / (N + 1) or less of the horizontal traveling speed of the step 12 (N is an integer of 1 or more). ..

In the above example, the mark display M1 is configured by one lighting row among the plurality of LED lamps 40, but the present invention is not limited to this, and one mark display may be configured by a plurality of rows. Further, in the above example, the guidance display L1 is configured by one mark display M1, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a plurality of mark display M1s may be displayed at the same time to configure the guidance display L1.

FIG. 6 shows an example in which the mark display M2 is configured by two lighting columns, and a plurality of mark display M2s are displayed at the same time to configure the guidance display L2. In the illustrated example, the induction display L2 is configured by repeating the lighting row 2 rows (mark display M2) and the lighting row 3 rows. The guidance speed of the guidance display L2 (mark display M2) is set in the same manner as in the case of the guidance display L1 (mark display M1) described above.

(Modification example)
It is expected that the guidance device 30 will allow passengers to transfer to the step 12 at intervals in the front and back, but for some reason such as not being aware of the guidance displays L1 and L2, the walking speed of the passenger at the entrance will be the step 12. It is assumed that the speed does not decrease as expected compared to the horizontal traveling speed of. As a result, for example, even though the guidance speed is set so as to guide the passengers by skipping two steps, the speed is only skipped by one step, or the passengers are continuously transferred to the step 12. It will be. That is, the passengers transported by the plurality of steps 12 will be in a congested state.

Therefore, if a congestion state is detected and a certain degree of congestion is observed, the induction speed may be further reduced. In this example, the magnitude of the load applied to the motor 24 is used as an index of the degree of congestion of passengers on the plurality of steps 12. More specifically, the magnitude of the energizing current to the motor 24 is used as an index of the degree of congestion. In order to travel on the step 12 at a constant running speed, it is necessary to pass a current (driving current) to the motor 16 according to the magnitude of the load, that is, the number of passengers on the plurality of steps 12, where the drive current of the drive current This is because if the size is detected, the load applied to the motor 24 and, by extension, the number of passengers (that is, the degree of congestion) can be known.

For example, an example in which the guidance speed is set so as to guide passengers by skipping two steps will be described. The induction speed in this case is VN. Let In be the magnitude of the drive current flowing through the motor 24 when the passenger is transported on the step 12 by skipping two steps over the entire length of the transport area of the plurality of steps 12. For example, a current value 5% larger than In is defined as Is1 as a first threshold value, and a current value 20% larger than In is defined as Is2 as a second threshold value.

The load detection unit 54 shown in FIG. 4 detects the magnitude I of the drive current flowing through the motor 24 and notifies the CPU 46 of it. When I exceeds Is2, the CPU 46 instructs the controller 56 to change the induction speed from VN to VL slower than VN. Upon receiving the instruction, the controller 56 changes the induction speed from VN to VL. The VL is, for example, a rate of 30% reduction of the VN.

When the guidance display, which had been moving at a constant guidance speed VN until then, suddenly slows down, it can be expected that the passenger's attention will be directed to the guidance display. That is, it is expected that switching the guidance display to a low speed will alert the passengers, and the passengers will walk further according to the guidance display. As a result, the congestion on the step 12 is alleviated.

After changing the induction speed from VN to VL, when the current value I detected by the load detection unit 54 becomes Is1 or less, the CPU 46 considers that the degree of congestion is within the allowable range and returns the induction speed from VL to VN. Instruct the controller 56 to do so. Upon receiving the instruction, the controller 56 returns the induction speed from VL to VN and continues the induction display.

In the above example, the magnitude of the energizing current to the motor 24 is used as an index of the degree of congestion on the step 12, but the index is not limited to this, and for example, other examples described below are used. It doesn't matter.

At the entrance, a photoelectric sensor (not shown) is provided to detect passengers passing above the comb 26 (that is, passengers transferring to the step 12). Hereinafter, passengers passing above the com 26 will be referred to as "passing passengers". The photoelectric sensor is connected to the CPU 46 (FIG. 4). Here, when the passengers who walk according to the guidance speed VN and transfer to the step 12 are continuous, the time interval in which the passengers are detected by the photoelectric sensor is defined as Tn. Further, for example, the time interval 10% earlier than Tn is defined as the first threshold value Ts1, and the time interval 35% earlier is defined as Ts2.

Then, when the time interval T of the passing passengers detected by the photoelectric sensor becomes Ts2 or less for a predetermined time, the CPU 46 instructs the controller 56 to change the induction speed from VN to VL slower than VN. Upon receiving the instruction, the controller 56 changes the induction speed from VN to VL.

After changing the induction speed from VN to VL, when the time interval of passing passengers detected by the photoelectric sensor becomes Ts1 or more for a predetermined time, the CPU 46 considers that the degree of congestion is within the allowable range, and the CPU 46 determines the induction speed. Instructs the controller 56 to return from VL to VN. Upon receiving the instruction, the controller 56 returns the induction speed from VL to VN and continues the induction display.

In the other example described above, the time interval of passengers passing above the comb 26 is used as an index of the degree of congestion on the step 12. As the degree of congestion increases, the purpose and effect of lowering the induction speed are the same as in the case based on the load detection of the motor 24, so the description thereof will be omitted.

In the above example, the passengers at the entrance and its vicinity were alerted by reducing the guidance speed, but instead of the decrease in the guidance speed or with the decrease in the guidance speed, the passengers were informed that " You may make an announcement at the entrance to alert you, such as "Please walk according to the speed of the guidance display."

For that purpose, a speaker (not shown) is installed at a position where passengers can hear the announcement at the entrance and its vicinity, and the speaker is connected to the control device 44 to control the voice output.

<Embodiment 2>
In the first embodiment, when the passengers are congested, the passengers form a line with an interval P (interval between the centers of people) when the passengers continuously ride on the step 12 adjacent to the traveling direction (FIG. 3). The guidance speed was set on the assumption that walking was observed.

In the second embodiment, in addition to the guidance speed (walking speed), the distance between the front and back of the passenger at the entrance is also guided. FIG. 7 shows an enlarged plan view of the entrance of the escalator 100 according to the second embodiment and its vicinity.

The escalator 100 of the second embodiment has basically the same configuration as the escalator 10 of the first embodiment except that the control contents of the guidance device and the controller for controlling the guidance device are different. Therefore, the constituent elements of the escalator 100 are assigned a code of the hundreds, and the last two digits thereof are assigned the numbers of the corresponding constituent elements in the escalator 10, and the description thereof will be referred to as appropriate.

As shown in FIG. 7, the guidance device 160 of the second embodiment is a lamp unit 166 composed of a plurality of LED lamps 164 arranged in a rectangular matrix below the transparent reinforced acrylic plate 162 and the reinforced acrylic plate 162. And include. The floor plate 128 has a stepped-down portion for the installation space of the guidance device 160, and the guidance device 160 is fitted in the step-down portion, and the upper surface of the reinforced acrylic plate 162 and the floor around the guidance device 160. The upper surface of the plate 128 is flush with each other as in the first embodiment.

In this example, a guidance device 168 (FIG. 8) having a lamp unit 170 is also installed on the floor plate (not shown) on the exit side. Since the guidance device 168 has the same configuration as the guidance device 160 and the guidance device 168 on the exit side is not used, the description thereof will be omitted.

Among the plurality of LED lamps 164 of the lamp unit 166, as shown in FIG. 7, a predetermined LED lamp 164 is lit so that a plurality of arrows are formed by the lit LED lamp 160. This lighting control is performed by the controller 174 (FIG. 8) of the control device 172.

In this example, in the state shown in FIG. 7, two rows of four arrows displayed at predetermined intervals in the traveling direction of the step 112 are provided in a direction orthogonal to the traveling direction as a whole. Eight arrows are displayed. Each of these arrows becomes the mark display M3 in the second embodiment. That is, in the second embodiment, the guidance display L3 is displayed on the floor surface (upper surface of the reinforced acrylic plate 162) of the entrance with a plurality of mark indications M3 at predetermined intervals in the passenger entry direction (the traveling direction) at the entrance. Consists of what is displayed in.

The controller 174 controls the lamp unit 166 so that each of the mark display M3s moves at a guided speed toward the comb 126 in the traveling direction of the step 112 while holding the formation shown in FIG. 7. FIG. 9 shows how the mark display M3 (induced representation L3) moves.

Each of the mark display M3 is a display for inducing walking at the guidance speed by walking on the mark display M3. Returning to FIG. 7, the center spacing Dp in the traveling direction of the mark display M3 in each row is set to be substantially equal to the center spacing Ds in the traveling direction of the adjacent step 112 (Dp≈Ds).

Here, the induction speed is Vp, and the horizontal traveling speed of the step 112 is Vs. As described in the first embodiment, the induction speed Vp is
Vp = Vs × {1 / (N + 1)}
Is set to the speed of (N is an integer of 1 or more).

That is, when the passengers walking in a line with the mark display M3 are set to (i) N = 1, they are skipped by one step, and when (ii) N = 2, they are skipped by two steps. (Iii) When N = 3, skip 3 steps, when (iv) N = 4, skip 4 steps, and when (v) N = 5, skip 5 steps. , ..., respectively, can guide passengers to transfer to step 112.

However, the wider the distance between passengers to be transported, the lower the operation efficiency during congestion, and it seems that the countermeasures against infection will be excessive (the distance between passengers is considered to be excessive in terms of infection control). , It is said that about 3 steps should be vacant.) Therefore, considering the balance between operation efficiency and infection control, it is preferable to set N to any one of 1, 2, or 3. That is, within the balance, it is preferable to set N = 1 when the emphasis is on the operation efficiency side, and set N = 3 when the emphasis is on the infection control side.

As described in the first embodiment, if Vp <Vs, the guidance is such that the passenger is transferred to the step 112 by skipping one step, but when the guidance speed Vp is set to N = 1, that is, Vp = Vs /. If it is 2, it is possible to more reliably guide the passenger to transfer to the step 112 by skipping one step.

In the above example, the induction display L3 is composed of two columns of mark displays M3, but the present invention is not limited to this, and one column may be used. In the case of one row, the mark display M3 is arranged in the traveling direction at the center position in the direction orthogonal to the traveling direction of the step 112. When passengers line up in two rows at the entrance, they walk with the mark display M3 on both sides of the mark display M3.

Further, in the above example, the mark display M3 is a mark display in the shape of an arrow (FIGS. 7 and 9), but the mark display is not limited to this, and the mark display may be, for example, a mark display in the shape of the sole of the foot. I do not care.

As described above, according to the second embodiment, since the distance between the front and back of the passengers at the entrance is also guided as compared with the first embodiment, the congestion of the passengers transported by the step is more reliable than that of the first embodiment. Can be alleviated.

In the second embodiment, the passenger spacing Dp at the entrance is set to be substantially equal to the center spacing Ds of the step 112, but the number of passengers in a row at the entrance is about 3 to 4, and the entrance is about 3 to 4 passengers. Since the time to pass through is short, it is considered that there is no problem in infection control.

Although the escalator according to the present invention has been described above based on the embodiment, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and for example, the following embodiment may be used.
(1) In the above embodiment, the guidance device is used only on the entrance side, but the guidance device on the exit side may also be used. In this case, in the first embodiment, the guidance device 36 is installed so that the arrow points in the opposite direction to that of FIG. 2A. Further, in the second embodiment, the mark display consisting of the arrows of the guidance device (not shown) installed on the exit side points in the same direction as the arrow of the mark display M3 (FIG. 7) of the guidance device 168 in a plan view. It is controlled by the controller 174 so that it moves in the same direction.

Then, the speed of the guidance display of the guidance device installed on the exit side is set to be faster than the traveling speed of the steps 12 and 112. By doing so, it is possible to induce the quick movement of passengers getting off the steps 12 and 112, and to alleviate the congestion at the exit and its vicinity.

(2) In the above embodiment, the guidance devices 30 and 160 are operated regardless of the degree of congestion on the steps 12 and 112, but the guidance devices 30 and 160 are not limited to this, and the following may be used. While the steps 12 and 112 are not congested, the guidance devices 30 and 160 are not operated, the congested state is detected as described in the (modified example) of the first embodiment, and a certain amount of congestion is observed. The guidance devices 30 and 160 may be operated with the above as an opportunity.

(3) In the above embodiment, the mark displays M1, M2, and M3 are created by lighting a specific LED among the plurality of LEDs, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the mark display M1, M2, and M3 may be created by a projector. That is, when the arrow is the same as that of the second embodiment, the mark display in the shape of the arrow is projected on the floor surface (floor plate upper surface, etc.) of the entrance by the projector, and the mark display is moved at the guided speed.

(4) In the above embodiment, the description has been made based on an example in which the escalator according to the present invention is applied for ascending, but it goes without saying that the escalator according to the present invention can also be applied for descending. When used for descent, in the first embodiment, the guidance device 36 is used and the guidance device 30 is not used (FIG. 2). Further, in the second embodiment, the guidance device 160 is not used, but the guidance device (not shown) provided on the floor is used.

The escalator according to the present invention can be suitably used for, for example, an escalator that needs to secure an appropriate distance before and after passengers on a step.

10,100 Escalator 12,112 Steps 26, 36, 126 Com 30, 36, 160, 168 Guidance device L1, L2, L3 Guidance display M1, M2, M3 mark display

Claims (5)

It is an escalator that has a plurality of steps that are connected in an endless manner and circulates, and is used by passengers who have entered the entrance by transferring to the step that is unwound from the comb and runs horizontally.
A guidance device that guides the passenger to walk at a speed slower than the horizontal traveling speed by a guidance display that moves at a guidance speed slower than the horizontal traveling speed of the step at the entrance in front of the comb in the approach direction. An escalator characterized by being equipped with. The escalator according to claim 1, wherein the guided speed is set to at least half or less of the horizontal traveling speed. The guidance display according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a plurality of mark displays displayed on the floor surface of the entrance are moved at the guidance speed with a predetermined interval in the approach direction. Escalator. The predetermined interval is an interval in which the interval between the centers of the mark display is substantially the same as the interval between the centers in the traveling direction of the adjacent step.
Assuming that the induced speed is Vp and the horizontal traveling speed is Vs, the Vp is
Vp = Vs × {1 / (N + 1)}
The escalator according to claim 3, wherein the speed is set to (N is a value of any one of 1, 2, or 3). It has a congestion degree index acquisition means for acquiring a congestion degree index for indexing the congestion degree of passengers on the plurality of steps.
When the congestion degree index acquired by the congestion degree index acquisition means exhibits a higher degree of congestion than when the passenger transfers to the step according to the guidance of the guidance device.
The escalator according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the guidance device further reduces the guidance speed.

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